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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9819, 10 June 1914, Page 4

The Manawatu A. nnd P. Association has fixed doles early in November for this year's Spring Show. July 12 has ln-on fixed as the date of the annual meeting.

A British group of financiers Ims obtained (1m exclusive rieht of working h conjunction with the Chinese rich oil nnd mineral resources in the province of Szcchuan. China.-Cr.ble item. The trustees, of the fund which has h<< n raised by the residents of Fox'on in aid of Mrs Teviotdale, wlio?o husband was drowned there recently, have been successful in obtaining sufficient money *o purchase a business for her in Foxton

j Drawings in the Starr Bowkett Building Society yiAsterdi v result d as follows :—N? 1 group. Mrs «.'. How,-, marble No. 57\ £100; Mr Wm. I), Lu*n (Wanganuu, marble No. 65. £3CO. No. 2 group. Mrs \V. J. B. Schooling, marble No. 74. £3OO. It. has been suggested that the Holidav Association fhotild take it) the matter cf holding a chopping week in Palmereton North, as proposed at Monday night's meeting of the (Tjamber of Commerce. The Holiday Association was mentioned at tl.o meeting of the Chamber a* a suitable body to furtln-r the nutter. The cup won by tho New Zealand soni ,r cadet contingent to Canada, «ind presented to the Wellington military district for competition amongst the senior cadet companies, hah been received at the local defence headquarters. The trophy is, of handsome ccftign. and is to be hold fur one year by the company which the officer commanding the district considers has, proved most efliciout at rifle exerriso during the year 1914 15. Danie! Keane made hie thirty-firot appearance before the I'almerston North Court this turning, on this occasion to an>wer a charge of drunkenness. Keane was last Lx--fore the Court yesterday morning, when ho was given a warning by t[ w Magistrate to keep away from drink, but the advice evidently went in one car ayd out of the other, as he was locked up again before the- day was out. This morning, the presiding Ju-- ! tices, Messrs J. Mowlem and A. E. Clausen, sentenced accused to < ue month's imprisonment. James Burns, an old man ,with three aliases, was sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment' on a similar charge. The president of the Chamber of Commerce referred at Monday night's meeting to the admission <>f members to meetings of the Council. He stated that at ono meeting he had been asked to rtdo if ordinary members could take part in the council's deliberations, and he had ruled that they could do so if tiiere was no protest against it. Since then he had been looking over the rules and giving the matter consideration, but could not find 'he rule under which ho had given his decision. In a short discussion that followed Messrs Eliott. Park and Tanker favoured all members taking part in the monthly meetings. This had been done before, it was pointed out, and considerable interest had been aroused in the council's deliberations. Mr Nathan aerced with this view.

The headmaster of the Aslihurat chool. at la*t mooting' of tho committee, drew the attention of tho incoming committee to the importance of the work of beautifying tho school surroundings. A 'i111• - has already been accomplished in tins direction, but much still remains to be done. "I ask you." said tlie headmaster, "to consider the imj»ortance of surrounding our children with beauty. Moreover, the school is your own asset; would it not then bo well to turn ii into a beauty spot, and one that would l>o the pride of the district. Towards that end f would advise the removal of the larij'- gaol-like gate near the main entrance to the rear paddock, and tlie erection of a gate with a pretentious appearance at our main entrance. Something should be done at once towards beautifying the main approach with plots, hedges and flowering shrubs. I hope the committee may see their way to granting a sum towards tho latter object.'' The peculiarities of the complaint known -as neurasthenia, which is largely nervousI ncss resulting from accident, was discussed at. the Wellington Supreme Court Km week during the hearing of an ;:ction for damages brought by an old man who had met, with an accident. Medical evidence was called and showed that neurasthenia was affected by pending litigation, and often showed immediate signs of improvement on the conclusion of the action. This I was not necessarily due to the happy setIt lenient of an action, but to tho consequent lessening of the worry entailed in remembering the accident. One doctor explained a ease where a man suff red an accident winch it was thought had injured his spine, and would necessitate his remaining in his bed for the rest of his lif •• He received compensation as for d«'iiih, under tho Workers' Compensation Act. "And that man." added tho doctor, "ten days later bought a business and is conducting it today." "That is an instance of a good recovery." observed Mr A. Gray, K.C. (Laughter).

