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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 8787, 15 April 1907, Page 2

Chief Justice Stout has been confined to bod for some days, and is not expected to resume duties before the end of the week.

The date of the clearing sale on account of Mr Jas. Campion at Waitnua lias been altered to Tuesday, 30th April. At Feildiug Court this morning Richard Knight was lined £1 and costsl 4s for having exposed sheep infected with lice for sale at Ire tiding yards on Friday last.

The action Victor Maurice Brannd against the Hou. Geo. McLean has been dismissed, as well as that against Mr Neill for want of prosecution with costs against plaintiff. Mr Arundel Orchard, of Sydney, who was musical judge at the Dunedin competitions three years ago, lias been appointed for next October festival.

Entries for Hawke's Bay A. and P. Autumn Show, which will be hold at Hastings on tho 34th inst., total 1083 against 913 last year, an increase of 1/1.

The death is reported from Dunedin of John Blauey, ho.teLkeeper, father of Rose and Kitty Blaney, wellknown singers. The Elton Comedy Company gave a second performance op Saturday at Bulls, and the crowded house which encored every item proved that the public is not slow to appreciate tho efforts of a good company. Performances are advertised for Saudon to-night and Maugawcka, Utiku, and* Talhape later. Robert M. Watt, architect, aged 47 died yesterday at Auckland as ,t]ia result of a paralytic stroke. Last year he was 'president of the Auckland branch of the ihg£isJte of Architects, and tills year viceqpi’es&ejJit of the branch. He was architect ro the Board of Education, and one of four judges of competitive designs for Auckland Town Hall.

The report adopted by Auckland Headmasters’ Association stated that the Association had advocated the principle of annual examinations being replaced by inspection visits, and of promotions from standard to standard being made as a rule ,iji ail schools at the end of the year.

A big attraction for Marton Sports oa Wednesday next will be the presence of Mr L. O. McLachlau, UfS champion runper. A match lias been decided between McLachlau and Day, the Irish professional, and in order to retain his form MeLachiap lias decided to run at Marton Sports. In order to avoid a repetition of the confusion winch resulted last year in the observance as public holiday's of EmDay and the Prince of Wales* Eiruia.i,-. A is intended this year to hold' a conference of Auckland tradespeople and shop.-keppors so as to observe one or other of the dgys as a general holiday. According to a speaker at the Oddfellows’ dinner at New Plymouth there are 50,000 members of friendly societies in New Zealand, and these figures indicate that fully gOO,OOO folk are interested in the work to a more or less extent.

Mr G. Cummins, Marton, has received notice from the officer iu charge of the -Mauawatu Court at the Exhibition that a gold medal has been awarded to his Sandow wool press. The press is very -favourably known ill this district, ami was .considered by the judges superior to the others exhibited.- During last season Mr Cummins sold 110 of those, wool presses which shows that their efficiency is fully recognised.

Auckland coal dealers are suffering from the shortage of trucks and at a meeting recently called attention to the inconvenience caused to the'public, the loss of trade to smaller dealers in coal, and the loss of work to miners, owing to the inadequate supply of trucks to carry coal from the mines to Auckland,

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I The attendance at the Exhibition on Saturday was 29,810, which brings the aggregate attendance to date to 1,919,959.

The .Rev. Father O’Meara, of Peilding, will leave in about a month for a trip to the-Old Country for the benefit of his health.

The commissioner, Mr W. S. Short, will hold an inquiry at Kimbolton on Tuesday next hi the matter of proposal of Pohangina County Council to build a bridge at London’s ford.

Patea County Council evidently appreciates the advantage of technical education. I? has voted £SO towards the cost of erecting an agricultural laboratory in Patea.

Wanganui and Foitding school girls returned from the Exhibition on Saturday afternoon. A number of Maori girls from Turakina also returned by the same train.

Pohangina County Council on Saturday confirmed the motion declaring pennyroyal a noxious • weed. Ragwort wa s previously declared, and blackberry, Californian thistle, and sweet briar are noxious weeds according to the Act. Judgment was given on Saturday for defendant Society in the civil action Blythe v. Napier Sfcarr-Bowkett Building Society. The claim was for £lll Is in respect to shares held by plaintiff and sold by the Society’s late secretary. The Court held that the secretary had sold the shares in his capacity as sharebroker and not as acting on behalf of.the Society. New Plymouth’s fine now up-to-date Post Office,built on the commanding site of the old one at the southern end of Devon-street is now practically complete, and will be ready for the transaction of business in a few days. The official opening ceremony lias bean postponed until later on.

A breach of promise case brought by Mr F. T. Svonson, of Peilding, against Miss Freda Clara Parsons, of Pahiatua, daughter of Mr Thomas Parsons, of Pa hiatua, chairman of directors of the New Zealand Farmers’ Dairy Union, claiming £250 damages, will be heard at next setting of the Court at Palmerston.

