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Manawatu Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 7972, 8 February 1905, Page 2

The Chamber of Commerce will meet on Friday next. The funeral of the late Mrs Guilford will take place to-day. Eighteen historic mansions were I burnt in the United Kingdom during | last year. The lme of bullocks from Apiti, which were advertised for sale by f^e Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., havo oora withdrawn. The Fire Brigade Committee has decided to recommend the Brigade to procure a hose cart that will carry 1500 feet of hose with three men and a driver. An old man named Archibald McTaggart, aged 70 years, was found dead on the road near Papakaio (Oamaru) yesterday. He evidently died from natural causes. The use of the sports ground was given by the Boroogh Council last night to the Farmers' Union for their annual picnic, and also to the Caledonian Society for Easter Monday sports. " Many public men," said the Premier in an outburst of frankness to a deputation from Wanganui, " do not understand the intricacies of the Govern ment's finance, but this does not detract from their intelligence. There ! are even members of Parliament in the same position." Second-hand cycles taken in part payment for new models at Clarkson's.* At a meeting of threshing mill owners held at Timaru it was decided that the price for threshing for the coming season should be 3d for wheat and barley, and 2£d for oats. The wages decided on were 9s per 1000 for oats, and 12s for wheat and barley. A fire at Hunterville yesterday morning destroyed the Victoria Buffet, the old Bank of New Zealand, Middleman's office, and George Morris' butcher's shop and residence. The fire started in the buffet. An outbreak occurred twice in the same building yesterday. Last month New Zealand exported 58,132 ounces of gold of the value of .£234,812 as compared with 29,217 ounces valued at £109,862 in the corresponding month of last year. The export of silver last month waß 43,868 ounces of the value of 424,427. A fracas occurred at the Greytown Borough Council meeting on Monday night. A Councillor called the Mayor opprobrious names, and was fined by the Mayor £5 for contempt. A scuffle occurred between the Couocillor and other Councillors. The police were sent for. For the erection of Utiku road bridge, Hautapu river, the Public Works Department received the following tenders: —Accepted: Ehodes, Gardiner, and Woolf, Wellington, £870. Declined: M. O'Connor, Wellington, £874; James Sellar, Taradale, JEB9B; R. Lyons, Palmerston, £959; McCann and Co., Manga weka, £968; J. H. Brown, Wellington, £1185. The tenders received by the Public Works Department for the Palmerston Post Office were:—James Trevor and Sons, Wellington, £5,254 ; E. A. Wakelin, Wellington, £5,592; J. Hopwood and Son, Palmerston North, £5,985; Adams and Cooper, Palmerston North, £6,251. Black silk merveleaux Is lid per yard at Collinson and Cunninghame's sale* In the Auckland Supreme Court the grand jury returned no bill in the charge against Murton for the alleged murder of Mrs Dillon at Mercer. The Crown Prosecutor raised a point as to whether the jury had examined all the witnesses named in the indictment. The foreman replied in the negative, Mr Tole maintained that the jury couid not throw out a bill without examiniug every one of the witnesses. The judge reserved his decision. On Tuesday night at 10 o'clock when the Northern Co.'s steamer Muritai was off Kajpara, bound for Onchunga, a fire was discovered in the forehold. The

steamer carried 4£ tons of flax, 15 head of cattle, one horse and a foal. The fire hose was used effectively but the cattle and horses were smothered by the smoke befo^ they could be released. The flax was totally destroyed, but on examination damage to the vessel proved to be very slight. It is supposed the cause of the fire was spontaneous combustion. Several complaints have reached this journal about the manner in which batcherß bring their meat up from Longburn. It is alleged that a number of the carts have no seats and that the drivers mike a practice of sitting on the meat. This is a matter that should have attention. On interviewing Sanitary Inspector Perry on the question yesterday, a Timbs representative was informed that he has already called upon several of the butchers to provide seats in their carts, ana they have acceded to his request Cycles cleaned and oiled for Is (Jd at Clarkson's.*

The secretary of a Taranaki racing club (aays the Herald) has received the following letter, which Bpeaks for itself " Dear Sir,—Very sorry to have to trouble you, but I am a Lady from IJawera that is writing. I have come into the raoea ? and greatly hope that you have got a more Ladylike person to wait on the Ladys in the grandstand."

