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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8830, 5 June 1907, Page 2

The Education Board has boon authorised by .Government to accept the lowest tender for the erection of a building _ for the Peildiug Technical School. The sum of £ll3 12s was last night handed to the captain of the Hastings Fire Brigade on behalf of the citizens, to be divided among members in recognition of their efforts in the recent disastrous fire. In consequence of the continued dry weather, the soil in many districts in the Ashburton County has become so hard, that ploughing operations have had to be temporarily abandoned. Sowing operations have also been suspended, as portions ot the land already ploughed have been turned up in hard, solid blocks, rendering the ■work of pulverising it practically impossible. —Lyttelton Times.

The retort courteous! A learned counsel was cross-examining a litigant in the Supremo Court at Wanganui and persisted in addressing him by the name of the other party in the case. Finally, lie in the box said, ‘ I would rather you called me Mr than Mr . ” “Quito so,” replied the couusel, “no doubt in} client is of the same mind.” One unexpected result of prohibition has occurred at Ashburton, presumably owing to the heavy demands of late on the water supply. Many of the residents complain that thoir pump water supply is failing; in fact, in a number of cases the water has entirely disappeared. One townsman states that ho has been obliged to got his water pipe driven down an additional 35ft to ensure a . permanent supply. Other residents have abandoned their pumps, aud are altogether dependent on rain water in tanks. Court this morning, before Mr A, P, Thompson. S.M., J. Kirtou was fined 10s and Ts_ forentering a hotel with a prohibited person. Judgment was given for plaintiff in the following undefended cases W. J. Williams y. P. Herdmau, £1 10s, costa 10s; T. \V. Potts v. J. Bahsou, £ll Os :'d. costs 15s: H. D. Pulley v. 11. Field, £5, costs 20s; W. Toose v. J. W. Thomas, 16s, costs 10s; T. G. Tnstin v. F. W. Maney, £l9 3s, costs 80s Cd;W.|Watts v. A. Guthrie, £6 12s, costs 23s Od ; Bartholomew Bros. v. T. H. Giles, £3 7s sd, costs 10s; same v. W. Terry, £ll 3s od, costs 345. Judgment Summons : V.. Waddell aud Co. v. H. Christie, claim £6 Os 9d, ordered to pay forthwith, in default seven days’ imprisonment; R. O, Harden v. W. P. Carrington (in this case the order was not granted); P. J. Kelly v. F. W. Maney, claim £6, ordered to he naid forthwith, in default seven days’ imprisonment; Barraud aud Abraham v. F, Hanson, claim £3 9s -id, ordered to be paid forthwith, in default three days; P. Haswell v. J. O. Packer, order suspended as long as £1 per mouth is paid ; Hoult aud Sou v. P. Adair, claim £3 10s ordered to pay forthwith, in default five days; Feilding Borough Council v. T. H. Giles, no order made. The case of Emma Adams, of Halcomhc, v. Owen'McElroy, a claim for £SO, value of a mare hired by defendant aud killed while being driven by defendant’s servant, is proceeding. Respite unfavourable weather conditions a largo number of guests gathered last evening to witness the ceremony of the newly-elected officers of the Morgan Lodge U. being publicly installed. Among the guests were representatives of Bishop and Aramoho Lodges, Wanganui; and Oroua Lodge, Palmerston' North. The installation ceremony was impressively conducted by Pistrict President Bro. Smith, of Wanganui, assisted by P.P.P. Bro. Gronn as M.O. The following officers were installed :—J. P. A. Bro. Slight, A.P. Bro. Woolley, V.A.P. Bro. Jolly, Secretary Bro. Sicely reelected, Treasurer Bro. Puck, I. G. Bro. Puklowski, O.G. Bro. Wallace, A.P.B,’s Bros. Stafford aud Carey, V. Bros. Light-bourne and Hutchinson, M.S. Bro. W. Thurston re-cloctcd. After the ceremony the guesis were entertained at supper, whilst the floor was cleared for dancing which was kept merrily going until early hours of morning. to delightful music supplied by .Or ; gauist Bro. Bert Orozior. Songs and recitations were interspersed with the dances aud altogether a most enjoyable evening was spent. At the annual meeting of Wellington Rose and Carnation Club it was announced that at the Club’s January show a Sweet Pea Cup or Shield, of the value of £lO 10s, will bo offered for competition.” In addition theve will ho first, second, third, and fourth money prizes, with the idea of securing a number of ex- J Mbits. The prizes will be rpeu to i all New Zealand, either amateur or professional, and will be awarded for the best 13 vases of Sweet Peas, each vase of different -variety to the J others, and each vase Ed contain 10 spikes of blooms, The winner* of the trophy to hold same for one year only aud to return-it to the Society in time for competition next season, on the same terms and conditions. In addition to the above prizes the National Sweet Pea Society of England lias offered a special medal for competition, particulars of which will be announced late”. Mr RobertSydenham, of Birmingham, has also promised a medal or a piece of plate for 9 vases of Sweet Peas, so that there will be plenty of opportunity for horticulturists to secure valuable prizes.

