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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8545, 27 March 1908, Page 4

On page 2: Sporting, strike news.. On page 3: General reading. On page i>,: Supreme Court news. On page 7: Cables, telegTams*

At the meeting of the Friendly Societies' Council last night, a vote of sympathy was passed to Mr H. Griggs in the loss of his son, Claude Griggs. The interment took place yesterday, and was attended by a number of friends and members of the Orient Lodge, of which Mr Griggs. is a member.

The following are the additions to the telephone exchange: —No. 602, J. A. Ritchie," Wellshourne Street; No. 503, W. Barnard, Lombard Street; No. 504, Kells and Mollgaard, builders and undertakers,. Oakley Street; No. 505, M. A. Eliott,. Hokowhitu; and No. 260, F. J. Chisholm, Church Street.

The federation of all tho carters' unions in the Dominion will shortly be an accomplished fact. The writer of labour notes in the Auckland Herald says there is a possibility that in the near future a general strike of. the carters will take place in New Zealand,, the men being, dissatisfied, with their pay and- hours- of work.

On Tuesday next the members and; adherents of" the Levin Presbyterian Church are to have a congregational meeting to tako definite steps to fill their pulpit, which is. at present vacant owing to the regretted, resignation of Mr MeCaw through severe breakdown. The Rev. I. Jollv, of Palmerston North, will preside, and a large gathering: ©£ all thoso interested is looked for.

A contract has- beea signed, with Parkinson and Co., Auckland, to erect a statue of the late Mr Seddon in one o£ the principal thoroughfares of Hokitika, as a memorial for Westland, which tho late Premier so long; represented in Parliament. The statue will be a little larger than life size,, in. marble ©a apolished granite pedestal, with white granite steps an* a concrete foundation. ' The meeting of the Wellington Provincial Executive of the Farmers' Union was continued yesterday afternoon after we went to press. Mr Cooper reported! with regard to the business done in connection with the shearers' "dispute, and the action subsequenty. iakea in connection with the filing of the agreement' come to at the conference. The agreement will he made an award by the Arbitration Court, which sits in Palmerston on Thursday next. A hearty vote of thanks was passed to Mr Cooper for the able manner in which he had represented the employers, and for the timo and trouble he had taken in attending the various sittings of the Conciliation Board. Various outside branches also wrote expressing their satisfaction. It was - decided that the annual Provincial Conference should be held on Tuesday, May 26th, at Feilding. Indications are that the conference will_ be one of the largest yet hold in this province. The Organising Committee's report showed that some good work had been done by Mr Fowler, provincial organiser, in the Wavorley. Wanganiii and Pahiatua districts, a branch- having' been formed at Pahiatua with a membership of 130. It was decided that the levy for the ensuing year should be 6s per member, and that the branches be notified accordingly ; also that they be asked to express an opinion on the question of graduated I levies.

Every lady contemplating tho purchase of a 'New Jacket or,. Paletot for the coming winter season would'do well to inspect the stook of these goods .now showing at the Bon March**. The style, fit, and finish of every garment is quisite, and tho prices jnost reasonable.— C M. Ross and Co.~-Atht "Diabolo." —This new and fascinating game is iust opened up at Wm. Park's. Prices Is" 6d to 12s.—Adyt. New puiting? just arrived. Sao suite, hand-made, £4 lsa to £5 10a, at Uamar'a, th" lnadias tailor, Main. 3tTßat Weit.—• Ad?t,

At the Poikf) Court &xi morning, Henry Cawland was convicted of drunkenness and fined ss, or 48 hours imprisonment. Mr S. Aisher, J.P., presided.

Mr Robinson, Government Engineer, was in Palmerston on Wednesday and, together with the Mayor and Mr Jickell, borough engineer,. visited the river-bank and inspected the various works now being oarried on. Mr Robinson stated that ho was surprised at .the progres» that had been made, and expressed his satisfaction at the manner in which the .work.was being done.

Messrs R. McCallum and R. F. Goulter of Blenheim, are visiting Kaikoura with a view to strengthening the agitation for the completion of the South Island Trunk railway. Mr Goulter will probably go on to Christchurch, and canvass leading citizens there on behalf of the Marlborough Lands and Railway League's cause.

A Dunedin "citizen told' a .representative of the Star that he- was much impressed during- a recent visit to the North Island with the large amount of business being done in the large and small towns there, and also with the vast tracts of land that are now being opened up for settlement " Dunedin may bo very sound, he added, "but we are not doing the business here that they are doing in the North. Something will have to be done if wo hope to keep pace with our northern friends." . j A meeting of the Palmerston North Carriers' Association was held last evening, Mr J. W. De Blois presiding. The general business being transacted,, the election of officers was proceeded, with, and resulted as follows:—President, Mr S. T. Hunt; vice-president and secretary* Mr D - McVeagh; treasurer., Mr H. Brougham. A deputation, consisting of the president, vice-president and treasurer, was appointed to wait upon; the Borough Council in reference to business of importance connected with, the Association.

