THE TELEPHONE SERVICE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8453, 2 December 1907, Page 4

THE TELEPHONE SERVICE.

Fon some time past the Chamber of Commerce has been agitating for the extension of the present telephone service in town to an all-night service. Representations were made to the authorities, backed up by a petition from the isubscri&era, and we now learn from the Premier, who passed through Palmerston to-day, that the continuous service will be granted. Subscribers generally may not regard the extension as an unmixed blessing, indeed, many of them have openly stated their objection' to it, but still it is another sign of the progress of Palmerston and that it haß claims that cannot be ignored to be included in the list of important commercial centres in the Dominion. It is in its commercial aspect that the extension must be viewed, and no doubt before any great time has elapsed even present detractors may have reason to thank the energy and foresight that has resulted in the innovation. The vital statistics for the month past are as follows: —Deaths 19, births 47, marriages. 16. As the result of the collection taken at All Saints' Church on Hospital Day, the sum of £25 15s 3d has been handed over to the Hospital. Seme business people refused to close their premises at Feilding during race days, and say they had a better time than on ordinary occasions. On page 2: • Report of Feilding races, shooting results. On page 3: Telegrams, cables. On. page fr: Details' of rcscae of the crew oL the Dundonald. On pege 7: Cricket rews, report of Rongotea Athletic Club meeting. At the Cuba Street Methodist Church yesterday morning a children's servico was conducted -by tho Rev. H. Beggs. The congregation included a large number of young people. Mr Hildred, a candidate for the foreign mission field, will preach a trial sermon at this church on Tuesday evening. At St. Patrick's Church yesterday it was announced that on next Sunday week a hospital collection would be taken up in that church in aid of the hospital funds. It was also announced that a retreat for the Children of Mary would begin on Wednesday next, and continue until the following Sunday. Addresses will bo dolivered by one of the , Redemptionist Missioners from the New Zoaland Monastery of that order at Wellington. "And Jabez was more honourable than his brother," said Mr Justico Button in the Wellington Supreme Court,-when the husband of a plaintiff stepped into the witness-box ■ and announced the Biblical name as his second Christian name. "I think you will find that is the case," added counsel for plaintiff. Counsel for the dofence vouched for tho honour of his client, and th'e Court was engaged all day enquiring into the matter. The prisoners engaged in tree planting at Waiotapu are to be removed to a new camp on the-Galatea road, near Rotorua. Mr McNab has decided to employ discharged prisoners in planting 600 acres by contract on land situated seme distance from the new camp, near Waiotapu Only men who s have had good conduct prison records will be employed on this work, and as they havo all become more or less experts at tree planting, it is expected that the experiment will bo a paying one for both the contractors and tho Government. We learn on enquiry at the Hospital that McEwan, the Foxton footballer, who had his leg amputated as the result of injuries received on the football field, has made such progress that he is now ready to leave tho Hospital. Burns, who was injured on the Awapuni racecourse rjecntly, is also progressing satisfactorily Of tho two riders who were injured on the Feilding racecourse, McCombe is doing well, and will be able to leave the institution in a day or two. McGreg»r, however, is partially paralysed in one leg only. At the Congregational Church last night tho Rev. S. J. Baker announced the fact that he had received a unanimous call from Christ's Church, Launceston, Tasmania, and after duly considering it he felt that it was his duty to accept it, and had his resignation in the hands of the deacons, who would submit it to tho church. This was the third call that he had received from churches outside New Zealand during the last three years, all of which he had declined, mainly for the. sake, of, the i church, and also because he did not feel it his duty to accept any of them. This call, however, he felt that he ought to accept, and in consequence would tender his resignation to the congregation, whom he thanked for the manner in which they had co-operated with him in the church work. The.change, he felt, would be in the best interests of the church as well as himself, as it was undesirable that he should outstay his welcome or stay and just mark time. He had only laid the foundation, and tho work would be carried on by his successor. Immediate stops would be taken to get someone to take his place, and in the meantime .they (the members of the' congregation) had their work to do in the moral and religious work in the district, and by so doing they would earn a rich blessing. His last Sunday here would . probably be 19th January. Christ's Church, Launceston, where the Rev. Baker will take up his new duties, is a large stone building capable of seating 1500. The pulpit is at present occupied by the Rev. Mearns Masscy, who has been in chargo during the iast five years. A position as Minister of Education under the administration of King George, of Tonga, has, however, been offered him and accepted. The pastor before him held his position for 48 years. The very latest in Japanese china goods direct from Japan. E.P. ware and fancy goods, just the thing for Xmas gifts. Christopher Johnson's world-renowned cutlery. 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The. Hospital statistics for the montb> just passed are as follows:—In at tbe beginning of tho month 39, admitted during tho month 40, discharged 35, deaths 4, in on December Ist, 40. The oat crops have been attacked with, rust at Taratahi and To Ore Ore (Wairarapa). At Taratahi only early-sown, crops are affected, and it was thought that the great heat experienced of late, following on a wet sowing, might have caused rust to appear, but as the affected crops at Te Ore Ovo arc the only late sown, the theory may be disproved. A race was flown From Auckland to Palmerston by the Palmerston Homing Pigeon Society on Saturday. The time though not so' good as on tho previous year, was nevertheless fairly good, the distance, 270 miles, being flown in 7' hours. La'st year the same distance was flown in 6 hours 30 minutes. It is not definitely known, however, whether the birds were liberated to time in Auckland. Tho following are the results:—ll. E. Smith 1, R. Edward 2, S. Osborne 3. We are pleased to hear that the Rev. F. Mac Donald, whb has been confined to his bed_ for some time with a bad attack of influenza, has recovered and was able to take tho services at the Baptist Church yesterday. During the service the rev. gentleman announced that Sunday, the 15th December, woufil bo observed as the annual thanksgivingSunday for the Baptist Church. Ho stated that this year they had special reason for being thankful as their church had been practically freed from debt. He spoke in the oyening on the usefulness of a life devoted to God's service, his text being taken from Isaiah, 58tb chapter, 11th verse, "Thou shall be as a watered garden." ' Tho Premier was met at the railway fetation by tho Mayor this morning, and after thanking the hon. gentleman for his kindly remembrance of the several requirements of the town as detailed by the last deputation, the Mayor asked Sir Joseph if ho would formally celebrate the extension of tho water service in town. Mr Essex reminded Sir Joseph that Government had granted the town r a water-shed of about 8000 acres some years ago, and added it was very generally desired Sir Joseph should be sent. The Premier said he would be pleased to be present subject to suitable dates being decided upon. Tho ceremony will take place some time in February. "I should be glad if those ladies would leave the gallery before I open my address," said the counsel in the Wellington Supreme Court on Saturday morning. From the tenor of the cross-examination, it was obvious that some unsavoury details were to be given, but the ladies, who were in strong force, took no notice of the hint, and stolidly kept their seats. Counsel appealed to his Honour, and the latter found a quick remedy. "Any respectable woman upstairs may leave the Court," he said, The effect was electrical. There was a quick scatter of skirts, and in a moment the gallery was deserted and- still. —Post.

