NEWS AND NOTES.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue 7369, 22 January 1902, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

We give a reminder of the special meeting of ratepayers to be held this evening for the purpose of discussing the proposal to raise £817 for draining High street.

A New South Wales selector the other day had 50 pigs poisoned through dead rabbits by pbosphorised pollard. Phosphorised bait was also responsible for a grass fire in the same locality, which devastated some 1200 acres of valuable lands.

Bishop Grimes, of Christohurch, is promoting a scheme for the establishment of a home for the aged deserving poor,' infirm, destitute children, and incurables, lrrespeotive of race or religion.

A Sydney contemporary believes that over-capitalisation of the runs during the pastoral boom is responsible for many of the difficulties under which pastoralists at present labour in the western district of New South Wales.

The timing of a traction engine, in view of a charge of furious driving, has been actually tried at Bacup (England), with the result that a man has been fined 30s fee driving the engine " at excessive speed."

An Australian paper states that Mr William Hart, who owns about half the shares in the Tasmania gold-mine, has averaged from £400 to £500 a week in income from it during the past twentytwo year.-.

" Recruited from every portion of the Empire," says General Baden-Powdl with pardonable piide of his Constabulary, 11 ours is the first truly Imperial corps, and, once imbued with this spirit, it is going to be the finest corps in the world."

An effort, headed by the National Dairy Association, is to be made to induce the Union Steam Ship Company to reduce the rate of butter to Australia from £d per lb gross weight to Jd per lb net. It is he'd that with this concession, and with the superior quality of the New Zealand article, our butter will be ample to compete successfully with Australian in South Africa.

Concerning the bot fly, a Lower Valley settler of many years' experience forwards the Masterton Times the following : " There are, no doubt, two kinds of bot fly, one being much larger than the other. When standing near a horse the smaller fly will be noticed to attack the jaw and throat, moving backwards and forwards without making the least Bound. The larger one, however, which seems only to attack the legs and shoulders, makes as much noise on the wing as an ordinary honey bee. I don't think for a moment they are as numerous this summer as they have been in previous seasons."

The Tapanui Courier says the Heriot railway works are progressing at an astonishing rate, and the line will be completed to Edievale by the end of the century, judging by appearances. Staff : Engineer and assistant inspector, and two assistants, and camp cook and four to six working men — shifting less per day than a grader would do in five minutes.

Times there have been when Radicals actually dared to hope for the defeat of the British arms. Sir William Molesworth and Mr Roebuck did so in the days of the Canadian rebellion. Their lineal descendants, Sir William Harcourt and Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, had never quite gone to that unabashed, and therefore intelligible, length of sedition, but Lord Salisbury's description of them as writing and speaking publicly as if they belonged to the enemy fits them like their own virtuous frockcoats.— Pall Mall.

Farmers who desire to make dairying profitable m the winter will be interested in the experience of Mr T. J. Thomas, of Poverty Bay. jAst year Mr Thomas formed an ensilase^etack with grass from 20 acres. The cattle throve on the ensilage during tho winter, and the cost of the feed was remarkably small. Mr Thomas says that ensilage is much more profitable than hay. In making hay 1001b of grass only produces 251b of feed; in ensilnge the position ye changed, the loss being only 25 per cent, and the food produced 75 per cent. A further advantage is that in the case of ensilage all weeds are utilised, one farmer in Poverty Bay actually cutting out all the weeds in his paddock and putting them into a silo.

On February 13th next the s.s. Atheuic, sailing under the bhaw, Savill, and Albion Company's flag, will leave London for New Zealand under the command of Captain Kempson, so long known as the captain of the s.s lonic. The Athenic will probably be the largest vessel, or at any rate one of the largest, that has ever been seen in New Zealand waters, for she is 500 ft long, 63ft beam, and 12,500 tons register. She has very fine accommodation for first, second, and third class passengers, that for the last-named being even superior to that adopted for the White Star Australian boats. Sho has accommodation also for 100,000 carcases of meat.

There are some interesting life stories to be told of the " all sorts and conditions of men "in camp. One of the mess orderlies was for some years the holder of a run of over 1000 acres in the Wanßanui district, and so late as last week he finished up the shearing of 2000 sheep on his run. But as he is a victim of the drop in wool, he put himself into the hands of a money-lending company, and last week the mortgagee foreclosed. The ex-pastoralist then enlisted, saying that nothing but South Africa was now left for him. What a drop I—yesterday,1 — yesterday, as it were, an owner of broad acres and thousands of sheep ; today the recipient of Is 2d per day as a soldier I—Post.1 — Post.

From the passing of the Probation Act in 1876 until the end of the year 1899— the last for whicu complete returns are available —the record shows that a percentage of 83 admitted to probation have done -well, while only 2.41 havo been backsliders. Had the offenders - admitted to probation during the past twelve months being Bent to gaol instead, the cost to the State would have been between two and three thousand pounds ; but of more importance than the saving thus effected is the rehabilitation of those who have taken the first step in crime, and who, if given the chance, are only too willing to make amends and live down the past. The Probation Act has, in fact, proved a potent influence for good, but it is a measure in the administration of which a wise discretion is essential. — Ohristchurch Press.

