NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1228, 2 April 1914, Page 4

NEWS AND NOTES.

Tin- death is announced by cable of Kir IJuh.M \on Herkom'-r. R.A., the famous English artist,. lie was 65 years of age and was one of (lie most versatile of modern artists, being- particularly noted for bis port rail-,.

A Hanley (English) tradesman w-- recently lined guineas and costs u.r a breach of (In’ .Merchandise Marks Act in selline Uus'itm eggs as “new laid.'’ And Russia is nearer to England than is .New Zealand.

It has been decided by the Wairarr.pa Automobile Association to invite .Mr Keith Jackson, of M.i.-aci ion, to address the executive at its next meeting on the proposal to ortablisli benzol works in Now Zealand, it is e-limaled that £20,000 would be required to capitalise the .rheine. General Sir lan Hamilton, in responding to the toast of his health at a. complimentary luncheon in Victoria la.,t week, said that at an old soldiers’ banquet recently he observed at. the foot of the toast list llie words. “Anybody emitting to : .air the toast ot (lie King will tie summarily elected.'’ In writing to the Kino he told til., Majesty of the incident. The many friends of Miss Katie Mills, eldest daughter ol .Sir Janies Milis i will sympathise with her in the very sad bereavement site has sustained in the sudden math, in London, of her bailee. Signor .Marx de Alcazar, to whom she was to hate been married shortly. lie was on the way to (line with friends, was taken ill in the street, and was helped into a hotel, I hence to ( b.criug (Toss Hospital, where l he died the billowing morning, lie had Is'en suffering I rom phlebitis. The- deceased gentleman taught the (Jueen of Spain Spanish, and was very popular with her and King Altonso. 1 >nli.-li Australasian.

Mr Samuel Gopley. the cattle king ot We-tern Australia, has just completed a sale of 10.000.000 acres of land and 140.000 head of cattle, 110 began life as a barlrer in Melbourne. and going west went into the meat supply of Perth, with much profit, lie holds' the key to Ihe meal situation in the west, and the Government of the State have altogether failed to get it away from him. He. is a plain-spoken, vigorous, and genial millionaire.

Tie- lasi body found alter the explosion ;•! ibe Upper Unit was that of Constable Malionev. the discovery of whose charred and dismembered remains was marked by an extremely pathetic incident. His retriever dog, which bad been roaming uneasily about and winging pitiably, ventured at last across the hot ashes and soon discovered what the men had (ill I lint moment failed to Lit■ (I. The (’unstable had been almost entirely incinerated, and only the luvndenH's K ing by proved bis identity.

(' :i i,.,m 11. Puiehas, ..!’ (Ji-i iilii.irk. ('alderImi’,. has 'almost completed Ills “llislorv nf liic Anglican (.'liun-h in Now /calami.” Tim in;itiu-<■ vii>l will lie ready lor the printer soon, amt tlio work will Is- pti I>l i>li< <l. prnhal)l\. in October or Novt'inber of tin- year. It will begin with tin* first divine service in New Zealand, conducted by the Rev. hi. Mnrftleti on ('bristmas Day, one bundl ed year.-, ago, and will end with the present, (sosition of the church, dealing with the whole of the century.

The News states that Mr \V. Pitt, acting on behalf of the Maori Land Purchase Board, during his recent, visit to Dannevirice, purchased native owners’ interests in 2980 acres in Tiratu block, the sum paid approximating £29,800. Mr Pitt also acquired natives' interests in other areas at Tahoraite and Otawhao, the land being intended for future settlement. The a iicreeate amount involved in these transactions was about £38,000, and most of the money has been invested in trust for the erstwhile owners.

Another grain shed has been destroyed in" Marlborough. On Sunday afternoon a (ire broke out in the gram shed on Messrs Maclaine’ Brothers’ farm at Lpper Spring ('reek, and eomplefely dent roved 1 lie bmltlhe- ami its contents, consisting of about 800 bags of barley and 200 basis of oats, the (ire—the origin <>f which, is unknown hail gained so .strong a hold that it was im-ible to check it or save any of the gram in the barn. Tho owners are the more unfortunate as they had a considerable nundiei If hags of barley and peas in Meaers Corry ami t'o.’s store, which was destroyed I>\ Inc In (he 21st. March. The insurance on the grain lost Oil fsunday was £750.

In .1 letter to the New Plymouth Harbour Hoard \b-srs Tleudrv Brothers. of Olasgow, t ,*ked for information us to the best term* on which tho right to work the won sand deposits in the neighbourhood of New I}.'-~,-,.nh 'a'it 1 1 iu convenient distance of t-hip-»jin"■ finalities. would U; granted. They were i, a portion, they wrote, to commence the construction of plant at once, and, providing the terms were suitable tor n sulhcicnt eilppiv of sand, the plant would be on a V,r' large scale. They would, of course, re,,„lre to be assured of on ample supply of imnsand for n very considerable jHniod ot Tho Doa-rcl expressed its pleasure al iVe' possibility of anyt bint! being done t0,.:.r,U ~: . r , U working the irolieand, and the seciefw. n jnr) I'lieted, to supply all the iniorinaiion possible.