If you have any jp«cial fancies in neckwear for next week's show, you ire almost sure to find the exact article amongst the myriads of smart, creations now showing at The Bon Marche. If you ore looking for ideas, let the Bon Marche lie your guide and inspiration. Everything that is new and lovely showing hero this week. C. M. Ross and 'Co.—Ad vi. As handy as the handy man himself— Camp Coffee. A teaspoonful of "Camp." boiling wafer. Sugar and milk—that's all. Enjoyment follows. —Advt, Specially attractive values in ladies' costumes and blouses and paletots are advertised this week by 0 M. Ross and Co., of which they invito inspection at the Bon Marche.—Advt. Extra fine photo postcards of new All Saints' Church, three kinds, 3d each.—Wm Park, stationer-Advt

While using an axe at Mangaweka a boy mined Lett accidentally chop|*ed off two fingers from his sister's left hand. The annuaj meeting of the Wanganui School Committees' Association is being held at Wanganui to-day. A company has been established in New York (says a cable) to provide weekly cinemas on Biblical subjects in 1400 churches in 400 cities.

A native youth named Karaitana Waimotu pleaded guilty at Gisborne and was committed for sentence for stealing two cheques \alued at £ll2 and £4O at Tokoinum Bay.

Messrs Mellsop, Eliott and Co., agents for .Shaw, Savill and Albion Co.. Ltd., liave received advice (per wireless) thut the lonic is expected to arrive in Hobart on Thursday at daylight.

A meeting held at Stratford decided to form a Farmers' Meat Freezing Coy. with a capital of £IOO,OOO. Provisional directtors were appointed.

A libel action is set down for hearing at the Hamilton Supreme Court, in which Mr Dixon (president of the Humly Miners' Union) claims £IOOO damages against the Maoriland Worker for alleged renections confined in an article.

The report of the Government Commission on the decline of the birth rate in Britain sajs there is no question of deterioration in physique. It attributes the decline to economic reasons and also to the growing disinclination to marry.— Cabled items. TLc Government lias awarded £SOO compensation and £2O ns expense* to the widow of the late Constable Dennis Mahoney, who wah amongst the victims of the Upper Hutt disaster. The constable, it will be remembered, died while in the execution of Lift duty.

Complaints are being made of the very bad stale of the Waimarino-Retaruke road (says the Taumaruuui paper). .About two and a-half mile.* of the road leading from Waimarino railway Nation is in an atrocious Mate, and involves packing of suppliestfintil it is metalled. The test of the road is very good.

A cable from the Sydney Sun from Londen -tat--) that .Mine. Sarah Bernhardt, who was touring the big provincial towns of France, has cancelled her engagements. The famous actress experiences the greatst difli ulty nowadays in moving about or • veil btandine upright, and her present action is probably the prelude to her definite retirement

A remark which mitrht apply to more than one local body was made at Woodville on Thursday, when the chairman of the County Council remarked: "We are getting very lax in the conduct of our business." The remark was prompted by the action of some of the councillors dieouKong matiers irrelevant to the point at issue.

S<> far the police have not obtained a cl"o to the theft of the two mail bags from the Wanganui section of the railways on Saturday week. The apjiearance of the robbery indicates a well-planned scheme i>v the thieves, apparently men with full knowledge of the storing of the mail bajs in the van, and tin? in itself is baffling the efforts of the |tolice to find a clue.

A few days ago a big find of moa Itones was made on Mr M. Conway's place, at Co uiuur, in a small cave cm land on which a bush burn recently rook olaco. One complete skeleton was found, the two legbones l»cing two feet five inches :n length and six inches round in the smallest place. The thigh bones were thirteen inches lojig, and eight inches round In addition to this oigiit skulls at latest advice have been dug out of the cave, also back bome, leg bones, breasts and wings, and there wes every indication nt there being more to follow.—Examiner.

