LOCAL AND GENERAL

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LI, Issue 9138, 10 July 1906, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

— * Among recent appointees to the Commission of the Peace in New Zealand is Sir Samuel Gillott, Attorney-General of Victoria. The Wellington 'correspondent of the Lyttelton Times says that the Hon. Mr Hall-Jones rises at five, and is in his office at half-past six. His day's work finishes an hour after midnight. It is reported that there 16 a mild fuel famine in New Plymouth just now, the rough weather having so interfeired with shipping that local supplies of coal have almost run out. The bankruptcy returns show that in i)P yftju. c: ding Jt ne 30 ther.j <va,s a de crease in the number of bankrupts filed before the D.O.A. at Hawera. In 1904-5 the number was 17, and in 1905-6 only n. "There a-re many houses in Chiris£church," said Dr Thacker, during the couree 1 of an address at Christchuirch on Tuesday evening, "where rack rents are being extorted and I wouldn't put one of my trotting horses in them." During the past six months- New Zealand exported 265,126 ounces of gold, valued' at £1,070.434, an increase of 14,511 mmcc&, valued at £59,111, as compared. witiii the output for the corresponding period of last year. During the year ending 316t March, 1906, the number of bicycles imported into the colony was 13,034, of a total value of £74,290. Wellington is consiberably the largest importer, the figures being—-Wel-lington, 5690 machines; Auckland, 432; Lyttelton (Christchurch). 3328; Dunedin, 1187; other ports, 2397. An exchange says; "The expenses in connection with the Taihape Borough elections amounted to nearly £100. The returning officer cnarged the modest sum of £2 2s per -day for seven days, but the account was not passed for payment. The Coupncil have a credit balance of £60 and it was a difficult- problem to pay £100 out of -that credit. It is stated that some time ago a gentleman travelled through the district with the object of securing options fox a proposed oil prospecting company. On one farm he was given water from a well which smelt very-^strongly of oil. He hadn't come down in the last shower, however, and his tone was smooth and sweet as he remarked': "I guess you must have a refinery on this property." He knew the difference (the Taranaki Herald remarks) between kerosene and crude petroleum. The most noteworthy incident of Wedneisday's stock sale at Ad'dington was the vigorous competition of certain butchers for inferdor cattle in the fat pens —many of the animals could not correctly be called fat cattle. The larger butchers do not usually bid for this class of meat (says a contemporary) and their competition on Wednesday excited some comment, eliciting the information that- it" was directed against meat hawkers and some of the I cheap butchers, who have been buying old j and inferior beef selling it at low prices, to the deriment of the regular trade. What | the latter intend to do with the beef is not! stated. The High Commissioner for New Zea- : land receives frequent complaints of the practice of purveyors selling meat as New Zealand, which his correspondents assure him has not come from the colony. In one case an advertisement was sent from a country paper, in which a butcher advertised his prices at such figures as to dearly show that it was impossible that the meat (lamb) was New Zealand, and he went on to advertise, 'Do not confound this with inferior Australian lamb now on the market.' In this case the complaining butcher says laait he is prepared to swear that the advertiser has not had an ounce of New Zealand lamb in bis shop. -

The Taranaki News reports that Mr P. WaTburton, or Normanby, engaged for the past ten months with the Haweira Electric Company, has been appointed second engineier at the New Plymouth electrical power-house. He will take up his duties in a month's time. The ordinary meeting of the Hawera District High School was held on Monday evening ; present— Messrs- Tait (Chairmen), Bates, Young, Rev. Gibson, and Mt Bone (secretary). After formal business several accounts were passed for payment. The complaints of certain parente as to alleged ill-treatment of their children were Tead. The meeting not being a full one, it was decided, after a lengthy discussion, to adjourn the matter until next- Monday evening, at which meeting the parents concerned and the headmaster of the school are to be asked to attend. In the "ballot" of the Lands Department (says a contemporary) there seems to be elements of a State lottery — blanks innumerable, and occasionally a big prize. This is said to be the story of a Barley grower at Blind River, Matrlborough, when asked how he was getting on. "Well to tell you the truth, I've just sold out.