NEWS AND NOTES.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue 7386, 12 February 1902, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

Mr W. Byrnes, M.H.R., was in town today. Hon. J. G. Ward arrived by morning train from Wanganui, and went on north by the 2.10 train.

Mr Track, ex-Mayor of Nelson, is mentioned as a probable Legislative Councillor.

The Aorere sailed from Patea on Monday with a cargo of tallow and wool.

A Chrißtohurch inventor, Mr J. MoDonald, is patenting an improved means for securing bed-clothes in position.

The Evening Post, the firpt daily paper published in Wellington, entered upon its 38th year on Saturday.

Three hundred thousand African war medals will probably be distributed. These will require 75,000 yds of ribbon.

A gentleman who rode through the King Country from Stratford at the beginning of the year says that he saw more drunkenness in that locality than he has seen sinoe his arrival in the colony.— Settler. An informal meeting of the Licensing Committee was held to-day, when plans for the proposed new Hawera Hotel were looked over. At a meeting of the committee of the Hawera Club it was decided to open the new club house on Saturday, and on Monday to hold a euchre party in honor of the event. Calliope Dock, Auckland, costs (according to the Observer) £20 a day for interest alone. A steamer like the Delphic pays £80 a day, but windfalls like this don't happen very often. A reminder is given of the sale of vehioles to be held to-morrow by the West Coast Farmers' Trading Association on behalf of Mr A. Worsfold. A large number of first-class vehioles will be offered.

Speaking at Ross, Sir Joseph Ward said that when he entered Parliament in 1887 his weight was list 41b, and now he turned the scale at 15st 51b. Mr Seddon's cor pulency had similarly increased from 14st to over 20st. This showed that hard work and responsibilities of office did not always have the effect attributed to them.

At the Lyttelton Harbour Board meeting on Thursday (says the Press), the Chairman rather created a mild sensation by suggesting in his statement that professional advice should be secured as to the formation of a harbour at Sumner connected with a scheme for a ship canal to Christchurch. The proposal elicited a good deal of disoussion and some adverse criticism.

There Beems to be only one British industry which is entirely safe against American competition. This is a Scotch whisky (says a New York paper), the export of which to the United States is increasing by leaps and bounds.

Eighteen miles is said to be the longest distance on record at which a man's voice has been heard. This occcurred in the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, where one man, shouting the name " Bob " at one end, made his voice plainly heard at the other end, which is 18 miles away. Dr. Young records that at Gibraltar the human voice has been heard at a distance of ten miles.

The man wbo paid the " rent " told the Stipendiary Magistrate yesterday afternoon that in the two-roomed house he occupied there also lived two married couples. Both rooms were bedrooms, and he slept on a sofa in one of them, where a man and his wife also reposed. — Wellington Post.

It is a singular coincidence that SergeantMajor Lockett, who returned home (0 Wanganui from South Africa last week with his right arm shot away, should have met with a similar mishap to that which his father, Major Lockett, suffered in the Maori war, that gallant officer having also lost an arm.

* Mr Seddon informs the Gisborne Herald's Wellington correspondent that he expects to return to the colony early in September, and hopes to take part in the concluding

weeks of the session. He ridicules the prevailing opinion that it is his intention to leave his beloved West Coast, or to settle outside the colony. An Englishman's house is his castle, bat is an Englishman justified in defending that castle with a revolver ? It would never do, of course, if everyone fired at unrecognised voices in the dark, or one might wing an angel unawares. But Mr Durrance hit an undoubted burglar, and no one will complain of the jury's unhesitating verdict of " justifiable homicide." Burglars, after all, must be content to take trade risks. — Chronicle. The Chief Justice yesterday (says the Wellington Times) made reference to the facilities which existed for cattle stealing in this colony. Ihe check upon cattle transactions was now imperfect; it should be made compulsory for a register to be kept of all cattle transactions in each district, so that there would be a check. His Honor added that he thought the lack of such a record led to some persons taking other persons' stock. It would be well for Parliament to take steps in the matter. — Sir Robert is as unpractical as ever. The check he suggests would be utterly unworkable. One of the recently returned soldiers from South Africa tells a rather good story at the expense of a British officer. The Australian was orderly to a certain staff officer, and one morning the pair, attended by some troopers, rode up to a Boer farm, close to which was a large and fine staok of oaten hay. Said the officer to the owner : "I am ordered to either burn or destroy all forage in this district. But we've got plenty, so I'm going to burn that staok." 11 But, Mister ," began the Boer, in explanation. " Resistance is er-er-futile I" exclaimed the officer fiercely. " Set a match to it, men." " But would you please stop," exclaimed the farmer. " No, no," replied the officer, as the rick burst into flame; " I must do my duty." And not till the return to camp was it discovered that only an hour previously the colonel had given a thumping figure for the hay— the property of a noted loyalist. I It is remarkable that while on the west coast the weather has been so dry in Hawke's Bay there has been phenomenal rain. Monday's Hawke's Bay Herald contained the following: — Yesterday's downpour was the heaviest experienced here since the flood of 1897. The rain, which descended incessantly nil day, was accompanied by a heavy sea, and by nightfall the low-lying parts of the town were nearly all I under water, and the footpaths in Hastings, Emerson, Dalton, Diokens, and Tennyson streets were also all covered with water and a great quantity of silt, which made -travelling very unpleasant for those who ventured out, as it was next to impossible to traverse some parts of the town dry footed. Considerable anxiety was felt as to the state of the country districts, but at latest advices, though the rivers were rising it was but slowly.

