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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8071, 23 August 1905, Page 4

The next term at the local High School will commence on Tuesday, September 12. ' -

Potatoes are selling at 18s per bag in Waipawa. In Palmerston the price is 17s 6d per sack.

The amount deposited in the Post Office Savings Bank has in the last ten years risen from £3,9i36,849 to £8,432,95?.

A football team and also a shooting team from the local High. School are going to Napier this week to engage in a contest with similar team;; from the Napier High School.

The friends of Mr W. B. Jolly, of George-street, will regret to learn that he has had a return of his old ailment and is now in the public hospital undergoing treatment. '

Since the totalisator wasTeinslated in South Australia the South Australian Jockey Club has distributed among charities £5628, and the Adelaide Eacmg Club £5065—a total of £10,693

Ihe name of Eoyden McDowell Congregational Sunday School, should have been included in the list published yesterday of those who had passed the ounday School examinations.

A ballot was held last night m No 1 group of the Starr Bowkott Society Mr Christian Voss, Kairanga. was successful in obtaining the use of £300 free of interest. •

If'the suggested £26,000 loan is carried for waterworks extension the whole work can be completed within two years but it may be spread over more time if thought desirable

The £26,000 water supply sc L.em« provides for a total reticulation of 47 62 miles, the £56000 loan provided for 4d.bO nines, and under the present system there is a .reticulatit>n of 37 93 miles. ■...': : •

In the year 1904-5 the R^partment of Labor assisted a total of 3,130 men to obtain situations Of,these only 953 wore married. In the previous year 2,800 men came along for help 777 being married. About one-half of the men were sent to GoTernmontwoS .monw » available. tTndS the '• „!• jeeted £66000 scierno tl«re \l° e (~*3 m, c S ofonei B oh m,ii,,s V LZ"i be invited in Palmerstaa for- the- man! facture o£ school furniture MrT^s" Bridge said that the eating rs 3i exmres twelve months' ;W atat the present manufacturers.

There was a splendid attendance at tue quarterly roeethiff nf >l, rv ■ snip. jj r Putnam was iitrocantprl « Lodge surgeon. B was AcSed to hold sSSttrSsf not oo.out best^ouaSd co a l L^ 1 market.—obtainable wHol^nU tbG tail at MoMurray an? Cri W' re" street.-Adyt. >'' ff*** tfain ■Davis, The Souare.• X %]> lem- 1?.

tinder the permanent scheme of waterworks extension in town «?iily four inch mains-will; be;used for reticulation purposes,!■. ' . -.:' ;'■,.; ;-■,/"

With the present watar.1 supply i n town there is a pressure o£ 841bs pep squareinch. TJnder the proposed new conditions the. •pressure, friction not allowed for, will be 1361bs per square inch. . , A large number of parents were cited at the Court this morning, before Messrs F. Aisher and H. J. Hayns, J's.P., for failing to. send their children to school the required number of times. They were fined varying amounts for the offence.

Golf enthusiasts will be interested, fC learn, on the authority of a ~ promi ndist^ native of Oroua Bridge, that this.game was played at Puketotara Pah, an old Maori settlement a short distance from the Bridge, as early as the year 1858, when it was introduced into the Manawatu by Messrs T. H. Cook and 0. Hartley. :

The last report of the Department of Labour states that there has recently been a difficulty in the .direction of obtaining young people to assist iv factory work. This state of affairs is put down to the " long period of prosperity "■ that has extended over. the colony."

At the meeting of the High School Board last evening the - Sector asked for a projection lantern and slides up to ;the value of £115 for the use of the school., He considered it would greatly add to the interest taken in the lessons if the lantern was provided. The members present concurred in this view and granted the request.

We learn that enquiries are being made, on behalf-of Hugo Hermann, the renowned violin virtuoso, as to whether the Opera House will be available for his use for one concert between September oth and 13th. Should he come to Palinerston, we have no doubt that music-lovers here, will gladly take the opportunity of hearing him.

Rector of the High School last night referred to some statements contained in a recent letter to the Press about the alleged cost of providing children with books, ;efl* He said : " I have done my best to save parents as much as possible, If any children come to school whose .parents I know cannot afford to buy books I always study them. I have even frequently lent them my own books."

The Rector of the High School has a scheme in hand whereby, six bursaries may be granted by the Board of Governors. He proposes to allot them on the results of a competitive examination each December, but candidates must not be entitled to hold a free place under the Government regulations. The bursaries will consist of free tuition at the school for one year. The scheme was referred to a sub-com-mittee for consideration.

Senior and junior golf competitions for tropliies presented by Mrs Warburton were played at tlie Hokowliitn links yesterday with, the following results :~Senior—Miss Abraham (5) lup Ist; MrsFreeth (6) and Mrs Monro (6)' a tie for second place with three down Juniors—Mrs Warburton (11) 7 down was Ist, but handed the trophy to Mrs Potts (18) 8 down who was second Mrs Million (12) was 3rd, 9 down.

