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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8858, 28 April 1909, Page 4

Twenty-five firtas have secured space in the machinery hall _at the dairy show, showing the keen interest that is being taken in Palmerston's great winter fixture. The arrivals in Now Zealand during March last numbered 3347 and the departures 4785. The figures for March, 1908, were:—Arrivals 3382, departures 3998. A well-attended meeting of the ladies of St Patrick's parish was held last night to discuss and arrange details in connection with the proposed bazaar in aid of the funds of the church. It is proposed to hold the bazaar about Christmas time. A ballot in the No. 1 group of the Starr-Bbwkett Society was held last night, Mr A. E. Whitehead proving the holder of the successful marble. He owns three shares, and will thus secure £300 free of interest. Tenders in the No. 2 group were opened by the directors, and £500 disposed of at satisfactory prices. The usual fortnightly dance of the Thelma Assembly was held last evening, and a most enjoyable time' was spent. Between thirty and forty couples were present, and indulged in dancing till 12.30. Extras were played by Messrs Apatari and Langford, and a song was given by MiGray. Mr W. Young gave satisfaction as M.C. The Young People's Association of the Congregational Church held their weekly meeting last night. The Rev Hird, M.A., read an interesting paper on the "Story of the Pilgrim Fathers," which was much appreciated. At the conclusion he was accorded a hearty vote of thanks, on the motion of Mr J. J. Whitehead, seconded by Mr A. Roe.

Mr Robertson (chairman) and Mr Whittaker (secretary) of the Bunnythorpe Co-operative Dairy Company left to-day for Hawke's Bay and the Wairarapa, at which places they will visit the various cheese factories with a view to gleaning information as to the advisability of going in, for cheese-making at the Bunnythorpe factory. A meeting of the shareholders will be held to consider ,the question when the delegates return. The Manawatu Philosophical Societv will hold its monthly meeting on Thursday evening next, at 8 p.m'., when Mr Welch will read a paper of interest to members. As Mr Welch was one of the founders of the institution, members will no doubt roll up i,n force to listen to his paper and to welcome him back to Palmerston, though he is but here on a visit. Mr Welch's paper will deal with the early history of this coast, and it should be of special interest to local residents. It should. be encouraging to the members of the Beautifying Society and Borough Council as well as to citizens, who have assisted ,in the beautifying of the Square to knowthat the work is very much appreciated by visitors. At yesterday's meeting of the Beautifying Society Mr Eliott stated that he had repeatedly heard people who were passing through on the Auckland express remarking as to the very decided improvement that had been effected.

The Denbigh road correspondent of the New Plymouth Herald says: A very sad occurrence took place here on Monday week, when the second youngest child of Mr J. Kelly (a little girl aged three) was so severely burned at six o'clock in the evening that she died of her injuries at one o'clock next morning.. It seems the mother was out milking, leaving the four little' ones in the house. During her absence this one's hair caught, fire from a lighted candle. Following is an extract from the annual report of the chairman of the Wanganui Education Board: — The Board has adopted the principle of making no deduction of salary from a teacher who is absent from duty through illness, considering that: it is at such a time that loss of salary . would be most severely felt. This is a strain on the Board's funds in providing payment of relieving teachers, but it is not found that there is any attempt on the part of teachers to take unfair advantage of this privilege. " * Pocket and table \ cutlery that cuts sharp, clean, quick and out slowly. — Collinson's kind, "Cheapside."—Advt. Splendid value at Payne's in Boots and Shoes for the holidays.—Advt. Direct from the manufacturers.—A fine selection of mathematical instruments from 7s 6d to £3 3s per set; bow pens, etc.; opera and field glasses, extra good value; leather goods. "Wm. Park's Warehouse.— Advt.

