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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9450, 21 May 1909, Page 4

Mr Lenz, the well-known bee farmer, of Masterton, secured 28 tons of honey from his bees this season.

There is no intention, savs the Minister of Railways, of holding a public inquiry into 'the allegations made regarding the transport of Canterbury volunteers at Easter time.

The death occurred at Lepperton on Saturday of Mrs MoTaggart, mother of Mrs Yalintine, wife of Dr. Yalintine, Inspector-General of Hospitals. 1 At a meeting of Crown tenants at Nireaha last night Mr Ellingham, a candidate, severely criticised the method of conducting the Land Board election, regarding rolls not being available, and the way in which he stated ballot papers were distributed. Some tenants received ballotj-papers immediately atfer| the nomination forms, while other tenants have not yet received ballot papers.

The Minister of Public Works in the course of a statement on the subject of railway construction said that Government had no intention of curtailing expenditure in that direction. “We want to get railways and roads to open up country which is lying idle,” he said, “every one of the new railways in the North Island is going to open up an enormous extent of country for settlement.

“Reader” writes;—“l am not surprised to read that the racing people don’t like the ‘bookies.’ The totaiisator one can understand, but ihe ways of some bookies are past finding out, as the good Book has it. I remember that over twenty years ago ‘me and my mate’ speculated Half a crown each with a bookie, and we won—dividend 2s. Now, what I want to know is, did we win or did we’lose? If we had lost we would have got nothing. If we won, we ought to have got more than we speculated. I think the Debating Society might see if they can solve the proble'ra. I left not only the bookies but tfae races altogether. ’ ’ A meeting of Hunterville Bowling Olub (Mr Melrdum in the chair) was held last night. Mr MoManaway read the balance-sheet, showing an expenditure of £2SG, and a debit balance of £ll. The Works Committee’s report was adopted and a vote of thanks accorded. It was then resolved that £SO be expended, and Messrs Berry, MoManaway and Wilson were appointed a works committee. Mr Marshall was elected secretary and Mr MoManaway treasurer. Yctes of thanks were accorded to the contractors. The appointment ot caretaker and Ins salary was’left with works committee.

A proposal to inrtoduce rating on unimproved value in Wanganui Bast was lost by 189 to 162 votes. The Rugby Union has decided to inform the South African Union that the New Zealand Union would be pleased to hear whether it was intended to send a team to New Zealand in 1910.

® A largely attended social of Napier General Labourers Union last night unanimously adopted, on the suggestion of Mr Brown, M.P., a resolution congratulating Sir Joseph Ward on his action iu offering the Dominion Dreadnought.

A robbery was committed at the Olifton Hotel, Bulls, last evening. The cash box was taken away, containing about £4o—£lo in silver, £l3 in notes and the balance in cheques. The key of the cash box was found at the front door this morning. The police are investigating. Gisborne Borough Council established a Dominion record at its last meeting, which lasted from 7.30 o’clock on Tuesday night until 3.45 o’clock on Wednesday morning. A section of tne new Council is at loggerheads with the Mayor; hence the protracted proceedings. The hockey match Marton v.. Hunterville, played 'on Wednesday, was won by Marton by 9 to 3. Owing to the clashing of football Hunterville had to play with five substitutes. Goals were obtained by Christensen, Aitben, McGregor, Halligan, Forsyth, Outfield and Lawrence for Marton, and by Hussey for Hunterville.

A final remittance of £250 has been received by the Town Clerk, of Wellington, from the Union Steamship Company towards the fund for the relief of the sufferers by the wreck of the Penguin. This makes the amount contributed to the fond by the Company £SOO. It is understood that the secretary will be making a call'upon the Govenrment for its promised subsidy of £IOOO *

The Secretary of Marton Branch of the Farmers’ Union received notice to-day that Mr Baylis of the Agricultural Department will he present at the meeting of the branch tomorrow afternoon in order to give information as to the results of the experiments with manures carried out in this district. The subject is one of such general Interest to farmers that it is hoped tthere will be a large attendance to meet Mr Baylis.

Yesterday three men, William Fyfe, John Pratt, and John'Henderson. were walking along the railway from the Bluff to Ocean Beach when they were overtaken by a special train, all being thrown into the sea. Fyfe’s skull was badly fractured, and ho had both legs smashed. He died an ' hour afterwards. Pratt sustained a broken leg, but Henderson escaped with braises. Fyfe was a |wool-classer, and leaves a wife arid large family at Kakanui. There was a severe gale raging at the time of the accident. The adjourned inquest on Lucy Kingston, a dumeatio servant, was continued at Dunedin yesterday. Dire. Olossand Roberts gave evidence to the effect that the deceased died of septic poisoning, apparently caused by a miscarriage. Annie Driver said deceased admitted to her that an operation had been performed, bat declined to say by whom. After further evidence the inquest was further adjourned to enable the police to make additional inqniries. Mr O. J. Fniton, Chief Fibre Expert, visited Foston last week, |and with the local grader (Mr Petrie) examined a considerable quantity of hemp. Several of the lines examined were of exceptionally poor quality, and were graded as “rejected.” The fault of this, however, does not lie with the miller, but is due entirely to the diseased state of the leaf, which renders it impossible for the hemp to beworked up to a higher grade. Foxton still maintains its position as regards the quantity of hemp graded at the local sheds, there being an increase during April of 200 bales over the amount graded during the same month last year. There has just been issued from Mr B. H. Fisher’s printing office, Feilding, a book entitled “The New Zealand Family lawyer and