A special meeting of the Palmerston. North Friendly Societies' Council was. held last night to draw up conditions for the card tournament for the coming season. All the lodges were; represented and Bro. J. Aitchison occupied: the chair. Af tef'-careful consideration it was decided to make the games singlehanded euchre, 7 up, conditions as topoints for shield to be the same as last year. The games will be held every four weeks, commencing on May j 7th. Entries will close on April 9th, and the entrance fea has been fixed at 5s per team.

The Stock Inspector, Mr Ross, has. just returned from ono of his visits of inspection down tho line, and was much. struck by the very low condition of J:ne cattle from Levin downwards. lhcse got very low during the drought, an* have not mado any appreciable headway since. In this connection, he remarked, the drought had provided an object-lesson in the vitality of the sheep, which had not shown the effects of the lack of grass and water except in a minor degree; and it was remarkable that flocks of fat sheep had come m to market from territory where there was said to be little grass and scarcely any water. A gentleman who is greatly interested; in the flax industry, and who, when visiting the Old Country and the United Statee, studied the hemp market, has expressed the opinion that manufacturers abroad could no. more do. without the New Zealand product than they could do without Manila. A great quantity of so-called Manila rope contains 20 percent, of phormium tonax in its composition, as the presonce of our fibre gives the rope greater pliability. A larger percentage would bo employed were the colour of New Zealand hemp better. Several manufacturers in the United Statee informed this gentleman that Manila was so hard that it very s6ori wore out chaffcutting machines, and, when cut up among, the chaff, the fragments, being very brittle, very frequently injured the throats of horses.

At the Feilding Court yesterday, R. N. White, who had been arrested at Kimbolton, was charged with obtaining money under false pretences. The case for the prosecution alleged that accused had cashed a cheque for £3 at Hook's Hotel, Feilding, on November Ist, 1907, receiving £2 I9s 6d, as the cheque was on the Bank of New Zealand at Palmerston. The cheque was returned marked "no account," so Mr Hook wrote to accused, but received no reply from him until the matter had been placed in the hands of the police. Then YVhite wrote, and refunded the money. Accused pleaded not guilty, and his solicitor, Mr Haggitt, explained that White nad' opened an account at the Palmerston branch of the Bank of New Zealand' fa 1906, and was not aware thufc the £WJ then paid in had been exhausted. The presiding Justices, Messrs Goodbehere and Burne, convicted accused', saying- that too much carelessness was shown in banking transactions. He was fined £2, with costs.

: A witness before the Conciliation Board at Darfield (Canterbury) gave some ofhia experiencerVith non-efficient ; farm labourers. One man, he stated,. , would l not have been profitable to him : if fie had' kept him on at 5s per week. Another man that he was employing at ; the. gaine time was being paid 27a 6d per week and found, and for this wage he ; put up the- following extraordinary per- ', fbrmances-: —Left, to- do some fencing, : he put in, in one day, three posts and' strained' one wire; next day ho put in a few stakes and strained three wires;on another occasion he had to take fourhorses to a paddock to work them _ in a plough, but did not think of coupling them together. The result was that two of the horses went one way an* the other two in an opposite direction,, and it took.twenty minutes to reach the : pa-ddoefc, in place of ten. When the witness told the man that he was not satisfied with his work the man offered' fco> stay on at 20s per week, but witness* , told 1 him that lie seldom reduced wages, and told him that he must go/ "T ; reckon." added the witness, "that the 1 time I had these two men. "'. I was £15; pat of pocket, having to watch them and L k«t getting the work done." Mr C. Hall, member for \Yaipaw.a* was. in Palmerston yesterday,, having: just returned from a trip along the Main Trunk Line. TJiis was the first time he had been over the route, and Mr Hall was very much surprised; a* the work being done there.. He had ■ no idea of the magnitude of the modern taking, and had been inclined to think the Government not carrrying it through with all , the energy, they might use; but after seeing the stupendous., work that is being done be was fully satisfied that the work has been in most efficient hands, and that greater expedition could not .have been shown.. In regard to the lands along the line of route, he thought that the country from Taihape southwards was infinitely superior to anything; to be found "between there and Auckland. He thought theMai a Trunk trip was one which everybody who CQtttd afford it should take. The scenery was superb, and the timber superior ta anything h& had ever seen in the Seventy Mile Biish. Mr Hall stated that ho Was told by those in charge of the "works that the line will be completed within the present year. He thought the spiral curve a magnificent piece of engineering, and ttsescenery in that part was really beyoad all description.

