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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXII, Issue 9024, 11 December 1907, Page 2

We have to acknowledge the receipt of two artistic calendars for 3008 from Mr G. F. Bishop. Mr James Smith, of Taihapc, has resigned his seat as a member of the Wangamu Education Board. Mr Aloysius MacDouald. manager of the Bank of T e\v South Wales, Wellington, died early this raeruing after a lingering illness. Two hundred and forty nominations .have been received for Maugataiuoka Athletic Sports ou Boxing Dav, beiirg :> record i'ov the Torty Milo Bush.

A warrant has been issued i'r.r the arrest of a manufacturer's agent, who is alleged to have recoivcil sums of Kionev or, behalf of an Auckland syndicate for which ho has made no account. He :is believed to be. in

Sydney. R The appeal lodged in tiio recent dentistry 'case at Duuedin has been abandoned, a mutual settlement having i.ieen arrived. It |,i* ""Milerstood"that the ■iuiouu.t accepted is less 'than the verdict (£!C00) awarded. Mr Hush Barrel!, the only candidate nominated for the vacancy, lias been declared elected as representative of Makiuo Riding of Oroua Coanty. The Teilding Borough Council has accepted the tender of Pulling and Lord for channelling and kerbing three chains of Macarthur street, at £ls us.

Dr. Bell, director of the Geographical Survey, is to make an exhaustive survey of the Poverty Bay oil bearing "district as .soon as possible after his re tarn to tho Dominion. Complaints ha v , i.; ri - bjon received of die reckless driving by motorists, the Kairanga County Council has passed a resolution to take, action against motorists driving at an excessive speed on its country roads. The Swedish flag was flown at half-mast over tho office of the Swedish Consul in Wellington out of respect to the la!:e King Oscar. Tiie flag on the Town Hall was also halfmasted. The Kairanga Count.y Council has appointed a deputation to wait on the Minister of Public works asking ' for fiuaneial assistance in opening up I the Gorge Road, which is blocked by slips. Doctor's bills paved by taking Puin=ou'.-i Popto-ehlor for indigestion. All chemists Is, lis (id and 4s. Cheap cotton dress goods and blousiugs at tho Bon Marcho, Feildutg. Messrs Speuco & Spouco have just effected a big deal in prints and muslins afc a price that enables tho firm to sell them at a reduction of 15 per cent over and abovo the tariff rebate. A grand selection of choice designs in light and dark grounds at pricos ranging from i}4 to $%& per yard.*

Foxton borough is considering the question of a water supply from Shannon and a loan lor a Town mil.

The New South Wales Professional Rugby League is endeavoring to get a Maori toam of footballers to play jjrofcssional Rugby matches iu Sydney.

At the meeting of the loxton Borough Council the Mayor threatened to call in the police to remote a councillor who defied his ruling. The counillor retired. The Rev. J. O. Andrew, was buried in the Stoke Cemetery on Monday, the Bishop of Nolsou officiating. Mr Andrew was previously principal of Nelson College

Staff Sergeant - Major William Sanderson has been transferred from Hawera to New Plymouth, the headquarters of the Fourth Wellington Rifle Battalion.

Tho directors of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company mot yesterday to discuss the position. No decision was arrived at, but the directors were prepared to -issist tho Government to come to a settlement iu any way consistent with their duty tu their shareholder. Mr Williiim Humphries, who died at Wellington yesterday, ctuno to New Zealand from tho Old Country and Molbourno iu 1858. He was a nephew of the late Mr John Pin - mer. A widow and a family ot three survive him, including Mi Georgo Humphries, ot the Frosa Association.

Mr James Fleming, of Halcombe, was married at St. John's Church, Wellington, to • Miss Mhiuie l'rauklin, daughter of Mr W. Franklin ot t o Government Printing Omco. The Rev Mr Patcrsou mentioned that he 'liad now officiated at the niiiTii»"o of si.t members ot jur Franklin's family, Qvo daughters and one son. This was s. record foi h'im; he believed this was the .omy familv from which he had married such a number during his long ministry.

