Rangitikei Advocate. TWO EDITIONS DAILY. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10494, 4 November 1912, Page 4

Rangitikei Advocate. TWO EDITIONS DAILY. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4.

Editorial notes are unavoidably crowded out of this issue.

Feilding’s vital statistics for October show there were 35 births, 7 one death.

Everything is reaching normal again atNuntly, £thegnumber of men going to work increasing daily.

Marton Chamber of Commerce will meet in the Coronation Hall this evening at 8 o’clock. At Cambridge freshmen’s sports, Younghusband, New Zealand, won the 130yds hurdles in 18 3-ssec.

Marton Brass Band entertained a fair number of people in the Park on Sunday afternoon to an excellent musical programme.

This year Marton Methodist Church is holding its annual Flower and Rose Show on Friday and Saturday, 33nd and 23rd November, in Marton Onera House.

The British Hdfise of Commons, by 186 to 182, carried an amendment to the Criminal Law Amendment Bill authorising the flogging of male procurers for the first offence. Marconi’s and the TelefunkeuSOompany have'agreed to sink their differences and act ./jointly to secure the right to protect patents.

Farmers are notified that a very large yarding of exceptionally wellbred cattle [will be offered at Messrs Freeman R. Jackson ’s Wanganui yards on Wednesday next. Particulars appear in our columns. A schoolboy, aged 14 years, who resided with his grandparents at Leithfield near Chiistchurch, was found in a waterhole fully clothed on Saturday morning. The police fear that it is a case of suicide. The first of the three escaped convicts at Rawlins Wyoming, were shot dead after a fierce fight with a sheriff's posse, which had chased them for a fortnight. One convict is still free, and is terrorising the neighbourhood.

“There are not many rates coming in now,” remarked the clerk at Raugitikei County Council meeting on Saturday. They won’t come in now,” the chairman as people are waiting until they , sell their wool before they can pay their rates. ’ ’

Raugitikei County Council's new by-laws will be considered by the Council on the morning of the annual meeting this mouth. After that they will be forwarded to Mr Martin to be put into legal form, and when this is finished will be printed and issued as soon as possible. A wide circle of friends wll regret to hear of the death of the Rev. John Ross, an old resident ‘ of Turakina, but latterly of Wanganui. Deceased, who was in his 88rd year, was well-known and highly respected. Mrs B. P. Lethbridge is a daughter. The funeral takes place at Wanganui on Wednesday.

In reference to an Auckland telegram re the General Grant expedition, the Dunedin representative of the May Salvage Company states that Mr May has the necessary rights over the location of the wreck, and it is impracticable for anyone else to attempt to salvage the work there. It is rumoured in Dunedin that a company with a capital of £IOOO is being formed in Sydney at the instance of Captain Sorenson, who was prominent in connection with the original expedition to recover the treasure.

The action of a FeiHing orchardist in endeavouring to shoot birds which were attracted by cherries which are rapidly ripening proved rather disconcerting to a lady in a near-by house yesterday. A charge of shot struck the roof of a shed near which , she was standing. Several of the pellets rebounded, and left marks which were visible on her neck for some time, to say nothing of the accompanying sting and shock. Discharging firearms in a borough should be discountenanced as much as the small boy pearifle nuisance. The ranging of stock on roads evidently proves as troublesome at times to the ranger as does the stock to those who use the roads. Discussing the merits of one of the applicants for such a position, one of Oroua County * Councillors was asked on Saturday what he thought of the man. He replied that he thought the man would not be afraid to v do his duty. This did not altogether impress the chairman, who said that on one occasion they had an applicant who said he was not afraid of anything. The man got the job, but came back next week with a black eye—and his resignation. Saturday’s meeting of ' Oroua Ooufity Council was Or. Hugh Burrell’s last as chairman. At the conclusion of the meeting he congratulated the Council on the year’s work. The finances were in a very satisfactory condition. At this time last year outstanding rates , totalled £2583, this year they amounted to only £lll. The amounts received up to this time last year totalled £1847, this year the total was £1747. Expenditure from that date to end of year was £1333, the estimate £1433, leaving a surplus of £IOO to work on. If their present successful financing was carried they could wipe out their debit balance of £I2OO, and have a credit of £668. Every Councillor had shared in the good management, and lie thanked them for the amicable manner in which business had been conducted. 1 Much of the success of their year’s work was due to the splendid work of their clerk and engineer, Mr Hoy L. Harding. Or. Morrison congratulated the chairman on his successful term of office. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded the chairman, and also Cr. Pearce, treasurer, and ■ eulogistic reference made to his work

Will the war bo, confined to tho Balkans or will it spread? It the European Powers become involved, practically the whole world will bo at war. But we don’t mind if tho taste for Crescent Tea spreads. It would not surprise us to see it, because Orescent Tea has a delicious flavour, and it is unsurpassed at the popular prices: 2a, Is lOd and Is 8d per lb*

At Sydney, Audory, .the French boxer, was disqualified in the eighth roundjagainst Bradley, of "America. The opening of Marton Swimming Baths has been postponed until a later date, of which will be advertised..

