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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10410, 25 July 1912, Page 4

Worth Canterbury Farmers’ Union has passed a resolution recommending Mr T. Mackenzie for fcha High Gommissionership. The Wlramsra, Monrski, Mangabblj Rotorua, Eanroto ami Talsne should be within wirelsss range tonight. Mr A. H. Melindas, of The ! Quality Store, Marten, notifies that he Is agent for the well-known seedsman, Button and Sobs, England. He era r also supply I Cooper’s seeds. • An inset relating | So Satton’s seeds Is circulated with ; a portion of this isene.

James Allen, aged 50, a painter, died while at work at Hastings yesterday. The British Medical Association has been invited to hold its 1914 conference in New Zealand.

President "Fallierea has presented the Prince of Wales with she Grand Gross of the Legion of Honour. A cordial meeting took place between the Czar and King Gustav, of Sweden, at the Finnish Skerries.

A decree has been issued at The Hague prohibiting exports of rice to the Dutch East ladies, owing to the shortage.

Canterbury Hospital '"Board has adopted a report by Dr. Blaokmore providing establishment of a tuberculosis dispensary in Christchurch. The International Convention at The Hague adopted a uniform law governing bills of exchange in 20 States, not including Britain. An agreement was signed.

Mr Reid, of Biderslie, New Zealand, has purchased Kllbroney, which was considered the best longdistance horse In England last year. He has been shipped by the Athenlc.

The Berlin Neue Frele Presse declares that Austria’s naval construction Is purely defensive, and not directed against any Power,, The 1918 estimates do not contain further provision for Dreadnoughts. Fighting followed a strike of coalminers in the Seytona district, United States. The Sheriff was fatally shot. A company of militia, with a machine gnn, was despatched and restored order.

At Palmerston yesterday tha tohunga Hingawhafca, charged with rape, was committed for trial on the minor charge of indecent assault. Accused’s counsel applied for a Maori jury, which was granted for the Supreme Court. Bail was allowed, self £2OO and two of £l5O each. The Court sat at Motojti pah, and took the evidence of Emily Het», who is dying. Henry Riddell, aged 60, of .Washdyke, near Tlmaru, went on Tuesday evening to give some feed to the pigs belonging to a butcher near his place. Ho did not return, aad hia wife Eopposed ha was at a neighbour’s. Yesterday, a man going to the pig yard found him dead, with a largo gash in the groin, severing an artery, and ether wounds. It is supposed he was attacked by a boar. aad,.blsd to death,

Under the auspices of the Health Department. Dr. Traby King will deliver two lectures ia bt. Andrew’s Hall, Martoa, on Tuesday, July c’Olh, one in tbs afternoon at 2 30 to ladies only, and tha other ia the evening 'at 8 o’clock to a mixed audience.’ Tha evening lecture will been “Health and Fitness.'’ - To noth lectures admission Is free. Dr. Traby King thoroughly understands his subjects, and the public should greatly benefit by his interesting lectures,

We are sorry to note that a great Dumber subscribers,■ chiefly in the bsckblooks, have, not forwarded ue any subscription - for the past two and a half years; in fact, since the Company took over the paper. We are sure we need only them of the great cost of supplying them with their papers regularly to ensure the prompt payment of the accounts just rendered to them, either to the 1 head ohioo or to our local agents. We would also point out to them that by paying [24s in advance they secure a bonus c£ 20 per coat, on their annual contributions.

' The Wellington provincial five miles cross country championship was decided at Palmerston yesterday, starting-and ending on the Show ground, and c.'ivering five miles of country vary heavy from heavy rains .which \ fell during the day. The competitors had to go through water waist high in places, and some Sell in up to their neicke, notwithstanding which the times ware excellent. Tbe wiener turned up in Jacs Bradbury, ex-N Z, champion, entered from Masterfcoa. In 33 minutes 18 seconds; F. Byrne, Brooklyn, was next in 33 micutea -43 seconds; W. Press, Wellington, third, la 33 minutes 4 seconds; L. Oook, Master6on, ; . F. J. Burrell, Brooklyn, and. W. B. Bennett, Wellington, A. Olliver, Brooklyn, acd F. Lowe, Feeding, finished in -that order. Fifty-three started, and 31 finished. Lowe won the sealed handicap. Mnstarton won the team event, At; a meeting held in the foreseen Feildiug was given the option of the next Wellington 'country championships athletic meeting. Replying to a deputation at •Te Kuiti, who Lashed] that the main roads should be pushed through, the Hon. Mr Fraser, Minister of Public Works, said Shat much depended upon the amount placed at his disposal for expenditure. He had seen sufficient of the state of the district to Impress on him tbe nrgent need for roads. He could not say anything of the policy of the Government at present; but all work undertaken would be put through quickly, and on economical lines He could not help thinking that much money had been wasted in the past through delay In metalling. Also, insufficient supervision appeared a .bad method. To push through a great amount of formation and open up country was really wasteful, as much work had to be done over again before metalling. Every pound saved meant a pound extra put on the roads. He intended, after Parliament rose, to go through the country and make himself acquainted with tbe needs of every district and all manner of roading conducted. He was hot a man of many words. He preferred to be judged by what he accoiaulisbed.

Going at a positive sacrifice seasonable goods, inclnding Men’s anti Ladies’ storm resisting water* proof coats, Eider Down Qnilts, Blankets, Flannels, Flannelettes, Warm Underclothing, and a large assortment of the very latest styles in Ladies’Tweed Coats and Men’s Overcoats; also Boots and Shoes cl reliable make are offered at a farther redaction this week at Messrs E. Lloyd and Co. 's Great End of Season Sale, where some extraordinary bargains are now being offered.»

The British Athletes at the Olympic Games have'been severely criticised because they have net won everything. They canant expect to wia every event, but they are good sports, and have set the pace for the other nations. In the same way the Proprietors of Orescent Tea intend to set the paoo with their delicious tea, which well worth an immediate .trial.*

EJFor laSavua* taka'"Woods’ CSrsat Peppermint Care. • Never'fails, is (5d # 2s Sti,

London reports that Mr T. Bigg, ot Wellington, Ims been elected to a sobolashlp of £l5O “in connection with the 1851 exhibition.

At the Rotorua Magistrate’s Court on Monday a Maori named Hnrunl ;was fined £lO for having liquor in hi® possession. The magistrate remarked that the offence mast be stopped, and that he would Impose penalties until the maximum fine of £SO was reached.

The fortnightly meeting of the Morgan Lodge, U.A.0.D., was held on Tuesday evening. An appeal on behalf of a slok brother belonging to the Walhl Jjodga was received and an amount was 'passed from the Benevolent Fund towards that object. Arrangements are well in hand for the annual dance on the 9t2i August, tickets for which may be obtained from the officers. Two now members will be initiated nest meeting. •

In Zaratsnto, Spain, a case has occurred which is probably unique of its kind. A child has just been born, while hia father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and great-great-grandfather are ail living. Hia name is Drrlticoeohea, and the family are Basque farm labourers. The great-grandfather and the great-great-grandfather have acted as godfathers to (the latest arrival. The united family constitutes nearly a whole village.

““Under the will of the late Mr Q. F. Ballon, the well-known Kaikonra innholder, it is understood that provision has been made for the following public bequests Dr. Barnardo’s Home, £1000; trustees of the Presbyterian College (Knox Church), Dunedin, £500; second wing of Knox College, £1000; eustaatscion fund Presbyterian Church. £1000; the Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin of the Y.M,0.A., £SOO each; and the Salvation Army, £SOO. ■ A curious ceremony which takes place at Whitsuntide is that which is enacted in the parish church schools at St, Ives, Hunfeingdovinbire. The custom so 1675, when Dr. Robert Wilde left money for the purpose. He directed that the minister and churchwardens should purchase sis Bibles, that the minister should preach a sermon, and iota ba oast for 4ha Bibles. The ceremony is usually -witnessed by a goodly number of visitors and some of the local dignitaries.

It ia understood that the AntiTreating Bill, recently promised by Sis James Whitney, Premier of Ontario, will b 3 the .most drastic legislation regarding liquor ever introduced ia Canada, Bays the correspondent of a London journal. Ife is intended thorooghlyfto ellminate"the treating system. The law will provide heavy fines for the hotelkeeper and bar-tender, as well as the treater and fcreatea, while any hotelkeeper convicted for a third time of allowing anyone to bay a'drink for another will laaa bis license. It is hardly expected that the Bill will pass as outlined.

