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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8864, 15 July 1907, Page 2

TJio ingenious printer made some curious alterations in a paragraph relating to the poverty of “Ouida” which appeared in last issue. Her name should have been given as “Louise do la Ramee,” not “Rainee,’’ and her birth place Was Bury St. Edmunds, not “Bury street, Edmunds.” Messrs B. H. Orabbe, H. D. Astbury, Rintonl and J. Wallace have been selected to. the local Debating Society in their contest with Cheltenham Debating Olnb on Wednesday evening next. With such a representative team success is confidently expected. At a meeting of Kinibolton Branch of the Fanners’ Union, held on Saturday evening, it was decided to give the* annual dinner at Poole’s TT'll on Wednesday, July 24th, at ''i. A large and representa- ;, :. •; is expected. At .VI ,;-t ;•. Literary and Musical Society to-.u;.7: Mr Towuson will give a short lecture entitled “How I made my Collection of Maori Curios,” and will also have on exhibition the collection referred to. The Otanga block of 4000 acres recently taken over by the Government from the Rathbone estate will be thrown open or selection next month g unless anything unforseen arises. The block almost abuts on the Borough of Daunevirke at the northern end, and’will be subdivided into 31 sections.' The land is very suitable for dairying.

A petition is being _ numerously signed by farmers residing in the Mastertou electorate praying for the repeal of the Arbitration Act as faf' as it applies to districts outside of the principal cities of the colony, as in the opinion of the signatories the said Act is not required in the country towns and electorates. It is now in full swing is the Great Winter Sale at the Bon Marche; 28 days’ genuine bargain-giving in all departments. Extraordinary slump in the prices of mantles, coats, shirts, costumes, and millinery, Messrs Spence and Spence being detemined to clear them all out regardless of cost.*^ Rhoumo has permanently cured thousands of sufferers from rheumatism, gout, sciatica,, and lumbbago. It will cure you. All stores, 2s 6d and 4s 6d. Give it a trial. ““Men’s New Zealand Saddle Tweeds 7s lid, Boys’ All Wool Three Garment Suits 18s 6d, Men’s Oilcoats 8s Pd, Large Striped Rugs 6s 6d, Wool Sox lOd, Roslyn Flannels 2s 9d, Tweed Caps for Men and Boys 9d, Warm Ribbed Under Pants 2s lid, Tweed Shirts 2s lid, Navy Cloth Tams Is 6d, Boys’ Navy Sailor Suits 3s 6d and 3s lid.—Neal a Great Clothing Sale, Feilding.* Our warm Lamb’s Wool Unshrinkable Underclothing was bought, at old prices. We could sell these goods wholeasle at a profit. We intend giving our customers the preference. See the heavy knitted wool vests at 2s lid, pants 8s 9d at McEldowney’s Stores; Marten, Hunterville and Taihape.

Nothing spoils a man’s appearance more than a bald pate. Oapilla Fair Tonic will keep your hair on. Give it a trial.

[ A ease of diphtheria was notified at AshI hurst on Saturday.

' About a week ago a young lady at Feilding contracted ptomaine poisoning through eating some fish. She is now able to move about again.

The s.s. Aorangi arrived at Brisbane Yesterday from Vancouver. Among her passengers are the Canadian lacrosse team.

A meeting of farmers was held at Longhorn on Saturday night in connection with the formation of a Co-operative Dairy Company.

Feilding Branch of the Farmers’ Union will hold their annual dinner on August 2nd to be followed by a dance to which the ladies are specially invited. There were fifty-one thousand spectators present at the New Zealand v. New South Wales football match on Saturday, which is a record for the grounds. Hundreds were unable to gain admission.

The Timaru Borough Council accepted the offer by the A.M.P. Society of a loan of .£50,000 at 41 per cent, for fifty years. It is not generally known that anyone in the colony may sell New Zealand made wines in quantities of two gallons or over without a license.

The States of Victoria, New South Wales and Western Australia are represented by excellent exhibits at the Highland Agricultural Society’s Show now being held at Edinburgh.—Cable item.

The Education Department has granted £l5O for a technical building in Patea. With £IOO subscribed by local bodies and the Government subsidy of £IOO, a sum of £350 is now available. It is estimated that this will be sufficient to pay for the building. The shortest|day is 9 hours 12mms and the longest 14 hours 48mins, the actual gain of daylight in each month being : July 30mins, August 1 hour, September 1 hour 16mms, October X hour ISmins, November 1 hour Bmins, December 24mina, a total increase of 5 hours 36mins.

The directors of Bunnythorpe Dairy Company have all arrangements well in hand for the commencement of next season. It is the intention of the suppliers to celebrate the formation of the Company by a dinner about the end of the month. Mr W. T. Wood, is to be invited to give a short address.

The leading physicians of Chicago declare that half the cases of suicide in that city are due to the quick-lunch habit. According to the physicians, this haste over meals causes indigestion, which affects the nervous temperament and causes emaciation, moroseness, mental disorders and suicide.

