The Herald. Alexandra, Thursday, June 23, 1904

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 426, 23 June 1904, Page 4

The Herald. Alexandra, Thursday, June 23, 1904

.ThbGovernment Poultry -' Department at Dunedin packed 4,010 birds, for'export last month. This trade is steadily, growflig. A reward of £5 is ; 'offered'fof the recovery of the body of Mr W."J. Scott; -who disappeared from f sprnp ; two months ago. !.,.,- .LOBDPrjUNJpHTour new Goverppr.js due to arrive in the colony on the„2Bth. inst. One of his private secretaries and a dozen •imported servants Of various brands haVe already been unpacked. ' .-- J

A opmous siokness has broken out among children at Bodangora (N.5.W.,; <he lower part of the bo.iy beooming paralysed, andthe/; preliminary symptoms are similar to. • those of typhoid. i&Ls--The Tasmanian Government has for one year the prohibition against the importation into that State of anyswmo from - New Zealand; Last Saturday was the ninetieth win?. versary of the battle of Waterloo. Th* school flag was hoisted in honour of the occasion. Ar L »? who a l'P lled *o a racing club noun of Wellington for an apprentice's lieen-e backed, up bis application with a recora raendation by ~ jocal clergyman. The following notice appears in an Auckland paper:-' I , 0 f Waihii coabem . , plate beimj parried in June, or thereabouts, and anyone objecting to my marriage pleasa n y f^ P nt ' to , tMa **&*• I** l * na«»« in lull necessary. The bachelors of Alexandra intend giving a ball on the Ist July. A strong committed has been appointed to arrange all details in connection with the affair, and they intend to surpass, if possible, their efforts of two years ago. Given good weather, a moltenloyable evening will be the result. On Wednesday next, 29th inst. Menu* Young Buchanan and Co, will hold Km? portant auction sale at Bald Hill UW nn Hctf °%f Hotel.» The sale-list includes a large assort, ment of household furniture of eve\y dee'S ,p^"?, . a ?* asMrGustafeoa is leavinjr the district the lot must be disponed™! Fall particulars will be found fa ouV 1 tjsmg columns. • As some misunderstanding prevails re. gardmg the celebration of thlßtort Birthday, we may state thai June 24th {to. morrow w«l barecognised fa Britain as the Kings official birthday; b.tfafce (felons the celebration will fee .fr e id November 9th. There wilL 4fcerefore. be no publfe holiday in Ae « O Srf M SSmm. Ai New Plymouth a young married woman left her artificial teeth dp a steamer af the breakwater. She made the disooverv only half an hour before the depftrture of the express train, by .which she and bar husband were continuing their honeymoon trip. The latter engaged a eobman to rescue the teeth, and a high>fee enabled th* mission to be accomplished fa the limited time.,-■ ■ ■■/ ■!■'. •''.';'..' . A correspondent of the Balolutha Tree Press states that on Friday evening, when, the hotels in Kaitangata (which is included ' in the Bruce licensing district) were reopened, numbers of boys from 13 to 14 years were rolling about the streets in a sad state of intoxication. Fighting and rowdyisfla were, kept up lopg after the hotels closed; and at one time the place was a veritable pandemonium. v It is stated that overpayments amoual- " . ing to over £BOOO have been made by the Commonwealth for the conveyance of mail matter from Australia to Anokland by the Oceanic S.S.'Company's steamers. Regufa. tions have, been proceeding between the postal authorities and the' company for the recovery of the alleged excess of payments forborne time past, and it appears that the JfederalrMimstry now contemplates eoW to law to settle the dispute. » "• "' £i ; Much trouble3p:mind, theCyaicrectbf-; Hisetar was not in ascendant; , He deigned hot to scoff for he had a bad •'-"--' couth, " And a tear from his nose was pendant " I'll away I "said Diog, "To Delphia 111 And consult that oracle sure," - He went, and it said, "For a cold to the Take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Fourteen Chinamen arrived at Wellington on Wednesday (states the " New Zealand Times ") from Sydney by the Victoria. Eight were strangers to the colony. The Treasury is thus enriched by £BOO. fa every ease without exception, Ohinamen have to; pay the Government poll-tax not in Wellington, But at Hongkong, where the credentials of each departing Celestial are looked into by the British authorities* Every Chinaman, whether he has been to the colony before or not, has to deposit £IOO and the amount is forwarded on to the New Zealand Customsj though the agency of the steamship company the emigrant travels by ' After the papers are found to be in, order and identity as a previous resident in New Zealand has been established, the tax ma* be refunded. ' ' NoKTifERNj exchanges are! circulating stories aboiit the unspeakable condition of some of the roads in the backbJocks. One story relates that a stranger remarked to a northern settler: "Ihear you have pretty Wide roads up your wayl" « Well," he replied thoughtfully, "we don't notice the widthV it's the depth.' A visitor was riding along what is known as a road—north of Auckland—when be spied a hat lying in the* mud. He idly commenced to turn it over when a .voice came "from underneath: & Please don't destroy my hat:" man V said the stranger«? what a plight you must be in 1" "Oh, I'm all right,S remarked the voioe, " it is the horse under tae lam rather concerned about. • ■i The Manawatu ? Daily Times »irrewr»nay says;— Sawdust City will assemble iu- it* best belltopper next Monday to wave farewell to Governor Kanfurly. A large Illuminated address is being prepared, significant of Dannevirke's devotion to the Throne) and the train; will pull up in its passage to Napier for precisely ten minutes while this document is read to Lord Banfuily by one of the: local ; potentates, jf. i s that his Excellency will have to pay freight on five tons of gilt-edged appreciation florid which will' be duly taken to Ireland" and 1 placed in the woodshed at : the rear of the baronial halls, - Bullocky Bill had a cold so bad* **. That, though his language was very sad, His team stood placidly chewing the cud, While the wheels sank deeper into the mud. * ; Woods' Peppermint Qure;fcis ybiee brought ■ \i >■ back, When of classical speeoh there was no lack. And his cattle took to their work with s ' * " ' ■—- ;--. - W j (l ' Neath the lurid appeals of Bullocky Bill, Thi existence of the American Tobacco Trust in the colony is denied. The JN. Jf, Times * asithe result of inquiries, n«Bft*e» astateiment that the "American- foiico Company operating fa the colony is. practically a colonial concern, most of the shares being held in New Zealand, and the agaats for which are leading wholesale firoas. The agents have increased the prices of ;tortafa lines pi tpbabco l&oause ihey wereir&nifcuig . no profit. Only four-lines are to he \n--jjM-creased—including the various brands of " Juno "and «'Havelock." v , It has often been said that reductions fa the Customs tariff on food stuffs do not prove a benefit to the consumer, as the re* tail prices Of the goods are not CordinglyV It is therefore very pleasing to note.that Messrs Nelson Moate and Co:, (he weH-known; tea firm, reduced the 1 prices of their celebrated teas by twppence per pound immediately on the recent abolition of the ' twopence customs duty on tea. The public js riow able to purchase any of this .firm's well-known brands at twopence, less "than previously, and are ponsequently receiving ithe-fuU benefit of the reduction". The fact that Messrs Nelson Moate & Co., have done this proves, that, the public do, in some instances, at any rate, receive the advantages of tariff reductions. "'" v "