The value of the principal New Zealand products passed by the Customs, for export duty daring the fortnight ending Jnly 15tb is .£1,579 571. the figures for the correspond lag period last year being £1.517,094 Details are as follows : Batter £9744, cheese £13,579, frozen beef £23,739, frozen mutton carcases £86,184, legs and pseosa £ll3, frozen lamb £llß,304, wheat £5765, oats £31.450/potatoes £3535, hemp £5877, rabbits £625, t0w.£1398, kaari gam £17,505. grain and pa.'sa (other than wheat and oat.s) £2715, hops £lO, hides £19,988. skins (all kinds) £28,164, tallow £32,085, timber £20,132, wool £100.872, gold £70.138.

Wellington 'Wafcei'elde Workers Union is now demanding that imported cement shall be contained ia zinc, tin, or galvanized Iron lined casks. Shipowners and shipping agent are requested, ‘in order to avoid friction, ’ to refuse to accept aa freight imported cement unless packed in terms of the agreement entered Into with the New Zealand •Connect ESEEnfactnrerß. ” The Waterside Workers throughout' New Zealand, aoonrdiug to the letter, are determined to comply with the compact, and will refuse to unload from a ship’s hold foreign cements unless packed as requested” It ia stated that if this is insisted oa it will entirely exclude all cement other than that manufactured ia New Zealand from coming to this ! country. Hitherto no objection has been raised to handling cement in casks.

Additional particulars of the Foxton lire show that Ball’s billiard saloon was carefully closed up at abcuc 10 p.m. on the night previous to the tire, and everything then appeared to be safe. One of the features of the lire was the way in which many women assisted ia tfie salvage operations, Mr Stiles estimates his Jess at anything between £ISOO and £2OOO Mrs Betty and Mrs Nye had the unenviable experience of being burned out twice in seven Weeks. The total insurances are upwards of £7OOO, whilst the losses amount to over £IO.OOO. A good many people refuse to believe that the recent fires were the results of accidents, and they now hold the opinion that the several outbreaks have been due to the operations of the "firebug.” .

5 Whether he will again live with hie wife or not is a question that now pnazlea a hard-working carrier at the ‘Central Markets, wrote the Paris oorrepsondent of the Daily Telegraph on June 6th. Two weeks ago he imagined that be buried his wife- and in spite of this fact she has returned to life and made snob a scene into the bargain that he is now separated from her The man took hie wife to one of the Paris hospitals three weeks ago for treatment. She was very 111, and a week later he received a notice that she was dead. He held a decant funeral, to which he invited his friends and neighbours. Unaware of all this, the wife, who had meanwhile recovered and wondered why her husband bad not come to see her, left the hospital and returned to find her home empty. She went to the nearest wine, shop, the proprietor of which, who had been at the funeral, almost fainted when- he saw her. The husband then also appeared on the ecana. Hia astonishment' was mixed with bitter disappointment at having pcid the funeral expenses of eorflebody’a eisa’a wife. Instead of a^ joyful meeting there was mutual recrimination and a quarrel, and husband and wife separated with ideas of applying for divorce. Both are convinced that they have good roasano for snob an action.

If you don’t know Shat Tcnking’s ; Linseed Emulsion won’t let s?on ! cough, well, then, yoa ought to. Is 5 63, 3s 6d, 43 6d.

Henry Scott MoKellar, wh** the Onstoms Department at ??® w in 1850 and rose to ot SBOr e®ary to the ■2S? 0 ”*. 1 * 01 " whioh be retired in aged 78 d ed &t Wellin 8 6oa to-day.

Reform League Conference opens at Wellington on Saturday next week and will be ooutlnned on Monday. One bandied and sixty delegates are expected. Mr Massey and his Ministers are to ba entertained at the Town Hall on Monday. Mr O. L. Daniel], architect of Feildlng, has received the following tenders for the erection of Waituna HallW. Banks £683 10s; W. Wilkinson, £630 15s; T. Collins, £628 17g; W, Bnrne, £556 lOs. The tenders have been sent to the Hall Ommittee.

Ihe Dunedin correspondent of the Lyttelton Times states that last week the Moeraki took about 600 tons of potatoes for Sydney, wnile the Walhora, sailing from the Bluff, shipped 800 tons, making 1400 tons for the week. For Now Zealand potatoes, Sydneyites are giving about £lO per ton, while the local price is only £6. A comprehensive list of “charges” consumes £3 10s of the difference, and 80s remain as prospective profit. Most of the potatoes, are being sent on consignment. At Mar ton Conrt to-day, before Mr Kerr, S.M., judgment for plaintiff by default was entered in the following cases :O, W. Hunt v. ,i. W. Bull, £2, costs 10s; Per ham, Larsen & Co. v. Charles T. Gray. £lO 6a 7d, costs £1 16s 6d; Kerr Maxwell v. W. Q, Barratt, £6 11s 6d, costs £1 3s 6d; Nelisen Bros, y. F. B. Hamam, 14s, costs ss; Slgnall Bros, v, F. Tonge, £6 13s 6d, costa £1 3a 6d; J. M. Warren v. George Thurston, £8 4s, .cost's ss, A first offender was convicted and fined 5a with .costa for druakennesa.

A charge of expectorating In a trasaoar was preferred against a man in Auckland on Tuesday. Defendant entered a tram with two companions, one of whom was remonstrated with by the conductor for spitting ■in the oar. The injunction apparently had no effect on the offender, who shortly afterwards wilfully expectorated on the floor. It-.was-stated, on hfa behalf, that the offence had been committed owing to the threatening attitude adopted by the coadnotcr. ; A fine of £l, with costs 35s was imposed.

At Dunedin about 9 o’clock this morning Arthur Somerville, a young 1 man who came from Middlemarch a few days ago, jumped from the wharf into the bay, having prsvipuEiy loaded hia pocket with atones. He was rescued by a boatman, and appeared before the Court later on. police stated that he had explained his rash ponduofi by stating that he could not sleep, and bail lost iaa will power and had lost his religion. He was remanded for a weak, during which time he will bo placed under medical observation. >.

Canterbury Rugby Union Committee last night discussed for a considerable length of time ; the prospects of the League gams getting a 'footing in Christchurch. Mr S. BV Wilson who raised the question, suggested that in view of the pronounced popularity of the .Northern 1 Union game elsewhere the local union might see fit to sink traditions, and sentiment and take control of the new game. It was eventually decided to circularise cl aba Inviting them to discuss the position created b? the invasion of Canterbury by the Northern Union game, and “also convene a special meeting of seutative clubs for the same purpose.' ' ■: ■

There was a very successful > and enthusiastic 'general meeetieg of tbe Overseas Club at Marten last night in Coronation Hall Mr Nlnnis has enrolled a goad number 'as members of the Debating Society, and will be glad to.hear from, others wishing to join. :There was a social club formed, and a committee of members elected to deal with, entertainment by chess, draughts, cards, music, etc. An Employment Bureau . was also established with Mr W. H; Gomez as secretary. .It was 'also decided so form a Benevolent and Mutual Help Fund for thp. assistance of members in. dfetress, On the whole a very good star® was made, and it now depends ois the Interest members take whether *ha movement will be successful or otherwise.

"Why ia Latin taught, and why do the wisest people want to leave it out?” This double-barrelled question was asked and answered by Dr. Trnby Kins recently, in an address to tbe women’s meeting in the ' Y.M.U.A. at Christchurch. He said that Latin was taught in the Middle Ages because it was the one language by which the scholars of that day could get back to a past - civilisation which was greater than that of their own time. Hundreds of years of darkness and medisevalisra followed the advanced civilisation of old Bomei but about the time of Elizabeth the light began to dawn again. Then the learned men looked to the language which contained the records of the old nlvllisatioa. The position to-day was essentially different -Our civilisation had reached a much higher standard than that of Rome and there were transof the old records and hooks. The very purpose which had inspired mediaeval scholars to go back did not now exist, so why waste human energy and time on what was of nor paotioal use in moderu"'ifel| The question raised in the case, of Sanson v. Alfcobeeon related to the liability of an owner of a motor oar who allows another person to drive the car. The appellant, who was tbe owner ■of a .motor oar, was negotiating for its sale lo a widow. The intending purchaser and her son (who had had previous experience in driving) arranged for a trial on the hills before purchasing. At first tbe appellant drove, bnfc in coming to the hills the widow’s son took control, and continued to drive after the oar had left the hills. While the son was driving the car ran ever and Berionsly Injured the respondent, ,who was riding a bicycler There was no evidence that the accident happened through any, actual personal negligence on the part of the appellant. The 'widow and her son assarted that the appellant on several occasions gave instructions as to the speed and management of the oar, but there was no suggestion that the accident happened as a consequence of any direction given by,the appellant. The jury found that the accident was due to negligent "driving, ca the part of the son. It was held by the New Zealand Fell Court on appeal, that the appellant, as <WlJ4s>' of the car, was liaola for the r EB slt of the driver’s negligence. 1 rfWl this decision tho appeal was mnua to the Pr~y Council, which the cable lafuvmed us dismissed the case' with coots,