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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8816, 18 May 1907, Page 2

The Rev; Mr Wilson will take the afternoon service at Saudon on Sunday. The Greatford service will he hold in the morning. The Cheltenham Literary and Debating Society held its first meeting for the winter on Friday night. The subject of debate was “Should Women sit in Parliament?” Mr Hare led in the affirmative and Mr j W. Mills in the negative, the votes on the question being 15 and 1 35 re- ■ spectively. Musical items, were given after the debate and refreshments supplied. The election of officers resulted as follows: President Mr- W. Mills, Vice-Presidents Messrs J. Bruce aud J. H. Booth, secretary Mr J. Hare, treasurer Mr J. Murray.

Hokitika ratepayers have carried the proposal to constitute the Borough a fire district. At Wellington Police Court yesterday, Arohibal John McNeill, alias MacDougall, ■was sentenced to six months imprisonment for obtaining goods by false pretences, and was remanded to the Supreme Coart to be I dealt with as an habitual criminal.

At a meeting of school teachers and others at Dunedin it was resolved to celebrate Empire Day by assembling the school cadets and boys of the fourth standard and upwards at the Tnanglo to salute the flag and listen to addresses bj members of the Empire League. Almost tho whole of tho land in the Scilly Isles is devoted to the cultivation of spring flowers. In 1887 the amount exported was only about 10 tons. Last year it was SCO tons, and this year it will probably reach 1000 tons; representing about 100,000,000 blooms. Tho flowers are chiefly narcissi and daffodils.

Details of the work in connection with tho salvage of the Snevic show how great were the dangers which had to be faced. The divers were frequently washed some distance away from the vessel, and badly bruised and cut by being dashed against the pinnacled rocks amongst which tho liner was lying. During the severing operations, when, it is said, the debris was sometimes hurled by the explosives on to the cliffs 1200 yards away, only one slight mishap occurred. The following nominations have been received by the secretary of the Feildiug A. and P. Association for officers and committe for the ensuing year :—President, H. Booth; hon. treasurer, E. Goodbehero; for seven vacancies on general committee, A. H. Atkinson, A. Campbell, L. E. Jackson, A. |R. Mayo. J. R. McLean, J. F. Mills, J. Morrison, J. H. Perrett, W. J. Phillipss, 11. Roberts, F. O. Boss, G. H. Saywell, A. T. Stain, J. Waugh, and J. B. McLellan.

Pathetic scones were witnessed in Portsmouth on March 11, on the occasion of the interment in one grave of five young children of one family, who had died within a few days of each other. A crowd numbering many thousands assembled in the cemetery to show sympathy with tho parents. The father is an ex-soldier, who fought with the H ampshire regiment in the South African war, and had recently been out of employment.

Professor Irvin Fisher, of Yale University, has completed a series of tests extending over a period of two years with 49 persons, indicating that non-flesh eaters or vegetarians have far more endurance than those accustomed to the ordinary diet. The test consisted in keening the arms extended as long as possible, of deep knee-bending, and also of leg-raising, the subject lying on his back.

At Chicago recently Mr W. L. Times challenged his daughter lona, aged 19, to wrestle. The girl was home from college and had boasted of hor physical prowess, which she said was the result of playing basketball for tho Rensselaer College team, the champions of Indiana. In three minutes tho father was thrown. Tho physicians found that one of his legs was broken and his knee-cap split. Ho sustained other minor injuries, and was taken to the Hospital.

The Minister for Marine, Hon. J. A. Millar, speaking in Auckland last week, said lie had seen by newspapers that an attempt was being made to foster tho cry of North v. South. God forbid that it should come to this. He trusted tliat no man in tho colony, whether ho came from the extreme North or South, would ever permit the interests of the two islands to be divided. (Applause.) There was great room for development in the North Island, for not one-third of the possible settlement had been effected, and it would be criminal on anyone’s part to interfere with the development of the North, which must mean the development of the whole colony, for increased production and wealth benefited New Zealand as a whole. •

Busy business ’men who make time for civic affairs will doubtless appreciate the following from the Dunedin Star: “ Last night’s business of the City Council (excluding what was taken in committee) occupied two hours, when it might reasonably have been concluded in an hour. This was not tho fault of the new Councillors; they said very little. For the benefit of those Councillors who will rise to make an explanation, and at the same time get in a second and often a third speech, it might be as well to remind them that there is a motion on the minutes of the Council fixing the hour of risihg at 10.30. The ‘ talking ’ Councillor —the one who speaks for the sake of speaking—becomes very tiresome and uninteresting.”

