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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8539, 20 March 1908, Page 4

Messrs Saunders Bros.' flasrmill at Moutoa is the latest addition to the closed miii list. A violent soatherly gale prevailed in Wellington yesterday, accompanied by intermittent rainstorms and a lowered temperature. All the small coastal shipping was detained in port. So far this sea-son the Ilawkc's Bay Fruitgrowers'' Association havo put through 34,000 cases, whilst last year up to May ■ 31.3t only 18,000 wore dealt with. Arnst told a Dominion reporter that he. would probably put in the first month of his training for the race with Webb on the Wirokino reach of the Manawatii river. It is stated on good authority that Sir William Russell, who recently disposed of his Flax me re property, has presented his late manager, Mr Stuart Miller, with a cheque for £1000. It is said on official authority that something between £3000 and £4000 will meet tho demtnd on the Government for grass-seed in Hawke's Bay. as a result of • the drought and grass fires The North Otago Daily Times is credibly informed tha,t. contrary to the strict regulations framed by tho Government, "ragging" is still going on in one of the large South Island workshops. Out of fifteen buckets of fruit picked from one apple-tree recently by a Kopuaranga {Wnirarapa) orcha rdi.si, six and a half buckets had been so badly damaged by small birds as to be worthless. As a result of a paragraph which appeared under the heading of missing friends in the Napier Telegraph a few days ago, Mr E. Kiilc. of Hastings, has been placed in communication with his sister, who has been advertising for him in Lloyd's Weekly. Owing to the tenders for the erect-ion of additions to the St. John's Infant School, Wanganui, being- very much beyond the architect's estimate, the. 'Board of Education have decided to call for fresh tenders in. Wanganui, Palmerston' North, and Feilding. Chatting to a Taihapo Times reporter, a gentleman who had been visiting the Wainiarino and inspecting tho milling bush there, stated that it was his firm, conviction there would be sufficient timber in tho various blocks in that locality, if adequately milled, to supply the demands of the whole of New. Zealand for many years. Star lamps 2s 6d each. Table lamps, wtith iron stands. 2s lid each at "Barry's" Cneapsidc, the premier placc for all lamp ware. —Advt. Diaries, leather v guoca for presentations, newest books, Bibles, prayer and hymns, prize and presentation books, tennis, cricket, and croquet • material, fancy goods, basketware, strong wooden toys, otc Wm. Park's Warehouse.— Adv

Send the documenrs ot your importations to Messrs J. J. Curtis and Co.. Ltd., Custom-house, Shipping and Forwarding Agents, Custom-house Quay, Wellington, who will quicklj clear, pass, and forward the goods to you. Moderate chargcs.—Advt

