General Information.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 534, 18 January 1913, Page 2

General Information.

COUNCIL MEETINGS Te Kuiti Borough Council meets on the second and fourth Tuesday in each month. F. Edward Lamb, Town Clerk, i Waitomo County N Council meets on the third Monday in each Month. P. Mora, ' County Clerk, Te Kuiti. The County Chairman is in attendance at the Council Chambers, Te Kuiti, every Saturday, between 11 a.m. and I p.m. i The Ohura County Council meets monthly on Wednesday nearest full moon. J. F. McCLENAGHAN, County Clerk, Mangaroa. TheOtorohangaTown Board meets on the first Monday in each month. C J. Johnson. Town Clerk.

- - MAIN TRUNK TRAIN SERVICE

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THE MAILS

Mails for the undermentioned places will close at Te Kuiti as under: — For Hangatiki, Waitomo, Caves, Kio Kio, Ohaupo, Rotorua and Thames lines—Daily, 10.15 a.m. Otorohanga, TeAwamutu, Kihikihi, Pirongia, Frankton Junction, Hamilton, Cambridge, Huntly, Ngaruawahia, Mercer, Onehungaj Morrinsville, Auckland, and intermediate stations—Daily, 10.15 a.m. and 8 p.m. - Puketutu—Daily, 3.30 p.m.

Mangapehi, Poro-o-tbrao, Waimiha, Ongarue, Taumarunui, Kakahi, Matapuna, etc.—3.3o p.m. and 8 p.m. Ohakune, Taihape, Marton, New Plymouth, Napier, etc., Wellington and South Island—Daily, 8 p.m. Te Rau-a-moa, Oparau, Kawhia, Kinohaku, Hauturu, Te Maika, etc. —Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 10.15 a.m. Mahirakau, Matiere, Ohura, Niho Niho—Daily, 8 p.m. (Ist Nov. to 30th April) Tues., Thurs. and Sats. (Ist May to 30th Oct.) Otangiwai and Tatu—Thursday, and Saturday, 8 p.m. Waitewheha— Thursday, 8 p.m. Tangitu, Mokauiti, and Mapiru— Wednesdays and Saturdays, 8 p.m. Arapae, Pio Pio, Aria, McKehzie's, Anthony's and Elliot's private bags —Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 7 a.m. Paemako, Mahoenui v Te Mapara. Boddy's.Clarke's, Newcombe's, Rot S ison and Evans', Walls' arid TaiJ tokos private bags—Monday and Friday, 7 a-m. OparureiMairoa, Ngapaenga,Mangaohae, Waitanguru (late ■ Mangeao), Moeatoa, Kiritehere, Marokopa, Mangaotaki,Haku,Kaeaea—Friday, 7 a.m. United Kingdom, Europe, India, and South Africa, via Suez—Thursdays, 8 p.m. Commonwealth of Australia.—Mondays 10.15 a.hi. and Thursdays; 8 p.m. __ A. E: MOORE, ,'. ,<■■;-. Postmaster.

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Taper was first made bv the Chinese J3.C: 220.. ft : 'i A motor-boat restaurant ,on the Thames is to be a probable innovation in the near future. ' -' ' •In A.D. 105, Trajan built-a magnificent stone bridge' across the Danube 4,770 feet'long. The great aqueduct which. supplied Carthage with- water seventy miles long. The diamond drill takes its name from the black diamonds with, which it is pointed. An alloy of gold and aluminium has been made. ' Its colour is a most beautiful purple. In one day the human body generates enough heat to melt forty pounds of ice and raise it to boiling heat. A pig is usually kept in every stable in Persia. It is thought its presence is beneficial to the health of - the horses.. Man is the only,animal whose nostrils open downwards. > Even in the highest apes the nostrils l open to the front. .»■'.' It is said that wasps', nests often take fire, supposed to be caused by the chemical action of the wax'upon the material of the nest itself. An astonishing number of edible seaweeds is known to the native, Hawaiians, who give to these "kinds and some others the general name of :i iimu."

Sawdust concrete has been used as a base on'which to lay cork carpet. The object was to obtain a layer into which nails could be driven with stability.. The experiment is said to have been successful.

Gilding on steel can be imitated by galvanic coating with copper from a cyanide bath and then, with z,inc. The zinc film must be very thin. After drying and polishing the article.. is, heated in linseed oil to 160 degrees Centigrade. '■•.'. ■'■-■.

Siena. Italy, is famous for the large 'iats of its women", and the long horns of its cattle, . The hats, which we know in America as Leghorn hats, are a peculiar product of Siena, although hey are known abroad by the name of Ire city-from which they are export-i ed. .

It was' officially' estimated, in p .May, tqo4, that the average legal life of a sovereign, that, is, the time elapsing l)6tw< e i i;« coinage and the date whin it falU below the legal tender weight, i? n:it li-~ than 26 years. An examination by the Mint two years ago showed the average ages of the various silver coins to be as follows: — Half-crowns, 65 years ;. florhiSi 45. years; shillings, 42 years; sixpences, 2S .years ; threepences, 33 years To Save Space. A Chicago builder, an'expert in the erection of tenement houses, is about to erect a y structure devoted entirely to three-room homes. • In the kitchen, after the meal is; prepared, the gas range will disappear into a cabinet in the wall, the kitchen-table will sink- through the floor, the diningroom table after being used, will fold up against the wall, Everything will disappear after use. Celluloid Pen-Nibs. , An .enterprising inventor has discovered yet another use for celluloid. This is its application to writing in the form of the humble pen-riib. Id appearance it calls to mind,the writing point of the: almost exfmct quill. The nib is always clean, of great durability,' and, what is important, does not corrode. The' point retains its original condition for a prolonged length of time, and is extremely flexible '■;.'■. . , ■''• ■■':■■■'

The Most Beautiful Words. After an interesting contest to de"cide the twenty most beautiful words in the English language, in ' which thousands of members of the Y.M.C. A.'s in New York'took part, Mr. John Shea, a lawyer, has been declared the winner. Of the twenty-five words submitted by\ Mr/ Sheai twenty-one were accepted. The words accepted were: Melody, Splendour, Adoration, Eloquence, Virtue, Innocence;, Modesty, Faith, Joy, Honour, Radiance, Nobility, ' Spmpathy, Heaven, Love,. Divine, Hope, Harmony, Happiness; Purity and Liberty.

A Mountain Planet. v How.-many of our readers are aware that '-somewhere, many miles away from this earth, an enormous mountain twenty; miles high is flying through space ? The mountain :is khown astronomically as the planet Eros. The ordinary man has long taken it for granted that all the, planets are more or less round in shape. The small planet Eros, however", is an exception to this rule. According to the latest astronomical information, it is a mere mountain in space, "without form and void,'? and as it turns upon its; axis first one corner and then another is presented to view. » A tantalising fart for astronomers is that Eros passed very close to us about Tanuary 24th, IS94 —before the planet W»s»' recognised—Tind that quite so near an approach is not due again till --<975' a. ' <> U - f „ >, '' , 3