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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9478, 22 June 1909, Page 4

Feilding Law Society yesterday decided to entertain Dr. Findley at dinner on his visit to open the new Oonrthonse.

Mr Leonard Watkins has accepted the position of Director of Feilding Technical School to succeed Mr Fossey, who is going to Napier. The Secretary of Court Little John, A.0.F., notifies he will he in attendance at the ‘Courtroom, Matton, this evening, also Thursday and Saturday evenings this week.

PAt Christchurch yasterday Mr Bishop, S.M., made an order absolute for attachment of six slaughtermen’s wages in respect of the fines imposed in connection with the slaughtermen’s strike.

The Rev. D 0. Bates, who has been performing the duties of Government has been formally appointed to that position in succession to Captain Edwin, who retired at the end of March.

A sailor named James Nicholls, of the barque Lakemba, has been committed to the Supreme Court, at Dunedin ,for sentence on charges of stealing beer and candies during the voyage from Wellington. Our Rongotea correspondent writes —At a recent meeting of Rongotea Football Club on Wednesday last, 16th inst,, it was decided to hold a danoo in aid of the funds of the Club on July 16th. Messrs J. Edwards and W. Foster were appointed treasurer and secretary respectively. Having in view the possibility of the North Island Main Trunk line being blocked by snow on the high central section during the winter, the Railway Department has built a big snow plough, which has been sent up to Ohaknne from the Petone workshops. Itr is designed after an American model, and is similar in appearance to a large cow-catcher.

With this issue is a circular showing the report of Dr. J. S . Maolanrin, Government analyst, on the analysis which he has jnst made of tour brands of Nelson Moate & Co.s’ teas The circular also gives the result of the analysis which Professor Bickerton made so long since, and by comparing the two, it will bo seen that the,same high standard of excellence for which these teas became noted nearly thirty years ago is still fully maintained. Messrs Barraud & Abraham, Ltd., have on view at their office at Palmerston N. splendid specimens of Sutton’s Crimson King swede, grown fay Mr Goebel, -Kaimatarau, beyond Rongotea, and also, a magnificent specimen of tne famous prize winner mangold, weighing 381bs, and some very fine white Belgian carrots, weighing almost 91bs each. These latter were all grown by Mr J. Kemp, false of KaimatHrau. and the seed came of course from Sutton’s sole district agents—viz., Barraud & Abraham, Lta. Dunedin Licensing Committee con eluded the business yesterday so far as publicans’ licenses were concerned. At a previous sitting applications for eight licenses were bofused and yesterday two more were ref need, the hotels being the Central and the Rainbow, Applications for bottle licenses wefe further adaourned till June 80th. Mr Solomon, K.C., stated that the question would bo argued in the Supreme Court, before ins Justice Denaistor-, on ; the 2Bth iusc. j

In Auckland Supreme Court a decree has been given for dissolution of tbe partnership between William Tonkinson and John Simpson in respect of land in Hnnterville diaries, the latter to pay anything due out of £l'oo, lent by the former, alter settlement of partnership accounts. It is understood that during the nest few weeks an independent political gathering will be held in Auckland to mark the past services of Mr W. F. Massey, both as regards the interests of Opposition and country generally. The wool class organised by the Komako-Pohangina branch of the Farmers 1 Union, which commenced in Pohangina lecently under Mr J. T. Cahill, instructor to the Feilding Technical School, is meeting with every success, there being 28 pupils and more are joining next week. Mr Priokitt, the American Consul, at Auckland, says he knows nothing about the claim for half a million reported to be made by the • American Government in connection with lands north of Auckland. He discredits the report. A young woman named Jane Thomas, living with her sister in Kilmore Street, Christchurch, was found dead in bed yesterday. A medical man had been in attendance. Lung trouble is said to have been the cause of death.

An adjourned inquest was held yesterday at Wellington concerning the ‘death of a seaman named Matthew Moore, who fell on the scow Echo ad Foxton and died in Palmerston Hospital. A verdict was returned that Moore died from blood-poisoning due to injury to his kneecap.

“Extraordinary!” cried a man who was reading the newspaper. “ Another discovery has been made in Saturn. Aren’t they wonderful, these astronomers?” “Yes,” assented hip wife, “but the strangesti'part is that they should have managed to discover the names of the stare!”

The Tangoio Estate, Hawke’s Bay, and the Orari Gorge property, Canterbury, comprising between 8000 and 9000" acre's each, will be opened for selection early in March next Delivery is not given to the Government till the end of March. -Surveyors are now at work on Tangoio, and they will start the subdivision of Orari in the spring. Several other estates are now under negotiation between the owners and the Land Purchase Board.

