Local and General

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXXVII, Issue 11745, 23 September 1902, Page 4

Local and General

Liedertafel practice this evening at 8 o'clock.

( A church parade of the Napier Friendly Societies was held on Sunday morning, upwards of three hundred persons taking part.

The Manawatu A.A. Club has decided to hold a sports meeting on the King's Birthday. The question of seceding: from the League of Wheelmen was deferred.

The cable from San Francisco-, re the wreck of the Southern Cross, is considered in Wellington to be a repetition of news given some time agoi of the wreck of the Union Company's steamer Mawhera., which used! to be named the Southern Crofts.

The high wfnd yesterday afternoon was no respecter of persons. Many hats were blown away, aaid amongst them was a policeman's shako. The sight of a guardian of the peace having to pursue his headgear was rather amusing.

A ping pong match on rather a large scale will take place this evening at the Christ Church schoolroom between tflie. representatives! of the Christ Church Club and the T.Y.M.I. There will be about twenty players on each side. Members of both institutions and their friends are invited to be present-.

The fortieth annual show of. the HaAvke's Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Association is to be held at Hastings on October 22nd and 23rd~a, fortnight later than usual. Entries close at Napier on Wednesday, Btli October. Intending exhibitors from this district may obtain entry forms from the secretary of the Wanganui A. -and P. Association (Mr. Selby Morton), or at this office. The domanittee are providing incxney pitizes to the value of £1207, and a thoroughly successful show is anticipated.

An all-American Pacific cable (writes a United States correspondent) is -practically assured in spite of the disastrous outcome of the affair in Congress last winter, when three Bills for a cable were introduced and none passed. This has been brought about by the offer of the late John Mackay, which; offer Ida company is still' willing to carry out. Under the stipulation of the Postal Pacific Cable Company, 'which President Roosevelt approves,, the company is to have access to the Navy Department surveys for the deep-sea cabla between Hawaii and Luzon made by Nero in 1899, and the Goernment will undertake the protection of the landing places of the company against foreign attack. It is urged by the Cable Company that the use of the Government chart? will ensure the completion of the system at least one year sooner than if the company worked without them1, and that the reduction of cable tolls offered by the company to the Government would amount ir a year's time to a> sum equal to that asked b" the Government for the use of its charts'. As President Roosevlt stands* ready to approve the Bill, it is thought there, will be no difficulty in getting the matter through Congress at the next session. This will ensure the completion of the Pacific cable system within two years. In this connection it may be mentioned that there is before the New Zealand Parliament a Bil! to extend the provisions of the "Pacifu Cable Authorisation Act. 1899." It pro vides for a New Zealand contribution tc. extensions or deviations of the Pacific Cabl« subject to the approval of such by Parliament. Sir J. G. Warl has explained that rt deviation is proposed from Fanning Island to Honolulu. This would give an alternative service via San Francisco in the event of the Hong stretch of cable between Fan• ring Island and Vancouver breaking down.

SANDER AND SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. According to reports of a rreat number of physicians of the highest professional standing; there are offered Eucalypti .Extracts which possess no curative qualities. In protection of the world-wide fame of Sander and Sons' preparation, we publish a few extracts from these reports, which bear fully out that no reliance can be placed in other products:—Dr. W. B. Rush, Oakland, Fla., writes: "It is sometimes difficult to obtain the genuine article (Sander and Sons'). I employed different other preparat'onis; they '.ad no effects." ±>r. H. B. Brake, Portlmd, Oregon, says: "Since I became acquainted with this preparation (Sander and Sons') I use no other form of Eucalyptus, as I think it is by far the best." Dr. L. P. Preston, Lynchburg, Va., writes : "I never used any preparation other than Sander and Sons', as I found the others to be almost useless." Dr. J. T. Cormell, Kansas City, Kansas, sajs: "Care has to be exercised not to be supplied with spurious preparation, as done by my -supply druggist." Dr. H. H. Hart, New York, says : "It goes without saying that Sander and Sons' Eucalypti Extract is the best in the marak«t." Dr. James Reekie, Fairview. N.M.: "So wide is the range of applications of Sander and Sons' Eucalypti Extract that I carry it with me wherever I go. I find it useful in diarrhoea, »U throit trouble*, bronchitis, etc."