At a public meeting _ held in Feilding laSt night a branch of tho Anti-Asiatic League was formed. Mr J. Mcehan was appointed secretary. Edward Jones, alias Johns, wlio was found guilty on. a charge of indecent assault and subsequently attempted to commit suicide, is making satisfactory progress, and will be able to come up for sentence shortly. It is evident that the Maoris fully appreciate tho rowing victory at Wanganui. A chief at a reecrit tangi remarked iu his best English: "Three men make tb« die Wanganui; that no matter; Wiii Webb win the boat race At the meeting of tho Education Board held on Wednesday, Mr Bennett brought before the Board plans and specifications for the extension of the drainage. of College Street School. It. was decided to leave the matter in his hands. Tenders will be called immediately for the work, which will be done during the Easter holidays. A rather unusual case will bo taken at tho next sitting of the Magistrate's Court at Milton, when a settler in Circle Hill will be charged with having in his possession sheepskins from which the cars have been removed. It may not be generally known that in skinning a sheep the ears must be left attached to the skin. Tho depredations of some of the more irresponsible of the dwellers at Rona Bay and Muritai, Wellington Harbour, have given riso to a considerable amount of trouble lately. One of the latest exploits of these iric-sponsibles was to steal the rudder of a big sailing vessel (which they' used for firewood) and a stock of coal laid in by a rcsidont, .who, it is said, can ill afford to bear the loss. Since December last, when the present outbreak of typhoid or enteric fever occurred in Auckland, there have been no fewer than 137 cases reported in the city and suburbs, and owing to the severe type of the disease, tho percentage of deaths has been unusually heavy, there having been thirteen fatal cases. However, since the recent heavy rainfall the number of cases reported is decreasing almost daily. "I have yet to learn that a farmer can afford to pay more than eight shillings a day for labour," remarked Mr D. Crewe (-Pahiatua) at the meeting of delegates from local bodies in Masterton on Wednesday, when unions, labour, Arbitration Acts, and Conciliation Boards came in for some adverse criticism. The same speaker said: "There are labourers who are cheap at 10s per day in a gravel pit, but others who are very dear at 8s per day on the roads. The criminal sessions of the Supreme Court were concluded yesterday afternoon. Fourteen cases wore sot dowre for hearing, and of these tho Grand Jury found true bills in thirteen, na bill being found in the case in which Thomas Wilson Potts was charged with having committed a breach of the Bank-# ruptcy Act. Out of the thirteen cases a verdict of guilty was brought in against seven, and not guilty against six. At the meeting of the Boxing Association held last night, a programme for a tournamont .it is proposed to hold on tho 15th of April was considered and will be forwarded to the authorities for approval, and permission asked to hold the tournament- A greater interest win attach to thia tournament than any former one, as the winners in the several events will probably be asked to represent the Manawatu in provincial and other contests. At the meeting of tho Feilding Borough Council last night a letter was received from the borough solicitor, enclosing letter from Messrs Bell, GuNy and Myers, in which it wa* stated that the question of the apportionment of the costs in the event of tho Foilding and Palmerston gas cases being consolidated would be gono into by Mr Bell with Mr Skcrrett on the former's return from Gisbortie. If Palmerston could not get it 3 ca.se removed into tho Court of Appeal for the ensuing sitting the cases could not be heard together.

The result of tho voting at tho recent olection of members of the Court of Arbitration was as follows:—Mr McCullolgh, 125 unions, comprising 12,260 members ; Mr Slater, 110 unions, comprising 13,533 members. So that Mr McCullough had a majority of tho unions, but Mr Slater had a majority of the members represented. If, however, the informal votes are added (which include the railway votes) tho result is as follows: — Mr MeCullough, 141 unions, comprising 16,041 members; Mr Slater, 119 unions, comprising 14,645 members. Tho employers' representative Mr S. Brown, was returned unopposed. Australasia's mammoth cattlc herd is that running on tho Victoria River station, Northern Territory. 320 miles south of Port Darwin. It numbers 60.000 head. The year's branding has just been completed, and 16,000 calves were handled. The great property belongs to Cattlc King Kidman, in conjunction with Messrs Emanuel and Troup. Mr Kidman will go to England shortly for a trip, and intends to be present at the great Islington horse show. A few months ago an estimate was made of his stock possessions, and it waa calculated that there \y.erc on the 20 stations he controls 200,000 head of cattle, without reckoning tho score or more small stations close to Adelaide. The properties under his control represent 25,000,000 acres. "The noisiest room I was ever in." said Dr. Don, of Dunedin, in a lecture before the School Committees' Association in that city, "was in a printing office in Japan. The Japanese language has no alphabet. Each word is represented by a separate character, or picture, or type. A Japanese compositor has three or four assistants, and as he requires a word he calls it out. An assistant immediately dashes off to that part of th<e room where the particular character wanted is kept, and brings it to him. As the assistant runs, in order that he may not, forget the word he he*, keeps yelling it a t the top of. his voice. The compositors work quickly, and there are quite a dumber in one room, each ■with some four assistants., you can imagine the awful noise they make."" . Cabinet's decision has given tho North Island Dairy School to Palmerston North. There were half a dozen places considered, so that it is not. remarkable a little soreness exists over the selection. For our part, and we can speak with a little authority, as dairying is a growing and important industry in the Upper Rangitikoi, \vo arc well satisfied with the selection. We have no hesitation in saying that Palmerston North has facilities and conveniences for such a school that other places have not. Of the relative suitability of the sites offered by the different towns we have nothing to say. We prefer to leave this matter to Cabinet, as its members are doubtless I better versed in the values and necessities of each than arc we. There is one . th'ing we- refuse to believe, and that is that Cabinet has. been influenced into choosing "Palmerston North as a site for political or any other reason We have every reason to believe that the Minister for Agriculturo gave it as his unbiassed belief that Palmerston North was the most suitable site, Cabinet accepted the rccommendafr&n. For ourselves, we would rather have seen Marlon chosen if only for its convenience to this locality, but we arc not so prejudiced as to infer that because Marton was overlooked it was through party or some other reason that gave the plum .to Palmerston North. Taihape Times. Viyelta, for ladies' and children's wear for day and night. Viyella does not shrink and is an ideal fabric for a, variety of purposes. Viyella for autumn and winter blouses in new designs and colourings now showing in abundant choico nt The Bon Marehe. O. M. Ross and Co. invite inspection.—Advt.

