The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1911. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 January 1911, Page 2

The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1911. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

I Major Tatuin, of Manakau, has decided to havo a new residence built on his farm, and a contract, lor its erection lia.s boon lot to .Mr Noes, of Manakau, at a price which nm.s some hundreds of pounds beyond four figures. Mr -Joint's residence, Mnnakau, was destroyed by fire early on AYednesday morning. The inmates escaped with difficulty. The building was insured for £100, and there was a policy of £00 on the furniture. The pastor of a native- churcli at AVhangarei, who was a witness in the Court the other day, wa.s a.sked whether a man could gain admission to the building if iho required a - night's shelter. He replied that a pakeha, might attempt ifc, but that no Maori would sleep within the precincts of the 'hoiy walls for fear of glioste. Prom Messrs AYhitcoinhe and Tombs, Wellington, comes a copy ot the Dominion Year Book and. Almanac for 1911. It is published n,i one shilling, and holds many shillings woi-tilii of valuable information. Being published in New Zealand, it concerns itself chiefly with New Zealand references, a characteristic which favourably distinguishes it from the imported publications. We give our readers a final reminder that entries for that popular function, the Feilding A. and P. Show, close to-morrow (Friday), the 20jbh hist. Schedules may be obtained from the office of tire Horowhenua Ohronic-le, or from the secretary of the society (Mr E. H. Fisher), Feilding. A prohibited person in Blenheim was seen to be surreptitiously "planting" a suspicions-looking black bottle. The afternoon was hot and sultry, and there was reason to believe that the ingenious individ-unl would be about again before long to exhume, his treasure. A prominent citizen wa.s watching, and forthwith hied him to the chemist for a packet or two of Epsom salts; which lie straightway plated with the contents of the black bottle.aforesaid, and lay low to await developments. Soon the thirsty one returned, and was not long in emptying the hottie. The effect of the tomV has 'been very marked and the prohibited one has threatened to go to work, redeem his past, and in future be a wiser and better man. An eminent doctor once said that Epsom salts was worth a guinea an ounce if people only knew its merits and efficacy. Here is a striking case in point.—Express.

Pat D C. Bates , summary and ] forecast states that present mdica- -ii iionstre for moderate- to strong t westorlv winds generally and squally f> li f times in Cook and Foveas » Straits. Warm, fair and Lazy wean Sior will probably prevail, though dondv at times in various parts o j tho country. Tho barometer will < probably fall -slowly everywhere, f \ new device has 'been tested on } nn* \twrican railway for picking_ up J and delivering mails by fast trams. Tf tihe invention will do what is \ claimed for it it will prove a marvel- - lons appliance. Tho inventor states -that a. live porker, weighing 60 p minds was delivered, without the slio-h-tost injury, at « station win* the train was passing at the rate o\ twenty-five miles nn hour. \bout 3000 peasants made .an attack on tho offices and residence or tlie poctrfil official in the commune of Noya reently. Volleys of stones were Ihvown. Tlie gendarmes turned nut! and en lied on tho rioters to disperse. Tlie peasants retorted with further volleys of stones and the gendarmes fired several shots. Six of the peasants, a corporal, and i\ lieutenant pud several gendarmes sustained bruises. Order has been restore:!. A machine ha" hcen invented that turns sawdust. shavings and chips into solid pieces of wood. Tlie material is carried on a rotary belt to the mn<-ivino's hopper, thence to a plnnper -or compressor. Through thr> centre of the mould into which the shavings or," 1 sawdust are forced i= o small hempen rope. A pressure of twenty Inns per square inch is exerted and ihe solid body is driven out of I 1! !!i;vhino in a shai>e similar to a round stick of wood of 4iu diameter. The machine is said to turn out abo'it .six- tons of sticks per day. A (|iK-or freak of nature is reported from Tarewa. A cow belonging: to Mr Aylmer Raltray has had four calves during (he Inst f<?nr years, throe out of (lie four bavins; been born with their mother's oar-niark The ear-mark is a somewhat unusual ono. hc'iv: a fore-hit and o swallow fork, and the calves have come into the world with the exact facsimile of tlio mark pi;;inly stamped on their Xnlur , inr>c;>rs to be soinewhat '•npri:-! , '! , 's nn th:it way as Mr Rattrav ah-- ■> numbers an oirfht-loo-o-pil in his flock, which is perfeH-lv somid and sirnng. and can travel wUh the fastest of its mates. The value of the evidence of a witness va? tested in a novel manner at the M:igi>'T;>.tc's Court in Auckland :\ frw days ago. A labouring 'nan was ; lh" complainant in a chnr'i: , of theft .