LOUAL AND GENERAL. ' ' I JI I t L , ,

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 7854, 10 December 1903, Page 2

LOUAL AND GENERAL. ' ' I JI I t L , ,

; The Premier passed through Hawera last evening en route or Auckland. He was met at the local station by the member for the district and other gentlemen. In an article on our labour laws, Christchurcli Truth says :—"What\ will happen when hard times come? That is a reflection that has occurred to many thoughtfal oatizens, but it has hitherto been ignored by the Laboui; party.. "Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof has. beer, the unionist motto, and not the future. Tlwie are already indications that the re-, action is beginning to set in." The local band has generously decided to institute a .u.ospital Sunday in this district for the benefit of the inmates for the time being of the Hospital. On Sunday w/eeic the band intends to play a few selections in the Hospital grounds and to take up a collection. The Eltham, Opunake, Ivaponga, and ■ Manaia bands have also boen written to asking them to assist in a like manner on the same day. The incendiarist appears to be at work again in Masterton. On Saturday night at 10 o'clock an outbreak of fire was discovered at Mr E. McEwen's premises in Queen Street. Fortunately the fire was detected before it had obtained a strong hold. A quantity of shavings had been apparently placed against the building. &n)ce tho fire - raising commenced at the end of June 19 fires have occurred, cue origin of wMch has not been accounted for. This is the second occasion on which Mr McEwen's premises have j been the scene of an incipient conflagration of this mysterious character. The Wellington correspondent of the Hawke's Bay Herald writes : —The position of matters in connection wiih the Dairying Division ot the Department of Agriculture is st/ill somewhat unsatisfactory. The new Danish Commissioner, though no doubt possessing e.xrellent qualifications, lias so limited an acquaintance with the English language that his experience and knowledge are somewhat- discounted in consequence, in so far as 2Jew Zealand is concerned. It was understood that ano'thor Dairy Commifcsioner was to have been obtained from Canada, but so far thera is no sign of a suitable expert from that quarter. Hence the offer to Mr Kinsella.' On Wednesday evening the torchlight procession which marched to King Edward a-ark was followed by a large number of local residents. The demonstration, which was got up with the object of raising money for the band contest fund, was supported by members of the local Oddfellews' Lodge, the Fire Brigade, and the Fire Police, who marched in regalia and uniform. The band headed the procession, and the music attracted a large number of people. At the Park, in addition to tuc musical programme, several tug-of-war contests took place. In the principal ot these the Fire Brigade defeated the Band, but the brigade was in turn beaten by a team chosen from the visiting pubiic. » A collection resulted in the sum of £3 being added to the contest fund. There has been considerable discussn* in the Wellington press and pulpit in regard to alleged Sabbath desecration and the morals of the community generally. The'controversy was started by opiriious expressed at a meeting of the Wellington Ministers' Association. The Rev. W Thomson, of Scots Church, next entery-1 the lists, and had a tilt at the Ministers' j Association, with which, by the way, he JIJ I is not associated. In a sermon he deplored the desecration of the Sabbath but he could not help being struck with the fact that none of the ministers who had spoken on the subject had explained the cause of the various evils which Lhev referred to. The theatre had its- place in our social, life, but as a form of rek<ation it was nofc an end in itself, and was only a stimulus to higher service and life, lie could not agree that prohibition was the only cure for <,foe evils of the liquor traffic. He thought that an "improvement in the moral condition of the city would be noticeable if there was less overcrowd ing, less poverty, and less crasre by girls for dress which they could ill afford. He asked whether i the churches 'themselves were not intensely selfish. A great reformation was urgently needed, and he hoped it would consist in a whole-hearted r * T «° the - simplicity and inwardness ot the Gospel, a thoroughly scriptural acceptance of the Christian- faith, and a .jiiarity which would respect liberty of conscience, and also a social reform which would no longer necessitate a protest from the Ministers r Association. I-n our advortisingr columttis will bo found particulars of the sal» of tjbOWall fcwowu Eeinout View herd of „ bhorthorn cattle, to he sold on December lfith. Tfeis herd was fouuded l»y Mr A. A. Fantham na far back as 1065, and during the past thirty-nine years nothing tout the choicest cattle have been added by purchase. At tho present time the imported bull Buscot v i°?LT *?r 4^ use> The " sl M? w records held Jbjy Mr Fantham's herd isVVrofcfeMly unbeaten in New Zealand aud at this years Eminent Show, comipeting in .large classes, his cattle weio in every class placed first and-both championships went to the Esmont View herd, i^rom mtxny points it is to bo regretted that so valuable a collection of stock 's 'being dislpersed, Uut bireeders will be ffiven a. great opportunity to secure .first-class stock. Sprains are often more serious than "broken bones on account of not boing properly treated. 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