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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8508, 10 February 1908, Page 4

The Terrace End School Committee will meet to-morrow evening at 7.30. The Hon. G. Fowlds, Minister for Education, proposes to visit twenty native and six public schools between Napier and Opotiki this month. The Minister will start out on his journey from Wellington on February 12th. At the present time Abraham and Williams, Ltd., are shipping each month from 300 to 500 boxes of boned meat, three part fat, for the Homo market. A big lot of stock is also being sent to the freezing works from all', parts of the countrjr. There is a probability of insurance rates being raised, but the Dunedin Star is authorised to state that the Government -will not join any combination to raise them. Those, however, who know the inner working of State departments do riot rely upon Ministerial assurances too implicitly. On Tuesday last, at mid-day, a twostorey house on the Napier Road, opposite Mr Mcßae's residence, was burned to the ground. How the fire originated is not known, as the occupants were away in town at the time of the fire. The hojso was a sevon-rogmed one, and was the property of Mrs Simms. It was insured for £150, but there was no insurance on the furniture.

A serious accident occurred on the faoe of the hill between Petone and Ngahauranga, says the Dominion. A mar- ' ried man named David Kay, of Alicetown, was working on the face of the hill, ,when the grass caught alight above him. Calling to his mates, he caugti"t hold of the rope, which had been burned away at'.the top, the result being- • that the man fell dowrf the cliff. Hfe r,w,fts very severely injured, particularly about the head and shoulders, and was conveyed to the Hospital, where he now lies in a serious condition. The funeral of the late Mr D. G5. Monrad took place yesterday afternoon, and was very largely attended. Divine service was conducted by the Rev. Christensen, Lutheran minister, at deceased's late residence, and subsequently at the church. The funeral procession :■ was one of the longest seen in the district, and bore eloquent* testimony to 4he esteem in which the deceased was held. Floral tributes were sent in large numbers. The Rev. -Christensen also conducted the impressive service at the graveside. The utmost sympathy for Mrs Monrad and. her family in the bereavement that has overtaken them.

Lord Burnham has just, come into possession of the famous, dagger thrown down upon the floor of..the-.'House-' of Commons by Edmund Burke while he was delivering one of hi 3 historic speeches. The dagger came to Lord Burnham-from an estate agent, who was the v grandson of the man who served as Burke's estate agent. The story of the dagger incident is told in Brewer's "Historic Note Book." It appears that in the time of the French Revolution Burke threw the dagger upon the floor of the House of Commons, exclaiming: " There is French fraternity for you! Such is the poniard which French Jacobins would plunge into the heart of our Sovereign." Canning spoiled this buncombe by remarking : " The gentleman has brought his knife with him, but where is the fork?" The Dunediri Presbytery's idea of m popular sermon should be of interest to preachers and laity (states the Otago Daily" Times), and the criticsms of one commended by it is given forthwith: — "It is academic, and therefore inclined to be philosophic. It contains a quotation from Browning, an item not usually forming part of an address from the pulpit. Six pages and a half are devoted to the introduction, and it has a historical. setting almost necessary to any subject dealing with John —that link between the past and the future. 'The text, 'He must increase, but I must decrease,' permeates the discourse, the point of which is the self-renunciation of John and the lesson taught by it." The sermon was one written, together with the thesis, for examination by a proßationer. See our window of boys' and youths' Cambridge tweed suits. " High-class goods" being rather expensive, we are clearing out the balance of this line at exactly half the former prices at our summer clearance at the Bon Marche Clothing Department. —Advt.

Diaries, leatner goops ror presentations, newest .books, Bibles, prayer and hymns, prize and presentation books, tennis, cricket and croquet material, fancy goods, basketware, strong wooden toys." etc. Wm. Park's Warehquse.— Advt. ':■■'■'' A Special Purchase of British Enamelled Ware, Stewpans, Pie Dishes, etc. The best goods made. Not to be had elsewhere. See prices at Barry'* Cheapside.— Advt.