At the meeting of Pohangina County Council on Saturday the chairman advised members to ascertain where good gravel reserves could lie obtained. Cr Jackson remarked that it was also advisable to conserve the reserves they already possessed by refusing applications for metal as in the future it would become scarce at convenient points for road maintenance. The Engineer said an aero of land in Umutoi riding at 3d per yard for gravel would be worth £5550.

A request lias been made to tbe authorities both by Pohangina Comity Council and by a public meeting for the appointment of Justices of tlio Peace, but apparently no notice has boon taken of these applications. At present, if the signature of a J.P. is required to a document, people in the Valley must go to Ashhurst for tho purpose at great inconvenience. No other town in Now Zealand has probably made such rapid advancement during the past few years as Hastings. Its borough finances are consequently in a most flourishing condition. Tho incoming Council will be in a position to reduce the general rates by 5d in- the £, or to pay off the whole of tho overdraft, or to expend .£ISOO in permanent works, and then have ample funds to provide tor ordinary expenditure. The Engineer of Pohangina County Council on Saturday, referring to a complaint of large stones being placed op the Delaware road, said he preferred to have such stones spawled in the pit but ho could not get men to do it. He had had difficulty also in getting men at Apiti for

i tho same work. On tho road in question ho had placed about 500 loads of largo stones in the ruts. Saudou riflemen journeyed to 1 Himatangi on Saturday, and suffered defeat by 27 points. Good shooting weather prevailed, and some good shooting resulted, tho totals for ten men being Himatangi 883, Saudou 850. Particulars of tho shooting will appear in our shooting column later on. It remains now for the Martou team to fix a date for the hiiai match. Himatangi will shoot oiTtlie Bulls range in preference, aucl would' like tho match to come off next Saturday if possibleIn endeavouring t o work up interest in the work of the National Defence League, Major N. L. D. Smith, the travelling organiser, sought out tho officer commanding tho Salvation Army iu New Plymouth. He was surprised to hud U the captain was a lass.’’ But ho found, he - Says, tbnp she was iu hearty sympathy' with tlI6 movement. “ She was British first, and Salvationist afterwards, and I, ” concluded the Major,' “ shouted ‘Hallelujah!’” Last year, says the Carterton paper, the teachers of Wairarapa schools attending the eloraeutary agricultural classes of the Wellington Education Board visited the nursery of Mr Horton, near Pahiatna, where they received practical led-' sons in pruning and grafting. Results ha,y» proved that 55 per cent of the work Was satisfactory. Among die piost ’successful grafts ; wore two made by Miss 'Campbell, " who’ Recently lost her life jii the Wanganui river. Quo of tho young trfiffS, "Pox’s Orange Pippin, is to he planted "In tho garden of tho school at which Miss Campbell taught, and the other is being sent to her parent;’.. The Stratford Dairy Company’s general meeting on the much-vexed question of butter y. cheese, which had been loosed forward to jis likely

to bo one of tJio great battles Of thu campaign, resulted, says the fetfatford uorresyomleut of the Taranaki Herald, in what is popularly known as a‘ ‘ fizzle. ’ ’ Cheese had rio ,cham.pio.ns, .or they were silent ones. There wore nd/vfjy 100 shareholders present, so there hould not 1)e said to be any lack of interest." T aiq Ip* clinecl to tliink that the mention, early in the proceedings, of a matte? of £BOO or £9OO, coupled witli the obnoxious phrase, “joint and several, ” must have cooled the ardour of the cheesemakers. If the Exhibition authorities, says Christchurch Truth, ha;] to supply tlie medals they'would scarcely Shape been so lavish in the bestowal Of

them. According to the registrar of awards, 4112 gold medals and special awards had been granted up to the 4th instant, in. addition to 80f> additional “ gold medals and 385 silver medals. The certificates are very few in number by comparison, and only Sll have been issued altogeliter. Under the circtun. stances the value of a special gold medal won at the N.Z. International Exhibition will carry about as much weight in tho mind of the public as' a patent medicine testimonial. ■

A dastardly outrage .was committed at the JCuipokonui cheese factory last Wednesday, Some mis.creaut, who evidently knew the place and was suffering under a perverted sense of humour, entered the factory on Tuesday night, filled the starter cans >vith salt, and after cutting up a large quantify of soap, put it in, the boiler through the safety yalve, causing the boiler to prime

When getting up steam in the morn: iug. Luckily the manager, Mr W. Ogle, was wide awake, ‘and except for the water guage blowing opt no damage was doue, although the factory nilghf hare- been blown sky high.' Salting the starters -yyas a dirty trick, and if it had been ppt into the vats unnoticed would have ruined the day’s output, to the loss of the suppliers, It was after 11 p.m. before the staff fiulshecl washing up that night.—Hawera Star. 1 His eyes were red, his nose was blue, Ho couldn’t speak, he’d just say “Tchoo!” And everybody round they knew And pitied him, lie had the “floo, ” At last he gasped “ What’shall Fdo?” And swiftly came the answer, too, For each one cried “Oh, ‘ fool!

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