It is reported at Montreal that the steamer Gecilia £sank off the Isle of Perrot and twenty were drowned. Radio, Auckland, reports that the Birkenfels, Maheno, Navua and Kiaora should be within wireless range this evening. Mr E. Ellery, piano tuner, from Wanganui, will visit Marton on Monday. Orders may be left with Mr W. R. Snellgroye.* Neil McKay, aged 24, died in Dannevirke Hospital on Saturday from injuries received while bushfelling bn Friday. Four men were arrested on Riccartou Racecourse on Saturday on a charge of stealing £7O .from another person.

A Canadian-Pacific train entered an open switch at Quebec and fell over an embankment. The driver and firemen were killed, and baggagemen injured. The passengers escaped. The gate takings at Manawatu Show were £W)66 7s Bd. In 1911 they amounted in 1907 to £IBOO,, which was a record year.

Raugitikei County Council will be found on page 7; on page 3, General Cable News page 3, Men Talk to Monkeys; page 6, A Black Satyr, and A New Aeroplane.

General Menocal has been elected President of Cuba. Order prevailed largely owing to the belief that United States intervention was imminent.

The London Daily News and Express state that rising out of Lord Ronald Sutherland Gower’s bankruptcy, Sir Ernest Shackelton’s brother Francis has been arrested in East Afric.a."

Raugitikei County Council decided to grant £io to the widow of. the late Mr Powell, who had been employed as a roadman for the past four years.

Lying in.a dirty bed with dirty blankets on Sunday morning was found the dead body of Jane Hay Allen, a widow residing in Tinakori Road, Wellington. The room was in a filthy,condition, the face was much swollen, and the body was dishead to foot. When the police were, about to ■ remove a ring from a finger the flesh came away, indicating that deceased’s system was .in a very bad state or that death must have occurred earlier than reported by Charles Borok, a labourer, who had been living with deceased. The woman was addicted to drink.

A house in Belmont Terrace, Remuera, Auckland, owned by Mrs Whitcombs and occupied by W. F. Morgan, was destroyed by fire on Saturday night. A carpenter, named Ross, while assisting in an attempt to extinguish the flames, was badly burned, and was removed to the hospital. The heat was so intense that the firemen worked wrapped in wet blankets. The building was insured for £3OO in South British. The contents', valued at £2OO, were totally destroyed. Andrew Robertson, an old resident of Napier, 67 years .of age, was found drowned on Napier beach early this morning. Deceased arrived in New Zealand in the early 70’s, and went to Napier a few years later and has resided: there ever since.

In all undertakings there is a certain element of chance. Ho matter whether it'.s political, social or municipal reforms any innovation is speculative. There are many projects that appear theoretically excellent, but when put into active practice have proved a great disappointment. It’s just as well under the circumstances that there should bo a diversity of opinion in order to look at all innovations from every standpoint. After the strife of the battle is over it’s always pleasant for all contending parties to be able to agree on one subject. The Mar ton ratepayers will find at Lloyd’s value ingdrapory, clothing and boots and £hoes that cannot he improved upon. If you will only visit Broadway House your feelings will be most pleasantly subdued. The values will make you at peace with the world.*

Two Guineas for four lines of poetry! Bead Tonking’s Linseed Emulsion intimation every Saturday amongst news items. Excess of Uric Acid in the blood is responsible for many of the ills that flesh is heir to. Rheumatism, Gout, Sciatica, and Lumbago aro all due to excess Uric Acid. Hence the only way to secure relief is to purge the excess from the system, EHEUMO doe’s this—it removes the cause and a cure rapidly follows. Chemists and stores 2s 6d and 4s 6d per bottle.* Tonkiug’s Linseed Emulsion is the infallible specific for colds. Chemists and Stores. Is 6d, 2s Cd, 4s 6d per bottle