LOCAL AND GENERAL.
The .Fallen Soldiers’ Memorial Committee desire to acknowledge one guinea from Mr H, a donation to the fund. A ferret entered the poultry yard' of Air K. 0. Jarrett at Lansdowue Master-ton, on Friday night, and destroyed thirty prize birds, some of which were valued at £5. The local Catholic Church have arranged to hold a Si. Patrick’s Ball in fhe Town Hall on Thursday evening next, March' 18th. This promises to he one of the most enjoyable social events of the season. While Thomas Dunlop and Bert M’Kivtr were tilling in a bore in a quarry near Raglan with gelignite the charge prematurely exploded. Dunlop, a widower-, aged 45, was killed, and M’Kiver was injured. The latter was brought in fo the hospital and is progressing satisfactorily.
Sunday’s ■ fine weal her attracted a large number of visitors from Palmerston and elsewhere to local seaside.
The first peg for the survey of the proposed light railway from Hamilton to Raglan and Kawhia was driven on Saturday afternoon. Much interest and enthusiasm was taken in the official ceremony.
A. Kairanga settler in search, of land in the Waikato, at a somewhat smaller price, says that when the farmers up there could top-dress with two cwt., per aero each year the results were good. Manure having reached a prohibitive price, the land is rapidly deteriorating.
A hoy named John Frederick Goodhew, aged seven years, was killed at Tuumarere at about 2 p.m. ou Saturday. With three other hoys lie was playing on a log balanced on a stump, when (lie log slipped off. striking the hoy on the head, breaking his neck and fracturing his skull. Death was instantaneous.
The correspondent of the Loudon Times’at Now York stales that .*hould the charge. against Dempsey, the champion heavy-weight boxer of the world, of evading military service in war time, result, in his conviction, the army may initiate proceeding* with a view to having the championship declared forfeited, and afterwards arrange a series of elimination matches, with a view to •establishing a new champion.
A position amountin'?; almost to n strike (says the Age) is Inking place in connection with the Bukenni
school, n lew miles from Martiuliorough, where parents intend keeping llieir children-away from school as a protest against the action of the Education Board in refusing' to place- a new structure where they inquire it. Had (lie Education Board allowed the furniture to he manufactured by private (inns for the local school, all the (dass room's would have been ready for occupation a mouth, ago. The Board said the delay was caused through the shortage of suitable, timber at their workshop—a further reason for placing the order with private tirms. In the meantime the .Stale is saddled with the extra expense of renting class rooms. There is a screw loose somewhere.
The Bedding branch of tlit* Farmers’ I’nion. at a meeting on Friday, fully discussed Sir Waller Buchanan’s undignified reference lo the gentlemen responsible for bringing the position of the frozen meal industry before l the public of New Zealand, and decided that.in view of Sir Walter’s lack of knowledge of the position, as demonstrated by his statements on arrival from England, that it avus unworthy of further notice. The circular sent out from Feilding recommending the commission has been endorsed throughout both islands.
Under the headline, ‘'A Serious Exodus,” the Dunedin Star states: “For some time past there has been a steady and serious drift of skilled' craftsmen to the north. We (jiie.-aion whether many of (hose who so readily acquiesced in the drift: a :-!ioi't time ago are as certain now (hat they were wise in their original attitude. In the beginning the departure of a few craftsmen did no!
appear serious, Iml in its move reeenl dovelopmeiils it is causing concern. Tin? prosperous and pushful north is prepared (o pay in salisfaetion of its requirements while some of our more canny captains of industry refuse to compete in the open market. The result was an exodus which means a decided loss to our city from a wealth-producin'? point of view.”
Many suggestions for the nunrovement of Otaki were placed before Mr W. H. Field, M.F. for the district, at a special meeting of the Town Hoard. The member expressed Ids personal opinion Thai the time had arrived when Otaki shojihl become a borough, , which would mean increased borrowing powers, a.s well as an improved stains. He anticipated no difficulty in securing a proper plai/of the district, and he was moving in the mailer of securing the necessary money from Government departments for an electric light scheme for the town. He hoped also to see an improvement in the railway service in the shape of an early morning train from Otaki to the city. The sum of £500,t0 lie spent on the Tararua Ira ek to Greytown would enhance facilities for crossing the ranges.
