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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8053, 3 April 1905, Page 4

On page 2 : War cables, telegram's. On page 3 : General news. On page 6 : Rifle shooting scores. On page 7: cricket, correspondence, sporting.

Captain Edwin telegraphed to-day :— Strong winds to gale from between west and south and south-east; glass rise ; rain probable and cold weather.

Entries in the butter and cheese classes at the Winter- Show close to-day but are not yet available. It is understood there will be keen competition in each class.

The prize schedules for the Spring Show will come before the general committee of the A. and P. Association at the next monthly meeting.

Mr Matthew Henry, formerly auctioneer and stock agent of Palmerston North, has purchased a property at Havelock, where he intends taking up his residence.

Twenty-one patients were admitted to the Palmerston Hospital during March. There were 21 inmates on March Ist. Of these 20 were discharged and 3 died, leaving 23 in the institution on March 31st.

Mr- A. Snodgrass, of Masterton, has imported to Masterton from New South Wales a number of silver wyandotte fowls. They are from the pens of the strain that won the laying competition at Hawkesbury.

The apple crop in the Marlborough district this year is said to be the best ever experienced. A large quantity of apples are allowed to waste for want of a profitable market.

The late Harry Carr, guard, who met such a tragic end in Hastings, was for over 30 years in the railway service, during which time he sustained numerous accidents more or less serious, including the loss of a finger and a crushed toe.

A strong westerly gale prevailed yesterday, but beyond blowing in the shop front of Messrs G. Scott and Co.'s premises, George-street, no damage has been reported. Heavy rain fell during the night and again to-day, and there is every appearance the drought has completely broken up.

The ordinary meeting of the Borough Council will be held to-morrow night. Included in the business set down are two motions by Cr Essex, (1) that a return be prepared showing the number of Council meetings, adjourned meetings and committee meetings and number of attendances by Councillors at the same, during the year, and (2) that a return be prepared showing the expenditure and liabilities in connection with the various improvements to the Rotunda and Fountain reserves in the Square.

Any person who visited the auction rooms at Ashburton on Saturday must have been struck by the condition of the potatoes there. Bags of splendid tubers might be seennot nearly ripe but which had evidently been dug to save them from blight. Growers have been rushing the market with their potatoes in a kind of panic, and the consequence was that real good and sound potatoes are brought down to a very cheap rate because of the rush of bad and doubtful tubers.

In the last issue of the Auckland Farmer appears a well-written article by Mr R. Edwards, of Palmerston North, upon judging working homers in the show pen. A great drawback to successful exhibition of these birds in the past has been the want of competent judges and in Mr Edwards' article he' quotes the.best opinions on judging*:homers, culled from the best fanciers and judges in England. To anyone interested in the subject the article will be most interesting and entertaining.

The work of the inspection of sohdo's in the Wellington Education district has grown so extensively that the Board has resolved, to appoint a third inspector at a salary of £400 a year and travelling allowances. It was suggested by the chairman (Mr Lee) that a woman should be appointed to tbe inspecting staff, as domestic economy, cookery ' and such subjects of the school curriculum wero. matters which belonged to women's work, but on this occasion he thought the Board should select a man preference being given to one versed in scientific subjects and music. The Board agreed to this.

The Premier has done some rapid travelling during the past few days. Ho left Auckland on Sunday morning and was present at the funeral of Sir Alfred Cadman at Coromandel in the afternoon. He then went on to Thames by steamer and thence he travelled by train to Rotorua, which he reached on Monday morning. After transacting some business there, he left for Napier by motor-car at 3 p.m., and was at Wairakei the same night. He arrived at Tarawera on Tuesday night. Leaving Tarawera at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, he got to Napier at 3 in the afternoon, and took train for Wellington two hours later, arriving there at 3 o'clock on Thursday morning The Premier was accompanied by Mrs and Miss May Seddon.

If you want t reduce your ploughing expenses 100 per cent., buy a Benicia Disc Plough. Morrow, Bassett and Co! Christchurch.* .''

For children's hacking cough at night Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Is 6d'

Branches of the Bible in Schools Referendum League* are being formed throughout Otago. ' ~ ?

The Havelock, Marlborough, Town Board is; considering the advisableuess of lighting that town by electricity.

Last week 19,753 sheep were landed at Lyttelton, and upwards, of 55,000 have been imported into Canterbury - since the beginning of the month.

The Timaru Garrison Band have decided to secure the services of a firstclass solo cornet player at a salary of JE2S a'year.

