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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9222, 26 May 1910, Page 4

The exact date of the opening of Parliament has not yet been fixed, but it will be in the last week of June.

A juvenile ball on a large scale is to bo held this winter in aid of the Old Men's Home Fund, Mrs W. T. Wood being the promoter.

The Maheno, which arrived in Auckland from Sydney on Sunday, brought a number of wallabies consigned to the Palmerston Beautifying Society.

"The service revolver is a very unhandy weapon and quite unsuited to the class of work we have to do."—A member of the police force (Detective. Quartermain) speaking at the murder trial.

It is understood that Mr John Prouse, of Wellington, will appear in the name part in the Feilding Choral Society's production of "Elijah" towards the end of the year.

The Rev. Bates wired to-day:—West-erly winds, moderate to strong, weather probably cool and changeable, expect unsettled and cloudy weather at times, glass fall slowly.

His Honor to Mr Dinnie, finger-print expert, at the Supreme Court this morning.—You have tabulated results of the chances of confusion arising out of finger prints. How much chance is there of confusion in prints showing twelve points of similarity?— After looking up statistics, witness replied that the chances of confusion were 2,441,000,000 to 1!

There were fully fifty couples present at the Rifles' social a* the Oddfellows' Hall last night, when tho military "two step" was introduced end caught on at a great rate. Private Apatari supplied the dance music, whilst Bugler Dilks and Private Sexton were M's.C. Songs were contributed by Bugler Dilks and by Messrs Hudson, McFerran and Mahina.

The Farmers' Union conference at Marton made a protest against the present constitution of the Legislative Council. Incidentally, it was mentioned that Wellington city had an undue preponr derance of men in that cosy department of legislative activity. A resolution was adopted affirming that the agricultural industry ie most inadequately represented in the Upper House, seeing that the whole of the country districts south of Waipawa. and Hawera are unrepresented. Just before five o'clock yesterday_evening Mr Justice Cooper, who is presiding at the Powelka trial, said that he proposed to adjourn the Court till 10 o'clock next morning. He did not believe in juriee sitting very long hours on such cases. Hβ inquired what he could do for the comfort of the jury. The foreman asked. if they could go to the pictures, but his Honor disfavoured the request, faying that he had talked over the matter with other judges, and the majority of them were averse to admitting juries in murder cases to euch diversion. From what hie Hosor. subsequently said it seemed that the jurors wero to be supplied with the daily newspapers, cards, books and euch-like accessories to pastime, and permitted to send notee to their wives—or (probably) intended wives.

"Prosper" is the brand of special semi-porcelain dinnerware. This dinnerware is pure white, light and strong. The plates will not crack or discolour while being heated in the oven. May be had in small lots or complete eets. Dinner set of 26 pieces, 21s sd; dinner set of 73 pieces, 47e 6d. O n Vy at Collinson's Crockery Department, Cheapside, Palmerston North.—Advt.

For Influenza take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Never fails. Is 6d, 2s 6d. — Advt.

At Park's warehouse splendid assortment of Ladies' "Peggy" Bags, Pooket Books, Purses, Letter Cases, Fitied Dressing Cases, Cricket, Croquet and Tennis goods.—Adv£

The Prohibition party, at a conference to be held at Wellington next month will revive tho question of the ill-fated "compact," and it is stated will arrive at a decision which will be abided by. An exchange reports that one of the latest coloured views of Timaru Harbour is entitled "Early Morning," and it shows the sun rising over the hills in the west!

Tauranga is reported to be forging ahead. Sawmills are being erected , there for Messrs Gammon and Co., and new business men include Messrs A.'' Spence and Grundy, former residents of Dannevirke.

"Conscience money" has at last oome the way of tho Christchurch Tramway Board. At Monday's meeting a postal note for two shillings, pinned to a sheet of whito paper, wae received. The only explanation of this donation was the word "Restitution," written in lead pencil on tho sheet of paper.

Tho Phoenix Firo Insurance Company's Wellington office has just received an unexpected cheque for £350 from Rev. Father O'Conncll, the missioner, on behalf of a member of a Roman Catholic church. The sum is presumably sent to> the company by way of restitution. The identity of tho original remitter and the •circumstances which prompted the return of the money arc not, of course,, disclosed.

