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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9095, 14 March 1908, Page 4

At Marton Court this morning before Mr O. L. Rawson, J.P., John Ness was charged with the use of obscene language and was fined 10s and costs.

At the Feilding Court this morning before Messrs Cobbe and Trewiu, a man named Roy Webber was sentenced to seven days’ imprisonment for indecent exposure. Cabinet has decided to remit one year’s rent to the settlers at Tawaha (near Martinborongh), who have suffered severe losses through floods and subsequently owing to the drought. It is expected that 50 flaxmills in the Auckland district will be closed in consequence of the slump in prices, reducing the number of persons employed in this industry by 700. The price of flax to-day is £l6 a ton lower than the price this time last year.

At the Women’s Christian Temperance Union Convention the treasurer’s report showed a total expenditure by the New Zealand Union during the year of £OB 12s 2d. The receipts were £l3l 14s lid ; balance £(53 2s 9d. The sum of expenditure of local unions aud departments to hand is; Receipts £1059 75s ojAl, expenditure £1129 15s lOd; balance £379 19s 7%ch Mrs Briusmoad, wife of Mr John Brinsmoad, the well-known pianofroto maker, lias died, in her 93rd year. Recently Mr and Mrs Brinsmead celebrated the 70th anniversary of their wedding. Mrs Brinsmoad , who was married, in 1837, was formerly Miss Susan Brown, daughter of an office:. - of the 92nd Highlanders, who had fought An Egypt under General Abercrombie. On the 70th anniversary there was an open house reception, aud His Majesty the King sent a kindly message of congratulation.

One of Dunedin’s popular clergymen has the happy knack of mingling a good deal of humour with his rhetoric. Speaking on the merits of cheeriness at the City Mission, lie bethought him of a vary dear friend of his father and of himself. This gentleman was a great believer iu cheerfulness, and when he lay sick nearly unto death he caught sight of a sombre-looking gentleman iu black corning up the path. Galling his wife, he said: “Hero, let me sit up, dear, and lock as bright as possible; here comes the undertaker. ”

In a recent report Mr Singleton stated that in the various centres iu the Dominion there was at the end of February 21,517 tons of butter iu store. This should tend to prove that, with 'such an amount of butter in store and the fact that there is a slight increase in supplies from the factories as a result of the recent rains, there will not be any great scarcity of butter during the coining winter. The market iu Wellington is very quiet, and the general opinion seems to be that prices will be more likely to decline than advance or even remain as they are at present. Quite a tragedy attended the entrance of a plum pudding ou Christmas Day at a party on a flat in the Rue St. Hyaciuthe, where, in honor . of a young Scotch friend, the host had ordered the pudding to be well lighted with rum. Just as the servant was about to deposit it on the table the flames caught her lace cap. With a cry of terror she dropped the dish ou the table. It was smashed, and the blazing rum set fire to a lady’s dress. She flung herself into the arms of her Scotch neighbour, screaming “Save me!” With groat presence of mind he threw a bottle of mineral water over her corsage. The flames were extinguished, bat she immediately abused him for spoiling her dress. The jealous husband next attacked the unfortunate Scot for embracing bis wife, aud the combatants had to be separated. The Methodist meeting at Auckland devoted to the subject of Home and Foreign Missions, was not without its humorous side. Among the speakers was the Rev. R. Hadden, a Maori preacher, and during the course of his address he quoted the case of a smart newspaper boy overtaking a man riding on a lean horse on a country road. The man, said Mr Hadden, asked the boy who he was, aud the latter having replied, put the same question “I am a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ,” replied the man. “Well,” rejoined the boy, “you won’t catch him on that horse!” (Laughter.) “Now, friends,” continued Mr, Haddon, “that horse is the Home and Foreign Mission Fund. (Laughter and applause. ) It wants feeding, and I hope that yon will see it done.” (Applause.) Mr S. Percy Smith, author of “Hawaiki, the origin of the Maori,” has supplied the New Zealand Times with a good story of the city of Auckland, the second steamer built in the northern port. In her first voyage from Auckland to Coromandel she met with trouble, but managed to reach Drunken Bay, about nine miles from Auckland, aud be--1 tween Eaugitoto Island and Motntapn Island. As darkness came on it was decided to anchor there for the night. Those on board evidently had iu mind-the custom of the old Dutch skippers trading from Holland to New Amsterdam, now New York; as Washington Irving says, “they laid to at night, by which they secured a good night’s rest, and knew where they were in the morning.” It was discovered, however, that there was no anchor ou board the City of Auckland. They were men of resource in those days, and they were not to be beaten by trifles, so they took out the boiler aud used it as an anchor. That, at any rate, Mr Smith adds, is the story which was current at the time. THE PERIL OF OUR TIME Is lung disease. Dr. Sheldon’s New, Discovery for Coxighs, Colds, and Consumption cures lung trouble. Small dose. Pleasant to take. Every bottle guaranteed. Obtainable at all stores Marton, Ellis Bros., Hunterville, and Mansell & Sons, Bulls.

Messrs Abraham & Williams have 10,000 sheep advertised for the Marton sale, the largest entry for a considerable period, Mr W. W.'Gorpe, of Makino, has made a shorter stay in England than he anticipated. He set sail last month and will arrive in Wellington on the Bth of April. >.