]"r was in :vi office not far from Lambton Quav. ''"ho man in black i.ut down ten shillings worth ot Threeuennv bits on the counter. ■''Olio could coll your proiossvoiv -.vid th« reporter, "just as well from yoni- ;;m:ill change as from the cut of vour cost." The man m black smiled sadly- : -ycs. and the sorol congregation I have, '.-Dominion.

Mr Bugald Maofarlano writes as ■foilows to'tho Temuka Leader;— 1 measured a fine straight gum tree in the drive at Feel Forest and found it was .142 ft 2in high and over 'Jit round above tho root '-.purs. J-be iioi'-i.fc is not guess work, as i measured it with tho theodolite. Ils age must be nearly 50 years. it is the tallest gum treO in Jicw Zealand, : '

\ labourer named Ghivertou was s ( M-te?ired at Ipswich to three mouths imprisonment for * n wtraordinary freak At a funeral at the village of Capel near Ipswich, Ohivortou ■jumped several! times on the cofiui, 'which h.id been lowered into mo o-rave with fclj.e result that the brass breastplate was bent ami vvreatns destroyed. Ohivortou said bo was so drunk that he did not knov.' What ho was doing.

Mi- Ouddie, the Dairy Commissioner, had arranged with Mr J. G. Wilson to give addresses oa dairying -mblocts at" Bulls and Ilongotea, hut lio now finds himself unable to fulfil tho eicegement an the Minister wants him to leave for Groat Britain ■>t one* He pi onuses, however, on his return to ;<>ake this visit one of the first, and wo are sure those interested in those'districts m dairying will welcomo him when he does by'-riving hirn good audiences. 'A question as to when the Main Trunk Line would probably be completed was asked oi' Mr I*, W. Hohu-es, Chief Engineer to t-hi? Public Works Department, by a Wellington press man. Mr Holmes replied : " X iton't think we shall have it fully completed bv the end of ueis year, but wo shall be in a position to run a- slow passenger service." He added that there was always a tremendous lot to do in the fiiiar clearMi" up'' stage. Mr Holmes has j-.sst been paying a visit of inspection to the works.

A diseaso of a mysterious in tare is reported to be appearing among many flax swamps in the island' it is not the ordinary fungus which attacks the leaf, but a sort of wet rot. which sets m at the base of the leaf. The first appearance oi the d'ionse is the Jeaf turning a bright yellow. It ultimately dies. Possibly ti'.o trouble may be the result of the abnormally wet springy Whatever *!}» cause, tho disease is of such a. nature and its extent is so r:reat that it deniancis fell investiga- ' ion.

Thomas Hall, convicted to penal servitude for life in 18S« for attempting to murder bis wife with antimony, iiud acquitted oil a charge of causing the death of his i'aiher-m----kw bv the same means, was released from ' Auckland Gaol last week. Seventeen days before his marriage ,'iu May of tho previous year; Hall began, to studv poisons. Two mouths after the marriage he secured a_will in iiis favour, and insured Mrs Hall's life for £(S.000. Tho discovery of the poisoning was made by Dr MoIn tyre who considered symptoms 'suspicious. Hall; who was a nep-. hew of Sir John Hall, .and a promm--ent commission agent, i.ad msurco his house for £2,000 with, it was '-aid. the intention of burning it. A nurse accused with him iu the charge regarding .Mrs Hail was acquitted. Accordiug to Mr G. n. Sykes, Secretary of the MV.storroii A. £;;.! P. A.-soeiiitioii, the district surroundmg Anekieiid city, aud as far south as the Waikat-o,' is ...lestiued to become tlie chief better jnaivutacl.nring centre of >lew "onlajid. Mr I'erry, the well known Wairarapa.brooder, '.'.'ho was one of the judges at Auckland Show, savs that- with the exception of the shoo]) sections in Romneys and Liucolns, Auckland was ahead of Mauawatu. In sonm of tho horse classes there were sixty entries. He adds that if the Manawatu, Kawkc's Bay, Wunganui, Wairarapa, and Masterton, to nay nothing of Taranaki, pooled tlicir ,s!;ows, and called the one exhibition Wellington, tho advantage would not be with Auckland, which now lias a great area to!

