The Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, JAN. 18, 1908.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 3782, 18 January 1908, Page 2

The Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, JAN. 18, 1908.

Tenders close this evening for buoying and sounding the river and bar from the heads to the wharf. A little rain tell throughout this EEirict ’;>te on Thursday night but, w ct t'Uii .cicnt to auy appic* ciahlc good. Pastures, are very dry and the stock are suffering in consequence. Householders who depend upon the tank supply of water are carefully husbanding the precious liquid and unless rain falls at an early date, many will be compelled to purchase it. It is funny that when you ask a man to advertise he generally declines with the statement that no body will see it, says the Feilding Star. But if you advertise some little caper of his in the news column, gratis, he gets indignant over the certainty that everybody will see it, and permit us to add, threatens to crush the life out of the “rag” by withdrawing his subscription ! Misfortune has come to a railway official as the result ot the recent incident at Mangatera, on the Elawke’s Bay line. Two trains were to cross at Mangatera, but one ran on, and it was only by accident that a mishap was averted. The Napier Herald, understands that Mr A. S. Whitson, stationmaster at Makotuku, has been suspended for failing to remind the trainmen of crossing at Mangatera. ( Mr Whitson is a very old servant, and has only nine months to run before retiring on a pension.

The Races have attracted a cheap Jack to Foxtou. Eels are reported to be very plentiful at present in the Manawatu river. We direct attention in this issue to the railway arrangements for Anniversary ‘Day. There are 42 civil .and eight criminal cases set down for hearing at the Magistrate’s Court next Monday. Settlers whose lands are invaded by rabbits should take advantage of the present dry wdather for poisoning operations. A, little girl named Rutledge was taken to the Palmerston Hospital from Feilding yesterday, suffering from fractured skull sustained by a kick from a horse. At Midhurst yest erday, a two-year-old daughter of Mr Evan Jones had both her legs cut off by a' reaping machine driven by her father. She subsequently died. Tnere was a big drop in temperature yesterday, and last evening was very chilly. A frost did much damage to vegetables and flowers Mr C. E. Barnard has a fine assortment of gold and silverware, carefully selected and suitable for gilts. Inspection invited at his local premises. Mr R. Stansell, senr.,' is holding an auction sale of drapery, etc., in Manchester House to-day. Bargains may also be secured this evening Mr W. J. Moon, who was badly burned in the grass fire' at Cashmere Hills, died in the Christchurch hospital early yesterday morning. Mr Moon was the caretaker of Victoria Park. He leaves a widow and four children. Mr Walton, stock, rabbit and noxious weeds inspector, has just completed a visit to Otaki, and Levin and settlers are doing their utmost to meet the wishes of the Department. He has also visited Himatangi, Oroua Bridge and part of Rongotea. The Noxious Weeds Inspector intends to prosecute all persons who have been served with notices to clear their land ot noxious weeds but who have not taken any action to eradicate same. A word to the wise should be sufficient. Gamman’s Rakaitai No. 2 sawmill, near Makotuku, together with whare, stables and cookhouse, were completely razed to the ground on Wednesday afternoon. Two men got through the fire, and report that three women, three children, and 30 men were encompassed by the fire, without food or water. ■

The business announcement of Mr H. C. Patterson, pharmaceutical chemist, appears elsewhere in this issue. Mr Patterson notifies that a stock of drugs, etc., is kept at his private residence for urgent night cases. Teeth carefully extracted, and veterinary work will receive special attention.

Questioned as to why young ewes still maintained a high prices despite the influence of the drought, a farmer and dealer offered it as his opinion that that class of sheep was very scarce in the Ashburton County, and aged and inferior breeding ewes required replacing with younger sorts. He concluded by saying that there was a'sbortage of fully 300,000 in the Ashburton County, comparing the present number with that of two years ago.

Mr Andrew Collins put in an appearance at a meeting of the Carterton branch of the Wellington Timber Yards and Sawmill Union of Workers on Saturday last. According to the News, a long argument took place between members of the branch and Andrew, who is general secretary of the union,, and the proceedings were somewhat lively. The general secretary retired from the meeting-room and the members of the branch proceeded with the ordinary business in harmony.

. It was the uuex pected that hap pened in her case. Two’ young ladies entered a tram-car and found only standing room. “I’m going to get a seat,” said one to her companion ; “ now, you see ! ” Selecting a sedkte looking gentleman, she walked up to him. “My dear Mr Green!” she exclaimed,' “ How delighted I am to see you! You are almost a stranger. Will I accept a seat? Well, I do feel tired, I admit. Thank you so much ! ” The man rose. “ Sit down, Jane, my girl,” said he as he courteously pointed to the vacant seat. “ Don’t often see you out on washing day. You must feel tired, I’m sure. How’s your mistress ? ” ‘ Mr A. G. Simms, of the Government Horticultural Division, on Saturday condemned several cases of apples offered for sale in fruit shops in Palmerston North. tie has also recently had to condemn fruit in Feilding, Levin, Shannon, and other localities. He paid a visit to Foxton on Thursday, and inspected and condemned a quantity of codlin-moth infected apples. Mr Simms informed us that the Department had extended great leniency towards orchardists, and proceedings would in future be taken against persons who persisted in ignorance or otherwise in defying the Act. Fruiterers and storekeepers selling fruit affected by codlin moth or other pests, would be prosecuted. Mr Simms said it appeared to be a habit with growers, when they noticed codlin moth in their apples, to rush them into the market in the hope that they would be worked off for cooking purposes. As Mr Simms intends to pay Foxton surprise visits, we warn storekeepers against buying or selling diseased fruit.