-itrainst another man. ;: slnn : 'or to him, find in his evideiVT' he identified the accused 'by hN .-iivieanui'-e and by his eyes parfi'-u. 1 . , !! , ! , .-. After a ci-o"<s-examin-ntion of over half :in hoiii , . Mr llackel.t. who .-ipiyircd for the accused, turned in the dock so tlhat I\(} stood with hi-; lw-k to the witness Tin ,, :!!!"' to the witness. Mr TTncJ.-eil .v-fo"! him to tell the ool(!">r of fi •'■'ico'l'c , . eves. Witness could not do "thi? f>"d fildhouodi he had fcr-iiTj: n< -, used for nearly an 1:o;h\ a it' 1 <lc- r!''in r ;- ho^ - lie idenlifie dhi'ii. ihp fnr-t Ih'nt accused hnd I jr.-};; 1»i 111 v ,>v.-. (];■! iHtf seem to mnke (iMV iinprf'-.-iiMi ■: n his mind. A now iiud somewhat peculiar soft r-onuiioneed an active prnp.'vr'i"'':; im T.-mrhin bv menns of missionaries sent from Exeter, its \r- F.!'o;laiid. The sect or'':ir,:it'"l v< Tsnsto!i. and its main tenets ni'e rin!-.i'! ; ed in a honk first ]vi!'ii-;'i n /] 1,-.- "Boiiifimin, the SevovAh Me^seiifr-- , ;'. ,, in Michigan, and • lo "Tv.-clve tribes of Tsrael ■ r-i! !»••'..] .-.brnn-L" All the n:!st;int::i,-; ; .;-; !>'ive lon'X hair I'oachinsr t:i iho'r shcihVrs, and nntrimmed beard- Tho so-l lu>lieros that ox,'vllv ! : '..'HO pennl" wore born to b" of i A -.o iMo' , ). mr] that every one ,-Iso iv..- I|tl f. : :rb fhe n.,le. All of M,n He-' l'- 1 . i«v 1-iv. io allow diair and he , ;l'd i,- , "idt 'luchockod. accordiuL! - i'.i n> , fiii'c. i } show that thev ivf>re ! -n : !'Hr"i! ;>,<<v.. apart from the ntirc"- p ni'i-a i e'l '"..mipiinity. Great impi-i-ivt'-iuouL.s have itaken phi'-o In 'iv'Vird streej., r,cvin, throHjt'i 'ho er.'i-iii.ii of new business premis"s sip'-" ;!,e -ale <if (liie. borou.tvh !e:is-'.s dc-'i.': , ! several business people J.; .-■,-ek f-n-], (■ ||n I'tl'fS. lllcidenlp'iy I'"\v affo--;! a striking in-di-at'on ■:;! :!:<.■ and stability ol' the (own. a;! ,1 ! :, ,e past few days has wii;u—: ; . da -( : 'i i'iirtiier important sniir'siVciiH"',! in t!ic :ic<|iiisition by Mv C. <. KecNvo.l], tlio well known i-h'. , !!!'. , --! 1 , of extensive and cnipmudi.;!!-, ;:iVii!i.-;<-, throe doors below AV. M. Ciark's drapery lishinopi. Tl;..' premises which Mr J Rood'* , - , -'!! I-μ-1 ! M.h-'i'io been ! pro\-od i'i;v'er,!; ;l {-r' i'uj- his lnrgo and jirowiir-; 'i: , -M:r ■:-. am! now he is occiipyi'.i-.- in;" of {':■-■ Hnest chemist's premir--- on t'-..-. V.'csf Cast, -vvit-li display wind.iw:; ih«l it is safe to .sav h:i'.-•'> no ],» or alonif that coast. Messrs !Tn;-ve V ami Co.. of Oxford stri'ct. nut in i.ho vindow and exo- - cuted ! ! :o and they have cari'ied aui ihoir v.'urk in a most • artistic and efl'cclive manner. Tn. the froii! windows Vacvo are over one hundred foot of mirror. They are f-urnMio;! v.-ith .standnrd 'bars' and inovcahie shelve-, a.ll of which are fitted ■,',■;!■:; the latest, improvements-. Thi> woodwork is stained black and s Kronch _ polisliod. In the main q front v>-'!i'hi\v tlirce complete views !• are obtainable aii'! in the side win- _ dow epii'i'iii;. , ,- ihe doorM'ay no less ,s than ei'j-'nt vii>-,rs nvc obtainable. 1 liaised oi, liars the shelves can be clevain! to any or taken out so !!.';■ at when the necessity ' may arise ,th enlarged display of •special '-fni-s may he s!io»\ n. ' At | t the pres{-nt iuiic (he windows are .sol. out i:i a mo-j- artistic manner, am! have a.rlra i-d nnioh attention on the part of the public. On ent terin.ir the .simp .-no is struck hy its e large and roomy appearance and tilic' d ample space provided for displaying ii I he. .slock. l :,, o sh':r> itself covers a a de|)i:!] of forty-five feet, with a a froii.ia«j;e of fonrteeii feet. The. t counter, iviiich measures some fif- '- teen feet in length, is set in the il middle of Hie shop with a. passageway at each end, whilst tiie business ( ] premises fibem.seivo.s are divided off ,f by a handsome dispensary. The |_ front of fhe counter is occ'iipied by long show eases let in to it, in which [. may be dis|)'ayed a great varitey of ~ .small articles, whilst the- back of'the I counter is equipped with the- nooesiV sjiry drawers aiul shelves accommoe dating a great variety of small ar- [(- tides. Tlie dispensing screen at tihe rear of the front portion of the shop is made of kauri.' with rimu ! " shelves, which arc moveable, and , r there is a sjjh'julid mirror attached • to it. The dispensary is roomy and conveniently arranged. The back '" of the screen is equipped with a fine >- dispensing bench fitted with drawl" ers and shelves for carrying every- " tiling in tho AV.iy of pill boxes, corks, etc.,_ neros.sary for prescription disn pensing. fn ('lose proximity is a f well ventilated