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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXII, Issue 8997, 8 November 1907, Page 2

The Ohakuue railway station bids fair to be an imposing structure when completou, tho *®“ gt l 00 f( , ct r ’ 100 loot and tfto plattom 300 feet By reason o i high P«coot fat stock the but j nets of Tnnain ha\e fonuci it necessary to further increase the pries of meat. ” Shearing is m full swing on many stations in the Wairarapa, and i nuantities of wool are being c... .«d to the railway stations tor consignmeat to Wellington. ( Auckland timber merchants mate that kauri is fast being exhausted ■md that in another fifteen yearn all available supplies will havo betsu

Owiug to the holiday on Monday no'ct the meetings of Maidon and Technical School and High benool Committees will take place on Tuesday, November 13th. The Union Company’s new turbine steamer Koromiku was launched at Sunderland on Tuesday ami leaves for New Zealand at the end m t is mouth or tho first week in Deo^iu- ° The English Eughy team to tour tvey/

Zealand leaves England early 1r1 .,, v r 'n:;t. It is expected that they will play H matches in the Dominion during .I no, July and August, leaving for homo di.eing August. he Postmaster-General lias threatened to close all Post Offices throughout the Commonwealth ntGp.m. us a .means of overcoming the complaints made regarding sweating m the Postal Department. The removal of the duly of /iffi, wv lb on sugar has now taken r -t and the retail price shows a t in pending fall. Uriod fifuita are r. iso on the free list now, wnich will mean a reduction of id, pei _ lh. in the price of currants and raisins. but this will not benefit tlio public until the arrival of tho now season s Ellis Bros.’ imported hackney stallion Galantine headed tho list as tho sire of the groaiP.it number of prize winners at tho Palmerston Show last week not withstanding tho I feet that as owners did not exhibit |uuy s ol stock themselves. A bazaar in aid of Dr-. nardo’s Homes will bo held m fen Andrew’s Hall, Marten,, on incs lay nest. In the evening a. first onus cuffirtainmeut will he given. Goutriutious for the stalls will ho gladly received by inemers of tho League. Bv tho Agricultural Labourers’ Bill, which passed its third reading in tho House yesterday, agricultural labourers are to bo provided with proper sleeping accommodation. It is intended to utilise tho services at tho dairy aud stock inspectors _ ..o see that the provisions are carneu out.

Mr J. H. Hooper, well anti favour. P bly known as a clentist, has returned to Poildiug after several years absence Mr Hooper was one of the first dentists to commence business in the town, having previously qualified for his profession at Homo. His long experience should. prove oi proat value to clients. “ ip- the Railway Classification Hill, submitted lo the House yesteday it is provided that n.Q .member of the seAdeo shall, if he'is hmrnad,. or is i a widower with a child or children, receive ft .biliary of loss thim -J*3o pci ruuutn ; no member, who is h- years i ,!f orfr. or umvarus shall receive a salaA of lesV than £IOO per tmnunp The scale of pay if iAf out &ll °" IU ? n general iucvefiso, Au appeal in Melbourne lor fuue> to giro MirJW. H. Judkins a thorough rest and change lias resulted in about ! £.120 being raised. He intcac.a .0 leave Victoria on au extended tom to the South Secs and How Zealand about the middle oi this mouth. His heart is still very Weak, nut he expects to resume WOJ'J? early in w>a now year. ~ . Sir .Tamos Saunders, of Moutoa, died on Tuec.day aged 81. Ho came to Row Zealand in and settled iin Moutoa 81 years ago. ilo loaves a family of seven sons and daughters; J." F. Saunders, of Ngairo.; N. Biiunders. of West Wanganui; Alox._ Saunders, of Moutoa; Mrs ilirhy, of .Pin o, nton iHiiylrnid ; T*«lrs of’lMouo’; and Miss A. B. Saunders, of Moutoa. Ato ’ not far from Foilding pos- : ses.ses au extraordinary active ranger who has ;esr .made people merry by ; impounding J11;:■ own horse, iho sion goes that while tewing a newly imrchiwod horse after a wandering

