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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 7823, 23 October 1903, Page 2

The Hawera acclimatisation district comprises the counties of Hawera and _ Patea, together with that portion of the County of Egmont lying to the eastward of the Taungatara River, being the Oeo Riding of the said County of Egmont. A walking match from Woodville to Victoria and back, a distance of nine miles, was held last week. The winner of the event was a lad named Carter, who nas six miles a day to travel to his work. , Ihe Mayor of Woodville competed. He t was allowed fifteen minutes' start, and \ finished nearly last. Some of the compe- , tors returned in vehicles. < In an article dealing with the freehold i question Ihe Dannevirke Press (an mdc- < pendent organ) says :— "Having recently returned from an extensive tour of our district, we can confidently state that we , were surprised at the tone of the per- | petual leaser, who, in his anxiety to get , the freehold, would throw over the whole Seddon fabric to gain his ends." , , A prospecting party which has been \l work on Stewart Island is reported to have discovered a well-defined quartz reef, , which shows a thickness of from 18m Jo 2ft, with every indication of increasing in volume. Samples of the stone are to hi sent to the Dunedin School of Mmes to be tested. A novel defence was set up by four natives charged with sly grog-selling at Awatutu, in the north. They presented in good faith printed forms empowering them to sell spirituous liquors, said to have been issued to them by a native named Kerei Kaihu, who claimed to have , the authority of King Mahuta to issue licenses for the sale of spirituous liquors. , THe Otago Daily Times is informed that a 'eller in one of the Dunedin banks made the unfortunate mistake of giving to a customer or customers on Friday, week last three rolls of gold instead of sMver, the amount representing a sum of £60. The teller is in the unpleasant position of being unable to say to whom Ire gave the rolls. As it is a rule of the banks when officers make mistakes of this kind they are madi personally responsible for the amount involved, tlve teller has to face a somewhat heavy loss, and, knowing this, it is possible the person or pet sons who received the money may restore it. According to a report of the Washington State Fish Commission recently issued, fish can be frozen solid and thawed back to life if not exposed to the sun or allowed to get more than 12 to 14 degreese below the freezing point. Salmon from thu Pacific Coast (says the Commission) could be frozen and transported to the Atlantic 1 Coast and resuscitated to full life under proper conditions. The result will be that live salmon, frozen in blocks of ice, may be shipped to the market before long, and this year a company at Taku Harbour, in Alaska, is to make a practical experiment in this respect. It was stated at Thursday's meeting 'of the Taranaki Provincial Ebcecutive of the New Zealand Farmers' Union that it would cost about £60 to secure the necessary signatures, to the guarantee of the salary of the proposed veterinary surgeon if tho present arrangement 1 for procuring the signatures wag oon'tinued. As £15 had already been spent by the Executive, it was resolved to ask the branches', to undertake the responsibility of completing fhe list for the guarantee. At the 'band contest to be held on the Manjawatu and West Coast Agricultural and Pastoral Association's grounds, Palmerston North, from 1 the 15th to the 19th February, the prizes will toe>— Test selection^, Ist, £100 and silver medals ; 2nd, £50; 3rd, £25 ; 4th, £15; amd £10. Quicksteps— lst, £50; ?nd, £25; 3rd, £15 ; and 4th, £10. Altogether the cash prizes will total £300. At this period of the session, said Mr T. Mackenzie last week, we wamt the policy measures of the Government, not the fancy milliuery we are now getting. A water-mill conduit started the Californian gold rush (says the Cambridge Modem History, vol. VII.). To enlarge it, water was rushed through,' arid a bed of mud and gravel was consequently formed at the end of the ditch. As Marshall stood looking at this bed of mud in January, 1848, he saw some glittering particles. . . . Finding them malleable he at once guessed they were gold. >. . . To keep the secret was impossible. . . . The news spread fast, and a rush for the goldfields began. The whole social condition of California was instantly changed. Labourers left their fields, tradesmen tktir shops. Seamen deserted their ships in every harbour j soldiers defiantly left their barracks. .. . . On March 29 the Californian newspaper suspended its issue, because editor, typesetter, and printer's devil had hurried to the mines. On June 14 the Star stopped for a like reason, and California no longer possessed a new* paper. A novel experiment will shortly be made from Pike's Peak, Colorado, or some other lofty mountain. Mr Frederick Schoonmaker, of the Whitney Development Compa-iy, is arranging to transport a 13in cannon