room which will be ■T used, for the fitting of appliances, and as an offiro. and adjacent to it *T is a store room for a reserve supply of drugs. A fine hulk store is erec- " ted. in tho yard, and this will be ■ used for the purposes of opening • goods and storing glass and other lt articles. This will obviate the c spilling of .straw or tho littering of I" paper on the business portion of the [' premises. Altogether the new shop '• is a distinct, acquisition to the town. "• It .should he added that the interior ; " of the premises is painted a very ?j pnle .shade of blue and the ceiling c ' white. Illumination in the evenings '- is supplied hy handsome inverted e gas lamps, with a three light invert- ■ od, lam]) to illuminate the windows. s Mr Keedwoll evidently believes in " progress, and it is plainly to he seen " that he has confidence in the--1 future of I;erin and district;.

The Lords of the Admiralty have, invited leading private builders on h the Clyde to tender for the con- n struotion of a larger armoured crni- j* ser with gnu power and speed or n anything yet designed for the Navy, h 'Mr Auguste Toole was stated at f> + ; Kingston inquest ia have died sml- a denly three days hefore the day ' v fixed for his wedding. The girl to whom he was engaged called a* his house, but there was no ■answer to ' R her knock. At length she entered s by breaking a window, and found J Mr Toole sitting dead on a dhair. >/ At the present time the Farmers' j" Co-operative freezing works are kept t, working at their fullest capacity in J. order to cope with the work of hand- j ling the stock now coining forward v (says the Patea Press). Lambs hulk largely in the output at pre- ! sent, from "400 to 500 a diay 'being ', the average. A good many cattle ■) are also Toeing slaughtered daily, ( 48 head being put through one day ( last week. , A Frenchman has been convicted of manufacturing cigars and cigarottos out of cocoa husks, in contra- . vention of the tobacco monoply, and \ has been sentenced to four separate ; fines of £160 each. The court held , that tilie manufacture was forbidden < by law. It appeared from evidence | that three and a half million of these j cigarottes, which were capable, of - hoins; .smoked, had been placed on . the market annually. ] On Friday last there was a snow ' storm on the ibills surrounding Hanmer. Snow fell on the low foot- ■ bills, and for a little time was falling on the flat. Between noon on Thursday, and noon on Friday, Lite thermometer fall 40 degrees, from 82 to. 42. On some of the stations shearing was proceeding, but the Crown Lands Ranger states that no damage was reported in Hanmor while he was tfliere. —Christehurch News. There are not many clerks of local bodies who, "besides acting in the many capacities demanded; by their calling, are prepared to carry out the sweeping of tho. Council Cliam- [ her and other such duties (says the Nelson Mail); yet this is wHiat has been done by the clerk of the Richmond Borough Council for many years past. At a meeting of the Borough Council it was unanimously decided to relieve the cleric of all such duties, which councillors considered should be done by outside labour. The Tnilvape Daily Times draws attention to the- unenviable reputation that the town is earning by reason of the drinking, Gambling, and Sabbath-desecrating habits of the young people. Young people, and even girls, under twenty-one years, who cannot he served at, a public honsebar, are supplied with drink in private houses. Bridge parties are frequent, when gambling is indulged in, and; on Sundays tlhc church services are disturbed by sports l>eing engaged in on the recreation grounds. A breach of promise case was concluded at the Birmingham Assizes recently when Miss Alice Emmeline Ross, of Handsworth, was awarded £150 damages against Francis Henry Lees. They mob in 1903, and when later the engagement was ontered_ into Lees said he could not be married for four years when ho would be earning £5 a week. Miss Ross agreed to wait for him, but when the time was up he put her off with an excuse and finally broke off the engagement. Five of the Dannevirke troop of Roy Scouts, who have been camped: during the holidays on the beach at Akititio, accomplished a rather smart piece of travelling on foot on the return journey. In company with the Scoutmaster the lads left Pongaroa for Pahiatua, a distance of about 40 miles, at 9.30 o'clock on Sunday night, arriving at Dannevirke after short spells on the road, at 9 o'clock on Monday morning. On the previous day the same scouts tramped from Akititio to Pongaroa, a distance of 22 miles.