LOCAL AND GENERAL.

King Country Chronicle, Volume XII, Issue 1221, 7 June 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Rumour has it that Mr H. Rothery will contest the Waitomo seat at the election.

The Returned Soldiers' social resulted in a gain of £2O to the Association.

The Chamber of Commerce meets on Tuesday night to discuss the condition of the Te Kumi road and the question of loading facilities for stock at the Kopaki station.

There is a boom in King Country P resen t time," observed Mr J. Wall, chairman of the Waitomo County Council on Tuesday, when speaking of a certain piece of land.

Lovers of the picture theatre are being well looked after. On and after Saturday evening next the Empress and Palace Theatres will both be open for the Saturday evening programmes till further notice. The management has evidently determined thai it will leave nothing undone to give the fullest satisfaction to its clients.

On Friday, June 13th, Mr Graham will sell at the mart a fine selection of fruit trees, also a dogcart and buggy.

Mails for Fiji, Fanning Island, Honolulu, Japan, Canada, North and South America, United Kingdom, expeditionary forces, Europe and Continent of Europe, via Vancouver (per Niagara) close at Te Kuiti on Monday, June 9th, at 8 p.m.

It is improbable that the Waitomo County ratepayers realise the enormous extent and limitless ramifications of the business undertaken by the clerk, and the work performed by the members, the clerk and engineer. Perhaps that was the reason the Council's sittings on Thursday occupied from II a.m. to 1 p.m., 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., and 7 p.m. to 12.30 a.m.

" There never will be a hospital in Te Kuiti till the Waitomo County Council builds one," declared Cr W. Johnston at Thusday's meeting of that body.

The Waitomo County Council has decided to purchase Mr J. Smyth's crushing plant, which is situated at Aria, in a position of great value to the Council. This purchase will doubtless mean the saving of a lot of money to the ratepayers.

Music lovers will have an opportunity of hearing some good band music this evening, when the Te Kuiti Municipal Band will play some selections at Sutton's corner, opposite the railway station.

Motorists who are in want of new storage batteries for their cars should read the advertisement in this issue of Mr A. Dunne, the w r ell - known electrical engineer, of Hamilton. He is South Auckland agent for the famous " Columbia " storage battery, which is guaranted not only for workmanship and materials, but also that it will maintain at least 80 per cent, of its original capacity for one year. Mr Dunne invites motorists either to write to him or to call and see him when in Hamilton.

It was explained at Thursday's meeting of the Waitomo County Council that the balance sheet was not received by the Auditor-General till March 24th, the Department's work being about a year behind. That was why the balance sheet had not been published up to the present. Mr J. W. Cochrane, local secretary of the N.Z. Farmers' Union, has received word that a special course of lectures and demonstrations is being arranged to be held at Ruakura during the week beginning on July 21st next. The lectures will deal with such subjects as soils and soil cultivation, forage, fodder and root crops, manures, dairy science, oil engines, motor tractors, dairy machinery, drainage, farm implements, trees and shelter belts, seed selection, dairy cows, poultry, bees, orchard work, wool classing, pig breeding, and fencing. Sixty farmers will be allowed to attend, but accommodation can be found only for 30 persons. Those desirous of attending are requested to communicate at once with the Supervisor, Education Board, Auckland.

Some idea of the magnitude of the business transacted by the Waitomo County Council may be gleaned from the fact that at Thursday's meeting accounts amounting to £5945 4s iod were passed for payment. This included expenditure on the various ridings. The amount is sometimes even greater. Assistance to the Hamilton Soldiers' Club fund was invited from the Waitomo County Council at Thursday's meeting. The letter was received. A settlers' petition to the Minister for Works to open up the Kohua road to connect with the Tiki Tiki road, and thence towards Kopaki railway station, is supported by the Waitomo County Council. Ten settlers at the Mapara South road petitioned the Waitomo County Council to have the road continued to | Waimiha. The clerk was instructed to write to the Minister for Public Works and ask for immediate relief. Messrs J. W. Walsh and Co., the well known land agents, of Hamilton, are advertising in this issue. They invite correspondence either from those wishing to sell, or from those wishing to buy farming and town property near or in Hamilton. The partners of the firm, Messrs J. W. Walsh and T. Shannon, are both experienced farmers, and are well-known throughout the Waikato, and prospective clients need have no hesitation in having business dealings with them.