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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8854, 3 July 1907, Page 2

The public are reminded that the social in connection _ with St. Stephen’s Church, which was to. have been held last Wednesday evening, will take place this evening. The overture will be played at 8 p.jji. sharp by Mr Bert. Orozier’s Orchestra and a complete prorgammo of quartettes, duets, solos, hsth vocal and instrumental, and recitations will follow.

Those in want of a perfect pen cannot do better than procure the “Elastic Greyhound.” A sample of these is just to hand from Messrs Whitcombe and Tombs, and the pen certainly fulfils all that is claimed. A friend who tried the “Elastic Greyhound” says that like the typewriter, it will do everything but spell correctly.

Mr William Austin Horn, who has giyou £SOOO to the Union Jack Club, was born in Hew South Wales in 1841. He was a pastoralist in South Australia, and a mine-owner inmost of the States, especially at Broken Hill and in West Australia. He equipped the Horn Scientfie Exploration Expedition to Central Australia in 1894, and has made gifts of statuary to Adelaide. Prom 1887 to 1893 ho was a member of the Assembly of South Australia, and he is a director of the Bank of Adelaide in Loudon.

At Rowa on Thursday evening last Mr and Mrs Fraser, old and respected settlers, now leaving the district, were entertained at a social. There was a good attendance of neighbours and Mr E. Humphrey presided. On behalf of friends Mr Densham presented Mrs Fraser with an inscribed silver service, and in doing so eulogised Mr and Mrs Fraser and family for their many good qualities. At the same meeting, on behalf of the local church members, Mr Shannon presented Miss Densham with a gold bracelet in recognition of her kindness in acting as organist. The monthly meeting of the Rougotea School Committee was held on Tuesday night. Present. —Messrs Penny, in the chair; Glover, Tobeck, Broadbelt, Sutton, Wilson and Rev. Wilson. It was resolved that the windows of the school be refrosted, tire shelter sheds repaired and applications made to the Board do pain the infants’ room. It Was decided fr take steps to establish a High Sehoo and the Rev. Wilson and headteaohe were deputed to got necessary infor mation before making application. I referendum circular was receive! from the Bible in Schools’ League a Wellington. The Committee resolvei to affirm the principle of Bible read ing in Schools. . Did you ever stop to think tha Chamberlain’s Pain Balm is i general family liniment, especially good for rheumatism? The quid relief afforded by_ applying it h worth many times its cost. Make* rest and sleep possible. For sale by John Brediu, Morton, and D, WU son, Bougotca. A Winter, bleak and frosty, is on us. Our warm. Roslym underclothing, cosy and becoming overcoats, oui sofi, fleecy, cosy and comfortable Colonial Blankets will keep you warm, either by day or night, Oui prices will be found the very lowest, quality for quality. Try us, J. MoEldWney, Marton, Hunterville, and Taihape.* •

Little lias been hoard lately o£ the marvellous, effects predicted for nitrogen fixing bacteria, the fact being that they are only valuable in special cases though advertisers have boomed them as useful and universally valuable. Practically the bacteria are without effect except in soil that is deficient in nitrogen alone. ""Miss HaT§e33o n » the late Mr Seddon, was married tins afternoon to. Mr Knox Gilmer, son ■of the Hon. Hamilton Gilmer, M L.O. The ceremony was performed by Bishop Wallis, assisted by Rev. T. Sprott.

Af Wellington Court John Morrison, alias Smith, alias Russell, has been committed for trial on six charges of breaking and entering and. theft. Accused was discovered leaving a private house early on Friday morning and was arrested by two detectives who were secreted on the premises.

Gisborne Borough Council has been compelled to abandon a block of 900 acres at Waihirore, which is required for metal purposes, and a a recreation reserve, owing to a flaw in the title, the wrong number in the block being given pressed of securing a Commission to come to the rescue and secure the strip of bush on tins property.

