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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8197, 26 September 1906, Page 4

House property is in great demand at New Plymouth. Houses for renting are difficult to obtain.

The Gisborne dairy factories are considering a proposal to obtain a veterinary surgeon to test the dairy herds of suppliers.

People in Wellington are paying threepence lor two potatoes, and thinking they are getting a great luxury.—Mr Fisher.

The Dannevirke railway station is to be fitted with the interlocking system. Signal boxes are to be placed at each end of the station. The work is to be proceeded with at once.

It is reported that the docking tallies of one property in the Poverty Bay district show an increase of 132 per cent of lambs from a flock of 6000 ewes.

Mr J. Bamsey M'Donald, MP., chairman of the British Independent Labour Party, will arrive at Brisbane by the "Vancouver boat next month, and after a visit to Sydney comes on to this colony.

The coal export from Greyinouth for the week ending 22nd September amounted to 6737 tons 13 cwt, made up as follows :—State mine, 3879 tons 2 cwt.; Brunner and Tyneside 1058 tons 11 cwt; Blackball, 1800 tons.

The Parliamentary correspondent of the Lyttelton Times telegraphs to his paper:—" A new morning journal, it is rumored, is about to be launched in the Empire City. I understand that a company has been registered and matters are now weilin train. Amongst the names connected with the venture are Mr G. G. Stead and Mr John Buthie. The policy of the new paper will be independent and one of the principal planks will be the freehold."

There was a large a tendance at the monthly meeting of the Congregational Band of Hope and Temperance Society in the school hall last evening. The liev. S. J. Baker presided. The programme was as follows : —Song, Miss Sjbil Smith ; recitation, Percy Wylds ; song, Miss E. Stout; recitation, Miss B. Ilall ; song, Miss G. Burgess ; recitation, Miss Irene Smith; recitation, Ernest Baker; vocal duet, Misses Rawlins and Burgess ; recitation, Henfy Baker; song, Mrs Leigh. The chairman also gave a short address on the aims of the society.

The deputation craze is growing to alarming dimensions. The other day no less than thirteen contingents of deputations hovered about Parliament Buildings with what were described as public requests, and three or four others wished to interview Ministers privately. The Minister for Public Works was bombarded for close on two hours by one party of twenty-five, while three other separate collections of individuals, all with their little locai necessities, cooled their heels in the corridor. The present rush to Ministers* offices on Mondays and Saturdays, to say nothing of the surreptitious delegations which " get there " during the week, will probably require checking.

A remarkable instance of the value of coolness and promptness to act was illustrated the other evening on the Kaikorai tram (says the Dunedin Star). As the ten minutes to six car was coming to town, at York Place a child crossed the line and ran in front of the car not more than about 3 ft. The mother covered her face and shrieked, expecting to see her child instantly killed; but the driver, Mr Herbert Thompson, promptly applied the brake, and, brought the car to a standstill at 4in irom the child It was a marvellous escape, and Mr Thompson's conduct was freely discussed and praised by the passengers, who commended him for the promptness with which he acted.

A pirate ship would have secured a precious prize if it had " held up " the Monowai on Thursday night on her run to Lyttelton. One section of the steamer's cargo was worth about £150,000, and there was only one man in charge of the treasure. The custodian was Mr A. A. Lougden. who is to represent the fine arts of Great Britain at the New Zealand Exhibition, and his treasure came from the brushes and chisels of pre eminent painters, sketcherx, and sculptors. The collection comprises about 250 oil paintings, 350 water - colours, 300 black and white sketches, 180 architectaal drawings, supplel- - with sculpture and bronzes to the number ol 300. The array of mantlepieces makes the most dazzling display ever arranged for .Australasia, and alone ifc is sufficient inducement to make many people take a trip to Christchurch.

Just received $t C. Smith's, the Cash Draper, Square, newest designs in Gents' Ties, all prices.*

G.G. PUNCH is nourishing, refresh' injj, wholesome and deliciccs *

Splendid value at Payne's for boots and shoss for the holiday.-—Advt. ; '

Hard Hats! Boaters!! Newts.t shape s just to hand at C. Smith's, next I'o.t Office, the Square,*

