LOCAL AND GENERAL

Patea Mail, Volume XXXIX, 17 July 1914, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Messrs R A. Adams, Ltd., announce in this iaaue that their mid-winter aale will commence to-morrow (Saturday). Wo remind out readers of Mr B. T Bennett’s weekly auction sale which takes place at 2 p.m. to morrow. Particulars will be found in our advertising columns. The attention of farmers is drawn to the clearing sales of dairy stock and implements to be hold at Hurleyville on Monday and Tuesday next, Full particulars with regard to these, sales appear in this issue, Messrs Boyle & Jones in this issue call attention to the many little inexpensive labour saving devices which help to lighten the burden of the housekeeper. Particulars will be found on the first page and purchasers will find after use that they h ive lost that careworn expression so common to the women of to-day, and that when the husband comes homo in the evening his wife’s face will shine with happiness and content and their house will truly be “Home, Sweet florae ” In the wanted column of this issue, Mr B, T. Bennett notifies the public that he has an exceptionally largo quantity of furniture which he is prepared to dispose of nt moderate prices in order to allow him more room in the mart. 1 he consignments have all come at once and therefore to relieve the congestion, he will during the next week dispose of furniture at sacrificing prices. ■ Anyone in need of high class furniture cannot do better than call and make an inspection. The Rev T G Hammond gave an amusing: example of Maori in his lecture on the Brotherhood on Sim lay afternoon. A Maori called on behalf of another man to request permission to cut down trees cn the mission property. This wi.s not granted. The man had a fine dog wiih him and on his avay homo this was killed by u pig. Shortly afterwards the man returned and chimed compensation from Mr Hammond for the loss of his dog on the ground tint if he had not come to see him ho would not hove lost his dog, therefore Mr Hammond was really responsible for the loss. “No,” replied Mr Hammond, you should go to the man who suit you to me, for if he had not sent you the dog would not bo lost The man it appeared had alr-'ady made an imsncci stfnl claim there, and went away holing thst somehow ho bad been imjiist’y Iroited. because ho could not secure c.nnpor.s ition. Wo have a fine assortment of stylos in Warner’s ms', proof corsets, in order that wc may accurately and comfortably fit every woman who oomc-s to our counters for a corset. Patoa drapers*** For Chronic Chsst Complaints, Woods’ Groat Peppermint Cure, Is 6d' 2s fid

Fifty men were engaged during last mouth in painting the Eiffel Tower in Paris, and 45 000 bs of paint were used the work cost £IOOO. The Mcterton Racing Olub h s male a great "access of farming its land at the Opaki racecou'an, mid daring the past year the working of less than 100 acres returned the satisfactory profit of £271 19s 81. The expressive title of Alblassordammerlantaarnopstekersvergaderinglo - kaal was conferred on the new gas-work-ers’ass mibly hall opened by the Mayor of Alblssserdam. Holland, at the end of May, It sounds like a now swear word to our way of thinking. “At Seaclff 25 per cent of the calves were lost at one time through coddling,” says Dr Traby King. “ Now that the calves that are kept in the open air their is uo moitility uor tuberculosis, and they grow 3501 b in one year as compared with 2501 b 25 years ago, under the old system of coddling,” Here is a lilt’e girl’s composition on men “ Men are what women marry, They drink and smoke and don’t like to go to church. Perhaps if they wore bonnets they would. They are more logical than women and also more zoological. Both man and women sprung from monkeys, but the women have sprung faitoer than the men,” New Zealand has an abundance of saltwater crayfish, and Professor Prince urges that they should be exploited more fully than they are at present. The value of tie supply, ho says, has never been fully realised. With (he crayfish it is possible to create an industry here just as large as the lobstrr industry m Canada which was worth over £1,000,000 per year. An English tourist was recently spending his holidays in Scotland when ha met a very old native. In the course of conversation the tourist asked the native how old he was. “ I am one hundred,” said the old man. “ I rather doubt tint you will see another hundred,” said the tourist. ‘‘ Aa diana ken man,” said the old man, “ Aa’m stronger the noo than when I started the first hundred.” An amusing story is told by a Devonshire man who invited a Socialist to visit his estate and see what he had done for the villagers. As they drove about the men touched their hats and the girls and boys " bibbed ” and cuitsled. Soon they passed a man smoking his pipe, who took no notice of the squire. “Ah !” said the Socialist, that’s the sort of man for me. No bowing and scraping.’’ “ No,” replied the squire ; “ that’s the village idiot.” Canterbury may have another commercial coal mine in the near future (says the Christchurch Press), For many years it has boon known that dal Misted in the Malvern Hills on the Dalethorpe station, and for a time a mine was worked there, but on the prices obtaining at that period the venture did not pay. Recently the mine was opened again, and a good quantity of coal is now being obtained from this source, though it has not ben placed on the market. The Dalethorpe coal is said to be very black and hard, somewhat resembling Homebush. A story recently told by Rudyard Kipling illustrates what happens in war, A year before the Bouth African war broke out Mr Kipling met an Englishman in Snu'h Africa, who was earning a salasy of £2OOO a year ii Johannesburg. The Englishman was perfectly secure, and assured Mr Kipling that any serious disturb nice was impossible, Six months after war began Mr Kipling was again in South Africa, and a ragged man came begging to his door, asking for vegotabl-s for his wife ti prevent tier having the scurvy. It was the same man who had been making ,£2OOO a year. I In the course of a conversation with a gentleman well versed on financial matters in Palmerston, the Ssaudard reporter was informed that money for investment was very plentiful now, In fact, it was stated, a curious position bad arisen—there was a difficulty of placing such money, there being apparently no demand for loans. During the past three months, he had not invested for clients more than £SOOO, and in one case had been unable to secure an investment for a sum for some time. This, it was explained, applied to the lending business, and not to the placing of money on frail securities, which could be easily done. As showing bow the crying of *• stinking fish ”as regards the port of Gisborne acts detriment illy against the interest of the port, a former Gisborneite. now resident in Napier , and connected with the timber industry, stated to a Poverty Bay Herald reporter that when the fourmasted schooner H. D. Bendixsen. from Puget Sound, was recently in Napier, her master contemplated making a return trip from America to New Zealand with a cargo of Oregon timber for Gisborne, orders for which were practically secured. He had obtained information from Gisborne, showing that with a full load draught of 17ft Gin he would have no difficulty in eutedug the port, but a certain publication got into his hands, and ho then decided not to come. Dr Isiao Taylor Headland tells an amusing story that has a bearing on the new-woman question, and incidentally shows that in diverse civilizations human nature is pretty much the same. The Chinese General. Ma, was calling on one of the Methodist Missionaries in the City of Foochow. Daring their conversation the general said; “ Doctor, I want to ask you a question. In your honourable country is the woman the head of the homo, or is the man the head of the home ? ” “ Why, general, it is this way," replied the missionary. “If the man is a stronger character than the woman, he is the head of the homo, but if the woman is stronger than the man, she rules.” The general pushed back his chair, and with a melancholy smile, remarked: “In my miserable country it is exactly the same 1 ” Interesting discoveries were made during the cruise of the Federal trawler Endeavour, which lus just concluded (says the Melbourne Age). The p ineipal of these was that mmy of the soundings shown on the charts which have been doing duty for a good many years are incorrect aa regards the depth of water indicated. For instance, the greatest depth in Bass Strait, according to tVse charts, is 18 fathoms (283 feet), but soundings tak-m by the Endeavour showed that in many places (he lead sink to a depth of 53 fathoms (318 feat). Another of the discovert s was that the ocean bed is quite regular, and not irregular, as shown by the old chart.;, and that a big central basin, with a maximum depth of 53 fathoms, extends like a trough from tin Tasmanian coast towards Victoria, and then stretches away into the Southern Ocean between Cipe Otway and King Island No fewer than 525 soundings were taken during the cruise The (federal Fisheries Direcior think:- tln-t the explanation of the diff'roncc between the old and the new soundings lies in the fact that the old soundings wore not taken at the one time, .and that difibrent appliances give different, results. These, he says, cannot be allowed to stand against the soundings taken with the latest appliances,

