THE Kawhia Settler FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1909. Local and General.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume VIII, Issue 455, 19 November 1909, Page 2

THE Kawhia Settler FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1909. Local and General.

As eh'-wing the numerical strength of the Kawhia, Ha; hour Lawn Tennis Club, we understand that the roll of members now to'alsuc less than forty five strong. We have been repuested to draw attention to the fact that ladies are to bo admitted to the banquet at Kinobiku and the residents of that locality ace looking forward to a good sprink ling of the fair sex.

The arrival of six wool-buyera by the lonic is a healthy sign of a good wool market, The s.F- Rothesay left f?r Marokopa this morning with general cargo and has fi full loading of <imber for return trip. Nt-xc week she proceeds to the Utikika (Aotua Harbour) for wool. The wharf contractors are taking every advantage of the spring tides co push forward,ibe progress of the substructure of the extension work.?. Unless anything unforsreo b.tppjas they hope to be nearing completion within a month.

Mr M. Forsyth who has for some time been resident in Kawhia in charge of wharf improvement works left the district yesterday. He now proceeds to Woodville where be is to undertake the construction of a steel railway viaduct in connection with Messrs Massey Bros, contract. The s.s. Ckymnre arrived in Kawuia under charge of Captain Teixeira. It is ireporied that, the s.s. Waitangi bus again been placed in commission and iis to be engaged in the Auckland and Wbangarei running for some time and that Captain Darling has been placed in command. Amongst other competitions which will eventuate during the approaching Te Mata Hall Carnival, will be a Marathon Raco from Raglan to Te Mata. As will be seen from ,a perusal of the announcement which appears in our advertising cilumns quite a multitude of attractions will be provided on that occasion.

A meeting of the Sports Committee rcas held at the Hotel Moana on Saturday evening last, when the programme, drawn up by the sub committee was, with a few slight alterations, adopted. The programme which consists of over 40 events, ie now being printed, and will be distributed in a few days.

We gather that the forthcoming Sheep Dog trials on 28 h prox. are likely to evoke considerable interest. Several sheep owners have expressed their intention of competing, many of ihem sufficiently good sports to enter their dogs in order to givd the initial meeting their support and help to ensure its success.

Those interested in volunteering will note that Colonel Allen Bell pro poses visiting Kawhia on the 27th inst. with the object of ascertaining what can be done in the matter of /aiding » corps or establishing Rifle Club*. As there is already a Rifle Club Marok-'pa it is believed that the formation of district clubs should *• ci'ch <”> ” here, nnd that peridioal comi'o'itious would siimaiato the movement.

Probably no settlers in Waikato were better known or more highly respected than Messrs Jos. Gane and N. I. Hunt and it is with deep regret that wo note the untimely death of these gentlemen last week. Both bad been for such a long period identified with public bodies nnd societies in Waikato that it is not surprising to learn that in each cnee the funeral cortege was extremely Urge, hundreds of < ld and new Waikato residents pay ing a lust tribute to two pioneers who had oaraed |he appreciation of all.

Mr O’Donnell who recently secured a section at Awaroa was unfortunate enough to inflict a severe axe wound while cutting a small stick. He was attended to by Dr O. Campbell Jenkins and conveyed to Kawhia where be is recovering satisfactorily.

Several thousand rainbow trout fry are to be introduced into Kawhia and distributed amongst the harbour streams next week. The consignment is under charge of Mr Spratt. At a meeting held at the Hotel Moana last night it was decided to entertain Col. Allen Bell at a smoke concert, after his address on Defence matters on the evening of Saturday next 27th inst.

During this week Mr Burnside, school inspector has been occupied in the examination and inspection of pub lie schools in the district. -Owing to the absence of Mr Durham, the local schoolmaster, the examination of the Kawhia school will not take place until next week.

On our fourth page will be found an advertisement from Mr W. A Mason regarding a first-rate line of twr-tooth Romney rams of his own breeding which he offers for sale. As these rams have been reared in the ordinary way, not being forced in any way and flock owners will have the advanlage of purchasing sheep without the risks of travel.

We have to .cknowledgu the December number of ‘‘Life” which maintains its usual reputation for bright, interesting and iustructiva reading The fiction portion is well to icreputution, while there are numerous well written articles which Can bo read with profit and advantage.

Mail contracts connecting with Kawhia post office have been let as f Ilows :—Kawhia to Oparau (launch, tri-weekly service) W. Berg; Oparau to Pirongia (tri weekly coach service) A. Symons ; Kawhia to Awaroa, F. W. Newton ; Kawhia to Kinohaku, Waibnrakeke and To Miika, Alf. Wright; Kinohaku to Taumatatotara and Waimarino, F. Stokes. Ou Wednesday afternoon last the Kawhia Tennis Club selected a team to accept the challenge issued by Messrs Jonathan Ltd. The team wan selected by ballot resulting as follows : Mesdames Nowtnn and Gibbon=, Messrs F. W. Newton, Cr.-.tty, E. Forbes and Frank Newton. The challenging team comprise Misses Stevens and Forbes, Messrs Jonathan, Bradley, Eeles and A Jonathan. The match comes off next Wednesday.

New Zealand and Anstrelia are ju-tly famed for their weekly journals, than which none excels the Weekly Press of Christchurch. A friendly rivalry appears to exist amongst these publications in the mit;er of tbeiChristmas number and each year brings forth an improvement on the last The 1909 number, which is just to hand is no exception, and is a bright, cheery issue of an always entertaining paper.

The Japanese have discovered a very cheap and good substitute for tho milch cow in the form of a tiny tern. The jn’ce is --id to be excellent vegetable milk, »he proparties of which render it highly suitable for use in tropical countries. In making the milk the beans are softened by soaking and b iled in water.

The next census will be taken io 1911, and in the same year there will be a census in the United Kingdom, as well as in the Commonwealth of Australia and all other British pos sessions. The pensus of New Zealand will thus be a part of an Empire census, having one particular day fixed for the enumeration on or about April 2nd, 1911. < Following up previous show sue cesses, Mr J. Allen of Waingaro has again scored heavily in tho recent Waikato (Hamilton) Show, no leas than five firsts, two champions and one third falling to bis six entries of romneys. His 4 tooth ram Garbin” II (bred by E. Short) carried off first and Champion agiinst a field representing the loading breeders while the judge remarked that his first and champion ewe (bred by G. E. Allen, Wairarapa) stood alone in her class. Mr Allen also secured first honours in the ewes (two), any age class and the single ewe hogget. He had no entry in shearling rums Mr H. Hiw kins being the successful exhibitor, but Mr Allen cirries off the McNic 1 Cup for most points in Romneys.

Discussing the subjoct of tbo hemp industry with a Post representative, the Minister for Agriculture (Hon T Mackenzie) expressed himself as hopeful in regard to the future. '‘For some time,” he added, “I have been endeavouring to ascertain the amount of production in the Phillipines. We know that after the islands we acquired by America, groat enterprise was shown in the development of the Manila hemp trade. The fibre at that time brought a good price, and the natives received a third of their labour. After the subsequent fall in price the share paid to the natives has diminished until now, as far as I can gather, the labour difficulty will interfere with the continuous increase of the output that in fact there may bo a p .si ive decrease. If that comeabout it will very a >on result tn a reac;ion and a hardening of prices for the New Zealand fibre,”