Local and General.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 17, Issue 60, 31 July 1906, Page 4

Local and General.

Trespass Notice.—Mr R. Glover notifies that trespassers on land owned or occupied by her will be prosecuted. Havelock School.—The annual examination of the lccal School will take place'son 30th August.— Miss Stone, who was appointed Assistant-Teacher oi the School, will probably take up her duties at the beginning of September. ■- Something for Nothing.—ln order to popularise the Canterbury Times the proprietors of that fine illustrated weekly are distributing, free, thousands of copies of the last issue, Mr Venimore has two hundred copies to give away, but they are going very rapidly, so an early call is necessary. Nelson-Havelock Steamer.—To-night the Lady Barkly leaves Nelson for Havelock, returning to Nelson, at 4 p.m. Wednesday. The projected trip oftheTasman, last week, was abandoned on account of fresh arrangements having been made regarding a load of timber from Havelock to Wellington. The Tasman was to have taken it but later the Ngunguru came for it.

Moetapu Regatta.—The annual meeting of members of the Moetapu Regatta Club has been fixed for Saturday, 18th August. Members of the Club are those who purchased members' tickets for the Regatta last year or who donated a sum of 7s 6d, or over, to the funds of the Club. It is hoped there will be a full attendance. The meeting will be held at the Commercial Hotel, Havelock, at 7.30 p.m.

Stop that cough by taking Tussicura, the " King of all cough cures."* Promotes easy expectoration.

Reliable Jewellers.—Residents of the Sounds and of other parts of this district will be interested in an advertisement that appears on the opposite page relative to the firm of Brown and Kerr, watchmakers and jewellers, of Trafalgar and Hardy Streets, Nelson. The firm's name is synonymous with all that is up-to-date and reliable in jewellery, etc., and they evidently intend to preserve their high reputation. Mr J. D. Gorrie is local agent for the firm, and all work left with him will be promptly dealt with.

Mountain King Asthma Powder affords immediate and refreshing relief. AH chemists and storekeepers, Havelock Rifle Club. -An enthusiastic meeting of those interested in the formation of a Defence Rifle Club in Havelock was held on Friday evening, when it was decided to take definite steps in the direction of getting the Club formed and gazetted. Twenty members have been enrolled, and others will join very shortly. The farreaching nature of the Volunteering movement in this colony is strikingly shown in the details of service supplied by intending members of the Club. All but two have been members of some branch of the Defence Force, and their experience ranges service in South Africa to membership of a Rifle Club; almost every branch of the service has a representative.

Have you a sore that won't heal? Witch's Herbal Ointment is a mighty healer, is 6d all stores.

Child Slavery.—What, it is hoped, is an unique case, and also one without a parallel was mentioned at Thursday's meeting of the Masterton School Committee (says the Palmerston /Standard). A boy who is nearly 10 years of age and is only in Standard 11, has to rise at 5 o'clock every morning, meeting a milk-cart at 5.45 a.m., and delivering milk till close on 9 o'clock—the hour at which the school opens. He has nothing to eat from the previous night till school is dismissed at 12.30 o'clock. His earnings for these early morning services represent the munificent sum of 2s 6d a week. The Committee decided to write to the boy's father and also to his employer, pointing out that unless the boy is more humanely treated some decisive action will be taken by the Committee. Witch s Oil gives permanent relief in rheumatism, sciatica, lumbago, lame back, old rheumatic and muscular pains. Money in Bee keeping.—A member of a deputation to the Victorian Minister ot Lands told that gentleman that there was " good money to be made out of bse-keep-ing." In support of his statement he said that some years ago when Canon Tucker promoted a scheme for village settlement in the Horsham district he guaranteed to one man, who was too poor to buy them himself, the cost of two hives. Gradually the man increased the number of his hives and brought up a family mainly on the proceeds of the honey sold. Not only did he do that, but saved enough money to buy a "pretty large farm." "The man I refer to," said the speaker, lowering his voice, "is now dead, but almost his last words were a statement to me that there was room for hundreds who could do what he had done." The moral which the member of the deputation tacked on to this story was that in letting grazing leases the Government should not be unmindful of the interests of beekeepers. If you have a chill or cold go and get a bottle of Tussicura. No household should be without it. Stops the cough at once.

An Ilvpaid Profession. —A school teacher at Christchurch has raised an un-looked-for objection to the proposal to institute medical examination of State schoolchildren. The teachers, he considered, have enough (o do for the remuneration they receive, without haviDg the extra responsibility of deciding which children were to be medically examined. Teaching was the most wretchedly paid of professions; he knew of a " real good man, thirty-eight years in the profession, who was getting /130 a year. He was a married man with a family." This was not an exceptional case. Another man had taken twenty years to rise to a salary of £ll9 ; yet another, of at least twenty-five years* experience, was receiving .£l6O. The fear of poverty was keeping good men away from the profession! Though there were large numbers of men at ihe teachers' training schools, the majority pi them did not intend to make a care«r of teaching. The Training College provided a cheap means of getting an education. Weakness of the stomach, indigestion, and headaches cured by the timely use of ]}r Ensqr's Tamer Juice. All stores and chemist? •

Auction Sale.—Mr George H. Smith, Bailiff, notifies that he will sell bv public auction, on Saturday next, the plant and timber comprising the Brooklyn Bay Sawmill, unless proceedings are previously Hack Racing Club.—There was a large meeting of members of the local Racing tu° a S aturda y evening. In consequence of the resignation of Mr Duncan, as President, Mr W. Hunter was appointed to the position. The action of the Programme Committee in not including in the programme a Hurdle Race was discussed It .was pointed out that the Committee were authorised to increase the added money bv fio, but this had not been done-the Committee had merely increased by /io the amount paid out last year, when the Hurdle Race was struck off the programme. The President stated that he would donate /a as towards a Hurdle Race, and as a lar<r e number of members were in favour of the event it was decided to re-instate it on the programme.

