GENERAL NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 7554, 18 April 1914, Page 1

GENERAL NEWS.

!K>ML\jox ;\;\d i-'uh'i-;i(.jN. ■Sir John Hamblen, sole landlord of Ibe (own of lludflersliehl, Fngland, is dead, aged ,B.'!. Ue made over his estate to his son four years ago. liis de.ith recalls thaL many years ago a leaa! war took place between Sir -'oha Ram.sde.'i and lbs tenants, eventualb,- leading to legislation delining the relations of landlord and tenant. (The deceased was an M.i'. from 1853 to 188 m. and v.as L'nder-Sceretarv for War, LSS7-SS).

Dr. j. Beard, of Kclinoiirgh, after •';(l years' research, claims to have prove.) tbn rertaiuty of eancef yielding to sullicieutly pow.'rful injections of trypsin. At a Scoutmasters' conference, at Manchester Lady lhvden- Powell advocilcd the appoiiitment of women &&out masters. Sir ttobert admitted that-on'oin-:l!y h-_> did not like women in the movi'inent, but he bad since bc.n converted. The ladies had forced themselves inlo men's lives somehow.

The Academy' of Malicino unanimously ro.nimauls (he ollicicy of Dr Barth,' cL' Snndfort's paraflin wax lfath at 125 thyrsi Fahrenheit for curing rheumatism, gout sciatica, and lunibugo .

At present there is a surplus of ploughmen sr-eking work in the Ash'burton County. 'F'or years' past local farmrrs have not been able to secure sallicient men (.urn over the land, and the present desirable state of affairs is attributable to immigration. The (Queensland Meat Export Company has been carrying on such _a prolitable business that it was &'. recently to declare a dividend of 12 per cent., a bonus of •.!■ per. cent., and carry ;C2S,OUU to the reserve ' fund, wh.i'.'h was ( hereby brought up to iCb'Jo.llOO. A. remarkable exhibition of sheaf- i binding and tossing was witnessed at j/alcomhe sporty recently. Mr. J.\ Hurst lieat all compolitors when he threw a sheaf 27 feet between upright posts above, terra lirmn,. The posts then had to be dug out, and an extra 18 . inches was added. On Ihe third attempt he succeeded in throwing the sheaf over that height. The continued spell of dry weather is having a marked enY/U on the pastures oii" the light lands. The Waimea Plains have suffered most in this ' respect, though thy dry weather has bad its advantages in respect to thresh ng operations. In several cases grain his been cut, stooked, stacked, and threshed, and has not experienced a shower of rain during the whole oi these operations. 'this (says the "M.ataiura T/nsign") is'unusual for Southland, and the brightness and colour of the sample of grain will to an extent counteract the loss occasioned by the reduction in yield. j On Sunday afternoon a strong wind 'sprang up at Lyttelton, and lasted for several minutes. So severe -was the blow while it lasted that several I windows were: smashed, and a sky- j liilht in a b'oot shop was broken, j An Agricultural Labourers' 'L'nion, it ,is stated, has been formed in the .Ham 'ilt on district. Application is to be made for reels t rat ion under the Arbitration Act. | A curious mUhap occurred on Mr '('. M. Thrdki'!d'< iim'lewood '. property, Fluxion, on Wednesday. Two young horses had been harnessed to a farm roll-r in the yard with a view lo beginning work, when they took fright at somethine- and bolted. They careered throue-li the yard with the big

roller bouncing along behind tb.mi, and. oul. through the gateway oji to (lii! roail. Tliu. {jfaLcs have exceptionaliy big concrete posts, ami the,roller look yule and posts witii it, but. the .shook sent horses, roller and all h'ead-over-heels into Iho 'deep ditch of running wiiLiji' tha.t Hanks the road. .The Ji.irses were extricated more scared I han hurt, biii llr- roller had to be left, for future manipulation.

1 The 111. Cook oar: from Uucnslown had a very rough passage over (In.! Crown linage on Wednesday, an! arrived in I'em! ro'ie soim; '.',-K hours lale, a coating of snow on top of tins range causing a'lot of 1 rouble before it ould be successfully passed.

It is ihe intention of Mr V. T. Moore to move, at the nest meeting of the. • Wellington Hospital Board,: "That the medical superintendent (Dr. Jlanlwick Smith-) bo askml to report upon the therapeutic, value of paralhn oil, and Ihe best method of obtaining a pure and abundant supply for general use by all classes of the eommunily at cash prices." '•'We have records," said the inspectors in their annual report to the Ilawke's .Bay Education Board,''Vjwhich prove that the exploitation of child labour in dairying centres is still pre-

al.-nt. Lony; hours of toil Before and after school leave no space for the glamour of youth, and ihe future of the children is enormously prejudiced bv I'oM'.ing them of the educational advantages which, thoagh provided at great cost to the Stale, they cannot avail themselves of owing to the ,hssitude that accompanies their hours in school."