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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8847, 25 June 1907, Page 2

A Kaikoura message states that Bullen’s Greenhills Estate on the Kaikoura-Waiau road, of 36,000 acres, has been bought by a Banks Peninsula syndicate for sub-division. The price is not known, but 'covers stock, including 00,000 sheep. The station adjoins the Crown lauds of Clarence Valley.

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 lu the district. Also agent for A. 8.0. incandescent kerosene lamps, mantles, wicks and chimneys. A full stock kept. Kimbolton road, Feilding.*

At the November examination of the Feilding High School, especially the Sixth and Seventh Standards having shown an uusatisafetory result, the Board consented, at the request of the committee, to hold another examination in six mouths’ time. It was held this month and at the meeting of the committee last night a resolution was passed congratulating the head teacher on the improvement manifested.

Before the business of the Marton Borougli Council was commenced last evening the Mayor, Dr. Skermau, took the opportunity of ex. pressing good wishes and congratulations to Mr H. 11. Hunt on his recent carriage, and in doing so referred to the many years he had been associated with the Council at the press table. The business of the meetings had always been reported in the Advocate with discretion.

At Taylorville yesterday, near the Red £ion Hotel, a nine-year-old boy named Bernard McGuire, who was playing on the bank of the Wanganui river, fell into the Water. The alarm was raised by some persons on the other side of the river, who saw the occurrence, and Mr E. O’Neill, of the Buckjumpers, who happened to be near Gordon’s stables, heard their shouts, jumped into the river and got hold of the child, who had come up for the second time. O’Neill, however, found himself also in difficulties, and was in an exhausted condition, when Mr “Jockey” Braid went into the river, and assisted both him and the child ashore. The boy was unconscioils, hut after first aid had been administered he. was very quickly able to go to his home, a short distance from the bridge.

As evidence of their desire to mat the 44th anniversary ball of the corf a huge.success Royal Rifles have jus had the ceiling of the Drill She lined. This will prevent the drippin which on former occasions has prove* a drawback. ' All arrangements fo the entertainment of the large num her of guests expected on Frida; evening are complete and are on " much more elaborate scale than an; which' the Royals have . attempted Previous functions of the corps havalways proved a success, and this om promises to eclipse them all. Tha popular combination, Orozier’s Or ohestra/'will supply music, and tin commissariat department is in tin hands of an experienced caterer. Tin decoration committee, under tin supervision of Ex-Sergt. W. ■ R Sncllgrove,' commence operations ai 3 p.m. on Wednesday and a strong door committee have arrangement? complete for the preparation of a floor that willjjplea&e all. Direct shipment of oilskins in riding cut are now own at Neal’s Pending. Walking cut 9s lid, 14s Gd, riding cut 17s ' Gd, 21s, 25s 6d. Try our oilskin garments'and you will be pleased. We pay carriage by. post, rail or coach. Send a trial order,#

