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Waipawa Mail, Volume XXIX, Issue 5480, 16 October 1909, Page 2

Bowling note* will be found on the first page. The reading matter on the fourth page consists of a report of a wedding, Political Topics and an artiole ‘ Over the World on Foot.”

A reminder is given of the special services announced to be held in St. John’s Ohuroh, to-morrow.

The tender of Mr W. Pellow has been aooepted for the bar at the Waipawa Racing Club’s birthday meeting. The railway time-table in connection with the Hawke’s Bay Show will be found in another column. Attention is directed to the advertisement of Messrs T. Parker and Co., tailors and gentlemen’s outfitters, Masonic Corner, Napier. Thursday, the 21st instant will be observed at a bank holiday in Napier, Hastings, Waipawa and Waipukurau, for the Hawke’s Bay Show. While attending the funeral of the late Mr Williams, Mr H. Williams received a sunstroke, through standing bare-headed in the broiling sun. A good deal of rain fell last night and the weather to-day was showery. The showers were needed as the pastures and gardens were becoming parohod by the long Bpell of hot weather. The Waipawa Mail will not be published on Thursday next, in order to allow our staff to participate in the general holiday on Show Day. Owing to the Hauroto leaving Wellington a day earlier than time-table date, the San Francisco moil will dose at Waipawa on Thursday 21st, inst at 9 55 a.m.

In our advertising columns it is intimated that in conformity with the decision of the Conference, Young People’s Day will be observed at the Methodist Churob, Waipawa, on Sunday. Owing to the lease of their Te Aute property falling-in during the next few years, the Messrs Williams hove Btopped improvements. A number of single men have received notice of dismissal. A man named F. W. Nelson was attacked by a horse when ridiDg his bicycle near Ohakune. Nelson was severely kicked on the knee and baok, and the bicycle was broken. According to a Wellington correspondent the Minister for Public Works was very definite in regard to the survey of the East Coast railway route. “ They will have to wait three or four years for that,” declared the Minister.

Fresh Sydney fruit, consisting of oranges, mandarins, and passion-fruit, arrived at Wellington by the Manuka on Wednesday. There were over 2000 cases on board, and it appeared to have arrived in splendid condition. According to the West Coast Times a letter posted in Hokitika took seven days in reaching its destination at Arahure, about five miles distant. The good people of that district are now awake, and are agitating for a quicker service. A tramp rang a doctor’s door-bell and asked the pretty young woman who opened the door if she would be so kind as to ask the dootor if he had an old pair of trousers he would kindly give away. “ I’m the dootor,” said the smiling lady, and the tramp fainted.

The London wool sales for 1910 have been fixed as follows First, March Bth; second, April 26th; third, July 12th ; fourth, September 27th; fifth, November 22nd. The limit for the March sale has been fixed at 176,000 balsa. The limits for the others will be decided later.

Hatuma, said Sir Joseph Ward in the House, oost the owners 10s 4d per acre, and the Government paid £5 8s for it Yet its value had been made by a trunk railway going through a portion of it aud by tho ereotion of poßt-offioes, public buildings and expenditure by the colony. A somewhat peouliar state of affairs at the Caveraham Sohool, disclosed at the meeting of the committee last week, that 25 per cent of the soholars in the higher standard have not passed through the infant room. This is accounted for by the shifting about of families from one district to another.

Perhaps the most ourious insurance company in the world is one stated to have been established in New York for insurance against imprisonment. The policy-holders are all burglars and other criminals. When arrested they are bailed out and defended by the company, and if a fine is infiioted it is paid by the same body. At a largely attended representative meeting of farmers at Dannevirke yesterday, it was decided to form au agricultural and pastoral association for the Dannevirke district. The membership now numbers 327, and will be raised to 400 when the county lists are handed in. It is proposed to hold an autumn show.

A telegraph linesman had a narrow escape at Wanganui, on Saturday, through a bolting horse hitting the ladder on which he was standing while repairing the line. He managed to throw an arm round the pole and hung on. The cart, which the horse was drawing, oapsized, and the occupant, a young lad, was thrown out, and stunned, but fortunately received no serious injuries.

Thames is rich in inventors. One some time back submitted to us (says the Thames Star) the plan of a smoke-’ less and noiseless gun, with which, be alleged large shells oould be discharged at the enemy without the latter being able to locate the gun. Another inventive genius had the rough plans of a useful sort of submarine boat, with which he could search harbours with ease, and in the case of plaoes where the depth of water was not great, and the pressure therefore light, the submarine oould sink to the bottom, and, being fitted with wheels like a motor-oar, oould travel the gulf at ease. The inventor offered to build a submarine on the lines indicated large enough to hold two persons—him self and a pressman—if the searcher after knowledge would make the trip. But we were not seeking glory of this kind, and declined the kind invitation! The submarine is still unbuilt!

“It should make any pa. riot io New Zealander sad to see all the thousand' of tores of kindly-looking country, anjoying about the pleasantest and health iest climate in the world, lying idle and desolate,” says a writer in the New Zealand Herald , dealiug with the East Coast district in the Auckland province. “ With a railway this Tauranga district would develop a great fruit-growing in dustry. It is blessed by Nature with every advantage which the orohardist could desire, and it only requires good communication with other oentreß to become a sort of New Zealand Cali f ornia.”

A prominent Masterton oounsel was asked the other day to aqvise on the following ourious oase. An employee of a builder was struck on the head with a brick and was laid up for three weeks. He claimed compensation accordingly, and was paid. Fifteen months afterwards he developed partial paralysis of the left arm, whioh may prove permanent, and whioh, apparently, points to the original injury. The query is: Is the employer liable for the receutly developed result of the former injury, and, if so, is the insurance company also liable, who insured the employee under an ordinary accident policy and have a receipt in full from the employer ? The result of the tangle will be interesting. The annual report of Inspeotor Hill on tho Waipawa D.striot High School contains the following “ The school grounds, office arrangements and provision for technical work are most commendable and reflect great credit upon the sohool committee who have carried out the improvements. The secondary department continues to be worked under many disadvantages. No oharts, or maps, or apparatus of any description has been supplied and it is difficult to understand how the teaching can be carried out effectually. It appears t« me that a re-arrangement of the staffing should be made. As the school will advance a grade next year, I recommend that an assistant master be appointed.”

The following notices of motion have been given for the next meeting of the Napier Harbour Board, to be held on the 19th instant: —By Mr A. E. Jull: “ That, in accordance with by-law No. 69, by-law No. 18 be suspended for the special purpose of re considering the questiou of making provision in the pro posed bill to be introduced into Parliament for altering the constitution of the Board.” By Mr A. H. Russell : (1)

“That the board reconsider the necessity of taking a poll of the ratepayers on the harbour loan, seeing that it is sug gested to pledge their property as socurity.” (2) “ That ;the dredge work overtime till the accumulation of silt between Petane bridge and Lever-street is removed.”