A l&fge of books- the local law libxaty Has just come to hand, and been placed on the shelves \Tr Hastings Bsaddell, of the Stratford Post, has been appointed editor of the Waikato Times. The efforts to recover the body of Michael Dwan, wh<J committed suicide 1 in the Kangitikei river, recently, have proved unsuccessful. There are now 96 private consumers of the municipal electric light in £few Plymouth, and applications for light are still, coming in freel v. The revenue during August was 3s. " At the Police Court-this morning, Robert McNamara and Henry Burtafc, who pleaded guilty to drunkenness vesterday, were each fined as. pins cab hire, in default 24 imprisonment with" hard labour. A Toronto paper states tjiat recently £50 or £60 was ,>n outside figure for church soloists in that ttvy, but a leading soprano is now drawing £100, and in many of the churches there have beer, increases. , ,Aa annual reunion of old colonists is held in Auckland in October. No less than 84 deaths have taken place amongst those who were present at last year's function. Allhad lived in New Zealand for periods ranging from 50 to 75 years. . A miner named Alex. Stewart fell from the upstairs window of a board-ing-house on to the . pavement at the ' Thames on Friday evening, berious injuries were sustained, .consisting of a broken jaw and rtose, a badly contused forehead, and a broken wrist. .. The Agricultural Department has arranged to establish a small experimental station at Lichfield, on t the Rotorua line, chiefly for thre purpoge, of testing several varieties of salt-busir joe , crowing in tta.t district. .Abpnfrtwo , acres are to be laid downin salt bush, r ; A Durban correspondent, writing in reference to the late rebellioh in Natal, says" About 3000 »ativcs were shot, and the same number taken prisoners. The casualties on the whites'side number under 20, and in almost every case ' they are traceable to ' accidents from our own side—presumably shot by inexperienced recruits. - The ladies of the Congregational Church invite their friends and wellwishers to attend the fancy fair and sale of work, which will be held m the School Ilall on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of next week. Not only have they this year 'an abundant variety of useful articles in plain needlework, but also choice fancy goods and . a number of useful articles for home and kitchen, made by members of the committee, which should command a ready sale ■ ' .. )v.v ~ •• It is stated that wild sheep have deen running undisturbed in a corner of Tutira run, in Hawke's Bay, for forty years, during which time they have , 1 reverted to almost the original colour. 1 Mr Guthrie Smith, the ownerofthe run, says that 2o to 30 per pent of them are pure blacky with a white tip .to the ■ : tails. The prototype of these*scattered mobs were merino sheep* and, in; spite 1 of a mixture of longwool blood, all the rams carry fine merino heads. Amongst the coal that was beingstoked into the retorts at the gas works,: ' (xisborne, the other day was a sub- ! stantial chargei of gelignite that Had 1 evidently come across from Newcastle with a coal cargo, being included ; therein probably through some carelessness at the mine. -The result might i have been very serious had the ,pre- [ sence of the explosive in the coal not i- been discovered.. ' The Manawatu Fiying Club has ap- ' proved the following draft of races-for ' the first portion of the ; :coming.. season's * > work :—Marton v October 3rd ; Fordell, • October 6th ; Waiiganui, October 10th; Waverlev, October 13th ; Hawera, > October *17th ; New Plymouth, October 5 24th ; New Plymouth interval, October r 27th,' :"^^p^iaining"\racesMffilFbe:.';:' " decide at ' a ,meeting to be held . i towards the end of October. The club has decided to hold over consideration > of aprppbsal for aSilialion'tatlieNorth 1 ' Island Association for a month. Pro- : mises of: trophies have been received t from Messrs J .'While and T. Richards. 5 The Canterbury A. and P< Assoeias tion appears to" be in luak's way. • Messrs Pyije and Co have written'to 5 the Association stating that Mr J.< E. T r Davenport, who is now m England, has ! arranged for several silver cups for ' competition at the Association's shows. > They are a silver rose bowl, value 10 ! guineas, presented by Lord. Rothschild, J tor the best shife or Clydesdale stallion : by an imported sire; a silver cup, value 1 10 guineas, presented by Mr W. T. Barneby, Saltmarshe Castle, Hereford,' for the best pen of fat lambs by a Kye- [ land rain; a .silver cup. value 10 guineas, 3 presented .by. the English Leicester ; Breeders' Society, for the best shear- . ling ram by an imported sire, and a cup j from the Southdown Breeders' Society, I which are to be supplied. New Zealand will be considerably 5 benefited by purchases at the dispersal > sale of the world-renowned flock of r Southdowns, the property of Mr Edwin c Ellis, Suinmsbary Hall, Guildford, » England. Messrs Ell-s Bros,", of c Killeymoon, Balls, were fortunate in - securing a -pen of five splendid shearj ling ewes and the second highest priced ram lambs at the sale. All are [ sheep of exceptional merit. s ; port, of Christchureh, also purchased ' one of the highest-priced rams. Mr J. 1 Knight, of Feilding, also secured a* i splendid ram through tha agency of * - Messrs Ellis Bros. Representatives of ' r Ellis flock have taken champion* - all over the world, including' the 1 7? n V ne ™'- Calaaria < and New Zealand. * 1 At the Chicago Exhibition alone they - won seven championships,' whilst the 5 prizes for- the past 20 years have • aggregated aver £4000. At the sale 5 referred to His Majesty .the JCitfg ahd I Earl Manners secured the highest- ' P i' u EIS Ma i est y purchased the highest-priced ram.' ' ; C. Smith, the Cash Draper, Bquate, , J"*? 3ust received a fine lot o£-(W ; lhSts> UeWeßt designs \ also tennis G.G.PUNCH (non alcoholic). Buy r 1 ; xt and try it. It's good.* 7 Half the unpleasantness of travelling l is c-iugoa by the trouble and annoyance 1 %hf> lu 6gage. , The oLap-' Forwarding, Shipping, andCurfLhoSe ' Agents, Oustomhonae' Qyia-y ■ W n Ht„ „i nn Local Agent B. 8 and 2/6 per -- CaM '

