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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8143, 17 November 1905, Page 4

It is stated tliat at Blackball some ot the miners are ouly making from 15s to' £1 a week. • : ,

Cambridge has carried a loan of £10,000 for gasworks, water supply, drainage, street chauuelling and. saleyards.

It is reported that a rich copper lode has been discovered in the Whangarei district.

MrE. M. Smith, M.H.R., says the Government would not have got into half their troubles if they had taken his advice.

•The' Birmingham V.M.C.A. officers, after careful consideration and much discussion in the press, have decided to make provision for their members who play billiards.

The Palmerston North Rifles' Social Club celebrated the wind-up of the season with a smoke concert; last night Colour-Sergt. Parkes presided, and a merry tinie was spent, refreshments, music and song whiling away the time most pleasantly.

Arrangements are being made by The Players to entertain" the children and all who took part in the recent production of "My Sweetheart" at a picnic to bo held on an early date. The principals and children are invited to be present at the Opera House to-morrow afternoon at 2.30 in costume, when a group photo will be taken for reproduction in the illustrated papers. Preparations are now well under way for the bazaar which the Municipal Band intends to hold in the Zealandia Hall at the end of the year. The opening ceremony has been fixed for Christmas Eve and the function will continue throughout the following week. Working bees both for ladies and gentlemen have been established, and tjie frequent meetings which are being held, are resulting in a large .stock.oflusefaland beautiful articles being'laid by in readiness. The programme of dances which is to be submitted is under the direction of Messrs Peat, Raeburn and others and is progressing satisfactorily. The monthly meeting of the Terrace Jind bchool Committee was held last night. There were present Messrs G Bennett (in the chair), Smith, Jarrett] iiobbie, Johansen, and Home. Apologies for absence were received from Rev. Baker and Mr W. Dixon The secretary was instructed to write to the Board pointing out the delay in receiving furniture for the infants' room and urging prompt.despatch. It was decided to hold a speci 1 meeting on the 29th inst. to consider ■ the question of erecting a building for technical classes at the school. Mr Robbie's account was passed for payment and the headmaster ,was instructed to measure the ground and procure" grass seed for the lawn. Iv reference to a " breaking-up" ceremony at the end of the year the Chairman expressed himself iv favor of refraining from going to any expense over the matter in view of the probability of their having to spend a iar°-e sum of money on technical educational the school. He considered that the annual excursion would be a very good way of breaking up. This opinion was concurred in by Mr Fairbrotlicr. Mr Jin-rett then moved as. an. amendment that prizes should be presented to the children at. the breaking up as usual Seconded by Mr llobbie pro forma. An" amendment was moved by Mr Smith that consideration of the matter be dererred till the special meeting on the 29 th lust. The amendment was seconded by Mr Johansen. and carried.

230 choice lace cm-tain ends, 9d to Is Hd cackat tke L.M.S.*

Ladies' white under skirts, manufacturers _ sample, 3s. 6.1 to 22s 6cl —

" one half of the people won't vote and ■ the other half won't put themselves on the roll," declared the defendant in a-case heard at Auckland, in which a woman was charged with a breach, of the Electoral Act. "It shows the necessity for leaving people alone," replied the magtstrate. -"If they don't-want to be enrolled let them stay off. If I bad my way then; would be no canvassing for votes."

The-Woodville Borough: Council, at their last meeting, passed the following resolution: —"That the clerk wr te to the- Palmerston Borough Council and the iChamber of Commerce, notify ing that the. business people of Woodville closed for the whole da3 r on.the occasion of the People's Day of the Manawatu A. and P. show, and that they recommend their business people to close, say at 11 o'clock on the occasion, of the Woodville show." *

The Wellington correspondent of the Auckland Star states that private advices indicate a likelihood of Auckland and Wellington being visited about Easter next by three Japanese warships which took part in the memorable Tsushima engagement. The crew will include a number of distinguished Japanese naval officers. A hint is conveyed that several of the Australian squadron will be in thesewaters about that time.

