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Te Puke Times, Volume II, Issue II, 3 October 1913, Page 2

The Jersey bulls under one year of age sold by the Ruakura Farm of Instruction this year have averaged slightly over £10.

A fine cottage hospital has been opened at Teararoa, near Gisbornc. The natives gave the site, and the pakehas and Maori residents subscribed over £700.

"Icomeback perfectly satisfied that 'New IZealand is still "God's Own Country.' With our climate and our land, I do not think there is any country in the world like it." These were the opinions expressed by Mr J. P. Donelly, of Hawke's Bay, after having been on a trip to the United Kingdom and Canada, extending over several months.

At the National Amphitheatre in Sydney a few days ago a 'redhaired' matinea was held. It was announced that, as a compliment to Vardmann, an impersonator of a red-haired woman, every woman possessing "ginger hair" who presented herself at the box office would be admitted free. The idea was taken up and proved a good advertisement.

According to the Feikiing Star, a,warrant has been issued for the arrest of Oliver Noel Gillespie, solicitor of Feilding. This atci) has been tai;en by Messrs Mclntyre and Murphy, on behalf of a client. This step has been taken by Messrs Mclntyre and Murphy, on behalf of a client. The charge against Gillespie is the alleged mishandling of trust moneys. Detective Quirke is undwslod to be making investigations on behalf of the Justice Department.

A catch-crop ol barley and tares at the Ruakura Experimental Farm is being led off with dairy cows, and the results are eon (inning last year's experience at. Kuakura with this crop. Previous to their removal to the barlev and tares field all the cows in inilk were each receiving lib decor tic.ited cotton-cake and about Gib of oaten-sheaf chaff, and although these two feeds have now ken dropped the milk-yield per cow has increased.

"The Collector of Customs, Duncdin. Conscience money," was the unique address on an envelope delivered at its destination on Tuesday. Inside the envelope were four half-sover-eigns, placed in small flaps cut in a piece of cardboard. There was no indication, however, as to who had thus made a response to the still small voice. The post ollice officials, however, made a charge of -id on the Customs Department for receiving coins in an unregistered envelope.

"First-class tourist tickets are issued at £10 for all lines available for seven week; £G for North Ishnd lines for lour weeks and £G for South Island lines for lour weeks. These rates are so low as to leave no margin for reduction, I cannot, therefore, sec my way in the present state of the railway finances to introduce tourist tickets for the second class, which would undoubtedly result in a loss," stated the Minister for Railways in reply to a question.

Under the heading "13,000 miles to wed," the London Daily mail has the following : - " The parish of Tarpenhow, Cumberland, was the scene of the marriage of Adolpli Hansen and Eveline .lackson. of Auckland County, Nor Hi Island, New Zealand. They had travelled 13.001) miles to be married in the church where, 2.1 years before, the bride's parents were wed. Mr and Mrs Kichard Jackson, natives of Torpenhow, accompanied their daughter and her betrothed from New Zealand.

A commencement has been made with the erection of a stationmaster's residence in Te Puke.

Four thousand sleepers for the Public Works Department were unloaded from the scow Rangi at the Mount wharf on Thursday. /\Thc following "wanted" appears in a South Taranaki paper -Wanted, by a young lady, a good husband, willing to milk or l|> into country, Apply to 4 Liz-

Notice is given to owners of stock grazing on theOhauiti Settlement that the same must be removed forthwith, or steps will be taken to impound without further notice.

The Public Trust Office has decided to grant the Opotiki Borough Council a loan of £18,000 for establishing a water supply scheme. ♦iA gift of £9000 has been made to"Auckland City by Mr A. M. ' Myers, M.P., for the purchase of land between Queen Street and £rcy Street for a public park

When the Papamoa excursionists left the train on the return journey on Thursday, three hearty cheers were given by them, and by those on board, for Mr Hannah, the Resident Enginee.

A dance will be held in the Papamoa Schoolhouse on Friday, October 10th, under the auspices , of the Papamoa Progressive Society. A cordial invitation is extended to members and friends to be present.

MrE. E. Robinson, of Ngawaro, notifies that his Clydesdale stallion, "Craigie," will be at the service of breeders in the Te Puke and Ngawaro districts dur-"... ing the present season. From J his pedigree, which is published elsewhere, it will be seen that "Craigie" comes of excellent lineage, and his services should be in request amongst farmers. •

The chairman of the Waikato : Council, at a meeting last week, expressed the opinion that the United Bay fof Plenty Railway League would be backed up as much fas possible. The East Coast railway should open up some of the finest country in New Zealand.

TheTauranga Borough Council has decided that a poll of ratepayers be taken on Thursday, October 30, upon the question of raising a loan of £7,500, at a rate of in terestjnot to exceed 5 per cent., with sinking fund 1 per cent, and the striking of a special rate of 7d in the £ to secure same, the purpose of the loan being to erect a town hall and municipal chambers combined.