At a meeting of Auckland Hospital Board the case of Miss McMillan, who died recently while being conveyed from her home to the hospital in an ambulance, was discussed, and some serious statements* were made. Mjs's McMillan died a few days after the death from plague pf Miss Kitchen. It was asserted a sister was not allowed to accompany the deceased, who was in a very weak state. One member of, the Board characterised the whole thing as almost a disgrace to a civilised community. It was .considered by some members that a nurse should accompany the ambulance, but exception was taken to this on the ground of expense, and that it was not the duty of that Board. One member considered the health authorities should have properly supervised the matter. It was decided to refer the matter to the Finance Committee.

Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is good for any member of the family. It cures coughs of all kinds. It is the product of much thought and study. It is composed of ingredients which cure easily and soothingly without harming the most delicate tissues of the throat. Chamberlaiu’s Cough Remedy acts as easliy and safely on the young as on the old. It is the ideal remedy for coughs. For sale hy T. H. Brcdin, Marton; Ellis Bros,. Hunterville, aud W. B. Clark. Bulls.

Lustrous hair is desired by all ladies who study their appearance. Capilla Hair Tonic is guaranteed to give you this. Try it. We are selling Clincher covers at 18s Gd, tubes Os, Djralop covers 20s, tubes 6s (kl ; Oceanic covers 11s 6d, tubes 5s 6d; Atlas covers 11s, tubes 5s 6d».- The prices only hold good till Juno 10th. Mail ns your requirements to-day. | T. Reynolds and Co,* No matter from what lorrn of rheumatism you suffer—chronic, muscular, inflammatory —or gout, sciatica, lumbago Bhecmo will surely cure yon. All stores 2/6 & 4/6. .

The Irish Sinn Fein will not even pla? ; English football, but have invented a Gaelic game.

The engineering building of McGill University, Montreal, has been destroyed by fire. The loss is £150,000.

Moans were heard coming from the grave in which a French farmer had been buried. The coffin was opened, and the state of the body showed that the man | had been buried alive.

Ten or fifteen years ago it was- the exception for a well-bred woman to be a. teetoiler ; now it is well-nigh the rule. The amount -of water consumed in London ladies’ clubs would fill a reservoir.

America is asking tenders for an up to-date patrol ship, with wireless telegraphy and a radius of 5000 miles, to be used in destroying derelicts and helping vessels in distress in the North Atlantic.

A party of more than a Hundred priests and laymen and women left England on April 10th on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. The pilgrimage has been arranged by the Catholic Association. Some idea, of the .actual distress at Woolwich, consequent on retrenchment at the Arsenal, can bo gauged by the fact that 15,000 men and their families have had to leave the borough.

The police at Turin have arrested nine railway who are accused of a serios of thefts from trains on the Italian railways. Stolen goods have been recovered to the value of £2OOO.

The Hew York Times has asked the opinion of the leading republican news-, papers as to whether the President’s popularity is as great now as it was in 1901. The G 8 answers so far received are unanimously in the affirmative. The National Zeitung states that the journeymen tailors’ strike has ended in the complete defeat of the men, who hava returned to work at tho wages offered hy the masters. Besides Berlin, 73 large towns in Germany were affected by the strike.

The solicitor of George Raynor, the murderer of William Whiteley, announces that tho total number of signatures to the petition for reprieve was 591,473." This is the largest number of signatures ever received for a petition for the reprieve of a murderer.

A mooting at Ground on protested raim-t che delay of Government in

rwoeoodir.g with the Beef ton—Westport line and Mr Colvin, local mombur, urged to bring the matter under the notice of Government.

Tho Borough Council has decided to reoucst Mr Mestnyer, of Wellington, to advise on scheme of di-Hirdag for Gisborne.

Mr it. M. Crow, a wealthy young man of I'ltt-bv. i-g, stood up in his box at the Grand Opera House during the performance on-April 11 and committed suicide by shooting himself in the abdomen. His undo ascribes the act to “ Pittsburg paranoia,” an uncontrollable impulse to do something sensational.