- Five years ago I was lucky enough to draw a section in the ballot. Thirty-five pounds was my total capital. I paid a £25 as a deposit, and was so glad with my luck that I went on -the spree with the rest. I sold out the whole lock, stock and barrel last- month for £3000. So you see I haven't done so bad!" Hare Matenga, the Maori fugitive who ' is being hunted through the wilds of the Waiapu county by a party of police and auxiliaries, has been wanted for over four years upon a charge of horse stealing. After learning that he was- likely to be punished for this crime Matenga made tracks inland 1 , and defied arrest. The Police went out after him on several occasions, but Matenga proved too good a bushman for them, and though bis tracks were occasionally ' found he •successfully eluded his pursuers .till- finally the search' was abandoned. From time to time Matenga ha& returned to the outposts of civilisation and raided bushmen's camps, depleting them of stores, guns, and ammunition, and his. depredations of late have been so frequent that setttero in the back blocks of the Waiapu county have appealed for police protection, with the Tesult that Commissioner Dinnie issued instructions that Matenga m/ust be caught. I am informed (says the London conrespondentof the Pastoxalists' Review) by Messrs W. Weddell and Co. that they have applied the sterilising process of Mr Linley's— to which I referred some- months ago with success to some Argentine chilled beef which was slightly mouldy. This was in the Southampton store, and an application of the chemical for a few houTs only by vaporising quite killed the mould, and the meat was ultimately sold), after' sixty days from killing, at ordinary Plate chafed values. The meat was kept for 21 days in . store at about 32 degrees. Mr Linley's wish as to experiment with a cargo and to prevent rather than cure, but t>he success of the application referred to is notable. Experienced market men 6fty that if the agent or other process could be successfully employed all beef amv"ng here would be chilled, and that the imports would be so enormous that prices would fall to present frozen rates." "My idea is to employ our prisoners in ' making roads in Gippsland — down at the mouth of the Snowy River," said the Premier of Victoria (Mr Bent) tihe other day. "The late Mr Seddon told me that they used »to have caravans taking them from place to place in New Zealand, and as they always saw liberty ahead they never tried to run away. I propose to give them something else as well as Hberty— something in tiho shape of hard cash, so that when their time is up they may gef, not a small sum doled out by an outside organisation, with their mates meeting them at the gaol gates, but enough to start on a fresih career. Mr Seddon said there was no difficulty at all, and I sent for the Inspec-tor-General of Penal Establishments (Mr Connor). He told -me -that at present prisoners earn 1® 4d a week, and cast £1 a week to keep. His complaint is that the. Government institutions won't give him v enough work' to keep the prisoners employed. He even gets more orders from the Railway Department of Ne\r South Wales than he does from our own Railway Department. However, Tm going to see what can be done to make them keep themselves." Dr Rudolf Broda, Protessor of Economics, at Paris, arrived at the Bluff by this week' 6 Melbourne steamer. Six years ago he left Palis to study on behalf of the College of Psychology into the state of culture among the working classes of the leading nations of the world, the results achieved by labor legislation, anil the growth and development of the socialistic movement. He has visited every part of the world except the soutliern, portion of America and South Africa, and now he has arrived in the land "which, I am told, is the most progressive country in the world." Dr Broda is looking forward to his experiences in New Zealand. "You have gone further in the way of State entierprise and State regulation of labor than any other country in the world," he said. "Your legislation is much discussed in Paris, and your country is better known in France than is Australia. New Zealand is regarded by us as the example-giving part of Australasia. We expect that Australia will follow your lead, ftnd then maybe the rest of tihe world will follow Australia. Efforts ane being made to propagate in France such institutione as your Arbitration Court and wages boards. Th* trades unions opposfe the movement, fearing that when workmen can obtain redress from a court the influence of unions will be weakened. New Zealand and Australia are doing splendid work in experimen- < tal politics. You are guided by a vea-y sound practical instinct, but, on the other hand, you 'have not, perhaps, the same theoretical knowledge of economic evolu Ition. The main object oijny stay here is to see the methods- and results of your labor and socialistic legislation for use in France." __~^ In another column Mr Newtown^HP^ Stiratford, advertises five freehold dairyf farms for sale by private treaty on account of Mr Alf. Bayly, of Toko. The farms range in area from 100 acres, to 170 acres and being some of the best of .Toko district they should meet with^a ready sale. Factory returns will be aTaaa.ble.'ior inspection by intending pufchaoerß, "and jh every way the sale "is absbltifely^getinine The prices advertised ate lowland intend--mg investors should promp% ?seelc further information fa»m Mr Kong; - Terms are exceptionally easy, W altogether the opportunity should ;u>t -b* mased. Seasonable lines in Blank** and Quilts are being advertbed by W St>enr« «»7w! Economic, Hawem.-Advt ' ' tb *