Tasnianian newspapers contain descriptions of the body of jErnest H. Abbott, whoße abnormalities were referred to in a recent . cable message. The result of the autopsy showed that there was a complete reversion of all the single internal organs —that they were all on the side on which they ought not to have been. The heart was on the right side, the liver on the left' side, the stomach was completely reversed, the large blood-vessels ran down the opposite side to where they have always been found. The intestines were reversed. The termination of the bowels was down the right side, and the spleen was on the left side.-' The functions of the body were all perfectly natural. Prior to admission to the hospital, Abbott worked as a boilermaker in the Mount Lyell Company's machine shop for live years, and was of vigorous and cheerful habits, and, with the exception of intermittent attacks of rheumatic gout, enjoyed good health.

Considerable excitement has been caused in Noumea by the publication of . a letter with reference to the increasing prevalence of leprosy in New Caledonia. Some of the statements are really alarming. The writer states for the last ten years he has made a careful and scientific study of this terrible scourge in the French colony. For 22 yoars he has been a resident of the neighbourhood of Ponerihouen, where the disease has made fearful progress. He affirms that unless precautionary measures be taken New Caledonia will soon become a vast lazarhouse. _He says that amongst some of the native tribes 75 per cent, are lepers, and that they daily mix with the ooloriists, who are ignorant of the danger so incurred; and further, that some tribes have become extinct through this cause. Tho matter is being taken up by the French paper published at Noumea, which denounces the authorities for their indifference to the subject, which it says threatens > the health, comfort, and very existence of the colony.

