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Waikato Argus, Volume XI, Issue 1097, 13 November 1901, Page 2

In a supplement published with this issue will be found the first portion of an interesting story entitled ‘ The Blood Seedling.’ It will be concluded to-morrow. Some interesting items will be found oh our fourth page. The parishioners of St. Matthew’s, Auckland, have decided to use Oamaru stone for the new church, instead of Te Kuiti limestone as was at one time contemplated. We notice that His Lordship Bishop Cowie intends to visit the Raglan district next month as follows .—December 17, Waitetuna, 18th, Raglan, 7.30 p.m. ; I9i:h and 20th, Waingaro. The Federal Tariff, according to a Wellington correspondent, is restricting trade between New Zealand and Australia. He states that the Mokoia left this port for Sydney with only 30 tons of cargo, composed mainly of fungus, potatoes and hops. She carriei 30 passengers: the freight and passage money will amount to about £l5O. The vessel’s expenses amount to about £IOO day, or nearly £4OO for the trip.

The many friends of Mr E. C. Kirk, sou of Mr Thos. Kirk, of Hamilton, will be pleased to learn that he has successfully passed the examination for chemist under the Pharmacy Board of New Zealand. Mr Kirk served his apprenticeship under Mr A. E. Manning, of Hamilton, and latterly has been with Mr A. W. 6. Le Quesne, at Ponsonby. We congratulate ‘Pat’ on his success, which is very marked, as few of the candidates succeed in passing in all subjects at the first attempt as ho has done.

The members of the House of Representatives were so busy this session looking after No. 1 that they completely overlooked the' claims of the Waipa County Council, with the exception of the munificent grant of £25 for the Whatawhata Swamp Road, which, as Cr. O’Connor facetiously remarked, would not fill up half «the holes. It was the irony of fate, too, that Mr Wright, Government Road Surveyor, should write asking for a monthly report on all works being carried out with Government assistance, otherwise no progress payments could be made. Our Te Awamutu correspondent writes General / and deep regret was expressed in Te Awamutu yesterday, when the somewhat sudden and sad news was received of the death of Mr ‘ Pen ’ Hawke, who died in the Auckland Hospital early on Tuesday morning from typhoid fever, which came on after an attack of influenzr. Deseased, who was an only son resided for a number of years along with his mother and sisters at Rangiaohia He was highly respected by all classes, for a kinder and more hospitable neighbour no one could wish for. After leaving Rangiaohia he was engaged as manager of several estates, and ultimately settled down on a leasehold of his own at Drake!. Deceased wae Vice-President of the Auckland Agricultural and Pastoral Association for a couple of terms, and always took a keen interest in agricultural matters The deceased’s mother was also well known in the Waikato and died within the last year. The only surviving members of the family are Mrs Arthur Wright, and the younger sister Annie, to whom the sincerest sympathy is fe’t in their.fad bereavement.

The cargo steamer Heafchdeane arrived at Port Chalmers from New York on Sunday. The steamer, it will be remembered, put into Albany recently owing to a tire occurring on board amongst the cargo, the steamer having a narrow escape of destruction, owing to her having on board a large amount of kerosene, consisting of some 40,000 cases, for New Zealand ports. The fire on board was discovered on October 17, when smoke was issuing from the ventilator of No. 2 hold, in which were 35,000 cases of kerosene. When the hatch was removed a volume of smoke rose, and pumping was commenced. The work of removing the cases from the hold was begun, while a trench was dug across the cod in the banker. The operations w'ere continued incessantly for six days. On the sixth day a hole about 2ft square was found to have been burned through the bulkhead. Along this aperture was the kerosene. The wooden portions of cases had been completely burned, and the tins were greatly discoloured. It was evident that the water poured into the hold must have reached the seat of danger just in time. Captain Millward praises the conduct ct the crew ,iu a situation of such extreme danger.

In connection with the improved arrangements of the Post Office authorities for dealing with money-order telegrams, a reform is being affected which will prevent blockage of race couise wires in the future, and facilitate the work of the racing, club officials and and telegraph staffs at the same time that it will prove of great convenience to the general public on race days. Mr VVaoklyn, the Secietary of the Canterbury Jockey Club devised a method of coping with the difficulty, but it has remained for the telegraph authorities, after consultation with Mr Wanklyn, and Mr Clark, the secretary of the Wellington Racing Club, to perfect a system which will reduce a mountain of difficulties into a molehill of simplicity. Under this system all totalisator instructions arriving in Wellington will, instead of being re-wired to the course, be detained there, andlundedover to officials, who will by means of a tabulated schedule, set out the name of each investor, the horse ho wished to back, and the amount of the investment, Twenty minutes before the race starts, one telegram will be despatched to the (course, simply detailing the total number of investments on each horse in that particular race, and the money will he immediately • rung on ' to the machine. All messages must go through the telegraph office in ordinary way before they will be received by the racing officials.