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Cromwell Argus, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1987, 7 May 1906, Page 4

Our readers' attention is directed to the change of advertisement on page 3 of the Unique Millinery Store, Dunedin. Presbyterian Church Services for Sunday, 13th May:—Bendigo, 11a.m.; Bannockburn, 3.30 p.m.; Cromwell, 7 p.m. Preacher: Rev. J. Gordon McLeod. The Matron of the Cromwell Hospital wishes to acknowledge the receipt of vegetables and fruit sent by the Rev. D. Mitchell from the Anglican Church (Harvest Thanksgiving), Pembroke. Mr J. S. Baxter, of Invercargill, has just landed a large consignment of choice goods, well bought, and is therefore in a position to supply the people ©f this district with the best quality of goods at x’oek-hottom prices. Mr Baxter makes a liberal allowance on carriage.—Advt. If you have a liver and know it, if you are a sufferer from constipation, if you have indigestion, you may certainly try tho effect of one bottle of Dr Crossland's Noxol. It is a wonderful medicine. 2s. The rabbiting crusade for tfie winter on the large runs is now about to commence. There is a great difficulty to get men for this work, as employment is plentiful at better wages, and under more pleasant conditions. Mr W. Fraser, M.H.R., arrived in Cromwell on Monday afternoon and left again on Tuesday morning. The Mayor and Town Clerk brought several matters of local interest before Mr Fraser. Several members of the Railway League, including the President and Secretary, brought several matters in connection with the League before Mr Fraser, and it is needless to say that gentleman promised to support the continuation of the line in every possible way. As showing how far out Mr Millar, M.H.R. for Dunedin, is in his remarks re the cost of building the line from Clyde to Cromwell, we have been informed from a reliable source that it would not cost anything like £IOO,OOO. Mr Millar stated it would be £200,000. Mr J. E. Ward, who has been stationed at the Post Office here for about twelve months received word on Thursday of his transfer to the Dunedin Office, and left by coach on Friday morning. During Mr Ward’s stay in Cromwell he made a host of friends by his obliging and courteous manner. We understand (says the Alexandra Herald) that the Government surveyors are at present in the Blackstone Hill district, where they are engaged in surveying the Blackstone Hill Run preparatory to it being offered to the public for closer settlement. The second Tiger tea juvenile competition was productive of an excellent border design by Miss Bertha Baker, of South Dunedin, a girl of some 12 years of ago. The design indicates considerable artistic ability on the part of one so young, and the proprietors of Tiger Tea showed their appreciation of Miss Baker’s work by awarding her a special prize. A reproduction of tho design appears in our advertising columns. Wo believe the census now being taken up will show the population of the Borough of Cromwell has increased considerably since the census of 1901 (taken in the height of the dredging boom), and is very close to 700. As the Chinese have decreased by over 20, and quite a large number have moved out to Lowhurn and other places a short distance outside the borough in connection with the dredging on tho Clutha River. It is very satisfactory, indeed, that it is turning out so well. A sample of wheat grown at Hawea was sent to one of the largest flourmillers in Dunedin, and on examining the sample, tke Manager stated that he had bought thirty thousand bags of wheat, and in all that quantity there was nothing better, he was certain, and probably very little of it equal to the sample. We have thousands of bags of such wheat at Hawea Flat, and the best price is 2s a bushel for it. If the farmers could get 3s a bushel for wheat, five times the quantity could be grown, but at the present price it is working for a bare living to grow it. Myrtle Grove Cigarettes are manufactured in London by Messrs Taddy and Co. It is said that at Myrtle Grove, Sir Walter Raleigh was soothing his mind with tobacco he had brought from Virginia, when his Irish servant, thinking his master was on fire, dashed a bucket of water over him to put him out. , The value of dead leaves to the gardener is considerable, but they vary very much in their fertilising properties. Most of them are rich in nitrogen, and the following list shows the result of careful analyses of a few kinds of leaves. The vine leaf ranks very low, only .35 of nitrogen; the elm, robinia, beech, and poplar, about .74; the oak, 1.18 ; and the pear, 1.86 per cent, of nitrogen. An examination of the fertilising value of tho dead leaves compared with that of ordinary manure shows the following results :—44lb of pear leaves, 801b of poplar, 511b of peach, 831b of robinia or locust, 821b of elm, and 1741b of elm respectively, are equal in nitrogen to lOOlbs of stable manure. Until the ago of eleven or twelve boys are taller and heavier than girls. Then the girls for the next few years surpass tho boys in weight and height; but the boys soon overtake and pass them. The sons of non-laboring parents are taller anud heavier than those of laboring parents. The heads of girls are a little rounder than those of boys, and always a little smaller, It has been found that children grow but little from the end of November to the end of March; grow tall, but increase little in weight, from March till August; and increase mainly in weight and little in height from August to November.

