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Bush Advocate, Volume XVI, Issue 207, 5 January 1904, Page 2

General news appears on our fourth page to • day. A high pressure water service is now being constructed in Cartertou. An unlimited supply is assured. Mr W. Rose has disposed of section No. 34, Allan»street, Terrce, at a very satisfactory figure to Mr G. W. Wright. The Auckland Bowling Tournament will commence on Monday next. Twenty -six cluls will be represented in the big contest. The 22-mile road race at Norsewood was won on a N.Z. Special. Mr E. A. Ransom, of Dannevirke, is the builder of these high- ohtss machines. On arrival of the steamer Pakeha at Dunediu from London on Sunday afternoon, five of the crew were arrested on rt charge of broaching cargo. The Clerk of Awards has been advised that the Arbitration Court is not likely to sit in Palmerston till Friday, the 22ud, and in Napier till Monday, the 25th. The secretary of the Waipawa District Hospital begs to acknowledge most kindly the receipt of £3 3s from Mr Quing Kee Shing, of Dannevirke, as a donation to the institution. The Dunedin Star, referring to Mr Seddou's recent visit to the southern city, says that for untiring energy, enormous capacity for work, to say nothing of his great physical strength, the Premier is a marvel. The Dampier Dramatic Company will commence a season in the Town Hall to-morrow evening, when the favourite drama " The Bush King " will be staged. This play is one ot thrilling interest, and has proved a phenomenal " draw " wherever it has been staged.

The Dannevirke Rifles will parade for field work to-morrow, at 5 p.m. The death is announced from Taranaki of Mr C. D. Whitcombe,' formerly Commissioner of Crown Lands, and brother to Mr Geo. Whitcombe, of Whitcombe and Tombs. A meeting of .the committee of the Borough Council appointed to consider the question of the re-erganisation of the staff met last night, but no final conclusion was come to. The committee will meet again on Thursday night. Mr Scott, of Fettersen's road, Sonth Norsewood, met with a nasty accident on Sunday morning while taking his milk to the factory. It appears that he fell out of his bush waggon and was run over. The latest accounts are not" at all satisfactory, as up to last evening he had not regained consciousness. We hare the authority of Mr A. J. Gallichau for stntiug that since the recent rain a settler living on the centre road, Matthew's block, and the largest milk supplier to the Matamau creamery, has to carry un axe and spade with him to get out daily. Mr Galliohan asks, " Could you stick a pin into the County Council for him ?" The Union Rifles went into camp en the Ormondville Rifle Range last evening at which there was a good muster. To-morrow, commencing at 1 p.m., the handicap challenge cup presented by the late Rev. Canon Webb will be shot for at 300, 500, and 600 yds. Should the weather permit the camp will continue till Monday next. The proposed municipal theatre for Oamaru will co9t provision being made for the accommodation of 1250 people, a social hall for 500, and the municipal chambers. A total revenue of J&600 a year is anticipated, and steps are being taken to get an expression of public opinion on the method of financing the scheme. At the Police Court this morning Timothy Smith was; brought bafore Mr A. Mackay, J.P., charged with converting a cheque for £2, the property of the Hastimgs Jockey Club, to bis own use, on or about October 23rd. Sergt. Cruickshank prosecuted and asked for a remand till Friday next, which was granted, bail beiug allowed in two sureties of £15 each. About sixty passengers who were booked for Gisborne were carried on tp Auckland by the Zealandia owing to the stormy weather last Saturday. They complain very much at the inconvenfence caused, some being without money. It appears that under a new rule the company do not board passengers in such a case, but are merely responsible for their rt>turn by the first steamer. There are now in Auckland three ; Natal politicians, Mosyrs Maurice S. Evans, C.M.G., Thos. Hyslop, M.L.A., and Geo. S. Armstrong, M.L.A. They are. seeking information as to the resources of the colonies, more particularly as regards the pastoral and dairying industries!. They speak decidedly^, of the uselessness of unskilled labour going to South Africa. Messrs Anderson and Son. of Highstreet, have at the present time a large display of in memoriatn wreaths which are well worthy of inspection by those who have friendslaid in God's acre, and who wish to pay a tribute to their memorVi The designs are neat and chaste while the quality of the workmanship is of the highest quality, the whole comprising the best display of the kind ever seen. in Dannevirke. Shooting at the Wellington Rifle Club's meeting during the holidays, Mr W. J. Henry, of JDaunevirke, who is a member of the well known Opaki Rifle Club, did remarkably well among the chief honours. As the result of bis all round good shooting be won the gold medal for the highest aggregate at the meeting (306), and he also secured Mr Tisdald's trophy f^r tha highest aggravate in the Petone and Karori matches. Mr J. Franklin, who tied with Mr Henry on the first day, fell away badly in the Upper Hutt Match, and lost all chancfi of being placed amongst the winners. Specimens of galvanised iron piping which has been iv use for conducting the water to the sulphur baths at Rotorua, have been forwarded to the Superintendent of the Tourist Department. Iv one instance two and a half months' flow through a pipe, had been sufficient to torrode it out of shape and use, great gaps having been eaten into the pipe. Another conduct pipe, leading to the Rachel Bath, which had been in use for 5£ years, was choked with silica, and so rendered useless. The pipe itself, however, was neither rusted nor worn in any way. The action of the water on a copper ball-cock rendered the metal as thin as a piece of tissue-papei . Dr Bnce, of the White Star liner Germanic, holds the record for ocean trips. He has made- 804 trips across the Atlantic, and hopes to make it 900 before he dies. He is now 75 years old, and his ambition is to achieve the 900 th trip and then die and be buried at sea. " I can't understand the feeling people have against burial at sea," said the old 6urgeon. "For me, that is the only burial I desire. A weight to my feet, then overboard into the sea, down among the fishes — that is good enough for me. May my last voyage be the one on which I die. I don't want my old body to rest on shore. I'm afraid I'm an old sea dog, and I want the sea to be my laßt resting place." Says the Post j— ln many places in the Wellington Land District the farmers have a good deal of difficulty in dealing with the rivers, Where dairying is being carried on good fords or bridges are a prime necessity. In not a few instances the dairy farmers are periodically subjected to heavy loss through being prevented whenever the rivers are in flood from reaching the nearest creamery. What is really wanted is bridges of a light and inexpensive character, In some instances only a few farms are concerned, aud heavj bridges according to the Government standard designs are utterly beyond their reach. If the Roads Department could only be induced to put up light bridges it would be a great beuefit to a large number of these farmers. Before purchasing elsewhere it would be advisable to call and see our latest pattern of bicycle. The new Hudson is without any doubt a model of perfection. The wheels are lovely and with the latest improvements. This bicycle is one of the best in the market.— At the Skeates Cycle Co., opposite Bain's shop. — Advt. Present ( We have a selected stock of hair, nail, shaving, and tooth brushes, combs, perfume sprays, smelling salt bottles, sponge bagg, hand mirrors, soap boxes, shaving mugs. F. Jeffery, Pharmaceutical and Photographic Chemist and Optician, The Premier Pharmacy, Da nnevirke.—Advt.