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King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 581, 2 July 1913, Page 5

Mr Graham has in today's issue a preliminary notice of a clearing sale on behalf of Mr Elicott, comprising live stock, implements and furniture. A sitting of the Native Land Court is to be held at Te Kuiti on July. Bth and a large amount of business is scheduled for hearing.

At present the local public school is chosed for a period of three weeks to enable the teachers to attend instruction classes in the Swedish system of phyaicaleulture. The classes are being held atH amilton under the direction of Mr Royd Gatlick, and the system is to be introduced throughout New Zealand.

After a stormy session the College of Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Nashville, Tennessee, passed a resolution rejecting Mr AndrewCtrnegie's gift of 1,000.000 dollars. The bishops were of opinion that the Church "could not afford to be dishonoured by complying with the terms of the (donation." v Attention is drawn to the advertisement in this issue announcing the taking of certain lands for road purposes in the Awakino East survey district. Plans are deposited at the Mahoenui Post Office for inspection. A Trade Union Bank on co-operative lines has been opened in Lombard street, London. , The new bank will not confine its operations to trade union operatives, but is prepared to deal with the general trading community.' A five-year-old son of Mr John Todd, farmer, of Panatawa, was shot dead on Saturday afternoon. Two brothers were hunting for mice in a storeroom, and a loaded gun taken from a corner was placed against a table. The gun fell, and the charge went off,striking the boy in the forehead. Death was instantaneous. The Melbourne police have caused a flatter by early morning raids on thxee fashionable cafes,' crowded with smartly dressed women and men. They arrested seven waiters on charges of selling liquor without being licensed.

1 The marriage of Mi Hoult, a runholder of Millbroob, Pakiri, to Misß llellini, formerly of Te Kuiti, took place at Auckland, June 3rd. The happy couple travelled away for their honeymoon on the Wellington ex- ■ press. •. The laat issue of the Government Gazette notifies' the appointment of Messrs J. Boddie and A. Scholes to represent the Borough of Te Kuiti and the Counties of Waitomo and Ohura on the Waikato Hospital Board. , Advices from Drga state that sixty Mongolian Lamas barricaded themselves in a pagoda against Chinese attacks. The Chinese fired the bnilding, and the occupants were horned to death. In • P»P er read before the R oß * lm ~ Movement Association, it was stated that the use of rubber asphalt as a road covering wonld prove too expenai«e The writer of the paper declared that the roads of Britain were the best in the world. The commercial superintendent of j 4*e Port of London Authority is going and **«. ZealandMm '■ September to explain the facilities Sreauy afforded for frozen meat by tbVrapid and economical handling of the produce. A your* nan named Mr N. Larsen. Mairo* dirtrict, met with a Sinful accident on Monday afternoon. Heind his brother were jacking a log rjcr. the jack which he was using lifted resulting in the log coming S3 Tea him, crushing his left hand IS-relv He was brought to Te Kuiti Sr H Voyce, where his injuries ™Je attended to by Dr Mcßae, who J3Jed Mr Larsen to the Hamilton H An"sample of the severity of frosts -.tTrieneedinthe King Country durStfS past week comes from the district Four years ago !Pft-twhite of frosts was noticed %S£ £& beach, and -a, then Z£LmW«** extraordinary How- *"***«« 1 eclipsed last week when th* iron

Noneneadsuffer with chilblains or chapped hands, if thev call on jin Macdonald. stationer, Rora street, Te Kuiti. She has now on hand a stock of the famous "Red Arrowf ointment,, Which never fails to remove chilblais. Mr Fraser Bar too, M.A., organising secretary for the New Zealand Bible Glass movement, will address a meet-! ing in the local" church to-morrow evening at 7.30 o'clock. Mr Barton is doing a most* effective work among young, men and women,. having special gifts in this direction. A hearty invitation iB extended to, all 1 1 attend. j The Rev. W. Connolly, o! Cambridge,, Chief Scoutmaster, *ill admit Boy Scouts to-morrow evening at 5.30 o'clock. At 8 p.m. there will be a meeting of the Church of England Men'J Society., the vestry, and others interested in the of the Society, at which Mr Connolly will be present. The recent spell of line weather has had a marvellous effect on the roads, which are really for this tfme of year splendid. The rosds in; the Waitomo district .still continue to be good for vehicular traffic away from the metalled portions. The various tracks through the back country are also equally as good as during the slimmer months. When the Prime Minister at Ohura the councillor for the riding made a request that one of the Govenment sections on the main street be exchanged for the Mechanics' Institute site, with a view to the erection of a Town Hall. He promised this would be done if there was no difficulty in the! way. The council now have a letter from Ranger Tolme inquiring which section is desired.