The report presented by Mr Fairbrother to the Terrace End School Committe List evening showed that there were 322 names on the roll, the school had been open 32 times, the average attendance was 274.93, and the highest attendance 294. The average attendance had been pulled down a lot by wet weather, while the attendance since the holidays at show time had not been as high as it should have been. He also reported that no furniture had yet been received tor the new infants' room, but two parcels of school material had arrived. Several other small matters were also referred to. •■

At a political meeting at Dunedin recently Mr Bedford, in reply to a query as to whether the parliamentary Sftflabvarium.' was, or was not, too high, #said: " I know a number of married _,njen in. the House who hare difficulty in- making both ends meet. They hare to keep two homes going, and it is difficult to get any sort of lodgings in Wellington under 30s a week. Then every three years £60 or £70 has to be expended on elections, and I know that when I have to take the Garrison Hall, which is once a year, it costs me £10." Mr Bedford added that there were a large number of men in the House who lost money by attending to their parliamentary duties at the expense of their private business.

The Taihape News says:—"A remarkable example of the fact that a cat has nine lives was shown yesterday. A man was engaged at clearing the stumps from one of Mr Barsby'a sections, when it was found necessary to place a charge of dynamite in a huge white pine stump. This had the effect of splitting the stump, and another Dig charge was placed in it and fired, and by this time the stump was completely shattered. To the surprise of the workmen a .white cat, which had made her home under the stump, suddenly concluded that it was no place for a home and walked quietly off with a kitten or-t\vo'.,in her mouth". It is a wonder thatctlie :cbji.c.ussion did not destroy the animals.;}! nothing else. The veracious chronicler- of Taihape should go in for fishin«.

As instances of the earning value of stamps may be mentioned the 10s Lagos which was sold in 1903 for 12s 6d, and is now worth £4, and the .£.!., Southern JNigeria, whose market price' .three years ago was 255, but is now,;£S. One collection, made during 3?" years, at a cost altogether of only' £69, 'was sold for £3000. Another, collection which originally cost £360, was sold, after .lying on one side for 27 years, for £4000. Rare stamps such as some of those from the Sandwich Islands, Mauritius, and Australian issues, valued at about £500 each, are constantly coming into the market, and are never kept for more than a week. But many wealthy collectors spend from £1000 to £10,000 a year on their hobby and one—M. Philippe la Renotiere, of Pans, the greatest collector in the world—has spent £200,000 since 1870. His stamps are worth nearly £300,00o) and his annual expenditure with one hrm alone averages from £3000 to £4000. He employs two secretaries one to look after his stamps, and the other the postcards, envelopes ani wrappers. Mr H. J. Diiveen, of New lork, has a collection valued at £80,000; Mr W. B. Avery, of Birmingham, owns stamps worth £50,000; Mr T.i-1 ,? a otle' vice-president of the -fliilatehc Society, sold his stamps five years ago for £30,000; and severa.l American collectors have stamps worth, from £30,000 to £50,000. Altogether . the stamp business is in a very Eourishlfrpmie. J A man named John O'Brien was charged at the Police Court this morning before Messrs J. R. McMillan and L. Simmons, J's.P., with the theft of 20s from the till in the bar of the Junction Hotel at Longburn, this being an i n _ dictable offence. It was stated: t' afc the man had only recently completed a sentence of four months for a similar offence. Evidence was given by Mrs Dalrymple, wife of the licensee of the hotel, to the effect that the accused came to the house about seven o'clock yesterday morning. Shortly afterwards she was attracted by the sound of foot steps in the bar and going in she found the man with the money in his hand, and. the till open. She told him to put the money back, and after this v ,, done she called her husband who secured the prisoner and put him in a loose-box till the police arrived. .All-that tht Dont make.a fuss." Corroborative ev.dence was givea by Mr. Dalrymple. He added that the accused tare no explanation at all about the money. Constable Mcßae, who arrested the prisoner deposed that the latter said that he had made a mistake. When told the charge o;- 'which he was. arrested .he made no reply, at all. Accused did not cross-examine any of the • witnesses and said he wanted to plead guilty now. He also intimated that he vrould hk-e to be dealt with summarily lhe Bencu then sentenced him to three months' imprisonment at Wanganai with hard-labor. fa"«Ji

Captain Edwin telegraph's to-day •— Moderate winds from between north and west and south-west; glass fall.rain probable. • • ■ . '

Mr G. McCarty's tender has been -accepted for forming and metalling 40 ■chains of road on Foxton Line for Messrs Eonberg and Monrad

Oa-page2-: Cables arid telegramsa alTc 3n= J oo^^' general°new S . 'On page 6 : Cables, election news, parti-P-ige / : Apiti news, cricket. 1 1P S 6 Mr PuWo^ki, senr., of Fitzdisk Vl'\ T a i S crossin S Bangitikei-street Oast night, he was knocked down by a n Mn S« Dgx?otor Clir- He was removed to •i f, ■ " s Pkuanaey, but was found to '^•■^ • Illl' e ' te.Palmerston Players will produce My Sweetheart" at the Opera House - -attain oa the second night of the races. It has also been suggested that the play should be repeated in aid of the .. funds.

