Rangitikei Advocate. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1907. SECOND EDITION. EDITORIAL NOTES

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Rangitikei Advocate. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1907. SECOND EDITION. EDITORIAL NOTES

THE benefits which would otherwise result from the ingenuity and enterprise of man are frequently greatly discounted by diumau folly. On ■ :-.:■■ one liacil wo see some striving to cheapen the cost of transit ami annihilate distances, while others deliberately eiyao.ivour to nullify i.ho offoct of their exertions. Year by year tho world registers progress in tho development of shipping facilities; great liners are built and launched with speed and carrying capacity ever increasing, canals are cut at enormous expense to shorten the way, and everything possible is done to improve tho means of locomotion and increase trade, which is tho life-blood of nations. Tho ob3ecfc of all these things is to enable services to be given at;choaper cost, or | by bettor methods, and the instinct ! oil mankind compels recognition of j the fact that all parties to the irans- ! action benefit by improved trade. I Eat in every country there are some | who strongly resent any interference I with their 'schemes for private

profit, and in some cases these induce a majority to believe that they will really benefit if they P a >' double rates for their supplies in order that a small section may bo employed locally in making the dearer articles. These- people oven shriek against trusts, ignoring the fact tiiat they themselves constitute the only Trust svhich is injurious. In davs to come the historian who deals with the present in New Zealand, will surely have nothing; but jeering ritlicuie for some of the farcical action that iss taking placeaction which no;sober-rnin led person could conceive as possible except in comedy or extravaganza. "When he observes that implement suppliers have actually been arraigned in our Courts, not because they were extorting high prices from farmers, but because they were alleged to bo selling too cheap, lie will wondor whether the people were not stricken with somo peculiar form of lunacy, that such things should bo possible. The theory under which this strange position has been attained is that it is not the consumer or purchaser .whose interests should be studied, but the interests of tho fow—of a small section of employees and a still smaller nunibor of monopolists. .Using liis reason when criticising this curious phase of the common hallucination tho historian will point out that as the producers arojhe most numerous class, and the only creators of wealth, it is their interest which should;, receive ftat and ""that" if "they arc

made to pay more for articles they could obtain cheaper from others, thou tliav are simply maintaining ns parasites those who make thein locally, and it would he less costly to pension theiu nil, abolish tlio restrictive duties,';;aud get the cheaper goods. Ho will argue that the producers wero foolish to allow themselves to bo specially taxed in this manner, that labour was wasted which might have been much more profitably employed in other occupai [sous, raid that any "indttstry" | which cannot competo with all the world must be a costly exotic, the growth of which is quite unnecessary as well as injurious. SO3IE of the Australian papers arc extremely annoyed because Mr Ramsay Macdonald declared in the House of Commons that the Australians are preparing a navy to light Japan. Bat Mr MacDonald is j-a observant man. He placed a corI rcct estimate cm the work of th.e 1 bbour uiiioi:.s ia our Dominion, and j exhibited tiio folly of our protective | system, under which wages increase j t,m per cent and the cost of living ! rises 80 per cent. During his visit | to Australia it could not escape his I notice that those papers which auvoj eatc-d the building of au Australian i navy were constantly referring to ! the danger of attack by -Japan, and endeavouring to create a, scare among the unthinking. Of course, the only reasons why- Australia is j taking stews to create a toy navy are,

first, that the politicians desire a wide" area of patronage, such as a local navy will give, and, second, thnt they thus pander to the socialistic section who abhor any dealings wirh the Motherland. Equally, of course, the Australian navy.jwhcn it does exist, will bo absolutely worthloss for defence, without tho assistance or support of the British. Nor is it at all likely that Japan will ever venture to attack Australia, or '.my other part: of the British Empire. S;u> may, indeed, insist that her people smdl be t.cai-ed as hum::*'" beings, and shall I-.eve as tree right to •. msr any country as that pos- ■ !-'.-.-.-ed b'.' Eritons, and if sho does so iu.-.isr, thou Australia's gimeraek Mo-u, oven though manned by officers, and men of "the right colour," will not prevent tho enforcement of her claim, which may probably bo dc-e;.'\-1 by a congress of th.e nations, ami c. riaiuly not by the so-called Commonwealth. Our Dominion might with equal reason send tlin Tutauekai to dismay the Celestial.

