LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Patea Mail, Volume XXIX, Issue 674, 26 October 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

In 1891 smokers in Britain consumed l‘6llb per head of tobacco. Last year the amount was 21b per head. The consumption of tea in England last year was head as compared with o'Solb in 1891. British retrenchment will be more welcome to foreign nations than to Britons themselves. —Kokumin, Tokyo. The extraordinary number of 279 beans, have been gathered from a single bean planted in a garden at Great Casterton, .Rutland.

Preston claims to have cured the motor dust evil by the application of oil tar, which is absorbed by the dust, thus forming a protective carpet. The Evening News is discussing which is the best sport. If the test be “ glorious uncertainty,” we can recommend litiga tion.—The Law Clerk

When a woman is once in a shop, there is no knowing what she may buy—provided, of course, she does not want it. — Frank Richardson, in London Opinion.

The South African football team defeated Middlesex by 9 points to nil. The “ All Blacks” won this match by 34 to nil.

Despite the official statement to the contrary Christchurch.- papers assert the New Zealand Exhibition will not be ready by the opening day. In an assault case at Menai Bridge, the parties wereHughHughes, Tynymynydd, Llanfairmathafarneithaf, and David Lewis, Taicarregyralltwen, Liang ris« tiolus. The Dannevirke Press says: Rumor has it that the summons which Mr S. Carnell. of Napier, has received from the Premier to visit Wellington, is not unconnected with a possible call to the Upper House. The “ Brodrick ” cap, hated by the British sholdier, is now adorning the Leads of the natives of West and Central Africa; Purchased from the Government, they are sent out to West Coast traders, who barter them for produce of all kinds

The acknowledged good qualities and success of vSANDER & SONS’ EUCALYPTI EXTRACT have bought out many imitations, and one case was just tried iu the Supreme Comt of Victoria, before His Honor Chief Justice > y ir J. Madden, K.G.M.G., etc. His Honor, when giving judgment, said with regard to the GENUINE SANDER & SONS’ EUCALYPTI EXTRACT that whenever an article is commended to the public by reason of its good quality, etc., it is not tiermissible to imitate any of its features. He restrained the imitators perpetually from doing so, and ordered them to pay all costs. We publish tips to afford the public an opportunity of protecting themselves, and of securing what }s proved beyond all doubt by skilled witnesses at tr*e Supreme Court of Victoria and by many authorities during the last 30 years to be a preparation of genuine im-rit, viz.. THE GENUINE SANDER & SONS’ PURR VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT Diarrhoea. —Diarrht ca, in its first stages, can be cured by a few doses of that pie is mt. redable and effectual medicine, Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. I» many instances one dose is sufficient, but as a rule three or four doses arc necessary. It is a gppd thi. g fo keep it in the house. Get a bottle to day; it may save a life. For sale by Boyle & Jones, Storekeepers, Patea, and Palmer Bros,, Waverley,

Mr Haldane is being hailed at Berlin as a friend of Germany. We hope he will not find it necessary to give further proofs of his friendship. Our army has been reduced quite enough.—Punch. China asked Japan to teach her how to conquer the white people. Japan has given her reply : “ Adopt their civilisation, become their equal to-day. their rival to-morrow, their conquerors some day.”—Giornale d’ltalia, Rome. The annual report of the Department of Agriculture is to hand. This volume, containing 531 pages is full of interest to every farmer, horticulturist or orchardist and is one of the most useful of the Government publications.

“ A large proportion of Lancashire folk are born on ‘ tick,’ when they grow up they marry on ‘ tick,’ and when they die they are buried on ‘ tick.’ A wellknown Lancashire clergyman on the evils of the weekly-payment system- “ Why not organise a competition for human yearlings, two-year-olds, and three-year-olds, fed on milk, to encourage improvement in the quality of our people.”—Mr A. J, King, M.P., at the Mid-Chashire Agricultural Show.

The New York police have au ideal baton. This is made of extremely heavy wood, judiciously coated with indiarubber, and has this merit, that while it will knock a man down with a single blow, it will stun without breaking his head.

