Local and General.

Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume XIII, Issue 1000, 15 May 1903, Page 2

Local and General.

Owing to the Volunteer Church Parade in the Criterion Theatre on Sunday morningl it has been decided to postpone the anniversary services in connection with the Methodist Church until the following Sunday. The arrangements for the preacher for the evening service will, however, be adhered to, Mr T. E. Corkill being announced to conduct the service.. At a meeting of the Paeroa School Committee last evening it was deoided to wait updn the Premier to-morrow, and to ask him if a subsidy could be obtained from Government towards the fund for obtaining uniforms for the Paeroa School cadets corps. "We understand that a large gathering of Druids is to be held at Waikino this evening to welcome some of the Grand Lodge officers who are coming from Auckland. Messrs J.B. West and Go. notify i that their next auction sale at Hikutaia will be held on Wednesday next, the 20th inst. Farther entries are solicited. There will be no service in either the Presbyterian or Methodist churches on Sunday morning, as the ministers of these churches will conduct the volunteer service to be held in the Criterion Theatre at U o'clock. A very pretty wedding was solemnised at St. Joseph's Church, T© Aroha, when the Rev. Father Kehoe joined in holy matrimony Miss Bond of Paeroa, and Mr J. Grayden. The bride/ who was attired in a pretty white silk dressy was attended by two .bridesmaids—Miss Freeman, cousin of bride, and Miss Grayden, and was given away by Mr P. Fayes. Both bridesmaids wore white muslin dresses and black picture hats. The happy couple left for Eotorua. Arrangements for the Volunteer Churoh Parade has been satisfactorily completed, and the service in the Criterion Theatre on Sunday morning promises to be of an interesting character. The service will he conducted by the Revs. J. McArthur and J, Belton—those gentlemen har-~ ing consented to forego the usual morning services in their respective churches. Special music is being prepared, and as the Battalion Brass Band from the Thames will be 1 present, the service should be very attractive. The circumstances under: which the special sorvice is being held should help to ensure a large attendance, tho church parade being in connection with the unveiling of the Bradford Memorial. We understand that there is a probability of the Veterans' Home profiting by the service, at least one of the co-operat-ing churches having determined to donate its "portion of the collection towards the funds of that institution. A kind motherly person is wanted to adopt a healthy baby boy. Now that the winter is here, and dances are being held almost overy week, the great question with dancing people is regarding the merits of the various floor powders. In "this connection, Mr H. E. Crease, che.mistand druggist, of Karangahake, has a prominent announcement in our issue to-day regarding his famous "Cinderella" Ballroom Floor Polish. Mr Crease claims that this preparation has particularly good qualities, and, according to dancing people, the poKsb is "par excellence*?"ioif obtaining a proper surface for the practice of the Terpsichorean art. It has been used very often in preparing the floors for dancing in various parts of the district, and has always been a success. The powder may be obtained from Mr Crease, of Karangahake, or wholesale S-:om Messrs Sargood, Son, andEwen, or other wholesale houses. For Bronchial Cough, take Woodß* Great Peppermint Cure, Is 6d and 2s 6d everywhere.—Advt. A couple of excellent posters, designed by Mr A. Eawlings, were displayed in the street this week, calling attention to the foptbaU sgcial held last night. The posters were very, artistic, and Mr Eawlings is ovldently an expert at that kind of work. The crushing of two tons of quartz from the We Two claim at Omahu has been completed for a retr n of bullion valued at about „£37, The bullion was low i% value,.about Bsper 02. ■ , ,-' ■ .>. '.'■' '" ■' . Mining Inspector Coutte has given strict orders at "Waihj to the effect that no man must go on the ladder way in No. 5 shaft to guide the pump rod down, but such work must be done by means of guide ropes. The pump rod remains in the same position as when the late accident occurred. • Mr Henry Norman, M.P., in an article in the " World's Work," upholds the motor-car as the great means of locomotion in the future. These vehicles "will, he says, kilt tramways, and compel railways to pass into the ownership of the State. Describing the gathering of notable folk at Waterloo station to welcome ' the Colonial Secretary, a London writer says that the Commander-in-Chief, Lord Eoberts, was dressed in a ne.at civilian suit, which somehow made him lopk a greater man tfyan his most superb military uniform. He moved across the platform with the quick springy step -which all who knpw him haye* so often noted, the sharp, elastic tread of a youth rather than that pf a man well stilcken in years, every clip]? qf his heels on tfte boards speaking of boundless vjtaljfy and energy. Close behind jfr Arthur Balfour, Prime Minister of England, who looked large and almost ! unweildy in the wake of the nattiest man in England, in spite of the fact that.fyejs a'love'r of the links. Golf , may clear Mr Balfour's brain for the political arena, but it has not taught him how to walk, or carry himself , like an athlete.