The Australasian Provincial Press Association has chosen Auckland as the place at which its next annual conference will be held. It is a body whose members are composed almost entirely of Australian newspaper proprietors, so. that tho Association is apparently paying the climate and scenic beauties of New Zealand a compliment in selecting; the Dominion for the annual gathering; together of its mombers.

The anniversary social of the L.0.L., No. 3, was held in the Orange Hall last evening, and was well attended. Song - and recitations were given by Sister Reaburn, Miss Strong, Bros. Farland,. Woode, and Rogers. A special feature of the evening was the nail-driving competition, and ib provoked much laughter. Miss Agnes Mellor carried off the first prize in the ladies' nail-driving, Bro. G. Bain wae successful in No. 3 Lodge'scompetition, and Bro. Rogers in No. 18 Lodge's. Bros. R. Reaburn and Colin' Reaburn also contributed towards the evening's entertainment. Refreshments, were then partaken of, and the social closed with "Auld Lang Syne." The Post and Telegraph Department is experimenting with a new telegraphform at Dunedin. The principle of the improvement is based on time and' j labour-saving ideas. When the operator has finished his message he folds it in manner securing absolute secrecy, and' the address onco written suffices for delivery, as, by a skilful arrangement the telegram is folded in envelope form and', sealed with a blue adhesive label. The work of separately addressing and placing tho telegrams in envelopes, involving a great amount of expense, especially in stationery, is thus obviated.. Should the experiment turn out successful in tho southern city, it is probable that the system will bo universally,, .-* adopted in the Dominion. V On Friday Mr William George Lamb % , will bo prosecuted on his own initiative \ for selling liquor and keepng it for sale in a No-license area of Masterton. The explanation is that Mr Lamb manu- , facturos wine from New Zealand-grown , grapes, and in order that a tost case may be brought before the next sitting: of the Supreme Court he committed an , alleged breach of the Act. The whole «; point of the proceedings (says the Wai- \, rarapa Daily Times) lies in the fact that" £ the Licensing Act of 1881 provides that / £ that Act shall not apply to wine made W from grapes grown in New Zealand. In? |j i opposition to that the Alcoholic Liquors* %» Control Amendmont Act of 1895 provides- tf that liquor shall not be sold in a Nolicense area, no distinction being made between Now Zealand-grown liquors-and others. Those two Acts have since been , consolidating (in the year 1908), embracing- ij the conflicting clauses. <

It is as truo as ifc is deplorable that: the average product of our primary and seoondary schools cannot read or spell correctly, uses figures with extreme dif- i ficulty. "and writes an atrocious hand. We | wero'told by a high authority on educa- fig; tion not long ago that "A lot of nonsense || was talked about tho three 'R s, as- M they wero merely mechanical acquire- •* ments." Just so" and while they are \ looked at. in that light old-fashioned people liko ourselves, who believe an. education system which elevates ite nose at the humdrum task of teaching children to read and write is the maddest? thing ever contrived by man, will continue to have their sense of propriety / ruffled by tho coarse person who shouts ;* "wot" for "what," and the much more ; offensive nuisance who murmurs bud / bai" for "good-bye." Between a bar- J > baric carelessness and a mincing aftectation New Zealanders are clearly in a $.<* bad way.—"New Zealand Times. g P ~ One of the most important subjects •J^ 1 ' discussed at the Farmers' Conference at f Martou yesterday was that relating to hereditary diseases in stud etock. Judg ing bv the opinions expressed by dele- ,s gates it was clear that numbers of stal- ||| lions suffering from hereditary diseases- « are trarolliiig in all parts of New Zea- | land. The Chief Veterinarian (Mr Co. J Reakes) outlined a scheme for dealing .<& with tho matter—a scheme which he had. 1 advocated before the Agricultural Con- «| ferenco in Wellington pearly a year ago. j In short ho suggested that a system of I compulsory registration should be intre- || duced, this to be brought . into effect & gradually, so that it would not press too | heavily on horse-owners at first. He pj also suggested that it might be possible | to Institute some 6ystem-of insurance M agaiiwt condemnation of stallions by the a vets. Tho Conference unanimously ap- I proved of Mr Reakes's ideas and passed m a resolution requesting the Government i«| to give effect to his proposals. It is not I ■ intended to havs the eyetem of registration applied to thoroughbred stallions. ; Two ladies who had journeyed from. \ ■ the country to Wellington recently, ac- \\ > companied by their husbands, and fully | . intending to return the same day, had' "<? a somewhat alarming experience. After seeing tho sights and doing some shopping, tho ladies left" their spouses and; | arranged to meet them again at the | post office steps in a short while. They | went down to the wharf, and seeing a % mutual friend on a steamer which was- . going to Lyttclton, they .went aboard, j and 6O intent were they in their con- jj versation that they did not heed the- .am steward's warning cry of "Any more for ||| the shore?" and only realised their po- W sition when tho steamer was well away M from the wharf. Frantic appeals to the JM captain to put back were useless, and «| the ladies had to adjourn to Lyttelton; » nolens volene. without, any money, and rag with only the clothes they stood in. |§| Their distress was very evident, and the t||l picture they imagined of the disconso- Jjm late husbands waiting patiently on tbeJM post offico steps for the two mi6S, "Sf§§|p wives proved highly amusing to t other passengers, if it was somewhat- WgM serious to thoso most concerned. Vj^'filp "Woolscy Wear for Winter" is the- \f|f subject of' an advt. in this issue from, gi Messrs Ross and Co., of tho Bon Marche,. M who arn now making am attractive dis- W play of those goods. The display in- m eludes a lifo-sizo model of the great jjf Cardinal in his robes of office, as welt jg|g as numerous photographs showing the Mil wool from the sheep's back to the finished , mm article "as on display.—Advt. »f|

