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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 10222, 3 December 1904, Page 1

Mr J. A. Reuall, Mayor of Masterton, reporting on an official! visit to Napier, says : — "I was shown the process of treatment of tar for asphalt fox roads and footpaths, and was much impressed with the way in which the streets a-re improved by this method. In order to give you information on the subject, I liave been in communication with the proprietors of the patent rights, and now lay the. letters bef oit you, I certaiuly think, that we, with our advantages in possessing' municipal gasworks, could effect great ultimate saving the upkeep of our streets, and make great improvements in footpaths and roadways by adopting this system." Mi- William "Moore, who recently disposed of his farm at Tokoniairiro, Otagy, and went for a trip to the Old Country, writes to his son tram the Isle of Man, confirming statements recently made that farmers at Home are very far behi'id in their agricultural methods, says the Outgo Daily Times. They will plough with tne swing plough, with two horses yoked tandem, one man driving while another hoMs the plough. They will out their crop with the back deliveries. Sheep, he says, are selling at 35s to 45s por head, cows from £16 to £20, and horses at the same price as in New Zealand. If line farmers in the Old Country were to adopt the same methods as in New Zealand they would do better tliau their colleagues ill the colonies, as outs are never below 2s 3d per bushel, and wheat 4»s per bushel. Gxeat difficulty is bedug experienced in Queensland hi deciding what exact proportion of colored blood in the veins of an employe on a sugar plantation will bar tlue payment of bonus for whitegrown sugar. With regard to half-castes tlie matter was settled many mouths. ago, and a definition was added to the sugar regulations. The definition reads as follows :— "The expression 'white labor' in these regulations is used to the exclusion of all forms of colored labor, whether aborigines of Australia or not, and whether half-caste or. of full blood." The Queensland case which is now engaging attention goes further than the half-caste) stagei, and reaches that of the quadroon. The father of aft applicant for bounty is said to be a white man and his mother a half-Asiatic. The Customs authorities state that there liave- been cases where a lialf-casto parent and a white parent have had both white and black children. An instance is quoted in which ail the family excepting one were perfectly white. The exception "was just as perfectly black. If a black child grew up to be a sugar planter the Customs officials state that he would certainly be excluded from the bounty, but if one of Ms white brothers also produced sugar aud applied for bounty it would give the Minister some worry to come to a decision. Tlio wlidle matter is uow under consideration. In formally opening the Working Men's Club at PaJimeretou on Thursday, the Hon. J. Carroll, referring to the oM> legislation of last- session, said that although the restrictions), might be drastic it should be remembered tliat tliey emanated from those who desired to do good for the people. Personally, he was inclined to agree with members; the legislation w«as rather restrictive in a sense. The question, however, gave rise to a good deal of feeling, the existence for which there was no doubt reasonable grounds, but the Government had always been credited that they could set themselves face to faee with whatever trouble that might h& presented to theni. Th© people did not know in the impending changes that wcro ooming on but what this legislation would lead to a proper adjustment of club life iu the future. They knew of iuKlances where the privileges- of clubs had been carried to excess, and not always kept up to the* high-water mark, of perfec. tiou. In order to inspire confidence in the public mind it was necessary that .whatever privileges and liberties- \vew conceded to club members, the same must be regarded in an honest light. With reference to bars, they were used as a convenience. They should really bo an adjunct, and not the principal feature of club life. The things that would bring about the best result was a good library, the best of literature, and games that required brain power to excel. He did not despair tliat tlie day would come when clubs would be a recognised element in the life of tills colony. SAFEGUARD THE CHILDREN. Notwithstanding all that is done by boards of health and cliaritably inclined persons, the death rate among smiaJl ciu Idren is very high during the hot weather of the summer months in the largo cities There is not probably one case of bowel complaint iu a hundred, however, that could not be cured by the timely use of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. For sale by E. D. Smith, chemist.— Advt.