Local and Genera

Northern Advocate, 17 March 1913, Page 4

Local and Genera

Mrs Ellen Gandar, wife of Mr V ter Gandar, at one time in businesl Carterton as a stationer, and prevk ly of Kamo Springs, died in the <Gi town Hospital last week, after a si illness. Mrs Gandar was aged years. ~ Mr. J. G. H. Moore, honorary presentative of New Zealand in Argentine, is at present on a visit New Zealand. He has left Welling for Nelson, to make himself fami] with the system adopted in the si ping of apples to the Argentine, wh there is a ready markeU for New Z land-grown fruit of this descriptio —Hopgrowers in the Nelson disti are having rather an anxious til Their crops this year are heavy, 1 there is a shortage of labour. 1 work is not arduous, and proficl* pickers can make good tallies, number of people, principally won and girls, have gone to the hopfiel Most of them are living in tents, a are thoroughly enjoying the open-s life. At the Hamilton spring show a ro two-year-old steer took first prize his class, and a black Polled Ang steer, shown by the same breeder, ai a white steer were shown as a pa in the tjwo-yealr-old class.' One these was slaughtered, after -figurii in the weight-guessing comtfetitio and he was found to weigh when 27 months old. The other tv steers were last week sold on tl Westfield market for £12 10s eac and weighed respectively 9401b ac 8681b when less than 30 months old ""~A constable in the execution o-Mr duty is often called upon to bring a his resourcefulness into action. A Upper Hutt recently a man became nuisance 4n a bote! whe-n refuse liquor. The landlord attempted to pti him off the premises, but a ferociou dog belonging to the Inebriated ma: quickly made the landlord beat ; hasty retreat over the bar. The con stable was sent for, and upon arriva was set upon when the dog's maste: was approached. Not to be beaten the officer went home and returnee with his own dog—an animal notei for his fighting propensities Th< canines engaged in battle, and. while they were struggling for mastery tn.« constable quietly secured his man.

highly interesting and very valuable specimen of Maori carved worfc is at present lodged in the strongroom attached to the Tourist Department in Wellington. This is the stern-piece of Te Rauparaha's famous war-canoe, and was purchased from the Ngatitoa tribe by Mr. James Mackay (then Assistant-Under-Secre-tary) in 1861. More recently, it was acquired by the Government, by purchase from its European owner. The carving, which is a beautiful piece of work, was executed by means of stone implements, and is said to be" 120 to 150 years old. It is understood that permission will be sought to display this specimen permanently. The minuteness and symmetry of the carving indicate high technical skill in the artist, and it will make an intensely interesting exhibit. The annual Scotch Concert of the Whangarei St. Andrew's SocletjLjwill be held in Theatre Royal March 26Auckland Pipe Band to be present.

