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Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7922, 30 September 1904, Page 4

The Feuding Bowling Club's green will be opened on Wednesday, October 12.

In fining a cabman at Wellington for having driven his vehicle on the wrong side,of the road, the Bench stated that in future cases of this kind exemplary fines would be inflicted.

The criminal sessions at the Supreme Court concluded last night,'having lasted since Monday morning.1 .To-day a commencement was made with the lengthy civil list before the Court. "

As showing the extent to which the "shouting " system, is carried on in the colony, a witness at the Magistrate's Court, Napier, mentioned that a party or five " shouted " all round in the space of a quarter of an hour.

On Tuesday next a sale of' work will be opened in the Lyceum Theatre in aid of the funds of the Congregational Church. The. stalls will be" stocked-with a variety of useful articles, for--:--which there should-be _• buyers. ■,The sale'will, last three days, and arnusical programme will be presented each evening.

Cocoanut growing is a very profitable industry hi the Pacific Islands. In some instances as many as a hundred coco palms, may be seen growing on a single acre and bearing well, and as each of these palms is valued at 10s, the land and trees cannot be said to.be -worth less than £60 per acre. - . ■ : -

Among the old " identities " who were presented to Lord and Lady Plunket at Havelock on Monday, last was Mr Fortescue_, of Mahakipawa. The old gentleman informed Lady Plunket that he was 89 years of. age; that he had seen George 111., George IV., William IV. and Victoria, aud that he would -write to Lady Plunket and let her know how he was getting on I-. .....

The Auckland* Herald states that vrhen the late Mel. B. Spurr was in that city a few weeks ago he sought. the advice of Dr. de Clh-e Low.c, and was under treatment for diabetes by him. The doctor, however, did not expect a fatal end to his patient's : illness nearly so soon as it has occurred. Mr Spurr in private life was a most genial and witty companion, and lie made hosts of friends on this side of the world. He leaves a widow and two children. '■. •• ■ ,

At the last examinations held at Wellington in connection with the London College of Music two sisters (the.Misses Downes), who are now residents of Newbury (Pahnerston N.) passed;-with distinction. The; marks gained by the youug ladies were as follows:—Miss Ethel Downes 94, Miss Florence Downes 91. Their teacher was Mr H. Muller; professor of music, Wellington. '■■'.'- ,

, An aspirant for a seat on an Ashburton local body, recently, gave ,a remarkably candid reason ■.•for--his candidature; He said that he had made repeated applications tcv the.- body, in question for sonic minor iniprovements near his residence, and- getting no satisfaction, he desired to become a member of the Board, so-that he might have, some chance of getting the work- done. Once llisend was attained, he would quietly resign, "as a number of other persons have done under similar occasions."

During the hearing of an application .at the Magistrate's Court, Ghristchureh, for a separation order—the working, man's divorce, as it is termed—the wife accused the .husband, of having twice struck heiy and-went on to allege that one night,jwhen he went to bed, he complained thai she had all the clothes. Accordingly,; said the lady, ho snatched the clothes from her, and unceremoniously kicked her out of bed. ■ The husband denied the soft impeachment, and accused his spouse, of spoiling his breakfast, just to annoy [him.;_ " She would cook the bacon until ifs burnt hard and black," he declared, in a tone eloquent with indignation j'and self-compassion. The order was made, and the discontented couple given the chance to paddle their own canoes in future.

1 say, 'you can't beat the ILia Ora hard felt at 8s 9d and 10s 6d. Best in the market; guaranteed to keep their colour. Millar and Giorgi, sole agents —Advtt

The Bey. "VV. Earee, of. flfasterton, is expected to return to New Zealand by the Paparoa, which is due in the colony on October 29th. . • •

In a letter to a Masterton resident, written on board the s.s. Mongolia fife Marseilles, Mr W. Butherfurd says: — " We have had a splendid trip so far, and I am fast getting back to my old form.'

A farmer residing near Ashburton losfc v over a hundred lambs during a storm/ Graziers in the vicinity of the hills were more or less heavy losers ; as lambing was general at the time of the storm, the piercing cold wind which accompanied the rain caused a somewhat serious mortality., y A witness in the Woodville Court on Friday scored rather unkindly off Sergt. Cruiekshanks. The witness had stated, that a certain person was of a dull,'h'eavy nature. ■ The Sergeant asked for amore 4 explicit statement, and ' the witness' naivety"replied, ""Well, he's not quite smart enough to be a policeman." The work of demolition' of- the "White Hart. Hotel for the erection of new buildings will remove one of the oldest landmarks in Christchurch. The license was first granted in 1851, when theliotel was opened in a tent. The wooden building, some portion of which is incorporated in the present one, was erected in 1852.

