The Waipukurau Press. Tuesday, June 19, 1906. Local and General.

Waipukurau Press, Volume I, 19 June 1906, Page 2

The Waipukurau Press. Tuesday, June 19, 1906. Local and General.

,o: Notice re proposed lighting loan appears iu this issue. Tenders are invited for alterations and additions to Waipawa District Hospital. Tenders for metalling on Racecourse road close to-morrow. Mr J. J. Bailey publishes a warning to trespassers. Excursion tickets for Hastings races will be issued. Four-roomed cottage advertised to let. Jones and Son, of Dannevirke, announce a large auction sale of drapery and clothing, to be held in the Waipukurau Town Hall on the 26th, 27th and 28th inst.School Committee meets next Thursday evening. Constable Baskiville has received notice of trans er to Dunedin, and his many trends in this district will bo pleased to learn that on resuming duty in the southern city he takes the rank of sergeant. About 70 per cent of the public do not love the police as a body and look upon it as simply a necessary evil, but in the Force there are admitted exceptions, and under this head Mr Baskiville assuredly comes if we may take as a guide the appreciative remarks made on all sides. Constable Baskiville has been stationed in Waipukurau for the past nine years. He expects to leave iu about a week’s time, and his position here will be taken by Constable Stevens, of Pahiatua. According to the calendar, next Thursday is the shortest day of the year-

While several hundred people were searching on Sunday for Mr Wolsteiiholme, Mr Tocker, who had been formerly employed at the Onga Sawmill, put in an appearance and informed some of those present that he had met Wolstenholme in Cuba-street, Wellington, on Friday. Mr Tocker was iu the company of a lady at the time, and did not stop to speak to Mr Wolstenholme, whom, he noticed, however, was wearing a cap [apparently the one he had when he left Waipukurau], and appeared to have a cut under one eye and was otherwise marked, as though he had met

with an accident. The cap found in the trap is believed to have been an old one left in the vehicle for SO' ne time. Mr Wolstenholme boarded the slow morning train at Takapau on Thursday morning, and i. is said his dog tried to follow him into the carriage, but was kicked. out by some person. It is understood Mrs Wolstenholme has gone to Wellington. So far, it seems pretty certain that Mr Wolstenholme met with an accident, which deprived him of his memory or reason for the time being. Such cases are not unknown. The police are taking steps to have Mr Wolstenholme identified. We notice a Wellington paper says he has been recognised by several Napier people now in Weilington. Later news says Mr Wolstenholme is expected to return home this evening or tomorrow. Among those most diligent in the search were Mr Lomas and sons. The Kaikoura whalers have opened the season. Those in authority state- that they have never before known right whales to be so numerous at this stage of the season. Generally speaking, the whaling season commences about October. Several fine specimens of right whales have been sighted lately, hence the activity of the crew. Three thousand people attended memorial services at Waihi. Bambaata, the rebel chief of Natal, was snot through the body and arm. His corpse was found near that of Mehlokazula. Mr A. Lyttelton, ex-Colonial Secretary, has been elected unopposed for the St. George’s, Hanover Square, seat, vacated by the resignation of Sir Edward Clarke (Unionist).

The Hatless Brigade is said to be increasing to an alarming extent in Dannevirke. The Chinese say there is no demand for Brussels sprouts, the hair variety having captured the market. “Mentor” writes: — “Are we going balmy, or is this Waipuk’s silly season ? What with football gas, spiritualistic bunkum, hypno humbug, subscription lists, holidays and hunting for scalps, half the people are nearly dotty, myself included.” The butter exhibit at the Palmerston winter show this week will be the largest ever seen in New Zealand, and the finest ever known in Australasia. There are 198 boxes of butter from over eighty factories. This depart ment is made unusually important on the present occasion, as it is the first time the “group system” of judging has been practised in the colony. On Friday, Saturday and Sunday morning the search for the missing Onga Onga settler was prosecuted with the utmost vigor, and the country scoured for miles around. Hundreds of persons —men and boys —from all quarters joined in the hunt, and every-bush, crevice, nook, hole and corner was thoroughly investigated; .even large stones were overturned ; but all to no purpose. We’ll all go a-hunting to-day; We’ll tarry no longer, But hurry to Onga, For we must go a-hunting to-day. It would be an impossible task to give the names of those who took part in the search. Many were actuated by feelings of genuine sympathy and concern: some appeared to look upon the affair as a huge picnic. On Sunday afternoon the procession homeward reminded one of race-day: first the bikes and motor-cars, then horse vehicles and horsemen, and lastly pedestrians. Some men spent day and night in the cold weather and were undaunted by failure; all honour to these, we say; and only a satisfactory finale to the drama permits the writer to in part treat the matter lightly. An uproar was created at a Liberal meeting at Northampton, England, by women suffragists, who, from a balcony, waved flags and shouted, “ Votes for women ! ” After a violent scuffle, they were ejected. The police prevented them from mobbing Mr Asquith when he was leaving the building. Train arrangements in connection with the funeral of the Premier appear in another column. A tombstone has just been erected in the West Hampstead Cemetery over the grave of Mrs Louisa Day, the inscription on which, including a verse of poetry, is in shorthand. The late R. J. Seddon is being buried the day before the anniversary of his birthday. He would have been 61 next Friday. An amended train notice in reference to Hastings races appears. It is annouced that on Friday, 29th inst, the Rev F. H. Spencer, who is travelling on behalf of the British and Foreign Bible Society, will give an illustrated address at the Church of England Hall, Waipukurau, in aid of that Society. The lecture will be found very interesting and instructive. Entering the hut of two miners in north-west Rhodesia at night, a lion seized one of the sleepers, but his cries awoke his mate, who attacked the animal aud forced it to drop its prey. The released man then grasped his rifle and shot the lion dead. Mackay & Co. have prize seed potatoes, onions, oaten chaff, table potatoes, and pumpkins for private sale. The greatest pilgrimages to the Holy Land are undertaken by the Russians. It is estimated that between 20,000 and 40,000 Russians visit Palestine every year. We understand business places will observe a half-holiday on Thursday afternoon, in lieu of to-morrow. It was testified before the Wellington Benevolent Trustees recently that a mother, her two daughters, and her only son were all married, and all living away from their martial partners. Mr Hall-J ones, the new Premier, has been sixteen years in the House, and ten years a Minister. Tall, thin, pale, of fair-complexion wearing gold - rimmed spectacles, slightly stooping as he walks, he is a striking contrast physically to the one he is to succeed—the vigorous, masterful, domineering chief, whose loss he so evidently and so sincerely mourns. And, to anyone who has watched Mr Hall - Jones’s career since he first entered Parliament, it does appear to a great extent singular that, from the streniious times through which the colony has passed politically, one of such slender physique should emerge as the political head, even for a brief period. Those who know him well have always imagined that underneath his slight exterior, there lay a large amount of quiet, steady determination, which has increased with his experience. He is a Kentish man. Though not a brilliant speaker, he has a large grasp of public affairs, and is always attentively listened to.