The Ohinemuri Gazette. AND UPPER THAMES WARDEN MONDAY, MAY 18, 1903. Local and General.

Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume XIII, Issue 1101, 18 May 1903, Page 2

The Ohinemuri Gazette. AND UPPER THAMES WARDEN MONDAY, MAY 18, 1903. Local and General.

The Hon. JV Carroll's speech at the banquet and an account of his movements in the district, together with othor items in connection with the Premier's visit will appear in our issue of Wednesday.

A very pleasing cremony took place at S. Paul's Church on Friday evening when Miss L. Griffiths, who is leaving for the South, was presented by the members of the choir with a very handsome prayer book. The presentation was made by Mr Harston, the conductor, in the absence of the Vicar, the Rev. Mr Cowie. In making the presentation Mr Harston referred to the great attention Miss Griffiths had paid to the choir during the many years she had been connected with the church, and regretted exceedingly the choir was losing one of its oldest members.

Messrs McNicoJ and Co. held a very good sale at Hamilton last week. The attendance was good, and there were a large number of butchers and dealers present "from Ohinemuri. A lot of fine stock was yarded, and fat bullocks brought £9, 9 at this price being knocked down to Mr John Walls. Sheep brought as high as 15s. Very few dairy cows were offered.

The Committee of S. Paul's CLoiiSocial are using eyeyy pndevour to make this one of the best socials fchat has ever been, held in Panroa. Vory choice prices, which are now on viewin Messrs Searle Bros,' window, are being offered for the euchre tornament. The lady's prtee, a particularly handsome biscuit jar in caryod oak and silver, has been generously donoted by Messrs J. Hague-Smith and Co. The other prise is a sterling silver match box. The floor is to be in first-class order, the preparation of it having already been taken in hand, and the all-important items of music and refreshments are in the capablo bandp of the ladies.

On Wednesday last a representative of this paper paid a yip. it to the Goldfields Carriage Factory, in connection with which tho proprietor, Mr Joseph Brenan, is so well and favourably known. Mr Bronan and bis staff were as usual busy turning out orders of every description. Our representative saw many vehicles of different designs in course of gonstruction, but there was one fresh from the paint shop that struck him to be the beat piece of workmanship he has seen for some timo. It is a single-seated concord buggy, and is built to the order of Mrs Wight. It is most artistically paiuted, although not quite finished, with gi'een, Jjned with gold, black and fawn colour. The cushions and the back of the geats are trimmed with maroon coloured leather of the latest design. The buggy js so constructed that it is impossible for the wheels to lock, which is an advantage niu«h appreciated. The whole turn-out is a credit to Mr Brenan, and also to the paiuter, Mr A. Rawlings.

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Of all the flaxmillers of the colony, those of Canterbury have shown themselves most alive to the necessity for improving tbeir methods. As a result they have raised the quality of their output very appreciably since the introduction of compulsory grading, and it is now quite an unusual occurrence for their flax to be put in the lowest grades. Otago and Southland growers—-particularly the latter —have also shown a disposition to improve, but they have not yet been so successful as their neighbours in Canterbury. Mr O. P. Wigley, of the Talisman Hotel, Katikati, while proceeding home from Waihi, came to grief. He was driving his recently-purchas-ed light American sulky, and had reached a point on the road about half-a-mile from Athenree when a bolt suddenly carried away without any warning, and the body of the vehicle dropped to the ground. The horsed lashed out viciously, and the woodwork of the conveyance was splintered into matchwood. Mr Wigley himself was bruised, and received a nasty knock on the ribs. On extricating himself flora the debris he procoeded to Athenree, where he obtained from Captain Stewart the temporary loan of a trap to complete his journey. Journalistic amenities jn the backblocks are occasionally lively. On Saturday last the H Hunterville Express " had a leading article, accusing a contemporary of being " a very bad specimen of the journalistic type of larrikin,'' who is further described as being " a bully and invariably a coward." Tho reason disclosed for this outburst is that the paper assailed had recently "meanly cringed "to Mr Eemington, M.H.R. for Rangitikei, after having formerly abused him. As the " Express " has hitherto been an opponent of Mr Remington, and now writes championing him, it would seem that the member for Rangitikei is in tho unblissful position of the politician of whom all men speak well. Towards the close of the article already quoted' from, the " Express " says:—" It has always been our aim to preserve the best traditions of British journalism. . . , 4t times it is necessary for a decent man to take oif his coat to a blackguard!" For Bronchial Cough, take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, 1 s 6d and 2s 6d everywhere,—Advt. The writer of " Secret History o£ To-day "in " Reynold's Newspaper,*' says:—Everybody is talking of the strange reticence of Mr Joseph Chamberlain since hig return from South Africa. I am able to state, in th° first instance, that Mr Chamberlain is in a very serious state of health. He has never really recovered from the loss of blood occasioned by his cab accident a short time ago. Bis mission to Africa was partly to recuperate his health. But with the commercial instinct of Birmingham he. combined business with pleasure The business, however, was much more serious than he anticipated. And npw he has returned to find the whole political situation changed. He desires to be Prime Mim«iay b.efore the end of his career, and that his son Austen will succeed him , as Colonial Secretary. But he cannot achieve his ambition unless the present Government is destroyed, and he is called in as thp only possible man to pull the party together. Towards the end of the session Mr Chamber.lain will probably take a prolonged holiday, not helping his Tory colleagues, letting them drift deeper into the morass in which they find themselves, His opportnity vill come when, after the passing' of the Irish Land Bill, the Tory Government will go to the country on the question of Home Rule for Ireland. . .- It has been generally understood that the West Coast of the South Island, where miners are largely employed, did very well in regard to drawing* old age pensions. For the year ended March, J902, Greymouth had 488 pensioners, segregQnting £8,296•; Hokitika, 507, £8,653; and Westport, 248, £4,284. According to a statement made at a recent conference of Trades and Labor Oouncils, it is intended to ask fo,r an amendment of the Old Age Pensions Act in the dh*ection of reducing the age at which miners can receive the pension from 65 to 60 years. The conference recently held at Grey* mouth felt that the calling of miners being so hazardous, few lived to reach the age of 65, and that there- I foro the Govornment should bring in fngciaLlogislatibn to meet their case. The opinion of the, Auditor-General is being taken as to the solidity of the position of Mr A. A. George of Hastings, in connection with the j recent municipal elections in that i town, Mr George, who is the con- \ trapfcor for the borough, printing, was elected to, thj? Council, and the question has been raised a'g $q whether he ought to resign the seat or retain the contract. In the meantime, he has declined to take a place at the Council table. Stick to the People, it is but their due, Give them good value and they'll stick to you, So we have found it, whereygr we've been; We have a big lead, to keep it we mean, In many a home we have sayed much expense And still will continue for years that j are hence. For bad coughs and colds, the stuff good and pure Is W. X Woods' Great Peppermint Cuke.