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Te Puke Times, Volume II, Issue II, 5 December 1913, Page 2

Messrs Dimock and Co. notify that the price for bacon pigs has been reduced from 4&d to 4d per lb. . ;l\ .. The New, Zealand Loan and Mercantile Co. will sell in the Te Puke yards on Tuesday next 300 head of cattle, including 100 2year steers, 100 1-year do, 40 heifers, 50 mixed cattle, 10 cows. The County Supervisor's reTiort, presented at the last meetmg of the Council, stated that work on the Paengaroa-Rotorua road and Te Tumu-Kaituna swamp road was proceeding satisfactorily. The Council decided to spend £5 on Gilmour'" road, Maketu Riding.

Dr Rangihiroa. mentioned in the House of Representatives that since he entered Parliament five years ago six sitting" members off the House had died. This worked out at an annual death rate of 15 per thousand, whereas the death-rate of the whole population of the Dominion during the year 1910 was9.7l..per thousand.

. Quite a ) number of spurious sovereigns,were put into circulation at the Feilding races. The coins were excellent imitations of the genuine currency. The practice of soliciting change.for.a sovereign was successfully resorted to, and the totalisator was also used as a means of placing the coins in circulation. > As an indication of the.manner in which the Maoris in Te Kuiti district are realising their responsibilities, it is interesting to learn that the first rates paid in the Waitomo county-for the year 1913-14 were paid by Maoris. The rate was struck on November 17, and on the 22nd a Native liquidated his liability. The second ratepayer to discharge his liability was also a Maori. The picture programme to be shown at McDowell's Hall this week is as follows :-•" Sister's Ordeal". 3000 ft Star drama; "Rival Engineers," sensational railway, drama ; "Polidor his Patient," comic; "Pathe Gazette," topical ; "Making Brilliant Signs," educational ; "Calino as a Stationmaster," comic.; "Cattleßustlers,".cowboy drama ; "The Amateur Iceman," comedy.

Tn the Public Works Statement ith recorded that the expenditure during the past year on Workers' dwellings' amounted to £43,455-->an appreciable increase over that of the preceding year. The demand for dwellings under the conditions provided in the Act is increasing, and for the current year an authorisation of £75,000 is proposed for the acquisition of land, road formation on sites, and erection of buildings.

Visitors to the Auckland Exhibition or those who contemplate making'a trip during the Xmas holidays should certainly visit Mr J. Turney's saddlery establishment prior to leaving, and inspect his stock of travelling outfits. They will find a range of requisites to select from equal to any to be found in City shops. The assortment comprises travelling bags, suit cases, hand bags, brief bags, etc.,.in great variety, and if the precise article wanted is not in stock Mr Turney undertakes to procure it without any delay. The • goods are of the highest quality.. and the prices are moderate. Consign your shabby old bag to the rubbish heap and secure a new one.

To-morrow (Saturda>)V;Miss Dodd will hold a sals of millinery, trimmings, and; to leaving for Tauranga. Ladies in search of artistic designs in headgear 1 would do well to embrace this opportunity; as -Miss Dodd has a valuable and most exquisite display of the articles to be found in the milliner's art. \

The Maori girls at Otaki showed their appreciation of the returned specials, when the latter were on their way horne. They gave three cheers: for the men when the train pulled into the station, presented them -with bunches of flowers,.and danced a haka for their benefit. •

Forty-six weighing machines have been distributed to schools in the Wellington Education District in connection with the medical examination of, children. Ten of the machines entrusted to one of the local carrying com- x panies are still unaccounted for. «

The many friends" of Mr and Mrs B, G. Pinker, of Paengaroa, will regret to hear of the;death of their second daughter, a'girlof' nine years, which took place Rotorua on Sunday morning; last. 5 The child had been ill for a period ~\ of three months as the resultof a fall from, her horse,, in the';; Paengaroa school-ground, which caused hemorrhage of the brain,;

A return of Ministerial travelling expenses and allowances was tabled in the House of Representatives last; week. ,It shows that the members of the Mackenzie Coxernmeht collected under these heads, during'a per- . iod of three months and twelve days, the sum of £1466 16s • lOd. . The expenses and allowances of ■ the' present Ministers * eight'months and eleven daysp totalled £1150 6s - -^