The Irish Rifles are requested to meet at the Drill Hall at 7.15 o'clock to-night. Business important.

A fire occurred yesterday morning in the caal bunker of the small steamer Miranda, ait Gisboirne, which burned! the decking above the boilers. It was suppressed befoa<e further damage was dine.

The Waaiganui Baptist Young Men's Society hold their usual meeting in the Baptist' schoolroom tfnrs evening ut 7.30, when Mr. T. B. Strong, M.A., of the Technical School will deliver a lecture on a scientific subject.. All young men -are cordially invited to attend.

The annual sale of work in connection with the Primitive Methodist Church will be held on Thursday and Friday next, in the Ohunoh, and will be opened5 at 3 p..m., by Miss Fraser, M.A., Principal of the Girls' College. In the evening the Garrison Band will supply t!he programme, and on Friday evening Armstrong's Orchestra woll supply the programme. The charge for admission -will be sixpence.

At the Police Court yesterday, before Mr. H. Eyre-Kenny, S.M., George Brooks, alias Hunger, alias George Rossa, was sentenced to 21 days' hard labour for wilfully breaking a, pane of g*i!ass in the National Insurance Company's buildings on Saturday, and for being drunk on the same occasion Avas fined 10s., in default 4b hours' imprisonment.

At i\ meeting of the executive of the Wellington Municipal Association, held yesterday, it was decided to ask the Government to include in the Muncipail Corporations Bill the clause adapted by the recent conference of the Association regarding the ereotion of buildings on recreation grounds, .that the period for confirmation of~ special orders be 28 days instead of 29, and that a protest should be entered against clause 9 of the Bill, which authorises the repeal of sections 120 to 153 of the fifth schedule of the principal Act, on the ground that the repeal would, involve the striking of all the special rates pledged.

A deputation from the Wellington Bistrict Law Society waited on the ActingPremier at Wellington yesterday and represented that in the opinion of all the Law Societies of the colony, the present salaries of the Judg-es of the Supreme Com ft are insufficient. The minimum salaries, in the opinion of the deputation, isihould be £2000 for puisne Judges, and £2500 for the Chief Judge. Sir Joseph Ward promised to lay the matter before tilie Cabinet, Personally he thought the salary of the Chief Justice too low.

The last quarter at the Technical School began last Saturday. The .new classes to ba carried on this quarter are advertised in this issue. The classes in Latin, English, mathematics, commercial law, -bookkeeping, and electricity will be continued this term. The time-table is unaltered, and may be seen on the notice board at the school. In electricity the instructor will deal with eleofcricty. The fee is 10s. for the term, and all the lessons are fuuy illustrated by experiments. The standard certificate class will 'meet at t!he Boys Schotol on Thursday evenings, not on Tuesday as heretofore. A specialist has been engaged for the typewriting and shorthand classes, whidh will be conducted in the Education Board offices. Students cam rely on obtaining at thorough practical knowledge of these important arts.

"Dalgety's Review" (Sydney) for September writes as-folkws on the importation of fat sheep and cattle from New Zealand : T>ie experience of tha past two months shows that the Homebush market can absorb from 2000 to 3000 imported fat sheep per week at highly remunerative rates, that is, at from: 5d to 6d per lb. liven then fcuvei-s have to be present from outside centres like Maitland and Newcastle, and stimulate the market by their bids. Recently Wyers hay* attended Homebush. fronv "Mudgee, Hill End and Orange, the western limit in ordinary times being Lithgow. The southern limit normally is Moss Vale, but recently buyers for fat stock have attended from Goulburn. With all this additional buying strength in the market, 2000 imported sheep might be absorbed at a high range of values- while New South Wales supplies remain at about the level of the past two months. With; the northern element away, the market i? apt to become very weak and values to fall. These factors in the market have to be taken into account when gauging values Until rain falls and the stock routes have feed for travelling stock the (prospects of a payable market at Homebush for a moderate importation of prime cattle are decidedly good. However, the supply at all times, governs the demand, and if fresh beef were brought to Sidney from the northern rivers by boat, and chilled beef from New Zealand and ■perhaps other sources, values would soon go down. Any generalisation on the pro f bability of values ruling for any length of time at a fluctuating market' like Homebush is apt to ba incorrect andi misleading. Advice from reliable agents week by week is the only safe way to proceed either with sheep or cattle.