The following incident in connoction with the visit Inst year of If.ii.ll. the Prince of Wales to the I’niled States, will he read with interest by Salvationists; —“The directors of the; National-Horse Show (New York) decided to give this year the gross receipts of this annual event to the S.A. Organisation, and also arranged that The Salvation Army should receive the Prince of Wales upon the occasion of: the visit of His Royal Highness to the exhibition. Commander Eva Booth was most cordially greeted by the Prince, who insisted that she walk by Ins side as they passed through a long line of Salvationists to the royal box. Here his Royal Highness commanded that the place of honour be given the Leader, and expressed himself as holding The Salvation Army in the very highest esteem.” NO INCLINATION TO COUGH. Influenza is often followed by a persistent cough, which is hard to relieve. Nothing gives such prompt and permanent relief as Chamberlain’s Cough ’Remedy. It soothes and heals the inflamed membranes, and there is no inclination to cough when Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is taken. For Sale everywhere.—Advt.
The Lands Department this month is offering: .65,306 acres in different parts of New Zealand for selection, and (5,070 acres next month.
. The Ha went Borough Council is considering the question of building municipal chambers, library, and concert hall at a cost not exceeding £15,000..
The weekly united church service will be held this evening, at 7.30 o’clock, in the Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Mr Harding will conduct the service.
The Prime Minister informed Mr G. R, Sykes, M.P., that on loth Pehvuary there were>5,430.000 earcases of mat ton in the freezing works of the Dominion.
At last Friday’s meeting of the Shannon Borough Council the resignation.of Cv. llillier (recently appointed manager'of the local Cooperative store) was accepted, and a letter-expressing the Council’s good will was ordered (o be forwarded to Mr Itiilier by tin* Town Cterk.
ft transpires that -James Harold O’Brien, eonvietod-of the systematic theft of passengers’ luggage,from steamers in Wellington, won a D.C.M. at Massines, and a Belgian medal at Warneton, and was recommended for a commission. Counsel pleaded that lie was a shell-shock sufferer. Accused was ordered to be placed under medical examination for a month.
A number of complaints are made to the Keilding Star liy residents in the vicinity of the saleyards Unit far 100 frequently sheep and cattle are left at week-ends in paddock’s that are bare of feed and contain no water, and that , they are left, there several days and nights without food or water. As one correspondent pertinently puts it: “is there no official whose duty it is to see that there can be no recurrence of sneh acts of -cruelty to dumb animals;’”
In. discussing beautifying the town, at the peace memorial meeting at Otnki on Wednesday lasi, Mr Jl. Witched referred to (In' scanty support given the two horticultural societies by the'public. As an instance, he referred to the Bulb Society’s efforts to colled subscriptions of a paltry shilling each to purchase a citizens’ trophy that Would bring prominent bulb growers to (he hn-al .-bows, and said some even refused to help to this small extent. He thought: the societies deserved better support.
While speaking of school kitchens, happily not essential in New Zealand, as they are in certain of the older countries. Mr H. A. Parkinson, secretary of the N.Z.KL, asked Ids hearers at Wellington the other evening, whether or not i ( n the provision of school meals in the future (here might not he set up a, partnership between the school and the homo. It was not impossible to imagine, he snid, that tlie school cookery room might in time become the communal kitchen, which wns apparently among the things that soon might be. A serious collision occurred on the Box ton line at Tiakitahnna on Sunday night, when a motor cyclist, who was endeavouring to pass between a motor cyclist lowing another cyclist and a gig, collided with the latter. The gig overturned, nnd the occupants, Mr Dunn, a farmer, of itangitane, Mrs Henderson, and a, hahy, were thrown out. Dunn sustained a broken collarbone, and the others a severe shaking. The horse freed itself from, the harness and bolted for over a mile, when it collided with a taxi and was killed instantly. A, little girl who was in the ear was cut. about the face, necessitating stitches being inserted.
