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Grey River Argus, 28 May 1914, Page 4

1 The team which is to take part in the tuig-of-war to be held at Hunedinduring next week, leaves} overland this morning. - " r The New Zealand Clothing Factory are at present making- a slaughter in. jerseys at 2s nd< In this issue thefirm have a replace advertisement which, brings out prices' in plains figures which are sure to meet the eye of those in search of ihigh-class goods at moderate prices. 1 ' * "This adulteration of milk is going to be made so unprofitable that I think it should stop,'; ' Stated Mi.'F. V. Frazer, S.M. yesterday moraing, at the Auckland Police Court, in fining a dairy farmer J£io and 17s Od costs. The Magistrate at the same time, 'states Press Association telegram, ordered that the conviction should be advertised at the defendant's expense in ' the local newspapers.

It has been decided by the Minister of Customs (the Hon. F. M. B- " Fisher), by virtue of his powers under the new Customs Act. to- reduce the duty on certain classes of cheap slippers On and after February 1, 19.X5, all slippers having uppers composed solely of felt. Arctic cloth, imitation camellfair, carpet, canvas, loofah, vel- / vet, woven fibre, cloth or textile, and having- rope, . loofah, twine, fibre,' linoleum, carpet or textile soles, and haying no leather in their composition, with the exception of a heel stiffener, which may be leather or other,material,- will be admitted at a duty of 22^ per cent- on the same footing as slippers of felt. - The object of bringing the concession into force in February next year is to prive importers time to clear, their stocks. „ People of the Port yesterday morning witnessed ,an -unusual sight in the Bay — that of a waterspout 'says Friday's Nelson V Colonist"). In a sihort time the news spread, and soon many persons were on the Rocks road gazing out to sea at a column reaching from the sea to the clouds- The column ,when first noticed, was travelling fairly fast in a north-westerly" direction, and was midway between. Separation Point and the -mainland. „ A second column was visible, but it was not so clearly defined. The lighthousekeeper states that it was ,the largest spout he has ever seen. Though usually confined to the sea. waterspouts occasionally make their ■way to land. Several years ag-o one Vurst at the top of Toi Toi VaLl^yand an immense volume of water swept down St. Vincent street and through private property. Another instance is recalled of a waterspout bursting- over the Fifeshire Rocks. ' : The deliberations of those grave and reverend seigneurs, the members of the Wellington Education Board, were~ rudely interrupted or^ Friday afternoon by an inundation of weirdly dressed college students, who JhaTd come with the express determination to entertain the Board with a haka. Tremendous' muscles on the legs' and arms of the students were alleged -to be the result of Mr. Royd Garlicky physical culture system. Most of "the young fellows' ' favoured v tfemale costume, and on 'entering thY boardroom they formed themselves into r 3.' loose line. At the last moment, however, a sudden fit of shyness caused their courage -to evaporate, and the haka came not., Even, the master of ceremonies,, ,a youth^in. a froclc-cbat and top hat obviously' made for a giant was overcome- with stagefright. and the deputation, incontinently fled '. In the wilds of British Guiana an expedition equipped by the Pennsylvania University Has, suffered- great hardships, but succeeded in discovering territories, which, it is claimed, have hitherto' been untrodden by Whites, and has also located the remn , ant of an ancient' tribe lost to science ,and exploration. The Teport which has been received at the University from Dr. Farabee. head of the expedition, says that obstacles presented by the jungles andaivers with rapids and shoals were so great that the party was obliged to divide on itsj return, to the coast and follow different routes They have secured a great wealth of Specimens. Many of the* /so-called maps of the region were found Jo be unreliable and useless. Rivers*, described as passable were, filled -with rocks, sandbars and logs, .progress being si!ow and dang-erous. " 'A new treatment of^wax baths for gout, rheumatism, sciatica, lumbago, varicose veins, ulcers,, and burns was 'advocated by Dr. Earthe, of Sandfort,. . before the French Academy of Mcdi- , cine last week. Paraffin wax is applied at a temperature of godeg. "It has in the case of rheumatic com-, plaints the effect* of imparting both wafmth_ and pressure/ which ( relieves the pain, stimulates the circulation and reduces inflammation^ 'Inr'^the case of sores or wounds- wax .on sojidifyine:. forms a, skin under which'^the wound is ,kept in a protected andjs^erilised condition while th£ tissue |%nis once more and v the,skin grows jagain without scars. To prove the safety with which this high temperature may be borne. v Dr Barhe four years j ago plunged himself completely without' ilL into a bath of liquid wax at godeg. The kind-heartedness of commercial travellers is proverbial, and -.the fact' was aigain exemplified last week. An Invercargill woman had journeyed "to Napier to see her. sick father. Immediately on returning to "her -home she ■ received an urgent wire asking her to, firo back to Napier 'as her father was dvin?. When' she boarded, -the., train at an early- hour next morning .^with her two children she had 'not enough money to pay ncr fare. The v yailway officials, sympathising with ' her predi-' cament, agreed to accept pay)men^-at the Napier end. The trouble then was to provide for the boat journey. The gunrd mentioned the matter in a firsf-dass sjtnoker, -where the "drum mer boys" were gatherine* fox' cards. Round went the "hat," and thirty shillings was collected.- When the poor woman received the gift and found that her predicament had been disclosed, stie was .much affected- , - ■ When most Wellington people were thinking about ho,t dinners and roaring fires on Thursday, a young- Jady took a dive into s .the. _ icy cold water at' ' Port Nichol- - son. She - had no thought of self-destruction, nor was her .adveh ture accidental. She dived , with _ a purpose, that of making moneyVa wager of ,£lO. The lady's, name is Miss Tiny Tihrmark .a pejfonn&V who appeared on the local stage . as the mermaid in Arthur .Tioutt^s,. troupe. Her diving platform was the tbp of the navigating bridge of the steamer Willochra-. (berthed ,at Queen ( 5 ,s r Wharf ), a and the height was probably" 'about sixty feet. She made a brave appearance in, tine/ strong- southerly, and, without any signs of nervousness, she dived. Her take-off v was pretty, the remainder of .the flight hardly spectacu lar. ' She ' entered the water^ flat on her side, came to- the surfece in a few "seconds; and was greeted by" the,handclappmVof about a score of "people who witnessed 'the act. ."Not, a bit cold — woiildnt* mind dor^g it again/ she said on returning to the "boat* "I wouild have done it for nothing." I^lis'sThTrnark^remarked'to an" "Evening Post" reporter.' "if'tliey had" onlydared me." The young lady goes • on to San Francisco Exposition before returning to Stockholm,* her native * city. v ' -

