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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 8728, 31 January 1907, Page 2

"W~elhr...t , r , 1K cr.v-i;|,-d wlMi po?S"«3- ' ing more poison- of no religion (100 males and Id" f'trih-s) thin any other part of iSew Zealand. A poll of ratepayers «t ITiTer* decided in favor of bringing the Fire | Brigades Act into operation. Ha worn is ; th.! first place to take advantage of the | Act. !

Judge Templar, of Halifax County Court, urges the use of snuff afl ft menni of throwing off the cigarette habit. Ho declares thiit, after having been accustomed to fmoke 30 or 40 cigarettes daily, he ha* lost the craving for them by taking anuff.

Ws are informed that the appeal in the Feilding district for funds to fight the Land Bill by the Farmers' Union has met with ready response. Judging by present indications a substantial amount is likely to be subscribed by the farmers there.

A Masterton telegram states that several farmers in the district are unable to proceed with harvesting owing to scarcity of labor. Scrub cutters and grnss seeders are in great demand and a sufficient number are unprocurable in spite of offers of the maximum wage mid many months' work. It has been decided by the Farmers' Union that wherever the Minister of Lands addresses a meeting on the Land Bill he shall be followed by i sneaker on the other side. A coiumeiieement will bo made nt Pahiatua, and other meetings at Eketahuna, Miii-terton, and Carterton will follow. Messrs Cooper, Peat, Matheson, and Crew will be the speakers.

Speaking at Levin, MrMeNab said : —" The Government's policy would be to turn, say, five or *ix large freeholders, each owning a quarter of a million acres, into many small freeholders." It may truly be said that the Land Bill needs explana'inn if it really implies *uch creative eTorts as these. "What, for example, wdl be the exact position of the wives an I families of the transformed irecholders ?

During the hearing of a numl er of truancy eases at t'almerstou yesterday Mr A! I). Thomson, S.M., took the opportunity to impress upon parents the fact thattiiey should really take some little trouble" to see thai children attended school with more regularity. Education was paid for by the State, and parents were under an obligation to take full advantage of ir, Ju any ease it was only due to the children that they should be sent whenever pus-dole.

The public of Feilding and the large district, of which it is the centre, will be glad to learn that Mr S. Andrew, who has just returned from a trip to the Old Country, is resuming his former position on the staff of the L'axoitiri;; Advocate. For many years Mr A ndiew was representative of this journal m that district, and his work was appreciated by a wide circle of readers and personal friends, by whom his return will be welcomed.

If one man or one class, says the Haw era Star, is to be foieed lo part with land under circumstances which mean a forced sale in a limited market where is the application of the principle to cease. Why at £s<),u)o 'i Why at land ? Why not include anything possessed by the few lo the exclusion of the many '. That is an aspect of the matter which the Minister for Lands will no doubt deal with when lie comes round.

Some energetic settlers near Carterton assisted "the county engineer by organising a working bee and covering some new metal in a cutting with a thick layer of clay. The engineer had meant to put a thin sprinkling of cl.iy on the metal when rain arrived, in assist in binding ii, but on returning from his holiday found the road full of dee]) holes and nearly impassable. The Council censured the settlers for their misplaced industry.

Threshing mill owners in Soin-h Can tcrbury are" finding great diUieulty in getting sufficient hands to work their mills, owing to the scarcity of casual labourers, and some mills are actually idle through this cause. A nidi owner who spent practically the whole of yesterday in Timaru looking for men, did so to no purpose. He found only two or three men who were out of employment and they would not accept the work he offered them.

An interesting contest is in progress among the readers of the "Petit Purlieu" to decide by vote who is the greatest man in the modern history ol France (says a Tans correspondent). At pre.-.cut Pasteur, with. 210,725 Votes, heads the list. Victor Hugo is second, GambeUa third, and .Napoleon fourth. Much public interest is taken in Uncontest, for, owing to the immense circulation of tiie Petit Parisieii, the result will give a very fair idea of tho opinion of the majority of Frenchmen as to France's greatest man.

The rod age garden competition promoted by tiio Dtinedin. Horticultural Society is an innovation which should prove both interesting and instructive. The conditions of the competition are : Area of garden not to exceed a quarter acre ; competitors not to employ n gardener. The judging will probably take place about tee end of February. The points in juduitm will be awarded as follows: (1) Utility of design in fruit bushes, vegetables and (lowers ; (2) cleanliness (freedom from weeds and neatness); (:i) state of cultivation ; (1; condition of crops (variety, succession and quality.) A special prize will be awarded to the garden containing the most novelties.

At: Duuedin on Friday, MrWiddowson, S.M., dismissed two charges against 1 Dorothy Keinhardt, of having exhibited 1 a placard to induce persons to resort to her millinery store and take part in a scheme by which prizes were gained by a mode of chance, the scheme consisting of a guessing competition in which the winner was required to guess most nearly the number of yards in a roll of ribbon exhibited in the shop window. The defence set up was that there was skill involved in the guess. The Magistrate opined there had been no offence against the Gaming and Lotteries Act. English and New Zealand authorities demanded that to constitute an offence the result must depend entirely on chance. The element of skill arising from knowledge and experience was a factor in the present case. The Audit Department had the audacity recently to put some " tags " on the accounts'of the South Wairarapa County Council. The amount classified by the treasurer as that expended on •' works" displeased the Audit Office, which desired details of the nature of the works, the amount spent on labour and the amount spent on material. Mr Woken-, the clerk, t(who is accused of " contumacy" by the Audit Office) told the County Council on Saturday that his classification of that item had been accepted for the past twenty years, and that the demand of the Audit Office was childish. " I won't do it," said the clerk with vigor ; "that is my contumacy. The Audit Office requires the nature of tho work to bo particularised, with the amount of labour and material. I would suggest attaching a piece of road metal to the balance sheet as ono of the exhibits." Warming to his subject the clerk described the letter of tho Department as n "puerile display of captiousness." The Council laughed and proceeded to the next business. A Search Warrant. Search where you will it is impossible to find a better or nioro reliable medicine for stomach, liver or bowel disorders than Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets During tho past few years thoy havo rosfcorod hundroda of sickly people to health, and will do as much for you. We urge every sufferer from Loss of Appetite, Insomnia, Nervousness.tlndigestion, Dyspepsia or Biliousness to give them a trial. For salo by Messrs T. 11. Bredin, Marton ; Ellis Hros.,"Hunterville; and W. B. Clark. Bulls. i Uheumoi has pernianentlylcuved thousands of sufferers from rliouniatisin, goutj, sciatica, and lumbago. It will cure you. j All stores. 2/6 & 4/6. Give it a trial. j