Untitled

Waipawa Mail, Volume XXI, Issue 3901, 23 May 1899, Page 2

Particulars regarding the missing Perthshire, stock quotations, aud other reading matter will be found on the fourth page.

Tee matron of the Waipawa District Hospital would feel gratified for gifts of old calico of any description. The Spalding-Robbins rotary plough will be workiDg alongside the racecourse to-morrow, which will give those interested an opportunity of judgiug of its capabilities. A northern exchange says, that during u gale recently, tie children of tbe Uuka nui school bad to bo strapped to their seats to save thorn from being blown through tbe cracks in tbe wall. Tho matron of the Waipawa District Hospital reports for the week ending May 13th Patients in Hospital, M 26, F 15 ; admitted during week M 7, F 2 ; discharged M 8, F 2 ; died M 0, F 1. The Gape Foulwind people are fond of amusement, and at the conclusion of Mr o’Ri‘gau’s address there a few days ago the hall was cleared for dancing, which was kept up for some hours.

We are iuformed that Mr T. Crosse, of Hastings, has purchased Mr Gaisfora’s property at Te Aute, together with the stock. The area of the estate, which has upon it 7500 sheep, is 3400 acres. The price paid was £13,500. There was a heavy snowfall on the hills of the West Coast goldfields early last week. Advices from Springfield stated that a heavy fall of snow on the dividing range prevented tho Christchurch coach getting through with the mails. The South island is represented ia the Legislative CoUDoil by 27 members (13 of whom come from the Otago Provincial district), while tho North Island quota is 18 members. In the Lower House tho representation is about equal. For the four weeks ending the 29 h April, tho cargo carried to and from Lyttelton amounted to close upon 50,000 ton a, which ia over 16,000 tons in excess of the quantity carried for tho correspond ing period of last year.

A telegram from Christchurch says that ex-Detective Kirby, who has been a resident of Ohristoburoh for some time, died somewhat suddenly while dressing on Suuday morning. He had been unwell for some time, and had been attended by a medical man The purchasers of the Auokland Fre:ziag Works are Messrs A H. Turnbull and Co., of Ohristoburoh, and Mesers W. Weddel and Go , of London. Tho price was £22,500 The now owners intend to establish similar works ia the Waikato as they are convince 1 that the trade of that district will warrant the step. The Hawera Star says We learn that Father Cahill, of Hawera, has been pro moted to the obarge of Danevirke. It Is alio understood that Father McGrath

(whom Father Cahill succeeds) will como to Patea, whilst Father Golden will take charge of tbe newly-formed parish at Stratford.

As showing the increasing interest taken in the growth of chrysanthemums, it has been mentioned that the Dunedin show, whiob took plaoe last week, was the fifty-third chrysanthemum show held in New Zealand daring the present year la 1892 there were only seven recorded chrysanthemum shows held in the colony. Mr Joseph Stone has been appointed by the Government to make a house to house vieit, for tbe purpose of placing persons on the electoral roll ef Waiptwa. He began his duties to day. A more suitable person for the position coaid not be foand iu the district.

Tbe Brunner returned to Wellington last evening from another fruitless search for tbe Ohau. She steamed out about 60 miles soath-oast and zigzagged back, looking for traoes of wreokage. About nioe miles from the Heads she saw sime while pine timber, but upon wiring to Greymouth it was found it did not answer to the description of the Ohau’s deok oargo. Coustable MoKelvey made a very smart arrest last night. About 4.30 o’clock the sergeant at Hastings wired that an overcoat bad been stolen from a hotel and that a Scandinavian was suspeoted. At 6 o’clock Constable MoKelvey arrested the offender (whose name is Neihen), at Kaikora, and reoeived the ooat. Neilsen was brought before the Bench at Hastings to day. When the Pollard’s Opera Company recently left Christchuroh by the express, a telegrapbio order was forwarded to the Timuru refreshment rooms ordering tea and sandwiches for 51 people. The word ‘ sandwiches ’ was unfortunately read as ‘ sausages ’ with the result that sausages for 51 were duly purohased and cooked Ou tbe arrival of tbe oompany at Timaru, no little amusement was caused by the mistake. The Waipawa Volunteers held a ohurch parade ou Sunday morning, when despite the heavy rain, 32 rank and file mustered in the school playground. Preceded by the baud they marched to St Peters’ church, when the baud returned to the bandroom. The Rev Mr Swinburne preached on eloquent and practical ser moo As the volunteers left the church, they were met by the baud aud all marched to the post office, where they were dismissed.