An Irish National Concert will be given at the Lyceum Theatre this evening. Among the vocalists is Miss Evans, of Auckland, an excellent contralto. At the meeting of the New Plymouth Chamber of Commerce last Friday the President reported the matter of Taranaki being represented at thai Auckland Exhibition in December was well in hand, and would not be lost .sight of. He hoped the whole province would be represented, and not as at the Christchurch Exhibition, but by a really handsome court. On account of applications for space having to be made by March 21, he had tentatively applied for a space 60ft by 20ft. printed in the current "Gazette" empower city and borough councils to reimburse out of their district funds actual travelling expenses incurred by a councillor in travelling a distance in excess of three miles to attend to any business- of the council. No expenses are to be reimbursed ,which are incurred by a councillor in travelling to attend a meeting of the council or a committee, and no expense is to be reimbursed to the mayor of a borough who is in receipt of an annual allowance. A foi'mei* chief engineer of the New Zealand railways, Mr. J. H. Lowe, who has latterly taken up his permanent residence in England, is now on a visit to New Zealand. At the request of the Government he is making an inspection of the New Zealand railways, at the conclusion of which he will report to the Minister for Railways. Mr. Lowe has completed his work in the North Island, and is nowengaged in inspecting the South Island lines. While in the service of the New Zealand Government, Mr. Lowe was in charge of the maintenance branch of the railways. A wedding of some interest to the people at te Ra,pa was quietly celebrated last Wednesday (says the " Waikato Times ") at the residence of Mr. A. C. Johnston, when his second daughter, Miss Elizabeth Johnston, was married to Mr. Fred Higginson. As both families are well-known and high-respected farmers of Te Rapa, the union of this young couple was an event of some interest. The bride was married in her travelling costume, and looked very pretty. The Rev. J. Wrigley was the officiating minister. The happy couple left immediately after the ceremony for thennew home at Marua, near Whangarei, followed by the best wishes of numerous friends. The Auckland Farmers' Union, Ltd., through their agents, Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report that they are in receipt of the following cable from their London Office, under date March 15th:— Quotation N.Z. prime ox beef, feres 3i4d; hinds 3%d per lb. Demand for New Zealand beef is improving owing-to reduced prices asked. NZ prime crossbred lamb, Canterbury, 61/a'l per lb. light 6".*. North .Island crossbred lamb, b ; •>•&«,. light compared with hoavy ">v'vd; deman for N.Z. lamb is limited. N.Z. crossbred mutton, Canterbury aeavy and H2IIT. not quoted. Prime crossbred mutton, Nonh island, h-avy 4d, light 4%d per lb; demand N.Z. mutton fair. Market for N.Z. beet steady. Any change in prices of N.Z. lamb is in favor of buyers. Though prices for N Z mutton are nominally unchanged, it is very difficult to sell at late rates. -—The Chief Justice has, at Palnierston North, given a far-reaching judgment on appeal affecting the sale of poisons to dairy farmers. It arose from the celebrated case of the Crown versus Scott, a Palmerston veterinary chemist, and was the result of a suicide from swallowing soloids of corrosive sublimate. These soloids or pellets are composed of 8% grains •corrosive sublimate, a quarter grain o. coloring matter to make them look poisonous, and three grains of adhesive material to make them stick together. They are used extensively throughout New Zealand as a disinfectant drench for cattle. The Department of Agriculture sends out thousands every year to dairy farmers. The result of the present judgment will have the effect of stopping sales by post and compelling farmers to come to town to sign for them in chemists' books. The "Poverty Bay Herald" says that the receiving of the tribal donations towards the new church, a picturesque function carried out in accordance with Native custom at the hui at Manutuke on Monday last, extended well into the evening. Money still continued to come to hand on Tuesday, including numerous telegraphic orders from various tribes, ranging from the Northern Peninsula to the South Island, from sections of the race uniepresented at the hui. At noon the fund stood at follows:—-Contribu-tion of East Coast' Natives £2440, visiting Natives £922, pakehas and sympathisers £240; total. £3602. This amount far exceeds the cost of the church and carvings (about £2300), and it is expected that even after deducting the expense of the hui, conveyance of visitors, etc., a substantial sum will be left, which, we are informed, will be held in trust on behalf of the church. Mr. G. W. Phipps, auctioneer, reports having held a sale on Saturday of produce and furniture. Quotations:—Fowls 1/ to 1/10 each, cockerels 1/ to 2/, ducks 1/10, eggs 1/6 doz, pigsj 9/ to 12/6, cabbages 2d to 3d per head, carrots per bunch, pumpkins iy 2 d per lb, cucumbers 4d each, marrows lOd each, potatoes 1/6 per 281b bag, water melons 1/6 each, grapes 3 per lb, peaches 1/4 to 1/6 per box, apples 1/9 to 2/ per case, pears 1/7 per case, quinces 1/6 per 14 case. Mother knows when the youngsters catch colds —Tonking's Linseed Emul-" sion cures them. *

The verdict given in the New PlyA mouth (Supreme Court dairy action,' in which a\ supplier to the Riverdale Factory Company was awarded £35 damages against the company for " posting " him as having added water to his* milk supplies, is of a far-reach-ing character (says the " Taranaki Daily News"). It means that no factory in future will be able, at considerable risk, to " post up " any supplier on similar grounds, and in the case of suspected watering will have to take other means of dealing with a supplier. The costs of this case will run into a heavy amount, not less,, some say who should be in a position to know, than £500. It is now many years ago since bits were! in such, keen demand by export buyers as they are at present (says the " Southland News "). It i=» understood that as high as 7d per pair has been paid during the past monthk with the prospect of even higher values later in the season. The usual price during March has been from 4%d Uo sd, so that the increase means an advance of 30 per cent. The good prices ruling have hadl the effect of increasing the army of trappers. The hardkvare merchants find very ready sale for traps, and the number of crates carried over the railways (that goofi business is being done. Some substantial cheques have been made by trappers, one youth earning over £5 for a week's work. In explaining his farming misfortunes at Whakatane, a bankrupt farmer explained to the Official Assignee at Auckland the other day that the whole of the land he had occupied was native land, to some of which he had no title at all. To other portions he had only a holding title. Acting on the advice of financial backers, he obtained an extension to 21 years of all his leases, about 600 acres. This led him into an abnormal amount of expenditure, both legally and in other directions. In one case he had to "square" 86 native owners in order to obtain a renewal of the lease of an area of 77 acres. He was compelled to go on with the transaction, else he would have lost all his improvements, about £600. He had purchased the freehold of one section with borrowed money, but the expenses would just about double the most of the land before the title could be lifted.