LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LIII, Issue 9303, 20 March 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mrs GiUanders, wife of the manager of lha Moinohaki State Farm, died on Tuesday morning. The death was sudden. The burial wfill leave Moinohaki for the Waverley cemetery at noon on Thursday. Widespread > sympathy will be felt for Mr Gililanders in his bereavement. Mr William Baker, of Waihi, Hawera, ■ has joined the firm of Messrs James and Gillman, land' and financial agents. Mr Baker has had considerable experieneoe in all classes of farming in the Rangitiked and Taranaki districts, and no doubt will be of great -service to both buyers and Belters. : Clients should find Mir Baker a valuable informant and a reliable agent. At Mr Stuckey's afeud sheep sale lots bought by Hawiera breedera included— Hunter's Estate 35 Sauthdowias, F. W. Wilkie 45 Lincelns, and C.' Goodson«4s Lincoln ram lambs Those are valuable additions to the stud stock of the district. > - r. Hop-picking at Motuekahas had a" fatreaching effect on school chMdiren in Wellington. According to Mr Dineen, truant officer, there was an advertisement inserted in the Wellington' papers some time ago setting out that children were wanted in Motneka for,hop-picking. Subsequently he discovered that twelve had gone over to the hop-fields from Wellington. He communicated with the parents, and had most of the pupils'brought back. The herd of eight chamlois, presented to New Zealand by the Emperor of Austria, is valued at £1000. The chamois, or goat antelope, ij a snow-line animal, which revels in steep, mountainous country, where it displays an agility and sure fcotedness tbat has never been equalled by any other mountain animal. It is ~" the intention of the Tourist Department to liberate the chamois in the Mount Cook district. During last January 6267 .men were employed by the State on co-operatiive works in the colony. Of these, 324 artisans and 3500 laborers were employed by the Public Works Department, all but 138 artisanand 128 laborers being engaged on railway works, the North Island Main Trunlc line absorbing 2147, men. The Departnent of Roads employed 2443 laborers, the Wanganui district having 299 men, Welhngton 266, Riotc-rua 265, Auckland 295, and Taranaki 262. The construction oi the North Island Main Trunk railway (says the Taihape News of Saturday) is rapidly advancing towanrds Ohakiune. The locomotive, with trucks contiaining material for extension, crossed) the Wangaehu bridge this week. Mr Fuirkett will now have "straight going" until the Ninia. station is reached. It is anticipated that the rails will be laid into the Ninia station yard by the end of the present, month. With the rails laid'to that point, Onakune will b& brought to within six miles of rail communication. Ihe ballast engines which w«re -employed haulinig metal from the Ohingaitijand Toi Toi pits for the past, twelve months have beEm withdrawn. Mr Furkett starts haulinig gravel from theWaiouru pit this week. The rails are now laid to within three miles of Ka.rioi. Hhe public are beginning to evince some anxiety, for the opening of a passenger time-table service between Teihape and Waiouirar. It is thought unlikely that any move will be made in the direction of opening another section- of the line until the station buildings are completed at Waiouru and Ninia. It is to be .hoped that before the advent of winter a passenger train service, will be "established. - ' An interesting -story about the San Francisco mail steamer Sonoma's stranded crew was toldi to a reporter by Mx 0. Baker, American Consul at Sydney, xhe discipline in these boats has been ertaemely bad' for two -years nowi" "he said. "The mem want to be treated as saloon passengens. ' The firemen have »">. saying in the stokehole, ("No icetCMam — v^, no steam;" and they stuck to their threat. They were-actuaily-humored, the ice-cream ■ left from the saloon tables being sent below to them. They asked fox cake, and got «t; fancy that! Only • recently they heard that string beams were, served) for dfinnor in the saloon, and because n<xae were sent below to them, they cased up, till the. beans were forthcoming. They want to be fed as good' as the saloon passengers, or there is trouble. Now/ these are the kind of men we have to deal with." In reply to a query as to whether he intended helping the men, Mr Baker said: "Well, you> know the law respecting deserters. The company will take back those they have to, and in one or two djserving ca?fs I intend assisting the men. lam treating them as deserters. They left the ship and took their clothes, j wnich certainly meant that they did not intend to return. I ordered them back lon to the ship, but they refused. What I else can they be, then, but deserters? Their money and their clothes, I believe, are to be taken over by the American Government; at least, that is the usual procedure. We have to make an example of these -fellows or the crew of each ship '^K_ would play up here aiter hearing what a time these fellows had, and (if we afisist- ! ed them) there would be no end of trouble. No; they will have to look after themselves." Tenders aone invited by Mr Macpherson for the formation and completion of "34 chains of ioed. Tenders^ctose on March 23. .'#^' - ' --' : f

