THE Kawhia Settler FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 25, 1908 Local and General.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 380, 25 September 1908, Page 2

THE Kawhia Settler FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 25, 1908 Local and General.

District news on our back page. The Kawhia County Council meets on Monday, October stb, at 2 p.m.

The Rev. D. B and Mrs Ashft rd were pfl'sengera by the a.e. Waitangi to Kawhia on Friday. A welcome hoc ill will be tendered next week. Another candidate is announced for ilie Taharoa Riding. Mr J Kearna, who in compliance with a number of reqaest« had decided to c intest the election. Pern os who require a first-ulat, B piano uu very ea o y terms are advised to road the new advertisemeut of the London and Berlin Piano Co., on our back pa*r-/

In atn - I •■■■r c</ama Mr Henry Thom not fi-s ihit be bad ar ted business in Kawhi.i a-a I .nd and enti le agent, and p.dv .r i-en 1 st of eligible proper.’. - which be h ;s for sc! .

The ti .o won h r which has been experienc'd lately bus broke :, and during the past few dtys heavy weather ’ revc ed, tbo w nd being keen, an d a good quanti .y of rain f !• ing. Un Sunday next, the R jv, D. B. Ashforu wilt conduct service at Kawb aat 11 i’.rn. and 7.30 p.m. The Rev. C. E. avidaon will preach at Te Rui n raoa at. 11 a.m. end Oparau

“That tired t ?Tng” waY very prevalent it the C<. g Hospital danco on S<ii irday ev t Mt, which was at-■»-i Idby ab -ti L 5 people. Mesdames Cb •<? in.. L v provided the music M: - Cow L ... . /M.C. If Li- ro i ,ne thing (bat the ordin •ir c ider -jf a newspaper holds bimfi; uperi i,o it is the reports of Par-ii-unentary proceedings. Few read .bun, and those who do, carry out the duly with wry faces. At one time i n? i.uncntftry speeches, made in both ’be Upper and the Lower Houses were worth reading, but that is very many years ago. The themes are now a railway crossing, a culvert, a road and sometimes a briege. Parliament has degenerated into a County Council or a Road Board, whose proceedings arc reported as a series of resolutions, and no one desires to read them. Borrowing money and distributing the loaves and fishes are the subjects bat engross the greatest part of the Line of Ministers. North Otago Times.

Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure for Coughs and Colds never fails. Is 6d aod 2s (id.

Settlers in the Marokopa and Kiritehere districts will be pleated to learn that the Marokopa-Kinohaku telephone line will be commenced shortly. Chairman Shaw ha? been very assiduous in getting this work under way. Next Friday and Saturday the fancy drees carnival, in aid of the Cottage Hospital fund will be held. In connection with the ball on the first-named night, Mr E. D. Hamilton has offered a prize fur the mostbecomingly dressed lady. By the s.s. Waitangi ou Tuesday no fewer than six separators arrived for settlers in the district. It appears as if those on the land are going in for milking,—and they are wise too, as a glance at the report of the operations of any Taranaki factory w’H show.

Last week there was a very heavy Hood in the Marokopa River, and the barge, which was used for taking the mi? plant in, moored la the stream, was sent adrift, straud'ng right at the entrance. This blocked the river for a time, but, fortunately, the obatruc tion has since broken up and drifted out to sea.

The reason given by an officer of the American Heat why the partols carry batons which they use with effect on unruly sailors (often laying tbeir heads open) was thet the American sailor generally carries a razor in bis sock, and which be is prone to use on the slightest provoua tion, and it is therefore advisable to get the first blow in. There is great activity in the building trade at the north end of the town where a good number of men are at present employed and the sound of Lammers, etc., almost incessant. Besides the butter factory being erected there, Mr Hamilton is making an addition to tbe store leased by Mr Chase, whilst Mrs Morgan is enlarging her residence, “St Elmo.” “King” Mahuta, M.L.C., is being strongly urged to oppose Mr Henare Kaihau for tbe Western Maori district at the next general Flections. In a circular which has been issued amongst tbe natives it is stated that as Mahuta is “first among men and the most powerful in the land” it behoves him to become “ the mouth of the widows, orphans, and the landless natives.”

At the last meeting of the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce Messrs Elliott and Perham, of Oparau, wrote asking that in view of the Government being likely to undertake a trial survey to Kawhia, the Chamber should support Frankton being made the junction with the Main Trunk Line. The Chairman, replied that it was not desirable to raise the question of route in this matter, but to await the report of the trial survey. It was decided to write to the Minister for railways urging the authorisation of a railway connecting Kawhia and Raglan with the Main Trunk Line.

Od Friday oiffbt last one of tbe most enjoyable dances ever held in Kawhia. took place in Scott’s hall, Mrs G. H. Chase giving the same in honour of tbo first birthday of her daughter. There was a very large attend - ance, amongst them being noticeable a good number of children, whilst natives were also present in fair numbers. For the occasion the hall had been tastefully decorated with flags, evergreens, etc., a couple of innovations being a nice draping around the stage, and the construction of a couple of “cosy” corners, and altogether the work was very creditable. Tbe floor, too, had also been carefully prepared, being got up to sneb a state of perfection that before the evening was out more than one fall bad occurred. Several of the juveniles attended io taucy costume, and up till 9 p.m. the floor was given over to the children. The manic was supplied by Mesdames Langley, Chase, Misses Stevens, Cowell, Mr Smith (piano), Mr Jonathan (’cello) and Mr Aubin (violin), MissG. Cowell being MC. An excellent repast was provided and handed round by a number of willing helpers. Danciug was kept up until about 2 a.m., the company then joining bauds and singing “Auld Lang Syne.” Tbe Raglan County Chronicle says: —“We had occasion recently to take exception to the drift of an editorial article in the Waikato Times on the subject of “Eiawhia as tbe port of Waikato” ; the paper named urged the Hamilton people to agitate for railwaX connection with Kawbia without so much as mentioning Raglan’s claims for consideration in that respect. In tbe course of a reply to our comments, tbe Times now disclaims any intention to belittle Raglan, but in an attempt to justify its previous statements bears out our contention that the writer has a very imperfect knowledge of the subject he essayed to handle. “Tbe most enthusiastic Raglanite cannot affirm that the Raglan harbour is as good as that of Kawhia,” we are told, and further, that the Raglan barfa >ur is cursed with a bar. Now, it is a fact (well-known to tbe captains of the vessels trading to tbe two ports) that for general shipping purposes the Kagiari Harbour is as good as Kawbia; that, so far as the two bars are concerned, Raglan is the more easily negotiable, especially in rough weather, when it has far (ewer terrors for seafarers than that at Kawbia; and that tbe Raglan harbour has other advantages which Kawhia cannot claim, such as tbe proximity of tbe wh rf to the entrance, and its waters ex ending to within a dozen miles of the railwiy. Deprecatory remarks and comparisons detrimental to the Raglan district or its harbour can no longer be permitted to go uncontradicted, for misrepresentation in tbe past has wrought Raglan incalculable barm and herein lies our apology tor devoting funher space to the correction of errors committed by an otherwise evidently weU-ioteoUoMd writer.” Beto.