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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9104, 25 March 1908, Page 4

There is a report that there is a case of diphtheria in Bulls, but no official notification has yet been received by the Clerk of the Town Board. Precautions have, however, been taken at the school to prevent any infection spreading. A novel way of chastising a wife was witnessed by a crowd of people iu Brisbane recently. , 3 that

a m c au and bis 'wifP viug a heated argument outs. . hotel. The husband who was leading a dog with a rope, suddenly swung the dog round with the rope, and used the animal to heat his wife with. In the seventeen years that have elapsed since 1891, when the present regime began, there have been passed no fewer than 1053 public Acts, 483 local or personal Acts, and 41 private Acts—a total of 1575 statutes altogether, which gives an annual average of over 90 enactments.

Preparations are in train for the adaptation of Mr Strang’s residence at Palmerston North for the purpose of the Governor. Additions are to be made for the temporary enlargement of the existing building, so that the Government House staff may have sufficient accommodation. A large part of the furniture in the Wellington house is packed ready for transport to Palmerston, and it is expected that the Governor will occupy the Palmerston residence in May, when the family will remove thither from Auckland.

A native from Papawai went to Grey town the other day and “raised the wind” on a stack of oats which he said belonged to him to the tune of some £3O. The purchaser seut the chaff-cutter down, and all went well till the drays began loading up. Then, however, arose a perfect babel of protests, the carts being surrounded by numbers of exicted Maoris, who “claimed ownership, and threatened defence of their rights by force of arms. Explanations followed, resulting in the unloading of the drays and the "rostitution of the chaff. The “financier” with the £3O. it was found,“had left for Wanganui. A Gisborne correspondent telegraphs an extraordinary story about the flight of a pigeou from New Zealand to Queeuslaud. He says: “With regard to the recent Australasian record, said to have been put up by a flight of pigeons from Hicks’ Bay to Invercargill, another one has now been reported. A Brisbane boy some mouths ago stayed with Mr W."A. O’Meara, and before retuuruing home gave a pigeon to a son of his'host. The bird was confined for a time, and then released. It remained about the house for a day or tw T o, and then it disappeared. Subsequently a letter was received from Brisbane, asking when the pigeon had been released, as it bad returned home. ”

Mr R. O. Noedl has taken up an area of 60 acres in the Manawatu Gorge under a prospecting license. It is Mr Noedl’s intention to form a syndicate to develop the property as soon as possible. Judging from the quality of the stone already Jgrassed, we do not think Mr Noedl will have any difficulty in forming an influential A prominent gentleman in Wellington is anxious to have an interest iu the concern, he having known that the locality was rich in minerals for many years past. Three other claims are pegged out in the Gorge, so that the chances are that a mining boom may burst upon ns at no distant period.— Examiner.

As illustrating the scarcity of seamen for Homeward bound vessels, and the high wages demanded by those whose services are .available, the Wellington Post refers to th« experience of the captain of the Loch Garve, who was asked by a seaman £BO for the ran Home. The captain was so taken back that he had to be accommodated with a chair iu the shipping office before he could recover. “Eighty pounds, man,” he gasped, looking at the unabashed sailor. “Eighty pounds for the run Home? Are you mad, or do you think I am?” “I’m not mad, cap’n, ” responded the sailor. “I dunno about you; but she’s worth £BO for the run Home, for youse got nothin’ but wool aboard.” But the captain of the Loch Garve had to at least three men £4O for the fun Home, and taking 100 days as the trip, it works ont to tho men who were able to make their own terms at 8s a day and all found. There was no alternative. The ship had to take the men, for she had been delayed long enough.

John Fisblock, Inglewood, Vic. writes: —“Last winter I contracted a very severe cold, for which I tried nearly every medicine under the sun without obtaining the slightest relief. A friend recommended me to try Chamberlain’s Gough Remedy, which I did with very gratifying results, and was soon well. ” For sale by T. H. Bred in, Co-op. Stores, Marton, and D. Wilson. Rongotea. For harness, or norso appointments of all kinds G. B. Healey has the best and most up-to-date stock in the district. Also agent for A. 8.0. incandescent kerosene lamps, mantles, wicks and chimneys. A full stock kept Kimholton road. j

In future bookmakers operating in West Australia will be required to furnish £he Income Tax Commissioner with a detailed statement of their operations on every meeting. The chief criminal court in Vienna sat until 4 a.m. in order to finish a case. One juryman asked the judge for a certificate that the trial had lasted until that hour. “Otherwise,” he said, “my wife will never believe me.” The judge granted the certificate.

