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Manawatu Standard, Volume 9116, Issue 9116, 12 January 1910, Page 4

. The recent Wanganui sculling handicap resulted in a financial lose of about £200.

A tennis tournament will be played at Marton on Friday and Saturday next at which several local players will "be competitors. Feilding, Rangitikei and Wan= ganui will also be represented.

It is stated that the cost of coping with tho rabbit pest on the Morven Hills run. which is to be thrown open by tho Government iri February, has averaged something like £4000 for the past five years.

The tender of Messrs Sollitt Bros., of Palmcrston, at £3100 has been accepted for the erection of Mr J. Bull's new residence at Hunterville. Thirteen tenders were received and the building will be constructed under the supervision of Mr C. Tillcard Natusch, architect.

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will be about again. , •■ H«s.s h &* ° ! * lb Nothing was saved. At yesterday afternoon's sitting of the; wmmm S in first, and never appears half fo tired as 'Weary Willie \or ge P£ sengers who are fuming m the hot stuffy carriages." An unfortunate accident, and one attended by painful results, happened at the Eketahuna Power House on Saturday evening. While Mr Harris and his asStantf Master Harold Bailhe. were en- '' j re -chari?ing the accumulator cells, In"! of the jar! exploded, and a quantity acid, spilt over the assistant's feet, blistering them badly. The burns were dressed, but the sufferer will be incapacitated for some time. Mr J. B. Wither, eolicitor, waited ob the Kairanga County Council yesterday afternoon in connection with an application for tho dedication of Monrad road to within five feet of the boundary of the borough. Tho application was before the Council at tho previous meeting, but was declined unless the road was taken right up to the boundary. After hearing Mr Wither the Council decided to consult its own eolicitor before deciding the question. ■

A correspondent writes to the Dominion as follows:—An examination of the time-table—Thorndon Station to Wanganui, etc.—reveals a peculiarity. The Main Trunk express leaving Wellington for Auckland at 12.15 p.m. reaches Marton at 4.46. A slow train, which leaves Palmcrston for Wangariui at. 1.40 is at Marton a little after four, and leaves there at 4.25, reaching Wanganui at 7.3. Does it not seem anomalous that thie slow train should not be delayed for just a little over twenty minutes to give passengers who may choose to travel by the express an opportunity to reach home just two hours sooner?

A country hotelkeeper in the Auckland district has been fined £2 and coets for refusing to supply a traveller with dinner and ordering him. off the hotel premises. The magistrate said:. "A hotelkeeper, is granted a license, and it is his duty to supply accommodation to the public in accordance with the provisions thereof. Tho defendant in this case turned the complainant off the premises, and refused to give him any accommodation. While there was a certain amount of justification for the defendant's action, it seems to me that he would only be justified in putting the complainant off the premises if the latter were conducting himself in such a way as to interfere with the conduct of the hotel business. I don't think that this wasdone in the present ease, and the defendant had no business to become angry and act upon his anger. It is, however, a. small matter, and the defendant will bo convicted and fined £2 with costs.""

The N.Z. Dairy Factory Union will pay out the sum of £9335 2e 5d for butter fat for the month of December for- • butter making. For buEter fat for cheesei making the figures are —Aehhursfc factory £718 2s, Rangitikei Line factory £856. 11s lid, making a total of £10,909. 16s 4d. These payments are at the rate of lid for cheese making (which-, is; the highest advance the cheeso" market;: will now stand), and for butter making; The Wairarapa cheese factoriesare advancing 8d and 9d, so that the- , payment of lid by the Dairy Union • ia»i.V most gratifying, and should prove very encouraging to suppliers. The Union has made three tons per week more butter •* during December than for the same month of the previous year, and five tons per week more cheese over the same periods. There hae also been- a large increase in the number of suppliers, the total now being 361 as against 262 the previous year The Union hae sold some of its closed creameries, and is nowworking fewer, with more suppliers, thus making a great saving in workimr expenses.. On the top of these fine resulte the Union yeeterday received the gratify! been made to him M^^^^^ik^^H and he did not look t^ he^r - - remuneration. ." . • - • as Poor ..:

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Three men—one of whom has a wife and six children dependent upon him — have been ordered two months' imprisonment with hard labour by the Rathry (England) magistrates for having destroyed two rabbits!