Mr C. A. Loughnan, of tho well-known legal firm of Messrs Hankins, Loughnan, and Lockhart-Fiteherbert, has been appointed Crown Prosecutor for Palmerston district, in 'succession to Mr H. S. Fitzhcrbort, tho new Stipendiary Magistrate for Kow Plymouth. Wo congratulate Mr Loughnan on his appointment.

Nearly A 1 tho members of the Russian I Duma, have received circulars from an oaterpri-dr.g American insurance company inviting them to insure their “in-vi.-.iablj ” lives. Tho circulars direct # then- attention to a list of thirty-one | Hussion personages who have perished at the hands of the terrorists within tho last three years, and whoso relatives have benefited through the foresight of the deceased in insuring with the company. The list includes M. Plehvo and Baron Meydel. A peculiar incident has occurred in connection with tho North express, says a Christchurch telegram. Just before arriving attbe crossing between Brindwyr and Papnnui the train was stopped by a woman, who had observed a gap of six or eight inches in one of tho rails, a pioco having been broken off. Tho train was run slowly over the gap, but had it been travelling at full speed a horrible accident might have occurred. No explanation was given how the rail was broken, and the piece of metal is missing. Several trams passed before the express, but observed nothing, and tho line inspector and ganger failed to notice the gap in the morning.

Many old residents of Foilding and surrounding districts will regrot to hear of the death of Mr Frank Owen, who has resided in Feilding since 1874, following his profession as a surveyor. During the last few years his health has been very indifferent, and some two years ago he was obliged to undergo an operation in Wellington which it was thought for a time was successful. During the past six months his friends noticed that he was failing fast, and tho end was not altogether unexpected. Tho deceased gentleman's unassuming nature and gentlemanly disposition won for him a large circle of friends.

Convert-.! from a smart little steam yacht into ri.o most perfectly equipped :-:dv,igo beat in .the world, the Alfred Nobel left Loudon on April Gth for tho South African coast. Her docks wero uttered wirli suction pipes and tackle of every description. It is for Capo Vidal, on the. lonely Zululand coa?t, that tho Alfred NeJ..-) has sailed to search for bullion am..imting to ,£230,000, representing the late Mr Kruger’s private fortune, believed to be lying at tho bottom of the sea in the barque Dorothea. No one knows for certain whether the Dorothea, when she sailed from Delagoa Bay, contained the gold or not. One story is to the effect that-the crew were enticed from the ship on the evening before she was to sail, and that during thoir absence the gold was transferred from the Dorothea to a private American yacht, on which it was conveyed to America. The vessel now lies several fathoms under water, covered with sand.

[ At the annual mooting of Auckland Licensing Committee, tho chairman referred to tho employment of barmaids in hotels. Twelve months ago the elected members of the committee made a pronouncement in which they expressed tho hope that all licensee? should, as far as possible, dispcit-o with barmaids. Thoy regretted that licensees had not acted on the expression- of opinion thus made. Tho commit!-)!.- recognised that thoy had I no power L- enforce compliance with j their i-i'tomm; lelation, but they again i expressed a de-fire that licensees should dispense with the employment of barmaids as soon as convenient. Speaking to a Star reporter, a member of the trade sail! tho matter laid received most careful consideration at their hands, hut they considered the reform too great to bring about iji tho short time which had elapsed since last meeting. Mr M. Foley, chairman of the Licensed Victuallers’ Association, says the trade is unanimously against tho suggested abolition, and had passed a resolution courteously declining to inaugurate the - reform. A member of the Executive Committee of the Association, who is one of tho leading hotelkeepers, stated emphatically that he was opposed to prohibiting female labor in the bars, and would use all his influence to frustrate any attempt to change existing conditions.

‘ ‘ For croupy coughs, ’ ’ says Mr J, Abbott, general merchant, Daudcnongand North Mirboo, “there is nothing quite so good as Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It is the one medicine that I always keep in my homo, so as to have convenient to give any of tho children who show symptoms of a cough or cold. The longer 1 use it so does my faith-, increase as to its efficacy; The people of Oandonong think a great deal of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, 1 and thcirxommonts are always flattering. For sale by T. H. Bred in, Marion; Ellis Bros., Huntorville; and W. B. Clark, Bulls.

