The Taupeka Times. AND GOLDFIELD REPORTER AND ADVERTISER. "MEASURES, NOT MEN." LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1887, 13 April 1892, Page 2

The Taupeka Times. AND GOLDFIELD REPORTER AND ADVERTISER. "MEASURES, NOT MEN." LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

PARLIAMENT will open about the middle of June.

The polling for the Bruce election is fixed for Wednesday, 4th May.

A MATCH between theßoslyn and Lawrence Bowling Clubs will take place on the latter's green on Saturday next.

The business places in Lawrence will be closed on Good Friday and Easter Monday, the 15th and 18th instant.

Mr John Honker, of Millars Flat, has been appointed a' member of the Teviot District Licensing Committee in place of Mr T. P. Michelle (deceased.)

In December, 1858, the number of persons to the square mile in New Zealand was represented by -566. In 1864. the figure was 1-641. In April, 1891, it was 6*024.

A MAN named Thomas Patrick, charged by the Police with drunkenness in Rosa Place, was brought before Mr M. Fraer, J.P., on Saturday, convicted of the offence, and fined 10s.

Acceptances and entries for the Maiden Plate for the Beaumont Jockey Club's annual race-meeting on Easter Monday close with the secretary (Mr Chas. Bennet) to-raonow evening at ten o'clock.

THE Government have issued a circular to the effect that persons whose incomes are less than £200 need not send in returns, and persons whose incomes are above that amount will be called upon to make a return by special demand.

'Twas ever so. Notwithstanding that the Masterton Knights of Labor have been asked to join the Anti-Chinese Association, the Wairarapa *' Standard " has reason to believe that some of the most prominent members are the beat customers of the Chinese.

A CORRESPONDENT informs us that there is still a large quantity of crop standing in the atook in the Tuapeka West and Waitahuna West districts. Dm ing the last fortnight or three weeks, a large area has been placed in the stack, and the threshing mills are now bard at work in various parts of the district.

An old resident of Invcrcargill, now in business in Melbourne, writing to a friend says :-— " I never had a worse time of it than during the last twelve months. No money, and no business is doing. Melbourne is in a frightful state, commercially, financially, and morally. In fact the bottom has completely dropped out of the country."

A late Sydney paper says that New South Wales farmers are complaining bitterly of the low prices ruling for all classes of market produce. A message from Kempsey states that a producer in that district who recently sent eighty bag 3of potatoes to Sydney received nine penny stamps as the proceeds of the sale after expenses had been deducted.

THE gold returns of the following mining companies for the past week's work are to hand : — Island Block Extended Goldmining Co., 940z 4dwfc 20gr for 5J days' sluicing; Upper Waipori Alluvial Gold Dredging Co., lloz 13dwt 6 gr for 5 days 14 hours' from No. 1 dredge, and 13oz ldwt for 5 days 7 hours' from No. 2 dredge; Jutland Flat Gold Dredging Co., 270z for 144 hours wages' time.

It has been decided to abandon the attempt to make a road from Milford Sound to the Sutherland Falls, and the convicts will be removed. A pack track will be substituted for a road, and this work will be done more cheaply by ordinary contract. The extraordinary rainfall is the chief reason for the prisoners' withdrawal. One hundred and fifty working days were lost last year from that cause.

It is asserted that never in the history of Wellington was there such a prevalence of typhoid fever as during last month. Twentyone cases were reported to the City Council during March, and there are at the present time 65 cases under treatment in the hospital. In nearly every case the evil was directly traced to defective drainage and salutation. With the cold weather approaching the epidemic appears to have passed the climax.

The following communication has been received by the County Chairman from the Mines Department (Wellington) :— " In reply to your communication of the 14th March, I am directed by the Hon. the Minister of Mines to state that he is unable to authorise a grant of £200 to the Wetherstones Deep Lead Cement Company, the only way in which assistance can be given being by way of subsidies in terms of the regulations (Part xv., aid towards prospecting) under " The Mining Act, 1891."— I have the honour to be, etc., H. J. H. Elliott, under-Secretory."

The Southland Hospital Trust have resolved to replace male nurses and other servants of the institution by women.

It is reported that the commission lately appointed by the Government to report as to the best site for the punt at Tuapeka Mouth have recommended the upper site.

The Manawatu " Standard " (Ministerial of course) gravely asserts that "the reason of New Zealand's prosperity and Victoria's reverses is because we alone possess the one man one vote !"

A correspondent sends us the following cure for rheumatism : — Dissolve common washing soda in hot water, and foment the part affected with the solution as hot as it can be borne. One who has tried the remedy on several occasions says that he has always obtained iuitrediate relief.

