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King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 605, 24 September 1913, Page 4

Mr J. R. Graham notifies the public by advertisement that he will sell at his Mart on Satu-day next, op behalf of various clients, a number of article! indisperißible in the home.

New Zealand-bred horseß were very prominent at the Rosehifi races, Sydney, on Saturday last. The Hawke's Bay-owned Soltano won the Spring Stakes, Beau Soult accounted for the Guineas, while Whakaweira wbb successful in the hurdle race.

With the beginning of October begins the running of the extra express train between Auckland and Wellington, and traffic at the local station will increase very considerably. The season is bound to be an extremely heavy one in view of the opening of the Auckland Exhibition.

The Australian footballers in NewZealand had a day out on Saturday. The Rugby repr»sentativas in the third test, played at Christchurch were victorious by 16 points to 6 while the Northern Union League representatives scored at; easy victory over New Zealand by 58 points to 19.

The Dunedin Suburban Drivers' Union decided, by a ,tWJ to one majority, to join the United Federation of Labour and Social Democrat Party. It was also resolved that members' wives shall in future be full members of the union and have individual votes on all questions.

Improvements ara still being carried out at Te Kuiti railway station. The work of installing the inter-lock-ing system has been completed but further alterations have to be made before the system can be utilised, including the removal of the water tanks, «vhich obscure the view from the signal boxen.

Counterfeit bank notes circulating in Peterhead, Scotland, were traced to the local prison, where convicts had manufactured them out of butter paper. Where they got the engraving h a mystery. It is believed that free Admiralty men, coming in contact with the convictb, completed the counterfeits.

On the 21st inst. the New Zealand Dairy Association, Limited, distributed amongst the suppliers the sum of £19,365 14s sd. Thia payment covered butterfat supplied during the month of August. The corresponding payment laßtyear was £15,945 13s 3d. Thus, the increase for the month as compared with last year is £3422 Is 2d.

During the hearing of a case against a local newspaper at Christchurch for publishing a tea advertisement, referring to ajlottery, the presiding magistrate commented on the nature of the offence. "They will say 1 preach/" he said, "but it's a very small matter as compared with the gambling that goes on around us. It's straining at a gnat, and swallowing a camel —or the other way about."

Complaints are being made of periodicals being purloined from the reading room of the Te Kuiti public library, and steps are to be taken to detect the offenders. Inconsiderate individuals should not be allowed to play fast and loose with public property, and inconvenience those who strictly abide by the regulations, and the committee intend to do their utmost to put a stop to the pratice. The Railway Department haß been frequently urged to "speedup" the Napier-Wellington express. Recently a Glynn engine was placed on the line, and, owing to its power drivers found it difficult to maintain the timetable, trains arriving at every station too early. Mr Hunter, M.P., asked the Government to "relievo the anxiety of drivers," by remodelling the timetable. Anxiety has been relieved by removal of the engine.

The new American Tariff Bill, which was to have been signed on Saturday by President Wilson, will be operating very shortly, though the exact date has not transpired. Its effect on the wool trade between Australia and New Zealand and the United . States will undoubtedly be considerable, as the new schedule admits wool absolutely free and reduces the duties on woollen manufactured goods by a considerable amount.

The People's Bank of India, with 72 branches as far apart as Rangoon and Bombay, and with a capital'of £BOO,OOO, has suspended payment. The failure led to the closing down of the Armitsar Bank, with 14 branches. There was a continuous run on other Indian-managed banks at Lahore on Saturday, but the English-managed insitutions were not affected. The full extent of the trouble cannot yet he estimate.

Some difficulty was experienced last season in carting cream from the Troopers road and \rapae distirct, but tenders are being called for a waggon service from the districts mentioned for this season, and satisfactory arrangements will no doubt be made. This will be a great convenience to both suppliers and the factory, and with the further metalling of the road the service should be maintained throughout the whole season without diiliculty.