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Local and General

At St. Andrew’s Church on Sunday morning Messrs A. F. Cook and R. Shaw were inducted as elders. The Rev. J. Pattison gave an impressive address on the duties of holders of the office,

A slight flaw has been discovered in the concrete wall of the gasometer about six feet from the door, and has occasioned furtherdelay. It was found necessary to cease pumping till the fault had been attended to, and the water has fallen again about eighteen inches. It is hoped to have the wall repaired to-day and to recommence pumping to-morrow. It is expected that fully a day will be required to fill the holder.

Children are credited with many sayings, some of which appear scarcely credible, but the following is guaranteed to be authentic and was said by a local youngster, a very talkative boy who amuses his guardian by his quaint sayings. His Sunday School teacher had evidently been teaching him about Samson, for one day he said : —“ That bloke Samsom that’s up in Heaven must have been a strong bloke —he killed a lion.” The Australian Buckjumpers gave an exhibition of their skill as rough-riders on Saturday evening, before a fairly numerous audience. Several outlaws and a steer were ridden, the members of the company giving ample proof of their ability as horsemen. After a member of the company had ridden the steer, a local lad mounted it and succeeded in sticking on. A trick pony caused a great deal of amusement by its antics.

Messrs. Reg. and Eric Nicholson in their first letter to their parents, written on the lonic and posted on a packet boat at Teneriffe, say they had experienced good weather on the whole, though on June 6th the fiddles were put on the tables, as there was a heavy swell, but the sea was calm again at night. A small orchestra was formed on board, consisting of two violins, a cornet and piano, and, as there were several vocalists among the passengers, concerts were held frequently. Rio de Janeiro was reached early on the morning of June. 10th, and a large party was formed to explore the place. After wandering about for some time the party concluded it was time to look for a place to dine. A hotel was found and about twenty-eight trooped in to dinner, and an expensive dinner it proved, costing them about six shillings each. Rio was found to be a very expensive place to live in. One passenger went to a shop to buy a tin of sheep tongues, but the price was found to be 6s 6d, and another was asked 2s 6d for a quarter pound tin of cocoa. There are many gorgeous buildings in the city, some being a mass of gilt, and others are of solid marble and granite. The line was crossed on June 23rd. The lads conclude by saying that though they had been warned about the immorality of life on the ocean, they had not seen anything out of the ordinary during the trip, the only gambling they had seen being about half-a-dozen euchre aud crib tournaments (at sixpence each), and a few penny guesses as to the distance run. Perhaps she’s on the railway I Perhaps she’s on the sea! Perhaps she’ll go To Jericho, Perhaps she will! Perhaps she won’t But if she does or if she don’t, I’m glad that I presented to her A bottle of Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure

The price of the 41b loaf has been reduced to s|d in Melbourne. Two children named Moffit at North Sydney died from drinking chlorodyne in mistake for a cough mixture.

A meeting of the Alpha Lodge, 1.0.G.T., will be held in St. Andrew’s schoolroom, to-morrow evening, when the installation of officers will take place. The Juvenile Temple will meet in the same place at half-past six. In consequence of the cold weather in Otago, rabbits and hares are now being forced into the gardens and orchards, and are Dr causing destruction to the trees, by damaging and destroying the bark.

The death occurred at Sydney on Sunday, suddenly, from hemorrhage, of Mr W. P. Crick, exMinister for Lands. Mr Crick had attended the races 'on the previous day. A tragedy is reported from Young, New South Wales. Miss Drummond made a call on a friend, Mrs Lillis. Edward Lillis called Miss Drummond aside, and fatally shot her. Fie then blew out his own brains. Some time ago Lillis proposed to Miss Drummond, and was rejected. Subsequently the girl became engaged to another suitor. The victims are members of prominent families. The Sydney “ Daily Telegraph,” speaking of the banquet to the officers of the American fleet, says : —“ The truth is that the coming of the fleet brings new aspects into the Australian outlook, and gives Australia a new interest and aspiration. . . . The visit will

certainly be instrumental in awakening the Commonwealth to a proper realisation of its place in the world and the responsibilities that attach to it.”