“I don’t want to blow about this country, but I'would like to quietly slip out where it is a milder and, I think, bettor climate,” writes au inhabitant of Ponoka, Alberta Canada, to the Tourist Department. He states that lie has 3500 dollars to bring to Now Zealand as soon as he learns about the prospects. Like .many other American inquirers, ho is anxious to know whether Hew Zealand is plagued with, snakes, insects, and so on.

Speaking on the Address-iu-Eeply Mr D-'vev was rather severe on some of the Ministerial supporters by complaining of the indecent haste with which some members desuo to rush into the Hon. Hall-Jones fo boots. Mr Davoy, however, should understand that many members have a persistent and perennial desire for office, and its profits, and never miss au opportunity for getting on in their business of professional politics.

At- the Wanganui Court this morniucr a local baker was fined £5 and costs on the charge of having on las premises for the purpose of preparation for sale for human consumption four pounds of butter, the being unwholesome and unfit for human consumption. Medical evidence was given to the effect That the butter was not only rancid and discoloured, but possibly teeming with bacteria. The defence was that the butter was only used for greasing tins in the bakehouse. ° The Auditor-General has ruled that the payments of £45,000, made ou the Estimates last session for increases in pay of railway servants, were not allowances within the meaning of fcho Public Revenues Act. The Premier, ou Tuesday, in moving that the matter bo referred to the Public Accounts Committee, said he would submit au amendment of the Railways Classification Act, and make adjustments which were necessary in the interests oi the Railway

Department. . , „ . A curious condition of unsiTi'S prerails in the town of Cuono in connection with the Catholic no wsnaper the Steudardo. says the Milan correspondent of the Tribune. 1-or reasons of economy the proprietor ox the journal discharged his male compositors replacing them by _ nuns drafted from a convert to which a printing oflic.o is attached. ihc Steudardo’s compositors having pi’Otsstad wit!iout effect against the employment of the nuns the whole of the printing and mechanical staffs engaged on the paper ceased work. The Steudardo has appeared reduced to half its original size.

g According to the views expressed to a Wairarana Daily Times reporter by a well known Mastertou farmer, the inability of farmers to get their land worked, on account o» the unusually wet winter, must result in a very late sowing season. An extraordinary state of things exists on quite a number of properties m ..he district, In fields whore winter oats were put in two and throe months ago, hut only halt the area_ sown through the rainy season Betting m so early, tUe drills arc still standing, waiting to complete their task, whilst 'the sown portion ia now in a forward condition, being several inches high. In the House on Tuesday Mr Hogg presented the petition originated in Wairarapa which points out that Labour Union agents living in cities constantly stir up strife in the country districts and inake demands upon country industries which, if acceded to would ruin them. These donianda, the petitioners claim, are vexatious aud have a direct tendency to restrict and injure trade. They contend that the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act as now constituted is manifestly injurious to the country interests and peek roliei from its operations and effects. They want it made permissive, the enforcement or repeal of the provisions of the Act to he dependent on the voce .of the tradespeople aud workers concerned.

Mr Alexander Macintosh, , late General Manager of the Bank of Nov? Zealand, is petitioning Parliament for redress in the sura of £1453 13s, and that an enquiry bo held to tho circumstances 01 his retirement from the Bank, The petitioner, who now holds the office of President of the Savings Bank Commissioners of Now South Wales, claims the above mentioned sum as salary payable to him for services rendered as chief auditor between June 22nd, 1903, and April 37th, 1904. Those duties ho carried out whilst performing tho office of General Manager during tho period named. He has been advised that lie lias no legal remedy either against the Bank or tho Colonial Treasurer. On March 3ist, 1900, ho relinquished his position as General Manager owing to a difference which had arisen between himself and the directors of tho Bank.