Some good birds are advertised for sale. A social at Lowborn Schoolhouse advertised for 18th. Mr. J. Percy notifies in this issue, that he will carry on the business of the late firm of Guilford and Percy. J. Goodger reports holding a very satisfactory clearing sale, on account of Mr. F. Woodhouse on Saturday. A notice appears in our advertising columns, re Assesment Court sitting at Clyde on 12th May. J. Goodger will sell by Auction, a valuable farm at Lagoon Valley, Hawea Flat, ©n account of Mr. F. A. Ceilings. This is a good little property, and will be old cheap. See advt. Several parties were out last week for the duck shooting, including a party from Dunedin. The Dunedin party secured a fine lot of ducks at the Wanaka, and several local parties secured good bags. The Concordia Club in Berlin carried out a novel smoking contest a short time ago. Fifteen competitors took part, a prize being offered to the one who smoked half an ounce of tobacco in a large German pipe in the shortest time. The prize-winner completed tho task in 18 min. I hereby certify that if sufferers from constipation, Indigestion, Liver and stomach complaints will take my prescription 89878, known as Noxol, according to the directions on the bottle, it will cure them.—Signed, J. Crossland, M.D. Sold everywhere by all patent medicine vendors at 2s per bottle. The Methodist Church services will be held next Sunday, 13th hist., as follows ; Nevis, all day, Rev. A. Reader; Lowburn, 3 p.m., Mr W. Stephens; Bannockburn, 7 p.m., Mr Elder ; Cromwell, 7 p.m,, Mr C. Smith. Anthem, “ How Excellent.” The Methodist Church Anniversary Social will be held on Wednesday evening, 9th inst., when a welcome will be extended to the Rev. Mr Reader. A good programme is being arranged, and an enjoyable evening is sure to be the result. We may now say goood-byo To the long doctors’ bills, To the coughs and the colds And the various chills, For the high and tho low, The rich and the poor Have found all they need— Woods’ Peppermint Cure. Mr E. H. Montgomery, district agent, Auckland, of the Tourists’ Department, was in Cromwell on Friday night, and left by Saturday morning’s coach for Dunedin via tho Otago Central. Mr Montgomery had been through from Queenstown to the Hawea and Wanaka Lakes, and was very much impressed with tho scenery, and also the great possibilities of the Lakes for fishing and other sports. In speaking to our reporter he was very reticient, but there is no doubt in our minds the Department is alive to the great future of tho Lakes for tourists, and as Mr Montgomery is now taking the trip, and Mr Donne, the Superintendent, was hero a few weeks ago, and then Mr Moon. Evidently the Department means business of some kind. Referring to the shipping combine, the New Zealand Times says : —“ Legislation should be promptly passed giving the Supremo Court power to investigate every hole and corner of thi« proved monopoly, every term and understanding, every stipulation, expressed or implied, secret or avowed, that exists between those steamship companies and the freezing companies constituting the monopoly. The power to ‘ discover ’ here suggested must be of the widest, because the creators of this monopoly are astute men of business, who know how to frame an agreement that may satisfy a casual reader, while in legal effect the apparently satisfactory clauses are unenforceable nullities. Endowed with this power, the court will get at the root of the disease. It will, at anyrate, be able to decide whether or not the existing combination is, as has been stated, a standing menace to, if not an intolerable tax upon, the farming interest of New Zealand. Accompanying tho power of ascertaining this should be ample powers to apply a remedy. Once it has been made plain to the satisfaction of an impartial judge that a monopoly exists, there is n© reason why all agreements establishing it should not be set aside as illegal, and further combination forbidden under heavy penalties ; and, as regards tho freezing companies, it should be made obligatory upon these to freeze at the prevailing rates for any farmer or shipper without stipulation or condition as to what lino the meat shall be shipped by. We are aware that even if such legislation is passed attempts may be made to prevent its effectiveness. In such case the only alternative will be State-owned freezing works and a State line of steamers to protect our staple industry, and at the same time convey Government and other cargo from Great Britain to the colony.”