Local and General.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 25 March 1913, Page 2

Local and General.

_ __ Sunday bowling .survives in Koxton A .special meeting Wile's IH'M last. J iVeok to consider tin- liKitler. when a motion was put Hint howling on the ! green on Sundays be prohibited. The motion was rejected l>\- 20 votes i to n. Out JJciitllerleii way the McDonald m< , n are ''.spoiling" lor a game |)I' foolh;iII. They are lanxious to open I.]ii- se-isoii in Levin \\ i(]i ;i match against lit'teeii local tradesmen, the game b> take place o:i Wednesday of next week. The parishioner* o|' St. Mary's. Kevin, are t<i hold a Micial gatheiing mi the ohuivhrooni to-night. (Tiiesdiiy. 2oth .March), when farewell wiii he s'lid to the Rev. S. G. Complon and "\Tr.s Complon. All adult members if the congregation are invited to .'itt-oml. At Tiilnierstoii North, the Mana•uitu Klaxmill Kmjjloyi'o.s' Union pas- ■"<] a stroiigfy-worded resolution pro'.esting against, the statements made '.'Ofoiv tlie .Kinpire Trade Coiiimis•ioiKTs by Mr Holiert Gardner, relai ive to tlie character of flaxmill cm■iloyee.s. ruid also demanded an effi•■i.;il deniiil bv (he Kkixmillers , Assoo'.ition that ]\fr (iardner represented hat body when giving evidence. Tho '''lax-millers' Association has replied ■■'ating that Mr Gardner was not a ■Member of the Association, win'oil ■oiifd not take any responsibiliey for 'ii.s remarks, but that Mr A. Soifort vas its liicorofliled repn>S(Mitative ommissioii. Mrs Kthel de Co.sts. LL.B, the ivell-known New Zealand lady bar--"stev aud solicitor, who was dewribd by an interviewer in the Homeland as "Soft of voice and sympathetic in manner," has been induced to ;ivc her views on the decision of nomber.s of the 13ar of England to till exclude women from their ranks. The Neiv Zen lander is quite hopeful lint the day is coining when women vill practice in England. "But the ■oto must <;ome first, At present '.he opposition of the members of the Bur is directly traceable '•o the fear of increased com])oti--1 ion." ,A[ rs Do Costa is opposed to '.lie appointment of women juries in '■nscs where women's interests ar<? at issue, being of the opinion that the wnjority of women do not possess Hie judicial mind, hut she thinks there is as much work for a woman 'awyor as there is for in woman doctor, since she is enabled to deal '.vith cases a woman would not think if submitting to a male practionor. however sympathetic he may he.

Mr R, P. Walsh informed a Feilding Star reporter that, in spite of the somewhat disappointing dairying season, there exists an almost unprecedented demand for good dairy cows at the present time. Winter calvers are fetching big prices, and already buyers are looking out for the coming spring. Although the Berlin scientist, Dr Korn, is having good success in .sending photographs by wire between stations located at Paris, Berlin, and Monte Carlo, for use in press work, he wishes to -apply his method over ■a much longer distance. In fact, it is possible to .send the photographs by mail between Paris and Berlin. for instance, in a comparatively short time, so that the newspapers are not likely to take up the question of operating upon the Atlantic cable, and is confident th«t he will be able to send photographs across the ocean He is also considering the matter of going to America in order to apply the. system to a line between Ne\York and San Francisco. A circular letter from the District Traffic Manager of New Zealand railways runs: "School excursion trains will be run to port .stations, in connection with the visit of the battleship New Zealand, and it is desired to ascertain the number of children likely to avail themselves of the opportunity. These excursions will be cunlined to scholars, teachers and members of school commitfes. It is not definitely known at which ports the vessel will call, but the excursions will he to the nearest port visited. It is suggested that country schools .should combine. T shall be glad if your committee will consider this matter at an early date, and communicate with me as quickly as possible." New regulations dealing with the imposition of lines upon troublesome lerrir.orials are gazetted. JFines may be inflicted for .slovenliness on parade, inattention and minor irregularities on parade, and neglect to noiify change of address; also drunkenness. Following is one of the regulations :— (, 2o.'!a. A commanding officer may. subject to the soldier's right to elect, previous to award, to be tried by court-martial, impose the following fines: (1) Fines not exceeding L' 2; but (2) in the case ■>f a simple drunkenness, a fuio not evceeding CI. according to scale. , ' For "simple drunkenness" there is a fixed scale of fines working up from 10s for a first offence, and even to a trial by court-martial. With regard to senior cadets, discipline is sought to be maintained by the imposition 'if extra drills. A (ujverninent paper recently to !i;iud has supplied the following particulars of the total expenditure at the Weraroa Experimental Farm iroin ihe. Ist April. l!)()l, to the, ,'ilst .March. 1912. The cost of wages and upkeep of Farm employees aniount•d to L' 17.020. The expenditure for the purchase of stock totalled £tt.!)!!). The cost- of erecting buildings and I'or the material was £2.373. For -lumping and clearing C 1,317 was -pent, and Ci .■')[)'.) for the purchase of implements and tools. These together with the sundry minor <>\- ix-nditurcs make the total moneys •pent for that period total £'.'55.071. Another Government table supplies particulars of expenditure and receipts at Ihe Weraroa Experimental Farm for the year ended 31st March. I- , 12. The expenditure for the upkeep of the Farm, employees' wages, luiivliase of stock and improvements totalled .-C.J.oM. The- receipts for 'he .sale of .sheep, cattle, and pigs Mailed £2.190, while for agriculture ■nid dairy produce Gil 9 was received. These together with sundry other receipts makes a total of C3.f510 for the twelve months. j Sir Walter Crookes. in an address to the old students of the Royal Collego of .Science, .said : "J was a student at the college in 18 IS. a time which is now considered the scientific 'lark ages. Whoatstone was at workon the electric telegraph : Faraday was grappling with the mngnetoeVetric machine—parent of the modern dynamo and of electric lighting. Hie s'ime great chemist was experimenting in low temperature*. Frove Jind decomposed water by heat .alone 'uto its constituent gases: Joule wa-< •Vtorniining the mechanical prjnivn''■iit of bent: and Fbelmnn was making svnrliPtie niTiiVs. Pasteur had ■''ready discoverer! and seporated rleyirn find laevo-tnrtnric acid, nnd he bad Ktartod that brilliant series of researches on microbiV I,'fo which lii'd revolutionised the science of inoflicinp. Tndirectly Pnstenr solved the famous mediaeval problem" 'How mnny angels can stand on the point of a needle?' Altering the word anKols to devils I have found that, of one of the deadliest diseases that liave .scourged mankind, 500 of the maleficent microbes- veritable devils -can without overcrowding find Place on the point of the finest needle. In those days organic chemistry was almost unknown. . To-day W great a. difference! A chemist 's no longer a mere analyst, but an architect and Guilder. Tf T may look forward I should say that the' practical side of chemistry of the future «'dl be. synthetic. On the philosophic side of chemistry I predict the greatest progress will he mn de in inquiries into the constitution of mattor. Even now wo are op.gfnninoto prick the bubble of those van" able, mysterious and complex things called elements. Science grows and Brows, and there is no high-water Wol. no terminal pillar marked 'Finis.' " 1 , !