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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8113, 19 October 1906, Page 4

The Fallen Soldiers' Memorial in , • the Dunedin Oval will be unveiled g on November 30th by the Governor. ), Heavy bookings of passengers arc reported by steamers leaving Sydney _ and Melbourne in time for the opening ceremony in connection with the International Exhibition. The following are the latest connections with the Telephone Exchange:—No. 271, D. Charker, baker, Waldegrave Street; No. 333, Traders' Agency (C. S. Girdlestone), - King's Chambers; No. 382, N.Z. Times (G. V. Edgcombe), Main • Street; No. 399, J. K. Christensen, private hotel, David Street. Eight new members were elected at i last night's meeting of the Manawatu Philosophical Society. They were:—Messrs Rosenberg (Woodville), D. H. McKenzie (Feilding), J?'. H. Richardson (Bulls), Donakl Eraser r (Bulls), G. Glendinning, E. Larcomb, 3 J. L. Barnicoat, and J. O. Batchelar. r One candidate was also proposed for i membership.* Says a backblocks correspondent of the Eketahuna paper:—"A lot of the rich farmers from here are going south to see the Exhibition opened next month, which is a great contrast to the 1881 Exhibition held there, as most of the farmers tlien ; were on the lookout for the bailiff . coming along to foreclose. Long may New Zealand keep prosperous under all sorts of Land Bills." There was a very good attendance at the ordinary fortnightly meeting of Loyal Manawatu Lodge, 1.0.0. F., M.U., last night. Bro. A. M. Mowlem, N.G., presided. Three new members were initiated, and three candidates were proposed. It was decided to hold the next meeting a week earlier than usual, on account of the Show holidays. The date of the next quarterly meeting was also altered, from December 27th to 20th, also on account of holidays. It was resolved to continue the card and games tournaments for some time longer. A euchre tourney, held at the conclusion of the meeting, was won by P.G. Bro. L. G. Horn. The trophy was presented by N.G. Bro. A. Mowlem. In moving the adoption of the report and balance-sheet at the first annual meeting of the Wellington Farmers' Union Fire Insurance Association, held in Palmerston yesterday, the chairman, Mr J. G. Wilson, stated that the amount of insurance received for the first year was very gratifying, considering the small limit of risks that they were restricted to, and that to have received £42,400 worth of risks should prove that the farmers had faith in the company. With the power to accept the largest risks, and to make arrangements to reinsure portions of the business with other Mutuals, the business for the coming year should be considerably increased, and there 1 was no reason why the Mutuals ' should not be as successful in New 1 Zealand as they had been in Canada <' • as the farm risks were admittedly the ' best m the market. If they had ] been able to carry on successfully in ■ Canada (the home of the Mutuals) 1 ror sixty years with an average rate s ot ss, there was every reason to hooo 1 for similar results in this colony, pro- 1 vided that the farmers accorded their 1 loyal support The Mutuals would ? undoubtedly bo tlio means of pre- 1 venting the rates on farmers' risks e trom being again increased. The t directors hoped that, with continued v [ support, they would be able to grant a a reduction m the rates to insurers n after their second year in the Association. p Feather boas and stoles at ridicu- *- lousy low figures at C. Smith's, the A Cash Draper, next P.O.—Advt! They are wonderful value, the A Blouses sent out from London by Mr f Koss. One line deserves special mention being made of Fine Voiles in t artistic floral designs, with V-shaped o'i lace front, Val. lace yoke, rucking sf across the front, three-quarter sleeves" •, edged Valenciennes lace, ten small tucks down back. Price 15s, but i) every blouse will go atTs 6d.—Advt h

Owing to ill-health, Mr T.-A. Kennedv has resigned his position as manager of the Dannevirke gasworks* t At the Hawke's Bay Show the Feilding Mounted Rifles won the These were the only competitor,. I Tospnh Ward's new Post Office I Art AmeSment BUI contains .two, ■ clauses which have been specially Sited to deal with similar lotteries, and with vendois of quack medicines. B f-tfniat ffS&arS service. Subscriptions for the purpose are now being lected. rf Information was received m town last night that of Mr David Laydon, ot had been drowned in flnrin o " the afternoon. ± ne +, Toroner Captain Mowlem, went out to Feilding this morning to conduct an inquest. , Two men Michael Noonan and John sS, alias Burns pleaded euiltv at the Police Court this mornfng to having been found drunk s IS fTn £$ fprisonment. Mr L. Simmons, J.P., was on the Bench. \t the monthly meeting of the en °x hilly ill?f r »^/J le a rr ?r&t wS Eff'Sett in I most ekanstive and