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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10518, 28 July 1910, Page 3

'At vesterdav's meeting of the ait'aki County Council the Chairman (Air D. Sutherland) spoke in acknowledgment of the excellent assistance lie had received from the Hon. r J . \. I)"''™" and Sir W. J. Steward whilst in \Yellington recently arranging lor the grants required, for the "Waitaki County. Mr Sutherland said that the assistance of the Parliamentary representatives narranging conferences with the Premier

.and the Minister Cor Public Works had 1 helped the country considerably. Sir \V. J. Steward is to ask the Post-master-General whether, in view of: tho large amount of business jiow transacted in the Post Ollioe Savings Bank at \\ annate, lip will allow depositors to draw out their •money direct without having to give three days' notice or pay the cost of a telegram' to Timaim. A settler of the Mackenzie Country writes to the Wellington Post in gloiymg praise of the value of the Meteorological Olfieo's forecasts to that district. "1 have lived in the Mackenzie Country for considerably over a third of a century," he says." "I have- been shepherd, mustcror, station manager, and for the, last sixteen years lessee of a small run. Having ' always been keenly interested in weather 'forecasts for more ihan twenty-live years, J. have thought what; a groat boon it would bo in this class of country in the winter ,months if we had any reliable forecasts given, say. for two days ahead.

Weather reports used to filter through to hero in the Press, but iliey were disappointing. They were of too general and neutral character to be of much value, but since Bates took chargo I have noticed a great change, and I have carefully watched long enough until 1 am satisfied we have got, the man as meteorologist P had been vainly looking for for twenty-live years. Hoing a member of the Mackenzie County Council, 1 brought the matter befor" members, and they endorsed my views that we should write to the Government asking to have weaiher. forecasts

sent hero direct as often as possible. Tin's was done, and J am pleased to state no time was lost in agreeing to our requests; since which these forecasts have come regularly, and their general accuracy is something marvellous." The' first-aid class was well attended last night. Or Scott, explained what .slumld be done in making preparation iu a room for the reception of a sick or injured person, and the various methods of lilting and carrying patients were also dealt with. After the lecture, the members practiced the application of the triangular bandage and splints. The members of the nursing division, showed the manner in which the .sheets are changed while the patient is in bed. Probably the course will close with next week's lecture, on which occasion the. whole course of lirst-aid treatment will be illustrated on a screen.

Sir W. J. Steward asked, iu tho House of Representatives, whether it in competent for borough councils to forbid the exhibition within their jurisdiction of cinematograph films portraying prize lights and other objectionable incidents, and if no such power is ntnv possessed by municipal authorities, uhelher the Minister will provide- the necessary authority in the Municipal Corporations Act. Amendment Pill to •)» introduced. The Minister replied tint*, there is no provision lo forbid exhibi-

lions of pictures unless tlicy conic under tlic provisions of the Police Offences -Act, hut the matter is being dealt with b.v legislation. Messrs J. 1). Hamilton and Sons report having sold, privately, on account of National .Hank, freehold section 7, block 20, Tecs .street, with shop and dwelling, to a client. ; also on account of Air Andrew I'aterseu, freehold of sections '2l and L'l', block 10, Torridgo street, with duelling. A far as Daunevii'ke is concerned, the "fight picdiVes" will lie allowed to bo shown. "We as a race would be-, come absolutely milksops if it were decided to slop the contests, calling for strength and endurance, for lighting was one of the best means of building up a vigorous manhood," said an honorable councillor, speaking against a. suggestion of the local W.C.T.U., that u bur should be. placed on (lie reproduction of picture* of the contest in the. local amusement hall. "We want," ho added, "men to grow up physically and morally strong—men who can receive hard knocks and lake a licking. The prize lights were not brutal, and not demoralising." The Council declined to give cii\'ft, to the request, of (he society. The .sheep which founded the Australian merino (locks (the finest wool. .sheep tho world has .seen) came, originally from the JJoya) Mocks of Spain. The original New Zealand .sheep were

neriuos from Australia. It is curious, hcrcfore {j( marks the .Ylanawatu 'imos 1 ,, to learn that Mr George K. Ulen. of "Tipua." C'lareville, received .n order lor four stud Komney sheep o be despatched to a farmer in tho outh of Spain. The sheep will consist

iif two rams and two ewes. The sale was tin.- result of a photograph ,'ind samples of wool .sent to Spain some. months ago.

