LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XVIII, Issue XVIII, 24 October 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The ratepayers of Feilding on Wednesday carried a poll for completing the rafciculation of the water su-pply in the borough, and asphalting the footpaths in the residential area.

The Hay/era Acclimatisation Society a couple of season's ago put 200 young rainbow trout in Mr Goodson's dam. The other day 198 of these were liberated in Robertson's lakes —all beautiful two-year-old fish.

The tender of Miss King has been accepted by the Hawera Borough Council for the rights of the tea kiosk in King Edward Park from November 1 to April 30.

An enterprising Otaki settler is at present engaged in planting a lemon orchard. He is confident that the venture will be a success.

Men from Picton are now at Ship Cove, engaged in erecting the Captain Cook Memorial. The monument will be built of stone and cement, and will be 15ft. square at the base, 9ft. at the top, and 15ft. high.

Lady Islington has chosen the shooting cup, which she offered to present to the Senior Cadets, and has decided that it shall be for inter-company competition throughout the dominion. It is of old Irish design.

At the Arbitration Court at Gisborne a compensation claim for £500 is being made by William Henry Burton against Messrs Nelson Brothers, in connection with the death of claimant's father, who Mas killed by a quarter of beef falling on him while working one of the Home steamers in the bay.

The side shows at the coming Hawera Show will be; particularly attrae%<e this year. Already a great number are booked. A far better class of vaudeville is travelling round, and the performances are interesting and amusing. One of the side shows will be the aeroplane, which will give a good idea of the power of these machines.

There has been an unusual demand for dog schedules for the coming Hawera Show, and although the secretary had an ample supply printed in the first instance, it has been necessary to have a further budget. Everything points to a very successful display in this section.

Mr Natham Behrin now claims the championship of the world as the best and fastest shorthand writer. He is an official stenographer at the New York Supreme Court, and, in a competition there recently, took dictation for five minutes at the rate of 281 words a minute, with only 17 errors. About 20 stenographers competed with Behrin, whose rivals included one Englishman.

It takes a flood to make us all akin (says the Clutha Leader). On a recent Thursday men of all degrees united in the work at the protective bank; there were ministers, doctors, lawyers, shopmen, blacksmiths, tradesmen, and laborers toiling shoulder to shoulder and not a few of the soft-handed did good work.

"Suppose," said his Honor the Chief Justice in the Appeal Court at Wellington, "a man has a ship and he gives his son five shares, must he pay gift duty?" "He must/ replied the Solici-tor-General (Mr J. W. Salmond). "1 think you will find," he added, "that the father is trying to give away the whole of his ship without paying gift duty," Later the solicitor-General admitted that this provision of the Act might operate oppressively. "It might do more than that," said Sir Robei't Stout. "It might operate absurdly."

The Auckland Star reports that the timber industry on the Main Trunk railway has developed into immense proportions. There are now fully 50 milis operating between Marton and Tauma run vi. The cutting capacity of these mills is equal to over 8,000,000 ft. per month, and fulJy 100,000,000 ft. per annum. Excellent progress is being made with the construction of Ellis and Burnand s timber line at Ongarue, the objective pomt being about six miles into the bush. _It is anticipated that the \ ndf^7 1 shortly afford employment for fully 200 men.

Since the introduction of teeth-inspec-tion among school-children much exceilent work has been done by the Auckland branch of the New Zealand Dental Association (says the New Zealand Herald ) Reporting to the Auckland Mospitai Board for the past six months the Association Btated that the increase m work had been particularly noticeable in regard to the number of fillings put in, which, m this instance, totalled 364 in all, 5/0 patients had been dealt with as compared with 385 attended to during the previous corresponding period.