A meeting of householders will be held in the Ikamatua, School rooni, apd. m the. Waiuta School room^ at 8 jfM^.pa. iMonday,; June Ist- td. elect canimi^tees for the Little Grey School Distnct^- and c Waiuta School district reapectivsfyv :, >:;.,- \ v : -../;;/;..; ;y^i - I 'Mr.^Jphn..T€nnen.t leaves this morn inff v f6r" ; Napief^where he will attend th-e/Grand Lbdge;nieetin2 of the-Ahci-eh*;:^or4er of Druids. -;••-■ "■'■■

Buyers. Sellers. Blackwater 18 o 18 6' Consolidated ~, 16 g 17 0 Keep-it-Dark i\ o o 126 Ctown Mines 10 13 Kuranui 4 1 fi New Bip River Q5 o iuu r May Queen . , ' , 6 8 Saxon ' .' - 4 5 New , Sylvia ' """ 6 x 9 Pactohis - "o <" f 1 Progress ' '"r; o 13 6 Ross". -- ,30 37 Talisman - 36 6 37 o Waihi, - . , 43 " 6 44 , o Junction 25 3 25 6 Waiotahi '10 16 Watchman 3 5- , Waitangi ' i r ' ft "3 Westpflrt , '30 o 51 c Stockton "*• 3 v 4 c Bank of N.Z. 12 o^o i"2 5 n Tns-irrance 211 n 7ic q N.Z. insurance 62.0 6 3c TTnifih Steam f 5 o National Bank fold.