NEWS AND NOTES.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue 7400, 28 February 1902, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

A steam launch is to be placed on Lake Waikaremoana by the Tourist Department. On one property in the Greytown district that has been cropped continuously for 30 years a yield of 60 bushels of oats per acre has been recorded. Holders of day tickets will be ablo to obtain admission to Mddle. Antonia Dolores 1 concert a quarter of an hour earlier than non-holders. A day or so ago a gentleman and his wife, residents of Takapau, were poisoned by eating fruit that had been sprayed. The husband had a very narrow escape, while his wife was not bo badly affected. A Fahiatua gentleman has offered a special prize of 5s for the neatest patch in a pair of pants at the Pahiatun Horticultural and Industrial Show. This should " fetch " a number of competitors. Thirty years ago Lord Kitchener tossed up a coin, " heads for the Army, tails for New Zealand." Heads won it. He has eighteen relatives in New Zealand, however. A vigorous crusade against street hawkers is being mado in Melbourne. On one day recently 28 foreigners were fined in sums ranging from 5a to 40.3 for obstructing the roadway in Swanston street. In the opinion of the Daily Chronicle, Mr Seddon's intention, as cabled to The Times by its Wellington correspondent, of placing Mr W. T. Stead's cheque for £260 1 i e to the credit not of a charitable institu-

tion, but for the fund for fitting out the freßh New Zealand contingent for the front, is distinctly and mischievously mirthful." The Wellington Land Board has decided that it is expedient that the Boads and Bridges DepartI menfc should be empowered by law to expend accrued thirds and fourths at present placed to the credit of local bodies for road-making. The Board has now in hand over £20,000 which local bodies have not taken the trouble to apply for. A curious sequel to the General Beatson and "white-livered curs" incident has been enacted in Victoria. James Steel, one of the mutineers of the Fifth Victorian Contingent, who was sentenced to death and subsequently pardoned by the King, haß been arrested in connection with a brawl at Malthoura, Victoria, and is now awaiting trial at Deniliquin quarter sessions on a charge of assaulting and obstructing a policeman.

A correspondent in Balclutha telegraphs to the Palmerston Standard : — A lively scene took place in the Presbyterian Church at Balclutha on Sunday. A newlymarried couple were spending their first Sabbath in the church, when the mother of a young lady who had previously engaged to marry the bridegroom attacked bim, and a free fight in the church ensued, the minister, the Bey. Mr Currie, separating the parties to the row with difficulty.

An old man nearly 70 years of age rode on Monday week from Amberley to Sef ton on the couplings of a sheep train. Hia statement is that the train was standing for some time at a road crossing at Amberley, and he attempted to get over the line between the sheep trucks, but when in the act of doing so the train moved, compelling him, at the risk of his life, to maintain his hold for eight miles till the train stopped at Sefton.

On Saturday morning, cays the Wairarapa Daily Times, a number of youths came into Masterton from Te Ore Ore, shouting and yelling, and evidently suffering from alcoholic exoilment. Military camps and military exercises are commendable ; but the military canteen, where the civilian beoomes debauched, is damnable. It is about time that the people of this colony told its swaggering military rulers that it won't pay them half a million a year to demoralise lads at camp canteens They must either pat down the camp, or abolish the canteen. The doings at volunteer encampment canteens' in various parts of the colony are rapidly becoming a public scandal.

A find of coins was recently made at the Chatham Islands, on the Wharekauri Estate, evidently belonging to a Maori who had been trading with a whaler. The coins, twenty in number, were all silver, and ranged from a 4d piece to a 5s piece and from 1750 to 1830 in date, and included English, Spanish, and American pieces. A string of beads, an, old. revolver, a knife and a shark's tooth of very large size, and with a hole through it, were alsp among the collection.

A conference of member of the Hawke's Bay Education Board and Napier Borough Council was held last eveuing, to diecu3S the establishment of technical classes under tbe new Eoale. A scheme was drawn up to be submitted to the two bodies for approval.

In regard to the Maori banking case, heard in the Magistrate's Court on Wednesday, it appears that the defendant did not secure her loan as an original depositor. The " bank " had been in exißtence for twelve months or more before she asked for and got an advance of £1 for three months with 5s interest (which certainly pans out at 100 per cent per annum). The plaintiff endeavoured to show that it was defendant's husband who suggested that the bank funds should be expended in grog, and that when a demand for re payment of the loan was made upon his wife, informations for ely grog-selling were laid against certain natives. A peculiar disease has appeared amongst the salmon in the Clinton ponds. It takes the form of a curvature of the spine, the tail »nd the lower portion of the body being bent upward?, or sometimes sideways, at a considerable angle. Mr Wilkie, of the Veterinary Department, has re- | ported upon the disease, and forwarded specimens to headquarters, and Mr Gihuth is now engaged upon an interesting bacteriological examination of the fish. A minute microbe has been discovered in the brain cells, with a high power mioroacope, but whether or not this has anything to do with tbe disease has not been determined. Further examinations, are being I made.