Th<s Kbmakb-Pbhangina branch of tho ; FarinWß*-'!lJnioa: wil£<»lebr*te^iKMr Mn± naal »pionio .in ;the, Forest Reserve■?**-/ joining Mr . Toxwaxd'-* J property, near cm Saturday next. : '" ;. v . •'■ The Kan? aent 'over 500 head of fat stock from:the.Royai farms at Windsor to the Slough Christmas Sales, and they realised a:ttqtal of. £2654 ■ 12a 6d—33 Devon and Blue-grey Polled bullocks made £1044, top,, price . £43; 340 sheep, £1064 15s, top;price £21; and 130 bacon h*>gs [and porkers, £545. 17s bd, with best v price of £10 The Lyttelton Post Office clock, like some of the city's timepieces, engages in a daily argument with itself as to the correct time. The east and: west faces agree very well, and amicably show the same time, but the north face always insists that the east and l west face* .are one minute fast, and the south face makes them half a minute slow. During. the progress of the fire _at Christchurch, a civilian, who assisted to carry things from a shop, remarked that he had seized hold of a cash register and was hurrying it to safety, when he was directed to "drop it and j .take something of more value." "I didn t drop it," explained the man, "and when I reaohed tha street the proprietor of the shop told me that it contained nearly two hundred pounds." An accident at the Taupo Totara Company's mill at Onehunga last week was of a serious nature. Daniel Dempeey was buried beneath 10,000 feet.of timber, weighing in all about 25 tons, and had a most miraculous escape from death. He was ordered to the hospital, as he, was suffering from severe injuries to hisback, also dislocated and crushed hip> R. Fisher, his mate, who was struck .by. a piece of falling timber, is suffering, severely from spinal injury. Every vear several scholarships are. offered to students for the n-iniatry of thePresbyterian Church of New Zealand. This year the following candidates passed the matriculation examinf t?on of theNew Zealand University:—R. S. Watson r Feilding, 446 marks; E. T. Tiplcr, Auckland, 397 marks; S. P. White. Pleasant Point, .South Canterbury, 35+ marks; W. W. Raff, Dunedin, 352 marks; JP. Boyle, Hastings, 351 marks. Mr Watson therefore wins the Yule No. 1 scholarship of ' £25 a year for three years. Mr Tipler wins the Sommervell No. 2 scholarship of £20 a year for three years. Scholarships will probably be awarded to the other candidates at the next sitting of the Otago Theologicar College Committee.

