FROSTS AND SCIENCE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9540, 17 June 1911, Page 4

FROSTS AND SCIENCE.

Scientific discovery is rapidly coming to the assistance of orchardiste whose prospects of success are imperilled by frost# occurring at unexpected seaeons. It will bo remembered that very late ill the spring last year great damage was caused to several large orchards in Hawke's Day through the unexpected visitation of a rather severe frost at a time when frosts very rarely occur in that locality. This set-back induced the Hawke's Bay orchardiste to make inquiries in the-United'States, where the most modern developments, in rural and horticultural discoveries generally have their inception. Now, it appears that wanning orchards in cold seasons has become almost- universal in the States, with the result that oil heaters aro being turned out of the factories by hundreds of thousands. The method pursued is to place a number, of heaters between the rows ol- trees. But first of all 'must, be installed a fire alarm constructed .in this way:—A thermometer is placed, in or near the orchard, with a platinum wire fused into the tube at.what is : considered the danger point, and connected with an electric bell within the dwelling. When the mercury, sinks below the wire the bell is set ringing. With the least possible delay .'the heaters are lighted/and soon the temperature outside the Orchard may be as low as 28 degrees, while .within the orchard it may be nine or ten: degrees warmer, Many proofs aro "giyeit of tho great value of this con'trivance. The frost rarely has to be fought, more than perhaps once or twice in a season, and fruit crops worth from £SO to Cl5O per acre' are saved at a cost of from 30s to. £2 per, acre. At one place in Colorado, the temperature fell to .15 degrees below freezing point, on the last night of April. The warmod orchards .'were not' . affected and gave splendid. : returns, : but not a- box of apples was obtained; from tho area that had been left alone as a test.- In oiuMirehard in a. deep ; Missouri Valley fruit crops had. been totally destroyed by frost- season after season. Two men bought oue of the . orchards, put in a large, number of ■ heaters, fought four severe frosts, and

harvested 15,000 barrels of apples, valued at C9O'JO. It will lints be seen how ltuiiian ingenuity can-. accomplish that which years ago would have been considered ab.so'utelv impracticable.

On page 2: Telegrams. On page 3: Cables and telegrams. On.lpage 6: ]■',!)-. Icri-tinmcnis, "A Pahnorsiouitin Abroad," .meeting of creditors, aft .lii)>tb.{d'hfe-;-ht!if: erv. On page 7: ■ "Current Topics," by l'';.! m!c MortbiL

Magistrates, aro now, as a rule,' .imposing-, penalties' of £5 for taking liquor into Maori pat. Owirig .to the Winter Show the ordinary meeting of the Borough Council to have been held oii Tuesday lias- been adjourned for cne wee:;.

The ('hrislekurr-h-Timrtt Cycling toad race .lias, been'.arranged' this year for September V-' The race wiii .-tart at Chrisichti.-ch instead of finishing here as in previous years.

A concert. ;n theOtaki Town Hal! en Wednesday 'cyciriiigi bointr tho Sirs; in tonih'i :ion w.irh .the*.- Maori College for' the. ' |»iii : ; [>ose L of falsing hinds for. a ' piaiio. ofi' inosr. .-ucoossfuily. The >iri=ring of sOjire of the native. chiiihon and girls was' yarti.cuTa'ri.y■ enjoyable. iMf'-.rriKi; : m> was roroivcf! t|i:< .morning that tlii' ■ (iiovenior will arrive at Faltnerston on Monday at- 1 pin. by llh' XapKr express from Wellington. iiisliMicl -oif 12.30 as previously notified. CitL von- arc ro.ir.esitni lo note the ah oration iii. tin* hoar. Tho Mayor and C'ou'.neillprs will i.'uce.t a! ih.! Coimc.il" Chambers. at 12.30 to :ii,racrod;;to. (ho railway station .to moor. his. Excellency., Acepm.modat ion lias lidoVi provided at iho rotunda for tile veteran. '/