Mr H. F. Toogood's chances of elec■tion for East Chnstchurch are very bright. At one of his meetings this week an enthusiastic supporter said Mr loogood was as near to his ideal politician as he expected to get.

The Orchestral Society will hold its next concert during the second week in .-December. The vocalists will be Miss Lcnore Pulsforcl of Wellington, "and Mr 0. J. Monro, Fitzherbert.

At the Premier's Olahuhu meeting •an interrupter was removed by the police, after which Mr Seddon reihnarked : This is the first time that any .person has misbehaved himself at one of my meetings, and I hope thfire will be no.more of it.

The brilliant m.7^ Duchess was sufficiently recovered from her late accident ■to permit of Mr Coombe competing with her at the Wangamti Show yesterday. She was again invincible in ilier class, winning the Ladies' Hunters competition for the third time in succession.

At the Wanganui A. and P. Show yesterday afternoon, one of the horses engaged in the jumping ,_competition struck a fence-and-fellrrolling over a small boy—a son ofJMr Phillpotts, of Marybank, Wanganui—who was. watching the contest. The boy was somewhat severely injured.

The annual convention of the Ilangitikei and Manawatu Christian Endeavour Unions will be.held in Palmerston on the 29th inst. The afternoon meeting will be held in the Baptist Church and the evening meeting, which will be addressed by the Eevs.Dawson and Cocker, will be held at the Municipal Hall.

The fortnightly meeting of Loyal Manawatu Lodge was held last night. One member was initiated, and one proposed. Bro "W. Mugridge, who is leaving for Shannon at an early date, was the recipient of a presentation from the lodge. Two degrees were conferred on members present. The nomination of officers and a degree lecture will take place next lodge night.

Just after the first pull in the tug of war, married v. single, held at the Manaia sports the other day, a Maori, one of the single" team, was wearily mopping his brow. The married men had won the pull. "Py korry," 'quoth' the native.. "I pet I get married'werry quick. My wahine give me' plenty' good kai, make me plenty trongrail ti same that fellow who peat'me! Next time I win heasy !

Mr J. H. "Walker, native interpreter, of Waitara, has written to the Hon. J. Carroll, Native Minister, drawing attention to the fact that potato dise'as'e'His attacking the Maori plantations around l'ahotu. He fears (says an exchange)' there will be a famine, for: even now they have to live principally on ILianga wjii, and that is in. very limited quantities. He asks-Mr Carroll if the Cabinet can be induced to send a spray pump and a good mixture for the destruction of the blight, for the total destruction of all the crops in the district is threatened.

Very good indication of the jealousy that exists in southern minds, relative to the Manawatu Show is gathered from the following extract from the Lyttelton Times; —" A couple of -visitors from the North Island, chatting with a reporter stated that Christchurch had a show much superior to Palmerston North's from an agricultural and pastoral view-point. 'There is too much of the ' Cheap Jack' and side-show about Manawatu.; it is not solid; it is a peep-show," one of the critics said. He admitted that the promoters worked very hard to inako their show attractive to the general public, and arrange a programme that would ensure a large ' gate.' Consequently, competitions were a special feature of the fixture, and. in number and variety they were designed to draw people to the grounds."

The Manawatu Flying Club held a race from New Plymouth at the end of last week. The winuer was Mr Allan's "Gypsy King," Messrs H. Mayo's "Volunteer" and T. Richard's ''Blue Fire," being second and third respec- . tively. There were 30 {entries, the first birds doing the 122 miles in about &h hours. This time is rather slow but is accounted for by the bad weather wLich_ greatly retarded the birds in their journey. Another race -was held on Wednesday from Te Awamutu, the distance being about 104 miles. There Mere 27 birds entered for this race and of this number only one reached home on the day of liberation. This was Mr Allan's "Silver King." Mr T. Richards' bird secured second place, arriving the following morning, and Mr L. Dahl's was third. The weather on. this occasion was also very bad, rain falling for a good part of the time. The winner flew the distance in about seven hours. " Centaurs " and " Premiers," call and inspect. Stacks of them at Clark- | V -SOU'S* JMrect from Belfast:. Linen tabling, ,Is, Is 2d, Is 6d, Is lid, 2s 6d to. 4s lid. "?j*-C. & C's£ .