Tt is a mistake to suppose, as has been stated, that Mr Seddon held the office of Prime Minister for a longer period than lias previously been recorded in the British possessions. Sir Oliver Mowatt, who was Premier of Ontario for twentylour years, from 1872 to 1896, appears to hold the record. He only resigned the Premiership in the latter year to take office in the Dominion Cabinet, and in 1897 was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, which position he held until his death about four years ago.— Exchange. Writing to a friend in Hawera from Australia, an employee in the Victariain Railway Workshops says, respecting the death fo the late Premier : "Mr E. J. Seddon's death was -very eudden j and one is almost inclined to think they killed him with kindness here. They did not seem to be able to make enough- of him. He paid a visit to the shops, and when he came into the carriage shop they gave him a great reception, Tinging him in with hammers on the benches, and for a minute or so you could hear nothing. The day he was buried they stopped work at 3 p.m. for five minutes. It was a very touching thing. At 3 o'clock the whistle sounded, and in an instant every man stopped work, and just as he was stood with bat off for five minutes, and the firebeU was tolled at minute intervals. I have never seen anything like it ; the men just stood in silence and it was most impressive, and certainly showed their great respect for a great man." The International Academy of Composers of the Dance and Dancing Masters, at its annual conference in Paris, has "anfolded a programme as novel as it is stimulating. Its • decree has gone fortih, in favor of short skirts for women. It will, no doubt, take some little time for us to- get used to the change (says a London paper). Wo shall miss the swish oi skirts and the dignity of flowing draperies. But it is not for mere men partners to object to the revelation of feet and ankles, beautiful in themselves, moving with grace and precision alongside the shuffling clurosinesa of unhandsome and unskilful extremities. Moreover, the isaving in pins and flounces must be remembered, and the relief to those who have to dance in spuis. So fa,r, so good. The sonorous Academy also drew up a lost of "convenable" dances, in which, wo find, and shrink from such alarming affairs' as.the "Boston International" and the "Bousse-Kaya. But we have survived "The Washington Post" and lived through the cakeiwalk. An application for permission to examine a number of boys and girls in the public schools, with a view to testing his own observations concerning the comparative, freedom of children in this country -from rickets and lateral curvatuire of the spine, was made by Dr Max Herz to the Auckland Education. Board recently, and was granted subject to the approval of the head teacher as to *ime and the. consent of parents in respect to the examination of any child. Dr Hctz says that a very iaTge proportion, of the children, especially girls, are more or less deformed' at Home through, lateral curva/tua» of th^ spine and rickets, but that in this country cases of either disease appear to be extremely rare, which he attributes to the good Hygienic conditions under which the population live. Field Marshal Oyama, whose impending retirement from the post of Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Army is announced,, hae earned his rest. Now in his 63rd year b& gained bis first practical knowledge of modem warfare as a looker-on in the Franco-Germami conflict in 1870, when he was Japanese military attache on the side of the French. Later he took pant in the great work of re-organising the Japanese Army, and, subsequently, 'held one of the two great commands' in the war between China and Japan. In the latter capacity it fell to Oyama to attack Port Arthur. As is -well known, the Celestials made but a poor defence, despite the strength of their fortifications. A Tegular siege had been originally contemplated, bait Oyama, quietly taking the measure of his enemy, determined at once to carry the place by assafult, a result very speedily attained. Though he has seen much active service, Oyama has never been wounded. Messrs Freeman R Jackson and Co. advertise for private sale two valuable stallions. Hcrse -owners are notified by advertisement that the well-known thoroughbred horse Chasseur is offered for private sale by Messrs Jackson and Co. This horse stated to bo in splendid condition for either racing or the stud, and a very reasonable figure has been placed upon J-dm. Buy one of Sargent's Reliable Keylese Watches, a real good watch, well finished throughout in solid nickel case; £1, guaranteed. R. W. Sargent, watchmaker, Hawera. — Advt. I AM WELL. 8 to 10 drops of IMPEY'S MAY APPLE after each meal keeps me so. I can enjoy a hearty meal with no afterdiscomfort. Bilious attacks are only a. memory Sick headaches never occur. With clear brains business becomes pleasure. Frieiids remark, "How well you look ! ' In fact, I feel half a century younger, and have not known a day's sickness for years. AM WELL. IMPEY'S MAY APPLE, 2s 6d per bottle; everywhere. Wholesale: Sharland and Co., Wellington. WHY WASTE YOUR MONEY. • If yon have rheumatism, gout or sciatica it is useless to hope for a permanent cure from a liniment. You can expect, at tho best, nothing but temporary relief. 11 you want to cure yourself you must deal with the cause which is uric acid in the system. Turner's Rheumo achieves th-s object; it drives out the uric acid, and all rheumatic or sciatic pains at onse cease. Mr W. Oakley, painter, New Brighton, writes': "I "was suffering from a severe attack of rheumatic gout, and got a bottle of Rheumw. After a few doses I was able to shave myself, although before taking it I could not use a knife. I will never be without Rheumo for the "future, and will gladly jrecommend it to my suffering friends. Sold everywhere 2s 6d ' and 4a 6d per botle. 12 SMOKERS, PLEASE NOTE* The famous GOLDEN EAGLE Tobacco is now sold in TWO -OUNCE TINS, FLAKE CUT. Try it. For Children's Hacking Cough at Night, Wood's Great Peppermint Cure, Is 6d and 2s 6d per bottle.— Advt.