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Bush Advocate, Volume XIV, Issue 304, 25 March 1903, Page 2

The report of the Weber County Council, cable news, and other inter*; eating matter will be found on our fourth page to-day. The Dannevirke Brass Band will play opposite the Hall this evening prior to the commencement of the concert. Spurious sixpences, which appear, genuine until they are tested, ari beirijr circulated in Oarterton. '?; i The election of the various school committees -in Ha wife's Bay will be held on Monday evening, April 27th. Six high caste native officers are to be in attendance upon the King 'as Emperor ol India from April next. : 'Mr Andrew Carnegie has offered Dover £10,000 for a free library on the stipulation that the town should agree to a penny library rate. ■"* The magnificent marble palace which Mr Vanderbilt is building as a gift to his daughter, the Duchess of. Marlborough, will cost £260,000, exclusive of furniture. •',"',• The military authorities are drawing up a scheme to put London in a state of safety in the event of an invasion. The defence of the capital is entrusted to the 4th Army Corps. \ A widow declared in a London County Court that in 1897 her husband left her £30,000, which remained in Chancery, and she could not afford to buy boots for her children. A Japanese squadron is on its way to New Zealand. It is not unlikely that a German flying squadron of .four warships will be in colonial waters next October or November. The tender of ti. E. Humphries (£10,590) has been accepted for the new Barrett's Hotel on Lambton Quay, Wellington, to replace the bnilding recently pulled down. Mddle Dolores, at her concert in Auckland last Thursday night sang 17 songs, and the following night, she contributed 18. Hundreds of people were unable to gain admission, and the doors were therefore left open. The complete list of candidates nominated for the Waipawa licensing election appears in our advertising columns. One nomination received was invalid owing to two persons who signed it not being on the roll of electors. Under the Government valuation Qf the Land Act Amendment Act, 10OQ» the Governor has directed that valuation rolls for certain districts shall be revised by the Valuer-General aa at March 31, 1903. ' The districts in question include each pi the four chief cities. ' Orchard robbing is rife in j&fasterton. A local gardener states that he was visited last week by a pilferer possessed of more than ordinary enterprise. The thief calmly backed a vehicle against the fence, stripped the apple trees, and made off. The wheel marks and bare trees told their own story next morning. The sum of L 9541 was paid by the New Zealand Farmers' Dairy Union for biitter.fat supplied during February, and of this amount, the sum of L4IOO was distributed amongst Eketabuna suppliers. The total amount of milk supplied for the month was 661,914 gallons, an increase of 70,391 gallons on the quantity supplied during the same month of the last year. Last evening as Mrs J, Bo wen, accompanied by her sister (Miss Small) were driving home along Miller's road to Tepapakukn, the hoi se shied at something by the roadside with the result that the vehicle was overturned and the occupants thrown out. Miss Small suffered a fracture of the leg while Mrs Bowen escaped with a shaking. Dr Saunders attended the sufferer, who is doing as well as can be expected. In the opinion of Mr Allo, the Swiss expert, who has just returned from an inspection of the Otira river, that source of electrical energy cannot be compared to the Waimakariri. The quantity of water is smaller, being about 150 cubic feet per second, compared with 2000 oubic feet per second in the Waimakariri. He is of opinion that the river would give cheap power for running a train through the proposed six miles tnimel in connection with the Midland Baiiway. Arrangements for the Winter Show, to be held in Palmerston North in the last week in July, are being pushed forward. A joint committee of the A. and P. Association and the Poultry and Fruitgrowers' Sociatits has drawn up a schedule of classes for the show, the prize money totalling £285. The prizes for factory butter amount to £30, and ! for cheeee &ZO. Prizes of £10 and £5 are to be given to public schools mak* ing the best displays of agricultural and farm products. The workings of the latest amendment to the Imprisonment for Debt Abolition Act caused considerable surprise to a judgment creditor this morning, when he found that unless he could prove that the judgraeot debtor at the moment of examination had toe Rjoney in bis pocket, his application for sn order would be useless. ''I don't understand it." he remarked, plaintively. "I'm not sure that I do," replied the i Magistrate, "but I have to administer all sorts of queer laws.^^CJhristchurcb Truth. A man named Fenlon was badly as*saulted at Otaki last Saturday evening jby two cowardly ruffians. The injured I man was taken to the hospital. He was found to have several nasty cuts on the forehead, the cheeks, and above the eye. His nose was badiy mutilated, a ve/y nasty wound was inflicted oft the side of the jaw and neck by a brutal kick, and tijer/3 were also bad bruises on the shoulder apcl thigh. Fortunately uo bones were broken, agd ajt.hflugh the woundg were most painful and severe, none are expected to prove verygerjr ous. It will be of interest to members ol the U.A.O.D. to learn that the tnovonient which has been on foot for the &st few months to bring about uniformity of government as well as payments and benefits amongst the members .<jf Jthp order, has been very successful. The delegates at the annual meetings of the three governing bodies in New Zealand agreed to appoint #. committee to draw up a suitable constitution iov one governing body for the whole of Jfew JJea* land. It is interesting to note, as showing the uuuiiioilty with which the movement has been received, that only lour votes have been recorded against the proposal in thn three districts concerned. It is announced that some of the principal Jodges of the few which remain attached to the Victorian Grand Lodgn are showing a desire to become attached to the local organisations.

