Local and General.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 23 January 1913, Page 2

Local and General.

&ir Solo won the Wellington Cup yesterday, the favourite Uobrikoil" being third. A new explosive nainixl napierito wan tested in Brisbane leeently by military men. It h«s twice the power of cordite, and practically no recoil. It was invented by an Australian, and luie been acquired by tlio Admiralty. An expedition to investigate the. liia'bits ol : the liywaiian tree snails is being lilted out by the Academy of Natural Science of New York. The expedition will be headed by Dr. IF. A. T'ilbry, curator of the Academy .Museum, and an authority op snails nf all species. It was expected that the expedition would start on January t, and at Icaet six months would be spent in observing the Hawaiian snails in their native haunts. In a will which has been lodged with the Sheriff of Glasgow, .Mrs liirkmire. widow of the Rev. Archibald .Hirkniiro, of Kelvinside, Glasgow, directed her lawyer to "se. , - that my heart is pierced with a lancet to ensure that I am dead. The physician performing the act i« ((. vcolve CiiO." Mrs ]>irkmiro bei|iieathed an annuity of CoO for the benefit of lier pet animals. Her estate is valued at: .£19.020. In Charles Honrseiil there has just died, at the ago of 83. poor and unknown, the finst discoverer of the principal of the telephone. His claim to this distinction was reconnised l}o years ago by Dr. Graham Hell and Mr Kdison. who devclpod ;iiifj c(ini])lot"<'il ilie invention. Hourseul propounded the theory of the telephone in 1S■")/). and. being a Government official, lie h.ad to obtain the consent of his cliief before publishing hi* discovery. This permission was given to him, but with the warning (hat he had better devote bis attention to more serious matter. Princess Louise of Helgium has been ordered by the Paris Court to pay her former butler CI 2 damages lor a dop; bile. The butler li-ad a piece bitten out of his calf by the Princess' prize biilltorrior Post, and the man claimed C2OO compensation, en the ground that in the case of a biiitler shapely leu's are a real asset, and that liis earning c:ipacify bad been diminished by the loss of the piece tin , dog took. The Court refused to take such a serious view of the ease, however, and fixed tlio damages at Cl 2. Captain'i , 'red. Collins, of the Sky lark, who for more than oO years u;is ouo ol' the must notable figures on Brighton lieacb. left eslaie of the -toss value of Lil.Hi:) 10s lid. of which the net personalty has lieon sworn at Cl-Ti? I ."is (id. Ho benueather to his wit'.-- CIO. oiie-fifih ol' the casli in the house, the use for life of his residence and efl'ecis. and a sum Miflicient to make her income •'llls a week. All other property lie left to his sun. .Frederick Poste Col--111153. 'I lie Department ol' Agriculture ha>s instituted experiment.-, in .\ort.h Ola-jo that -hoiild prove of imni(;ji.-o value to pot.al.o-ii'l'owels. These have as (.heir elijecl tbo "f a speci'lc lor the eradication of potato blight, .:111< J are beiiiLi: cai'ied out on idols a I (he Hoys' Mild) School. Mr J. farm at Ard,u r owan. The specific used is n copper-soda mixture made up of lib of sulphate of copper and olhs of washing sod.a to 1(1 Millions of water. Mr ,S. >f. Taylor. Ihe department's local inspector, who is siipervisiiirr Hk> e\tierimeniH, has lieen careful to have the specific ivell Applied to the under surface of the leaves, as boinjr moro ■i'.isceplible io the ravages of the Mi.iihf. The i-esiiljs are slated fo be satisfactory . The Government (iazette in its issue of last week contains tin; following public announcement in regard to the. Wellington business -)i" Xordine sind Co. — Til inirsiiancv of section '230 of tho Coin-1-allies Act. IHOB. notice is hereby ■riven tliat >a general meeting of iho ibove-named company will be held ■|I. 100 Customhouse Quay on Monday, the 27th January, 191:1. at !O.M a.m.. for the purpose of linvino •n account laid before them showing Hie manner in whirli the winding-up ''••is been conducted and (lie property disposed of. and of hearing any explanation fh.'it may he given hv the Lirpiidntnr. and also of determinin?!; 'v exti'.'iordinarv resolution the liian'er in which the Looks, accounts 'lid doniniPirlß of Ihe company and > ( ' the Liquidntoi- thereof sliall bo disposed of. Ladies! don't throw that hal away ■vhen you can so cheaply renoviato it vith a bottle of Hat Dye, which does ■!»t shine. Obtainable) IVoin C. S. veedwell's Pharmacy. --Advt. BnnminwrmjiujßXLiiMHaßaißi