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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 450, 6 February 1909, Page 2

If the present weather continues much longer, many of our readers are in danger of being reduced to grease spots. , A subscriber suggests that clothing be abandoned in favour of a liberal coating of radium—the famous boot polish ! What pretty figures some of us would cut, to be sure. A traveller on the Main Trunk line says he was accommodated at Taumaranui in a galvanised iron shed, about 30ft by 20ft, in which 25 other men also passed the night. Half the beds were without pillows, and only one blanket was provided for each guest, but some of the blankets were-confis-cated by early birds, and a number of the sleepers , had no covering beyond their clothes, though the night, was bitterly cold. The charge for the accommodation was 7s 6d, with or without breakfast.

nectarines : are being sold at 3d per lb. Local tomato growers report good crops this season. Entries for the Himatangi stock sale are advertised in this issue.

Mr M. E. Perreau, baker, has an artistic wedding cake on view in his snop window. Attractive money values at the clearance of summer stock at the Bon Marche sale to-day, C. M. Ross and Coy. mean a clean sweep of all seasonable goods. Somebody will get the benefit —why not you ?*

It is strongly rumoured in Auckland that the Hon. James Carrol will retire from the Ministry shortly, and that the Hon. Mr Ngata will succeed to the charge of the Native Department. At Napier recently a batch of about twenty domestic servants arrived at 11 o’clock and stayed for the night at a boarding house. The next morning at breakfast time, they had all obtained situations, except one girl who was in ill health. Report says the domestics are not too pleased with the work allotted to them.

At the Gore Court on Thurday, C- G. Thurston was fined and costs for sly grog-selling, and was given till 3 o’clock to find the money or go to gaol for three months. Mr Kenrick, S.M., describes the case as one of the worst that ever came under his notice. Thurston had shuffled right through the case on all points. Miss Ada Ward, who created a sensation by leaving the stage for the Salvation Army, of which she Is a prominent member, will arrive in New Zealand on May 5. She will occupy three weeks in a tour of the dominion, speaking at Petone, Wellington, Masterton, Dannevirke, Wanganui, Eltham, Palmerston N. t Feilding, Waihi and Auckland.

Asked by a newspaper representative a few days ago if there had been any diminution of gambling since the Gaming Act came into force, a prominent official, who attends the majority of the race meetings in New Zealand, and who is familiar with the inner history of the sport, said, emphatically : ‘‘No, there is three times as much gambling as there used to be, and it is increasing.”

She was one of those women who always presents a woefully untidy appearance during the early part of the day. In vain had her husband remonstrated with her on the unfastened blouse and unkempt hair ; it was not until aid came from an unexpected quarter that victory was his. They had removed to a new house on the previous day, and when she answered the summons of the front door bell a humble - looking woman awaited her. ‘‘Oh, I see it’s too late,” sighed the woman, ‘T called to see if the missus wanted a charwoman but I see she’s suited.”

On Tuesday afternoon, Mr Nash, of Gladstone’s sawmill siding, whilst fishing at the mouth of the Temakau River, about nine miles from Grey mouth, picked up a bottle containing the following note :—•“ Whoever should find this will know that we, Henry Ford and William Kanabes, are shipwrecked on au island about 40 miles south of the Bluff, and we are in an extremely serious position, haying nothing to eat and only water to drink. P.S. — kindly send a steamer. Signer, N. F. and K. K., November 15th, 1908.” The note was written on a blank evelope.

The February issue of the Review of Reviews for Australasia, just to hand, has a number of interesting features. An exceedingly readable article is entitled,. “Do We Sleep Too Much, or Do We Sleep Too Little ?” It is a symposium of well-known men —men who have worked hard. The Rev. L. M. Isitt, one of the leaders of the No-License Movement in New Zealand, writes on the recent Local Option Poll. In the section devoted to the review of leading magazines of the world there is food for thought of the most inspiring kind. The section notes the march of current thoughts and events, and the reader gets at a glance the sight of moving civilisation.

