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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 8763, 14 March 1907, Page 2

A"t Mr ■Mafcliicson's address at Tailiapo last night tho hall was full and the lecturer liad a good hearing. After numerous questions had been answered a resolution ia favour of tho freehold option was car.ried by four to 1. JT Eight chamois, the gift of tho Emperor of Austria to the New Zealand Government, arrived by the Turakina this morning.. The Carring ton estate at Carterton, of 7500 acres, is to be acquired by [ Government for closer settlement. The price offered ; is understood to be £!■) 5s an aero. A large number of farmers and others intend making the trip to Momohaki next Thursday. A special train will loaro Palmerston and stop at the principal places along the line. This train will connect with a special from Tailiapo. Attention is directed to the time-table published olsswhere. Kight from the fir3t dose Rhkumo gives relief from the awful agony of rheumatism, gout, sciatica, lumbago, etc. 2/6 and 4/6. Obtainable from all chemists andstoroß,:\.,,.:■:# : .v ;.:..v'--' ;: '.-v- -v.. .-j

Bush fires which were tween Kaponga aud Oinynato were extinguished by last night s iam. j Bather heavy losses occurred m haystacks, fences and pastures. One house is reported burnt. j The Hon. J. Carroll conferred with natives inHawera district yesterday. • Among other things the latter said | they wanted to take up dairy tanning aud that they were anxious to acquire , technical education. , Steers are worth good nionoy in! Taranaki at the present time ui about 15,000 calves raised m xaianaki this year-fulsy 12,000 are heifers. ■ The result is that there is a difterenco of fullv £1 between 18-month steers and heifers. Good weaners are ; selling at 28s. j Residents of Marton are in luck's way— ! Athletic Sports on Monday, the 18th and Besses o' th' Barn Band on the following | Wednesday. It will not be our fault it the crowds of visitors on those days are not well and economically dressed, bee the Special Offerings in all Departments at holiday prices at McEldowney s Stores, Marton, Hunterville and Taihapo. Tropical and long continued rain fell last night in Nelson, flooding all the rivers. The railway line at Brightwater was washed out, but; passengers are conveyed over the track on trollies, and there is no delay to traffic. .„ Marton Holiday Committee notify that business places will be closed all j day on Monday (St. Patrick's Day) arid from 2.45 to 5 p.m. on Wednesday (March 20th), on the occasion of the performance by Besses' Baud. The Governor arrived at Whangarei yesterday afternoon after a rough trip from KusseU. He was presented with an illuminated address and banqnetted in the evening at Karno Sanatorium. He proceeds to Auckland to-morrow. It is the intention of the Manawatu County Council to renew the second bridge in the bush on the FeildingAwahuri road. The cost of the one now being finished will be about .£330, and of the second bridge £270. The first structure will make a great improvement in the road, especially in talcing off a bad bend.

