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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9614, 4 October 1913, Page 4

Actuated by criticism levelled at it by i correspondent, in the local paper, the Raetihi Fire Brigade has decided to reVlgTl. An alarm of fire was sounded at the Central station this morning, the outbreak being en incipient one in a boardinghouse in Cuba street, owned by Mr F. S. Seen, xnd occupied by Mr C. Turner. The brigade were quickly on the scene and suppressed the flames before any material damage was done. Yesterday at, the Wellington Supreme Vmrfc Walter Edward Tarrant was admitted to probation on a charge of forgery ind uttering conditionally on his paying "osti of tho proseou ion. Counsel stated that the prisoner was short of money and iad signed a. cheque with the name of> a nan who had not a banking account. Tho following members of the St. John Ambulanoo Division have passed their examination! in home nursing, which were 'onducted by Dr. Stowo recently :—Misaes S. Alman. L. Allman, F. Govan, Mowbray, MoNair, Whitehead and Young. Association medallions have been secured by Miseoe Crabb, Fitzgerald, Hall, tow and Tonka a* a result of tho third year examinations, conducted by Dr. Bott. In connection with the accident to Professor Norwood at Woodville yesterday, the Examiner says an inspection by Dr. Mules revealed the fact that a small bono in the left log was broken, which will confine the sufferer to his bed for five or six weeks. The motor bicycle was badly damaged All the engagements of tho company had to be cancelled.

n An Auckland wire atatcs that Mr Blomueld (part proprietor of the Observer) loft for Wellington by the train at midday to inewer a writ oerved on him for alleged contempt of court, in publishing cartoons relating to tho administration of ju»tio© in Auckland. Mr Blomfield, in a motor oar, escorted by the Garriaon Band and a large orowd, drove through Queen street to the station, where a crowd of about 1500 gave iiini an enthusiastic send-off.

A meeting of th<> Officers' Club wae held last evening, when an interesting lecturo was given, by Captain Jickell. on \'Th© Dele nee of Australasia by Sea and Land." The subject wae dealt with very effectively by Captain Jickell, whose remark", showed'that he had given much thought and studv to tne question. The lecture was reviewed, by Major TemiMjrley, Major Potter', and Capt. Foster, and at th > close of the discussion, it was generally agreed that the members had ■pent a very profitable evening. Whitebait fishing is being carried on •viih great activity on tho Buller river. ]n he early morning the Wostport wharf is ■imply lined with fishers and late-comers find a great difficulty in getting a place.' Many of the baiters, savs a local paper, put in a good part of the night on the wharf to save disappointment. The industry is proving particularly helpful at the present time owing to the temporary slackness in Harbour Board works. Westport has a canning factory for whitebait and another is to be erected at Karamea. Bankruptcy statistics for tho quarter ending September 30 fo.- the local Deputy Official Assignee's office are:—Number of bankruptcies unclosed at end of previous quarter, 25; closed during quarter, nil; fresh bankruptcies, 3; number on hand at end of present quarter. 28. Cash in hand at the end of tho previous quarter amounted to £389 0s 8d; during the quarter £209 17s 7d worth of assets were realised making a total of £607 18s 3d. Against this dividends amounting to £272 Is lid and other payments of £420 170 2d, have xmq7 leavmff a baiance in h and of £137 Is Id.

Some idea of the improvements affected on the- Hauraki plains, a stretch of country which has recently been brought into profitable use. by a big State drainage scheme, may be obtained from an account given in the Te Aroha Mail of the change I hat lias been made to the property of Mr A. A. Wagstaff, who was recently a resident of Pohangina. Mr Wagstaff possesses some 73C acrc3, and he has centred all his energies on the property. As a result ho has had the swamp-plough forced into fully 250 acres of new land, is now covered with a luxuriant growth of nourishing pasture. Mr Wagstaff hope* ■ o have the whole 730 acres brought into profitable use beforo very long. Having placed us farm m a condition to maintain some thousands of sheep ar .d also cattle, Mr Wagstaft recently decided upon havinr ,;i noniostoad erectea. This buildinjr has just been finished, and is (says the Mail) ono of the brightest, houses in the district. Silk filet laces are one of the big attractions at ilio Bon Marche lace counter iu*t now and never were more beautiful goods unfolded. The. fine rich lustrious effect and the magnificent selection of new designs make an irresistible appeal to those, who love tl'ings artiat:c and distinctive. Prices ate renm-kably low. a nd vou will find these beautiful insertions from l s vard. flouncinirs from 85 6d. and all overs from 3s 6d. C .M. Row and Co.—Aclvt.

No need to worry over those Customs entries until your brains are fogged. There is no time lost when your enti ies arc passed by J. J. Curtis and Co.. Customhouse and shipping igonts, Customhouse Quay, Wellington. Their charges, too, are very mad. crate.—Adrt.

Fat bullocks reacM •• hifli »' £U it. at the Addington mJ* on Wednesday ,„, in the Hawke's Bay dirt net - * cX out for rain and rtato that !• U'becominj icarce for the season ol .„. #Bk improvements are being■ carriwi , , on the EMerdie racecourse, Hie*.. v ,,, completed, will have cost *>meth.ng », ~„ region of £20,000. Hunterville has been selected for ~ . i days' squadron camp early in fhw m.. : .., From 90 to 100 men will be placed «,,„>, canvas.

The Pahiatua paper estimates thai <>» dairv industry was responsible for th.- i. trffiion of over £131,000 in the Pain,: , district last season.