able manner, and was accorded hearty applause by his audience. \t Feilding on Wednesday afternoon Mr j! Allison, of the Palmerston Salvation Army Corps, was united in the bonds of matrimony to Miss Grace Packer, of g ta f_ ceremony was conducted by btaft Pintain Ward, ot the Army. in© bride looked very handsome, being attired in a neat navy blue uniform, with a white sash and the customary orange blossoms. The bridesmaids were Misses Gertie and E. Parker, the bride being also attended by, three little girls attired m white. At yesterday's meeting of the Hospital Day Committee it .was decided , to purchase 750 exemption badges. It was decided to send a number of the badges to the flaxmills this year, owinf to a report made by Mr Aitchison, at the meeting, that several emplovees of mills who had contributed to their respective mill lists last year did not, on coming to town, escape ike pressing attentions of the town collectors. It was considered that numerous badges could be sold at the mills at the price decided upon, os. Wearers of them are, of course, immune. ' In an address to men at Auckland, Mr T. E. Taylor said:—"The greatest question to be solved in New Zealand politics, a much greater question than the land question, was t this: Every civilised community must !. undertake to find employment for every man and woman who requires , it, because they are men and woi men. And any democracy that stopped short of that was no democracy, . and a Government that stopped short of that was not a Christian Government. It must recognise that the Christian State must clothe and feed and house its people." During the present lambing season (says the Wanganui Herald), we have oji several occasions referred to high lambing averages, but for any one ewe we think the honours must go to a ewe belonging to Mr Alexander, of Okeliu, which gave birth to six small lambs. One was., born dead, one died after birth, and two were killed by the owner for the benefit of the remaining two. A ewe belonging to a neighbour of Mr Alexander's presented its owner with four lambs, all living and healthy, and he had quite a number with three lambs. In a boxing match for the lightweight world's championship at Goldfields, Nevada, on September 3rd, Nelson, the Danish-American, was defeated by Joe Gans,.a negro. At the 3oth round both were tottering about the ring, just landing a blow occasionally. The fight terminated at the 42nd round, when, after a clinch, Nelson struck the black man low, and the fight was awarded to Gans. Nelson, it is said, next day suffered severely as the result of the terrible punishment inflicted on him, and it is not improbable that he may die. Hemorrhage of the ears and bowels has greatly weakened Nelson, who remains delirious, and, even if he survives, it is probable that he will have to quit the .ring. The negro fought the last twelve rounds with one hand broken. At the meeting of the Wanganui Education Board on Wednesday, on the recommendation of the Chief Inv? eC T5 or '- was decided to empower Mr Braik to make an appointment of a dairy instructor, at a salary of a year and travelling expenses, whose duty will be.to give lessons in the science of dairying and kindred work to the elder children at the schools, and also hold evening classes, where possible, at dairy factories for adults, as well as 'young folk. According to the Star, the appointment is to be offered to a Feilding resident who is engaged teaching there +1 P°ssesses high qualifications twTi 6 posit i° n - is estimated that the grants allowed by the Edu?ot^ D + l Partmen s- wiU be sufficient to meet the expenditure necessary bv the new departure, and the experiment will be watched with siderable amount of interest. A meeting of the Manawatu Farwas\J£ 110 + n +vf ete 2 nary Association watulLf t k6 ° ffice of the Manawatu Land Agency yesterday. The ouT of* *fih vßendaH, reported that anteed P? who had guaranteed £1 lg ea ch, only 114 had paid. of h thrr ittee + had ' on tte strength ¥r rai l 5 paid out £200 to vear nnri n 6 beginning of the nmvVinV' they were snwfl/ ? Ut °? P° cket - was reSi?- a clrcul ar be sent to all unfair f m ar * ears > pointing out how to /i Wa s a H°w the committee wa, OUt 1 of this money, which in V a " ce( 3 under bank guarantee ~17 of the members genB , endall reported that ii m ?i su ¥ cribers had paid up J e P'. he larger share of the members mg by the Pa lmerston .^5 aVe i 1 ,l 0 . round our fancy department this week —special display. Cash Draper, next P.O.— C. Smith advertises a special winlow display of lace and fancy goods tins week. The very latest creations jre shown in lace ties, plastrons, handkerchiefs, belts, sunshades, ti Prices are wonderfully reasonable, and with t£te annual show it no great distance ladies should :ecure these novelties in lace wearhat always help to give the finish-, ng touch to stylish apparel.—Advt..

