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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXII, Issue 8961, 29 October 1907, Page 2

Tl’ito was a severe earthquake at ' Blenheim at 12.35 last night. An article by “Gleucoo” dealing vi rb Use recent suspension of C. kins appears on page 4. !: tlio Adelaide wool sales yesterday 32,500 bales were offered at auction, a world’s record for a single day's, business, A severe earthquake took place on Thursday Island yesterday arid considerably damaged the lighthouse.

1 touched 15d. Mr B, J. Wilde’s Viceroy secured first prize for ladies’ hack at the Hawke’s Bay Show. . . , Mr Albert Smith, of Rongokokako, has sold his property to Mr Koberstoiu, of Feilding, says the \Sairarapa Age. : , , Within the last few days eggs have advanced iyA a dozen in Duuedm, and there are signs of a further rise. This is on account of the scarcity and the dearness of fowl feed. The results of the Salvation Army’s self-denial week show that £10,830 was collected throughout the Dominion, compared with £10,388 last year The North Island contributed £5T29, and the South Island £5094. Mr H. W. Bishop, S.M., has received a telegram advising him that •the Minister for Railways desires him to hold an inquiry on the allegations of “ragging ” in the railway service at Christchurch. The receipts at Martou Gas Works for month of September were £3l l)s Id in excess of expenditure. I 1 rom the Ist of January to 28th October 43 services have been laid and 50 motors fixed. Mr Widowson, S.M., gave his deferred judgment in the adjourned i case in which Leah Myers, who i keeps tea rooms in the Octagon, Christchurch, was charged with sly grog-selling. The . defendant was flned £35, the execution being stayed for a month. During the hearing or the land compensation case at Gisborne the 01 def Justice observed that in Taranaki and other'places the prices of laud had gone up ’so that people made their children slaves. The price of laudjwas so high that they could not pay for labour, and they Pad to depend on tbeir children, who were being worked to death. Of the flax shipped by the Tnrakiua which is now being ro-oonditionod it is stated that 500 bales were never properly scutched. The hanks are full of broad pieces of raw flax leaf, thoroughly calculated to broail the machinery Of the Buglish twinomakers for whom it had been destined, These are the bales that render necessary the supply of /extensive appliances for veccutcbiug. Such flax should niivbr have bo-m passed by graders.

The resignation of Mr W. Ferguson, secretary and engineer of Wr-11-in tgou Harbour Board was considered yesterday by the Board. -Rearet"was expressed that Mr Ferguson had terminated his connection with the 1 Board and ho w;ro appointed consult; mg engineer at £SOO per annum v M v Fergusbu has accepted the position of engineer to the "Wellington Das Company., at a salary of £ISOO per annum, With liberty to takq private Practice.

The parade orders of Royal Rifles for November are published. It will ho noticed that a daylight parade is called for thoTlth November. As this parade counts for capitation 'it is important that there. should bo_ a big muster. The Radios Belt will bo" competed for on that day, and also a large number of cash prizes. Further 'particulars will' be announced at the parade on November 7th. Wellington Shopkeepers’ Association decided to observe King’s Birthday holiday on tho 11th instead of the oth, and now the secretary of tho Shop Assistants’ Union has intimated that as that body is working under an award of the Court, which provides for tho observance of the holiday on the date on which it falls, ’and as there is no provision for the substitution of any other date, double pay will bo claimed if grocers open on Saturday.

The Gazette announces a now allocation of members on the Wanganui Hospital and Charitable Aid Boards. Hitherto Wanganui and Marton Boroughs have jointly appointed three members, but in future Marton and Taihape Boroughs will share in the appointment of one member. The other members will be chosen as followsWanganui County 2, Waimariuo County 1, Waitotara County 2, Jiaugitikei County 4, Wanganui Borough 8. The concert to bo given in St. Stephens’ Hall, Marton, to-morrow evening will doubtless attract a crowd, as the success of those previously given is still fresh in the minds of those people whoso good fortune it was to bo present. Thgt talented combination of ,musicians “ Creator's orchestra-,’’..will again bo in evidence and we shall hear from them some of the latest productions. Several quite novel items are included in the programme, such as ‘‘The Mystic Slave,” 1 ‘The Four Quakeresses,” etc., and supper will, as before, be provided. The overture will bo played at 7.45 sharp. The Mayor explained at Marton Broough Council meeting last evening that the sub-committee appointed to deal with Marton Land Extension Company’s roads and footpaths, had found so many intricate details that they had appointed Mr Sicely as Council’s engineer, and had informed the Laud Company that any suggestion agreed to by Mr Sicely would meet with the approval of Council. The syndicate now appeared to object to Mr Sicely and threatened to oppose the proposed loan. It was pointed out that although specifications had not yet been approved by Council yet the contract had been let.