Ah’ .J. ('. Cooper, spoilkiiij4 - nl ii hydro-clcctric conference' in Wairarapa, said that ho. and Air .Monro Jin <1 interviewed sovoral Oovernment oliloial.s relative In I ho scheme ami llio possibilities of obtaining' power from oilier sonroos. The ohiof oloolrioal engineer (Mr Birks) had informed thorn that sovoral years would elapse before! power was available from (ho Mangahan scheme, and that the supply would be limited. The estimated horsepower available from the Mangahao scheme was 21,000, and it was estimated that the requirements would exceed 40,000. Mr Bilks made it clear to (hem that if (he Wairarapa wanted electrical energy it should proceed with its own .scheme.
.Bishop Cleary and his pilot 8011, who arrived al Opol.iki by seaplane on Saturday, were entertained by the residents of Opotiki at a dinner, the Mayor presiding. Replying to tin; toast to himself, Bishop Cleary said ho was proud to he associated in the carrying of the Jirst mail to the Bay of Plenty. Speaking of the benzine famine, Bishop Cleary referred to the good product: being extracted from the gum Helds, also the vast quantifies of coal slack and heaps’of sawdust: from which benzole could be extracted. Benzole was a’ product containing alcohol, for which suitable locomotives could be obtained. At present these materials were all rutting. Bishop Cleary added a» warning that as soon us production front these sources became a menace lo the Oil Trusts an attempt would be made to break them up. He'hoped the Government in power would be strong enough to prevent this, and that the Government would be backed by strong public opinion in this matter. Bishop Cleary said be was getting old, but before he departed hence he hopedi some young men would push tins matter along. The return ( journey from Tauranga to Auckland was made in llir. 56rain. The machine crossed the Coromandel-ranges at a height of 3,300 ft. :
The 11)14-15 gold medal is now being: issued to the Main Body men. . Among - , the lirsf (o arrive was one received in Wellington on Saturday. "Two crossed swords, encircled by a wreath, and surmounted by a crown, form a striking but not altogether pleasing design.
Two tanks for the local State school which were condemned by the architect, wen.' offered to a local tradesman by the contractors, and accepted. When the purchaser called to take delivery of the tanks, lie was informed that the tanks had been sold hy the architect to another resident. The original purchaser is now seeking an explanation.
The following cases qf influenza were reported between'Sth and noon Itlli instant: —North Auckland, 1 mild: Auckland, 25 mild, 1 severe, 2(5; Hawke’s Bay, (51) mild, 1 pneumonia, 70; Wellington. 220 mild. I. pneumonic, 221; Canterbury, 05 mild, 05; Otago, 00 mild, 4 pneumonic, I severe, 101. Totals, 500 mild, 0 pneumonic, 2 severe: i)l4.
The strange disappearance of Mr ■J. F. Ilnrsthouse, of Kelburn, a wellknown dental surgeon in Wellington, is occasioning his friends great anxiety. Mr Hurst house," who is a returned soldier, had been in ill-health for some time past. He had been .-taying with relatives at York Bay, and has been missing from there since Sunday.,
ijf.t*a 1 proceedings are being instituted by llie sermonni oC pi»li<*o against n well-known Stratford aueIjoneering iimi which kepi its premises open on (lie occasion of! (lie Stratford licensing 1 election. The ease, if 'brought on, will be an interesting lest of.' the position, about which (here appears to be a decided difference of opinion.
In regard to eomplaints reeeived by the Board of Trade as to the prices that consumers should pay for bread as from March .Ist, the board states that prices for bread booked as from March Ist may tie charged a.t the notified priees, bat: that obviously it will not be possible to make any refund on bread sold for east! during the period March Ist to 13th.
