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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LIII, Issue LIII, 23 May 1908, Page 4

Mr L. Redmond, for the past ten months on the staff of the local branch of the Bank of Australasia, left *or Feilding to-day, to which town he ha= been transferred. Speaking to prominent farmers in the district lately (writes the Waverky correspondent of the Patea Press) they state that the prospects at the present time are more favorable to beef than mutton, now that the price of wool is low. Many of them are going in extensively for fattening cattle, in preference to holding sheep. I'he Normauby-Okaiawa road between the townships from which its name is derived promises to be a source of worry to drivers of vehicles this winter. There are a great many nasty holes in the stretch referred to which will -undoubtedly be madie worse by a period of b,ad i weather. This road carried the heavy traffic during the time the Main South road was in such a bad state, to which its breaking up so badly now is attributed. The Builders' and Contractors 5 Association of Canterbury has been informed by the BrickmakcTs' Association that after August it is intended that all bricks manufactured shall be smaller than those at present in use. The effect of this would be to increase the" cost' of brickwork by twelve or fifteen per- cent and to complicate repairs and additions to existing buildings. The "builders and contractors have decided to protest. The decision of the Government to establish female labor bureaus in each of the four central of the Dominion % has been s received ,vtfth'#bnretni^F»akin ".to" consternation by- labor agents whose business ■ is principally associated .with female labor (say? the Otago^ Daily Times). The recently-amended scale of charges, -it is contended, has in itself been sufficient (to cause. a.s erious diminution in business, to on extent, in fact, as to cause four agencies, jto discontinue' business within the last few months. The latest decision of the Government ..local agents regard as certain to prove distinctly disastrous to them. -The jscarcity of female servants causes business to be limited enough as--, jt; }$; their having to face such opposition as is to be set up. ' Pxoteetation, on their part they consider quiie i useJeas. At the Chrisiohurch Supreme Court on Wednesday, Frederick Hall was charged that on March 7, 1908, at Lyttelton, he fired a loaded revolver at Alex, J. Mudx, thereby attempting to commit murder, The man was ,«lso - changed with, shooting Muir so as to cause him actual bodilg harm, and with attempting,., to •■ discharge a loaded revolver at Constable Moriartj with intent to prevent his lawful apprehension. The charge was" the outcome of the shooting case at Lyttelton, when Hall put two revolver shots into MuiTj and attempted to fire at the arresting constable, but the i-evolv-ei' <lfcl not gc off. Accused was convicted. Th<s Judg^ said the offence was a direct and distinct attempt to murdeT, and if Muir had died the accused would have been condemned to death, and he could not see the slightest grounds for the mitigation of that penalty. That being so, he thought it was his duty .to impose the most severe penalty the law allowed. The prisoner would be sentenced to imprisonment for life. / The "heated" butter arriving on the Home market from the Commonwealth is a serious matter for the producers of tkat State. Reporting on the matter a London correspondent says : — The last three or- ■ four weekly! Vessels,- including the Britannia,' in thif week, have turned out their butter in heated condition. Merchants . have had conferences concerning the matter, and have called for surveyors. "The general' coriojusiori is' that the ships are not to bfame, but' that the butter was in defective condition whoni^put on board. Either 'rthe"; -cream became heated, or the butter after making, became soft at some stage, and -was then •frdzen down again! ; At l aJny J "rate, here' is the damage, and very considerable bother it ■i« 'giving, depreciating 'the ralue A all round, frequently to the extent of 6s to*aOß r^)e*'c*t.! In -many ' case"? on boxes being opened the r -sides had shrunk away and the tops run/but in other instances there was nothing in the appearance 'to indicate the bad condition. New South Wales butter ib all" wrong." It grades' on the average just under firstclass", with only hare and there a box coming into superfine. In the United States of- America there is perpetual racking of brains to invent what are known as "stunts," i.e., cries to be uttered' by athletic teams when taking the field; 1 and' the man who devises a good one gets 'more honor than the try-getter who wins a football match. -One example may bo quoted : "Rah- for Michigan, rah J- .rah! rah! .Chocktaw, Apache, wah! wah! wah! Muddy head, conky red, shins,' oh my! ' Michigan, Michigan, 'win or- die?" New 1 Zealand has its examplesi*'alßO,othe moߣ famous being that adopted' 'from the answer of the fighting Maorii . 'chief ReW Mania I - poto, who, when called :*upon by i the British iroops to surrender, answered*. "Ake, ake, ake, kia kaha" ' ("We wfll fight on for ever, and for ever, and for ever"). The American and New Zealand precedents have been adopted in Great Britain, and the British team of R-ugby footballers (says the Wellington Post) has brought its ' "stunt" with it, as part of the usual accessories to 1 the game.- The cry was given in the Town Hail the' other evening, at* conclusion of the official reception of the Britishers, and it was listened to with mope delight than comprehension by the football followers there assembled. The -chief reason of this Was the repetition of three Welsh words, "Cymru am byth," which may be- translated as "Wales on top," or "Wales for ever." The complete "stunt" runs: "Rule Britannia; Cymru my, byth; hip, hip, hurrah," but the words ate reiterated to an extent that makes them suggest the singing of an anthem. SHEEP DRENCH. "Vprmocine" is not only a perfect vermifuge, but also acts as a tonic. Therefore, in killing and expelling parasites, its tonic properties immediately operates in building up the weakened system. .This ris of the greatest importance, as the animal being in a low condition requires renewed strength as speedily as possible to resist fresh attack. In this "Vermocino" is unique and superioi to any "other -drench. , Obtainable from Bnrmby and Cole, Hawera.— Advfc. Doctors* ' bills' aaved by taking Pearson's Peptp-ch'lbr for indigestion. Ib, 2e 6d, 45.. ' . 6 Cough! Cough! Cough! Don't cough. Take Tussicura. Soothes the inflamed mombran-e. Soothing arid healing. Is 6d, 2s 6d,—Advt l . i