Rangitikei Advocate. SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1907. SECOND EDITION. EDITORIAL NOTES.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8792, 20 April 1907, Page 2

Rangitikei Advocate. SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1907. SECOND EDITION. EDITORIAL NOTES.

THE process of condensation to which the speeches of the visiting Premiers have been submitted for transmission by cable naturally detracts largely from their interest. The subject •on which they have to speak is not a new one, and we can hardly expect to receive any startling information from after dinner speeches on a well worn topic. To those who can hoar the words as they drop from the lips of the chosen representatives of the colonies, the occasion must be an inspiring one, but wo can only feel a faint reflection of this enthusiasm. After all, however, the real work of the Conference will not bo done by set speeches. It is to the daily contact between the statesmen of Britain and those chosen by colonies differing widelv in climate and ideals from each other and from the mother country that we must look for the real results of the Conference. Lord Elgin and other members of the British Ministry will learn from the Colonial Premiers at first hand something of the aspirations of the peoples they represent. . Such a method is incomparably superior to any knowledge that could bo acquired by Hie exchange of diplomatic correspondence. We all know how often misunderstandings arise between friends who write private letters to one another, but when the only means of communication is through documents which may be made public at any moment the difficulties are magnified a thousand times. British Ministers will learn that under “the somewhat rough and unconventional methods of Colonial Premiers there lies a real devotion to the Motherland and to the best interests of the Empire. Nor will the visiting Premiers be slow to realise that more formal habits and less free and easy ways do not prevent Britislx statesmen from having the keenest interest in the problems which younger countries are trying to solve. All parties to the Conference seem determined to make the proceedings a success, and we may feel assured that the deliberations of men wiio are all resolved to aim at the closer uuioi of the Empire cannot bo without lasting results for good.

THE statement in a cablegram from Melbourne that a man suffering from anthrax had been admitted to the hospital, and that he was supposed to have contracted it from hides shipped at New Plymouth for Australia should receive the immediate attention of the authorities here. It should be an easy matter to discover the firm who shipped the hides, and information ought to be attainable from Australia as to the brands on the hides contained in the bundle. In this manner the Stock Department should be able to trace the source of the alleged infection. The late Ministry refused to follow the advice of Mr Gilrnth as to sterilisation of imported bouednst on its arrival in [this country, and if the inspectors in India arc not carryinghmt tbeir work successfully stops should at once bo .takou'to proven) possible imports .of honodust which may contain [anthrax germs. No recent outbreak of the disease has been notified in this country, so that the whole matter may prove to have been a false alarm, but the Department shoull spare no trouble or expense to prove whether the charge is a groundless oho, as the sooner even the suspicion that anthrax ex ists in Now Zealand is removed the better for the country.

WE aro glad to hear that there promises to be a good attendance at the [ classes just begun at Mar ton [ Technical School. The first meeting for the study of English Literature and Language was held on Friday night, when some la or 1(5 names were handed in as intending members. The syllabus for English is an excellent one, providing ns it does, not only for the study of some of the great masterpieces of our literature, but also, what is perhaps more important, affording plentiful opportunities for the student to write and to speak his own tongue. With those ends in view a study of 5 Tennyson’s “In Memoriaiu’ ’ has been ! begun, and as far as possible pupils , are given individual practice in speaking on set and extemporary themes. In an elementary form .of this teaching the instructor tells a short anecdote and requires the students to repeat it in their owi language, a task that is far more difficult than would at first sight appear. Afterwards more advanced subjects aro attempted and the object always aimed at will be to enable students to express their thoughts in clear and accurate English. Nowadays when the field of knowledge is so wide and varied it is sometimes difficult for the intending pupil to choose the special direction of his line of study. The knowledge of the mother tongue is, however, an essential for everyone. In the past this branch of learning has been much neglected in our schools, but there is perhaps no study that yields so 2 quick and so profitable a return in daily life; and that after all should be one of the main aims of all education, tho acquisition of something that the learner can use with pleasure and advantage in real life. Under the capable tuition of tho present instructor we feel sure that tho class in English will meet one of tho greatest needs of the district,. -

Nelson Young Men’s Christian Association has been successfully opened with over a hundred members. Mr A. G. Simms, of the Agricultural Department, visited Feilding yesterday and inspected the fruit shops, which he found were satisfactory. Hokitika telegraphs to the effect thatan indignation meeting is to be held because the Government threaten to close the railway and traffic bridge. Thames Borough Council has decided to build a town hall and municipal chambers, the estimated cost to be obtained. It is understood that Inspector Kiely, of Wanganui, will bo transferred to Thomas to take charge of the new Police district. We would draw attention to an advertisement re special sermon to Bmen to-morrow evening in the dist Church, Marton. A branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants was opened at Taihape hist night with 50 members. Mr Bruce, tbe Education Board’s instructor in Agriculture, is arranging classes in agricultural science in country districts at Wakefield, states a Press Association telegram from Nelson,. Twenty-three settlers have joined the class. As slxowing what an extraordinary season we are enjoying, it is to be noted that the three cheese factories in the Stratford district made more cheese in March than they did in February. Tho milk supply foil away less than usual, and was more than made good by its increased richness in cheese-making solids. ‘According to tho Labour Journal, there were during February 264 artisans and 8367 labourers employed on railway co-operative works, including 93 artisans and 3080 labourers on the North Island Trunk Line. In addition there were 2(M! men employed on road works.

