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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8806, 7 May 1907, Page 2

On our fourth page will bo found an interesting letter from our Haleombe correspondent ou the opening, of the shooting season. Martou Baud has generously refunded £5 to the Athletic Club, being half the amount received for playing ou the day of the sports. The rainfall in Lower Raugitikei last mouth was 3.70 in. The average for April is 3.94iu. ; lastdyear the rainfall for April was 4.13iu. It was stated yesterday that Mr Ohas. Hopping had bought Mr W. Richmond’s property at Glen Oroua for £437. The figure should have been £37 per acre. The first meeting of the Musical and Literary Society at Marten last evening was larely attended. The address by Mr E. Mossmau on “Edison and His Inventions” proved highly interesting and instructive, and the speaker was accorded a vote of thanks. The manager of the State Coal Company reports that at present the Wellington branch is selling about 80 ton of coal per day, and that additions to the local fiistribntiug plant are now being arranged for.

“The one dominant idea iu a Liberal Cabinet seems to be to snub, thwart, and insult any private individual who undertakes public work without pay.” Such is the moral that Mr Lewis, M.H.R., draws from the history of the Exhibition. Mr K. Dalrymple, of Lower Raugi. tikei, informs ns that he has turned out a dozen English wild duck and requests that sportsmen should refrain from shooting them. The mallard, or drake, lias a green head and a body similar iu colouring to the ordinary tame duck; the duck is exactly like tiro tame species, * A paragraph is going round the press to the effect that there is ou view iu the garden of Mr Noilsou, of Dalefield, Wairarapa, a toi toi bearing blooms of a bright red, blue, and the natural golden colour ou the same stalk. We also have seen similar results effected, however, by children as a joke. One of the features of the recent Chrysanthemum Show at Martou was a very line sheep presented to’ tlie committee by Mr Ohas, Galpiu, of Upper Tutaemxi. From Mr Gibson’s property iu the same district three long red mangels were ,shown which weighed exactly lewt. The prize pumpkin, shown by Mr A. Coleman, weighed 1081 b. The old style of shooting parties ou the Wairarapa Labe is (says the Wairarapa News) likely to be superseded. Prior to tiio recent floods an oil launch traversed the lake and puffed up the most secluded arms of water hitherto inaccessible to the ordinary man with the gnu ou foot. Ducks wore very plentiful and theboat was heavily laden when the flood waters compelled a run for shelter ou the sand ridges.

As an example of ponderous humour the following from the N.Z. Times is almost unequalled: “Mr Massey is an ideal Limit Sally. He offers an easy target, and the understandings of his arguments are so cartilaginous iu their substance that, though a touch knocks them over, they ‘hob up serenely’ as tough as gristle, and as .little solid, next time he goes on the stump. ’ ’ Mr Hayseed,- from Out West, was staying at a big hotel iu No w York. “Do yon know,” he said to the waiter, “I don’t think much of the whisky you keep iu the bedrooms here. ” “ Whisky in the bedrooms !’ ’ said the waiter. “Where did yon get it?” “Why out of that red-aud-gold jar. ” “Heavens !” exclaimed the. wailor, ’“that’s the fire extinguisher !’“

Several complaints have reached ns drawing attention to the inconvenience that many people are put to through the trucks on the Sandon-Oaruarvi-n tramway being loaded and unloaded ”.n tho road crossings, instead of at tho proper platforms that have been constructed for the purpose by tiio Mauawatu County Council. It is stated that when these operations are iu progress the general public has to wait the convenience of those who have blocked the right-of-way. The annual general mooting of tho Apiti Musical and Literary Society was held on Friday evening. Both report and balauco "sheet were unanimously adopted. It was suggested that during the coming session Kimbolfcon and Raugiwahia Societies be challenged in debate. Officers and commitcc wore elected as follows ; President Rev. J. McKenzie, vicepresidents Dr. and Mrs Gregory and

Mrs Miller, secretary and treasurer Mr J. Matthews, committee Miss Levin, Messrs Robertson and Deeke. In forwarding a cheque for one it uiuea as a subscription to the Technical School at Martou Mr W. A.

Hodgkinson, Chester, Huutervillo, writes;—“l see by your paper that you are a few pounds short for the fund required for the Technical School. I have always taken a keen interest in this good work and have much pleasure iu forwarding my cheque as a small help towards the work. I wish the school every success, as I am sure nothing is more needed than this educational work iu these colonies.”

The Dunedin Evening Star says it is getting to bo an open secret that an effort is being made from somo whore iu Now Zealand to get together a team of what will practically be professional footballers, to play "the professional clubs of England. A number of members of the ‘‘All Blacks” appear to .have been approached; these, however, are very reticent about the scheme. WHEN BABY BURNS HIS HAND.