The local school will re-open next Monday week. A merry-go-round is attracting the attention of local children and adults. Next week’s races are attracting a number of visitors to the town, desirable and otherwise. Mr Brewer, who is leaving for England, advertises a number of houses for sale. The Webb-Tresidder sculling match is the all-absorbing topic of conversation at present in Wanganui. The necessary number of shares in the Greytown Fruit Company have been subscribed and the company is being registered. The value of the wool exported from New Zealand during the year 1907 was .£6,376,021, as compared with £6,765,655 for the preceding year. At the Coroner’s Court on Thursday, a defaulting juror was fined 5s for non-attendance. He subsequently put in an appearance before the Court rose, and apologised and the Coroner remitted the fine. A Main Trunk labourer retired from his job the other day in a state of comparative affluance. He worked continuously on the line for three years, blind to the attractions of sly grog and two up, and his bank book now shows a balance of £4OO. At the Magistrate’s Court. Wanganui, on Wednesday, Edward Richard Black, and Omrigio Tolley, remanded from Wellington, were committed to the Supreme Court for trial on charges of breaking and entering at Wanganui on New Year’s Day.

The accidental omission of a T imaru newspaper to insert an advertisement on the date required by statute has compelled the Levels County Council to go all over again the various steps required to make a ‘ ‘ special order, ’ ’ constituting a small drainage district in the suburbs of Timaru.

We congratulate our Eevin contemporary upon having installed a “ lino ” in order to keep its journal in the forefront of , newspaper enterprise. We feel sure that the tradespeople of Eevin will show their appreciation of such forward movement by sticking to their local paper for all requirements in the way of printing and advertising.

The fepot cash system was adopted by the Gisborne bakers as. from New Year’s Day, and now the butchers in that town have decided to give weekly credit only. Bills are to be sent out each Monday, and if payment is not made by the following Wednesday no more goods will be supplied. One butcher alleges that he has lost through bad debts. It is a surprise to find in what a number of cases it is the standard English form which is the corrupt word, while the dialects preserve the correct pronunciation. To take an example : Eilac (Syringa vulgaris) in the dialects is called laycock, regularly corresponding to the old form lelacke found in Bacon’s Essays. When we say lilac we are prououncing a form borrowed from the cockney, who says “ the by by ” instead of “ the baby.”

A joke at Greymouth, of three years’ standing, has been whether the Greymouth post office or the Midland railway tunnel would be first completed. The former has been under construction for nearly three years, but at last the Public Works Department has taken over the contract, and hopes to finish off the building by the middle of February, when it is expected the Premier will pay Greymouth a visit for the purpose of formally opening it. Presumably most people are aware that this is Leap Year, says the Dominion. What few people, however, have probably as yet realised is that February this year contains no fewer than five Saturdays, a rather rare occurrence. Employees who are paid on Saturday will, doubtless, congratulate themselves on an increased monthly income, but the financial statement at the end of the year will be no greater, and the unexpected wealth of February should not lead to extravagance.

The lying-in-state and funeral of the late Archbishop Murphy of Hobart, were most impressive ceremonies. Prior to the burial in St. Mary’s Cathedral, Hobart, there was a lying-in-state in the Church of the Apostles, Launceston. An immense number of people of all denominations attended at the lying-in-state. The body was removed to Hobart, and the funeral cortege was a very large one. The funeral ceremony in the cathedral, which was a most solemn and impressive one, was also very largely attended. •

“ Has the Church ever been antagonistic to Socialism?” was asked of Mr Keir Hardie at Dunedin. Mr Hardie countered heavily. “ The church is an inherent part of the existing system. We hear a good deal about the working class not going to church. My explanation is that the Church has lost its distinctive mission to the people. The Socialistic movement of the twentieth century is to the people what the Christian movement was to them in the first century.” The questioner pushed his point further. Were not the very tenets of Christianity stultified ? But here Mr Hardie joined issue with- them. ‘‘Were there only the teechings of Jesus Christ to recommend Socialism, they would sufficiently justify its existence —‘ Do unto others as ye would they should do unto you.’ ” David Hamm, you remember, has it otherwise : ‘‘Do untoothers as they would do unto you, but do' it FIRST.” .