Aocording to American newspaper files to hand, Sir Thomas Lipton has not only decided to again contest the America Cup, but has already ordered a yacht for the purpose. According to this authority, the firm of William Fife, of Faillie, on the Clyde, is to build Sir Thomas Lipton's next challenger for the Cup. At a conference between Sir Thomas and his advisers this was agreed upon, and an order for Shamrock 111. was given to and accepted by Mr Fife. In view of a probable big revival in British yachting, and the fact that the designing and the superintending of the construction of a Cup challenger means constant work for at leaßt a year, Mr Fife was at first disinclined to accept the contract. Mr Geo. Watson has promised to assist Mr Fife, by handing over all the details of the construction of Shamrock 11. Shamrock 111. is to be ready early in spring of 1903.

The Hawera District High School Committee met last evening. Present.: Messrs Dive, Hicks, Bead, Dowling, Squire, Dixon (secretary), and Sargent (chair). It was resolved that a letter of sympathy be sent to the family of the late member, Mr Paoey; that the secretary write to the Board impressing on them the urgent ueed of new buildings, and attention to sanitary arrangements* ; and that 60ft of hose be purchased. The following letter was received from the Board : That the fees for the public at the District High Sohool, who have not passed the sixth standard 'and who are devoting the whole of their time to secondary school work, be fixed at £6 per annum ; that the parents or guardians of every pupil enrolled for seoondary work at a District High Sohool shall enter into an engagement to pay the usual leeß if the pupil does not make 80 per cent of attendances. Resolved that the Secretary write to the Board recommending that in the case of sickness parents or guardians be exempt from this regulation. Accounts were passed for payment. Visiting Committee : Mesßrs Dowling and Bead. A communication published by the Politische Correspondenz and bearing a Russian semi-official stamp states (the Vienns correspondent of the Times writes) that the Marquis Ito during his brief stay in St. Petersburg was able to ascertain that Russia recognised as legitimate the claims of Japan to economic expansion in Korea, and that the Russian Government is disposed to avoid everything calculated to place obstacles in the way. The Marquis Ito is said to'have received assurances on that score that cannot fail to excite the liveliest satisfaction in Japan. The guiding motive of Russian policy in East Asia is declared not to be selfishness. The railway whioh Russia is opening to trade in that territory are destined to promote the interests of all. Japan in particular will benefit thereby. The Marquis Ito appears to have zeoeived the farther assurrance that the Russian Government is anxious to evacuate Manchuria as soon as possible, and to facilitate the return of normal conditions in that province. There is no reason to doubt that assurances of the above description were lavished on the Japanese statesman, but the communication to the Vienna news-Bheet omits to mention what amount of credit he gave them.

You can depend on ridding your ohU dren of worms with| Wade's Worm Figs tfce wonderful worm worriers, Price Is. —

The committee of the Wellington Industrial Association has reported that it is of opinion that though the boot trade does undoubtedly Bhow a decrease in the number of workers employed, that is not in itself a cause for alarm. The present position is better for both masters and men. Ihe question of the future of the trade lies in the methods of production being left free and untrammelled by the awards of the Court of Arbitration, and in the workers realising that if they are to keep their trade going they must get the full complement of work out of their machines, and thus successfully fight the American competitor.

Interviewed at Wellington by a representative of the Taranaki Herald Mr Cadman expressed himself satisfied of the ultimate success of the attempt to float a company to work the Taranaki ironsand deposits. Of course, he said, it was not easy to float a company with a working capital of £250,000, but the prospeots were very hopeful indeed, and, unless anything unforseen occurs in the interval, he expects all the difficulties will be removed on his return to England, where he will return in a few weeks time. Mr Smith will remain in the colony.

Spectacles, Eyeglasses, Smoked Spectal oles, Eye Preservers, and Goggles. |Sight te3ted. R. W. Sargent, Jeweller, Hawera. —Advt. WALL PAPERS ! WALL PAPEERS 1

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Durirg the summer months children are Bubjeot to disorder of the bowels, and should receive the most careful attention. As soon as any looseness of the bowels is noticed, Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy should be given.

When children are teething they have more or less diarrhoea whioh can be controlled by giving Chamberlain's Cholio, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Full directions with each bottle. For 'sale at Hawera General Store. — Advt.