The Bruce Herald. TOKOMAIRIRO, JANUARY 6, 1899.

Bruce Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 3025, 6 January 1899, Page 4

The Bruce Herald. TOKOMAIRIRO, JANUARY 6, 1899.

Sevbbal acts pertaining to the agricultural industry were passed at last Session of Parliament. Chief amongst these is " The Stock Act Amendment Act, 1898," which provides for compensation in respect to stock destroyed in the interests of public health. This act also slightly amends " The Stock Act 1893 and 1895," and has to be read with them. As the various clauses in connection with the compensation payable to stock owners are of considerable moment to our farming friends, we give them in full so that they can be cut out for future reference s — COMPENSATION. 2. Whenever in exercise of the powers in that behalf conferred upon him by " The Stock Act, 1893," an Inspector condemns any stock as being -diseased and causes the same to be slaughtered, and the carcase thereof to be destroyed or otherwise disposed of, the owner of the stock shall be entitled to compensation in the cases, to the extent, and subject to the conditions hereinafter provided. 3. The compensation shall be based on the fair marketvalue of the animal as fixed immediately prior to the inspection that resulted in its being condemned, such compensation to be ascertained in case of dispute by arbitration of two arbitrators, one to be appointed by the Inspector and one by the owner, with power to the two arbitrators to appoint an umpire, and the decision of such arbitrators or umpire shall be final. 4. Such marketvalue shall in no case exceed — (1.) For horses, twenty pounds per head: (2.) For cattle, eight pounds per head: (3.) For swine, two pounds per head : (4.) For sheep, one pound per head. 5. In any case where, after examining the carcase of the slaughtered animal, the Inspector is satisfied that it was not diseased when he condemned it, the amount of the compensation shall be a sum equal to the full market-value as aforesaid. 6. In any other case the amount of the compensation shall be a sum equal to one-half such marketvalue. 7. In every case the carcase shall be destroyed or otherwise disposed of as the Inspector directs, and the net sum received in respect thereof shall be the property of Her Majesty, and shall either be paid into the Public Account as part of the Consolidated Fund or, with the consent in writing of the Inspector, be paid to the owner of the animal and deducted from the amount of the compensation. 8. No compensation shall be payable in respect of any description of stock other than horses, cattle, sheep or swine; and in respect of them no compensation shall be payable in any of the following cases, that is to say :— (1-) In the case of imported stock of any description or any age, if condemned within six months after importation ; nor (2.) In the case of horses, if less than one year or more than twelve years old whea condemned; nor (3.) In the case of cattle, if less than one year or more than eiaht years old when condemned ; nor (4.) In the case of sheep or swine, if less than three months or more than four years old when condemned: Provided that in every such case the net sum received in respect of the carcase shall be the property ot the owner of the animal, and shall be payable to him accordingly, anything hereinbefore contained to the contrary notwithstanding. Section 9 states that the moneys tor compensation are payable out of the Consolidated Fund without appropriation by Parliament ; while Sectxon 10 states that a return of stock slaughtered, and moneys paid have to be laid before Parliament every year. By Section 11 Section 5 of "The Stock Act Amendment Act, 1895," is repealed. This Section referred to the conditions under which compensation would be paid under the 1895 Act. Under this Section compensation was not allowed for animals destroyed suffering from most of the malignant diseases which affect animals. As will be noticed the new act is far more liberal, and allows for compensation in all cases. Provision is also made for licensees of slaughter houses wherever they so desire to obtain the sanction of the Governor to the appointment of a Special Inspector. In such cases the officer will be under the control of the Minister of Agriculture, and his salary has to be paid by the licensee. An alteration has been made in the dates of dipping sheep in, tU Mih&land, lalien pt torn to? first

of February to the thirtieth of April— to the first of; January to the thirty-first of March. The definition of ".< brand" in tjhe "Stock Acts of 1893 and > 1895" have" been extended to include such other "descriptions of brands as may from tune to .tafiae be gazetted by Order in Council. ,

