DISTRICT & GENERAL.

Bush Advocate, Volume IX, Issue 743, 21 February 1893, Page 2

DISTRICT & GENERAL.

Tbera will be a concert at Matamau on Friday night in aid of the school ! prize fund. An attractive programme has been prepared, and will be found in our advertising columns. The concert will be followed by a dance. A conference is taking place at Central Chambers this morning between Messrs W. C. Smith and W. F. Knight, representing the County Council, and the Mayor and Cr Wratt, representing the Danevirke Borough Council. The business is to adjust the accounts between the two bodies. We understand tliat Mr W. C. Smith, M.H.R-, will address his constituents at Danevirke at an early date. Fires are burning very freely in the Webor district. The road between Weber and Wimbledfln is stated to bo a 'mass of fire' cansed by burning logs. Seventeen teams are engaged metalling the Weber road at this and. It is expected that by the winter the road will be pretty will finished to within five miles of the Weber boundary. ! _ The tennis match between Woodville and Danevirke will be played to-morrow. The Piri Piri sawmill is now in full swing, nnd the first load of timber turned out was carted to the Mangatera railway station on Saturday. i The owner is wanted for a black and tan sheep.dog. It has been decided to form a library in connection with the Danevirke Presbyterian Sunday School, and n lecture on ' Men we meet ' will I bo given by the Rev. Mr McCully in the church on Monday evening next to raise funds for the purpose. Mr Alex. Smith invites tenders for laying 6 miles of wire fencing, material with bullock team. Particulars to be learned at the homestead. Tenders close March C. The Railway Department is calling for tenders for the supply and delivery of totara sleepers for the Napier- Woodville sections. Specifications and forms of tender at the Danevirke and Woodville railway stations" Tenders close March 13. The Longburn Freezing Company intend to place 2000 shares on the market to provide cattle to enable them to purchase stock for freezing.

A four-roomed cottage and outbuildings are offered for sala by Messrs Scott and Witherow. The supply "of water in the Ormondville district is getting very short, and in several cases, the supply in the paddocks having dried up, cattle have to be watered from wells daily, or removed to other paddocks. We notice that Mrs Fothergill's cattle have been removed from her* Makotuku section on that account. The MakaretUj on the contrary, has been experiencing very wet, rough weather, in consequence of which, a lot of grass seed is still out, and as the j season is advancing and the days getting shorter it is probable that some seed will be lost. It is a current idea that Norsewood land is only good as grazing country, but if a correct return could be ob-tained-of the bushels per acre for all crops grown in the district the result would no doubt surprise many of our readers. Mr A. Olsen, who owns a section on the main road running from Norsewood to Mxkotuku, had a quarter-acre down in barley this senson. He has just finished cutting and threshing it, and obtained four sacks of grain, containing four bushels each, or an equivalent to 64 bushels to the acre. Surely tand that will produce such a crop is fit for other purposes besides grazing. The Danevirke Brass Band gave their promised open-air concert on Saturday evening, and the night being beautifully calm quite a large crowd of people turned out to listen to the music. Altogether eight pieces were played, the principal selection being 'Jupiter,' a euphonium solo. The Band showed by their playing on Saturday night that they are quite capable of far greater things in connection with music, and they are, as a whole, a great credit to their bandmaster, Mr W. Haines. A collection was taken up, which, together with the returns of a subscription list, will raise the required amount necessary for the first paymeni on the new instruments. There will be a meeting of the Danevirke School Committee on Wednesday evening to make arrangements for the school picnic, which is to take place on the following Wednesday. Mr McPhee, the indefatigable secretary, was out with a subscription list yesterday, and succeeded in collecting £8 10s 8d towards the picnic fund. A special meeting of the Danevirke Borough Council was held last, evening. Present — The Mayor, and Crs W. Henderson, G. Wratt, O. Carlson, C. Baddeley, and B. Dennehy. Mr N. McPhee made the usual declaration, and took his seat. The Mayor said the business that evening was to consider an application from Mr Hawkins for nn auctioneer's license. There had been some delay, due to Mr Hawkins mistaking the day of meeting.— Clerk said a formal application had been made that day. Application read. — Cr Wratt moved that tha application be granted.— Clerk said the proper course was to propose that Mr Hawkins was a fit and proper person to have a license. — The Mayor did not want any opinion about it. Tbey knew the man. — Cr Wratt moved that Mr Hawkins was a fit and proper person to hold an auctioneer's license. Cr Baddeley seconded the motion, which was carried _ unanimously.— This was all the business. The annual Presbyterian Sunday School picnic was held on Saturday in Mr F. Elmbranch's paddock. A very happy choice was made in the selection of a site for the outing, the paddock being level and well suited for holding sports and games. The weather was all that could be desired for such an occasion. At about 11 o'clock the children mustered on the grounds, and the day's amusement commenced with the favorite games and running contests for toys and other prizes. Shortly after noon an appetising lunch was spread, and the young folks gathered and did their best to show their appreciation for the good things 'aid before them. Lunch over, the various games were resumed with unabated heartiness and unflagging enjoyment, and towards 6 o'clock the picnickers re-assembled for tea. With appatites sharpened by their healthy exercise in the open air, the young people had a thoroughly pleasant meal, and before dispersing cheered heartily for the ladies who had made the children's pleasure their particular care. About 80 of the Sunday School children were present, and their numbers were considerably j augmented by children of other denominations. The committee of ladies who provided the edibles comprised Mesdames Martin, Mackay, Wallace, Gordon, T inline, and Drummond.and . Miss Ford, and these ladies were also ! in attendance on Saturday to take part in providing the entertainment for the children, in which they were assisted by Misses Batt and Beavis and Rev. Mr McCully, while Mr Martin and Mr Ransom gave a help ing hand during the day. Mrs Skjoth and Mrs Elmbranch kindly supplied milk for the tea. Contributions towards the commissary department were received from several others, and several adults put in an appearance during the afternoon to participate in the children's happiness. At the Danevirke Police Court yesterday, before Messrs Clayton and Hawkins, Justices, Charles Lilyjohn pleaded guilty to being drunk on Saturday, and as this was a second ofience he was fined 10s, costs 2s, or in default 48 hours imprisonment. The fine was paid. Donald McDonald did not appear to answer charges of drunkenness and resisiting the police, and his bail, £2, was accordingly estreated. At the Presbyterian Church on Sunday evening the Rev. Mr MeCully preached on the subject of 'Sunday labpr,' making special reference to an article bearing on this subject which recently appeared in these columns. He said that any secularisation of the Sabbath in the past had always brought ruin and calamity in its train, and pointed out that the Bible most explicitly laid it down that the Sabbath was to be kept holy. The commandment, ' Honor the Sabbath Day and keep it holy,' he said, was quite as binding as any of the other nine, and when from the proper observance of the Lord's dny temporal interests were endangered, the danger of loss was sent as a trial of faith. He pointed out that no Christian could conscienciously perform toil usual to week clays on the Sabbath day, and urged his congregation _to endeavour to combat the profanation of the- Sabbath by a strict observance in their own homes of the Bible's teaching on the question. There is a mare running in a paddock fronting on Wallace's road, to which we call the attention of its owner. It appears to have been been caught in a barbed wire fenpe, and been badly torn, and sas its injuries have not been properly attended to it is now in a horrible condition. An act of mercy would be performed if tho animal were shot, and an end put to its sufferings. The Post says that the wonien of the colony intend to make a vigorous effort this year to secure the franchise. The amount expended on alcohol in Great Britaid last year amounted to I

