Rangitikei Advocate. MONDAY, APRIL 6, 1908

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9114, 6 April 1908, Page 4

Rangitikei Advocate. MONDAY, APRIL 6, 1908

On page 2 will be found market reports, on page 7 shooting, Himatangi v. Sandou, and general npws. The Waituna Sports will be held on Wednesday next. The committee have arranged an excellent programme, and the public can rely on good management as hitherto. The Premier on Saturday laid the foundation of the new Training College for teachers at Dunedin, and Mr Eowlds opened *the Dental School. The Governor will leave Auckland

for Wellington on Thursday. On April 13th he will attend a meeting at Christchurch, and will return to Auckland five days later. At Fitzherbert on Sunday, a boy named Ivan Graham, was found drowned in a well on his mother’s farm. It was supposed that he had overbalanced and fallen into the well while drawing-water for the cows. “They work uncommonly well when near the house,” remarked a witness at the Conciliation Board at Leeston, referring to day labourers on farms, “but the further they get away from the house the less they do.” Rangitikei County Council at its meeting on Saturday endorsed the action of its representatives at the recent conference of Local Bodies held at Marton in connection with tne claims put forward by the Wellington Industrial Labourers’ Union, A peculiar accident occurred in Hastings last week. A chauffeur had finished cleaning a motor car, and was endeavouring to start the engine, when some petrol which had dropped on was ignited,by the sparkler. The chaffeur was so badly burned that he had to be removed to the Napier Hospital. A meeting of Gisborne Borough Council discussed with the Engineer the position of the waterworks’ pipe line, damaged by the recent flood. It was reported ■ that the damage was not nearly so extensive as at first reported. Council passed a resolution calling on the contractors to repair the damage, and to complete the contract with as little delay as possible. Lieut. Herd, of Wellington, and Lieut. Siddall, of Christchurch, were nominated for the position of judge at the Westport baud contest, and the ballot resulted in each gentleman receiving three votes. TbeJsecretary of the Association, Mr P. W. Keddell, placed both names in a hat, the one Jdrawn to be declared chosen forjthe position. This resulted in Lieut. Herd being appointed. St. Helens Mateknity Hospital in Dunedin has been in operation for 2)4 years, and during that time there have been 451 cases attended to in the hospital and 56 outside, and in all that experience only one mother has died, whilst the deaths of babies number no more than six. For the year ended March 31st there were 201 cases inside >with 204 births, there being three lots of twins. The outside cases during the year totalled 23. Says Tuesday’s Rotorua Times:

We are informed thac a prospector in the Taupo district, who is engaged by a Wellington syndicate, has discovered gold there, the prospects in some places, evidently pockets or patches, running half a pennyweight to the dish. It is evident that there is a belt of auriferous country about Lake Taupo, but the Maoris who own all the land, declined to grant any mining areas. The place should he proclaimed a gold field. , The stream of. Chinese which is pouring into the Dominion has amounted to 137 now chums all told for the twelve months ending March. The revenue of the State has consequently been strengthened by £13,700. The total sum collected for the previous twelve months was £9IOO from 91 Chinese. For'the four quarters comprising Jthe year, with the corresponding periods of the previous term in parentheses, the amount collected was as follows: — June quarter £4OOO (£2100), September quarter £4OO (£8500), December quarter £3OOO (£2400), March quarter £5300 (£1100). An inexplicable stoppage of teaching has occurred at the Mangapai public school, Auckland. Mr Long, the teacher, who has been appointed to the Ngunguru school, finished at Mangapai on Tuesday, closed the school, and left for his new ap-

pointment. No one has appeared in his place, 35 children having an enforced holiday. A singular part of the affair is that the Mangapai committee received no intimation from

the Board of Mr Long’s removal, or any notice of provision to fill the vacancy, the committee being left hopelessly in the dark, with a closed school on their hands. They and the parents are much aggrieved at this state of affairs.

On Saturday evening, Herman Wapp, of Halcomhe, was brought before the Feilding Court on the charge of attempting to leave the country without making provision for the maintenance of his wife and family. Some months ago his wife obtained a separation anti maintenance order. Recently Wapp sold his farm at Halcomhe and went north, it was stated, with the intention of purchasing another'. At the instigation of his wife however, he was arrested at Auckland a few days ■ ago, and it was then found that he had in his possession a sailing ticket for a foreign country, and £686 in gold. Mr Burne was on the bench, and Mr Graham, who appeared for the wife, objected to bail unless large security • was given. Bail was allowed on the prisoner leaving £626 with the Court and his brother Carl becoming surety for £2OO for the appearance of the accused at the Feilding Court on Thursday next. Should you be looking for furs visit the show at the Bon Marche tin’s week. Dingo and oppossum mats and rugs, ladies’ “fine stitch” and “grizzly bear” sets' of stole • and muff, specially selected real stone marten sets, ranging in price from 20 guineas to £35 the set- finest goods ever shown in Palmerston.— Advt.

The contractors have made a start with febe constructih of Wanganui tramways, the contract. price being £400,00_ odd. The extension to the sea beach at a cost of £27,000 is now being considered.

Marton butchers have decided to introduce the cash or”strictly weekly credit system, and publish a price list in our advertising columns. We may remark that the cash system would be materially assisted if tradesmen calling at cpstomers’ houses were|provided with a plentiful supply of change. Chinese vegetable men may always be relied on to provide change, but the New Zealand tradesmen seem to prefer the “no change given” method. Total exports from Wanganui for oversea ports for the year ending March 81st were valued at £403,873, an increase of £19,000 over the previous year. Of this wool (38,000 tons) contributed £300,000 and frozen meat £64,000. The imports for the year were £236,000 as against £183,0000 the previous year. The customs receipts totalled £83,200, being a substantial increase over those of the previous year, notwithstanding large reductions in duties. COMING EVENTS TO-MORROW. Dr. Van Slyke’s visit to Marton. Loan & Mercantile’s Himatangi sale. Messrs Abraham & Williams’ Raumai sale. Messrs Dalgety & Co. ’s Marton sale. Messrs Gorton & Son’s clearing sale for Mr B. Herbert, Bulls. Messrs Abraham & Williams’ Marton sale. LATER. Loan & Mercantile’s Taihape sale,, April Bth. Messrs Gorton & Son’s clearing sale for Mr A. J, Bnrne, April Btb. Loan & Mercantile’s special sale, Rangiwahia, April Bth. Dalgety ,& Co.’s Wanganui sale, April Bth, Meeting of Marton Fire Brigade Social Club, April Bth. Palmerston sale, April 9th. Loan & Mercantile’s Himatangi sale, April 9th. Feilding stock sale, April 10th. “ Annual meeting Turakina Football Club, April 11th. Mangaweka sale, April 11th. Utiki Sports Meeting, April 20th. Sale of Education Reserves, Marton, April 27th. Catholic Social, Marton, April 29.