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Waikato Argus, Volume XXXV, Issue 5508, 14 January 1914, Page 2

Know how to take a hint; the truths which concern us most can only be half spoken.—Grecian. On fourth page: Waipa County Council. Mr J. A. Young, M.P. for W'aikato, has received a letter from the Kawhia County Council thanking him for his efforts in having sums placed on the Supplementary Estimates for roads in the Oparau riding. An expensive trick was played on a Whakaronga dairyman the other day. it was discovered when his milk was poured into the vat that a large eel had been placed in One of the cans. As it was impossible to tell which can it was in the supplier consequently lost the whole of his evening and morning milk, which was considered unsatisfactory.

At a meeting of the Morrinvsille School Committee, Miss Linda Hewitt, intimated she had tendered her resignation as assistant teacher to the Auckland Education Hoard, and thanked the members of the committee for the many courtesies they had extended to her. Several members referred in complimentary terms to Miss Hewitt's abilities and success as a teacher, and it was decided to send her an ofiicial letter express ing appreciation of her services.

j In our supplement today will be I found a large budget of interesting ' items. The Auckland Athletic Union has 1 granted the Ohaupo Athletic Club ■ March 28th as the date for a local sports meeting. In Wellington if a person thinks he is being overcharged for cab or express hire, he has the option of paying the borough inspector, who pays I the driver no more than the fee he is ' legally entitled to charge. One of the best shearing records of ihe season was put up at Mangahuia station, near Dannevirke, by four men, who in 8 hours 40 minutes put through 128* sheep each.

For £7 ins it is possible to buy in Piccadilly a reproduction of Mr Max Meyer's famous pearl necklace; the necklace which was lost and found again. The imitation is guaranteed to be an exact copy so far as size and weight are concerned, but the colour is not quite accurately rendered.

Among the many definitions of genius, that of Thomas A. Edison, has the virtue of brevity, not to any wit:—"Genius is two per cent, inspiration and 98 per cent, perspiration."

We understand that the rural telephone movement in this district is being held up through the inability of the authorities to supply telephones. Only 20 instruments are available for the Hamilton-Eareka-Tncwhare line, and as these are not nearly suflieient the installation is being left in abeyance until the work can be completed.

Two or three years ago, says the Post, Mr William Campbell, a wellknown provision merchant, of Wellington, admitted some of his employees who had been longest in his service into a profit-sharing scheme, and it is now announced that he has formed the business into a private company, with a capital of £20,000, in £1 shares.

It is anticipated that the wool clip in the Masterton district this season will be the heaviest on record. The wool is said to be very clean, and particularly free from hutewai. The latter weed has not proved such a pest as usual, farmers attributing this to the fact that the wet weather prevented the burrs from ripening early.

When an accountant was sued for £5 under a judgment summons at the Westminster County Court the solicitor for the plaintiff stated that the defendant advertised in a London newspaper that he was "particularly clever in teaching people how to dodge their creditors, and pay none of them." It had taken the bailiff six months to find the defendant.

The Hamilton- Frankton Motor 'Bus Company has decided to put on a 'bus between the Cosey Corner, Hamilton, and the Frankton Railway Station, to connect with the midnight Auckland-Wellington Express. This is a move whhh will be greatly appreciated by Hamiltonians who have occasion to either meet or travel by that train.

Practical sympathy to a farmer in misfortune was demonstrated at Tauhei last week, when a dozen neighbours left their own work and

I gathered in the harvest of Mr T. <i. J Smith, who was taken ill in AuckI land when he went to do duty as a special constable. These are the sort j of actions which make the wheels of life run smoothly.

A well-known Albury farmer, says the Timaru Herald, has grown an extraordinary crops of oats this year. In a 120-acrc paddock the crop has grown to a height of six feet practically all over, and it is proportionately well headed. A similar crop is to be seen in the Pareora district. To good soil and the abundant rains ol the early part of the season is attributed the abnormal growth.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, draw special attention to the line of bullocks which will be offered at their Hamilton sale tomorrow, Thursday, 15th inst. The bullocks are mostly all 4-year-olds, and many nearly beef. Buyers requiring this class will do well to inspect the3e cattle. The horses, implements, etc., advertised will be sold at the conclusion of the cattle sale.

During the recent strike a ship arriving at an Australian port from New Zealand was hailed by a Harbour Board ollicial in a bout. "Where are you from, C9p.?" •"From Wellington, New Zealand," was the reply. The official explained that if the ship came from the North Island she would have to be quarantined under the pmallpox regulations. "Is Wellington in the North or South Island'.'" he asked. "South," replied

the captain, and the official being satisfied, the vessel was allowed to berth.

Mr David J. Lundon, son of Mr John Lundon, of the Hank of New South Wales, Cambridge, announces in our columns that he will commence practising his profession of solicitor in that town on or about the 29th inst. He is well and favourably known to the inhabitants of the district, and for some time he has been associated with a Napier firm of solicitors of repute, previous to which he was on the statF of the Supreme Courts in bulb Napier and Auckland. We wish Mr Lundon every success in the new departure he is taking, and doubt not but that he will receive the patronage of a fair number of the inhabitants of Cambridge and surrounding districts,

On Thursday night last a serious mishap occurred at Matamata. A horse drawing a four-wheeled buggy bolted, throwing out the occupants, and finally smashing up the vehicle. Mrs E. Beeson received a severe injury to the arm and other bruises. Her daughter escaped with minor hurts. Miss Absolum also injured her arm. Mr llallett, of the railway department, appears to have alighted without coming to grief. The injured were conveyed to Mrs Mateer's residence and received every kindness anil attention. Alter Dr. Carolan had atter.ded to the injuries the unfortunate sufferers were taken to their homes, where they are progressing favourably. Fortunately the injuries were not as severe as might have been expected.