A first offending inebriate was this mornuig fined 5s and cab hire 2s, in default 24 hours' imprisonment. Another, who had run off with a small boy ±rom Levm with the result that the mother had had to follow him up, was fined a like amount for the drunkenness, with the addition of £1 expenses .Messrs-JJ1. Aisher and H. J. Hayns, J s.P. were on the bench.

_ At the public meeting held at the Municipal Hall last night, in connection_with the water extension scheme, the Mayor said four inch water mains W?£ t e laid tke flowing streets, with, of course, necessary intersections---ieatherston, Vogel, Main, Grey, vjueen, • Main-street West, .Church 1 erguson, Park, Avenue, Tc Awe Awe! lahiatua, lhaka, Scandia, Botanical, Kairanga.. Pascal, Oakley, Willis, Ada, Kangitikei, Snelson, Eaufurly, Graham, Ashley, Donnington, Colombo, Batt, Worcester, . Hereford,. WeHsbourne, iidgeware, Elizabeth, Carow, Pirie, College, Nortb, Eoy, Fritz, Albert,. Cook, lram, Alexandra, Scandia, East, Euahine, Fitzroy, Schlager, Brightwator lerrace, Napier Eoad, Boundaxy Eoad, and Wood streets.

.. At the High; School Board's- meeting last evening, the Eector reported on the book.*- at present in use at the I school. He stated that only three l bo°f,.kad been changed since the establishment of; the school,, but admitted that, the number of books a child Jias to be provided with on entering the school -was a very considerable item. &c suggested that the following boots should be provided by the Board :—Arithmetic, algebra, boot keeping books, and extra standard aiunops. He stated that these would be always kept at the school and therefore would not be destroyed. He did not agree with those who, wanted them to provide all books W Ou the SfV* IsSrs -Krani-'and. Collingwood, tk(Sector- was authorised to piocure the. books mentioned, the co«t not to exceed £15 for this year. The committee of ladies that was responsible for the recent Fancy Dress ■Ball met yesterday' afternoon to wind up accounts. The credit balance when *irt bIT- a, re W ld> wiil amount to about £iO, which, with the Government sub£iin 7J, me^ niw addition of some £U0 to the^ClocFand Chimes Fund. FrM^ decided to, repeat the ball on, lnday_ evening, September Bth; in aid B-S HiK?^ -Palmerston-Brass-X' i l thlst™e be held in the Opera House The children's dancer wll h n tl lC Ista1sta« c. so that patronsWh WWA to.^* very good view,, wards vfli ?TU^ for -tlle ild"Us «ftcr~ Knir takel?%e m the Municipal next" -pj'f c ™ttoo decided to meet felW? wYi ■ »ft«?oon in H.o OddSent? "^ Xf^ ake furthel' am-ange-So & ■ will practice in ST™** ladl?s 3ack<*s. dress goods. £\lSimOn^ s?^« Prices attho an intimation relating to which, appears-m another.cohraw* -■■.Supper cloths,S6.mches by3ftim*Uw. U6d_upwards, S ide runners, U inimcjiesby 27 juclies, 104 d un • Indie*1 ; 6ddoien

On pace 2: Cables, telegrams, and commercial. On page 3: Report of Meeting of High School Governors last night. On page 6 : General news. On page 7-. Report of last night's meeting of ratepayers, hocloyy.. . : ■••■' A quiet wedding was celebrated today at the residence of Mr HydeParker, Duko-strcet, the contracting parties being Mr It. Bull and Mrs -Andrew Hill, both of Palmerstdn The Eev. I. Jolly was the officiating , clergyman, and after the ceremony Mr --and Mrs Bull left for the north on a -short "honeymoon tour. Mr Bull, who ■ is employed in the mechanical "departvment of the Standakd .office, was presented yesterday afternoon by the -proprietors and staff with a handsome .-set ot carvers as mark of their respect. The Rector of the High School has prepared a leaflet setting forth the conditions under which free places are granted at the school. It,is stated that 'free education is granted for two years to those who have passed Standard VI. ■with proficiency, and are under 14 years of age on the 31st| day of December preceding the date of admission to the High School. The Board reserves the right to withdraw the privilege of a free place if they' are satisfied that the attendance, conduct, diligence or progress of a pupil is unsatisfactory. During his remarks upon the £26,000 ■water works scheme last night, the Mayor said that the fact that two 7inch mains had been retained in the system was open to criticism and there were men in town who could criticise it •as an apparent weakness. The now ■-■ suggested scheme when complete would ! be sufficient for a population of 20,000 •j people,.thatis when the two seven inch • mains were replaced by 15-inch mains. "Mr Cohen added it was not claimed > that the scheme was an absolutely iifixed one at present, but it had the advantage that every penny : spent now would come in under the ;.perfected scheme. \ -A step in the right direction seems i to have been taken, last week when a >: meeting of Wyandotte fanciers, con- . yened in Wellington, formed themselves into what is the first special breed club in the colony. The full name is the " iSTew Zealand Wyandotte Club, North ■ Island. Mr J. Jaryis, of Eongotea, has -been' elected honorary secretary,- and • the draft list of officers which is being completed now, will be representative of all the Wyaudotte fanciers of the JSorth Island. Amongst the objects • will be the presentation of the Wyan- .. ■ dotte Club's specials at the various shows in the colony. No doubt this ■ example will be followed by breeders •--of other varieties, and should greatly improve the standard of the various : kinds of poultry.

