The Waikato Argus [PUBLISHED DAILY.] A Guaranteed Circulation of over 8000 Weekly. TUESDAY. APRIL 21. 1908.

Waikato Argus, Volume XXIV, Issue 3761, 21 April 1908, Page 2

The Waikato Argus [PUBLISHED DAILY.] A Guaranteed Circulation of over 8000 Weekly. TUESDAY. APRIL 21. 1908.

Mrs Bosworth's dancing class will open the season with a long night on Friday evening next in St. Peter's schoolroom. To get money quickly—honestly, if possible, but to get it at any costthat is now the religion of the civilised world. Money! Money! That is now the cry of the human heart. —■ London Magazine. Great extremes between sires and darns seldom nick well together. The intelligent breeder and dairyman in selecting his herd b'dl will have regard to the cows with which he is to be mated. Mr A. J. Black, of the People's Mission, Auckland, took the opportunity, while in Hamilton competing in the tennis tournament, to hold several meetings which were well attended and his addresses were attentively listened to. Nothing is more remarkable than the seriousness of the modern sportswoman, and her almost oppressive silence. Women no longer bring laughter and merriment into the games they take up. They have learnt the golden value of silence in the field. —Lady's Pictorial. In Mr J. W. Ellis' letter, published in our Saturday's issue, on the high school question, the paragraph "Owing to the fees charged at these schools to unqualified pupils in the iocal high schools, etc.," should read: "Owing to the fees charged at these schools to unqualified pupils being compared, in the report, with what are charged to the same class of pupils in the local district high school."

A German artist settled in St. Petersburg has been sentenced in Russia to fifteen years penal servitude for caricaturing the Czar. The son of a Munich merchant, he studied with great distinction in Munich and Berlin. In St. Petersburg he joined the stall of a comic paper as caricaturist, and speedily won fame. Some time ago he was induced to caricature Hie Czar for a Nihilist paper. Later he drew a picture rendering the Russian Government ridiculous. His parents have now received news that for drawing these pictures their -on has been sent to the SiLerian silver mines.

On Thursday, Messrs W. C. Davis and Co. will sell at Claudelands on behalf of Mr V. Houghton, his nearly new furniture. The Waldorf, the latest addition to London's hotels, has no fewer than 176 bathrooms, and over a mile of corridors. A number of picnics were held in the neighbourhood of Cambridge yesterday, and rabbit shooting and deer stalking were also indulged in by the local sports. The Hamilton Hodges Concert Company gave a most enjoyable concert last evening in the Town Hall, Hamilton. Unfortunately the bad weather prevented a large attendance. Every item was appreciated and deservedly applauded. We draw the special attention of those interested to the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company's horse fair to be held at Ohaupo tomorrow and Thursday. The sale commences tomorrow at 10 a.m., and on Thursday at 9.30 a.m. A full list of horses entered appears in this issue. On Good Friday evening a musica service was held in St. Andrew's Church at Cambridge. II consisted chiefly of solos, anthems, and hymns contributed by members of the choir. The anthems were: "There is a Green Hill," "Saviour of the World," and "Come unto Christ ye Mourners." The sotos were by Mrs Chitty, Misses Willis, Bell, Onyons, and Davys, Messrs Court, and Wilson. An amusing story is told of the coach which used to run between j Edinburgh and Berwick. A passenger i complained bitterly that the cushion jon which he sat was wet. It appears that there was a hole in the roof, and through it the rain was pouring copiously. The passenger called the guard, and in great wrath repoached him. All the satisfaction he got, however, was the quiet and typical Scottish reply: "Ay, mony a ane has complecned aboot that hole." For a week or two rumours have been assuming concrete form with regard to the affairs of a land agent who has been in business in Wellington for the past year or two, and it is probable that in the course of a few days the matter will become public knowledge. The particular proceeding's which have involved the person referred to in his present difficulties seem to have consisted in dealing in imaginary properties, or selling and receiving money for properties which had never been placed in his hands, and were, as a matter of fact, not for sale or sold. ]t is stated that by dealing in fictitious properties and persuading gullible investors that the titles would be forthcoming by and bye, he has become involved to an extent exceeding ten thousand pounds. He is also reported to have "taken down" a firm of bookmakers for a lacge loan. A peculiar case of somnambulism occurred at Geraldine last week, says the Christchurch Press. A young man employed on a threshing mill was sleeping over night in an upstairs bedroom in cue of the local hotels, the mill being stationed close to the township prepared to commence operations in the early morning. About 4 a.m. the mill whistle was blown. The young man referred to, on hearing the whistle in his sleep, sprang out of bed, threw up the bedroom window, and bundled out on to the asphalt footpath, falling about 13 or 14 feet. As he fell, the young man came to his senses, and was able afterwards to get on his feet and find his way back to his room by climbing the fire escape, when his groans attracted the attention of the proprietor, who immediately summoned medical aid. Strange to say, no bones were broken, and beyond a bad shaking and severe bruises, the somnambulist is none the worse for his adventure.

