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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9469, 11 June 1909, Page 4

A meeting of the Flourmillers’ Association was held yesterday andlthe Chairman afterwards reported that the shareholders had decided to continue the Association. McKinnon, the jockey who was seriously injured by Irish, which fell in the Winter Steeplechase at Blleralie, and is now in the hospital, was in a critical condition yesterday. The grain grown'Uus season and carried over the railway in Canterbury from February Ist to May 31st, totalled 1,570,000 sacks, as against 850,000 sacks for the same period last year, the increase being 720,000 sacks. The Cheltenham Rifle Club will fire for the MoOorkindale Cup on Saturday, 13th inst, all members to he on range at 1 p.m. sharp. Mr J. R, Davies has donated a trophy to be shot for on a date to be .Axed. From a Surrey newspaper: "Bachelor, military man, wishes to meet with a widow, view matrimony; abstainer and anti-gambler, but no objection to publican’s or bookmaker's widow if lucrative business attached. Reply, jWeary, etc." The postmaster atMarton Junction asks us to point out that the Junction is outside the area of the Martoa local delivery and that, therefore, bills posted by Marton tradesmen to residents at the Junction with a halfpenny stamp only ate liable to surcharge. The management committee of the Wellington Rugby Union decided last inight to play Auckland Reps, at Wellington on August 38th. Taranaki is to be asked to play Wellington at Wellington on August 4th. A line umpire was .warned off all grounds under the Union’s jurisdiction for having had a wager on a match at which ,he officiated and a player was suspended for rough play. A meeting of protest against the postponement of Parliament is to be held at the Wellington Jon Tuesday. The Mayor will preside, and >ll the Wellington city members of Parliament will speak. The meeting is the outcome of a gathering of commercial and professional men held on Monday, at which a unanimous opinion was expressed that the postponement; of the business of the country until September or October next, in order to allow the Prime Minister to go to London, was altogether an undesirable thing to do. Dming the hearing of the charges of embezzlement against A. O. Norris, postmaster at Whakatane, a constable deposed that Norris had been drinking heavily, latterly spending five pounds per week? in drink. James Sempkin, a half-caste youth, who had previously pleaded guilty to embezzling £SB odd from the office, gave evidence. He admitted the theft from the till of an average of three pounds per week, extending over many months. He kept a P.O. bank account, which at one time amounted to £3l, paying in to himself, and issuing his own receipts. For Children’s'Hacking Cough at night, Woods’ “ Great Peppermint Cure, la 6d and 2s 6d.

At the inquest at Wangantfi yesterday on the body of the young man A. O. Thompson, who escaped from the hosptal and was found drowned in the river, a verdict of suicide while temporarily insane was returned. At the meeting of Auckland Liberal and Labour Federation on Wednesday, the Auckland Coroner moved that in view of the abandonment and putting away of newlyborn infants foundling hospitals should be established in the chief centres.

Notice is given in oar advertising columns that a basket social will be held by the Druids of Marion on Friday, June 18th, in aid of the Band Instrument Fund. The basket social, we understand, means that each lady present is expected to take a basket containing, supper for two or more.

A subservient Ministerial scribe, referring to the protests being made against the postponement of Parliament.refers to these as “clogging the wheels.” Apparently he does not realise that the party he supports have stopped all the machinery, and that the others are really asking that its wheels shall be put in motion again.

At the meeting last evening for formation of a Beautifying Assooia tina in Marton a very liberal* offer was received from a prominent nurseryman, who agrees to supply plants all the year round for a garden plot in Marton Park on condition that the Association attends to the upkeep of the plot. Mr Newman, M P., has given notice to move on next sitting day for a return showing the cost of the Foxton Wharf to the Public Works Department when it was built, the cost in maintenance and repairs (if any) to the Railway Department, and the nature of such since 1886, also the receipts to the Railawy Department from all sources for each financial year since 1896. At the meeting of Oroua Licensing Committee yesterday Seigt. Bowden stated that the hotelkeepers at Feilding were in the habit of putting out their street lights after closing time. Mr Thomson, chairman of the Committee, said unless the licensees had permission to do otherwise they were bound to keep such lights burning from sunset to sunrise.