A conference of factory managers i% being field an Patea to-day on various matters connected with grading dairy produce. In tho case Dyer v. O'Oallaghanj a claim for 7s 6d, adjourned till Tuesday afternoon, the Magistrate gave judgment for 5s and oasts 6s. The Taranaki Cadets under Major Demp3&y and the Hawera, Eltham and Opunake Cadets under Captain Strack left for Christchurch by special train this m)orning. The cadets wail attend the Exhibition, and return in about two weeks' time. A chimney on fire in Regent sfeet on Tuesday evening was the cause- of a violent ringing of the firpbell, and the brigade turning out. What little damage was done was caused through water being hosed down the chimney. Trade and business generally during the past moi»th (writes the Palm&rstoa North representative of the Labor Department) compares very favorably with the same period of last year, with tho possible exception of bricklaying and building. Shopkeepers and others speak favorably of tho business done during the month, and in mo.it oases state the volume of trade is greater than the corresponding period of last year. Money fitifl remains rather tight. Tradesmen are working full time, but with the exception of «achbuilders there is no demand for extra men. Owing to the fine weather experienced unskilled laborers have made good time. The prospects for unskilled labor appear to be bright, as the local borough council has just let contracts for # three jobs, and there sihotfld be no difficulty in good men obtaining employment. According to the enactment signed by his Excellency the Governor «n October 29, J906. an "habitual drunkard" means "a i<rsoa who has been three tiroes convicted for drunkenness Avithin the nine months immediately preceding any oonvietion for drunkenness " The Act empowers a Magistrate to cider a, person convicted of being a - habitual drunkard to be detained in any institution willing to receive him for a period of cot leas than twelve ropntha The first conviction in Christchurch under the Habitual Drunkards Act, 1906, was recorded oa Saturday, When Mr V. 3. Day, S.M., committed Lo'dsai Moughtin to the Samaritan Home for three years. She had been three times convicted of drunkenness within the preceding nine months, and had in all fourteen convictions for drunkenness against iher name. The accused is bound to remain in the Home for the full period unless discharged by order of the government, and should she escape, under section 6 at the Act she will be dealt with as in the case of persons escaping from custody. In conversation with a Christchurch Press reporter, a well-knuwn South Canterbury sheep man put the- position thus : Approximately there is a population of , 400,000 people In this isßand, and eleven .; different freezing works. It should be possible to train a sufficient number of , butchers belonging to the colony to do all ( the killing that is required here, and thus obviate any necessity for Australians to , dome over and assist in the work. In all, t we wpuld require about 500 expert butchers, and about half this number could j , be drawn from the ranks of those wha | , are now out on strike, but who went out not because of any desire to strike but because when "the discontented on^s went , out they had practically no choice. The i freezing companies could start all those who are willing at sio much per day, and ( then pick the best of thorn out and retain , item as permanent taaids. The pay toeing good, there w»uld. if they were protected, t be plenty of men willing to give it a trial. The serenity which usually pervades the atmosphere of the Pahiatua Magistrate's I Court was somewhat disturbed on Friday I ( morning before and diiiring the hearing J of a charge against a local Chines© laundryman for failing to support his child. The . wife of the Celestial came, she remarked, . to render her husband assistance in the , way of interpreting his evidence- She commenced operations! by loudly demand- : ing a class of water. As no particulaj? attention was paid to her modest request s>he started to" hurl maledictions ab the head of Constable Cooper, and t&Matened to annihilate the warrior within tho space [ of two minutes. After a sharp bout of tatch-asi-catch-can she vras removed from the Court building, which removal greatly eased the mind of the constable. She was ntot to be denied, however, and again attacked, this tame- Constable Tanner being tihe object of her invective. Another wreathing match ensued, and it needed considerable effort on the constable's part to remove the peace-disturber from the, building. Even when the case was being heaird she again invaded the Court and threatened to take possession at the time her husband was giving evidence in the box- That worthy, endeavored to cailm her raffled feelings by making all sorts of facial grimaces, the pronounced and almost audible winks which he bestowed upon her even arousing smiles fafran the legal fraternity. She was removed by order of His Worship, but stall persisted in maintaining her interest in her lord and master by watching the proceedings at the door, which she kept slightly ajar. Tenders are invited for the delivery of sand at the Hawera Tarecjourse. A meeting of Justices of. the Ptaoe will be held on April 6 to revise ihe jury list. Applications are invited for the position of secretary to the Normanby Dairy Company. Mr P. R. Walkinsbn, estate agent, advertdse& two good farms for sale. The pupils of the Hawera Convent school are picnicking at Neaire Gardens to-day. Notice is riven that the Kaupokonui store will be- closed at 11.30 a.m on Friday, on account V>f the visat of ihe Besses o' th' Barn Band to Hawera. It is the commercial traveller who finds the many changes of climate and water trying The experience of Mr Chas. G. Chapman, who represents a large Brisbane concern, is not the exception. He had been in trouble for years with chronic diarrhoea and was especially bad when in North Queensland. On one of his trips a fellow traveller recommended him to try Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera, and Dimrhoea Remedy, which he did and what he has to say is most interesting :-"I pi©cutJ la bottle the first . opportunity, and

The gorse which covered the land submeiged during the recent flood would seem io have been Killed (the Huntly correspondent of the Aucl-.land Star writes), while the deposit of sediment which recent rains has washed into the soil has enriched the giound that was recently covered with water, presenting a fresh, green appearance. It is also stated tliat from thos-} parts of boats and launches exposed to the flood water the paint can be scraped pff in flakes, that above tb/j water line remaining as fresh as ever. An explanation of this phicnoirKna is sought by many, and it would be interesting to know if similar effects of the flood weie perceived in other parts of the Waikato. The Railway Department have a special notice respecting tickets, for racecourse on Friday.