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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8862, 12 July 1907, Page 2

We regret to have to record the death of Mr Garratt Bryce, sou of Mr Thomas Bryce, of Kiwitea, which occurred yesterday. The funeral takes place in Kimholtou cemetery to-morrow afternoon.

Owners of coastal vessels sailing out of Auckland are arranging a general advance in freights, which they attribute to increased expense caused by pressure of shipping laws. Those interested are inquiring when the Post Office at Martou railway station will be opened, as all arrangements iu connection with it were completed about three weeks ago.

Germany has 31 agricultural colleges maintained by the State, and there are many agricultural schools of which'half the cost is defrayed by the nation. The United States has 65 agriculutral colleges, with 18.000 students, and a yearly income of £900,000. The Otago branch of the New Zealand Educational Institute decided to recommend the Executive to urge the Minister of Education to pass a tentative measure this session pending permanent legislation regarding the payment of teachers on a sounder basis than that of average attendance. The work of duplicating the Huruuui-Bluff lino, between Milton and Clarksville, is to be put in hand forthwith. Mosgiol duplication work is proceeding apace now, and 300 hands arc employed preparing for drilling the new Oaversham tunnel. A landslip occurred at the gasworks cutting, causing the carting away of 30.000 cubic yards.

At the Oamaru Magistrate’s Court this morning two local bakers, George Hepburn and William Smyth, wore convicted on separate charges of using inaccurate scales and weights below the standard. Each defendant was lined £2 and 15s costs. Charges Mere laid by the Inspector of Weights and Measures as a result of his inspection on 26th June last. The Marton Poultry Show at their weekly mooting on Tuesday night appointed Messrs Silby and Robson poultry stewards, also Mr Snell* grove to supervise tire benching of the exhibits and the feeding of the birds. Mr Woolley m'qs appointed delegate to attend the conference at New Plymouth on July 36th next. At Feilding Court this morning, before Messrs Oobbe and Burns, J’s.P., Charles Robert pleaded guilty to charges of behaving in a disorderly manlier and using indecent language in a public place. He was convicted and discharged on the first charge and fined £1 on the second. The evidence showed that accused was pub off the express train at Feilding yesterday. on account of his condition and behaviour.

Dinizulu, the son of Cetowayo, on nearing Pietermaritzburg, ordered champagne, and sang the National Anthom, his iuduuas joining in. The Usutu tribe were strongly opposed to the chief’s visit, owing to fear of his deportation, but were reassured. Dinizulu is visiting-Pieter-maritzburg to submit himself to an enquiry to clear himself of the suspicion that he had any responsibility for the recent Zulu rising. The most wonderful temple in the worid is built on a rocking stone on the summit of a mountain in Northern India which is over 20,000 feet high. The rock weighs many thousands of tons, but is balanced on so fine a point that a comparatively

light pressure is sufficient to make it sway. Hindoo priests teach their followers that this rock was placed in position by the help of the gods, and thus they add considerably to the feeling of awe which they desire to create.

The recent surfeit of bushrangiug plays and pictures in Perth, West Australia, led to three lads arming themselves witli pistols and firing at a train. The shooting caused some alarm, and a constable chased the lads, who went towards Mount Lawley, repeatedly firing tho pistols at random. The officer arrested them, but was some time in establishing their identity, as they gave wrong names and addresses. The pistols were sinall ones, but the police found they were capable of putting a bullet through a half-inch deal board at ton paces.

An excellent opportunity will be afforded farmers to acquire a section of the richest of tho Wostmere, Wanganui, land on Tuesday afternoon nest. On that date the famous “Lily Bank” estate—the cream of the Wostmere laud—will ho offered at auction in the Wanganui Drill Hall by Mr Percy Porlong, in conduction with G. A. Preece and Co., of Palmerston North. Tho estate is only four miles from Wanganui by excellent metal road, and it surrounds the Westmere station, alongside which a number of half-acre sections will bo offered.

Dr. O. Quin Leuauo, tho medical officer of health for Battersea, deals in his annual report with tho question of milk adulteration. Ho declares that the inhabitants of London pay at least £30,000 a year for added water in their milk, and he says that thousands of babies are slowly starved to death because mothers dilute this fluid, thinking they are dealing with honest milk. Ho advocates the licensing of all milk vendors, the licenses to bo renewed annually, and withdrawn on the conviction of the holder on a charge of adulteration.

A judgment of importance to local bodies in regard to rate notices was given on an appeal at tho Supremo Court at Hew Plymouth yesterday. Tho appeal was based on two groundsl. That tho form of demand was insufficient in that it did not state how the appellant was liable or whore the rate was pay-

able, and (2) that tho appellant, as holder of Crown lands under a grazing right, was not the occupier within tho moaning of tho Rating Act. His Honor allowed tho appeal, I hold iug that tho essentials required in tho Rating Act of 1894 npist bo contained in tho note. On tho second ground ho would bo inclined to -the opinion that tho amending Act, which decided tho creation of a i license', would exclude tho others, | If tho word license brought liability ; for rates, why did not timber and 1 gumdiggiug rights come under the ! original Act under the names of license.

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The half-yearly meeting of the Wanganui District, M.D. 1.0.0. F. will bo held at Foxton on Friday, 26th inat. The business will commence at 7.30 p.m. and be continued the following morning.

The interprovinoial hockey match Otago v. Taranaki, played at New Plymouth yesterday, resulted in a win for Otago by five goals to nil.

A special meeting of the National Park Board is to be held ti consider whether or not to give permission to work the gold reef recently discovered on Mount Egmont.

Mr L. Seifert who is in Australia investigating the sisal industry—a fibre obtained from the aloe—writes to his brother stating that it is evident that tho industry will develop largely in the near future, but judging from the quality of the fibre, he does not consider that it will interfere with the New Zealand hemp industry.