A STOREMAN at £2 a week was advertised for in the Melbourne " Age " the other morning, and a crowd of 400 gathered in front of the premises mentioned. When they found it was a houx, the crowd marched to the " Age " office and demanded the name of the advertiser. The paper refused to give it.

When the Hon. Mr Seddon visited the Central railway works at Hunterville the men asked him the very important question whether, when the present contracts were done, fresh ones would be let? The Minister made the very significant reply that men who were making money should save it, in case work fell short.

OUR Dunedin correspondent telegraphed as follows last evening :— The " Star " has the following on dit : — Further proceedings are likely to arise out of the Ben Ohau run dispute. The Minister of Lands is understood to be considering the instituting of criminal proceedings for conspiracy. It is expected the plaintiff Scott will claim substantial damages from the company. Mr Ritchie goes Home by the Arawa on the company's business.

The annual report of the Otago Education Board for 1891 has just been published. There are 196 schools under the Otago Board, and regret is expressed that, owing to the want of funds, requests for new schools cannot be complied with. There are 514 teachers in the Board's service, and the aggregate attendance of pupils was 29.165. The amount paid to holders of scholarships was £1,120 9a 6d. The percentage of passes in standards was 81, as against 82 in the previous year, and 84 in 1889.

In the football match, Milton v. Lawrence, which will be played on the local recreation ground on Friday, the following players will represent the visitors : — Back, A. Bryce ; three-quarters, W. M'Donald (captain), C. Grant, H. Coombe ; half-backs, T. Grant, C. Draper ; forwards, J. M'Donald, G. Poppelwell, W. M'Lachlan, A. Grant, G. Strachan, T. M'Callura, R. Pringle, J. M'Murtin, J. Bryce. Emergencies : B.»ck, J. M'Donald ; forwards, H. Lilburn, and W". Heads. Play will commence at three o'clock.

An announcement in another column notifies a public trial of M'DongaU's sheep dip at the show ground, Waitahuna, on Saturday next, under the auspices of the local farmers' club. Messrs Fulton and Stanley,' the general agents for New Zealand, are supplying the dip ; and as the result of the trial is a matter of considerable interest to farmers, there should be a good attendance. M'Dou»alPs dip bears a first-class name, being warranted to destroy all vermin and scab, without injury either to the sheep or to those who use it.

The codlin moth is said to be pursuing its ravages in the orchards south of Auckland, and some of those who have been cultivating fruit have given up the struggle, having unsuccessfully tried the various remedies propounded. This is greatly to be regretted, and shows very clearly the need that the country has for a stringent Codlin Moth Act. It is no use one man trying to grow apples when his neighbour is content to go on growing codlin moths. It has been demonstrated in Tasmania that by combined effort the moth can be kept under, and we require an act to make all fruitgrowers combine.

We (" New Zealand Times") are informed that the reason which induced the Government to postpone to the Ist of June the consideration of the reduction of the postage from 2d to Id is that as the time is near at hand when the finances of the past year will have to be reviewed, as well as the charges necessitated by the introduction of the land and income tax, it is better that all these matters should be discussed and determined at the same time, more especially as the postal reduction involves a remission of taxation to the extent of £40,000 or £50,000. At any rate, the matter is only suspended. The Government will be free to act when all the information is before them and when they, have scrutinised the various sources of income

FAKMEKS are not, as a rule, adepts at bookkeeping. Few of them keep account books at all, but trust to their memories for records of their business transactions. This is a groat mistake. It is not absolutely necessary to keep an elaborate set of books, showing every account balanced up under its correct heading, but an ordinary fair-sized dairy, properly kept, should be found in every farm house. It should contain a full record of all the work done during the year, with notes of all expenditure and receipts. There should be records of the weather, of the different experiments made, of the dates of sowing and harvesting, and of the crops and yield. A diary of this sort is very useful and interesting for reference, and the keeping of it has a good effect upon a man, making him methodical and thoughtful, and it helps to save a good deal of money.

American corn seems to be fast working its way into use in Germany. The failure of the European crops has recently given it quite a new impulse. But there is another use for developed for several years, and which now that product which has been gradually promises to assume an important place in a German manufacture— that of soap. Hitherto manufacturers have used linseed oil, procured in Russia, but owing to the failure of the crop there, they were compelled to look in other directions for a supply of oil. East Indian linseed oil has been tried, but the experiment was unsuccessful. An eminent chemist, after many experiments, decided that the oil obtained from corn was the best suited for the uses of the manufacturers. The supplies for this purpose are now beiug obtained from Chicago, and the chances are that the trade will soon reach very large proportions—reach far up into millions of bushels annually.