Female police officers have been appointed at Vancouver. Similar appointments are being made at Seattle and San Francisco. At the latter place 300 women applied for three vacancies. The civic authorities are satisfied with the women's work, where the system has already been tried.

Papakura, a mmeber of the Maori Rugby team, in an address at the RedJem Methodist Church, deplored the decrease of the Maoris, which he largely attributed to vices introduced with civilisation. Touching on sport, be conndemned the introduction of professionalism. The reason the Maoris had come to Sydney was to recreate interest in the good old amateur game of the Rugby Union. For some time past large quantites of potatoes have been arriving at Lyttelton from country stations for shipment to northern portß, but on account of the recent Bevere frosts many consignments are rejected. A gentleman interested in the export trade states that the potatoes were up to the standard of pa *t seasons, but several consignees in the country did not exercise enough case when delivering their sacks to the railway station, and consequently the consignments suffered from frost through the failure of the owner to see that the sacks were properly protected at night. An article by Lord Cromer, ex-Consul-General at Cairo, published in the July issue of the "Nineteenth Century and After," advocates the abolition of the present methods of governing Egypt. The evils under the existing system, be declares, will disappear only when Great Britain has requested the Powers to invest her with legislative power to create a Chamber and enact laws to which Europeans will be amenable. NeWßhaß been leceived in Wellington of tbe death of Mi William Fisher, eldest son of the late Mr George Fisher, several times Mayor of Wellington and a member of Parliament, and brother o* the Hon. b\ M. B. Fisher. "Big Bill," as he was popularly known, was about 45 years of age, a native of Wellington, and educated at the Thorndon school. He was in the Government Insurance Department for some time, and he afterwards lived at Otaki. He took a prominent part in outdoor sports ind Was in the Wellington Football

31ub when it won the championship n' 1890. He wbb also a conepiuous ignre in tioxing circles. Be has eft a widow and two children. News to hand states that . the teener of the reserve (Mr S. Parnenter) has discovered a new pastage of great beauty in the Waitomo save itself. Preparations are in land for opening x it to the public. Even better news is that farmers ibout two miles past the Suakuri save have found another of vast extent and great beauty. It abounds in great crystal, formations, and although it has not yet been explored, it has been traced back for,a distance estimated at four and a half miles. Mr Parmenter says that the approach to it includes four wonderful crystal arcbeß, so perfect that they' seem to have been made by man. It ha 3 a cathedral" about twelve times the size of the famous cathedral in the. Waitomo cave. In the course of time, Mr Parmenter says, it should be opened to the public, but that cannot be for some time yet, as the approach to it is visy rough, and a track has no yet been made to its mouth. It will be necessary also to cut steps as an approach. < The English paper Truth offered a prize recently for the best suggestion as to how to deal with suffragette hunger-strikers. The simple advice, of one competitor is: "Give them the vote, but only let it, count half a vote." A further suggestion is to give women the vote, the Act to come into force in twenty years; or, if the militants are "good," before that time. & There is a certain amount of ingenuity about the suggestion that "the most , savoury smelling foods should be placed regularly in the cells, followed by the most enticing sweets." It is argued that the feminine taste could not resist these for long. One exasperated male competitor has no sympathy with halfmeasures. "Plunge them, head downwards, in • beef-tea bath. Being women* they will, of course, be quite unable to Iwtp their months shut, so