Tho Timaru paper states that there . at present to be seen in the window a Timaru florist's shop something of , novelty in the form of a japonica win „ has both red and pink bloome on onenu.i. Captain E. B. Atwood, formerly man, of the ill-fated Elingamite, has roomed - cheque for £IOOO from the Government at compensation, in view of the fact that iu Three Kings Islands were wrongly I cated on the Admiralty chart. The members of the Timaru. Borounu Council were almost evenly divided ~. opinion as to whether they should j j chase the motor "bus that they have had on trial for the past month. It was d. cided by a majority of or* to complete the transaction.

An accident of a- very serious nature befol a young man named Carter ai T« Puke on Friday last. It appears that hj« was engaged in bush-felling, and at ihu time was clearing supplejacks from around the tree, when the axe became entangled and slipped down on Carter's shoulder, entering to the bone and severing an art ery. The sufferer was conveyed to the township, where he was attended to by „ doctor, and is now making good recover y North Otago is suffering at the preset time from a small plague of fleas (say* the North Otago Times). It is euppostd that the recent moist weather _ has had some effect on their increase. Whatever it is fleas can bo found in most unaccountable places, and there are a good many of them. Some years ago the Upper Wai taki was visited by a plague of fleas that settled down on the land far thicker than the African or South American locust.

Reporting in the Agricultural Journal of September, Mr G. Stratford, local Government orchard instructor, says _ of tho fruit crop in the Manawntu and Wairarapa districts:—Apples: Pruning and spraying practically finished, and cultivation beinu attended to; trees well supplied wit!, spurs for next season's crop. Cherries Very healthy, with every sign of good crop. Nectarines, peaches, and some varieties of pears aro in full bloom, showing great quantities of fruit-spurs; much thin ning of fruit will be required if all fruits set. Plums: Indications of a heavy crop of both English and Japanese varieties. In tho course of a lecture in Melbourne last week, Dr. Fitchott mentioned thai, though tho trustees had just spent £BO,OOO on one of the finest reading-rooms in il>« world to house a library of 300,0C0 mill mes, comprising literary works as no other city of the same ago had collected, tho people came in units and scarify groups. Whilo Cardiff, with 182.000 per, pie, had a daily atetndanoe of 10,000, and Birmingham, with 526.000 people, 28.000 attendances. Melbourne had only 1006 daily attendances. They did not want their new room to be a temple of the disap pointed hopes of the men who had built it, so they were giving these lectures to show the library's treasures. The College street School Commits* generously postponed tho date of th«ir concert in order that Madame Clara Butt and her Concert Company could be heard at tho Opera House-, it being; pointed out that the date selected by the oammitf'e was tho only one on which tho distinguished singer could visit this town. Yeeterdav a wire was recrived from tho agent stating that fresh arrangements had compelled the cancellation of Madame Butt's visit to Pal merston, which is very regrettable in view of tho efforts made by tho school committee to meet tho company's wishes regarding the use of the Opera House. The school concert has now been definitely fixed for Oetober 16 and will be held in the Opera Iloube.

Ninety yean of ago and itill quite lively is the record of Mr William White, tho oldest man at tho Early Settlers' Reunion at Wellington tho other night. Mr White came to New Zealand in 1857, from Surrey, whoro ho was a member of the militia. Ho remembered George IV. and William IV., and was at Queen Victoria's coronation, being nearly crushed to death.in the crowd. During hie life in the colony he haa taken whatever work camo to his "hand, and waa still capable of going down on hi* knees and doing some scrubbing. "Tomorrow I'm going to take a walk as far as Tana," said Mr White to a Post reporter, and when it was suggested that ho would go part of the way in the train, ho said : "What's the good of your lege if you don t use them?" He did not believe in spending las pension on train fares. He lived on Is 6d a day, and was happier, lie thought than many people who had thousands. As to doctors, he believed in find■ng a good one, but not in talcing his medicine. Ho apologised for not singing at tho gathering, but explained that aO his songs were comic, and he did not think them appropriate. Mr White assist ed to gather up the teacups left in various places of tho Town Hall with a uprightness that was the envy of many a score or so years younger.

Iho Grey Star held an essay competi««ltt\* o ° lnldron - or > the subject of U.M.S. New Zealand." School-Inspector Austin, who fudged, has preserved some of the howlers: -"The New Zealand was built on the Clyde by a large number of Aew Zealanders who were then at Home She was presented by {he people of England to the Imperial Government of New Zealand • "11.M.5. New Zealand wns launched on the Clyde in the presence of Sir Joseph Ward, and the honourable ladv cut the cord and she hoped to God it would T° r , I'n^r 1 " " The battleship weighs about 12,000 pounds. She is 19 tens in u£! uht * nd carries 190,000 tons of water " Ihe New Zealand U 800 yards long .ml 4UO yards wide, and has armour plate 12 feet thick. She cost £20,000. She has four propellers and an udder." "The battleship has torpedo masts. On the masts are rope ladders winch the sailors climb up to balance the ship. She has Pelorus Jack on board fitted with wireless telegraphy. She came into view in her shining coat of arm--OU-T" «. 7h . e New Zeala 'id could lay siv miles off the coast, and fire one of her twelve mch guns, and Kumnra would bo nothing. She could lie over 10.000 miles out from the North tip-head, and firing broadside her eight guns could pour into Greymouth 15* tons of shells every minute When ono of these guns is fired it penetrates twelve inches of steel and then explodes.