WEATHER INDICATIONS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8911, 3 September 1907, Page 2

WEATHER INDICATIONS.

Weix.ikosoh, September 3. Westerly strong winds to gale; glass fall. ~ _ I JB, A.; E»wxh.

Mr Mclvor, member of the House of Commons, is dead. Waiotahi return for August is £9,741 13s sd. Tho Crown lauds taken up in Auckland province last month totalled 48,218 acres, the number of selectors being 108, and average holdings 400 acres. ‘

The representative football match Wairarapa Thursday Union v. Busli which was to have been played on Thursday, has been abandoned.

The rainfall in Auckland in August was G. 44 inches, being 2.11 inches above the average for previous forty years. The only instance of greater rainfall recorded for August was in 1870, when the extraordinary total of 10.5 G inches was registered. At a public mectnig at Pahiatua on Monday night, addressed by Captain McNaught, organiser, a branch of the National Defence League was formed, and a strong committee appointed to further tho aims and objects of the movement. .Charles William Whiieford, 3 i years of ago, while engaged on telegraph lino work at Kilbiruio o yesterday, fell to one side of the ladder. When taken gdowu by his “mate ho was dead, it is supposed from heart disease. Whiteford leaves a widow and three or four children. The first of the material for the Glen Oroua Dairy Company s new creamery, on River Bank lino, has now been delivered and a start will be made at once. An inquest was held at Matakona, Wairarapa, on Saturday last on tho body of Patrck Hauuug, who was found dead in his whare on Friday last With a gunshot wound in t his head. After hearing tho evidence, tho jury returned a verdict that the deceased committed suicide while of unsound mind.

At Fcilding Court this morning Ernest Henrich ■ Wilhelm, of Halcombo, single, aged 38, farmer, was certified to by Drs. Sorley and McOallum as a fit subject for tho mental hospitial. Alfred Edward Horn, also of Halcombo, single, taken to Feildiug for examination.

At Auckland Supreme Court Mr Justice Dounistoii sentenced Thomas Marchmout, aged 18, to three months’ imprisonment and allowed Andrew Ramago. aged 16, probation for twelve mouths for breaking and entering at Gisborne. A Maori named Piripi, aged 30, got twelve months for false “ pretences at Hawora. „ , . , At Dunedin Police Conrt.yosterday a youth named William Anderson pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing £3O Is in money, a gold ring valued at 15s, and' a purse' valued at 3s. The articles were stolon from a workman’s coat in premises adjacent to whore the accused was working, and tiro money was secreted in an outhouse. The accused was committed to the Supremo Court lor sentence.

H Further particulars ol tire Haupiri boating fatality show that a heavy sea struck the boat as it was returning to the ship and swept Lawrence overboard and caused the crow to lose their oars, _ with only a steer oar remaining to work the boat. Lawronco was not a good swimmer and soon sank and those in tho boat had difficulty in getting back to the steamer. The body has not yet been recovered. An elderly lady named Ann Lindsay —a widow, 63 years of age—who resided with her sons at Epsom, was killed in Queen street, Auckland, yestroday afternoon. She _ was crossing when, in avoiding a tram, she ran into one of Messrs A. B. Wright and Son’s express carts. Tho'drivor did his utmost to pull the horse up, but was unable to do so, and tho horse appeared to strike tho woman on the head She : was carried into a shop, and Dr. Jones was soon in attendance, but could only pronotmee life extinct. Particulars of'the sals of work, to take place at Bulls Town Hall next Monday, are advertised to : day. Tho ladies of tho Presbyterian Church have spent a lot of tame in preparing for this annual effort to raise funds for tho church and the result will he that an attractive display of goods will he offered to the public. Iu addition to tho haKaai, floral competitions will ho held and children Will also have the opportunity (ft competing in • several decorative classes. Tho projected railway from Eltham to Opunake is expected to open up a ma”kot for a considerable portion of tho timber ard'jnd the .western and south-western edge of id? ■W- 01 " v Egmonfc National whum. owing to lack of railway facilities, good road communication, ‘ and distance from any centre where. _ a demand for timber is likely to arise, is mostly doomed to J)Q wasted unless something is done. Tho W»l ing timber, rimu and kahikatea, is estimated at 200,000,000 superficial feet.

