The Waipa Post. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1912. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waipa Post, Volume IV, Issue 155, 18 October 1912, Page 2

The Waipa Post. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1912. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Talk carnival. Tenders tc\<close on Thursday, 24th inst., at 3 p.m., are called for by Mr Win. Mandeno, engineer to the Rangiaohia Road Board, for metal carting.

Owing to the Board's engineer, Mr H. Munro Wilson, having to go to Wellington next week, the proposed visit to the waterworks site on Monday next has been postponed indefinitely.

The work of erecting a pavilion on the Cambridge Croquet Club's green has been commenced, and the structure will be ready for occupation by the opening day of the season Wednesday, 30th instant.

The Te Aroha Borough Council has decided to take a poll of ratepayers for a loan of £5500 for extension of the electrical plant and works. The loan is to be secured by a special rate of 6d in the £.

A public meeting was held in Te Kuiti on'Tuesday evening to consider the question of rating on unimproved values. Several speakers wee heard for and against, and it is stated that steps will be taken at an early date to endeavour to secure this form of rating in the Borough.

A very interesting collection of Maori relics has been donated to the public library by Mr Rigg, a Kihikihl settler. It consists of the following; —Six Maori axes, stone spinning-top. powder flask, stone cannon ball, pieces of obsidian, bayonets, officer's colt revolver, and the original roll of Jackson's forest rangers, dating from the year iB6O.

Te Kuiti borough engineer estimates that to thoroughly road the town and do other necessary work would cost the borough £Bp,ooo. He meanwhile recommends raising £21,000 for road and street formation, extension of water service with Mannesman Weldless steel tube pipes "giving more satisfactory results and cost of maintenance very materially reduced," bridge over river, as-phalt-making plant, sewerage extension, etc.

As indicating the need for the better roading of our back-block settlements a case which occurred at Wharepuhanga recently is tothe point. A settler in that district had the misfortune to break his leg on Tuesday last, and it was necessary to carry him for a distance of no less than twelve miles over bridle paths before reaching a place where medical attendance might reasonably be expected to be obtained. Another similar instance is the case recently cited in our columns where a married man with a family of eight young children had to camp for two months on the outskirts of the settlement before it was possible to make an entrance to his section.

The riluch-needed improvements to our railway station, pointed out to the district engineer (Mr Lowe) on his recent visit to Te Awamutu by the Chamber of Commerce, have, thanks to the hearty co-operation of Mr Mackenzie, the popular stationmaster, now been carried out. The necessity for these improvements, including as they do the extension of the platform, erection of a picket fence, and a new office in the goods shed, tends to show the rapid rtrides being made by this rising district, and it is to be hoped that the Railway Department will endeavour to continue to keep pace with the district's just requirements.

America has invented a new sport —automobile polo. The first game was recently played in Kansas on the Wichata Plain, under the official patronage of the Governor of Kansas, who acted as referee. The teams were of four cars a side, each car carrying a chauffeur and a player armed with an ordinary polo stick. In the report the distance between the goal posts is given as 100 metres, though this seems entirely inadequate .for manoeuvring fast motor cars. In view of accidents', there was a plentiful supply of-doctors on the field. There was a large attendance, and the play was extremely eventful, if judge by the resirit^r' : THe Tw-ifir"' ning team smashed two motor carsy and had three of their members severely wounded. The losing side scored five goals,- one smashed motor car, and two wounded. Five out of eight participants were severely wounded, and three out of eight-cars were ruined.

Ihe following I:.marks of our contemporary, the Pukekohe and Waikato Times, have cur hearty endorsement as being applicable to ourselves and this district. Social functions are now becoming numerous throughout this district, and are making increasing demands upon the time and energy of our literary staff and of our correspondents throughout the whole district. Where secretaries and other promoters desire that these functions should be reported complimentary tickets for that purpose should be sent to this office. We have a deeprooted objection to our representatives presenting themselves as " the press " to doorkeepers, and we cannot undertake the pur•chase of tickets for all these engagements which to the reporters generally mean not occasions.of personal enjoyment but nights of painstaking work. When tickets are sent in the functions will be attended, if their importance appears to warrant it, whenever it is possibe. Where direct attendance is impossible reports will be arranged for. We are prepared to publish reports of these gatherings, but for our representatives we ask reasonable courtesy and consideration.