A mysterious sealed package, which is not to be opened until July 4th, 2000, has just been unearthed from among tile Peuuyslvauia State papers, whore it lias lain since 1881. The envelope is marked, ‘‘Contract of O. P. McKay with tho Girard Title and Trust Company.” It bears the injunction that it is not to be opened until July •Uh, 2000, when the proceeds are to bo applied to the State debt. Endorsed across the face in the handwriting of cx-Governor Hoyt is an order that the request shall bo honoured. It is said that the envelope contains an order to turn over to tho State £4OOO worth of State bonds held by that company. The commissioners ordered that the envelope bo kept as directed. At Marton Borough Council meeting last night the question of increase of wages to gas workmen was again brought up for discusison. The gaslittor applied for 0s a day, but according to the plumbers’ award is entitled to 10s 4d. The applicant is not a first-class fitter, having ;bceu employed in the first place as a labourer. The manager supported tiro increase, stating that the applicant was a reliable fitter and it was better to give one shilling extra per day than to employ a laborer who could not be depended on- for such important work. A motion directing applicant to apply to a Magistrate under clause 11 of Wellington Plumbers’ award, to have his wages fixed at 9s a day and that Council agree to the decision to pay such rate, was lost on the casting vote of the Mayor. In the first instance the Mayor intimated Iris intention of giving his casting v -to iu favour of the motion, but Or. Lyon said it was not a usual practice for a chairman to do so and he accordingly voted against it. Tire noes were Crs. Lyon, McEldowney and Sutcliffe.

At Christchurch Diocesan Synod Canon Pascoe objected to military funerals on Sunday. Such a funeral had taken place at Avondale, and the crowd was so great that many graves were trampled on, and much damage done. There was laughing and joking going on during^the service, and the ring of the volleys at the end was regarded as a sort of amusement. He had never experienced anything more harmful in his life, and he hoped there might bo no more military funerals. In reply to a protest he explained that he was not reflecting in any way upon tho Yolunteers, but was complaining of the conduct of the crowd. When the volley was fired there, were shouts anil laughter from the wdhren ami others, and altogether the affair was most unseemly. Tho fact that tho funeral was held on a Sunday had attracted that large crowd of irreverent spectators.

The panama hat has come to stay. No hat is so cool, comfortable and easy to the head. This season’s goods aro better than over. Neal, cash clothier, Feildiug, is now showing a splendid range of these hats at 12s (id, 16s Gd, 19s 6d, 23s Gd to 455, Brazilian folding straws 3s lid, 5s Gd, Cs Gd. Our new ready tailored suits for the show aro up-to-date in workmanship, finish and material. We can fit you. The materials are our own choice, comprising the latest worsteds and now suiting now so much worn. Tiie prices are not expensive considering the quality and makeup of those suits, 455, 555, 59s Gd, to 69s Gd, Neal, Cash Clothier, Feildiug-* Just opened up. 132 pairs Lace Curtains, lovely designs at Is lid, 2s lid, 4s (id, 5s lid, 7s Gd, 10s 9d, 12s Gd and 17s Gd, at McEldownoy’s Stores,*

j Owing to tixe fact that the cxI aminations at Martou public school ! take place two days after the tow'd . holiday for Palmerston Show, it i has been decided not to give the t children a holiday on that day hut to give one on People’s Day at the Wanganui Show, Thursday, November'l4Bh. To suit the convenience of counsel and witnesses, the Magistrate’s Court appointed to sit at Bulls on Friday, ist November, will be adjourned to Bth November. It is expected that an action brought by a well-known doctor against a cattle dealer for damages caused through a mob of cattle overturning the former’s horse and gig on the Rangitikei bridge at Bulls, will then be heard.