LOCAL AND GENERAL

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LI, Issue 9137, 9 July 1906, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The rainfall in Hawera last week totalled two inches. The mail train arrived at Hawera 48 minutes late this morning, owing to a mishap to the engine at Inglewood. The estates of forty six deceased persons were placed in the hands of the Public Trustee during June. The Chronicle says that a well-known settler in the Wanganui district has been nade the richer to the extent of £40,000 by the death of a near relative On Wednesday next Messrs Nolan. Tonks and Co. will hold a clearing sale on account of Mr Jos. Crockett, who ha 3 disposed of most ot his fa/rm. The cows are a first-class lot, having been selected from some of the best herds on the coast. Buyers in want of cows should attend this sale. , Tho senior scholars of the Hawera District High School had a most interesting and instructive lesson last Friday on San Francisco. At Mr Strack's special request Miss Ida Mendelson, a former pupil of the school, who had just returned from Air-erica, gave an excellent account of the earthquake disaster of the city at the Golden Gate. In the morning the lecture was given to the fourth and fifth classes, in the afternoon to the sixth and High School pupils, and at 3.20 the lecture was given to the teachers. Miss Mendelson first of all descri\ied the voyage from New Zealand to America, the ports of call at Pago Pago and at Honolulu, then the entrance to the great Calif ornian harbor, through the Golden Gate, the wharves, the Sutra Baths, the fortifications, parks, Market street, public buildingb, scenic spiral railway, Spreckles' mansion electric cars, strenuous life, cost of living, education system, trade of the caiby, and the cosmopolitan nature of the inhabitants. The -whole state of California was then described, including the Venice of the west — Los Angelos. *After a glowing account of the magnitude, the wealth, and the progress of San Francisco, Miss Mendelson described in a most realistic manner the calamity which befel the city, the shake, the rocking motion, the crash, the roar, the utter helplessness of everybody, the escape to the streets and parks, then the outburst of fire, flames leaping to the sky (magnificent but heartrending), the famine (the "bread line" of millionaire and pauper), the danger of debris,- etc., etc Each lee-, ture lasted one hour, and was illustrated by maps, pictures, photographs, papers and curios. At the conclusion (4.30 p.m.) afternoon tea was served out the teachers congratulated Miss Mendelson on her splendid descriptive powers and on the excellent lecture she had given. The headmaster specially thanked her on behalf of pupils and teachers for the instructive lesson given to all. The dairy cows, etc., advertised by Nolan, Tonks and Co. on account,of Mr F. Wateon will be sold on Tuesday, 24th instant, instead of Tuesday, 10th. SMOKERS, ATTENTION, PLEABE! The best of all smoKes-^- GOLDEN EAGLE, FLAKE CUT,, in TWO-OUNCE TINS.

The wattles around Carterton, Wairarapa- (says the Wairarapa Age) are already in bloom, which is taken a.s an indication of an early spring. General Sir Neville Lyttelton (Chief of the General Staff), speaking on shooting, remarked that he always said to young soldiers—"There is a lot of room round you "• and that was where most of c bullets went. The best percentage^ hits on record was at the battfc'of Inkerman, when one bullet in 80 hit an enemy. An army which could get a percentage of 5 tier cent, of hits would be irresistible. A man can hire a horse in Japan, keep two servants, and live on the 'ifefc of the land all for about £4 per month. Thia is the land which threatens us with indus, trial competition in the near future What I simple, happy conditions ! No Arbitration ■ Court, no Workers' Compensation 4ct or factory legislation. What a paradise for ' ' employers (remarks a writer in the Auckland Star), whore the work&is are content to yell "Banzai" and starve. TJhat appears to have been a cruel hoax of the unemployed was perpetrated recently id Melbourne. An advertisement, accepted in all good faith, appeared in tho Age stating that six laborers were wanted "to meet employer" at the corner of Little Collins and Spring streets at 11 o'clock By 30 o'clock about 300 men had assembled" and by 11 there were 400, but no employer appeared. The men arrived at the conclusion that they had been hoaxed and proceeded to the Treasury, where they endeavored to make a complaint to the Premier. The Department of Industries and Commerce, in conjunction with the High. Commissioner, is- now completing arrangement's to make a large and thoroughly comprehensive exhibit of New Zealand tinned meats of eveay description at the Grocers' Exhibition to be held in the Agricultural Hall, London, during September