Oil Sunday week (says tile Paten. County Pros) a decidedly unpleasant experience befell seme well-known Pa tea resident.s —Mr M. Carey, .Mrs Carey, I'ercy Carey (aged nine years), and Mr .J. Dempsey (llawera)—whilst: taking a. walk along the beach. Taking advantage of the bright sunny afternoon, the little parly descended on to the beach behind the. racecourse and then followed along under the dill's with the intention of ascending the dill's again about a couple of mih,is. farther on, near Whitikau, where they expected to be met by several other members of the family. Before going so far. the parly retraced their steps, but had not gone very far before they noticed thai the tide was in. The breakers were now swirling up to their waists. .Air Carey attended to the safety of .Mrs Carey, and Mr Dempsey .shouldered the boy, and file little party struggled, bravely to withstand the backwash of each .succeeding breaker, and succeeded'very well until, rounding a jutting poinl, which was more exposed to the fury of the waves. Mr and Mrs Carey were: some yards in front, and, hearing a cry, they looked, back in time to ht Mr Dempsey and the. boy struggling in the breakers. -Airs Carey attempted to rush back to their assistance, but Air Carey realised the danger of doing so. and hurried his wife to a position of tolerable, .safety, and then rushed back to assist his little son and Air Dempsey. Very fortunately, he succeeded in getting hold of them amidst the swirl of the churning waves, and all three struggled gamely along; to a place of safety, the waves at,times deluging them up to their necks. Had they lost their heads or made a misstep there is little doubt that a. melancholy tragedy would have had to he recorded, but it fortunately happened that they were able to'regain the place whence they descended to the beach, and reached home very wet, very tired, and thankful that nothing worse had, befallen them. Barbers at Waterloo, Nebraska, U.S.A., have decided to contest the constitutionality and legality of the ordinance passed by the City Council, tluciaring that it shall be unlawful for them to eat onions between 7 o'clock in the morning and 6 in the evening, the closing hour for the shops. This same ordinance prohibits smoking during the interval covered by the samo hours. The barbers contend' that the provisions of the ordinance constitute an abridgment of their rights as American citizens. They take the position that while they do not care for onions, if the Council can pass an ordinance prohibiting the eating of them, it can make it unlawful to eat bread or drink water. The statement recently, published- in the southern papers, to the effect that over 100 weasels were seen marching like a mob of sheep along the road in Northern Wairoa, has caused a good deal of unfavourable comment, the indications being that the statement that the district is over-run with vermin is contrary to fact. A prominent settler who owns land in various parts of Kaipara informed a North Auckland Times reporter this evening that locally weasels have not increased in numbers during the past four years, and on no occasion has he seen more than two |or three of these, rodents together at one time. The farming community consider that were such a farcical statementto go uncontradicted it might prejudicially affect settlement in North Auckland.

An advertisement appears in this_ issue from Messrs Familton Bros., painters and. carpenters, of 'Wear street, of some interest to householders. Messrs Familton Bros, announce that their stocks of wallpapers are far too heavy to carry in addition to the fresh consignments continually arriving, and the advisability of getting unit of them has made itself apparent. They have" accordingly reduced prices out of all proportion to their actual value, giving an exceptional opportunity of having papering executed at a. low figure. In. keeping with this od'er, during the next couple of months their services are at command at a correspondingly reduced rate, '.,2 a

