THE Kawhia Settler FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1906.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 244, 26 January 1906, Page 2

THE Kawhia Settler FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1906.

Local and General. Another ten pound prize from T.it1 tersall’s has found its way to Kawhia. Thia year Good Friday falls on April 13;b, Easter Sunday on April 15th and Easter Monday, April 16th. Owing to Monday next being Anniversary Day, the s.s Kia Ora will not s-iil from Onehunga for Raglan and Kcwbia until Tuesday. At a meeting held at Kinohaku on Saturday night last, it was decided to hold an axemen’s carnival, Rpnrts and regatta at Lemon Point on Friday, March 9lhTbe weather since our last issue hat been rather changeable, rain having fallen, whilst the atmosphere has b»ieu what cau be described as muggy, Tbe rain was welcomed with joy by those who had burnt early and had I heir turnips s •wr, but was not very pleasing t> tettlers who were at that time burnThe erection of new and oomm >d* ioue bouses is a sure sign of the. progress of any district. The building trade in this locality is jmt now very brisk, Mr J. E. Scott having been let contractfl to erect large and up to-date houeefi for Mr A. W. Elliott and T. B. Scott (Oparau) aud Mr J. P. Wright (Kiuohako). An article in the Wellington Times on the Wnitorno Caves, concludes :—“Other remarkable caves in the King Country which 4 will become famous in future yearsare tboie at Piripiri on the Marakopa river .south of Kawhia. The cayes entered from the riverside, are said to ba of immense dimensions. The district, however, is not as yet easily accessible.” The Government Gazette of last week .contains details of 17 sections that are to be ballot ted for on March 14th, in the County of Awakiuo. Oat of this number 13 are in the mangero Survey District, two iu Whareorino, and one each in Kawhia aud Marakopa. The four latter are the reserves which the Kirifeh»rc Settlers’ Association has been endeavouring for the l2 months to get thrown open. Doubtless particulars will be advertised later on, A letter Las been rodoivid by a reiidvnt of Kawhia from Mr Percy Hobbs, who left, here for Sydney owing to ill - health some time ago. It atatas that ever since bin arrival in Australia ho has been confined Io the Hospital, one of the results of hie illnwsa being that for tbe whole period he has been totally blind. It is pleasing, however to record the 'fact—and we are sure his numerous friends will be gratified to learn—that he has pirtially regained his eyesight now slowly recovering, t

Three-quarter wool p»eks2/7, twine, ruddle, oils, strnes, lamp black— Jonathan, Ltd., Kawhia.* As a result of a cyclone iu Curialchurch, the exhibition buildings «B'e partly wrecked. An assessment of the damage pats it at .£3OOO. There is a serious ou’braak of eon" tagious abortion <>mpngst the <hi r y herds in Southern Taranaki ;B0 to -It) per cent of the animals are incipaoitntid. A nice collection of post curds, qornic and views of New Zmlaud, have just been secured from Anukl u d. and are now on sale nt the Settlor oilice. The Naw Zealand Shipping Cum pnpy ann unce in another column that their next boat from Waitara will be the s.s. Kiakoura about the 5.b of February. In this issue tenders are invited for the refreshment booth iu connection wi h the sports, etc., to be held at Lemon Point (Kinohaku) on Friday, March 9ih. An instructor of.physical develop ment in Christchurch claims to have cured two of I i< pupils of con ump tion aud asthma. The methods were the sumo iu each case—any amount of breathing exercise, plain food aud fresh air all day. An example of how the Australian colonies are viewed abroao ■ A Havard (U.S.A) undergraduate on discovering that his profc -ser of political economy received aud read Australian papers a kid him where he bad learne I the language! A settler near Stratford who is milkiug thirty cows received £52 6s Id for milk supplied to the factory during December. This tine return works out at a fraction under 30.4 per head for each Cow. He was paid at tbe rate of 9|d per lb for butter fat. The Raglan Chnniole bays :—“A Mr Brown, a recent arrival from the South, has purchased the sections at Waitetum recently owned by Mr A. ; Langely, of Kawhia. ” Tbe information is hardly correct, as the purchasers are Messrs Graham aud Gosling, of Kawhia.

A scribe to a Wellington "paper writes: —lf men Would driuk less, smoke less and gamble not at all, it would be better for them; and if women would not wear high heeled-bocts, and and do without corsets, aud not wear dresses so long that they sweep up the dirt iu the street' or they have to use one hand perpetually to hold up their drew, it would be better or women, and they might have two hands free to do what they like with.

Overheard on wharf.—Mr B.: Have you seei> the summer goods Jonathan Ltd. have just landed ? They are simply lovely and the prices ana exceedingly low. Mr C. : No. I nave only just landed by launch, but I always procure my drapery there. I find their 'goods are always of best quality, the prices are right aud a good assortment to pick from. Mr B. : Yes that is so and I advise everybody to inspect before they buy elsewhere. A meeting of the Kawhia Harbour Railway League was held in tbe Settler Office on Friday evening last, Mr J. E. Scott presiding. Owing to leaving tbe district. Mr Gosling tendered his resignation, which was accepted with regret, and it was decided to place on record the appreciation of Mr Gosling’s efforts. Mr Pettit was appointed to the vacancy. After discussion, it was resolved to again commence agitation through Mr Greenslade, M.H.R. Mr W. Jennings, M.H.R , in the course of a speech at Inglewood expressing his thanks at a congratulatory social, said he was glad to notice the 1 Premier’s remarks re the settlement of native land. Ho hoped this wns not i merely a figure of speech, as the nrosI perity of the Norlh Island was linked j with that question. Continuing he said ( that roads must have more attention. He knew that children ware deprived of education for oyer throe years on this account, aud he alto knew of cases where busbands had to do everything incideutil on tbe birth of children owing to inability to send their wires out to settled districts on account of the dangerous nature of the tracks. The penalty of pioneering was heavy enough without these added dangers. The lot of tbe policeman is not, ou the whole, one to be envied (says the Timaru Post). Not infrequently he is called upon to perfor n disagreeable tasks, and occasionally he has even to risk bis life in the execution of his duty. An example of this whs given only this week in recovering the body ot an infant on which an inquest was held at Waimatc yeiterdny. In order to secure it, Constable Wade, of Waimate, permitted himself to be let down a well 50ft deep, and all that separated him from probably death was a frail windless, which was lible to give way at any moment. Men who know the locality well*weire beard to declare iu Waimate yesterday that they would not have done what the constable did even if a fifty pound reward were offered for tbe task. “ To discontinue advertising,” says John Wanamaker, the millionaire, “ is like taking down your sign. If you want to do business you must let the people know it. Standing advertisements when frequently changed, are better and cheaper L|inn reading notice/. They look more substantial and business-like, and inspire confidence- I would as foon think of doing business without a clerk as without ad ver-Using.” This is ad vice which all badness men would do well to follow, but it must be birne in mind that tbe advertising mediuih must be tbe best obtainable. We can confidently say that iu consequence of its large circulation, The KaWjua Settler is one Jof the best papers to advertise in.