LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LIII, Issue 9433, 4 September 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A final /reminder is given of <tJh.e annual ball to be held in the Manaia Town HaJl to-night. The Inglewoodi Oil and Prospecting Company's drillers etajried work on Tuesday. At Kapoini (Edwin Harrison, observer, reports)' tihe maximum rainfall for the month ending oca the 31st of August was 2.25 inches; amd the total rainfall for the month was 5.445 inches. For some time past Robbins' square has .been Taitiher an eye-sore. The Council, witth'the view of improving it, has had the square (tilled', preparatory to sowing tlhe section dowa* in lawn grass. Dancers will be pleased to learn that ainother Catholic Social is to 'be held in the Foresters' Hall on Tuesday, September 24. The music mil be supplied 'by Mir MoosemaHi's ordijestiTa. and a. "sitdown" supper will be provided. Being unable to obtain the right from the Government to utilise Hoxahom Falls as a source of electric power, the Waiihi Gold Mining Company turned •tiheir attention to other methods of cheap powereupply, and .after many enquiries decided that an augmentation of water-power by producer gas and gas engines would be tita cheapest poweT obtainable. By the utilisation of Wodkato lignite, which ! costs 11s per ton at tbe Waihi Company's works, the cost of 12 b.h'.p. will be one penny. ' I - "This is a great ■country," said Mr Bent, Premier of Victoria, looking ou^ of j the window of the railway icamage as he i sat chatting on his way to Melbourne, : "and lam >gJad to iget back again. And this is the best train I have seen in all my journeys. You can take tibait from me ; it is the best. I have seen, the trains the King travels by, the trains the King of Belgium and the Japanese Prince had for travelling by in England, and not one of them is as good." Hordern Brothers, Sydney drapes, have prepared a- statement Bhowing the duty paid* on two recent Sihipmeints of merchandise compared with what it would have been under the old tariff. The former duty on goods nieceived by the steamer Star of Scotland would .have been £214. It was £317, a difference of £103, or -roughly 50 per cent. On a shipment by the Ortona the amounts wene respectively £186 and £280, a difference of £93 _4s. Both these steamers lamded their Western Australia, South Australian, amd Victorian cargoes be'oone the new tariff came into force. ! „ The Hon. Walter W. Johnston, who I died ■oh Saturday afternoon, agicd 68, ' had been ill from influemza for three weeks. „ Deceased arrivedi in 4«hie colony with -his parents in 1841. He was the eon of -tilie late Hon. John Johnston, | who iheldi office in the Stafford Minis- 1 try, ( and founded the firm of Johnston and Co. ia Wellington. The late 'Mr Walter Johnston was Postmaster-General ffintb Commissiomeir of Telegraphs in the Hall Ministry until 1882," when h© became Minister of Public Works'.- He was Post-master-General and Commissioner of Telegraphs in the Wihitaker. Goveraiment, and was also a member of the -Atkinson Ministry. He formerly held a seat on the Bank of New Zealand directorate. . Now that the sowing .season in the Waikato is on farmers! are suffering from the ravages of small birds, , wJiioh seem to scent the seed girain , from .afcur,' as they only appear whan the drill is working and never leave the fields until the young plants, ihave g|6t beyond their power of injury. The amount of damage done during thas period (says the Hamilton Argus) as sometimes' appalling, more than haJf the croop being destroyed, either by the seed being pulled, up or ; by the young plaints being pulled' out, the latter being generally the worst. Notice is given that at the Royal Mait to-morrow (TJiirasday) the balance- of the oansigninetnt of drapery will be cleared without the slightest Tesexve. The im- 1 porters ,a*« determined to clear all they con. Messrs Bennett aindi. Sutton, iTo»moaigers, bring minder the' notice oi farmers in out advertlising ©oluimms that they have just imported a splendid farming implement in the "Imperial Fore-tiruck Disc Kamrow'."' CALF REABING. ",' ' l . Tp have good cows you must rear good calves. The "Gilmirth" Calf' Food is a perfect substitute for whole milk, and much 'cheaper. Thousand® of calves are reared, on this food eveTy year with most satisfactory anesults. It is the most p>rofibable method. Obtainable from Barmby and Cole, Hawera. — Advt. Rheumatism can be cured— then why will you continu? to suffer ? Khourao lias effected wonderful cures for others, after oirelse had failed. It will cw& you. Try it.— Advt. - Watches, Clocks, amd Jewellery repaired and cleaned by R. W. Sasgent, WaAch 1 maker, Hawera, All work guaranteed. -r- l Advt \

