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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9178, 23 June 1908, Page 4

On pages 2 and 3 will be found cabled aud telegraphic news, page 6 Halcombe notes, page 7 general aud telegraphic news. The Waihi miners have demanded a definite reply as to the proposed co-operative system of wonting within seven days. The Union Company is advised that the Maknra, 7500 tons, designed for the Vancouver trade will be laucbed next mouth and will leave London iu Setpember.

At Inglewood this week J. M. Masemauu, of Wortley Road, was fined £1 aud costs on the information of Mr Smith, Noxoius Weeds Inspector, for not having cleared highland of blackberry at the proper time.

The Kiwitea County Council received a long list of names of settlers on Saturday who have been grazing their cattle on the roads and they are all to be prosecuted. A special Court day be needed to dispose of the cases.

ft The special mission iu the Druids’ Hall, Marton, will be continued this week on Wednesday and Thursday. Mr Curran has been answering numerous difficult Biblical questions of great interest, and on Wednesday his subject will be “Baptism; Is it for infants or believers? Is it by sprinkling or immersion?” The plans referred to in the report of Messrs Goode, Son, and Matthews regarding the extension of Lyttelton harbour and the Sumner-Heathcote canal have been received by the secretary of the Lyttelton Harbour Board (Mr O. Hood Williams). They are at present being lithogaphed. The plans each measure about by 3ft., and go into all the details referred to iu the engineer’s reports.

Some of the immigrants who arrived iu Auckland on Saturday by the s.s. Cornwall have already been found employment by the Labour Bureau. The immigrants are mostly from the British Isles, but the new comers include some from Canada and the States. Another 50 “arrived by tlie Takapuua, having transhipped from the Goriuthic. These are promising colonists. Their homes were in the old countries, and their pursuits are varied.

For the inconvenience of moving from one house to another, a witness iu the Supreme Court at Auckland said lie would allow £IOO. He went on to explain that he not only took into consideration the expense entailed in shifting and installing new window blinds, , but he also made an allowance for worry. “And what do you allow for worry?” inquired His “Oh, £SO at least,” answered the witness.

Bv the s.s. Moeraki which left Wellington bn the 11th inst., Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Palmertsou North, report having shipped on account of W. I. Lovelock o 5 Romkby rams, same being consigned to Sydney for their sales which take pl'aoe.on Ist July. These sheep are a good, even, strong coustitutioned line, and remarkably well grown. The firm also advise having sold to a local client, on account of the same vendor, a line of 35 Romney ram lambs at a highly satisfactory figure.

Many reasons, more or less cogent, have been urged for the introduction into our schools of the “Ten Commandments.” The reason below, urged by one member of a N. Z. Board, is worthy of being recorded—if only for its originality-.—“ The Commandments should be introduced if only for their literary merit, particularly because of the preponderance of monosyllables” ; and as a case in point he quoted : “Bring up a child iu the way he should go!” Comment is superfluous.

The mildness of the season is exemplified (says the Dunedin Times) by the circumstance that new potatoes were dug last week on a property at Macandrew’s Bay, Peninsula. The tubers were large and of good quality and cooked well. Certainly they have not matured, being a second crop of self-sown Up-to-dates, but the fact that the potatoes have grown to an edible stage at this season is remarkable.

The Marton Brass Baud will hold their first Free Concert in the Opera House, ou Thursday evening next the 35th, commencing at 8 o’clock. This is the first time that the Band have given anything of this sort. The Wellington Bands have adopted a similar plan by playing in the Town Hall during the winter season, as it is too cold for the public to stand out in the open air to listen to the music. These concerts draw packed houses, and it is to be hoped that the Marton public will not be backward in patronising the Band by their presence at these concerts. Country people are cordially invited.

A petitioner for a divorce was under examination before Mr Justice Simpson at Sydney last week (says the Sydney Morning Herald). His wife, he said, had deserted him, and as he was evidently not well posted in legal procedure or the law’s refinements, his Honor asked him whether anyone had suggested to him that he could get a divorce on the ground of desertion. He replied, “No," “Well, how did you come to know that you could get a divorce?” “I read it.” “You read the newspapers, I suppose?” “Yes, sir.” “The divorce cases?” “Yes, sir.” “Always read the divorce cases?” “Yes, sir.” His Honor then observed that a Judge at one time said that almost every divorce granted brought about a desire on the part of other people to'apply for a divorce on their own account, and he supposed there might be something in it. Eventually petitioner was granted a decree nis* fospAhe dissolution of his marriage. (1 GREAT OAKS FROM ACORNS GROW. That dread disease, Consumption, has its commencement in a cold on the chest. Don’t leave it until it is too late. You can promptly cure vyoiar cold with Dr. Sheldon's New Discovery. Otbtainable at all stores, Marten, Ellis Bros.. Hunterville, and Mansell & Sou. Bulls. For Bronchial Goughs take Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. Is Gd and 53s 6d.

