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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8196, 24 May 1906, Page 4

Ou page 'I: Letters to trie e-Juor. On page 3: Commercial. On p.igc 0 : Telegrams, cables. On page 7: Hockey reports, general news. A rise of from 5 to 10 per cent in the price of boots has been gradually ap. plied in Wellington during the" h<t nine months, say* the Past. The cheques paid oat by live dairy factories in the Stratford district for last month were:— Xgaire £790. Cardiff, £.534, Lowgarth XoOG, Haiakama £2-0, Stratford £3118. The work of the Beautifying Society in the Square has apparently come to another stop. I'art of the ground was levelled last week but since then the workmen have been conspicuous by their absence. The huh wind prevailing thin morning swept clouds of .dust through the streets. The nuisance was particularly pronounced in the Square in the earlier part of the morning* as it yras not till nearly midday that the water eart put in an appearance. A rifle club has been formed at Levin. A committee was appointed to interview Mr J. K. McDonald with a view to getting a range on that gentleman's property on the Arapaepae road, where it was understood a first-class 1000 yds range eould be laid off. A temporary building is being eonstrueted by the A. and P. Society's workmen on the space between the main Exhibition Hall and Cuba-street. The object of this is to obtain as much eovered-in space as possible and at the j same time to provide a shelter in front I of the main doors.

The Victoria Assembly's social and dance was well patronised last .evening. The Jloor was in first-rate order, and the music, which was supplied by Mr A. F. McMinn. wasi all that con ft be desired. Mr G. Holiier acted as M.C. Favoured witli fine weather, a large number of visitors from Kelvin Grove and Stony Creek were present* Extras were played by Mr J. Lane, and a most enjoyable evening was spent.

Some tunc ago there arrived in Wellington from Japan a consignment of handkerchiefs of a texture so fine and soft that the Customs oilicials took the material to be silk, and the matter took a humorous aspect when the Japanese Consul brought evidence to prove that the raw material used was nothing more or less than JNtnv Zealand flax fibre. Of eour.se the method of manufacture is a dose trade secret. All that is known, of it is that the process is a chemical one, and that the fibre thus split into threads is so fine that one of them, even when held in a strona bright light, is invisible. A surprising fact in connection with the trade between New Zealand and Australia is to hand. For about thr<e

years the export of goods by the boats which leave Dunodiu for Melbourne every week has barely averaged 50 ton# per steamer. Inquiries made regard* ing the matter show tluit "(bis state of things is general all over New Zealand, lhe cargo trade from the colonv to the Commonwealth has dwindled to a fraction of its former, self, ih« cause bwn*ehicOy the Federal tariff Since the breaking up o£ the great Australian drought a year or two ago thmgs have been worse than ever. Good • iwasons m Australia mean a diminished An*, tralian demand tor New Zealand commodities,—Punediu Star. For cycle sundries go to Clark sou'« Largest stock and lowest prices.* ! A , white table damask. Is 3d yard. C. and C,* .. ■ Ladies' dancing shoes U XUI at Xhacker s « ■. SMOKERS, FT,EASE NOTE —A rush ou it WJ«; ■» OOLDJEN EAGLE tobacco, Fr AO, m' TWO 01T«CE TlVb All ToWSoata" _