Wait-otara, is at present concerned over a monstrosity in the form 01 twin lambs, joined together at the briskets, says the Wangamri Herald. The freak has eight legs, all properly placed, and two heads, one of which is normal, while the other is a most extraordinary spectacle. It' is large in size, has two mouths, two noses, and three tongues. It is a peculiar fact that the ewe also gave birth to a third lamb, which is of the usual build ajid size, and is doing well. On Saturday morning the Auckland police were informed, that: a man, .apparently insane, was wandering about near the Domain. A sergeant and a constable were sent out, but" when> they approached the man, the Tatter, became alarmed', amd led the policemen in- a steeplechase up hill and down dale. At length, he was cornered, and behaved strangely. ."What i® this ywa are up to?" asked H>he sergeant. "Don't bother me," was the reply. "I am looking for my rule. I have just measured >my way down from Heaven,. and now I want to measure it- back-, again, . but I've lost my rule." The. man was Demanded at the Police Court for a week, for medical observation. Disagreement regarding : the payment of ferry-boat fares between Auckland atnd the Calliope dock led' to' some twenty men, "who were ■employed' bV/'tihe 'Feno Concrete Company on its contiraet at the the dock, laying down their tools - oa Monday and Tef using to,.* proceed . with," -their work. They had been Teceivingvßs per day and boat fares pfudj', b\ifc\ the company declined to continue), the ; boat fares with the conseqneinoe' .tjjat '^jhV-men • left their employment,, asvtihVf'TC&ractabn meant Id per day,eaeh. r .s>/& undierstood they all found : other' work " during the day. Mx Moore, manager^of ; Hhe\fotnpamy, 6aid the company; came .the /conclusion that it could 'hot be reasonably expeotedi to' pay .boaij; fairies amy.^inore-tnaii' it should be 'caHed'on.toi.'piay'carVfaires of employees lTom. v tihe subaibs to' the city. , „..,^. .• One of the principal v "manufacturers of butter-boxes -in Victoria. has given 5 notice to his customens th&t in l\ consequence of -the n«w,d(iities N oa aJI of timber, comprising on aH-iuundn rise of 2s 6d per ltOft, th». /price ,'of v butter boxes will be" ££6V'p&r))ox, while all' other ' oases, including 'fruit -cases, rabbit casesj fcald •potato^'amd 'onion export cases," ;«fl?e .to be advanced 25 per cent. The,' price of.. b^tteruJSpijepi' haft been Is ljd, t to Is 2d.each,--;tbcnigii o 6bmV ciut lines hayebJeen'dofle^as'-fow-^aS Is l^d. The new price* "will bfe' is is 4^d. Several other' m^inutfaictniere^ hay© also expressed iJieir mtentibn'^f making similar advances°in' pboesi ;■& "is" ealcu:la*cdi<ihai the- I'adyafflice oh-tys :>! 'w' 43» rprice of .butter boxes- in -Victoria will be equivalent . to, air extra ■'<&& -'least £10,000 , on tb«-\bu^fpTodripeW-of..aie State. /, The r reasoin -;for, the^imposition of ."a. d/u-ty^om New'.,Zealand pine,' out of ' v whKh.,«,biibteT J.lK>xes "aie. 1 made, as presumably* fco\ protect. 1 ' Qugenslw^j pine, 'which has * so" far ( "been a feiiulpß ' v whea •used for butter boxes;" The Queensland ■timber has been proved unsuitable, '.' an3 duiing the last few. months laige-quari-tiiies of New Zealand- pine have' ".-been imported into Queensland- for butter boxes, the local . article being found,, unsatisfactory. There is also at present a quaautity on £he destined^ t fof Brisbane. Some makers of bufcteir' boxes in Victoria have entered into contracts for delivery during the whole'^of '--'the current season — that is, until -th'S 7 'end of June, 1908, at the old *afei. The'sO makers assert: fhat,.:con<bra>ct' or' no '^contract, the .buyers will have to- pay |,the duty, in addition, to the'-Tate contracted for^ ;•• ■; \ > ■-. ' ■: •■;; '.;?