Untitled

King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 577, 18 June 1913, Page 4

Mr E. R- Gould, engineer to the Waitomo County Council, did not attend the last Council meeting, havinß been called away suddenly to Taranaki on account of the seriouß illness of his mother.

Mr Graham holds an B unreserved clearing sale at the mart on Saturday on behalf of a client who has sold his farm and is leaving the district. See advertisement. The question of heavy trallic on the county roads during winter came up for discuasi n at the meeting of the Waitomo County Council on Monday evening, and it was decided to authorise the assistant engineer to proceed against any person breaking the by-laws of ho county. At the Te Kuiti Court on Monday a man namoc" G. H. Riley wan charged before Messrs Lusk and Tammac'ge, J.'sP., with being drunk <>n the railway station, and with unmg obscene language. A plea of guilty Was entered, and accused was fined 10s for drunkenness, and committed to gaol for 14 days for using the obscene language. Mr Graham gives a iinal reminder of that sale by order of the mortgagee of a nice four-roomed house and section, on Thursday, at 2 p.m. at the mart. Buyers of a home would do well to attend and take the opportunity of getting a cheap home. The last issue of the Government Gazette notilies that several section 3 of Crown land in this district will be disposed of shortly. An area of IG4 acres in Orahiri survey district will be disposed of on or after AugUßt 25th; 18 acres 3 roods in Kawhia north survey district on or after September 11th; 35 acres and 50 acres in Mapara survey district on July 3rd :md August 21st respectively. One of the Otorohanga footballers almost suffered a considerable financial loss on Saturday last at To Kuiti. He dropped a bank book and the sum of £l7 in notes at the railway station, and the treasure must have been lying about for some time. Fortunately one of the railway employees, Mr B. Graham, discovered the book and notes, and ascertaining the owner's identity was able to return them to the owner before the later left Te Kuiti. The Methodist Church is paying special attention to the young people of the own. Its policy for the winter has been framed with a view to making some contribution to the spiritual and social wellbeing of this section of the community. In addition to social and literary evenings, a serieß of monthly services for young people has been arrnged, the first of which iB to be™held on Sunday evening next. June 22nd. The preacher is the Rev. P. Battey, who has announced as his subject "The Ideal Life, a Strong Indictment of Modern Theories of Living." Young people should make a point of being present. Mr Wallace, who has been at Pio Pio for the last eighteen months, is leaving the district. Some weeks ago he caught a severe chill, and iB jußt recovering from a serious illness. This week, weather permitting, he will go to Pio Pio and take a last service on Sunday, and Bay good-bye to his friends. But he is under doctor's orders to be very careful and not to go to surrounding places, and so overtire himself. Enquiries are being made, and a successor will take up th« work for the Church of England aB soon a3 a suitable man can be found.