No less than 117 applications weremade for appointment as assistant librarian to the new Free Public Library at Wellington. Mr G. N. Baggett, formerly land receiver at Wellington, was appointed. The salary is a year. The Manawatu Standard thus moralises : —lt is a pity that the history of the Native Land transactions in this colony reveals a sink _of iniquity undreamt of in connection with any other subject, and that no matter how honest, how religious, or how particular a man may be in other respects, directly he commences to dabble in the purchase of Native lands no meanness or underhand deiling is tpo paltry for him to be concerned in. The Wellington correspondent of the Dunedin Star wires :— Mr Ballance's colleagues say that he is improving at Wanganui, and they are confident that he will be able to lead the House next session ; but from what I can gather from other sources the wish is father to the thought, and the probabilities of the Premiertaking any active part in next session's campaign are exceedingly doubtful. It is unlikely that the session will begin till the latter end of June. Mr D. Wilson, the Victorian dairy expert, is about to proceed to t'ngland to make enquiries in relation to the export butter trade. He is also to visit Denmark and Canada in search of improved dairy appliances and methods, making special inquiries as to the use of the milking machines. Detective-sergeant Considine, who has been for the pist twenty-five years in the Victorian police force, has resigned his position. He was at one time an ensign in the 50th Regiment, and had some experience in the Maori War in New Zealand. It is worthy of note (says the Wellington Press) that, of the many working men who have lately come to the colony, comparatively few have applied to the Labour Bureau, except to the extent of asking for information as to the districts likeliest to yield employment. Indeed, the bureau knows, from information gathered by its agents on the arrival of the various steamers, that about eleven of every twenty of these men have a little money of their own, and are quite able to shift for themselves, all the help they require being advice as to where they are most likely to obtain work. The Dunedin Star regrets to learn that Mr V. Pyke has sustained a slight stroke of paralysis, which has affected his right arm, and renders him incapable of replying tc correspondence. A girl of nineteen, named Elizabeth Olsen, committed suicide at Brighton, near Melbourne recently by lying across the railway line and allowing a train to go over her Complete decapitation took place. In the pocket of the clothing on the body a letter was found relating that the writer was tired of life because of domestic trouble and a quarrel with her sister. A farmer correspondent to the Press points out that a simple method of preventing stack tops being blown off is to place a hoop of wire round the roof of the stack, between the top and the eaves, and to this attach four dropping wires, to which may be attached weights of any sort that are handy— either large stones, old iron, or rough boxes or old sacks filled with shingle. The suggestion appears to be a practical on. At Sydney recently a man named Falconbridge, a starch drier, was found lying on his back upon the top of an oven in the drying-room, which was heated to 150deg. He was not dead, hut his back and arms were charred. The man was at once conveyed to the hospital, but died on his arrival. It is supposed he fainted in the performance of his duties, and had fallen on the top of the oven. Mr Vecbt, a victualling contractor of Chicago and London, has resolved to establish a number of pig butcheries in this colony for the supply of the Australian squadron with pork. One of theye factories is to be established in Taranaki and another in the Auckland province. Mr Vecht is at present in the south, looking for convenient sites for similar factories in Otago, Canterbury, and Southland. , He states that this new industry of pork-raising might be made very profitable in New Zealand. He is prepared to contract for grain-fed, but he wants a larger pig fed upon the roots found on the ranges, not necessarily fat but in condition. He would give the market price for grain-fed pork (say 3d to 4d per lb), but for the larger pork 2hd for as much as could be supplied. " The Thrifty Farmer and Fireside Magazine, published in the United States, says that if geologists be correct, New Zealand is a fragment of a continent which sank beneath the waters as the new world rose. It is a relic of a bygone age. In the course of an action to recover possession of the more La Petite Fille, at Wellington the plaintiff Reed, admitted that on two separate occasions he took out to the Hutt two prize fighters, with a vitw to enforce his demand that Peters should give up the mare, but as he found the trainer a ' tough joint,' the professional services of the pugilists were not brought into requisition. At Hawera the other day the resident magistrate expressed the opinion that a prohibition order under the Licensing Act has currency throughout the colony, and is not limited in in its operation by the boundaries of any judicial district.

