THE Kaipara Advertiser. AND WAITEMATA CHRONICLE. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 18, 1911. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 18 October 1911, Page 2

THE Kaipara Advertiser. AND WAITEMATA CHRONICLE. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 18, 1911. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A young cattle dog (yellow) is advertised for.

Mrsß. Cullen, Central Boardinghouse, requires a young girl for housework.

The Union Bank of Australia Ltd., will observe Monday nest, Labour Day, as a holiday.

: We draw attention to an advertisement from Laidlaw Leede, in the front page of this issue.

The heavy rains that have fallen during the week have considerably improved the outlook from the dairying point of view.

The meeting of the Agricultural Show Committee to have been held last Saturday, was postponed till next Saturday evening on account of the inclement weather.

At a meeting of the Land Company held on Saturday evening the resolution that the Company go into liquid, ation was carried. Messrs R, 0. Hammond and J. A. Wilson were appointed liquidators.

That pineapples can be grown and ripened in New Plymouth has been proved by a resident, who has succeeded in maturing fine fruit. His plant was grown under glass, of course, from the top of an imported pineapple.

A general meeting of those interested in the forthcoming Regatta was held in the Kaipara Hotel on Friday evening last, when it was unanimously decided that tne Regatta be held on New Years' Day instead of Boxing Day as at first proposed.

Messrs Hammond and Co , Engineers and Surveyors, of Dargaville, are calling for tenders for two miles of road construction through the Omano Estate. This firm has a number of contracts to let in the Dargaville districts, and those having two horse teams out of work shouJd watch their advertisements.

The local Postmaster Fends us the following:—With the exception that there will be only one delivery (morning) by letter-carrier on Labonr Day, Monday 23id inst., the local Post and Telegraph office will observe the usual hours. Tho Telephone Exchange will be open as usual.

Tho record price for fat bujlocks at Wairoa was paid this week by Mr Thomson. butcher, Kopuru. He bought 10 lino beasts from Mr O'Connor's farm at Scarrots, and the highest price per head was Ll6 10s.

Sheepowners hayo little reason to congratulate themselver on the natural increase in their sheep this yoar, the percentage of lambs being unusallv low. I have not heard of anyone getting more than 75 per cent., and some, unfortunately, have not realised moie than 50 per cont. The winter hrts been very mild, and it is haid to state the reason of unsatisfae tury results,

As the result of a good season and the exceptional prices secured for dairy outDiits (says the Taranaki " News "j, it is stated that prices of land in the southern part of laranaki will advance £5 per acre by the end of the seasoD. As the best land is now commanding £50 to £65 per acre, it is hard to know how tho prospective puichasers of land at the enhanced figures are going to pay their way.

A correspondent writes :—" Helens villo's still a bit dark o'nights, don't you think ?" Yes, we do think so, and for our correspondent's benefit we asked for information, and were told that the Town Board were " considering the matter of lighting the town." Tho Chairman of the Town Board (Mr Jas. Stewait) informs us that it is the Board's intention to try and arrange with those having acetyline gas plants to have a street lamp connection laid on. If this could be done the principal business parts of the town from Helensville South to the Railway gates at the North end would be fairly well provided for, and with a few lamps put in good positions in the residential parts would suffice for the time being, at anyrate till tire Town Board could consider a Coal Gas Works or other scheme.

A largely signed petition was presented to the Dargaville Borough Council last week against taking1 over Mr Harding's roads unmetalled* Councillor Williams challenged Mr Dargaville (Mayor) to resign his seat and contest the question with him. He asserted thai the Mayor guve a pledge at the election in April not to take over any more unmetalled roads. CrsWilliamsand McLean strongly supported the petition, hut the Major's motion to accept dedication of the unmetalled roads was carried by four votes to two. The Mayor refused to accept Or, Williams' challenge. M< s rs Harding and Co, wrote that if ihe Couacil would take over 1 £th mile of roads, they would surrender uny claim re the balance of three miles.

Two shares in the Auckland Ter> minating Building Society (Group 14) are advertised for salo, cheap..

Mr A. J. Hill sends the following:Rainiall up to October 17th insi 230 /points or 2.3 ins.

The Kaipara Steamship Co,, want a cadet for their Helensville Office. This is a good opportunity for a boy leaving school to get a thorough grounding in clerical work.

The New Zealand Shipping Company has been awarded the grand prix for its stand in the New Zealand pavilion at "tho Crystal Palace. Tne full list of awards is not yet available.

Tenders for the addition to Police Station at Dargaville, and for election of Station Cottages at Maungaturoto, close at the Public Works Office on Saturday, October 28th,

A notification appears in another column that the Clydesdale Stallioa "Premier" by The GovernorRosebud Ist, is to travel Helensville and surrounding districts during the season. This horse has a good pedigree, and anyone requiring the same can get all particulars from Mr Jas. Hand, Owner, Helensville.

Monday next, Labour Day, will be observed as h whole holiday by local factories, under the Fac'orios Act, 1908, Clause 35. The local shops will be open as usual, there being, we believe,' no statutory holidays tor shops except the weekly half-holiday, Employees in the shops, in this instance, would like to come under the Factories A.ct.

Mr A. J. Hill has just received word from Mr R. J. Pairy, one of the Council of the Auckland Acclimatisation Society that it has been decided to liberate 4000 brown trout in the Makarau River and the same number in the Arapareira Eiver. This is to be carried out within the next week or two. If the young trout can manage to elude the hungry eels of these rivers, the residents of this district may in the course of a year or two, be able to indulge in a bit of fly fishing within a reasonable distance of their homes.

Thft Leader of ttto Opposition will not contest the Parnell seat against Sir John Findlay at the forthcoming general elections. This decision was definitely arrived at yesterday hy Mr Massey, es the result of the urgent solicitations of his Franklin constituents not to desert them. All chance, therefore, of the greatest political fight in the history of New^ Zealand politics being waged in the district that has been so faithful for many years past to the individual in the person of Mr Frank Laury, M.P, .is at an cud. The position now is that Mr E. G. B. Moss will continue to fly the Opposition banner unless his health compels him to relinquish the tack, in which case a candidate still to be chosen will step into the breach.

Becc-ntly a case of New Zealand butter was sent as a present to the Canadian Minister of Trade and Commerce by Mr W. A. Beddoe, the Canadian Trade Commissioner in Auckland. The butter was sent on the first sailing of rhe Mara ma for Vancouver, and was forwarded to Ottawa tlnd put into cold "storage. The re~ ceipt of this case of butter in Ottawa has been attended with most gratif/ing results, anl opens up a promising prospect of a future trade with Canada for New Zealand butter. "It is the tost butter I have ever tasted," was the Minister's verdict. On the butter being placod in cold storage at Ottawa the manager of the stores was much struck with its fine appearance and quality, and he requested the Minister to inquire from the Auckland Commissioner the cost of a trial shipment, with* a view to large future purchases. The necessity of providing the Boy .Scouts with some representative music his been exercising the minds oE the authorities for some considerable time. Although a large number of March movements have been submitted, the difficulty in finding a work that was characteristic of youth -that would appeal to the spirit of young—and that would be thoroughly distinctive of the movement in genflral seamed destined to remain unconquered. However, the case has now beun mefc by Mr Alfred Cammeyer who has composed a lilting March that soon overcame the hesitation of the officials by its simi plioity and effectiveness and has been adapted as the Official March of the Boy Scouts Organisation.* The Boy Scouts March is being gradually established as a favourite throughout the Empire, Military Bands as well as Orchestras having responded most enthusiastically in adding it to their repertoire.