LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LIII, Issue 9306, 23 March 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

We regret that oy a printers error the heading of, Gillies and Nalder's Okaiawa. safe for Monday read Kaponga in Dndays paper.' Farmers will note that there are some good linos of stock advertised, including a line of pigs. After offering the stock entered for this sale Messrs Gillies and Nalder wiß proceed to Mr James Yioung's farm, Okaiawa, at which place a sale will be eommenoed about 2.30 i p.m. Particulars acre- advertised in another I column ' ' ' The gailo which prevailed yesterday, carrying with it stinging clouds ,of dust and sand, gave way in the evening to a heavy fall of rain. A telegram from Gisbocne states that six Maori couples previously united under the Hauliau religion /have, been married by an Anglican clergyman, having embraced the Church of England religion. The, ceremony was made the occasion of a great feast ■ < Mr H. J. fccott, South AustraEan Commissioner, has received permission from the Acting-Premier tto import another five tons of Australian grapes for sate at the Exhibition. The export of butter from Auckland province for the past year has totalled 133,699 boxeu, or 3342 tons, as against 108,022 boxes, or 2700 tons for the previous twelve mouths. Sfome funny combinations are built up n(ow and then on the bowling green. At a Wellington green lately (says an * exchange) Messrs Currie, Ginger and Pepper were on the same side. Naturally ©hough, their opponents declare it was a hot rink ! So far the efforts of the Government to open up trad© with Norfolk Island and by means of a subsidised steamer service have bieen unsuccessful (says the Fost). Tenders wore received ftw such a service, but Cabinet has decided not' to accept any of them, oa the ground that in leach case too big a subsidy was asked fox. • • A coyference of butter and cheese makers was held at the West Coast Refrigerating Cb.'s works on Wednesday. Mr D. Cud-

, die, Dairy Commissioner, and several Others interested in the. dairy industry -were present. The, morning was devoted 1 to grading cheese, , and the Dairy Commissioner and Mi Wright, the kcaj grader, discussed th© qualities of the various grades and makes. In the afternoon butter was giaded, and a discussion ensued as to the merits and demerits of the respective marks. Subsequently .Mr Cuddie>delivered a short address inviting discussion on matters affecting dairy produce. — Patea Press.

It is not often that two crops x>f pota-

toes can be grown on the same ground 'in the same seasjon. But ihis is one of

the unusual things of an unusual season.

In a- garden in BalcQutho. (says the Leader) several rows of Beauty of Hebron potatoes wore pdanted in August last. They were diiEf early in December, a good crop. On the 15th. of the sam© month the ground was ag.idn planted with Sir Joseph Paxton platatoes. These lattcar are now being dug, and they are also a good crop.

For some years past the Chairman of

the* Wanganui Education Beard has been advocating thje> payment of teachers salaries in cash through the post office (says tlhe Tteilding Star), niainly because of tihe great convenience the system wtould be for teachers, and the saving in exchange. He brought the matter before the Minister of Education last year, and at Wednesday

night's meeting of the Boaid a letter was received from the Depairtanent asking for data in connection with, tfoe proposal, and intimating that dt was probable the itteq^ ' w)»uld bo carried Into effect. ,^ The' definition of manslaughter was the,.?

interesting pfoint of the trial of Thos. Holt at"- the Lancaster Assizes. Holt was out poaching with William Iddon near Chor- . ley and while getting through, a hedge a twig caught the trigger of his gun, which went off, and Iddon was killed. Counsel for the prosecution urged that if men were engaged in unlawful sport/ such, as poaching or prize-fighting, and one. was killed, it was mainslaug'hter. • For th* defence, it was contended tJ?at there was uo difference between ihis case and an ordinary shooting accident on the moors. Mr Justice Si.tton said that Holt was really guilty of manslaughter, which is "causing tho death of another without lawful excuse." The jury found \Folt '.'guilty,", and he was bound over to come up for sentence -f oailled on. The Xew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Cottony, Liirtited, in an advertisement remind butchers and farmers that their next sale will J>e held on the 4th April, and entries should reach them not later than th* 2nd pros. r Ask any mother in this community who ; has used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy what she thinks of it. Sb<i will tell you that she depends upon it for coughs, colds, croup, hoarseness, and that} by. giving it to the children at the very first; symptom of these complaints, they are "never" allowed to get a foothold in the house.' For sale by W. K. Wallace, chemist, and' H. E. Harris, grocer

A acTrespondent asked the editor of a certain journal whether the tomato was fruit ur vegetable. The former was do doubt enlightened, but at the same time somewhat embarrassed by the following leply. "The tomato is a fruit, being a product of the ovary after fertilisation, and consists cf the pericarp, mesocarp. endjocarp and seeds. The apple is not botanically a fruit, although the tomato is."