The extent to which school teachers should be permitted to augment their salaries by outside occupations during their spare time, occupied the attention of the Auckland Education Board. It was stated that in one case \a teacher had been- in the habit of publishing % periodical and can\assing for advertisements for it. "What about keeping cows? "asked Mr J. Mackenzie. "Or growing cabbages," facetiously suggested Mr A. R. Harris. "Perhaps that should be stopped." The Board, whilst not going so far as to place any embargoon cows and cabbages, decided that the publishing of a periodical for purposes of profit was not a fitting method of filling in a tea;cher r s ; spa-re time. The export of Australian grapes toNew Zealand is not proving too profitable. X A Wellington auctioneering firmreceived following letter from a Sydney client: —Ten shillings a case for grapes is no good to us, though of course it seems a lot of money. But look at the expenses to come off. . The Malaga and Muscat grapes (of which I sent a case of each as samples) cost me 10s in Sydney, and if anyone in Wellington knows good grapes when seen they should have rushed those grapeaar, 8d a pound wholesale, which would have worked out at 16s per case. I don't think to-day's shipment will be large, a3 many were disappointed by results of the initial sale at Wellington; and as for Christchurch, the sales there were even worse. I reckon 1 lose ashilling a box on my first shipment to Wellington, and 3s 6d a box on the first shipment to Christchurch; so New Zealand, for all its big demand for grapes, is no goii to Sydney shippers. A penny per pound duty and a penny per pound! steamer freight is a knockout." The East Coast Mail, referring to- a visit to outlying parts of Poverty Bay. by the Hon. Jas. Carroll and party recently, says:—"Daring one part of the" journey the party got into difficult coun- ; try, ascending one rise of about 1000 feet. There they struck a very decided blizzard, and for some time not One of- the party could see a foot in front of him. Mr C. J. Parker managed to falL headlong, horse and all, into a deep hole in the creek. After this the party got to> Mangopu creek, rising another height of 1000 feet, and travelling about fourmiles to accomplish an actual straight line of, three-quarters of a mile. They struck the Mangapoiki at Mr D. M. Parker's out-station, and made several attempts to strike the clearing on the opposite side of the river. At the Man--garangiora creek the Hon. J; CarrolL followed the example of -Mr Parker, and had an involuntary bath, quite disappearing out of sight, steed and aIL Eventually he got out with assistance, and the party reached Messrs Parker and White's place at 7.30, where they stayed on Friday night. It would do to even hint at the Ministerial attitude, as the Hon. J. Carroll tried to. squeeze himself into Mr Parker's singlet, or to exhibit by v means of a photograph the dress of the rest of the party. One gossip deposed that'the'articles of wear belonged to the other sex. The partv were entertained right royally on the road." Mr A. D. Thomson, S.M., delivered judgment this morning in the case in which S. Jickell, for the Borough Counci* (Mr Cooke), proceeded against Andrew jack (Mr Innes) for having fixed at the top of a ventilator shaft at the house of William Adams, in Scandia Street, a cowl of a pattern known as Boyle's, and not approved by the Borough Council.- It was contended for the prosecution that such action was a breach of No. 99 of the Palmerston North by-laws. The by-law was passed on August Bth, 1906. Early in 1907 the-" Council had conducted a test of seven; different ventilators, Boyle's being one, and as a result decided that Blockley and Lissington's double draft v ventilator should be used for the borough sewage works in town. It was admitted 1 that;

prior to 1907 ventilators of Boyle's patitem were freely used in the borbuga with the tacit, though not the express, consent of the Council. For the defence ' it was contended: —(1) That the resolution, of 15th January, 1907, should be read as part of the by-law, and that it created a monopoly and was therefore invalid or unreasonable; (2) that the bylaw was invalid for want of certainty, the authority by whom approval was to be given not being stated. With regard to the first objection, his Worship held that the by-law was not unreasonable. Dealing with the second contention, he hold that the by-law was not uncertain, and that if the Council refused to approve of Boyle's pattern the ques- . tion was not one for this Court. If defendant considered himself aggrieved by such action, his remedy was by appliea tion to the.Supreme Court for a mandamus to the Counoil to approve. New - euitirig3 just arrived. Sac .hand-made, £4 15s to £5 10s, at Usmar's, the leading tailor, Main Street West.— Advt. 30,000 New and Artistic Postcards, local views, in black and white and best colour work. v/m. Park's Warehouse. — Advt. Paget Barron (late Tombs and Grubb), the Leading Grocers.—Cheaper '*". than ever. Muscatels 6d and 8d per lb. Very Handsome Vases at cost price. • It will pay you to inspect our stock, as we are selling remarkably cheap.— Advt Mrs Croucher, Art Needlework Special ~ ist, Coleman Place; is showing a lot of useful goods suitable for Christmas and wedding presents, including cushions, cosies, centres, handkerchiefs, satbhets. pincushions, etc. etc. The newest in fancy vests juat arrived. Inspection

cordially invited. —Adrt.

The ordinary ,©J ih» fcanga County Council jirill be, IwW «* Viorrow, '.-■ """ .'" ■••.'•