The Finance Committee of the Auckland Harbour Board submitted to the Board yesterday a scheme to borrow £IOO,OOO for the extension of harbour improvements, and states that the interest can be met without increasing port charges. Thompson and Rolf’s flaxmill at Opaki was totally destroyed by fire yesterday. Eleven tons of fibre were destroyed. There was no insurance on the mill or fibre, and Thompson and Rolf are heavy losers. In response to a request from Mr E. H. Orabbe, Chairman of the Kimbolton Railway League, Mr Hall-Jones has promised to go over the route of the proposed new line before the beginning of the session. New South Wales is issuing a three million loan at %}4 percent., whereof half is required to meet debentures maturing in July. The bakers of Blenheim have unanimously decided to adopt the strict cash system on the lines followed at Palmerston North.

At a meeting of the Directors of the Manawatu Railway Company yesterday, it was agreed that a, dividend of 4 per cent, for the half year, making 7 per cent, for the year, be recommended. A man named Frederick Doyle, recently employed as waiter at the Grand Hotel, |was arrested yesterday on a charge of the theft of silver valued at about £3O, from the Grand Hotel, Palmerston. Doyle appears before the Court to-day. At the Waitomata Swimming Club’s Carnival last night, M. E. Champion lowered the N.Z. record for one mile by 1 minute 3 4-oth seconds, swimming the distance in a? minutes 13 2-sth seconds. He leaves to-day to compete in Napier championships. Apiarists will be interested to learn that the Department of Agriculture has decided to establish a queen-bee-raising Apiary at Waerenga, where beekeepers will he able to obtain such bees. The movement is regarded as an important one in respect to the beekeeping industry. The strong fee'ing of the ratepayers of Palmerston regarding the resignation of Mr W. W. Smith, curator of reserves, culminated last evening in a largely attended public meeting, held at the Municipal Hall, at which resolutions were carried asking the Borough Council to retain Mr Smith’s services. The meeting showed beyond doubt the trend of public feeling in the matter, and it is hoped that it will have the desired effect.

Throe boys appeared before the bench at Wanganui yesterday charged with having stolen three saddles and bridles from the school grounds at Kai I'vi. They gave the. police a long chase before they were caught. Detective Siddels said the cause of their folly was the reading of trashy books of the ‘Deadwood Dick’ i-ype. The bench, finding it difficult to decide ou a satisfactory punishment, convicted and discharged the boys after giving them seme sound advice.

A Dinsterer named Quiun fell over a cliff at Beaumont (Otago) last week. When the party which went oat to bring in the body reached the scene of the incident (the Tuapeka Times reports) they found deceased’s dog mounting guard over his late master, and no amount of coaxing would induce him to relinquish his post, and it was with the greatest reluctance that the party was compelled to destroy the faithful animal before they could get possession of the body. A glaring instance of cargo-broach-ing came under the notice of Mr H. Y. Browne, of Bltnheim (says the Herald. Examining some cases of new drapery goods imported direct from England, he discovered that one had been penetrated by some sharp instrument, the aperture being large enough to euable a hand to be thrust in. Three blouses of good quality and a piece of silk had been extracted; but the thief evidently found the operation not a painless one, for copious bloodstains showed that he cut himself rather severely on the ragged edges of the cut in the zinc lining. As the blood is comparatively fresh, it is supposed that the broaching took place in Wellington.

A civil action—the Official Assignee v. Williams and Kettle, Ltd. —was heard yesterday at Napier, and judgment was reserved. This was a case of some importance to stock agents, the claim being for the repayment of the proceeds of a sale of cattle by the defendant company, acting under instructions from H. G. Harding, who was subsequently made a bankrupt. For the plaintiff it was contended that the cattle were the property of Harding, and the proceeds properly belonged, to the bankrupt’s creditors. The defendants’ case was that a letter of instruction from Harding gave them the right to dispose of the cattle as security for payment of his account, and to credit his account with the proceeds, which was done. Pearson’s Pepto-chlor is a safe and sure cure for indigestion. All chemists Is, 2s 6d & 4s. THE REV. JOHN WESLEY ON MEDICINE. He says “The healing art was first brought into use in a very natural and simple manner in the earliest age of the world. Mankind by various experiments or accidents, discovered that certain plants, roots, and barks possessed medicinal properties. These were found sufficient to remove their diseases. The European as well as the American, said to his neighbour, “Are you sick? Drink the juice of this herb and your sickness will be at an end.” Hence it was perhaps, that the ancients, not only in Egypt, Greece, and Rome, but even in barbarous nations, assign to medicine a divine origin. ■ ’ The phenomenal success of IMPEY’S MAY APPLE is due to the fact that it is purely herbal and composed of the fluid extracts of May Apple, dandelion, cascara, Turkey rhubarb, etc. It is a positive cure for indigestion. Chemists and Stores 2s fid.

Did you ever stop to think that Chamberlain’s Pain Balm has in many instances cured a sprained ankle in less than a week by simply being applied before the parts become inflamed or swollen? For sale by T. H. Bredin. Co-op. Stores, Martou, and D. Wilson, Rougotea. Indigestion is caused by failure of the gastric juices. Pearson’s Peptochlor removes the trouble. Is, 2s Gd and 4s.

The scholars at Marton School have been granted a holiday on St. Patrick’s Day for the Marton sports meeting.

Mr Ellery Gilbert, of JRidgeway Street, Wanganui, Piano and Music ; Warehouse, will visit Marton and Bulls on the 16th inst., and will be in the districts for about a week. Orders left with Mr J. Nicol, Marten, and with Mr French, Bulls, will receive prompt|attention. The Waituna Sports Committee has decided to hold the annual sports meeting on'Wednesday, April Bth, the first race to start at 11 a.m. : It will be held as before in Mr S. Williamson’s paddock. A good programme has been drawn up consisting of 18 events, particulars of which will be found in onr advertising columns.

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