1 Cbristolmioli’Bfep.fc Co, has declared an I Twelve cases of scarlet fever were Interim dividend cf 8 pep cent. ) reported to fte authorities m WeitL .Vinter school for teachers opened Ungtou last week. «*« during the week. i that the Manapouxi's shipment is Mr Bnllen’s Grsenhilla Estate, on Kal- , smaller than usual. boura-Waiau road, of 36,000 acres, has box containing £IOOO in gold been bought by a Banks Peninsula syndi* w hich dropped from the Colonial cate for subdivision. The station adjoins Sugar Company’s steamer in ,13 tie cro*. to* m .h. TO*. ■ i« d s™ H„b« s At a meeting of Wellington City Council yesterday, it was decided to The i n g Urfl nco3 on buildings destroyed advance XSOO to the District Eire Board, j in jdangawelta fire are—Johnston, £7OO which owin<» to defects in the Act, has South British ! Bennett, £3OO in Eoyol; no monev tocarrv on with. Zimmerman, £BOO in Guardian. The no money w carry on blook ocoupiad by Johnston and Bennett Permission has just been granted was owned by Mr Wanstall, and was only to the first battalion, Otago ( Inran* covered to £3OO in the New Zealand. Africa 0 190M902 ” emteoWd m On Saturday afternoon the staff of toete colons for aervtee rendered by the Kangitikei Ad vocatemetto exmembers during the late war. This, press their good wishes and -on^ s^\^fS..a«TSrs; e t laot 1. tto tolt.llon Ims no c010n,,, bunmj » ‘of At Bega, Kew South Wales, a boy, James b | ie occasion. Dixon, four or five years o£ age, put his James Rowan, who was last'week finger in a mouse hole, and was bitten by adjudged bankrupt on his creditors’ a tiger snake. He pulled his finger out, the petition, has been arrested at Sydney snake hanging on. Shortly after the snake on a charge of breach. of the Banklet go and went back to its hole. The little ruptcy Act. _ ““ -* remedies were successful. on JKapiti Island, was held to-day by When John Burns entered the British fc ; ie Collector of Customs. He reCabinet there were rumors that he would ports tliat in his Opinion the master refuse to don the cocked hat and epaulets did all he could for the safety of the offl-'ial uniform. The King asked him vessel, about it. “ Not true,” replied Mr Burns, ™ & "and, besides, I have already worn your CHrrf , ut y oaTi This will moan n Majesty’s uniform.” The King naturally Kav i U g to ratepayers of £10,600, added asked when that was. “ When I was in to a further £BOOO saved by the ndPentonville,” answered Mr Burns allnd- justment of wharfage dues, incr to his three months sentence after A prospecting syndicate has been ~ ° rn^ fal „„„ Q mlarp riots formed in Masterton, and will bo the rrafal D ai Scpiai. rot . known, as the Masterton Prospecting The Arbitration Court has given it- Syndicate. A representative of the award in the dispute between the Wei- syndicate, who is to proceed to the lington Aerated "Water Workers and Woodville district, has a high opinion other Bottlers’lndustrial Association and of the copper lodes existing in that the employers. The rates of pay are as lo gJg* to the S6Vere illneßß 0 f a follows Factory foreman £3 a week, ddld of Mr J. L. McDonald, the soccordial makers £3, machine bottlers £2 retary of the Halcomhe branch of the 10s bottle washers £2 2s, casual labor at Farmers’ Union, and the business to ... ’ i. hour work done on he transacted not being important, holilaya i. 01 j. 1.., Preterenm .« to b» 2 .vm to Doiomsto A M.stertou telegram states that Canada s Lord s Day Act, recently Que of p) awsou > s suspension bridges, passed, provides that it shall be unlawful erected at a cost of £2 per foot and on Sunday to engage in any public game guaranteed to carry a ton and a half, or contest for train, or to bo present at any successfully withstood the weight of performance or public mooting oWhom which had 'been than m a church, at which a fee is charged, driven across-50 at a time, retraced or to run, conduct or convey any excur- t | ie j r s t ß p g au d all crowded on the sion on which passengers are conveyed bridge together. tor hire, or to advertise any performance, .p| lo homing ' instincts of birds rear to bring into Canada for sale or distri- co i Yec i further illustration by a btion or to sell or distribute on the Lord’s statement made at a meeting of the Day any foreign newspaper or publication Canterbury Acclimatisation Society, 1 ■« ao- o of the fact that one bird ot a batch classified as a newspaj o . of Canadian wild geese recently to the Wairarapa district returned to its temporary abode at the society’s gardens.

A record gambling transaction, which turns upon the life or death of a young Californian named Keating, within three years, has just been made by a syndicate composed of four business men (says a New York despatch). Mr Keating has sold the syndicate his rights to a western estate worth £300,000, to which he will succeed in 1910. The syndicate has paid him £16,000 in cash. If Mr Keating dies within the nest three years, the syndicate will lose its investment. If he lives, the syndicate will realise a profit of £281,000 on the transaction.