According to the Kawhia paper, a canoe, which was evidently a splendid specimen, mcaruring 75ft in length, was towed from Maiokopa to Kawhia by the s.s. Rothesay on Wednesday, and shipped by the Kia Ora to Onehunga on Wednesday. The canoe is a present from tho Morckopa natives to the Waikatos.

The follbwing new books have been received at the Public Library : — "The Prisoner cf Ornith Farm" (F. Powell), "The Fruit of the Tree" (V. T. and W. T. Shore), '"Beyond the Rocks" (E. Glyn), "From the Hand of the Hunter^' (Meade), "In the Service of Love" (Ru Marsh), "The Scarlet Letter" (Hawthorne), '"Chippinge'" (S. Weyman), "Rosemary in Search of a Father" (C. N. and A. M. Williamson), "The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary' (A. Warner), "The Guarded Flame" (W. B. Maxwell).

• Joard Allen, of the Timarti Taiiway staff, narrowly escaped losing his life on Saturday night. He missed his footing when attempting to jump on to the cowcatchter. with, the resuilt that Top. fell in front of the engine, and was carried along in front of the cowcatcher for about half a chain. One of his legs was very badly bruised, and his clothes much torn. How he managed to eiscape being run over is dlomething of a marvel. It will be some weeks before the injured man is fit for duty again.

Some ingenious Christohurch youths manufactured nickel discs of the same size as a penny and retailed them at 5d a dozer, for the purpose of cheating the machines cut the Exhibition containing all kinds of intellectual amusements and bodaly refreshment. The Jimsuspecting machines responded faithfully to these counterfeits. But the proprietor has hod some satisfaction in another way, for he has ooSlected £12 in halfpennies put in by children in their artless endeavors to wring some slight concession from the witless foe

In the Wellington Supreme Cburfc case brought by J. G. Ruspell and # Gparge Pott, two Taianaki Eietblcrs, against tihe Registrar )of Lands, in summing up tihe evidence, Mr Justicei Cooper instructed the juiy that th;. question they had W> determine was the amount which tihe plaintiffs shjould leceive from the Registrar- Genera! as compensation for a mistake mad© in one of the Government offices By a majority of ten to two the jury gave a verdict of £750, and his Honor entered judgment ibr that amount.

In the returns gathered las 1 , census one wife in tin© colony was 1 entered as being between the ages of 14 and 15 years, and on© became a widiow between the ages of 15 and 16 yesms, -wihalsfc one wa:fe. -was divorced between 38 and 19 years of age There were two hustands in the colony at the census between the ages of 16 and 17 years, four between 17 and 18 years, and 44 between 19 and 20 years. Thiero were ten wjives returned as between 17 and 18 years, 249 between 18 and 20 yiears, and 11C1 between 20 and 21 years.

The übiquitous rabbit in certain country districts this year (says the Otago Daily Times*) bids fajr to spread himself to an alarming extent, no doubt as the lesult of , the exceedingly favorable breeding season. Young bunnies literally abound in millions, and tho trapping season sbV>uJd prove an especially Ihserative one. With a view of Tiinning the pest of their properties •sufficient to satisfy the demands of the peripatetic stock inspectors, settlers- are laying poison at frequent intervals, while trapping at a fixed price per 1000 has afldo bpe'i tried. These nveastues, however, have apparently had but slight effect so far.

Several offers have been rcado by the Victorian State Govemiment for the est&b liahment of a regular four-weekly service of steamers from Melbourne to Sirgapore and Pcsnamg, calling at the pincipal ports of Java., and will be brought before- the Cabinet fbr consideration. The object of this service is to place Melbourne on the same footing in thie competition for the lower Eastern tirade! as New South Wales and &<ath Australia, both of which have the advantage of Tegular steam services, while Victoria has only boats at uncertain and sometimes long intervals. Urder tiho existing carcumstances Mr Sinclair (the State agent) found, on visiting these centres, that Victorian manufactuiie'irs and producers were heavily handicapped, and their chances of securing a greater ©hare in the gnowine trade that was opening up were much lessened The stea>n*rs to be engaged in the trade are requite* to have reasonable accommedatfon for refrigerated cargo and perishable products, there being the prospect of considerable trade being opened up in tihese classes of goods.