At Napier last night De;\n Hovell was presented prior to his departure for England with a purse of 225 sovereigns by the Cathedral congregation and other citizens of Napier. It is understood that the Union Co. baa sold the steamers Te Anau, Upolu, Janet Nicol, Tarawera, Waihora,.and another to a Japanese firm, and that the vessels named will shortly leave New Zealand waters. The Unioo Company's Mapourikahas been placed at the disposal of the Government free of charge for the Parliamentary trip to the Islands, and will leave Wellington for Auckland on the 16th April, the final port of departure. The carbines issued to the Garrison Artillery and Submarine Mining Corps. Wellington, are to be called in by the Defe nce Department on the ground that they are faulty in sighting. Last evening the Dannevirke Fire Brigade held a practice, under Lieut. Nuttall, in front of the Railway Hotel. The practice was considered one of the best that the brigade has held for some time, useful work being done with the reel, hose and ladder. . An old age pensioner named Robinson was convicted and discharged at Stratford for making a false declaration regarding his wife's property. She owned sections valued at L 320. Robinson got two years' pensions in full, I but this year stated bis wife had the property and was granted L 9. j The concert to be held in the Town 1 Hall this evening in aid of the j Catholic Church promises to be a great success. Miss Tansley, -whose vocal abilities are sa well known, will sing, and Miss Mary Twohill (from Wellington), and Mr Rapley (from Stratford) ha*e sent word that they will visit Dannevirke speoially to assist at the concert. Miss Dickensou and Messrs Liofctwark, Whitaker and A. Tansley are to bontribute items. ' ' A altting of the A&sesamentCouptwfli held iv Daunevirke to-day to bear an objection by the Hawke's Bay Timber CompKny in regard to their income. The Commissioner of Taxes assessed the Company's income from their sa*milling busiuess, and the litter claim certain deductions. This has resulted in a dis pute an to the value of the unmanufactured timber which should be deducted from the gross profits of the Company. The case was heard in camera, Mr Lloyd appearing for the Company and Mr Cornford for the Commissioner of Taxes. A statutory meeting of the Dannevirke Borough Council was held at the Council Chambers this afternoon. Present— His Worship the Mayor (Mr A. L. Gordon), Crs. Ransom, Calder, Ries, Rose and Haines. The Mayor stated that the meeting had been called for the purpose of appointing a cotnnaittee to revise the new burgess roll. It was decided, on the motion of Crs. Rose and Haines, that the Mayor, Crs. Ransom and Ries be appointed a committee to carry out this duty. The Clerk reported that he had received several applications from town residents to have their names added to the roll. Resolved, Jon the motion of Crs. Rose and Calder, that the names read to the meeting be added to the roll. A quiet but exceedingly pretty and impressive wedding ceremony took {>lace in the Makotuku Church of Engand yesterday , when, in the presence of a large congregation, Miss Gertrude Friberg was married* by the Rev Canon Webb, to Mr Whitson, of Makotuku. .The bride was given away by her brother, Mr N. Fribe.rg, and attended to the altar by- two bridesmaids, her sister, Miss Sigrid Friberg, and her little niece, Ereca Westall. Mr Johnston acted as best man. The bride was becomingly attired in her travelling dress of bluejclotb, with deep lace collar and white felt hat trimmed with two shades of blue. The bridesmaids wore respectively blue and pure white, and the bridegroom's presents to them were lovely brooches, one of opals and pearls in gold setting, the other a gold safety pin with ivy leaf of pearls. Both bride and .bridegroom were the recipients of many valuable gifts. At the conclusion of the wedding ceremony Mr and. Mrs went straight to" "the railway station and left by the express for Wellington/en route for Hobart, Melbourne and Sydney. A large crowd assembled on the platform and gave them an enthusiastic send-off. The annual meeting of subscribers to the Norsewood Library was held on Monday evening. Present— Messrs C* E. Peteraen (chair), "W, Parsons, T. H, Barclay, W. Wabi, H. Campbell and P,, G. Grant. The secretary presented the report and balance sheet for the past year which were read and adopted. Proposed by Mr Barclay, seconded by Mr Parsons, that all present be elected a committee for the ensuing year with power to add to the number. — Carried. Proposed by Mr Barclay, seconded by Mr Grant, that tbe selection committee be Messrs J. Collinge, W. Wahl, J. D, Watspn, W.. Parsons and Miss dimming. — Carried, On the proposition of Messrs Grant and W. Parsons, power was given to the selection committee to spend L 7 on procuring books. It was resolved on the motion of Messrs Grant and Barclay, that members' subscriptions be 3s a quarter or 2s 6d if paid in advance. Ppoppsed by W. Wabl, seconded by Mr Campbell, that Mr Grant's account of Ll 7s 6d be passed fpr payment,—Carried. Proposed by Mr Graat, seconded by Mr Parsous, that the selection committee have power to purchase books when they think it necessary. There is a credit balance of Ll9 5s 6d but two small accounts have yet to be paid.