The Waipukurau Press. Tuesday, March 6, 1906. Local and General.

Waipukurau Press, Issue 24, 6 March 1906, Page 2

The Waipukurau Press. Tuesday, March 6, 1906. Local and General.

:O: The adjourned meeting re Bowling Club will be held at the Town Hall on Thursday evening next. Those having lists of subscribers are requested to hand them in. On Saturday next Mackay & Co. will sell without reserve, at the mart, a number of new English bicycles with guaranteed tyres, by well-known makers. Mr Thornton, rector of Te Ante College, conducted the services at the Church of England, AVaipukurau, on Sunday last. The sermons preached were of a scholarly and enlightening nature. A hive of bees have settled in a tin can amongst some rubbish on the river bed. A quantity of honey is in the tin. A live pigeon match will be held on the football ground, AVaipukurau, on Tuesday, April 17th—the day after the races. Particulars later There are 224 newspapers published in New Zealand and registered at the general post office, Wellington. Of these, 62 are published daily, 34 thrice weekly, 24 twice weekly, 67 weekly, 2 fortnightly, and 35 monthly. In 1850 there were only six newspapers published in the colony, namely, The Examiner, printed at Nelson : The Spectator and the Independent at Wellington ; The Southern Cross and The New Zealander, at Auckland ; and the Otago Witness, at Dunedin. The Lyttelton Times appeared on January 11, 1851. While in America, Mr McNab, M.H.R., will make an extended tour of the States, searching in several cities for old records of information about early American whalers who came to this colony, and making special inquiry regarding a vessel which is supposed to have come to New Zealand as early as 1.8G5. Mr McNab is compiling a book on early New Zealand.

■:r E. Houseman has undertaken the catering at Wallingford sports.

Lionel Terry, who" massacred a Chinaman in Wellington, is becoming more mad, and has been committed to the Sunnyside asylum. Mr and Airs Sidney Johnston and Mrs de B. Hovell have left for England. ‘‘ I am looking forward to seeing a mining revival,” said the Premier ihe other day, “ but is no use expecting private enterprise to deal with prospecting or development. It has got beyond that. There is only one power to do justice to the industry now, and that is the State itself.”

Before the ordinary meeting of the Town Board last night, the finance committee met and passed the month’s accounts. / A law-maker a law-breaker. Mr Alison, M.H.R. for Devonport, was fined £1 and costs at Auckland for b ing the owner of land upon which ue neglected to clear noxious weeds when requested to do so by the Stock Department. Mr Malcolm Brodie, organising secretary and veterinary surgeon to the Jlawke’s Bay provincial branch of t he N.Z. Farmers’ Union, has resigned his appointment as from 31st instant after nearly two years’ service. lie intends starting m private practice at Hastings.

It was stated in a cable last week that Air Alfred Beit had presented Hamburg with one hundred thousand pounds to establish a university. A later message contradicted the statement. Hamburg humbugged. A human butcher named Orchard, arrested in New York, has confessed murdering 76 persons.

At Wellington on 27th ult. Alias Janie Williams, daughter of Air J. Williams of Waipukurau, was married to Mr Frank Martin. Aliss Williams was the recipient of many useful and valuable presents, including a couple of cheques. Town Board publishes a warning to owners of stray stock.

Miss Frances Fitz, who left Boston five years ago and went to Alaska, has returned with £lOO,OOO, the greater part of which she made made from a gold claim. She has been United Hates deputy recorder, newspaper owner, lunatic attendant, land staker and mine owner, and she is now head of a mining company.

The Premier recently paid a high tribute to the intelligence and integrity of the Civil Service — a service which he believed any wellordered country might we 1 ! be proud of. It stood out in bold relief, and compared more than favourably with what was io be seen in some other countries. Such things as they heard of occurring elsewhere would be impossible with a public service such as we had in New Zealand at present. AVe have received-tickets for four or five public functions to take place in this district. While appreciating the fact that this paper has not been overlooked in this respect, we may say it is not run for' the purpose of advertising institutions that could well afford to pay for publicity in an important centre like Waipukurau.

Notice of motion has been given to close the Woodville district high school, “ as it is evident that parents of children do not appreciate its advantages.” Geo. Hoffman, who represented himself as the “ true prophet of Christ,” has just been tarred and feathered at Perth, Kansas, for defrauding a gullible farmer of all his money.

In respect to the case of a lady teacher who had neglected to inform the Taranaki Education Board that she would be unable to re-open school on the proper date, and kept the school closed for some time without notifying the committee, owing to illness, Mr Adlam suggested that she be “ told not to do it again.” The members roared their hilarity, except Air Adlam, who didn’t see the joke until Mrs Dougherty [a member] suggested that such an admonition would rouse the ire of Mr Seddon, “ who was great on bitth-rate.” Train arrangements for Dannevirke races appear in another column.

There was a brisk passage-at-arms at last night’s meeting between Commissioner Wiliams and the chairman, the bone of contention being the Cemetery road. For a moment or two matters «id not look very promising, but presently serenity prevailed, and business proceeded.

Dr McArthur had before him recently a very pitiful case. A boy, nineteen years old, asked for a summary order for seperation from his wife, who was of the same age. The evidence was not of a character calculated to improve the mora s of the community. The order asked for was granted, and the juvenile wife left the Court in tears. The husband was given the custody of the child. Tenders are invited for erection of sample rooms and stal les at the Empire Hotel, Waipawa. Mr D. Graham, of the local post office, is on leave for a fortnight, Mr Stewart, from Hastings, taking his duties.