When sister cuts her finger. When brother gets a bruise. In short, when anything happens to the children which causes them pain, it is mother’s delight to comfort and relievo the little sufferers. She can always do this when she has Dr. Sheldon’s Magnetic Liniment iu the house. Rubbing a little of it over a sore or wound immediately takes away all pain, and vastly hastens recovery. Keep a bottle iu the house always,’ and you will agree with a thousand other mothers who have said that they could not keep house without it. For sale by T, 11. Bred in and Turner and Turner, Tip Top Teas. Marton; and Ellis Bros., Huutorvillo.

‘‘SUCROSINE, ’’ the groat -live stock food, is now recognised as the most valuable winter food for all stock, It goes further, and is relatively cheaper than either oats or pollard. It has the highest feeding value, and is the most, easily digested. All kinds of stock like it. Obtainable from Brice, .Broad jtpd Co. MariOU. ■?,*Vs 1

The proposed parliamentary trip to tho head of the Main Tran It railway has been abandoned tor the present, owing to damage done to roads in the district by the recent heavy floods. Leave to appeal to the Privy Council has been granted in the case in which the f'ommissioner of Stamps is seeking to collect duty on a bequest to the Anglican Cathedral in Dunedin. The London Bank of Australia realised a profit during the past year of .£99,659, and a dividend of 5J per cent, on preference and 2 a per cent, on ordinary shares was declared; ,£IO,OOO was placed to reserve, and £23,907 carried forward. A fiftcen-year-old boy named Piant kowski, who has revealed uncontrollable criminal tendencies from his infancy, has been found to have set fire to thirty houses at Posen, Germany, thereby causing losses exceeding £IOO,OOO. The entire neighborhood was terrorised, inasmuch as the cause of the mysterious fires, which occurred day after day, seemed inI explicable. It was believed at first that | a band of Anarchists was at work.

A Belgrade correspondent writes :The members of the Montenegrin Parliament had received, on its recent inauguration, tho right to a salary of £SOO each. They have now decided that tho amount is beyond their necessities, and that it is also an unjustifiable tax on the country; so they have reduced it by one-half. This step shows that the descendants of the Black Mountain warriors, who so freely laid down their lives for the preservation of the race, are as worthily inspired in their march onward to constitutionalism and civilization.

In an interesting article on old age .pensions in the current number of the Empire Kcviov. - , ivir A.. C, Brownlow declares that the class of the community which deserve pensions most are the wives of working men—the women who, on a wage of sometimes less than 20s a week, have brought up a large family. “Without the mother where would the nation be ?” ho asks. “Yet what is the State doing at present for the mothers of England ? Surely these women above all others should be able to look forward to a period of rest after fighting the battle of life. With a State pension how much lighter would the burdens of the working man’s wife become! What an influence for good would she be in her old age to the young mothers of a rising generation, instead of as at present a drag on the energies of her offspring, young people who ought to be able to give all their time and devotion to their own families.” There is a tomb in the cemetery at Hanover which is a striking illustration of the irony of Nature. Upon it are the graven words, “ This tomb must never be opened,” dictated by the person whose body it contains. As ii to mock at the futility of human desires, a maple tree has grown up between the stones of the tomo, its stem and roots pushing them ever further and further apart, until now the tomb is wide open. Strangely enough, on a neighbouring tomb are engraved the following prophetic words:—“The creative force of Nature mocks the blindness of human will, which would absorb death in eternity. It preaches clearly how powerful a new life bursts the chains of death, and how that dying and disappearing are only a transition state for a more brilliant resurrection.”

It is really surprising how much can be grown in a small garden if proper methods are pursued. At the Kansas experiment station a trial was made last year to see how much could be grown on a plot of 50 feet square. Successive crops were grown from early spring to late autumn, and much of the land produced threo crops, and all of it two crops. The product was as follows: Lettuce, 1951 b; radishes, 1341 b; onions, 3251 b; peas, 1411 b; string beans, 1011 b; beets, 1481 b; cabbage, 4501 b; cucumbers, 1841 b; spinach, 1481 b ; tomatoes, 5751 b; peppers, slb; squash, 3371 b; parsnips, 2011 b; carrots, 151 b; turnips, 751 b; green corn, 491 ears; eggplants, 24. For most of the vegetables the rows were IBin apart; corn and cabbage were 3ft apart. There was not a day after the first radishes were of table size, which was 21 days after planting, until heavy frosts occurred, but that fresh vegetables were ready for use.