It will bo seen from an announcement in another column that the annual sale of surplus and summer stock is now proceeding at The Bon Marche, Danevirke. Numerous bargains obtainable in Millinery, Dress Goods, Prints, Sheeting, Calicoes, Flannellettes, and General Drapery ; also a Jarge lot of remnants of every description being sold very cheap to effect a clearance. — L. A. Hoiidkii, Manager. Everyone will remember the famous Melbourne 800m — That is a matter of history. All renders of New Zealand newspapers (and their name is legion), will remember that the ' boom ' has burst and tlitit n terrible depression has settled, upon that city. To residents in all parts of the province of Wellington it will bo a matter of intense personal interest, which they will fully ascertain by a visit to the ' Erupted Boom ' Sale, commencing on Thursday, the 20th inst. at Te Aiio House, Wellington. The proprietor of Te Aro House has just returned from a visit to that city of the erstwhile boom, and subsequent collapse, where he made some large and fortunate purchases at prices that would thoroughly astonish the oldest stagers in the drapery trade. The prices also at which wo shall offer this vast mass of new and seasonable goods will be veritable eye-openers to the most astitute bargain hunters at the ' Erupted Boom ' Sale, Te Ano House, Wellington. Don't talk of your former bargains at Surplus Stock Sales. This salo will head them. Don't mention the cheap lots at Bankrupt Stock Sales. This sale will be far ahead of them. Don't trouble to recall pleasant memories of wonderful parcels at Salvage Sales. This sale will give you some more wonderful still. Don't fail to pay an early visit to this astonishing ' Erupted Boom ' Sale at Te Aeo Hobse, Wellington. Don't forget that Thursday, 26th January, is the opening day of the ' Erupted Boom'j Sale at Te Ano House, Welling- ■ ton.

Electricity is the mainspring of oui! existence, and when the system shows lack of this vital force disease follows ; and amongst the most troublesome complaints are rheumat;i affeotions, sciatica, etc. The mere action of rubbing Dr Leeto.'s Electric Eheumatic Oil into the parts affected generates tho electricity necessary to strengthen and lubricate the weakened muscles and nerves. 1 For rheumatism, lumbago, pleurisy, aoiatiea, sprains, stiffness of the limbs, etc., Dr Leete's Electric Eheumatiq Oil will reieve the pain with lightning vapidity, and cure where other remedies fail. Sold everywhere. Agents :E. E. Pnion, Pane, virke; Badley & Co, Danevirke; W, Robinson. Makotuku; J. T. WltsoN, Norsewood.