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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9506, 5 May 1911, Page 4

On page 2: Football, "Letters from Abroad," On page 3: Cables, commercial, general. On page 6: Entertainments Men's' Social Club, correspondence. On page 7:.New Zealand produce, country correspondence. Rev. D. C. Bates wired to : day:— : Easterly winds, moderate indications for fair weather, and probably a very cold night; glass little movement. At an Auckland inquest it was stated in evidence, in reply to a juryman's ouestion, thaUthe regulations of the Health Department did not permit of a net being placed under the gangway from a steamer to tho wharf, the object being to prevent rats getting ashore.

■ At-the.'Magistrate's. Court at Manaia (Taranaki), Aindrow John Haetlo was fined £lo' and costs;for failiiro to. make a, return of his land and mortgage. It is riirabiired : in Hon. T., Mackenzie ;is Ho Vpo. asted to .contest tho Egmdnt seat'.at .the election, Messrs Dive arid Wake have, already 'stated'.that- they: willv.btf candidates, ■ ■.

Residents of Rongotea district will, be, gratified to learn that t oi the Bank of: New Zealand was opened toddy in their 'township,:,Tho branch, wi be open 1 daily, 'and' MivE A. Campbell has been appointed manager. v ■ Survey 'work' on the Buller Estate, Ohau,iV in preparation. It is understood that the estate;will be cut.up .in 25-acro and: 50-acre blocks, The surveyors wont down frOin-Piilmerston on Monday last to'inspect the property, aud make, preliminary surveys.

Most encouraging signs, hayo been given of the existence of rich deposits ot .petroleum 'at -Weber, near Panncvirke. Export drillers arotofthofoughly test the area marked off in: the; interests* of the British capitalists .who" have the matter in hand.

A very successful meet of the Manawatti Hunt Club was. held it Kimbolton on Tuesday, a large field attending. The next run will be held at the property of tho president, Mr S, R.'■ Lancaster, at Fitzhcrbert East, when good sport is looked forward to,

There will be a penumbral eclipse of the moon on the evening of the 13th. Tho first contact of the moon with the earth's penumbral. shadow will take place ■at 3h 16min in the afternoon of the 13th, central at 5h 26min, and last con* tact at 7h 37min p.m. Lieut-Colonel Berkenshaw, of the Sal--vafcion/Army, who is at present touring New Zealand, will conduct a series of officers' meetings in Palmereton early next month. Officers from Hawke's Bay, : Taranaki, and Manawatu divisions will be present, besides divisional officers from Auckland, Wellington, Waihi, Fastings, Eltham, and Gisbo-rne, As the result, of tho census returns it seems probable that the readjustment of electoral boundaries which will follow will give at least three more members to tho North Island. Tho North Island at present returns 41 members and the South Island 35, and the change will make the figures 44 and 32 respectively. The Auckland province- will be the chief gainer by the alterations.

A commencement was made with the Friendly Societies' euchre tournament last evening at the Foresters.' Hall. The results of tho matches arc as follows: Hibernians 40 beat Manchester "Unity Oddfellows-32; Druids 45 beat Orient 27. The teams were, entertained by the Foresters' Lodge. The second round will be played on June Ist in the Orient Hall, the drawings being:—Druids play M.U. Oddfellows and Foresters play Hibernians. ,

The members of the laymen's missionary movement met last night to make arrangements for a and conversazione for men only on Friday next. Onthis occasion Mr H. N. Holmes, secretary of tho Y.M.0.A., Wellington, will lecture on the movement, and in all probability, Mr Bruce,'of' Wanganui; Invitations will bo issued for free attendance, and refreshments and musical items will be provided. At the close of the lectures the meeting will be thrown open for discussion.

