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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8845, 22 June 1907, Page 2

Over £IOOO has been collected in MastortoU for the Seddou Memorial Technical School.

The Railway Department has arranged to provide foot-warmers on the Welliugton-Napier lino from Monday next, and on the New Plymouth line within a few days. There will doubtless bo a large at tendance to-night at the exhibition to be given behind the White Hart Hotel, Martou, by O’Neill’s Buckjumpers. The company is' a large one, and has already made a great name for itself at the Exhibition and elsewhere, so that the entertainment is certain to be most interesting. The ncrformauco at Feilding • last night "was largely attended and very successful.

An American census gatherer was collecting the papers in one of the lower districts of a large town. An intelligent-looking woman handed him a document which contained an amusing entry. Under the inquiry, ‘‘Condition as to marriage?” the woman had written : “Hard up before marriage; worse afterwards. ’ ’

Natives have in many cases failed to pay to Government the cost of surveysof their laud, and a largo sum is owing. The threat to confiscate the laud has, however, resulted in £BOOO being collected in Wanganui in a few days.

The Star of Australia, duo from Sydney on Wednesday last, did not arrive at Auckland till this morning, having been delayed by violent easterly gales aud tremendous sea. It was'the worst gale the vessel has experienced on her sixteen voyages in the Tasman sea. At Feilding Court this morning Patrick Heunegau, on the information of the Stock Inspector, was fined the minimum penalty of 3d per head on 300 sheep for having neglected to dip them according to the Act. Fine aud costs amounted to £4 2s. Rougotea branch of the Farmers’ Union will hold a meeting on Thursday evening next at which Mr E. NeWmau has consented to giyo an address on the Laud Bill. Rougotea Orchestra, under the couductorship of Mr Pollard, have given their services aud will provide music during the evening. The natives of Raratouga who made friends with the Maoris at the Exhibition recently forwarded a large consignment of island fruit to the Waitotara Maoris. As the charges came to £BO the Maoris refused to take delivery, and tue fruit has been sold by auction at Wanganui, the receipts barely covering expenses.

For Wanganui Education Board election the candidates are : Northern district, Messrs G. Carson (retiring member), W. Cargill, Patea, D. Dive, Eltham, and Rev. W. White, Waverley; Southern district, Mr A. Fraser, retiring member; Middle district, Mr D. H. Guthrie (retiring member) aud Mr B. P. Lethbridge, Tnrakiua.

There will he no lack of applications from consumptives for admission to the Otaki Sanatorium. The institution was only opened for active work on Monday. Already there are four inmates, and 14 new applications for admission came before the district Hospital Board at its meeting yesterday. A quaint story is told illustrative of the power of faith. A girl at a theatre as the curtain went up was seized with a lit of coughing, find the man with her gave her'a lozenge and told her to suck it. It had » marvellous effect. It stopped her cough, but it did not dissolve. When the lights went up, she took it out and looked at it. It was a pean shirt button. He had gone to the wrong pocket 1 One of the prisoners sentenced at the Supreme Court, says the Lyttelton Times, had a remarkable piece of good fortune. In delivering sentence, His Honor said ; “Six months imprisonment; no, twelve. Well, as I’ve said it, six months; I don’t wish to alter it, but that was a slip. It should have been twelve Months. ’ ’ So the man went to gaol for six mouths, and looked correspondingly relieved. The annual reunion of the Sandou Old Boys’ Association was held in the Town Hall last night. There wore 500 visiting old boys and their friends so that it is needless to say t ho evening was a great success. Owing to the large numbers present some confusion occurred in the cloak room and some visitors took away the wrong coats. The committee will be glad if those who find themselves in this position will communicate with them so that the necessary readjustments may be made. A full report of the reunion will appear in Monday’s issue. A frost-proof potatoe, says ‘the Sydney Mail, would be as big a hit as a rust-proof wheat. Some experiments in the direction have been made by Mr P. W. Jenkins, of Nimifybelle. From half a pound of these costly potatoes obtained in 1895, Mr Jenkins secured a very good returns, and amply proved all that is claimed for them—-that frost-bite in no way prevents them from developing to maturity. Mr Jenkins’ crop from last year’s planting weighed about G cwt., all of splendid size and quality, a handsome return from what was originally two very small tubers. He fully believes that in a milder climate than Manaro these potatoes can be grown all the year round. Apropos of the extent to which the netting of trout is practised by New Zealand fishermen Mr G. F. Whitefide mentioned at the meeting of the Canterbury Acclimatisation Society that tons of trout were surreptitiously exported to Melbourne and Sydney, and afterwards returned to New Zealand and sold as smoked fish if no particular designation. The manner in which this was generally contrived was to pack the trout in ;ases with a few blue cod on top, vhich. was' usually sufficient to lass the customs’ examination. A story was told by Mr D. Buddo, U.H.R., chairman of the Oantermry Education Board, at the meetng of the School Committees’ Asociatiou, of a school committee in ho country which made application or a teacher for six children. They egretted that there wore no more ban six, and it was explained that levon could have been got together, iut the committee had not noticed hat the number had fallen so low. At tiio last meeting of the Hamilou Borough Council Dr. Brewis rrote to the effect that his water letre was “sufferingfrom an attack f galloping consumption.” The louncil had, ho stated, debited him fith consuming 45,000 gallons in iree months. The engineer sug- : estecl testing the meter, Dr. Brewis i > pay the cost if it proved to bo cor- ; set, and the suggestion was adopted, i ; being agreed that this was a case ; [ consumption more in the line of 1 io Council’s officials than the doc- i ir’s. ' 1 Eheurao has enabled many a poor iffer from rheumatism, gout, ( iatica, and lumbago to oncegmoro E ijoy health and happiness. Ss 6d \ id 4s (id, Sold everywhere. , j