In addition to the names mentioned in a previous issue, the following prominent officers of the Civil Service have reached the age limit and will be retired under the new regulation: —Mr D. M. Luckie, Assistant Insurance Commissioner; Mr J. M. Roberts, S.M., Tauranga ; Mr H. Eyre Kenny, S.M., Nelson ; Mr W. G. Murray, Chief Draughtsman, Lands and Survey Department ; Mr R. L‘. Stanford, S.M., Wanganui; Mr A. Armstrong, Chief Gaoler, Wellington ; Mr M. Cleary, Chief Gaoler, Lyttelton ; Mr J. A. Montgomerie, District Surveyor, Nelson ; Mr M. J. Snodgrass, District Surveyor, Reefton ; Mr G. Fannin, Chief Clerk, Invercargill; Mr J. S. Welch, Draughtsman, District Office, Wellington; Mr I. Hopkins, Bee Expert; Mr Palmer, Government Pomologist; Mr J. Drummond, Inspector of Stock, Wellington ; Mr W. Kennaway, Secretary to the High Commissioner, London ; Mr W. Barclay, Roads Department; Hon. G. F. Richardson, Lands Department ; Mr Robinson, Roads .Department; Captain W. G, Mair, Native Department ; Mr Willis, Clerk to the Executive Council ; Mr J. Driscoll, Inspector of Machinery Department; Mr F. J,. Wilson, Public Trust Office ; Mr R. Tennant, In- ■ spector of Mines, Westport; Mr A. E. Bybles, Audit Department; Mr D. M. M’Gonn, Land and Survey Department, Dunedin ; Mr W. B. Harlow, Land and Survey Department," Dunedin. ,

Wolfe’s Schnapps— A tonic that has stood the test of years.

' The monthly meeting of the Foxton Borough Council will be held in the Council Chamber on Monday next, at 7.30 p.m. At the last meeting of the Patea School Committee, it was resolved to recommend the Board to appoint Mr A. Barrowclough as headmaster.

At the Presbyterian Church tomorrow the services will be conducted both morning and evening by the Rev. G. K. Aitken. In the evening Mr Aitken’s subject will be “ What is sin ?”

A business man in Timaru informs the Herald that he wanted a smart boy and advertised for one. Fourteen boys between 14 and 16 years of age applied for the billet, and of the 14 only two had passed the sixth standard.

A strange reason for a girl’s attempt to commit suicide was given in the St. Helen’s Police Court recently. It was stated that she had been in service, but it was such an easy place that idleness preyed on her mind and she became depressed.

The services in the-Methodist Church to morrow will, be conducted in the morning and evening by the Rev. P. J. Mairs, who will take for his evening subject “ My Capital, how to invest it.” The solo, “I’m happy in Him,” will be rendered.

A painful case came before the Magistrate at Gisborne recently. A young married woman was charged with drunkenness. She was found in the street helplessly drunk, with her four little children playing about her- With the consent of the woman—a recent arrival from England—a prohibition order was issued.

Indications point to labour troubles later in the -year,” said a prominent Christchurch man to a reporter. “I have never known so many men looking for work at this time of the year, when everyone should be able to find employment either in town or country. A good many of the people who have asked lor work are new arrivals.”

The infant daughter of a resident of Onehunga had a narrow escape from drowning the other day. The little one had been taken with other members of the family to the Onehunga beach, and was strapped in a perambulator. The tide happened to be in at the time, and suddenly the perambulator moved off and dashed into fairly deepwater. The mother of the child quickly rushed in after it, but was experiencing some difficulty with the tide, when her son went to her assistance and pulled out the perambulator.

The Shaw, Savill and Albion Co’s steamer Rangatira, which sailed from Auckland for London on Wednesday has a valuable freight. The local agents (Messrs A. S. Paterson and CoA place a conservative estimate on the total lines of ,£250,000. There is a shipment of bullion alone worth ,£40,000, the consignments of kauri gum total ,£BO,OOO in value, and the wool another .£20,000 while the copra is valued at another .£14,000. The principal lines were: Bullion valued at .£40,000, wool, 1770 bales, kauri gum 5223 cases and 1034 sacks, copra 1509 sacks, timber 183,000 feet, frozen lambs 14,505 carcases. The vessel has also 20,000 carcases of mutton shipped at Gisborne. A small boy, Victor Moran (says the Napier Telegraph), found himself provided by the Napier police on .Thursday morning with free board and lodging under somewhat novel conditions. The little chap boarded the Victoria at Auckland, and played amongst the machinery. He found himself still playing when the boat was out at sea, and then awoke to a sense of his childish plight. His father and mother were left to account for his disappearance in the best way they could. The boy was taken charge of by the ship’s officers, and in Napier was handed over to Mr Cargill, manager of the Union Company, who requested the police to take care of him. The boy was allowed to amuse himself about the station, and'fouricl he had nothing to fear from the man in blue. He was shipped home by the Manuka on Friday evening. The figures of the business of the Patea Harbour Board during the past year reveal a very healthy position. The revenue (the Press reports) constitutes a record, and shows au increase of ,£682 over that of the previous year. There has been a corresponding increase in the expenditure, though . this is accounted for by the payment, of the repairs to the railway wharf, carried out by the Department at the Board’s expense. This absorbed ,£998, .so that to have a credit balance of .£2Bl on the twelve months’ transaction after providing this heavy item, shows the year to have been a remarkably good one. Nearly every line in imports shows an increase, the principal exception being the quantity of butter but this is more than compensated for by the growth of the shipment of cheese. The deVelopment -of.the frozen meat industry is marK&f'by the advance in the number of carcases shipped. The imports ■of general cargo show a slight inbut unfortunately this is overweighted? by the decrease inthp amount of coal brought to PaTtesb It is worthy of that year since 1905 has seen a steady diminution, in the quantity of coal entering Patea by steamer, the tonnage* six years ago being - set down at 4453, as against 2780 this year. In common with the revenue and exports the number of vessels admitted during the year is a record for the port. WOLFE’S SCHNAPPS stands preeminent among ; stimulants and cordials.