TKe annnal meeting of the Manawatu Cricket Association will be held at Mr Cotton's rooms, Cuba street, on Saturday. Par from Foxton paper: The Manawatu Flaxmills Employees Union will not allow Asiatics to be enrolled as members. Mr Angus Iveitli, secretary of the local Racing Club, has been appoint- ; ed starter for the Taratahi-Carter- ; ton Racing Club. The annual solicitors' and LL.B. examinations will commence on J\ovember sth. Twelve candidates will . sit at- the Palmerston centre. Some specimens of platinumbearing rock from the Fitzherbert Hills have been presented to the museum by Mr Menesdorffer. At the Hawke's Bay Show the shearing competition brought out twenty contestants, the winner (Sam Hawkins) cutting out three sheep in 7min lOsec. Invitations to a Press dinner, to be held at Christchurch on the night of the 30th inst., are being freely accepted, and it is expected to entertain 200 guests representing almost all the New Zealand and Australia n newspapers at the Exhibition. , At a recent Nationalist meeting in a remote Irish village one of the speakers caused a mild sensation by exclaiming: J " Ah 3 and as I gaze into the invisible future I fancy 1 can see on the sands of time the footprints of the hands of our horny-footed sons of toil." In view of the crushmg and overcrowding that take place at the theatres in the four centres, Mr Thomson, MHi, thinks legislation should be introduced providing for the compulsory numbering of seats and the issuing of tickets corresponding to those numbers. He is putting a question to the Premier on the subject. A serious accident happened to Mrs Purnell, an Apiti resident, on Tuesday. It appears, says the Star, she was busy cooking, when a gust of wind blew the fire out of the stove, and her dress caught fire. One of her sons happened to be near, but getting excited and losing his presence of mind, he got his hands burned and did not put the fire out. Mr Purnell then, by good luck, came on the scene, and quickly extinguished the fire with a blanket. Mrs Purnell got seriously burned, chiefly about the hands and face. Intimation lias just been received that the following members of the Railway Ambulance Class passed the recent examinations: —A. Alsop, H. C. Le Grange, J. B. Grant, J. Stone, W. H. Cassey, H. Ray, J. Turkington, H. Langford, P. McKeown, B. McKeown, W. Meyenberg, A. Thomson ,and J. Fyff£ The examiner. Dr. Stowe, remarks that the practical work was of first-class quality, and well suited to first ail work.' P. McKeown's written paper was exceptionally good. The lecturer during the course was Dr. Peach. In its excitement consequent upon an enlargement of its size, the Waikato Times rushes the following 'into print : " A newspaper like this (the Times) is in no far fetched sense, eyes to the blind, hearing to the deaf, speech to the dumb, and feet to the lame. Through its efforts its readers look beyond the bound* of unassisted sight into other lands and times ; they hear more ot what is happening around them than the keenest gossips Qr the most persistent eavesdropper; they hare a widespreading utterance given to their own thoughts; and the information they would convey to other people is carried about the country without exertion of theirs." Gee Whiz! In the course of conversation this morning with Mr Bendall, the secretary of the Dairy Union, a " Standard" reporter learned that the Union's daily average milk supply just now was practically the same as for the corresponding period last year. It is rapidly rising, however, and along with it the output is showing considerable increases. For the week ending the 6th inst., the Palmerston factory turned out eight tons of butter, while the output from the Eketahuna factory in the same time was six tons. During last week, the product in Palmerston rose to ten tons. The figures for the present week are, of course, not yet available. It is anticipated that the increase will continue until the beginning of Tecember at least. Although the growth of schools is almost invariably a good thing for the master or head teacher, to whom it signifies an increase of salary and enlargemet of staff, it is not always beneficial to the female assistant. The Roseneath school, near Wellington, for instance, hitherto manned by a