The upholders of orlhdoxy in Russi; have been awaiting with great inipa tience the rtsult oi an cxtraordinar; trial which has y\-x been held at. Mosyr in the Government oi Min-sk. wiii closed dour.-. Five landowner am farmers, i'nli-h Roman Catholic-, am tno Orthodox pea-ants, who aceon: panied ti'ieui. wen.- charged with dese crating a r-hnrch by pulling iij the flooring and -hooting two loxcs which had made ile-ir lair on the pro miscs. In. doing this they invaded til -sanctuary and covered with-shot-mark an ikon of C'hri.-t. which was also be spattered with blood. The Church o St. Nicholas, the Miracle Worker, wher the desecration occurred, is situated i: a wood .some three miles from the vil lago of Hsiii.stcha. It is old and tumble down, the root" is described as rotten and only o:ie service is held there an nually. it being shut the rest of til year. The charge against the prisoner dated from December, 1905. They ha< already been tried and acquitted oi technical grounds. The indictment de scribed how the prisoners went fox shooting with a number of dogs am forced an entrance into the church Their footsteps and tracks were dis oeruibio on the snow, which had fallei through the roof on the floor of tin building. There were blood stains ii many places. What had occurred wa quite evident. One of the foxes, oi being driven from the hole under -fcln church, had dashed towards the iko; screen, and the hunters had fired at i as it made a leap on to the ikon of tin Saviour. Twenty-two shot marks wen found on the ikon itself. The secon' fox unearthed in the church was killec by the dogs. The Court coiideiunec the five landowners and farmers t( terms of hard labor varying betwect right and four years. The two peas nuts received less punishment. Calcutta is very much like London ii that it possesses an enormously large: population by day than, by night. Liki London, too. this day population hai increased rapidly since the middle o last centnrv. In 1861 it numberet 170,133; in IS9I it was over 300.000 and to-day it is probably 100,000 more To correct possible statistical nu'sreprc sentation the corporation are propositito hold a "day census" shortly aftej the taking of the general one. "Thoroughbred racing in Mexico ha: caught the fancy of the natives and wil eventually take the place, of bullfight ing, I believe." said Juan A. Terrazaf of Mexico City. . '"lt has not only tht approval of the people but the endorsement of the Government. Our people want racing net only for its own sake but they realise that through the introduction of racing our native breed oi horses may be materially improved Mexico has always loved racing, but in earlier years it was difficult to" conduct the sport because of the lack of transportation facilities. Why, in the City of Mexico itself the eld jockey club is the most exclusive social organisation in the entire republic. It is proposed. I understand, to make the principal stake of future meetings worth a great deal of money, with a Government subsidv of £5000." There's no necessity of your being weak, amemic, listless. Be vigorous—full of dash and spirit—tie up and doing—Stearns' Wine of Cod Liver Extract will make you. 0 Meteoric dust particles are infinitely finer than grains of sand. They have an interesting origin. Meteors or shooting stars have been bombarding the world from the beginning at a rate estimated at many thousands an hour, of which, however, an average of only five or six are visible to the naked . eye in that time. Owing to our protecting envelop.- of air, few of these missiles read: usj In weight meteors vary from a few ounces to many pounds. Occasionally is of sufficient dimensions to survive, the passage of SO to. 100 miles through an atmosphere increasing in density as the earth is approached. The speed at which they enter the atmosphere, calculated at not less than thirty-five miles a second, generates■ such intense heat by friction that the iron, of which the meteor principally consists, is immediately reduced to an incandescent vapor, which is the luminous train so frequently seen in the heavens on a clear night. The vapor rapidly cools and condenses in the form of these minute particles, which assume tlKspherical form as does shot during its fall from the top of the tower. Finally the little spheres are scattered by the winds and currents in the upper air and gradually descend in their millions as an invisible, never ending shower. The perfect condition in which these meteors are found is due to the presence of certain non-corrosive elements. found by analysis to be present in the metal of meteors which have come to ct-.rth. A good rubbing of the chest and back with ROCKE'S Eucalyptus Oil and a few drops sprinkled on your pillow will relieve a cold. Ask for Australia's best —"ROCKE'S." 4 For Children's Hacking Cough at night Vfoods' Great Pepnermint Cure — 2a 6d. 2s 6d.