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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8848, 26 June 1907, Page 2

The down mail is delayed to day, by a slip on the Turakiua Hill,; which, it is hoped, will bo removed, iu an hour or two.

A meeting of Mar ton ratepayers will bo held this evening to consider the proposal for a loan of £2500 for. the purpose of erecting a-now gas holder and extension of the- works.

.Owing to the bad state of the weather and the inability of many of the vocalists, who are suffering rfom colds, to be present, notice _ is given that the soejal in connection with St. Stephen’s Church, Marten, which was to have taken placo tonight, has heea postponed for a week.

■The average weight of honey taken from an English hive annually is 501 b. This is double the average product from American beehive*. The record taken from any hive is 10001 b from a stock of Cyprians.

A heavy gale prevailodat Auckland last night and continues, the wind changing to all quarters of the compass, with an abnormal fall iu the glass, which evidently presages that the'weather will be worse. The departure of the Botoiti from Chehnhgg l>as been delayed till to.morrow. ‘ v • The Hon. J. A. Millar As convinced that there are excellent prospects before tho Auckland ‘province. Hisj northern trip opened his eyes ,to the; possibilities' of that part of the: colony. A large ax-ea of land is: available for settlement, he says, and: seems to be attracting attention | ’ from the whole of New Zealand.; The land is good, the climate mild—; all the conditions iu fact are favourable for noteable advancement. A signal station that should be very valuable to Wellington in case an enemy ever come prowling about in these waters lias been established 1 .by .the No. 6 Company of Engineers oii k high peak.at the back of Wainni. A party of a dozen men, under Lieutenant 'Fitzgerald, ■■went out to Waiaui on Saturday, - ,and took their stand on" the strategic peak J;y: noon. This party got J3.tto conimuiii- ■: cation witli another untie?. Sergt. - Mafur Gibbs at Martihborough, and i also .with one under Lieutenant Co;-!dy at Northland, but the interposition of clouds prevented tho inr&rcliaugo .of complete messages. Ivfr W, xiobinsonj gyocor, Morning- - ! ton, N. Z., not only sells Chamber- j lain’s Cough Remedy i\uc ps-3ft it. I .Hu says:—'l have been troubiert J several times with influenza, and the only rough medicine that has ever done me Shy good was Chamberlain’s Ctiugh lc\.mody. Aiumnierabio times X - it to rny pusmore than have cut-, bottle T 5 (anything

’ A Gisborne telegram reports that .( M. . easterly gale in raging with a bi-r ! > -’"'i mi fho coast.

I Hov much beer can a man drink j "before -t\e becomes iucap<:blo? One | man, before the Wellington Magistrate on a. charge of theft, remembered drinking’thirteen pints during the course of the afternoon. The next thing of which ho was conscious was his awakening in the police colls. ’ .

In the high-grade Jersey herd of Mr H. Exley, a progressive farmer, iu the Hawera disrictt, there is a cow, Primrose, which daring the past season, lias given over 5001 b of butte 1 ' fat and over 9001 b for the past /. . - . As the factory Mr Ex1, e-.- pnues, the Riverdale cheese .' ; vv: ■ U pay out this season Is ik'd for butter fat, this fine cow will return her owner over £2B. Mr 0. IT. Sexton, chairman of. the New Zealand Schools Committee, recent’v communicated'with the Minister ’for Education, the Hon. G. Fowlds upon the question of staff reduction consequent ou diminished attendance following an outbreak of juvenile complaints. The Minister replied as follows;—“I think regulations have been misread. No reduction of staff takes place ou account of decreased attendance ’ for one quarter. The attoudance must fall below the minimum for the grade for three quarters. Therefore the staff not reduced. ” A number of armoured motor cars of new design are being built forjthc Austrian army. The chauffeur is protected by a bullet-proof shield, and in case the enemy’s lire becomes severe he can, within a second, lower his seat by moans of a lever, so that he is entirely concealed below the screen, but at the same time is enabled to continue driving the car by tearing through small observation holes. Behind the chauffeur there is an armoured revolving turret which protects three men, who work a quick-firing gun. The car has a 35-h.p. motor, capable, of a speed, of 35 miles an hour, aud is entirely bullet-proof. .

