LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

Northern Advocate, 23 August 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

Weather Bureau forecast hours from nine o'clock this ing:—Westerly winds, strong, and veering by west to after about 4S hours. Rain able. The barometer has a fa tendency, but rising after hours. Sea rough, swell coast; tides high. A Press Association states that the Local Bills tee of the House of will take evidence on the Shops anld Offices Bill up to and including September 5. The Rev. J. L. Pattullo Avas among the passengers arriving in Whangarei by the Manaia this morning He will conduct the service at the Presbyterian Church to-morrow evening. The Band of the 15th N.A. Regiment, under Bandmaster P. VV. Williams, will (by permission of thte 0.C.) play in Cameron Street commencing at 7.30 sharp. The " ladies' evening " at the Whangarei Literary and Debating Society on Monday night will be of a social character. Members are again reminded to wear the representation of the title of some well-known book. The Papatawa (Woodville) Dairy Co. have sold the whole of their output of cheese for the coming season. The price is stated to be one that will enable the company, to pay out the sum of 13d per lb butter fat to the suppliers, with the prospect of a bonus at the end of the season. A Maori defendant at ' Hamilton Court recently, who sued for the amount of a tailor's' bill, informed the magistrate that he had lots of land which he could not dispose of. If he could get thei money he would pay all _ his bills. The magistrate said all the Maoris round about seemed to be in the same position, as those that came before him all told the same tale. — During the next week the Salvation Army will have reached the twentyfirst* milestone of its work in Whangarei. The services on Sunday will be conducted by Brigadier Vince and Adjutant Thurkettle from Auckland. It being also twelve months since the late General Booth died, a memorial meeting will be held in the evening. For Monday evening at 6.30 a "Birthday Tea" is being arranged, and at 8 o'clock a special programme, to which the church choirs are contributing items. A well-known motor cyclist of Rangitikei had rather an exciting experi nee a day or two ago (says the "Wanganui Chronicle.") It appearsthat when travelling along at about 50 miles an hour, he commenced to wonder if he were approaching the equator. Matters were getting hot, and he began to .realise that the heat was not the result of his exertions. Investigations proved that his trousers had caught fire Fortunately the river was close by, and without hesitation he jumped in and put himself out, as the Irishman might say. A good-sized patch will repair the damage which had been caused by the transference of fire from the benzine tank to the article of clothing in question. Some of the members of the Quinlan Opera Companyf wtfo rfcached~ Melbourne a few days ago have interesting relics of the sanguinary strike, riots which raged in Johannesburg during the company's recent season there. These include cartridges, bullets, broken rifles and revolvers, and,/ other "bloodthirsty" souvenirs of an occasion that was fraught with imminent danger to the members of the company, whose performance had to be abandoned. Mr. Quinlan relates that while he was in his room at his hotel, watching the battle in the street, a bullet struck tl* sill of his window. "And did you bring the sill with you, as a momenta ?" asked a listener. "No," replied Mr Quinlan, "I sat down and spent the time wishing we could get away by airship." Mr. Wolley has a fine display of optical goods in his window, including the most modern sight-testing instruments —the Geneva Opthalmo-scope-Retinscope, etc—which speaks well for the up-to-date methods adopted by this firm Persons requiring attention to their eyes could not do better than call and inspect the display. Messrs. Wilson and Wilson report having held on Thursday a clearing sale of dairy cows on.account of Mr. J. R. McMillan. The weather being very rough the attendance was small; but bidding for best-quality cows was brisk, and there was a very successful sale. The whole herd of cows averaged £8 17/. Quotations —Best cows (Jersey cross) £13 5/ to £14 15/, others £ 6 to £10 2/6. Pigs: Breeding sows £3 5/ to £5 5/, large store pigs 35/ to £3, slips 19/. Dairy heifers (springing- £5 12/6 to £ 6 10/. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., their agents the Auckland F»L-e' Union, Ltd., report having rflVved the following cable from don office, under date Aug. 20, 1913: —Butter: Market steady at present prices; 92,000cwts. equal total imports of butter into United Kingdom for week ending Saturday, as compared with 76,000cwt for corresponding period of last year. We quote ■ Danish butter at 122/, New Zealand butter, salted, 114/; finest Australian (salted) 106/, unsalted 108/. Cheese: Market steady.

