LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Sittings of the Warden's and Magistrate's Court will be held at Paeroa on Thursday.
To-day being St. George's Day, the local branches of the. Bank of New Zealand and the National Bank are closed.
A reminder is given oi the annual meeting of householders this evening for the purpose of electing a School Committee for the ensuing year.
Mr J. Morrison gives notice that any persons trespassing on his farm at Netherton in pursuit of game will be prosecuted.
Train arrangements in connection with the Waikato Caledonian Sports at Frankton on Wednesday next, 26th inst, are advertised in this issue.
The many friends of Mr Trezise, of Karangahake, will regret to learn that his condition is serious. Mr Trezise is an inmate of the Thames Hospital.
The picture show on Saturday night at Paeroa by the Colonial Picture Company was well attended. The next performance by the company at Paeroa will be given on Wednesday night.
While driving round the corner of Corbett Street and Belmont Road yesterday in a buggy, two youths named Roy Bazeley and George Hart were capsized on to the road. With the exception of a shaking, they escaped without injury.
In a supplement to the " Gazette," it is notified that the shooting season lor imported and native game will be from May Ist to July 31st, both days inclusive, in the various acclimatisation districts, excluding reserves and sanctuaries, and areas specified in the " Gazette."
When the Waihi Gold Mining Company's bullion waggon, drawn by five horses, was returning from Paeroa to Waihi on Friday and going through Karangahake Gorge, the reins broke, and caused the horses to bolt. The driver (D. Dick) was thrown violently out of the waggon and had one leg broken. He was picked up and conveyed to the Waihi Hospital. The horses and waggon eventually arrived at Waikino,'where they were stopped without any further mishap having occurred.
In the original military training notice, issued some time ago, there was some ambiguity in regard to the age of those who must register under the new scheme. In the amended regulations which Major-General Godley is now preparing it will be made clear that all youths who on March i, igii, had passed their fourteenth birthday, but had not reached their twenty-first birthday, must register. Registration must be made by June 3rd.
' Burned papa (says a writer in the Taranaki Herald) is a good substitute for road metal, and it is surprising more is not used in places where ordinary metal is not available. A portion of the road over Mount Messenger, Taranaki, is metalled with burned papa, and a very good road it makes. Were the whole of the road metalled with the same material, it would be possible to negotiate the hill in safety in all weathers and all seasons. The stretch from Uruti to New Plymouth is in splendid order, and a credit to the country roadmen. A better road for motoring it would be difficult to find in the dominion.
An office is provided in Feilding for the Inspector of Noxious Weeds, and is situated at the back of the Courthouse. Round the Courthouse a neat lawn is being laid down, fine grass being sown, and shrubs distributed to give the house of justice a finished appearance. But round the inspector's premises the noxious weed holds undisputed sway. The persistent dock finds the soil first-class, and scatters the seeds ot unkindness with a liberal hand. The Dutch broom looks as healthy and as ferocious as its' ancestor with which Van Tromp swept the seas some centuries ago. The gorse impudently shoves its arms through the fence and scratches the leg ot the passer-by. The Scotch thistle and other ordinary weeds help to make up the wildeness. The inspector—ah! He is very busy searching the district foi the wicket landowner who allows noxious weeds to grow on his farm. Clearing should begin at home. — Feikhng Star.
A. good story comes to us from a correspondent in Rarotonga (says the Feilding Star). When the missionary steamer John Williams made her last call at the capital of the Cook Islands, a native went on board and presented a few eggs to Captain Steele. The latter thanked the Rarotongan tor his kindness. "Oh not at all," replied the native. "You see, I like you, and I have been saving the eggs for you." It appears that the John Williams was expected in Rarotonga in May, but did not make the call until November. And had the native -? Exactly !
A Wellington resident who has been spending a vacation in Tauranga and the neighbourhood has returned much impressed with what he saw there. "It was sad, however," he said to a Post reporter, "to see thousands upon thousands of acres of splendid land lying idle. The people seem to know nothing about it, or are unable to get on to it. I could not help wondering where our young men are that they do not try this country between Tauranga and Te Puke. It is going at a very moderate price, is easy to clear and work, and the climate is perfect. It seems to me that the Government should assist people to settle on this land."
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Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume XXII, Issue 2781, 24 April 1911, Page 2
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874LOCAL AND GENERAL. Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume XXII, Issue 2781, 24 April 1911, Page 2
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