The meeting at Wellington at which Mr Tregear, Secretary for Labour, advocated profit-sharing, was addressed by Dr Macdonald, a Socialist orator, who advocated a co-operative Commonwealth, He said, among other things, that “ there must bo total communism, when all private ownership must vanish, when taxes would bo withheld, and when Governments could only continue by the aid of the voluntary contributions of fools.” One of the speakers declared that the Arbitration Court “ must have power to fix a limit of profits, rales of interest, and rents,” and this statement was received with applause. Mr Tregoar, after belauding the Act, said : “ Why not begin amending tbe Arbitration Act by giving it power to introduce a profit-sharing element ? (Applause.) Compulsory arbitration was merely a part of that glorious system that was going to come. It was a bit of new cloth on the old garment. The remedy was not to tear off the new patch, but if, like Paddy’s gun, it had to be renewed lock, stock and barrel, then it must be the old parts that must be torn away. The Act was a good one, though it had been badly put into operation; and they must stand by it till it became unworkable, and then got something better.” Mr Trogear was enthusiastically applauded.

An amusing reference to the great Russian scare of 20 years ago was made the other night by Vice-Admiral Fawkes. Some young men in Wellington to-day must well remember the chill that went through them when their elders terrified them with a declaration that the Russians were coming. At that time, said his Excellency, his old chief was the Admiral in charge of a squadron at Yokohama, where a Eussian fleet was also lying, and the officers and men of both detachments were on very friendly terms. When the British Admiral hoard that the Russians were meditating a run towards Hew Zealand, he did not start for Auckland. He bought up all the coal in China ; he was the right man in the’right place, and he had another advantage. A naval commander, when asked what was the firet requisite of an Admiral, replied, "A good cook” and the British Admiral at Yokohama had a good cook, in tho opinion of the Russian commander. The Briton, getting information that the Eussian fleet was about to depart for Nagasaki, sent an invitation to his fooman thus; “Will you dine with me at Nagasaki on Thursday?” “Yes,” came tho reply, ‘but how did you know that I was going to Nagasaki too ?” That was about as far as the Russians got in their invasion of New Zealand.

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During the year ending March last 109,701 sheep were railed from Feildiag, nearly double the quantity fire years ago. Tho Hawera Star reports that Mr B. Dive has received a cablegram from Messrs Wilier and Riley, dated London, 11th test., to the effect that the ruling price for New Zealand butter is 97s to 995, and for cheese 64s to 655, and that an advance is expected in the price of both batter and cheese.

Wheat is usually supposed to be the chief agricultural product of the United States. This a mistake. It comes fourth on tho list. Maize is the greatest crop of the States, hay coming second in value, cotton third, and wheat fourth. What tho drop ol water does to the hardest stone is small compared to what a thread of yarn can accomplish. Major MeClaughey, a prison governor, once found a prisoner who was supposed to be pounding stone, working away at one of the bars to an outside window* The man finally admitted what he was doing and was induced to give a demonstration. A grating of the same description was placed in his cell and a guard stationed over him to exact the proof of his statement. With the limestone dust and silicate from the stone pile, the yarn from his stocking and a little water this man out the Bessemer steel bar in 18 working hours. With some fine emery, a chalk line, and two wooden handholds to save his fingers he made the other clean out of the bar in five hours, proving the matter to the warder’s satisfaction. ’

