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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXII, Issue 8964, 5 November 1907, Page 2

A little daughter of Mr A. Signal foil off a horse in Martou yesterday and fractured her arm. . Mar ton Baud will play selections at the opening of Martou Bowling Green to-morrow. The opening of the season of the Martou Bowling Club will take place to-morrow. There are still no tidings of the missing man Ryalls who disappeared from Mastertou. The employees of the Railway Department throughout New Zealand hare subscribed over £4OO towards the Soddou Memorial Fund. This sum lias been handed to the General Committee in Wellington.

Sir James and Lady Mills returned to.tbe Dominion yesterday by the U. J S.S. Co. V: now steamer Marama. On arrival at Port Chalmers Sir James ' was presented with an address of wclcommo on behalf of the citizens.

Our Cheltenham. correspondent states that the Sports Committee has decided on a programme similar to that of last year, except that tho wood-chopping and mile race are cut out and a hunters’ competition for ladies inserted.—Farmers in this district, generally, have commenced shearing. Tho settlers of Glen Oroua, or those of them who own tho public hall and furniture, must have faith in the honesty of their neighbours, for tho doors of the building, which contains a good piano, a largo numper of good chairs and other furniture are kept closed simply by a board leaniug against them. A SUCCESSFUL STRIKE Against lung troubles can be engineered by Dr. Sheldon’s Now Discorvory for Goughs, Colds, and Consumption. Prico Is fid and Bs. Obtainable at all stores, Martou, Ellis Bros.-, Huutervillo; and Mansoll and Sons, Bulls.

Bight employees at a Wellington irare-1 housl wore on Saturday I wages and informed that Bscnooa would not be required after ihat day. The weather in Mastertom is phenomenally hot. the temperatnxe day being 78 m tlie shade he cst temperature reached laflt y -was 72 in the shade, which was on i December sth. ! The Post states that Palmerston i lias been definitely chosen as .the ; site of the proposed dairy school, i gut it' is doubtful whether Cabinet i has yet considered the matter. Lee, a middle-aged man, a China man, was admitted to . Hospital on Monday suftcriug thom phosphorous poisoning. He is sam • rmbn fnnr boxes of matches,

i bat ho is expected to recover, i A special meeting of Hastings 1 Borough Council was held last mgl't i-o consider the reports o± Messrs Roohfort and Rogers on th ® of Hastings sewerage , and tno proposed extension. It was rcsolvec : to ask the Health Department if it would send an engineer to Hastings to advise the Council on the subject. Mr W. F. Massey, leader of the Opposition—who, says a Hasting telegram- had been a of William Bussell returned to Welting ton this morning. He was delighte wih his visit and the prosperous appearance of the Province and the nrmarent iii Hastings.

On Sunday night some entered St. Andrew’s manse Chi is church, while the minister (the Be\. J. Mackenzie) was conducting service in the church, kud ahstiacted rr noils to the value of £6O. .base night a man named J. Mclntyre was arrested on a charge of being impli cated in the affair. An essay contest on ‘ 1 The Life oi a Butterfly,” promoted amongst school children by the I' armors Union Advocate (Wellington), resulted as follows :—First prize (£3), Zr-e provis, aged 13 years, Haun-1 ton; second prize (£1 10s) Mary Hight, 11 years, Sanson; third pnzs Sol), Dorothy A. Bourko, aged 9 vears Opaki (near Master-ton). The essars were judged by Mr Gray. late OJiief Inspector, Wanganui Lducatiou Board. ' Mr Jeffery, manager of the tea department for Sir Thomas after making arrangements for the establishment of packing departments in the Comm on wealth, comes to New Zealand on a similar errand. Meanwhile, teas are being I ’' arily packed in Wellington and distributed to various agencies diroughout the Dominion. In h.ew Zealand, ouo suitable centre will, it is understood, be fixed upon for the ment of an up-to-date factory for the packing of teas,

Mr JJ. i . TJu.uiiciiiiT.Li, w* • *, fleld,’ ! the well-known Hereford cattle breeder, has sold nine head of pedigree fstock to ton Bros., Waionru. The draft comprises eight cows and heifers and a bull, half brother to the Australasian I champion, ‘ ‘Field Marshall. Messrs ! Norton Bros. ’ estate is over two thousand" feet above sea level, and the hardy Hereford will hfivo an excellent opportunity" of proving the ■WtUitv fo* all climates winch suiv... “'•« «,*„•,« fix-" their breeders is claimeu. ‘ * and supporters. . Detectives raided presses a Christchurch yesterday whore seven; undesirables wanted by the police had taken up their abode. iweuty men found in the smoking room stampeded for the door at the opposite end of the room, hut tho door opening inwards and the excited »roro rmfill Ift flO CTSt OU-t. I 1 TOIU