Property owners are reminded that the Land- and Income-Tax should be paid by Monday, January 30. A wellknown resident? will apply at the. Wardens Court next monta fora dredging olaim on the North Branch of the Tokomairiro river. The f Auckland Star ' says the strawberry boat from Birkenhead and North* cote on Saturday morning carried tbe heaviest load of fruit that has ever crossed the river in one day— probably six to seven thousand boxes. About 20 claims for Old-age Pensions have been lodged with Constable MaoKae, but a good many more may be expected shortly. Mr K. 3. Hawkins, 3.M., will Bit on the 16 th to hear the olalms. Last week a rather curiously built lark's nest w»b discovered in the Woollen. Mill grounds. It was composed solely of white wool, which the enterprising bird bad? . annexed from the mills. In the nest were fire eggs. The railways were very heavily patronised during the Christmas and New Tear holidays Thirteen hundred excursion tickets were issued at tbe Milton Station, wbioh number ia far in exoesa of the previous year, and constitutes a record, Bir Herbert Kitchener is a teetotaller and insists upon his campaigns being carried on without the use of intoxicants. Lord Wolseley's and General Grurdon'a principles were the itme so that the British oooapition of Egypt has been ooneplououa for teetotal leaden. Anglers frequently complain of the destruction of trout by self, but it is very rare to hear of a trout making a meal of an eel. There is once oase oa record of this, »b a day or two ago a fisherman caught in the flurunui a 2£lb trout, inbide which he found an eel 13iu long. A three-year-old child died at Sydney reoently from the tffeota of alcohol* During the temporary absence of his parents tbe ob aid got bold of a bottle containing whisky, and drank it, The parents found the ohild insensible, and subsequently called in medioal aid, but the obild died. Tbe rainfall (as supplied by Mr J. E. Brown) for the month of Deoember in Milton was 2m, Ba'olutha 194, Lawrence 3*15. For the year jast closed the figures are: 2377, 22 92, »ad 325 reapeotlvely. Locally, tbe rainfall ie the lowest for the last five years, and the highest fall In that period amounted to 30'lin. You must wake and call me early, call me early mother, dear, For to morrow'll be the happiest day of all the live long year ; 'Tia then we'll bear the oraokers bang, and thump the dinner gong, For to-morrow Is the twenty-fifth, and then we shan't be long, Milton people will be pleased to learn that Mr Donald Reid will probably be back in Milton by the end of the month, coming by the Frisco mall boat* We understand that the latest news from him states that he is In vastly Improved health, and at the time he wrote, he was contemplating a trip through Scotland and Ireland. An innovation, which will propably prove of great service to farmers, Is to be put on the market by Meßsrs Moriizonand Uopkin, It ie a specially manufactured staok cover made in Calcutta, from Indian jute, the material ootntnonly used for sacks, wool packs, &o. They are made up to 42ft by 22ft and under ordinary oiroumstances will last several years. We understand that the firm had considerable difficulty in getting their order oompleted as owing to internal disturbances in India, tbe labor market waß utterly disorganised, the coolie, being at the best of times an unreliable artisan. A further consignment is expected shortly and we have no doubt that they will be readily disposed of. A good deal of cynical amusement was created on Monday evening by tbe presence in the ranks of tbe local branch of the Salvation Army of a well-known Dunedin auctioneer and footballer. Backed up by an equally well-known Dunedin athlete, whose capabilities as a bandicapper are frequently In requisition, he took a leading part in the open air meeting, but hia exhortations were received more with derision than anything else. The same ! worthy couple made themselves prominent ! at the concert held in St. George's Hall on the same evening. It seems to be a oimmon notion among scions of Dunedin Bespeotability, that when they get out into the country they have the privilege of painting a town vermillion with Impunity, trusting to the names of their parents and the length of their purses to carry them through. The death by suicide at Prague, of Monslgnore Frat z Kahl, an eminent and popular devine, aDd father confessor of the late Empress, bas (writes the Vienna correspondent of Tbe Sun) caßt a dense gloom on Bohemian Society. Monsignore Kibl, who waa born at Reichenberg in 1833, was beld in high esteem by folk of all religious denominations. About a year and a half a^o be was attacked by a fit of insanity, but found relief at tbe private asylum at Gorlltz, from which he returned to bis duties twelve* month back. He occupied apartmenta at the Hofbnrg, and was to have celebrated at the ajacent church tbe requiem for Empress EHz»beth. Hib congregation, consisting for tbe most part of the creme-de-la-oieme, waited for his appearance at the altar in vain. The sacristan went to Hofburg in search of bi*n only to discover his mutilated renisins in an inner court. Tbe reverend gentleman, in a fit of insanity, presumably, had flung himself from one of his windows on the seonnd story. He was greatly shocked on hearing of tbe Empress's assassination, and it is alleged ibat tbe terrible new bi4 §J«tod M" *>»&•