CtitiH&bU Carey wh-i. f- - t&w tarbWa ; -:. r . i&entdn Xortfc. ir*# y^u--to Hmr PiyawHjth, Cvf» *L; of the Utter Us*n, h*> r , .. hk duties her®, To*dny feeing Kjjjj ir. I • *iau wa* eeleb?stf<i - #rhooH in Putmrfitc.-i i ;i • of a Thole holiday. Thf- r» • ■ places kept ojneii a.« umiV: legal and batik oihee* • display #f b'jfHuiK numerous ikscstaff*. -Nest week, at the A.■ ccremony* the Uipbma «.? >: \ received by » Wind *n. Chitty, .from tiie A Institute for the Hhn-i. a? .watio.iii, :ht> had. of < ■fekntiaf fupetrUor, »!,-■/ r . questions So Mm, and ;••.• ; jßVpers. esacCy wh?t h, examiner* m KrisaUnd fonwd that liie work ■>>. .. blind candidate. . ticular f»w* for & ?]»•« -v - ..therefore there can tifor any impre*-»i vn i ).■<.• vhandicap brought hun v, -. *iderstton. Among -recent Mmiw ,jl*U*op. Klioti sn-l t Xc#M'Bt, of Own a Thomas, and Mr J. ,\- don and return, f,- : .by the'lonie ta»uiomr.v . Gv H. 'Ingels, of Sba«;i<-.:,, : via Vancouver, per Mimt ■•:.. ; - land by the Nama on \: Halbttul, of Fcilduig, to k ; ; Gothic, and Mr JJ. W. i t .. Fcildhig, t>j London by il..- •■ >- Ormtiz, sailing front* <y ir. •, ■ June ; Mr J. B. Ciark»on ?■> ;,. Vaaeourer by the Ms ben-. from Auckland by tinClark son ha* arrived a: I'iyr.-i, It it suggested thai the Mi r. . now feeing taken will, »L. u form a ralaablc basis for t wo, under the provision ■« ;; ; 1 load Settlement Act of la*; a lift showing toe land- or lands lick! by cadi Maori. 'P.- : ■ is that a fell list of the M i r. tacts of Kcw Zealand «hou',l ■, If shed in the Kahili fM:.< > ; . and the Maori * them-elr.-. v only too willing to send any tlrnt might be discovered. t« •»;> H&mc time the landowner! U-e: be asetTwined, and a roll this connection the N.r.,-.- " •points out tiiat the Ma-.=r. - i, : - of their beccmiiig rau*p.mr. payers, must io time' grt genera! rolls of the colony .. purpo«J». earrymg oat of the abfj-Vi* - would he of great assist aaw lu iug ihof,e roils when •. ariset. The ttiftuherj of tlu- o'-i V.'.- • Cavalry CWpt, who serv«-.i ir. hekia reunion at Waosai.';: y. In the afternoon the veteran«r.-.-r. at the local ri!le range r.ii.i ; - in a friendly teaoK' man-'r: . Colon el Some r n«le" * le?. n- •:■:•>•• team eaptained by Mr i 1..-. The prizes for tuc'highe-'. won hy Mr M. Mnrr (A! f > • cm, 186 i) and Mr T. 1 1 . > . . (Fioimore's troop, 1 sr.r > score of a;, and Mr Wait.-.*•- • (Cameron'« troop. IS6-5) w;;U ■ •• 25. Considering the men b%; • • for years arid had to modem arms, the .score- : - : were creditable. Mr Cnmm.;.- ••• carbine champiouship of N- /. in 1871. In the - - concert was held at wlneh ;• v.esting remiaiscences of ih>- . • days were recounted. T:.- .. - : wa.s a complete stuve-- "- decided to try and make .: affair. The first gallicriag of• • held last evening by the t'>: Rifles' Social Club at tiu- : ; Mr J, Bel!, the preside*,:. chair. A- number of gu'-.-:- '•••*•• *ent by intitation, the v;L ; • the towix being represent i •- ofGcers. After the u>ua! . had been honored, Mr K 1 proposed w The Array and > ww responded to by I.ieute:..i'.' and Messrs Bell ami .1. IV r:: toasts were :—" Our Sister L' :: posed by Lieutenant !/••-•- ■ j »ponded to by LtCUtet-a::: V; Serg.-Major Smith ; "The S : proposed by Ser^.- Major . sponded to by Captain M Golor-Serst. Perrio; "The - proposed by Sergeant 11 >' spoaded to by Messrs il. V. .. C Pickering.* Other i " The President," were .- The toasts were inter.-p': music and story, the contributed to by Lienj.:: Color Sergt. IVrrin. IV. and Mt'ssri IVc»ton. Hi--, i - Perrin, Haybntle, and T. i