haveFlteaM MintedStha*"rt' ignore. :; / will resume control/ of / the, Grey- : mouth Harbour; Boarcb , /;/,./ •■ /; / ;,., Fully 50 whales s>.' .visited West Wanganui ; Coast). It is estimated;that; the ; average length of ■. the-whales; was / not less than 30: feet./ ; / ; - '///: ■■[ . .-■ : Apparently retrenchment -ln>;/the ;: Tourist Department has already; set in. It is understood that ten young . ;; , - women in the Welliiigtonroffica have, , ~ received notice, or are about.to receive: of dismissal. ;/';;•:.-::.: :•'■ The first concert of the 14th'season / of the Palmerston North Orchestral. ; - Society will be held,'ih. the/Opera ~/ House.on Thursday, May 20. The, / soloists will be announced\within the next few .days.' ' , :;; ■/'■'' At a special meeting of the Bor- /.■; ough Council held yesterday after- : noon it was resolved that until the / Finance Committee is set up the ' Mayor, Town Clerk,, and Treasurer ,/ b'e sufficient authority for the pass- .: . ing of wages and payment of cheques. "I have got the church on one side / doing nothing," said an aggrieved property owner in the Auckland Assessment Court, in, endeavouring to ■•• impress the Court with reasons why the valuation of his property should be reduced. "The church," he added, . "is a bad neighbour and a poor farmer, and .to make matters worse, I have got Chinamen N on ■ the other - side." After this recital of his tale': of woe, the objector was granted :a ■ / reduction.''- ; ■.-:'■ '•■'". As an indication of what can be //. done by an energetic canvasser, the Mayor mentioned at the meeting of the Beautifying Society yesterday afternoon that recently, when some of the business people wanted one of the > structures in the Square removed, Mr Shep Dixon had taken a petition round to the business ' people opposite, and had been promised 19 seats for that .particular square. These would,cost about 32s 6d each. After that there should be no difficulty in raising sufficient ; money to carry out the necessary work in the Square opposite the '■; "Standard" office. The general managing committee , of the Palmerston Choral Society met last night. There were present: Messrs J. A. Nash (in the chair), M. Cohen, W.-H. Collingwood/W. Park, R. Gittings, and H. K. Swallow (secretary).» The question of fixing the date for the rendering of "St. Paul" was discussed, but no definite date was decided on. H> will probably be given either on June 17 or July 1. It was decided to ask Mr A. E. Bennett to appoint a platform committee to arrange the staging, while the secretary was appointed to attend to the printing and advertising. Mr Cohen was authorised to engage the soloists. The prices for admission were- fixed . as follows: —Reserved circle ss, re- ' served stalls 3s, back stalls 2s. From six to eight square inches. of skin from the back, of a little white pig. were grafted upon the left side of Elizabeth Adams, five years old, of Hubbardston, Massachusetts, on February 28. This is. the first in-, stance of pigskin grafting known to the medical fraternity in this section. The girl was scalded on February 3 so severely that the skin came off from a space estimated at 12 square inches. In the process of healing , ■ the patient had reached a stage when skingrafting was considered practic-' able. The pig, which was ten days old, was .chloroformed for the tion,' which lasted for three hours. The physicians say they are pleased with the result of the operation, and are confident that the outcome will.. -', be most successful.

The fortnightly meeting, of the Oro.ua Lodge of Druids was held last night, Bro. F.-Jackson presiding over a large attendance of members. Two candidates were initiated and two proposed for membership. It was decided to pick the team to represent the lodge at the interlodge card tournament (which commences on May 6) on the halfyearly summoned night, May 25, when the nomination of officers will also be taken. A communication was received from the Rev C. C. Harper inviting the lodge to attend men's service .on Empire Sunday, May 23. It was decided to thank the reverend gentleman for his invitation, arid attend as private citizens but not as a lodge. It was decided to ask the Friendly Societies Council to arrange a Sunday parade for friendly societies only. After passing the usual accounts the lodge Was closed, and the second .round of the lodge euchre tourney was played, a large number of the members remaining to take part.

[ ■ In a case against a parent at , Napier for alleged cruelty to his daughter, a girl under 16 years of ; age, it was stated, that he had kicked her in the back and struck 1 her on the head. The girl said punishment had only started after a stepmother had como : to reside ' in \ the house. The parent. complained ' that his daughter had gone out at night, and he had punished her for her conduct. The Magistrate said the parent had done the proper thing in correcting his child for being out. at night:" The question was, Did the defendant adopt the proper method of punishing his child ? He (his Worship) thought not. Boxing a girl's ears and kicking her were not proper methods of Eunishmerit, and permanent injury ad been known to result from such acts. No father with any respect for .himself- or his child 'would at tempt to kick either' a boy or a' girl. In this particular case-'the Court had to find whether the child was caused unnecessary suffering. This had not been proved, and the case must therefore, be dismissed; but at the same time he wished to say that the police ;did quite- right in bringing it before the Oourt K as the methods adopted by the father were not proper. Parents should know that although such acts might not cause permanent injury or harm they were degrading, both to the parent and the child. ■■'■■-.'• '■■'■ ■'■ ' * "Prevention is better than Cure," so say the Wiseacres, arid. prompt protection from, the,;;cold, snap now . upon us is awaiting :you at the-Bon'; Marche, where a complete range of woollen underclothing to fit everyone - is now on view, a specialty being made of unshrinkable goods, "and the prices will compare favourably with any in the. Dominion.-^—Advt. Just opened up a second supplv of the "New Church Praise" in all editions and bindings. Foster Eraser's new book, "Quaint Subjects of the King." Wm. Park's Book Depot.-- ' Advt. , '-..■.'' ,' '...-.'. ',['■:..'.. : ' Goods forwarded to all parts of -l the-' v world. J. J. Curtis.ami Co.! Shipping- ■ Forwarding and. Customhouse Agent*. Customhouse Quay,•Wellington, forward parcols and goods of every description' ■■': to all parts of the world. -Great car© I exorcised. Prices ■'», -^