We offer rou 40 dozen Ladies ' Flannelette Chemises, Nightdresses, Combinations and Knickers at less thair price of materials at McEl(lovvaty’s Stores; Marton, Huntervillo and Taihape. “The last word in Cocoas” is Bonruville, the most delicious of 1 flavoured, cocoas. Its aroma is delightful, It has no superior.

V The valuation of buildings erected or altered in Wellington for the twelve months ending March 31st is £344,000. At the annual meeting of Dunedin Licensing Committee the police report was favourable in all cases, and all applications for renewals were granted.

A question of alleged suspicious running in connection with the Day v. McLachlan match has been referred to the New Zealand Athletic Union, and full investigation is to be made immediately. Mr W. B. Mathespn lias been definitely announced as a ■ candidate for the Masterton seat at next general election.

The death is reported from Dunedin of Dr. W. D. Milne, solicitor, a prominent Otago University graduate, after a prolonged illness. Deceased was a prominent volunteer.

At Christchurch yesterday Mr Bishop, S.M., remanded for sentence two youths Thomas Moody and Walter Henry Lilley who pleaded guilty on twelve informations of having broken into and entered houses and stolen articles therefrom.

A 15,000 miles race from Sydney between the English four-masted barques Vimicra and Port Jackson, ended in a .victory for the Vimieia, which arrived at Falmouth on April 18th, completing the voyage in ninetyseven days. This time was beaten, however, by another barque, tho Australia, which arrived at Falmouth, completing her voyage in eighty-eight days. Wo are quite aware that there are many Japanese . who prophesy that the next struggle of Japan will be with the United States, and wo agree in so far as it seems a time is approaching when theEastv and the West, having completed a full circle, -will be brought into active competition. But the time has not yet come.—Japan Herald, Yokohama.

Prince Lovoff, chairman of the Zemstvo Famine Relief Committee, states that ho has received up to tho present from English sources a million roubles (over £100,000). Thanks to this aid and the Government grants the worst forms of distress have been to a considerable extent coped with, but two moro difficult months remain, and ’ the Zemstvo organisation is in groat straits. ■ Tho social to be held in the Drill Shed, Marton, on Friday evening to celebrate tho 43ud anniversary of Court Little John, A.0.F., promises to be a great success. Tickets have sold well, aud the committee have all arranegmonts complete for entertaining a largo number. A splendid programme has been arranged aud the music is in the capable hands .of Crozier’s Orohetsra, a guarantee of excellence. Dancing will commence at eight. The. committee meet at the shed at eight p.m on Thursday to give a final touch to the floor, which will be in perfect order.

In Silesia a woman was brought before the Criminal Court on a charge of wounding her husband. The latter, according to the evidence, was a man of drunken and dissipated habits, who ■ had on repeated occasions treated his wife with extreme brutality. In revenge the woman poured molten lead into his ears, inflicting terrible injuries. In view of the provocation sho had received, however, the Court acquitted her, its decision being received with loud applause on tho part of those present 1 . Yesterday Margaret Cuttle was charged at Dunedin Police Court with beating her daughter, Nellie, aged fourteen, with undue severity. Complainant stated she had been beaten for an hour with a supplejack across tho body and arms. Tho second beating with a strap lasted about half an hour. The defence was that the girl was punished but not excessively for going to houses improperly conducted. The mother had dressed the girl in hoys’ clothing in order to prevent her going to such places. Owing to conflicting evidence tho Magistrate dismissed the case it being understood that the Salvation Army would look after the girl in the meantime.

Tiie comfort of elderly people depends very largely on keeping the bowels in a. healthy condition. After certain ago, muscular weakness causes chronic constipation, a complaint which invariably causes serious illness. No medicine is so safe, pleasant or certain for old people’s relief as Chamberlain's Tablets. Try them. They are just what you need. For sale by T. H. Brediu, Marton ; Ellis Bros., Hunterville; aud W. B. Clark, Bulls. A SUCCESSFUL MILKING MACHINE.

On tho 31st January last, 235 Lawrence - Kennedy - Gillies Milking plants, comprising 544 machines, where actually at work in New Zealand. Since thou over 120 moro plants, comprising 245 machines, have been booked for tho ensuing season. A full list of purchasers’ names can he seen on application to the agents. The above figures, also the fact that orders continue to be placed in increasing numbers, speaks with no uncertain voice as regards the reliability and popularity of the ‘ L.K.G.” After five years’ use, this machine can claim the unique distinction of being the first successful milking, machine. See our Ready Money prices for Grocery and Tea. Excellent quality and lowest prices still obtained at the Co.-op Stores, North Broadway Marton.