THE Kawhia Settler. FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1909. Local and General.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 407, 26 March 1909, Page 2

THE Kawhia Settler. FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1909. Local and General.

Mr Burn-ide haa taken the place of School Inspector Slower', and is at present visiting thia district.

! Persons who require a first-class I piano »u very terms are advised j io rend the new advertisement of the ! London and Berlin Piano (Jo,, on our ; bick peg

The following aro the nar.nos of the children who won prims at the Oparau School last year: Moua Terry, Sylvia M l-itosh. Doris’ Sytn-ins, Vera Fnben, Ethel Pearce, Mary Gape, L ii<la S'ok-sH, Harris* Syroona, Colin AI Lsnchlin, Edward Pearce, Stanley Writfh*, Rmaid M‘lnbi!ih and Willie Tni. Spec’ll pnza for good conduct Alon i Terry. Special prize fur good

' attendance —Stanley Wright. • On Thursday night a very enjoyable | iTogrenHive enohre par'y war held at i Mr» W. Morgan’a residence “St. Elin*’,” io honour of Miss Rout, of l Auckland, who is spending a brief holiday in Kawhin. About 20 people responded to the invitation, and after a couple "f hours play it wan found i that the ptizee had hoc won by Mm R short a and Mr F. W. Newton Tro- ; phiea were also pren»n - ed to Mrs F. N< wton for hr.vii g ba-<l luck, and to Ah Pettit fi,r playing Lully A dainty I anpp'T was served about ll o’clock, i the evening proving very enjoyable, ■ Ah P J. M Carthy, who has been it, charge of the Kawhia Police DieI iric! for i h»’ past woven years, has rei ceived notion that he has been ap j p- im'ed io take charge of the new atalion nt Frankton Janetion, and leaves j f -r thor? on Tuesday next. Ho will } i c succeeded by Constable Wade, of i Whangarei. During his residence I here Mr M'Carthy has been very dili i gent in his duly, but whitish deligeut i be* has shown a groat amount of tact, I and there is hardly a resident in the | -ahole of Hie district who does not reKret bis departure. In matters social. I t *>■, both Mr and Alfa M'Carthy wi f ■ • I o greatly midnod, ns their afisislauc-’ | c.f»uld also be relied on, whilst in con I . ..cctiotj with tennis they were looked ' «e the best players in the dia : ■ tic*. Wo trust the good fortune | ’ •* II meet Mr nnd M M'Carthy in i their llw sphere. *

Mr Alf. Wright has leased his farm at Waiharakeke to Mr Frank Oo'.vern.

The management of the Strand Bil liard Room has been taken over by Mr Jas. Falwasser.

By tL? 5.3. Rimu on Saturday last a nice hoe of 21 rams were brought lo Kawhia by Messrs Pearson and Howe.

In this issue the local agent for the Farmers’ Auctioneering 00. has s> nrw list of stock .a the district for private jale. An Assessment Court will le held in Kawhia on Friday, April 2 id. A fitting of the S.M. Court will be ho’d on the same day. The Strand Boardinghouse in Ki-« wbia has been based by Mrs D. Galvan, who intends commencing bu&iuees next week,

Marokopa’s export trade is increas ing. The Rothesay on her last trip brought back 40 cases of empty bottles—all hop beer. Lise week r.he first commercinl traveller to visit Marokopa arrived there ih the person of Mr P;ke, the rep-e sentativo of the Kaiapoi Company. Don’t forget that good printing can be done r.t the Settler Office. Tenders are called for the erection of the goods landing shed at Awaroa. The question of thu Oparau shed ba; been held over until the next ni6 ting of the Gounod.

The other day Mr Morris, Noxious Weeds Inspector, paid a visit l;o Kawhia, and as a result men have been out on to clear the we-.ds from the Te Para township. There was a L.tting of the Justices’ Court at Kawhia on Siturday last, Messrs F. Oowern and VV. A. Mason ccupyijg tbo bench. A young man pleaded guilty to stealing a eadd *9 and a bag of chaff and was fined £5 on eich charge with 80s costs, an ofder being made that the fittings of the saddle had to be returned within seven days and 7s fid refunded, the cost of the chaff

This (Friday) evening about 20 people met in Scott’s Hail, Kawbis, to discuss how the Hon. A. W. Hogg was to be entertained. Cr W. J. Shaw presided, Mr Sircombe offered to cater, and the offer was accepted. A committee consisting of Messrs Shaw, T. Hamilton, Pettit, K. Newton, Jonathan and Dr Jenkins was appointed lo complete arrangements. Later on it was resolved that the charge be 7s fid, and that only a limited number of tickets be issued.

Tbe weather on Saturday la&u was very nice, but the attendance at tbe Farmers’ Union Picnic at Awaroa was not very large. The reason of the sparse attendance was on account of the ra’i thac fell the day pre\.ously. Oparau turned out in force, Awaroa was fairly represented, but not a t.ngle Kinohakuite was present Cricket and other games were indulged in, wh 1 a lengthy football match between the Awaroa and Kauri teams was played. Settlers met and exchanged views, others discussed the shed at Opaaau, whilst some lookad at sites for sale yards. There were refreshments provided (we do not know who by) but they were nice aud thoroughly appreciated.