THE RODNEY & OTAMATEA TIMES AND WAITEMATA & KAIPAKA. GAZETTE.

Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, Volume 1, Issue 32, 8 November 1901, Page 2

THE RODNEY & OTAMATEA TIMES AND WAITEMATA & KAIPAKA. GAZETTE.

The case against Alfred Underwood licensee of the Warkworth Hotel, for allowing drunkenness on his premises, on October sth. 1901, Avas dismissed. Mr. Hutchison S. M. preside:! and Mr. Cotter was solicitor the defence.

Mr. Hugh Thomson while leaving his home at Warkworth on Wednesday morning last for the purpose of going to his work on the Railway Survey line ) Kaipara Flats, was thrown from his horse and sustained a compound fracture of his leg. Di\ Sh«'esniith is attending the patient, who is jwogressing as well as can be expected.

Wesleyan Clmvoh Services Sunday nexi, Nov. 10th. •• Warkworth 11 a.m. Mr, Chaplin T ]}.m. Mr. F. Hai'rison ; Dome Valley 11 a.m. Mr. John ''Grimmer ; Mullet Point 2 30 p,m. Mr, H. B. French WelLsfovd 1 p.m. Mr, A. Worker. The Bey. G. Frost will ])reach at Wharfhine 11 a.m. Port Albert 2 30 p.m. Subjects • "The Immortality of Influence" and "Tho Apology of the Fneak" respectively,

The Coastal S.s Company is running Cheap excursion trips to the Auckr land Show on the loth, and 16th. (See Advertisement.)

Our Catholic frien'ls at Puhoi have a specially interesting. notice in tho present issue, to which we call our readers' attention,

'■' Mb. Fred. Civil of Warkworth, who has been for a trip to the Old Country returned on Wednesday look? ing as if he !uvd thqroijglily erjoyed himself.

Captain McXay (Salvation Army) showed some interesting lantern views in the Barracks Monday evening last. There was a good attendance, who seemed to themselves.

/ The Warkworth Corps of the Salvation Army'raised for the Self-Denial Fund the creditable sum of £50 To-mori-OAV being the King's Birth-, day all the business places in Wark-. worth w;ll observe this as a close holiday,-

The D.S.O, Warkworth Branch, have a new advertisement in our- pre-: sent issue. Alt gaods, sold at eheiy Auckland prices, is a special feature, with them,

Mr, Fal\well*s chemist shop is now open at Wsrkworth. Mr. Fallwefl nas a large and new stock cf drugs, enough we should say to give all the pet ailments in the county a bad time. It will be g:o,od news to r many of the settlers to know that they now h~. ve a ready means oyfobtaining- horse and cattle medicines.

The Wesley an ' Anniversary- at Warkworth is going to be a big" sue-. cess. A lot of new talent is coming forward to take part in the musical part of the programme.

The Warkworth Post Office will be clo=ed fonioiTOw. Mails usually disp tched on Saturday will close tonight at 8 p.m. for the delivery of correspondence only.

Mr. Vickerman, Inspector of Roads, passed thr./ugh here last week. He approved of the work done on the Waiwhui A 7alley lload. He gave instructions to proceeed with the work quickly and put on some more men.

Mr. B. H. McKinney is advertising for the owner of a horsd which, is straying on his property.

"We notice in our exchanges that Mr. Glass the organiser of the Farmers' Union has been allowing his success to run away -frith his discretion. We have before emphasised that if "party politics" are allowed to creep into the platform of the Union, its days of usefulness will speedily come to an end. We have the heartiest sympathy with the Union as a body, and are disposed to assist it to the fullest extent of our power, but unless Mr. Glass is prevailed upon by those in authority to use a little more circumspection in some of his utterance, we are afraid that a large section of the country press which has held <>ut the helping hand will withdraw that support on the first tangible evidI that this Union is nothing more than a political machine in disguise,, We trust the Union will accept the timely and fri< ndly warning- now being given by the country press throughout the colony. We sincerely trust that Mr. Glass will not mar his success by an imprudent tongue.

'Well, that's enough to try the patience of Job,' exclaimed the village minister as lie threw aside the local paper.

'Why, what's the matter, dear?' ashed his wife. 'Last Sunday I preached from the text 'Be ye therefore steadfast,' replied the good man, but the v/rctched printer makes it lead, 'Be ye there for breakfast.'