\. ;,A'.' well-attended -meeting of ■ the W'.i'.T.r. was Hold in the Baptist Church yost(M-(l'ijyv. : aft%irqo'n : ,Vgiyoiv-wliiclii'.'ilrs Jl. 1 MowKmu presided. Final arran.remems ..wore■ made in connection with Mrs Bar-■ ton's lecture. • Ir was; clccidetl to organise. a. woman's cnisado in Pahiiorsto.n. the inemlwrti boiiig : 'p 1 cdg<M.':.td.'-.d thi?i i-■. ij tiiiostI.' forward, its objects and help on !h n Xo-'ieetisp. cause. • This cr.hsado ;:is boin taken up by all.branches of the W.C.T.I". in iho Dominion. Miss Powell, who was a- delegate io-the Dominion' Temperance Convention, .lectured on-the convention. . The-Stranded sailors of rho bar(|iie Peiotas were well treat-.'(l in Wangaimi. Rev, J.. A. Luxford started a subscription list, which brought in £ls 13s 6d in one day. The amount wa,s distributed among tii -m. a special allowance being .given to the bey of the crew. The captain gave iho nien an excellou character, so Mr Luxford offered to rind- work for them at. eight, per da v. Two young Gernians;' at one accepted the offer, and' were .engaged by a local firm. Tlroy started work this morning, and are likely io settle I here. They felt elated at the idea of earning one .-hiiiing an hour. "Nothing like this iii Germany," said one of. tiiein. Th.oro was a fair attendance at the final display of the Techmca 1 School exhibition la-ij evening, The _ demonstrations in cookery were interesting to the ladies. - A . varied assortment of' good.s was the".result-: of ilie demon* ration. all being sold-later .in; the oyoning avt:,-jiish :: jpricesJ\: ■For/.tluJ:; nialo sex the ••jvooljcla"ssingV'(li6play>Svas' of special interest, and the various profess.c.s- in jMworlc, were. followed very closely. Tilb.':exhibition. /throughput' - has been a decided success, and lias opened the eves of many to the fact that the tecii'.'.ica: instruction at the local .school is of. considerable value to the'community; Praise';is;.''d ue'to the director and staff for the credible display in each department;. Recently Mr D, Buick, M.P. for-.Palm-'-cixoii, :<<bd. in the interests,of drovers' and; settlers, that tho. railway line : at LongKuri). should bo fenced for the pro-" ir-ction of.stock from tho numerous trains.' ThisMyas agreed to. by-., tho Departments which at once recognised iho.possibility bf ytccident, " Mi; Tinick'followed.."up Hi's sureiv.; .by pointing. out; that tiieV.-linbY' Aybiild, 0n1y... be ■ perfectly, safe if. it was fenced .from Longbuni to Paliiiorstbii, ;: . and lie is now in receipt of a letter from tin' Hon. J. 'Millar. Minister for . Rail- ' ;ways;sfatiii«' that litis extra work will he done. The, importance of the' work from a drover'.-; and ■ settler's point of view /anno! be over-estimated, whilst'the po.-si. bil.ity of.serious accident to trains through, the'breakitig-away of driven stock is ill-, way- present. . - ;A ■

- For Influenza take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure.' fails, \s 6d, : & 6d Advt

At Park's, stationer, large selection of Fountain .pens by the world's best' makere, self-fittinff. from 7s 6d.—Advt, ■

Tho Customs Tariff is next of kin to a iChinese puzzle to many importers, so tliev eend their invoices to Messrs J.-J. Curtis and Co., Customhouse* Agents,. ■Wellington, who have mastered every detail of customs ■ work. Follow their ex-', ample, nature never intended you to compete with JOB in tho patience department.'—Advt.

Collinson and Son's prices on lamp-ware will , suit tho most exacting fancies of your pocket-book. This £rm stocks nothing that is not good and dependable—therefore it i3.a safe store to trade with —Advt. ..

. The stranded barque Pclotiw in tho same position at tlio Wangunui Heads, and the crew has been paid oIL A phenomenally largo output of straw* berries is expected in Auckland: next summer, no fewer than 700,000 new plants having been ordered in 0110 district alone'. . . It is a somewhat significant fact that lip' -; fewer than' twenty-four industrial associa-'; lions and unions luive cancel loci their registration under the Arbitration Act. ' v.. ■'■ A very mild,winter is being experienced;, in llawke's Hay -.'so*.,far.- Tho supply of food is keeping well up. and capital pro-; gross is being made with, ploughing.

There has been a considerable mortality among hoggets in Waiwrapa in consequence of the severe, cold'- weather experienced. -

A salary of £3OO a year : is now ; ofl'ercd bv, the New Zealand Government: .for two qualified veterinary surgeons toftakc'tip work.in New Zealand. ■ ■ ;.:A :

It is rather disquieting 'to. learn that out of fifty pigs which were "recently slaughtered at the Wanganui.freezing, works,-.only thirteen were suitable.., for export; ili.vronminder being moro or. less V'.jff'ectetl ■ :>yith tuberculosis.