A large number of mourners, among whom were many of the old settlers of the Sandou district, attended the funeral of the late Mr W. A. Ellenn on Saturday. The deceased, who had attained a ryjo old age, was one of the pioneers of settlement and was always held in high respect by his neighbours for his many sterling characteristics, Satisfactory progress is being made with the large two-storied, building, which is being built’ for Mr J. McHardie at Martou Junction Railway. The establishment will be used for the accommodation of residents of the district and travellers. The building is not yet finished but will bo ready to receive patrons at the beginning of next month. The house will bo up-to-date in every respect. From the report of the Palmerston Poultry Show we are pleased to see that Mr N. Oldham, Martou, figures amongst the prize winners. His particular fancy is “game birds” and judging from the success he has met with at the various poultry shows at which ho has competed, he seems hard to heat iu this particular class. Last season he was only once beaten out of first place,v aud so far this season he has secured'two firsts and a second at Woodville, and two firsts and a special at Palmerston. His next venture will he at the New Plymouth show, where he intends trying for the championship. Edward Dullar was charged at Christchurch Police Court yesterday with keeping a sly-grog shop, and was remanded till Saturday. The police for some time had the she’p under observation. It is near a hotel, and was the subject of suspicion for some time, owing to the number of drunken men scon about after hours. A raid was made on Saturday night and Dullar was arrested. He is also charged with being a rogue and a vagabond and with keeping the company of reputed thieves. Michael Fdggerty, found in the house when raided, was also remanded.

The Southland Trades and Labour Council passed a resolution emphatically protesting against Sir Joseph Ward’s proposal that the colony should subsidise a fast lineiof steamers with £IOO,OOO a year, x-ealising that this would be unnecessarily extravagant, and expressing the opinion that the proposal was conceived entirely in the interests of the commercial classes and opposed to the best interests of the farming and industrial sections. It was resolved also, as a means of securing cheaper broad, to urge Government to entdr into immediate competition with the flour trust,

Mr Athole Header, the husband of Mrs Ella Eaxvls Header (at one time a resident of New Zealand), the “ greatest business woman in the world,” was acquitted at New York of the charge of perjury arising out of his unsuccessful suit against Mr J. B. Haggin to collect a commission on the sale of some mines. The j udge created some amusement by telling the jury to regard Mr Header’s extravagant letters concerning his wife as the appreciation of a newly-married mainaid the desire to acquaint his friends with his happiness.

In a speech at Dunedin Mi Millar seemed to foreshadow an export duty on wheat so tha'- farmers would be compelled to sell in the colony and thus prevent high prices, Wo should like to see any administration in these days of freedom and enlightenment attempt to place such an embar o o on the fanners in order to Compel them to accept any price that an over-supplied local market would produce. The prices yielded for wheat in this colony arc regulated by those ruling at Home, and if the growers demand prices on this basis they arc acting quite within their rights and in accordance with the recognised usage in every department of commerce. Cheap bread is not the only thing worth fighting for. There are countries which have it, but in which the masses arc steeped in misery.—Oamaru Mail.

“If ever England were in serious difficulty,” said Df Jordan, lecturing at Sydney, scarcely a man in the United States of America who would not bo as ready as yourselves to volunteer to serve in such a war.” There was a burst of applause from the audience, which was renewed when the orator added that the volunteering would be of much more willing character than was the case iu the war which America recently conducted against Spain. It was another instance of the great and marvellous influence that had gone out pver the world from that little island of which Britishers were so justly proud.

The French Department of Agriculture, which, as the official promoter of horse breediug of France, has the supervision of the racs* courses, published at the beginning of May some figures concerning the amount of money wagered on the Paris racecourses. Since the opening of the racing season, some time in March, the pari mntuei had received £4,040,000 in wagers. In the same period last year the amount wagered was £3,400,000, and the year before about a quarter of a million less. The amount paid so far this season was £114,400, or £12,000 more for the same period last year. By the law which gives a prercentago of the bets to the Treasury, M. Gaillaux’s department has already placed a third of a million in its coffers as the product of the State control of betting.