A new delicacy has been discovered for Paris gastronomes in the shape of a joint of kangaroo. M. Oliver, xnaitre d’hotel at the Ritz, told a New York Herald correspondent that he twice had kangaroo on the menu lately, and it had been a big success. People come there who say they are tired of chicken, beef and mutton—tired of everything. When kangaroo is suggested they jump at it. The hotel, however, requires notice, and the cost is about £4 for a small joint. The bronze cuckoo is a bird that is a rarity in the North Otago district, or, indeed, in any district that is far removed from bush country (says the Oamaru Mail). One of these pretty little strangers made its appearance in the garden of an Oamaru resident recently, and quickly became an object of- interest. The bronze cuckoo is a migratory bird, although believed by some to be native »o Now Zealand. It is fairly common in the bush country cn the West Coast. Mr Wilson’s Bill to deal with the unemployed question in Great Britain demanded that all County and Borough Councils and urban districts shall assume the duties of Local Unemployed authorities, and shall register their own unemployed. Where a workman has so registered himself, the Bill declared that “it shall be the duty of the Local Unemployed authority to provide work for him, or failing work to provide maintenance for him and those dependent upon him while is unemployed. ”* The price ofT'flax '(tho”' Bruce Herald says) is £lO a ton below what it was this time last year, and £l7 is quoted for best grades f. o.b. Under these circumstances the Fairfias mill employees, knowing it was a case of close up or reduce expenditure, arranged with the owner to reduce prices for labour and material all round. It is not often employees in these days of combination and outcry against capitalism take so fair a view of a matter, and the case stands out in relief from the nsual.

” That uncontrollable desire to pull the string and see the figure work took hold ot a stranger in town yesterday afternoon, says the Napier Telegraph. He saw a rope in Munroo street and pulled it and the figure worked in a way he did not expect. The firehell sounded two solemn tolls. A notice to the effect that that particular rope has a firebell at the end of it might prevent unsuspecting strangers bringing the fire brigade to dance attendance on nothing in particular on future occasions. ‘

A humorous interlude occurred in the wearying length of the farm labourers’ dispute at Rangiora vesterday. A witness, whose evidence had already extended over ten hours, was interrupted by a dog that had lain peacefully until then between the witness and the members of the Board. It commenced to scratch itself vigorously, with an accompaniment of violent rapping on the floor, which brought the proceedings to a standstill. “You see,” remarked the witness, “even the dog takes pity on me, and gives me a rest.” “I should say,” observed one of the employers, “that he is troubled with agitators.”

Circulars have been sent by the. Education Department to the four University Colleges notifying them of the terms of the new research scholarships, and requesting that arrangements be made at once to invite applications. The circular adds ; —Any advice your Council may find itself in a position to give for the initiation and effective carrying out of the'scheme —any suggestion which can add in respect to suitable subjects in which research appears to give promise of proving of economic value to the community—will be gladly received. ’ ’ .

“I have been much very impressed by the great interest taken in New Zealand by the people in this country,” said Mr Baskerville, manager of the New Zealand professional football team, in the course of a rceeut interview with the London correspondent of the Herald. ‘‘They are always asking us questions, and many seem anxious to go out if they could get there without its costing all. or nearly all, their money. Numbers of people who are able and willing to work, and who would do well in New Zealand, can’t scrape together even £lO toward their passage-money. Yet they would make excellent and valuable colonists. The lower middle and labouring class appear to find great difficulty in getting the sort of information they need. It would be a capital thing if some capable man could go about among these classes to supply such information in a readily understandable form. lam sure it would do much good.”

A bill for two doors —back ana front —battered and bent by a gang of midnight police maranders on a burglar trail, is said to have been presented to the "Wellington police inspector by a local tobacconist. The tobacconist rents the npper portion of his premises to a dressmaker, who not only works but dwells there. Disturbed in her slumbers a night or two since by visions of burglars, armed and desperate, the lady tremblingly sallied forth to locate their whereabouts. The vigilant policeman on his beat ’neath the verandah of the great drapery establishment opposite espied the fitful gleam as the tremulous maid crept from room to room. Fame at last! Post haste to the station, and in less time than we take in the telling, emerged a “force” armed and eager. Arrived at the rendezous, a detachment closed in on the rear, a strong body took up a position in the van, and with a : stalwart “bobby” hogging each polo to trap the bird should he effect an escape by the verandah, the onslaught began. Bludgeons and boots made entrance an easy task: the place was taken by storm; but—“hope eternal” dashed once more—there was no sign of William Sykes. Bat the doors—who is to pay for the doors?