cow. the horse fell and tho ranger I'i't rii■■ ■ animal into its late i; w?' cr s paddock. Tho latter, however, reiosod vo reeeivo the horse back t;ud f turned it op, the road where it was j tou!i and impounded, i The secretary of Marion District I iJi-.-h School Committee, wiio wrote i the Defence Department for in- | formation with regard to miniature 5 .■gift avjJ.wh. has received :v reply that ‘ ‘ the erection of a miniature ririo range is at present being carried ont under the on of Major Hughes, D. 5.0., and when it is completed data and "plans will be available, with which you will bo provided. The hi. price ruling for cheese, savs the . , idatiui Her;]ld, Jias had a had effect in regard to the Now Zealand Dairy Union’s creamery at Mmmalainoka. \v I ’icb, it is uuder<..too;V. is to be' closed shortly. The cheese factory proprietary operating 'U the district is giving Is per lit for butter fat, and this would account for the popularity of cheese among tho farmers in the district just now. The O’Neill’s buckjumpeis appeared at Marion last .evening and gave a very good entertainment. The feature of a varied programme was the successful bareback riding on Maori Jack by Mr Sidney O’Neill. Ho is tho only rider who lias accomplished this feat. Ruby, the champion high jumper leapt lift Sin. The team appear at Huntervillo to-night and those who attend are promised a lively entertainment. The population of tho Dominion is steadily rising. For the quarter ending September 80th the returns show that tho inhabitants of New '■''■aland, exclusive of Maoris, number '.V.y 00. Tho Maori population is vut down at -17, 731, and that of tho Coot; Islands 13,310, milking a grand -oral of ‘.>79,201. “Umar present conditions,remarked Mr. B. J. Von Dadclsioii, Registrar-General, “I think that rho million should bo remised in twelve months’ time, if ■•e; even nine months. ’’ ■.’here is little crime nowadays in .;;Chatham Islands, and the duties of Cons'-’,bio Matthews, of Balolutlui, who is to be the islands’ first _ constable. will bo largely administrative. The post was offered to a constable who had an intimate knowledge of the Maoris and their language. Tho Chatham Islands are a

proiulntion possession, auu mu constable r s bate noir, the common inebriate .is infrequent. The position ox constable includes tho duties of Postmaster, Clerk of Court, and 'Collector ox Customs. Tho Labour Bureau of Wellington has received notice of tho landing of immigrants of tho following occupations “in Wellington. Any employer wishing to engage tho services of j}v of tho immigrants must communicate with headquarters at Wellington :—2 agricultural labourers arrive November l[hh a domestic servant and cook November e th, a gardener and groom and cha.Tenr November 24th, gardener and nurseryman December 10th, a carpenter" farm worker, and platelayer December 3rd, a motor mechanic December 3rd. London papers to. hand by last week’s mail, chronicle tho first marriages under tho Marriage with Deceased Wife's Sister Act. The second couplo to |bo married wore middle-aged 'residents of Greenwich ’ who haa'waited thirteen years for the passing of the Bill. A Manchester couple who had waited twenty-five years wore to bo married’ in x> few ‘weeks. The ■ first proclamation urnder the Act was that of an Aberdeen resident and his sister-in-.law. .The man lost his wife thirteen years ago, and told her as she was dying that he was willing to marry her sister. When tho wife died the sister kept house for her brother-in-law and looked after the children, both being confident that they would some day be able to marry. The Extension of Commerce Committee reported to tho House yesterday that the weight of cereals in sacks carried over the railways should not exceed 2001b5., and it. recommended Government to bring such a new regulation into operation without subjecting producers to loss. Sir Joseph Ward, in reply to the Loader of tho Opposition, said thr committee had gone very carefully into the matter." Tho Railway Department required ..to make a regulation for tho carriage of coieals beyond the 2001 b. sack at a very much . higher rate, and tho Department, of course, could not refuse to carry sacks in excess; but, without exception, those; who gave evidence before the committee were favourable to tho 2001 b. weight. Later on he would gazette a regnlatiou making provison in accordance with the committee’s recommendations.