At the monthly sitting of tho Hunterville Court yesterday, before Mr Thompson, S.M., five shopkeepers, two tobacconists, two bootmakers and one Celestial were fined £1 and costs for keeping tlioir shops open after 9 p.m on Saturday nights.

Those of our readers, with poor vision, will be interested in an announcement of a professional visit from an eyesight specialist to Marton. Mr Nicol is a colleague of Mr Samuel Barry, the well and favourably known specialist of Auckland ; his connection with such a man should bo a commendation sufficient to bring many people of. this district to seek skilled advice.

The Tourist Department at Wellington has been advised that a geyser, long since considered defunct, broke out at Tokaanu on the Bth instant, and played to a height of about SOft. at intervals of 20 minutes for the two following days. The Maoris state that this particular geyser had not played for 90 years.

A deputation waited on Mr Fowlds in Christchurch to-day, and informed him that Mr Seddon had promised that the organ should be handed over to the city at tho close of tho Exhibition. Mr Fowlds disclaimed any knowledge jjjof the promise,',but but said he would examine, tho records.

Miss Eweii, who has been elected a member of the South Han tap u Drainage Board, Waikato, is probably the first lady that has been elected to such a position in Now Zealand. Miss Ewou has considerable interest in the laud affected by the Board, and, it is stated, possesses qualifications which should make her an excellent member of the Board. The Manawatu Herald states that tobacco cultivation was carried out on tho banks of tho Manawatu River, by Mr T. U. Cook, about 58 years ago. Tobacco was manufactured and found a ready local and outside sale. Tho course leaves of the plant were also used for sheep dipping purposes in those days. The manufacture of tobacco was supervised by an expert whom Mr Cook brought to the colony from Sydney.

In our report of tho annual meeting of Royal Rifles an omission was made in the list of officers elected—that of Sergt. Russell, who was appointed haudicappor. On Wednesday afternoon next there will a competition at the range, when a team will be picked to compete for the Battalion Shield. A special parade will bo held on Thursday next (when it is hoped there will be a full muster) to prepare for thoJuspector-Gcueral's parade on Monday, 29th inst. Tills parade is a compulsory one, and fines will be enforced on all absentees.

The Morayshire (8500 tons) which was due at Dunedin from Lyttelton yesterday attempted the channel with the tide considerably on the ebb, and off Kilgour Point took the sand on the side of the channel nearest tho half tide wall and remained fast. Yesterday afternoon her bow was through tho line of black posts. She got clear last night and proceeded to Port Chalmers.

Messrs Price Bros., foundry proprietors at Thames, were yesterday fined £5 at the Arbitration Court for breach of award in paying men less than the rate stipulated in the recent engineers’ award, paying the men 8s instead of 10s. For accepting less than the rate fixed by tho Court, tho men were ordered to pay costs of the case.

Mr Widdowson, S.M., gave judgment at Dunedin yesterday in the case of tho Acclimatisation Society v. Samuel K, Garaham in which defendant was charged with selling trout on February 1 contrary to tho provisions of tho Fisheries Conservation Act, 1881, and regulations made under it. The facts of the case wore proved, but defendant contended that the information must bo dismissed on three grounds, tho principal of which was that the regulations made under the subsection (which it was claimed had restricted power) were too wide, boing absolute prohibition, and therefore ultra vires. The Magistrate hold otherwise and convicted defendant fining him £5 and costs £3.

The creditors in the bankrupt estate of Henry Stratton Izard met to consider the tenders for the reversionary interest in the sum of .£SOO per annum' payable to the debtor after the decease of Mrs Izard. Mrs' Izard made' an offer of .£2O Is, her object being to provide a fund to pay tho lesser creditors. The only other offer was £SO. The creditors decided to retain their interest. The sum of £3OO has accrued from book debts, £IOO from tho sale of tho law library, and £2G 10s from tho goodwill, lease, etc., of* the Greytown office. Authority was given to destroy the racehorse Eatu, which was injured at Martinborough. Mr Coleman Phillips gave notice tl at ho had instructed a solicitor to bring an action for tho recovery of £SOO damages for the failure of tho estate to accept his tender for tho goodwill of tho Greytown business.

