THE FLOURMILLERS' TRUST.

Bush Advocate, Volume XIII, Issue 2203, 18 February 1902, Page 2

THE FLOURMILLERS' TRUST.

, "— ! — *" ' ' - The action of tbe Flourhiillers' Trust in raiting the prioe of flour has been keenly critioised at ChrJstcburch by the Trades Council, and the members of the fatter "body consider that in the near future the producer* and wageearners ' wiir have to. take some steps to protect themselves from the opera tions of the Trust. The increase in the price of flour wbioh has taken plaoe has , already forced fctie master bakers in some part* of the colony to raise the price of bread, and the result is that tbe wage earners find the cost of living increased. While the Flour millers' Trust is sparing no effort to effectively control the market, yet the members of labour unions must remember that they are not blameless for the increase which has taken place in the price of bread. Some of the 'pnnoipnl bakers in the colony assert that they have raised their prices ■ mainly owing to. the unions having , forced an increase in wages. The employers havo been compelled to protect themselves, and the wageearners'are now couiplainrag because supplies are dearer. At tbe same time the -tactics of .the Plourmillers' Trust are bem£ closely watched, and it has already been hinted that legislation will be introduced next session to deal with such combinations. 1 ■'. ■ . ■ • ■

Interesting reading matter will be found on our fourth page to-day. • Five cases of typhoid have occurred in Wanganui during January. An, epidemic of influenza has again made its Appearance in Masterton. A holiday has been granted to the Makotnku district school to- morrow to allow any /who wish to visit the Dannevirke Hospital demonstration. The Ormqndville S.M. Court will be presided over to-morrow by Mr A. Turnbull, when three civil cases will bf> dpalt with. ( An Old Age Pensions Court will also sit. On. Thursday afternoon Ik party of Mastertouiaus, with a jibbing horse, put up a record. They took five hours to get over three iniks of road. — Times. ' - On one big station in the Masterton electorate, where a few years ago a couple of ; hundred rabbiters were employed, only about six men are 'now to be found. . Mr E. Hosking is having a nice six roomed house erected at Ormondyille, and Mr Carston is also having one of a similar size built at Makotuku.— Mr and Mis T. Jessopy late of Norsewood, have ta"ken up their residence in Makotuku. '..'.' Speakiug of the sanitary condition of the Bbrougb, atr alderman at "the Alexandria Council, Sydney, asserted that he knew of a case in which eight or nine, goats, some fowls, and a woman ate and slept in the same roomGeneral Marakoff, of the Russian Army, is to be tried at St. Petersburg on a charge of high treason, the accusation being that three years ago be obtained over £90,000 by selling rvians of new works at the fortress of Warsaw to France. 4 A Tiraaru dog, inadvertently locked in by his; owners when thpy went on a trip to Sydney, was released by the police at the end of nine days. It had become infuriated through starvation and had employed its days of I fasting by tearing to ribbons all 1 the bed-clothes and carpets and .overturning furniture. A man named Thomas Venables was thrown off a dray at Manaia, near Masterton, on Saturday and killed. The deceased, who was a single man about twenty-seven years of age, arrived in the colony about four or five months ago from the Old Country. : Although King Edward did not notify his accession by special ambassador to the Vatican, the Pope 'is desirous (says an English paper) of being represented at the Coronation ceremony. Accordingly,, negotiations are now proceeding on the subject, with tpecial reftrence to the question of precedence. It is stated that Leo XIII. would be satisfied with a private reception of his mission by the King, i similar to that accorded to the Paoal j Mission on the occasion of Queen Victoria's Jubilee. . •