master and assistant, has just become entitled to a second assistant. As the committee wish the first assistant to be a male, the result is that, instead of getting a promotion and increased salary, tne female assistant, who has been doing the hard work, has to take " a back seat," and finds her place usurped by an aspirng male teacher at a higher salary. Such a state of affairs seems enough to make the average female assistant wish she could don male attire and have the privileges which the opposite sex enjoy. At a meeting of the Palmerston North Brass Band last evening, the resignation by Mr Meyrick of his position as conductor was received. Mr C. S. Pickering was elected in his stead. The office of secretary rendered vacant by the removal to Waaiganui of Mr A. Thomson will be filled at a future meeting. It is the intention of the band to play a programme of music at the Esplanade on Sunday week, the 28th inst. The band has been engaged to play on People's Day at the coming Spring Show, and also for the Military Tournament on King's Birthday. A new selection of music, Sir A. Sullivan's "Gondoliers," has just arrived, and will be put into practice next week. The band will be strengthened very shortly by the inclusion of several good players nowresident in the town. As will have been noticed from a report in last evening s "Standard," the Wanganui Education Board, at its meeting on Wednesday evening, decided to give three months notice of dismissal to all the teachers on the staffs of the Wanganui Town Schools, on the grounds- that the schools are to be remodelled early next year. A teacher m this district informs us, in connection with the above, that under the law governing the Teachers' Court ?f Appeal such a proposition is illegal, unless the Board is able to provide appointments for all the wachers thus thrown out of He ®JJs that some time ago the Wellington Board gave the Thornaon teachers three months' notice, as it was desired to utilise the Thorndon School , as a training college, subse- | quentlv the Bcnrd had to uLc; a>'. the dismissals. 1

Captain Ji'dwm wired to-day as follows : —Strong winds to gale from between north west and west and south ; glass rise ; rain probable ; aad weather celd. On page 2: Telegrams, sporting. On page 3: Report of Wanganui Education Board .inspectors, general reading. On page 6 : Parliamentary reports. On page 7: Report of Hospital Day Executive meeting. The final competitive debate of the Palmerston North Young Men's Debating Society takes plaoe in the Fire Brigade Hall to-night, the subject being the proposition, "That the Australasian colonies should establish their own navies." The chair will be taken at 7.30 sharp. A correspondent of the East Coast Guardian states that it has been proved that pumice, when placed to a good depth on roads, sets like cement, and heavy weights make little or no impression on it. Rain only hardens it down, and it is never slippery. Of the lonic's big consignment of passengers booked to Wellington, the Labour Department provided for about - fifty of those who came in search of employment. The majority of these have been accommodated with farm work, of which there is a large amount offering at the present time. The romance of missions has been illustrated in a singularly interesting fashion in Uganda. On the way to the darkest spot of Africa twentyone years ago, Bishop Hannington was murdered by the chief Luba, at the command of King Mwanga. Recently the son of the Bishop, the Rev. J. E. M. Hannington, baptised j the son of his father's murderer. A report has just been received from Mr McPherson, the caretaker of the Manawatu Court at the Exhibition. He says that he is getting on well with the erection of the Court, and anticipates being in readiness by the opening day. Other exhibits are not in such an advanced state of preparedness, and many will not be ready in time. Carpenters, just at present, are at a discount in Cliristchnrch. There are many ways of killing a horse apart from the usual troubles of horseflesh, but it is not _ often one hears of a horse making a death-trap of its own. Mr H. N. Lysnar, of Gisborne, recently lost a valuable animal under peculiar circumstances. The horse accidentally rolled into a "sinit" on the station unnoticed by anyone, and could not get up. The rivulet, under ordinary conditions would scarcely have drowned a rat, but the body of the horse, which was lying with its head upstream, datnmed the water back, the consequence being that the poor brute was suffocated. Thus "Mercutio" in the Auckland Herald:—One of the Challenger men was explaining naval politics to an appreciative audience of admirers by the wharf. 