LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 475, 2 September 1909, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A special meeting of the School Committee will be held to-morrow evening.

The following are the vital statistics tor Foxton for August: Births, 6 ; marriages, i ; deaths,

We direct attention to the business announcement of Mesdames Henderson and Cuuninghame, which appears elsewhere in this issue.

Mr Heyes has resigned his position as manager of the gas works. Consumers will regret to hear this, as Mr Heyes is a most painstaking and obliging manager. The world’s ballooning record for distance belongs to Comte Henry de la Vaulx, who has travelled from Paris into Russia—nearly 1,200 miles in 35% hours. Contributions sent by foreign countries to the Messina earthquake fund amounted to ,£952,000. Of this .England contributed the greatest share —,£120,000.

Probably the most expensive cradle ever constructed was one made to the order of a great financier at a cast of no less than ,£15,000.

“We are nine to three,” said the foreman of a jhry at the London Sessions : “There is no prospect of us agreeing—there are too many lawyers among us.” One George Arnold has been a member of the choir of Holy Trinity Church, Bosham, Sussex, for eighty years. He recently celebrated his ninetieth birthday.

We hope that local amateur gardeners are keeping the forthcoming Horticultural Society’s show in mind. The show will be held in November 24th and 25th next. Catalogues will be supplied on application to the secretary, Mr J. T. Levelt. Mr Walsh, of Feilding, reports a remarkably quick cure for milk fever in a cow by simple means. On Tuesday night the cow went down. Air was forced into the udder with a bicycle pump, and the teat tied up. Next afternoon the cow was up and about again. The birds are now beginning to nest and this should remind boys of the special prizes of one guinea each offered by Mr B. G. Gower and Mrs Thynne for the largest number of blackbirds, thrushes and sparrows eggs shown at the forthcoming Horticultural Show, also Mr Gower’s special prizes of 15s, 12s 6d, 9s 6d and 5s for the best collection of above eggs. Mr W. Gadsby, of Taranaki, recently took to Sydney a number of purebred horses, which he disposed of at the sales held there under the auspices of the Sydney A. and P. Association. Mr Gadsby secured the sum of ,£335 for the four draft horses offered by him, but the opinion was expressed that the sale was one of the best held in Sydney for many years past, and that prices generally were abnormal.

In a letter to the Sydney Daily Telegraph in connection with the missing Waratah, a prominent insurance manager says: “It occurs to me that if the vessels were to carry a small baloon or large kite" it would be of great assistance in case of a breakdown, as if sent up only 100 feet the range of vision of those on passing vessels, which is but small, would be very considerably extended. The balloon or kite would, of course, be attached to the vessel by a light line. I venture to suggest this simple contrivance in the hope that practical men will consider it.” Tadics’ jackets, new shapes, usual price up to 655, now being cleared at the great sale at G, H. Stiles’ for 21s and 255.' 1 ' For Influenza take Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. Never fails, Is 6d and 2s Cd.

The lambing this season is phenomenal at Dargaville (Auckland). In one field at Arapohue 11 little lambs were seen following four ewe mothers, and the offspring were in the pink of condition. In all parts of the Wairoa similar excellent conditions prevail. The report of the T. D. Joll Dairy Company (Okaiawa) presented to the first annual meeting of shareholders, showed written off for depreciation, and a credit balance of /4417. Further payments tor butter-fat, absorbing bringing the total for the season up to is oj4d, and six per cent, to be paid on paid-up capital were adopted. Parliamentary sittings in Rome are more exciting than a serial story. One day last month the Italian Premier, Signor Giolitti, had one of the fingers of his right hand injured during a riotous scene in the Chamber. Signor Falcioni, a deputy, had his face scratched, and Signor Mirabello, Minister of Marine, was struck full on the chest by an ink bottle, the contents of which poured down his clothes.

Despite opinions to the contrary that have recently been expressed, it is evident that the ladybird has made extensive headway in coping with the bluegum scale in South Canterbury (says a Southern exchange). Plantations which at this time last year appeared doomed to early extinction have since renewed their youth, and are making vigorous new growth. The sale is reported, says the “ Waimate Witness,” of Mr W. Powdrell’s 121-acre farm on Sutherland road to Mr Mills, of Rahotu, at the substantial figure of £65 per acre. This constitutes a record in the price paid for dairying land in the district, but the property in question is looked upon as one of the most productive farms in the neighbourhood. For the last three years it has yielded to its owner the sum of per annum. Other land in the vicinity also produces big returns. One 45-acre farm produced last season. As showing the hardy class of settlers that first landed in Taranaki, the Herald states that Mr James Sole, of Tukapa, celebrated his 90th birthday on Saturday. Mr Sole and his brother David, now in his 88th year, came to New Zealand in 1841, by the Oriental, and they are the last of the adults who came out in that ship. Mrs Sole also arrived by the Oriental. Mr and Mrs Sole, who will shortly complete 60 years of married life, have been living at Tukapa, Westown, for nearly 60 years, where they are looked upon with the greatest respect by all classes of the community.

