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Manawatu Standard, Volume 9186, Issue 9186, 9 April 1910, Page 4

Dr. E. E. Porritt,, of Wanganui, who was injured some time ago in a motor car accident, has resumed practice. At its meeting yesterday the Oroua County Council passed the necessary resolution to enable it to borrow money by way of overdraft from the Bank. A good specimen of a "howler" comes from a country school in the Gisbornc district. A pupil when asked what was a marine erosio'n, replied that it was a malady that sometimes attacks sailors. A family named Scott, old residents of the Ukorunui district, near Cambridge, had a miraculous escape from a fatality during the recent terrific gale which raged in that district. The family wore sealed at tea in the kitchen when the top of Iho brick chimney crasheci through the roof. Two of the inmates were struck by falling bricks, necessitating medical attention. The kitchen presented a strange spectacle with the debris, the floor being covered with a heap of bricks and mortar. At Park's warehouse splendid assortment of Ladies' "Peggy" Bags, Pocket Books. Purses, Letter Cases, Fitted Dressing Cases, Cricket, Croquet and Tennis ccoods. — Ad-vfr

Women will bo particularly interested In the -splendid door mat values Messrs CoHinson's tire .offering , . A glance at the prices must appeal to the keen buying housewife. 24g inches x 15 inchee Iβ'lid each, 27 indies x 17 inches 2e 9d each, 29A ■inche* x 18-2 inches 3s 6d each; larger sizes 4s 6d. 4s lid, 6s 6d. Collinson and Son, "Cheapeide. - " Palmorstoji N.—Advt.

The profit accruing from a Catholic bazaar held at Taradaio, near Napier, this week, will bo considerably over £400. A Press Association message from Greymouth indicates that the conference prosided over by* Mr P. Hally, Conciliation Commissioner, has been successful in settling matters in dispute in the colliery industry there. An unusual case is being heard at Kumara. A local resident is suing a hairdresser for damages owing to plaintiff having .suffered from barber's rash alleged to have been contracted after being , , shaved at defendant's shop. Inquiries made aboard the Mokoia, which returned to Wellington from Tahiti this week, failed to discover any , news of P. P: d'Arcy, of x Christchurch,. who disappeared from Wellington andwas believed to have shipped by the Mokoia. At the meeting of the Oroua County Council yesterday it was decided, owing to some settlers increasing the price of metal by way of royaJty, that the Engineer bo instructed to prepare a schedule 6 """ showing where metal pits are required in the county, and that steps be taken to acquire same under the Public Works Act. Maoris must have quaint ideas of billiard markers, evidently thinking they are walking banks. , One dark-haired: native, going by the sobriquet of "Midnight," strolled" into a saloon in Greytown a few days back and played a game, which he lost. Ho calmly presented the marker with a cheque for '£200 with instructions to "take Is 6d out; of that!" Some individual with more time than sense has been whittling away a portion of tho exquisite carving in the Tvfaori house at the Dominion Museum in Wellington. The house is so situated under the present arrangement of the museum that-j it is practically a separate room, and anyone inside could not bo well seen by the caretaker. In future those who wish to see the house will have to apply for permission from the caretaker, for it is now to bo kept locked up. A peculiar incident occurred recently at Rotorua. A farmer made a drinking trough of concrete. The stuff did not appear to set very well, however, and, seeing a child playing near it, he called the youngster away. Hardly had tho child moved a dozen yards when tho trough literally blew up, tho pieces being scattered in every direction. Had the warning came a moment later the child must have bpen at least severely injured. No reason for the strange explosion has yet been discovered. At a meeting of tho Auckland Crown Land Board some time was taken up with a case in which it was proposed that a young lady who is about 19 years of age should forfeit a section. The girl's father approached the Board on behalf of his daughter, and his explanation of the position drew from tho Commissioner the remark that the object of. the Land Act was settlement, and not to give opportunities to take up sections to be held in the hope of transferring later on at a profit. The Board finally agreed to gixo the matter further consideration. "Pool," a game common to the bil-liard-room, is to be the subject of legal action very shortly, and it will then be decided under what category it comes —a game of skill or a game of chance. Ifc is understood that summonses have been issued against several Auckland billiard saloon keepers for the purpose of bringing a test case, and the saloon keepersare consulting leading legal authorities. At Huntly recently, Mr Northcroft, S.M., ruled that pool was an illegal game, and recorded a conviction against a Tailliard saloon keeper. Motor-cars, it would appear, are hardly suitable playthings for children. On a recent afternoon a small boy was left reclining in tho front seat of a motor-car in Dominion Avenue,. Wellington, and his curiosity, prompting him to try parts of the mechanism, he finally succeeded in releasing the brake. The machine immediately commenced to move down the gentle incline, and it kept going until it bumped the curbing of the footpath on the other side of Lambton Quaj - . Fortunately for the car and itspassenger no Trams wore passing when it made this special excursion. There is one feature of The Native Land Act, which came into operation on. Friday week, which is of general interest (says the Post). One provision isthat; every marriage between a native and a European niusT be celebrated in the same manner as if each of the parties was a European. Also, a marriagebetwoen two natives may, at the option of the parties, be celebrated either in the same manner as if each cf the parties was a European ; or in the presence of an officiating minister under the Marriage Act, but. without complying with .• the other requirements of the Act. Marriages between natives will be governed by the same rules in regard to consanguinity as marraisfe between Europeans. The local Sherlock Holmes (who conducts the devious course of a certain.' print) has discovered some really sensational clues in connection with last night'sfire. Here, they are! "The cause of the fire is a- mystery, but we are informed that a swagger was seen in tho vicinity yesterday afternoon. . . . It is a somewhat peculiar coincidence that a bicycle was removed from against afence in Fitzroy Street, close to the fire,, soon after the outbreak had started. The owner had been one of the first on the scene and had left tho machine againsta post. Shortly afterwards two more cyclists arrived on the 'scene," and the post against which the stolen bicycle had' been left was vacant, and they therefore' left their bicycles against the same post." ! ! ! !

