Rangitikei Advocate. SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1907. SECOND EDITION.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 8765, 16 March 1907, Page 2

Rangitikei Advocate. SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1907. SECOND EDITION.

Our leading articles are unavoidably held over to-day. Mr Mathieson had a good meeting at Apiti last night and a resolution was carried against the Land Bill. A notice of the early closing of shops and offices in the Kiwitea County will bo gazetted to-day and take effect from the 25 th inst.

Mr H. Fitzgerald, secretary of Feilding Fire Brigade, left yesterday afternoon to attend the conference in Christchurch.

Homo news reports the death on January 26th, of Mr James Brogden, formerly a railway contractor in New Zealand,

Mr 0. Barry, of Barry and Co., Fcildiug, who has not enjoyed the best health of late, contemplates taking a trip to the Old Country at an early date. Dairymen in the Manaia district are doing well at present. One farmer with an SOO-aere dairy farm received £350 for his produce for last month, and another with 500 acres made £550.

Mr Miller, Stock Inspector for Feilding district, while attending the sale yesterday, found several pens of sheep infected with lice. The names of the vendors were taken and prosecutions will follow_

The ketch Isabella Deframe went ashore at Kaipara Heads yesterday morning, bnt it is expected she will be refloated without much damage, She was on her way f rom Dunedin to Herekino, and put in short of provisions.

Farmers and buyers attending Peilding sales complain bitterly of the treatment shown theta by the Kailway Department in not providing sufficient trucks. In some instances buyers from a distance, after waiting for days, arc obliged to procure drovers, thus causing unnecessary delay and expense.

Dr Findlay, Attorney-General, who will be-in New Plymouth next week in con ncotion with the Supreme Court, is to be asked to open his land campaign there probably on Thursday. It is understood (says a Press Association wire frouv Invercargill) that on Thursday afternoon the police, who .mo doing everything possible to detect broaches of the licensing law, warned several residents that their movements wore being closely watched. “ How came you to get drunk on that occasion ?” asked the Clerk of New Plymouth Court of an old age pension applicant, when the old gentleman admitted having been convicted of drunkenness a couple of years ago-. “ I suppose it was the whisky,” -was the rather humorous reply.

Two attempts at burglary from private houses are reported to have been made at Napier on Thursday night, it is supposed by one of the undesirable element attracted hero by the races. Fortunately, however, in both instances the burglar’s entrance' aroused the occupants of the houses, and the culprit was discovered makin a hurried exit through an open window.

The architect of Wanganui Education Board was in Feilding yesterday, and mat the chairman and members of the Technical School Committee on the proposed site of the school near the railway station. It has been decided, in accordance with the wish of the Railway Department, to recommend that the building be erected one chain back from the frontage so as not to obstruct the view of the crossing. It is expected that tenders will be called in about two weeks. Tlie New Plymouth Harbour Board has resolved, in view of the greatly increased cost of muntz metal for sheathing iron bark piles, in connection with wharf extension, to instruct the consulting engineer, Mr Marohant, to report on the suitability of using unsheathed Weatralian Jarrah. The breathwater is now proceeding with great expedition, and the area of the harbour basin, perfectly calm in all weather, is increasing monthly. Mr Norman Gorton, in conversation with our stock sale reporter at Feilding yesterday, stated that practically all the sheep and cattle passing through his firm’s Lauds were sold by well-known farmers in tho district, and were nearly always- bought by farmers, tho dealor element being almost entirely absent. Mr Gorton has the reputation of obtaining the highest prices for stock passing through saleyards. The Xema, after her brief blaze of fame as a diamond-hunting ship, lias become very serious (writes the Manchester Guardian’s London correspondent), and is now being employed as a transport for the conveyance of Indian pilgrims to Jeddah. Though this may not be as exciting as seeking hidden treasure, it is a good deal more remunerative. The number of Indians making the pilgrimage this year is said to he greater than ever, over 27,000 having embarked at Bombay alone. j

A correspondent of the Press ■writes : —New 'Zealand cannot grow grapes an,/ "’-wo than she can grow Arctic su-av - .Tics. For many years I lived 100 miles north of Auckland near a vineyard which produced grapes—chiefly of the Isabella variety, being blight proof—in fair quantities. But tho quality! In Australia they would liavo been absolutely unsaleable, in England they might have been retailed at 3d per lb, but I doubt it; all small, some ripe, some green, no evenness.