To-morrow evening a debate is to take place between the Kaikora and Waipukurau societies on the subject of “ Heredity v. Environment which has the greater influence on character?” Waipukurau is to argue in favour of heredity, and *a close contest is likely to result, the subject beingone which both sides have looked into more than once. The debate will be held in St. Mary’s Hall, and no charge will be made for admission. Ladies are especially invited.

On Sunday an intoxicated man who had been taken by his mates behind a shop in the main street to sleep off the effects was discovered to be choking. Messrs Annand and Houseman were informed of the occurrence and they rushed to the man’s aid and also sent for Dr Wilson. It seems that the man had been propped against a fence and his head had fallen into such a position that he was prevented from breathing. Had he remained unattended another five minutes the doctor considers the result would have been fatal. He was ordered to the hospital and has now almost recovered.

Some excitement and alarm was caused to the spectators at the equestrian display on Saturday evening. One of the most intractable of the bronchos was brought out and a rider gave an airy speech and mounted. Then the fun began. The horse was a finished bucker and, failing to throw its rider, it made a dash for the barrier in front of the spectators’ seats, where it got fairly tangled up in the ropes. The man, however, managed to get off nnhurt.

Mr Justice Denniston, when sentencing at Christchurch a man convicted on a charge of misconduct towards a girl under the age of consent, said that he had heard that the prisoner was willing to marry the girl, but the girl’s mother very properly refused the offer. A very large proportion of the divorces and desertions which came under the consideration of courts were caused by the insistence on marriage, often under the threat of legal proceedings, thus adding to the original injury the even more serious one of premature and compulsory union for life. $

Coldwell’s Little Liver Pills are purely vegetable, and contain no mercury. Cure headache, dizziness, biliousness, torpid liver, etc. Is per bottle.

For Children s . Hacking Cough at night Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure Is 6d and 2s 6d.

The actual dimensions of the whale stranded at Okarito (says the Christchurch “ Press ”) show it to have been a marine monster of great size. Mr Edgar F. Stead and his assistants have dismembered the skeleton, a task that has occupied three weeks. The carcase is said to have been 87ft long and 16ft high, measuring 21ft 6in across the flukes. The task of removal has been no light one, Mr Stead having had "the skeleton rafted down the lagoon, a distance of six miles.

A novel excuse for] declining to serve on a jury was put forward at the Old Bailey Court, London, a few weeks ago. Just as the oath was about to be administered, a young and thoughtful looking man suddenly exclaimed: “ I have a very great and strong objection to trying a woman.” Fixing his glance on a well-dressed girl in the dock, who was concerned in a diamond ring transaction, the juror continued in bold and almost defiant tone : “I am a free man and am willing to do my duty to my country, but until the ladies have a voice in making the laws (a burst of laughter here interrupted the speech) with which they are compelled to comply, I have a strong objection to trying them.” The Recorder smilingly excused the juror. Rarotonga, which, according to some, is the traditional Hawaiki, whence the ancestors of the Maoris migrated, is the most fertile and valuable island of the Cook group and the finest in point of scenic attractions, writes the special commissioner of the Auckland “ Herald.” It is a particularly good specimen of the volcanic order of islands, and the rugged grandeur of its mountain peaks and the variety and luxuriance of its vegetation combine to present one of the most picteresque scenes that one could possibly find even in all these beautiful isles of the South Seas. Attaining, as it does, a height of 3000 ft, the island is well watered and a belt of rich alluvial soil, varying from one to two miles in width, extends all round the mountains to the sea. The circumference of Rarotonga is over twenty miles, and it will thus be seen that the area available for cultivation is by no means inconsiderable. At present the land is not being utilised to anything like the full extent of its possibilities, and it is a place that is worth the attention of those in search of suitable areas for tropical plantations.

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Ngā taipitopito pukapuka

Waipukurau Press, Issue 300, 25 August 1908, Page 5

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Tapeke kupu
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Local and General Waipukurau Press, Issue 300, 25 August 1908, Page 5

Local and General Waipukurau Press, Issue 300, 25 August 1908, Page 5

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