Another art van co of £1 a ton in flour is reported by the local storekeepers. We are informed that Mr R. T. Batiey has consented to be nominated for the Awarna Riding of Raugitikei County Council. At the meeting of Marton Rose Show committee last evening it was decided to hold the Show ou Ctli ami 7th December, 1907. rr he instructor in agriculture at M;>rtou Technical School (Mr Grant) expresses himself as much gratified with th." intelligent interest in the subject shown by the members of jus class. .. , The weather here is lino. and spring-like and t!;e indications point to set fair for the Hawko's Bny A. aad P Spring Show at Hastings to-morrow and Thursday. The town is rapidly filling with visitors from pirts of the Dominion and accommodation is already scarce. A young man, who at v/ys one time an inmate of Buniliam, has li2en arrested at Timaru on a charge of breaking into Washdyko railway station and stealing £2 4s, 50 railway tickets, and a bicyc-lo of the value of £lB. Aconsod wont to Dunedin aud was arrested on tho train v/hen travelling back north. When brought before tho Court ho protested his innocence and was remanded till j Monday next.

Lord Rosebery, m * s P° ec , h ° f f groat eloquence, unvoilea a statue ot Queen Victoria at Loith. On Saturday afternoon the body ol Lancelot Rooney, one of the two boys who wore drowned m Forsyth soino timo ago, was oi->-°°n imported that the French and Spanish Governments intend to £ form the Powers that Aodnl Az ? coded thorn for a year his ngh»« policing the Moroccan °°>«tano. waters against contraband ot war The Morning Post f/ s *\ ia ™ Tariff Commission's cold and clear nualvsis shows that preference gives the Motherland at least as groat an advantage as the authors of tho tar in led it to expect. ~ BishoTJ Gore, in the coiirse ot a speech at Birmingham, declared ,ie was profoundly convinced that the v-av to avoid the dangers of militarism is to strengthen . the civic tho Commonwealth Postal administration Jias paid the various railway administrations £220.000 per annum for tho conveyance of mails Tho Commissioners now demand an increase of :£145,000, but the Post* Department refuse to pay it. Acoa fereuce opens to-day to endeavour to adjust the matter. To-morrow entries close for the •nnint-fo-noiut steeplechase (on foot) ?c ho run P ?he following Wednesday over a course to be made known to i the competitors shortly before the vnc- Valuable trophies have been OToenred which should bring m lar-t nominations. Those will be received by Mr Mace Walters, MartoOuo of the hitherto unrecorded incidents of the recent hreatdown of the Monowai was tho attitudo M one of the passengers. He was quite convinced that a rescue would not bo effected, and provided himself with the best lifebelt, and would not be ] appv till 3io had tested it in one of the salt water baths on hoard ° The 'report of the Dust Committee of tho Roads Improvement Asaoeia tiou in En-land on the dust problem s favourable to tho use of a propar-i-.-'on of tar as a dust preventive. Thcr« are over 20,000 miles ol mam roads in England and Wales and it is anticipated that as a result of the experiments made in &ay las,,, ~wi the co-operation of tne local authorities, at least 10,000 miles mil be dustloss in the summer of 1.90 b,

Mr Singleton, who is investigating the Lomlon market for butter and cheese says he does noli see any Shoo of New Zealand bu tor "eaching the consumers unmixed tnd in any case ].e thinks we should £ content so long as the big buyers recognise its value. There is no reason to doubt, however that the wholesale firms send out tlio Zealand packages intact-

We regret to have ia report the death of Mrs. L. E. Jaotsou, a« Makonui, Kimbolton. The k.-ceas.-d lady had been in bad hea-Uh for several mouths, and. returned .to her homo from a visit to Napier about six weeks ago. bhc w.« a. daughter of the Hon. 3otm Srvco, and had been married for twenty n " si )G leaves three sons and iiy>'-oo'dau"-hters. Out of respect ror % the Golf Club ball, which was fixed for Friday, has been postponed. The funeral takes pxace to-mo rrow.

