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Te Puke Times, Volume II, Issue II, 1 August 1913, Page 2

Mr J. Dudson advertises for machine milkers on shares for from GO to 80 cows. A shooting-party in South Canterbury the other day shot 300 hares, which they sold in Geraldine the same day for 8d each. * Te Puke can now boast a postman, a young man named Price, formerly attached to the Thames Office, having been appointed to the position. The first delivery was made on Wednesday. A meeting was held at Paen■garoa on Saturday last to discuss the advisability of forming a company for the purpose of erecting a public hall. It was resolved to proceed at once to canvass for shares, and it is not anticipated that there will be any difficulty in securing sufficient to warrant operations being put in hand. Forty-nine shares were taken up n the room. A site for the building can, we understand, be obtained from Mrs Walters. P. Ryan, proprietor of the local livery stables, has just had completed in Gray. Street, Tauranga, commodious stables to cope with his extensive coaching and carrying business. The building comprises six airy stalk, with a carriageway in the centre, and loft overhead, and is well lit and commodious. Mr Ryan's enterprise should meet with its reward, n, Mr Escott, member for Pahiatua, gave notice in the House of Representatives on Tuc-sd iy to ask the Minister for Agriculture if he would introduce legislation amending Subsection 1, Section 71. of the Stock Act, so as to make it illegal for the owner of a registered earmark and brand to give authority to any other person to use that brand. Mr Escott stated that at present an owner of a brand could give authority to use his brand to a son or other person who might buy and depastuie stock on property adjoining that of another owner having a similar brand and earmark without the persons to whom the authority has been given being the owners of a registered earmark and brand. Such persons need not, therefore, send in any stock returns to the Agricultural Department. A few'years ago the Gisborne Borough Council iniated a municipal banking scheme, which seems to have found much favor among residents. The local Times reports that money is still pouring into the banking account, which now stands well over L7OOO. In answer to enquiries, the Mayor has [explained that the deposits are accepted irrespective of amount, and are repayable at call. Interest is payable half-yearly at £ per cent., and counts from the day of deposit to the day of withdrawal, irrespective of whether it 'is the beginning or the end of the month.' No restriction is madn as to that amount, bat the com c 1 will not take a larger sum in the aggregate than L 20.000. When deposits to that extent were received, no more would be taken. , Speaking in the House on ' Wednesday in regard to native land rating Mr Herries expres- ■ sed the hope of bringing down : a bill during the present session ] to please members, He hoped it ! would also satisfy local bodies ' and do justice to natives. As ( the result of a conference with ; the local bodies interested he be- ' lieved he would be able to bring ' down a measure to enable local ] bodies to collect the rates by ' getting a judgment against the ' land for a number of years,. '

A meeting of the repreaen. far tives of the Arawa tribewill be held in Te Puke'next month, for the purpose of compiling the genealogy of this historic branch Of the Native race.' The finder of a travelling rug, lost between Te Puke and Te Matai pah on Wednesday morning, is requested to return the same to Mr C. Houston. - The New Zealand Court of Appeal has been in existence 50 years, but Friday last was the only occasion on which, seven judges appeared on the Bench together. A conference of Agricultural and Pastoral Societies is to be held at Wellington to-morrow, at which the Prime Minister (Mr Massey) will disclose ,his proposals with regard to the establishment of a Board of Agriculture. , , The annual social in connection ; with the Presbyterian Church will be held in McDowell's Hall on Thursday, 11th September. . A splendid programme of musical and elocutionary items is being prepared, which should attract a large attendance. MrT. E. Palmer will preside. Says the Whakatane' Press : We have been shown samples of maize and swede turnips grown on Mesrrs McCracken-Bros' farm on the Rangitaiki swamp. The maize is of the horse-tooth vari- • ety, and the cobs are of splendid length and well-filled. The swede turnips turned the scale, at 131bs each, and were of'the Mammoth variety. Only a few months ago the ground from which-the crops were gathered was in its virgin state, which shows clearly,what the soil of the swamp land is capable of producing. ; .' *■ The films to be shown: this week at McDowell's Hall are: Tripoli, scenic! Friscot as Bota-i nist; Pathe Gazette,- topical; Egyptian Mummy, drama; Toritolini's Cheap Outfit, comic; Senator Insurgent,' ' Western Drama; Madame Demode, star drama; From' Gonbreyy to Sobrigna, scenic;" Belligerent Victor, drama Capt, Jenk's Diplomacy. .-V ■."•;■ Mr Ii M. Campbell, M.P.-for Hawke'sßay, does not like "the bookmaker and his:trade. He intends to ask the Minister'for Justice whether he will so amend and administer the iGaming Act as to make it impossible 7 , forepersons carrying'on the business of bookmakers, layers. of "tote" cdds, or doubles, to remain ; in this Dominion except Jn - his Majesty's prisons. '' . • A South [Canterbury farmer "fell" rather badly over the sale of his lambs this year. • 'He sold them as soon as lambing was over, for delivery in January, the price to be paid by the buyer being 12s 6d each. By the time the date of delivery came iojnd, lambs had gone up considerably, with the result thaton the day the buyer took deli very of the lambs at 12s 6d, he resold them for 17s 6d each. ''The' profits of 5s per head netted him a clear £500. ' ', ;;, According.to' the Eltham Argus, it is estimated by experts that the average price received' by suppliers of Taranaki cheese factories for their butter-fat last season will be from 2d to 2Jd per lb less than the price netted the > season before. For the coming' season the prospects appear to be exceptionally good. Already; oifers of Gd per lb f.o.b. are being ' made in the cheese factories for' their coming season's output. The Financial Statement> will not be brought down this week, as was anticipated. The final revision of the Statement has been delayed by the indisposition of tho Minister for Finance, Hon. James Allen, who was not yet fully recovered from the effects • of his recent vaccination, The Statement is unlikely to be brought down before Tuesday/ : August 5, at the earliest, and' will probably be delayed until a slightly later date. ' During the hearing of a civil action heard at the Wellington Magistrate's Court, evidence disclosed the fact that a married man who had to support a wife child, and was receiving only £3 per week, was able to hand to his wife 15s each week for the ■ purpose of paying off a. first and second mortgage on a section of land, the purchase of which he was completing. ' This caused his Worship to remark that the couple had set a' very good ex-' amnle in the way of looking after' thiir money. "If other people : took as much care of their money. '• there would be less misery and less hardship," was the conducing remark that descended on the court from the bench,' -. - .

