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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9463, 4 June 1909, Page 4

Mr Oahill, of Hawke’s Bay, has been selected by Messrs Wheeler, Short and Knight, as instructor in wool classing. Mr O. Weingott, professional pianforte tuner, announces that he is visiting Bulls for a few days only, and orders may be addressed to the Rangitikei Hotel. A meeting of sha:eho!ders of Bnnnythorpe Co-operative Dairy Company has recommended the directors to establish a cheese factory provided the suppliers to finance the same. About thirty years ago, the acre of land on which the Carlton Club Hotel and other buildings in Hast ings were erected was purchased for £IOO. The valuation for about half the area is now reported to be over £BSOO. In Wellington several butchers have started a cash over the counter business with no delivery. These shops are being well patronised. At one of them t' e other day half a sheep—good looking mutton too—could be obtained for 5s 6d. Three young men named James Morphy, Thomas Davis, and Thomas Hickey were yesterday before Mr J. Brooker, J.P,, at Hunterville, charged with assaulting and robbing an employee of Rangitikei County Council named John Burns. Accused were remanded, hail being refused. The Minister of Railways has informed Wanganui Chamber of Commerce that it is not possible to make arrangements for the train from Palmerston North to Wanganui to reach the latter town earlier. The change desired would require the train to leave Marton at 8.88 a.m. instead of 9.17 a.m., and the train from Taihapo to leave at 5,30 a.m. These alterations would cause dissatisfaction and, therefore, no change will be made. The polling for the election of a member of the Wellington Land Board, rendered necessary by the retirement of J. M. A'Court, of Sanson, by effluixon of time, resulted in the return of H, T. Ellingham, of Horoeka, by a large majority. The details are H. T. Ellingham 850, J. M. A’Oonrt 206, W. J. McLennan (Taihape) 204, A. J. Joblin (Hunterville) 180, J. Bremner (Mataroa) 185, O. Mclntyre (Hangiwahia) 116, R. Bonld (Johnsonville) 88, L. Honlbrook (Waterfalls) 54, T. H. Robinson (Taihape) 44. The royalties charged by the swamp owners in the Foxton district have been reduced. Formerly when hemp was worth £27 to £2B a ton the royalties charged,amounted to 22s 6d a ton on the green flax, which meant £lO 2s 6d a ton on the dressed fibre; now it is only 5s 8d a ton, or £2 7s 8d on the fibre. With this royalty, and at present market rates of phorminm fibre, mills can continue working with a fair prospect of paying something more than actual working expenses. The millers who are hard pressed are those who ate working flax areas purchased at a high figure. A meeting was held at Hamilton testerday to protest against alleged unfair treatment at the recent Assess ment Court and to formulate a scheme for future action. There was a representative attendance including Mr Greenslade, M.P. A number of resolutions were passed condemning the Government system of valuing on selling values and asking the members of Parliament to bring the question before the House with a view to having valuation done on a more equitable basis, also that practical valuers be appointed having a thorough knowledge of farming and who have lived in the district for a long period.

About £l4O remains in hand from the Oatfiaru rain-making experiments that were 'carried out last summer under the observation of the Government Meteorologist (the Rev. D. O. Bates). In connection with the disposal of this money, the local committee wrote to Mr Bates (in instice to whom it shonld be stated that he never had any Jfaith in the experiments referred to), and that gentleman has replied to Mr J. Patterson, secretary of/the committee, that the money would be well spent on a local observatory, fitted with a rain guage, thermometer, sunshine recorder, and wind gauge, which would be the means in time of having data on which the local meteorological conditions of the district at all seasons of the year would be fairly accurately known. Mr Bates has farther informed the committee that the only way to ensure a supply of water is by conservation, as is being done in Australia“and other countries subject to drought_ or partial drought;.