Captain Edwin telegraphed to-day Moderate to strong southerly winds; glass rise slowly ; probably cold niglit. A prisoner arresied in Dunedm, on Saturday night, on a charge «£ drunkennel had £203 in notes and gold in his possession. It is reported that satisfactory procress is being made at the public Hospital by Mrs Russell, the yictim pf the alleged assault with a bottle on Sunday last. The Victorian Government Statist estimates the total number of sheep in the Commonwealth and New Zealand at 93,000,000. At the general election Sir "William Russell was deposed in favor of a -Mr Dillon, whose only contribution to debate in the House this session is as follows : —" The member for Christ-' church-r- (cries of 'No, Lyttolton')— wants lights and books and all this. If a man breaks the law don't namby-pamby him. Why, there was a man came out of Napier gaol, and as soon as he got out he picked up a stone and broke a window just t© get back aßain. I don't call that prison. Why the member for Timaru—(laughter)— - __ Lvttelton, wants to namby-pamby them. * When a man breaks the law he wants punishing. It makes me angry. I can't bear it. It's what I call bosh." The late Mr W. Fenwick, editor of the Otagol Witness, commenced his literary career in the Otago Daily Times office in the early sixties, when Mr B. L. Farj eon was the manager and Mr Julius Vogel the editor. About 1875 he accepted an important position on the Otago Guardian, and on the merging of that paper into the Otago Daily Times in 1877, he occupied a similar position on the Otago Witness. About three years later he assumed the position of editor, which post was rendered vacant by the death of Mr Robert Wilson, who with other members of his family was burned to death in the Octagon fire. This position he held with conspicuous credit up to the time of his death. The deceased was about 56 years of age, took no prominent part in public affairs, led a very quiet life and was universally respected. He leaves a widow but no children. In arguing in favour of the abolition of coroners' juries, Mr Wilford observed that the only ill-effect of such a step would probably be that it would do away with the present means of Jiving of a certain section of the residents of Auckland, who, he said, were in the habit of making a straight run ±or the morgue, in order to get the jury fees whenever a case of suicide or fatal accident occurred. (A. Southern member : " Poor Auckland.") Mr Wilford said that he had been informed • that such was the case by one of the Auckland members. (Cries of "Oh! ") As an illustration of the peculiarities of coroners'' juries, he referred to the case of a resident of Auckland, who, he said, committed suicide a tew years ago. At the inquest it was shown that the man liad been very ill with measles, and it was also shown that there was a lady in /the case,.and that there were evidences of jealousy on the part of the deceased. The verdict was that the man " died of jealousy and measles." (Liughter.) iLhis.he declared was a fact. Mr I. J. Fake, of Palmerston North, lias just completed a contract for the Rongotea Dairy Co. The work consisted of the installation ol an entirely new system of sewerage from the factory, and cost seme £250, It wsb done to the complete satisfaction of the owners. By it the refuse water from the factory is conducted through about, half a mile of pipes to some convenient spot and there turned into a drain. In order to prevent tSo milky water, etc., from the •churns becoming offensive when allowed to. run in the open air, it is diluted by the addition of water from the artesian well, the result being that it has no smell, and does not become a nuisance in any way. This ayetem was decided on in preference to the installation of a septic ta6k. The arrangement in use befere was not found to work very well, and it had become necessary to make some alteration. Mr Fake was therefore commissioned to lay down the new system, and to pull up the pipes previously in use. He proposes to use the pipes in making private connections to $he sewer in Rongotea. The team of debaters from the Broad--street Methodist Society that journeyed to Wanganui yesterday suffered defeat at the hands of the representatives of the Wanganui Debating Union by the small margin of four points. The respective aggregates were sdo and 559, out of a possible total of 600. The debate was held in the Christ Church Hall, and was presided over by the Mayor of Wanganui (Mr Mackie.) There was a very fair attendance of listeners. The judge was Mr J. H. Keesing, whose decision gave general satisfaction. The question for debate was : " Should the present jury system be abolished ?" Mr C. Taylor (Broad.streetf led off with a good speech in the affirmative, Mr. O'Brien replying in the negative on behalf of Wanganui. The remaing ihembers of the teams were as follows Broad-street: Messrs R Horn, H Hale, A. N. Kidd, B. Haydon, and W. Dixon. Wa*garniV: Messrs L. Martin, C. T. McLean, H. Hogg, Driver, and W. Gray. The question was most keenly debated, the result being as above stated. The judgp divided his marks according to .matter, form and elocution, the respective scores under each heading bemg : Wanganui 282 115 and 162 ; Broad street, 269 s ' 116' and 170. In announcing his decision he made special reference to the excellence of the visitors elocution, and also to the good speeches made by the respective leaders. At the conclusion of the debate tb e visitors were .entertained at supper, a most enjoyable time being spent with musical items, etc. The following toasts were honored The chairman and the judge," proposed by Mr O Brien ■ and responded to by MxMaekay ; The visiting team," proposed by Mr Martin and responded to by Mir Dixon ;. "The Wanganui Debating Union, proposed by Mr Haydon and responded to bv Mr McLean : " The Wanganui team," proposed by Mr Taylor and responded to by Mr Richardson. Ihe local men returned home to-day. Ihe , return debate.will be held next season. Nastv little coughs and colas Quickly make you ill; Drive vou to a legal man Aboutyoar final wili. Better far to cure the cold With Wood's Peppermint Cure, Than live to be burden Which, you could not endure. SIXPENNY' TIES. j Tp-to-date ties 6d each-see our v. i wo. -vs. Fifty dozen pretty ties 6d . each-—see our windows.—De Luen j Bps., The Square.—Advt. ,

