LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LIII, Issue 9301, 7 March 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Nominaitione close for Riverlea sports « (March 14) on March. 9. Alter four years' service Mr N. J. King ' is retiring from the Stratford Mayoralty. J About four hundred people -went from ' Eltham to New Plymouth this morning by the school excursion iirain. u-ne Secretary of the Seddon National Memorial notifies that a monument is to" be erected to the late Pienlieir, and invites contributions. Subscription lists have been opened at the Council Chambers. Notice is given that the Patea Shipping Company's s.s. Kapiti will leave Lyttelton on her monthly trip to Patea on Wednesday, March 20. Further information can fc© obtained from Mr J. K. Mitchell, agent, Patea. "Vegetable life is productive down here" (mites a Hurley ville correspondent). "From 21 bs of Northern Star potatoes I dug 2401bs of tubers, all sound. How's that for high:" Giving evidence in thie> compensation claims oa Wednesday morning, Mr Coutts (valuer) said that the land in this district decreased in value as the mountain was approached. Almost invariably it w» lighter soil. It was colder in the winter and, the spring- was later. Eoferring to the Franklin show, held last week, Mi- A. J. Hastie, who was one of the. judges, says a great advance in the quality of the dairy stock, has been made up north. Comparing the quality of the exhibits with those seen at the Havnera show, Mr Hastie expressed th« opinion that tho list and ladies' hacks in this district are much superior, while tihe .draught classes down her© an* altogether superior. Franklin, however, is better off for remounts and 13st hacks, both in quantity and quality. The Feilding Star says: — At the luncheon to the newspapers proprietors of the colony at Christchurch the other day the Acting-Premier (Mr Hall- Jones), made an astounding blunder an his reference to the slaughtermen's dispute. He. pointed out that if employers were fined for a breach of the Act. in default of payment of the fine, they would be sent to gaol. And he went on to point the moral and adorn the tale by hinting at similar punishment being in store for the men. The blunder in the eip-echi was that there is no jj'o vision In the Arbitration Act for ] imjpitomnent in dtefault of payment of a fine ; and there are many reasons, why there should not be. In no case could the offence by any stretch of imagination be called a criminal one, and it is against all principles of fair play to send a man to gaol for a civil offence. In speaking of the operations: of the Gaming Act in Victoria, the Australasian cays : — The Act does not stop betting. Thfc bookmakers can send out the prices they awe willing to lay, and, with the newspapers barred from making the odds public, backers have no protection whatever. The object of Messrs JBent and JudMns in insisting on this secrecy was, of course. tQ lessen betting; but, supposing that the business is slightly decreased, the gain in that way will not counteibalance th« injustice done to those who will bet by giving the bookmaker the advantage of fixing his own prices. He cannot do this when publicity is given in the papers to what is going on. Aheady a horse is at a very shoit price for the Newmarket Handicap, but the Act forbids to tell our readers the name of that horse When speaking at Mangonui, in the North of Auckland, recently, the Minister for Lands said that New Zealand had a very great capital inyiested in railways, and it was building railways at a rate that had scarcely been equalled in New Zealand sir.cc the days of the great public works policy of Sir Julius Vogel. He thought it was -i mistake on the part of th© last Administration that, in answer to the popular clamor, it allowed a great number of railways to be put or. the stocks. The present Administration found the great Main Trunk Railway incomplete, and the Helensville-Northward ljne lagging behind, and the Otago Central in the same position; The result was that bhe small radlway-s were allowed to co on at a very slow pace, and it was the intention of the Government not to start any new lines until the great bulk of the lines now started are* carried to completion. The Otago Central would bo finished in April as far as ifc would go for many years, and it would not be long before the Mam Trunk was completed. can. be cured — then why will you conti»ae to suffer. Bheumo has effected wonderful <vureß for other©, after ail else had failed. It will cure you. Try it. The North Island. Bacon Co. have removed thieiir yards a* Mamaia to Gillies and Nalder's .sale yards.