The Rev. Bates wired to-day:—West-erly moderate to strong winds veering and freshening. There are indications for southerly winds, strong to gale, after ten hours. Expect unsettled and cloudy weather, and misty ; rain after 10 hours; weather probably colder. An elderly native woman named Mihi Tarina, wife of Wi Hete (who fought with the Maoris at Gate Pa and was wounded in the fight), died at Ohuke. near Matapihi last week. Tho deceased was born in Gisborne, and was of high rank. The usual tangi was held, many «|frelatives being present from Gisborne. It is probable that an investigation will be made at the meeting of the management committee of tho Wellington Cricket Association regarding alleged misconduct of certain members of the Wellington representative team which visited Auckland at Christmas time in an attempt to capture the Plunket Shield.

The Palmerston Starr-Bowkett Building Society held a ballot in No. 1 Group last evening, when No. 346, owned by Mr J. E. Vernon, of the High School. drew £300 freo of interest. At the same time tenders for £300 of further loans were accepted. In the No. 2 Group tenders were accepted for £500, making the total allocation £1100.

According to a Gisborne resident who recently visited Covent Garden Market, London, Otago apples are regarded as amongst the best in the world. Tho Gisborne traveller was informed by a lirm catering for the best English trade in fruit that the best and most largely sought-after apples on the market came from Otago.

Yesterday afternoon a deputation of Linton settlers waited on the Kairanga County Council with reference to an alleged nuisance which had been created by the' Levin Co-operative Dairy Company at its Linton factory. Mr Prouse, chairman of the company, also attended, and after discussing matters with the deputation and the representatives of the company fne Council decided not to take any action in view of the fact that the company was doing everything in its power to abate any cause for complaint.

Last night a party of young people from Palmerston, 43 in all, journeyed out to Longburn and made a surprise call on Mrs Baigent and family. The visitors were cordially welcomed, and were taken to the concert hall., where games, etc., were indulged in till an early hour this morning. The proceedings were commenced with a grand march and waltz, followed by numerous indoor pastimes, intervened by vocal items rendered by Messrs D. Sexton and J. Butler, A special feature of the' evening was a pianoforte solo by Master H. Bock, of Wellington. The accompaniments and dance music were excellently supplied by the Misses Nightingale (2) .and L. Procter.

Verily, the troubles of a king are as nothing to the trials of a paternal Government in a democratic country (says the Dominion). Whenever anything goes wrong, the Government is "asked to make provision, etc., etc." There ie no end to the asking. At the Teachers' Conference someone moved, apropos of the health of school children, that the "Government be asked to appoint trained nurses to assist head teachers in caring for the health of the children." The proposition was rejected. As one opponent of the motion somewhat-cruelly remarked, "this eort of thing was absolute drivel; they would next be asking the Government to provide perambulators so that the children might be wheeled* about."

At a meeting of the Palmerston Coursing Club at the Princess Hotel last night Mr R. Lloyd (president) occupied the chair. The secretary. Mr H. J. Webb, reported that Messrs Whyte and Mackay, through the local agents (Messrs Barraud and Abraham), had presented a handeome cup as a trophy to go to the winner of the Waterloo Cup, which will be run at Palmerston in Jujy next. The annual balance-sheet, which showed a satisfactory state of affairs financially, was adopted. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded to the secretary, "Mr H. J. Webb, and treasurer, Mr T. Bright, for their work in preparing the balancesheet. Messrs Young and Keeling were appointed auditors. The annual meeting will be held at the Clarendon Hotel towards the end of the month. ,