A Pahiatua resident has accepted a challenge to back Cameron, the Scottish athlete, against Forde, in a 161b hammerthrowing contest.

A West Coast paper states that a gold mining claim on Middle Branch Flat, Goldsborough, is paying the enormous dividend of JE2S per week. -,

Mr T. W. Kirk, Government Biologist, estimates that the sum of 7s 8d will cover the cost of spraying an acre of potatoes infected with blight.

An order was made by Mr A. D. Thomson, S.M., this mornimg again: t Alex McKee for the payment -of 25s weekly towards the support of his wife and daughter.

Mr Richard Meredith, formerly member for Ashley, who has been mentioned as a probable candidate for Selwyn at the next general election, has, it is understood definitely decided not to contest the seat.

At the S.M. Court this morning, before Mr A. D. Thomson, S.M., Frank McNamara . was charged with the larceny of a swag containing wearing apparel, valued at £5, the? property of Peter Johnson. Accusedpleaded guilty to the charge, but said he. took the swag under the influence of" drink. A sentence of fourteen days'" imprisonment was imposed.

' Corporation workmen are. erecting-cast-iron rubbish bins at intervals alongthe main thoroughfares of Wellington.The bins, which are similar to those in use in-Melbourne and other cities, are about 18in square and about 4ft 6iri--high. Each bin has an inner receptacle which catches street refuse when- " posted" by street scavengers, and* which, when full, is emptitd into passing rubbish carts. Persons can have no excuse now for throwing1 paper, bananaskins, cigar ends, etc., about the main; streets.

The case of the Kairanga CountyCouncil (Mr Loughnan) v. F; Attfieid; (Mr Moore), in which the latter is charged with carrying on an offensive trade by bone and tallow boiling was adjourned sine die by Mr Thomson, S.M., this morning, pending the Court's decision in the case against John Scadden, which is on practically similar lines, and >will be regarded by Mr Loughnan as a test case. In all probability if the decision of the Court is against the County Council in, Scadden's case, the case against Attfieldi will not be proceeded with.

In about three months' time a new comic opera is to be produced in Sydney. It is quite a local production, the music being by Mr Arundel Orchard, conductor of the Sydney Liedertafel, the lyrics--by Mr W. J. Curtis, 8.L., and the book; by Messrs J. I. Hunt (" Boondi," of the Sunday Times and Referee), and W. J. Curtis. Miss Minnie Regan, a distinguished St. Vincent's College (Sydney)pupil, will play the soprano role, and the members of the ladies' chorus will probably consist of prominent musical academicians from the same college, ;'

Mr Veale of Woodville, has just received a pure-bred Holstem-FriesiarV bull, six months old. MrVeale purchased the youngster from Mr Newton Kingwho imported the parents direct fromAmerica three years ago. This is a highpriced animal, and Mr King sells them readily at from £44 ,855. In thisconnection it might.interest -dairy farmers to know that Mr Veale is thoroughly satisfied with the Holstein-Jersey cross he has now in his herd, and intends; to go in more largely for them. They are becoming the fashionable cross* amongst dairymen, the Jersey givingthe quality, . and the HolsteirT the quantity, and when a combination":of two really well bred animals, of these types is brought together it usually results in an ideal cow.. Although other breeds have this season, during the iv weather, shown very large decreases m I^'* 1113*^6 haa held «P very much better, and Mr Veale has somT £s™?■?? bl; eed which ha™ Averaged B*lbs fat each weekly, over a period of over 5 months. In fact, botKe Jersey and the Holstein-Jersey cross have retained their milking ofuamiS te? thedry weather bett^ than the SSS?""-?^^ 68- TheHoSeinlikelv^ hBB' bem, g ver?ha^ycatt]e, are i^x:Se c rfaVoUriteß iQ tWs s-

<a!"**_« course of his sermon at All Samts'Church last night, the fifv. C C. Harper referred to the present aX" tendency towards self-seekmg and lhl *vils resulting therefrom He Lktd 7h» th?^ dominating mttiTt the relationship of: employer and\h? ployee was not the pay bmimJT *m TT« v 7 8h^ uld be the actuating mothi 2eW rr6d *° S 8- self-^erest g a nd t S ell: M.K.fi?Jsf^t*_S ■look S. u nD, g S^s and boys unto obtained y Piece of m *»ey they ■mi?h^ervliS W?,' reP u*ation'for select confirms the good taste a^- T S°n an* our Home buyers Srn»rf JV d?ment °f a?d Inverness c ; pe ?aRfcr fc 'St-ZllS^'ackcts tig variety of style" at n T ng in »"' Early selection Ct e WfP'^s.. Portations is reenm,™ ' ■< i, ° latest im-.^s^sb-^tit, ofeb?^!^^ retail/ Mmn-streei,!^^^ d Co., Ltd/

At a waII attends i meeting of members of Fox on Racing Oluo, held oa Friday night at the Club's office, the question of improvements necessary to /the courne was considered, and finally it was decided that £500 should be raised to carry out the work. A commitiee was appointed to go fully into tbe matter, and devise ways and means.— Herald.

