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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8923, 17 September 1907, Page 2

Captain Seddon has been appointed Staif Officer to Major Tnson, Ad-jutant-General of the Forces. The Immigration Department continues to receive numerous inquiries for domestic servants and farm labourers. Tho demand for both classes exceeds the supply. At last meeting of the Police Proyident Fuad Board £BS pension was granted to Constable Weatberby, ex-gaoler at Nelson, and £75 pension to Constable McOhesney, South Invercargill, .Both x'Qtired on the ago limit. A special feature of one bankruptcy recorded, recently in Masterton is tnat tho creditors, after realisation of tho assets, received 20s in tho £. Substantial improvements are to bo carried out at Masterton railway yards, involving an outlay of between four and five thousand’pounds. Although the more fancy lines .In feminine attire are the principal attraction to .on;- lady customers at present, yet they should bear in mind we are offering special inducements to buy flannelettes, calicos, shellings, curtains, Hollands, blankets, rugs and hosiery. See our special offerings at very special prices at J. MoEldowney’s Stores, Marton, Huntorville and Tailiapo,

The Eltham Dairy Coxnpaiiy has sold its season’s output to Wilier and Riley, of London, at 10 7-lbd. j Ik is estimated that it will cost £200,000 to salvo and repair the Standardt. ..... Farms in Eketahuua district are selling freely at advanced prices, and there are au unprecedented number of clearingjsales. Half a million Russian immigrants have proceeded already since 1897. Two hundred thousand Russian Jews emigrated to the United States alone in 1906.

At a poll taken yesterday at Eketahuna ratepayers decided that rating on unimproved value be adopted iu the Borough. There were 88 for and 9 against. While driving Queen Marglierita over the Jura Mountains, the chaffeur, iu order to avoid colliding with a peasant’s cart, swerved sharply, and just escaped going over a precipice by a few inches. A new public library at Hastings, the gift of Mr Andrew Carnegie, was opened yesterday. The cost of the building was £2518, Mr Carnegie’s gift being £2500. The land for the site was given some years ago by a Hastings resident, Mr Jas. Boyle, now deceased. The building forms a handsome addition to the town.

The rainfall last month in Lower Rang!tike! was 3.33 inches; average for August is 3.14 inches. Total rainfall for first eight mouths of year is 33.13 inches; the average fall for the whole year for last 13 years is 33.13 inches, ranging from 36.77 inches iu 1898 to 41.6 inches in 1904. Eketahuua reports that the very cold weather, with hail showers, is affecting the young lambs considerably. The back roads in many places are almost impassable as a result of the coutiuued rain, and the mail service beyond Alfredton is carried on with difficulty with packhorses. , ‘ ' At Marton Court to-day, before Messrs J. J. McDonald and A, H. Sutcliffe, J’s.P., Charles Gurote was charged with plying for hire on race days within the borough of Marton without having a license. He pleaded guilty, and told the Bench ho ouly got paid for one way—at the course. A fine of £1 was inflicted, costs 9s. Mr Kniggo appeared for the Borough Council. A deputation of members waited on the Premier to ask him to allow salt for agricultural purposes to be carried free on the railways. Sir Joseph Ward promised to consider the matter, but emphasised the fact that salt was already carried at a very low rate. Ho certainly could not allow it to go free, but would see if ho could place it on“Q” rate.

At Christchurch Supremo Court yesterday a young man named Michael Liueham was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment for forgery and theft, the sentences to bo concurrent with a sentence of 13 months the a loused is already serving. In the divorce case Fenerty V. Feuerty Mr Justice Chapman held that payment of alimony could he enforced by attachment. Some alarm has been experienced iu Waihi mine owing to a subsidence of the surface between Nos. 1 and 3 shafts, probably _ duo to the phenomenal 'rainfall, Careful mv.cstigatiou showed that ‘tife ’ stirtaco had sunk a few inches,' causing squeezing in the old workings, but not to the' working loypls._ The men, who were knocked off, hayo resumed work. Mr Barry states that only the old workings aVo affected, aud the interruption will not affect the monthly output. ' Au additional length of the duplicated line, about three-quarters of a juilo- syas opened for traffic between Wellington and Petoneyesterday, thus disposing of tho heaviest portion of the whole scheme. The duplicated line now runs from the Hntt to within a mile of Ngahauranga, which station will he readied by a double line by January next. Tho Department proposes to shorten tho lino for the journey by three minutes from October Ist. The whole work is expected to bo completed in 18 months more.