Star lamps 2s 6d each. Table laoaps, with iron stands, 2s lid each at "Bayry's"' Cheapside, the premier place fa>r_ all lampware.—Advt. Send the documents ot your importations to Messrs J. J. Curtist and Co., Ltd., Custom-house, Shipping and Forwarding Agents, Custom- Ivouse Quay* Wellington, who will quickJj clear, pass, and forward the goods to you. Moderate charges.— Advt Are you leaving the district and wish your eoods disposed af? .We can seearo you the best possible results, we guarantee capable selling and prompt recount salea,-—The Manaw at>-> Auctioneering Cuba Stie^V^dvt.

Mr E. A. Coley has donated £1 Is to the funds of the Kia Toa Football Club. Joseph Henderson, who was brought to tlio Palmcrston North Hospital yesterday, suffering from a kick from a cow, is making satisfactory progress. Two Maori women had a heated argument in Rangitikei Street .yesterday aflornoon, tho Quarrel eventually resulting in a sharp set-to with umbrellas, much to the amusement of the crowd which quickly collected. No serious damage was sustained by cither combatant, and the melee ended in the opportune -arrival of a cab, which bore away one of the combatants, noisily protesting. A very interesting ~ observation - with rcard to mosquitoes is mentioned by ithe Auckland district health officer, Dr. J. S. Purdy, in that the insects select •certain colours for preference, and the •colour they -have a decided aversion to is chromo yellow, while white is not .altogether t'o their taste. The colours -of attraction are black, deep blue and li"ht blue, red and green. Consequently tho new style of tent to be used by the ami v is to be lined with chrome yellow, .and" in India, where tho tents are a deep indigo inside, it is proposed to chancre this to the yellow, which is distasteful to the nerves of the discriminating insect. ■ The following is supplied by a farmer who has had considerable experience with grazin" land:—Speaking of the Auckland lands °as compared with those in tho Manawatu and Hawkc's Bay districts, he stated that the cost of rc-grassing about every five years in the Auckland province renders tho land there worth from £7 to £10 less in value per acre than land in thi< district and -Hawke's Bay, where the grass, after a number of years, is frequently better- than in its fust or se-ond season. It practically cost the Auckland farmer 10s an acre to reinstate the grasses as they died out. Mr Kettle, S.M., made some very severe strictures at the Police Court at Auckland as to the practice of men taking money from women on the race-cour-e and 'investing it on the totahsator. It was one of the greatest evils of the country, he said, and was doing more to foster gambling than the public were awajje-'of. Ho would always raise his voice/against the practice, and would the attention of the public >- fact that it was an offence against * "''the • gambling laws of the country to accept money from another person and invest it on tho totalisator.

A letter addressed to "the Mayor of Otago" (delivered to the Mayor of Dunedin), written from Xenia, Ohio, relating to the rain-making experiments at Oamaru. reads as follows:—"I enclose a clipping from one of our local papers describing the drought situation in your district. lam in the waterworks business, and am always interested in anything of this kind. I thought it might be some fake newspaper report, so that I would write you to find out. If this item is correct, please tell me how the dynamite and guncotton wore discharged. I suppose from a cannon. In this section we have more rain than in your countrv. sometimes most too much, although once in a whilo. when the crops arc in need of rain and looks as though the farmers would bo ruined, there is a request in many of the churches that we pray for rain. Any information that you can give me will be gladly received."

Farmers in the Feilding district have at times given some thought to the freezing and exporting of their veal calves, instead of disposing of them to the limited market that offers locally. Nearly all of them have got no further with their proposition than to wonder how it would work; but Mr Chas. Carr, of Feilding, has gone into the matter in a practical manner. Ho has made a trial with thirty-one veal calves off their mothers, and sent them Home through the Longburn Freezing works. Mr Carr has just received the returns for the first seven carcases. The total charges for thes" seven amounted to £5 3s 9d, and they have- sold at, Home at £11 18s 7d. This has yielded about 19s per head for the venture, and Mr Carr is satisfied that the 19s return is more easily earned and a better result than the £1 per head that, he received from local butchers. He is satisfied now that, in view of the poor return received from local butchers, who make a big profit out of the veal, farmers should develop Ihe export of veal calves. —Star.

An amusing appeal for an exira horse was leccived from tho curator of the Tapapa Hatcheries at the last meeting of the Council of tho Auckland Acclimatisation Society. After pointing out all the proa and cons of the situation, the writer furnished the following description of the animal required: "What we want is a thoroughly reliable horse, with plenty of constitution; a low-set, active draught one, 'with plenty of substance; can work easily, and is easily kept in condition. There is not much wear and tear about a washy-coloured one or one with a white face and a lot of white legs. I don't believe in them, and hate to°see them about. A kindly-tempered horse is worth a lot. Somo that are all right if they arc kopt at hard work every day get very nasty if they have a slack time and* arc making a start on a cold, wet morning. This class of horse is scarce, but can occasionally be picked up for about £12 or £15, after some of the bloom has been taken oft" them."

