LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume XXIII, Issue 1237, 10 October 1924, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The official opening of the Lemon Pt. butter factory lakes place tomorrow, when a large gathering is expected to participate in the formalities. Mr F. Lye, M.P., has signified his consent to peform the opening ceremony-

The s.s. Rimu arrived in Kawhia early on Tuesday morning, rem lining in port until late that afternoon. The opportunity was taken of her stay here to exercise the crew in the usual boat-drill practice.

The poll which was taken on Wednesday in c mnection with ths metalling of the Mangapobue road was carried by a Ctnsiderable majori y. That proposing the metalling of a portion of the KinohakuWaiharak ke road was, on the other hand, rej c.ed,

We understand that Messrs Oldbury and Co. have acquired the business premises near the Kawhia wharf, formerly occupied by the late Mr A. E. Langley. It is intended to effect considerab’e alterations to the building, with a view of extending the business operations of that firm.

Mr E. R Gould, County Engineer, arrived in Kawhia this week, travelling vid Moeatoa and Marokopr to Kino haku, which is now the mail route from Te Kuiti for Kawhia South. The trip occupies about five hours from the railway to the harbour.

An epidemic of typhoid has, we understand, broken ont among the natives of the R>glan district, several deaths resulting, principally confined to children and infants. The Health Depar' merit took immediate stepa to prevent the spread of the complain’, prohibiting all tangis and restricting unnecessary intercourse between the affected tribes and their neighbours.

Considerable progress is being made with the stone protective wall now in course of erection under the super vision of Mr W. Thomas at Te Poti. The road filling is proceeding as waltconstrnciron advances, and it is expected that the worst portions (at each end) will soon be in a condition to support traffic. The road will have a minimum width of 20ft.

Representing the Health Department, Dr Buck (Te Riuphiria) paid an official visit to the Raglan and Aotea districts recently, inspecting most of the principal native settlements. Apart from bis official duties, Dr Buck was naturally keenly interested in these localities, which are so closely connected with a host of historical and legendary associations, and ho took every opportunity of adding to his stoie of Maori antiquities and knowledge,

Bu‘ter is beginning to form a cinsiderable item in the exports from Kiwhia, and it is satisfactory to note 'hat shipments are steadily increasing. Fir the past three weeks the output from the three factories operating in the County (apart from local sales) hive been (b >x is) Ooarau, CO, 61, 62; Mirokipa, 91, 32, 78; L’lnou Bein', 13, 28, 29. This total shows a subs'autial increase as compared with last se ison’s consignments from Kawhia, Iho figures for ibe cirrespon. ding wei Its beirg : —Opirau : 43, 44, 64 ; Marokopa : 06, 51, 43.

The work of planting trees on the eaud-dnnes along iho coast is progressing rapidly, and 60,000 have been planted out thia season from the newly eitab'ished nursery at Tanginjoana (states the “Mauawatu S andard”) Tho camp has pow be n transferred to the new site, and the nursery when fully established will have a capacity of 500,000 trees. A Consignment of J. 00,000 yearling trees received frotp Rqtqrua has been ljued out and will bp ready for planting nejtt season,

Don’t taki a y ti ks Insure against accidents. J. K. Newton, agent S.B. Insurance Co.

After trying several recommend d dodges for securing garden peas from tho assaultsof bitds and finding them all nnsat isfnetory, a Dunedin amateur experimented by laying a line of soot on each side of a row (states the ‘ S ar") and the peas have not heen touched. In an hnnr or two’s watch lie saw the birds assemble in number j , but not one crossed the black in irk.

In one advertising o'Limns Mr W. A. Henderson, dental snrgion, if O orobanga, aniv unoes that he in tends rc-visi iug Kawhia early n x •n mrh. His stay here this week rssiil'id in a large number of patten's b.-ing treated, a fea'ure of which was tho great priporfi n of children.

M s rs Pi'torann and Jouk<, of the Ag’-cnlt'i'al Doparm.nt, were in O.iarau li uric yos'e day in connec i n wi h tr e o oab'i-bment of experimental plots in thin neighb nrhoed. They visited the farm I M K A. W. Meeker.z e wh ch was ncnnmendid t?y the Kiwbin Cbanihsr of C mmercs as one of iho mist tollable properties ou which such investigations could be csrtitd t ut.

Our attention has been drawn to the development of a new indm’ry in ibis distric', v'z., the minufsc u.-B of brier b xos by Msssrs 8 N Mir in and S >n, of the Kinobak.i S.wnflls. Tne Mir. k .pa Diiry C.’s exp ‘tt i< m w being shipped in these boxse, a-d vary favoureblo comment was ixura-sed at the gat -up and general ixoallence cf the Workmanship, exoep'ionslly strong timber being use I, which is of g eat adv utags in the oiniinuous handling to which butter is subjected on th a coast

While in Kawhia this week, M' F. Dye, MP , is expected to open the Awaroa school, for which be worked assiduously to secure for the people of that distric'. One of Mr Lye’s first public utterances in ths House was to call attention to ths inadequaks bousing of schoolchildren in tho back block’, and be eff-X! tvely q oted the Awaroa build ing as one of the most obj c iocable. He will nnw have the sati - fao'.ion of officially opening a structure which c informs, to some degree, with the ntel.s of pupils residing in outlying districts.

The committee set up to further the construction of a War Memorial connected with All Saints’ Church, have been successful in securing the co-operation of the Awaroa D’amatic Cimpany in their objective of raising funds. -Tots company have already made a favourable impression during their first appearand’, and they are assured of a warm welcome when they face the footlights on the Kawhia stags next Wednesday. The addition of popular local vocalists and musicians is al o bound to prove an attraction, and the public Cm rely upon an absorbing entertainment.

Owing to the ever increasing cost of Australian hardwood poles for use in electrical reticulation, the Ashburton hydro electric Power Board (says the ‘'Lyttelton Times’) finds it necessary to use New Zealand bluegam’, although only for oer'ain types of construction, if it hopes to complete the schema a’, tho cost anticipated. Io order to make certain that the use of bluegams in certain conditions will be economic ally safe the engineer recent'y trie graphed the Director of Forestry asking if he considered the cutting of bluogum trees fir pol-e while the sap was still running would seriously affect tho life of the pole’ and also if it would tend to in crease the splitting of the timber. The director has replied to the *ffect that the cutting of such iraes while the sap is rising will not seriously affect the life of tbs pola. Hi adds, however, that ca-e is reoeisary to ensure steady sea'oning in i rler to obviate splitting.