Every year in mid winter a census is takx.n of those who spend the night homeloss in the streets of London without bed or shelter. On the night of February 14 last the officials of the London County ('ouncil counted 540 persons destitute and shivering out in the open ft rough the nieht. Oi the total, 419 were men. 116 women, and five were children. The count is made over an area eight miles from Ka.tr to West, and five mile* from North to South, having St. Paid's Cathedral ea its centre.

The early days in Central Otago were wild days, remarked ihe Hon. Mr Fraeer at Kltham last week. Sunday was the chief day for business, and oik- would find thousands oi miners congregated in the fimin street on a Sunday morning, and numerous boxing, wrestling, and other matches would be in progress. But it was a very great credit of the district that '.here were only thre« |M>liceinen sti.;ioned there, and yet there were no serious crimes beyond one or two hold-ups. The men could not stop bushranging, but they put down petty crimes with a heavy hand. On a recent night, at Raetihi. a youth in search of a handful of carbide .struck a match over the of a large drum of carbide, and immediately there followed a de;<>nat:on which rent the drum vertically from toj) to bottom, scattering the contents and filling the small building with fumes. He was a dazed, but, fortunately, unharmed youth who came to himself some minutes later, about ten yards from the ga.t house, having been hurled through the doorway, which was providentially left open. The theory is that the damp air had operated upon the carbide. turning the space between surface and contents and top of drum into a gaschamIxt. To those who use acetylene, the incident is worth remembering.

[ By an explosion of gunpowder at Whangarei, a settler n;tmed George Bradley, livinx ar Helena Bay, was somewhat severely burned. He was in the kitchen of his residence with a seven pound canister of powder. One of his children wished to see how it burnt, and, to gratify her curiosity. Bradley took a small quantity out of tlie canister and sprinkled it on the fir<\ In <l">infj >o he must have laid a train, as a blind in? flash and explosion of the cannier followed. Bradley's trouserr and *inglet rau<rht fire, his whiskers were singed off. and his face was burnt, but luckily hid eyes escaped injury. A doctor was aummoned. and ordered Bradley's removal to the Whangarci hospital. With exception of painful burns his condition is not serious.

Frank Oliver Reuben Phillips, a young solicitor of Otorohanga, was ctarged before the Otorohanga Court this week (writes the Auckland Star's correspondent) with fabricating evidence by procuring a false acknowledgment to a receipt for £277. with intent to mislead the Maori Land Board in connection with a native land deal. Tho prosecution allreed that defendant put in receipts for £277. purporting tc be signed by Maori owners in connection with a, piece of land, of which th© original valuation was £ll2. but. which was raised to £227. The Board refused to confirm the transfer until the balance of the money was raid.' Phillips eventually sent in a receipt f< ir the whole amount, and the transfer was srrauted. The actual amount paid was £ll2. Accused was committed for trial at the Hamilton Supreme Court, bail being allowed on one surety of £IOO.

Radical price cuts on women's woven mderwvar is to be the attraction for thr>o days only at Cbllinson and Cunninghames. Tins ;s b»caus? the buying was too optimistic—stocks are to be reduced at once. Bloomers, combinations, vests, bodices, spencers, and nightdresses are the goods featured—for women and children only. Details are to be fcund in the firm's advertisements on pages 1, 3, and 6.—Advt

For scones like mother used to make, thero is nothing browns them without hurtling than the good old Scotch girdle. These girdle are invaluable for malting girdle scones, pikelets, etc.; nude of cast iron, they give a more even heat, and do not Kerch or burn. S"ld in two sires—medium 3s 6d. large 4a lid, at ironmongery department. 11 Broad street. Collinson and Son, 11 Broad street and the Square.—Adrt. Ladies' Hand Bap --The Urge* select**, latest designs, sad be* of value a* Park's, Btationer.—Advt.

When the Customs duty was a uniform percentage ad valorem, the passing of the entries was quite easy. Nowadays it takes a brainy man so run the gauntlet of the many tariffs. Merchants can save 1 both time and worry by getting their Customs work doa* by J. J. Curtis sad Co., Ltd., Curomhouse Quay, Wellington. Advt

The darker the tobacco the less it bites the tongue. FULL DERBY combines smoothness with a degree of nuttinessand richness not found in anv other smoke. Iu plug* or 2OZ TINS Try it'-Advt.