' /vA'AVangaimi liorse-trainer was bitten, oh: /.iliivariir by;;'the poisonous katipo spider; The. surgeon's lance had to bo freely used iir order to remove .tho poisoned blood front tho limb,, but the patient is now out ; flf danger;

A lady speaker at a recent Temperance ;^atiieruijg.i'nl j\Vel(ih|rtori •is a .great be-, liover .iii ...the virility'.' of Scotchmen.'■: "Seoielmsen work hard and drink hard," 'the..lady' infbr'me.d. ■ her audience, "and,; do, they 1 do with all their might." . At. Waipuktirau. Hawke's Bay, . two youths,- aged 17 and 16 years respectively;", interfered with thodoor-keeper of a skating, ■rink. . Each was I 'fined £5 and costs, and a prohibition order was issued .against, each. One of tiiem wasalso ' convicted, on a charge of assault and discharged. Tho steamer.Gertie, laden with 200 tens of coal, is ashore on tho south spit at. tho. Manawatu Heads. It is expected that a large portion of tho coal will have to be jettisoned before she floats oft', and this promises a harvest for residents' at. the port, several of whom have their, boats all ready for the salvago work. . . . None .of - the rats recently caught in Auckland, which wore examined by the Health: Department, .were found to bo plague, infected. No infected rats havo been.found.'.in.; Auckland since 31st May. There are still two plaguo patients under treatment in the quarantine hospital.. . . •

■?At the Police Court this morning, before Mr R. Kdwards, J.P., Frank C'lune, ■alias ;R6id;;alias;-Toßoardon was sentenced to two months' hard labour on.a charge of vagrancy.; Tito same accused was.also senlc-nced to fourteen days' imprisonment for drunkenness. .Two first offending inebriates wero also dealt with.

.Ja/iAt the sionc-laying■; ceremony of St. Paul's. Methodist- Church on Tuesday, his Kxcei'eney - Lord' Islington; will lie :a s keel ■ .'to: i-ctc iV p .a. pi i r sc.' of. so vo rbig if s.: aii behalf of ilio cli-.trch building fund, tin: result of the labour-, of the Lad's Loupe which is collecting the, sum in shilling siibscriptioiis.C*:? Each shilling- loproietits a. brick in the m'w building. • In how very simple a, manner a jprious .injury.; Iniayl result is exemplified in the ease of a resident of Olaki, :-who lias been fr/paticrit.iakfhe.Hospital for.some,time and still carries his arm in a (-hug. ■lt appears {!<•••• while dipping a . horse, a hair became inserted in a small cut in the. (ingor. blood poisoning ensuing. A portion ■of the bono had tobe-.removed, with' thc rese.ir liuii one linger will in fiittiro be .stiff. ■

Sixfy-'mtlps- of a cycle rido to take partin a New- Plymouth boxing tournament! This was. the record jnit- up by a Taranaki competitor, who. after a day's work on. :he farm, cycled thirty miles to fulfil his engagement. lie won his bout, but got- beaten in the fiui!. and their cycled back ihiriy miles. so as to bo ready for the milking. Probably few of those who witnessed the game lights 1:o put up wero aw-oro- that lik attendance- involved a cycle ride of sixty liiilos, The ..last.-voyage bf the- steamer M.aheno. from -Auckland to Sydney was a. very 'tempestuous. one-, occupying 105 hours, 'as.' against the .average one of a. g.Cocl many hours -less. Many of those oil board were very thattktui wiioii the steamer owe red Sydney Head's. For nearly four days the steamer sought- in the teeth: of heavy westerly gales, i:: v.hich the vessel was several times swept- ironi end io end. two of the music-room ports 'being broken i::, and some of the deck cabins drenched with waters ......

The inoior-driv'T. vehicle is dispiacim: i }jo ,';110 i'.?o -(! l 1 iiwii on in fbll s iii Loiuloi! v.i:ii vapid strides. There ftrp- now only abota ■200.0'- horses left, in the. streets uniwinij onni'ibiifes, compared with 23.C0G before the int-rodiuiion of Iho motor-buses live years'-ago. When. two cf the principal :>mnibus' .companies liave amalgamated, .the company will havo ..one. :.;tlioiisand.. ni.qt.or ''buses running' oii t'h.o ' Tendon, streets. with more to follow. .Some live hundred of the improved silent npe afa also to be purchased'. : ; ■

I'A-Coiniciilor. Mrs. Barton. of Glasgow who is to speak in the Municipal Ilall on Monday night, i;s ii' cotumonsenso Scotchwoman- of motherly appearance. I<:; a ;inid of rich humour. Sin; gave lier hearers ii: \Yoli iii g ton f : •. Hal £ : fi ii - : hour's .splendid:' entertainment- at oach meeting.' iler points were illustrated by a series of good stories, and tho address was j) tin dtua to d \v it 11 rounds of applause. A private letter received by a-.resident- of Palmetsfoii' from !:is brother in Cambridge says"lf she comes your way. boom -her all you can; she is north :hearing." Tho Mavor will take the chair.