The Government from Saturday took over the catering on the Southern railway lines, mid ,ho various bars for the sale of liquor at railway stations ara closed. At the door of the Oamaru refreshment rooms on Friday ihe following amusing nodce, written on a bit of brown cardboard, was posted :—" The dispensary clones io day. 31st March, by order of the Tsar No more medicioe!"

" I am not a peripatetic encyclopaedia of municipal financial statistics " was the reply ol the Mayor of Christchurch at a meeting to a question involving a quantity of abstruse figures. That quite settled the questioner, and as Bret Harte has it" the subsequent proceedings interested him no more."

"I understand," began the large Bcrappy - looking ward politician, " dat youse had a piece in your paper callin' me a thief." " You-must have been misinformed sir," said the editor, calmly. "This paper publishes only news."

The Woodville Examiner says: — "With a great flourish of trumpets Palmerston has initiated a scheme for the construction of a railway to Foxton beach. Woodville was asked to share in the payment, but rightly declined." Our contemporary will probably be surprised to learn that neither Woodville nor any other town was asked to subscribe money in connection with this project. Poor old Examiner! It falls in every time.

Christchurch does not suffer from any lack of music. The workers in theLyttelton Times office, before eight o'clock on a recent evening, were entertained by the Colosseum band, the Cathedral bells, a violinist, a pianist, and a'singer, all working simultaneously. At intervals the clang of the tram bell was added to the medley, and presumably it was only the wet weather that kept the Salvation Army away.

The frequency of fires in Wellington recently has given rise to a strong suspicion that tbe incendiary is abroad. It has even been suggested that a vigilance committee should be formed. The two fires which broke out almost simultaneously on Monday night are put down to incendiarism, and suspicious circumstances surround an incipient fire in the porch of St. James' Presbyterian Church, Newtown, last Friday evening. A cotton umbrella which had hung on a hook in the porch for several weeks had caught alight by some mysterious means, and the flames had been so fierce as to burn into the wall. On the floor beneath where the umbrella hung a wax vesta was found.

Says tho Ashburton Daily News: — " Our reporter commenced his work of interviewing the " Moderates " • this, morning on the effect of no license in Ashburton. On the part of some there was a decided objection to publicity being given to their names. They were, however, anxious to tender their opinions. To accept opinions without names would expose us to the suspicion that the views were cooked. This we are anxious to avoid. The prohibitionists are only too ready to tender their opinions on the working of no license, and have no desire to 'conceal their identity. They claim that no license has benefited the moral and social welfare of the community. We desire to give the.other side an opportunity of proving their case, but if they are not sufficiently courageous to express their opinions for the welfare of the town, they must submit to be governed by prohibition laws."

" Trust the people," is a favourite motto of the Premier. How the people —or a section of them—believe in his sincerity on that subject was described by Mr Fisher at his meeting at Wellington, says the Post. He met in the street there a young man with whom he "used to go to school, and went to speak to him. The man looked past him and said: " Follow me down the street." In wonder and amaze Mr Fisher walked behind him through by-ways into Victoria-street, and then the man remarked : " I'm sorry I had to do this, old chap, but it would not do for me to be seen speaking to you. I am on the Seddon Presentation Committee." (Roars of laughter.) " I think it's a disgrace that such a state of affairs should exist," said Mr Fisher. When he told anotner man about the incident, the man said: " There are hundreds of them here like that." ' (Applause.) " Do you mean to tell me," queried Mr Fisher, " that a man with any sense of public life or patriotism could see such an instance as that .. without being ashamed of it? The sooner you wipe "the whole accursed lot out of existence the better"-a aentiment that was received with hearty approval.

We find a demand for a high-class tea, in- response to which we have put on the market o'lr afternoon tea. This is a blend of the highest grade teas of India and Ceylon, producing a' full bodied delicate flavoured tea that we feel every confidence in introducing to lovers of a cup of afternoon tea. — Jno. R.. Graham (late Grove's), cash stores, the Square.—Advt.

The DENTON HAT. is sound value, 10s 6d. United Farmers Co-op. Association,