In the matter of the appointment of successor to Professor Tubbs, tho snb-committee reported to Auckland University Council that a gentleman whe' had graduated there with more tlian ordinary distinction, and subsequently spent three'years at Oxford University, was now iu Auckland. The committee asked for authority to interview him, and if they considered him suitable to offer him the appointment for two years. The income, including salary and fees, would bo about £7OO a year. Bishop Neligan expressed the opinion that it would he uuwise at the present juncture to appoiut a man without advertising, though local men should be given a chance. The Council decided to advertise iu Australia and New Zealand.

At the farewell social to bo given to ex-Bandmaster Pedersen at Marton this evening the Baud will play two descriptive fantasia,?. Tho overture will be “Manrico, ” with any;J chorus, and later iu the evening tho Band will give “A Trip to Norway, ” depicting a scene of merry-making at a popular seaside resort. This will include the arrival of tho excursionists at the railway station with the usual excitemnt aud bustle, railway bell aud guard’s whistle anuospep the departure of the train, arrival'at their destination, merry-making commences, niggers on the sand; song, ‘ ‘ Back to Alabama, ’’; clog dance, a sea trip proposed, all aboard, a life on tho ocean wave, night approaches, followed by gay scenes on dock, dancing to the strains of the beautiful Danube waltz, a storm arise, all take shelter, dancing resumed, song, “My Lady Lu,” a boisteros cake walk "and the return to “Home Sweet Home.

A particularly good show was given at the Drill Hall, Peildiug, yesterday evening, _ when Coot’s pictures were exhibited to a very good audience. The films were all new. and comprised 'humorous, scenic, coloured, and trick. Those specilly deserving of mention were the sculling match for the championship of the world between Webb and Towns, life on swan farm, football match All Blacks v. Australia, A ride through Queensland, and the mischievous children. Illustrated songs also helped to add to the attractions of the evening. Tim mechanical effects were excellent and original, this being a detail which' the management pay special attention to. There will be an entire change of programme this evening, when the Feilding season will close. Cook’s Pictures will lie shown at Marten on Wednesday, and should do good business.

The New Plymouth employers strongly object to the proposed Saturday half holiday, and have resolved to recommend that all towns outside the four centres urge upon the Minister for Labour the necessity of making clause 9, sub-section 3 of the Bill optional for both factories and shops and factories combined. A public meeting at Invercargill yesterday considered a telegram from the Minister of Labour, statin/? with regard to the half holiday that up more option could ho given than that at present existing, whereby the people may declare any holiday for shops. Ho had no intention of taking away the Saturday holiday from those who have enjoyed it for years. He was prepared to consider the question where a shop and factory were under the same roof, but no further. The meeting resolved to thank the Minister, and advise him that if the righj: .of factories connected 'with shops to close he mode to include Invercargill, the shopkeepers -would be satisfied, but urge, in the interests of the town, a general application of the option. Justice Deuuiston has allowed the appeal by James Johnston, who was fined by Mr Kettle, S.M., for alleged breach of the Shipping and Seamen's Act by engaging seamen contrary to sub-section one of scetion eight. Justice Denuistop, agreed with Mr Kettle’s statomeut that the subsection was involved. In Its present format undoubtedly permitted the order tf any ship superintendent in the mercantile marine, also a master, mate or engineer on a ship or a bona fide servant in sole and constant employment or any person he chooses, to engage to supply seamen or apprentices for the ship. It had -boon said that this was practically restoring crimping which it ]iad been 'one object of every Shipping and Seamen's Act to prevent. .Even so ho did not feel jutified in.; straining or misreading plain provisions to give effect to the presumed intention of the Legislature. If the language of the section did not carry tijo inton.tion of the Legisalture the sooner its attention was drawn to the matter the hotter. Tlje appeal was allowed with costs seven guineas against the Superintendent of Mercantile Marine,

Winter Bargain sale of Drapery, Clothing, Boots, etc., no better value obtainable—at the 00-op, Stores, North Broadway, Marion.*