The Otago Dai I}* Ti yo>. '• oa the growth of garni 1 fifteen years the amount : • vested by tho public on ■ has increased from ju<t '=• jpear, to close upon X'l.*"- 1 * and m another fifteen year- ' rate of progress, theV: reached, four and a ha I: the State's- commission t»s: meutswill exceed £*«>),» colony U sending away i ; : - oionth for investment -i | sweeps, and we doulu it wastes 00. the - totalis tor r>-; :■ ■ 1 'hall of its losses, - Fifteen ;> v 1 the gombHog bill, on aU :> have ran tip into tlu* n ten millions, and our powerless to «tor» us fur'i-~ " It» high time/' the i } :>;iy i ■ M that the relations of th«* >_■ to gambling were ele«riy >i' • more, is is absolutely n • iS'ioh pressure shall be l r - apon the Premier ami in ■ shall .remove the last *!»:»•• : from an evil which tlsr<. -' ftmndatioa of national!:.' - .' ''Jijvo.fitting' ID school « Weariag-'.K rftrl's nm-.;-: C,.Riid e. at is lld.» Entries for the road r.' •June eto*e at i'Ur!.H>a > '«■ For CoUis in the Hi-i • - Woods' Great Pepperta;:-.: = $/£p*r Botde. Stylish tnilKuery i- • » ■ Bon AJarehe A remit-. V ■ tofrnes, each one :i r x --' turnery art, ut tu •iChildren's' eo«y eta:- i;. creaa'. raraeul ei-t'. sa ma Uakajlaltei HAu»e-«; w-ear for k4 im a.'id si:r- - tempting prte«-i. at '3s «*! -• ' &W At C. M, lutes a»d *■' ■

« Cabinet has toajifpA y T ~"" the J u > Seth. wA»d Court, si x months' i° al -'' Ve «Woc«, and hu» ai.noi„/! ,\ r le ' IVo of Palmer, Deputy.cESef h tu fr power* to A^V^ lh all ship, aa from June 1. Judge. A sample nf \. nv y , »pplos has been sent to i\ n - d , grow n -mumoner m London „* v ,fih Co, «- the market there. The frnff 10 icsfc mod condition, unci k, i UI ? i ; irnve, l in invent Garden for (i(«V Sent t0 obtaining n report upon it lmrpose of Mr Justus ZVIIIok T,v,., known writer, author 1? W( ' lU Of Lies, and af W n u un!> n ! il,c Wden the Windsor • • xl ,)ulor lo land, having arrived ff" the Axoanu, and "m . \ „ aiu l by After Wellington'l : F otoni »- to Auckland in UmXTh V h rctu^ for tlxe Islands on the 29(11 N ' mia » land boom in Tun .nH °na ,!rc of being quietly aj,m W c and speculators, in anMrirSt* IUVe ? ors «*>! The in ;hareO V,C e? s Q °L in be a result of the discovery nV"? t0 letwn in that locality. V oE petro "

J " These absconding husband* „ becoming far too " are Mr Tisch the n il,™™ o av T d Inßlmvood application for relic 'cam!! feard Charitable AM Board. rh t > same eld story Ti 10 wife and children destitute, tL hus band pone, and not alone if rumour be «fr?;ZT Z n t! rf I \ earin s of a clmrge ni • Canadian hotelkeeper of jelling impure whisky, a sample of the lnjuor vras produced i n court as evidence, and, w ith it, the jury retired to consider their verdiet After a space of time they returned to court, when the judge addressed them re ?lStS™ en Ti r ury ' what is y°»r \ erdici. _ The foreman announced that the jury had decided that thev required more evidence. ■* The Matanra Ensign states that a well-known Gore apieultunst gave an equally well-known Celestial cabinetmaker an order to build him a new beehive The work-was finished faithfully and well, except, t hat the entrance to the hire was fitted with a little door and lock. On being asked the reason for tins innovat'on the artisan smiled blandly, and saul : " You no losem bee Bee go in night-tirac, you lock "im up till morning."

