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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXII, Issue 8969, 7 November 1907, Page 2

The Nows.says the blight is playing havoc with many potato crops in the Taranaki district. It is* stated that tho Bov. L. M. Isitt will be a candidate at the next general election for Christchurch Fast. j s"The medical men in Waihi have applied to the Borough Council to be allowed to ride their bicycles on the footpaths. The entries of live stock for the Wanganui Agricultural Show number 1070. The homo industries exhibits number 11501.

On Monday last at Auckland Mr B. Magee, formerly of Marton, and now Postmaster at Port Awaimi, was married to Miss Helena Korrioh. The following is tho latest addition to Marton Telephone Exchange 42 Railway Hotel (Arthur Patterson) M art on JunctS. o; i.

At Fnildiug Court yesterday Frederick M Wilson was ordered to pay A rrears of maintenance money due 1 1 his wife in default one month. Mr Saudilands appeared for tho wife. On Saturday in the Napier Court Mr Comfortl, Grown Prosecutor, on behalf of the Law Society, tendered Mr Brabant, S.M., with their host wishes on his retirement after !s(i years of Magisterial work. Mr Brabant was the oldest Magistrate in Now Zealand, and was also the oldest Native Laud Court Judge.

There is considerable mortality among the ewes this season In Cen-tral-Otago. Which Is attributed to tho drv feed during the past winter. One farmer in the Matakailin district, who lias only a comparatively small fiock. told a' representative of the Duustau Times that lie had lost Over 100 good ewes. A torpedo, valued at £OOO, was lost by tho cruiser Challenger in tho Wellington Harbour the other day, while torpedo drill was being practised. Tho cruiser's divers, after two or throe days’ searching, discovered tbo 1 ' undesirable immigrant” slicking in the mud at the bottom of the harbour.

Our readers are reminded of the appearance of O’Neills’ buck jumpers this evening iu Marten ht. the rear of the White Hart Hotel. The team appeared iii Fcildiug last night and had tlii excellent house. Seven local riders attempted, without success, tojridc some of the outlaws and Ruby the champion high jumper leapt Oft 4in. Those who attend this evening arc sure of a lively entertain* incut. Nows Isas been received of the burning ou September 7th of the famous’Cliff House, the costly pleasure resort of San Francisco, known to all visitors from this side-. This same pleasure hous'd was said to have fallen into the sea at the time of the ’Frisco oartbquake, but it was found that the earthquake had not affected it. It was being remodelled at the time of the fire. At Foildiug Court yesterday when A. W. Parker was sued for arrears of maintenance money duo to his wife ho called his wife’s mother as a witness to prove his inability to contribute antyhiug to her support from Ids sick pay of .£1 a week. The Magistrate warned (lie brother that lie might bo"roudered liable to contribute to his sister’s support. &A”

Nows lias been received of the death yesterday iu Sydney, of Mr Janies Linton, one of the earliest settlers iu Palmer'-ton North. In the earlier days ire took active part in all movements for the development of the district, and occupied many public positions, including that of Mav -r. Ho was also a director of the' I i -.uawa-tn Railway Company, and one of the towns ou the lino bears his name. Mr Linton, who was aged 70, leaves a family oi_ ten bovs and two daughters—the latter, Mrs W. L. P. Jackson and Mrs V. A. Brooke, being now resident in Dunedin.

Says the Hawera Star; Mr Robert Ferguson, of Kaupokouui, sends the following figures showing the results of his operations for the year from August Ist, 190(5, to July 81 st, 1907, ou “ Glen Farm,” of 300 acres, the property of Mr J. J. Patterson, for whom ho is milking ou shares, the milk being supplied to the Kaupokouui Co-operative Dairy Factory Co.. Ltd. The cows, 13(5 iu number, wore not a selected herd, but were purchased by Mr Patterson at the beginning of the season from various persons. The milk ch :ms for the twelve months totalled HI 13s lid, and the profits ou pig; and calves £T29 Is, making a total of £I7OO 14s lid. At Marten Borough Council meet*

lug last evening Or. Lyon, iu si pport of his motion to investigate the financial aspect of (lie Martou Park affairs, supplied figures from p.ieo to hist March last, taken fiom the annual balance sheets, showing that the losses on Park receipts were from £lO to £'•)! per year through such period of years and amounted iu the aggregate to £337 7s lid, which the councillor remarked was sufficient to build a new fire brigade station without raising a loan for that purpose. Or. Lyon quoted ligurcs to show that the annual lose; iu the last four years had been about double that of the annual loss in the preceding four years. The method iu which his figures were arrived at was by deducting the yearly receipts from the yearly expenditure iu upkeep and iu interest on capital. Cr. Lyon also pointed out that the borough had suffered a loss of £lO a jeer in deprivation of the 'rates that used to bo received from the property when it was privately owned, but it was obvious that that was not a loss which could be fairly taken into estimation in effecting economics.

