Untitled

Te Puke Times, Volume II, Issue II, 24 October 1913, Page 2

A company with a capital of £40,000 has been formed to work the'kauri gum deposits on a portion of the Parenga estate, near the North Cape, and grow fruit on the land. The Parenga estate, which is owned by Mr Richard Keene, of Wellington, stretches right across the North Island, and was the property of the late Frs Yates. t . '

Mr S. Tanner notifies that his well-known thoroughbred stallion, Rangihaeata (RangiptihiTawera), will travel the ,Te Puna and Te Puke districts during the present season. At a meeting of the local Fire and Salvage Brigade on Tuesday night it. was decided to limit the membership to fifteen, and to write to the Opotiki Brigade for a copy of their rules, at the same time making enquiries as to the cost of a chemical fire engine. On Monday next,. 27th inst., (Labour Day) one delivery only will be made by the letter carrier, commencing at 11 a.m. There will be two deliveries on Thursday. A double-seated buggy, nearly new, will be offered for sale .at the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company's sale 'on; Tuesday next. There will also be offered, on. account of the Bay of Plenty Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, tents, blankets, etc. We publish gratis, for the information of our readers, as no advertisement has reached us in connection therewith, the news that on Monday next; Labour Day, trains will run between Te Puke and the Mount at excursion rates. A train will leave Te Puke at 9 a.m. and another at 4 p.m., whilst the hours of departure from the Mount are 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., respectively. There is still one applicant required in connection with the Workmen's Dwellings scheme. Since we last published an item concerning this matter the number increased to eleven,-or one more than was wanted, but has since dropped to nine. Does no one want a Jiouse on easy terms ? The Tauranga County Council invites tenders for twelve months' maintenanance of a section of the Tauranga-Te Puke main road. Specifications can be seen at the County Council Chambers, Tauranga, or Messrs R. King and Co's store, Te Puke.

Referring to the question of "child-slavery "in dairying districts, Mr Wilford, M.P., stated in the House of Representatives that evidence in a truancy case, heard at the Feilding Court recently, showed that a woman who had nine children, .with the assistance of the two eldest, was milking 24 cows for an employer. The two children, a boy, aged 13, and a girl, aged 11, besides milking seven and five cows respectively, did oljher work before and after school, and all that the woman received was 30s a week. No food beyond milk was supplied.

In his "Peeps of Parliament," in the "Free Lance," Frank: Morton says;—" There are signs bv the way, that the strenuous life has its advantages. Mr Her-' ries is visibly losing weight-not much, perhaps, but his girth midway is certainly slighter than it was some months ago. It maybe because Mr Herries is of a sudden shocked to find himself taking politics seriously; or it may be that he. has become a famous secret devotee of the Sandow system. If this goes on, the Minister will soon look like the captain of a warship.

The Canadian breakfast table is presently to 'be supplied with the New Zealand new-laid egg. and it is hoped that a steady and profitable trade wili be built up. Space has been taken in the Vancouver boats from Auckland for 10,000 dozen eggs, which will come from all over the Dominion, but the movement originated with Canterbury egg farmers. The Government, through the Department of Agriculture, has given sympathetic aid in the movement. It is expected that a good egg trade will be established with Western Canada, and possibly with San Francisco and other Pacific Slope markets. '

Asked by Mr E. H. Clark, M.Pj, in the House of Representatives last week, whether he would this session introduce legislation making it compulsory for all lawyers who aie dealing with trust money to have their trust accounts audited by a Government auditor, the Hon. A. L. Herdman reDlied: —" It would be too big and expensive an undertaking for the Governmenr to carry out the suggestion of the honorable gentlemen. A periodical examination by the Audit Office of the accounts of every lawyer in the Dominion would involve a large increase in the staff of that Department. The honorable gentleman's attention is drawn to sub-sections (1), (2), (4) of Section 47 of the Law Practitioners Act. 1908, which affords full protection to persons entrusting solicitors with the investment of moneys."

