The Ohinemuri Gazette. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 4, 1912. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume XXIII, Issue 2988, 4 September 1912, Page 2

The Ohinemuri Gazette. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 4, 1912. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr and Mrs F. Murphy left Paeroa for Auckland yesterday morning, travelling via Thames. The annual visit ot the inspector to the Paeroa School will be made on or about Monday, 30th inst. A " Ion? night" in connection with Mr J. Croker's dancing class will be held in the Choral Hall this evening. The members of the Paeroa Ladies' Hockey Club wish us to thank " wellwisher " for the donation and wishes which were much appreciated by the members ot the club. The Thames County Council yesterday had a short discussion regarding the desirability ot obtaining a stone crusher, but there was a little difference of opinion as to whether the expense would be justified, and ultimately consideration ot the matter was postponed. Owing to the stormy weather last night there was not a sufficiently large attendance to make it worth while showing the pictures by Montgomery's Picture Company, only about a dozen people being present.

"The clerk is a walking encyclopaedia of the County " remarked one member at the meeting of the Thames County Council yesterday. The " walking encyclopaedia " (Mr Vv. S. Clark) only smiled, and members agreed that it was desirable -that he should accompany the chairman to Wellington to bring the needs,of the district under the notice of Ministers.

After being sworn, and beiore any questions had been addressed him, a witness at the Carterton Magistrate's Court, directing his speech to the Magistrate, said : " I have only a few words to say, dear sir, and I won't keep you long !:) Everyone, including Ihe wondering Magistrate, looked in the witness' direction, and as he remained silent for a few seconds, examining counsel asked : " Well, and what do you know about the fight?" Quick came the response : " Nothing ! " The crowd laughed, and witness was dismissed from further service.

Various local bodies have trouble 'with owners of trees that overhang the roads and.keep the sun therefrom, thus keeping the thoroughfares constantly damp. The Thames County Council at its meeting yesterday decided to give notice to all property owners whose trees overhang the road that they must have them.cut down. 'A rather formidable list of persons who are to receive notices was banded in. According to a statement made at the meeting of the Thames County Council yesterday, the sum ot .£l7O has been deducted from gold duty accruing to that body. This amount has been held back by Government towards the cost ol carrying out the work authorised by the Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers Improvement Act, although the Council contends that the gold was not won from mines in the special area defined by the Act. The chairman will interview the Minister for Mines on the subject when he visits Wellington this month. •

Applications for increases in wages were received by the Thames County Council at its meeting yesterday from some ot its surfacemen, the extra amount asked for being one shilling per day. They pointed out that they had to keep horses at their own expense, and considered that they were entitled to incre sed remuneration. The Chairman (Mr Bagnnll) said that some of the men were now paid eight shillings and some eight shillings and sixpence a day. He suggested that consideration of the matter be deferred, and that in the meantime the engineer ascertain what wages other local bodies were paying for similar work. The suggestion .made by the chairman was adopted by the Council. l<or Children s Hacking Cough at night, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, is 6d, 2s 6d. "Chinese physicians are popular with women in our city," said a doctor from California. " Their method of diagnosis is very, simple. A woman- tells a Chinese doctor where she has a pain, and he feels her pulse—nothing more. Then he tells her ior how many thousand years his race has understood the human body and mind. This makes a great impression upon the woman patient, and she goes forth with great faith in the learned Chinese and the medicine he has given her, which is usually harmless enough, but not to be found among the remedies approved by materia medica. However, the Chinese doctors are clever, and they do effect some-cures in spite of their medicine. Lay it, perhaps, to the mental effect— the subtle influence ot an alien personality combined with an awe of learning outrunning the oldest in other countries by so many hundreds ol centuries."

A Johannesburg paper says that a a well - known Commissioner Street tailor was relieved of a valuable diamond '■riffg, worth £120, in peculiar circumstances. The owner was exhibiting it in a bar room, and was boasting ot its value, afterwards passing it round for exhibition. Finally it was handed back to him neatly rolled up in its wrappings of tissue paper. The unsuspecting owner left with the comfortable feeling that he had created .1 mild sensation. Arriving home he could not resist the temptation to examine bis valuable treasure." Carefully unfolding the tissue paper covering, he fouud, not the ring, but a biscuit crumb. Philadelphia society is shocked over the action ot twenty young daughters and sons ol some of the most prominent families. Dressed in tights and shirts that extended only a little below their waist lines, they played *• leap-frog" and danced the grizzly bear in the ballroom in the Bellevue Stratford Hotel, immediately following the presentation of an ameteur performance, " A Snug Little Kingdom," a Bohemian comedy, for the benefit of the American Stomach Hospital. The young people placed guards to warn them of the return ol the patronesses and then indulged in their game of " leap-frog." Alter they had leaped over one another's backs for ten minutes they danced the " Bunny Hug,' " Grizzly Bear" and other dances.

A very definite result has followed an announcement made by the Christchurch municipal authorities that proceedings would be taken against persons wasting water from the municipal supply. The announcement was made a few days ago, and since it was published the daily consumption has decreased irom i,5q0,c00 gallons to 1,000,000 gallons. The result is somewhat surprising, and it is felt that, as it becomes better known that action will be taken against persons who waste the water, a further decrease will be made. Mr A. B. Robson, the city surveyor, states that it is hardly lair to expect the plant to pump 500,000 gallons of water for noth ng. He is of opinion that most ot the waste is caused by sheer ..carelessness and negligence.

Manawatu Standard relates the following : —A question of heredity cropped up in a case concerning cows which was before Mr S. E. McCarthy, S.M., at Dannevirke recently. Brands were under discussion when a witness was asked if a certain animal in the case was branded. " No, but her mother was," replied the witness. MrT. H. G. Lloyd : They do not inherit these marks. His Worship : I have heard of one instance of that. Mr Lloyd : It is a remarkable fact. His Worship : In mustering case between two adjoining farmers one had a calf born with his neighbour's earmark on it !