••.: Extensive j reference to-,!the^ frozeu meat, trade is made ; in the. annual report of, the Agricultural Department, presented to Parliament "som&,""«Jay'8 j agq. In Canterbury, after a.pnenomr enally. mild winter, which enabled an almost entire clearance' of sheep' and lambs to ' be made in August, drought s^et, in, .leading to shortage of feed and -a consequent, .depreciation in the quality of the exportations. , The export, of lambs from- tKe-^North Island was a large' increase' upon the' number of any previous year, and the 'quality was, on the' \wholey fairly well maintained. The average, weight, of J, the lambs . shipped from the colony during the current season was nearly one 1 pouiid' below that of the corresponding period of tfie previous season. There was a considerable increase in the total export of lambs, but mutton showed little change. Beef showed a large increase, tfie -Home market, having been favorable for the greater part of ' the year. An effect of the depression of the market for canned meats wa's seen in the large increase in the export, of, "legs and pieces" of mutton and "boned" beef. Meat. in these forms, meets a ready sale in the -United Kingdom, more particularly in the industrial centres, at pricey which- a^e inbre profitable to the producers than those which could be obtained for ihe meat, in the canned form. Tride in frozen meat with the West Coast ports', of Britain had expanded, and' ; might be regarded as firmly, established. '; "<

"The present century is a century for the young," declared Lord Plunket while distributing prizes in connection with the Wellington Sunday School Union the other evening. A (hundred years ago, he said, it was old men to whom the responsible 'positions of State were entrusted.; but to-day it was the young man who was at the head of affairs in most important departments of modern life. The lasting qualities of -heart' of totara ihave been further illuat/rated by the existence to day of .some posts of am old native pa. or fort which ihas been discovered recently at the southern extremity of Miramax peninsula. The wood, which must' be upwards of a hundred yeans old, a/ppeamSj on being tested, to have endured all weathers without alteration of the fibre. Replying to the deputation from the Employers' Federation/ which waited on the Minister for Labor, the Hon. J. A. Millar stated that there was no preference in the jtew Arbitration Bill, but a union could make a demand for contributions to ite funds, and, ihat demand would have to be complied with. A man might have conscientious afcruples against becoming o, unionist, but he would have to put his scruples in has pocket so far as payment was ©oncemed.. He did not require to become a unionist, but he would have to pay for the benefits put in his way. Mi Edward Kennedy, organiser of the Canterbury Farm Workers' Union, has been sent to Wellington to give evidence against Mr Flatman's Agricultural Laborers' Acommodation Bill .before the Labor Bills Committee of the House of Representatives. In a conversation with a Wellington Post reporter, Mr Kenmady said that some of the accommodation provided for men on the farms and stations of Canterbury was scandalous, and tihe wages was toot sufficient. These, were the main factors in the formation of the , unaon, which was now four years old. During .the gmeater palrt of its existence the. "union made very I'ttle progress, but when it issued its citation against the 7000 or 8000 employers, the latter raised such a commotion about the union's action that the membership went up by leaps and bounds. Now the undon was probably the strongest in the colony, having 2300 members,, and enrolment had , been going on a* the rate of 150 per week since the citations were issued. Asked what the union wanted from the State, Mr Kennedy said : "We want better accommodation, something better than a tent, and more inspection of our quarters • by • Government officers." The' looseness of the New South' Wales marriage laws came in for a very staff criticism at the hands of Mr Justice Simpson in the Sydney Divorce Court a few. days ago. "Our marriage laws," he said, " are the, loosest, I believe, in any British community. You can get married in tlhis place a>t any hour of the day or (night, without any notice being given, and there, 1 are places at •which, marriages are celebrated by persons who, according to law, are entitled to celebrate them. A man has been in church and has gone out. of it, amd a- new religion aJano&t is stunted, and this mam becomes clergyman, having a congregation, and so on. The , registrar-general is compelled to register r him, and' so he, celebrates marriages. You would be , surprised to hear the number of .'religions there are according' to the rites of this, that, and the other church, no one has ever heard of before. Fortunately this state of things is being put a stop to. Legislation, should without any xtelay be introduced in this matter. •It was also not very uncommon for a clergyman, even of the Ohurrfi of England, to celebrate marriages, not in a church, but in some Toom attached to the parsonage, and at' might, too. It, was all very well to condemn matrimonial ' agencies. .. t They oughifc to be condemned and put down. There was no question about' that, but why