The statements by the Hon. J. A. Millar in Christchurch, in reference to anomalies in the kauri timber trade, have aroused n good deal of comment in Auckland timber circles. Some prominent sawmillers wore interviewed by a Herald representative, and the general opinion expressed was that the Minister had-been misinformed. Referring to the statement that Auckland wholesale firms controlled the kauri forests, one of the larger millers stated that wholesale firms did not control the forests —" not by a very long way, for we cannot get a reasonable quantity of the raw material to keep our mills and Biwliimn-y going.” It was denied that ojiv ring among kauri timber millers existed, and the Minister was charged with ignoring reliable information sup plied by the local trade. As for a Board of Control, it was considered there was too much interference already. A remarkable article on “ Colour Blindness,” with illustrations showing scenery as it appears to colour-blind people, appears in the “Century.’*' The writer says ho knows of a green-blind “ admiral of the British. Navy” who “achieved great popularity :it a function in Dublin by appearing iu green trousers, which he supposed were brown, He attributed bis social success to his personal charm.” A rod-blind boy failed as a strawberry nicker bee-’.use he could distinguish the bonies only by their form, and picked green ones with insouciant regularity. A member of Parliament nearly caused a separation by appearing in red at the obsequies of his wife’s mother. “Never since the opening of the office ” remarked Mr Maxwell, registrar of births, deaths and marriages, to a Dunedin Star representative yesterday, “has there been such a largo number of deaths registered for G months as the books show for the first half of this year. Up till now, and there are still five days to go before the end of the half year, there have been 425 deaths registered. For the sumo C months of last year the number was 344. Marriages and births

likewise show an increase in comparision with same G months of last year. To date there have been 793 births recorded against 770 last year, aud 332 marriages against 310 for corresponding period of 1006.”

Major-General Henry Ronald Douglas Maclvcr, soldier of fortune, who fought under eighteen flags, died at New York, from heart trouble, at the age of sixtyfive. The General served as an ensign in the Sepoy, mutiny, as a lieutenant in Italy under Garibaldi, as a captain in Spain under Don Carlos, as a major in the Confederate army on the staffs of Generals' Stonewall Jackson apd J. E. B. Stuart, as a lieutenant-colonel under Emperor Maximilian in Mexico, as a colonel under Napoleon 111 iu the Franeo-Prnssian war, as an inspector of cavalry for the Khedive of Egypt, and as a Major-General under King Milan of Sorvia. Ha served in the ten years’ war in Cuba, in Brazil, in Argentina, in Crete, iji Groeep, and in the two Carlist revolutions in Spain. It is interesting to note how rapidly the members of the English Royal family are dividing up the Royal spoils of Europe. Ail English princess is on the throne of Norway; another. Princess. •VTarsiutst of Connaught, will some day wx-ar ihii Swedish crown ; the daughter of the late Princess Alice, King George’s: aist-T, h now the Czarina • tho sou of the Duke of Albany is Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha ; the eldest daughter of tho Duke r.f Edinburgh is Crown Princess ofGreece; while a daughter of Princess Henry of Patteuborg is on the Spanish throne. In his book “My Prison Life,” Mr Jabez Balfour relates how, during his imprisonment in tho Argentine, many wild schemes were ' evolved by various officials for his escape; ‘One of these plans deserved special meiition, Tt is described as follows :—“ On ' a cerTaiii clay, a particular soldier, "a notorious) malefactor, was to be’ posted'‘ oh; sentry duty, I was to bo provided by my adviser with a revolver, with which I was' to shoot the' uqfortupate wretch. . . I was to be tried fop killing him, and oven to be convicted, I -was to remain comfortably in prison until the matter had quietened down in England, when I should be released, and could resume, my ordinary life in absolute safety. The author naturally expressed I horror at this suggestion, to the surprise and disappointment of- the negotiating official.

Tn pad's o! England., especially on the .hillsides of flunks and Herts, fhb .cherry tree attains a great size. In. old orchards whore the soil is good they are frequently seo.. from 50ft to 80ft in height, and pro.-' ducing wonderful crops. Giant trees have been. known to bear from 20001bs to SOOOlbs of fruit in favourable seasons. The trees are often planted in grass, • and at distances varying between 30ft to dOft apart each way. This allows ample room for the development of the trees,, and 1 intermediate space is filled by planting bush cherries, apples, pears, plums, etc., that will yield payable crops, while the standard cherries are growing. The ideal soii for cherries is a ..deep loam, resting i on chalk or a'sandy .-gravely.-but. while] thorough drainage is n j necessity,' liberal stores of moisture are' essential -during, the growing and fruiting periods. Mod-; (irately elevated- positions arc preferred! to low, waterlogged-opes, and shallow,? dry,] hot hind is very unsuitable. Kent; , pruning has sometimes to he exercised to Chech excessive vigor, and to induce fruitfulness. Chamberlain.’s Cough Komedy is good lor any member of the family. It cures coughs of all kinds. It is the ■ product of ranch thought and study. < If is'composed of ingredients which, fuw- p'isily and soothingly without iiarmihg rbo .most delicate tissues of tlio throat, -tihamborlam’s Cough Ro.mvii acts «a 'eshliy sml safely 'on iJn- yms’jg ‘I,-, on the old". 'lt' is the ideal remedy for noughs. Bor Sale In- T. IT. Brediu, Sf hrt'nu; and".W. J li. ClapU. Bulls. j A money-saving affair it will be to jm:, that is, if yeti decide to parliopfwo iv yhv wonderful o firings at 1 hfoal’r clrent '.Glotlilpg Salo,I Building, now On. 23io' 'object, i general clearance of mom add boys ? 1 wearables at shelf-emptying prices. The winter is still with us, so buy .seasonable goods at zero prices.# Bhonmo has enabled many a poor •suffer from • rheumatism, eont. “ciatica, and lumbago to ouco more, enjoy "health and happiness, 2s Cd and -is <Jd, Sold everywhere, i