Hockey.—A hockey match between the Takonka (Havelock) Ladies' Club and the Canvastown Club took place at Canvastown on Saturday last, and was a very exciting struggle. Miss Powell was in charge of the Havelock team and Miss McAllister "Captained" Canvastown. Rev. W. B Scott and Mr Clifford were Umpires. The home team showed wonderful vigour and speed, and frequently beat their opponents. The game resulted in a win for Canvastown by two goals to nil. The best player on the ground (states' our correspondent) was the Canvastown "skipper," and Miss Gwillim played best for Havelock. A return match is being arranged.—The gate receipts at the hockey match at Havelock on Thursday last were 21s, and this sum/has been added to the -Pavilion Fund.

For. Colds in the Head and Influenza Woods!: Peppermint Cure is6dand is 6d per Bottle. . .

Poultry Association.—The final meeting, this year, of the Pelorus Poultry Association was held last week, there being a' fair attendance. Mr Taylor presided. An interim balance sheet showed that after paying all prizes in full, and all expenses, a small balance remained, This was regarded as eminently satisfactory, considering the dreadful weather experienced during the two days of the Show. Votes of thanks were passed to the donors of cash and special prizes, to the Judge, and to various gentlemen who actively helped to put up cages, etc. It was resolved to hold the annual social some time in August, and a meeting of ladies is to be held in the Library at 3 p.m. on Thursday next, in order to decide what form the social will take. The Secretary (Mr Stansfield) was specially thanked for his herculean efforts to make the recent Show a satisfactory one, it being freely admitted that to him the main credit was due.

Tamer Juice does not gripe, but is a p easant and reliable laxative.

Axemen's Carnival,—Very great interest is being taken, right throughout the district (including Pelorus Sound), in the projected Axemen's Carnival at Havelock on Ist November. A wejl-known resident of the Rai Valley, writing to the Secretary, states: " Everyone up here seems to be well satisfied with the programme, and I am sure the meeting will be well patronised from our end of the district, I trust the meeting will be a financial success and the first of many successful gatherings." Another prominent Rai resident writes : " I consider the programme a good one, and the meeting should be very satisfactory. Please look to me for two guineas towards the funds." Several similarly satisfactory letters have been received. Intending competitors are notified that nominations are due on Tuesday, 18th September, for all ; events. Handicaps will be declared on 2nd October, and acceptances must be made on 16th October.

For Children's Hacking Cough at Night, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, is 6d and is 6d per Bottle.

Fire.—At 1.15 yesterday morning the occupants of Mr W. Twidle's homestead were aroused by the roar of fire in the large bam adjacent, and though efforts were made to save some of the contents of the building they were not very successful. The fire was first noticed by Miss F. Twidle, who gave the alarm. Flames were then pouring from both ends of the loft, where some hay was stored. There were nearly five tons potatoes (including this year's seed) on the ground floor of the barn, and a large quantity of tools and farming implements, but so fierce was the fire that only a very few potatoes were saved, and none of the other contents. There is not the slightest clue to the origin of the fire, and it is certainly queer that it commenced in the loft. There was no insurance on either the building or its contents, and both were completely destroyed. It is only a couple of years since Mr Twidle lost almost every head of stock he possessed, through the disastrous flood of 1904, and it is indeed hard luck to have to bear this added loss, which will mean at least £2OO

Giddiness, swimming of the head, indigestion, liver and all stomach troubles permanently cured by taking Tamer Juice.

News from The Grove.—A correspondent writes:—At present there appears to be looming on the horizon of the near future a decided change in the order of things in this locality. A meeting was held in the Institute at MahaMpawa on Monday evening last, for the purpose of considering the desirability of combining The Grove and Cullensville Schools and having a central school on the Education Reserve (the site of the original School at Mahakipawa). There was a good attendance, and Mr J. Duncan occupied the chair. As the need of a building for holding public meetings, etc., has long been felt, the project found favour with a large number of the residents, as it was thought the school huilding would serve this purpose also. It was decided that a petition be forwarded to the Education Board to the above effect, and that the new district be called the Linkwater School District. The reason for this new venture •is that the attendance at The Grove School is steadily diminishing—so much so, that it will scarcely warrant the appointment of a qualified Teacher. We are losing Miss Williams, our Grove teacher, that lady having been appointed to the Renwickfown School, UNDENIABLE FACISJ Since Tussicura was placed on the market no remedy has achieved so wide a success as this preparation, and its name is a household word in thousands of homes in every part of New Zealand. These are acts that cannot be denied, and the hvour it has secured is due entirely ;o Ue mixture being exactly what it professes to benamely, an absolutely infallible cure for all diseases to which the throat, lungs, and bronchial tubes are liable. Its effect is immediate and permanent. Price 2s 6d per bottle; obtainable from all chemists and storekeepers^'" - Small boy,—little pool. Oh joy,—no school, Felt wet,—bad cold, Home get,—mother scold, Boy sick,—nearly dead, Cure quick, doctor said, Don't wait, but secure Woods' Great Peppermint Cure.