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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9134, 5 February 1910, Page 5

■ jfition to the telephone - — |b. 556, J. H. Stevens 1 ,nd Hereford streets. m tl /±f o friction in the Westa nurse and two pro J*£gls*?&£%£~f resigned their positions. •amARANAKI A&- daughter of Mr T. A. CTIARANAKI icl f QE a form at the AUTTP 1 on Thursda y and brokc irm at the elbow. WEDNESDiiico are investigating the theft 1. FIRST Fhsiderablc sum of moncv and DLES.—6Cequos taken from a cash box nation 1 .Nelson Club premises on Sunday mile anc , 2. STEWA- Tilleard Natuech, architect, hae second lQ a contract with Sollifc Bros., _ c^P* a ° c #or extensive alterations and nddi3. TIMAF O Messrs Millar and Giorgi s pre--601,6 ' fin the Squar.e. A Ta'rlc wrestling match between Riordcn eovs -t Coast champion) and Gardiner «*-*' ;lish light-weight champion ofAusZ ;Visia) eventuated in the Opera House eovreymouth, last Saturday, and resulted wen a win for Gardiner. *£ The sale is reported of the balance of •£*Mr Henry Gaisford's Raupare Estate in Hawke's Bay to Mr James Bell, of Blenheim. Mr Bell is understood also to have purchased Mr Williamsons property at Petane (H. 8.). The reported discovery of gold in the vicinitv of Ohakune turned out to be a hoax. ' Some practical jokers gilded a piece of scoria, with the result that Ohakune was thrown into a state of great excitement —till the truth came out. Very little interest was (taken at Pohangina yesterday in the poll for a loan of £200 for the drainage of the township. Out of 51 voters on the roll only 21 recorded their votes—seven tor and fourteen against—the proposal being thus rejected. , An agreement for the prosecution of * the Thames deep levels scheme has now been simed by all the companies interested? and a Board of Management i to control the operations has been ap- ■ pointed, with the exception of the two to be appointed by the Government. An interesting discovery was made during the excavation operations at Alt. \ Wellington in connection Avith a water supplv°for Remuera, a Maori greenstone i axehead being found, after several strata r of boulders, rock, scoria, and sandstone had been passed. * Mr J. M. E. Garrow, solicitor, of Dunedin', who is on a motoring tour of the Dominion, was a visitor to Palmerston during the week. \\ hile in Palmerston, Mr Garrow, who is the well-known legal "coach," gave his local h pupils an interesting lecture on their work with some' advioo on the pursuit I of their legal studies. : ! A Southern farmer has a, farm of 45 1 acres, which carries a. dairy herd ot 66 cows and seven other animals throughout the year. Last year the return from milk amounted to £447 4s 2d; and pigs, calves, etc., realising £56 13s lid, brought the total up to £502 13s lid. This works out at approximately. ±.11 per acre, and is a record which will take some beating. An Imperial and New Zealand war veteran in the person of Mr Joseph Neylon writes to the Auckland Star thanking the Government for conceding him his land grant, after waiting 40 years for it. Neylon served 29 years in the Army, during five of which (from 1863 to 1868) he was on active service in the Waikato, Wanganui. and New Plymouth campaigns." He was greatly assisted in securing his rights by the persistent ad- . vocacy of Mr A. E. Glover, M.P. A naval officer, writing from Sheerness six weeks ago to a. friend in Dunedin (according to the Otago Daily Times), says:— "We arc always drilling and ready" for action. You should see ' the mightv fleet —warships arc fully manned, stretching from my ship as far as the eye can reach, and every one ready for sea at a moment's notice. Things cannot go on like this for long, and I am afraid all this preparation means something sinister ahead." An instance of pluck and resourcefulness has been brought under the notice of the Temuka Leader. A woman, whose age qualifiee her for a pension, and who, through the death of her husband, has to manage a small Government section on her own account, had about half an acre of oats ready for cutting. Not liking .to incur more expense than necessary, and declining to ask assistance, she tackled the scythe herself and cut the "half acre in very <*ood style. The Ulimaroa shipped at Wellington on Thursday one of the largest consignments of horses that have left New Zealand for some time. They comprised fifty-two high-class draught stallions, geldings and mares, forwarded by Mr R. D. Knight, of Longburn, and three yearling raeehorses from the Waikanae etud farm. The latter were purchased by Mr C. Breese, of A6cotvale, near Melbourne. They were a brown colt tAchilles—Olivette), a brown filly (St. Ambrose —Success), and a brown filly (St. Ambrose —Tamarind)The Hon. J. A. Millar, Minister of Hallways, explained to a New Zealand Times representative that, the railway revenue for the four weeks ended January Bth showed an increase of £22,000 compared with the corresponding period of last year, while the revenue for the year to date indicated that the railways are £180,000 net better off than last year at this period. "The revenue has increased by £273.000," said the Minister, ■"but to earn this big increase we have only had to increase our expenditure by £85,000, or about 31 per cent of the revenue." The Mataura correspondent of the Southland Times says that rabbit exporters and agents are bcetirring themselves making arangements for the coming season, which promises to be a record one, as rabbits never were so high in price' at the beginning of the season. The reason of this is that a new use has been found for the rabbit skin. After the fur has been taken off the pelt, the pelt is chopped up and after being boiled is mixed with indiarubbcr tc make motorcar tyres, and for other purposes for which hardened rubber is required. At a cricket competition in the Windsor (New South Wales) district recently, much feeling -was displayed owing to the defeat of the Wilberforce Club by the Richmond team. When the Richmond ieam were coaching home from Sackville they received a shower of rotten eggs just after passing through Wilberforce. the eggs being thrown under cover of darkness and the security of a cornfield. One of the cricketers fired a- revolver, by way of frightening the egg-throwers, whose aim was so good that the members of the team made the remainder of the journey of seven miles under much discomfort. The following items (says the Sydney Worker) in connection with the exploits of the notorious Kelly gang of bushrangers, nearly thirty years ago, appear annually on the Parliamentary Estimates of Victoria:—(l) Annual allowance to widow of Sergeant Kennedy, murdered the Wombat Ranges, in addition to \%iU;er pension under the Police ReguiaVtions Act. 1890, equal to full pay of her deceased husband. £48 19s 6d. (2) Annual allowance to Constable M'lntyro, in addition to his pension under me Police, Regulations Act, 1890. rendered unfit for duty, through exposure, at the time of the Wombat Ranges murder by the Kelly gang. (3) Annual allowance, at the rate of £1 per week, to Michael •Riordan. for injuries received in the attack on the Kelly outlaws at Glenrowan. £52. Self-reliance is a , good thing, but when it induces an inventor to venture alone into the mazes of the patent laws', it is apt to come expeneive. Take your ideas to a keen, straight, agent. Messrs Baldwin and Rayw-ard, Wellington—local agents, Ravenhill and Co., the Square. Palmorston North—know all about the law of patents, .and have agents, everywhere. Skilfully guarded and adroitly placed, there might easily be a fortune in a simple idea.—Advt.