ReV D. :C. Bates telegraphs: — Northerly increasing moderate to strong winds;-. glass fall. Snowballing is one of the hitherto unreported attractions to tourists on the through express from Auckland to Wellington. Yet such was the case on Saturday night. When the through express got to Waioru, the ground with covered,with what had evidently been a fairly heavy fall of snow. A number of the lady passengers got out and amused themselves snowballing. It is probable that the next census will be taken about April, 1911. An Empire conference is to he held m London in ' September to discuss, among other matters, the question of fixing a day for a universal census. If one can bo arranged the Commonwealth Avill adopt it. I robablv the Federal Statistician, Mr Knibbs, will represent Australia at the conference. The present extraordinary, activity of Ngaruhoe appears to be infecting the whole of the adjacent country to a renewal in some part vof its old thermal life. The bed of YYaihora Bay, on the western end of La Ice Taiipo, was on Sunday night • suddenly awakened out of the long years of calm in which It has slept. While the big volcano, thirty miles or more distant, was in the height of its eruption, a fishing party on the shores of the Bay, were aroused by two loud explosions, and in the morning the waters of the lake were quite warm, while numbers of fine trout, some as heavy as lSlbs, were floating on the surface or lying stranded on the shore. The supposition is that a convulsion of the lake bed occurred, probablv an outbreak of boiling water from some old geyser stirred into fresh activity by volcanic agency. The Avofk of excavating the site upon which Wellington's new general post office will stand is-nearing completion. The excavation is already as deep as it is going, and now the work of sinking for the concrete foundations will be begun. All this is being done by the Public Works Department, and means that the Government is really building the basement of the office, as the concrete foundation Avails Avill be carried to a height of three or tour feet above the pavement level. About fift- men are at present employed In excavating the spoil and demolishing the old three-storeyed brjcjk "building Avhich used to do duty as a sorting department. The amended plans for the post office are not yet -draAvn, but it is expected that they will be ready in time to permit of tenders being called just before the Government's portion of the Avork Is completed. This, it is expected, -will be in about three months time. Dr. Marshall, one of the members of Lieutenant Shackle-ton's*. Antarctic ■expedition, who is at present on a visit to Sydney, in making a comparison of the North and South Poles, pointed out that the North Pole area is apparently a deep sea area, although the Arctic Ocean is surrounded by a nearly continuous ring of ocean of .considerable depth. The polar area' apparently attains an elevation of 10,000 ft at least, and the presence of limestone and coal at an altitude of 8000 ft at the South Pole slioaa's that the same crustal disturbance that have elevated mountain ranges in other parts of the Avorld have operated in polar regions Avith no less intensity. There is a great difference in the temperature between the north and south polar regions; It is more than probable that the difference is the. result of one region being oceanic, and. therefore, subject to incursions of comparatively Avarm ocean currents, Avhile the other area' is apparently an elevated land surface influenced hv incursions of masses of Avarm fluid.

A correspondent writes: —An interesting and pathetic relic of the Maori war has recently been found. I refer to the sword belonging to €apt. James Duff Hewett, who was killed by the Maories at Toi I arm, Wanganui. in 1865 (over 40 years ago), when his sword was taken by the Maoris, and only quite recently was discovered in the Hawera Museum, where it had been placed by Mr Ewen MacKae. It was first seen in the hands of an old Maori woman, who said she had found it a "long time ago in a Rata tree, and she sold it to an Englishman, who, on examining it, saw that it had belonged to a British officer. This sword is not only a relic of the Maori war, but also of tMt battle of Waterloo won by "The Iron Duke" against the great Napoleon, in which it was carried by Col. Bewett, ,who lived to be the very last Waterloo officer.. The sword is rnow in the possession of his grandson, Mr C. R. Hewett, of Awapuni, "Palmerston North.