High School footgo to Auckland next conclusions with the rs are reported from the drug in the market. At quotations range from 3s choice, well-grown kinds 6d per sack for others. Court to-day was fined £ 2 for J A prohibition order issued to apply against the in tlje Marsden Licensing of the Choral Union advice that Miss Daphne is unable to give instruction dancing for the comic opera but her sister, Miss Madewill arrive in Whan gar ai week, and instruct the and chorus. frozen meat industry has to New Zealand sheep farmers. conversation with a reporter; a colonist in the south stated in his younger days he had, in Mackenzie Country seen 500 sheep, being shorn, killed, and left to They could not be sold. Even skins, once the wool was taken , were valueless. The date of the next show under auspices of the Agricultural and Society has been fixed for 27 and 28. The commitof the society recommended that dates should be November 13 and but this was negatived at a meeting of members this afternoon, and the later date decided

A reckless attempt on the part of a Blenheim boy to ride a bicycle along the concrete parapet abutting on a bridge, resulted very disastrously. The feat might have been, possible to a Blondin, but, owing to the narrowness of the parapet, the lad deviated from his course, and fell a distance of about ten feet on to a concrete bed. He was picked up unconscious and conveyed to his home where medical examination showed that no bones were broken although there - were several abrasions of the face, and an injury to his left wrist.

The Terra Nova, after battling successfully with the Antarctic and bringing Shackleton and his party back to New Zealand, has resumed iher old occupation of sealer in the frozen waters round Newfoundland for her original owners, Bowring and Co., After leaving New Zealand, the Terrr. Nova carried a scientific party round the Pacific and thence to England, where she was to w.i "* for exhibition purposes, but after""*!, dry dock overhaul her old owners took iher back and are sending her out to look ,£or seals

The Wellington branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants has passed the following resolution:— "That this branch of the A.S.R.S. is opposed to the action of the executive council in presenting a counter-peti-tion to Parliament to that of the En-gine-drivers', Firemen's, and Cleaners' Association, who are seeking for recognition of their society, as we are firmly of opinion that the time has arrived when they should have the sole right of 'representing matters affecting the locomotive members' requirements, thereby removing the petty squabbling that has been filling a prominent space in the organs of both societies"

The following passengers were landed by the Manaia this morning: —Messrs. H. O. Browne, Thurkettle, Vince, St. George, Cooper, Goldsboro, Miller, Dunn, Howes, Connell, Symonds, Kokich, Clarkson, Bushell, Bines, Biddling, Bilin, Liurnpp, Cod•*lin, Battersby, Tomlinson, Goff, Molich, Miller, Griffin, Kingston, Kernan, Hart, Blade, Cooper, Schwatt, McCarroll, Harp, Young, Stewart, Nicholson, Brown, Bernon Reed; Revs, Pattnell, Geddes, Calder, Howard, and Sampson; Mesdames H. O. Browne, ■ Armstrong, Millington, Skellern, Nisbit, Skellern, Rowe, Dunn, Brown, Hyland, Baker, Montague, Bishell, Subretto, Patterson, Harrison, Kalkin.

A taxicab driver on Tuesday evening had the experience of standing by and watching his car " go up in smoke." He was driving up Glasgow terrace, Wellington, when his attention was attracted by a squeaking sound, as though some of the gear required attention. The driver stopped the car, and taking a tail lamp, raised the footboard with the intention of investigating the cause of the trouble. Evidently there was some petrol flying loose somewhere, and the driver had an experience similar to that of the man who searched for a gas leak with a lighted candle. The next thing he knew was that a fierce blaze was shooting up. The fire brigade was called at 7.49 p.m., and poured water over the burning remnants.

The candour of Bishop Julius is so tempered by good humour that it generally reaches the hearts of his hearers. At the Marsden Memorial meeting at Wellington the other evening he made a sally at the expense of congregations in general. The church people, said His Lordship, had many good qualities, but they also had two big faults; one was that they were abominably parochial, and the other was that they had not a scrap of discipline among them. (Laughter.) He could not help marvelling at the patience and perseverance by which Bishop Selwyn had pulled them together into one diocese. He advised the congregations to "pull together" at all events for the object of making a success of the memorial movement. Dr. Julius's remarks were taken in god part by the audiervce