Local and General

Waipukurau Press, Issue 314, 29 September 1908, Page 5

Local and General

The third German Dreadnought, the Rheinland, has been launched at Stettin. Mr C. W. Seymour announces that he has just received a conof the latest styles of readies’ and gentlemen's footwear. The following sums appear on the Public Works Estimates : — Ngahape road extension, £3OO ; Post Office, Onga Onga, £700; Onga Onga River bridge, £2OO ; Te Koukaroad, Forest Gate, £lOO ; Ruahiue Block, £100; Waipawa to Hampden road, £2OO. Attention is called to the meetino- of the Debating Society tomorrow evening. A series of papers are to be- read, each of which is to be followed by discussion. Dr Wilson’s paper on “ Bacteria in Disease ” should prove of especial interest, as that gentleman is well acquainted with some of the most recent researches. Altogether some interesting dis- ■ 1 cussion may be expected. An evidence of the durability of I totara is furnished by the present I condition of two survey pegs of I that timber which were placed in J*Hhe ground at Ohawe, near Hawera, I in 1866. One peg, which was put I into peaty soil, is as sound as the I day on which it was driven. The I other was more exposed to the I weather, and some of it a little I decayed, but on the whole it is in ■ an excellent state of preservation. ■ The pegs were taken the other day ■ from the land belonging to Mr ■ .James Livingston, a leading settler B at Ohawe, who took them to WelB lington for presentation to the ■ Biological Museum. K JIW-Hall, M.P., has again interfl viewed the Railway Department ■ and laid before them the great fl a siding at Meharekeke ■ Stream, on the boundary of »Hatnma. An exhastive report |fl] ias been obtained of the cost, ■which will be £7OO. The settlers ■have promised to make the road ■and provide the fencing, and the of a siding is looked on BBls almost a certainty. When this Igfls done, the children will be able ■L attend the Hatuma school. |K?he cost will be provided out of llflhe amount allotted in a lump for railways, which does not on the estimates. B shipwrecked sailor on the reef captured by the cannibal chief, had a dreadful cold ! sailor offered him that sure, ’fl Ee remedy: Woods’ Great Pepper- ■ mint Cure J saved the savage woolly-haired, ■SiSjfSS,ra‘. _

A contract for the construction of five steamers for the Russian volunteer fleet’s subsidised services in the Pacific has been let to a Greenock firm.

The hockey match on Saturday between Waipukurau and the Cosmopolitans resulted in a draw, three goals each. Shaipin scoied two goals and Mclndoe one for Waipukurau , and G. Lomas, FI. Simpson and McLean one each for the Cosmopolitans. There was a good attendance at the Waipukurau sale yards. The entry of cattle yvas good, but there were only about 3000 sheep in. Bidding for cattle was brisker and prices showed an upward tendency. One fat cow brought the splendid price of £8 12s. Store bullocks sold at up to £5 10s. Fat ewes brought from Ils 6d to 15s 3d. The barque Loch Finlas, bound from Port Piric to Callao, struck a reef off the north-east coast of Tasmania on Saturday morning and sank within half [an hour. The crew numbered twenty-four. A boat with four men landed about midnight on Saturday, lhe rescued men were Scandinavians. The barque’s cargo consisted of wheat and was valued at £27,000.

The water-trough at the Russell Street entrance to the railway station is still unattended to. It is to be hoped that before it is refilled it will be thoroughly cleaned out, for at present it is in a very dirty state. Now that the weather is getting warmer and drier the through is coming into great request, but in its present waterless and filthy condition it is quite useless.

The second American cruiser squadron, numbering seven armoured cruisers and as many torpedo boat destroyers, left San Francisco on August 25th for Honolulu. The fleet will stay a week at Honolulu and a week at Pagopago, returning to Honolulu on October 7th. It will leave the same day for San Diego, and return to San Francisco on December 4th.

The local railway staff have moved into the new station and are very enthusiastic regarding their improved surroundings. The main building has a great deal to be done to it before it is complete but the stationmaster’s and clerks office and the parcel room are almost finished. A commencement has already been made to take down the old building, to make way for the lamp room, which is to be a separate building, about 36ft long.

At a meeting of the committee of St. Andrew’s Church it was announced that the Piano Committee had been successful in raising about half the amount required for the purchase of a piano and permission was given to sell the old organ to supplement the fund. Plans and estimates were given for an extension to the Sunday School, and the matter was postponed for further consideration. It was decided to re-let all the seats at the beginning of the year, and to charge 7s 6d a sitting, except where a family requiredjthe whole of a centre seat, in which case the charge gwould be 5s a sitting. A sensational accident occurred at Palmerston on Saturday when the south express collided with a motor-car containing Mr Whishaw, a land agent, and Mrs Rollett and her six-year-old son. The party were returning to Feilding from Wellington, and the car was going fast towards the Alexandra street crossing when the accident occurred. Mr Whishaw did not see the train till he was nearly in the main street, when he put the brakes full on, but this could not stop him at the pace. The train smashed into the tonneau, knocking the whole car off the line and turning it over. Mr Whishaw and Mrs Rollett were thrown clear of the train, but the boy was by some extraordinary means picked up by the cowcatcher of the second locomotive and carried 50 yards. The train was stopped in its own length. The car, all but the engine, radiator and gear box was smashed. Mr Whishaw had two ribs broken and an ankle sprained. Mrs Rollet was badly bruised, but had no bones broken. The, child had a swollen head, a black eye and bruises.

Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure for Coughs and Colds never fails. Is 6a.