draw from. To a, Christchurch interviewer the Minister of Labour said that last session'B Bill to constitute industrial courts for conciliation boards will he introduced next session. He considers that conciliation hoards have been nil absolute failure. If there were no desire for conciliation, the sooner the farce of dealing with disputes bv the conciliation boards way ended, aiul all disputes sent direr, to the Court, the hotter it will hu for all parties i-oneerned. As ro whether the Bill would be passed next session lie was not in a position to speak definitely. Ho would also have the Bill to amend the Workers' Compensation for Accidents Acs (introduced last session), aud J:o did not anticipate being able to get both passed ?ie>:n session. 1

A gentleman who has just returned to Bathurst, Now South Wales, from a trip to the far west tells a doleful tr.i.' of the damage done by grasshoppers. West of Dnbbo, and along the Began to its confluence with the Darling, grasshoppers are to bo found in immense numbers, and

storekeepers and residents of several small towns £havc been at their wita' end to keep" the pest out of their shops and homes. I'u many places the insects have had to bo shovelled out of the houses, and sheep dip has been freely used. Several trains have been "delayed owing to the grease on tho rails from tho millions of crushed grasshoppers. Around Trangio, Dand'aloo, Never tiro and Warren crops hava all been eaten up. The insects appear to bo going east, and farmers near Wellington are doing their best to counteract their ravages. One crop of 400 acres at Trangie was completely eaten off, and in their line ot march the! ground is completely stripped of all vegetation. The Christchnroh correspondent of the Post states that a start is to be matin this wo.<?k with tho training of the ponies which are to bo taken south bv the Tho work has been, left very late in view of the fact that the expedition is to leave Lytteltou at tho end of the present mouth. Tho ponies will rei rjuire to bo amenable to discipline if they are to prove useful on the ico, ami at the present time they seem to bo particularly wild. The work of breaksnc in the 15 ponies is to be undertaken by Mr W. H. Tubman, who will go over to Quail Island and will take charge of tho animals until the Nimrod leaves Ho has already inspected his charges, and finds that they ate very wild ; somo are well on in years, and do not seem to have been handled to any great extent, and during tho noxt two or throe weeks the whole 15 have to ba taught to pull sledges and carry packs. Ponies and trainer will probably have some exciting moments.

I Messrs Prouso l>os \ their farm near Apiti to f™*L" ] Mclutyre,:Bro S , The Area « OT6 ; 1 acres and the price £l2 ail acre. The Feilding Borough CouitcU lias the price of an ambulance can 1&K« > with a view of raising a portion™the purchase money by subscription, J It is anticipated that the Hospital. Board will assist in the purchase. Horseowners who intend competing at the Feilding Athletic Club s sputa are reminded that entries lor the Maiden and Open Hunters Competition and Pony Jump olose ou Friday, 13th instant, Mr Johnson, a Swede by birth, bat one of the first of the Apiti settlors, sold out and went to his old home in Sweden to settle down, about six months ago. Recently he. Iws written to a friend m Apiti stating his intention to return, as he cannot make himself happv under the condition of things existing there. Shearing is evidently a very remunerative occupation while itlrsts One man,. who has been enI o-ncrod at the work since October 335.1 lust, told a Wairarapa Age_ re pwtor 011 Monday that his earnings during tliat time amounted to £OO. In three weeks at one shod lie drew ove 1 - £33, and for about lour days work at a'notlier he received £O. "What chance would a man like mo have of getting down a rope ladder?" queried Mr W. H. E}f»«P. S M at the meeting of the Ohristelmrc/h Licensing- Committee on Wridav last. "With a fire behind vou I "think you would gou down an< right," replied Superintendent Smith. A duck-billed platypus was picked up on the beach at New Plymouth on Sunday evening. The finder has decided to offer it to the Wellington City Council to be placed in the Newtown Aquarium. The platypus is a raritv nowadays, ami is a stranger to Now Zealand. How this little chap came upon this coasr, is a mystery, but the theory is advanced that he has drifted across from lasmania.