Miss Anna Greenwood, the young daughter of a wealthy citizen, of Marlborough, Massachusetts, was killed at the telephone. She had risen from the dinner table with laughter on her iips at some witticism - of her father’s, and had gone to the hall to ring up a friend. There is an electric light over the instrument. With one hand she was turning on the light, and with the other she was ringing for the exchange. Instantly all the lights iu the house were extinguished. Mr Greenwood heard his daughter fall. He hurried to her, but she was dead. There was a slight buvii on her wrist, indicating that a cuff button had touched the-switch as she turned on the light. 'Axis somehow caused a circuit between the telephone and electric light wire.

It seems (says the Perth Daily News) that Mr Deakin has given himself over body and soul, to the British Tories. Certainly the Tory politicians have been using his speeches for their own purposes. Mr Deakin had, of course, a right to do his utmost for the cause of preferential. trade. But he had absolutely no right to play into the hands of one party as against another by his carping criticism of , the present British Government. ' Ho would have done well to have followed the example of Sir Joseph Ward, who, while putting up a splendid fight for his opinions, took his defeat in a manly spirit. Sir Joseph displayed an amount of practical sagacity to which the rhetorical Mr Deakin can lay no claim. Many of the practical suggestions of .the N.Z. Premier wilbprobably be adopted by the British Government, but all that Mr Deakin is likely to leave behind him when he leaves Great Britain is a feeling of bitterness on the part of the great Radical and Liberal Party, which he has persistently insulted and repeatedly defamed. *

5 There was a little comedy at thcTcomer ’ of Willis-stroet and Lambton Quay, Wel- | lington, tho other morning. A constable . was stationed there with tire object of j catching cyclists who had no bells on t their machines—an omission which is ( contrary to the by-laws—and he, d.d it t very cleverly. When ho saw a boy or man passing without a boll he whistled until he attracted tho cyclist’s . attention, and then pointed to tho , ground as if to insinuate that tho rider had dropped something. The , rider naturally turned round and came back to soo what had happened, and,then the joke was explained—the constable . merely wanted his name and address, with a view to tho issue of a summons. Some of those dealt with did not appreciate the joke, and complained that notice ought to have been given before such a trap was set. Others, however—these were not cyclists—looked on for a while and enjoyed tho fun. It will go a long way to prevent , you taking cold if you provide your self with warm pure woollen underwear. Warm woollen undershirts and pants 8s fid, 3s lid, 4.s fid, 5s lid, Gs fid; warm knitted socks lOd ls*j Is 3d, Is fid; flannelette pyjama suits 5s fid, Roslyn flannels 2s lid, Crimean shirts 5s lid to 7s lid.—Neal, Cash Clothier, Feilding. I

WEATHER INDICATIONS.

Wellington, June 25. Easterly strong winds to gale after 16 hours; glass further fall; rain probable. E. A. Edwin

The value ol rifle-shooting from a defence point of view was emphasised by Lieutenant-Colonel Holmes, D. 5.0., in the course of a speech at the National Eifle Association meeting at Sydney. The Colonel related an incident of the war in South Africa, where he won his D.S.G. “At the battle of Hout Nek, on April, 30th, 1900,” said the Colonel, “ I was instructed to seize with the squadron under my command an advanced isolated kopje, which it was deemed necessary to occupy to prevent it falling into the hands of the enemy, who were entrenched in a horseshoe position about 1400 yards from such kopje. During the day I located a Boor gun, which was causing a good deal of annoyance to our main body by its shrapnel fire. I selected half-a-dozen expert individual shots, men who had been trained on the Eandwiok rifle range, and directed them to open fire on the gun at a range of 1400 yards, and so successful wore they that the gun was put out of action, and was forced to twice change its position. In desperation its fire was turned upon our position, but I am happy to say. with no bad results to our side. . I -venture t.v think that similar success could not have achieved by untrained men.” See our Ready Money prices tor Grocery and Tea. Excellent quality and lowest prices still obtained at the 00.-op Stores, North Broadway Marion. . For Bronchial Coughs take Woods’ Croat Peppermint Cure. Is fid and