The demands of the 'Wellington Domestic- Workers’ Union are for a CB-hour week, a weekly half-holiday on Thursdays from 2 p.m., work to cease at 2 p.m. on Sundays (with certain provisions}, and eight holidays. The employers made the following counter proposals ; —Sixty-eight hours to bo a working week. The methods and times of work to be allotted by the employers. Each domestic to have thre'e half-hours tor meals per diem, and an hour to herself every afternoon. One half-day'(or its equivalent) to ba granted every week, every alternate Sunday afternoon, and one late night per week. Seven holidays to ba given per annum without deduction from wages, a suitable proportion of these to be statutory holidays. No inspector shall enter a house except after specific complaint from a worker, and he must bear an order from the Magistrate. As an agreement could not bo effected the demands have been taken to the Conciliation Board.

Take care. Summer has changed to autumn. Autumn is changing to winter. Your system changes with , the-seasons. Spring and autumn are the two most important periods. If you retain summer waste there’s trouble ahead. Sometimes poisonous accumulations remain imperceptibly. Every man, woman and child requires medicine now. Impey’s May Apple. Guaranteed purely herbal. Tlio all-round family medicine. Strong enough for a -Sandow, mild enough for a wmnu, safe for a child. Endorsed by physicians, used by the public, praised by the press.. Eouud in every home where health is valued. Chemists and stores, 3s (id. Sharlaud and Co., Ltd., Wholesale. No better saving can bo effected anywhere than at our stocktaking sale now on at Co-op. Stores, North Broadway, Mar ton.* Costume tweeds and cloths in great profusion at the Bon Marche. Never before have Messrs Spence and Spence shown such a grand assortment of dress and costume materials, both hr black and colors. All the fashionable textures and shades are fully represented, and the prices are right on the bedrock.* “ Eor Children’s Hacking Cough at night ' Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. Is (kl and 3s Od. Half the baldness you see now-o-days in young men is unnecessary. Cap ilia Hair Tonic'is guaranteed to prevent your

A writ has been served on the Southland Times at the instance of Nurse Hall, claiming £2OOO damages for libel in connection with_ certain statements published regarding Miss Howell’s death. Messrs Hall, Stout and Lillicrap, solicitors, have received a cablegram stating that judgment has finally been given in favour of the Sutton family against the late J. A. Dowie, to whom Frederick Button willed his estate valued at £13,000. Costs were given against Dowie’s estate. At the sitting of the S.M. Court at Pahiatua yesterday Jo'seph Ryan was sentenced to two months’ imprisonment with hard labour for cruelty to a horse, The Magistrate said it was one of the worst cases of cruelty that had come under his At the S.M. Court, Raetilii, 1 Walmarine County Council sued natives for the recovery of rates. The Magistrate dismissed the ease on the ground that the _ were printed, not written, according to the wording of the Act.

Perry’s Biorama Company, which appears to-night at the Opera House, M arton, provides a very good enter tainment, which should ensure a good house. Kershaw, the illusionist, has many clever and mystifying tricks and Athas, the King of Skates, is well worth seeing. The singers and comedians are above the average and the biorama pictures are excellent.

The following police changes have been decided upon:—lnspector Kiely, of Wanganui, is to have charge of tho new Thames and Bay of Plenty district, and will be succeeded at Wanganui by Inspector Wilson, of Greymoutli. Sup-Inspector Black, of Dunedin, has been made "an Inspector, and will bo transff rr ;d to Greymouth. Station Sergeant Norwood. Oh.ristchurc.il, will he promoted to bo Sub-Inspector, and transferred to Dunedin. Sergeant Johnston, St. Albans, L to become Station Sergeant at Christchurch; Constable Willis, of Motueka, lias been made Sergeant, and will do duty at Dunedin; Sergeant Donovan is to be transferred from Christchurch to St. Albans, and Sergeant Barretts from jDuncdin to Christchurch.

George Andrews, Rochester 1 , Victoria, writes: —“My occupation of a rabbit trapper obliges me to be out at night attending to the traps, and while so doing I contracted a severe cold. After trying other cough mixtures on the market, I was recommended ts give Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy a trial. It gavo me immediate relief, and throe bottles completely cured me. I can with every confident recommend Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy to anybodj having a cough or cold.” For sale by T. H. Bredin, Marton, Ellis Bros., Hunterville, and W. B 1 Clark. Bulls. DAIRY MACHINERY. The “L.K.G. ” Milking Machine differs from any other machinery. Thus Cream Separators, right from the old out-of-date machines still hanging on to a reputation of 20 years ago, up to tho “Baltic” of today, all employ the indispensable principle of centrifugal force which is free to all. The old- unsuccessful principle of “dead” suction in milking machines is likewise free to all, hut the principle of breaking down tho dangerous suction on the teats at each pulsation by inlettiug air belongs entirely to the first and only successful milker, the “Lawreuco-Keuuedy-Gillies. ’ ’ —J. B. MacEwau and Co., Ltd., agents, U.S.S. Co.’s Buildings, Wellington. HH Man wants but little here below

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