Penny-in-the-slot gas meters were laughed to scorn when the idea was publicly suggested to the Sunderland Gas Company by a shareholder a few years ago. Now there are 12,000 in use in the town, and the revenue from them amounts, at present, to £32,000. A careless employee at R. Hannah and Co.’s boot factory at Wellington went to a tap, but finding the water was not on left it without shutting it off. In the evening the water was turned on with the result that the premises were flooded and damage to the extent of between £SOOO and £7OOO done.

During a speech on the Public Works Estimates Mr Massey said he obj ected to the numerous votes for clocks. He saw by the face of the member for Paimersten that the clock vote in his case would

be spent. It was a crying shame when the country districts are crying out for roads and bridges to devote large sums to clocks. A man named Leblancq drowned himself in the reservoir of the Jersey Water Company. The question now arises as to what the company should do. The water at present is so low that the supply is cut off every day from 2 p.m. Last time a man drowned himself in the reservoir it was emptied, but if this course were pursued with the serious drought now on the island it would bring about a water famine. The following Kaffir story, told in a London club recently, has the merit of being true. A Christian Zulu-Kaffir was heard recounting to another Kaffir, with all the fulness and picturesqueness their language so well allows, a vision of heaven which he had in a dream, and he described in detail what heaven was like. “And saw you any Kaffirs there?”

inquired his listener. The teller of the story pondered a while, and then “ No,” said he. “for I did not look into the kitchen.”

The Stratford Post, in complaining of

inadequacy of the votes on the Estimates for Taranaki, instances the shabby treatment of the Stratford-Ongarue

railway. Concluding ah article the Post says ; “Even the most ardent supporters of the Government in this district must, when the tacts strike them, feel that

there is such a thing as ingratitude—base ingratitude, and that loyal political support does not even win bare justice from some men.” But if Stratford is complaining what ought Patea to be doing? However, Patea is becoming quite used to being left out in the cold and is taking things philosophically.

The Scottish form of taking the oajh is said to be making rapid headway in London. One judge after another is giving witnesses the opportunity of being sworn in Scottish fashion instead of kissing the book, now regarded as both insanitary and repulsive. For those who still prefer to take the oath in the English form, Judge Snagge, who presides at Hitchin County Court, has ordered testaments to be provided with covers that can be frequently washed. But he hopes the English fashion will soon die out, and the more sensible Scottish system take iti place. Taking the oath by holding up the right hand has “caught on” in the metropolitan courts, and its introduction into the higher courts appears to be near at band.

King Alphonso apparently did not escape unscathed from the bomb which Morales flung at the royal procession on his wedding day. A volunteer, recently in camp at Salisbury (England), gave the following account of an incident in the visit of the King and Queen of Spain to Bulford:—King Alphonso, he says, stated in conversation that there was one detail in connection with the bomb explosion on his wedding day which did not find its way into the newspapers. He was struck by one of the flying fragments of the shell, and bears a scar on his chest which he will probably carry to his grave. The King related how he saw the boquet thrown, but merely regarded it as a wedding favor. When ha recovered from the shock it was to see sixteen dead people lying on the ground and the Queen’s dress bespattered with blood. That constant advances are being made by science and ingenuity working hand in hand, is very clearly shown on examination of the Baltic Cream Separator, which is the very latest Swedish production. A new principle is involved by which both capacity and clean skimming have been brought to great perfection. The split wing system has been done away with, and in its place a special and very simple arrangement feeds the whole milk to the separating planes without any disturbance of the cream layer, a process impossible of accomplishment under the old system. Without increasing the size of the bowl, the surface of the separating planes has been increased by thirty per cent. Results achieved in actual practice with the Baltic Separator have astonished practical factory men, and the really marvellous capacity and clean skimming shown have exceeded anything hitherto known. The construction of these separators throughout has called forth the highest approbation both from a mechanical and ingenious standpoint. When we state that these machines are built in all sizes from 16 to 880 gallons per hour, it will be noted that all classes of the dairy public are provided for. It is certainly worth any dairyman’s while to make an inspection of these very up-to-date machines.