The annual meeting of the Palmerston North Chinese Mission was held in the Presbyterian Hall last night. There was a large attendance of subscribers and friends including about 20 ■ Chinese. The Eev. H. Beggs presided. .Apologies for absence were received from Revs. Mather, Jolly, and Mr J. P. Leary. Addresses were given by the Eev. S. J. Baker and Mr G. W. Moy, a Chinese missioner from Wel-

lington, who addressed the men in their

• own hi nguage. Songs were rendered' - ,by Mesdames H.-Mowlem, G. Talk, - and Miss Barry, also three hymns in ;• Chinese by the men and mission workers. The chairman remarked upon the apparent advance the work has made and guaranteed all available help from himself and his church. The thanks of the committee of the mission were ex-

tended to the managers of the Presbyterian Church for the use of the Hall 1 with its conveniences, and to^all who assisted iv any way towards the success • of the meeting.

Dame Rumour Lath it that, some residents, of .Palmerstqiv were rather badly " " sold" a little .-wihile' ago. It happened in this wise. A gentleman who used to run a shop where was retailed .•the "beverage that cheers but does not, •inebriiite " disposed of his business, and by virtue of his eloquence, persuaded a certain Boniface to allow him to store ■ some " stock " in a store-room on the hotel premises. The stock consisted of ; a large quantity of " tea " done up in nice packets of lib each, and which had been used^ by the owner merely for window display purposes. One fine - day, by some mischance, some children . got into the room where the " tea " was ~ stored, and quite naturally began to ' play with it. When mine host found this out he was very wroth. " What do you mean by playing'with that tea?" .he demanded in angry tones of the .trembling youngsters. "Tea!" they - answered, " please sir, this is not tea, it's sawdust!" And so it was. Then mine host, who is noted for his joking disposition, laid himself out to have .some fun. A jockey and two trainers were incidentally informed that a quantity oE tea was lying in a back room, ■that the owner did not want it, but "don't tell too.many, only a friend or two," concluded mine host. As anticipated, the tidings soon spread, and for a whole day the publican amused himself • by sitting in his bar and watching individuals gliding on t;p-toe down the passage and after casting a furtive look aroivnd them disappear into the storeroom. On several occasions he added variety to the scene by calling out, as they were about to leave the premises,. " Don't go for a minute, I've got a good thing for the New Zealand Cup," but lie was greeted with the same reply on each occasion,- " Sorry , old boy, I'm in too great a hurry to stop now." Among the "visitors" to the storeroom was one of those gentlemen whose business it is to follow up race meetings, and he an* his mate sold a packet of the "tea" to the emnloyee of another notellceeper for a bottle of beer, which, . to their disgust, proved to be water! Among others who secured a portion of the tea was a popular lawyer's clerk, while another man took away 35 packets in a sack. It is also rumoured that a select little afternoon

tea party received a pound as a special present, and. the disgust of the ladies when they went to make the tea and emptied a lot of sawdust into the pot, can be better imagined than described. They say that it is a dangerous thing now to ask any of the victims of the jolec if they arc fond of afternoon tea.

The trouble of looking after the luggage—of seeing "that it does not go .astray —mars half the pleasure of travelling. If luggage is given into the charge of Messrs J. J. Curtis and Co., forwarding, shipping and Customhouse agents, Customhouse Quajr, Wellington, all trouble is saved, and their charges are merely nominal. Write for further particulars. —Advt.

We give'half-a-dozen silver spoons and ■a pair of sugar tongs with every wedding ring sold.—Mortensen, jeweller.— Advt. :", : .

We are making our repair department themost complete in the district. Seasonable charges. Clarkson's.*

The Auckland City Cruncil has de cided to reorganise the different departments under its control.

Tenders for school vans were recently invited in Wanganui and'Palmerston by the Education Board, and the Palmerston prices wore over thirty per cent above the Wanganui tenders.

Captain Edwin telegraphed to-day:— Strong winds to gale from between west and south and south-east.' Glass rise soon. Eain probable and weather yery cold. ; " .