A strange, and to a degree sensational, though simple accident, occurred in Now Plymouth on Saturday evening. A young man named Bocock, of Egmont whilst waiting for a friend, was playing with a pocket knife. The knifo fell from a table and he caught the blade between bis legs and held it there, the sharp point pricking his skin. He took no farther notice of the slip until some minutes later he felt 4h& warm blood trickling down his leg. Examination showed his clothes were completely saturated, and the blood was spurting from the wound. Unable to stop it, he sent for assistance, and Dr Bleakle.v was summoned. Before his arrival the flow had been stopped by means of a tourniquet, but the great loss of blood had caused hira to swoon away. Dr B'eakley soon found it impossible to allow the patient to remain out of the hospital, and to the hospital he was accordingly sent, where it was found that the bleeding had almost ceased and the whole hemorrhage hud been caused by a small wound only a sixth of an inch in length. Dr Walker, the ruedical superintendent, states it will be about ten days before the patient will be üble to leave the hospital. A number of carved pillars and other things that Mr Hamilton has secured for the Maori at the NewZealand International Exhibition have arrived at Wellington from Rotorua, and will be shipped south as soon as they have been overhauled and some additions made to them. There is a carved house complete, and also a " pataka," or store house, iiiese were made for the model Maori '* pa at Rotorua, and have been lent by the Tourist Department. There arc also a number of carved posts amongst the consignment. The timber for fencing the "pa' at the Exhibition will be mostly beech, and will come from the Oxford district. A}fi r r e quantity of raupo and manuka wilibe required for the houses, and this Mr Hamilton has arranged to get from Jvaiapoi. He has also secured from the Upper "Wanganui distri.-t three canoes and two cooking houses, built ot iern tree stems seventy years ago. la<? tree ferns have been hewn into squared beams, and are black with age. h/ven the thatch of these cooking-bouses is being brought down. By the end of the month most of the material for He " pa ' will be on the ground, and Air Hamilton hopes that a commencement will then be made with its erection. Christchurch Truth. Under the heading of " G " in& ' S Christchurch Truth has anent the Premier s doings o trafia: - If tho number of b he has had to eonsumo is any ° t o[ height of 'JS'be a high e^uV'time <° «** • anybody. Latest cable advices are> that Dealtin has retired long ago, badly damaged, for medical repairs, 1 „ ruthers Lyno and have al . cavfd in, and are placements, and that otrnnf and New Zealand is still hearty without having tnrnad a hair Ho has done Sydney from 3 our to Government House, and. ucbe . off to Melbourne to repeat tl.ee lose am give Bent such a shaking P • ZLTh aV™ of ,»J« «• community. Wl»t must average Austral.an.' to »«, taken 11.0 ,l,c white Australia,i we*. flagat the Cr ,f Zealand news; the to rnvernments have become Australian Grovernnitii Australian his Ilim sltippios and > r ' rainro| ! all sorts afeconJitlous at the lowest possible raub. Th- house for bluets. OS lid to 27s (id pair. 0. and- • Clark.«on's for " £10. Best value obtainaoh -

Yo.it bool« repaired equal to new at Thackcr'tf.® Oat on the deep &^ oo i firm Bus the ru'vn at tb ° y pU NCH and Homvaliowed some O.T. lUft

nKtnbeSuho ISusoof r' formerl y a 18 Practising hia nrl Ilc P re8 entatives I solicitor) in Auckland 88100 (barrister aud Jo tile 1 nSnati??! 1 ] 7 refers following (lisreqrwwf xlu bition in the pother about it seell ® anner :—"The ? f Place. The " >>° u ." a llttle out ]aiii-tiu preserved be ot the Wanket ordS?" meat - an <l pile-of- «'« CaiSVitß? r * by settlers in t,S . r, !i wa y to 'hose who wiah Territory to get married nL ln order '•«tuni. coupon '\ikl ° U Pr( r sentin g the «•«. » n.a. 8 certifl - Port for hi 8 bride a free trans " vicinhy I)e<?U Sc f n in tllc resident canhiroi " A^mr, ri. A Napier ago, but released* on'f * *** .£*2o. ® himself liable to a fine of