At a recent meeting of the Maori Council, held at Hastings, it was decided that in view of the decrease in land values, owing to the spread of noxious weeds, all members of the Council pledge themselves to get simultaneous work carried out in the kaingas they represent. As a result, the blackberry bushes at many of the settlements are being fired. At this dry season a clean sweep can often be made, and if any fresh growth is kept down, either by grubbing, or merely by mowing periodically, a vast improvement must ensue. It has often been said that small settlement is the solution to this difficulty, but judging from the state of road lines on sections in the Olive, Taradale, and Meanee districts, the small farmer is far more dilatory in such matters than his well-to-do neighbours. The Maoris of Hawke's Bay are to be congratulated if, in the destruction of the blackberry, sweetbriar, and Californian thistle, they teach a lesson to the adjoining palteha. — Napier Herald. Mr Newton King will hold a supplementary sheep fair at bis Toko yards on the 4th March, for which there are very good entries. ALLAYS THE PAIN. Charlotte A. Mackay, Queen street, Mas- { terton, Buys :— " For n?ore than three yearß I I had suffered severely from sharp pains in my arm, shoulder and spine, so that it was almost impossible for me to obtain any sleep. Seeing Chamberlain's Pain Balm advertised, I obtained a "-bottle at Mr Eaton's chemist thop. By following the directions— l had the Paiu Balm well rubbed on to the affected parts — and almost immediately I experienced relief. After several applications, the pain was so allayed that I was able to obtain my regular sleep and perform my household ', duties. I consider it a wonderful medcine, and think so much oi it that I will never be without a bottle in niv home." Chamberlain s Pain Balm is on sale [ at Hawera General Store, — Advt. l Holloway's Ointment and Pills. Much L watchfulness must be exercised at all times, , and the earliest evidences of ill-health ' must be immediately checked, or a slight ' illness may result in a serious malady. ■ Relaxed find sore throat, diphtheria, quinsy, t coughs, chronic cough, bronchitis, and most . other pulmonary affections will be relieved » by rubbing this cooling Ointment into the * skin as near as practicable to the seat of 1 mischief. This treatment, so simple and b effective, is admirably adapted for the (- removal of the diseases during infancy and a youth. Old asthmatic invalids will derive " marvellous relief from the use of Holloway'a 9 remedies, which have brought round many t such sufferers, and re-established health after every other means had signally failed. —Advt. THE VITAL FORCE Of the body is the blood. Keep the ¥ blood pure and clean, and you will be free 5 from sickness. Bile poisons in the blood [} is one of the everyday troubles of the people of the colony, Once the liver grows sluggish and fails to filter the bile poisons 1 from the system there comes pain and 0 trouble. The digestive system is thrown [j out of order, and foul impuiities that should be expelled find their way into the ' blood, and so reach the weak Bpots of the 1 body. {Impey's May Apple, the ideal b family medicine, will keep the blood pure. g It acts directly on the liver and kidneys, . keeping them active and strong. Sold bj ' chemists and storekeepers at 2s 6d. Everybody ought to know that Mesß>£ ® Hardley and Sons have on view ttu >t largest and best selection of cooking a ranges in the district, including amenj a others Barningham's and Shaddock's makes of high and low pressure, suitable for brick chimneys or open kitchens al * Ounedin prices — Advt I- S B. Hunter, of the Eickapoo Co. 0 wishes to give notice that, beginning witt , February 26th, he will visit Eltham everj '* Wednesday instead of Friday, and, begin tt ning with February 28th, will visit Kapongs I. every Friday instead of Wednesday. Al other places as usual. — Advt. Wade's Teething Powdtis for babies are soothing, reduce fever, and prevenl blotches. Price Is. — Advt. WALL PAPERS ! WALL PAPEERS I :e Just arrived, at F. J Wriglev's, 1( t,. bales, containing 3GOO rolls of English ant Canadian Wall Papers. A splendid variety of golds, satins, pulps, tints, balls etc., in all shades at right prices, to ensun 6 a rapid turnover. These papers are all o the very latest styles and choicest designs ;o and the Canadians are especially uniqu< s' and artistic. Inspection invited, anc n samples willingly posted to any address supplied. The finest stock of Wall Paperi ;„ on the Coast. — F. 3. Wbigley's, Hawera 3 — Advt. 1. NOT TOO LATE. 3> Is there anything more intensely pitiable than the sipht of a v.eak, nervous, helplesi woman, and yet in our small community there are many of them. Such women an .n. n not sick, but are suffering from what is l " commonly called poor health. They arc nervous and irritable, and lack the vitality to enjoy the pleasures or support the care: d of home life. Wilton's Bovo-Ferrum, th« »r new tonic, makes weak women strong, and -a sick women well. It fills the arteries witli '- rich red blood, and builds up the entire body with good sound flesh. All chemists , s and stores 2s 6d. y You can depend on -ridding your cbil s dren of worms with Wade's Worm Figs c the wonderful worm worriers, Price Is.—