There was a good attendance both of members and visitors at the meeting of Ruapehu Lodge of Freemasons last evening. Among the visitors was one who has just arrived from Ayrshire, Scotland. Bro. the Rev* T. S. Griffin, late Chaplain of Abercorn Lodge, Gisborne, was warmly welcomed, and at the request of the W.M,, undertook the duties of Chaplain. One candidate was Initiated and two applicants for initiation were proposed. The Alley Line of steamers has been withdrawn from tne service between Canada and New Zealand owing to the withdrawal of the New Zealand subsidy. Since the service was inaugurated three years ago the Canadian shipments have always been satisfactory, but the same cannot he said of the exports from New Zealand; in fact, more often than not the steamers wove sent back to Vancouver with no cargo at all, although of late a slight improvement has been noticeable.

At about 4 o’clock thia morning the Feildiag Anglican Church Schoolroom was found to be on fire. When the alarm was given the bulging was enveloped in flames, therefore the fire brigade was unable to extinguish the fire until the building had been practically destroyed. The church adjoining was not damaged. There was £l6O insurance on the bniding. There was no insurance on the organ, furniture,, material of Ladies Guild, and the uniform of the Girls’ Ohoir, which were destroyed. It is estimated that it will take £4OO to replace the loss. A distressing gun accident, which ended fatally, occurred at Mitcham yesterday afternoon, the victim being a lad 17 years of age named John Booth, a blacksmith’s apprentice, It appears that Booth was in the act of shooting fowls with a breecn-loading gun, and being anxious to save a large cartridge, which was in the gun with the hammers up, 1m picked up a stone to hurl at the fowls on the roof of a shed, when the gun Jacoidentally exploded, and a full charge entered his right side. The lad was taken to Ashburton Hospital where be died at 3 o’clock this morning. At a meeting to consider the question of the unemployed in Christohuroh, Mr L. R. Wilson, secretary of the Unemployed Committee, stated that he had the names of 308 workless men on his list Of these one hundred were married with families ranging from one child to fourteen. In the last mentioned ease five children were earning something. He de dared that there were at least 500 men in Christchurch out of work. The opinion was expressed by the delegates that the General Labourers’ Union should issue permits to incompetent men to enable them to work for 7s a.day, and one speaker advocated that this rate he paid all round in order not to attract unemployed from other parts. The Stratford Post reports that whilst engaged in the work of construction at the site of the future Hniakama railway station, Mr Chas. Lenton came across a live frog embedded in the sandstone at a depth of ten feet. When released by the breaking open of the lump of rock in which it .. was ehoased the reptile first sat up ahd then hopping away reached a drain into which it plopped and swam cheerfully away after the usual manner of Ist kind, despite the fact tht it must have been imprisoned for many hundreds, if not thousands, of years. Two other credible witnesses also testify to the circumstances, which afford rather interesting first-hand proof of what one often reads about In hooka. At Feilding Court this morning before Mr Thomson, S.M., Messrs Beard Bros, sued Messrs Atkinson & Co. for £2l ss. Mr P. Miles appeared for plaintiff, and Mr Sandilands for defendant. Plaintiffs had put in hands of defendants tor saie3l2l4 acres at Kawhia at £4 per acre, and signed an agreement to pay £l2O commission. Subsequently plaintiffs reduced the price to £B 10s per acre, at which it was sold to Mr George Walpole, who paid to defendants a deposit nf £l5O. Defendants retained £l2O for commission, and handed the balance to plaintiffs, who now contended that as the commission had been fixed on a basis of 2>£ per cent, it should be on the same basis at the reduced price, His Worship held that the agreement to pay £l3O had not been , varied and he gave judgment for defendant with £2 2s costa.

Returns of Wanganui Electric Tramways for the sis months ending June 9th show that since installation 601,357 passengers have been carried, the net revenue being £4297, which after providing for interest and sinking fund and maintenance, leaves a small credit balance.