"It is going to be a -wonderful winter for grass," renwrked th<? Chairman of the Waitotara County Council at the meeting on Monday. Several councillors andomsed the Chairman's (remarks, and said they had rarely seen more grass at this season of the year. A Mafcaura fanner, who is in the happy position of being able to hold for a rise, is reported to have sold three years' accumulations of oats, amounting to some 10,000 sacks, at 2a 5d per bushel. The same farmer is said to have secured 2s Sd per bushel for a similar holding three yea.rs ago. A Wairarapa farmer, interviewed by the Daily Times, admitted that growers were "hanging on" to thteir grain, and taking the risk of a fall or rise in the market. He agreed tfhat ths present price is abnormal, but was convinced that it was going to remain as high, and he oon tested the view that Australia would be enabled, in the event of a still further advance in prioes, to export sufficient of ' her surplus to New Zealand to keep prices at a normal level. "Let us suppose," he said, "that the present allegedly high rate of 2s 9d per bushel for oats is maintained, and we find that for first-grade Australian oats to be retailed in New Zealand at the price necessary to compete with the New Zealand product they would have to be purchased at from Is 8d to Is lOd wholesale in Australia— a most unlikely matter." Other grain growers ventured tihe opinion that exceptionally high prices would rule for the rest of the season, but not being in a position to know intimately how matters stand in other colonies, would not hazard any conjecture; regarding imported grain! Captain Hewitt, at the last meeting of the Scanners' Union at Palmerston North, read an interesting paper on "a possible cause of weakness in the potato plants of to-day." Potatoes are grown, generation . after generation, from tubers, on account of the readiness of growth, the crop being - produced the same year, and also because the variety comes true. ' But any weakness or disease is transmitted and intensified, and plants from cuttings ore never so strong as those from seed. It takes two years or more for seed to produce a crop of tubems, but the plants are healthier, and there is always the possibility of new and valuable varieties. Captain Hewitt said h© had not seen potato fruit for years, . | the flowers generally being infertile. He I recommended bush settlers growing pota- - toes in virgin _soil — almost .the only con; ;i . dition under which seeds are developed now— to plant the seeds and thus restore, . the lowered vitality. He further suggested that where it was desired to produce a ' prized variety it might be done by •root -j graft ng, tie eye of the required variety i-; being inserted in the- younger tiube.r ot the,,,-, seedling, when the vigor of., the, seedling,,., would be thrown into the old sprout. Referring to the death., of Mr J.. C. George," *he Taramaki Herald says:— Mr George was a native of Boston, Bedfordshire, England, where .'hie father had a coach factory. The family came to New Zealand in 1857 and settled at New Plymouth, where the subject of this notice learned the building and cabinet-making trade under Mr Watson. In 1869 Mr George established himself in a similar business on, Ms own account, and was very successful. About 1887 he disposed of the business and' went into the dairy industry, first establishing a factory atTikoramgi, and afterwards, in partoeeship with Mr Newton King and another; founding the Crown Dairy /Company. The •thud partner booi* disposed of his interest to Mr Richard Cock, and these three, entering into tihe enterprise with great energy and spirit, soon made the Grown Dairy Company the largest dairying concern in the province, if 1 not in the colony. Mir George undertook the active management of the company's affaire, and was largely responsible for the success achieved. . . One of the soundest business men of the town, his services were freely given to his fellow-citizens, andi he has filled) many public and. semi-private positions. He represented the ratepayers on the New Plymouth Ha.rbor Board, for two years, and was for a. long time a director of 'the Sash, and Door Factory and Timber. Company, and the Taranaki Land, Bualding, and Investment Society. He was " an old member of the Freemason Order, being past master of the craft, and was also for many yeaars a director x>f the Loyal ExccJsiox Lodge of Oddfellows. During the Maori wars he served with the Taianaki Rifle Volan i teer<9 and afterwards with • Atkinson's Company of Bushrangers. Other more or Ices public positions he has .held at various times ware the presidency of the Chamber of Commerce, the New Plymouth Bowling Club, the Mutual Improvement Society, etc. In fact, he was always ready to help forward any move- v ment for *he commensal and social wellbeing of the towm and l district. Beneath a somewhat brusque moaner he concealed a kind and sympathetic heart, and there are many who will regret the loss in him of a good Mend and companion. He was married three times, and leaves a large family, most of whom are grown-aip. Messrs James and GiUman are advertising fox sale a fine dairy farm at Okaiawa, for whfoh they aae sole ageaafoe. Dwan Bros, will continue their sale of tweeds and woollens at Kaponga on Friday and Saturday mesb. A very large .entry of sheep will be offered at the Waverley yards on Monday next, 11th inst., by Messrs Freeman R. Jackson and Co. A large portion of the entry consists of stock from sevteral welTI'nown Upper Waitotara flocks. v Mr Spence, of the Economic, is advertising in the wanted knowns a large shipment of nainsooks and calicos. — Advt. ! SORES OF LONG STANDING. IJcxres, burns, scalds, or cutß may be I quiickly healed by the following simple, remedy :— Bathe with warm water (boiled) and place over the wound a piece of lint or soft white rag spread thickly with a soothing salve such as Bee Ointment. Chift to the size of the wound only, and bandage to keep the dressing in its place. After the first application the wound should not be washed, as too much contact with water will produce "proud flesh. Bee Ointment has been tried for i years with the greatest success. It is an absolutely pure ointment, which stimulates the growth of healthy tissues. It leaves behind it a soothing and pleasant feeling, andi is a wonderfully quick healing remedy. Sold everywhere, Is 6d.— Advt. Nothing could be worse for the system' than some of those violent cathartics or purgatives that some people take to^ move their bowels. They frequently cause constipation, sometimes inflammation. Chamberlain's Tablets bring on a natarol action mildly and gentiy, which cures th« real 'trouble without dangerous after efforts. For sale by W. K. Wallace, chemist, and H. E. Harris, grocer.