Local and General

Waipukurau Press, Issue 278, 4 July 1908, Page 5

Local and General

The total rainfall during June was 1.77iu. Rain fell on fourteen days during the month, the heaviest fall being for the twentyfour hours ending at 9 a.m. on the 17th, when the total recorded was 0.70 in. The Minister of Lands has informed Mr C. Hall, M.P. for Waipawa, that he has issued instructions for the gazetting of the Ngahape road extension. When this has been done, Mr Hall will ask the Government to construct the road on the basis of the agreement entered into in regard to ways and means.

Mr J. Choak, builder and contractor, of Waipukurau, underwent an operation for an internal growth on Thursday last, 'and at latest advices is progressing favourably. Mr Choak’s many friends will wish him a speedy recovery.

A man named James Gibson was found lying on the pavement outside the Junction Hotel, Dannevirke, early yesterday morning. He was taken to the hospital, where he died a few hours later. The, man, who was a ploughman, had been in town for some days and had been drinking.

At the first meeting of the new Waipawa County Council, held yesterday, Mr .full was elected chairman. Mr Murray was reappointed clerk and treasurer. A motion to appoint an engineer at asalary of £250 a year was lost, and the appointment of a foreman and surfacemen was deferred.

The following paragraph from the Hobart “ Post ” should be cheering to those who hold pessimistic views regarding New Zealand’s future “Our best young bushmen have taken their departure for New Zealand, allured there by the good wages offered, tt seems a pity that we should lose some of our best lads for the betterment of New Zealand. It is always New Zealand they go to, which makes us think there must be something in its being quite the paradise of the working man.”

Mr Goodwin had an exciting experience for a few minutes at Dannevirke on Tuesday night, says the Woodville “Examiner.” After finishing his tea in the Club Hotel, he went for his coat, which ■he had left hanging in the hall. It was gone, and he immediately communicated w 7 ith the police as he had to leave for Palmerston North by the train then about to start. As he entered a. carriage he saw a man who w'as sitting in a corner wearing his coat, and he asked him to take it off. The man rushed through another carriage, jumped off the train and made across the railway line, Mr Goodwin in hot pursuit. The thief, when he discovered he was being pursued, took the coat off and threw it down, and Mr Goodwin got his coat again. The lightfino'ered gentleman had left two umbrellas in the train, and these Mr GJbdwin handed over to the earejjf the police on arrival at WoolHlle. %oif Bronchial Coughs take Woods’ GreadPeppermint Cure. Is 6d and 2s 6d. *

The Duke of Orleans is reported to have made a statement to the effect that a monarchy would offer more freedom to Church and State in France.

A wire fence round a section of land opposite the Leviathan has been allowed to get out of repair and is straggling about the footpath, forming a serious menace to pedestrians.

The annual social gathering of the railway servants will be held on Friday next in the Town Hall. It is anticipated that there wiil be a large attendance, as the tickets are selling well. Proceedings will commence at 8.30 p.m. with the grand march. The New Zealand Clothing Factory Company, Napier, announce that they are offering a special line of oil-coats during their sale. The Auckland “ Star ” says Mr D. Kirkwood, who is credited with having recently discovered The Young New Zealand Reef by means of a divining rod on the Maoriland Co.’s property at Waitekauri, has been awarded 6000 shares in the mine.

The fire loss in the United States and Canada during April, according to the “ Journal of Commerce.” amounted to over twentysix million dollars. For the first four months of the year the total losses amounted to 91,464,600 dollars.

Messrs Lundon, Stewart and Co., at their weekly sale on Tuesday, will offer horses, gig and harness, produce and furniture.

The revenue of the Australian Commonwealth for the year was £15,014,000, an increase of £2,183,000. The expenditure was £6,156,000, an increase of £l- - The amount returned to the States was an increase of £1,015,000.

Mi 1 J. Tipping, who has lost a number of valuable sheep through being worried by dogs, announces that poison will be laid on his property from this date. At the meeting of the Waipawa District High School, on Thursday evening, the balance sheet in connection with the fancy fair held to assist in* equipping the school was submitted by the joint secretaries. Mesdames H. M. Rathbote and L. Grenside. It showed a credit of £179 3s lOd. It was decided to ask the ladies to accept souvenirs of their efforts in organising the fair.

Some senseless individual has been trying a gun, to find out its effectiveness, in the waters of the Lyell Creek, says the Kaikoura “ Star.” A large trout came up the creek to spawn, and the man of powder and shot apparently “set” the fish, and murdered it in cold blood. If this is “sport,” save the licensed angleis, and arm them all with guns —but not out of season. Killing trout at this time of year is quite as bad as going into a piggery and stealing the mother of a young litter.

“Regulation gone mad” were the words used by the President of the Arbitration Court sitting in Christchurch to describe the demands of the Shearers’ Union a'S to the food to be supplied by employers. His Honor expressed his opinion that the clause dealing with matters in the award at present in force—providing that sufficient food of good quality should be supplied —protected the workers sufficiently, but the union had not enforced it. Mr Darcy said that in the event of attempting to enforce that clause the difficulty would arise as to sufficiency and quality. They intended to call evidence of cooks to prove that in some cases they had not been supplied with the necessary material. “ Then the employer has not carried out his duty under the award,” said the President, “ and you should have communicated with the Inspector of Awards, -who -would have investigated the matter. It is silly to ask the Court to put a clause like that' into an award—it would be regulation run mad!”

He tried Port '(Hacking after fish, But only caught aheold. He said, “ Atchoo 1 By' jove, I wish I’d done as I was told. x This is indeed a Hacking s cough. Good name it’s got I’m sure ! ’U But next day he was right enoi/JB Through Woods’ Great PepperiiuJl Cure. ■

Tea is being strongly recommended by the German military authorities as a beverage for troops on long marches in place of coffee, which has hitherto been the sole refreshment supplied. Special tea-making machines are being constructed for the troops. Tea consumption in Germany is very slight compared with other nations, the Germans ranking fourth in 1903 with a consumption of less than 2oz per head of population, as compared with the British 61b per head, the Russian 15oz, and the Dutch The French consumption is very small, and rmains at less than loz per head.

A lady had a somewhat exciting time at the corner of Queen and Wellesly streets, Auckland (says the “ Star.”) She was about to board an Onehunga tramcar when some overhead wire-work gave way, and a pyrotechnical display on a small scale resulted. The lady promptly dropped her bag and parasol and made good time in reaching the pavement away from the proximity of the hissing, sputtering wire. The switchman at the corner, by means of his flagstick, pulled the wire into the gutter, and the lady then got on the car and went on her way, no doubt rejoicing at having escaped without injury.

A vessel’s tonnage is found thus: Multiply the inside length of the keel in feet by the length of the midship beam, and that result by the depth. Divide the product by 94. For Childrens Hacking Cough at night Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. Is 6d and 2s 6d.