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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9435, 4 May 1909, Page 4

Another well-known land agent in Feiiuing district formally declared himself a bankrupt yesterday. Wairarapa farmers are holding on to their oats yields in anticipation of better prices being offered during the winter months. The price at present ruling is Is 8d per bushel, whilst at this period last year 3s per bushel was obtainable;

Ah Yen, as occupier of’the Dunedin gaming house, which wasjraided, was fined £25 or three months. The other thirty-one Chinese found on the premises were fined 20s each. Thera were no Europeans present at the time of the raid. All the defendants pleaded guilty. At a meeting of Marten Technical School Committee last evening, the chief business done was the transference of the directorship Mr Train to the new secondary assistant Mr Johnston, During the interregnum in the, mastership of the secondary classes, Mr Train very kindly filled the position of director, and a hearty vote of thanks was passed to him for his services. .

Onr Sandon coirespondent’writes : The Ist May turned out a failure as far as Sandon sportsmen were concerned. The morning being fine, the ducks were like castles in the air, the only difference being they did not come down. About 50 noble warriors went forth to meet the feathered foe, who seeking safety in flight, left only 25 of their slain on the ground. On future occasions perhaps an airship and a little salt might prove more successful.

The funeral of Huria Matenga (Julia Martin), the Grace Darling of New Zealand, yesterday, was attended by two thousand people at the Pa at Wakapuaka. Aa a tribal chief’s, daughter all tangi honours were paid. About a hundred Maori visitors were present from all parts. Mr Parata, nephew of deceased, "delivered an oration in Maori at the grave, and Archdeacon Grace read the Church of England burial service. The tribe provided hospitably for all. Two young boys were brought before the Juvenile Court at Wanganui yesterday charged with stealing parts of oil launch engines. Detective Siddells said the lads were studying electricity aud, being unable to purchase the plant they required, had stolen the articles from launches in the river. One of the hoys had fitted up a workshop, aiid in It the two boys had conducted experiments. The parents of the boys had made good the damage done at a cost of £l3, and the Magistrate dismissed them after a serious warning.

A meeting of the Feilding shop assistants who have a holiday on Wednesday was held last night to consider the advisability of forming a hookey or “football olnb. (Mr Montgomery, who presided, expressed surprise that there were no employers present, to show their interest in croviding a means of recreation for their men, for even from the point of view of their own interest, it was certain that a man who took plenty of exercise in the open-air was better able to do his work. It was decided to form a Hookey Club. The convenor of the meeting (Mr Hill) stated that 16 had consented to take part. Mr Montgomery was elected patron, and Mr Hill secretary, the election of other .officers being deferred .until next Friday. It was decided to request ;the Jockey Glob for the use of their ground.

Speaking of the attitude of the Farmers’ Union towards farm workers at a meeting at Ashburton, Mr Reid said it was generally recognised that the Union was not in any way antagonistic to the labourers, and although the farmers had had to defend themselves in the farm labourers’ dispute/' he was pleased to say that the objection raised by tue farmers to the labourers’ demand were not on the grounds that the wages asked were too high, but on the ground that the labourers had no right to impose on the farmers conditions which could not he accepted without great injury to themselves. The chief trouble was in . regard to hours of labour. He, personally, desired tto see the standing of farm labourers recognised, but his own opinion was that a good man oonld make his own terms. FOR SOOUB IN CALVES sheep, pigs and horses, use “VERMOr OINE, ” Unequalled for all internal parasitic diseases of stock. Destroys stomach worms, intestinal worms and long worms. Unsurpassed in all cases of diarrhoea affecting young animals. Obtainable from Brioo,. Broad & Co., Ltd., Marton. ,

A meeting in Wanganui last evening.sent an invitation to the Brass Band Association to hold the next Band Contest in Wanganui. A snm of £155 was subscribed as a guarantiee fund.

Mr Wragge predicts about the middle.of May or somewhat earlier a disturbance of considerable energy named Millar and shipping will have canse to remember him. He or it is now southward of Cape Leewio.

The Rev. Mr and Mrs Gordon left Marten for Wellington to-day to meet their oldest daughter (Mrs Mawson) who has been away on mission work in Canton villages for over five years. Mr and Mrs Mawson arrive at Wellington to-morrow and are bn 13 months’ leave.

Mr Hogg, replying to a small deputation, said there was-no doubt about the existence of a flour ring. In reference to the high price of bread, he said thas'if bakers were charging too mnoh, consumers -should organise to see what could be dona in the way of co-operative bakeries.