THE Wellington correspondent of a contemporary writes that Sir Harry Atkinson's health is still very bad, and he is only able to move about with the aid of a couple of sticks. He considers himself that his health' is steadily becoming worse, and appears to be very despondent about himself. There can be very little doubt that this premature break-down in the health of the ex- Premier is entirely the result of the laborious life he has led in the service of the State. His last period of office must have proved particularly disastrous to his health. Few men in his condition would have undertaken the labours of office, especially as the lion's share of the work was sure to fall to him. But the affairs of the country were at the time in a very unsettled state, and there was no other man either in his party or outside of it capable of successfully facing the situation. It is no exaggeration to say that there is at the present moment no other roan who has done so much for the country nor is there one who has received so very little in return.

The judgment of the full court in New South Wales in a will case supplies an instance of an antique legal doctrine which might now be advantageously subjected to legislative review. A testator by will devised a piece of land in the following terms : — "I do give and bequeath unto my daughters, Agnes and Elizabeth, 50 acres of land, being part of 100 acres, situated on the Paramatta road, known by the name of Thorley's Farm." The plain meaning of those words to the mind of the unsophisticated layman, and the meaning they certainly were intended by the testator to convey, was that the land should go to his daughters absolutely. The judges seem to have agreed that this was what the testator actually ra cant. But because he did not know that it was necessary to express in so many words the intention that his daughters should take the land "in fee simple," the court decided that they were only to take a life interest, and that subject to this interest the property jp the land must pass to somebody else to whom the testator did not intend to give it.

The Utest from the Murohison goldneld, Western Australia, is that rain has not falleu for three and a-half years on the field, and all vegetation is dead or dying, while all animal life is almost extinct. The field is said to be a fraud, and it is stated that all hands will have to leave unless rain falls, as the wells are drying up.

A social gathering will be held in the Volunteer Hall on Thursday evening in connection with the Wesleyan Church, for the purposes of formally bid < ling farewell to the Rev. Mr Rothwell and welcoming the Rev. Mr Thomas, who succeed? Hip la Her gentleman in Liwrenco. The Rev. Mr Rothwell goes to Milton, and Mr Thonuu comes from Balclutba. Addressee will be given by the Revs. Skinner, Thomas, Rothwell, and others, and the proceedings are certain to be of a very interesting and instructive character.

ON Monday at Wyndham a number of settlers appeared at the R.M. Court, some charged with breaches of the Rabbit Act.others with having sheep infected with lice for sale, and others again with having sheep in their possession not bearing the registered brand. For the first-named offence, three fines of £1 and costs were imposed, and one of £5 and costs. For having infected sheep, four fines of £l each and costs were inflicted ; and for neglecting to brand, a fine of 3d for each unbranded sheep and costs was inflicted in two instances, and in the third Id each and costs.

The ladies of Evans Flat gave a leap year dance on Friday evening in the local schoolhouse. It is needless to say that their efforts to commemorate fittingly the advent of the matrimonial year was energetically seconded by " the other side," the joint result being a most enjoyable evening. The privileges which the sterner sex usually arrogate to themselves on festive seasons were annexed on this special occasion by the ladies, and from the sweetness with which they led the other side around and smiled on them through the dance it is improbable that much objection would be made were the ladies to remain in permanent possession of the privilege. There were fully thirty couples present, the dance being carried on with spirit until far into the following morning. The room, it should be said, was very tastefully decorated with evergreens and Chinese lanterns, and what was, perhaps, of more importance, a substantial and varied supply of refreshments was provided. Tiolin music was supplied by Mr Miller.

Judgment was given by Mr Justice Williams on Monday in the case of Scott v. The National Mortgage Agency Co. of New Zealand. The sensational incident of Scott's arrest by the Government for arrears of rent and other expenses in connection with a run of which he was the reputed lessee will be remembered by our readers. Shorily afterwards Scott instituted proceedings against the company named above for the amount claimed by Government from him, on the ground that he was merely their asrent in the transaction. With this view the Judge agreed, holding that the run was taken up in Scott's name with the Company's money. It was occupied with their stock under the supervision of their own peonle. Scott was merely a passive instrument in the hands of the company ; he did what the company told him, and they acted in respect to the run without consulting him in any way. There were serious risks to the company if the run had been taken up in their own name, and the company would not take those risks. But there was at the time no practical risk if it were taken up in the name of Mr Scott. His Honor was therefore, of opinion that the plaintiff was entitled to a decree against the defendant company, on the lines of the decree prayed for, and to the costs of the action on the highest scale.