next Circulars have been sent to each of the meat companies in the colony, invitinc them to contribute towards the exhibit, and so far the response has been most satisfactory. In addition to participating in this big food exhibition, which is a very large and important show, it is proposed to issue a pamphlet which ihall include tho text of New Zealand's Slaughtering and Inspection Act and all statutory or ether regulations affecting "the trade" in the colony. By this and other means that are being taken it, is hoped that the "trade" will soon pick up again, and perhaps profit by the set-back the Americans havo received owing to tfca Tecent disclosures. Having received advice from their London agents that on account of the American meat scandal there was "a lessening demand for tinned meats on the Home market, several of the big meat companies (says the Wellington correspondent of the Dunedin Star) have approached tine. Government asking their assistance in seeking to establish th© fact that no exception can be taken to the tihn«f meats prepared in tho colony. As a matter of fact, the Government had already moved in the matter, and the High Commissioner in London had irjad© public the ' manner in which our slaughtering, inspection and canning operations at tihe meat works were carried on. Since then a conference has been lie-Id in London between Sir Joseph Ward, the *s, High Commissioner, and th»- buyers, and / 1 tihe process in force in all the large meat 1 works throughout the colony has been . thoroughly explained and accepted as quite satisfactory by the -buyers. Of course, the shortage in the demand is the direct result of the terrifying effect the Chicago horrors have had upon the public, who are bound to look with suspicion" on tinned foods for a time. But New Zealand tinned meats have always been held in high regard everywhere, and the endeavor that is now * being made is to assure the public that.there is not the slightest need to take I .alarm, as the high st&ndard of these good* ■ is never likely to be reduced undear the present rigid regulations in force in New Zealand. > The Eltham Argus says:— "lf all that we hear concerning the sanitary arrangei menis of Hawera be true, that town within l a- few years will be a good town to live. ) out of. A Hawera resident, informs us that in places where access to the town drainage system is di'ficul*. some people ' have a system of draining nigjht&oil and ( everything else into deep holes, and when • . one hole is filled they cover it up and dig [ another. This is simply the filthy cesspit system, and it is haid to believe that such | an antiquated, disease breeding system is tolerated in a town of Hawera's size and . importance.^ Our informant is positive as ' to the correctness bf the above informa- '< tion, but if it can be contradicted we ihall 1 be very pleased." If our contemporary ' would feel any pleasure at 'a contradiction * it would have derived still further pleasure 1 and beei\ less unjust if it had made adeq uate enquiries before publishing ouch a ' misleading statement. A lie outright is 1 proverbially easy to fight, but a half truth is harder to meet. ' In the statement quoted there is not even half truth; it rests ' on a mere appearance of fact Virtually ' the whole of the residential part of tiho borough of Hawera is sewered, and not ' more than two or three houses on the line ' of route are unconnected. To certain parts , ' of the thinly populated outskirts of the * town the drainage system does not yet ex- [ tend, but there a*© septic -tanks in some cases, and in most others the area of land 1 is so large that the burying system is in1 ocuous. Taken by and large the statement circulated is a gross misirepresentation. As 1 a matter of fact there is no" town in the ' colony where the sanitary arrangements '. are tetter and more complete, and tibe ' paragraph is simply a spiteful libel on a •sommunity which has spent thousands of ; pounds in carrying out a system that has * ' earned the special praise of the Public 1 Health Department of tho colony > Dr F. Wallace Mackenzie will be at the i Egmont Hotel, Hawera, on Tuesday, July r lOfeh 1171 > STUBBORN COUGHS CURED. There fe no- danger of pneumonia or con- ;• sumption, or other serious lung trouble, if 1 Chambeilain's Cough Remedy is taken, ac _ 1 it will cure the most stubborn coughs— th» > dangerous kind that setiie on the lungs, * and may develop into pneumonia overnight. ■ For sale by W. K. Wallace and H. E. Harris. — Advt. P SMOKERS, READ THIS! The good thing at last! GOLDEN EAGLE Tobacco, FLAKE CUT, in TWOT OUNCE TINS. Try it. For Children's Hacking Cough -at Night, 1 Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Is 6d and 2s 6d per bottle.— Advt. r Seasonable lines in. Blankets and Quilts I ore being advertised by W. Spence, of the Economic, Hawera. — Advt.

