LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 483, 21 September 1909, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At last night’s Council meeting the Town Clerk was instructed to write and thank Mrs Thynne and Mr B. G, Gower for framed enlarged photos presented to the Borough. The days of shallow ploughing and indifferent cultivation are to a great extent a thing of the past, in the W T airarapa at least, says a Masterton paper. A farmer, who has recently made a trip through the Lower Valley was greatly impressed by the amount of deep ploughing that is being carried out' and the. scientific lines on which the work generally is being conducted.

The editor of the Madrid Conservative paper Correspondencia was'arrested after his return from Melilla, for slating that the Spanish troops were brave but disorganised, that the food supplied to them was bad and the water mostly stagnant. Ihe Spanish victories, the editor asserted, were insignificant, and many of the wounded lie on the hospital floors without blankets. For watch, clock or jewellery repairs go to Pakkes, the jeweller, Main Street.

Tiie regular monthly meeting of the Foxton Harbour Board will be held at the Council Chambers, on Monday, 27th hist., at 7.45 p.m.

A Council meeting of the Foxton chamber of Commerce will be held in the Secretary’s office on Friday, at 8 p.m.

“Hketahuna is a povertystricken hole,” impatiently exclaimed a member of the Wellington Presbytery on Tuesday last, when that body was considering the advisability of “tapering off’ the grant made in aid of the Presbyterian Church in the Wairarapa township. “I remember in the old days constables who had whiskers down to here,” said a witness before the Police Commission, placing his hand near the middle of his waistcoat ; “ and they never arrested a drunken women. They kept out of the way to avoid having their whiskers pulled." The management of hotels was under debate at t the Auckland Magistrate’s Court. “Hotels are not more difficult to manage than the stores,” said Mr C. C. Kettle, S.M., “but there must be discipline. We do not understand what discipline means nowadays. lam continually preaching this. I see nothing but looseness and laxity everywhere.” A little boy named Reginald McFwen had the misfortune to break his right leg at the local State School yesterday. The little boy was riding on a playfellow’s back when they fell with the result mentioned above. He is doing as well as can be expected. Another lad, named McSa\eney accidentally cut his foot on a broken bottle. The wound was dressed by the headmaster. We would suggest to the Committee that, if funds permit, a case containing bandages and other necessaries used in first aid be procured tor the school.

Speaking lo a Daily Times reporter recently a dairy farmer of considerable experience made the. lollowing pithy statement with regard to the treatment of dairy cows; —“Cows," he said, “will become in time what their surroundings tend to make them. Feed the kind of feed that makes milk. Without system nothing of value will be accomplished. Have comfortable quarters for your cows, and get their confidence through kind treatment. In this way and no other can a dairy herd be built up and maintained that will be a profit and pride to its owner."

A surprising discovery has been made in connection with the leper settlement in Molokai, the scene of the self-sac-rificing labours of Father Damien. A committee of the Hawaii legislature, visiliug the settlement recently, found several persons who showed no outward signs of the disease. It was decided that 30 of these should he brought to Honolulu for examination by expert pathologists. A careful inspection has already been made.of n—the maximum number tor which the leper-receiv-ing hospital has accommodation—who have spent from two to twenty years in the settlement. Not one of the ix, whemexarained under the microscope, shows any trace of the presence of the leprosy bacillus.

Prohibition orders are responsible for a new phase of hookmaking, and pencillers are now prepared to underwrite the fines which are iikely to be inflicted on those who obtain liquor during their prohibited period (writes the Northern Wairoa correspondent of the Auckland Herald). Recently an interdicted individual was charged with having procured liquor, and to insure his somewhat sparse funds, wagered with a penciller the sum of 10s, that he would not be fined £2. In the course of time he appeared before the Bench, haltingly confessed his misdemeanour, pleaded hard times, was fined 7s 6d, and straightway repni ed to collect his wager, rejoicing in the fact that he had benefited to the extent of halt-a-crown by his contravention of the statute.

Some weeks ago (says the Christchurch livening News), we called attention to the fact that the Premier’s anxiety for self-advertisement was involving the country in heavy charges for cabling long reports of his speeches at social 'functions in ling laud. We also pointed out that it was rather incongruous to see Sir Joseph Ward’s remarks reported at such iordinate length while the speeches 0! the great political leadeis in England were cut down to the barest summary, It is interesting to note how London papers treated Sir Josepii Ward in connection with the Empire Club banquet. In The Times his speech was given 24 lines in a 500 line report. The Standard, whose report of the banquet ran to twothirds of a column, found itself able to afford eleven lines to Sir Joseph. The Manchester Guardian gave him eighteen lines out of tlrree-quarters of a column. The Daily Mail was unable to find matter in his speech for more than exactly two lines. The Daily News, although its report was three - quarters of a column in length, does not appear to have been aware that Ward was even present.

