The Northern Advocate FRIDAY. DEC. 7 1906 LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Northern Advocate, 7 December 1906, Page 2

The Northern Advocate FRIDAY. DEC. 7 1906 LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Praeticail^ the whole of the Wai--rarapa stations have' been attacbed by influenza in a -violent foimA^p one instance every individual is down Mr C. Lewis, MiH.R., for Coiirtenay, has purchased a property in tfee Hawke's Bay district, "arid- will' take up his residence- there. "Mr Lewis states that his departure does not necessarily mean that he will give up the representation of the Courtepay constituency. In the House of Commons on Thursday, Sir H. Campbell-Banner-man announced that the King had approved . the Transvaal Constitution, , and that it would published next T Wiedriesday.^ ' A^^ -f ■•^■^ ■&s&^. i For cruelly ill-treating a horse,} William, Thomas was fined £3 at the Auckland ' Police Cduyt; yesterday,! with costs to-tailing £1 10s. The evidence disclosed the fact that the horse was being worked while in a very sore and distressed condition. wi% the epidemic. ' , ■ A liumane' resolva has ;been' arrived' at by the Dunedin Charitable ; A Aid Board, that body deciding to conferwith tho Benevolent Institution with the purpose of founding a home for incurable poor at Cavelsham. ■ { Cla,ude Marmont was before the Auckland Police Court yesterday morning. on the. serious charge of indecently assaulting a girl of the age of 6 years. The accused was remanded on bail till Tuesday next. In recognition of a completed term of 50 work as a Methodis** the Rev: W. Gittos^wasA accorded many congratulations, at a * special meeting held in the Pittp-; street Church last night. Mr Gittos has for some time been acting as Macri missiQnary. ' • • - ■ It has been decided by vhe KameSchooi Committee to hold a : concert on December 20, at Kaiuo, the pro-' ceeds of which wiii be in aid of the annual school picnic. , V tTheVCourt £ol'i<iays for- Christmas Cand Slew -Year| as laid "dowii. in-the regulations, extend' from December 24 to January 3, both days inclusive. Except for casual cases, . there will consequently be no business transact ed?afr; the -Whangarei Courthouse dur%

ing that period. „,.,,, From inquiries made this morning, we iearh that William Beehre, who met with serious -injury at the Kauri Timber Co.'s mill yesterday, 1 is doing fairly well. Having received notification of the occurrence, it is probable that the police will investigate the .matter to-day. 7 If. there is.any possible way of placing guards over circular saws without interfering with the work, it seems necessary that such provision should be made, in view of the large number of accidents, which are ocoasionedr by- this dangerous occupation. The death occurred at her residence, Mangere Bridge, recently, of Mrs J. Massey, sen., the mother of Mr W. F. Massey, M.H.R., Leader of the Opposition. Mrs Massey, who, at the time of her death, was upwards of 80 years of age, arrived in the Colony from the North of Ireland with her husband in the early sixties, and resided first at Otahuhu, and later in the West Tamaki and Mount Wellington districts, moving from the last-named locality some years ago to Ihumata. When Mr Massey, sen., retired a few years ago from active farming pursuits, they took up their residence at Mangere Bridge. Mrs Massey was a thorough representative of that sturdy pioneer 7 class of men and women who came out in the early days to win a home in the young colony, and throughout her life she had been a hard-working and devoted wife and mother. The end was not unexpected, as for some days previous she had been in a very weak condition. She is survived by her husband, two sons, and two daughters. As showing the extent to which the poultry industry is growing, it may be mentioned that Mr H. A. Legcr, of Levin, last year sold £800 worth < of eggs and poultry. Mr D. 1). Hyde, Government Poultry Expert, says that one Auckland man is this season shipping 6000 birds ..to the English market. Auckland is leading in the increase. One Auckland poultry farm this year will have an output of 30,000 birds, as against 3 6,500 last year.