Mr S. J. Carman ? tho popular chairman of Kiwitoa County Council, yesterday celebrated; his silver wedding, a number of guests assembling to do honour to the occasion. - ■

The case of' M. E. Bannister -v. The New Zealand Times Company, fixed for trial by a jury, has been settled by a payment of £IOO from the company to plaintiff. Mr W. S. Short, Chief Clerk of the Roads Department, sitting as Commissioner, has been , engaged the last two daystholding an. inquiry into tho propor-tion-of cost the interested local bodies should pay towards maintenance of a combined railway and traffic bridge over Hokitika river.

A deputation from the Wellington Ac- j climatisation Society waited on the Min- ] iater for Justice yesterday and urged : him'to give instructions to the police to assist rangers in putting a check upon the wanton destruction of native and , imported game, and to the growing , practice of dynamiting fish in the rivers. Mr McGowan said he was in sympathy with the request of the Society, but there was the public view' of the matter, which must not be lost sight of. They did not want anything like the game laws of the Old Country. However, he promised the deputation he would go into the whole matter and see what could bo done. The wife of a farmer of Mont de Marsan, in the province of Landes, was buried while in a state of catalepsy. The woman had suffered from a lingering illness, and death apparently took place a week ago. The body was interred, and for some unexplained reason the grave was not filled at once. A man who was passing the grave heard stifled cries, and ran to tho house of tho mayor to give information. The Mayor summoned a doctor and 'hurried off with him to the cemetery. When the coffin was opened the woman inside made a convulsive effort to rise. The doctor put his arras round her and raised her to a sitting position. Her heart was still beating, but she died shortly altenvards. The woman had torn her shroud to pieces in her desperate efforts to escape from her living tomb. Still another “ unwritten law” ease en gages the attention of America. ExJudge Loving, manager of the Oakridge, Virginia, estate of Mr Thomas F. Ryan, the New York millionaire, has surrendered after' shooting dead a man who dishonored his uinetecn-year-old daughter. This man, named Estes, who is related to Mr Loving, called one Sunday evening at the homo of Miss Elizabeth Loving’s uncle, to take her out for a drive. He brought her back late at night drugged. Calling a physician, he said that the girl was drunk, but the physician notified the father, who waited till she regained consciousness on Monday, only to learn from her own lips the terrible story Then he took his gun and drove to Este’s place of business. “So you were out driving ladies last night,” he said. “ No,” exclaimed Estes, throwing up his hands, and his face turning deadly white, as he saw the gun in tho hands of the avenging father. Mr Loving shot twice, causing almost instant death; and drove straight to the Jastic#of the Peace, saying as ho surrendered, "I shot to kill.” Mrs Loving bad telephoned to her brother to try to avert the tragedy, but. ho took a wrong road, and missed Mr Loving, arriving just after the murder. Estes’ brother wanted to kill Mr Loving, but his mother restrained him. Mr Eyan has offered to furnish any bail for his manager, and Mr Loving has been released on a bond of ' £IOOO. Mr Andrew Carnegie, who has presented Pittsburg with the finest technical institute in the United States, related at a recent dinner of the United States Military Telegraph Corps how he began the battle of life. The multi-millionaire was first employed as a telegraph messenger in Pittsburg, and one of the most memorable events in his life was when his wages wore raised from £2 os to £2 14s. He told how he wont home on Saturday night and gave his mother tho usual £2 os, and then, later on, he surprised her by giving her 9s more. “ Talk of your million- ■ aires! O-ho!” cried Mr Carnegie to his listeners. “ I was born in poverty,” continued Mr Carnegie, “ and I would not ex- ’ change places with the richest millionaire’s ' son that ever lived. What does lie know about father or mother ? These are merely names. But my mother was nurse, seamstress, cook, laundress, teacher, angel, and saint ami noservants between. Men say that poverty is a dreadful life, and others say that riches corrupt a man’s life. But they have a one-sided view. Now, I have lived on both sides, and I know that there is little in wealth that can add to happiness. I think that wealth decreases rather than 1 increases happiness —at least, wealth boyon 1 a moderate competence. Ido not ' know many millionaires who laugh.” 1 The renewed interest which is ■ being taken in Forestry in Marion i was' unmistakably shown at last night’s meeting ■of Court ’ Little John, when some forty'odd members attended, and .showed a lively interest in the several matters brought forward for discussion. O. E. Bro. i O. Louud presided at the opening, ; hut later in tho evening asked D.'J'.W. Bro, Jessou, Mauricoyillo, who is on an official tour of the Wairarapa, to take the chair, in i: doing so, Bro. Jossou thanked the Court for the honor conferred upon him and also for the hearty reception wliich had been accorded him. Ho feelingly referred to the groat loss tho district had sustained in the death of the late P. 0.8. Bro. S. Gibbons, and conveyed the sympathy of the District Court in this : Court’s loss. Tho speaker congratulated Court Little John ou its largo and over increasing membership and was proud in having, the honor of initiating three - new candidates. His remarks to them'on the benefits . and aims of Forestry wore decidedly; interesting. Several . other ( candi-1 dates were nominated. ( Election ofj i officers resulted :—C.,B. Bro. ,J. Me- i i Hardy, S.O.K. Bro. -i A. Hargreaves, I S.W; 3t6: W. Griffin, J..W. Sro.v E. j Read, S.B.- Bro f-Bi. G.'Humphrey, | J. B. Bro. Jas. Smith, Secretary Bro. j Kitney, Treasurer! Bro. Louud, M.S. ’ Bro. T. T. Trott. Bros. T. Louud,; A. Way, W. Gomez, P.G.R.’s, and;' J, M. Sneuce'were appointed a com-; mittee to confer with Morgan Lodge,; U.A.0.D., on rsie advisability “ofi forming a Friencily Societies' pomf cil, for the' furtherance of the iiit'erv I ests of lodges generally. ■ P : I Men’s New Zealand Saddle Tweeds.