"Wc don't want any more of your this" said a lady at the Pvoicuin •■ace''; "we haven't won on a single race yet. so Mary and me are going to pick for ourselves, and we want, a pound on No. 0 because it s the sixth '•ace." Thev were supplied and drew a£s 18s dividend on Ai'd Heigh. So sure were mother and Alary of tho idea they ;>au surack Miat. they insisted on another poiißd on No 7 for the seventh race, ami Paragon paid them £4 13s. .Ixeauwhile the exports were all losing. At Feilding Court this morning, before Messrs Trewiu and Kir ton. J's.P. a charge against itiueard Bathnrst of using indecent language to a little girl was dismissed,. there being no evidence corroborative oi tho girl's statement. The prosecution hold that though tho words al.to have been used were not nide'eent the circumstances in wmen they were used made them so. a proi'ibitiou order was graiueu against Alfred Hoy, at the request of his wife.

A famous icliquary, worth £SOvO, lias been stolen from tho Cluii'C:; at Ambazsc. It was traced to ijondou, owing to Thomas' portfolio, containing the receipt, being found m the Seine. The French Government demand the restitution of. the reliqnarv. A Paris dealer in auU.quitiea confessed to having purchased many rare treasures from Thomas, of which he surrendered, a relic, consisting of a finger of Saint Louis, stolen from tho church at Pjisst! Tho Frencli detectives have secured many letters addressed to Parisian dealers in antiquities by persou3 purporting to be secularised monks, stating that, fearing impendin" ruin, and owing to the Government's policy, they desired to scd church treasures, and to substitute imitations.

A curious point of evidence arose during the hearing of a forgery case at Ohristchurch. A 'man and a woman wero jointly charged with forging the name of the woman's husband to ft promissory noto. The husband xvas called to give evidence. Objection was raised by ooumsel for the man. on the ground thai his evidence was inadmissible without consent, as the offence was against the Crown and not one as between husband and wife, in which case it would have been admissible by tho Evidonco Act, 1905. Mr May said that th.e point had not yet rceoivcd judicial conisdoration. In _ his opinion there was to bo au offence against the husband before tho Crown could take action. any case the ovideuco of the husband would be'admissible against one of th.e parties, and ho therefore admitted it.

A good authority states that"within p. month no less than 10,000 calves have been killed in Taranaki district, because of the fall in prices of calvos as against tho satisfactory nrices or pigs : the high prices ruling frr calf skins; and" tho fact that Taranaki district is quarantined, debarring stock-holders from trading outside thoir area. Mr Newton. King's sale at Stratford includes 10,000 calf-skins, part of four weeks' killing in that locality. At Wa-nga-nui throe brokeis will sell 3000 to 4000 this week. Other current sales are: Young, Hobbs and Co. of Stratford 2000 to 8000; Wilson and Nolan. Now Plymouth, 2000 to 8000; Swanson and'Bevan, Levin, 1000; Atkinson and Co., Folding. 1200; Dalgety and Co., Abraham and Williams, and N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Co., Palmerstou, 3000 odd. These figures represent four weeks' supplies.

Mr Cuddie, the Dairy Commissioner, told a representative of the Post that tho department hart no intention of giving eit'eet to the suggestion that the poinds for first-clasa imtT'.r'should he 'raised on grading. I'rriU! 8S to 'JO. " A change such as this" wiirt Mr Caddie, "would require the most careful consideration before adoption. Six years ago the point?, were, raised from 84 to SB foi the iirsr. grade article No doubt it was a good move then, but now that tho margin lias boon narrowed it is queritiouablo whether the time is quite ripe for a further step. .{ niu?t admit, however, that there is rather much butter jut't reaching first grade with 88 points. This applies'to a small percentage only. It lias been customary in previous years to give the makors of such butter the benefit of the doubt, when doubts exist, but I believe the time has arrived when butter of this class should not receive quite so much consideration." DON'T EXPERIMENT. If von were drowning and a lifcblet thrown to you, would you take any chance of less safe methods to reach shoro or if in a burning building with a fire escape at your window, would you stop to find othor means of egress. When von are ill, why; is there not the same display of common sense. Whv experiment with a- hundred and ouo'doubtfnl remedies, when there is Impov's May Apple, tho sure cure. You take no chances with Impey's May Apple. , This remedy can bo depended on always.

I You cannot, must not, experiment | with yourself when you are ill, or I the results will be disastrous. ', Use tho reliable remedy that for many years past, and in thousands of cases, has accomplished all that is claimed for it. Impey's May Apple from all medicine vendors. Price 2s Gd. It will soon be here—the Mauawatu A. and P. Show. Ladies wanting hats or costumes for the occasion should place their orders at tho Eon Marclte without delay. Already Messrs Spence and Spence are very busy in those departments.