Settlers Legal Handbook, ” written by Mr F. W. Shortland, barrister a«nd solicitor, the author of ’chose useful works “A Pocket Guide for Justices and Police Officers,” and ‘‘A Guide to the Bankruptcy Laws of New Zealand.” It is well printed, the type being very good indeed, and It is strongly bound. It consists of 293 pages full of such legal information as every adult in the Dominion is in need of from time to time, put in concise and comprehensive form, and it will make a most valuable acquisition to every household library. It will be sold at 13s 6d, a low price when it is considered the amount of labour and legal skill required in its compilation. The present extraordinary activity of Nganrohoe appears to be Infecting the whole*of the adjacent country to a renewal in some part of its old thermal life. The bed at Waihora Bay, on the western end of Lake Tanpo, fwas suddenly awakened out of the long years of calm in which it has slept. While the big volcano, 30 miles or more distant, was in the height of its eruption a fishing party on the shores of the bay were aroused by two loud explosions, and in the morning the waters of the lake were quite warm, while numbers of fine trout, some as heavy as l«lbs, were floating on the surface or lying stranded on the shore. ®The supposition is that a convulsion of the lake bed occurred, probably an outbreak of boiling water fromsisome old geyser stirred into fresh activity by volcanic agency. A deputation of members of the Horseshoe and Sluggish River Drainage Boards, introduced by Messrs Newman and Buiok, M’s.P., waited upon the Hon. Mr Bnddo, Minister for Internal Affairs, while the train stopped at Palmerston yesterday, and asked that the recommendation of the recent commission as co the amalgamation of the two districts be given effect to. * The Minister said there was no objection to the proposal and immediately a petition was received, jointly signed by all the members of eaoh board, proclamation could be issued in the direction mentioned. On the question of extending the boundaries of the prioposed new district some little difficulty "was experienced in grasping, the position in tho time at th® Minister’s disposal and the matter was deferred to a subsequent meeting, to bo » eld in Wellington on 27th inst., at which several other matters in dispute will be dealt with. The opinion was expressed that the whole of the matters in question would be amicably arranged.—Times.

The hoy Douglas, injured in a gua accident at Westmere, died last night.

The death is reported at Liverpool of Captain Croncher, formerly of the Wakanni and Papanni.

Mr \V. Sheridan, who was formerly farming iu Taranaki, has been elected a member of the Tasmanian Parliament,

Miss Russell, daughter of Sir William Russell, is to be married early next month to Sir Francis Price. The marriage will take place in Napier, bridegroom, elect, who is 29 years of age, served in Sooth Africa with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers.

The business at Auckland Supreme Court, criminal and civil, is so heavy that Mr fJustice Sim has been “instructed to go to Auckland to assist Mr Justice Edwards. There are 7& criminal cases ou the list, 17 only having been disposed of so far, and 45 civil cases, 25 being divorcejsuits.

A young man named Thos. Martin, a tailor, died while being conveyed from the football field at Oamam yesterday. He had complained of feeling unwell for several days, and while playing it is supposed he struck one of the goal posts with his head. He was removed from the ground but died shortly afterwards. The doctor who attended him says death was due to hemorrhage of the brain.

At Feilding Police Court this morning, before Mr W. D. Nicholas, J.P., Mrs Sherwiil was fined as, with 7s costs, for allowing a chimney to catch fire. Thomas G. Griffiths was fined os, with 7s costs, for being drunk on the railway station. Messrs B. Oobbe, C. D. Skinner, A, H. McGuire, R. Wood, John Meehan, G. Clarkson, T. Collins, A. D. McGowan and Dr. Soxley were each fined 2s 6d with 3s costs lor riding on the footpath ,or riding without lights.

Mr H. 0, Hewlett, of Turakina School, has received word that at the University examination last November he passed both the “B” and “A” teachers’examinations. In the “A” examination he obtained second class honours in political science. This feat is perhaps unprecedented in New Zealand —passing the two examinations in one year. It is all the more remarkable that Mr Hewlett had not the advantage of university training. He was by correspondence by Mr P. O’Dea.

After considerable delay in coming to a decision in regard to the Invercargill Tramways, the rights of which are held by Sir Joseph Ward, the matter was brought to a head byr a letter from Sir Joseph read at the Town Council meeting last night. Sir Joseph states that, public opinion seeming to be strongly in favour of a municipal tramway, be and those associated with him in the enterprise, had decided to relinquish the rights if the expenses connected therewith, amounting to £ISOO, be refunded. The Council referred the matter to a special committee. A strange situation was revealed in the statement of a case before Mr Justice Chapman at Wellintgcn. J. J. Paterson, a Dannevirke solicitor, had been declared a bankrupt and the Deputy Official Assignee in his estate had issued a summons calling on the manager of the Bank ’of New Zealand to show cause why he should not give information to the Assignee as to bankrupt’s trust account. The Bank manager refused to give any such information on the ground that the trust accounted not contain any monies belonging to bankrupt. Mr O tier for defendant, submitted that the Assignee had omitted to obtain the consent of the bankrupt, and that, in consequence, the local bank manager was justified in refusing to allow bankrupt’s trust account to be inspected. Counsel added that the Bank would submit to an order of the Court, jTbnt considered they should be allowed costs. His Honour made an order for the inspection of the account and allowed £2 2s coats.

Miss Louisa Chant, aged 49 years, a patient in Wellington Hospital, died this morning after chloroform bad been administered to her for the purpose of enabling an operation to be performed. At the inquest it was shown that deceased had been in poor health for some time and was suffering from appendicitis. On Btb April she was operated on and stood the anaesthetics well. It was then, found that the of tumours rendered another operation imperative. This took palce yesterday, special precautions being taken owing to the patient’s weak state. Three tumours were removed and just after the operation from sheer weakness, the patient’s heart ceased to beat. A verdict was returned of death from heart failure, accelerated by the administration of anaesthetics for purposes of operation which was absolutely necessary.