Mr Donald Grant, of Palmerston N., the well-known sheep-breeder, is now residing in the United States, his address ■being. Bicldand,.'Baker County, Oregon. In writing to a friend in Masterton, Mr Grant says:—" I have made it a point ever since I left New.Zealand to observe everything in connection with, agricultural pursuits as well as matters commercial in the countries" t have already; visited., I. have beed twelve -• .months in the United States, but I ex--pect to be moving.on about the end ot October. At St Louis, X acted as judge • of live stock at the Great World's Fair. The weather is more than warm, at pre- , sent, 27th July, being some days more than 100 degrees in the shade."

Christehurch Truth says :-" It will be a great shock to the confiding public that the Government, not only mates use of the service whenever it: wants to communicate with its friends, but that absolutely no record of the messages senb by Ministers to their friends is kept in the office. We believe the custom is, when a Minister sends a telegram, for the original to be returned-to him, and that no record whatever is kept in Nthe telegraph effices., In fact, Ministers can abuse the couritry!s telegraph service as much as ever they please," use it to I transact their own business, and generally employ it to perpetrate any kind, of corrupt job that may strike them, and there is no evidence to convict them by —all the evidence is carefully removed."

The monthly meeting of the Fire Brigade was held last night, Supt. Tingey presiding. The committee's suggestion, to hold a local competition on November 9th, was adopted. Those of the members willing .to -■. go into training for same are to leave, their names with the secretary ■ on-Saturday before 9 p.m. The teams will be chosen on night. The officer for the month, reported; that the' gear was in good order. The social committee reported that-donations were coining in freely for the social, to be held'on October 12th, in aid'of sending a team to compete at., the Dunedih competition. The Brigade committee wilL meet on Monday evening to further consider the proposed alterations, to- 'the Central Station and other matters of importance to the Brigade.' —The social. committee will meet at the'same"time. One of the points made. by Mr J. A

Gili-uth, in the. course 'of a lecture at Oamaru was'contained in.a story he told of a lady who .ran a store- and a . small dairy herd. One.of her cows had I contracted millf-fever, and she was at , her wit's end to provide a remedy; and no one in the neighbourhood' could tell her much more :than'she knew herself, and that, for all practical purposes, was nothing. Yet on her counter was a ' batch of leaflets sent out: for distribution by the Department for. the : information of those who had cows. suffering, from this very co'mplaimV This fact, Mr Gilruthsaid, had caused him■••/to- form the opinion that many people wanted someone else to read' up the treatment for them, and, no doubtpapply it; Leaflets, . he said, on most of the stock: diseases, were obtainable at the officeof the stock agents throughout the colony. . - A curious circumstance came to light

in the district ofMorrabel (S.A.) in con-, nection with a recent election. .Just as . the day's polling was about to begin a , supporter of oneftof. the candidates de^manded that the ballot box should be s opened and sealed in his presence. The i returning officer confessed to having lost T the key, but this was'noiV-sufficient , answer for the inquirer, and the box was taken to the blacksmith^ shop -.near by. f to he forced open. The bottom of the box was -wrenched off, when the ballot paperreceptacle was discovered to con- '•■ j tain some papers. One was- a bill for some goods," but • the. remainder, of the contents proved-to be a. roll' of- 12 £1 notes... How.they got there was a;■ mystery. The only reasonable presuraption. was that the clerk of the district council probably, during a> period of absent-mindedness had made the ballot . box;a cash box or burglar-prbbf^safe. • A correspondent, writmg to the Ashburton Guardian, offers . a uniquel and i simple plan of mothering lambs, which /. he has adopted for years with goodi .re-■& suits., In the event of a;ewe;losing heir-;f lamb" by death there;is usually-a'mbth^r-' '"'■ less lamb among:,a,flockfthafc..elm be adopted in such cases. First drivij two ordinary sticks"into ; the' ground fabout-three-inchesapart or sufficient to Inable the ewe's head to be placed betwe|ri, and ' form, as it were, a bail. ; Having ©aught the ewe on which it' is^rbposed to id other - I the lamb, place it in the bail and ti'i the ' 1 stakes together with, a piece.of -firing:--. above the sheep's.head/ ThenCsecnring the; motherless lamb, it can be ieadily ■induced to suckle by this method, and nine cases out of ten the ewe takes to it: after being ;bailedV.:up .for,.'say/, a day. . "Our informant this a more effective method;', of. mothering lambs than- by'-,making-;a--smh,ll;:yai-d witK hurdles; It .is 'not only cheap/ "■ but at prevents the ewe butting a strange lamb as is usually the case in the old;systern.