clergymen of theGhuirdh of England dad" not 'marry in the daytime he did not know. Witnesses) were provided, not only by -the matrimonial agencies, but by the' oleorgymen, clergymen of the Church of England, too/ in some instances. All these things, were irregular. In one cose it was stated that the verger went out into the -street, and got another,, witness." ■ I Another attempt 'to tax the butter industry of Victoria iswbeing made by the Commonwealth Government in proposing a duty far white pine from New Zealand (says the -Melbourne Argus). Under the Kingston tariff it "was proposed' to tax this industry, but the impost was successfully faugh* against in Parliament, and white pine was put on the free list. Whote. pine is used almost exclusively for the' manufacture of butter and' other boxes. The tax, therefore, falls on ■the twitter-making and fruit-growing industries.' -131686 ' increased charges, of course, faM, ' upon the producer, who as regasxie butter .has to take the world's 1 price. White p^ne, instead of being one of- the ' cheapest 'timbers, will under the tariff become erne of the dearest. Those engaged in the butter industry will have to use it ell the same, as there is no suitable local substitute. , The cost of these boxes hitherto has varied from 10£ d, to Is 3d, and the- duty means an extra cost of 2£d each. It is estimated by those in" the trade that the extra cost to- the butter trade in Victoria alone will be £10,000, per' ataauim. Spwice deals from Canada are similarly deaM, with. - Singularly enough, the only timbers that are leniently dealt with are those which come ftotai Manchuria- and -Japan. 'Take Zymole Txokeys for your cough. T*hey will stop it by soothing the irritated membrane of the throat. Hoarseness is relieved amd the throat strengthened. — Advt. BEE OINTMENT.— THE GREAT 1 HOME REMEDY. Men and: women cannot' always have the doctor or the chemist with them ; but they may ' always have the benefit of a handy home remedy in the shape of Bee Ointment. Bee Ointment will cuto cuts, scalds, burns,- chilblains, piles, itch, and eczema. Bee Ointment will sooth and heal all abrasions of the skin, and it will ■•- Stave off colds. Bee Ointment has now v^fcj^n before the public for a. dozen years, land it is selling xapidly in all parts of New Zealand. No home should be without this? great remedy. Buy a tin now, it ■will never go back upon you. Sold everywher^jls 6d- 3 Elderly- peopfe' suffer much from rheumatism, : goutrViciatica,, and lumbago Bheuiro quickly' cures, by driving out the Sine tbabbM. *AH stores Sd*em?^|''2 S ; & arid 4s 63. You just try •;t.irAdvt». r ",' v ; . " v _ . Wood*' Qtrit* JE»eppenMni Onw for. Cover* and Col* 'never Ufa. S« od and

A haunted house is something of a novelty in New Zealand, but a haunted woolshed is still more novel. The New Zealand Times states that on the Valley road, " ten miles or so from Maaitinborough, there is a woolshed that looks uwromantdc and ordinary enough, and totally, innocent of hairboring a ghost. And yet the -spirit of a person, locally supposed to be a shearer, stumps about in heavy boots nt night, much to the fear of the occasional swagmaai who seeks sanctuary for the night. And the little Maori children coming home from school in the dusk of the evening mm very fast past the red shed where the heavy-booted spirit walks rest'essly. "A good deal of comment was occasioned when it became known \ that a social and dance was to be ifoeld in the fever ward of the hospital to-inight (telegraphed the Auckland Stax's correspondent' at Waihi on Thursday). It appears that the institution .has not been as popular as it ought to be for some time past, and there are more nurses than patients. In view of the scarcity of work, and with a desire to have a. social evening among tihe nurses and their friends, the matron promoted this evening's function. It ".s only fair to the nursing staff to state that the House Committee gave its consent for the use of the fever ward 'before the arrangements had been proceeded with. At the same time it is contended dhat the hospital buildings were inever for such, purposes. The South, Devon bull, Coleridge Hero ( a Home paper reports) has been described as not only the lairgest of its breed ever' known, but also as the .heaviest bullock of any description in the United Kingdom. A few weeks ago the live weight of this splendid animal was a little over 32 o.wt. On being slaughtered and weighed at Plymouth market Coleridge Hero was found to scale 18cwt 71b dead weight. Never, in the memory of living main had such a. massive caarase be,cn seen