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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8813, 15 May 1907, Page 2

A meeting of Martou Athletic Club will ha held at tho Borough Council Chambers on Thursday evening at eight o’clock. Tho satisfactory sum of £39 was raised ou Saturday last—“ Ambulance Saturday”—as a result of tho public collections instituted hy the Master-ton Ambulance Corps. Tito case brought against W. L. Hooper, philatelist, for having dealt in “official” stamps without being licensed, was dismissed. Mr Widdowsou hold that the evidence was not sufficient to prove Mho offence charged. The funeral of the late Mr A. J. Rodgers took place at. Palmerstou yesterday afternoon, and was attended hy an unusually large number of friends of the bereaved wife and parents. A large number of wreaths covered the coffin, including one from Martou Roman Catholics, Hunterville Gun Club and Martou railway staff, Father Molloy read the service in the church and at the grave.

A special general meeting of the shareholders of the Cheltenham Dairy Co. was held yesterday afternoon for the purpose of confirming the motions passed at a meeting hold on the 20 bh of September last, namely, to alter Clause 24 so as to enable' the annual meetings to be held in August instead of September, and “also to alter Clause 74 of the rules so as to make the financial year end on June 30th instead of at the end of August. Botli motions were confirmed.

The proprietor of ‘ ‘ The Phouerics, ’ ’ Main Street, near railway platform, Palmerston North, announces that he has opened up a very big shipment of mnsic which he is selling at very low rates, one lino being “In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree,” and S 3 other songs for one shilling the lot. The Phoneries is the best place in Palmerston to purchase phonographs or records. Every article being new and up-to-date there is no old stock to got rid of. Their advertisement appears on our first page.

A meeting of the share!lolders of the Cheltenham Dairy 00. was convened for 1 o’clock yesterday. By 3 o’clock, after much, searching, 19 were gathered together, still one short of a quorum. Then a deputation was sent to a lady shareholder who dwells near the place of-meet-ing. She was induced to attend, and the business was commenced about 3.80 and completed in a few minutes. Thus the third attempt to hold this mooting succeeded,

Taranaki Provincial Conference of the Parmer3’ Union opened this afternoon.

Mr Okoy, says a New Plymouth telegram, is deluged with cougratu* lations from all parts of the colony. His victory is generally regarded as a serious blow to the Land Bill.

There are nearly thirteen thousand more horses in New Zealand to-day than there were a year ago, •' It costs £l5O more to build the same sized house iu Hastings than in Oamaru,*’ writes an erstwhile resident of Oamaru now in Hastings.

Wanganui Harbor Board has adopted a scheme for harbor improvements, and operations will begin this morning, when engineers will proceed to lay off work in connection with the northern mole. The judges in the turnip crop competition of the Masterton A. and P. Society have awarded first and second prizes to Messrs McGregor Bros, and Bland Raynor respectively, who were the only entrants to compete ont of four entries. The crop of the winners worked out at 40 tons ocwt per acre, Jaud of the second prize winner 33 tons IGcwt.

At the end of last month there were 26,425 boxes, or 660 tons of butter held in store in Auckland, while during the season 2700 tons •were exported. Including stored butter up to the end of March, when the year closed, and exports up to the same date, this makes the total for the year 4051 tons, an increase of over 1300 tons on the previous year.

At Napier this morning an injunction was granted by Justice Cooper to prevent Napier Borough Council from cutting off the water supply to the Government buildings. The Judge said that Government was prepared to pay a reasonable amount for the supply and expressed the opinion that the Council’s water .meter read too high. Giving evidence at the enquiry into the collision at Bankside, the enginedriver stated that the brakes worked well or not a soul would have lived.

The Wanganui Borough Council last night appointed a committee to report on the advisability of adopting the provisions of the Biro Brigade Bill. At a meeting of ladies at Dunedin yesterday it was decided to form a society for promotion of the health of women and children. Dr Trnhy King addressed the meeting on the subject of infant feeding, and gave health hints to mothers to observe during critical periods of their lives and afterwards, so that their children might be strong.

Claude Paget, against whom the Wellington Grand Jury presented a true bill yesterday, is to take his trial next Monday morning on the charge of having murdered Pearl Axel, by shooting her at her homo in Abel Smith-street. The case was mentioned to Mr Justice Cooper yesterday, when Mr Myers, Crown, Prosecutor, said that it would bo more convenient if the case was taken last of those on the list for the current criminal sessions. Mr Wilford, counsel for the accused, said that course would best suit his convenience, for be desired an opportunity to have preliminary examinations of the witnesses for the defence, who number thirty-one. At Foildiug Court this morning, before Messrs Kirton and Buruo, George B. Taylor was lined 10s and costs 7s for having furiously riddou a motor bicycle on May 7tli in Manchester street, Feildi'ug. The sergeant, iu giving his evidence, said lie had never seen a vehicle travelliugl’at such a rate iu a public street, and estimated the speed at 25 miles ai hour. The Bench, on the.ground that it was the first case of the kind that had come before the Court, inflicted a nominal penalty, hut uotiliod that future cases would receive severer treatment.

Messrs J. Harris and Son, laud agents, Martou and Marton Junction, inform us that only three sections in the .Spring Creek estate now remain unsold, and refer to the strong demand for suburban sites, as evidenced by the ready sale of the subdivisions of Hawkstoue, Burnside, and Spring Creek. The inclusion of the Martou Junction within the Borough on equitable terms, and the furtherance of the proposed tram line to connect both places will be of great advantage iu stimulating trade, and with gas and water laid on to the Junction the link will he complete and joint prosperity assured. See the ‘firm’s advertisement above the loader. At the meeting of the Cheltenham Dairy Company yesterday the chairman, Mr W. Mills, informed suppliers that the directors had decided to pay out 9d per lb this month. There was a decided fall iu the butter market and two-thirds of the last month’s Jontput was still iu store, and it was not yet known what price they would obtain for tho butter iu stock. He thought they would agree with him that under tho circumstances it would not be safe for them to pay out a high price. If it was possible, of course, later to pay a higher price the directors would do so. For the future they would have to determine mouth by month according to the market what to pay suppliers. The directors had been informed that other local companies were only paying up to B%d and 9d.

Mrs Jessie Lomas, Gladstone, Q., writes:—“l strongly advise every parent to keep a bottle of Chamberlain’s Gough Remedy in the house, and I always make a point of telling my friends of the recovery of my sou. For 11 years he had suffered from acute bronchitis, and though I had him try a lot of things, nothing seemed to give him permanent relief.' A medical man advised me to get Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, and I did so. A decided improvement was noticed before the first bottle was used, and I am pleased to state that after he had taken four bottles, he was completely cured, and is now enjoying the best of health. For sale by T. H. Bredin, Marion; Enis Bros., Hunterville ; and W. B. Clark, Bulls.

MILKING MACHINE HISTORY. jThc first milking machine is recorded 100 years ago, since when at least 100 different machines have appeared. In spite of Automatic roleasers, and innumerable devices designed to overcome the dangerous stress on the cows, every machine failed absolutely. It remained for Gillies, a Victorian farmer, to patent, five years ago, the principle of inlettiug air in like manner to the calf, and thus produced the “Law-rence-Keuncdy-Gillies, ” the first successful milker One machine having now proved successful will naturally produce imitators, hut past history proves their chance of success is one in 100.