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King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 633, 10 January 1914, Page 4

A preliminary notice of the sale of Mr Douglas' furniture and effects appears in our issue of to-day. Full particulars in next issue. A regular coach service is now being run from Ohara to Whangamomona through the Tangarakau gorge and the trip is a popular one with settlers at both ends. Otorohanga business people are petitioning to have the weekly halfholiday fixed on Wednesday instead of Saturday, and a public meeting is to be held concerning the matter. The Pio Pio cattle sale, which will ' be held by the Farmers' Auctioneering , Go. on Thursday, January 22nd, will start punctually at 11 a.m. Owing to a typograpical error the starting time appeared in last issue as 11.30 a.m. Shearing operations in the district, which were held up by bad weather in the early part of the season, were in full swing during the recent fine weather, and the majority of flock owners were able to get through their shearing satisfactorily. The matter of establishing a municipal hall at Otorohanga was discussed at the last meeting of the Town Council, when, plans for a fero-concrete building were submitted by Mr Mountjoy, the local architect. It was decided to get further plans and also to confer with the solicitors concerning the financing of the project. During the recent fighting in Tripoli an Italian surgeon named Consiglio kept under observation 225 soldiers who were ex-convicts. He discovered that they were faint-hearted in battle. The fittest soldier for modern campaigns, says the Times, is the man who is a good citizen in time of peace. At the railway workers' conference at Sydney complaints were made that hundreds of sly-gog shanties were run in the vicinity of various railway construction camps and sold liquor of the vilest description, which sent the men mad. Police supervision was practically non-exis-tent. The Government was urged to adopt strict supervision. Mrs. Ida von Claussen, has been committed to Matteawan Asylum as intj* sane. She brought an action against ex-presiient Roosevelt, accusing him of thwarting her presentation at the Court of Sweden when in Europe some years ago. While she was awaiting examination fay the alienists, she spent the time writing theatening letters to her lawyer. The attention of buyers is called to Mr Jones' sale on Thursday at hiß residence next the bridge on Waiteti road. Particular attention is called to the nice English piano> and also to the purebred prize winning fowls. All the goods have been well kept and the auctioneer's instructions are to clear every line as Mr Jones is leaving the district. The supplies to the Te Kuiti dairy factory are keeping up remarkably well though there was a slight falling off during the dry spell of weather. Prices for butter on the Home market are now showing a downward tendency, but it is anticipated the average for the season will be satisfactory and will show an advance on those of last Beaaon. The season has been excellent for feed and promises to be a record in the matter of supplies.

A cable message from Madrid on December 30th stated that a washerwoman gave birth to seven girls. Three died shortly after birth, but the other four are thriving.

A dealer in Nottingham has been aentericed t) three years' imprisonment on a charge of selling margarine aa butter. There were 22 previous convictions against the accused, several being in connection with the Bale of margarine.

A native wedding took place at Tahaia on January Ist, the occasion being the opening of a new meeting house, about 400 natives Deing present; £2lO was collected by Mr H. Honiara and others for the huilding. Mr Amohau was married to Miss Rahapa, daughter of Tonga. Feasting and the usual festivities wer* indulged in.

There is Bome talk of an effort bs ing made to establish a trotting club at Te Kuiti. A fair number of trotters are located in and a/ound the district, and a considerable amount of support would be accorded to venture providing a permit could be obtained by the club. This branch of sport is making great strides in Auckland, and the claims of this district in respect to a permit would Oe strongly supported.

The completing of the chain of metalling between Te Kuiti and Hangatiki on the Manganrino road should be accomplished this season. The contract ia now well in hand and given fine weather there should be no difficulty in finishing the work during the summer. The journey to the Waitnmo Caves will then he negotiated without encountering any of the mud holas With which travellers were no familiar in the past.

The Board of Agriculture will be constituted this month. Arrangements are at present in train for the selection of eight memberß of tho board by the various agricultural and pastoral societies in the Dominion. The other four members, one of whom will be president, are to be appointed by the Government. The position of president is t» be offered, it is Btated, to Mr J. G. Wilson, president of the New Zealand Farmers' Union.

The road leading from Te Kumi station to the junction of the Oparure road is in an extremely bad condition and the committee of the Te Kuiti Racing Club ore requesting the County Council to have some work done on it prior to the races. This road is included in the Matron special area, but by some oversight; no provision was made for metalling it when the scheme was promoted. Seeing that it gives direct access to the railway station Bteps will probably be taken to remedy the oversight.

At a meeting of the Ohura branch of the Farmers' Union on Saturday, the following resolution wai unanimously passed : "That this branch of the Farmers' Union niter an emphatic protest against the proposed enrolment of a Constabulary Corps amongut its member*, aa Buch action will tend to divide and cause diasension with the working classes. Furthermore, the farmers have proved that they are quite capble of dealing with anv industrial cr'sis that i 3 likely to occur, without resorting to any military organisation."

A further metalling scheme is be ing promoted to complete the metal on the Pukearuhe road. The original Pukearuhe loan provides for the metalling of about four miles from the junction of the Te Kuiti-Awakino road while about half a mile of the other end of the road is metalled by the Mairoa loan. A gap of about two miles is thus left unmetalled and a new loan is being raised to complete the circuit. A cream waggon now runs regular tripa over the road to the Te Kuiti factory, and it i'h hoped to get the metal completed in order to allow the waggon to run in the early spring.

A case that ia causing considerable interest comes before the Supreme Court on February 3rd. Since the last Harbour Board elections, held in April last year, opposition has been shown by a Bection of the Waitara Harbour Board to the Crown nominee, Mr W. T. Jennings, taking part in the Board's proceeding. The ex-M.P. for Egmont and Taumarunui has filled a seat on the Board since 1903, being reappointed by the late Government in 1911. The grounds of objection are that Mr Jennings' name was not on the roll that was compiled for the election. A request from the Minister of Marine in June last for the member to resign his Beat was declined. The ex-Minister for Marine (Hon. J. A. Millar) and the present Minister the (Hon. Fiahir) will be Bubpoenaed by the defendant to the action.

Lovers of music have a special oppotfftnity of in Te Kuiti just, now. From Monday, January 12th to Saturday, January 24th, tne Dresden Piano Co., Ltd., which has become as asurod an institution as the bubbling places of Whakarewarewa, will have their representatives, Messrs Stevens and Webster, at the Dresden piano depot in Zobel'a Buildings, Rora street, Te Kuiti. A Bplendid lot of specially imported instruments have been brought up. These are not pianos and organs left over in the metropolitan show rooii'3. Muny of them were imported from the famous factories for sale in Te Kuiti, Lipps, Bohms, Konisches, and others, all latest models and perfect examples of quality and dependable construction The terms of payment are especially easy. IE you want a piano for the home, for the church, for the assetuhly room, for any purpose, there will bo no such exceptional opportunity as this for another year. For detailed information, apply to Messrs Stevens and Webster, who are now in Te Kuiti. Don't fear to give trouble. "The Dresden" long ago found out that talcing trouble is the quintessence of good business. The Dresden Piano Co., Ltd., To Kuiti. M. J. Brookes, North Island manager. *