LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIX, Issue 12642, 1 November 1905, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Women voters of Wanganui, read the column next to leader in this issue. Mr. Seddon will open the new sec j tion of- the Cheviot railway to-day. Captain fiedditch laft £or..,Taumaranui on Saturday to make' "ajn., attempt to bring down a raft,of timber po Wanganui. , „ ' ;- A Sydney cable, says ■ that extensive damage haa been done by fires in ihe sugar fields of the Murrillumbah ' and Lismore districts.

The summer time-table. of the Cas* tlecliff Railway Company begins to-day.

The Christchurch Electric Tram Company held a successful triai run to Heathcoto Bridge, five miles on- the route to Sumner, yesterday morning.

According to a Hobart cable, agricultural prospects are not good, and stock is famishing in many districts for want oi: grass. Wheat crops are going off, and the season is very backward.

We give a final reminder of the annual meeting of the British and Foreign Bible Sooiety, to be held in St. Paul's Hall this evening. The meeting will commence at 8 o'clock. .

That the Wanganui* electoral roll ia by no> means perfect may be gathered from the fact that of the circulars sent out by Mr. W. G. Bassett 290 have been returned, the addressees not being discoverable in Wanganui.

The Government has purchased . the Waitomo Cavea and the adjoining property, including the accommodation, bouse. It is intended to place a caretaker at iha caves, and to light them by electricity. The Tourist Department takes possession to-day.*

Lightning struck the house of Mr.

E. Rowley, of Westport, and did con* skierablo damage. It made a hole about one toot in length in the roof, knocked down the chimney, smashed a tilo grate, and ran along and smashed tho spouting, and scorched the end of the house. A fowlhouse was also knocked down.

Owing to the baa state of the r,oada only 22 suppliers out of 79 were able to deliver their milk and cream to the Ohutu Dairy Factory on Saturday, and breakdowns are occurring every day. The holes in many places, have been measured and in some instances were found to be five and a half feet deep. Think of the off wheel of a. milk cart getting into that.—Taihape "Post."

With reference to the produce sales, to which we referred. in our editorial columns yesterday; we inadvertently omitted to include the New , Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company among the firms responsible for. this progressive and beneficial enterprise. We need scarcely add that our remarks relative'to the advantages which these Sales confer upon the settlers refer-to all those responsible for their inauguration. ■ . ■ •-. -"'..-:.; -~ ■' --_■■■ .--■ -.- ■'■-, '' v .-' •

A vast storm, estimated by Professo* Bickerton to measure fully 80,000 miles long by 60,000 broad, is now raging on the sun. The present is the period of maximum disturbance anticipated by astronomers, and observation has fully borne out the predictions. The storm1 is described by the Professor as immeasurably the largest he has ever seen, and it will probably be visible, he states, for the next three days. .A second fairly large spot has come into view. :■--■'■'"'■ ' -. ; .■-■;•--■■

Auld's drapery store at South Dun* edin was burnt at 3 o'clock yesterday looming. It was a case of total destruction so far as the wooden portion was concerned A small brick portion wa9 saved, but was gutted of con-« tents. There was an absolute loss of stock valued at between £5000 and £6000. The insurances by Auld on the stock and fittings amount to £3235 in tho Royal Standard. Louis Joel, the owner of the building, was insured in tho standard for £1022.

Says the ' 'Standard: In the House on Friday evening the votes for publio works were rushed through in three hours 1 Over two and "a quarter million sterling was'voted in that time, and if that fact- does not compel the people to rise, .up at the general election and show that they will no longer tolerate the practice of legislation by exhaustion, as introduced by the present Government, they will only" have themselves fco blam^ for future short■comings in the administration of this colony's affairs.". . ',/

It is most gratifying to hear that the young men are awakening to their responsibility in reg&fbL to, removing from their own and their feHows' path the snares of the drink traffic- From all parts the secretary s*r the local Young Men's No-license Club is receiving enquiries as to the steps to be taken to form dubs, and yesterday he received th' 3 following telegram from the Thames: "Club formed, with forty members. Splendid meeting." In reply, the following was sent: "Heartiest congratulations. Shoulder to - shoulder for a clean New Zealand.— "Wanganui Young Men's No-license - Club." ■ ■ ■■ ; " •