A labourer named Frank McDavitt has been killed by a fall of earth while employed on fcbe railway works at Wellsford. His relatives are believed to live at Taibape. Peter Williamson Tait, charged at Wellington with having stabbed David McCall, was again remanded to-day, McCall being still unable to appear. The quantity of surplus butter in cold stores in New Zealand at the end of May, as reported by the Dairv Commissioner’s staff, shows a shortage of about'6ooo boxes (or 150 tons) below the quantity which last season showed to be necessary to meet the winter demand. A small parcel reached us yesterday containing a ripe raspberry gathered by Mr 0. Dunham with some more in his orchard at Fata. He refers to it as giving evidence of the mildness of the season. In some parts of the district also jonquils and other spring flowering bulbs are already in bloom. The vegetable world seems •to have mistaken the time of the year. The Sydney Telegraph, of May 12th., says:—“There was another big influx of passengers from Now Zealand yesterday by the Union liner Mannka. The list totalled 820 all told, the majority being steerage passengers. A fair proportion of these were working men and their families. Many have come across seeking work owing to the depression in New Zealand. ’ ’ A team of the Maroro (Wanganui) Golf Club played a match on Aorangi links against Feilding yesterday afternoon. There were 12 men aside. Feilding won ten games and Maroro one, the inferior playing of the latter being partly due to four of their best men being absent. Feilding Olnb will send a team to Wanganui for a return match during, the season. Why the natural voice is not used in Divine service in many churches has always been a puzzle to some people. The Anglican Bishop of Birmingham. Qora) thinks it ought to be used. He has, therefore, issued certain suggestions and asked his rural deans to bring them before their chapters and conferences, and to report before the end of the year. During 'last month New Zealand exported 46,525 ounces of gold valued at £1,845,271, compared ;with 45,017 ounces, valued at £179,487 in May last year. There was a decrease for the first five monthsjof the present year of 15,485 ounces of gold, valued at £55,151, but an increase of 90,049 ounces of silver, valued at £7BOO, compared with the figures of the corresponding period last year. The Bharal sheep, specimens of which the Hon. T. Mackenzie proposes to liberate in “some part of the Dominion,” is the blue sheep of Thibet. The male stands Bft. high, with horns from 24in . to 26in. long. In Thibet tbe-Bharal is found in herds of 10 to 100 on the high, open ground above the forests, and is never found at a lesser elevation than 10,000 ft. it will not breed with domestic sheep. The Bharal is well represented in the London Zoo. At the Kimbolton Road railway crossng at Feilding yesterday evening a lineman on his trolly collided with Dr, Monokton’s horse, which was harnessed to a gig, the doctor driving. The horse jumped about and the trolly became fast under the shafts of the" gig and was dragged some distance from the line Mr Bade happened to be near and assisted the doctor to restrain the horse, so that no damage was done. It appears the lineman lost his brake on applying it, and the trolly got. off the line, otherwise its speed at the Impact would have been greater. Referring to the high death rate in the Wellington Zoo, a Oity Councillor remarked that during the past few weeks about twenty birds and animals had been removed from the Zoo to the museum. If this went on, they would require to make extensions to, the museum and to have no Zoo. “The deceased were as follows Twelve penguins, one dingo, one peacock, one weka, one red deer, one hog doer, one emn, one golden pheasant, two eagles, two iguanas, one swan, and two Australian parakeets. One of the many virtues ascribed to the average Chinaman is that he never, or rarely, gets drunk—at least in public. Bat one has been distinguishing himself in the Thames town last.week. On the occasion In question the offender was in charge of, a horse and cart, and he zigzagged down the streets amid much amusement from the sidewalks and anathema from other drivers, who found a difficulty in avoiding a ool T liaion. Finally a couple of constables, in the interests of the Chinaman, and of justice, decided to put him out of harm’s way, *and escorted him to the station. At the Women’s meeting held in Wellington to consider universal training Mrs H. Johnston? remarked upon the faoi that soma wohiea had opposed the scheme and said that the country snduld not have their But they had to remember that the boys would go whenever war broke out. Did they want them to go prepared or unprepared? That was the question. (Hear, hear). Every man in the country could be called upon to defend his country, bnt he should first be so prepared by proper training as to form one in an efficient force. It was no good the men going out, as Lord Roberts had said, “like a flock of sheep to meet » pack of wolves.”

There seems to be nothing wrorig with the esprit de corps of the Hawera Mounted Rifles. Captain William Morrison is the squadron leader, and at Tuesday’s morning parade of the squadron the, officers, non-commissioned officers and men presented him with a very handsome charger. Oolouel Bauohop, Officer Commanding the District, made the presentation, and said that Hawera seemed to have a “corner” in this particularly fine method of showing appreciation of an officer’s merit, for it had previously made Colonel Davies (now Inspector-General), who formerly commanded the corps, tha recipient of a similar present. Captain Morrison served throughout the South African war, rising in the field from trooper to his present rank. He was selected as a representative New Zealand trooper during his early service to join Lord Roberts’s bodyguard. He has 'distinguished himself in the field, as well as at Easter manoeuvres, and is most workmanlike in iiis methods.

•Children’s winter garments; big stocks now on band at the Don Marche, Feilding. Bring your girls and boys along ; we o»n fit them'out at moderate cost with boots cud shoes, underwear, suits or dresses, coats and head gear. - Spence aud Spenoe.

the Apltl property case which has been occupying the Supreme Court at Palmerston has been settled out of Court. The Magistrate at Dannevirke dfs- . missed a charge against K. G. .Par- * tersoo, brought by Messrs Pawsou & uo., sawmillers, in connection with some sales of timber. Mfr McNab had a most successful meeting at Wanganui last night when he gave an address on universal military training. Speeches were also made in favour of the movement by the Rev. Mr Dove .and Mr Hogan, M. P., and a motion in favour of universal training for miiltarv service was enthusiascicaHy carried. Mr NcNab lectures iu Feildin" tonight. ® At Mr McNab’s meeting afe Wanganui last night, Mr J. H. Ford who moved an amendment to the effect that the meeting "refrains from pledging away the liberty of its young men to a scheme of compulsory military training” made the curious 'remark that “men of in© Masonio fraternity could not come under the provisions of universal military training. In the South African war officers on both sides, who were also Freemasons, protected one another.” Ha was promptly answered by fMr J. H. Keesmg. & Past Grand Warden of tbe Grand Lodge of New Zealand, who quoted from the Masonic ritual ;the following passage Above all by never losing sight of the allegiance doe to the Sovereign of your native land, ever remembering that God has implanted in your breast a sacred ami indissoluble attachment to that country from which you derived your birth and infant nurture.” If you are suffering from Biliousness, Constipation, Indigestion, Chronic Headache, invest one penny in a post card, send to Chamberlain Medicine Co., 608 Harris-street, Sydney, with your name and address plainly on the hack, and they will forward yon a free sample of Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets. For sale everywhere.