The Bishop of Huron, in his %n----uual charge to the Synod of Ontario, the other day, said that statistics showed that one funeral in every four is that of ah infant. This condition of affairs, he said, was mainly caused by ignorance of the simple laws of health, want of cleanliness, poor feeling, amt lack of knowledge, of the child itself on the part of the parents. ■‘•‘Taking the average for three years, a multitude of 3451 children under 'live years of ago in Canada have been taken to thengraves each year. Of all the funerals that pass along cur streets, one out of every four is that of a child under live years of ago,”

A number of butter buyers were in Hawera recently, says the Star, and had interviews with some of the directors of the Mcremere Company. It is understood, however, that nothing was definitely settled, Agents do not come up to the companies’ ideas of value for au outright sale of butter, and the fomloncy still is towards consigning rather than selling at the prices suggested,' especially as tho outlook judged by the presept state of tho Homo market is promising. As to clicc'so very little of any business is being closed just. now. Regarding the output of dairy pro duce the reports from all factories show that tho favourable weather is reflected in large deliveries of milk for this time of yea r, sp.d there should he a substantial-supply to go forward to tho markets at a comparatively early date.

Considorablo interest is being aroused in tho coming walking match arranged to take plate -between Mr Wakeman, licensee of Era’s Hofei, apd Mr A.J. Hopy, of tho Taihapo Post Office. The .convincing course is from Marten to Taihapo, and. tiie date fixed for the match >s Thursday September 12th. It is said that tiie stake will bo iJSO aside. Bach contestant is to be-allowed 10 minutes for refreshments at lluutervilla and Mangaweka respectively. Bets to tho extent of £3OO have already been made on tho respective competitors. Mr Wakeman was some few years ago a well-known cycle ruler under tho N.Z. League of 'Wheelmen.

The nows of the death of .Mrs John Audersou, of Martou, _ which occurred at Elsternwick, Victoria, on Sunday, was received with wic]gspread .regret. She suffered from .throat troubles for some years, and thinking » sea voyage would do her good she went to Australia with her brother-in-law about six months ago. Mr Anderson recioved encouraging letters from her, aud it was thought the trip had improved her health. It was only last week, however, that a vice was received by ca)?]o that Mrs Anderson’s complaint had developed serious symptoms. Her death came, as a painful shock to her husband and members of the family. The late Mrs Anderson had I) QCU a resident of Martou for a number of years, and was held in - high esteem by all who bgd the pleasure of her acquaintance. She was an active member of the Presbyterian pimrch and was a prominent worker in all worthy objects for the town. She was born in Walmea, Nelson, and was married 24 years ago. A husband and family of three sous and two daughters are loft to mourn their loss of a devoted wife and loving mother. Mrs Anderson was a sister of Mrs Ozopansld, Orofton, and Mr J- Lampp; Cliff Road, Martou. The funeral took place at Melbourne to-day.

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There has been groat scarcity of labour in Kansas, and farmers wore faced with a serious problem in view of tho near approach of tho wheat harvest. In one place the shopkeepers came to their aid by mutually agreeing to close their shops as much as possible and allow their employees to assist in tho work of harvesting the crops.

The Hadfield Memorial Fund now amounts to £863. His Excellency tho Governor has made a second donation of £lO, Mr G. Shirtcliffe has given £2O, Colonel Williams, M.P., £SO, and Mr Edward Pearce £lO, second donation. A further sum of £240 is required before tho building of tin', memorial hostel can be proceeded with, g A farmer at Georgetown named Jas. Fleming is supposed to have •been drowned in the Waitaki River about midday yesterday. He started to.ride across to Redcliff, on the opposite bank, and later his horse returned riderless With one stirrup gone. The river has been low for some time, but tho late rains havo swollen it somewhat. The settlors wore in the habit of crossing on horseback, and it: is - r supposed fthat Fleming was washed off in tho river, which was running swiftly. Ho was a sou of tho lato Neil Fleming, a well-known auctioneer in Oamaru some years ago. Tlioro is a faint hope that ho may have reached one of tho numerous islands in tho river.

There is a theatre in America erected out of oil. In this way. • In Shawnee township, just west of Lima, Ohio, in a sparsely-settled locality, a now playhouse recently erected was dedicate the other day. This building is the result of municipal wealth strangely acquired. The Government of Shawnee has a large revenue derived from taxes regularly levied upon Standard Oil property located within its borders. The inflow of money from this taxation has boon used to pave all tiro country roads, and other public improvments—just as if Shawnee were Monte Carlo and Standard Oil gambling profits. Lunds for which there was no immediate, use began to accumulate, aud finally the farmers of Shawnee decided that they wanted a theatre. Aud so the theatre has been built. And Standard Oil has paid for it. Mr Richard Atwell, the draughts export, who has devised a number of rules and regulations for the conduct of draughts matches which are now almost universally applied,_ has recently invented a now time limit for chess. The avowed object is to ‘ 1 transform chess from a ! game for the leisured few to a game for everybody. An ordinary double clock for timing is procured, which the players tap after every move. Each plyer can take as long as ho wishes over his moves, with the proviso that if at any stage of the game the clock shows that one player lias

taken over his moves ton minutes more than his opponent, the former loses tho game. ” Tho ton minutes limit is only a as players can make tho game quicker or slower by decreasing or increasing the number of minutes forfeit.