An old man named Wefer was picked up Off Recherche recently (states the Argus), in an exhausted condition, after having been about a week af sea in a small boat trying to get to Hobart from Cox’s Bight. Captain Edward Knight, master of the ketch Huon Pine, reported that he had been informed that a small boat had been sighted from Recherche adrift off Sunken Reef. Captain Knight kept a look-out, and at daylight sighted tho craft. On putting off ho found the boat moored to soma kelp, and the only occupant the old man, covered with a piece of canvas and much exhausted. He was brought to by refreshments aboard the ketch, and stated ho was a Russian, about seventy-six years of age, and, owing to being short of food at Cox’s Bight, where he was working by himself getting tin, he had tried to make Hobart, but bad weather drove him round South-west Cape, and then back again to Whale’s Head. He had been three days without food. He managed to bring with him five bags of tin, but arrived in Hobart in a perilous plight. _ On Tuesday, 23rd ult., Mr H. Robinson, a Moo (Tic.) farmer, was unable to account for the sudden disappearance of one of his dairy cows. The animal, which had been milked the previous evening, was enclosed in a securely-fenced paddock. A search was made, but no trace of tho cow could be found until nearly mid-day on the following Thursday, two and a half days after her disappearance. She was found concealed about 20ft in side a hollow log. The animal, it is thought, entered the log for shelter from the pelting rain. She was on her knees the cavity in which she was discovered being only spacious enough to permit of her remaining in a lying-down position. In order to extricate the beast a large hole was hewn. The cow on being released rushed madly about tho paddock, until she reached the remainder of the dairy herd. The cow had broken off both horns while confined in the log. The New Zealand Herald’s correspondent supplies tho following details in regard to commissariat arrangements of the Maori gathering at Waahi: —“The menu consists of beef, pork, vegetables, mussels, pipis, potatoes, and kumeras. Biscuics and baker’s bread, with factory butter, is in generous supply. Some idea of the quantity of food required may be formed when it is stated that the daily expenses for bread and groceries alone average .£96 —twenty-six oases of ship’s biscuits, 700 41b loaves, 12 bags of sugar, and 41b of tea being consumed every day. About 100 tons of potatoes, 8 tons of pipis and mussels, 18 tons of kumeras, 40 bullocks, and 20 pigs have been accounted for, and all this exclusive of 'edibles bought at the temporary stores on the grounds, all of which appear to do a roaring trade.” These kind of orgies and lengthy sitting- of Native Laud Courts in towns are the main factors contributing towards the decadence of the grand old Maori race.

The Conciliation Board sat at Palmerston yesterday, Mr P. J. O’Eegan presiding. The business was in connection with tbe timber workers’ dispute. The employers represented ware P.N. Sash and Door Co. (Ur Moller), Union Timber Co. (Mr A. E. Bennett), Tiritca Timber Co. (Mr Clausen), Mr Broadbelt (Rongotea), Mr Ewen McGregor (Mangaonoho), Mr B. L. Knight (Utiku), Mr Jensen (Hawke’s Bay Timber Co.), Mr Zajonskowski (Marten), Mr Wakelin of Wakolin and Hadley, Mr J. J. Booth (Otaki), Mr Grenfell (Wellington Employers’ Association), Mr G. H, Hayfcittle, Mr W. A. L. Bailey, Mr Carpenter (Manawatu Timber Co.), Mr Gardiner (Taihape), Mr Sowersby (Utiku), Mr Bergh (Taihape), Mr W. Cooke (Palmerston), Mr G. Bartholomew (Feilding), and Mr Rowles. The principal demand of tho workers was for a week of 45 hours, overtime at rate of time and a half, and double time on Sundays and statutory holidays. The Board went into conference and up till 4 p.m. Several matters were dealt with but the Chairman informed our reporter that no definite decisions had boon arrived at. Tho members of the Board left this morning for Wanganui.