A special meeting of the College Street School Committee was held last night to consider the report of the committee set up to consider the matter of .surface drainage and tho holding of a monster jumble sale and chrysanthemum .show. There were present Messrs Hodder (chairman), Whitehead, Hansen. Carville, Rutherfurd, and Stubbs. The committee reported that they had visited the school grounds, and .were of the opinion that it was not desirable to enter into a scheme for drainage pur- - poses, and that the present drain could bo cleaned out and kept open at a cost of 15s. also that a portion of the ground should be enclosed with a fence, to be erected in such a position .as to take in the outside offices, this portion to be levelled and metalled, and ultimately tarred and sanded. It was also reported that if possible the whole schoo paths should bo tarred and sand.x afresh, the eastern side of the ground especially to be attended to as soon as possible. It was decided that the report be adopted and Ihe work carried out as soon as funds permit. It was also decided—That the chairman bo authorised to get 3ft of track tarred .and sanded from the front door of the school round the eastern side to the back door at once; that the secretary write to the Board of Education, pointing out that the committee arc promoting a jumble sale and show to provide funds for the necessary improvements to the school grounds, at a cost, of about £100, and asking the Board to contribute a £1 for £1 subsidy up to £50. Mr Low, headmaster, reported that the teachers had decided that they would be pleased to conduct the sale and show to be held ,-vnd had sent out circulars requesting assistance from parents, either financially -or otherwise, and also suggested that a committee be set up--to arrange details and that the sale be held about the first week in May. It was decided that the headmaster be asked to circularise tho heads of households, asking them to attend a meeting on Tuesday evening next for the purpose of setting up committees, and that the meeting be advertised in both local papers.

Oyster Shell Grit.—Oyster shell grit 13 iust as necessary as clean water. It 'keeps the hens healthy and provides maiorial for eggshell. The "A and P..' oyster shell grit is made from specially cleaned and prepared shell, and is all ijrit. Obtainable from McMurray and -Co., Palmerston North.—Advt.

Diaries, leather gooess for presentations, newest books, Bibles, prayer and ■hymns, prize and presentation books, tennis, cricket, and croquet material, fancy goods, basketware, strong wooden tov9 etc Wm. Park's Warehouse.— idvt.

Captain Edwin/wired to-day aa follows:—Westerly strong winds to gale; glass fall.

A Wellington firm is said to have realised good prices on a line of 4000 prime sheep at a private sale held at Waipukurau recently. Prices generally for sheep in Hawkc's Bay are reported to be firming.

While working at Awapuni yesterday, Mr R. W. . Reaburn fell from the window of a house, sustaining a nasty wound in the face and an injury to his back. The accident was caused through the window frame, on which he was sitting, slipping oat of its place. Mr Rcaburn will be confined to his house for some days as a result.

Dr. Hockcn, of Duncdin, while in the Bay of Islands district recently, searched unsuccessfully for the alleged Druidical stonos near "Kerikeri, supposed to have been erected by the earliest Maoris on their journey South. One of the many suggestions made as to the origin of the Maoris is that they came from NorthWest Europe, bringing with them their old religion, and marking with Druidical stones the stages of their long pilgrimage. Dr. Hockcn found no stones which could possibly lend support to such a theory.

Tho question of uniformity in school books, a report upon which was presented (o tho Wellington Education Board by tlu , inspectors at the February meeting, and discussion upon which was postponed, came up at the Board's meeting yesterday. Mr A. H. Vile brought forward tlie following motion, which he had tabled at the previous meeting: — " That this Board is of opinion that a uniform system of school books, if subject to such changes as circumstances necessitate, would be in the best interests of education." This was seconded by Captain M'Donald. Mr Hogg objected, lie considered that rivalry was the life of education, and that uniformity signified stagnation. Mr Vile was strongly of opinion that there should be a uniform series of books throughout the district, not only for the parents' sake, but for the children's. The motion, on being put, was carried on the casting vote of the chairman.

Very soon a new drink is to be pat on the London market. Its composition suggests something much nicer than the normal. In it are blended essences of oranges, lemons, raspberries, bananas, pineapple and other fruits. It is alcoholic only in the same degree that bread is alcoholic—that is to say, it contains, at an outside estimate, .1 gram alcohol in 100 cubic centimetres. It contains albumen and phosphates and its carbonic hydrates, and exceeds the malt sugar in beer about three and a half times. On the Continent the new drink has been in highest favour. Under the names of Sinalco and Bilz-Brause more than 400.000,000 bottlee have been sold since 1903. Perhaps the greatest testimonal to the merit of the beverage—certainly to its wholesomeness —comes from Germany, where Krupp and other large firms are supplying it to their workmen under cost price, as they .find that the men work better if they drink Sinalco than if they have lager.