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As an instance of Mr Kingston's cast-iron method of administering the Commonwealth Customs Act, it is said that even when a merchant himself pointed out to the Customs Department that he had made an error, and accidentally defrauded the revenue, he was not allowed to refund the amount without first appearing in the police court.

A cheque for £21,328 has been paid into the probate office, Melbourne, on the estate of the late Edward Duskett, which wasprovedat £213,282;

A " burglar's blunder " was once reported to have occurred in a church at Ealing Green. A burglar 'broke into the church, and after packing up the communion plate ready for removal, drank half a bottle of wine. Then he enveloped himself in a cassock, and settled himself for a nap. He was still enjoying the "nap" when the caretaker arrived next morning. The consequences were such as to open the man's eyes as to the serious naturo of the offence of sleeping in church.

The death is announced of Gustavus Franklin Swift, at Chicago, on March 29th. The deceased millionaire was the founder and head of the colossal packing concern in Chicago, which stands as the largest business of the.kind'in the world. The corporation of Swift and Co. last year employed 23000 men, possessed plant and buildings covering eighty acres, and employed its own transport of 9000 carscontinually carrying 110,000 tons of stock-for manipulation.

The honeymoon was over, and the husband, v returning from business, was grieved to find his little wife crying bitterly. "Oh, George," she sobbed, " such a dreadful thing has happened ! I had made such a Deantiful pie all by myself, and Fido went and ate it!" "Well, never mind, my dear," he said cheerfully, " we can easily buy another dog." Early-closing troubles have arisen even in little Taihape., The local " Post "remarks that the storekeepers of Mangaweka would close their premises early "if it were not that that place contains one person who persists in keeping his premises open as- long as physical strength permits him." The paper ca"s the offender a " social blot," and suggests that he should be " erased " by the pub'us refusing to deal atms shop.

The Seventh New Zealand Regiment, while in South Africa, -was for some time under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. H. FWhite,'D. 8. 0., and the officer's 1- and men entertained such a high opinion of that officer's qualities that they, subscribed to present Hm with a gold watch and chain, 4 sovereign case and a greenstone pendant with gold fernleaf thereon. Majo;* G. Johnston, who was attached to the regiment andisnow.at Preto.la, writes from there to Bay that he has received a reply from Colonel WMte, thanking the regiment for the present. Colonel White says:—"Splendid horsemen, model mounted troops and as brave as lions were the Seventh. That the officers and men of so distinguished a corps should have made me so beautiful a momonto I take as the greatest compliment ever paid to me. It gave me the very greatest pleasure when at Home to hear nothing but praise of the regiment. England is proud of it, New Zealand is proud of it, but I feel sure you will allow me- to say that the'pride I feel in having had the honour to have the regiment under my command cannot be surpassed." ■ . ■ . *

For Influenza and Cold in the head take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Is 6d and ?a 6d,—A-dyt.

A correspondent writing 1 from Jo-. bannesburg states that Mr George Hutchison, formerly a well-known figure in the New Zealand political world, has apparently found it impossible to keep but of politics in hie new sphere of life. ." The great question here at present," says the writer, "is the supplementing of native labour .in some. way. Mr Hutchison has thrown himself strongly into the controversy on this subject, and his lastest hit was in addressing a mass ineeting qf sqme 600Q persons to protest against the introduction of Chinese labour. He made a powerful speech, and the great crowd carried the main resolution of protest with orty twp dissentients."