A sensational incident occurred last week at CToyno, Melbourne, tho residence of His Excellency Sir John Madden. A party from Cioyne, consisting of Miss quby Madden, Mrs Vallange, and Colonel Campbell, purposed attending at Mrs Green’s pupils’ fancy dress ball at the Town Hall. Shortly before 8 o’clock the party drove from the house, but when the vehicle was passing through the gates a remarkable accident occurred. An electric wire connected with the lights on the gate-posts was exposed. In some way the trappings on the pair of horses came in contact witn tho live wire. Both animals foil instantly to the ground. So sudden was their fall (says the Argus) that the occupants “of the carriage were severely jolted, but fortunately none were injured. The startled hofses kicked and reared, but the grip of the electricity held them closely and they were unable to regain their feet. Two gentlemen who wero passing rushed to the coachman’s assistance. They grasped the reins near the horse’s head, and one must have handled the piece of metal, for he, too, was struck to tho ground. They held firmly to the reins, however, but a few moments later sparks flew out from the bits in tbe horses’ mouths and they were compelled to. loosen their grasp. Someone had the presence of’mind to turn out the gate-post lights, the current ceased and tho horses were enabled to regain their feet and reached the Town Hall all right.

Bendigo (Victoria) lady swimmers are modest. Their club held its first carnival on the 18th ult., and several young ladies competing were shy of swimming under the’eyes of men. The question of admitting men to the carnival was debated, and it was decided as a compromise that single men should be excluded, but that married men (whether accompanied by their wives or alone) might be admitted. No production of marriage certificates was demanded, but yrung men applying for admission who did not wear the care-' worn look of the married were closely questioned. A reporter for a Bendigo newspaper managed to get through the gate. A lady with gold-rimmed spectacles approached him. “ Are you married?” “ No,” said the reporter.. “Then you must leave,” “ But I want to report the carnival.” “ Ask your office to send a married reporter.” On the staff of that newspaper there is no married reporter This—waa pointed out, but the lady was relentless, and the reporter had to leave.

Warm ruga for camping Cb x 73, 6s lid, 70 x 80 7s lid to Ss lid, 70 x 90.105, 6d. Waterproof carriage rugs 11s 6d, 12s 6d, 14s Gd. Large stock of oilskins to hand, im ported direct—walking cut 9s Hd, 14s Cd; riding out, with full vents, 17s Gd, 25s Cd, Sis, 39s 6d; Splendid value.—Neal, ■ dash Clothier, Feildjng.* _

* Sir Joseph Ward left for New Zealand to-night. A large party at Charing Cross station gave him an eathuaisatio sendfoff. The following changes are made in Marton telephone list:—39, Houghton, 0. G. farmer, Wellington road alter to read 84, Gibbons, Mrs M. A.., “Armagh House. ” A passenger train from Natal to Johannesburg was recently “held np” by a large swarm of locusts. They were so densely clustered on the metals that the train was compelled to come to a standstill and wait until the line was cleared. The other day Auckland Education Board considered a request for renovation of a country school. The applicant said : “The repairs are required to be done very badly, and the building wants to be painted very bad outside. ’ ’ One of the duck-shooters, who went out after the recent big flood, informs the Woodville Examiner that he counted seventy dead trout in a backwater of the Mauawatu. They had apparently taken refuge there and were left by the flood. Some of the fish weighed up to three pounds.

In future Dr. Poxnare, Native Health Officer, will have charge of Maori settlements from Auckland southward and Dr. Buck, his assistant, will have jurisdiction over all settlements in Auckland provincial district.

word has yet'been received of the missing man Preston. The police at Blenheim suggest that the failure to find a trace of his bicycle or gun indicates that the man left the place with the intention to conceal his departure. The Stratford Borough Council refused to entertain a request from the Hospital Board for a contribution towards the cost of a morgue. Perhaps, says the Taranaki Herald correspondent, in cheerful comment, the councillors think the borough itself will be a candidate for the dead house if the bleeding process is carried too far.