■/,; On'. Coronation night (June 22nd) a patriotic domonslration. organised by the 'Oversea* Ciub .and Navy League, will bo held in tho Opera House. A programme of national -anti patriotic songs, speeches, •choruses,and other items will: be carried out'"under the stage management.of Mr Chas, Warden. Mr C. W. Naylor beingtlie music::! director. . A feature of the .otiioriainn'.ont will i;o a chorus- of 250 fvom, t'he'. schools. T;:e tv-o .local bands liavs jiromisod to ::iissisti;::i'!id : as/l he : acbiiissiM\diiirges;liayc.' been fixed ar od and Is. there .".hottlil be a crowded i:ouse. ' ■

" An Ohiiu setter. Mr S. Wliiley, had a very narrow. o?;;;ipo .a day or 'ago; I]r was diT'-iiic 1 !iq. carcase of ii boast. .when ■ his ':flay iiig- knife s.ligptf.cl; and entered ■ lii's thigh'.'ij'iist 'iivissiriff fliO .femoral artery;,: 'which; had iif, .bt'.on -curid. niiyiit- easily have rKiilird in thn man lMeoilihg-. :tp.. /death.' A doeior. summoned by telephone • and. 'travelling by mots'i^car; the injurod:' : ':i>iiii i'tt a very short time. .. thoiigh.. .fout. miles had' to bo traversed; and ii! les< than half an" hour from tho. time of the aceiiiont the dressing .and bandaging pi thpv wound had boon' com-. olotod. . If will bo';oiiKi Weeks.. before Mr • Whiley will bo . abie to get about , : agaiiiV.!.-'vTd':); V. M. Rofs and Co., of t*::o J'ori Mareiuv call • atto::i:on lo their superb stock of ladies' evening slippers in this issue. to which i.l i' •■attc ri ii oil: o f'. ladies'isdirected,^ Advt;'; 'O/' K Prevention is bettor than cure, so always kooo a bottle: of - '.\AZOL" in th(i . hows:', ■ ami ;ay .soon : as.; .you : feel thtii slightest;'indication .of a coming cold,, take-a ■doss—it prevents as well -as etires;. —Advt. ( .'V'"' ' . 'Bride cako 'boxes, confetti for ' weddings; very fine and. large selection ok new writing' pads and papers; ' ladies' .bagsfootballs, eto. . Wm./ Pdrk, atav tioner—Advt. OBJECTION tOJT^i; "The only ...object ion I have to Chamberlain's Coiigh Remedy is that the children are always asking for:it," writes Mrs J. S. Phillips, of.Rockwell Street, South Broken Hill, ■N.S.W. ■ "My kiddies' : havo both been subject .to colds and croup ever sinoe they woro born. ''My'eldest boy.fansso bad at 0110 tinie that lie. was in ,bed. for a week. In fact wo despaired of his lifo, but thanks to .Cham.berlain's Cotnjh Remedy _ho was soon .'well 'again;" Sold by all chemists and storekeepers,—Advt.

A Sydnoy showman advertises in the 'oily papers for two lady bullock riders to .perform in London.

Ceorgo Marlow's Dramatic Company will perform in Palmorstpii on July 12 and lb.

Tho projected new opera house in Wanganui is estimated to cost about £20,000, and municipal ollices are to bo combined with theT)uilding. Mr D. Luick's election committee met last evening, Mr A. E. Bennett- presiding over a very good attendance. Important ■business was transacted. Crs. Colcy and Greig, of the I'oxlon Borough Council, made a canvass of that -town yesterday in aid of the fund for the ■erection of a Coronation Hull there, and were successful in raising ±*2so.

Rev. D. C. Rates wired to-day: Easterly winds, moderate, veering northerly; indications for fair weather; glass littlo movomcnt, but fall slowly after sixteen 'hours; probably a very cold night.

Among tho candidates for membership ■in the Wanganui Education Board is Mr F. M. Spurdle, an erstwhile Mavor of Wanganui, and a. practical enthusiast in educational matters. A returned Palmerstonian states that the competition among picture shows in tho suburbs of Sydney is exceptionally keen, and ruinous competition proceeds, charges of admission being reduced to thevery lowest. As the Mayor is receiving weekly reports concerning Mr 11. Palmer's condition, which still continues satisfactory, ho will be pleased to show thoni to any of' Mr Palmer's friends if they will call at his office.

A match lias boon arranged to take place in Sydney, early next year, for tho sheep shearing championship of tho world. Among the conditions it is provided that not more than 130, nor less than 80 sheep mwk- be shorn in the time allowed.

There were fully fifty couples present at the social held in tho Foresters' Hall last evening by the Campbell Street Old Girls' Hockey Club. The hall lad been tastefully decorated by Misses Malhe.son and Kerslake, and with a good fk or anil good music a most delightful evening was spent. Mr B. Webb had charge of the floor, whilst Miss I. Rrnwn was responsible for tho exhilarating music supplied. During the- evening several exlra fiances and songs were contributed by the guests.