Several of the county councils and road boards in the Waikato have lately caused finger-posts to be erected in their districts, denoting where the various roads lead to, and they are much appreciated, especially by visitors. The lack of such in the Maungatautari district caused some visitors from Tauranga to go several miles on a wrong tiack the other day. It is a favourite run for motorists to go from Cambridge to Uorahora, via Gorton, and back through Maungatautari, or vice versa; but at the present time they run a great chance of losing themselves on the latter route, as our Tauranga friends did. Some settlers who know the roads think sign-posts unnecessary, but in these days of motoring visitors deserve some consideration.

In a public farewell to a bank manager at Wanganui speakers objected to the frequent transfers of these officials. Mr tlatrick said that customers did not like the changes of bank managers. They liked to see a man thoroughly find his feet and so be in a position to keep in touch with the variation of the pulses of Hie business men of the community. Mr Ewen Campbell, speaking as one of the oldest customers of the bank in Wanganui, if not in New Zealand, was (juite certain it was not in the interests of the institution that it should be constantly changing its manager, as had been the case in Wanganui during the past fifteen years. No sooner did a manager get to know his clients than he was shifted. Mr E. Tingey, who had been a customer of the bank for forty years endorsed what Mr Campbell said and agreed that frequent changes were not conducive to business.

A Sydney cablegram received this morning states that Hon. Mr Holman, Federal Prime Minister, has accepted the invitation of the Science Congress to visit New Zealand as its guest.

The condition of Dr. F. W. King, who has been unconscious since Friday night, when he was found lying in Wellesley street, Auckland, suffering from a fracture of the base of the skull, has not improved, but rather changed tor the worse.

An interesting story of a nest of mice being found in a sheep's fleece on a farm at Elgin in Scotland is vouched for. The nest was made of straw, interwoven with the wool, and in it were four young mice alive. How the mother mouse procured food and attended the little ones as the sheep moved about the paddock is bit a of a puzzle. As illustrating how some people live on other's backs under current, commercial conditions, this piece of natural history is an apt analogy.

Settlers everywhere whose land, especially cropping land with standinn or stooked crops on it, adjoins tlit railway line, are advised to keep careful watch at present after the passing of trains. In the short journey from Woodvilie to Dannevirke by rail on Friday last four grass fires were started by sparks from the engine. When last seen, one fire, \ about 200 or 300 yards on the south side of the Tahoraiti railway station, ! was assuming serious proportions, spreading rapidly from the grass at the side of the line towards a ripened oat crop. A settler who noticed the danger is reported to have arrested ; the progress of the flames before j serious damage was done.—Dannevirke Evening News. A letter from Mr B. P. Lethbridge, of Rangitikei, now travelling abroad, refers to woman's work thus: "From Amsterdam we started for Berlin, leaving at 8.20 a.m., and reaching Berlin at 7.4 p.m., rather a long journey, but the country is most interesting. One sees ploughs drawn by cows working away in the fields, and very often women working the teams. It seems to be quite the pro- j per thing to make your wife do the heavy work here. She digs the potatoes and carries them in a crate on her back to the pit. She also hoes the mangolds and does the farm work generally, and for a change looks after the house between times. Then when she has finished this she works at the railway station Idling trucks with coal and any other light job she can rind. Berlin is a great city, liy far the best streets we have come across in our travels and the most beautiful parks we have seen. Since coming to Austria we notice that the women still work in the fields and do the road work as well, as we saw several breaking stones as we passed and some mixing cement, while others were digging in the streets.

The following extract, taken from the report of the operations of the Auckland Harbour Board for the past year, will be of interest to many Waikato settlers:—Another proposed work to which the board at once directed its attention on taking over the western harbour is an embankment and lock at the Needles, on the Waiuku river, the estimated cost of which is £57,000. The project was placed before the people of the district at a public meeting addressed by the chairman and othei members of the board. This work, which is still under consideration, would enable vessels trading to Waiuku to make use of the river at any stage of the tide. The lock and embankment at the Needles would form a portion of the work in connection with the proposed canal from the Waikato river to Waiuku, if the latter work were undertaken. During the last year the members of the Harbour Board inspected the route, and the board has also obtained levels connecting the tides in the Waikato river with those at Waiuku, Onehunga and Auckland. This work was undertaken in conjunction with the Government's survey operations on the Waikato river. Valuable information has thus been secured, and the board is now obtaining a further series of levels in connection with its various wharves in distant parts of the Auckland harbour.

Synopsis of Now Advertisements Oilskin coat lost. Lost- Brown cob from Frankton. Lyric Cinema—New programme. To let Gentleman's furnished residence. Gordonton Sports, Wednesday, 25th February. Tenders for road contract kirikinroa Road Board. Mr David J. Lundon, solicitorProfessional card. South Auckland Racing ClubNominations close on 30th inst. Comic opera -Hamilton Town Hall, Monday and Tuesday next. Pukemiro Collieries, Limited -- Township sections open fur selection. Matamata County Council -Supply of dog collars and applications for position of dog registrar.