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Bush Advocate, Volume XXI, Issue 298, 21 June 1909, Page 4

On page 2 : Cable news. Page 3-. Sculling championship ; AVober notes. I Page 6 : Sporting news ; Lincoln's most famous speech. Page 7 : Trick--1 ing a famous surgeon ; a 1 breakfasttable- dialogue. Dr E. J. Riddell is. acting as locum tenens for Dr Mules, of AVood- ! ville, while the' latter is attending the Napier Supreme Court sessions. It was Cr Hames who made the protest at" the" Borough' Council meeting on Friday night against there being "too much committee work." The remark was incorrectly attributed in our last issue to Gr AVratt. The death is recorded' of Mr E. G. Lane, chemist, of Oamaru. He- arrived in Victoria in 1851, and spent ten years on the gold fields. Later lie- crossed to New Zealand, and commenced business as a chemist at Port Chalmers, AYaikouaiti, and Dunedin, coming to Oamaru in. 1868. The Ballance Dairy Company paid out £2200 for milk supplied to' its ] various creameries during the month of May. This amount is- considered very good for so late in the season, and speaks well for the district- as far as dairying is concerned. A fair amount of butter is still being manufactured at the two butter factories. Two s lads, Dale, aged 18, and Fischer, aged 16, broke into Kidder's bicycle shop at Christ church y ester-' day morning. They were' observed and the. -police informed. The lads escaped from the shop on to the roof of the adjoining premises and took refuge in, a large hay loft. They were discovered after an hour's search and arrested. • It is probable that something will be definitely decided about the construction of a new hall in Norsewood during "this week. Mr T. H. Barclay,, the Foresters' delegate, visited Napier on Friday last and laid the matter before the officers of the H.B! District. Three, sites were put before them, and now the trustees have promised to consider them and will advise the Norsewood Lodge during 1 the week as to which site they will advance two thirds of the value of the hall -and section on. I The ordinary monthly meeting of the Makotuku School Committee was ! held on Saturday evening. Present : Messrs % J. Fitzgerald (chair), P. Vaughan, D. Mann, P." Phillips and W. J- Miklon (lion. sec). Mrs B. Gasson, the school cleaner, sent in her resignation, owing to leaving the district. The 'matter of appointing a new cleaner was left in the hands of the Chairman. The Education Board notified that the school would be painted in about two months' time. — Received.. Nomination papers for tlie election of a member for the South AVard on the Education Board were received. Messrs Mildon and Mann were appointed a visiting committee for the ensuing month. Regarding the losses in Masterton through the closing of hotels at the end of June, Mr Martin Kennedy, managing director for Staples and Co., who owns several of tho Mastertoil hotels, told a Post reporter that the loss would be over £30,000. The Club Hotel, valued at about £15,000, would lose £1.0,000 by the advent of the new era ; the Empire Hotel, a new building costing £12,000, about the same amount ; and the Queen's and i the Central about £5000 each. The | Occidental, Mrs Sullivan's hotel, would probably be affected to the same extent. Mr T. G. McCarthy put the loss on the Prince of AValesj a hotel just rebuilt by order of the licensing committee, at about £7000. AVith a view to emphasising and advertising the- dignity of municipal councillors, a proposal has been made by the Council of Subiaco, the chief suburb of Perth, that £10 be expended out of the 3 per cent, proportion of the rates allotted to extra expenses of the Mayor aud councillors, for the purchase of medallions for councillors. On Wednesday night Cr Brown moved, "That the medallions lie of leather, and that the appropriations be reduced from £10 to 10s." If the medals were of precious metal they might possibly find their way to pawnshops. Leather medals would be cheaper, and quite as useful. They might be eyeletted, and stamped with the corporation .seal, and equipped with a piece of lace to hang round councillors' necks, or mounted -on corks — of which a free supply couldrbe obtained in the 3 per cent. room. The council ultimately decided, by six votes to five, to do without medallions.

The Makotuku schoolboys defeated Takapau at Makotuku on Saturday in a game of football by 45 points to 5. Mr AY. Hughes was reforee. On.tlio previous Saturday Makotuku beat Norsewoad by 42 points to nil. These were . on-Iy.- friendly marches.' but the school >ias^n«w' entered for the Ross Shield and play the Darihevirke High School Thirds next Saturday. '"• ' ' An interesting feature of a football match played at AVaikanft-e on AVednesday between the married and siaigle men was the fact that the game was commenced by Mr H. Burling, who is 109 years of age. Mr Burling, who was accompanied by his son, aged. 71, kicked off for the teams, and was warmly cheered by the. players. A collection was taken up amonggt the spectators in aid of SL Luke's Church. The game ended in a draw— three points: