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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9696, 4 March 1910, Page 4

At Masterton yesterday Mary Ann Harvey was granted (Jlvoroe from R. W. Harvey on the grcnnd of miscondnct.

Two lade, Albert and William Stookbridge, have been sentenced to 18 months hard labour for breaking and entering Carterton railway station. There -were previous convictions against each. Dnnedin reports that the Enterprise dredge sank gin the centre of Alesacdra River~at midnight. No one was on board'at the time. The river rose last night to thirteen feet above normal at Alexandra bridge owing to the heavy rains.

Inveroargill reports that the captain of the oyscer boat Ariel—a ycting man (a Swede) named Venner Johanson was carried overboard yesterday by the oyster dredge falling back into tbe water through the lnroh of tbe boat. The man was drowned and tbe body has not been found. At Masterton yesterday In the, civil oases, Daniel Geary and Mary Agnes Geary v. Arthur Hanghey t claim £750, under the Compensation lor Workers Aot, an arrangement between the parties was agreed to, defendant to pay the plaintiff £125 and each side to pay its own costs. Definite information baa been;|rsoeived that Mr R. McNab willretnra to New Zealand at once, and take np his permaneot :6?uionce :n Paloaerafion (states the Pest.) Mr MoNab will be managing director of the Makerna Company in place of Dr. Ohapple. It is rumoured that Mr MoNab will be the Government candidate for the seat at next general eleotiou.

At Wellington Magistrata'fl Court yesterday, William Patrick; MoDermo£C was uommiUod for 'trial on a charge of robbing by forging letters sent ia the names of variouo persons So others asking 2or money. James Onrfcin, alias Oaraoa, was ooiamitted for trial on a charge of robbing Donald MoKenzie of about £45 two years ago. In each case she circumstanoes alleged are that the offences were of the character know a as "confidence" tricks.

At the meeting of Oroca Drainage Board yesterday the menibsrs present were: Messrs J. Dalton (in the ohair), B. Gray, G. H. Lowe, H. B. Hunt, G. Kendall, B. Mudford, J. reoaant, and E. J. Airnstrcng, engineer and aoticg clerk. The classification list was ordered to be prepared by the obairman and Mr Armstrong. Apnlications for olei-k and rate oolleotor were held over till next Saturday, The following tenders were accepted :—Nc. 3, Lane's drain, Christiansen and Olsen, 2s; No. 4, Taikorea drain, E. A. Mitchell, 2s 6d; No. 6. Main drain, north branch, E.A . Mitohell, 2s 5d ; No. 7, Campbell's drain, B. Poole, la sd; No. 9, Smith's drain, B. Poole, Is 3d; No. 10, Dalton'odrain, JR. Poole, Is 4d. Contracts Nos. 1 and 5 were held over till Saturday week.

A conference of representatives of the Shearers' Uaons of the Dominion will be held in Wellington this month. It is intended to complete the amalgamation of all tha Unions, the amalgamation to embraoe not only sbeareru' but all persona employed in connection with shearing operations, snob, ns sbpd hands, cooks and others. The linking-up of the various Unions has, as a matter of fact, already been effected, bat the organisation is not yet registered.', At the conference the polioy to bo adopted for next year iu regard to wages, etc.. will be decided on. At the present time the men regard their position as most uneatis factory, and, for one thing, steps will bo taken to have a uniform rate of pay fixed for the whole *of New Zealand. The federation, when registered, will proba&ly embraoe about 6000 hands. The statement in a cablegram from Sydney on Wednesday that the batter factories' delegates oonsider batter grading a failure in Australia and New Zealand, was laid before Mr J. B. Scott, Seoretary'of the National Dairy Association, yesterday. "lam very sorry for the batter industry in New South Wales," said Mr Scott, "if they are not going to adopt a proper grading system. Ab a matter of fact, there has iuever been a proper grading system in operation in any part of Australia, excepting possibly in Queensland, and the advance in quality of Queensland butter is most marked, taking all tha prizes at the Royal Australian Show. The quality has immensely improved under Government grading. The system, such as it is, may have been a failure in Australia, but it has been an unqualified success in New Zealand, as iastanoed by the faot that our butter prioes are always 4s above Australian prices."

Afc the Bon Marohe, Feilding, they are now as busy as bees opening gap new goodß for tbe autumn and winter season. Recent steamers have brought large shipments foi Messrs Spence & Spenoe, and the firm promise a magnificent showing ya a few days' time.*