Notice is given in our advertising columns that tiie tenth annual Ohakea School social will be held in the Sandon Public Hall on June 4th. The music will be provided by Hanley’s band, and all the arrangements will be carried out in the excellent style which has made the dance so popular in past years.

The annual meeting of the Halcombe Branch of the Farmers’ Union did not take place on Saturday night, only the secretary and three or four of the faithful attending. These decided that upon the chairmans’ return from Rotorua, a meeting should be called to consider the advisability of winding up the Branch. The apathy shown by farmers as a whole does not seem to warrant it being continued any longer. The first debate of the newlyformed Marton Debating Society will be held on Friday evening next. The subject “Should Compulsory Military Service be introduced _in New Zealand” is one that is exciting great interest at the present time, and there should be much to say ■ on both sides. All members and intending members are requested to be present, and it is intended to begin the meeting promptly at 8 o’clock.

A Napier wire states that Nathaniel Symons, a lad of fifteen, was committed «o the reformatory school as the result of an early start on a career of crime. He pleaded guilty to breaking and entering Blythe’s shop, and evidence went to show that he paid repeated visits and secured at different times a consideraiila sum. Symon’a was previously convicted of stealing a bicycle.

At Wanganui yesterday a boy was charged with playing the ghost, and assaulting an old man named Bras. Prosecutor had gone down to the river to remove some fishing lines about 10 p.m,, when the youth appeared dressed in a long white sheet. ifThero was some dispute as to whether the ghost had also assaulted the old man, bat the evidence seemed not to warrant a conviction on this ground, so the case was dismissed with a severe warning to defendant not to play such foolish tricks in future.

“The demand for domestic servants is greater than ever, ” said Miss Morrison (officer in charge of the Government Employment Bureau for Women in Auckland), in answer to an inquiry. Miss Morrison added that there was an almost unlimited demand, and if the immigration officers at Home would encourage the migration of competent domestics it would do much to relieve the position. Quite 2000 applications per year reach the Auckland ment Employment Bureau for Women, and Miss Morrison said that for some time past she could have placed at least 200 domestic assistants per month had they been available. Less than half this number were forthcoming, however, despite the fact that excellent inducements from a remunerative point of view were offered. There was a sensational incident at the Napier breakwater on Sunday. Two youths, Harold Euuko, son of the manager of the Hawke’s Bay Soap and Tannery Company’s Works, Awatoto, and his cousin, Bert Jones, a visitor from Onehucga, were photographing a heavy sea, wheava wave lifted them off their feet and washed them off the breakwater. They drifted some distance, but fortunately were 'able to swim. Jas. Tonkin, an employee of the Ferro-Concrete Company, plunged into the rescue with a line and plank, and through his gallantry both youths were saved. Jones was pretty well exhausted, but quickly recovered Pnnko is to be commended for the manner in which he kept by his oousin in emergency. The annual general meeting of parishioners of S.S. Simon and Jude’a Rongotea was held on Friday, April 30th, at 8 p.m. The following were appointed a vestry:— Yioar’s Churchwarden, James Penney ; People’s Warden, Edgar DerhamVestrymen, John Qloyn, F. L. Airey, F. G. Seddon, F. Bottoher, W. Davis, W. Bottoher, A. O. Perry; Treasurer, E. Derham. The treasurer’s report showed that the Oroua Bridge and Glen Orona parts of the parish had met all their obligations during the year just closed. At, Rongotea itself, however, the financial year had begun with a deficit on working account of £l4 10s, and ended with a deficit of £BS. Rongotea had contributed £lO to the Vicarage Fund, and £4 10s for insurance and; repairs of vicarage, other parts of the parish had made no oontribtions for the vicarage, the debt on which now stands at £45. The new vestry will meet on Friday, May 38th, to further consider the position.

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Dr. Findlay has suggested tbafe wife deserters who go to Australia might bo made to maintain their families if a system of reciprocity or co-operation between the Courts was established.

A hoy u a tried Tom McMillan, aged 14, kss cat shooting at Cambridge on Sunday, when he slipped and Isis gun exploded. The discharge entered bin armpit and came cut of his bsctr. His injuries are rerions and. he will probablypose his arm. A five-roomed house at Turakina, owned by Mrs Knox, and occupied by Mr W. Smith,, railway vierk, was destroyed |by fire at 11 o'clock oa Saturday niglit. The inmates had a narrow escape. The building was insured for £l5O, and the furniture fcr £SO.

A i'co-operati vs labourer. John Delaney, u'god about 40, was ’found dead in a creex at Kicra railway works, Taranaki, yesterday. At the inquest the verdict waa that death was due to drowning, there being no evidence to show how deceased got into the water. It is believed ho was a single man, a native* of Glasgow.