Twenty-five pairs only Men’s Colonial Saddle Tweed Trousers in all sizes. Ordinary price 10s fid, sale price 7s lid, E. Lloyd &> 00., late McEldowney’s, Marton

The School Journal proposes to expand the scope of the by printing articles on agricultural subjects. That is unquestionably a move in the right direction. The examination of Mr R. . Evans in the Canterbury farm labourers* dispute constituted a record for length. His examination in chief occupied five hours and twenty-five minutes, and his cross-examination eight hours and thirty-five minutes. And this kind of thing has been going on for months .at the expense of the public.

A valuable horse, worth at least £SO, died from lockjaw in Welling, ton recently. The disease was sup. posed to have gained an entry through a wound inflicted acci. dentally by a shovel handle. This cays the inspector of the Society for the Prevention, of Cruelty to Animals, is only the second case of lockjaw in horses he has met with in his experience.

At the last sittings of Hastings Magistrate’s Court an application for a judgment summons against a laborer, with a wife and five children, who swore he only earned 35s a week since last October, was refused. In his evidence the man stated that he thought he had that moruiug been dismissed from the Paki Paki freezing works. The stupidity of sheep is proverb)a 1. One of the large ranchers near Seattle, Washington (U. S. A.), has lost 11,000 sheep in the Mad River. The animals were being driven over the slopes of the Cascade Mountains to a valley for the winter, and while going down the mountain side the leader slipped on the ice, falling over a precipice into the river below. All the other animals in the entire flock followed blindly, despite the efforts of the shepherds to restrain them.

A carpenter who arrived in Wellington on Sunday by the Maitai from South Africa tells a woeful tale of the misery existing at the Cape. InJUOapetown and Johannesburg relief camps have been established for unemployed, whilst the state of the labouring classes in employment is very pitiable, as they are only earning sufficient to live upon. At Durban nearly all the shops in the main itreets are empty, and the distress appalling. These conditions are general throughout South Africa, and extending into Rhodesia

A point of importance to borough councils in commotion with the subdivision of lauds was decided in the case of Fisher v. Dwau on Saturday last. The plaintiff had sold laud in Palmerston for subdivision, and it was proposed to subdivide it by constructing a street through it, but the borough council refused to “‘consent upon the ground that its by-laws prohibited a blind street being constructed, and on this ground the defendants refused to complete. Mr Justice Chapman, in giving judgment, doubted whether such a bylaw was not ultra vires and decided that in any case it did not apply to prevent the construction of the-street which it was proposed to construct in this case.

At a meeting of the Canterbury Trades and Labour Council on Saturday night, a communication was received from tlie Canterbury Carpenters’ Union stating that it could not see its way clear to render financial assistance to the Blackball Miners’ Union, as the Union considered that the trouble had been brought about by persons with an ulterior motive in view, and was not calculated to do any good for the workers. Furthermore, it would be likely to bring into ill repute one of the best laws ever introduced for the benefit of the workers in this or any other country. The letter was received by the Council.

‘‘What is the rain going to do for the stock market?” was asked of a Masterton auctioneer, yesterday, by a representative of the Age. ‘‘While we do not anticipate an immediate rise in prices,” , was the reply, ‘‘we believe it will have a very steadying effect on the quantity sent to sales. The rain has saved hundreds of farmers—it was not too long delayed for many so far as retaining a portion cl their herds or flocks were concerned—and the fine downpour we have had means an amount in money to this district that cannot easily be estimated.”

To have had throe wives, each with a family, living at. the same time, is, (says the Southland Times), a unique record, at least so far as New Zealand is concerned, but a case that came before the Supreme Court in a southern town not long ago was the means of disclosing the fact that a man, then dead, had had a wife in England, another in Christchurch, and a third in Invercargill. The one last referred to went Home with her husband, who was well connected, and she discovered the existence of a wife in England. Since his death she has also become a ware, of the fact that there is still another in New Zealand. As a substantial sum of the money has been left by a relative of the deceased, anxious enquiry is being made by the two New Zealand wives as to their right to assistance.