There are no taxes in the town of Orsa in Sweden. Furthermore, the townpeople have a free railroad, free telephone free education, and free libraries. Think of it—not merely no taxes to swear off and dodge and He about, but no car fares, no telephone fees. In the Frjnch town of Chamaret there are no taxes either. The Chamaret extra is a Christmas blowout. The mayor spends 2500 dollars from the town treasury on a Christmas treat, to which all the inhabitants are invited. Monaco has no taxes, thanks to the Monte Carlo gaming, and Klingenburg-on-the-Vaiu owns clay pits so profitable that they do not make everyone tax free alone but afford to each inhabitant a small income as well. It is likely that Philadelphia will some day be tax free. "When the Stephen Girard estate grows so big that there will Tie a surplus after all annual payments are made, this surplus is to be applied to “ diminishing tho citizens’ burden of taxation.” It will be some years before the Girard estate is big enough to pay tho people’s taxes. In an interview at Wellington Major Long said he was not impressed with what was known as the “ boned meat” phase of the industry. Although the Government inspection guaranteed that nothing but pure and absolutely clean meat was exported, stiil it was lean, and, when defrosted in London, it often presented anything but a nice appearance. Under the tonus of the Slaughtering and Inspection Act he found the Government officers could not condemn such meat so long as it was free from disease. At the same time the colony was taking a risk of having its best trade seriously affected by continuing to send Home boned meat, for such goods would prejudice tho best quality meat. Of course, the boned meat industry was a legitimate trade, and he recognised that it had sprung up in response to a demand for that class of meat. At the same time it was hardly a business upon which New Zealand exporters could pride themselves. The Major was informed that the Chief Veterinarian (Mr Gilruth) had, spoken in a similiar strain some months ago, and uttered a similiar word of warning. “ Well,” concluded the Major, “ I make these remarks to you in the best interests of the trade, and especially because all the other meat exported from New Zealand is of such particularly high quality.”

Several minutes were wasted in the Quarter Sessions at Sydney last week says the Morning Herald, through a young woman charged with burglary failing to appear when called to answer her bail. As the police had no reason to suspect that she bad wilfully absented

Herself, the Court was kept waiting, the Judge, barristers, officials and police all remaining seated in their places silently. At last, there was a sound of bustling at the door, and the accused hastened in flushed and breathless, murmuring a courteous “ Thank you ” to the warder, who opened the grill of tho dock. When

,tlio girl had recovered her breath, she explained with a smile that tho delay

had been unavoidable. The costume in which she had elected to be presented at .Court had proved ill-fitting, and she

had waited until her costumiere had effected tho necessary alterations. Tho case was then proceeded with, and a verdict of not guilty being recorded, the young woman shook her skirts into the approved condition, and tripped out of tho dock.

Chamberlain's Cough Remedy lias become a groat favourite for children, for coughs, colds, croup and whooping cough, because it can always be depended upon aud is pleasant to take. Mothers have found that there is not tho least clanger in giving it to their children in "large and fmpujit doses, as it contains no injurious substance. For sale by T. li. Bred in, Marten; Ellis Bros., I hmtcrville ; and W. B. Clark. Bulls

Our warm Lamb's Wool Unshrinkable Underclothing was bought at old prices. Wo could sell those goods wholoaslo at a profit. Wo intend giving ‘'our customers the preference. See tho heavy knitted wool vests at 2s lid, pants Ss fid at McEldownoy’s Stores; Marlon, Huntervillo Bad Talhapo,, r

Ths Outlook's China famino fund has reached r total of £S9B,

Quo week's work of the Association of the new Cathedral Board respited in £7OO being promised to the Dunedin cathedral fund.

There is another break in the Wellington city water supply mains, this time near Ngahauranga. The damage will take three or four days to repair. Mr John Robert has been appointed a member of the University Council in succession to the late Df Burns.

At the inquest at Dunedin on Peter Flannery, aged 38, the jury’s verdict was that deceased met his death by being accidentally thrown from a buggy. The Hon G. Fowlds, Minister for Education left for the South last night to attend the meeting of the Grand Lodge of New Zealand Freemasons.

The appeal of the proprietors of Sunlight Soap against the decision allowing Newton Bros to register the trademark Rising Sun Soap has been granted.

At the Christchurch Magistrate’s Court to-day two men, for supplying liquor to a prohibited person, -wore fined £7 and £5 respectively. Ten married men, with 84 dependants, have been sent by the Labour Department to the Gore-Waikaka railway works. More men will bo sent to the same work shortly.

Fully half a dozen Dunedin firms are having the Waipori power instated for machinery driving purposes. So far 1300 Q people have inspected the English sweating goods exhibit at Dunedin.

There are hundreds of applicants for the telephone girls’ positions, says the Lyttelton Times. Between (’,OO and 700 applications are on the books of the Christchurch at the present time. The following sentences were passed by Justice Williams at Dunedin ‘ this morning Donald McDonald, forgery, at Invercargill, 12 mouths, to commence on the expiration of his present sentence; Edward Reiderer, theft of gold from a dredge, three mouths. Mr J. Alderson, of Feilding, while riding yesterday sustained a fractured leg through the horse falling. He was . admitted to Palmerston Hospital, and is progressing as well as can be expected.