The Agricultural Department has lately (says Winnower in the Hawera Star) been testing its graders. That is to say that graders have been required to make tests aud award points independently of one another; and of course without knowledge of what one aaother did. And tbe resalt is said to satisfy tho Department that the work is very well done, aod on the whole most consistently. Striking an average, the slightness of the variation is reported to have been very reumkuble.

There seems to bo a growing praclico on the part of Justices to “ shift on ” undesirable chir inters who aro brought before them for vagrancy. As a ralo these men immediately leave the towns where there are plenty of police aud make for the op country districts, where ouly one constable is stationed, or perhaps none. They cause a good deal of trouble and it is only a matter of a week or so when they are again arrested. This costs the colony money. The only effectual manner of dealing with this class is to sond them to their proper homo in the first instance—gaol. The following are the most recent ad ditions to the public library The Never Do Well, Wild Eileen, Across the World for a Wife, The Deemster, la the Medway, Mrs Lorimer, Afterwards, The Sign of the Cross, Irish Idylls, Mistress Nancy Moleworth, Adrienne, Life of Henry Drummond, Modern Soience and Modern Thought, With Kitoheuer to Khartoaro, Cleopatra, The Tragedy of tbe Korosko, Tae Invisible Man, Heart of the World, Billy Bank’s Hero, When the World was Wide, Many Cargoes, The Day’s Work, The Castle 100. We learn that there is every indication of an exceedingly busy time next season in the dairy industry, and that no lees than 20 new butter factories will bo set up in different parts of the colony daring the winter. Tne greater number of tinnew faotories will be carried on by farmers under the co operative system. Tbe impetus given to the industry is no doubt due to the high prices for butter and eheese which have been ruling at Home and in Australia. Tbe plenitude of grass has enabled faotories to keep ap a good supply, so that with a strong market it is hardly too much to say that our diiry farmers have fair prospeots of a “ rosy time."

The almoner for the Waipawa and Pataugata districts supplies us with the following, whioh relates to the distribution of oharitable aid for the year ended 3lst March last There wore 103 families or cases relieved, of which 37 families re-

ceived permanent aid, 15 intermittent relief, and 51 temporary aid. The chief causes of poverty were as follows : Lack of employment 17, sickness 23, accident 2, insanity of bread-winner 2, imprisonment of bread-winner 2, desertion of bread-winner 10, no male support 17 widows aud 6 orphans) 23, intemperance

0, thriftlessness 6, physical defects 2, old age 20, causes not determined 2 ; total, 103. The total number relieved, including all members of families, was 199.

The relief given iu cash was £93 14s lid, aud 34,509 rations wore issued. The total cost was £705 11s sd.

One of the gravest facta relating to the harmfulness of cigarette smoking to ex

cess is one that has just come to light. In two distinct cases, recently related, with initials and dates, by Dr Forbes Winslow, the London specialist, it was necessary to apply leeches to persistent cigarette smokers. To tbe no small sur prise of the doctors respectively in attendance, both tbe leeches—they are creatures of very strong vitality—presently released their hold, and were observed to drop dead. So notable was this fact that the experiment was triad of applying leeches to other pationts who were then onder troatment for excessive cigarette smoking, and in every case tbe lceubes died almost immediately. Distinct traces of the dan gerous empyreumatio oil that is given off by tobacco under certain conditions wero found in tbe leeches The same experiment was tried with excessive pipe

smokers, with no apparent injury to tht leeches.