Early yesterday morning Keht_ street. Levin, was thrown into some excitement as the result of :& loud explosion, It appears that a quantity of fat had been left in a vessel overnight in the oven of the kitchen at a residence in the street. This had been forgotten to bo removed, and after the fire had been alight some time the fat exploded and_ blew open the oven door. The mantelpiece was badly damaged, but fortunately there was no personal injuries. ' Tho fire brigade was immediately on the scene, but its services were not required. A most successful concert, was held at Foxton last evening to raise funds to assist in paying off the debt on the Presbyterian' Church in that town. The hall was crowded, and as a result of the concert the funds are expected to benefit to the extent of nearly £lO. A party of ladies and gentlemen from Palmerston, consisting of Misses Brown, Paget. Law, and Tonks, and Messrs Pallise°r and Jewett, contributed items, while local talent comprised Miss Signal and Messrs Hornblow (2), Jeuks, Hooker, and Buglass. The programme was thoroughly appreciated. Passengers by the express from Palmerston to Auckland on Tuesday were caused a'good deal of discomfort by a breakdown of the steam heating apparatus for the carriages. It_ appears that shortly after leaving Wellington one of the tube connections betwoen the forward- carriages became broken, and by the time the high altitude at_ Waiourii was reached the cold made itself felt somewhat unpleasantly. With the advent of winter, and the long night journey over the cold Waimarino Plains, it is to bo hoped that the authorities will have the steam heating gear in a thoroughly efficient order. The question of fencing all tho gravel pits in the borough of Levin was raised at last meeting'of the local Borough Council, and Cr. Prouse moved that the Reserves Committee consider the ntlvisableness of fencing all such pits within the borough and report to the Council. Cr. Prouse pointed out that a nit in which'thero was a. considerable Quantity of water- had been left open in Palmerston North, and that a child had fallen into it and been drowned. The thought struck him whether in a case- like that Levin might be held legally liable. He was told that one gravel pit in the Borough sometimes had 6, 8, and 10 feet of water in it, If a child got in there,' ho did not know how the council would fare. The 6eries of meetings in connection with the: Salvation Army called "The People's Popular Thursday" commenced yesterday. , There was an excellent attendance, and a good programme was rendered. Adjutant Hayward presided, and pointed out tho spiritual las well as social benefits derived from such gatherings. 'All,the items given wjere appreciated. The programme was as follows: : . -Opening chorus, "I Fool Like' Sin?-, ing";' • march, brass band; splo, ■" My Glorious, Home," Y.P.S.M. Cobb; solo. Bandmaster Pike: solo. "Where; Does the Harm Comb In," Mr 8.. Whitley (encored); solo, "Anti-Smoking,^Band-Sec-retary-Roch (encored); selection, ''Jesu. saloni, My Glorious Home." band;.'company song, "The Day of Jubilee." Songster Brigade: solo, "Toff Brown's Conversion." Adjutant Hayward; solo, "Can You .Wonder?" Sergt. Scott; company songs, "Keep Your Heart Singing" and-"What Do You Think ofj Salvq. tion?" Songster Brigade. During the evening Adjutant Lane gave a ! Bible address. \

Messrs Ross and Co., of thj) Bon Marche, are now showing a fine stock of eiderdown quilts, particulars of which are advertised in this issue.—Adrt.

Bride cake boxes, confetti for weddings; yery fine and large selection of new writing pads and papers; j ladies' bag 3; footballs, etc. Wm, Park, stationer.— Advt. '"'.■■'■

The "Surplice 11 is the latest imd best value kerosene lamp on the market, It has many advantages to recommend it. These lamps are'fitted-with an'enamel Bhade and/a' glass illuminator, j which completely-does away with the ordinary chimney or glass/which, is a big saving in the lamp glass account. Fiftv candlepower lianging lamp* 22s 6d; 30 candlepower hanging lamp, 12s. 6d; 30 sandlepower table lamp, 10s, Sd.. All extras in stock. CoTljnson and Son, where; hardware costs less, Palmerston North — Advfc When the customs duty was a uniform percentage ..id, valorem, the passing of •the entries was quitfil easy.! Nowadays it takes a brainy man'.'to run the'gauntlet of the many.: different tariffs. Merchants can save both time and worrv bt' gettiri? their .Customs work done by J, J. Curtis and Co., Customhouse Q«*v, Wellington —Advt. ■'.■.

'Tho winner o( the first priro in "Mr linino's Art Union has kindly donated it tii tho All Saints' .Children's Home. Venus is now an ovoning; star, but ■owing to its distance and position is not 'the brilliant object it will becoino in a few months' time.

According to a writer in the Hawera ■Star there are some- 2500 farmers in 'Taranaki, and out of these but 300 aro members of tho Farmers' Union. During last, night the Pctone Working Men's Club was broken into and bu .8s 4d taken from the drawers in which the stewards kept, the money for the sale •of tobacco.

