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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 8757, 6 March 1907, Page 2

MrsjJofcn Ballance, v.-ho is us ft visit to the colony from the Old Country, rehired VVanganui on Slondayjhst. Tho Hon. W. Hall-Jones received a cable message yesterday stating that Sir Joskin Ward and party arrived at Port Said yesterday all well. Miss H. J. Pi ft, assistant teacher at Kimboltou school, has resigned, taxing been appointed to Hiwinui sch&oj. Blight has attacked a largo proportion of potato crops at Kimboltou and Apiti. It is of the kind which causes the tuber to rot quickly at the pdace tainted. Martou Branch of Farmers' Union in commotion with neighbouring branches, will hold an excursion to ! Momohaki State Farm on Thursday, | March gist, I The Feilding and district school i .cadets to the number of 100 will leave '■ FfciidiiKf at JO.oO to-morrow morning for UhristehuTch. They will be absent one week, and will be accommodated at the Exhibition in tents, and provided with food free by tho State. The total charge for the trip to each cadet is 10s. One. of the original settlers of Apiti, and one much respected in the .district, Mr G. Churcher, lias sold his farm and taken a large area in the north on lease. Another farmer who will be .missed by a large circle of friends is Mr D. Marrin, who has disposed of his farm to Mr G. E. Suisted. Feilding Horticultural Autuiiju Flower Show will be held on Friday in the Drill Hall and all arrangements are now'complete. An attractive feature of the Show this year will be an exhibit from Feilding Technical School. Afternoon tea

■wiU lie provided by the Indies, and a first-c-lastf of orchestral and vocal iteiws will be given in the evening. Entries close at- the Hall, at 11 a.m. on the day of the Show. Mr W. J. Birch, who has just returned, to Marton from an extended trip to England, the United States, and the Continent, will be welcomed at a meeting of JJaxton Branch of jtlio Union on Saturday, Mr Birch has been asked to deliver an. address on his trip, which should be of a doeidedly interesting and instructive character. Several important resolutions will be brought forward on Saturday. A full attendance of members is particularly requester],

One of the strictest regulations governing the discipline of Trentham camp states: " Any-competitor who shall discharge his rifle accidentally, shall be excluded from all further competition at the meeting, and shall forfeit all bin entrance ices." At tAus close of Thursday's shooting a competitor left a cartridge in his rifle, and' just before he got off the mound he pulled |;he trigger of Jusgun, an it lay alongside him. Fortunately the bullet went to earth without <3oing damage. Tlio executive " court-mart ialled " the culprit with j tlio result. tJiat he was ordered to leave the camp forthwith. The competitor was a good and experienced shot, ami bad been attending the meetings for 20 years. Nothing could he ivon-e fur tlio i.y.-tem than W)»;e oi llio-o .viulwit cathartics or purg.it) \<:6 t!iatßo)jw ncople take U> move their LosmJi - . 'J'boy fr<-<pi«ii(ly cause eon-Ktiu.-itic.ii, j-ometmi'ji Uiflieuwialk-ii. ChamherlaiHVJ'ahleU bring w; a ii\f.ural action, mildly and gently, v. Inch cure? the real trouble without (ImigerotiH after efle'it/. For: ale by T. A. Uredi/i, Mart'Mj; i'llli- lir'M., rfiinterviJle, and W. J J. Chfi:, Jhilli Jirapery, Clofliing r»nd Hoot Kprgaia (;»lc >u nee, /-r t a t tlirj Coop. Sloroii jfurtli JJiJ.Ki.vay Marlon. SeettM,* - i>- . ■ • ■ ..- ','.--.' .

Mr Kirk, missionary from America, will I , give an address on mission? work in Eongotea Gospel Hall on Thursday evening. The death is reported from New Plymouth this morning of Mr J. C. George,, for fifty years a resident of New Ply mouth, one of tho proprietors ot the Crown Dairy Company, and a pioneer of the dairy factory industry, aged 62. -.Robert McCarthy and Stephen Maxwell, who escaped from the hard labour gang, were sentenced this morning to 12 months' imprisonment concurrent with their present term 3. Three cottages on Maori Hill, Dune din, wore burned down.lost night. One of tho houses was occupied by Mrs Kogers, who escaped with a child through a window. A motion has been filed in the Suprorrfe Court, on'behalf of the Law Society, to strike the name of H, S. Izard off the roll of solicitors. Izard is serving five years in gaol for misappropriation of trust funds. [ Criminal business was continued at the Invercargill Supreme Court yesterday. Bichard Lloyd, charged with unlawfully shooting a cow, and John Keating and Patrick Finn, charged with assaulting and robbing John Devanney, wero all throe formd not guilty, and in tho former case the Judge expressed regret that the jury had been occupied so long on so trivial a matter. Iu the Dunedin Police Court yesterday afternoon, before Mr Widdowson, S.M., David Morris was charged with having sold liquor without being the holder of a license "authorising him to do so. Aecussed, who was defended by Mr Irwin, pleaded not guilty. Mr J. V. M. Praser prosecuted. Constable John Mclntyra gave i details of raid made by him in company with two constables. Accused was convicted and fined £25 with £3_lßs costs.

A meeting of employers of domestic servants was held in Wellington yesterday and an association formed, it being understood that it was to bo on an informal basis. Tho secretary of the Domestic Workers' Union, who wsis present, admitted that somo of tho claims were impracticable and subject to alteration without going to the Arbitration Court.