Mr T. Wickham employed by Palmerston Borough Council had a somewhat exciting experience the other day while at work iu the sewer trenches. It appears that a cow was being driven along the road when the animal suddenly rushed at Mr Wickham and one of its horns struck him on the face alongside his ear, inflicting a nasty wound which required several stitches. A slightly deeper wound would have proved fatal.

Mr G. W. Bell, from Invercargill office, has been appointed chief accountant at the head office of tho Agricultural Department, vice Mr E. J. Fitzgibbon resigned. Mr A. Callcott, from tho Napier office, is to become * officer iu charge at Christchurch in succession to Mr Longtou resigned. Mr S. Sharp, from the head office, is to succeed Mr Oalloott at Napier.

For a considerable time past the Mauawatn Railway Company has been building all the rolling stock it requires with the exception of the largest class of locomotives. Recently tliree more carriages (two first class and one second class) wero turned ■out of the company’s shops. They were finished otf quite as well as those which had been imported, and are giving every satisfaction. Tliree additional cars of the same typo (two second class and one first class), and a number of goods waggons are now under construction. —Post. At a full meeting of civil servants at Nelson last night, Mr H. Eyre Kenny presiding, the following resolution was‘adopted:—‘‘That this meeting learns with great pleasure the announcement made by the Right Hon. the Premier that it is proposed to introduce a Superannuation Bill for the whole of the civil service, and while thanking him for his personal interest in the matter, express their earnest hope that the same be introduced as early as possible in. order to ensure its being passed during the of Parliament. ”

Scenes of extraordinary excitement were witnessed in the Chicago wheat ‘‘pit” on May 13th. One house employed as many as 80 brokers to buy. Other houses gave buying orders for millions of bushels. When the dollar ‘‘mark” was reached hats, trading cards, and even coats were thrown high in the air, while the farmers and their wives who filled the galleries cheered to a deafening extent. Never were there so many farmer spectators. Many of the brokers emerged from the struggle iu the wheat “pit” with their clothing torn to shreds.

Messrs J. T. Barry and Go., land agents, Feilding, report the sale of the following properties for the mouth ending June 80th, 1907, totalling the' amount of £84,316 sterling : —5714 acres, Rumata Station, Hawke’s Bay, to Mr J. Milne ; 1020 acres, Awahuri, to Mr F. Thompson ; 640 acres, Waituna West, leased to Mr Clare ; 857 acres, Sandon, to Mr H. Hight; 834 acres, Buunythorpe, to Mr Yule, in conjunction with Mr Aylmer; 150 acres, Oolyton, to Mr G. Day; 5 acres and residence to Mr Joyce ; 46 acres, Taonui, to Mr Nagle ; 145 acres, Woodville, to Mr Dove ; 300 acres, Awahuri, to Mr Strawbridge ; 5 acres, Pharazyn Street, to client.

A special meeting of Feilding Borough Council was held last night to consider the advisability of former a River BoardDuring the discussion the Council was unanimous as to the necessity of protecting the bank of the Oroua river on that part of its course bounding the borough, and it was suggested that the settlers at Aorangi and even those owning land on both sides of the river on its course below the town, continuing down to some point where the river is under the care of some other River Board, might desire to have their land included in the proposed River District. It was resolved that a sub-committee be appointed to consist of Ors Cobbe, Bramwell, Fitzherbert and Goodbehere for the purpose of assigning the area of the proposed River Board and to bring up a report to a future meeting of the Council. The relative prospects of butter find cheese for the coming season are exciting much controversy in the dairy world which is echoed in tire press. A prophet who coultl accurately forecst prices for the next six months, would be worth his

weight in gold to tho farmers, who

are uncertain whether' to make cheese or butter this year. Many conflicting reports have appeared in the newspapers, but nothing definite has yet been heard to decide the question. The best thing to do under the circumstuces, says an acknow-

ledged autority, is to_ wait till authentic reports of tho Canadian output of cheese arrives, and in the meantime ignore rumours from interested sources.

At the Pelaw-Maiu Colliery, New South Wales, a fortnight ago, a boy who objected to disciplinary control threw the mine and 300 employees idle. It. appears that the wheelers were later than usual in going down the pit, and the boss wheeler requested one of them to use more haste. The hoy in qnstion retorted that he would „“h.it the boss in the eye. ’ ’ The latter told him to go to tho top and see tho manager, whereupon ho gave a call to his mates, who all folowod him out. The manager told the wheeler that he would not deal with his case until the others had returned to work. The wheeler returned to his comrades, who all turned their horses free, and struck work. Tho men were asked (o take the horses and do

the wheeling, but they refused to do so, not knowing, they subsequently stated, the facts of tho case. Consequently from this ridiculous cause the mine was thrown idle, and 300 employees have lost their work.

Every session some country' member gives to tho House some startling reminder that there is a section of

tho community which lives a life not only “far from the inadding crowd,” but far from life and movement and

tho company of human beings, and adds a few words which,..in their very directness, compel attention.

This session’s contribution to that class of experience was made by Mr Jennings, whrso knowledge of the back-blocks is wide and varied. Ho know a man in Taranaki so isoalted from tho world, on account of tho lack of roads, that not ouo of his children had been ushered into the world with tho usual nursing assistance. Then came tho point: “ I mot that man ouo day, ’ ’ said Mr Jennings, “and lie was crying like a child. When I asked him what was

the matter ho said that he had just taken his wife to tho Auckland Asylum—her brain had given way under tho strain of isolation.” The House shuddered aud listened attentively while Mr Jennings wont on to urge that members -would give Government a full vote for reading purposes.

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