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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9401, 23 March 1909, Page 4

The Oorinthic arrived in Wellington harbour from London via Hobart yesterday. The University of Edinburgh has conferred the D.O.L. degree on Professor Gltyay of Otago University. At a meeting of Gisborne Oil Company the manager reported that arrangements were practically complete to enable boring to be commenced forthwith. On Wednesday afternoon Messrs A. H. Atkinson and Co., Ltd. , will sell on their premises in Feilding on account of Mr Hiorns, of Ohingaiti, a quantity of grocer’s accessories, etc., also 2 good brake horses, carts, harness and cows.

Humanised milk for babies seems to be coming into general use in Dunedin. It was reported at the meeting of the Society for the Protection of Women and Children that 134 babies were being fed on this milk. < HSi New Zealand’s offer to Britain to supply a Dreadnought practically amounts to saying—“ We will present yon with a battleship, but you must find the money,” But politicians pose as patriots. . Gisborne reports that a young Maori who broke into a store at Tuparpa was seen by two other Maoris who gave chase. The burglar ran into the sea np to his neck, endeavouring to avoid capture, but the police were summoned, and be was arrested. 1

Wellington Council of the Churches last night passed resolutions disapproving of Sunday concerts, and strongly objecting to the pony racing now going on, and urging the Government to legislate in the direction of restricting the number of race days. The Northern Maori election to fill the seat rendered vacant by the death of the late Mr Hone Heke resulted in the return of Dr. Peter Buck, who was returned by a majority of over 1200 votes. Some small returns are still to come, but they cannot affect the result. A committee meeting of the “Sandon Subscription Library” was held last Saturday night,' Mr Oockburn in the chair. It was decided to i£orease/the library by spending the Government grant of £6 15s on new books. The committee also intend to insure the library against risk of fire.

Money collected in Palmerston North in aid of the Bread Fund totalled £257 4s od. Of this £144 10s 5d was collected publicly, whilst the balance was voluntarily sent to the Standard which opened a list. Public lists closed last night, and the money has been remitted to the Treasury for transmission to London.

The Defence Council has selected the following officers to go to England for a two years’ period of training Captain and Adjutant J. E. Barton, 2nd Regiment Auckland Mounted Rifles. Capt. and Adjutant S. A. Grant, Ist Battalion' Infantry Volunteers, Auckland. Lient. W. L. Robinson, Dunedin Engineers. Captain J. H. Whyte, D. 5.0., Assistant Quartermaster-General, Auckland District.

At Timaru Magistrate’s Court yesterday Bernard Clancy was fined £lO or three months’ imprisonment for supplying liquor to two prohibited persons. Martin Shepherd and Thomas Collins were each fined £5 in default one month’s imprisonment for obtaining liquor. The liquor was taken to Clancy’s house where Shepherd and Collins and two or three others were in the habit of foregathering to indulge in drinking bouts.

The requisition in support of Mr R. E. Beckett’s candidature for the Mayoral chair is already by far the largest that has ever been signed in Marton. And as it has been found impracticable to call on many who have expressed a wish to add their names and many who perhaps do not yet know of the matter, half a dozen copies have been made, one of Which will be st each of Messrs Davenport’s store, and Mr O. R. Oooke’fp and Mr Sicely’s offices for the , convenience of those who have not yet signed. The importance of the Marton railway station, now that the trunk line is completed, was pointed out to the Minister for Railways yesterday by a deputation. The Minister said he knew about it. and that the goods traffic on the Main Trunk line was only beginning. Where there was only one goods train now, there would in a short time be three, and then Marton would be a busy town, for all three goods trains would have to be broken there. Marton would be one of the most important shunting stations in the North Island. — Post.

The following telegram has been sent by the Auckland Employers’ Association to the Minister for Labour, Hon. A. W. Hogg, in regard to remarks made by him in replying to a recent deputation at Wellington : “Auckland Employers’ Association thanks you heartily for your sensible remarks to the deputation. from the Wellington furniture trade, and feels with you that unless capital and labour work amicably together the industries of the Dominion will be seriously affected, if not altogether destroyed.” Cheap “beers” were obtainable at Waitara on Regatta Day. According to the Taranaki Herald the licensee of one of the three public-houses in the town, unlike his fellows, had not subscribed to the regatta funds. In an attempt to enlist the sympathy of the pnbilo, the other two hotels bore large placards, bearing the name of the Secretary to the Regatta Committee, announcing that the bouses had subscribed to the regatta funds. So the licensee of the remaining hotel made a connler-move. He placarded his hotel with the announcement, “All Beers Fourpence,” with the result that he did a roaring trade. The President of . the Auckland Provincial Employers’ Association, Mr D. Goldie, in conversation with a Herald representative said:—“lt seems very evident that employers will be compelled to fight the question of preference very much more stringently than heretofore. There are no doubt a great numbei; of Unionists who are not first-rate workmen, and very many non-Unionists who are good tradesmen. In the past, so long as one could show that the person engaged was a batter tradesman than those whose names were on the books seeking employment, the Court and Inspectors were satisfied, but if a new order is to be instituted, then immediate action mast be taken. The matter, in fact, is already occupying the attention of the New Zealand Employers’ Federation in the direction n f preventing preference being granted.” CHRONIC RHEUMATISM EFFECTUALLY CURED.