Auckland was the scene o? a great sensation last week. Walking down a remote suburban road, a young doctor came upon what he took to be evidence of a foul crime. A man was lying, face down and quite still, on th« pavement. "Whether he had been struck clown by a ruffian from behind, or garrotted, or whether he was a poor soul who had extinguished his own light, the doctor-didn't wait to see. He wildly hailed a brother doctor who was passing in a motor car, and together they went across to examine the body. Thinking that some spark of live might still be left in the victim, the young doctor put his hand on the shoulder of the prone person, and said: "Are you hurt?" The corpse turned round and fixed a wild eye on the medico. "Gam, yer fool! Can't yer see I'm only a turnin' on the watter?" With this he drew a muddy arm out of the hole in the ground, and spat disgustedly.— Wellington "Lance." . , ,

Apropos of the mendacious electioneering material which was discussed in the Mouse the other day, as a result of the mistake which led to the placing of a copy in Mr. James Allen's box in the House, Mr. Fisher (says the Wellington correspondent of a Christchurch contemporary) has discovered a brilliant rival in the pages of this, session's "Hansard." On Pjage 478, of volume 132, appears the division list on the second reading of the Old Age Pensions Act Amendment Bill. Thosa who. voted ' against it were:—Messrs. J. Allen, -Buchanan, Harding, Kirkbride, Mander, Massey, J. W. Thomson, Vile, llatman, and Kidd. This was on July ■11th last. On July 18 the third reading wa3 moved. One member said £" Hansard." volume 132, page 651): "I am going to put on record the names of the gentlemen who voted against the second reading, and objected to going on with the Bill." They are as follows:—"And this is the last h«) read:—Messrs. Aitken, Alison, J. Allen, Barber, Bedford. Buchanan, Duthie, Fisher, Fowlds, Harding, Hawkins, HerHraan, Herries. Kirkbride, Lang, Laurenson. Lethbridge, Mander,- Massey, T. Mackenzie, Moss, Rhodes,* J. W. Thomson, Vile, Ell, and Taylor." The gentleman who put on record this bogus list was the Premier.

A Gazette Extraordinary was issued last night proroguing Parliament until Wednesday, November 29.

In comiection with the New South Wales land scandal, a Sydney wire say* that Willis has been remanded from Durban to Sydney on a charge of false pretences.

At *t[h© Borough Council last evening ■atiten'bion was drawn to the fact that the Council ihiad motor-car byje4aws, which •it would foe well for motorists to become acquainted -with.

The secretary of the Education Board reoeived the following wire from the Premier yesterday: "The Teachers' Superann nation Bill and the Education Act Amendment Bill have received the assent of h:s Excellency, and are now tho law of the land. I am relieved of mtich anxiety, and am glad at heart at having been able to do justice to the teachers of our colony."

The following is the drawing for tin* first round of the T.Y.M.I. Draughts Championship, to be played this evening in the club room:—P. Murray v. H7G. CaTldy. E. Beadle v. E. J. Williams, J. Wallace v. J. Smidt, J. Soler v. J. Stobert, 3. Reynolds a bye. All games not played this evening Avill be forfeited. Play commences at S o'clock, and one game will be forfeited every half hour after that time. Entries are now being taken for the Junior Championship.

We regret to learn from the Hawke'S Bay uHerald" that at the Salvation Army gathering on Sunday night Majoi Henry stated that he was reluctantly compelled to relinquish command of the Napier corps. The resignation dates.from November 12, and has been brought about by tho continuous illhealth of Mrs. Henry. In the hope of her return to nealth and strength, Major and Mrs. Henry purpose making* a visit to Australia. The Wanganui. friends of the Major and his wife will join in hopTlig that Mrs. Henry may soon be restored to health.