s&-?*— 1 W e notice that Mr Finlay M'Lejd hlfbe* 1 '-gafcatted Registrar of Eleotorn jr t&BrnP* &leotota\ Diatriot. I IWeibave received through Mr 1 Rfoer»o n « Messrs Whircombe and Tomi' J3f a l^bat bas ye* been Bent v«. I t %»' ;^P?folk I«land a prißoner led to the Administrator, mil wa ifedl tft.&prrow^the gaol key, a« it woal no t fceßotiard to get in if he had it aa I woul&be i T t» olimb over the garden wall. 1 £aptftin Matthews, of the local^/ brano )» of the Salvation Army, has beaj transferred to Tort Chalmers, and Enald Harvey, of Leeston (Canterbury), arrive] here oa Friday, the 30;h lust., to take hi place. I "We (' WyaJham Farmer. ') hear thd the turnip fly has been baay among the laJ bo wo turnip*; but the early-aown got I splendid start, and were in the rongh Id before theinseot pent affeoted them. And thing town now would in all probabilltj etand a better show of immunity from the fl than what was Bown jast prior to the reoen rains. A Bombay mendicant, who ha been wrested In Patbla while eating a exhumed corpse of a child, has oonfesiei that he and two comrades bad subsisted foj a quarter of a century on oorp<iea exhume! from village cemeteries. -Cases, of aotorf ghauts who live on the flash of oorpies 0000 in India now and again. These Patial horrors are not by any means unique, but i is not often that they are discovered at thel hideous feast. Religion Is at the. root of th praotioe. The following is a letter which tb Rev? J. Weldon, Bishop Designate ad Metropolitan of Caloutta, has written tot correspondent, who drew bis attention fca recent 1 controversy as to the right of t» olergy to dance:— "l cannot say thatl t.bink dancing wrong. For myself I has always preferred healthier forms If exercise at reasonable hours and in the opo air, but I am not aware that any special cjl or danger attaches to dancing. Forja clergyman dancing is one of those thin whioh are lawful but not expedient. Itis biß duty to consider; how he will , gn spiritual Influence, and I do not thinkje will gain it in the ballroom." | A new system of dealing win paßiengers' luggage on the railways tl^£ come into operation on Febrnary 1, un^bW wbioh the passenger, on payment a m nominal fee, will be allowed to take at a tioket for bis luggage one part of the ticet being affixed to the luggage, while the other will be retainad by the owner. Phe railway officials 'will then become illy responsible for the safe delivery olthe goods at their destination on produotl i of the duplicate half ticket. It wi! be optional to passengers to adopt the exiing system, under which the Department iwurs only a limited responsibility. New Zealand rabbits got a jry undesirable advertisement at Ltmeth Police Court recently, when the Newinton Vestry prosecuted Messrs Shaw, Bryant }a\ 00. for exposing for sale at a shop in^B Camberwell a quantity of rabbit* unfit for ™ human food. A solicitor who appeared for the defence could nafe deny the rabbits were bad, but said he was instructed to say that they we're New Zealand rabbit*, and din* oolored very qniokly. The Magistrate (Mr Hopkins) asked if New Zealand rabbits were ever good by the time they got to thtecountry , The manager of the ahop answered: In the affirmative, and added that a very large quantity of them were sold in London Eventually the firm were fined £20 and 008 tfi. ; ™ That it would be well for the colony if oironmstanoes permitted jthe return of the ex-Colonial Treasurer (the Hon. J, G. Ward) to his former position (says the 'Southland News') la soarwly disputed even by bis political enemies, who are compelled, however relnotantly,! to admit that he stands head and shoulders above any other man in Parliament l for perspicacity, practioal knowledge ef afftirs, and thorough graap of the complications of colonial finances. His qualifications form the fitting compliment to those of the Premier, whose rplendid physique, untking energy and unpolished eloquence enable him to keep in touch with the people from end to end of the colony— much to the disgust of the Oppoßition, whose motto when In power was 'rest and be thankful.' Thus the "Auckland Star":— "Mankind is elowly working out the brats and letting tbe ape and tiger die. The Improvement is not to be found so much In the spread of a deeper reverence for what Is best and highest, the triumph of the moat etjaltad Ideals, as In the extension of humanitarian principles and the growth of a more considerate spirit between man and bis brother man. Even among those who have little religious - feeling, and who are by no means amenable to the purest ethical precepts, It will be found, we believe, that kindness and oom- . passion for their -fellow men and the senjW^ of jofltice are more common human attributed ■ than they were in the past, in other words we might say that while mankind Is slow to rise to the full appreciation and obedlenoe of the Divine Master's ' first and great oommandmeat,' we are beginning to understand better ' the second whioh is like nnto it.' " Bishop Julius, of Christchurch, is the subject of a good story which is '* floating around." He waa paying a round of episcopal visits to the ohurohes in bis diocese, and one Sunday morning was due at a certain church at Lyttleton. The service waa about to start, when the lady at the organ Btruok up ' See the Conquering Hero Comes," just as the Archdeacon led j the procession of himself and the Bishop out of the vestry. The Archdeacon never flinuhed, He weat and took bis seat In tbe chancel, and, looking up after his usual eilent devotions, found to his surprise tbe Bishop bad not ootne. Again the organ rolled oat the "Conquering JHero ;" ami then for the third time. Matters were getting serious, *o the Archdeacon went b»ck to the vestry. There he found the Bishop doubled up in the corner, roaring with laughter, between spasms of whioh he gasped "Go and tell her — the conquering hero— won't come !" The voluntary waj ,m

