Local and General.

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

Local and General.

The Kawbia County Council meets on Monday, October stb, at 2 p.m. Mr Gregg, chief officer of the s.s. Waitangi is on shore undergoing an examination for a master's certificate. Mr Greenberg is relieving. We do not think it is necessary to remind townsfolk of the fancy dress football match to-morrow (Saturday) afternoon aud the juvenile dance iu the evening.

The Rev. D. B. Ashford preached his first sermon in Kawhia on Sunday night last, when there was a large congregation. The rev. gentleman is an earnest aud able preacher and created a very favourable impression. At the local school on Saturday last the medals were presented, and the singing of the scholars was much admired. We wonder how many parents have ever heard their children sing. Given a fair chance we are quite satisfied that tha Kawhia juveniles iu chorus would be very hard to beat. This fact was "further emphasized in the church on Wednesday night, the little girls who took part in a vocal item displaying voices of exceptionally good quality.

Mr Sandilands, who recently purchased Mr Clarson’s farm at Oparau, arrived by the s.s. Waitangi from Waitara on Saturday 'morning accompanied by bis wife and step-daughters. Mr Sandilands came here from Tokomatu (of which school he was chairman of the committee for eight years, and the high opinion in which both he and his wife wore held there can be gtMged from the following paragraph, which appeared in the Tokomaru correspondence, of the Munawatu Standard of September 21st:—“On Friday n.gbt some 180 residents and settlers assembled at the Public Hall to bid farewell to Mr and Mrs Sandiland?. The evening proved an immense success. Music and vocal items were rendered by Messrs N. Kelly, B >yd, Hnggood, R. Guy, A Judd, E. Perry, Misses Boyd and M*Keown. Majors Stokes and Moody were admirable in a dumb charade entitled • William Tell.” Mr J. R. Whyte, in a few well chosen word-, alluded to fiLMrend Mrs Sandilands had done for Tokomaru and presented them on behalf of the Tokomaruites, with a handsome marble clock and barometer. The ladies of the leap year ball committee also presented Mrs Sandilands with a silver teapot. Dancing wag k-’pt going until the small hours*

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Mr Heywood Armstrong has a new price list of timber, etc., in this issue. An hotel property in Dunedin has just been sold for £13,000 —a big sum considering the uncertainty of the licensing question.

By the s.s. Waitangi on Tuesday night a dozen men arrived for the Nukubakeri flax mill which will commence running very shortly. Last week Tita Wetere and Piki Porima, who are applying to be admitted as native interpreters, .were put l through tbo exmdu-ui >n by Constable M'Oartby. • The s.s. Rothesay made a trip to Marokopaon Monday morning, return ing in the afternoon, and again on Wednesday, the bar being worked both in and out on the one tide. There were twelve candidates for the Raglan Town Board, the eleotion taking place on Saturday last, the result being that Messrs Rutherford, Smith, Sutton, Darrow and Kyngdon were elected. Messrs Carrine and Dent, who have taken up a couple of hundred acres of Native land in the Taumatatotara block were passengers by the s.s. Claymore on Sunday, and have proceeded to their Section. Mr C. H. Holloway,Dental Surgeon will pay a visit to Kawhia on October 19th to make arrangements to regularly attend here. In as much as he will only be here for the day Dr Cambell Jenkins will be pleased to make appointments.—Advt. * A quist wedding wau celebrated at Nathan’s Point, Kinohaku, on Thursday morning, the contracting parties beihg Mr W. A. Mason, J. P , aud Miss I. Thom. The Rev. U. E. Davidson officiated. Mr N. Thom was best man, the bride being given away by Mr A. Thom.

The Chairman of the Town Beard has received telegraphic advice from Wei ington to the effect th it I he Native Minister is amending native rating under which all native land will be •rated, and in case of Town Boards being abolished, Native Boards will be set up. These Boards will collect rates as at present.