A Southland farmer who objected to the Valuation Department assessing him at £9 an acre nearly took a fit at the Assessment Court the other day when a member offered him £l2 an acre, and subsequently raised it to £l3. The owner, however, wasn’t selling, and (says an exchange) he left the court with very strong opinions about the appointment of members who understand the value of land.

At a meeting of the Frofesiioual Musicians’ Society of Wellington tin Bill circulated by Mr Sidey seeking to establish a society to be called tin Incorporated Musicians of New Zeeland was considered, and it was decided that the Bill as at present drafted could not be supported by the Wellington Society. Arthur Graham Owen was charged at Napier Court with making a false declaration to the Registrar of Marriages at Christchurch by falsely declaring that he was a bachelor, well knowing he was a married man. A remand till to-morrow - was granted. The Dunedin Star understands that a meeting is to be held this afternoon finally to settle the proposal to raise the price of red pine in Dunedin. This timber has risen already in Southland by Is per 100 ft. superficial, and sawmillers have intimated that they intend to charge for the tongue in flooring and lining, which means in some instances’ an advance of not Is, but up to 2s 3d. Mr H. J. Bailey, of Halcombe, was very successful at the recent Wanganui and Pahiatua poultry shows, _ obtaining . the following prizes :—Pahiatua, first and special Runner Drake, Snd duck. Wanganui, 3rd White Leghorn laying strain trio; Snd Wyandotte trio; Snd Runner drake, v.h.c. Runner drake.

At file last sitting of the Snpreme Court in Wangapni an appeal against the decision of Mr R. L. Stanford, S.M., in the case Police v. Rhodes was heard. In this case Rhodes, who is licensee of the Bulls 'Hotel, was fined £lO for supplying liquor to a Maori for consumption off the premises. It was admitted that the liquor was not for the use of the Maori, who took it to a settler, from whom he was the bearer of a note to the licensee. Mr Justice Cooper has upheld Mr Stanford’s decision with costs.

Enquiries !at the Taieri and Peninsula Dairy Factory give an idea of the manner in which the dairy farmer is suffering from the present dry season. For the month of May of 1906 the company received 518,132 gallons of milk from their suppliers, and for the same month of this year only 363,480 gallons were received, showing the heavy shortage of 154,652 gallons for one month. This practically paralyses the company’s export trade, the whole of their output being required for the local market. Some ship’s biscuits of a very hard variety were brought to the Nautical Court to illustrate the faro the survivors of the s.s. Kia Ora existed upon (says the Auckland Herald). They were very large square biscuits, and one is said to be sufficient for a number of men for one day. Mr Earl, solicitor for the first officer, held up one, and remarked, " If my learned friend, Mr Mays, will eat one of those, I’ll forgive him everything." A biscuit was handed to each member of the Bench, and the chairman, after rapping one on his desk for a while, cautiously bit off a corner, and Mr Mays suggested that two or three of the biscuits would have done for a raft.

We regret to state that the injuries sustained by Mrs D. Benge through falling from the Wellington train last week proved more serious than at first anticipated having a fatal termination on Saturday evening. Deceased was an old resident of the Upper Hutt district where she was widely known and respected by a large circle of friends. At the time of the accident she was returning from a visit to her son at Taihape. She leaves a grown up family of eight and five grandchildren to mourn their loss. An inquest will be held at the Hospital at 10 o’clock this morning. Her remains will be taken to Wellington this afternoon for interment.

THE HARTNETT MILKER. It was prophesied by certain people that the Hartnett milker would soon disappear from off the market. Does it look like it? 230 machines sold within ■ three months. Somebody will surely ask for an explanation, and probably will receive the usual reply, ‘ ‘ wait and see. ’ ’ Come along and see the Hartnett milking cows at the Winter Show, Palmerston N., and reserve your order until then, if you value your herd, your comfort, and your money, and you will do so.—o. Dahl and Co., Ltd., sole agents N. 1., Palmerston N. — Advt.

Direct shipment, of oilskins in riding cut are now open at Neal’s Feilding. Walking cut 9s lid, 14s 6d, riding cut 17s 6d, 21s, 25s 6d. Try our oilskin garments and you will be pleased. We pay carriage by post, rail or coach. Send a trial order.* Gout is really a special form of rheumatism caused by excess uric acid iu the blood. Whether your gout is acute or chronic, Rheumo will cure you. All stores. A money-saving affair it will be -to yon, that is, if you decide to participate in the wonderful offerings at Neal’s Great Clothing Sale, Feilding, now on. The object, a general clearance of men and boys’ wearables at shelf-emptying prices. The winter is still with us, so buy seasonable goods at zero prices.* We are selling Clincher covers at 18s 6d, tubes 6s, Dunlop covers 20s tubes 6s 6d; Oceanic covers 11s 6d, tubes 5s 6d; Atlas covers 11s, tubes 5s 6d. The prices only hold good till June 10th. Mail us your require - meuts’to-day. T. Reynolds and 00.,