Tho opportunity is now offered to tho residents of Marton ;w*d district to secure articles suitable for Cinnst--rias presents at Milligau'fi ReadyMoney Store. Fully £OOO of salvage s'-o.'lf from the late fire will be sold in addition to a number of casos just hnnorted, which are now being opened tip. Mr Glaxisc:>TJ slion, Broadway, has been kindly ien.t to Mr Milligau pending tiiP erection or = a now store. Tlie riso in the price oi moat m Masterton a few weeks ago is having considerable effect on local consumption, judging by tho abattoir returns. For November of list year tho killing fees totalled .€ll3 16s (id, while hist month they fell to £S3— the lowest by £l3 since the abattoir was opened "i a months ago. _^ a According to tho Hastings Standard the orchards in the Havolock and To Mala districts arc looking extremely healthy, there being absolutely no appearance of blignt, or t he. visitation of any orchard pests. Numerous new orchards have been planted, and iu. a few years' timo_ it will lie tho 'chief fruit- producing portion of Ha wire's Bay, Some of the timber iias boon laid on the ground for tho new Apiti prvi Qfiieo. The new Town hall is near completion, aud a considerable improvement is tein ( i effected in the appearaneo of the township by ithe construction of tho footpath, 'ihese improvements, it is stated, are having the effect of causing a considerable rise U! the yaluo of town sections. The Aucklai:d[Star says that a further search for tho treasure which was lost with tho Kliugamito is to be undertaken as soon as weather conditions are favourable, probably at the begiriuiii? of January. Tho work will be carried oat by the s.s. Okvmore. As the exact whereabout of the coiii (which is of the value of .-SIB,000), has now bean ascertained, it is considered .probable that, given favourable weatW conditions the amount will be recoverea. A recent visitor to the North Eg. mout ifiopntain cottage carved his name on one of tho walls, thinking, perhaps, that in time to come it would bo road by unborn thousands who would- raise their hats in reverence as they passed the spot whero once ho had carved. His mischief was reported to the committee (says an exchange), and a prosecution miabt have, had not tlie person renewed to apologised and paid the sum askt-d .for to repair the damage.

At tho time of tho Newcastle coal strike, the Union Steamship Company, with perhaps good reason, increased the freightage rates between Now Zealand and Australian ports •25 percent, whiiu the passenger fares wer? increased 10 per cent-. Tho strike has been over about a fo.ctr

i iiiw-Jit, aufl everything is now going I alonrj sjKOoMily, yet; the Union Cornpan v" has oalyV-dnced the freight by 10 per cent, of its iucr.ortso, and passenger rates bv ■' \»:r ces.it, Tims it still' benefits by the strike to the cs.ii--.nt of 10 per cent, in the former and 5 per cent in tho latter. A special meeting of the Feilding Borough Council was hold last night," and it was resolved to lay before, the ratepayers a proposal for a loan of £12,84.2 for street improvements ; £sllO for extension of the sewerage svstem; and £1590 for bath, including cost of land and • caretaker "3 cottage. Tho Works Coinniitteo was directed to present a report as to the advisability of widening the bridge in ivfaiicho.-stor street aiiii the erection of a bridge in North .street. Considerable discussion has taken place at various times of lato with regard to tho'necessity for compulsorVoxauiination of school children's teeth. It lias been claimed that the rising generation of colonials sadly neglect to give proper attention to their teeth. As a case in point, ir may be mentioned that enrolment- (jf tho Naval reserve at Christehureh last week the majority of the few applicants wore pro.nounced physically unlit through having decayed teeth. The espionage affair, in which Herr Schiwara, editor of a Solingcn journal, is implicated, and which has already led to the arrest of a largo numbor •of persons charged with betraying military secrets to France, assumes ever larger dimensions, When, confronted witli a sergeant named {3-ienstein, at Coblenca, Herr Schiwara produced most convincing evidence against the

sergeant. He told the examining magistrate that lie (Schiwara) did not steal any military documents* that this was unnecessary in view of the large number of confidential p.inors which were being constantly placed at his disposal. Not only., were important papers taken from the various Rhenish garrisons, but also from the groat artillery camp at .Tueterbog, near Berlin. The authorities are aghast at the extent of the corruption revealed. The Rata School sports and picnic will be held en Friday next. Last year 27 events wove got off, so the officials had a busy time from start to finish. These sports are