The trial of Arthur Beeson on an indictment charging him with having pubiished a defamatory libel upon William James Pollock was continued in Wellington on Saturday. The jury, in its verdict, found an alternative answer to the question whether plaintiff was/guilty of certain serious charges on. which defendant based his letter to tho head of Pollock's department, that it was not for the public benefit that the letter wag written, and that tho prisoner at the time he wrote the said letter did -not honestly believe in the truth of the matters alleged in the said letter, nor did he send the letter in performance of what he honestly believed to be his duty in the public interest. These answers being equivalent to a verdict of guilty, his Honor directed the jury to find a verdict to that effect, which was done. The passing of sentence was postponed until the' determination by the Court of Appeal upon the question as to whether the prosecution had been -properly launched, which had been raised early in the trial. . Prisoner was admitted io bail.! ' ;

Mr James Edmond, editor of the Bulletin, speaking to an interviewer, said : -—In federal politics we are in something of a backwash, something of the state you were in here in tho days of ij Hall and Major Atkinson. Tho j ability are nearly all gone, and the young men have not appeared t xi. are waitin & for a Ballance. In the past two years Barton, O'Connor, Higgins and Isaacs have left politics for the Supreme Court Bench. They wero all large-sized men, and Kingston has evidently become an incurable invalid. He was the grandest democrat of them 't* i .^ a^son .has retired, leaving only Doakin, who is not in very good health, nnd Sir William Lyne, who is becoming a very old man. Lyno is a grand old democrat, and has this peculiarity, that he grows more democratic as he becomes older._ He has another peculiarity.. He 18 honest. When he went into politics he owned a station and a gorgeous mansion, and now possesses nothing beyond his_ salary as a legislator. He neglected his own business in order to attend to the business of politics, and his money left him. About the best thing you can say of a politician is that he went into politics rich and came out very poor."

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' -| . - 1 Captain Edwin wired to-day: — Southerly strong winds to gale; ram probable; glass rise. Dairy methods in the Forty Mile Bush are very adversely criticised by a recent visitor to the Bush from Masterton. Ho states .in very poor' condition, caused tfifough iaok of proper feeding, are being milked. Ho says he saw ono cow actually fall down from weakness while being jnilked. . The .stock inspector also says that some dairy herds are not in the best condition.—Post corres pondent. * A disease of a very mysteriQUs natare is reported to be appearing among many flax swamps in the island, is not the ordinary fungus whuji a - ol fto'leat; in m»„, cos, alfet, the whole ran. The first appearance of thtv di=casu " ' he '«•' J£, n,ng P»sbf" the trouble be the result of the abnormally serine. Whatever the cause the disease is of such a nature and its extent is so great that it demands full investigation • Speaking at a meeting of milk sup pliers in Auckland, Dr. Chief Health Officer, said it was absolutely essential to ensure pure milk that proper cans be provided. He knew of an instance i.i Wellington where a, leak was stopped up with scap. The vendors •were not the only ones to blame , the public to a large extent were also to blame for leaving receptacles at doorsteps. He had seen dirt in jugs in Wellington before the milk got there and had also seen cats and dogs licking billies.

Twenty-three bookmakers requested the Tahuna Park Trotting Club (Dunedin) not to make the license fee so high as £20 a day, and Mr A. R. Barclay also voluntarily waited on the club to give his opinion. He said that, as a member of Parliament, he had been consulted by the bookmakers, and hearing of this meeting, he attended to explain his views. The new Act should have a fair trial, and it was under stood that it would be worked in a broad way. Men of good character would have to be licensed, but the fixing of the fees was left entirely to the clubs. He was not present as a bookmaker* representative, but no waof opinion that il the fee> were fixed too high some action would be taken. Notwithstanding all the jepresentations, however, the club •decided adhere to the resolution to charge £20, as the club, not having a copy of the Act, was not in a position to fully' consider the whole Question.