While tho stevedores were placing hatch coverings over No. 3 hold on the steamer Surrey Last evening at Wellington the steel cross beams slipped out of position and fell with two of the jaen. down into the empty hold, a distance of thirty-eight feet. J, Beard, an nnmarried man, was pinned below one of the lieams and'killed. John Usher had an arm broken, and his jaw fractured. lie is also suppled, to have suffered internal injuries.

At a .meeting of tho British Medical Association at Dunedin last night, t^ e <uifistion of medical examination of school children was discussed. The subject was introduced by Dr Mason, and represents.* tivo school teachers took part in the pro-

eecdings and expressed tho sympathy of the teaching profession with the object in view and a desire to assist tho movement in every way. Mr Goyeu, chief inspector of sehoojs ;'or Otago, stated ho had been in communiciitiou with health authorities, and teachers would bo called together to consider a scheme drafted by I)rs, M&son, Ggston, and himself. The tenders of the following have been accepted by Kiwitea County Council: Contract No. 43, metalling Waituna Valley road, F. Palmer ; 43, Kiwitea. Tapuae and Pakihikura, R. J. Jensen: 44, Kimboltou road, Kimboltou riding, Richardson and Petti !?row; 53, formation Lagoon "road," W. H. Frost.;" 54, Kawhatau Valley roijit, P. Watson. At IFeildiug Court this morning, before Mr'A. D. Thomson, S.M.,

judgment \\-m given for plaintiff <?; following undefended, eposes ; Martin Bros. v. L. Proctor, £(5 IDs 'M, costs 335; Thos. Hoult and Sous v. T. Leahy, £(59 7s, costs £3 ss; W. H. Percival v. J. Tapper, £3 10s, costs 14s; T. C. Fowler v. S. A. B. Cameron, £l3 6s, costs 30s (id; F. Marston v. F. Adam, £3 13s, costs

16s; F. J. Saxby v. W. Boyd, 7s Cd, cg*?<; 5s ; Same v. C. Levett, £1 2s i)d, costs ss. Defended case of G. A. Ransom (Mr "Oar-tvy y. R. Brown (Mr Ongley) claim for sewing machine judgment for plain, tiff £3 10s cost £3 Bs. The S.M. gave ;liid|*ment in the case G. J. Webster v. 'Feildiiig Borough Council, and non-suited plaiuiiS', costs to bo fixed on March 30.

There was a largo yarding of shee<. audi a, good attendance of farmers and others at the Apiti sale yesterday. Sheep sold well. Mr Meehnu'ti lots brouglit the following prices }—/£-\¥f3 tooth ewes 30s, 4 tooth 33s Id, tresis fall mouth and full mouth ewes litis "14, § tooth wethers 15s, 4 tootii wethers Ifis -id, Jambs 10s aud 9s lid. There waro a g-ood lot of Romney and Bonmey-Lin-coln which w'p keenly competed for. Other lots which ,canie forward, were, with one or two slight exceptions, sold under the hammer at- yery satis.factory prices, and a clearance of the whole of the lots was effected. Cai\t]« ;were dull of sale at vendors reserves..

On Tuesday flic Presbyterians of Apiti held a sale of wor<- and produce, and also provided luncheon and tea in a large marquee. These were attended by most of the visitors to the Apiti sale. The effort ■was made to raise money to erect a Manse. A section lias been acquired aim in free of debt, aud doubtless the proceedings yesterday will proTide a good nuctems of a fund for the object aimed at. '' Mr J. .A. McKenzie was in charge of the proceedings, and he had quite a large number .of enthusiastic workers of both sexes. Besides the usiiual selection of pretty articles provided for Hale by the ladies, the stall'was decorated with a mmjber of Indian and Chinese toys. We have received from Messrs Whiteorahe and Tombs a copy of their repriut'of Mr J, A.Wilson's "Story of Te Waharoa," winch first saw the light some forty years ago, The author, whose father landed at v-hr-Eay of Islands in 1833, and who was for many years a judge of the Native Land Court, had many facilities for acquiring at first hand information about the matters treated. The story is a sketch of the life of what the [author , calls a fine old Maori gentleman. Me was certainly a great warrior, and a man w,ho acquired great influence among The natives in the days of the early settlement, and the record of his adventures and battles is interesting, if somewhat sanguinary, reading. To the narrative' is now added Slict-hes '' Ancient Maori LiJle and History, :: v,-.-'" 1 ' contains' an 'interesting an:l y:i.u written account of the origin of tuci Maori raid the advent of the famous c&uupe, and much curious information regarding the manners and customs of the. Maori. Mr Wilson states that- he could not fit-tain access to the notes made by him "as -jndgo of the Native Land Court without payment of a fee and naturally resents the hindrance which official red tape placed in his way. Every year sees a more 'intelligentinterest in the histosyTof our Maori follow colonists, and this volume wiU doubtless he read with pleasure. We have also received from the same -.piiplishers the story of Hiuemoa in fujior-i, .edited with notes aud vocabulary by the Rtv. H. J. Fletcher, of Tanpo. The book will be useful for those desirous of improving .their knowledge of tho huig.uage. ' :; John Fishlock, Ihgie.-,voort, Victoria, writes: —"Last winter I ki»h traded a very severe cold, for which I tried nearly every medicine under the sun without obtaining the slightest relief. A. friend recommended me to try Chamber lain's (.yongh Remedy, which I did with very gratifying results, and was soon well." For sale by T. 11. Bredin, Marion: -Ellis Bros., Huuterville; and W. D. Clark, gulls. No matter from what ioi-jn ,of rheunia tism you suffer—chronic, muscuW, inflammatory—or gout, sciatica, lumbago, RuEi/jfo will surely euro you. All stores at 2/0 k 4/6. ■- ■ • .