7s lid, Boys’ All Wool Three (garment Suits 18s 6d, Men’s Oilcoats 8s (id, Barge Striped Rugs 6s 6d, Wool Sox lOd, Ivoslyn Flannels . 2s !>!,- Tweed Gaps for Men and Boys 9d, Warm- Ribbed Under Pants 3s lid, Tweed' "Shirts. 2s lid, Navy Cloth Tams Is Cd 1 , Boys’ Navy Sailor Suits Ss. (id' and ‘ lid.. —JSTe'al’-S Great Clothing Sale,' Peilding.* YOUB COMPLETION , Is an index to the ‘ State of the stomach. If you have pimples, boils, carbuncles, or any other public signs of distress, your blood ns full of impurities from your stomach. Dr. Sheldon's Digestive Taimles will remove the cause of your mottled' ap : poarance, and will euro the headaches, indigestion, sleeplessness, and all other evils that arise from a disr ordered stomach. For gale by Trir? ner and Turner, Tip Top Teas, Mar* ton;.and Ellis Bros., Huntervill MACHINE, FEVER. Neverdji. the history of the milking machine has there been such a crop of 1 pdnative machines as now fqUovvS idie! 1 . unique success of the s ‘BaVvi-enco-lteunedy-Gillios; ’ ’ Numbers of hurribiliy designed and imperfe.ctly tested 1 ' niaqhisies, many of which lire based dif systems'-Jong ago discarded, are being’ rushed oh-' to the market to share’ in ' thd k present harvest which the 11 L.E. G 1 ’ sowed five years ago. When considering other makes, don’t forgot that until they have been worked for at least two years by practical farmers, yoii are Only buying untried machines on, the .reputation which tho “L.K.G.” established 1

„ For reliable gig, buggy or milkcarf lmi‘P p SS, or 'horse appointments of all kinds G. ?- Healey has, tho ■ hosr’aud n;ost np-to-uate “lock ip tho di-drici. Also agent 1W A. 8.0. ’ ll " Cfludcscent kerosene'iaiupf, nplpWos, wicks tmd ojiihuieys. 'A f 4o.csr kept, ikimbplfQn road. Feidling. 4 '' Focial_ that the nice^' flflvCurcti Oocoa is Bimruvilic—mauu^nctuxud hr n>idku.'-y’s from tho best and 'parbsl materials In the cleanest -factory in the world.’ ’A'sk your, ar oC er about tho Jewel Oastbts of pfioeSfates'tliejy are giving away « Jt* Uheunjo .lias cured fchoivAmds of sAffbybtftpfrom rheumatism, gout. I scitU ica, lumbago. It will euro vou. ' Ivy jf airl inibtfl* 2s 6d j)ofti tiv' \ cure. }x'U