At; Palmerston Court yesterday a charge against E.’J. O’Neill of obtaining money by means of a valueless cheque was adjourned to allow counsel to communicate with Mr Emerson, of Taihape, who, it was stated, had to collect some money for accused, who had a bank account. William Manning, aged 83, who had been arrested at Merton, and kept in custody for a week, was convicted and discharged on a charge of being a rogue and vagabond. A farmer in Wairarapa who has gone into the question thoroughly states that farmers who carry out their work on scientific lines are now beginning to recognise that it is better to give their land a dressing of about a quarter of a ton of lime to the acre at frequent intervals than to follow the old-fashioned idea of giving it about two tons once every fourteen or fifteen years. The reason given is that a heavy dressing of burnt lime destroys all the useful bacteria with which the soil is simply teeming. The sequel to a case heard at Wanganui Supreme Court last March is now proceeding at Raetihi. At the Wanganui sittings a young man named Sima was acquitted on a charge of stealing a horse from bis father-in-law, Alfred Dauphin. Tha alleged stealing consisted in selling a horse to Messrs Madsen ana Denne, Dauphin alleging that the horse was actually his property. When Sims was arrested Dauphin seized the horse, and now Madsen and Denne ate;olaiming possession of it. The case has been adjourned till next Oonrt day.

A recent Canadian invention, worked by two men and a boy, will lay 400 to 600 bricks an hour. Door and window snaces cause only a alight delay. The machine is suited for all plain work, such as walls, sheds, mills, factories, rows of cottages, and piers or bridges, Considerable pressure is put upon the bricks, and it is alleged that the work is more firmly done than by hand. The invention will do the work of six or seven skilled bricklayers, and it is believed that a machine adapted to bnild a factory covering about sixty feet by forty feet could be put on the market for £IOO.

Mr T, Arthur, 'Traffic Superintendent for the North Island, and Mr A. Grant, who occupies a similar position for the South Island, will retire from the service on suoerannu ,ation at the end of this month. The Department does not prospose to fill these positions. Mr O. A. Piper, district manager at Invercargill, takes oharge of Otago and Southland section; Mr S. F. Whitoombe, die trict manager at Christchurch, goes to Wellington; Mr W. J. Stringleman, relieving traffic manager, succeeds Mr Whitoombe at Christchurch; Mr T. W, Brebner, district manager at Westport, assumes similar duties at Invercargill; Mr J. Ashley, district manager at Groymouth, is transferred to Westport; and Mr A. Duncan, stationmaster at Dunedin, becomes district traffic manager‘for Westßnd, These promotions have all been made according to seniority and efficiency. REPORTERS OF NATURE

“Nature will ba reported,” says Emerson. “All things are engaged in writing their history. The planet, the pebble, goes attended by its shadow; the rolling rook leaves its scratches on the mountain ; the river its channel in the soil; the" ( animal its bones in the stratum, the fern and leaf their modest epitaph in the coal. The falling drop makes its sculpture in the sand or the stone. Not a foot stops into the snow or along the ground but prints, in characters more or less lasting, a map of its march. Every act of the man inscribes itself in the memories of|his fellows and in his own manners and face. The air is full of sounds, cho sky of tokens, the ground Is all memoranda and signature, and every object covered over with hints which speak to;the intelligent.” And the strongest hint which appeals to the intelligence of man is that 'of nsing nature’s remedy when sickness comes his way. And the remedy—Nature’s remedy—made from herbs and botanic substances, is to be found in IMPEYS’ MAY APPLE. Sa O', everywhere.

Scarlet fever has again assumed a mildly epidemic form in the borough of Mastertoa. Three oases from various parts of the town have recently been removed to the fever hospital at Lansdowne. Wairca reports that two lads, Johansen and JFenncanet, went out shooting on Sunday in |a boat. When they returned the latter pulled oug a gun which exploded, and shot Johansen through the thigh, fortunately missing the femoral artery. .At the inquest at Dnnediu yesterday on the remains of a woman found at Tomahawk on Saturday, the Coroner decided that there could be little doubt that the body was 1 that of Theresa Meade, and that death was clue to suicide by drowning on or about July 14th last, whilst temporarily insane. At an inquest at Westport yesterday on Philip Smith, seaman on the s.s. Kotuku,' who fell into the hold yesterday, a verdict of accidental death was returned. Deceased was single and a Londoner. He had no relatives iu the Dominion, bat has relatives Iu the Old Country.