a 8 ?; Wll ° that of a beamif,,l r s^alidiamonds inquired if a _ s l^e ; and lustre, and .such a di«™ 18 available for that the Governmp f'T b<3en in f ormed reward for thr> ri n u °t offered a lor the discovery of diamonds. morrSgcVp^fblf 1 ? 1110 ? 11 ' havi °g » death* S 7fl a toUch °r r F a thos in the station w t l b ° Ur "' at Horsham (Vic.) he rnsiiPfl' en * ram had started He w! A tn , ed to board it, and 11 handicapped by a parcel, Wl- l , • d00 ) r SWUQ g back and knocked him down between the carrmges, where lie was instantly killed. J-he parcel contained a wooden tov hifc U h?id h ° WaS tHkmg Wto Says the Auckland Observer- The road distnet of Pukekura has a treasure of a clerk m one Hugh Fitzgerald. lie has held his position for thirty years refusing to be tempted to other and more lucrative situations, aad in the whole of that time he has never found it necessary to sue for rates. Either iukekura is a wealthy district, or Hugh i-'itzgeraicl must have_ a persuasive tongue tiiat would conjure wine and honey from a block of road metal, rancy getting in all his rates for thirty years without suing for them! la a recent- issue the Tvustport News says •' The Seddonville State Coal mine is not as flourishing a business concern as it might be, and for obvious reasons. Instead of the Wellington management pushing the sale of the special coal, which contains about 30 pc-r cent of small, it is accepting orders for practically nothing bub screened coal. 'I his, of course, means that to supply the orders, a large quantity of coal must bo rendered practically unsaleable. It ii too small to suit requirements."' A meeting was held at Taihape this week to form a Poultry Society. Mr J. Jarvis, a member of the North Island and Palmerston North Poultry Associations and the "Wyandotte Club, was present, and delivered a very interesting address on poultry matters. It was re solved that all present form themselves into an association, to be called the Taihape Poultry Society, all in the rojm signing and undertaking to become members. It was resolved to affiliate with the North Island Poultry Association. At the Onehunga Police Court Mr Dyer S.M., gave judgment in the case in which Herman Schraiedel, licensee nf the Royal Oak Hotel, was charged with failing to supply lodgings to a bona fide traveller. For the defence it was contended that there was no tender of money, and that under common law tha traveller should have done this. His Worship overruled this point, saying that the custom in England and in the colony differed very much. Taking all the circumstances into consideration he was bound to convict, but in view of the fact that the licensee had been so long a time in the hotel, and had borne so good a caracter, the fines would be light. A fine of 10s and coats £1 Is 9d was imposed. The deficiencies of the Dunedin youth

who seeks a position in a mercantile office were shown up at a meeting of the Dunedin School Committees Association on Thursday night. A Bond street merchant said : —"There is_ a great inarticulate growl about the instruction given in our public schools. On behalf of the merchant class, I may say that when we get a boy from the primary schools in the office, we have to begin and teach him the things he should have learned years ago. My experience is that a boy from the secondary schools is even worse than one from the primary schools. I have had a good many boys through my hands for office work, and it is my experience, as well as of all the men I have met, that when we get a boy from the public schools, we have to begin again to teach him simple addition, and it is three or tour years before we can break liim of the abominable writing he learns at school. It is a third fact that we have to teach. him manners." S"MOKEKS, READ THIS. —The good tog at last! GOLDENEAGLE Tobacco, ILAJIE CUT, hi TWOOUNCE TINS. Try it.—Advt. Are you going away for a holiday ? Then give your luggage into the charge of J. J Curtis and Co., .Ltd., iorwarding, Shipping and Customhouse Agents Customhouse Quay, We lington. Not only is it the cheapest and quickest wav but you will be saved time and trouble Write for further particulars. —Advt. You cannot buy better and cheaper Blousings than those at the Bon Marche. Superior styles at surprising prices. All-wool Blousings from Is per yard. For Flannelette Blousings we are the leading tirm ; for these fabrics we are miotins from 9cl for three yards. Patios submitted to country customers

The x local branch of the 1.0. G.T. Looge has suspended operations. Captain Edwin telegraphs to-day:— Moderate to strong southerly winds ; glass rise ; probably frost to-night. A start has been made by the con* tractors, Messrs Holben and Kirk, with the erection of the new concrete and iron fence in front of All Saints' Church. A great improvement will be effected to the locality thereby. At the Polieo Court, Wanganui, on Tuesday, before Mr R. L. Stanford, S.M., a T?oung man named John Atkins, alias Atkinson, was sentenced to a month's imprisonment for having stolen a bicycle at Westport on March 14th. In connection with this case, Mr Stanford said he had received that morning from two Marlon residents letters giving the accused a good character. Mr Stanford commented strongly on the action of the writers, but said he would overlook the matter this time, as the letters had apparently not been written with any other object than that of giving the accused a testimonial of character.