LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XII, Issue 1885, 4 November 1904, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tenders are invited for the position of secretary to ths Pahiatua Hospital Trustees.

The programme of the sports to be held during the Pahiatua Rifleß encampment will appear in to-morrow s issue.

The plumbing trade in Sydney is now said to be almost on a level with London, while Wellington is still about twenty years behind Sydney. The Queensland Premier told a deputation that he was prepared to abolish the law which enabled travellers to obtain liquor on Sundays. The Adelaide Chamber of Commerce carried a resolution that the proposed union label on goods will produce industrial terrorism and strife. Train arrangements in connection with tbe King’s birthday anniversary are published by the Railway Department. Excursion tickets, available for return until Btb December, will be obtainable at the various stations from sth to 9th inst.

A replace advertisement from the W.F.C.A., drawing attention to their stock of gentlemen’s summer hats, tennis shirts, vests, tie- 3 , and collars, and to the various delicacies id the grocery departments, as well as farmers’ requisites, appears in this issuei

Tbe death has occurred at Paris of Charles Sargent, inventor of the chain principle as applied to bicycles. He was also tbe first workman to engage in the motor cycle industry. Sargent, who was 83 year? of age. was very poor, it being due to the generosity of friends in raising a subscription on bis behalf that be was saved from dying of hunger. At a gymkana held recently in Bermuda a novel eveDt was introduced called the “Babes in the Wood’’ race. The conditions were as follow : —The men had to gallop up to a wall, dismount and climb over. Then they had to find dolls hidden in tbe wood beyond, and return each to his lady, who had to put the “ babe " in a perambulator and whe Q l it over a short distance.

Tbe W.F.C. A. are doing their best to induce tbe weather to change. by advertising gents’ summer wear. The trade in their gents’ department has been steadily increa=ing ot late, a fact which proves that the firm’s endeavours are in the right direction and also that they have got on to tbe right lines to suit the great majority in these parts.— Advt.

Lord Erskioe, when be was at the bar, was retained for a woman named Tickle, against whom an action of libel had been brought. On the trial he commenced his address to the Court thus : “ Tickle, my client, the defendant, my lord.” Tbe audience, amused by tbe oddity of the speech, were almost driven into hysterics by tbe judge replying: “ Tickle her yourself, you are as well able to do it as I.”

Addressing tbe Old Wellington Navals Association on gnnnery matters recently Master Gunner Richardson, in stating that tbe results of srtillery practice were often Dnblished bv different nations, said that about a year before tbe present war commenced Russia published results of gnnnery practice which had established a world’s record. These records were made by the Baltic fleet!

After the heavy gale of the last few days, tbe weather this morning was sufficiently fine to enable residents of raliiatua and contiguous districts to take advantage of the inducements afforded by the railway authorities in connection with the Palmerston North Agricultural and Pastoral Show. The show ground was reported to be in a very floppy condition yesterday, but it will have dried up sufficiently by this afternoon to enable pleasure-seekers to thoroughly enjoy themselves.

The value of the bee in tbe work of fertilising plants by carrying pollen from one plant to another is greater than its use in producing honey. In fact, without tbo aid of bees many flocks would be oomplete failures. Darwin found that in 100 heads of pnrple clover protected from the visitation of beep not a seed was produced, while 100 heads visited by bees produced nearly 3000 seeds. When two vurietios of certain plants are grown in tbe same neighbourhood thero is a likelihood of cross-fertilisa-tion, as bees forage over a largo territory. It will, therefore, pay the farmer or fruit-grower to keep at least one hive of bees, or nnourege . his neighbour to do so.