A now strike has just occurred, according to tho New Zealand Times, on tho partof a 'Wellington Volunteer Company. The reason seems to be that the men aro dissatisfied with tho way in which the company’s affairs are managed. They complain that mismanagement - lias been going on for some considerable time. Tho men as a body considered the present month, being the first of the volunteer year, should seo a change in affairs. They, therefore, wrote to the ofiloer in charge, and refused to attend parades until a full inquiry has been held. The proposal for a show of ladies’ arms and feet at Wonderland has aroused great indignation among a section of Christ- j church residents. One writes to tho Press and says :—“ Surely our women folk of Christchurch will not lower themselves to tho extent they are called upon to do on Friday, 22nd iust., in order to fill the pockets of a few shareholders in “ Wonderland.” If tho management have to resort to those “ draws " it is high time the Exhibition and its “ shows ” were closed. I venture to say that those who aro connected with “ Wonderland ” would blush with shame if they saw any one dear to them submitting themselves to such degradation. Any girl with a little pride would shrink from such publicity.”

The Standard informs its readers that the Railway Department is carrying free of cost contributions of magazines and books for the navvies on tho Main Trunk Line, provided they are sent per care of tho resident engineer, so that any persons wishing to send parcels on their own account to any particular section of the line can now do so by complying with the conditions named. With tho approach of wet weather and long nights such gifts must be very welcome. As many people may have a few magazines or books which might hardly be worth making into a parcel, we will gladly undertake to forward such contributions if left at tho Advocate Office. CAN YOU BLAME HER ?

If at last she tires of the fault-finding of a dyspeptic husband and leaves him ? Tho worst of the dyspeptic is that ho does not realise bis own meanness. His world is entirely out of perspective. A man is only as strong as his stomach. When tho stomach is diseased all tho other organs suffer. Dr. Sheldon’s Digestive Tabules are the sufferers’ tree of life. They will cure ,3:im and bring him health and happiness just as certain as ho takes them. They are sure because they are a natural remedy, and contain exactly tho same chemical properties as the digestive fluids in the stomach. For sale by Turner and Turner's Tip-Top Tea Shop.

A private cable to Dunedin states that the Australasian squadron definitely leaves Sidney for New Zealand waters on April 10th. Messrs Moore and 00., Marton, have donated a sheep (dead weight) and Mr James Follett, Orofton, a pot lamb (live weight) for the guessing competiton at Marton Sports., It has been raining cnntinuonsly in Sydney for over GO hours, and there are no signs of abateafent. Telegraphic communication with the other States is much impeded. Colonel Robin, Chief of the Defence Council, has been selected to represent New Zealand at the Commonwealth manoeuvres at Easter. Q In the Supreme Court, Wellington, on Gth inst., on the application of Mr G. F. Bishop, probate of the will of the late Gottfried Nitschke, of Marton, was granted to Messrs Born - - hold and Teyler, as executors.

The Valuation Department has now decided not to make a valuation of the lower ridings of Rangitikei county this year. The new valuation will qffeot only a portion at the northern end of the county.

A Mangaweka telegram states that yesterday an enthusiastic meeting of farmers and others asked Mr Jas. Georgetti to contest the Rangitikei seat at the general election. The latter, who declared himself as an Independent and freeholder, con-' sented to stand and a committee to further hisjcandidature was set up.

In connection with the excursion trip to Momohaki next Thursday we have been asked to state that a cordial invitation is extended _to everybody. Members of the Union and others are invited to bring their wives. The excursion promises to be a big success, and with fine weather a most enjoyable trip should result.

Mr Torr Oakley, who farmed for farmed for several years in the -Harbor Board Block, Nikau, and who afterwards went to reside in Auckland, has returned to Feildiug to make a home, having purchased 10 acres of laud near the Kiwitea bridge, in the occupation of Mr Douglas. Mr Oakley intends to erect a large house at once.

A judgo and jury decided the other day in London that it is not a libel to publish postcards without permission, in which the head of one person is placed on the somewhat scan-tily-attired body of another. A Loudon firm issued postcards depicting Miss Gertie Millar, a well-known Gaiety actress, in a nightdress witha caudle in her hand, as a draped figure from the well-known picture “La Source,” and creeping out of an egg-shell. Miss Millar gave no permission for such postcards to bo published, and contended that they were defamatory.

When you feel the first tinge of rheumatism, gout, sciatica, or lumbago send for a bottle of Eheumo. It will quickly euro you. All stores and chemists soil it at 2/6 and 4/6. A positive and lasting cure.