CARTERTON.

New Zealand Times, Volume LVII, Issue 2583, 8 August 1895, Page 4

CARTERTON.

I regret to-have to report the'death last Thursday of an old and respefctisd settlor," 'Mr Charles Dakin; at the age of 68 years; He was sbized'with paralysis of the heart; and died {two. I ', hours afterwards., -. Mr, Dakin lived a baleful and quiet life* and will be missed, by many who could roly on him as a staunch friend in time,,of need; The funeral took .place on Sunday at Olareville, and was .‘ followed by many relatives and friends.l . ;■

A two days’ bazaar in aid of tho Presbyterian Churoh was held: last week in the Assembly' Booms, ahd' ’ over -L7o;'was netted after all expensed; were paid;' The proceeds, go ■ to, reduce Hie debt on; the manse.,, Considoylng the articles on.sale oajn-phly bo classed under ;the head of luxuries it does- not look ias if times-,.(were particularly hard in this, particular district.- -i-,

• ■ The’ Carterton l Borough- 06unon ; at-its • last sitting ivas quite flooded with’ applications from persona'dositous of being-placed: ot\ the burgess, roll.-,. There--were-no. leas than 43 of and aunts, in many | casesibeihgith'S,'claim set, .forth. 1 The Council.o'oiild not qujte'see it,‘ and <, only; ,17 0f..; the"-appUcatibna,.,'were granted. • Tho last valuation removedseveral,, names from.the .property^list,, and as there is-bh ; election'coming on i shortly for three counpillor^-j-who,! .-retire by effluxion of time, some' extra interest is being takon.in municipal, affairs just now;,, ■ All the''contracts{under,the,co-operative, principle for making a.- tourists’ road to Mount Holdsworth s are . taken-;" up. contracts "were let, in tohi chain, and the labour has absorbed quite.a large number of the ‘‘ unemployed.'*, ThejEaud:Board has' disposed of several areas in -this distrietjand settlement in "the: low" hills and valleys of the Tarama, range is growing apace. ‘ Mr-W. Burt, and .Mr. Hooker are both'atarting sawmills in that.district, and plans aro being prepared for a trussbridge over the Maungatore River.,, There Is some, very fair land in the valleys, atid some of.thejow,.hills .even will carry one, sheep to two or three acres, ■ The bushis: light, and as prices go now can be felled cheaply. Several of the settlors are going in| for dairy farming, taking their milk over seven miles to the factory.' • - I have just had placed in my bands the account sales for -22 stud sheep sent to Sydney sheep fair by a'wcll-known 'Taralahi, breeder" of'{Romney Marsh sheep.' The" sheep fetched IJ,'and guineas" per head, and the expenses average one guinea per head, the total amount returned to the vendor being ivxlw shillingsand,(wopence. He is better off than some. who. sent-sheep and had to refund." -.-,* v;

The overdraft of the Taratahi-Carter ton Hoad Board is now L2lol,.and" r on Saturday payments were authorised-amounting toabout L4JO,-bringing the indebtednessto the bank l np WL2600. Thecoming in somewhat slqwly;; . is to be brought 'to heat to g<3t'"the''butjtanding rates iuat an Aarly- date. V w-■*,; ” One hundred; and,thirty-eight-registered {letters have been posted this week to 'settlers in ■ the District containing : 'batioes"" tn r remove gorae, briar t hj%mhlea and willows'-from the public.rnads-ahutting on.theproperties Xjf; the several " .people ‘. notified.’ If lihb nu’sance is notcleared withiiutho-limit of - Jima given, the - Board.-" will do' the {work "and recover the coat from the : property owners. The Board has beoh tfl.-conv .siderable expense iq destroying gorse on; the main road,, and now- they intend to see that the property owners keep tho roads icoe from the nuisanoo. It is a pity the. Act does not empower- the, -Board to compel the destruction of these “ noxious weeds" on private lands as well as roads.

AQUA TOFANA •Was a deadly poison made and sold by a woman eaUodjTofivirih', in {Maly, during the -seventeentheontiiry. She. .sold this poison in little flat vials, carrying on the practice for over fifty years before she was discovered. Thousands cfpOrsons wore poisoned by means Of this dreadful; drug.'- ; '.The sale ofpeisonis iiow prohibited by law, except Under pertain wise and precautionary safeguards! , {{: , ' It is, a pity that -the salo of adulterated diqnors'ijS;. hot sanie way prohibited, for they are little leas than slow poison. Adulterated, :cheap gm is often put into empty Wolfe’s Schnapps bottles, and sold ns pure. For this reason it is better to buy whole bottles in unbroken wrappers, and, after use, to break the bottles or deface the labels.-'- Some of -the adulterated' in country towns are. nearly op fatal in the long- run, if: constantly druiilsi ‘aa.t Aqua Tofona. I ’’ ’* * " "■ {{ ..{ U