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Waipawa Mail, Volume XXVII, Issue 5118, 8 June 1907, Page 2

Commercial news will bo found on the first page. The reading matter on the fourth page consists of an article dealing with the petroleum prospects in Australasia.

A sharp frost was experienced throughout tho district last night.

The judgmeut of the Native Appelate Court in re Waimurama 3A has been delivered, and has tho effect of awarding to Moheru Turoa and her party the homosteod and station buildings occupied by Miss Moicertzhagen. The Waipawa Methodists continue their Foreign Missionary Anniversary to-morrow. Mr Cunnold, of Hastings, is the morning preacher and the Rev G. Frost the evening, when the subject advertised is, “Th 9 Missionary Motive for the Twentieth Century.” The Loyal Ruahino Lodge of Oddfellows held their anniversary ball at Hampden, last night. There was a good attendance and the re-unnn proved a moat enjoyable one. Dancing was kept up until au early hour. The return furnished to the ValuerGenond shows that tho value of improvements effected in the city of Wellington during tho past year amounted to £344000. Tnosc improvements relate to new buildings and alterations effected to buildings. Writing to a Taranaki resident, Mr James Kowin, cf London, confirms the statement that speculative buyers of New Zealand dairy produce have suffered' great losses this year. Ho gives some interesting details on this matter. The London Daily Mail states that Professor Korn has just completed a series of highly successful experiments with telephotography between Munich and Berlio, a distance of 240 miles. Eight photographs were telegraphed to Berlin and thence back to Munich, the reproduotious being uniformly excellent. In America there has just been a successful tost of a new invention enabling a railway passenger to telephone from a moving train. Mr A. P. Jones, the inventor, is roported to have carried on a conversation by telephone from a train going at tho rate of 25 miles au hour. According to a Press Association telegram received from Auckland tho advance in the price of wheat and flour has reached other lines. The Master Grocers’ Association has decided to raise tho price of biscuits ouo halfpenny per pound all round. This is stated to be duo to the advance in the price of flour compelling biscuit manufacturers to put up prices to the retail trade. G. H. Parsons, Town Clerk of Waimate, was brought before Major Koddell, S.M., yesterday, on several informations charging him with misappropriation of moneys belonging to the Borough Council and tho Domain B >ard, and also moneys of tho Gas Company, of which ho was secretary. The various amounts disclosed by the informations totalled £238. The accused was remanded on bail.

A State flour-mill was ono of tho suggestions offered to a Dunedin Star repo rtor last week by the Hon J. A. Millar. The Minister said that anything he might say must bo regarded as representing his own idea 3 solely, and not as reflecting the mind of Cabinet, as the matter had not been broached thero. Viewed from that standpoint, be was inclined to favour the establishment of a State flour-mill 'i ho other State departments had proved revenueproducing, and ho did not think that the experiment of a State flour mill would prove a failure.

A married woman, named Mary Ann Drydon, lately died by a strange misadventure at her home, Wallsend, New South Wales. She was a strong, healthy woman, but occasionally took quinine powders. She was sitting, se \ing, when she rose, and took one of the powders. Resuming her work she began talking brightiy to her youngest child, twj years old, when she was seized with acute internal pains and went into convulsions. Her husband asked what was the matter, and she replied that she had only taken a quinine powder, indicating the packet. She died a few minutes after the doctor came. The powder turned out to be hydrochlorate of strychnine, and some of the poison was found in her stomach. The police are trying to find where aud how the fatal mistake was made.