Messrs H. & B. Christophers, Te Matai, invite tenders for »• ploughing 50 acres of land. ' v This season a largely increased area has been put under cultivation' for potato growing in the/-,, Waikato. It is estimated tha# altogether there are some 2000 acres under crop. Owners of dogs who do not wish their canines to meet /With , an untimely end, should keep ■ them within bounds. Another case, of worrying occurred the other day, Mr H. E. Butcher having a couple of sheep killed. Two dogs were responsible for the damage, one of which will worry no more. Mr Gordon C. Johnstone, photographer, inserts a business card in this issue. Mr Johnston is prepared to undertake photo graphic work of any description, including portraiture, landscapes, ' and.animal life studies. His tern- - porary studio will be found in Stewart Street, s Lady Liverpool has written to the : secretary of theManawatu A. and P. Association, inquiring if the secretary would care to have some of her knitting exhibited in the "home"classes at the forthcoming show, same ~ not to be for competition. Needless to state, the offer will be accepted, says the Manawatu Standard. A meeting of the Te Puke Rugby Union was held in Montgomery's Hotel on Wednesday night last. The Maketu.Club was declared the winners of|the cup championship and the badges presented by Mr Butcher,' A hearty vote of thanks to the ' Chairman and to the Treasurer for the services rendered during the season was carried b£ acclammation. i T A butcher named ;Cooper fouwl about £60 mostly in £5 notes, at Kakahi, on Saturday. The notes : have been indemnified as those forming part of a sum of £75 in notes and L 325 in cheques stolen in September from the railwaytrain at Kakahi while being taken from the Government sawmill to be banked at Taumaranui.. 1 None 'j of the cheques have, been recovered, but as these were not nego- & tiable their loss is insignificant.' ?, A number of the notes found v' had been torn. ~ * •_, Some - interesting reminiscen- *" ces of the early days were made at .a recent valedictory social . • (says a Gisborne paper). One : man stated that when he came to Gisborne the hill land was con-, sidered of practically-no value, . j and could be obtained-for 2s 6d ' an acre. The price of sheep was' down to a''song," and he had seen milk spilled on the ground > because people had no use for it. A man could get more for a bullock's hide than for the beast it- ' self. Then had come the open- , ing of the freezing works which"* . had made the district.' /

To transport furniture from . , England to New Zealand with a • minimum amount of handling and minimum risk of breakage is a rather difficult task; A method adopted by Mr Hiley, the new ' , General Manager of Railways, ; should commend itself as one posr ■ ' easing many advantages. 'Mr Hiley purchased Jwhat are known as "life" vans, large vans constructed so that at the ship's side they may be taken off the carriage and lifted bodily into the hold of the vessel. •At the destination tne van is again put together, and is ready to carry the furniture right to the residence for which it is destined. This , method, it is believed, has beenY practised in England and even in' New Zealand, but it is rarely that N it has been used over such a long distance.

About five- hundred Auckland storekeepers are receiving notice 4 that they must comply with the ■ following by-law:-"Every person who sells within the city any ' meat or fish or any food which is ordinarily consumed in the state in which it is sold shall protect ' such food until it is delivered to the purchaser from dust and flies by storage in covered receptacles, by covering with gauze, or' by ether effectual means, and no vendor shall carry such food " through the streets unless it is protected as aforesaid.'' The businesses affected will be fruiterers, grocers, fishmongers, confectioners and sweets shops. Hawkers will also be included, y and during the strawberry.- sea-J----son will have to keep their ber- - ries under cover, though the same regulation will not be enforced with regard to skin fruit such as oranges and bananas. In. future one of the Council's inspectors will devote the whole of his time to the supervision *of premises where food is prepared.-

" The official opening of the local Bowling Green will take place at one o'clock on Monday next, A number of players from Tauranga will be present, and local mem- -; bers ■ • are.-. requested to roll up punctually in order that there , may benodelay in.startingplay. •A valuable addition to thepure- ■ bred stock of the district will pass through Te Puke on. Sunday next in the shape of two pedigree Ayrshire bulls, the "Earl of Fife " and "Hippo,"purchased by Mr • A. Montgomery from Mr F. C. ■ Litchfield, the • well-known Waikato breeder. Both animals are two-year olds, and come of the best milking strain in the Colony, arid are entered in*the New Zealand Ayrshire Herd: Book. The former animal was being prepared for the Auckland Show at the time of purchase. The bull purchased by Mr Luke last year was , of the same strain. There should ' be keen competition in the Ayr- .,' shire classes at the next local Show.;.'■■"■.' • v