from which to fire a spherical magnet towards the sky. To the projectile will be attached a coil of wire 20 or 30 miles in length. Mr Whitney beKeves that once it is beyond the pale of the law of gravitation the magnet will be drawn into the electric sea surrounding the earth and held there. By means of the wire it is hoped that a limitless supply of electric power will be obtained which will revolutionise the running of machinery all over the world. Mr Whitney formed a company last year for the purpose of develrjping this novel idea. Brother Jonathan is again to the fore, this time with a cure for blindness. A little three-year-old girl, named Lizzie SpUxnadei, who has been blind from birth, has, it is reported, been treated by some New York scientists with radium and the Rontgen rays, and. is- now recovering her sight. Radium was applied to . her forehead and to the base of the brain, while at the same time the Rontgen fluoroscope was placed before her eyes. The patient was afterwards able to distinguish lights and large moving bodies. It is believed that another application will be unnecessary, but if needed it will be undertaken shortly. The us© of Rontf?en rays in addition to radium seems incongruous, as it was lately proved (by Professor Rutherford we believe) that radium was many times more powerful than the former. It may require an exercise of faith to believe this story because it comes from the States (Indianapolis), but it is a good story anyway. The Rev. Samuel Snyder has a Faith Rescue Mission -at Munice to rescue young men and women from evil associations, and it has been supported entirely by gifts received in response to prayer. Thus a few evenings ago the united prayers of the workers wore invoked for a washing machine, and the next day one was sent to the mission i by a kindly-disposed person who. had learned thiougi a friend that the laundty needed one. It was then determined to pray for a sewing machine, and this came during a couple of days. During the warm weather last month, when some of the inmates of the Home, whese health had lseen wrecked by dissipation, were suffering from the sweltering heat, it was suggested that a drive late in the evening would do them good. A united effort was made in praying for a horse and carriage, i Mr Snyder prayed fervently for two nights without result, and then some of the workers, who had always received prompt answers to similar petitions, began to be discouraged. The superintendent said, ha was confident that the Lord had heard the petitions, but the. third night of prayer came and went without the expected urnval of the team. v The next morning, •while the inmates were gathered round the little altar, a farmer knocked at the door, ! and when it was opened a farmer lad Jed in a fine horse with rieat 'chapel cart attached, wbJich was nearly hew. Inquiry developed tUe fact that it had been sent 1 to the home by a woman at Upland," Grant County, who.liad heard of the work of tho mission, but knew nothing of the prayers for the horse and carriage. The horse ! was immediately nsmed "Faith," and tho gig has proved a means of pleasure to the inmates ever since. "Everything we get everything we own, comes by faith," skid Mr Snyder, "and we ask nothing from anyone except God. We rely wholly upon his promises, and we have never asked in vain. TENNIS r! TENNIS!! F. J. Wrigley has now opened his new seasons stock of tennis goods. Splendid selection of Slazenger's and Foresters racquets, including E.G.M., Special Demon, Renshaw, etc. Slazenger's 1903 balls, nets, poles, lawn markers. A good stock of lawn mowers (ball bearing and I plain) in all sizes. A full stock of all tennis requisites. Inspection invited.— F. J. Wrigley, Hawera. — Advt. The best medicine known is Sander and Sons, Eucalypti Extract; test its eminent powerful effects in coughs, colds, influenza; the relief is instantaneous. In serious cases, and accidents of all kinds, b© they wounds, burns, scaldings, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy— no swelling—no inflammation. Like surprising effects produced in croup, diphtheria, bron- ' chitis, inflammation qf the lungs, swelling, etc.; diarrhoea^ dysentery, diseas.es of the, kidneys and urinary organs. In use, at hospitals and medical clinics' all over the globe.— Advn. FISHING! FISHING! ■ F. J. Wrigley has now landed the new season's stock pf fighing gear. A very fine assortment: of Bartleet's high-class gear, including several novelties. A great variety of wooden and steel rods, split cane,' green* heart, lancewood, and hickory rods from 6s 6d to £3.,, Sfieel telescopic rods in three. Kinds, further improvements this year; inspection" invited; New # casts; new traces, new ' minnows, everything new, no old stock.- Several new varieties of flies, minnows, and fishing sundries that all fishermen should inspect. Rod repairs of all; descriptions "by s a competent man. Orders by, post promptly attended to/Licenses issued, and full information given as to now and whare to fish. F. J. Wrigley, Fawa — Advt.