Inquiries made have disclosed the fact that the outbreak of disease amongst the potato crop in the Hutt district is more serious than was supposed. The crops in moat parts of the valley are found to be infected, and it is understood the Government will at once take steps to quarantine the district and compel potato growers to adopt drastic measures to prevent the further spread of the disease.

"Give me a £ dad, Collinson and Cunninghama's sale js on to-dayi" " That's right my girl, you can't <jo better than spend it there."*

The Secretary for Agriculture, accompanied by Inspector Miller and Mr A. Beid, of Williams and Kettle's staff, visited the Mount Vernon Estate, Waipukurau, on Monday, and selected 50 two-year-old Shorthorn heifers for the Levin State farm. The heifers purchased by the Department two years ago from this estate have turned out very well, Borne of them provingjextiemely good milkers.

Sectarianism dies hard in Christchurch. At a meeting of Protestants held in that city on Wednesday evening last, the matter of the running of excursion trains from Timarn and elsewhere in connection with the opening of the new Eoman Catholic Cathedral was discussed. It was decided to ask all the Protestant ministers of the city to bring the matter before their congregations as a protest against the action of the Government.

Linen crash, 42 inches wide, 63 per yard at Collinson and Cunningham c's sale.*

In the opinion of Mr (Hidden, the American millionaire motorist, who left for Melbourne on Tuesday, no tour in the world would be complete unless it embraced New Zealand. The colony's scenery ■is magnificent, and there is more to be seen in the distance traversed than in any other country Mr Glidden has been in. He describes Lake Manapouri as the finest lake he has ever seen; it combines the grandeur of Switzerland and Norway, and provides a climax of beauty.

In undefended cases at the S.M. Court yesterday, Judgment was entered for plaintiff as follows :—U.F.C.A. (Mr Meatyard) v. J. G. Wilson, ,611 Is 9d, costs 303 6a; Tiratu Timber Co. (Mr Maclean) v. H. Malcolm, £199 18s 4d, costs £8 Us ; Elizabeth Rea v. J. MulqueeD, 15s, co^ts 14s; Ellen G. Cowper (Mr lanes) v. Christina Burgess, Bs, costs ss; "D.F.C.A. (Mr Meatyard) vJ. Tobin, £d 8s 9d, costs 10s; same v. Allan Cuthbertson, 19s 6a, costs ss; Hodder and Tolley (Mr Innes) v. A. Kendall £1 8s 9d, costs ss; J. T. Gooch (Mr Innes) v. J. E. White £5, costs 20s 6d.

A claim to recover £28 for the value of four cows sold to A. Kennedy was made against Jaß. Kennedy and others by Manawaroa Te Awe Awe (Mr Cooper), at the S,M. Court yesterday. It was alleged that A. Kennedy was a partner with defendants in a butchering business. After hearing the evidence Mr Thomson stated as the defendant A. Kennedy had pleaded infancy the summonß against him had been withdrawn. He was prepared to hold that D. Kennedy was a partner from the beginning, and judgment would therefore be given against. him for . £24, the amount to wbioh the price of the stock was reduced to and coßts £1 12s.

The Leader reports that the present guardian of Cole's Creek, Te Awaite, the scene of the murder of Coilinson, is a gigantic slate-coloured boar, three feet high and about seven feet in length. His tusks are said to be of enormous length, and the animal has already accounted for many of the station hands' dogs, which have tried to capture him. He has been wounded on several occasions, but has always managed to escape from his pursuers. His particular haunt appears to be the spur from where Coilinson is thought to have been shot, and he frequently camps in the historic flax bush. This boar has been called the " Cole Creek boar, the biggest pig on Te Awaite."