. Thai hums can be bought and stocked without money appears to be a fact. According t-a the travelling representative of the Eltbaia' Argus, & Te Kiri resident says be knows of a man who borrowed £SO, and with that secured the lease of 100 acres at £3O per acre. The commission agent snared £4O and tho landlord £lO. Auctioneers advanced the cattle and the lessee has put his, family on tho land to work. Tho informant is positively certain that the ground could not yield sufficient to pay the interest on the money and meet other 'expenses, TTo says tho land must revert back to the owner, and in that case it looks as if tho auctioneers will be hit. Somebody must' suffer.

Municipalising gas works evidently docs not improve the behaviour of the motors. In Wanganui just now there is a desperate row owing, as alleged, to the meters’ inaccuracy. One resident, occupier of a six-roomed cottage, was horrified by receiving a bill for 11,400 feet fop the month, and declared he had never used it. iyero a^3o man y other complaints. The manager of tbs gas works defended the meters. He said, «One thing was certain, and that was if the gas was not being used the meter would not, and could not, record a con* sumption that was not taking place. If a consumer thought that anything was wrong with his meter he could have it tested, and ho should do so. It was possible for a meter to vary a little, ■ but it was ten to one that it would go slow instead of going fast. It would certainly not go right and then go wrong, and gp right again and then wrong.

t NO HOUSEHOLD ) Should ever be without a bottle oi 1. 'Dr. Sheldon’s Magnetic Liniment; a r reliable remedy for cuts, bruises, ■ aches, pains, rheumatism, lumbago, > etc. For sale by Ellis Bros., Hcmtorviilc. , : WINNING ON ITS MERITS. 1 From a small beginning SUGEO- ’ SINE has steadily won its way, and is now recognised as the most vain-* ; able wlnter food for all live stock, i It goes further and. is relatively • cheaper than either oats, pollard, or ■ bran. It has the highest feeding , value, aud is the most easily di- , gested. Obtainable from Brice, ■ Broad and 00., Ltd., Mar ton. For Children’s Hacking Cough at night Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure Is (id and'2s 6d. For reliable gig, buggy or milkcart harness, or horse appointments of all binds G. B. Healey has the best and most np-to-date stock in the district..,-Also agent for A. 8.0. incandescent kerosene' lamps, mantles, wicks and chimneys. A' fnll stock kept. Kimbolton road, Feilding.* 1

Like many of the old-time sailing ships which used to trade in China waters the barque Woollahra, at present in port in Wellington, is equipped with an armoury containing six old muzzle-loading muskets and bayonets and half a dozen cutlasses, with which to welcome pirates.

Should a strongly supported bill now before the Pennsylvania legislature become law, every bride and bridegroom in the State must before the ceremony, obtain a doctor’s certificate of freedom from transmissible disease. Several States already have this law in operation. A steady increase in the importation of American goods is becoming a. 1 ® 3, ure o Dunedin shipping. The lo«»l companies who act as agents for t« m P ]m ® 3 a!^ e that the 'expansion « ummstakeable though they *"» nnabl ° stat f the cau«e A never and better class of tramp steamer » being thrown into this trade. Zt speaks well for the prosperity of workers in Now Zealand that at the annual meeting of the Workers’ Political Association in Christchurch it was resolved to ask the Premier to urge the directors of the Bank of New Zealand to abolish its charge for this service (10s per annum), and to abolish also “the present extortionate fees levied under the disguise of exchange on cheques.”

As the telephone becomes more popular stamps and telegrams decline. So the British Chancellor of the Exchequer states. The drop in the English trade in picture postcards will be felt as much on the Continent as in England. There is a close relation between the trade of Great Britain" and that of places abroad, and anything which causes a disturbance, there is gradually felt abroad.

The undue length of time taken by counsel in the Supreme Court, Auckland, in the cross-examination of witnesses was pointed out by Mr J ustice Denniston the other day, He remarked that no loss than 20 minutes had been occupied by one of the counsel in leading up to ono small question of detail. “It would not matter if wo had eternity before us, but wo have only time,” remarked His Honour.

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