The President of the Arbitration Court has given an explanation of the award in the typographical trade as far as concerns Wellington to the effect that jobbing compositors are entitled to be paid a weekly wage of £3, without any deduction for holidays specified under the award. The Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist, Primitive Methodist, and Baptist Ministers of Feilding have forwarded a united protest to the Minister for Defence against the now system of Government Volunteer parades on Sunday, which they characterise as a violation of statute law and secularising the Sabbath. At the Supremo Court, Christchurch, yesterday, before Mr Justice Chapman, an application was made for leave to employ as a clerk F. H. Bruges, who was recently struck off the rolls as a barrister and solicitor by the Comt of Appeal. Counsel for tho district Law Society objected, but his Honour allowed tho application. Mrs Emily Alzdorf, wife of Mr W. Alzdorf, died suddenly at her home, at Foxton, on Sunday morning.' She was apparently in good health, and had prepared breakfast when she was attacked by a heart seizure and expired. , She leaves a family of four girls and one boy.

Mr Frank Pleasants, an old Feilding boy, who rendered valuable services during the South African war, and gained tho distinction of Sergt.-Tlajor, met with an unfortunate accident last week by having one of the bones of his arm splintered through coming in contact with a door. He is progressing as well as can bo expected.

Pahiatua reports that the Waihi road

is blocked from end to end and the bridges at the Range road and the Pongaroa saleyayds have been washed away. Miles of fencing aie down all along the roads in the Makuri and Pcngaroa districts. Two brakes are stuck between two slips on the road. The roads between Pahiatua and Makuri and tho latter place and Pongavoa are still blocked by big slips.

“A person is liable to prosecution for handing round Bibles or hymn-hooks in church on Sunday. People might not believe it, but any cantankerous person has only to go round the churches ou a Sunday to get evidence for a prosecution of this sort.” Thus said Mr Marshall Lyle, a well-known Melbourne lawyer, in defending William Fleming, a noted Socialist propagandist, who was charged with distributing hooks on the Yarra bank on a recent Sunday. At Raugiora a charge of riding an unlighted bicycle was mot by a representative of tho defendant stating that at the time of the offence it was a beautiful moonlight night, none of the Borough Council’s lamps were lighted, tho horses and traffic vehicles using the road were not lighted, one vehicle and horse_ were left unattended in an uulighfced condition, and the cyclist was accompanied ;by a friend who had a lighted bicycle. The Bench inflicted no fine, but -defendant had to pay Court costs 7s. Mr Suitor, Trade Commissioner for Now South Wales, in the East, states that the demand for lard is on the increase, and a very large business is done with adjacent countries, and for which Singapore, Penang, and Malacca practically act as distributing centres. The principal supplies during the nine months prior to writing came from Hong Kong, and were doubtless drawn from China, America, and probably Australia. As to condensed milk, Mr Suttor says that there arc no importations from Australia. “If our people, ’ ’ he adds, ‘ ‘ can ouly supply a cheap milk, there is certainly a groat market in the Bast. ’ ’ “There is absolutely no legal or authoritative definition of a sausage,” This regrettable fact is disclosed by Tho Lancet, and is held accountable for certain frauds frequently practised ou patrons of tho sausage. Nowadays, says the Lancet, the ingredients of the sausage are in general wholesome, but, ou the other hand, the sausage that contains !)0 per ocut of broad and 10 per cent of meat receives the same designation as that which contains bread and meat in inverse proportions. The price of sausages per pound is approximately that of moat, so that the fraud ou the purchaser in tho ease of a broad-loaded sausage is extreme. In view of these facts it is urged that the sausage should bo standardised and receive its duo legal status. There is clearly an opening hero for a Government Sausage Department.

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For bargains in bicycles and bicycle sundries visit E. Reynolds’ monster sale, which starts on Thursday, May 2nd. They are offering a reward of £IOO to the person who can give information which will lot d to the conviction to tho person who throw tho stone (which is on exhibition at the door) and knocked tho prices down. Reynolds and Co., tho Square, Palmerston North.* Woods’ Groat Peppermint Cure for Coughs and Colds never fails. Is f v and 2s fid. Rheumatism can bo cured—then why

will you continue to suffer. Kukumo has effected wonderful cures for others, after all else had failed, It will cure you. Try

For Children's Hacking Cough at night Woods’ Groat Peppermint Cum Is fid and 2s fid. The Co-op Stores, Broadway, Marton, have a now advertisement today and a now paragraph advertisement. Mr A. 11. Sutcliffe, Marion, advertises the lose of ft dog. L