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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9653, 5 January 1910, Page 5

During December the Waihi Grand Junction Mine, running 22 days, crushed 4821 tons valued at £1)628. In the Dadies’ Champion Lawn Tenuis Doubles at Auckland, Misses Powdreii and Gray heat Misses Nunueßv and Braithwaite, 6—2, o—6. For selling liquor to the natives at Kawa in the King Country m February last John Oliver was fined at Hamilton to-day the maximum penalty of £SO, or three mouths.

A fire at four o’clock this morning at Carterton completely destroyed an unoccupied two-storey dwelling known as the Post Office boardinghouse. The origin is unknown. The insurance is £2OO in t«e Northern Office on ths house, which was built after the fire in 1873.

The parents of a Hindu girl child in Madras are being prosecnfcecPfor selling their child for 5s 4d, ihe mother of the child states that she sold the child because it was bora at an inauspicious hour and was certain to bring ill-luck. The amalgamation of ths continental Rubber Company with the InterContinental Rubber Company is announced, under the name of the latter, with a capital os £8,900,000. The new company will control a large part of the rubber industry in the Congo region, A curious sequel to a burglary is reported from Llangollen. A few weeks ago a thief broke into a house ocounied by some ladies and decamped with two clocks. A man walking by the side of the Dee heard ghostly chimes coming from the direction of a heap of refuse, and on investigation he found the clocks hidden'in the heap. At the National ; Horse Show New York Major Beresford’s (7th Hussars) Flighty won a popular victory, obtaining a bine ribbon, first prize, in the class for officers chargers. Lieutenant Yorke (Royal Artillery) on Biddy, although unplaced, was much applauded. There were several Canadian and United States competitors.

Tim accounts of Nottingham Corporation show that the gross profit on the electricity department last year was £46,513, of which £17,250 was contributed to the rates. The tramways account showed a profit of £50,767, of which £15,400 went to the relief of the rates. The gross profit on gas was £10,734, and the revenue from water £113,730. Senator MazzaccheiJi, president of the Court of Accounts, was |walkmg along the streets of Rome with his nephew when he was knocked down by a carriage, a wheel of which passed over his head killing him immediately. His nephew, who is a magistrate, in stepping back to avoid the carriage, slipped and fell on the tramway lines, and was] run over and killed by a passing car.

A youth, aged 17, who is subject to somnambulism, killed his mother in his sleep in a house on theJSoheldt near Antwerp. The boy had been dreamm gof burglars. He rose in his sleep, found a gun, and, firing in the darkness, shot his sleeping mother. When lie awoke and learned what he had done he was overwhelmed with grief, and could only cry, “It wasn’t 1 who killed her, lit wasn’t I!’’ He has been arrested, and will be examined by doctors.

Judgment was delivered by Judge Edwards at Auckland to-day in the case in which the Ford Shipping Line appealed against the decision of Mr Kettle, S.M., in the case of appellants against the Superintendent of the Mercantile Marine, arising out of a provision in the Shipping and Seamen’s Act, which states that when a seaman on a Home or Intercolonial trade ship is left ashore by reason of accident or sickness the master shall deposit .the wages due and sufficient to cover costs of maintenance and attendance in the public hospital. Id this case an injured seaman went to a private hospital. Appellant therefore claimed refund of the deposit with the exception of wages due. Jcdae Edwards said the appellants contended hno seamen could benefit by the s»*-tato unless he became an inmate of the public hospital. The contest really turned on whether any deduction could be made under the heading of medical and living expenses. The Judge held that this was fatal to the appellants who knew that the Superintendent intended to hold them liable for medical and living expenses, and added that the clause was so illworded that the Marine Department shonld obtain a conclusive adjudication from the Court of Appeal. The appeal was dismissed. , SLEEPLESSNESS. Sleeplessness frequently arises from the liver. It the liver is out of order it affects the nerves, and- If your nerves are in any way affected you cannot sleep. Do not resort to narcotics; a course of Chamberlain’s Tablets will set your liver right and you will soon enjoy refreshing sleep. For sale by T. H. Bredln, Martoa Co operative Stores.