"Diabolo."- —This new and faßoinating game is just opened up at Wm. Park's. Prices Is 6d to 12s. —Advt. New puiting3 just arrived. Sao Buita, hand-made, £4 15s to £5 10a, at XJsmar's, the loading tailor, Main Street West.— Advt.

A meeting of Iho Wellington Provin<cial Executive of .the Fanners Union will be held i.oxt Thursday, at 11.00 naaii. The Feildi ng Borough Council last night decided to join with other local 'bodies in regard to the general labourers' dispute. The wood and coal merchants of Palinerston have decided that on and after •the Ist April they will sell for cash only. The following appointment appears in -.this week's Gazette Henry Morgan to be registrar of electors for the district •of Manawatu, vice T. H. Ross, resigned. Sixpence a quart, for milk is a high price to pay in .a country which makes •exports of dairy produce annually running int,o hundreds of thousands of pounds, but that, is what is being •-charged in the suburb of Rona Bay, Wellington, according to a letter received in Masterton. The following non-permanent appointments are gazetted this week: —Postmasters and telephonists: William Alexander. Paraparaumu; Ethel M. Gimblett, Oroua Bridge; Bertram Henderson. Newbury; Rowena. J. Ilowe, Moutoa: James F. Knight, Riverlea; John 11. Wiltshire. '•■Cheltenham.

Invcrcarg-ill's ancient trnmcars ran their last trips on Sunday, and such of the citizens as hpd a mind to be merry bade 'thein farewell joyously. Sir Joseph Ward is now sole proprietor of the rights, and it remains for him to make a success of the steam cars that are to take tho place of the old. A x'bus service runs in tho meantime. Dr. Find!ay, the ttorney-Ger.ern!. say* the Government intend lo pu.-h on with the Advances to Worker:; schc'iie and make it an important- part of their policy. The Government hope to give •enormous relief to workers againsi: the present burden of rack rent on safe lines. 'Thev are of opinion iliac- it will bo uni:ecivssar>vto put any limit on the amount ?<» be advanced. / A resident of Wellington had a rather unpleasant, experience on Tuesday. \\ icii a friend ho went rabbit-sheeting on the hills at the back of Brooklyn early on Tuesday morning. The two became .separated, and could not lind each other. One went, home after endeavouring for some time to locate his companion, who had completely lost himself. He spent the night- out. and on Vvedeesday inomii!!r he found himself in the vicinity of Te'rawhiti. After a long tramp he reached Island Bay much tho worse for wear.