in the market, and the flesh was declared by experts to be of a very rich color. The animal, which, wasi 6£ yearn old, produced mo less than, 19 score of loose fat, while the quantity of bone was .proportionately very small. The hide alome weighed 21Qlb. The dead -weight was - made up as follows: — Fore-quarters, scwt Oqira 101b, and 4cwt 3qrs 61b; and hind-quarters 4cwt Oqrs 131b and 4cwt Oqirs 61b. In speaking at the Commercial Travellersr' Association dinner at Sydney lasb week, Mr G. Valder, New South Wales Commercial Agent for South Africa, threw an entertaining sidelight on. the domestic relations of fehe anative people of that country. The kaffir, he explained, foiled only in his adolescent years, in order to provide himself with a competency of wires for the noonday and evening of his life. Twelve bullocks were currency for one wife, and two wives einsuired to any bridegroom of modest requirements a comfortable retirement. The wantfe of the kaffir were few. His wives cultivated "mealies" and kaffir corn, the first to make "mealiepap," their principal food, and the "second for making "kaffir-beer." Witih. this and a, little game which die killed himself, tihe kaffir lived 1 contentedly. "Here you will see him," said Mr Valder, pointing to a lantern view, "wearing his European dress, and on his way to market with his wives to sell "kaffir-beeT." He walks in advance, and his wives follow in siniglie file. He carries a walking stick, his wives carry the produce. A Whakatatne correspondent supplies particulars of the latest eccentricities of Run. The tohuoiga. says that this great temple is just about to be finished. The building is round, with two. storeys. When it is completed Rua will cadi a I great meeting of the faithful, and select eighty members for tihe lower chamber "alad twelve ioembens text the upper. Rua .himself will occupy a throne, and appeal i? , 'king. This will be the means of abolishing the present Parliament at Wellington. In, October the Governor will proceed to Maungapohatu to sea Rua. After a formal meeting between Rua and the Governor the latter will be seat back to Wellington to send, boxes of gold to Rua, " which will be distributed to the faithful. A letter from the Governor J has reached Rua (so 'he says) in •which the Government purchase of all ■ the Tuhoe lands is arranged, Rua to assess the vaUue of the different classes of forest, swamp, atnd fern lands. Ruatoki settlement is in a parlous state, its foundations .being all loose, and ready to give way. A great flood, 800 ft in depth, will submerge the valley and dixnvM all the iniHabitatafcs. This prophecy is aimed 1 at Kereru, who has refused to join the Rua movement. An officer of the Maitatua Maori Council was sent to Maungapoliatu to coLlect the dog tax. On rhis arrival there « Rua icame^ out of :his whare with an axe and threatened to kilH him if he did not at once leave the place with his dog collars. Another native was also threatened with a gun. for bringing away .the body of a girl who had died. The people wno have retuTnedi count up forty-six , deaiftis at Maungapohaitu , this winter, mostly children, who have been, done to death by the absurd religious observances imposed by Rua on. the people. At tlfoe Straitioird yards on Tuesday, September 10, Mr Newton King will- sell the dairy, stock of Mir J. Prendergastt. Mr Newton King's spring horse fair will be held on Saturday, September 14. Messrs Nolan, Tonka amd Co. advertise that they will hold a sale of Mr A. E. Wills'' dairy herd' at Manuitahi on Monday, September 9. "I have used' Chamberlain's Colic, CholeTa, and, Diarrhoea Remedy, and speak from experience," says Mr F. Schmaka, Paddington, W.A. "I have never known it to fail in an attack of colic, cramps, or diarrhoea, so always recommend it to my" friends and customers. To my mind, no mother should be without a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, | Cholera, and Diarrhoea Remedy in the house. For sale by all chemists and storekeepers. — Advt. GIGANTIC CONSPIRACY. 'Tis a gigantic conspiracy of coughs and colds against you. Foil it wiiJh Dr. ; Sheldon's New Discovery for coughs, colds, and consumption. Price la 6d and 3s. For sale by chemists and storekeep- , ' era, Hawera; F. J. Gapper, Kaponga; \ and C. James, Alton. — Advt. ' When you feel the first twings of rheumatism, gout, sciatica, or lumbago, send for a bottle of Rheumo. It will quickly \ cut© you. All stores and chemists sell it at 2s 6d and 4s 6d. A positive and lasting cure. — AdvtFor Children's Hacking Conga at night I Woods' Great Peppermint , Core. Is 6d tod 2s 6d.