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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9165, 8 June 1908, Page 4

~,. On page 2 'will be found tepo’rt of meeting of Eangifikei Couucy Council; pages 0 and 7 General News.

At Fejldiug Court this mnraing before Messrs Goodheiaui; and Trewin, a prohibition order on the application of bis wife was granted against David’Mitchtii. John Stringer and Thomas Gillespie were each fined 5s for drunkenness.

The anniversary social of Court Little John, A.0.F., will be held in the Druid’s Hall, Marton, on Friday evening nest, not in the Forester’s Hall as previously announced. Good music has been pro. cured, and it is expected the affair will be a great success.

“This city eats 25,000 bullocks and 100,000 sheep a year,” said an Auckland gentleman with a hobby for statistics, to a New Zealand Herald representative, and taking the whole province, at a very moderate estimate, 50,000 cattle and 200,001) sheep are slaughtered every 12 months to feed the people.

Last year’s poetry crop in America, it appears, was an exceptionally good* one. According to authoriattive statistics, published in the Philadelphia Bulletin, it reached a total of 310,472 items, thus classified according to subject Spring 1,133,762, love 1,172,341, despair 800,019, hope 1,588, your duty 818,810. my duty 2.

William Bell, serving a short sentence in Lyttelton Gaol for bicycle stealing, escaped from the inner courtyard on Saturday. The prisoner scaled the inside walls of the buildings by means of the spiked railings lowered himself down outside the wall by means of a 24ft line (made from his hammock rope), and made his way up the hillside, but was recaptured after a slight resistance behind the signal station. Bell, who had only a mouth to serve to complete his sentence, made an escape about a fortnight ago, but was recaptured before going far.

American husbands are no longer responsible for the debts their wives incur in gratifying a passion for extravagant hats, writes the. London Mail’s New York correspondent. A jury composed of nine married men and three bachelors have dismissed a suit brought in Chicago, against Mr L. W. Fergusio, who described himself as one among thousands of young husbands who are victimised by their wives’ desire for the attractive things they see in shop windows. The jury decided that a ten-guinea hat cannot be considered part of “the necessary household expenses” in Illinois, and that the debt must be recovered from the wife.

There has long been a need for a nursing home at Feiiding, and it is satisfactory to learn that capable persons have obtained a suitable residence for the purpose. Nurses Webber and Sexton have taken the late residence of Mr W. Taylor in Kimboltou road. The house is a large oue, standing on two acres of ground tastefully planted in lawns, flower gardens and shrubberies. The internal fittings of the house have been renovated. Each of the four wards provided has a pleasant outlook. In the most convenient part of the house, is an operating room, well lighted and containing every convenience for the doctor’s use. Nurses Webber and Sexton have gained their experience at the Wellington hospital and patients, of course, may choose their own medical advisor. A home better suited for the purpose could not have been found in Feiiding.

At Rangitikei County Council meeting on Saturday an application was made by Huuterville Technical School Committee for a donation towards a Technical School at Hunterville. Members expressed themselves iu sympathy with the movement of Technical Education in the district, but it was pointed out that the last vote made by the Council was to Taihape Technical School, and the Audit Department afterwards notified Council that the School at Taihape was not a body to which the Education Act abthorised'the Council to devote any portion of its funds. Under these circusmstances Council could not accede to the request. A vote of £2O was however granted to the Wauaguui Education Board to be used at the Board’s discretion for Technical Education in Rangitikei County.

The Turkish papers have published their version of the tragic death of Don Carlos of Portugal. In the Levant Herald we read that the King aud the Crown Prince “died on their way back to the Palace after an excursion. *’ The Stamboul says : “Don ;Carlos is dead. His son Manuel has succeeded to the throne. There is, therefore, no change iu the destinies of the country.” And this, of course, is in accordance with tire traditions of the Ottoman press, which is never allowed by the censor to admit that anyjohief of any State or any member of any Royal family has died a violent death. It stated that Alexander of Servia and Queen Draga “died of indigestion at the dead of night,” that President Carnot succumbed to a “chill,” and that the Empress Elizabeth of Austria “had a sudden attack of apoplexy on one of the steamboats on the Lake of Geneva.”

Writing of the gift of money to Noble, the Australian cricketer, the Dominion remarks: “We all remember —and try to forget—the-hysterica) absurdities that followed upon Webb’s defeat of Towns, aud we all feel a little afraid that if a national subscription had been set on foot for Webb’s benefit, it would have yielded more in a week than was collected for the Seddou memorial in a year. But it is unnecessary to marshall evidence to support the notorious fact that the Australasian public thinks more of the successful athlete than of the men toho really make the country. The public cares less who makes the laws than who makes the record. We are certainly not of those who would have sport done away with, or the public fondness for athletic prowess in any way lessened. What is wanted is a great deal more regard for large achievements in other arenas than that of sport.”

For harness, or horse appointments of all kinds G. B. Healey has the best and most up-to date stock in the district. Also agent for A. B. O. incandescent kerosene lamps, mantles, wicks and chimneys. A full stoch kept Kimbolton road, Foilding*.

Mr Walker King, Exeter’s blind politician, has been selected as Liberal candidate for West Sumer* set. the division represented by Sir A. Aciaud-Hood. Mr King is a good S!K?akcr, and contested Taunton nusxv ce.ssfi;iiy in ’i/Od, "Mr. ” said nno of i!,e speakers at. the Elcham Literary and Debating Society meeting recently, “The Government have been nursing a frozen snake in their bosom, which will turn to dust and ashes in their mouth,’’ and by the time the audience had fully realised the horror of the situation (records the local paper) the speaker had soared to other realms of oratory.

An unpleasant incident is reported to have occurred at Galveston (Texas) on St. Patrick’s Day. In honour of the occasion, Captain Moore, of the steamer Howth Head, owned by the Ulster Shipping Company, hoisted on the mainmast the Irish flag, with the Stars and Stripes floating beneath it. The attention of the authorities was attracted by thi breach’of international etiquette, and the Collector of Customs ordered Captain Moore to haul down the offending emblem. This the captain at first refused, whereupon American official threatened to ask the assistance of a gunboat in the harbour to enforce his demand. Seeing than his refusal might entail serious consequences, the skipper had the flag lowered, explaining that no insult to the American flag had been intended. Every lady contemplating the purchase of a new jacket or paletot should see the beautiful stock of these goods now on display at The Bon Marche, Palmerston. The fit, style, and finish of every garment is perfect, and the prices most reasonable. The Ladies of this district are invited to inspect these charming goods '*