—Exchange. During a violent thunderstorm at Shopparton, Victoria, last -week, Joseph Colgan took refuge under a big elm. There was a remarkably vivid flash of lightning, followed by a .short, sharp clap of thunder. The lightning struck the elm tree and apparently entered Colgate's body just over the heart. It traversed the whole length of the body, singeing his moustache and beard, and passing down his left leg and ripping open the trousers. The upper part of the left boot was torn off. He was soon to fall by several people, and a doctor, who was amongst the first to reach the spot, pronounced, him dead, having been electrocuted. "The Herd Book should bo properly cleaned out," said a well-known Jorsoy breeder at the meeting of theNorth Taranaki branch. "Certain things are being said, and- if one asks about so-and-so, there is a cry of 'Hush!' and hands are held up in holy horror." The book won't stand inspection," he continued, "and the position ought to be pointed out to the members of the council who represent the branch. Somclhow, there was a fear of anything getting into print, which should not be." At a later stage of the meeting instances of favouritism by the council were given respecting the applf itions that wove sent in to have animals' pedigrees inserted in the Herd Book. J A Dnnedin manufacturer who sent copies of the illustrated numbers of four New Zealand papers to the manager of a large factory in the United States has just received an acknowledgment from the latter, in the course of which he says:—"The Christmas papers which you so kindly sent arrived yesterday, and botlh 'Airs ——• - and I were very agreeably surprised and entertained for several hours last evening with a picture show such ns neither of us 'had ever seen before. I have a friend who is a public lecturer in this country, and when I have finished I am going to forward them to him and ask him why hehas-never taken in New Zealand, for the pictures are in many cases uinbelievablo, and show a grandeur and beauty that beat everything T have ever witnessed, and I have been pretty much all over this country." Tn the course of a sermon at St v John's last evening, on the catechism the vicar incidentally condemned the existing godless system of education. He said that by the permission of- the Education Board and, the local school committees, the clergymen, of the town were nowable to give a certain amount of instruction from the Gospels; but they had to 'be most careful to avoid hurting the susceptibilities of children belonging to different sects What they wanted was the New South Wales system. There the teachers gave instruction, and the clergymen were allowed half an hour per week in which to visit the schools, and each gave instruction to the children of his own denomination. That system worked well, aml there was no friction, and he honed that at the next elections tho subject would be made very prominent.— Dannevif-ke Advocate. Clark's sale, starting next Thursday is one of the carefully prepared and widely expected events of the summer. It comes once a year. It interests every man and woman in this district. Tt includes a vast variety of "house-hold goods and personal clothing that are of proved merit and that help those who wish to save money. A large stock of most desirable goods have come to •us at record low prices and we are going to share the bargains with you. You should visit Clark's sale. Adrt.

The owner of a farm near Paris mJ been accuse* of a novel form ol Wd. He is alleged to have ted £ fowls to the sound of a motor wrn. Consequently, whenever thoy ,i«ird a motor car approaching tl ey ran into the road, witlh tho result that ono or more were usually Jα!loci vnd the motorist paid double their ralue. The pea rifle fiend is about again and two valuable horses have been shot within the last week. Mr J. Dalgleish ilwid a draught horse shot in the shoulder and maimed, whilst is was grazing iii a. paddock near Peebles, and on Friday evening .or Saturday morning a thoroughbred mare, named Olive Rose (Soult-Miss Derratt), belonging to Mr .1. Sewell, was shot dead in a paddock at Black point. The bullet entered the eye and pierced tho fcrnin. Olive Rose hid a tihroo-inonths-oJd loal at loot by Moniform, and was in foal to Sir George McLean's imported horse Carto. so that Mr Sewell's loss is a very severe one.- Oamaru Mail. One man, at least, despite holiday times, found cheap lodgings in 1 imam a few days ago. He slept in the Public Library. On opening up in the morning the caretaker was mot in the .rending room by a stranger, who complained of having been locked up for the night. # How this came about, says .the Timar-u Post, is hard to say, for everyorrS appeared to leave the room whentfho lights were turned out on the pre--,, vious night .and had anyone been inside, the darkness would surely have driven him to the door. Even had be 'boon asleep he could have <rot '.through some of the open windows, so that one cannot but agree with the librarian's belief that the visitor was after a cheap niglht's "doss." .