the conscience-stricken crowd tour were wooded out by the detectives said charged at the Police Court with vagrancy and were remanded till Thursday with bail ot £IOO which the Magistrate refused to reduce. , A burglary occurred at vjlonaivou Boardinghouse, Auckland, in the early hours of Monday morning. Miss Dennison, daughter of Judge Dennison, who was sleeping in an upstairs bedroom, was awakened and found that her dressing table had boon relieved of a largo ante varied assortment of silver toilet ware, her own property, valued at from *lO to £2O. A light-fingered visitor had evidently mounted to the window by the fire escape, and without entering through tiio window of Miss Deuusou’a'apartmcut, helped himself to all within reach on the dressing table. An alarm was raised but the thief escaped.

A circular memorandum has been sent to Education Boards by the Education Department respecting battalion camps of cadets. The circular sots out"that the Department is prepared to grant assistance to holding of cadet battalion camps as below stated .-—•Train fares for a distance not exceeding twenty miles; allowance of 3s 6d a head for a seven days’ camp ; camp equipment as far as available, damage to camp equipment to bo made good by battalion using it; not losa than 200 of ail ranks to bo in camp. An adequate number of experienced officers is to be in charge, - and, whenever practicable, an Instructor of the Defence Office will lie attached to the camp for instructional purposes.

For thirty-four ye&rs past the accounts of the naval port of Toiuon refused to balance. There was Is too much iu the cash hooks, and ever siuco 1873 this is 3,h;d has puzzled the official accountants. Sonic time ago orders were sent from Paris that this state of afiairs must cease. Seven special accountants wore got to work, and after seven month's hard labour the Gordian knot was untied. Admiral Galliet—a former Minister for marine, who was thirty-years ago one ot the officers of the Toulon Arsenal, hut who for many years been Jiving in -Paris on his pension—hue Just reeeived official notice asking him 10 call at fcb© Ministry of Fiualico and draw the sum of Is 3R>d. He was underpaid by this amount when he loft Toulon in 1873.

The biggest deal in.arms and ammunition in the history of the Dominion has recently been completed by an Auckland firm. Under the late Government's poljcy it was customary to store arms not in keep,iug with up-to-date patterns as a reserve supply. TJio result was that an immense assortment of obsolete small arms and ammunition accumulated iu the Government stores It was recently decided to dispose of a quantity of these by contract, and an Auckland firm thus came into possession of 18,000 rifles—mostly of tire Remington-Lee, Snider, and Martini-Henri pattern, and a million rounds of ammunition. Half a million cartridges were sent Homo to bo broken up, but tho rifles and remainder of the ammunition are being disposed of locally.

We regret to have to record the death of Mrs JolmNisbetof Pqrewa, winch occurred at her residence yesterday. The deceased lad/ had gone through a long and paimul illness, extending over 10 years, from winch there was no hope of recovery and which was borne throughout with Christian fortitude. Mrs Nisbet, with her husband, came to the colony 50 years ago and lived at tho Hutt for a few years and thou came on to Raugitikei and have resided at Porewa for over 40 years. Her husband and grown-up family of ton survive her. There are three sons and seven daughters—tho married daughters being Mrs Thoms, Marton; Mrs E.Gray, Ngairo, Taranaki, and formerly of Loedstovm; and Mrs Samson of Sentry Hill, Taranaki. The married sous are Mr P. ISisbet, Rata, and Mr A. Nisbet, Inglewood and formerly of Paraekaretn.

E. E. Hill, Bridgetown, W. A., writes “ From personal experience I can testify to the .efficacy of Chamberhiiu’s, .Cough Remedy. Last winter I was troubled with a very had cough and tried Cough Remedy, which quickly cured me Now I keep a bottle on hand, and take a dose at the first symptom of a cold, and have never since had a cold or cough.” For sale by T. H. Biedia, Co-Op. Stores, Martou, aiffihD?Wilson, Rongotea. PAST REDEMPTION POINT. In sickness,- up to a certain point, every disease is curable. This is admitted by the most eminent authorities. Those who now suffer with chronic ailments could in many cases have been cured hy the most simple treatment, had their trouble been attended to when in the acute, or first stages. Note these facts. Chronic disease is in nearly every case the fruit of neglect. If your disease has readied . that stage, it is possible that Impoy’s May Apple will do more for. you than auy other treatment, \vhile_ intho early career of Indigestion, Liver Troubles, Oontsipation, etc., Irapoy’s May Apple is an absolute cure. The moral is—if yon are “not up to par,” begin with Impel’s May Apple to-d«y. . - ' Eight to ton drops after each meal will keep you in perfect health. Chemist or Store. Price Sa (id.