A meeting, of the committee appointed to make investigations in connection with the proposal to erect a school at the western end of the Palmerston Borough will be held at Mr E. Whitehead's residence, Church-street West, on Friday evening.

We are in receipt of the jubilee number of "Our Alma Mater"" the official organ of St. Ignatius' College, Eiveryiew, Nev South Wales. The number is a bulky one of 100 pages, and is of striking typographical excellence, while many of the articles are of considerable literary merit.".

The inclemency of the weather last night interfered to a great extent with the attendance at the concert at the Fitzherbert East Hall, promoted by the Eev. C. C. Harper in aid of the piano fund. Those who did turn out, however, spent a very enjoyable time. An excellent programme was contributed to by Mrs Harper, the Misses Drew (2), and A. Chandler, and Messrs Preston, C. Swallow and H. Wood. Dancing followed, and was kept up with zest till an early hour.

News has been received at Christchurch of the death of Lieut. Garcia by drowning in the Scinde River, India. Deceased served in South Africa with the Imperial Yeomanry and in the second New Zealand Contingent. He was a native of Christchurch and a keen athlete.

Two men named G. Holland and A. Wright had a somewhat narrow escape from sudden death on Monday. They were engaged in stumping and clearing land on the hill by Cliff Kbad, on Mr Batchelar's property, when a bullet from the rifle range came whizzing unpleasantly close to their heads. They were greatly perturbed thereby, and said they would make very careful inquiries as to whether any more firing was going to be done before they went to work again. Whether our gallant defenders were aiming at the butts at the time we cannot tell, but if such was the case, it does not say much for the "accuracy of their firing; It is stated that the High School cadets were down at the rifle range that day.

The report of the proceedings at the recent Dairy Conference, held in Palmetston during Winter Show week, is now to hand. The book forms a valuable record of the various papers read at the conference, and the discussions thereon, and should prove of great use to dairymen especially. There are a number of very fine half-tone engravings of the winning farm in the dairy farm competition, also views of the avenues in the Exhibition Hall at the Winter Show. The bJoeks were kindly lent by the Canterbury Times in which the engravings originally appeared. At the end of the book is an account of the Winter Show, culled from reports which appeared in the Standard at the time. No doubt copies will be eagerly sought for by those who desire to have a carefully compiled and permanent record of the proceedings.-

In the annual report of the Department of Labour, Mr Tregear, Secretary to the Department, deals at some length with the question of workmen's homes and the rents now ruling in the large towns of the colony. He says:—" If, as is sometime* alleged, the cost of house rent had risen on account of the higher price of timber and increased paid in the building trades, such a rise in rent would have a reasonable basis. Nine out of ten, however, of the houses (especia'ly in Wellington) were built before the time when such a plea could be advanced, and the high price of labour can hardly explain why a house should be let when it is old and rotten for JEI 5s per week, which when new produced only 17s. The answer is, of course, that the present cost of labour and material has nothing to do with the question. The high rent is demanded because persons needing houses are driven to sacrifice an undue portion of their income through the necessity of having roofs of some sort over the heads of their families.

- Members who have sat longest in the House are the Hon. Sir W. J. Steward and Mr J. W. Thompson, both of whom were first sworn on August-14, 1871, having been elected for nine Parliaments, the first having attended 33 sessions and the latter 30. Nearly five years separate these from the next on the list, Sir Wm. Russell, who was first|swcrn on June 21, 1876, has like the two first sat in nine Parliameuts, and has attended 32 sessions. Of course the relative differences in the figures arise by election not in some cases having been continuous. Following the late leader of the Opposition comes the present Premier, though at three years later date, the Right Hon. Richard John Seddon, P. 0., having been first sworn on September 30, 1579, having also sat in nine Parliaments, showing that election has been continuous, behaving attended 31.ses-" sions. Sir William Russell appears to be the only member remaining in the House marking the institution of trien nial Parliaments, and the next earliest date to. the Premier's is 1882.

For bronchial coughs take Woods Great Peppermint Cure. Is 6d.

At Last.—Our long expected shipment of the noted Clytie White and Gold and plain White Dinner ware has arrived which >"s unequalled for cheap dinner services and can always be matched at J. E. Graham's, the Square. Advt.

Rheumatism is one, of the most pa-in ful diseases. Many are bent and pbysically disabled by the torture and suffering, inflicted by this dreadful scourge. The disease may settle in the large muscles of the back, ne6k, or thigh ; in the joints of the arms or legs; or the pains may dart from one muscle to another. The pains may be constant or occasional, but all are produced by the same cause—excess of uric acid in the blood. EHEUMO is the best, the only cure for rheumatic pains. It neutralises and drives out the poisonous acid, relieves the pain, removes the swelling, and effects a speedy and permanent cure. A trial will satisfy you of of its merits Sold by all chemists and stores at 2s 6d and 4s 6d a bottle.