The North Otago Times is responsible for the following :— "The record poiato of this season was grown by Mr D. Boland of PapaJjaio. It is an XTp-to-Date. and weighs 31b loz. The- peculiarity of -the grtowth- of Mir Roland's potato crop is that when ne-liceinse! was carried in the Oamaru district he made use of -the unsold beer in Ins hotel as a soak for his seed potatoes and seed wheat. The product was the largest crop of potatoes and tha finest viold of wheat on the Papakaso plain. The mixture for the potatoes, we believe, was a shandy-gaff, the beer being mixed j with, lemonade, soda water, eic. What- i ever may be sard about beer as an mvigor ator of the busman body, it is evidently a tip-top fertiliser fur potatoes and wheat, always assuming that it was the beer and not. good oultivatabn that gava Mr Boland such fine yields. It is not, however, part xA the process that the individual who sows the wheat and plants the potato should steep himseM in the liquid. MILKING MACHINE EXPERIENCE. Before purchasing or even buymg a MiUrfn" Machine, ask the agent to give v <Juthe names and addresses of a dozen formers who have used his machines for a period of not less than two years; any opinion bated on a shorter period is not Joitii attention. With this infonnatobn m W you can easily make direct enquiries from practical mea who use the macMnes to assist in earning their bving Don t foret that «he .value of year herd a-, well as The cost rf the plant depends on yoxunetting correct and disinterested informatier.. The agents for /Lawcnce-Ken-nedy-GiW milker will be happy to supply y the names of hundreds of Roughly Ltisfied farmers who have used these successful machines for two, throe, four, and even five yeoas. R>r full particulars apply to X B. MacEwan and Co., Ltd., Egmont street, New Plymouth.

It is notified that the Morr.ohaki State Farm i% open to victors all days but Sundays.

The quarterly summoned meeting of the Loyail Union Lodge will be held on Monday at 7.30 p rr>.

The Rev. Mr Hammond will preach in the Methodist Church, Hawera, to morrow morning and evening, and thie Rev. R. Haddon at Normanby in the evening.

By Gazette notice the importation of fruit trees affected with scab is prohibited. A regulation has also been brought in force prohibiting the importation lof peor, apple or quince trees from North America, unJ|6S3 accompanied by a certificate that the trees come from districts free from pear Might.

On Wednesday next Nolan, Tonks ani Cjo. will hold an unreserved clearing saJe on account of Mr Thos. Bischoff, wJio is leaving the district. Some 350 cattle will lo offered, of which 260 are a choice line *>f four-year-old fat and forward budlccksi. All his farm implements, horses, household furniture, etc., will be offered &l the

In the dlivorce case Bui rows v. Burrows and Talin, the jury, in regard to the two issues submitted to them, "whether Mairy Ann Burrows committed adultery with George Talin," and "whether George, Talin committed adultery with Mary Ann Burrows, answered in the negative in both cases 1 . The petition was dismissed, and the petitioner ordered to pay costs to th© 'respondent, £25, and to the co-respondent £20, with witnesses' expenses and other disbursements.

