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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 8732, 5 February 1907, Page 2

Mr G. V. Boyle, formerly of V/aipukii. .11, Hawke’s Bay, has been selected as ie Victoria College candidate for the bodes scholarship.

A Mastortou telegram says it has been reported to the police that the residence O f *Mrs Tredcr was broken into on Saturday afternoon end twenty poundsln notes and silver stolen.

A meeting of Eoyal K'-fies will ha held after parade on Thursday to discuss Easter camp matters. Orders will be published to-morrow.

S 3 Mr It. Currie’s granary and outbuildings at Bunnylhorpe were destroyed by fire on Sunday, the loss in bay, gram, and machinery being £zOO, uninsured.

The Kapler Gas Comply, at its annual meeting yesterday, passed a giving power to amend the articles of eWociatioa to enable the company, _if necessary, to supply electric energy t\ r lighting and motive powor,

A Dunedin telegram ro ports that tiro Presbyterian Church benefits handsomely under' the will of the late Mr Samuel Wilson. Alter providing for n few small legacies the residue of the estate is divided into four portions, two of which e.j to li»> Presbyterian Church and two to u.,« Sulv.'.f i'l’! *Army. It is estimated the.t the lie Identic; College erection fund iiinl ;}ie aged and infirm 'mmist-'p’s’ fund will escii benefit to tire extent of AdUtib. A fire broke out iji S&rgooiJ, Sou and Ewing's stall at tlm Exhibition yesterday afternoon, and but'oro it was extinguished it hail destroyed a quantity of decora five material and valuable mechanical advei- ? isivg pictures. Xho outbreak was caused by rite’fining of two electric v ires forming part of a system installed by the prounctors for the purpose of working the* picture. The permanent artillery man on duty in the locality snbdued the liames with "four of the portable chemical extinguishers placed throughout the building, and the tiro was finally extinguished by one of the chemical fire engines at the Exhibition. The annual Conference of the South Island Xat tonal Dairy Association, was held yesterday at the Bluff, when Mr D. Caddie, i sairy Commissioner, gave an :;ddie ■ '1 ‘is was the largest Conference of t'h ■ ;-or < -. yet held. The interim balance sheet showed ,v prospective deficit at the end of the year of jiio Si 3d, and a committee was appointed to consider the financial position. The Commissioner gave useful advice to dairymen and stated that he would do his best t.> curry on in the .huci'ests of those engaged in it. The industry y;a;i steadily growing, 2000 tons more of cheese liavi.ug (‘eon graded daring the season ended January Just than in the corresponding period of the previous year, and there was a prospect of more still next year. He understood Government intended to do something in regard to nitrifying the milk supply, but was not at liberty to give details. Ada Colley, “ the Australian nightingale,'’ who has been singing in England and.Europo for the past eight years, points out in an interview that Iter range is five unbroken octaves “ 1 not only sing,” she says, “but I articulate from the octave below middle C to the last on the piano. To take the voice in ‘ ah-ah-ah ’ upwards from regi.-fer to register is.one thing, but to dearly articulate the words of a song on top G is, I confidently claim, quite another thing, and a rare thing, top! Sly voice has been trained on the system of the violin, and it is that which has preserved its purity and compass. The Italian school is the legitimate foundation of all music, .and 1 am one of itn pupils and staunched advocates. It is necessary r die operatic singer to bo trained also m : German and French school*, as I have been, but the French is too nasal, and the German too guttural. The Italian, with its liquid vowel production and its flowing melody, is the only musical school which posterity will permanently acclaim.” A further letter has been written to the Minister of Railways by Mr W. C. Hue liana n on the subject of sheep trucks. In a former letter he urged that sheep trucks should be made to open at the ends, so as to allow of sheep being put on board more speedily than under the present system, and the Minister replied that the change had previously been tried and found not to be effective. Mr Buchanan now points out to the Minister that he has misunderstood the position. The previous experiment was made with trucks that had only a small aperture at the end ; what they ask is that the truck should be open to the full width.. Kb reply lias yet been received frem the Minis ter on the subject.

Speaking on tke milk supply Dr Mason said : “My raccommeudations are that m all towns with, oyer '.WOO inhabitants therc'should bo a municipal or general clearing bouse, though which all milk should go. At that depot the milk could ho stored in properly-cooled chambers, pasteurised perhaps, and bottled in an up to-date manner. It could also bo humanised—that is, cow’s milk could be so treated so as to more nearly approach that of a human mother. At such a factory or depot there would be efficient apparatus for cleansing purposes. Dr Mason reiterated his oft-repeated arguments as to the need of inspection of the premises of the supplier and of dairy herds.