'And what's this 'ere intenty cordial?' asked one. 'What!' said Jack, 'don't you know what the intenty cordial is? It's a new sort of temperance drink that they have in France. When the Frenchies used to drink wine, when- . ever we met 'em they used to put on airs, and we used to scruff 'em. And then there was an arrangement for tliem to have Intenty Cordial instead, and now whenever we meet 'em we shake hands and they say "What's yours?" For we ain't obliged to drink the Intenty Cordial, you understand.' They understood." With the arrival of the lambing season comes also reports to the depredations of hawks. beagulls are also coming within the category of destructive birds in this district, though so far the latter often arrive on the scene after the hawk has played the part of the executioner. Only recently a traveller on the Rongotea Road saw a hawk strike a lamb, and immediately tear out both eyes. This fact was ascertained by close examination of the lamb, which was at once put out of agony by the witness of the tragedy. Returning later along the road, our informant states three seagulls were busily employed tearing the tender carcase to pieces. _ Several farmers now make a practice of placing entrails of sheep in a convenient situation and shooting down hawks as they come to the feast provided. In this way great execution has been done. The Taranaki papers get very angry when any allusion is made to the undoubted existence of "childslavery" in the dairying districts of that province. Yet the Eltham journal records with palpable pride the following instance of "enthusiasm" (or slavery):—"As an instance of the interest taken in the Technical Classes at Eltham, we may mention that a young lady, eighteen years of age, who has been attending the dressmaking classes, remained until 3 a.m. on Friday morning, in order to finish the work which had been set out at the classes. At 4.30 she had to turn out and milk thirty cows, the family milking over 100 cows between them. After the milking (which would probably occupy four hours) the young lady walked to town to attend the dressmaking class from 10 o'clock until 12. She attended the same class from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., and again in the evening from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., and then walked home, after engaging in work which necessitated her standing at the work tables for six solid hours. Mr Menesdorffer, who discovered the platinum deposits in the Fitzherbert Hills, returned to Palmerston yesterday, after a stay of some days in the ranges. He is at present awaiting the results of assays of fresh lots of stuff sent to the School of Mines, Wellington, and also to Melbourne, the latter to be sent by cable. Mr Menesdorffer traced the direction of the reef for twenty-two chains from where he originally prospected, and is now satisfied of the presence of what appears to be a reef of some size. Alluvial deposits were also found, and from this the prospector discovered by search further undoubted signs of the .presence of the reef. Nothing further will be done in the matter till the results of the assays are obtained, also inintructions from his Melbourne partner, Mr Forrest. Mr Menesdorffer stated to a "Standard" representative this morning that several parties are out on the ranges, apparently pegging out claims, but he does not know if any further prospecting is being carried on. Signs in the shape of tents, shovels, and picks were plentiful. Novelties for summer wear all displayed in our showroom. A really splendid array. C. Smith, Cash Draper, next P.O. —Advt. CYCLES FROM £10. Clarksons, Ltd., new stock of Englishbuilt cycles have arrived. Don't be put off with old stock ; our lines are all new and of Jafpflt deeijm, The pnc.r* will ! pn»£ all pocket*, and our terms are the ! easiest on earth.—Advt. j