Captaia Edwin wired to-day:—North-xsrly heavy gale; lain, probable after ai •hpurs; glass. falLafter ten hours.. : ..; The, High Commissioner wires the following butter quotations Zealand ■1365, Danish 138s, Australian 1325. At the Feilding ram fair Mrs B. H. Slack's rams realised from 3* to S» guineas. Every ram offered on behalf •of this breeder was sold finest Southdown rams that have e\er .left the district. As a result of-a pugilistic encounter ■between a "spreader" and a « Fnxton fibre paddock on Inursaay, " J, reported that one -of the combatants .had his jaw broken. A Retreat for clergy -will at All Saints', Palmerston, 29th and 20th. The ttev. 0., W. Catrmgton, of Christchurch, wdl give the and conduct the JBetreat. The Pohangina County •Council has Collected £11 17s towards the Palmerston North Hospital Fund. This carries, with it a subsidy of £1 4s for every £1 collected. The annual treat for the four town Sunday schools of All Saints' parish will be held at Ashhurst on Saturday, February 29th. This year the Longburn school will join the gathering. The Conciliation Board will "sume :the conference in connection with the* .painters' dispute at 3.30 to-morrow afternoon, instead of this afternoon, owing to Mr Harford's absence in Napier. Mr Harford appeared on behalf of the employers. The s.s. Queen of the South, inward .bound from Wellington to Foxton, -etranded in a bad position m the river About thno miles from the wharf yesterday afternoon, and at 7 a.m. was still aground, with every .prospect oi remaining so .until a late hour this evening. At to-night's meeting of the Council, a motion will be moved by Cr. Stubbs in favour of councillors having the use of the Opera House free of charge for the purpose of addressing electors upon municipal matters when it is not otherwise engaged, the building to be free only to councillors in office, and not when standing as candidates for the Council. According .to Mr Thos. Parsons, chairman of directors of the New Zealand Farmers' Dairy Union, retailers in the Dominion are scrambling to enter into ■contracts with manufacturers for the supply of butter, irrespective of what the cost of this product' might be. It is anticipated that the supply t will fall far short of that required for local consumption, and hence the anxiety of retailers to secure sufficient butter to keep faith with their consumers.—Express. As a result of the action of the emplovers in refusing to give evidence at the' recent sitting of the Conciliation Board in Palmerston North., cm conneption with tho dispute between the butterWorkers and employers, it has been decided by the Board to issue subpoenas summoning the employers in the various ; districts to attend the next sittings, which are to be held at the following places: — Masterton, February 17th; Dannevirke, 19th; Napier, 21st; Palmerston, 24th; and Wanganui, 27th. . The new scheme of classification in the railway service seems to be working very well, says Mr J. T. M. Hornsby, M.P. There has been hardly sufficient time to fully test the position; the Act only went through at the close of last session, but one important point has already arisen. Provision is made that every married man shall get a minimum salary of £130 a year, and tho question is whether this is intended to apply to both first and second divisions of the service. If it is to operate only upon the first division, Mr Hornsby thinks that it will be making an invidious distinction and' will cause a great deal ot dissatisfaction. He has approached the Premier in regard to the matter, asking for a statement as to the position.

During his recent visit to Wanganui, the Mayor, Mr R. Essex, had an opportunity of observing the work of the Straker steam waggon used by the Wanganui Borough Council. The waggon has been in use in Wanganui for the past three months, and the Council is so well pleased with it that they .can do with another. Iho coat of carriage of metal has been reduced from 4s od per yard to Is 9d per yard, a very much greater quantity being handled within a given lime. The waggon steams from 7 to 8 miles per hour with a load of five yards of metal -on board. It will take a load up a grade of 1 in 18 without any difficulty, and has a beneficial effect upon the roads, the back wheels being each a foot wide, and thus have very much the effect of a roller continuously used. The Mayor, as is generailv known, has suggested that one should be used in Palmeiston, thus doing away with a lot of hors traffic and enabling the sides of roads to be metalled, which ■cannot be done at present owing to the cost. It would also prevent the starvation of streets, as at present, owing to the cost of haulage, and a good coat or metal could be kept continuously upon them, which, if well blinded and rolled, would give the town the best streets in the Dominion. The question of wear and tear was enquired into, and the information was that the waggon had not been worked sufficiently long to •speak with any certainty, but so far no parts had shown wear. The duplicate *arts were easily obtainable, and if the worst came to the worst, the Council could get a new plant every year, the saving being so great.