A most magnificent meteor was seen at Wanganui Heads last evening at 9 10, travelling from east to west. Its explosion was heard in the streets like the sound of artillery, and the meteor in its flight lit up the country for miles around. Mr MoNab had a packed and enthusiastic house at Hawera last night. At the close of his address a resolution was unanimously carried affirming that any system of national defence worthy of the name mast recognise the absolute necessity of military training ahd msrkmanship for every able-bodied adult of suitable age, and Parliament should be asked to legislate accordingly. rN?w Zealand Rugby Union has decided to make inquiries from the English Union as to whether F.. Jaoksou, a member of the AngloWelsh' team is under sosnenaiou. The Committee considered that the disqualification of players for three weeks for insulting a referee was too light a treatment and referred the matter hack to Wanganui for further particulars. The. appeal committee ruled that if a man who runs behind his own line is collared with the ball before he can come ont again, it shall be considered that the ball has been carried back and a scrummage ordered.

The Wellington Magistrate ha« fined James Ham £3 and costs for bookmaking. The defence was that the money vhich had passed between the defendant and several men was money which was being repaid by men who had borrowed small sums at various times. Defendant admitted that be waa’a bookmaker, but said he was also an employer in a coal business and had ordinary transactions in the street with some of his men. Detective Cassells described the accused as a “walking tote. ’ ’

Christchurch Licensing Committee granted 11 -transfers and 44 renewals. Two renewals were held over. Elevep wholesale licenses were granted. Selwyn committee granted two temporary transfers and 13 renewals. The application made for a license for the hotel at Mount Somers was refused, Mount Somers being a portion of Ashburton electorate'during no-license there, but in the last readjustment it was included in Selwyn. The committee felt it had no power to increase the number of licenses in Selwyn, The funeral of Mrs Donnelly took place yesterday. Maoris from all over the island were present. Speeches were made by Messrs Douglas McLean, O. P. Skerrett, James Coates, A. L. D.' Fraser, and others, the Maori chiefs in reply expressing appreciation of the sympathy shown by the European visitors. The Church of England funeral service was conducted by the Bishop of Waiapu, assisted by ten European and Maori clergymen. The whole prooeedngs were most solemn and impressive, and there were many tributes to the memory of the deceased lady. Among the numerous wreaths were one from Sir Joseph and Lady Ward and another from the Prime Minister and his colleagues.

A sr.eue occurred in Auckland Police Court on Wednesday during a case in which William Warner was charged with failing to pay 10s a week for the maintenance of his wife. In defence a variation of the order was asked for, owing to intemperate habits and misconduct of the woman. The Magistrate remarked that maintenance must be paid until a divorce was obtained. The complainant then cried out with great vehemence: “I won’t be divorced; I won’t leave iny husband,” and pointing to Warner, who was in the witness box, cried: “That’s the man I love;: that’s the man I want. If anyone separates me from my husband I’ll poison myself.” She then became hysterical and stamped her foot and gesticulated theatrically. She was eventually conducted out of Court by the orderly, sobbing violently and calling out, “I won't leave my husband, not for yon any way.” The practical value of teaching young ladies to swim was instanced one evening last week in Port Albert, .when Mrs Edgar Brown, who had just landed on the wharf from a launch, missed her footing in the dark, and fell over into deep water. Mrs Brown had her infant child in her arms at the time, and thongh thus handicapped, she held the baby up clear of the water with one arm and struck ont for safety Her husband immediately sprang over to her assistance, but his wife asanred him of. her ability to keep afloat, while fie brought a boat to their rescue. Mrs Brown is a daughter of Mr M. Oobbald, of Te Kopuru, and her many friends will be;pleased to learn that neither mother nor' child are any the worse lor their sudden immersion.

Mrs Cromer, Peroy-street, Geelong, writes; —‘ ‘ Acting on the advice of;,a friend of mine, I bought a bottle of|Ohamberlain’s Cough Remedy to give my little girl, who was suffering with a very bad attack of Cronp. I am pleased to say that after a lew doses relief was obtained, and before the bottle was finished my little girl was able to go to school again. I will always recommend . Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy to my friends as being the best I have ever used.” JTor sale everywhere.