The Ameer of Afghanistan has itarted to visit India. On Tuesday next, at Mr Perrctt Trillin's farm, Whau Whau, Mr F. itfakelin will conduct a sale of'choice :attle, slieep, farm implements, furliture, etc. Mr and (Mrs 11. A. Going, of Gralamtown, thank! their friends for kindness and sympathy shown during the illness of their deceased son, Me John Going. Tenders for various works in the Maunu and Manaia Ridings are invited by the County Chairman. Particulars are given in t£e Council's advertisement published to-day. From 10 o'clock this evening till I a.m. on Saturday the water supply will be cut off in that portion of the borough lying below the railway crossing on Bay of Islands Road. Reports from Suva state that a hurricane at Taviuni has damaged the cocoanut plantations. An earthquake lasting 80 seconds occurred at Saint Vincent on Monday night, the shocks being felt in the Barbadoes. Eleven thousand sailors have struck at Odessa because the police have prohibited the formation of a Seamen's Union. The death is announced of the Rev. Arthur Bell Nicholls, who, in 1854, married Charlotte Bronte, the novelist. The postponed quarterly meeting of i the Marsden branch of the Political Reform League will be held in the Parochial Jriall on Tuesday evening next, when M* Manaer, M H.li , <viil deliver an address on the Land Bill. The British preference proposals have passed toe Dominion House. Mr Feilding/(Minister for Finance) admitted that the Government .would be unable to apply the intermediate tariff until the "most favoured- nations treaties hadjieen disposed^ o£ . .One of" the attractions at the D.evonport Oriental Fair on Wednesday last was a baby show, Mrs Aiallin's baby securing lirsv prize, and Mrs Lubock's baby coming in a 4rood second. The judges appear to ha\e escaped assault so far. Owing to the increasing* disregard of clause 26 in part 3 of the toor-, ough by-laws, and the danger to the public thus occasioned, tne police have determined Ito rigidly, ' enforce the enactment ; so that it will be well for those concerned to .carefully peruse wording .! pf 3he 'Jr. byHaw referred? $o^ which; isas;. follows":--L "Any,, person shall be gttilty of ;an offence; who, in any street, private street, ; or public place shall ride or -drive- any animal, carnage, cart, or vehicle of any kind round an angle or corner of any street or public place at other than a walking pace." The commander, of' the warship Pioneer (now at Wellington) has received a,, wirte from the Admiral dt-' reoting hihv ' not ta take any more recruits in tyew Zealand. The cause of*; the stoppage is not known, but ft is: thought probable that the complement of recruits has been obtained. \■■ ' ; After ;the conclusion of the indictable Case'- at "the Courthouse on Thursday morning, Mr Steadman appealed , to the Bench to make representations to the Department- re^ gaming the dreadful inadequacy of the Whangarei lock,-up. The place, be said, had Tjeen doing duty since 1891, and it was outrageous that prisoners, should be conlined- within , its, narrow limits and be subjected to its stifling atmosphere, especially during the excessive heat of summer. '"He had seen prisoners brought out from there is a state of absolute collapse, as a result of the cruel incarceration. If he shut an animal up in such a place, he would expect and deserve to be charged with. cruelty. Sergeant Drake did all he possibly could to mitigate the heinousness of the circumstance, but the sergeant could not devote all his time ta attending to the lock-up, and it was very urgent that the arrangements should be altered. The Bencfi promised ••: to make an inspection of the lock-up some ,tiiae, during^ Thursday afternoon. Speaking atr Invereargill the , other ' evening, the Premier,^ : Sir Joseph Ward, affirmed / liis* 'belief in the widest possible use of the post office.; Than the Postal Department there was no department more educative .and useful. It gave people separatedby land or by sea the. advantage of easy communication/ of stne convey. ) ance of parcels, of the carrying out in their daily life many essentials that went for making of comfort, lor business, for the 'home, and for assisting the individual in a way no , other department could do. Fbr that , reason he always believed^that people, ol tall na^nalrt.ies" O)ig!t»t; vto work in the direction of bringing cheapness in the postal* service; . It ought? not to be used as a taxing department, but more for the purpose of allowing . "people to tcommune together to carry, out their business affairs, and; so earn sufficient to enable them to jpay their taxation in the. ordinary way for carrying on the ordinary atfairs of the Colony. From a statement made ; recently by the Police Commissioner, it appears: that thieves have not free/ access "to" Christchurch. The police receive, information from Australia about ■the movements of bad characters, and'de^ tectives from the Commonwealth are stationed to scan the passengers on i steamers the moment they come in from the other side,. Already four or \ five criminals who arrived from Aus- r tralia have been deported', and this action has no doubt had a good effect in deterring others from trek* king to New' Zealanii : _, : "Surveys cannot be hurried f ihejl take. time." This remark, made by the Minister for Public Works to a Christchurch Press reporter, the Minister exemplified from Wellington experience. "Take the case of the Rimutataa incline, noar Wellington. There you have a costly incline over •which the railway runs. A route has since been found which would have saved six and a half miles in the distance between the Upper Hutt and. Woodside, and where no incline would be required at all. Had they examined the country more carefully at the time, I have little doubj they, would have adopted what is now seen to be the better route, and the Colony would have been saved a great many thousands of pounds. " v An experiment was made last week at the Addington saleyards of selling fat cattle by weight. Three head were put up, and were sold at 21s 6d per lUOlbs. dressed weight. As the buyer gets the skin and ofial the beef woold cost him less than 20s per lOOIbs., whereas the ordinary rate in the yards was 20s to 245, I according to quality. Most of the j butchers refrained from bidding, preferring evidently to use their own judgment in estimating the weight of NEW BLOUSINGS and DRESS MATERIALS. Dressmaking on the premises ; orders should be placed at J. E: ROBERTS', Cameron-street. FOUND at MARSHALL & SONS'. —Diamond Brand Tea is the best obtainable.