RHEUMO SOON CURED HIM. A few doses of Rheumo soon cured Mr Geo. Colledge. the well-known Wellington Master Mariner. He writes:—“l was attacked with rheumatic gout. My feet were much swollen, and so very painful that I had to keep in bed. Hearing of your cure for gout, I sent for a bottle of Rheumo, and after taking a few doses the effect was magical—the severe pain left and the swelling disappeared ; I was soop on my feet again and able to go to work,” Rheumo is sold everywhere at 2s 6d and 4s 6d a bottle Wholesale Agents, Kempthorue, Prosser and C*,

The Victorian bowlers defeated New Zealand by 189 to 149. So far nothing has been heard of the ’Frisco mail steamer due at Auckland on Tuesday. A laborer named Francis Dougherty, of Gisborne, fell out of a trap whilst driving and fractured his skull. A coal miner at Westport named James Wilson, missing his way, fell over a cliff 100 feet high and was killed. At the Carterton Show the Challenge Cup Jumping Competition was won by Mr D. Noake, of Waverley. with Mignon.

Nurse Lahman accidentally fell from an Auckland tram yesterday and sustained such injuries that she shortly afterwards died.

A woman named Mrs Euphemia Dempsey, residing at Lyttelton, was found drowned at Lyttelton on Thursday. 1| The various views of the Patea river and entrance, which are to be sent to the Christchurch Exhibition, will be on view at Mr R. E. Wells’ shop to-morrow. Captain Edwin wires as follows to-day; Gale from between north east and north and west; glass fall soon; tides high ; sea heavy; rain probable. Mr J. Mercer has purchased the Railway Boarding-house from Mr R. Rasmussen. It is the intention, we understand, of the new proprietors to effect considerable improvements.

The Premier announced to the House on Wednesday that the Government had raised,£9oo,ooo of the million loan at 2 per cent, premium. The loan bad been raised without going to London. Mr M. Kirkbride, M.H.R., who has been ill for some time past, has taken a turn for the worse, and has been removed to a private hospital, where be lies in a critical condition. He is suffering from the bursting of a blood vessel in the neck.

In this week’s Auckland Weekly New* there appears a very good view of. ths Patea river, wharves, railway station, and Heads. The picture is from a photo taken-by Mr E. E. Wells, of Patea, the enlargement of which is being sent ddwn to Zealand Exhibition. Mr W. Spence, of the Econotiiic, Hawera, has received a telegram from the Official Assignee that his tender for the stock in the bankrupt estate of A. Paterson has been accepted. Further particulars will appear in our advertising columns in a few days.* A drowning fatality occurred at Waimarama, 14 miles from Hastings, yesterday. Three men, Albert Gebbio, James Bragg, and Frank Donnelly, were out at sea in a boat, and when returning through the breakers the boat capsized. Donnelly struggled ashore, but the two former were drowned.

At the band concert to-morrow night in the Triangle the Patea Band will play a fantasia called “ Uranus.” It contains three fine solos for euphonium, trombone and cornet, and is one of the best pieces the local band has played. The concert will commence at 7 30. Duriug the evening a collection will be taken up in aid of the Band funds.

A garden party and sale of work—the proceeds of which will be devoted to the Presbyterian Church Funds— will be held at Mr James Williamson’s residence at Eakaramea on Wednesday. Numerous attractions will bo provided, and a very pleasant afternoon can be spent. Provision is made for conveying visitors, to Eakaramea, and numerous vehicle will be running. A Costlt Cough.—The uncared for cough, the cough you let go on, hoping it will cure itself, is the costly cough. It is the cough that annoys you, keeps on acking and tearing the delicate and sensitive membranes and tissues of tfie throat, until it is impossible to cure. Take care of your cough now. Take Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. It soothes, relieves. and cures. For sale by Boyle & Tones, Storekeepers, Patea, and Palmer Bros.. Waverlev. When you feel languid and out ot sorts

take Eccles’ Phosphor-ton, the great tonic It is just what you need. Puts fresh life in you. Sold in Patea by H. B. Deane, azd P. A. Walker. Waverley agents: W Balfour and H Southcomhe.—Advt