Yesterday a general shortage of water was experienced all over the Borough, the explanation of which came in a report from the Engineer to the Borough Council last night. He stated that there was a great and wilful waste of water going on, with the result that residents supplied from small mains are very often without water and m consequence suffer much inconvenience. The Engineer suggested that the Inspector be instructed to prosecute in all cases where waste is proved. The suggestion was adopted.

The Mayor communicated to 'the Borough Council last night the recommendation made at the recent meeting of ratepayers in connection with the waterworks loan, that three-inch mains should be substituted for one-inch in the newscheme. He suggested that the incoming Council should be recommended to take the matter into consideration. He did not think it waß desirable to alter the scheme. Cr Jack .suggested that in order to make the supply thoroughly effective in case of fire, four-inoh mains should be laid. The Mayor's suggestion was adopted.

Advice was received from the Undersecretary of the Lands Department by the Borough Council, stating that the Order-in-Council changing the forest at the head waters of the TMtea and Kahuterawa into a reserve, containing 7000 acres, for water conservation, and placing same under the control of the borough, had been gazetted. A motion of thanks to the Minister for Lands and Mr W. T. Wood, M.H.R., for their trouble in the matter was passed. The Public Works Committee was instructed to visit the reserve at an early date in company with the Borough Engineer.

Mr Hill, president of the Woolbuyera' Association, informed a representative of the Timaru Post last week chat he had a complaint to make on behalf of himself and other buyers, and he wished publicity given to it. " There is," said Mr Hill, " n terrible amount of false packing done. We had one instance of it at this sale, and if there is a law in New Zealand by which we can prosecute the offender we will do so, and we will do the same in every subsequent case we find. What was done in the case under notice was to put good wool on the top and at the bottom of the bale, and wool worth 2d per lb lies in between. In the same lot the pieces were good on top and then mixed inside with locks and crutchings. We are not going to put up with this kind of thing," said Mr Hill, in conclusion, " and .we will leave no stone unturned to make the offender account for his sharp practices."

One price for each line, many lines at one price at Payne's.*

Sportsmen in the Martinborough (Wairarapa) district should have a good time'there during the forthcoming deer shooting season. There are said to be thousands of deer. The winter and spring were exceedingly wet, with plenty of pasture, and the deer have thrived. In consequence of the plenitude of feed, the antlers of the deer show an increase in size and length, and as there ara plenty of animals about sportsmen should not complain. At Te Awaite alone, deer may be seen now in bunches of from sixty to a hundred, and it is estimated that there are now fully 10,000 head on the station. Many of these are in the wild country. They consume much of the feed on the run, and in addition are terribly destructive to fences and crops, while their number are increasing so rapidly there that it is reported that next year Mr Biddiford intends to kill 3000 of them by. contract. —Leader.

Collinson and Canninghame's sale to-day.*

The Wairarapa Leader reports that the other day a bare-footed small boy riding along Hi?h street at South Carterton had occasion to dismount from hia horse, which promptly overwhelmed the youngster's toes with its large, hard, and heavy hoof. The boy sat down, unable to walk or mount his horse again, and dolefully nursed his crushed foot. Down the road came a taciturn citizen who regarded the boy silently and walked on home, a distance of about half a mile. There the taciturn one, still without speaking, made his way to a shed and brought out a wheelbarrow. Then up the road again, trundling the one wheeler. Maintaining utter silence, and with an appearance of deep gloom, the citizen hoisted the boy into the barrow, and continued on towards the youngster's home. A few passeDgers in the street were amazed to behold no less a person than a Stipendiary Magistrate wheeling a wounded small boy in a barrow. Without remark, the legal dignitary deposited the youngster on the doorstep of his home, and the benevolent " beak," still wearing his habitual air of solemnity, wheeled his chariot back to jts accustomed shed.