.Mr Angus CUmie will preach 'fin Te Puke at 11a.m. on Sunday, at Papamoaat2.3op.rn., and in • the Upper Hall at 7 p.m. Mr Ashton, contractor for the • railway buildings between Te Puke and the Mount, is at pre- : sent staying in Te Puke. It is - probable that operations will be commenced in two or three weeks time, ■ : The. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company add to the . list of entries for the cow sale to be held in the Te Puke yards on / Monday, 60 choice springing heifers, to calve early, on account .of Messsrs H. and J. Christophers. . The lecture that was to have 1 been delivered by Dr Young in the Mission Hall next Wednesday evening on "Evolution," has . been postponed until further notice, as the doctor will be absent from town. The evening will be devoted to impromptu Speeches. Mr Dale Wrigley begs to re- : mind the people of Te Puke and / surrounding districts that as he ■ is now lowering stock for stocktaking, the special discount sale of fifteen to twenty per cent for cash, will close on Wednesday, . August 6.' People in search of ' bargains should find it a golden ' opportunity to purchase. .. A 1 working bee of members of the A. and P. Association will be held on the show-grounds on next, when it is hoped 'that there will be a large attendance. The .work to be done consists of levelling, planting, etc., - ,'arid the President will be pleased "if members will take with them carts, spades, shovels, etc. A supply of trees for planting has been ordered, whilst Mr J. A. McGhie is offering a bonus of •5s to the member who supplies theiargest willow tree. ■"Mr Walter Barrow, who ha conducted a saddlery business in Te Puke for some years past has ' .decided to relinquish indoor life, ' owing to it affecting his health, and has .therefore instructed Messrs Wilson and Robbins, auctioneers, to hold a clearing sale of the whole of his stock on Tues- . day next, August sth, at 2 o'clock sharp. ; A list of the articles to , .be offered will be found in our '' "advertising columns. ••'»A clearing sale of dairy stock -Will be. held by the New Zealand -Loan-arid Mercantile Co. at Pasngaroa, on Thursday next, on be- ,. half of' Mr Thomas Walker. The sale will start at one o'clock sharp, and the stock to be offered consists of 50 springing cows, in calf .to the Holstein bull Royal . Flush, and three'yearling Holstein bulls; also a Devon boar an , Alfa-Laval separator, and double and single furrow ploughs. : The Company will also offer on behalf of other vendors, 35 springing cows and ten springing heifers. • In company with Mr Spencer, . an engineer, of Te Kuiti, members of the Town Board this : : morning visited the Waiari and Ohineangaa streams with a view , to finding out what the prospects were of obtaining, a sufficient ; "water supply for town purposes. The party motored six or seven • miles up the No. 1 road returning via No. 2. It was found that an adequate supply could not be obtained from the 'latter, whilst a further visit will be paid to the Waiari in the morning. This afternoon the Raparapahoa was' visited, at a point on Mr J. McDowell's farm.