Mr Laurensou, M.H.8., in his speech at Lyttelton, characterises the Farmers’ Union pamphlet on the Land Bill as “a document containing more misrepresentations and untruths to the square inch than anything that had been published since Ananias made his declaration to the Apostle Peter on the same subject.” Mr Mathesou, the Farmers’ Union representative, who has been conducting a campaign in Marlborough against the Land Bill, spoke at Blenheim last night. At five meetings so far resolutions have almost unanimously been carried in favour of tho optional tenure. The meetings have been poorly attended. A heavy southerly gale raged over Wellington last night. The average velocity of the wind was 38.6 miles per hour. A strong sea is running in the straits, several small vessels, which were due last night, had to seek shetlor on the coast. Tho Pateua, £which arrived from Lyttelton this morning, encountered a very heavy sea and shipped a good deal of water. The New Zealand Times cannot admit that the result of the Taranaki election was “a victory for the freehold” and says “although the opposition press generally, spread all tho sails of their argument to catch a breeze of evidence that the election showed 1 ‘ an exceedingly strong feeling” against tho Land Bill, the fact remains, as we pointed out some days ago in anticipation of this line of argument, that the Land Bill was as little in question as the fiscal issue.”

A curious application came before

the Supreme Court at Dunedin when r. witness who, counsel stated, had not removed Ins hat for thirty years, except for a brief period occasionally at meal times, was permitted to wear a cap iu court. Counsel explained that the reason why the man always wore his hat was because as soon as ho removed it lie was subject to severe attacks of qninsey. Mr 'Will Crooks, M.P., has boon giving shop assistants a little homily on the wisdom of combination. When he was on a visit to a lunatic asylum, someone asked what would happen to the officials if the lunatics combined. The reply was that hmatics never combined. Did that apply to shop, assistants? As his good friend John Burns said : “If you do uot hang together, you will hang separately. ’ ’ The New Zealand Times says we have good authority for stating that the trouble between dairy factory bauds and the factories of "Taranaki will probably be shortly settled in an amicable manner. The men have stated their demands—which are of a reasonable character, principally in the direction of winter holidays—and a conference of delegates from the labour union and from the cooperative factory directorates is to be held in a few days to consider the position.

The stomach of the people should be the State’s first consideration, says the Taranaki Daily News, To see salmon from British Columbia, tinned tomatoes from the south of France, tinned poaches from California, raisins from Symrna, olive oil from Italy, bottled peas from Heaven alone knows where, and nicely coloured up with Paris green in New Zealand, is a disgrace to any country that has tho facilities for growing them all as New Zealand has.

The death is reported from Chicago of Mr Louis W. Chaldicott, who was well known in this district a few years ago. Mr Chaldicott was an accountant in the firm of Messrs Freeman R. Jackson and Company for some years, a good all round athlete, the fastest amateur over hurdles and up to a quarter on the flat in New Zealand. He was a good footballer and boxer, and a successful amateur rider. Amongst his wins may be mentioned the Ladies’ Bracelet Steeplechase at Wanganui on Sir Hammond’s Bradlaugh, and the Ladles’ Bracelet Hurdles on the late Mr W. T. Owen’s Ebony. Figures, says an exchange, can bo made to prove almost anything. Figures, too, are tricky things, and need careful handling. One of the delegates at the Farmers’ Union Conference was plainly out of his depth when he started dabbling in big numbers. The area of Crown lands at present unsettled was troubling him, First ho called it 700 acres, and he repeated this estimate of the area until his figures wero questioned. Then he called it 7000, and there was an audible smile. His next attempt was a little bit higher, his imagination by this time having flown to seven thousand millions! And ho left it at that. Mr R. O. Bruce, of Raugitikei, .entered a strong protest at the meeting of the Acclimatisation Society against the indiscriminate slaughter of birds. On tho first day of the season, ho said, a campaign of slaughter was started, particularly against wild ducks. He had often wondered how it was possible, considering the deadly weapons that were used, for any of tho birds to survive. He- had read recently of swivel guns being used, and even motor launches to follow up tho ducks. The remedy, in his opinion, was to cultivate a healthier and cleaner state of public opinion—loud cries of “hear, hear”—an opinion which would regard this slaughter with horror as repugnant to tho instincts of all lovers of nature and of every true lover of sport. (Applause..) It was his endeavour, in making these remarks, to leaven public opinion, so that this slaughter, which had been imported from the Mother Country, should bo looked upon in New Zealand at once with scorn and contempt. (Loud applause.)

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