King Country Chronicle Wednesday, October 14th, 1914.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 712, 14 October 1914, Page 4

King Country Chronicle Wednesday, October 14th, 1914.

"I Mackay and Jones, Ltd., notify that the suction sale of drapery initiated with such success last Saturday, will be continued next Saturday. " Wowsers and is the somewhat unusual title of a sermon to be preached in the Municipal Hall on Sunday evening by Rev. P. Buttey. With such a ,spicy title, the sermon i should bo of Bpccial interest. The fund in aid of tbe Huntly disras- 4 ter has been further augmented by Messrs T. Wells and Sone, who held a weight-guessing competition on Saturday evening last, the prize being a sucking pig. The amount of £2 5s was received bringing tho total thus raised by Meßßrs Wells and Sons to £7 Os 6d. As v?ill be seen by advertisement in another column, Mr W. Box is starting the business of a general carrier at Te Kuiti and early in November will have a waggon on the rofcd from Te Kuiti to Pio Piu and uurrounding districts. Orders may bo left with Mr G. Brown, Pio Pio, or at Mr Box'a residence, Queen street, Te Kuiti. An application was made at tho Borough Council meeting on Monday night by Cr Elliott on behalf of the natives to have the Maori meeting house connected with the drainage system. In view of a large Maori meeting being held at Te Kuiti ; next month it was allow the premises to be connected with the Rora street corner, with a four inch pipe, :he owners to bear the cost. '|Tha' schedules for the twenty-third mnual show of the Waikato Agrlmltural and Pastoral Association, vhich is to be held on Tuesday and November 17th and 18th, it the Association's grounds, Claudeands, have just been issued. It is he most attractive and comprehensive chedule yet published by the Associaion, and it is proof positive? that the lolicy of the executive is to keep his old-establised Association i" tho ront rank of agricultural fixtures f the Dominion. Tho list of special rizes and trophies ia easily a ecord, and judging by the applicaions and enquiries tho secretary ia eceiving, tbe entries this year are ikely to prove better than ever. br. Si i ' -I / 1 " -t '