Th .® Wl° of Hawera are to be proved *vitb municipal abattoirs. There ire only two wheeled vehicle 3 on the Chatham Islands. There are 180 persons in this district drawing old age pensions. The police throughout the colony are being asked to report on the character and regarding the earnings of all old age pensioners. A conference of delegates representing the various millers' unions is to be held in Wellington at Easter to consider the question of wages. Trooper M'Lean (one of Wanganui's contribution to the Ninth Contingent) has been admitted to tbe hospital at New Plymouth, suffering, it is believed, from diptheria. Between Saturday night and yesterday morning, the premises of G. Shaw, draper, Christchurch, were entered, and some clothing taken, the thieves left their cast-off things in a buudle in the shop. From Christchurch it is reported that no trace has yet been found of the missing' sharebroker, Dugald Petterson. No trace has been discovered of Mowiell, missing from Wanganui. I Two men, Thomas Emmerson and Daniel Tennaut, pleaded guilty at Oainaru for falsely representing themselves as travelleis, at an hotel on Sunday, an 4 were fine! 40s each and costs, or 1 days. The privileges of the* Woodville races were disposed of by auction, at Woodville yesterday, by Mr W. ißose. The publican's booth was bought fey Mr J. Deviue for £60 TLO's, and the luncheon booth by Mr Younfftori for £9. The poor-box, plays a prominent part in the proceedings, at the North Melbourne Court. A great part of the offenders have for years past been I allowed to go after contributing so ninch to the poor-box and so much costs. .. > At the Napier S.M. Court yesterday, a commission agent was fined £1 and coets for preparing a lease or agreement to lease, he not being a barrister or solicitor. The charge was made by the Law Society. The second mill which' Mr W, F. Greenaway has recently had erected at Mangatera is now running;. Mr Greeriaway has so many orders for timber that he is> now working both the Mangatera mills ten hours each day. ' " - A settler near Oatnaru states that, something has attacked a fine crop of oafcs of his. The peat attacks the roots, and the stalk falls and withers. No traces of the Hessian fly could be found. He considers that it is the grub of the' bumble bee wiiicb attacks turnips. . His Honor District Judge Kettle is strongly of opinion that nowadays, when wives hold so much property, landlords would be wise to make them join with their husbands in agreements. The principle might even be extended to dealings between husbands and tradesmen. / The jookey who is alleged to have shot the Chairman of the Rockhampton Jockey Club Committee on 4th September, 1900, after being suspended for six months for not trying to win -a race, has been arrested on suspicion at UVandangle on the Western Queensland border. He had not been heard of since the tragedy. , Colouel Newall, C.8., paid a visit of inspection to the Union Rifles camp at Ormond^ille last evening, and expressed himself :as well satisfied with the arrangements of the camp. The men were put through various, movements by their officprs, and thje colonel seemed pleased with the way' in which the commands were carried out. Captain Chicken and the other officers were* examined in practical drill., ! The Rev. Pierpont Edwards, known as "The Fighting Parson," who left Southwark a year or two ago, has joined the Essex Battalion of the . Imperial Yeomanry as a troopar. In a letter to therhpn. secretary of the Colchester Rifle Club, wn'o, with twenty members, has also joined the Yeomanry. Mr Edwards says :— " My advice to all members of the club is — be good if you cannot be good looking, but all may be both by donning the nniform of the Essex Imperial Yeomanry." ■ \ ' ' '■ When the poll was taken in Masterton some months ago on the proposal to rate on unimproved \ values, ratepayers in the business part of the town fought tooth and nail for the new system, whilst suburban holders were equally active in opposition. The poll was carried, and the Government Valuer has just about completed the revaluation of the town. It has been discovered, to the surprise of many, that the rates on outside pro* perties will be reduced, whilst those pn the business part of the town will be largely increased.— Post. ' The Makotuku and Norsewood Cricket Clubs meet on the ' ground of the latter on Wednesday at 11 a.m. to play a return match. Makotuku will be represented by H. Gasson (capt.j^ C. Pike, Monk, Smith, King, P. Gasson, Sugdeu, Parrell, Olseu, Gilbert, and Carston, and Norsewood, with two exceptions, the same team as that which played last Wednesday. A col lection will be taken up on the grouud which will be forwarded to the Dannevirke Hospital Demonstration Committee. ■ Speaking to a Government official the other day a representative of an Oainaru paper asked how, on the whole, rating on unimproved values had operated on those places where it had been brought into /force. He replied that ! Hfe deemed that the effect had been entirely 1 satisfactory. In some cases it had the effect of inducing people to build on vacant spaces that were lying idle, and people who hold a lot of sections unoccupied, when they did not build, improved their sections by putting up good fencing and cultivating the ground so as to make it reproductive. In connection with the war, it is interesting to no be that the War Office is considering the advisability of supplying false teeth to the forces. Sixty per cent of tbe applicants for enlistment in General Baden-Powell's police have been rejected on the. ground of bad teeth, and hundreds of .applicants for service with the yeomanry were disqualified for the same cause. t The dental hospitals in London have notified the War Office that they are prepared to make good , the deficiencies or entirely, equip applicants who are otherwise eligible at £1 a head. The committee of the Woodville A. and P. Association met last Thursday and discussed the results of their show held the week before. Several protests were made against the decisions of the judges in different classes. One was referred to tbe Kennel Club, one to the Trotting Association, and in the other cases the committee refused to go behind the judges' decisions. The financialaspect appeared decidedly good, although the show had required vary heavy expenditure in the provision of peus for sheep and cattle. ' Various susrgestious and alterations \ were noted for consideration when j next year's work is t«keu iv hand. A ■ anumber of new members were elected ■. nd the committee dispersed in high, j good humour, *

«— I—^ .- . .. The valuation list for the Borough of Nwpier for the your 1902 is £8(3,521 as agaiust £85,331 last year. The Eev. Cairnn Webb bus been appointed to the; living of Orniondvillo, which became vacant by tlio death of the Rev. T. J. Wills. We understand that the Hawlce's j Bay Sawmillers' Association is considering the arivis-ablenp.ss of making arraupements for nY <n-d -s h>v timber to go through a cmim ■ ■'■00. The objt-clua to redir.-n . - >:..ecse atthesevpi'Hl m ••!•>. The visit of t .-■ • . oucert Company on J?-,<ia.. ••■.euing is attracting considerable attention, and a musical treat is in store for those who ; attend the concert. The prelimiuary arrangements for the company's appearance here are being made by Mr Burtlett. The box plan will be opened at Mr Bartle't's premises on Thursday morning and those who have already taken tickets ' can then book their seats. Mrs Burinester has been successful in securing the assistance of Mr H. W. Haybittle, of Palmerstou North,, at the concert to be given in tbe Town Hull to-morrow evening. Mr Haybittle is a well-known elocutionist, and h*aß had the pleasure of contributing items at entertainmeutd which have previously been given in this town. He 'will doubtless be accorded a hearty reception on his reappearance, the items to be contributed by him will be fully appreciated.