Mr J. K. Cameron invites communication from all those desirous of helping in the matter of erecting a memorial window to the late Mr H. G. Pitcher. A reminder is given of the lecture on Farmers' Union matters to be given tonight in the Opera House by Mr J. C. Cooper. Farmers and others are expected to attend in force. Speaking at a meeting of the Farmers' Union at Eltham on Saturday, Mr T. 0. Hodgson said he was surprised to find ■what a very small percentage of farmers asked for a certificate of ingredients with the manures they purchased. According to the Fertiliser Amendment Act dealers were bound to supply such a certificate (if asked for) with each sale effected. On Monday last (says the Timaru Herald) the system of reserving seats in railway carriages, as promised some time ago by Sir Joseph, Ward, came into vogue on the expresses between Christchurch and Invercargill, but so far •as can be ascertained no one has yet availed himself of the privileges of the innovation. Each seat in the first-class carriages bears a numbered metal-plate, and either on th« wall of the carriage or on the side of the arm chair is affixed a small circular brass receptacle -with a glass, front and a projecting handled metal slip, which can be removed on the insertion into a peculiar keyhole of a key carried by the guard. On payment of sixpence a passenger haa « ticket inserted in the metal case over the seat he desires, and is given a duplicate by the authority of which he can oust any one -who should at any stage of the journey jump his scat. Dr Adler, Chief Rabbi, giving evidence before the Sunday Trading Committee in England, 6aid the Jewish Sabbath commenced at sunset on Friday and ended -witli the appearance 'of the ©tars of the second magnitude on Saturday night. That varied with the time, of yeai and' latitude of the place, and in some cases was as late a* 10.30 p.m. on Saturday. Enforced abstention from work on Sunday, he said, ■would place Jews on the horns of a dilemma. Either they and their families must face starvation — for they would only be allowed to work five days a week — or .they would be driven to desecrate tfceir Sabbath. He was in favor of all txadieis being compelled to close their shops one day a week. The principle to act upon, was -that of one day's rest an seven. A disturbance followed the football match on June 15 between the Wesley College and Church of England Grammar School teams, Melbourne. The boys met in Flinders, street on the way home. As the two forces came into touch a hand snatched at a cap, and 1 in a moment the air was full of usts and aims. There fol lowed a Tunning fight along Flinders street. Suddenly into fhe middle of the surging mass come a motor car, in which sat a boy wearing a Wesley cap. As the motor slowed down behind a lonry near the corner of Exhibition street, an intrepid youngster rushed up, boarded the car, and daehed away, waving aloft the captured cap. The scalp-hunter was pursued, surxoundedt, taken prisoner, and' made to suffer the humiliation of having to surrender his trophy. The police quelled the disturbance. One boy had two teeth knocked out in the encounter. So China is boycotting New Zealand, \ and we never guessed it (says the Christ- 1 church. Truth). Our amiable CommissidneT in the East has failed to get any Celestial merchant to exhibit bamboo fixings and lacquer fal-lals at G. M. Munro's great show because China is so annoyed at New Zealand's £5100 poll tax, and the amusing thing is that the pig-tasled Celestial has been so eloquent about it that he has converted the amiable Gow and made j him an earnest advocated — while he is in China— of *jhe let-em-all-come policy that nearly ruined California and British Columbia. Fortunately the "say so" i doesn't lie with J. Graham Gow. The people of New Zealand have a say in it, , and the people of New Zealand are quite satisfied if it either means t&e free intro duction of Chinese or no Mongolian courb a* "the Exhibition, to sacrifice the court with a glad heart and a cheerful countenance. We can do without the Chinaman, educated ox-unediicated, in this country, be he tourist, tea dealer, or coohe. Even if it meant the failure of the Exhibition altogether we would sooner not have him. „ , The British naval manoeuvres, on which a report has been made this week were Tegarded in naval and military quarters as of grea* importance, especially in vk|w of a recently published "scare" book on the vulnerability of Great Britain. The two fleets, it may be remembered, were the Red (ot British) and the Blue (or hostile) The Red, commanded by Admiral Sir Arthur K. Wilson, V.C. (associated with Admirals Beresford and Boeanquet), consisted of the Channel Fleet, .ite Mediterranean Fleet, the Ist, 3rd, and 4th Graiseir Squadrons, and certain chips of the Reserve Division ; while the hostile Blues commanded by Admiral Sir W. H. May, 'weie made up of the Atlantic Fleet, 2nd Cruiser Squadron and certain ships of the Reserve Division. Briefly the British force included some 25 battleships, and the enemy's force rathear less than half as many, but five of the latter were of the lamges& and most modern King Edwaxd VII. type. The result, as given by the experts, is of the greatest possible interest and importance, and may be briefly stated as follows : — Admiral May's hostile fleet, though losing eeveial battleships, evaded a decisive encounter, and, using oil fuel, shook off their pursuers, obtained temporary command of the English Channel, and threatened to bombard the English ports failing indemnities. Admiral Wilson, commanding the Home Fleet, on the other hand, claims that he succeed«d in destroying the .enemy's power and crippling his commerce, while the destruction of his (the enemy's) fleet was assured. The conclusion is, briefly, that England is not invulnerable to the greatest of the naval Powers (its attacking strength Being based upon the understanding that England is at the absolute minimum equal to two possible foes), but that she would retaliate heavily and paralyse the enemy before be could follow up his TO THE POINT. Mr Alexander Miller, the well-known builder, of Roslyn, is not lavish with words. He cays what he has to say briefly and to the point. • Writing under date 19th May, Mr Miller cays:— "l suffered from rheumatism in my heel for two months, and was craed by Rheumo in two or three days. I can recommend it to anyone suffering from the same complaint." It is » volume in a nutshell. Two months' agony cured in two aays! "I can recommend it," says Mr Mallei. You cam believe him. Rheumo is sold by all chemists and storekeepers at Se 6d an«l 4s 6d per bottle. IS