On a recent Saturday evening in London, when the fog was at its worst in Piccadilly, the van of the Sisters of Nazareth was returning from its round of begging food for the poor. The amateur driver, an inmate of Nazareth House (relates the Chronicle) was unequal to the difficult and even dangerous situation. The Sister in charge, therefore, alighted, and led the horse. Three smart young men emerging from a club at once took charge of the horse's head, sent the Sister inside, and themselves escorted the van through the city of dreadful night two miles weatward to the door ,of Nazarelh House. There they disappeared before the Sister had time to express her gratitude. " Perhaps they were angels," suggested somebody, who had begun to believe that the age of human chivalry was dead. "Yes," said the Sister, "I might have said the same, but one of them was smoking a cigar."

In the Oddfellows' Hall last evening, Mr O. E. Hugo, the woll-known phrenologist and physiognomist lectured to an interested audionce on the subject oE "Faces." By means of charts, tho lecturer showed the several distinct types of faces — the round, happy face, the square determined one, and the pointed one denoting the highlystrung, nervous temperament. A man wjth a round faoe was usually the possessor of good digestion, and therefore a happy man, tho person with the square-cut fnoo was one who overcame difficulties and pushed his way in the world, while he of tho pointed face was lacking in vitality and usually had to take care of himself. 'J he man with the round face could usually stand what would be damaging dissipation for his brother of points. The lecturer also gave illustrations of the faces of murderers such as Deeming, Butler, and Lefroy, and drew attention to the fact that in appetranee the secondnamed was not unlike a gorilla. In bia advice to women Mr Hugo urged that to maintain beauty they must avoide irritability. At the close of the leoturo four gentlemen mounted the stage and submitted to a physiognomical reading which afforded the audience some amusement. The lecture was interesting throughout. Mr Hugo will leoture to-morrow evening upon foreheads, noses, and handwriting 1 ] and ladies may bring specimens of their handwriting to the lecture to be delineated.

Mr Spence, of the Economic, will commence bis half-yearly sale on Thursday. 18th inst, continuing it for om month, His London buyer advises a large shipj ment on the way, to make room for which some wonderful bargains will be offered for sale.— Advt.

To-day ib the first anniversary of the death of Queen Victoria.

The annual general meeting of the Hawera Publio Library will be held on the 30th inst.

The general rates for the Wanganui Boroußh amount to about £2300 per annum.

Madame Trebelli, the great singer, has altered the date of her proposed visit to Hawera from the 3rd March to 28th February.

Mr A. Worsfold, who has disposed of his business in Hawera, purposes taking up his residence in South Australia, this step being necessary on account of the. delicate health of Mrs Worsfold.

The s.s. Mana arrived from Wellington yesterday, Bailed same night, with 2000 boxes of butter and 50 bales of wool, and is expected back again to morrow. It is likely the local Fire Brigade will adopt a system for the automatic ringing of the firebell by water-power. Mr Worsfold, who has been down south, was impressed with the usefulness of the system, and made tracings which he has given to the Brigade.

An American paper says: — "A man who died in New York the other day was worth over 15,000,000 dollars, and yet he got less than quarter of a column iv the newspapers. In our own century anything under 100,000,000 does not seem to count except it be the property of the man who docs something for the world that is more valuable than the accumulation of wealth."

A Wairarapa farmer, writing to the Masterton Times, Bays: — "Now, the recent increases in valuatious are simply astounding and ruinous. I will give my own case. The valuation has been l more than double ' in the period between March 31st, 1900, and April Ist, 1901, it being now £211 12s for every previous £100."

It is said that an American inventor is building two thousand airships, each to seat six people, and that they will be ready in the spring. If it be tiue that the supply creates the demand, this method of transit seems to be coming into favor, and in society circles a familiar phrase upon the butler's lips will be : " Lady Jones' hairship is hon the roof." — Wlobe.

On Thursday next, in order to suit the convenience of visitors to the Stratford Caledonian Society's Sports, the usual 2.10 p.m. train from Hawera will be delayed to leave at 4.10 p.m., and will run two hours later to New Plymouth.

Lord Roberts waß, on November 30th, walking past the Array Service Corps Recreation Grounds while an Army Cup tie was being played. On his approach the very strong view taken in tbe district of the supercession of General Buller found expression. A call for three cheers for Buller was promptly and heartily responded to by both the civilian and military element. It is our regrettable duty to record, on the authority of more than one correspondent (adds a London paper), that a call for cheers for Roberts met with more booing than cheers. Lord Koberts calmly pursued his course.

It is a big beat which General BadenPowell, the South African Chief Constable, has to cover — nearly 200,000 square miles — aud so much depends upon the tact of individual members of the force that very special training will have to be given to recruits when once military operations cease. Ultimately the force will totil about 20,000 men, with about 30,000

horses. Future promotions to commissions will largely be made from the ranks by merit. Poison is laid on the orchard on Mr W. Dingle's farm. Girl for housework wanted. Mr 11. A. Arthur has a new advertisement drawing attention to his dining-room furnitures. Good milker wanted. Greville Bros, have raspberries for sale. Wanganui Fruit Co. is selling plums and apples cheap.

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When speaking of this Mr D. N. Sinks, of Troy, Ohio, says : " Some time ago I had a severe attack of rheumatism in my arm and shoulder. I tried numerous remedies, but got no relief.until I was recommended by Messrs Geo. F. Parsons and Co., druggists of this place, to try Chamberlain's Pain Balm. They recommended it so highly that 1 bought a bottle. I was soon relieved of all my pain. I have since recommended this liniment to many of my friends, who agree with me that it is the best remedy for muscular rheumatism in the market." For sale at Hawera General Store. — Advt. Wade's Teething Powders for babies are soothing, reduce fever, and prevent blotches. Price Is. — Advt.