LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 312, 16 November 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

To-morrow, Thursday, polling day for Te Kuiti borough loan proposals. Mr J. R. Graham inserts particulars of auction sale at his rooms on Saturday. There n, as usual, a very full catalogue, including a brass rail bedstead, mattresses, crockery, and many other useful lines, for full particulars of which see advertisement. Foyers arc reminded of the sale without reserve at Mrs Morris' shop and residence next Kelvin House tomorrow afternoon. Many of the articles are new and all in good order. The contents of the shop will also be sold. Full particulars in our advertising columns. Mr Holland, chemist, Te Kuiti, is showing a number of line photographs of the valley of the Mangaokewa in his window just now. The scenes are highly pictorial, and being within a couple of miles of Te Kuiti, are likely to be visited after once seeing their counterfeit presentiments in photographic form. The latest "Gazette" gives the following estimated population of New Zealand on the 30th September, 1910:- Excluding Maoris, 524,406 males. 467,963 females, total 992,369; Maori population 47,731; Cook and other Pacific Islands 12,340; total 1,052, -110.

To day's issue includes:- Tc Kuiti Bowling Club, Preference and More Fasts on page 2; Borough Council meeting, An Unholy Visitation, Round the World, and a number of important advertisements on page 3; Farm and Garden, Household Hints and Interesting Items on page 6; and our serial story on page 7. The Public Works Statement was presented to the House of Representatives by the Hon. R. McKenzie last night. We shall publish in Saturday's igsue details of the statement in so far as they afreet the King Country and adjacent areas.

The Paemako school social \yill be held on Friday, December 9th, at the schoolhou.se. The object of the social is to supplement tha school funds, so no doubt a large number of people will be present to aid such ii worthy object.

Attention is drawn to the advertisement in this issue calling a meeting of Te Kuiti Sports Club. The business to be transacted is of an important nature, so it is hoped that a large number will attend.

The garden party at Otorohanga, given by Mr and Mrs H. Burnand, at their beautiful residence "Mataora," on Saturday last, proved one of the most successful of iLs kind ever held in the district. With blue sky, a light breeze, together with the handsome dresses, which are too numerous to mention, worn by the ladies, things were their brightest on the well-kept lawns. Mrs Burnand, who received her guests in a black lace over green silk-, had to apologise for the unavoidable absence of Mr Burnand, whose duties culled him to Manunui, the seen" of Messrs Ellis and Burnand's recent tire. Among those present from outside districts were the Rev. and Mrs Wayne, Miss Wayne, Mrs Bendon, Mrs Stanton, Mrs Melling, Mrs Ellison, Miss Handyside and Miss Gregg, all of Te Kuiti, and Mrs Tanner, Te Puhi. A collection was taken in aid of the funds of the Anglican church, which amounted to nearly £B.

By "Gazettte" it is notified that the following lands may at the option of the applicant be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase, or on renewable lease Waitomo County, Aria survey district, section 15, block 2, 1217 acres, cash purchase .£SOO, O. R.P. half-yearly rental £l2 10s, renewable lease' {half-yearly rental £10; Ohura County, Heao survey district—section 2, block 2, 97a lr 1 Up, £2OO, £5, £4; section 3, 151 a 2r, £270, £6 lf\s, £5 8s; section 6, 199 a 3r 22p, £350, £8 15s, £7. The soil is described as being of fair quality and papa formation. The following sections are also available on renewable lease and are described as first-class land: Sections 1)1, 14 and 15, block 12, Ohura County; sections 2 and 3, block 3; sections 1 and 2, block 6; sections 1, 2, 3, 4, (3, 7 and 8, block 7, Ohura and Whangatnomona Countieß, lleao survey district.

One of the moat remarkable carriages seen in London is th<3 "mustard pot" victoria belonging to Lady Lonßdale; the carriage is noticeable, and the magnificent chestnuts who draw it are equally noticeable. Lord Lonsdale owns the finest chestnut horses in England, and he always drives to Ascot during the races in a waggonette drawn by chestnut horses with postillions wearing canary coloured plush coats and white beaver hats. Some years ago Lord Lonsdale presented the German Emperor with some of his finest horses, which are now in the Imperial stables at Berlin.