i. d: Smatl, of Qt Johnjs Conroh, UUton.is away ** i^fortnight?•sjftMsanwdJiottday**^ th« Lakes. Iohl» ahMnoe Mtvloec will be oonduoted byrMr ;F v tVafn» v ,:,...,.,..', •. .. •' Latoat'adyiceß&om Sydney quote : WlwaT: "ohioki 2. 6i-to 2* 7d ; milling, booibal, 4s 9J. Fidur: L 7 10* to LS. O«fa : Hew Zealand feeding 2s 3d to 2s 44 ; mUlinff,, 2s sd; looal Ss 2d t» 2« 3J. ?otaS., Us to L 9. '6liions: Prime Mel&m#tt lW"V ! th Adelaide: Wheat, 2s Bdxto>2« 6d«rFlo*r t Oia, L 8& »; new, L 7 6f f .(^ajs,: N^w Zealand unquoted ; local, Is 44 to Is 6d. * "./" .' '^ . A correflpondent, at Table Hill w^leioompralnlDgthat>heep«teaHDglßag*in pVevWloot |o t«ai r d«^rlctr He says that •Beset Us* ha* lo«t one hundred sheep out . •ta^ook of 700, Uthoagh hit land Is sepureiy fisiaed. Another, who' is ofiFarin 4 a reward foi the apprehension bf tM raider-, has lost 85 in^he^lMt three months. He oooclndee by ,4aying that it U, intended, to petition the liinlstar of Justioe "about the matter. u'jii jii-:: ,p>v.v -4j -< i; Tsr . i " i fJJOTS W4;HAF &i WaHOO (LOASBY'S). o _ ' MORE ENTHUSIASM f "'""'. j nri Wi gefTi^mgroatnidtterß thanking us for. upon dyspeptfcs Who spend their halforo#nsVightly. One of th^T latest and best, known; Is Mr W. Ikrry, of Woodlands, near loVercargill. This' Rentlemen waß a - anfEarer^rar <*fetitw,'p ( yesrs f^bra Indigestion, Biok Headache, Depressed Spirits, Palnß In Cheat arid back, and was quite unfit for tjrojrjk. He started and took every adveitlsisd remedy In iiirn. They all-failed until Lobby's WABOO was taken. Result— ••Never has any thing been made to eqaal It," U how his let-^r end«. Mr Berry's •zperlenoe of Loalby'*, Wahpo will be yours There hso need to suffer. " Koollbah " for ailnerve and muscular pains is the very best. •mbrpoation madliiifpr athkte* andoyolists. Port free to any.pairp of N.Z. from tbASBYS WAHOO MANUFACTURING t I •■ ; : i COMPANY .(LIMITED); PUNKDIN.