Between 1900 and 1907 Hie value of land in the Dominion grew from £202 to £305 per head of population. The average increase in land values fur the fen years ending 19l(i was 11,700,000 per annum, representing an average increment to the 100,00 ft freeholders of £1,700 in ten wears. The total area under grass in this Dominion at the last estimate was 14,21-1,741 acres, as against only 2,714,0!) 1 in the whole of the Commonwealth of Australia.
A sequel to (lie high cost of footwear Is that quite a demand is said to exist for second-hand boots and Mines, stales the Christchurch Sun. Dealers appear to .be eager buyers of diseai'ded footwear. One man snid flint it was'surprising the class of person who was now prepared, quite literally, to “step into another man's shoes.’’ He.found that many girls bought, a good pair of shoes a! lirM-hand Cor “best,” and obtained second-hand slums to wear for ordinary purposes. The local Salvation Army Band visited Levin last night, in the interests of the Levin Corps. A large crowd gathered in the Main Street, and taler in (he.S.A. Hall, where a, programme of music was rendered which reeeived well-merited applause. The “piece de resistance” wa£ :i cornet ’duel arranged by Captain Collin and played by Bandsman Beale and Ronald KhhetL The Baud was afterwards entertained at supper by the officers. A return visit by the Levin Corps is expected on Monday, March 291 h, in connection with the Harvest Festival services.
A local sport, who attended the ibmnevirko races last week presented himself at the £b tolalisator window and requested a ticket on Xo. 4. The (dork handed him a ticket on Xo. Id. After considering (he mistake for a minute, he pointed out the error, and got his Xo. 14 ticket exchanged for No. 4 ; Xo. 14 won, and paid a substantial dividend which would have made him richer by over £IOO. On the second day, while leaving the tolalisator he picked up a threepenny piece on Ihc ground, and a by-slander urged him to* back Xo. 3. A friend said he would halve a ticket with him for luck. No. 3 won, and paid g good dividend,
Tin* local bandmaster recently complained that (lie Borough Band laid imt been oiderlaim*d al afternoon lea by Ihe Trades Union Picnie Commit lea, at Ashhurd; lust Saturday week, and as a protest had left the "round. Mir P. T. Robinson, >eere(ary of (lie Committee, informs us that the arrangement with the Bandsmen was that they he conveyed free to Ashhurst and a conveyance was placed at the band's disposal to remove their instruments, etc., from the station, to the picnic ground. Luncheon was to be provided and a donation to lie made to the Band’s funds. Owing - to the late arrival of the train, a request was made for morning - tea, which was willingly granted, arid luncheon was also provided. During the afternoon a Maori, who had no ollicial connection with .lire Band, made a peremptory demand for afternoon ten on behalf of the Band. His request: was ignored, and subsequently the Band Secretary asked for, and was given, an order for afternoon ten for 12—the number - stipulated by the Band Secretary. 'Kurt her,, a, ’donation of three guineas-; was made to the ELiid. Mr Robinson adds that the Committee met every official request by the Band for hospitality willingly, and if there was any reTnissness‘the fault lay. with the (Band, and not the Committee.
■ The property boom seems to have reached Tanvanga, A keen demand has set in for properties, which are frequently changing hands. The record price of £l3O per acre has just been paid for a farm of 65 acres across the water from the nor|h-westeni part of the borough. The Yes try and congregation of All Saints’ Church, and the members of the Patriotic Society, are giving a -farewell social to Mr and Mrs Kellow, in All Saints’ schoolroom, on Thursday night, at 8 o’clock. A hearty invitation is extended to. the general public In attend. Refreshments will he provided. As. a result: of representations made by the Borough Council reln--1 live to the shortage in Mail'd, two tons of sugar arrived. It is it need that “orders for comparatively small quantities can he obtained on appticafion to the town clerk.” There appears (o he some attempt at rationing in the mining centre. A northern resident suggested 1,0 a New Zealand Times reporter yesterday that universal rationing would go a long way to relieve New Zealand people from their present troubles in the way of food supplies.
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