The Orient Lodge, 1.0.0. F., A.C., hold a special meeting on Thursday evening for the purpose of receiving the G.M. of the Dominion, Bro. R. Armiger. who was introduced by D.D.G.M. Bro. T. Griggs. An initiation was carried out by request of the G.M.. who congratulated the officers on the very efficient manner in which they had carried out their duties. The G.M., in his address to the lodge, gave a very interesting account of tho progress being made by the Order in the Dominion. During the evening a largo party from the Rangitikci Lodge paid an official visit. At the conclusion of tho business a function suitable to the occasion was hold, at which the usual toasts were honoured. Songs were also given by several of the members. Mr Green, representing certain settlers in rhe Malton Block, Pohangina County, waited on the Oroua County Council yesterday afternoon to ask that the block be taken into the Oroua County,. I a new road to be taken through Mr Alcors , property in place of the old oneto be closed, and the ratepayers in the block to be rated for the cost of tho roud. Tho Chairman said the matter of tho road through Mr Akors' property bad been before the Council, and there was some doubt whether there was a public road there or not. If there were nor it would bo too much to ask the Council to make a road through . the property, as it would be two and a half miles long. The area proposed to bo taken into the county was about 30Q0 acres. To buy the land for three miles of road, form and metal it. put in culverts, and fence it. oil both sides, could not be done for anything like £1000. Mr Green said he had not calculated on. having to buy the land. The settlers ' thought the old road was tho property of the Council. It was decided to make inquiries regarding the old road.

A grand show of the latest creations in mode! millinery is now on displav in. the centre window of the Bon Marcho. As this is the lirst full display of tho season, it will not fail to interest contemplating buyers.—Advt.

Diaries for 1910 at Park's warehouse. Pme ' and Presentation Books, Prayer a.<d Hymns. Bibles, Church Praise, Catholic Prayer Books, new Annuals, PostCards, etc.--Advt.

Importers are invited to send their shipping documents to J. J Curtis and Co., Shipping, Forwarding and Customhouse Agents, Customhouse Quay, Wellington. This firm will do your Customs work correctly ?,n> forward * -xlg promptly--— A<]vt

The Premier intends to visit Levin i shortly, when he will open the Weraroa Post Office. !i* The general rate of the Oroua County for this year is to be the same as last — ninteen thirty-seconds of a penny in the £1 on the rateable value. The Rev. Bates wired to-day : —Winds freshening, probably northerly strong winds to gale, expect unsettled- and cloudy weather at times, rain probable after 20 hours from 9 a.m., glass fall. Mr J. O. Batchelar has within the last few days suffered some loss as the result of dogs worrying his sheep. As is well known, Mr Batchelar is again breeding high-class Romney shec-p, and amongst them was a line of 150 selected

owe lambs. It was amongst this lot that the dogs have now been, and about a. dozen are missing, evidently having been killed, while numbers of others bear evidence of rough handling by dogs. Mr Batchelar is very much annoyed at and* he intends taking .jjliWfSls to destroy any dogs found on his "■ property and to prosecute the owners. Sister Moody Bell, of the Methodist Church, has taken up hei\ pt-rmanont residence in Shannon, which is to be her future field of labour. Sho was for a long period stationed at Kurnara, in the South Island, but the gradual disintegration of that once vigorous town finally left her almost without a flock. The Shannon Methodists are to have regular services in future, both morning and evening, on every Sunday, and Sister Bell will officiate. A harvest service is being arranged for to-morrow, and donations of produce, fruit, and flowers will be welcomed.

It is feared that the auxiliary schooner Malekula has been lost on the voyage from the Solomon Group to Sydney. Tho vessel is seriously overdue., having left the islands as far back as January 1 laet. . Under ordinary circumstances she should have arrived at Sydney about the end of January, so that she is now fully two months overdue. Tho missing schooner is a. Sydney-built vessel. Sho was launched in 1903, being specially designed for the Island trade. The schooner is of 130 tons gross and 105 tons net. She is owned by the Lever's Pacific Plantation, Ltd., having been employed by them in the inter-Island trade of the Solomon Group. She was coming to Sydney for an overhaul, having recently been ashore at the Islands, and had on board 50 tons of ivory nuts. A young New Zealandcr • (says John Bull), of sft llin, and corresponding girth, called on us recently to make a complaint. He came over from New Zealand with" the intention of joining the Army, and he took a letter with him to the War Office from tho Agent-General testifying to character, etc. To his surprise, he has now received a communication from the Agent-General informing him that he cannot be allowed to join the Army owing to "defective teeth." Some of his back teeth, in the lower jaw, arc past mending. He is keen for tho service, strong as a lion, wears the South African medal with two clasps, could take an average recruit in each hand and knock their heads together, but ho may not join the Army because some of his back teeth are defective. It seems odd.