Restrictions in regard to 'he employment of labour have certainly p reached an absurd when it is laid down by the* Arbitration Court that a father .cannot employ his own son at a trade without indenturing him. At the Arbitration Court- at Wellington. the Evans Bay Timber Company was charged with failing to indenture an apprentice. It. was shown that he was the son of one of the partners, but the Court informed the father that it was either necessary fur him to bind his son if he employed him, or to admit liim into partnership. Mr Brown remarked thp,i the latter course wns being_ followed in .different parts of the Dominion. The Gore Standard has been shown an unique photo. It. represented the Ota go 'Daily Times Companionship in 1866. 42 years ago, at which time Julius Vogel. who later became famous as the "borrowing"' Premier of New Zealand, was editor. The type-setting stuff in those day> comprised twenty men, the majority of whom have since, passed the Great Divide. As a matter of fact, on!y thrce are known bv the gentleman wno showed the Standard the phoiogrnph to ho alive. One is Mr Oeo._ Fernvick •(manager of the Times), Mr I*. Hnnron ■(who still resides in Dunedin), and Mr K. TTumffrav (a member of .the Standard staff during* the past eighteen months).

The bev Calderwood, reported in our telegrams" yesterday to have been committed Auckland to Burnhnm Industrial School for a series of thefts, has ;i remarkable criminal record. He came from the Waikato, and after various sojourns at Industrial Schools was licensed to his father, now a wharf labourer at Wellington. Four months Inter be shook off parental influence. On his way to the Lower Hutt he received u_c•commodation in a hut. from which he disappeared, taking £18 of his mates money. Proceeding by train to Napier, he purchased a pea ride and a large quantity of ammunition, but fortunately the rifle got out of order. On reaching Auckland .he annexed one bicycle and "Sid it for £2 10s; stole another, and swapped it for a watch and chain. Proceeding to Tepapapa, he was befriended bv Mr Angus Gordon, and rewarded his host by bolting with a horse, saddle, and bridle.' On the way to Mercer he exchanged the saddle for a better one- on another horse, but at Mercer he fell into the arms of a waiting policeman.

Trouble has arisen between the Rov. J. Walker Taylor, M.A., incumbent at St. John's Church of England, Ballarat (Vic.), and the committee of the parish. With one exception, the whole of the committee has resigned its position in co-nnecticn with the church. One of the aggrived churchmen has made a state-, ment to the effect that the whole' trouble has been causcd, among other things, bv the overbearing manner of the Rev. .J. Walker Taylor, who, it is said, lacked tad. It was also urged by some that lie was not what is styled "a good dresser." and though this would be accounted "a virtue" by some people, it was held by certain members of the St. John's congregation that at times MiTaylor was not as well dressed as he might have been, and that he paid an ill compliment to them by appearing to be afflicted with poverty. All of the congregation admit that Mr Taylor la an excellent preacher, a broad churchman and a lover of the poor. Since he arrived from Sydney' 12 months ago the debt on the church has been reduced by £50. The friends -of the reverent! gentleman declare, on the other hand, that the unpleasantness has been brought about bv the haughty manner of some of the late committee, several of whom are anxious that a meeting should be held to hear both sides of the trouble.

fn referring to the neglected state of the Symonds Street Cemetery in Auckland, the Herald says: Instead of well-cropped grass plots bisected by neat paths, in place or graves that give evidence of having at least occasional attention paid to them, the place is largely a wilderness —a veritable home of the forgotten. ' Where,' for instance, the stranger to Auckland might be supposed to ask, .—' where does Governor Hobson lie entombed?' Is it any credit to the powers that be, or to the community at large that the answer must be what, it is? The grave of Governor Hobson. in the Symonds Street Cemetery would puzzle the oldest inhabitant to find just now. It is one of those in the immediate vicinity of the new Grafton bridge works, and it is in no ■ijiit state for the resting-place of such ■t'man. In the same locality may be «een the grave of Sydney Stephen, one of the first of our. Chic'; Justice;;, who 1 died in 1858. There is not much sentiment about his resting-place. A heap of fir tree branches rests upon ins monument, and at the time the observations of the writer were made an overturned barrow rested against it. The grave plot of Major-General George Dean Pitt, at one time Lieu-tenant-Governor of the northern province, is covered with an unchecked growth of grass and weeds. Heroes of the Maori War, and naval heroes too, lie beneath patches of ground whereon no care is apparently bestowed. and singular instances of could be multiplied ad nauseam. •we allow our national esteem' toi "V,, «nd women of the past to show itee.t.