A meeting of the committee of the Wanganui Horticultural Society was held in Jackson's rooms on Monday evening. The chairman (Mr. A. A. Gower) presented a report of Mr. Jacques' lecture, delivered under the anspices of the soc.ety. Judges were appointed for the various classes, and Messrs. Izard, Gower, Babbage, and Haase were appointed stewards'to the judges. The following were appointed to look after the various branches:— Decorations—Messrs. Garrett, Morgan, Hutton, Field^and Lockhart. Refreshments—Mrs. Hopa Gibbons and Miss Hardcastle. Sweet.Stall—Misses Biirniooat and Dodg9hun. EntertainmentMessrs. Garrett, Hutton, and Gower. A committee consisting ■ of Mesdaines Sarjeant, Stevenson, Hawke, Sewell, and. F. Walker was appointed to canvass for exhibits. • Mrs. W. Woon was elected a new member. Mr. Smith proposed that Mr. Hutton be asked to sup^ ply details as to Government capitation for school gardening in agneulttre.' Mr. Roy Walker was appointed assistant secretary, .and the arrangements for a hall were left in the hands of Mr. Smith. .

After an absence of many years from Australian waters^ the ~, steamer Jelunga has arrived at Brisbane -; from Ii dia and Java. Since she was last in Brisbane, the Jelunga has Tiad .quite a fund "of interesting experience. _ She wa3 chartered as a troopship during the South African war, and has since been trading to Japan and the East from London. About the end of June last the Jelunga was chartered by the Russian Government to transport Russian soldiers from. Shanghai home to Sebastopol, in the Crimea. Altogether, 1018 Russians were- so transported. Thence the Jelunga proceeded to Odessa, in the JBlack Sea, in order •: to load timber for London.. While ■ she was at Odessa rioting broke out in tho, city, and the wharves were burned. The ship had to cease .work, owing to the riots, as a number of mutinous soldiers boarded her, and informed the workmen they would be attacked. While there the Russian battleship Kniaz Potemkin passed within 300 yards of the Jelunga, and guns slung ready for action. ■ Perhaps, fortunately for themselves and those on board, they were not brought into close contact with the rioting at Sebastopol. However, they saw a bomb thrown,' which, on exploding, killed several peor pie. .. ■

In an action at law recently tried in the Supreme .Court at Melbourne be^ fore the Chief Justice or Victoria/ Sir John Madden, and Which was brought by Sander and Sons, the ', well-known eucalypti extract manufacturers, against a syndicate of three persons, styling themselves the Sandhurst . Eucalypti Distillers, for improperly off their goods as that of Sander and Sons, it appeared that there was lately introduced on the market ■ a eucalyptus preparation styled "Niere's Eucalypti E>.tract, late with Sander .and Sons." It; was sworn at the trial that Niere was sixteen years ago (m 1889), when a lad of 18, employed for only 10 months at Sander and Sons' ; he had commencoi in 1897 to distil on his own account a crude eucalyptus oil, which he sold at Is. 6d. per pint. It was admitted in court that the product offered by tho syndicate afc Is. 6d. per ounce is the same article as the one previously sold by Niere at Is." 6d. per Ib. One witness stated in the witness box that he had used the product >of the syndicate, but was forced' to discontinue its use on account of the • irritation it produced. Although: the syndicate admitted that they first, placed their article before the public, in December, 1904, yet they stated in their circular that "this extract has for more than a quarter of a century become recognised as an indispensable household and allround remedy." The Chief Justice said, during the course of the trial, on objection by the syndicate to produce the original-declaration, that, as the action was onefor passing off only, the statutory declaration was. except in that respact, not material. He, however, compelled its production. His Honor further remarked, with reference to • the genuine Sander and Sons' Eucalypti Extract, that whenever an article is commended to the public by reason of its good qualities, eic, it is not permissible to imitate any of its features, and he granted a perpetual injunction restraining the syndicate from doing so, and from reproducing the circular re-* ferred.to, as tho medical reports contained therein were cases which had been cured by Sander and Sons' Extract. He also ordered them to pay all costs of Sander and Sons.