Two or three petitions for one purpose or another ore going- the rounds of this part of the district. We trust' that those who are nsked to sign them, will make themselves properly acquainted with the I'itos and csxs of of the before allowing- their sig-Da-

tares to appear on- petitions Unfortunately some people are too prune to put tlieiv names to anything- they are asked to sign. We have duriug1 the course of our experience, scan the same names on oposing petitions. There is such a thing- as being obliging at the expense of on.es, in.telligen.eei.

The bigvwoodcn talking shop closes down tonight. We would i.ot begrudge this Law Factory a feAV 'year's cessation from its toils. The dige-'tive faculties of The colony, are fast becoming impaired, owing to the constant gorges of law that it lias had crammed into if, during the last few years. I

We call attention of horse-breeders at Warkworth and Tauhoa to alteration of dates in Mr. Thompson's advertisement.

We notice that' our old friend Mr. Inger snr. of Port Albert has been appointed as ranger under the Kauri Gum Act. This gemtleinan is evidently very much alive, despite recent experiences!

Messrs L. D. Nathan are cautioning business people hj advertisement, against unauthorised j}ersons canvassing the north for their particular brands of teas,

We particularly draw the attention of settlers to nn advertisement from the Department of Agriculture refer* ring to, the Noxious Weeds Act,

M.A.P, lius the following Ne^v Zealand story ; —They delight in telling stories against themselves in Dunedm, which they can .-ffor-l to do as they are a generous-spirited and jovial folk, One of the Southen legislators greatly .amused a late Scotti h Gov--ernor of the Golony by the rel .tion of an incident which he solenjly doclnred to be true. A man from Dunedin visited Wellington. An Irish friend in the capital insisted upon the visitor staying at Ids house instead of at an hotel, and kept him there for a month flaying the host in detai\ even in treating him to the theatres and other amusements, paying nil the cab fares and the rest. When the visitor was returning to Dunedin the Irishman saw liim down to the steamer, and they went into tUe saloon tq have a parting drink, <( Wbat'll : you have?" asked the host, continuing his hospitality to the very last. <! Now, look here," said the man frqm Dunedin. " I'll nae mair o? this. Here ye've been keepin' me fatyerliqoseforamodtli, a.n? payin? for.all the theatres an? cabs an' drinks —I can tell ye I'll stan' nae mair o' it, Wp'll juist hae a. toss, fqrthis yin I "

It is not generally knqwn that under the '-'■ Stock Act qJ: 1893" persons not immediately reporting to the Stock Office case^- of disease, or supposed disease, amongst cattle and hqrsea, are liable tq a very heavy penalty. Some persons are retictntin cases of disease, as they consider the compensation offered is np.t sufflicent to. reco,up them for tl\e loss si\ata,in^d..

It ia stated that one case js* known. where an qrd.er for 3QOCI INfew Zealand hams fo.r4ustra.lii ha.s heQi\ cancelled, since the Federal'\t.fo'is oarue into force % * A. -P^^m*^?*^"**"^1 p- sasiG- name' as a man who was charged at a police court in Ireland deemed it necessary [to insert, in the local papers an an- | nouncement that he was not the John Sullivan recently fined for drunkenness. "The following" (says the 'Daily Graphic'), appeared shortly afterwards in all the papers contain- , ing the announcement: — 'I, John Sullivan, who was fined 10s. for beingdrunk, beg to leturn thanks to- Mr. John Sullivan, of Ballykillin Lodge : for notifying that I am in no Avay conanoted with Ins family."

Receipt for eternal youth, apropos of a striking1 Melbourne case. Firstly, be born rod-haired. Cultivate a longbeard, and when shoeing, symptoms of greying-, dye it ivd. Go on dying- it reel. No one will suspect you of so revolting a crime..

The Pope has been so impressed by the attack upon President McKinley, says the Home correspondent of the '■•Daily Mai],," that he intends to. take the initiative in joining action by the Christian powers against Anarchists. He is writing an important encyclical on the subject, which will be Jpublished next month..

A lot of hipocracy and cheap charit}' was indulge ! in by man}' of those who applied for and, received the £40 douceur so grudgingly given last session ; these mtn will now have an opportunity to show their true colours in

the battle that will take place over the Payment of members Bill. Those who so smugly pockete'i the allowance, and yet prated about the iniquity of thy, transaction, will surely be unable to again hoodwink thepeople. —Balclutha Free Press.