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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9079, 21 February 1908, Page 4

Among those going on a visit to England shortly are Mr and Mrs Conway, of Kiwitea, who leave this month; Mr and Mrs W. Tong, of Nikau. Mr and Mrs Owen Pleasants, and Mr Joseph Hazell, who will leave next month.

While going down Beattie street, Feilding, yesterday afternoon one wheel of the trap in which Mrs Noble, of Waituna, was sitting, fell off. Mrs Nohle held on in the trap for about 100 yards, but at the turn into Kimbolton road she was thrown out, and the axle dragged over her injuring her leg. The horse dragged the vehicle down Kimbolton road and into the Manchester Hotel stables, passed through, doing no more damage than a broken broom, and was caught at the reax*.

A despatch published in last night’s Gazette'.'states that In view of the fact that at present the only Militia in New Zealand is the Permanent Militia, a candidate for a commission in the British Army must have served not less than two years in the active defence forces of the Dominion, and have carried out the camp attendances and drills prescribed in the regulations for those forces. This, with two months’ attachment to the Permanent Militia, may bo accepted as ' equivalent to the qualifications land down in the regulations under which commissions in the British Army may ba obtained by officers of the Colonial local military forces. Now lauding direct from the loading centres of fashion largo shipments of the Very Latest Autumn Novelties. To make room for these imports wo a,re holding a genuine 14 days’ Clearance Sale. At Lloyd's, lato IvlcEidovvnoy ! s.*

“Has your wife got an.income of her own?” asked a solicitor, who was cross-examining a judgment debtor, in Wellington as to his means. “Hot that I know' of,” came the ready reply. The legal light fixed the judgment debtor with a cold, steely dye," and asked in his most severe professional tone, "Has she got any Income that you don’t know of?” . -

• The Arbitration Court sat at Hirerton yesterday, hearing the dispute between the miners of Hound Hill and the companies. The chief points of disagreement were overtime, holidays, wages, and preference. The workers asked for an increase of wages all round, and payment in cash instead of by cheque. Decision was reserved. . According to Sir Robert Stout, at least three-fourths of the dairy farmers of this eountry in making estimates of their returns, never take into consideration the value of' the labour of themselves, their wivse, and their children. As to the sheep farmers, he holds that if their.history were written it would be found that one-half of them have Jest sseuey. A discovery of considerable interest , Tteth scientifically and commercially, has been made on a farm at ; 01utha, the property of Mr F. Qnaife, of Hals well. A seam of fossil resin has been discovered, with : brown coal and clays usually associated with brown coal. The resin is •f the kind of which small quantities are found in most coals, both In Mew Zealand and elsewhere, and which is known as amberite. Submitted to the market experts in Auckland, it was accepted as kauri gum, and * valued at £B# a ton.

Daanevirko, says the Carterton paner. baa Just done what Carterton will have do at no distant date. It has .taken «p its small water mad Ki. Jand pat in 13-inch main*. At Dannevirke they had an eight inch main, Carterton has only a flre-ineh one. The. eight inch was too small, and now the twelve inch pipe has been put in Dauuevirke has a flue pressure of water. When will Marton make a similar mere? la the course of an interview with a Press reporter, Mr 4 Mo3STab said; “The North Island bush fires have been the most the districts, involved have over suffered, from Hketahnna to Baetihi has been disastrously ravaged. 1 intend following but the usual practice of letting Crown tenants have grass seed for re-sowing on easy terms. A number of applications have already been received, and these will have prompt attention. In regard to Crown lands, instructions have been isssued to the Commissioners to. act upon their own initiative. *’ A Chinaman, Kong Fong by name, was an exhibitor at the Masterton show. He competed in the section for the products his brethren specialise in with such success, vegetables. He carried off many awards, but he did notjhave it all his own way. The judge,considered that Mrs W. B. Ohennells exhibited a better collection of vegetables and a finer lot of carrots, while Mr M. Oaselberg defeated him in several classes. In the school section a juvenile Celestial competed, hut unsuccessfully, in a class for a collection of potatoes.