I T-lis Excellency the Governor, laid the foJSJta^or the Women stud- ! eats' Hotel in Woolcornbe-street, \\ oii im-ton, yesterday. It is to accommodate Victoria College students. " A vacancy on the Canterbury Conodw. tion Board, which will investigate the Canterbury Farm Labourers' Union case, has been filled by the appointment of a Dunsandel farmer, a member of the 1 rovincial Executive of the North Canterbury Farmers' Union. The seven tries obtained by the Now Zealand Professional team at Colombo were secured by Messenger (2) Dunning, Tvne Cross, Wrigloy and Kelly. Messenger converted six. Cross; try was the result of a fine rim covering half the field. In the second half Wright injured his knee. . I * Thanhs to the efforts of _ the Tourist I Department, New Zealand u becoming well known in America, Asaiiesamplo ot the now attitude the New York Cummen*a recently published a special l,ew Zealand edition of 32 pases devoted eni tirely to a description of this country, i its commerce, industries and scenery. Duuedin bakers complain of a large falling off in tho supply ot bread i required since the price was raised to TMd ' t-. 1 Vow that tho Harbour Board E,ropowering Bill has passed the Lower House it is the intention of the Board to make Otago harbourayailable for the largest steamers visiting | New Zealand. Richard Thomas, who last week tried to commit suicide by cutting his thigh with a razor while having a bath, was charged before the Magistrate at Wellington to-day with attempted suicide and was convicted and ordered to come up tor sentence when called upon. A prohibition order was issued against "At a meeting of WaiJii Hospital Trustees last week it was decided, in tho casting vote of the Chairman, to dismiss the Superintendent ami the Matron. Last night a crowded indignation meeting was held and resolutions passed unanimously protesting against the dismissals and asking the Premier and Dr. Valmtjue to thoroughly to investigate the matter. Tho painters' and paporhangors" award does not permit of tradesmen cleaning up tho mess they make m tho course of their work. To gather up the pieces of old paper and scrim lias to ho done by a labourer connected with tho trade, who is paid labourers' wages. So that it frequently happens, says tho Dominion, that rather than'employ a man to do tin's work, very often of a .trivia.!. chiii-actor, the "boss" does it himself.

A couplo of dozen people attend a meeting like this, and 50,000 people I ao to a' football match ! I say, when ! we seo this state of things, 'Heaven i help Australia!' Tims vehemoutlly did cue of the speakers at the annual meetm" of the Natural Defence League"( New South Wales division) domore the indifference exhibited uy the average Australian in regard to the defence of his own country. "Why don't you go into domestic service? You'd earn twice "its much there," said Dr McArthur, S.M.,'i:o a .'"'rl, nineteen years of age, who gave evidence in the Wellington Court. She was an aprircutiee to the dressmaking trade and vms earning Ss per week. Tins rather asfcoimutxi the Magistrate l )ut worse was to follow. The girl wont on to stato tliafc she would complete her time in threo mouths, when sho would get lis per week. Her next rise would he obtained a"year afterward*), wheu she would earn 14s a weeji, Mr T. H. Ross, passenger ageui for Saville and Albion Co., Ltd., sTc'ainers, Mar ton, notifies that the four season steamers will call at Rio do Janeiro in addition to Monte Video. The prospect of the sight of P.io and its beautiful surroundings should prove an attraction to tourists, booking now stand to save W per ecu*.- on fares, as no official advice lias" yet i/eeu received that first and second class fares are to be raised, but it Boerus probable that such an incroaso may at any time take place. At a largely-attended meeting of the Wellington College Old Hoys' Association, hold in the Trocadero on Friday evening, thy ifolloiving resolutions wore enrried unanimously :—(I) This association deprecates any proposal or suggestion on the part of the governors of the Wellington College and Girls High School to Jay down a rule to prevent college teams from engaging in contests with outside clubs or associations, except in the ease of the annual collogiato tournament, and is of opinion that the adoption of such a a'uJp would bo contrary to the best interests of the colleges and the boys attending it j (2) Tho association should endeavour to obtain, direct repivjr seillation on the Board of Governors, and directs tjio coja.'jiittee of the association to take all stops thai may bo possible with a view to effecting that object. THE PIUZS ADVEi>'TISEJiIE.NT,

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