The programme of Rangitikei Hunt Poiu*-to-Point Steeplechases, which take place on July 3rd, appears to-day. As uanal four events are included, three for members of the Hunt and one for farmers over whose country the Hounds hunt.

Last evening a collision occurred at Hitohman’ corner, Feilding. A trap from Apiti. containing Messrs A. Hardy, H. Wall and T. Fowles collided with a trap which had no light. All the occupants were thrown out, both shafts being broken, and Messrs Hardy and Fowles sustained severe cuts on their heads. The driver of the other vehicle was not Injured, and his horse and trap were not damaged. Thieves are at present throwing a very large amount of work upon the Christchurch detective force. Daring the past few months no fewer than 139 bicycles have been reported as stolen. The most peculiar feature of the majority of the thefts is that the stolen bicycle is found within a day or two after the theft is reported. It would appear to be the practice of certaiu unprincipled persons to steal a bicycle whenever they have need for one, and then to leave it by the roadside or in a paddock, minus lamp and inflator, and any other easily detachable accessories.

A correspondent; sends to the Westminster Gazette the following note on New Zealand angling:—“l have been in camp now for three months, and in that time have caught 30001 b of trout their average weight being 101 b. One brown trout weighed and one rainbow 20%1b. The rainbows give a magnificent sport, and are very hard fighters. The country is a fisherman’s paradise, every river being well stocked, and, of course, free to anybody, while in the shooting season every kind of game is very plentiful, from quail to red deer.” The editor regretfully adds: “What a pity New Zealand is so far away!’ 7

A wrestling match for £SO a side between R. J.. Scott and Louis Robertson took place at Stratford on Thursday evening, resulting in a win for Scott, who secured falls in the third and fifth bouts. In the latter the New Zealand champion secured a waist hold and lifted Robertson bodily from the ground, giving him a heavy fall. Robertson was for a short time “winded,” the first to proffer assistance being the victor, apologetic for the unintentional heaviness of the throw. The weights were—Scott 14.0, Robertson 10 7. At the conclusion of the match Scott called for cheers for Robertson, who, he said, would “turn upside down” anyone in New Zealand for his weight. “Meroutio” tells the following story in the New Zealand Herald In connection with the burning of a store not a hundred miles from Auckland some years ago, a local insurance agent tells a story of how a little girl gave the show away. The agent called at the place shortly after the fire in order to make inquiries on behalf of his company. Getting into conversation with the girl, he said: "“Yon mast have got a great fright when they wakened you out of your sleep and the house on fire.” “Oh, no!” the little maid replied innocently, “I was awake, dressed and ready!” The North Island Main Trunk railway is not regarded as tercuinatng in Auckland. It continues northwards lor about seventy miles, and the Government has now decided to settle a long-debated question of route which will carry it considerablv over a hundred miles from the northern city. The line to be adopted will be to the westward of the centre of the island, traversing the Biokerstaffe estate, owned by the Government, going through MoOarroll’s Gap (97 miles from Auckland), and over the Northern Wairoa river near Taogiterorla, north of Dargaviile, joining the original eastern route in the Mangakahia Yalloy. The Northern Wairoa river is navigable for ocean-going vessels at the point of crossing by the railway.

The Eketahuna paper has the following:—A .Chinaman, who had left a basket of vegetables under inefficient protection while he adjourned apparently for the purpose of partaking of liquid refreshment on Tuesday atfernoon, was observed in a great state of excitement on his return to the street. He rushed into a business establishment and shortly after appeared dragging an unwilling counter attendant by the arm. With many gesticulations and a painful profuse vocabulary he pointed to a flagpole which was attached to the side of the building.*The reason was evident Hia basket had been ran up a distance of fifteen or twenty feet, and was suspended in mid-air. The attendant disassociated himself from the jcke and beat a retreat, while the voluble Celestial was left to fumble with the ropes in au endeavour to recover his property. The evident enjoyment of some persons in the distance gave the impression that they know more about the matter than they thought epxedlent to tell their victim. obtain a patent. New ideas,g or improvements on existing arrangements should be patented, provisionally at any rate. Fullest details as to procedure, eto., are contained in our pamphlet “Advice to inventors’’ which will be posted free of cost on application to HENRY HUGHES, Patent Agent, Queen’s Chambers, Wellington.

Business men find Zymole Trokeys a great convenience, A box is easily carried end ther«’« nothing eo good ler hoarse nets euJ coughs.