Great, dissolution sale at Watchorn Stiles* and Co.’s on Saturday, January 16th v i. Do not fail to secure the bargains.*

The services in All Saints’ Church to - morrow will be conducted -by the Rev. H. F. Wilson, B.A.

The Montgomery Company played to a full and appreciative audience in the Public Hall on Thursday evening. The Huxhams were the principal attraction on the bill-of-fare.

Two young men named Jas. Chisholm and Sydney Warner, horse trainers, were sentenced at Masterton yesterday to three months’ imprisonment for robbing a Chinese garden.

In the Arbitration Court at Dunedin, 37 miners, for taking part in a strike at Kaitangata on August 10th last, were grouped together and fined £3O, each man being responsible for the fine.

Speaking at Liverpool, Sir W. P. Hartley agreed with Mr J. D. Rockefeller that it was a mistake to assume that the possession of money necessarily brought happiness. The rich, if they got pleasure from their wealth, did so because of their ability to do things which gave satisfaction to someone besides themselves. “For more than thirty years, ” said Sir William, “I have practised systematic and proportionate giving, and I recommend it to business men, especially as a clear outlet from the commercial to the distinctly humanitarian atmosphere.’ ’

Dr Findlay -and Messrs Kettle and Northcroft, S.M.’s, who paid a surprise visit to the Pakatoa Home for Inebriates, at Auckland, found the inmates at dinner. They expressed satisfaction with the food and the Salvation Array management generally. Replying to a protest against commitments for two years by southern Magistrates, the Minister said that if a man could, by good conduct, satisfy the officers that he could be trusted at large and that he was cured of the drink habit, the Government would favourably consider and recommend the remission of part of his sentence.

The gad-fly, a parasite which appears to be on the increase, has been much in evidence lately in the Buckland (Auckland) district. This species of insect, which, although known to have existed there in previous seasons, is this summer attacking the cattle in large numbers. Its presence among the herds is apparent by the animals running about in a state of great excitement, heads and necks extefaded and tails erect. It is noticed that the cattle most affected by the pest are growing heifers and cows in good condition. The fly stings and penetrates the skin, and deposits an egg, which is hatched out by the heat of the body. A small abscess forms, which latsr on bursts, and the egg, now in insect form, falls to the ground, where in due course it is transformed into a fly.

,At the Wellington Supreme Court yesterday, Jeffries George Kenneth Murfitt.was found guilty on one charge of forgery at Napier and not guilty on another similar charge. He was also convicted of obtaining money by means of a forged endorsement. He was remanded till Monday for sentence. A young-looking woman named May Tanner was charged with breaking into a house in Wellington and stealing cutlery and other articles. Edward John Searle, well-known as formerly lessee of Searle’s Hotel, now the Hotel Cecil, in Wellington, and latterly as a restaurant proprietor, was found guilty of forging the name of W. T. Gilbert (his brother-in-law) to a cheque for £7. Searle said that Mr Gilbert had on three occasions assisted him financially, and had said that Searle could draw on him if necessity arose. That was why he drew the cheque. Searle was remanded for sentence.

It is cruel to dress children like expensive dolls, to force them to wear gloves, to insist on clothing them in weird apparel in order to pander to the vanity of parents. According to a Wellington paper the children of Wellington on high days and holidays are dreadfully overdressed. The child who is overdressed is not having a happy time. The proud mother “smacks” a child for being natural if the proud mother is one of those foolish persons who believes in making what is really a healthy little savage into a small prig covered with so many pounds’ worth of gay clothes. Every boy remembers his own childhood and the agony of mind when he was “guyed” for wearing long hair or a queer hat or a pair of girl’s boots. It is easy to believe that the worst adult prigs we have are made by the idiotic clothes their parents insisted on hanging on them 'to satisfy their own vanity.