At the battle of Trafalgar, of which Monday, the 21st instant, was the 107 th anniversary, Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson, with 27 line of battleships, attacked the French Admiral, Villeneuve in command of a combined fleet of S3 'ru Q 2 '^ttjeships, off Cape Trafalgar. Ihe first British gun was fired at 12 10 o clock; at 5 o'clock the battle was over and no fewer than 18 French ships-of the line had been captured, burnt, or sunk; the rest were in flight, and had practically ceased to exist as a fighting ™roe. By those five hours of stern lighting Napoleon's plan of crossing the Channel and conquering the British Isles had become but the baseless fabric of a vision; but England had to mourn the loss of her national hero, Lord Nelson, who was /stricken down by a bullet while walking the quarter-deck <ff the V lcfcory.

A somewhat peculiar occurrence came to light in the storeroom of an Invereargill grocer's shop the other day. A cat had been shut in the room for the purpose of catching rats. On entering the apartment later the occupier was surprised to find his cat with its Head jammed inside a jam bottle, and on closer Examination was somewhat startled to notice that there to also in the bottle a young rat. The release or the cat, a valued one, was accomplished without breaking the bottle Of course, the rat, when chased by the cat had sought refuge in the empty bottle, the mouth of which was just sufficiently large to allow the cat's head to enter.

T. J. Rodgers and Co., Palmerstdn rvorth, have a choice dairy farm in the Manawatu district for sale

N. King will sell dairy cows and heiters at Stratford yards on Tuesday, October 29.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. will sell dairy cows and heiters at Stratford yards on Saturday October 26. *

The Blackball Coal Company intimate that local sub-agents have "been appointed.

4.-if Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company will hold a clearing sale on the farm Avratuna East on Thursday, October 31, on account of Mr W. Searle.

Railway arrangements for the Waverley races and the Palmerston Show are advertised.

Roosevelt's facial expressions are the subject of much jocular criticism. There can be no doubt that he is a man of great courage, and this was clearly demonstrated recently when an attempt was made on his life by a lunatic. There can be no doubt about the quality of Crescent Tea, and this can be proved by writing to the proprietors for a free sample.—Aclvt.

The Patea Bowling Club formallyopened its green on Wednesday. Owing to the state of the weather there wa«~ no play.

£ earce ls asking the Minister of 1 üblic Works when the Department will be able to supply metal from the Egmont stone quarries, so that local bodiesin iaranaki, who urgently required it may be supplied.

In the Magistrate's Court this morning, before Mr Kenrick, S.M., the maintenance case of Smith v. Smith, adjourned from Monday, was called on. An arrangement was made between counsel as to the payment of arrears, and the proceedings were further enlarged to November 4. Mr Sellar appeared for the complainant, and Mr iVlcCartlTy for the defendant.

The Liedertafel had an interesting time on Wednesday, when the members gave an evening to their honorary members in the Foresters' Hall. There was a fair attendance of subscribers, and they all appreciated the performance, which was opened with a glee, "The Chapel." Then there was a competition between various quarets. All the work was creditable. The judges, Messrs Higham and Hutchens, agreed to giv* | the palm to the quartet, Messrs Tarrant, Jones, Grace, and Hooker. Thej were, however, run close by Messrs Tarrant, Searle, Keen and Chadwick, wh© were only three marks behind, 143 and 140 out of a possible 190. Mr F W Sutton sang, "My Life for Thee," and Mr Hooker "She Alone Charmeth Mj Sadness." Both acquitted themselves, well, and were encored. Mrs TarranV played the accompaniments. The last item was the part song "Holy Night," by the winning quartet, and the singing, of the National Anthem brought a verj satisfactory performance to a close HEALTH HINTS FOR RHEUMATISM. Diet plays an important part in Rheumatism, Gout, Sciatica, Lumbago and kindred complaints. Those troubled with these diseases should be careful, for some foods encourage the formation of uric acid. Avoid red meat, beer, vinegar, spice^; usq tea and coffee sparingly, and—moat important of all take RHEUMO. It is the one medicine that will quickly and effectually cure Rheumatism, Gout, Sciatica, Lumbago, and their attendant evils. The first dose of RHEUMO relief, and will be found to quickly effect a complete cure. Your chemist or storekeeper sells it. 2s 6d and 4s 6d a bottle. Give it a tiial.—Advt. 27