Assorted stock of best quality spectacle frames at WhitefordVPharrnacy.";: Second-hand cycles, £1 deposit, £1 monthly.—Clarkson's, Coleman Place.*

A mere boy can use a " Little Wonder " Broad Cast Seed Sower, you can ride on. horseback and work it. "Will sow four acres *an hour and any quantity up to six bushels per acre, Price 20s delivered. Morrow Bassett & Co., Christchu'reh> "When buying a DENToV HAT see that the leathers-are embossed "THE DENTON HAT." One price every where, 10s Cd J ...

.( The.monthJjl lo CatnpiKl!-' jstreet School-Gw,iehch falls on Monday night & n postponed 'for a week." , B- ■"-'..: The adjourne»st.i n g of-the Borough Council to-night. •On tne^thOctdL'ry meeting of the Council \* * . '■'. r;:-Mr Blundell, ftiarge of the Palmerston braJLjr o f j^e-w -Zealand during l a bsence in England, xesunil the peild- , ing branch yesiiß - Palniersii^gg. Band -\\rjll, weather iSlay a t the Esplan§ta ay afternJK>n, coinmencijjLij1' Memli§rs will meet|| j. oom at J Yesterday afte^m^ Com . mittee of the m. S3o eiation . accepted the tengU L an aley Bros. for the wftterrngfor the main standj||Qf jj° _ Devine (£113) ioWL s > bars , . ■ Mr W. Randa|L d Mont . gomery's advanc{|U arrived in town yestcrd;|| a r rann - e . ments for the aM fche'Zea■Jandia Hall of %> s * Entertainers, headed lp fhandcuff Mr and Mrs Ik vav Vi -j lO arrived in Aucklasj| oa^a . ] as j. week, expect to recoil durin^ the first week in C|| y we \. e a ° t , -the time of writing?^ La i ces district and intoif own the \V anganm river. . M ■ _ Iron gates are n<|o!ei.ee.tion in tlie Sgn^, i a tol v - a^ed: The gateE"i nc l in Va pJane 'and close sM . a ; person has.passed. t'd- / veral 1 Previously b • the Borough engineer, : | -n ' cl haye oeen most effective I<| .' effected into Mr HLjahtie's . tailoring esiabKshn^teeet , . west. Two suits of jL chand ■chain and some meiiffljje | oi;o f the midnight visitor | fchs lock .. oft the front door aii nofl PTI trance to the bundin;| " .At Orange (N.li 9tw ohddren named Ea| 3 {o3 blacksmith, we) o pl|L < &C J' piece of iron 2m. j'^J laouth, snd it was iffiS Wft i|ot, ■ ea. The cbild was XoS'who located theiron|yu Cw; •considered it inadvielw hi ramoval at present. & c j 3 ar !" yet apparent. ' W ■ I,'rs- for i; r ,V> l F ; . the Borough CouncC ld°on -< October 7th, to considKilSv ■ of asking the ■ratepajKffi- • Jack, Goodger, and-WgnaUd- . handed to the Council.! ° _ . The Wanganui AgriMj- p.-,.! toral Association has al cjv?adinner to visiting exhiil "officials on the first nil|w . ;In coming to this decisMSu i . .■Associationwasinflaen&nSn that such a gatherinM? Se means of affording a «X n ;^ 'to the visitors, and wouWilhS' v ... of ideasfS ■ vvhich must be of Vinate^S rnll concerned. -W - .Evidently the •■di S niim urt » >is an unknown quantity^]-, • 'In the Magtstrates' Oo| ?fo± -ago, before two local J JLS .rsras fined 2 3 f or faihng MTm • defendant calleiCou'll whistle for it, too!--:-Tff Ps 4 ting as far as the doorfkJT to jumv ou ins (presumabljtice'S chest" Apparently thut^ of Mangaweka's usual Cifcw s the next case Proceede4 a " te ly! An accident that is lii c a f .Sended with fatal resultst d at Alamaku, near Eotorua, f-dav ' While a 4med McXenna was felling all. >way ; and m its descent a.tjK : on 'the head, which was ci 7erv severely. Doctor Fieldstal nC e telegraphed for, and Jeft 3t-ya V about noon. On arrival hlffi» case a very serious one. thelbthe ■■•*■«% unfortnnate man, who is |ai o f age, being crushed to such L h as almost to preclude the hope fc Try . The United States have r* w , iiandscmo patronage from jjarte the present war.v One auth Be '/e3 that during a period of four : B *Br ,-^u millions sterling went 3an Francisco frota the Orient. ' aev or a great portion of it, wa i id •foodstuffs and other supplies, title-1 mra hailing f rom the land o i and btripes said:— " The Mongo easel of 10,000 tons, left 'Frisco the . Tentura. She was full of car. c was usual for thia steamer to call &\ lulu, but on the voya»e in queati proceeded direcs co Japan." Anc e's'el to .sail wasth^ Aztec iregisteibout 8000 tona. The ilgoara 10,< aver, is to follow. '■•'■■ !■■s&' ThQ Napi« Telegraph, in4sJD« arrangements, jsaya .-.mixx lfe;# ou' d Jt be for feller i-to go through from Nkpier ttf p] y . , .mouth, or vice versa, in one'dism,]!-y|---communication ' between il^ton A^ ; Vand New Plymouth' iJexist^iV 3the - ¥;^P^?- express train, 'lor ■.&.Jlc.{;i n « \i train "between Wobdvijlelaadner-t'.-ston, were timed to meetiaibr/.tij'j c " r |=placethe express from rt^elti to l^ew Plymouth, what is.V'Ssted i could be done., The oniy iSOn I -against it we have heard of "is) the j Government wish to weveapj er /; trafßc going by way of Palimi to f ■•Wellington, and hence/will n^mit »: .-a-STapier traveller; to reach the Wellingto|[ r es 3 ;to New Plymouth; In; piain||ish;the interests of Taranaki andlke's ! Bay are being lDJured ;in ordefJ the.! Government may the 'more eflt-ely - fight th« Manawatu E^lw ay feW.'/ If that fight 13 to cohtmae tae| of carrying on the • campaign sdafall - upon the colony af a whole, nb?| n a : pjTtioa of it." " ''■'>j,;.:■;• ' M Usmar, merchant tailor, -Maijeet, .Palmerston North, late Bege»eet, ■London.—Ad^*t. ■•.' ;"; '-fl ■ The boot department .of 2!|3on Marche has recently been replhed with largo consignments of s|ish. American, and , liigh-class WfcnA ■ ' .lnanufactni-es. Ladies, and •gfCien will find"- in this department ■ a||,t is latest and best in footwear."''; |S The latest in every brar.chMthe t spring and summer fashions isn^ing - shown in- all departraants at T&on •" : Marche. The immediate placs| o f ■. -: .orders for millinery aud^" dressmSM-' is -■,;>desirable.* • ' •P