supported, entirely by -voluntary con- . tribution:;, no entrance feu'' being charged for any of tlio children's races and refreshments are supplied free to both children '"and visitors. In the evening there will bo"a dance in the hall for which gentlemen will be charged. 2a and ladies admitted free. The money for th.isd.anco will not come out of the sports and picnic, subscriptions, but if there is any surplus it will bo handed over to the sports committee for next year's meeting. Count Tolstoy, whose literary .jubilee is now being colebrated. has written an articlo entitled "Kill Nobody," which contains" this passago:—"Things have gone so far that if in Russia to-day men perceived the possibilities of killing everybody whom thoy consider harmful to thornsGlvea, nearly all the Russian people would proceod to slay each other. Revolutionists would kill all rulers and capitalists; rulers and capitalists would slay all revolutionaries. Peasants would put to death all landowners; landowners all peasants. Now this is not a joke, but a genuine reality. This horrible mood, which came over the nation some years ago, is growing worse aud worso, with every yoar, month, and day. 5 ' In a certain town in the highlands of Otago lived Mr and Mrs Blank. Their silver wedding anniversary was pretty near at hand, aud Mrs Blank was looking forward to the event with considerable interest. Unluckily the husband fell ill aud diod. This would have discouraged a more man, but the lady in quostion was not to ho stopped by triflos. Sho got another husband, > and on the twenty-fifth anniversary, of her first marriage the silver wedding celebration came off, aud she sat in state in her parlour and received the congratulations of many friends, Mr Blank No. 3 proudly handed round cake and wine,—The Dunedin Star vouohoa for this story.

Sevan thousand five hundred and one hales of wool have been entered I for the second sale of the season to be held at Christchurch on Thursday. Tlie Government holidays gazetted for tins month are Wednesday {OhrNtaiiaa-Day), Thursday, 1-riday, S Saturday, of Ohns mas week -•id Wednesday <#ew Year's Day) rf TlmrSy oi m following week. , The correct weight of sheep m the guessing competition at Bulls JFlower Ihow was 39M lbs- The neatest ■messes were Mr J. G. French with 8W lbs find Messrs M. Coogan and F/K-hodes with 891bs. A profit or about £25 10s was made on the. show, A .Dunodiu citizen who has just returned from Canada, states that tho inhabitants of Fields have erected a monument in honour of tho lato Sir James Hector, who discovered ths pass through the mountains over which the Oauadian-Pacifio Railw.iy runs.

"RHEUMO QUICKLY CURES RHEUMATISM." Read what Mr John Abbott, the well-known Plumber aud Gasfltter, of New Plymouth, thinks abouS Rheumo. Ho writes on July bth 1007:- „ -m "I have taken Rheumo tor Rheumatics, and consider it the best remedy for anyone who suffers from Uric Acid—which is the main cause of Rheumatism or Rheumatic Gout. I cau honestly recommend Rheunio, as I have used other remedies. I have been a resident in ivosv Plymouth for over SO years, so that I am well known. I shall consider it a pleasure to acquaint anyone I know, what Rheumo did for me.—JOHJS ABBOTT, Now Plymouth." Your storekeeper or chemist sons Rheunio at ?s Gd and 4s (id.

Whv suffei from indigestion? Poar-son's'Pepto-chlor will cure yo». All chemists Is, 2s Gd, and 4s. For harness, or horse appointments of all kinds G. B. Healey has tho best and most up-to-date stock f n tbp district. Also agent for A. 8.0. incandescent kerosene lamps, mantles. weeks and chimneys. A full L-ciit- Kimbolton road. leiKima.*' "°Ladies will bo interested in a very special pfirohaso vve have just completed in CJiewises, Knickers, Nightdi-csst'e.s, and Combinations, ako summer Underclothing aaa Wiiito Skirts. These goqcls we bought at a substantial discount), and ate prepared to clear at exactly Wholesale Prices at Moßldowney s stores, Marion, Huutervillo, and Taihape. *