THE RODNEY & OTAMATEA TIMES AND WAITEMATA & KAIPARA GAZETTE. FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1901.

Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, Volume 1, Issue 22, 23 August 1901, Page 2

THE RODNEY & OTAMATEA TIMES AND WAITEMATA & KAIPARA GAZETTE. FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1901.

A meeting of the Jiodftey agi-icult- ' ural ftociejty is ; G&lle.d for 3-p..xn," fomor-;' vow. J *&& BM, Court *njl h® held at ' Warkworth on Wednesd&y jiext after the arrival $1 the s.s. Mos&43.:»ev. Ij* j Mr. J)&bje gggr/ntisaa hU jnextjt ! stock sales as *mder : : I Monday August >M, W&ifn, Tuesday]] ;;27. Te Ami, 29. Wayby,; < .Saturday 31. Taukoa, Monday Sep4l teniber 2. Wednesday 4.j, Puhoi, T'hurßd*y ;§.. Buyers from Auckland and .other places will be <pr&^ sent. t The W^rkworth sale starts on the arrival <oi the steamers Irom Auckl^nd,, > Maxv of tlie Taranaki settlers ; are going in for dehorning their cattle this season, while the majority of the dairy farmers in some of the' districts have got all their dairy herds put through the process with yory satis factory results.. Askbd as to how many fowls could be kept on an acre of -giiound. Mr. Hyde said it was possible to keep 800, but 100 could be kept without overcrowding. jßootfc crops should be crown as niiaeli as -possible, because grass eoiild be bought cheaply. At Momohaki th»y kept the fowls at a cost of 2s. per head per annum. From 100 fowls they should get £25 profit. The cost to the country of the Duke !of York's reception was less £0000 recovered by sale of material. Mr. J. G. Carrie of Matakana is advertising for price, quantity and , variety from danthonia vendors. Mr. John Beroft ofJPort Albert is advertising photo a»d picture framing and glass cut all sizes. Several letters have been held over till next iftsue owing to want of space. James Wilson, who recently escaped from the prison gang, was recaptured on Saturday morning on Miramar , Peninsula. Constable GUaBS, who was on foot, bailed him up, and -was struck on. the head by Wilson with a tomahawk and rendered unconscious. Mounted Constables McLecd and Hammond witnessed the occurrence from a hill, and gave chase, and Hammond presented a revolver at prisoner, who then surrendered. At a meeting of 70 farmers at Timjaru last Saturday afternoon,-it was resolved to form a branch of the New Zealand Farmers' Union. A resolution was pas-ed unanimously endorsing the opposition of the freezing com: anies and allied industries to the Factories Bill, and urging upon the Premier and local members to endeavour to get the Bill modified, as it applies to - these industries. The chairman (Mr. I Gk Talbot) also spoke against the ap* plication of the eight hours' system to » farming, and demanded that it be made clear whether the Workers 7 Compensation Act applies to farmers* He did not object to it if it were made j clear, I We could almost imagine ourselves in Qeenjfitree't, when we ■come I to Mr. J. Harrisons extensive busi- ' ness premises in tho main s'ti-eet of Warkworth. The large shop just erected, into which Mr. Harrison hae now removed liia drapery slock, with its large plate-glass windows dreese'cl in good ia«te .v ia ttox mak.'otik give? ■iquite a city air to the surroundings, jEntering this shop a splendid display jof drapery, clothing, millinery, etc*, ( in -varietirts—we sliovild think—suffie- ■ lpiit. to meot tha most iastidiouu tastes . j