Mr A. Oldham, employed by | Marton gasworks, met with a painful Jacoideut yesterday. He was engaged at excavating work and relieved a severe blow with a sledge hammer on top of his head rendering him unconscious for some time. He is to undergo an operation todaAt Wellington a sitting of the Arbitration Court yesterday doait wuh a i breach of privilege in P nbUb lV““ newspaper article upon a dispute which was before the Conciliation Board. The article in question appeared in the Taihape Post andßelated to a dispute between Wellmg ton Timber Aards and Sawmill Industrial Union and James Adam-

son and other employers. _ a nne of 20s with costs £3 2s was imposed. A large number of breaches of awards wore dealt with by the Arbi-, tration Court at Wellington yesterday. The cases wore of the clist °“ ary character, employers being v. - ionsly charged with paying loss than the minimum wage, employing noui unionists, and failing to mdouturo ■ apprentices. Pines varying to £5 were imposed. In one °r two > cases workeis were also penalised foi i accepting less than the • wages, fixed by the award of t o • Court.

The Government does pot intend to bring down any legislation tins s sion dealing with the employment of children on dairy farms Some thing like £BOOO extra is to “6 ex pended hy the Department of Agri culture during the currout yeax on the inspection of dairies, and in th course of their work the inspectors will ho able to see for themselves tho amount of child labour that is employed and the conditions under which it is carried on. It as the re suit of their reports legislation dealing with tho subject is considered necessary it will he brought down next session. . From Monday last the price of butter in Hawera (says tho Star) rose 2d per lb. The wholesale price is now Is, and tho retail figure Is 3d. During tho early part of the year the commodity was costing Is, hut about three months ago it dropned to lid, and was retailed at Is, thoso figures remaining nnti Monday last. The piuccs at this time last year were 10%cl and Is respectively. The sudden jump in the market is said to ho due to the prices now ruling for huttei . t Home. A local tradesman says he thinks the present price will continue forborne time. The opening match of the Marton Cricket Club will be played between the married and single members of the club on tho cricket ground tomorrow (Wednesday) afternoon, commencing at 3 p.m. sharp. Ti teams will be -.-Married: Messis Broad, Hawke, Hodges, Miles, Rawson (3), Richardson, oss, Sharpe, Skerraau, Wilde, Wottou, and Young. (Single: Arkwright, Brodrick, Bush, Cptfielcl, Crawford, Kerr, Marshall, Signal *(2), Swmhurue, Turner, Walters, and Wilson. The ground is now in good order and others who may attend wjll get a game. Fourteen Chinese wore charged at Auckland on Monday with gardening on Sunday. Mr hjapiei;, for the defence, contended that tno jueu pneaced in a work oi ne.c.csBify 1 ' Thev were not digging now early every Moud&y morning ous steamers and cluus, and it va. impossible to carry out tue Wi cent hv raising the vegetables on Sunday. He considered it would be Sabbatarianism rpn mad, ' much as he respected tho Sabbach, to make criminal to perform ;so necessary M work. Decision was reserved.

A correspondent sends ns the folIwiug:— There passed away at Mr W. Marshall’s, Mauugaraupl, on Friday last, in the pcrsou.of Michael Kearney, one of the very levy of the old veterans loft who did good service for their country in the trpub-ous times in Now Zealand over forty years ago. Kearney was a. private in tho 57tb Regiment (Dig HtUus) when I first mot him in ’Wanganui, when we did jsentry go arouna tjip town of Wanganui. We were told off in double sentries—one milummau and one regular and the writer, who was then turned lb, struck up a comradeship with Old Mick, as we called him, which has lasted ever since. For the last tew years I have heard little of him, but I know ho was in good hands in the Marshall family, where ho had been, I think, for over DO years. Mick and I were in the same tent at the front 3!) years ago, and many Is the story he used to pitch us of his old Crimean days. Ho ‘svns just the sort of man to inspire confidence in a youngster. I can remember well ms saying when wo bad a littlo_ bit of an engagement iyid the tiring was going on iprotty thick, “Douf be afeered of them, boys, wo can easily boat them; they can’t fight; why, wo licked the Russians, and they could fight a lot.” Ho was the life of tho camp, and'was a very smart man then, and a lot of us young follows, who thought ourselves pretty ‘smart,"wero taken down by him in running or .-jumping. Ho was of a kindly disposition, good uatnrcd to a fault, and /soldier-like, caring nothing of the morrow. Micks ago is put at (>f), but I think would have been nearer tho mark. It is a consolation to know that ho ended his days with kind friends, wno valued an honest, hard workingman’s services, and did not, as us too often the case, send him into tho Old Men’s Home to end his 'days. It smacks too much of ‘‘shooting "the old horse who has been a faithful friend servant, po save his grass. ’ ’