A bright young Kailir, just for fun, Sneezed down the barrel of a gun ; and just to see how things would go, He pressed the trigger with his toe, A basketful of his remains Was gathered from adjacent plains; And now his tribe, you may be sure. When they have colds use Woods' Peppermint Cure.

At the ordinary weekly parade of the Foxtou School Cadets on Friday, a silver medal was offered by Capt. Gabites, 0.C., to.be awarded to the smartest Non. Coin, in the corps. It has been reported to the constable stationed at Taumarunui that no less than three graves in a native cemetery have been dug up, the object, it is believed, being to procure greenstone treasures, which, according to Maori custom, are buried with the deceased. The Secretary of the Foxton Racing Club invites applications for the position of caretaker. Schedule of duties can be seen at this office, or may be obtained from the Secretary, Applications close on the 27th iust., at 12 noon.

We are advised that a shortness of rubber is now prevailing, cousequently the Nonpareil Cycle Co., of Palmerston North, advertise in another column, that they are prepared to purchase 1000 old cycle covers and will give is each off the price of new ones. Foxtou cyclists should take advantage of this*. The ballot taken by the Flaxmills’ Employees Union as to whether,the dispute between employees and employers shall be referred to the Council of Conciliation was cairied by an overwhelming majo-ity. The result of the ballot has been forwarded to the Clerk of Awards. No date has yet been fixed tor the sitting of the Council.

Mr Isaac, o( the Education Department paid a visit to the local school yesterday to report ou the suitability of the old school building for technical classes. At the request of the head teacher, Mr Isacc, who is an expert in handwork subjects, gave a demonstration to the teachers on the treatment of handwork in the primary schools, dealing particularly with carton modelling in its relation to other subjects of the school curriculum. Needless to say, Mr Isaac’s kindness was much appreciated. Mr O. L. Harrisou, postmaster of Kilbirnie, died suddenly on Saturday morning. In his early life he was engaged in postal work in London for a number of years, coming from thence to New Zealand where he followed farming in Shannon for some time. Over ten years ago he was appointed Postmaster in Shannon which position he held until early this year when he was transferred to Kilbirnie. He leaves a widow and two grown up sons. The funeral took place yesterday at Wellington and was attended by several friends from Shannon.

A Morton Mains correspondent writes to the Southland News : “Quite a Chinese colouy is springing up in the vicinity of Invercargill. Lately several farmers in the Morton Mains and Edeniale districts have shown a marked preference for the Celestials, and it is given out ou good authority that some farmers intend to introduce Chinese labour into their milkingsheds. The experiment will he watched with interest as marking a new departure in the dairying industry.”

An amusing incident occurred in a railway train recently which should be. a lesson to impertinent people. An elderly woman, plainly dressed, was travelling in a firstclass carriage the other day, when at one of the stations a bride and bridegroom entered the carriage and took their seats just behind the quiet looking woman. They were an exceedingly up-to-date couple, with the slight drawback that the bride was noticeably the older of the two. They were apparently gay and happy, and to pass the time made audible remarks on their fellow-passengers’ attire, the quiet woman’s headgear especially being a source of great amusement to the bride. The bridegroom who was evidently enjoying his companion’s witty remarks was presently rather startled by hearing the quiet woman remark to the bride, “Will you kindly ask your son to take his feet off the back of my seat, as it annoys me very much ?” Tableau !

Says the Oamaru Mail: —“The report which we published last week that two Chinese were fined each, or, in default, one mouth’s imprisonment, for selling pakapoo tickets, must have been read with extreme satisfaction by those members of the Government who have recently figured so prominently in connection with the Wellington school lor gambling. What bar - barians these Chinamen are ! Now, if they bad only sold totalisator tickets, they would have been worthy to associate with Royalty and to be admitted into the institution to encourage gambling in young men, recently opened in the Empire City by Messrs Millar and Carroll with all the sanction and dignity of a State function, and all the impressiveness of a great moral agency. The line must be drawn somewhere, and our law draws it at Chinamen and working men or boys playing in the open for pennies to while away a few minutes leisure at meal times. Besides, pak-a-poo has such a rickety-rackety sound about it. Nobody could expect a game called by such a name to he respectable.”

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