'J'he rirrienliund return.. for Kngbuul and \y s as shown in tho preliminary statement '„f the Board of Agriculture, reveal n i.odtiou tor the British farmer, which i« » .- j|;i>i ir one in ri';W of the diminution of ~-vaa. The total acreage under ml erop i and gr.'iM »*■ June lost, is gt'cn 27T29.332, a decrease of 45,503 aorefc, and t ‘i, OIU . fact that- iinprci'fcf dsetf _ou the t-, server in that barley is tbr i-no crop a 558 85 acres, incroaac 102,3281 watch eP-evs nil advamc, Tho iPclmc m tho ar aWo 1-nd 11,058.233 acre#, amount- p 277.Cv'„ acres mm-t r,f which was f ransferred to permanent pasture*. and vim laftcr arcs, now, for {ho first, time, surpassed 16.000.000 ncr<a. yv 1 1 1.701,588. snows a decline ot 162 000 acres, the total thus reverting to j!.' than in 1910. Oaw. 1.974,700, also dcc.eus.cd i,v up 000 neves. ,\M- of the crops show a dhcibr', probably owing to-tin; difficulties .|i.- -owing season. Bore fallow increased bv ‘]l4,onn acres', thus emphasising the con<litioii * vf til** orirly pflih *-'* 1 Potatoes dccliuci.l bv 21,000, and mango kin bv 65.000 acres. Hover ami grass.'* umlci rotation fell <>lf by 27.0 CU acres, but the v ,sci v. d for hay. whether or meadow, shows an icereaso of 273,730 acres. Tim Waikato Atgus under.«t.- . ... ..a. a Hamilton lady, wlm has inmitoi a bat fii'tellcr. w hicii she ha> patented in several com, me-, i« about to proceed to hm-dand to Moat, a company to place the atUuc on the market.

Fur the first time on record, says the \•'ii<- U!turul Journal. Uhj Hawk*; i uay i\o-Im-I-s -ced crop has proved disappointing. Farmers jive si rnnglv advised to secure 19X3 -ced in. preference to that, harvested tins , ( . ;i ,■ ,)ie condition.; having been very uu(Mouralilc for the development of highA high percentage oi the Tlalke'--- Ihc- ,-eed is in eomeqncnce Very umi'h 11 glder than is nsualb the case.

\ I,(iv had a painful experience "idle aaifine mar the Patea liver (he other ' He was parsing a hive of wild bees, ulieu he -uddenlv felt a -lino U’himl the v;)r Filth- was thought of the occurrence i.v, the time, hut after alsmt half an hour the 1 it(1" fellow- ua? seized with sickness and pain? in the head and bmh , an eruption ■dmi-ilv afterwards breaking out all oxer Ins 1,0,h’.' The services of a doctor were requisitioned, who did what he could bw the (it,l,, suire.ev. It is thought tM the hee-mu.-l have been feeding on the lower of poisonous plant, and transmitted ?otuo of the poison to the buy in the sting.

The Jlaily Mail th scribes a “revoiV among Miss Sylvia i’ankliiusl'.s “army":

Four male supporter.-, at a (‘aiming Tow." meeting brought out four fully llavomed clay pipes and puffed away at the best. Canning Town shag. “K.veu,-e me. but you must, not smoke.’’ said one ol the Still'rugcUes politely, pointing to notices on the wall, “it we ain't going to smoke we ain't gom., 1 to tome here no more.'' said one of the army. The lour eon* timed to smoke. “No reputable accountant would erase or alter any original entry in a ledger." rem..i 1. <1 Mr.Ju.-fiee Edwards in the Wellinulon Supreme Court, in the course of a case in which fraudulent dealing* with the money <•' shareholder in a company were alleged ( ounsel for the defence slated" that the man who altered the I gures could explain his action. "He could not explain it.” returned his D .nor, “Ib; m'ght. say he did it, but ho could not explain o. Such a thing is inexplicable and disgiau efnl. I would not believe u. can be done properly unless a host of reputable accountants canle into ('onil and told me so.'’

'fhe New Vork Times recently published an illustrated page account, of an invention of a telegraphic printing machine by a New Zealander, which it is claimed will revolutionise the telegraphic service of tln* world. Mr Donald Murray, the inventor, has sold tie. rights to In- ,-ysk-m ot printing' and 1 1 .msinitt ing telegrams to ill" British Post, Ofliee and Western Guinn Telegraphic I imipiiny. According to the New York 'l imes, Mr .Murray’s system is bared on the Boudot sv stem, but. does away with the l live keys and I lie necessity of learning their intricate combinations, 'fhe operator uses a typewriter keyboard. The machine print-.- directly on the delivery form, and automate eallv pages up for the next message. Mr Murray was brought up on a farm, in New Zealand, for several years he was a, journalist, in Sydney, and later went to New York with a telegraphic printing device, and was employed ;:e an engineer by tin l Postal Telegraphic Company, during which time, and also for live years* fit the London General Post Office, he worked on his multiplex telegraphic system. Two years ago he sold the United States rights of this svstem to the Western Union, and when interviewed by the New Vork Times, was on a visit to see the progress being made with the development and manufacture of the apparatus in America,