The value of the principal exports from Auckland for the . month of September, 1913, was / £251,G32, against £134,609, for the corresponding month of, last yen*. For nine months of 1913" * the exports were valued at £2, 033,731, against £1,989,722 for the corresponding period in 1912.

The Wellington branch of the British Aerial League, the first formed in New Zealand, held a successful inaugural mestingin the Town Hall, Wellington, on Tuesday night. The Mayor presided, and speakers supporting the movement included the Hon. Jas. Allen, Sir Joseph Ward, and Colonel Heard. Mr Allen announced that New Zealand's gift aeroplane, the Brittania, had arrived.

A unique experience befell the Rev. W. Slade at Dunedin. He was sitting with his wife in the dining room of his residence, the fronr hall door being wide open,. when a sound was heard as of something thrown at the verandah. Mr Sladejwcnt to the door aid looked along the verandah, but could see nothing. He was about to close the door, when Mrs Slade suggested anether look, she being sure that something had been thrown on or near the verandah. On the asphalt path which runs in front of the house a white packet was discovered, which, on being opened, was found to contain the sum of £25, accompanied by an unsigned note, requesting that the money '- should be forwarded to the Rev. W. A, Sinclair for the orphanage scheme of the Methodist Church.

In connection with the Westland goldfields jubilee in January next, it has been decided to erect a pioneers' memorial in Hokitika, at a point where the north, south and east main roads of Westland meet. The memorial will consist of the figure of a miner in the early garb, standing on a pedestal. The figure will be of marble and life size, and will be erected on a granite pedestal, the total height of the monument being nearly 18 feet.

An advertiser wishes to purchase a quiet reliable horse, suitable for a light buggy.

A horse which belonged to the late Joseph Powell, of Oxford, and which died a few weeks ago, was said to be the oldest in New Zealand, being reputed to be over 40 years of age.

It is stated that Mr A. W. Hogg, ex-member for Mastcrton, and at one time a Cabinet Minister in the Ward Government, will again contest the seat in the Opposition interest at the next general election,

On Friday last the first tomatoes of the season were offered for ' sale at a Wellington fruit mart, and realised 3s lid per lb,

The Paengaroa Tennis Club has,extended an invitation to members of the Te Puke Club to attend the opening of the courts atJPaengaroa, which takes place to-morrow.

. Services in connection with the Presbyterian Church are to be found in this issiie. the service in the, Upper Hall being set down at 7.30.

Tenders to close at noon on Wednesday, 22ntl inst., are invited for 3i miles road formation on the Otamarakau Estate. Specifications may be seen at Messrs R. King and Co's Te Puke and Paengaroa stores, the Homestead, Otamarakau, and the County Engineer's Office, Tauranga. A writ was served on Wm. Blomfieldjof Auckland, this week requiring him to attend the Supreme Court at Wellington to show cause why he should not be committed to prison for contempt of Court in respect to ceitain cartoons he recently published. ' During the past season over 25,000 cows, purebred and crossbred members of ordinary dairy herds, were tested in New Zealand, while over 300 pedigree cows were officially tested in with the Register of Merit scheme by officers of the Department. By consent of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the patentees of a newly-invented automatic voting machine, Messrs C. Fisher and W. Winnie, of Lower Hutt, are installing their first machine in the committeeroom of the House for demonstration purposes. The contrivance is said to be about as perfect in recording votec as thetotalisatorisin recording investments. It is claimed to save labor and expense besides declaring the voting list on the instant that the last voter left the booth. A crowded audience greeted the Beebe Vaudeville Company when they gave their first performance in Te Puke on Tuesday evening. The first portion of the entertainment consisted of the old-time minstrel circle, with Messrs White and Roekley as corner-men, who, in their capacity of mirth-makers kept the house in roars of laughter. Songs, danccs, and sketches, followed one another in quick succession, the programme concluding with an amusing farce, which sent everyone home in a good temper For the convenience of travellers and in order to avoid the risk of accident, lamps have recently been placed at night where the quarry tramline crosses No 3. road. In the morning, however, these lamp?, had disappeared, having evidently been purloined by some mean-spirited individual. The officials have <le-

cidc<l to be on the alert in the w future, and should the perpetrator of the theft attempt to additional lijihtinK apparatus he may meet with a surprise. While in America a co'iple of years ago, Mr Sidney Kidman, the Australian "cattle kin;/'." worked fo r a time on a cattle ranch. Evidently he picked up some points (remarks the Sydney Daily Telegraph). On his Queensland station he lias introduced an innovation. The cattle arc not yarded now for branding

on any of those stations. Instead, they are rounded up on the

run and roped, as is done in America, 'Then the horse pulls them to .1 trie, where th -y are thrown and branded. Jt is quicker. The men and horses swn adapted themrelvei to the business. Mr Kidman lias shown himself an adept with the lasso.