At the meeting of the Kiwitea County Council on Saturday Or. Hockley complimented the engineer Mr Rurne) on the work recently carried out in his Riding, which had been doue under the estimated cost. i; Mr E. Fit ton havin': won outright th- cup presented by Mr A. McCorkindale“to the Cheltenham Rifle Club, Mr McOorkindale has kindly presented another cup for competitions which will be shortly arranged. Mr P. Mercer has also donated a trophy to the Club.

On Saturday the Kiwitea County Council had an application from a gentleman at Kimbolton for the refund of over £4 in rates he had paid for a proprty he did not own, and he did not know even how his *name got on the rate roil. The Couucil could ouly advise him to apply to the landowner for the refund. It has been decided to establish a Chair of Agriculture and a Chair of Veterinary Science at the Sydney University. Parliament is to he asked to increase the statutory endowment of the University from £IO.OOO to £15,000. Lectures on agricultural and veterinary scientific subjects will be given in various country centres.

For the first time in the history of American courts cats have been declared legally dead by due process of law. When the estate of Elizabeth Heritage was called for audit, counsel informed the court that the tetsatrix had left by her will a small legacy for the support of two cats, but diligent search had failed to find the beneficiaries. The estate will now be distributed among the other heirs of the testatrix.

In Germany it has been estimated that| the forest families number about a million people, and the numbers employed in the timber industries, paper-making, pulp manufacturing, builders’ works, sawmills, and so on, represent a population of about three millions; so that it would appear that for every person engaged in rthe actual work 1 of forestry three people are engaged in working up the raw material. A new method of maintaining the freshness of milk without the use of preservatives has, says an English health journal,? just been discovered. The milk is sprayed through a series of fine nozzles, with the result that the fat is broken up into the smallest possible particles, and their separation is rendered impossible for some hours, in spite of the churning effect of a long railway journey. This is expected to increase the possibilities of milk transportation by hundreds of miles. when acting for Delane, of The Times, once received a letter sent for publication by a Mr Wiseass. The signature, almost illegible, was printed as Wiseass. The correspondent was indignant, and to cool his wrath Dasent inserted the following editorial note After a careful study of the original, we came to the conclusion that though a doubt might exist as to the orthography of the first syllable of the signautre, there could be no possible mistake as to the second. ”

“The Polynesians, who had no alphabet, or even hieroglyphics, cultivated memory to such an extent that it forms one of tbe racial characteristics of the people,” said Dr. Buck in a lecture upon the Maori. “Elsdon Best secured some 400 songs from one man, without' counting genealogies and tribal history. Percy Smith took down from one old man the genealogical descent of all the members of his tribe, involving the recollection of over 700 names and going back for some 34 generations.

Wliiii on a recent visit to the rabbitpoof fence north of Bremer Bay (Westralia) I was struck by the number of dead emus on the S.A. side, writes a correspondent to Sydney Bulletin). A boundary rider informed me that the birds, coming in a flock against the fence, run aimlessly up and down until they drop from exhaustion, and this theory is borne out by the well-defined tracks worn alongside the fence. Some of the larger birds, of course, succeed in jumping the obstacle, or in breaking it down—in fact, emu breakage is the principal reason why boundary •riders are required. George Smith, better known as Robt. McCarthy, an indeterminate sentence prisoner, with a bad record (bavins been in gaol aimost continuously for the last six years fcr’breaking " and entering and theft) succeeded in opening the two doors of his cell in the solitary confinement section of Lyttelton gaol, but was discovered by a warder. A rope, made of .McCarthy’s blanket and shirt, was found in the cell of Allandale, another notorious criminal. McCarthy has escaped from custody on three previous occasions. On this occasion he tore up the flooring hoards and prized the door open, brfc he had no hope of escaping, as the yard walls arc 35 feet t:igh and closely watched. In the course rf a talk with a Standard reporter, W. Johnston, the All Black forward, said that he had signed on at a big retainer to play for Wigan nest season, and that he will return to England early in September. Besides the retainer, he will receive 10s for a win and 5s for a loss, with two matches a week, and he will bo given employment at the same wages as ho would receive here. George Smith got £!SO for 11 games to play for Oldham, and Todd signs on for £4OO to captain Wigan the next season. V. rigloy also returns to England in a few weeks to play for Runcorn, also at a retainer of £4OO, with work as plumber at £2 12s a week. The New Zealand tour to England is being talked of, and Johnston would not be surprised to see a team leave here the season after next.