On page 2 ; News and .notes. On paga 3 ; Gables and telegrams. On page 6: Parliamentary report. On page 7 : General news.)

The Auckland Bootmakers' Union is agitating to have the boot industry in this colony constituted a State monopoly.

The Foxten School Committee has decided to recommend that Miss \Yanklyn be appointed second female assistant at the Foxton.school.

Intimation was received yesterday afternoon from the Exhibition," Commissioner that a space measuring 40 feet by 25 feet would be reserved for the Manawatu Court.

A male teacher recently appointed to the charge of the school atMotu, Poverty Bay, has resigned, owing to the only available accornmodatiori costing wore than the salary he received. Owing to the exceptional mildness of the winter, early potatoes are very forward in Stratford, Taranaki, and they are reported to be looking very healthy. A special meeting.of the local Exhibition Executive will be held at the Berough Council chambers to-morrow morning to consider matters relating to the Manawatu exhibit. Tiie champion butter fat competition, to be held during the coming Spring Show, will be conducted under the supervision ot Mr J. Kinsella, the Government's chief dairy expert. Messrs Milverton and Son's sewer contract is now completed up to Lom-bard-street and it is anticipated that I the progress now made will enable j private connections in Lombard and George streets to be made with the main sewers next week. The Acting-Mayor, Cr Abrahams, will preside at the meeting to be held to-morrow afternoon in connection with the proposed sanatorium for consumptives in Palmeri-ton. The meeting will be held in the Borough Council Chambers at 3.30 p.m. and Drs Mason and Magill of the Health Department will be present. " I should not like to have thrown on me the responsibility of nominating a man for a seat in the Legislative Council," said the member for Wajlaee in regard to Sir William Steward's Bill. " I suppose I have in my district at least 200 men who think they are eligible for seats in the Council, and if I nominated one, 199 would at once proceed to work against me in my electorate," For some time past private connections with the main sewers have been going on in the western portion of the town and the larger amount of sewage passing through the septic tank enables a very good idea of its capabilities to be formed. It is satisfactory to learn that the tank so far is filling the expectations of even the most sanguine. Not a hitch has occured in its working and the effluent is remarkably clear and odorless.