Captain Edwin telegraphed at 12.50 p.m. yesterday as follows:—Moderate to strong westerly winds; glass rise; tides high; sea considerable.

>A)t tibe meeting of the Borough Council last evening Or Battle asked that the foreman provide the Council with a return showing the cost of repairing the Wilson Street drain.

Mr W. G. Bassett's committee met again last evening. There was a good attendance, and great progress was reported. The/committee meet each Tuesday, and any elector who can make it convenient to attend will be welcomed.

Sailing enthusiasts would do well to inspect a model yacht, fully rigged, built by Mr T. Dawson, of this town, and now . open for inspection in Mr J. Glover's tobacconist shop. The " little sihip" is a model of perfection.

The 'Frisco mail steamer Sonoma arrived at Auckland at 10.45 yesterday morning from San Francisco, Pago Pago-and Honolulu. The Wanganui portion of the mail is due here at midday, to-day by the north express.

A cricket incident: Practising in the Wellington Basin Reserve on Monday (says the "Times"), -a batsraan sent a ball over the fence. It dropped on to the knees of a man sitting in a passing tram. The ball was returned.

Mr. Cyril Towsey's concert in St. Paul's Hall last evening was a great musical success. There was a fairly largo audience, who were highly delighted We are compelled to hold over till to-morrow our criticism of the concert.

We are indebted to Mr C. E. Hylton, Registrar of Birtihs, Deaths, and Marriages, for tie following vital statistics for itihe month of October:—Births: . Town and suburbs, 36; country, 7; total, 43! Deaths : Town and suburbs, 8 ; country, 1; hospital, 1; total, 10. Marriages: Regietraa-, 6; Church of England, 2,\ Presbyterian, 2; Wesleyan, 1; total, 11.

A very successful and enjoyable concert was held last evening in the Church of Christ. The building was crowded, a number being unable to find seats. The following ladies and gentlemen contributed -to the programme:—Misses Mailman, Piwnell, Ciapham, Higgins, and Messrs Wadman, Buckley, De La Heye, Ciapham,, Armstrong; Stafford, Fagan, and Siddell. In. addition the choir rendered appropriate - anthems. •Misses Ciapham and Russell acted, as accompanists.

A large and enthusiastic meeting was held in the Baptist Church last evening, when a Young Women's No-License Club was formed. The following officers were elected:— President, Miss .Fraser (Principal of the Girls' College); vice-presidents", Miss Carson and Miss Newton Miss Ethel Bird and Miss H-. Christie. An executive committee of. eight was also appointed. With such an excellent start, the club should have a splendid career. Tho date of the next meeting, which will bo held shortly, will be duly announced.

The .310 cartridges which have been used by the public schools cadets in tho past have always been imported from England, but as some exception was taken to: this course on account of there being an ammunition factory in tho colony quite capable of manufacturing the ammunition > the Education Department at Wellington placed an order with the Colonial Ammunition Company,. Limited, for the supply of 600,000 cartridgesi The action of the Department will no doubt.meet with general approval. Taking advantage of his yi3it ,po Auckland, LieutenantCplohel Lo/eday, officer commanding the New Zealand public school cadets, accompanied: by Mr. Vincent E. Rice, secretary of the Auckland Education Board, aud-several local cadet officers, paid a._visit-,tb the company's works, Mount Eden,, during last week, for the ptirpose of -fte'sting the colonial manufactured ammunition. T,he tests proved nipst satisfactory Colonel Loveday and several of the other officers firing at a sira'all target, at a range of 50 yards with good results. The colonel afterwards expressed himself as immensely pleasedV with the ammunition, which, ho.said, was much better than that imported, and could be supplied at the samo price. He also thanked the company for the four silver challenge cupa ;_which had been so generously presented for competition among the cadets of the colony, and said that as soon as he returned to Wellington he would notify all the schools as to the conditions under which'the cups would be fired for, and when. The Ammunition Company expect to have the order completed shortly.—"New Zealand Herald."