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Bruce Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 3142, 16 February 1900, Page 4

The Government veterinary, Mr Gilruth, is in Rotorua investigating the "hoof disease," which affects horses and cattle in tbab district. The censor has evidently dropped the curtain on the war, for the Agent-General cables from London under date February 14: " There is nothing new from the seat of war. Since last publishing the names of those who volunteered for the Fourth Contingent, Captain Stewart has received offers of service from Messrs A Cameron (Glenore), and T. Burns (Milton). Exhibitors at the flower show will please note that several baskets have been taken away in error, and the committee would be glad if they were returned so that the right baskets can be obtained by the right owners. Apply to Mr J. Parlane. We are informed th&t the Stipendiary Magistrate will give his decision on the petition of the Prohibitionists on Monday. It is expected that no matter what the decision may be it will be appealed against, by one side or the other. Yesterday the Pipe Band were kept busy all day playing the pipes. In the afternoon a few members of the committee drove the band to Glenore, and the visitors left by the evening train for Dunedin. They were all loud in their praiees of the hospitality which they had received from Milton people. The friends of Mr Finlay M'Leod, late of this town, will be glad to hear that he has settled down in Wellington He was the successful tenderer for the drapery business of Messrs ;J. J. Carry and Co., of Cuba street Wellington, and started business on the Ist inst. Six volunteers from the Lawrence district passed through Milton by train last evening, while two horses from the same place and two from Milton were trucked through to Dunedin for the Contingent. Two Gunns passed through with them from Lawrence for the seat of war, this time guns by name, fired by patriotism. The Bowling Club has been most unfortunate with the weather this season, but whenever a suitable night is available, the green is very lively indeed. The following ia the 4th draw for the President's prize :— A Scott plays Jas M'Leod, D M'Pherson plays W Taylor, H Coombe plays J Lockhart. The third draw for Mr J W Petrie's prize resulted as follows: — V J Grant plays Stronach or C L Grant, W Moore plays M Fleming, J Lockhart plays R Robertson, R Condon plays W Taylor, H Sprosen plays Dr Menzies, D M'Pherson plays J Nelson, A Scott a bye. It was a matter of comment on Wednesday that the only industry in Milton that did not close during the afternoon, in accordance with the Mayor's request, was the Bruce Woollen Co. The consequence was that the employees could not, as a body, attend the sports, and nine employees who did so, without leave, have now, we hear, been dismissed. We do not believe for a moment that the directors countenanced the keeping open of the factory, or the somewhat draconic treatment of the employees. Anyway, considerable indignation is expressed over the matter, as ib i 9 felt that it would have been a graceful, action and more complimentary to the Patriotic Committee, if the management had granted its employees a half -holiday on Wednesday, and kept open on Saturday afternoon. To do 1 this all that would have been necessary would have been a permit from the inspector. Avery mean theft was perpetrated on Wednesday night when about £5 worth of cakes, belonging to the Fourth Contingent Committee, was stolen from the Farmers' Club buildings at the Show Grounds. The cakes had been left by the ladies in the room at the back ot the booth, with the intention of sending them to the conti ngent in camp. The doors were locked, and the only other entrance was a hole, about a foot square, in the wall used for passing through refreshments which was carefully boarded on the insideofthe refreshment room. The thievessucceeded in forcing this in, and carried off as much as they could, after wh eh they made a poor attempt to nail up the boards on the outside of the refreshment room. A more despicably mean theft would be hard to imagine, but as the matter is now in the hands of the constable let us hope he ! will do his utmost to bring the culprits to i justice. Surely there should be no difficulty in doing so.

j It is high time the Borough Inspector cleared away the heaps of clay on the east sideof Union Bt. north, as they areadangerous nuisance and 'ikely to involve the Conncil in a " claim for damages case " if allowed to remain much longer. Several cyclists have j come to grief over them in the dark, and on j Wednesrlsy night a local man received a i bad bruising, besides having his machine considerably damaged. The secrecy of military movements in South Africa is illustrated in the following extract from a private letter from Grahamstown, dated October 29, published in the 'Daily News':—" The military have the railway lines to themselves now and use them well, too. At Stellenbosch, near Cape Town, a number of soldiers were stationed. One morning when the people living near awoke they found that the soldiers had disappeared, and had not left a trace behind. Nobody but the authorities knew where they had gone, or saw them go. A week later they were discovered 300 miles up country. Another body of troops waß landed one night at Port Elizabeth. Next morning they were 200 miles inland. No one knew anything about them. They were not known to be in the country. Nobody knows how many soldiers are here now, for they are being landed every night in tha* way and sent forward."