NEWS AND NOTES.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue 7387, 13 February 1902, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

A Carterton man has grown a potato weighing lib 13oz. It is of the American Rose variety.

Football is being revived at Palmerston North, two clubs having lateJj been formed there.

The water-races, opened by the Premier at Levin the other day, cost £5000. which sum was borrowed from the Government at 3£ per cent.

At the S.M. Court, on Wednesday, judgment went for plaintiffs as under :- McKoy and Co. v. Geo. Matthews, claim £2 18s and costs 10s; James Davidson v. Duncan McGregor, claim £6 8s lOd and costs 19s 6d ; Joseph Dyer v. W. Marshall, claim £18 9s and costs ss ; Walter Groves l\ 'apesHayes, claim £16 4s 2d and costs HI 17s va.

Wade's Teething Powders for babies are soothing, reduce fever, and prevent blotches. Prioe Is.— Advt

Sir Joseph Ward expects to open tbe new Post Office at Opunake in about ten days.

The Crown Dairy Company have purchased Mr Harry Bayly's property at Toko and intends using it for dairying. To cope with the additional supply of milk the Toko factory is to be enlarged.

In Jerusalem two fierce struggles have taken place between the Latins and lhe Greeks. Soldiers had to be called out to suppress the riols, which were caused by a monkish feud.

The Marie Rickmers is the largest sailing ship built in a British port. Over four miles of steel wire are used in her rigging, and six miles of running cordage. Tbe combined height of her masts is 960 ft.

Mrs W. H. Henney, a widow, who keeps a boardinghouse in Russell street, Dunedin, died suddenly on Tuesday morning. She was scrubbing the doorstep when she fell back without uttering a word, and died on the spot.

On Tuesday afternoon (says the Manawatu Times) between 4.15 and 4.30, a waterspout was observed to form, dissolve, and reform several times in the direction of Pohangina, presenting a very peculiar spectacle as seeu with a powerful telescope.

Mr Sarten has (says the Herald) amplified his notice of motion for the next Harbour Board meeting in order to make his reasons clear why he wants all work not vitally necessary suspended at the harbour. The motion will now read that the work be suspended in order to allow of rubble extension being carried on at the mole.

A queer development resulting from a sore back in a horse is to be seen in a skeleton now being fixed up at the Colonial Museum, Wellington. Below where in life the saddle Bat on the back, a resulting soreness has had the effect of causing the eleventh and twelfth lumbar vertebra to become united.

At the first general meeting of shareholders of the Patea Co-operative Poultry Company, the old directors (with the exception of Mr T. Johnson who declined nomination) and Mr W. O. Hawken were appointed to the directorate. It was decided that the company's overdraft be extended to £1000. The expenditure on buildings, plant, etc., has totalled £750.

Although Maori? are barred from the New Zealand contingents they are admitting Australian blacks into tbe Federal Contingent. The Sydney Telegraph, in reporting the enrolment of the contingent lately, says : — " Two black trackers — E. Davis and JF. King — were taken on the strength."

In all, there have been 66 Victoria Crosses awarded during the present South African war, including one to a New Zealander — Farrier- Major Hardham, of Wellington. Two mora Crosses were awarded in connection with the recent campaign in China, and one for the Ashanti campaign, 1900. The surviving veterans of the Maori war of 1863 include six who earned the Victoria Cross while fighting in New Zealand.

Some peoplo will learn with astonishment that the first edition of Dr. Isaac Watts' 4 Hymns and Spiritual Songs,' l? 07, was sold on Dec. 5 for £140. This is a tribute to the genius of one of the best hymnwriters in the English language. With what was sometimes a child-like simplicity, Dr. Watts occasionally combined a majesty which is seldom met with in hymn-writers. He has left his mark on the generations which succeeded him, not a very powerful one, perhaps, but one that is strangely touched with sentiment and the freshness of childhood.— Pall Mall.

Pahiatua Herald says:— A novelty in the way of accounts was presented to the County Council on Saturday. Some time ago a settler in the Tane district conveyed a little over two aores of land to the county. A solicitor was duly authorised to fix up the transfer. Thef matter was completed, and the bill of costs presented on Saturday amounted to over £22. When the awful document was read at the meeting on Saturday flies could be heard walking on the ceiling.

A belligerent inebriate who appeared before the local justices last week on a charge of fighting in the streets and being drunk had evidently not quite recovered from his carouse of the previous night, and was reminded of the fact by the Bench. " No, Your Worships," he said, " I'm not quite sober yet ; but if you let me out to get thre6 or four nips I'll be all right."— Mataura Ensign.

Experiments are now being made to ascertain the suitability of the various districts of the Orange Colony for .tobacco cultivation. The services of experts in fruit-growing have recently been acquired, and they are now prosecuting inquiries. A forestry expert has also just been appointed, and is at present engaged in establishing an experimental nursery in the Thaba N'chu district.

The Earl of Onslow (writes a London correspondent) is on a visit to Sir*Prancis Grenfell,. the Governor of Malta, at tbe island citadel. Lord Onslow does not believe in "shop" when he is holidaymaking, and intimated so pretty plainly to the elected members of the Council of Government who wanted to interview him on their grievances. If you have anything new to state, he told them, put it into writing and it will receive the full consideration of the Colonial Office. Lord Onalow may be " Joe's " understudy, but just now he is " resting."