We direct attention to the replace ’ 7 advertisement *in this issue' from ’ Sterling House. . “ * v .; £/ A few summer costumes at the Economic, Foxton, from 8s ($/'■ each. Secure one now, and save- . disappointment.* x On Race Nights, Wednesday * and Thursday next, the Iy ev * n Dramatic Co. will produce the amusing and patriotic dramas, ‘‘ Cc nfusion ’ ’ and ‘ ‘ England’s Glory, ’ ’ The Company is too wellknown to need any introduction and they should attr act large audiences. The famous and talented Mac : Callum Entertainers . will re-visit Foxton on Tuesday next. All who visited - the previous* performance voted-if one of the most refined entertainments that has ever visited Foxton. We feel sure the company will draw a bumper house —and they deserve it. We advise householders whose tanks are almost empty, and which have not been cleaned, opt for some time, to run the water off and cleanse the interior of the tanks Careless parents should see to it that their children do not drink the contents of dirty tanks*,more especially at this time The local Hall has been booked for Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evening -next. The MacCallum Entertainers appear on Tuesday, and the Devin Dramatic Co. have engaged the hall for race nights* < ■ ■ A meeting of the Flaxmillers’ Association will be held shortly for the purpose of-appointing a deputation to wait on the Minister for Labour in regard to the injury being done to Flaxmillers by the Arbitration Award fixing, the rate of wages in an industry which-has only an export trade. " The scarcity of feed has greatly interfered with the dairying industry, and the price of milk has been raised in, Wellington, and if the weather does.not change there is every possibility, of a further advance. Mr Brown, the local milkman, states that unless there is an early prospect of green feed locally, he will be compelled to ■ raise the price of milk.

Messrs vStrachan (commissioner of Crown Ennds) and Eundius, (Grown Eands-Ranger) paid an official visit to the • Heads on Thursday, It is presumed that their visit is connected with the opening - T of more land' for settlement-‘at •? that locality. Our representative 1 pointed out ■to the officials the necessity for better reading to thfc-' beach, but the gentlemen would ' not be drawn to an expression of • > opinion on that subject. In-fact they were very reticent. '

A commercial traveller in France named Cholet has won under curious circumstances... He v. sold ;,a ? Ville de Paris lottery bopd' . in January last, and one night- hiswife dfeanied that the bond had been drawn for M.. Cholet, who knew the number, went to his' bankers, and found that the number really had. been drawn with a prize a few weeks before he sold the bond. He is therefore entitled to the,money. .

Mr John Fuller, of Dunedin, describes the Japanese as a people with a most wonderful system of espionage and a marvellous gift for secrecy. He relates tfiatj crossing the Inland Sea, he said to an American passenger: “What is being manufactured where those two' huge chimneys are snicking?” The American replied: I’ve been training here'ten- years, and could never find out, nor anyone else.” Mr Fuller regards the Yellow Peril as no bogey, but rather as something imminent. He comments that while they resent exclusion, the Japanese are exclusive to a most extraordinary degree.—Star.

Father Cahill, of Carterton, had a somewhat trying experience in - the back-blocks at the end of last week, according to the Carterton? News." When he was coming back, from White . Rock station over the highest road in the district, a furious gale was blowing on the hilltop. Realising the danger of proceeding, he ballasted ; his gig with'stones, and led his horse. The glasses he wore were blown out of sight. -He marked the spot where he stood, and secured his horse, and after a trying ' experience in search of thueglasses,and when he had almost lost hope’ Of success, he found them held fast 1 in a wire netted fence about 20. v yards away.”

An accident of a nemafkable nature occurred on the Gorge rpad on Friday afternoon. A young ; man named Fowell, twenty yeans - ot age, was cycling through the.gorge, and when attempting to get % over one of the slips he lost his s , foothold, and fell into the gorge, a distance of about 6oft. On tlie following Monday the young* ma&v recovered consciousness, to fin4 v ; himself lying oh a ledge of rock ft * little above the river. He tried tb . attract attention, but failed. Beings too weak to get up, he was to spend another night on the; ledge. On Tuesday he managed to scale the bank and walk to train at Wakaronga. His injury . ies are confined to sikn and bruises, and he is, of cotdffej ■ suffering from exposure, butane will probably be about again sodfl none the worse for his ary experience. ; yii k r -v A bad taste in the mouth arises from a disordered- stomach, andjj 1 ' may be corrected by taking a 1 doseoE;' Chamberlain’s Tablets. They and invigorate the stomach,, the digestion and give one a relish iot. j food. For sale at Gardner & Whibley's Groeers - WOLFE’S SCHNAPPS eminent among stimulants 'duds* .||bh

Some women’s tastes are easily satisfied, but the majority of them know the difference between a good or indifferent cup of tea. x \Hear their criticism of the cup that cheers at some railway refresh* ment room or bun scramble, and C~you will be convinced that they know what they are talking about. We had the pleasure of sampling a cup of Orange Pekoe, bulk tea, forwarded from Messrs Nash and Go. Theie is a small percentage of tannin or colour in this tea, but the flavour is par excellence. We advise our lady readers to purchase a sample.