In : the House yesterday the Law Amendment Bill and Administration Act Amendment Bill were put through their final stages.

Tho Public Petitions Committee reported favourably j estcrday on the petition of the widow of the late' Hanson Turton, ex-civil servant, for a compassionate allowance.

The Native. Affairs Committee has recommended that an enquiry be held into the case of ceitain natives on the West Coast reserves, who asked to be allowed to administer their owo lands.

At the S.iL Court this morning Harry Bcasley, charged with false pretences, was remanded till October Sfch. Percy Kirlcby, on a similar charge, was remanded till the same day. Bail was allowed in each case.

The anniversary services in connection with Cuba-street Methodist Church will be held on Sunday, the Rev. Mather preaching in the morning and the Eev. Beggs at night. The singing will be a special feature and the orchestra will he strengthened for tho occasion. ■ At the evening ■■_ service Mr Grubb will play " The Lost Chord " as a euphonium solo. The hymns will be old fashioned ones and the anthems appropriate. The final practice will be held at 7.30 this evening. A full'1 attendance is requested.

A combined meeting of members of the Manawatu, Aorangi, Sluggish River ana Horse-Shoe.Drainage Boards was held, yesterday to protest against the inclusion ."of any of their ratepayers in the proposed Manawatu and .Oroua River District. - A strong protest was signed: and will be forwarded to the Colonial Secretary.. ' A combined meeting was also held, relative to framing bye-laws. A. committee, including representatives from each board, was appointed and will draft a set of. rules for confirmation:

A.correspondent writes stating that' Inspector Perry, during the past, week, visited Rohgotea and found the township in a very insanitary state. Drainage from the houses, he found, runs into the street waterchannels, which are in a filthy condition, while the drainage from the dairy factory has overflowed and the sewage has been left high and dry on the side of the road. Several stockyards were visited on Banks' and Jones' Lines (in the Manawatu County) where pigs were kept. The stench from the .latter poisoned the atmosphere for a considerable distance around and, generally, the whole place was in a condition that is a serious 7 menace to the public health. Action on the part of the Health Department, or the local authority, the Manawatu "County, Council, is, apparently, imperative.

There's nothing- humble about our boots except the prices.—Payne's.*