Here is a brimstony story of Lord Methuen. One dark night the Hon. "Dick" Cotton came stumbling into camp, and, endeavouring to discover the whereabouts of the commander, approached us, shouting in a high voice, " Paul, I say Paul, where are you ?" Presently from the inside of the tent came a more sonorous 1 sound, "Is that you, Dick ? What do you want?" The jaded wayfarer remarked, " Do you know, Paul, that I asked one of your men where I could find you, and he told me to go to !" Without a moment's hesitation, Lord Methuen replied, " Come inside, Dick, come inside !"

A peculiar case illustrating the saying "marry in haste and repent at leisure" was settled in the Police Court this morning (says the Auckland correspondent of Wellington Times), when John B. Monkman found surety for the payment of ten shillings weekly to support his wife, Eliza. It transpired that the parties were married three or four weeks ago. Monkman offered a man in a restaurant £2 to get him a wife. The necessary article was promptly produced. After the pair had been in company for two hours they decided to wed. The marriage ceremony followed. Then the matrimonial agent wanted his £2, but Monkman declined to pay up, stating that he was dissatisfied with the lady. He told the Court that he repented on the very day he entered into wedlock. His wife went intOjja hotel and purchased liquor and cigarettes. She smoked six packets of cigarettes a week. Mrs Monkman claimed that she smoked asthma cigarettes only. It also transpired that the defendant had admitted that he illtreated his wife, and the magistrate con- 5 eluded that there were faults on both sides. He accordingly made an order against the defendant to contribute to his wife's support. ,

The Americans are making amusing calculations about a little incident in connection with their new colonies. It seems that a certain commander in their navy was charged with intoxication on a certain ' day when he should have been engaged in administering the government of the little Polynesian islet over whose destinies he presides. He was ordered to be tried by court-martial. Thereupon two warships were despatched from San Francisco,bearing three rear-admirals and the other legal necessities for giving the alleged offender a fair trial. Ingenions statisticians figure the cost of this expedition— including coal —at some £30,000. A New York paper is probably oorrect in stating that this " constituted a record " ; and that no nation has ever before expended such a sum in order to determine whether a "particular man was drunk or sober at a particular moment." It does seem a' small nut for two warships to crack. Exchange.

Speaking at Inglewood (Lhe Taranaki News reports) Sir Joseph Ward said among other things that the rapid progress tbis colony had made, and the extraordinary demand for railway extensions, new buildings for postal telegraph and other departments made it altogether impossible to keep pace with the demand, or to go as fast as seemed desirable. If they gave way to this desire a check must come, and a stoppage of works with all its attendant disappointments must ensue. He was glad to find a great many people appreciated the difficulty the Government were in, in this respect. He did not know if the people here were affected with a desire to cease borrowing, but it was a strange thing that very often those who were loudest in their condemnation of borrowing were loudest in their demands for new works. If people insisted on the wants of tbe various localities being supplied, it was as well for them to know that it could not be done without money. After a short reference to the Toko line, and the stoppage of work there, he said he hoped to be able to open the line at an eary date for goods traffic, and the line would be completed as soon as funds were available. It was not wise to go too fast. There was no doubt but that the fall m the price of wool and frozen meat had caused some disturbance ; but, fortunately, the workers of the colony were not dependent on the price of these products, and the colony had never been so well able to meet these low prices as at present. No doubt these fluctuations would always take place; but he hoped to see the colony so self-contained that it would not be so easily affected as formerly. AH the figures available showed that the colony was prosperous ; at the same time prudence was necessary. They could rest assured the Government was carefully considering all the difficulties and doing all m its power to assist deserving industries and to develop the reßoarces of the colony. Messrs W. H. and A. MeGarry sell fruit, furniture, and sundries, at Eltham pn Saturday,. ' ' I

In the Distriot Court this morning, before Judge Kettle, was commenced a case, McGarvey v. Jury, a olaim for trespass. The parties are residents of Pembroke road, near Stratford, The case was still proceeding when we went to press.

At a meeting of the executive of the Eltham Chamber of Commerce (our ie ident agent writes) the Chairman brought up the question of appointing an agent m the United Stales. He referred to the good to the colony occasioned by having an Agent-General iv London to advise as to markets for produce, etc., and said if the colony could get a man like Mr Reeves as agent in the United States tho good to tbe colony would be incalculable. He moved, That the Government be urged to appoint an agent for the colony in the United States. At tbe suggestion of Mr Tayler, the Chairman agreed to give notice of his motion for next meeting.

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I have just landed ex Ruapehu, four cases of brass rail and ordinary bedsteads. These bedsteads are a very fine assortment, and especially well finished. They were bought when the English market was very low, and will be -sold at less than city prices for cash. Everybody in want of a good value bedstead is invited to inspect these goods at F. J. Wrigley's, High street, Hawera. — Advt. WEAL OR WOE. The stomach is the centre from which from the standpoint of health, flows weal or woe. A healthy stomach means perfect digestion ; perfect digestion means strong and steady nerve centres ; strong nerve centres mean good circulation, rich blood and good health.

Constipation is the prime cause of almost all the diseases that you can think of, and therefore Constipation should never be neglected. When the first symptoms of Constipation manifest themselves, try Impey's May Apple. It has cured where other medicines have failed. Impey'B May Apple is an ideal family medicine ; it keeps the bowels open and regular, and stimulates tbe functions of tbe liver and kidneys, keeping them strong and active ; acts easily and pleasantly, and lhe good it does is permanent. Sold by all Chemists and Storekeepers at 2s 6d per bottle.

Spectacles, Eyeglasses, Smoked Spectacles, Eye Preservers, and Goggles. Sight tested. R. W. Sargent, Jeweller, Hawera. —Advt.