In spite of tho inspector's warnings, ■children and .others are still to be seen walking about tho streets of. Hastings in the scarlatina "peeling stage, lheso .people aro liable to a penalty ot i/U ' Brian Gillen (16), son. of Mr -P. T. .Gillen, was handling *-revolver ™ h * n : other clerk in the Union Bank, Port ■Tirio (S.A.), last week, when the cart-Wrid-re-exploded. Tho bullet onterod. his ' skull near the ear, death occurring shortly afterwards. - ' It is understood that the directors of •the New Zealand Paper Mills, Ltd.,. hay* iu<r decided to proceed immediately with the erection of new and extensive buildings at Woodhaugh to replace those recently destroyed by fire,, and to mstal a largo and modern plant, The sixth annual meeting of the Tarajmlci Farmers' .Mutual Fire Insurance Association, was lipid ;at Elthara. The report showed that tho firo losses for the year were £164 16s 6d, and the cash,reserve £3068 6s sd, being £6lO 3s 3d in advance of the previous year. The Acting-Minister of Finance (Hon. J. A. Millar) does not intend to announce tho revenue returns for--the year ended March 31 last, now in his possession. Until'lib. has received tho■-.par-ticulars of expenditure. Ho will make the figures public whon addressing his constituents at Duncdin.

"Government auditors know very little about sheep," remarked a member of a Taranaki local body, when some exception was taken to a sheep transaction. "Why." he continued; "at a DomtuA Board audit, the auditor could not understand why the Board owned 15 sheep at the beginning of the year, and 20 at the end of tile year, without any being purchased in the interim!" At only three post offices in New Zealand were there any discount-stamp transactions last quarter, and at two of these the transactions totalled less than £lO. The system 16, in fact, maintained only for a'few Wellington people,'' k gratify whom it is necessary that every post office in the country shall furnish a quarterly return showing that the system is not wanted.

' At Gisborne, W. J. McMurray. a bankrupt, examined at great length as to how he had disposed of the vikings from business, said: "At racing." He never got a win. Pressed on the subject of keeping books, he said: "I think I might as well have tried to fly .an' airship as keep books." Yet lie was clover enough to carry on business under three different names,

A settler in the back blocks who waited on the Taranaki Education Board on Wednesday, in support,of an application for a new school, stated that he was now sending three children into school on two horses. Ho had some more children ready to. attend, but could not alford to supply extra'horses. Many a time three children had been seen perched on one horse, galloping joyfully to school, the 'youngest one of the family cosily and safely sandwiched between two older ones. The King's Birthday, Juno 3, will fall on a Saturday this year, and according to the Factories Act it must bo observed by factories on that day. Retail traders will no doubt prefer to observe it, _ as they are entitled to, on tiie following Mo'ndav, in which case some confusion and inconvenience will arise, since that section of the business community whose premises are factories and shops, will be under the necessity of closing on both davs or giving some of their employees a 'holiday on the Saturday and the others on the following Monday.

Official complaints have- been made from time to time during the last two or three years bv the Wellington Public Librarv authorities of the frequent disappearance of books from the shelves. On ?ridav Detective CacffcUs and Mason effected a smart arrest in Wellington of a. man on a charge of Hie theft of come of these books-five works of reference The discovery of the books by the detectives led to the arrest, The charges in the case date back as far as 1908. It » alleged that the free access that everyone has to the books in the reference- department oftho lacal • library is taken advantage of in some cases to smuggle them out

A very thorough system of records has been adopted by the Wellington city inspector. A large card index cabinet contains particulars of every house m tlie oitv This is intended to be the foundation of individual house history.' These records, which arc in card index form (show the street, number, descrip ion, ana condition of every house, together witn the number of rooms in each, tho name of the owner, and of the occupier on the date of inspection. During the coming vear. the city inspector propose* to supplement the information contained on these cards, by adding, where necessary, records of notifications of infectious diseases under the Public Health Act.

l Wellington people are complaining of the frequency of the Sydney to Auckland steamers failing to connect with the Main Trunk, the mails being thus 24 hours late. Mr Leo Myers, president of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce, has •written to the managing director ot the Union Steam Ship Company, commenting upon the time taken by steamers mine Auckland Sydney service. He mentions that the Maheno has been averaging o r, days 20 hour's, and urges that tho time has arrived when it is justifiable, to as* the company for a quicker service. Mr Myers <=avs : that it has been decided to hold' another exhibition in Auckland, and strongly urges the Union. Company to celebrate the Coronation year by lnereasin<r its service between Auckland and a Sydney with steamers with an average I time of three days.