A case iuto'cstiug to commission '■gents was heard at Fcilding Court

•storday. J. R. Perry sued H. Harris for £IOO commission for finding a purchaser, Wm. Bramley, of ySiHi acres at Bideford, near Masterton. Mr Bramley made au agreement and paid £5 deposit, binding Himself to take the laud on a lease with a purchasing clause for five years, and to make a. deposit of £IOOO. Subsequently Mr Bramley wrote, to say that he could not finance the undertaking and bo would not bo able to take, the land. Ho, however, paid Mr Harris £23 and undertook by agreement to pay £ICO, tiro amount demanded by Mr Perry as commission, if the latter succeeded in compelling Harris to pay it. [>Mr Graham, for plaintiff, referred to the case Latter v. Parsons in support of bis contention that directly a commission agent found a purchaser ready nud willing to enter into a binding agreement with the vendor, and such purchns'r, being approved by the vendor, then the agent bad earned Ids commission. Iu this case ho said Mr Hands had approved of the intending purchaser and on the latter withdrawing from negotiations Mr Harris had not taken steps to compel him to carry out his agreement. Mr Cooper, who appeared for the defendant, contended that a commission was not earned until a purchaser’ was found ready and willing to carrygout the purchase. Decision was reserved.

RHEUMO CURES A WELL KNOWN PATEA RESIDENT. Road what Mr J. Atkin, the well known stevedore, Norfolk street, Patoa, writes “August 1, 1907. For a long time I suffered from Lumbago. I tried liniments of different kiuds, and Doctors’ Proscriptions, but could got no relief. It was torture for mo to work. The pain was so severe that it bent me almost double. One day I was in Boyle and Jones’ store and was asked if I had tried Rhoumo. I am very thankful that I did. The experience I had was a change from agony to great ease. Until I took Rhoumo, I could not get anything to touch my complaint.—J. ATKIN.” All stores and chemists sell Rhoumo at 3sSs nud -Is (id. WINTERING CALVES, From all parts of Now Zealand most flattering reports have been received as to the satisfactory manner in which calves roared ou the “ Gilrath’’ Calf Food stood the severe cold of the oast winter, showing that a sound constitution had been built up. It is the most perfect substitute for whole milk.—Obtainable from Brice, Broad and Co., Ltd., Martou; and Mansell and Sous, Bulls. 9 Tan Boots and Shoos are going strong; special values in those goods at McEldowney’s Stores.*

Yesterday Mr Ernest Short, of Waituua,. sold to Mr B. J. Riddifosd a grand line of thirteen bulls to cross with Mr Riddiford’s shorthorn herd on Te Awaite station.

During the trials off Liverpool (Eng.) of the turbine triple screw ocean-going torpedo destroyer Cossack, built by Gammoil, Laird, and Co., of Birkenhead, a speed of nearly 33| knots per hour was attained, the highest so far for this type of destroyer-, which uses oil fuel. Another destroyer is being built which will do 36 miles an iioUr-. _ . ( William Higbee, a telegraphist, was suddenly deprived of the power of speech by an attack of apoplexy in Ph.lalilphia. T'he chief operator hastened to his si le; Higbee tried three times to speak, and then, raising his forefinger, he slowly conveyed the following message in a series of pats on tho back of the chief operator as the latter bent over him : —“ I 1 ave had a stroke of apoplexy. Have had two already. Fear I am going to die. _ You had better send me to a hospital.” Higbee died later in tho Hahnemann Hospital. STEAM ON THE FARM. Do you recognise what an advan tage it is to have a supply of live steam on the farm? It means a liberal supply of boiling water for ■washing cans or clothes, lor scalding pigs or cooking stock food, Mid ,yoii can secure these advantages at a very small cast by purchasing a ‘‘New Cdu'tui-y” Steamer. One good fire provides steam for about two hours and cau be left with perfect safety. The ‘‘New Century” combines the strong points of the ordinary portable washing cooper and tho high pressure steam boiler without their disadvantages. —Mac Ewan and Co., Ltd., solo agents, U.S.S. Buildings, Wellington.