Hitherto it has been the rule for the Post Office to accept inland letters and circulars posted in quantities of not less than 1000, the postage to bo prepaid in cash instead of affixing stamps to each article. It has now boon decided to reduce the minimum number to 240.

At a meeting o£ the N Z. Sheep Breeders’ Association held at the Show Grounds yesterday, it was resolved to offer for competition to the Hawke’s Bay A. and P. Association Show, at Hastings, in October next, four champion silver shields, value three guineas, for the champion ram In the Lincoln, English Leicester, Border Leicester and South Down breeds.

Auckland City Council has received two claims for compensation, one of £4OOO by the Kauri Timber Co., and the other of £2OOO by H. W. Fuller, for loss of riparian rights and property taken respectively in connection with waterworks extension.

Mr Puller, solicitor, was suspended by Mr Justice Chapman at Christchurch Supreme Court yesterday, at the instance of the Law Society, pending decision by the Appeal Court’on the question whether Mr Fuller had been culpably careless and negligent in the matter of payment of money of client. The talk concerning the Clyclevale Es tate has caused a mild boom in the Pomahaka Government settlement, which adjoins the Clydevale. A number of sections which have been unlet for years have now been taken up, and at present there are only 600 acres unoccupied, for which an application will be before the Land Board at its next meeting. Wanganui Amateur Athletic Club has applied to the Association to hold the championship meeting at Wanganui.

A rare opportunity for those in search of first-class sheep will he afforded by the Loan aud Mercantile Agency 00., Ltd., at their sale at Apiti on Tuesday next, when they will offer a special line of LiuoolnRomuey owes on account cf Messrs Malone Bros., who have sold their property. The sheep, 400 odd, comprise about 355 2 tooths, the balance being 4 tooth to fresh full-mouth. All are exceptionally well woollod and in tip-top condition. There arc also several other good lines coming in on account of other vendors to the same sale, which starts at 13.80 sharp.

* Some time ago a utilitarian lamp post was unveiled at Cheviot, as a memorial to the late Mr Seddon, aud there was a considerable ceremonial

stir about the uninspiring monument, which found an honoured place in illustrate! papers. This record has, however, been eclipsed in the far north. ‘‘An interesting ceremony was : performed at the Little Hanna Settlement on Friday last,” states the Auckland Star, ‘‘when a largo kerosene lamp, presented by Mr J. T. Stombridgo to commemorate the memory of the late Premier, was unveiled. The ceremony was performed by •Mr F. Law'ry, M.H.R., at tiio request of the Government. The ceremony was a very impressive one, especially the singing of a Seddou memorial hymn by the school children. Subsequently a sumptuous repast was partaken of in the hall, and many toasts were honoured. A dance was held in the evening. ’ ’

Two men, who violently resisted the police when being arrested, were brought before the Court at Dunedin yesterday. One powerfully-built ma.n, after having been handcuffed on a charge of stealing a bridle from his employer, viciously kicked a constable twice in the abdomen, inflicting painful injuries. The second man was roused out of a drunken sleep between the hours of one and two in the morning, and was only conveyed to the police station when four constables were summoned. On the way he contrived to wrench a waterproof cape from the bade of one officer, tearing it in half, and he so struggled and twisted that another policeman was thrown on his back in the mud, whereupon the captive screwed his heel on the policeman’s mouth, knocking out a front tooth and loosening four others, besides inflicting severe outward bruises. For reliable gig, buggy or milkcart harness, or horse appointments of all kinds G. B. Healey has the best and most up-to-date stock in the district. Also agent for A. 8.0. incandescent kerosene lamps, mantles, wicks and chimneys. A full stock kept. Kimholtou road, Feilding.*