The Napier.. Telegraph applauds the step that the local Borough Council has taken in' reversing the policy agreed u»on in November last, when it wa.3 resolved to exclude the press from meetings of Public Works Committee. _ Action in * the direction of retracing this impolitic step has been taken by the Mayor and Or. Niven, both having giveni nonce ot 1' motion in favour of more publicity, or. Kiven very properly asks, in addition to meetings of all committees being open to the public, that except in cases -whore committees arc empowered to act without ■ the' need for such action being subsequently confirmed bv the Council, all committees "hall report or recommend directly ~ to the Council as Council. This sound J yiew of the relations between committees " and Council, and between Council and public, will bo welcomed by the burgesses. While the Christehurch police receive reports of lest 'bicycles almost daily, there are fifty stolen bicycles awaiting owners •in *, shed at,the Christehurch police statitri. Their value to their former owners would- be, approximately, £SOO, r but it is doubtful if the whole lot would realise £SO at auction. They have all been collected ,by city constables. Every tlav cvclcs are found in city or suburbs. There is little chance of idetccting the culprits. A" business is'made of bicycle thieving, This is. proved by the mass of nartl that have boon recovered by the nolee. Perhaps two cycles are stolen Z\ the good parte interchanged, to make ,< ,god serviceable bicycle winch has ' ' he virtue of being unidentifiable.- The :- , ieected parts find their way to he police station. There are frames that have been sawn through, old wheels, rush- handlebars, 'od chains, but nothimr'serviceable:The -parts .that the police get are clearly Jhe rejects ot a. nefarious trade in stolen cycles. U, For Influenza take Woods'; Great Pepf ' permint Cure. No** fails, la 6d, 2a f td-Advt

The Terrace End green, which has boon in capital order all tho summer months, has been closed until next season. The Palmerston North Brass Band will play the following programme in _ the Square on Sunday, weather permitting: —March, "The Challengo"; soprano solo, "Sweet Spirit Hear My Prayer"; selection, "Roberto Dcvercux"; waltz, "Olioristors"; cornet solo, "My Violet"; solution, "Gems of Song"; march, ''Starlit Dell"; "God Save tho King."

Mr A. S Adams, barrister and solicitor of Dunedin, 'until lately president of the New Zealand Alliance, and now president of the United Tcmporance Reform Council,' of Duncdin, has written a pamphlet in which he replies to Professor. Salmond's pamphlet "Prohibition a Blunder." A copy of Mr Adams' pamphlet has beep forwarded to the "Standard" office. The. reply is published by the Now' Zealand Alliance.

At the Magistrate's Court, Levin, before Mr, A. D. Thomson, S.M., at the •'instance" of the Inspector of Awards (Mr Culver), the Levin Carrying Company were prosecuted for omitting to post up a copy of the drivers'; award on their premises ;' for not keeping a wage book in the. prescribed form, and for failing to pay wages weekly. 'Defendants were fined 10s 'on the first charge with 7s costs, and £2 on the other charges. Mr Parks defended. ,

Tho removal of Dalgoty, Ltd., salo yards,' in Grey Street, is one of the preliminary steps towards the erection ot the ■ associated sale yards on Boundary Road. Plans for the new yards are out, and it is expected a start will be made on their'construction at an early date, probably next month. There will be accommodation,for about 12,000 sheep and 3000 cattle, with ample room for more sheep yards., It. is expected, that selling"will''commence at the new sito about August or .September. Catering accommodation will also bo provided at tho new yards for the convenience, of clients. Mr W. Just, 6enr., of College street, whoso picturesque gardens are a favourite resort in the summer time, has recently prected an art gallery on a convenient site in tho gardens, and has given free rein to his hobby of collecting pictures. Mr Just has been very enthusiastic in adding to his collection, and a remarkable and varied gallery is tho result. These pie'rurcs aro insured for £ISOO, .and include one which Mr Just claims to be a Reubens, there being, he says, only one other work by the famous Flemish muster in tho Dominion. Among the other pictures Mr Just has a Rembrandt copy by Golclie, and works by Ricard .and Gen-ard (Italian and German artists), Moo re-Jones, and several others. The study -.'which Mr Just claims to bo- a Reubens is of a "Monk's Head," and Mr Just regards it as tho gem of his collection, but there are also somo other interesting pictures which will well repay inspectidn. It is Mr Just's intention-to hold a small private function at a date to be selected, after which it is quite probable the interested public will be permitted a glance at the pictures.