The old trouble about the trains on the Main Trunk line not stopping at Bennett’s siding, between Taihape and Mataroa, to pick up and set down passengers, has again been revived, and the settlers of Awarua, Bennett’s Siding, and Ngawaka have forwarded to Mr Remington, M.P., a petition to Parliament asking that it shoud be rectified. It is stated in the document that there are 40 children of school age affected by the arrangement, and that if the trains do not stop at the siding many of them will have to remain away from school during the coming winter. In six of the smaller towns of the Dominion polls have now been taken under the Factories Act Amendment Act of last session, in favour of altering the weekly halfholiday for factories from Saturday to the day observed by shops. The towns are Pahiatua, Hunterville, Timarn, Geraldine, Oamaru, and Lawrence. A poll taken in Gisborne resulted in favour of continuing the present system of separate weekly half-holidays for shops and factories. Of those places which have decided upon the change, Pahiatua, Hunterville, and TimaxuXenter upon the new system this week, and Geraldine,. Oamaru, and Lawrence will do so next week. This is how the Napier Telegraph carefully explains that rain has fallen: “At last! When householders threw up their windows this morning for the usual weary look upon the dust covered garden plots it was found that during the night the unexpected had happened. A gentle rain was pattering. When it had started nobody knew and nobody cared. It was sufficient to know that it was falling upon the just and unjust. and the flats had not been cut off. The general desire was expressed that the watery elements would discharge themselves, and this they made spasmodic efforts to do. Intermittent showers splashed during the morning through a vaporous mist that fell with Scottish cautiou, ? and the man in the street now and then had the glorious privilege of feeling wet.’’

The president of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce (Mr Harkness) in addressing the members said:— “The question of population is, unfortunately ignored by many, and opposed "thoughtlessly by others. Possessing, as we do, a country of great possibilities, and capable of enormous expansion, it is impossible that this development can be brought into rapid effect without a population of men and women living and working under such conditions as will give free scope to their energies and industry. The Dominion is hampered because it coutaus but a handful of people. To-day there is not an industry connected with onr agricultural, pastoral, industrial and manufacturing interests, that is not languished for want of additional help. Is it too much to say that within the next, five years that the Dominion could find profitable employment for tliousands of immigrants" of the rigid class who would make desirable settlers:”

Pearson’s Pepto-chlor dispels that fear of taking fond by curing in* digestion. All chemists Is, 2 s iki and 4s. For harness, or horse appoixi truants of all kinds G-. I’. Healey has the best and most up-to-dat e stock in the district. Also agent for A. 8.0. incandescent kerosene humps, mantles, wicks and chimneys. A [fill stock kept Kimbolton road. Feilding.*

The Pollard Opera Company have reduced the prices to be charged at Marten to [4a, Os, and 2s.

' Mr Barton Boys, of Lansdowne, a pioneer colonist, died this morning at Masterton. ‘ At Aro baths last evening B. C. Frey burg swam 220 yards in 2min 41sec, lowering the New Zealand record (his own) by 2 3-sth sec. The gate receipts at Masterton Show show an increase on the previous year of £ll. The amaont taken at the grandstand and gates showed an increase of £lO compared with the previous year.

The deer shooting season in the Nelson acclimatisation district will commence on March 2nd and end on April 28th. In the Marlborough district the season will bo from February 24th to April 23rd. “ ‘God’s own country,’ but the Devil’s own roads”—says Mr Paterson, M.A., a member of the Scottish bar, who has just concluded a cycling tour of the Dominion. The High Commissioner reports that the hemp, market is weak, and the prices elearlj prove git. Good fair New Zealand hemp is qnoted at £2S 15s, and fair current Manila at fetching 10s a ton more than the Phillipplse product, while at this date last year Manila hemp was making about 60s more than New Zealand. Of the two fibres Manila Is unquestionably the bettor, but perhaps for hinder, and twine New Zealand hemp is just as good, if not beteer.

The Rongotea Dairy Company has suffered te an exceptional degree as a result ef the - continued dry weather. Last year at this time they were making 43 boxes ef butter per day, whereas at .the present time they are only making 31. The conditions under which tho Edward medal—» new honour instituted by King Edward—will be awarded for courage in saving or attempting to save life in mines or quarries are published in last night’s Gazette.

B«for®.Aotea natire Land Board yesterday Gammon and Co., sawmillers, made application for permission to mill timber on Raetihl, No, SB. Mr Skerrett appeared for Messrs Gammon and Mr Morrison on behalf.of Messrs P. G. Smith, Abbott and Proude, rival claimants to the timber. Considerable discussion took place as to whether the terms offered by Messrs Gammon to the natives were o£| a fair nature, and the Board decided to consider the evidence and report to the Minister. DR. SHELDON’S DIGESTIVE TABULES, DIGEST WHAT YOU EAT. The only practical method of'’'coring indigestion is to use a combination of all the natural digestanta. such as are united in exact proportions in Dr. Sheldon’s Digestive Tabules. In this way it is possible to digest all classes of food, so that the body can be supplied with the variety of nourishment necessary to health. If yon are suffering from indigestion, we suggest - the use of Dr. Sheldon’s Digestive Tabules, because they completely digest what you eat, and allow you to eat all the good food you desire. Price 3s 6d per tin of 80 Tabules. Obtainable at all stores, Marton, Ellis Bros., and Mansell & Son, Bulls.