I The first shipment of three and a half faonc of asbestos from the Motucka district was made this week by the Manaroa. The mine, which belongs to a private company, is sfituated in the ranges at the I back of Mount Arthw, up the Motueka river, and is so difficult of access that "*t costs £12 a ton to pack out the asbestos. Hie article is jof good quality, with a fibre atout four inches long, and is expected to bring £50 a ton on the London market. The proprietors of the mine axe very sanguine of its success. Writing to a meeting <rf the Prisoners' Aid Society in Wellington, Mr Justice Cooper said : — "There are three classes of offenders wlo are subject to the provisions of the criminal law : (1) First offenders, (2) habi-buol criminals, and (3) that large intern ediate class of those who are neither first offenders nor habitual criminals. In respect .of firbt offenders, there aie cases where tihe benevolent principles of the FJrst Offenders:' Probation Act cannot be applied, and the convicted person has to go to- gatoil and expiate his offence. But Ms punishment dots not, in the present constitution of society, end with the term of imprisonment. Tie tomes out of gaol with the arloma of gaol life dinging to him. However sincere he may be in his efforts to lead am honest life, tin© diffi1 culties are often so great that such a [ person, in. despair, turns again to criminal courses, until at last he becomes an habitual criminal. And whale tliere. are many humane pensions who are prepared to assist a convicted person in his efforts to rehabilitate himself, there are many who do not think it any part of their duty to do so." Mr Hogg, M.H.R., brought under the notice of thie Wellington Education Board on Thursday the case of a fifteen-year-old Masterion boy nanaed Syvertsen, who had shown exceptional ability, having matriculated, passed the junior Civil Service with credit, and now won a senrioir Board scholarship. This scholarship entitled the • boy to two years? tuition at a secondary school, a district high school, or a technical school, in addition to. £40 a year, the allowance to a pupil boarding away ' from borne. The headmaster and the school committee of Mastprton w^re very anxious that tine boy should have the full advantage Vxf the scholarship j and his widowed mother, who was in poor circumstances, was also eager for her boy's welfare. Thie boy ctould not, however, at tend the Victoria "College till next year, because he was still tinder age, and they would be grateful if the Board would by a simple amendment of the regulations make the scholarship available for two years from vifxt year. The Town Lands Trait was prepared to give £25 toward the bey's boarding expense.:?. The boy , was now employed in a solicitor's office, and desired to study a law course. Mr Evans said the Victoria College authorities wfould not recognise matriculation^ by a boy under sixteen years of age. Other I members of the Board mentioned difficulties in the way, and as Mr Hogg did not press a motion the matter diopped. In response to a petition from settlors, the Marine Department recently granted 43350 for snagging the Waitctara river. The Patea County Council, however, re fused the grant for that purpose, believing the money would be better applied *f spent en the roads. This decision caused some indignation »ud a meeting,' principally of river settlers, was held at Waitotara on Thursday to discuss the matter. Mr van Asch, a county councSllior, said he once advocated thnt the money should be spent on the river, but now thought that it should be ,>ut into roadinsr improvement. Mr Blennerhassett said he did not think the Council was hjonest in its. request, as it • was an impossibility to get one Department to hand over money to another The Council, ho said, was simply drawing a red lmrring across the track preparatory to shelving the scheune as a whota. Mi Jjewell said the river was th.? settlors.' toutlet and inlet, and could bo made navigable. Mr Blundell moved: "Thai the j river settlers are both surprised and disgusted at tfit- county's unheard-of act-on in ignoring our express wants and refusing to spend the vote granted by the Government towards snagging the Waitot«Tira riveT; and we also wish tt> record otu astonishment at the pointed and uncalledfor remarks of the Chairman and the coßossal ignorance shown by a majority of the Council towards the capabilities of thie river." The mlotdon was sieconded by Mr Blcnnerhassefct and carried.

SYKES'S DRENCH. ; ts a powder given in thin oatmeal gruel through the mouth to cows that have aborted or healthy animals which after calving retain the whole or part of the afterbirth. Sykes's Drench cleanses and completely cures all inflammatory and feverish disorders; also Colds, Chills, Red Water, Costiveness, Milk Fever, Indigestion, Hide-bound, etc. We make this statement, which is endorsed by over one thousand testimonials. Write for Booklet containing same ; post free. Each Dacket contains two Drenches. Sold by all Storekeepers, Is 6d per packet, 16s per dozen packets. Sykes's Animal Abortion Cure never fails to cure abortion and sterility. All storekeepers sell it at 2s 6d per packet. . Sykes's Drenching Tube, for administering Sykes's Drench, price la 6d.

The i. J ihama Athletic Club's postponed sports are to be held on the Pihama raoo course on Tuesday next, March 26. The committee have all arrang-eir-onts well in hand. Many of the best athletes and choppers in Taranaki are entered. The committee ar« fortunate in securing the grounds from the Opunake Racing Club gratuitously. The club's' plain and fancy dress ball takes p^ve in the evening, and given fine weather thw sports and ball should be a great success.

Evidence given in the Magistrate's Court, Invercargill, as to damage by sand drift in the New River district was rather rt-mairkablo. On© witness said that an ordinary Avire fence »put round his agricultural kind a few years ago was completely submerged, and six fully equipped waggons could be taken over the sftte. At another pJnce the sand drifted away and left the place suspended

John Mcl.ennand was brought before Mr TurnbulJ, S.M., this morning on charges of drunkenness and obscene language. Tho offences were committed at the racecourse on Friday. McLenrand was convicted and discharged for heing drunk, and was ordered to come up for sentence when called upon on the charge of using obscene language. Hie consented to a prohibition order being taken out against him.

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