A progressive euchre tournament and dance in aid of the Hairini Town Hall funds will be held at Hairini on Wednesday next.

On account of the moving of the Presbyterian Church the service on Sunday evening next will be held in the Town Hall at 7.30. Rev. W. Woollass will conduct the service.

The official opening day of the Te Awamutu Lawn Tennis Club for the present season is advertised to take place on Saturday, October 26th. A meeting of members is also convened for Wednesday.

A petition is being circulated in Wellington for signature asking the City Council to take a poll of ratepayers on the question of making the unimproved value the basis of rating for all rates, instead of for one or two only.

Great interest is being taken in the trades picnic to be held on Labour Day. A large number of trophies have already been donated, and will be displayed shortly in Messrs R. J. Ross and Co.'s window.

The brick work of the new bank building is now completed, and the timbers to carry the roof are in position. The flag was hoisted on Wednesday, and the usual ceremonies attendant thereon were duly performed.

The greatest range of tide in the world is in the Bay of Fundy, between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. The tide there sometimes rises to a height of seventy one feet, and the increase is occasionally as much • as a foot every five minutes.

With the completion' of the plasterers' work at present in course of progress the post office tower will be quite ready to house the clock so generously donated by Mr Wm. Taylor, and residents may look forward before long to an interesting opening ceremony.

The Town Band will hold its first annual "at home" in the Town Hall this evening, and everything points to its being a most successful function. The committee are hard at work, and no endeavour will be spared to provide for the enjoyment of guests. The hall decorations will be a special feature, while the band music is sure to be a great attraction.

By advertisement to-day preliminary notice is given by the Te Awamutu Philharmonic Society to the effect that the operetta entitled " Princess Chrysanthemum " will be staged at the local Town Hall on Wednesday, November 27th. This early notice is given in c the hope that there will be no clashing with any other local attraction.

In connection with the Palmerston A. and P. show a special train will leave Te Awamutu at 1.5 p.m. on Monday, 28th October, reaching Palmerston North at 6.15 a.m. (Tuesday). A similar train will leave Palmerston North at 8.10 p.m. on Friday, Ist November, reaching Te Awamutu at 12.50 p.m. (Saturday). A Departmental notice in connection with excursion fares and stock trains appears in this issue.

At the last meeting of the Te Kuiti Borough Council a letter was read from the chairman of the Te Kuiti Domain Board requesting the Council to take over the domain, and also the liability of £9O. The Council decided to take steps to have the domain vested in the Council, and also to take over the liability, and that the matter be referred to the -borough solicitor. ■■-■ ■;- ; - '£• ;;■''.

':c : ' v A.' , -Sydriey„Worker " writer in 'satirical mood, says: —" There *ai%sO"many opening ceremonies "in these.- ti-Vnes that it wouldn't be surprising to find some public person making a speech over the opening of -a tin .of sardines." Private persons often make speeches over the opening of tins of sardines and suchlike, but the remarks on those occasions are usually unedifying, in fact totally unfit for publtcation. .

Whangarei Borough Council has decided to take a poll of burgesses on the question of raising a loan of £12,000 for the purpose of installing electric light in the borough by the means of power raised within the borough, also, for a loan of £2,600 to complete lighting and furnishing of the Town Hall. The Mayor stated that the new electric scheme would have a wider area, and would be within reach of every householder at a considerably less price than if the Council bought the local gasworks.

We are informed on reliable authority that the redoubtable Mr J. Payne, the representative of Grey Lynn, intends to contest the Napier seat at the next general election. Following the precedent set by the sitting member, Mr Vigor. Brown, Mr Payne has already started two picture shows in the electorate, and a fierce contest may be looked forward to. We wonder whether Mr Payne will display a moving picture of a certain- enthusiastic meeting once held in Grey Lynn. Should he do so the-appeal will surely prove irresistible.