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Bush Advocate, Volume XXII, Issue 17, 21 January 1910, Page 4

The monthly meeting of the Borough Council will be held this evening.

The visitors to the tennis tournament will be entertained at a dance at the Oddfellows' Hall this evening. The Foresters' Lodge has just imported thorugh Mr H. Chaclwick a full set of lodge regalia equal to anything of the kind in the Dominion. Sjb. John's Sunday School will reassemble on Sunday next at 2.30 p.m. The annual treat will be held on Thursday next in the Recreation Ground.

The Wellington Cricket Association has declined to agree to the proposed sciieme for pooling receipts in connection with the proposed visit of the Australian eleven. It is probable that the proposal will now be abandoned.

The death occurred at the hospital yesterday of a patient named Thomas Slater, who entered the institution some three weeks ago. He came from the \\ aimiro district, and it is understood he has a daughter in Auckland.

This morning a special goods train consisting of '6l vehicles left Makotuku for Napier. A special of 21 vehicles aiso left Dannevirke for Petone, the settlement of the slaughtermen's strike causing the extra pressxire on the service.

The residents of Rawhiti-street are complaining bitterly of their footpath. It is alleged that the surface water remains on the footpath for a considerable time and is most uncomfortable for users. All the private owners are willing to pay their share towards an improvement, but there is a considerable distance fronting the railway line. Says the Herald : —According to a statement made by the Mayor at Wednesday night's meeting of the Napier Borough Council, a local resident had rather a novel experience. Suffering from rheumatism, he went to Rotoru a hoping for relief, and has ordered by a doctor to take a «ourse of hot salt-water baths at Napier. Consequently he came home again, and, though he had to go so far for such good advice, he does not regret it. Last night's Post contained the following :—ln consequence of the rise in prices of wool at this week's auction sales, an increase in pi - ices for stock is being experienced by New Zealand farmers. Paddock sheep in the wool, from wethers to lamb, have been advanced from 6d to Is per head, according to quality, but the meat companies are making it clear that the advance is contingent upon a maintenance of the present prices of wool.

Concerning the Knyvett episode, the Otago Daily Times says:—"The proposal that a Royal Commission should be set up to enquire into the administration of th e Defence Department, will not commend itself to a community which has of late had more than enough of commissions, and it is gratifying to find that even Sir Joseph Ward recognises that it possible to have too much of a good tiling. The suggestion, however, that

a competent tribunal should be appointed before which Captain Knyvett should reecive a fair trial, will be received with a good deal of favor." Your local in yesterday's paper quoting from the North of Auckland Times re the slowness of a local train, will no doubt remind your readers of the story of an American railway inspector who was touring the world, and when asked what he thought of the New Zealand railways replied that "they are pretty good for a young, country, but " here he hesitated and being pressed to finish his remark said, "but it puzzles me why you have the cow-catcher in front of the train, wouldn't it be more humane to put it at the other end, and so prevent any poor beast that was wandering on the line running into the train and hurting itself."— Contributed.

The fortnightly meeting of the Oddfellows' Lorge was held in the lodge-room last night, there being a fair attendance of members considering the inclement weather. A bal-ance-sheet was submitted to the lodge in connection with the recent Friandly Societies' picnic, showing a credit balance of £2 after paying all the debts of the previous year, when the picnic had to be abandoned. The balance-sheet was approved. E.S. Bro. M'lntyre was appointed to carry out the duties of lodge reporter to the Friendly Societies' Gazette. A quantity of routine business was transacted. The secretary, Mr H. Chadwick, has just received the usual Oddfellows' Almanac, which gives the total capital of the lodge as fourteen million pounds.

A meeting convened by Mr AY. Haines was held in the Junction Hotel last evening, with the object of forming a quoits club. Air Haines was voted to the chair and Mr H. Mills was elected secretary pro. tern. It was decided to form a club, the nine gentlemen present enrolling as members; in addition several gentlemen wrote expressing themselves in sympathy with the club and promising assistance. The secretary was instructed to write to kindred clubs and obtain information as to the clubs working. Pending the receipt of this information the fixing of the subscription was deferred ; also members to make enquiries into various grounds and report to next meeting. A vote of thanks was passed to the chairman, who convened the meeting, and pleasure was expressed at the strides the game was making in New Zealand. The game is a good and strenuous one, and men who have not time to play cricket or tennis can often spare a few minutes to play a round of quoits.

Mr H. Graham commenced his task of judging the Raumati dairy farms entered for the company's contest vesterdav.

The Hastings Standard understands on the best authority that the position of Commissioner of Taxes has been offered to Mr J. P. Coates, general manager of the National Bank of New Zealand.

The Hawke's Bay Ram Fair will be held at Hastings on the 27th and 28th insts. There is a very large entry of flocks and studs, by all the notable breeders, and the fair ■ will commence at 10 a.m. each day.

At Ohakune yesterday, Robert Warnes was convicted and fined £SO on each of two charges of sly grogselling, or three months' hard labor. George M'Williams was fined £4O for a first offence and £SO for a second one, or two months' hard labor. The official report of the Director of Orchards, Gardens, and Apiaries on the effects of the recent storm on the fruit crops, is to the effect that no material damage was done any-* where except in Wellington West and Taranaki, where considerable injury was done by wind. Constable Keane arrested a man named William Henry Walton this morning on a warrant issued at Napier charging him with having left Napier without making provision for the future maintenance of the unborn child of one Edith Jamieson. Walton was brought before Mr W. Dobson, J.P., at noon and remanded to apejiar at Napier on Thursday next. Bail was allowed accused in £25 and one surety of a similar amount. The bondsman was forthcoming.