Mr. Kerr leaves AVarkvrorth oi Monday next,- Mr. Underwood hii successor will anivo tomorrow, Mr, GK Snook held hii njonthlv stock sale here an August 21st, There was a fair muster of »took, 136 cat'le being yarded, all of which changed hands at high prices, Beef sold up to £4*. per 100 lbs, being short of requirements, Stores—3 and 4 year old steers |5 10s. to £6 12fi. 6d; 2.and 2Jyear old steers. £ii 3a. to £4 17s, 6d; 3 year store heifers, £4 4s. to £5 ;>s; 2 year sjtore heifers, iJ3 os. to 4^4 7s Gd; yearlinge, mixed sox'es, £2 lls. to £3 Bs. Small muster ,of slieop all sold. The Rev. (jr. Frost will give,a limeLight Laiitern lecture in tlie \Vesleyan Ghurch Wa kworth, on Tuesday ne^t at 7,30 pm, Subject. "How we got our English'Biblp," illustrated by 50 lantern slides jihown >iby a power lul lanjtern. Admission free* Collection for Parsonage Fund. Wesleyan Ghurch Scrvics, ;Bvinday next. Tho Roy. B. J. .^ames, Prince Albert College, .Auckland, -will .preach in TVTarkw.Oflt'll Wesleyan Chsreh' 11 a.m. and 6.30 p.ifl. an^l at Matakana 3 p.m. The Jlev. Or. Frost w|li canfluct sea-vjices at, jPakjiri 10.^0 a.m.: Leigh 3 p.m. and Big Omaha f p.m. Mr. <T. grimmer, ilj)ome T^lley p 1 am, Mr. >yitjheford, 2^.3^ pm. Mr. (ja\asb, J?ots &\%es2.sQ pajL. The! Rev. O. Frost will pr,e^ch at Mullet Point .on v^ednesct^y neztfc ,^,t 7 j) # .m. : The Rev. F^.. Jj. C 9 wi^ wil| hold Divine service and CpnimunJLon at Kaipar^, Falts at 11 «,.%. Sunday next pan be seje# jn £h£ large, we^L-kept and uji-tordate staejk. passing ifeotigh an arcfew^y come &tq Jbhe" s«4.d|ery,' boot, grocery, iron erockeßy departmejjLts _sfifipeßm<4y 3 #11 of' V.hem being -wo^'tiL a yisit, IVie jfiflye' beep. ffcol# $ka£, sxi^a pwpsLe stifj. send to towa Mippiies^ ji?ttt we .^#jiot imagift© 'b'e^ajg mjßwiy suet oldfashioaaed folkj foi- all hands jmuflt Mireiy fo« si^ffiGieii|t;]y alive U-< th«ir«wn interests tf) kpow $136 JSiUjeh business concerns as Are jp»Jy estaJpJjished on proper business lines," yiz., by jgiy.ing customers every sajtisfacfcioii, ".and Biipplyinjg $oiu.F-ith,gJQ£jteir recjuirements ai ih.ejr .owji dfwu-s at prices greatly to their jady^niag©.. Jhis, Mr. Harrison does.. In ike ciiarge of m*»sU:Ugih£er against Dr. Wilki^s in 4^e O^Bowd case, jtlie jsiry Aisa^i'eed swd. .a siew trial h&s V.een jeudesed go -&ke place at the n&M Griminal ifi I^oyewbei' nest, Bail- -w»s m&owed. X IThe Bepawtmenc Wealth lia6 issued to postm-a3ters itha-eughout 'this district, for distribution, short leaflets dealing with tuberculosis, and its prevention, also an abstract bringing under notice of tl/'^ihlic the,necs,ssifry^ror taking prec^Trjtiontopreven^ithe spreading of disease. A lad uamed Kf-ith <was taken to Auckland on Tuesday from Mangawai by the Steamer ]\ awaai, having met with ah accident by which one ef his legs was broken* C'oiista'ble Skimmer took the lad tip to the hospital, where ke is progressing favourably. Messrs. R. Arthur and 'Go. report" Southern table potatoes sold at £5 15s. to £6; local, £4 to' v£s ltfs.: seed do., £4 to £6 10s.; onions, li to 2d. lb.; kumaras, to Id. lb.; pumpkins, 2s. to 3s. 6d.; white carrots, 255. to 305., ex store; prime dairy butter, 10d. to Is. OM.; keg, Bd. to lOd.; pastry, 6id. to 7^d.; cheese, farmers', 4^d; factory, 4|d. to gd; eggs, 7id. to BM.; factory bacon, Bd. to G^cL; hams, 7id. to Bd.; local bacon, 4kl to 6d;hamss| to Gid Hard, od^ hon^y 2d. to 3d. Fruit-: Lemons, 2s. to 4s; ap pies, Bs. to 10s. <d; Poor Man's oranges, 4s to 5s 6d^ St. Michaels, 3s. to as.-, tree tomatoes, Is 6d to 2" 6d. box; Cape gooseberries, 3d to 3d lb. Poultry: Turkeys 4s to 7s 6d; hens, 3s lOd to 4s sd; ducks, 2s to 2a 8d: ducklings, lOd to Is 3d; geese, 3s to 4s; table roosters, 2s to 2s 9d.; ordinary fowls, la.Bd to 2s Id,