Diaries for 1910 at Park's warehouse, jj Pme and Presentation. Books, Prayer 4 and Hymns, Bibles, Church Praise, Ca- jffl tholic .Prayer Books, new Annuals r° st i Cards, etc.- -Advt. \ ; gpj For Chronic Chest Complaints. \Yo<jls'fg Great Peppermint Cure, Is 6d, 2s ■&.». Advtr pi Tmportero are invited to send theueS shipping documents to J. J Curtis Co., Shipping, Forwarding and Cuslomjgil house Agents, Customhouse Qv iy, WelffiSgl lington. This firm will do your C'jstomjjiß work correctly an' 'orwarrf > prompt It — Advt ™

A carnival on a small scale Is being held at Hastings this week to provide, funds for the improvement of the school baths and grounds. A sale of work has already resulted in a collection of £270. It is anticipated the week's programme will result in a net profit - of £300.

"Here's a man being tried for his life and the crowd at the back is callous enough to laugh at the evidence. The next, signs of a laugh I will clear the Court of the public."—Mi Juetice Cooper to the auditorium during yesterday's murder trial proceedings.

A new method of punishing contempt of Court has been originated by Judge Kaske, of Hammond, Indiana. When a> man named Solki, a spectator at a criminal trial, persisted in criticising the ruling of the Court, Judge Kaske left the Bench and landed a stiff right-hand swing on Solki's jaw, drawing blood. "I wouldn't take the trouble of fining him; that would do no good," said Judge Kaske afterwards. "In the absence of the Court officer, there was nothing left for me to do but to down and give Solki what he deserved. Solki refused to have the Judge arrested for aasault and battery.

Thomas M. Burns, a 6ettler, was fined £5 and 11s costs for ill-treating a horse at Levin. The evidence for the prosecution showed that defendant had severely thrashed the horse and it was also bleeding from the nose from a kick it received. One of the witnesses stated that on the day in question he saw defendant, at about 12 o'clock, thrashing a horse with a stock-whip. After a while witness again saw Burns thrashing the horse while its leg was tied up. Part of the time a man held the rope while Burns used the whip. The horse fell over two or three times. He saw Burns kick the horse on the head and the back and saw him hit it with a piece of wood about eight feet long and once with a piece about four feet long. He would say that the thrashing went on for fully thireequarters of an hour. He did not think such a thrashing would do the horse any good, thougn he recognised that reasonable use of a whip was necessary in some cases. The defendant gave evidence that while fixing up the horse he received a severe kick on the knee, which left him prostrate for some minutes. The horse was vicious and flighty, and witness. to cure him, got a young man to lead him around while witness flicked him with the whip. Witness' leg was so bad that he could only limp; therefore it was unreasonable to say that the whipping could have been severe. As a matter of fact, his knee was injured so severely that he had to sleep with a pillow under it for nearly two weeks. Did not consider he gave the horse anything, more than a severe beating, which hie conduct warranted. It was flighty, and it used to bite, and was incorrigible. The injury to its leg was caused when it eot into a wire fence.