A few days ago (write* a correspondent to a Wellington paper) I was riding across country, and pulled up at a farm at dinner time—my usual practice. There were six strapping girls and one of the sterner sex sitting at table, the father and mother taking the hpad and foot of the table in orthodox style. They eyed me with curiosity, as if a call from a stranger was a,rare occurrence. It is a strange fact that of this family, consisting of a dozen (some being absent), only the father was able to read and write. These children have been brought into the world and reared up in absolute ignorance. There is no school within many miles. The father told mo he had been on his section 45 years, and still had no road to his laud, though he lias been paying rates for 35 years. In the early days he had to ride a pack-horse to Mastertou, 45 miles, and walk back alongside or behind the horse, mostly by pig-tracks. THE PRIZE ADVERTISEMENT. Some doctors spend a lifetime In hunting after germs. And by the time they’ve killed ’em. They’ve grown as big as worms ! Microbes would bid adiew to earth— Chest troubles would be fewer — $3 Life would be gay—if everyone Took UNIVERSAL COLD CUEE. One guinea has been posted to Miss 1.8., Belvedere Road, Carterton. P, farmer. Toko. Each week a Guinea is awarded for the Best Original Conundrum, Apt Essay, or Humorous Verse on the Merita of THE UNIVERSAL COLE CURE. Contributions mustnot exceed fifty words; must be accompanied by Coupon and be addressed “Universal Cold Cure —The Latest aiu) Best— P.O. Box 716, Wellington.” Stores and Chemists—l/6 and 2/C.

The weather in Christchurch cleared up yesterday afternoon and to-day is sunny, but the temperature is low.

Hawera • sheej) dog trials opened yesterday. Heading and Bring BaoEV J. A. Morton’s Jack 1; A. Wink’s Lubra 3; W. Jones’ Lubra 3. Twenty nine dogs competed. The Christchurch General Labourers’ Union last night voted £lO donation and £1 per week as long as the strike lasts to the wives and children of the Blackball miners. Japan: “Lady, I recognise that my advances are (distasteful to you ; but-I*trust I may still regard myself as a friend of the ‘.family?” Canada: “If you’ll promise to let me see as little as possible of you, I don’t mind being a sister to you, for your mother’s sake.” —Punch.

An outrageous attack| having been made on the Secretary of the North Rangitikei Rifle Association in the local paper on the ground that the programmes for the meeting were not printed in Mangaweka, the Chairman of the Association, Mr J. G. Collins, writes to us to explain that so far from the Secretary having acted on his own responsibility, it was unanimously decided at the meeting of the Committee to send the printing to the Advocate, that paper having been courteous enough to send a representative to the last meeting. At the Peilding Court this morning before Messrs G. Kirton and F. Pirani, J.’sP., Edward Svendsen and John Arthur, were fined 5s and 7s costs each, for driving in Feildiug Borough at night without lights, William Hart, George Manning, R. Harper, W. Heywood, F. Pillmau, A. P- Macfarlane, W. Redwood, G. W. Kingsbeer, Thos. Hastings, W. Mills and F. Piraui, were each fined 5s and Harper, Hey wood and Redwood, who did not appear, were charged with 7s costs, for riding bicycles without lights. The Rangitikei (3rd Wanganui) Battalion Public School Cadets goes into camp on the Mar ton Racecourse on Friday next. The Martou Company will march to the camp, the remainder of the battalion arriving by the mid-day train. Unfortunately the Eltham, Hawera, and Waevr-lay Companies, who were attached last year for the trip to Christchurch, are unable to come down. This materially reduces the number hut the Officer Commanding (Major Saunders) expects about 150 to 200 will be present.

Mr Herbert Flemming lias bad many strange experiences in his theatrical career, bnb not the least amusing was the ‘ ‘ inside information” a London author volunteered him in reference to the colonies. While arranging in London some mouths ago for the production of an important play in the colonies on a sliding scale of tees, the percentage being fixed on a population basis, the author astounded Mr Flemming by remarking that in his opinion it was unfair to have the higher charge fixed for such cities as Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, and Perth only. “You see,” he remarked, “I am well acquainted with the colonies, and I think it only fair that to the above cities should ba added such important centres as Wagga. Albnry, Nelson, Blenheim, Rotorua, and Whangarei 1” ! Mr Flemming who could hardly conceal his merriment, said he was perfectly willing to comply with the request, the reason, of course, being that his companies have no intention of visiting snob “important centres.” But, as Mr Flemming points out, this is only one of innumerable at Home where people are misled through relying solely on a map for information. THE PERIL OF OUR TIME Is lung disease. Dr. Sheldon’s New Discovery for Coughs, 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. Pearson’s Pepto-ohlor is a safe and sure cure for indigestion. All chemists Is, 2s 6d & 4s.