Israel ZangwlU, the Jewish novelist, in the March number of the " Magazine of Commerce," gives his opinion of the Jewish commercial position in Great Britain and throughout the world. " People believe," he remarks, " that a'l Jews succeed in commerce, and in justification of their belief quote* the Bothschilds, Sassoons, Montagues, and a few other Jewish firms of high standing. The presence of a Jewish Lord 'Mayor, who has also been a very successful business man, aeems to help their case; but, if the truth is told, the commercial position of the Jews is, at best, no better than their social position, and that is very bad indeed. The Jews as a race may not be judged by the standard of a small successful minority. As we? 1, say that every American is a millionaire because Pierpont Morgan, Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie aro American citizens. For many yoara the Jews gave the world some of its leading financiers'! togday the world's wealthiest men are Gentiles, thqugh 'nqw, a§ always, the' poorest people in tHe world are Jews.''

" Brandy and spda " is all very well To drive a bad headache away, But it -won't cure -a cough, as many pan tejl, Who have tried tha rigfyt Btjiff and.

can say; The only thing they have found any

use When colds they havo had to endure, Is tnat which soon sends such ills to the deuce, Some-

Woods' Great Peppermint Cdxi.

Dr Caze, an eminent specialist, writing in the French B-mew of P»«views, declares that Professor . Peter Stein's apparatus for. making tie blind see is the most Wonderful discovery of modern times. Describing an experiment performed upon him by the professor, he says he was placed in a dark room, and his eyes were so thickly bandaged thai' he , could see nothing, although a strong light was brought into the. room. 1 Then the apparatus was fixed over i his temples and before his eyes, and the doctor became conscious of light. Gradually this increased, until he was able to see distinctly- various objects in the room. When the ap-. paratus was removed, the doctor, was oncer more in complete darkness^ / Beference has already.been, madf .in our (N.Z. Times) columns to the scarcity of bricks in this city, and we learn that most New Zealand towns are in similar straits. It is of importance to the colony that. tbis want should be removed, and there is cvi- , dently no reason why it should continue. A patent has been; registered since 1901 for the making of bricks from lime and sand, and the patentee claims that by his process an article of much greater value than the ordinary clay brick can be. produced, and . at half the cost, that is to say, two superior bricks for the cost of one of the common red brick. This patent has never as yet been operated in Now Zealand, and now close upon the heels of this invention comes another, by which. \ he cost of manufacturing bricks can >c even . further reduced; and .before long, it is said, the article now in use will be displaced by bricks infinitely . better for all building purposes, and that at a cost ever so much less. .The pity is that so many . useful patents lie dead in the Patent Office and it is hoped that this wil' not be so in the case now referred to, as it is of national importance that our builning material should be cheap, plentiful, and oi the best possible quality. The Melbourne Age of April 24th* 1 state?:—The extraordinai/ amount of interest excited in .the feminine mind by a fashionable wedding was well exemplified yesterday, whem from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. the gates of the Anglican Cathedral were thronged with crowds of individuals eager to get a glimpse of the bride. . Though admission to the Cathedral- was exclusively by ticket, many of those present showed a tendency to let curiosity get the better of. their sense of decorum. Before beginning the wedding service the Bishop deemed it necessary to ask those standing in the pews to assume a more decorous position. The incident, is specially regrettable, as it is only recently that those having authority in the Cathedral have felt safe in removing the notices—posted at fashionable weddings--to the effect that anyone standing on the seats was liable to expulsion. Such notices were naturally offensive to the eye of respectable individuals, who resented the impu-* tation that they did not know how to behave themselves. If, however, ft bishop- was to preface ;,a. religious ceremony with a request for proper behaviour it would hardly be amiss to have the the discarded notices replaced. The chief offender yesterday was, however, not a woman, but a man, who calmly mounted the pulpit, from which he was summarily ejected by a wary verger.