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Mr Perry, of the Newtown Museum, is about *to attempt to|get tuatara lizard’s eggs*hatched. Fourteen mouths is the time the process will take.

When the improvements on the Manawatu section are completed, ail traffic on the Napier-Wellington section north of Eketahnna will be taken to Wellington via the West Ooast.

The racehorse Stylish, while training at Hastings this morning, staggered and then crashed into a fence breaking its neck. The cause of the accident is unaccountable, but its hind leg being broken it is assumed that it {overreached in its stride. The rider was uninjured.' The Arbitration Court held a short meeting in Wanganui yesterday and considered the Wellington drivers’ Dispute and the dairy factory employees’ dispute. No final decision was arrived at in either case. The- name of Mr Bred in should have been mentioned among those of the Marton deputation which waited on the Minister of Railways yesterday. Mr Bredin represented Marton Borough Council. A peculiar but somewhat painful accident happened on Friday to a little girl named Doris Kersall, residing in Palmerston. She was riding on the step of a bicycle behind another girl when by some means one of her legs got caught in the spokes of the wheel and a toe was cut off.

The injuries which the Wellington amateur, W. H. Pollock, received recently, when contesting the long jump, are more severe than at first supposed, and it will probably be quite a month before Mr Pollock will be able to get about. The mishap will perhaps mean permanent retirement from the athletic arena, which Mr Pollock was anxious to reenter for the last time next season.

The Feilding Chamber of Commerce representatives to the coming conference'will submit a motion in regard to military defence in which the necessity for compulsory training will be embodied. Mr A. H. Atkinson, who has been elected to attend the conference, will most likely have charge of_the motion.

Forty-four passengers by the Oorinthio who are suffering [from measles have been quarantined on Soames Island. Four cases of scarlet fever will be taken to the hospital. Of the immigrants on board 240 were assisted (175 adult and 65 children); 141 were nominated by relatives in Hew Zealand, and have homes and work ready to go to. The assisted immigrants bring capital totalling £4368.

Suspicious circumstances appear to hhve developed in connection with the death of a man aged 70, named Andrew Douglas Hardie, whose body was found lying outside a cottage near Dudley Creek, Richmond, on Sunday morning. A post-mortem examination revealed the fact that the man’s back and right ribs had been broken. The body was found with the head supported and rolled up in a Maori kit, and had evidently been moved to the spot where it lay. The inquest has been adjourned to allow further inquiries by the police. A colony of bees have made their home on 'a straining-post on the Mount Somers railway line, about twelve miles up from Ashburton. They have been there just a week, and have already built up a great mass of comb in the close vicinity of what was, a few days ago, a luxuriant cropj of clover. They are supposed to have swarmed at Mr E. Horsey’s Alford station, fhid travelled some six or eight miles before settling down on one of the most exposed positions on the Ashburton plains. An advertisement appears to-day inviting the parishioners of St. Andrew’s Church, Bulls, to attend at the Sunday School on 39th inst. for the purpose of making a presentation to Mr F. J. Mansell, who leaves early next month for a trip to the Old Country. As Mr Mansell has been identified with the interests and progress of the church in Bulls as vestryman and collector for over a quarter of a century it is expected that a large number of persons will avail themselves of the opportunity of wishing him bon voyage, and expressing their appreciation of his services.

Giving evidence before the North Island Board bearing complaints of railway servants, William Orombie,, retired stationmaster, formerly at Auckland, said appellant in the case under consideration and others were kept employed on trains when neither witness nor the foreman considered them fit to take charge*. It was only on account of the chronic inefficiency and inadequacy of the staffing of the service that h> kept them on. In the interests of safety he often thought it advisable they should not be employed and made frequent appeals to his superiors. The inadequacy of the staff was due to 'the snddden and abnormal increase of business.

On fclie last occasion the Kiwitea County Oonncil provided rabbit poison disappointment was expressed by some members that the opportunity had not been more generally taken advantage of by the farmers. In one or two of the ridings the good effect of the general poisoning was plainly discernable, but in some others, it was stated concerted action had not been [taken to the extent anticipated. It is generally admitted that'if farmers would only act together in this matter on the 31st inst. the pest would be so much decreased that the survivors would be able to do little damage during the rest of the year. POLITENESS. If those who are doubtful as to the correct course to pqrsne in any given situation will remember that even the wrong thing is overlooked if one is but absolutely polite in the .doing of it, their relief might be great. A genuineness of demeanour and a courteous response or question can never be out of place. A man may wear a business suit of clothes to a wedding less noticeably than a truculent air of insolence. If he be perfectly well-bred as far as behaviour goes, it matters not so much what his outward garb, although' by an unwritten law of social observance certain clothes are the correct thing for certain occasions. Politeness is never wrong. Its practice goes nearly all the way toward the goal of the right thing in the right place. With politeness, correct dress and boots polished with TAN-OL yon are a welcome guest in any good society. TAN-OL is synonymous with all that is good, in polishes for tan footwear all that is beat. And you cannot have better than the best. Price 6d (paste), Is (liquid).