A paper in commenting upon the apaeby displayed by young men in turning out to dances in comparison to the number of the fair sex, remarks that “There is only one hope of bringing equal proportions together, and that is by including in the divers pro grammes a “Sprint Polka,” “Steeplechase Lancers,” and “Long Distance Waltz,” and opening a totalizator on the events. The young men of tc-day do not care anything about occurrences which do not include gambling, so it promoters of genuine social entertainments wish to be successful they must include the gambling element, and they will have a full hall every time.” Mr Keri Toki’s labours in urging Mr Mabuta, M.L.C., to stand for the Lower House at the approaching general election have evidently been in vain ; for, at the recent meeting held at Takapu, Mahuta in no doubtful accents stated definately that the sitting member, Henare Kaihau, M.R. would have bis individual suprjort and would be backed by all his influence. He urged airpresent to support Kaihau and since the meeting he has issued an autograph circular to the various tribes throughout the Western Maori district requesting all! to bo loyal to Mr Kaihau. The report that ' Mahnta intended to support Eketone '• who is to be brought forward in the ‘ interests of Tupa Taingakawa’s party has no foundation in fact. There is, however, strong opposition to Mr Kaihau and nothing will be left undone to oust him from hits seat.

Saturday last was Dominion Day and its first anniversary The Government forwarded momentos of the event in the shape uf aluminium medals to be presented to the school children. At eleven o’clock there was a full muster at the school when Dr Campbell Jenkins (the obairmau) and Mr D’Arcy Hamilton of the committee .attended. The chairman in a short speech, outlined the rise <>f Now Zealand from a chartered company uuder the New South Wales Government through its successive stages io the statin of a Dominion, and then touching upon patriotism showed that it required more chan shouting and singing “God Save the King,” and urged the children not only to be willing to fight and protect their own land but to be ready; therefore it was necessary to make themselves, when old enough, efficient in drill and shooting by joining the defence forces The proceedings terminated with the presentation of the medals and “God Save the King.”

The following petition lias been signed and forwarded to Wellington : -~ “We the undersigned settlors of the Kawhia district and townsmen of Kawhia wish to bring under the notice of the Government the great need that exists for a bridge over the Oparau river on the Pirongia Kawhia coach road. The river is tidal tmd only fordable for about one hour at low water and the ford is both dangerous and inconvenient for the crossing of st >ck, and the travelling public owing to the muddy state of the bed of the river, and strangers to the district have narrowly escaped from drowning owing to the treacherous state of this (ord. The traffic on the main coach n ad that leads over the Oparau river has increased considerably of late years and we feel the lime has arrived when a bridge should be erected, more especially seeing that the ford iu question is on the main coach road from the Waikato to Kawhia, iu fact one of the arterial roads of the Dominion, and wo humbly beg that this petition will meetwith approval of the Government, ae it is generally felt that Kawbia district has been much negUctwl in the matter of roads and bridges in the past,”

Mrs Davidson, wife of the Rev. C, E. Davidson, left Kawhia by the s.s. Waitangi ou Thursday morning. A hvge number of Mrs Davidson’s friend < assembled to gay farawell

At the invitation of Mr W. A. Marten, a party of res dents went oat to his plac® on Saturday last, to inspect the stud flock which he b'ia rec utly established, and wh cb is !o be future known as the “Orungobura S nd”. There is not the slightest doubt that the flock are as nice a line as could be got together anywhere, and naturally the owlier is very proud <»f them*, more particularly when every one who secs thorn speak so highly of the quality of the sheep, There are oV owes which have been accepted by the Romney Marsh Sheepbreeders AssioiHtion, and arc recorded in the New Zealand Flock Book Besides there are 11 stjd ..Romney owes, which are ail of puts English blood, demanding from ewesi bred by C. File and Sons, of Kent, the pedigree of each ewe having been kep\ it being thus possible to (race back for generations—not a usual thing we believe. The ram is a massive snimsl. and was bred by Mr Short, of Feild* ing, the sum given for Traducer 1111, which is its name, being large, and is a 4-tooth. Several of ths ebeep were H

iugb‘, and (hose pveseut were delighted at the beautiful wool, 7 the spa pie being particularly long. The owea and Jamb# looked very uico, and so far over 100 per cent h&» been recorded, the percentage of ram lambe being very high. Altogether the flock ie a op'uudid oup, and is a credit to the district. Mr F. Hockings was present and took photos to fiend to the Auckland Weekfy. Mr Mason is tobe complimented on fliti enterprise, and we hope thht be will have big Hucoesses with the that stud flock in the King Country.