Charles W. Brown and Frances Brown (Mr Brown) brought a civil action against Francis E. Watson, Cecil F. Bramley, and Sydney E. Bramley (Mr •Coolie and Mr Tnnes) at the S.M\ Court yesterday. Plaintiffs stated that they leased certain lands at Shannon to Watson on Ist November, 1901, for a period of 21 years, who transferred the said lease to the defendants C. F. Bramley and 8. E. Bramley. The lessee agreed to pay on Ist November, 1904, the sum of JESO; to repair and maintain all fences ; also to stump during each of the first three years of the term ten acres, making in all thirty acres, whereas only eighteen acres had been so treated. The defendants, Bramley, agreed during 1904, 1905 and 1906, to stump and plough an additional twenty-five aqres'and Expend JE2SO in permanent improvements. Failing the fulfilment of these terms plaintiffs claimed from defendants fSO as previously mentioned,'i22 l^s qd in respect to the fences, £36 damages for failing to stump the 3Q acres, and Jgßl damages against the Bramleys for breach of their agreement, making a sum o f £108 13a 6a against all the defendants, £81 against Bratnley Bros., and in all a total of £199 J3s 6d. On resuming after luncheon, it was announoad that a settlement had been agreed upon, and the case accordingly waß adjourned sine die.

The Borough Council last night decided on the motion of Cr Tolley to roquest the police to take action against persons who allowed their horses to gallop up and down Borough footpatbß. It was reported that the kerbing work under course of construction in the Borough was being practically wasted owing to the damage done by horses. The Borough Council last night decided that the Agricultural Department be requested to furnish the Council with reports as to the result of milk inspection in Palmerston North. On the motion of the Mayor it was resolved that the ofii.-serin charge of the Police be requested to furnish the Council with the result of the last enquiry made by tho Police as to the weight of bread sold and quality. On the motion of Cr Essex it was decided, at last night's meeting of the Borough Council, that the Mayor, the member for the district, the President of the Chamber of Commerce, and the mover interview the responsible Minister and urge him to increase the police force in Palmerston North by not less than two capable officers, and to place a telephone attendant at the Police Station during telephone hours. The appointment of a Wonoh foreman was mentioned by tuo iiiayor at the Borough Council meeting last night, when he reported that the committee set up to deal with the matter had put the applicants through an examination. None proving satisfactory, the committee decided to invite fresh applications. The latter were to come before the Council in committtee last night, but nothing was disclosed.

Afser listening to the deliberations of the Borough Council for two solid hours last night, a stem browed individual jumped suddenly to six feet of perpendicular and interrupted the meeting. " I have been taking notes of this meeting," he proclaimed with emphasis, " ana I intend to write on the subject. You will hear more about it. I intend to write," he repeated with a grandiloquent gesture, and after threatening the gas chandelier with a bulky packet, he disappeared into the stilly night. The witnesses in the Flaxbourne estate case have put down 2s as the annual cost of working sheep. This includes dipping, shearing, etc. According to one witness, the t general estimate among farmers of the cost of working a sheep among large numbers is Is 6a to Is 9d. In this connection Mr Sim quoted an article in the New Zealand Official Year Book for 1901, in which over 4s per sheep was allowed in the case of a flock of 40,000 as well as one of 2000. A farmer who was in the witness box said that that was rather expensive management. .

The Evening Post points out what everybody has come to realise, viz , that the Labour Party has really become to the Farmers' Union like a red rag to a bull; it has got on to the creature's nerves, and one result of the ailment is the delusion that everybody else's nerves will be affeetei in the same way. Our contemporary points out that instead of making the .Labour Party a bogey, the Union is making itself a bore by the wearisome repetition of this stale device. It is by their own policy, and not by-their view o£ the Labour Party, or on things in general that they must be judged. Arrangements have now been completed for the appearance of Mr George Stephenson's famous English Musical Comedy Co. at the Lyceum Theatre on Wednesday and Thursday, February 15th and 16th. The company has been playing throughout New Zealand with conspicuous success. Mr Stephenson will present two musical comedies during the brief season, viz., " The Eose of the Riviera" and "The Skirt Dancer" Both these musical plays have attained vast popularity with Australian audiences.