A charity football match under Australian rules was played at "Wellington yesterday between the Marylebone Cricket Club team and a Wellington eleven. The Englishmen won by five goals to nil. Goals wero scored by Douglas, Tufnell, Harrison, Pago and Simpson-Hay ward. Cabinet has considered the tenders received for the steam service between- Now Zealand, Norfolk Island and Noumea (New Caledonia), and has declined to accept any of the offers made, on the ground that the subsidy asked lor in each case is too heavy. This practically means that the effort of the Government to open up trade with the places mentioned will be abandoned. Commenting on the work of repairing the Awahuri bridge, tbo chairman of the Manawatu County Council yesterday, said it never paid to let such work as redecking by contract as tha contractors were apt to destroy tbo old timber they had to replace by new. Mr W. Farmer attended the meeting of the Manawatu County Council yesterday, and stated fhat penny royal was the township. A paddock of Messrs Abraham and Williams in the township was full of it, and it was thick hi a number of other sactiom, Jt was decided to declare this a noxious weed and also hemlock of which Cr Kendall had given notice the previous meeting. At a meeting of the Marin© Fish Hatchery Board at Dunedin, it was reported that the stock of lobsters now in the hatchery at Portobello numbers eight, fivo females and throe males. It will bo nearly -two years before ova can bo obtained. It was decided to repeat the imitation of lobsters until they are completely acclimatised.. The Board also decided to obtain » dozen specimens of the largo edible crab of Britain and, if possible, two kinds of food fishes from among the following : cod, turbot. ha.'Hopk, or herring. | A Wellington restaurant-keeper told the Minister of Labour that | trade bad diminished considerably since the electric trams came into operation. People who formerly had their meals in town were now able to got home, and the restaurantkeepers depended more largely upon people who arrived by late trains and steamers. A*'r D. Robertson is a great believer in the' was'iitub as a. preserver of health and discipline. •" Wash in?," he said to the Wellington Benevolent Trust"!'.-;, " is—except in rainy weather —a very healthy occupation for women.? I look upon the washing and the gardening and the housework as being the best means of keeping the inmates of the Ohiro Home out of mischief." Following are the handicaps for Upper liaugitiiiol Gun Club's inanimate pigeon match at HuutervilJe on Monday next: H. S. Mercer, sor. ; W. Woolveu, " Harvey," 17; T. Signal, 10; A. J. Rogers, C. E. Gibbons, 15; G. E. Haycock, 14; D. Hammond, K 3; ,T. Gladstone, 12; W. Board, T. Terncti, 11. Gage, J. Francis, A. Chisholm, T. Jefferson, O. Jefferson, .10; G. Morris, W. Meldrum, 11. E. Signal, R. Ritchie, W. Duncan, 3. Barthorp. T, Duncan, O. Holdaway 9'. Mr McNab -visited the route of the proposed tram line from Utikij to Lower Moawhango on Tuesday. He gave no definite opinion publically aa to what action the Ministry would take as he considered the matter was legislative rather than administrative. It is true that a Bill will have to we brought down to permit the capitalisation of Rangitikei County's share of the timber royalties and so far the matter may be describe! as legislative but the real question is simplywhether the line can be constructed for the amount estimated and whether it will pay working expenses. Ohoap fares to Christ-church for technical school students and apprentices are available. A letter from the Hon. Hall-Jones was received by the Wellington Industrial Association, stating that the charge at the boardinghouse at which children were being accommodated would be Us per day if the visits were made before March 18th or after Easter. For a party of 100, the charge would be reduced to 2s ad, A cheap excursion was to be run by the Union Company in addition to those now running. The usual monthly meeting of the Wanganui Hospital Board was held yesterday. Present: Messrs W. Ritchie (chairman), 0. Russell, T, H. Battle, E. E. Fletcher, R. K. Simpson, and B. P. Lethbridge. Apologies for absence were received from Messrs J. Duncan, T. B. Williams, C. Wray, S. Gibbons, and J. George tti. The chairman reported that Mr T. H. James had undertaken to report at next meeting on the alterations necessary to tho roof of the operating theatre, to improvo the light, etc. Accounts amounting to £BBS 5s Id wore passed for payment. Dr. Fergus, Houso Surgeon, reported that during tho month 113 in-patients received treatment; of theso 47 were admitted, 45 discharged, and.B died, leaving 65 inpatients on March 1. There were three cases of scarlet fever and i) cases of accident. Anaesthetics were administered in 18 cases. It was decided to lovy a rate of 4s 8d in the £IOOO for the ensuing year.—-At the Charitable Aid Board meeting the game members as above wore present. In addition to routine business, it was resolved to levy a 2s rate. TSiK CHIiRBKITY OIP SANDER AND SON'B JPUBK VOIUATItiK it,UGAIiYei'I EXTRACT Jn universally acknowledged. Royalty honours it, arid tho entire medical profession has adoptea it J uso. , Imitations Epiuug up without number, Tn« latest of them—all ctylea " Extracts,"—w&fl an oil loistnd upon tha trusting and unwary under tho grossest misuse of Sander and Son's reputation. Bander and Sons instituted an action in tbo Supreme Court of Viotoria, before His Hono, Chief Justice Bir Zahn Madden, K.0.M.G., eSo. and at tho trM a sworn witness testified that he had to etop tho ueo of counterfeits on oooannl of the irritation produced. Thia ehowa what oara is required to obtain anarticle that is scientifically tested and approved of. Aa such ia ,B0le!y endorsed and rooommonaeff. THE GENUINE SANDEB & BOKB' PUBB VOLATIM BUOArjYPTI BSTBAOT.