Rather unusually for this time of the year enteric fever has appeared in Wellington in a degree to command attention, but not to excite alarm. It is not customary to expect t he typhoid bacillus to be busy at the beginning of spring, especially after rainy weather, but the malignant visitor has managed to attack fourteen persons at Wellington during August. Most of the cases have occurred in one area, and the health authorities, after careful investigation, are confident that they have discovered the cause, and will be able to check the outbreak. Some of the sufferers have been isolated at their homes, and others have been taken to the fever ward at the Public Hospital.

Horrible disclosures are made of methods in common use for the “manufacture of coffee,” says the London Daily Telegraph. It seems that of factories for that purpose exisiting in France there are 106, which turn out 24,000 tons annually while there are 568 such establishments in AustriaHungary, including 412 for the manufacture of coffee from figs, and in Germany nearly 15,000 hands are employed in the trade, and the annual output is 100,000 tons. It follows that a large quantity of “coffee” which we diink has not an atom of the real beny in it. The list of substances out of which it is manufactured is alarming. Cereals soaked with beer, brandy or rum, chestnuts and horse-chestnuts, haricot beans, and broad beans, carrots, dates, and, finally, the hard roe of cod. The annual output of what is charmingly called “ fanciful coffee” tor Europe is estimated at over 257,000 tons. Most of our readers know that the word ‘ monkey ’ is in the commercial world accepted as being synonymous with ‘mortgages.’ This by way of explanation, now for the story. An Eltham man, accompanied by a smart little son, visited- a farmer of his acquaintance a Sunday or two ago and strolled about the farm with him. During the stroll the little boy appeared to be very inquisitive. He gazed enquiringly into the branches of all the trees, looked carefully into the stables and cow byres, examined the dog kennel and was evidently in search of something. At last the fanper, who had been noticing the peculiar behaviour of the boy said, “ Well, sonny, what is it your are looking for ? ” Sonny created an unpleasant feeling between two old friends when he replied as follows : Pa says that you have a thundering big monkey on your farm that you will never get rid of, and I want to see it.” And now when the little boy sits down he is painfully reminded that he is a victim of gross injustice, and he wonders that pa should punish him merely because he wanted to see the monkey.

A beautiful assortment ot electroplate goods, brooches, engagement rings, etc., at Parkes’ jewellery establishment, Main St.*

A replace advertisement from G. P. Walker will appear in our next issue.

With this issue is circulated dodgers announcing the coming of the Phil Walsh Dramatic Co-

Dr Gore, Bishop of Birmingham, has abandoned his intended proceedings against Canon Henson, for preaching at the Rev. J. H. Jowett’s Free Church Institute at Birmingham. Every preparation was made today to launch the new river boat, “ Planet,” built by Mr Bauckham, for the Manawatu River Service Co., but owing to the vessel jamming on the skids, the ceremony was postponed till to-morrow. Owing to the bad weather yesterday, the Native Concert, to have been held in Gardner’s Hall, Moutoa, last night, was postponed until to-morrow night. The entertainment will commence at eight o’clock. Among those out of work in Napier are some who are evidently not anxious to find employment, says the Telegraph. When volunteers were called for scrub-cutters, one declined because Pohui was too cold, and another thought there were too many hills to climb, while a third objected to the early hour ol starting, A Brisbane wire says that a diver working at the stranded steamer Waipara had a sensational encounter with a shark which atacked him. He succeeded in ripping it open with a dagger. Other sharks surrounded the wounded one and the diver ascended, The salvage party is hopeful of blocking the holes in the Waipara and floating her to-day.

Charges of supplying Maori women in a kainga with liquor will be preferred against a number of white men shortly, at the Helensville Court. It is alleged (says the New Zealand Herald) that several men took liquor into the kainga at Haronui, and gave it to the Maori women. Ten men of the kainga, it is stated, arrived whiie this was being done, and forcibly ejected the whites, and afterwards laid informations against them.

Mr lyenz, Wairarapa’s big apiarist, will have no less than between twelve and thirteen hundred hives going this season. Out of one group of three hives last season he informed a Daily Times reporter, he took about Boolb of honey, one of the hives containing 3001 b. Several seasons ago he took from a yard of 100 hives an average of from each hive, ora total of 7 y 2 tons, but it is not, he concluded, all profit by any manner of means.

Addressing the Grand Jury at the Supreme Court, at Invercargill this week, Mr Justice Williams expressed great satisfaction that there were no criminal cases. The district had always been remarkably free from crime, but this was the first time in his experience there was absolutely no criminal cases, though in 1901 and 1906, when Judge Denniston presided, the same thing had happened. The Crown Prosecutor congratulated the town, and the Clerk of the Court presented his Honour with a pair of white gloves. Mr Justice Williams, in returning thanks, remarked that in this part of the country they were not blessed with such a soft and luxurious climate as in the North. It was a fact that the further north they went the greater the amount of crime. However that might be, it was clear that in Southland they had an honest, hard-working community, in which the habitual criminal could find no place.

All winter goods now on view at the Economic are being disposed of at ridiculously low figures, in order to make room for a fresh shipment of new season’s good. As stocktaking operations commence shortly, this week is absolutely the last of the great clearing sale at Mrs Hamer’s. There are still a few beautiful furs which are being sacrificed, together with other lines, at almost given-away prices, and intending participants would do well to make the Economic an early visit, thus avoiding disappointment.*