3 SuiTFiiEJ) Thkee Months, j “My little girl suffered for three months from Whooping Cough,’’ says A, ’ Kilborn, Carlton, Vic., “ and during that * time I had the best medical advice for her , but she obtained no benefit. Ono day I , was looking over a little newspaper issued by the Chamberlain Medicine Co , and seeing what they claimed Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy would do decided give it a trial. I am glad I did, for a perfect cure resulted, and I cannot speak too highly of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy.” For sale by T. H. Bredin, Marion; Ellis Bros., Hunterville; and W. B. Clark, Buis. No matter how long you have suffered from rheumatism, gout, sciatica or lumbago, Ehedmo will cure you. All chemists and stores stock it. Trice 2/6 and 4/6, What shall we do with our boys ? There can only be one advice, viz.—Bring them along to MoEldowney’s stores, where they con be fitted in wearable, uatearable and i well-fitting clothing at Eoofc-bottom' prices." Try them at McEldowket’s stores, Marion Hunterville, and Tailmpi

The valuation of the boicoagh of Hastings is about £60,00) as against £46,000 last year. , A bottle thrown from the Antarctic shin Discovery in Dect-rube.', 1903, has hoeu washed ashore in the vicinity of Cape Schanck (Victoria). Yet another impector is to be appointed by the Labor Department, to be eilled the Deputy-Chief Inspector. There are already a legion existir.g at the expense of the taxpayers. | As an indication of how generally Taranaki farmers have slaughtered the steer calves this season it is estimated that of 10,000 weaners which have been vaccinated not more than 2000 are steers.

There does not appear to be any ! great desire amongst postal otlicials for the chief postmastership of Invercargill. ■ Mr Northcroft, of Blenheim, begged to j be excused, and Mr Benner, of Gis. j bwnc. has Jml his appointment to the i position cancelled at his own request. | A colonial Bip Van Winkle writes to the Now Zealand Times:—" I would be greatly obliged if you would inform me, per medium of your columns, (1) object of the Land Bill, and (2) .th® objections put forward by Mr Masseys party.” A French colonial post office scandal has just come to light. At Hanoi (Tongking) stamps to the value of SOO.OOOfr. have been fraudulently surcharged in order to increase their philatelic value. The Hon. J. A. Millar, Minister of Marine, stated at Dunedin last week that control of _ the _ training ship Amoknra was entirely in the hands of the Defence Department, which would shortly undertake the selection .of the first batch of boys for instruction. Some 300 applioations have so far been received for the 80 berths to bo filled. During November nearly 6,500,000 rabbitskins were im ported into England. A very large proportion of these are manufactured or “ faked ’ into “sealskin,” “ermine” and “blue fox’ good?, and sold as such. For these purposes the skins of wh'to rabbits, Bclgims and silver greys are most in demand.

The Opuiiato correspondent of the Hawera Star wires that iho Farilinka chief Tohu died last night. ' Ho had be.?:’ ailing for sonic time, but his death so soon vao unexpected. There is great excitement at i ! arfhaka / safl a big tangi is impending. Tohu was arr rested with Te Whili on November 5, 1881, and deported for some years, Of late ho has headed a rival faction to that of To Whili at Parihaka, A North Island dealer has been operating in South Canterbury, and haa purchased several thousand twotb’oth’ ewes, to be shipped north and there fattened. The' price Jae haq to pay would not, however, leave a large margin, apd do,os pot necessarily indicate more extesive deal? of the saing nature. The owner, m getting rjd pi his flock for lack of pasture, stated that the forced sale meant a straightout loss to him of £750. A curious set of circumstances was revealed in connection with the decease of an elderly settler near Wellington recently. When nis end was near he drew on a piece bf'pnper a plan of his property (a small holding near the sea) and marked die place where his money was located. Digging at the spot marked on the plan the searchers discovered a tin containing 1300 sovereign?, but they are still searching for a further legacy of £2OO, which is supposed to have been buried somewhere on the section.

The following is the hat of deceased persons’ estates (of over £looo} certified to by (ho Commissioner for Stamps

during January in Yheilington pro

vinca : Geo. M. Waterhouse £'37,700, Thomas Ward £2176, John Spence

£ldlO, Dilnct Sladden £10,847, George M. Drummond ,GB2BL», Helen E. Lovett £"1171, Edmund Smith .£llO3, William I‘ilkington £1205. Auckland: Isabella Cnnckshank ,£21.077, Janet Bruce £1772, Mary Ann Norrie £1451, Emma Field £O3XB, William Barker £2777. Following are the nominations received for the vacancies oil the committee of the Manawatu A. and F.

Association :—-Messrs F. N. Arbon, H. J. Booth. 11. Bryant, A, Conway, C. Dunk, E. E. B. Holben, F. L. Jackson, St. C. Jouimax, A. E. Lj-on-, F. S. Mediae, T. A. Moodie, J. C. Nathan, G-. N. Pharaayn, B. H, Slack, W. E. A. Slack, J. Whisker, E. J. Wilde, Nominations close on Saturday next, EiiEun-vric Paixs ItKiniiveo. The (jnick relief from rheumatic pains afforded by Chamberlain’s Pain Palm lias surprised and delighted thousands of suffuiors. It makes rest and sloop possible, and a groat many have boon permanently cured of rheumatism by the use of this liniment. For sale by T. H. Brodill Marton ; Ellis Bros., Huutorvillo ; and W. it. Clark, Bulls.

When you feci the first twinge of rl.ou mutism, gout, sciatica, or lumbago, rent for a bottle of Eja&uxto, It Will' quick!; euro you. Ail stores and cheijuiti seif ii at 2/6 and 4/6. A positive and Instill,, cure.