Mr Muschamp Earle corrects a statement concerning himself and Captain Hope-Johnstone, to the effect that they had decided to discontinue their journey through New Zealand in a caravan, owing to trouble in Rotorua. "Owing to the lateness of the season, as also the glorious uncertainty of the weather," he says, "touring in a caravan is not what it may appear to be to those who have not had the personal experience. The condition of the roads in the majority of the parts of the Dominion is too appalling to describe." If the Government instead of lavishly spending large sums of money on palatial buildings would use the money in repairing bridges and putting the roads in necessary order, it would be far more to the point. Ho adds, "Probably as election time approaches, we may hear of some hundreds of men being thus 'temporarily' employed in order to procure their votes" Every nation has the small boy which it deserves, but when the New York correspondent of the Telegraph asserts that "American children are undoubtedly the sauciest and worstbehaved in the world," he is making a claim which every sufferer from the British variety may not be ready to admit, says the Pall Mall Gazette. Young America has "tilled up the cup," however, to such an extent that his pastors and masters are coming to the conclusion that the sweets of corporal punishment should no longer be denied him. The leading teachers of New York have decided by a substantial majority that the power of using the rod is indispensable to proper discipline, and should be restored :o the hands from which a mawkish "humanity" withdrew it 30 years ago. It is here, perhaps, that the secret lies of that lack of moral sense that grieves Mr Roosevelt amongst his countrymen of a larger growth. Whipping in the schoolroom would do more to regenerate "the high finance" than any amount of lecturing from the White House.

The light of publicity was recently thrown upon the involved transactions of a land dealer in Wellington, who found himself in the Bankruptcy Court. The explanation submitted by him of the causes which led up to his financial embarrassment showed that for the last four years he had been operating more or less extensively upon a system of land exchange. He acquired property after property by exchanges for other lands in which he was interested, giving small monetary considerations and completing the transactions by mortgages. While the price of land remained high things went moderately well with him, but when values commenced to recede his one time successes assumed another hue, and he was brought to the Bankruptcy Court by a pressing creditor with liabilities amounting to over £4OO, and nothing to meet them with. Mr A. Simpson, the Official Assignee, remarking upon the position disclosed, said there were no doubt many others similarly dabbling in land who would severely feel the pinch in times of depression.— New Zealand Times.

The poultry industry has received considerable impetus through the establishment of the egg-laying competition at Cambridge. We are informed that some of the leading pen-holders are already booking orders for next season's hatching,and in one instance at least business has been so brisk that orders have had to be declined. Showing that this is in no way exceptional we see from the latest issue of the Australian Hen that even such an extenisve breeder as Mr A. H. Gadman, who has recently scored so heavily in the Australian competition has, within a month of his successes, had to advertise not for business, but to say that at present he cannot book any more orders. As will be seen from our sale advertisement column, another way in which the above competition is helping local poultry fanciers in patricular is by selling on Friday next a number of the pens now completing their test at Cambridge. Some of these pens in particular have a very good record, and will make excellent breeding stock for next season. The second competition commences on 16th May, and, as we are informed, there are still a few pens at liberty it would be advisable for intending competitors to apply at once. '

Mr W. 11. Koebel has written a I story of a New Zealand sheep farm in a novel entitled "The Anchorage," which has just been published in London. The Times describes it as a pleasant and wholesome narrative. A rare treat is in store for the people of Hamilton if the Rev. J. Flanagan sustains here the reputation he has made elsewhere as a lecturer and preacher. His wonderful knowledge of human character—his deep and glowing sympathy —his musical voice—his mastery of language and oratory and his deep learning combine to make a lecturer and preacher whom it is impossible to overstate or even portray. There must be something unique about a man who in these limes, can hold a crowd spellbound for a three hours' lecture and for the people at the end of that time to be like Oliver Twist "asking for more."