In concluding his Public Works Statement, the Hon. W. Fraser x says: "The rapid increase of 1 ' 1 settlement'necessitates year by year a corresponding increase of. ', road and bridge' construction, and the end thereof is not yet in sight. There are still far' too ' many settlers who have had for years past either no access or quite inadequate access to their properties, but the 'number of these, lam pleased to say, is ;di- .• - minishing. Once these arrears have been overtaken it will be a much easier task to provide'.only for the needs of new settlers." -,

N When asked in Wellington 'for an opinion regarding the Public Works Estimates Mr, W. D.' S. J Mac Donald stated that whilst the ~ Minister for Public .Works had allocated the money at his di3po-. ' sal fairly well, he thought Tauranga had a real grievance. , Amongst sums for railway ex-, tension provided in the Estimates. .< were votes totalling £57,080-for commencement of .new mosUf which had been author^""*'' ised only last year. The main - EastJCoast line had been authorised for some years, and although a reasonable sum had been pro- ' vided for the_ section towards ~' Taneatua, the sum for tbe Waihi . - -Tauranga section was smaller than mightjhave been expected. .< He thought that before large sums were expended on new branch lines, more attention should be given to the important unfinished lines, such as - the , East Coast Line.

Apropos of the Lyttelton byelection, '' Woolston " writes ■to the Christchurch Press of Thurs- ; day;-"ltis a source,of much satisfaction' to. many electors in the Lyttelton electorate that A ■ Government have secured - candidate as Mr Malcolm Miller to contest the election in theirinteresfc. The opinion held by' Mr. .<• } G. W. Russell, one of theleading • Oppositionists,". regarding -this. , gentleman, may be read in thelast issue of the Spectator, \ as follows:- " Mr_ >- sure to put a candidate in the field, however hopeless his chances, and he will probably appear ' ' under the guise of an independent, but it is too early to en-* deavor to pick him. As to the Liberal candidate, one name that has already been mentioned is that of Mr Malcolm Miller, a ' " well-known resident of the P,ort. He is respected by all who know him, and has held every position ' in the gift of the/people'..of Lyttelton. He is a strong, personal friend of the late Mr Laurenson* and held many of the same If he were to accept nomination as the Liberal 1 standard-beaver . we (Spectator) should have'no doubt of the result of the election.' ,It will be interesting to , watch what this versatile: writer will have to say about the fitness j and respectability of MrM. Mil- | ler now that he is fighting under J he Reform banner."; ; t. ; i

Professor D'Almaine and his

Company, who played to, good

* .audiences in McDowell's Hall a few weeks ago, intend to, pay a farewell visit to Te Puke on

. - Tuesday next. As the company \~~ ■ provided a form of entertainment ' ' that was highly popular with Te Puke audiences, there is little , doubt but that they will meet with the success of. the former visit. ' In another column will be found the programme to be presented at the concert to be held in, McDowell's Hall on Wednesday evening next inaid of the cottage hospital fund. It will be seen that the services of the best'amateur talent available has been secured for the occasion, and an enjoyable entertainment should result. We trust that the concert will receive the hearty, support of the public, and that there ■. will be a bumper attendance. A good story illustrating the manner of a Maori in possession T, of suddenly-acquired weaith is V; reported from Taihape. A Maori • sold some land. .He visited the bank manager, who took his money freely, and gave him a cheque book in exchange. The x Maori voiced, his appreciation of the cheque system; left the bank, •and proceeded to cut it out' He entertained his friends right roy- , , ally. For every debt he incurred a'cheque was forthcoming. A week later the bank manager ■saw his dusky friend once more. ; "Here, Hori," he protested, -" you're making it hot. You've spent so much money that you've got an overdraft. You owe me • £40." "No fear," said Hori, with a pitying smile. '' I got te '. cheque still—look !".and with - ■ that he pulled out a much ber£ smudged cheque book, wherein 'Mt one solitary blank form remained. J^"Oh, no," said-the manager, v and with some trouble he impressed on Hori the fact that he * owed the Bank £40. v." All ri," . said Hori, with a resigned air, ' -" I give you te cheque for it,"