It lias been decided by the Wairaxtipa Racing Club to purcliaso a twenty-four horso totalisator ou tbo new silent system. Mr Amos will v.-ork it in accordance with Ins contract. A special meeting of Bulls Town Board was held ou November Ctb, when a resolution was passed making special order to secure interest ou loan and the special meeting to confirm tho same was appointed for December 11th.

Mrs Borric, wife of Mr Donald Borrie, chairman of Waitaki County Council, died at her residence, Papakaio, this morning. The deceased ladv lauded at Port Chalmers from the* ship Maori in 1857, ami has been a resident of Gamaru district for over 43 years.

A four-roomed house at To Aroha, occupied by Mr Maxwell, was gutted lw firo on Thursday night through Having a • lighted caudle m tiro children’s room, and three children were nearly suffocated. The brigade appeared promptly and saved most of the effects.

Discussing the prospects of Rugby football for the season just entered upon, a London paper says that Mr Gilrav.fwho" “comes with the highest reputation from New Zealand,’’ is “among the likely candidates for the vacancy among the hacks” in this year’s Oxford University team. At Hastings Magistrate’s Court F. W. Fitzgerald, bookmaker, pleaded guilty to strscot betting and was lined £1 and cosfcsl 7s. M. J. Moses, to whom Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club has refused to grant a jockey's or trainer’s license, was charged with trespass on Hastings racecourse without permit and was lined £3 and costs £3 14s.

The chairman of Bulls School Committee acknowledges receipt of the following amounts for the district High School fundJ. G. Wilson ! £lO, Keillor Bros. £lO 10s, D. IT. Guthrie £1 Is, F. J. Mansell £3 2s, A “Friend” 10s, J. 11. Gray £1 Is, C. M. Broughton ss, D. Lilly ss. ; Previously acknowledged £2G (is; , total £53. ! Bush working in tuo Nortneru I Wairoa district is very active. The 1 Mitcholson Timber Company arc layI iug down a six-.milo locomotive tram- ■ way at Kirikopnui, whore they have some 50,000,000 feet of kauri, Hum, i and white pine. The Tataranki mill owners are also laying down a tramway from Tangowahiue to Avoca/and over which 10,000,000 feet of white pine is expected to pass. In tho House yesterday too Premier stated that legislation on tho acquittal of Meiklo would ho deferred until next session, as tho House had evidently mads up its mind that legislation dealing with a single individual should not ho allowed to go through. Mr Massey expressed surprise at this statement, and protested against the course proposed. Mr Fisher alleged that tho Premier’s attitude was a concession to six members who had opposed the Bill. Tho Premier contended that there wore 38 members opposed to it.

The Bishop of Wellington completed a series of Confirmation services in tho parochial district ot Kiwi tea on Tuesday, aud loft for Wanganui yesterday. He will hold similar services in Foilding on the -Ith of next month. His Lordship, with most of tho Few Zealand Bishops, will visit England to attend the Pan - Anglican Church Conference early next year. While, .there they wiil endeavour to arrange for hoip{pry mission of about twenty ministers to Nov/ Zealand similar to that sent to Soutii Atnpa after tiro w;w. with tho object of increasing the number of adherents and raising tho religious tone of.' the church. R.HEUMO CURES A WELL KNOWN PATEA REiuDENi. jieiui what Mr J. Atkin, the vTC” known KiOVodcvc, Norfolk street, Patoa, writes “August 1, 1007. For a long time I suffered from Lumbago I tried liniments of different 'klu'L, r.nd Doctors’ Preseriptioua, out .could no relict. It Vwi.s torture for iuc to work.' -J. ue pain was so severe that it bout nic almost double. Guo day I was in Hoyie and Jones’ store ana was asked if 1 had trial Rheumo. I am very thankful that i did. Tho experience I had was a change from agony to groat ease. Until I took itheumo, I could not get any tiling to touch my complaint.—J. ATKIN.” All stores and chemists soil Rheumo at 2s Cd and Js (id.