The estate of Smith, a Sydney jockey, has been valued at £15,000 (says a cable). A man named Duffy, when fixing a sign on a balcony, in Sydney, caught hold of u live wire, and was electrocuted.—Cabled item.

Rev. Charles Spurr, speaking at Regent's Parke chapel, London, declares (accordm;* to a cable) that, newspapers more often icveal the spirit of true religion than do maga- •* zines and novels.

The New Zealand police have been advised of the arrest in Sydney of Horace Crammond, manager at Nelson for Thomas Cook and Sons, tourist agents, on charges of embezzlement of £350 and other sums.

The Federal and New Zealand Meteorologists are conferring on the question of utilising wireless for weather reports. The probable result, says a cable, will be that ;he two Governments will be induced to extend the svetem.

At a conference of Jewish ministers in all parts of the United Kingdom under President Green in Hampstead synagogue, it was declared (says a Sydney Sun cablei that the sufferings and privations of ministers had reached a point at which they ought to appeal to the conscience of the orcthren. They had a Tight to expect, at least a living wage. A fearfully large proportion of them did not receive this. Referring to the cabled statement attributed to Commissioner Mackie that the loss of Army officers in tho Empress cf Ireland was a Divine rebuke, LieutenantColonel Rowley, chief secretary for Now Zealand, says Commisioner Mackie lias been misunderstood. Ho says: "It is unthinkable that he should hold or give ex pression to such an idea. To suggest that God would visit his displeasure on the Army in such a way, involving as it does the loss of hundreds of lives and causing widespread sorrow to thousands of people who had no connection with the army, is manifestly absurd, and I do not believe he said any such thing." The careless use of wax matches is commented on by Superintendent Tait, of tho Wellington Fire Brigade, in his annual report. He says that although the year passed without any very serious fires, it was worthy of note the number of tires that had been attributed to the careless use of wax match e6 and candles, no fewer than 50 out of a total of 128 fires being put down to these causes. The disregard some people appeared to display for the safety of their property by the manner lighted matches were thrown down, and lighted candles ieft burning, or in charge of email children, was astonishing. and onlv by the timely discovery of some if the outbreaks had serious losses been prevented.

While discussing heavy traffic at Friday'e meeting 1 of the Dannevirke County Council, the chairman (Mr F. C. Cowper), in referring to the way in which timber waggons damaged the roads, said that "it would have paid the Council handsomely years and years ago to have bought all the timber in the country and had it locked up." The cost of maintaining roads upon which timber was peritted 10 bo carried was extraordinary, and had involved the county in the expenditure of a lot of money. He thought the settlers wore acting very unwisely in selling the timber, and was certain the price they received for it did not compensate them for the expenditure they were compelled to face in paying- for road maintenance work.

A pathetic case of distress has Ween reported to the Wanganui Herald by a lady, who writee as follows: —"Through one cf the district visitors, I heard of a poof woman living in a- small cottage in Bell street in great want —baro floors, empty cupboards. It appears her husband has cleared out and left her with five 'hildreu, and another wee soul expected any minute. I was able to help in a small way by sending a good pa-rce! of warm clothes ior the little expected, which my own baby has outgrown, and other neighbours have helped with other things. But could some firme h induced to send a few provisions, or some wood and coal, against the cold winter, and till the woman can get strong enough to take work? I wish I were in a position to do more, but I am only a workers wife myself." The case was commended to charit-ably-inclined people. At the Magistrate's Court yesterday bofore Mr J. W. Poynton. S.M.. the Manawatu Flaxmill Employees' Union (Mr Cooper) proceeded against C. Franks (Mr Innes) claiming 13s. the amount of a levy which the Union had imposed on its members, and which defendant had not paid. The facts of the case, as elicited by the evidence, were that the Cnion struck a levy at. a special meeting in aid of the defence fund of the N.Z. Federation of Labour, which fund was for the purpose of fighting cases in the Arbitration Court. On the dissolution of the Federation or Labour some months afterwards. £175 was returned to the Union and since had been partly used for the same purpose as it was required by the Federation. His Worship was called upon to decide whether the resolution of the Union to strike a levy was now ultra vires, seeing that the Federation had been dissolved. Decision wes reserved.