A reminder is given of Mr T. M. Wilford’s meeting on Monday night. A reminder is given of the Skating Rink which will be open to-morrow night in Mabony's Hall. The value of a high pressure water system is shown by the fact that the tot'il expenditure on the upkeep of the Levin waterworks last year was something in the neighbourhood of £32. These works were designed and carried out some eight years ago by Mr H, W. Climie at a cost of £22.000, A magnificent wedding cake now on view at Mr H. Revell’s establishment furnishes conclusive proof that the very finest work ia the confectionery line can be accomplished in the town without customers going further afield. The cake is well worth a visit of inspection and stamps the maker as being a confectioner of no mean order. At the competition for the world’s type-writing championship, held at Toronto recently, Mies Owen, of New York, the holder of the title, maintained her supremacy, writing 125 words a minutes for half an hour. Miss Rosa Piitz, of New York, was second with 122*3 words, and Miss Bessie Friedman, also of New York, was third with 122 words. Speaking to one of the organisers of the Baltic Exhibition at Malmo (in tin south of Sweden), King Gustav of Sweden expressed great surprise that in several leading foreign newspapers be had noticed nothing about the exhibition. “Your Majesty must remember how expensive it is to advertise in these journals,” said the organiser, according to the mail. “ A small page costs £100.” “ That is very cheap,” the King replied. ,l You must advertise in these papers and send the bill to me. It is most profitable.” Mr L. H. Wilson returned from Wellington last night where ha has been on a visit to keep himself in touch with all the latest movements in the Picture world, and informs us that he has purchased a new and up - to-date latest pattern Eraemau biograph for his Patea show and has also booked the following special star films for exclusive showing;—“The Bishop’s Carriage,” “The Diamond Mystery,” •* Quo Yadis,” “ Judith of Bethulia,” “ A Message from Mars,” “ Anthony and Cleopatra,” “ Physcbe,” and “ The Miracle,” all of which will be shown in the near future. Party feeling over the Irish question has recently been so strong in London that it has been imported into social life. Earl Curzon gave a ball in honor of his daughter, ajid not a single prominent member of the Radial Party was present. Lord Curzon was Vicerey «f India, and was brought intimately into contact with most of the members of the present Government. But neither Mr Asquith, Mr L. Harcourt, Mr Churoicliill, Lord Crewe, I|ord Morley, Lord Haldane, nor any of Radical leaders in the House of Lords attended. There was, indeed, a noteworthy absence of Radicals, and it is now stated that the word went round to boycott the function. Party feeling was thus introduced on a large scale into social life in Loudon for the first time for years.