Mr W. Wilson left Cathedral Square, Christchurch, shortly atfer 3 o’clock ou Saturday afternoon on a walking tour round the world, and he was fare welled by a large crowd of friends and others who had assembled to witness the departure. Mr Wilson expects to be away for at least three years. His itinerary will be from Christchurch to the Bluff, then over to Melbourne across the Australian continent to Freemautle, then on to Colombo,” through India and across Asia Minor to Naples. From Naples he will sail for England and make extensive tours through the British Isles, afterwards leaving Queenstown for New York, -fie thou crosses we American continent to Vancouver, and from Vancouver sails for Auckland and thence t<oOhristchurch, Mr Wilson called oh the Mayor this morning and was given a certificate under the city seal that he left Christchurch with no money in his pockets, this being done owing to the fact that one rf the conditions of the tour is that he must start penniless.

The last trip of the atea —k Kapifci from Wanganui to a cargo of stock was disast ,'us. Bad weather was encountered .and some nine or ten bullocks weri,r.'killed. A large quantity of ge . for use in relaunching the Tavlnpi has arrived at Westport. . Mr Daqiel is continuing his preliminary - work. The Harbour Board has not yet received the Governor in Council’s authority for cutting the breakwater. Mr A. R. Curtis, former part proprietor of the Feilding Star, is about to leave Feilding to take up his residence in Wellington. As one of the oldest members of the Jockey Club, Oddfellows Lodge, Bowling Club, and some other Societies, his absence will be regretted. The new Post Office at Apiti, is a great disappointment to the townspeople. It was expected that it would be an ornament to the town, standing as it does in the most prominent part. The walls are only about 11 feet, and as the eaves are broad, the building 'looks really lower than it is.

A small cottage, in Bulls, the property of Mr E. Wicks, was totally destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon. The occupier. was absent at the time. The neighbours were only able to save a few articles of furnitnre. There are no particulars at present, but it is believed there was uo insurance.

There was a more than usual amount of rough play and feeling shown in the Melrose-Oriental match played at the Athletic Park on Saturday. A section of the spectators appealed lustily to the referee to “put him off” on several occasions when they saw incidents which did not meet with their approval, and . there were many of these. Punches were openly exchanged between opposing forwards, one brief encounter taking place in the open right in front of the stand. Before the game was through a forward from each side was ordered off *be field. c\ A Walsall policeman huddled bin V • self in a bath-chair and employed V man to push him up and down street where he thought betting w JK going on. He told the Magistral that by this device he succeeded jißg getting “right under the nose” bookmaker whom he could hear versing with his clients, bets being made while he him under observation. The M maker was find £lO costs. The youth Prana who hsßHslp himself recently letter stating th||j£ Vfiter was of this he had as healways in >kept T' people from jp&|| '"je wriJ|B .. said that lid’ •’—3 a ‘bloke’ t -art akea a step, ■“ vilege in t h memory, would ' “Kight‘l J&p speakers at IB meeting in auy teacher £l5O a the President ( member of the B M for asking- ‘ ‘ was I \f | a policeman - year, and largest retiring so far to a teacher, dent,J‘was one u With regard to the Nelson Evening the scale has been in six years dr more. r from the pappr visited J the outbreak « a belt of badly of the tnU the pest, B of —Blias been . B the pest from B contended by B this wash cannot be»7PTrc Brs^s®! trees, as it causes the buds to drc\ jg from thje young yrgn& oe< A that needs ex|)lanatrou on the paErj: of the officers of the Agricultural’, Department,” says t;'e Mail, “is a how the scale has been c so long undetected by them.”

A Masterton resident who has just returned from Auckland, via the Main Trunk line, states to the Age that the prospects for Ohaknne are very bright indeed. The Government apparently intends to make this point of the line the end of the day’s trip from both ends, and a verylarge sum of money is being expended in railway works. The railwav station will be, when, complete, probably larger than the Palmerston North one, while an engine-shed capable of accommodating fourteen engines is being erected. In addition the coal bunkers will hold 400 tons of coal, and a turn-table is also being constructed. The magnitude of the railway works generally is, he says, really astonishing.

It is not always wise for a politician to be too hasty in coming to a conclusion when addressing a political meeting as Sir Joseph Ward found out on Saturday night (says a Gisborne exchange). One of his most glowing panegyries on the country an its people was greeted by an interjection of a supporter who ejaculated “Quite right.” However, the Premier thought the man said, “What rot!’ and back lie flung “"the nasty epithet at the interjector. “What rot? he queried in indignant tones, hut before he had time to demolish his imaginary foe that worthy repeated his former words, “Quite right. “Ah. yes, returned Sir Joseph in mollified tones, “you are quite right, but the audience roared as they saw the langh was against the Premier.

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