Uncrushable all wool French voiles 1b per yard, worth 2s 6a. Collinson and Cunninghame's sale.*

Our Bunnythorpe correspondent reports that at a very enthusiastic meeting last night in the Bunnythorpe Hall, it was decided to form a branch of the Oddfellows' Lodge in the district. Mr W. T. Wood, M.H.R., presided at the meeting, and lucidly explained the benefits of Friendly Societies. Mr S. J. Watson, Provincial Grandmaster, was aJso present, and submitted useful particulars; and after pros and cons had been gome into thoroughly, a motion, to form a lodge was carried unanimously, and fourteen names were handed in. It was decided to call the society "The Loyal Bunnythorpe Lodge." The question of obtaining the services of a medical man is to be considered immediately. Votes of thanks were passed to the visitors, and also to Mr D. Madden, for the interest taken in the matter?

Beplymg to a deputation at Nelson on Saturday night, the Premier evidently referred to a statement recently telegraphed from Invereargil], to the effect that there was a desire on the part of the Education Department to centralise all authority in Wellington. Mr Seddon said the Government had no wish to trench upon the functions of Education Boards, and did not desire to centralise. In some districts money was not spent properly, and he had to be watchful. At Taurangain shifting a school half a mile and then shifting it back again £1100 had teen spent, and in Wellington £13,000 had been taken from building grants and spent on technical schools, primary schools being left without repairs. This was wrong. The Boards were expected to|spend the grants to the best advantage, and if they.did not, the Government might have to spend the money. He wished to give a warning, but did not wish to interfere or to centralise. He wished to see the money spent in the best interests of the children.

Arrangements are now in progress for refloating the barquentine Addenda (which went ashore in Palliser Bay on October 14th) by Mr J D McDougall, of Pirinoa), who purchased the vessel some few months ago. The work of refloating the vessel is' being superintended by Mr S. Dougall, who has had a number of years' experience as marine engiueer, and he anticipates no great difficulty in attaining his object. Logs, which will be used as skids in connection with the refloating of the Addenda are being brought down the Ruamahunga river and the Lake by means of Messrs Bale and Burt's oil launch, from Tuhitarata. As no more than ten logs—about 35 feet in lengthcan be towed by the launch, each trip, at a rate of about a mile an hour, it will take about four days—tbe first trip was taken on Friday- to complete this portoon of the work. The stranded vessel is now lying in an upright! position(until lately she was leaning towards the Spit) parallel with the Spi£ but some- twelve yards from the water's edge than when first deposited on the shore. There is a well defined dip from the vessel to the sea, and there seems little doubt as to the ultimate success of of the undertaking now in progress. To the inexperienced eye the Addenda does not appear to be greatly damaged, but of course important repairs will have to be effected before the vessel is deemed seaworthy. It is expected arrangements for re-floating the vessel will be completed in the course of the next few weeks. •,: ~, ::

"Are you. going visiting to-day mother." "No dear. Collinson and Cunninghame's sale is on to-day, and I cannot afford to miss that."*

The other day a Te Awaite cadet had a painful experience (says the Leader). He was sent out mustering cattle, and lost himself early in the morning. After riding several miles he tethered his horse to a sapling with his stock whip, and continued his wanderings on foot. He travelled many a weary mile before he camped at nightfall, but his journey had been a circular one, and he found himseit near his horse, no " forrarder"to civilisation. After resting for the night he walked briskly away. About 10 in the morning he heard the sound of a rifle shot and cao-eS. He was then pioked up by one of Mr A. D. Mcl^od's shepherds and taken to Kaikuri, where he broke his thirty-four hours' fast. Since leaving Te Awaite he had travelled sixty miles. The younc fellow then commenced his return journey to Te Awaite, via Pahaoa camp. He arrived home safely, and was then sent out with another employee to look for the horse. The horse was found, but then both the finders lost themse yes and were bushed for the night, their only they found, in a deserted whare. After being ] OS $ on the run for two days, the garfcy regained the station. I