The Land Titles Protection- Bill, as it finally passed through Committee in the House, provides that in case of lxative land or land acquired from the. natives, the validity of any order of the Native Land Court, Grown.grant oi^.pther instrument of title purporting. toMavc been issued under the authority*'©? law which hassubsisted for not less^ than ten years prior to the passing of the Act, shall not be called in question in any court, or be the subject of any order of the Chief Justice'of the NatiA'o Land Court' under section 39 of the Native Land Court Act, 1894, unless with the consent of the . Governor-in-Council, and in the absence of such consent the Act shall be an absolute, bar to the initiation of any proceedings in any court calling in question the validity of an? such order. Crown grant, or instrument of title, or the jurisdiction of the Native Land Court to make any such order, or the power of the Governor to make and issue any such Crown grant. The Governor-in-Council may. v after due inquiry in such manner as he tElnks fit, give such consent with or without conditions as to security for costs if he is satisfied that a prima facie ea. c«» has been established, and that it would be inexpedient to dispose of it by remedical legislation or any other procedure which would obviate litigation. No such consent shall take effect until after the expiration of 14 days, from the date of 'publication thereof in the Gazette and Kahiti. These provisions are not to apply to any action commenced prior to the '30th June. 1902. Every application made under the Apt. to call in question any title is to be laid on the table of the House with the decision come to by the Governor-in-Council within ten days after1 the meeting of each session of Parliament.

The police want the owner of a bay horse., saddle, and bridle.

A general meeting of the Christ Church Club will be held in the cioib rooms this evening at 8 o'clock. As important business is to be discussed, a full attendance of members is requested.

It is with regi'esb that we announce the death of Mr. Joseph Proude, who passed away at his residence on Sunday evenu-g. The deceased leaves a family of five diiu^l); srs and one son, to whom we tender our sympathy.

During the hearing of a case at tha Supreme Court yesterday aftern) >v. a Maori woman was desirous of taking a Fieat at the lawyers' table. Ver wist was nob gratified. ,

Messrs-. Abraham and Williams, the well knotwn stock auctioneers, have an extensive iist and some exceptionally good lines to offer at their Palmerston North sale on Thursday next.

The remarkable growth of the use of the totalisiator is shown in the latest official records. In 1891-9*3 the number of tcialisatov licenses issued was 254, and the total amount invested by the public on the machine was £506,078. Ten years later, that is to say, in the financial year 1901-92, the number of licenses was- only 165, but the amount invested by the public had increased to no less than £1,275,----c_o. Since 1893, in fact,*there has been a continuous increase in the amount which the betting anachine has attracted yeaatfy from the pockets of tihe racing publio!?" and the percentage of revenue derived from this source by the Treasury has, in consequence, increased from £10,375 to £19,040 per annum.

Mr. W. J. Proiuse, son of Mr. . Johns Prouse, of Wellington, is the inventor of an improvement of ai rusticated! boarding, which, it is claimed', should supersede the treatment of the boarding; at present in use. Mr. Prouse bevels the timber, and the result is that houses will be made water-tight and draught-proof, a veiy desirable result in. Wellington. The device is so simple that the wonder is thait. it was not hit upon previously, and it is said the bevelling1 can. be done with earistin,g machinery as cheaply as the present style of groovingl. As a x-esult of a demonstration given by the. patentee, the City CoiimcijD has endorsed Mr. Prouse's patent, and a number of architects are already providing for the use of the bevelled rusticating in their specifications "Farmer."

The; latest effort of the Ba,ttersea Borough Council for the benefit of the ratepayers is the establishment of an institution for the supply of sterilised humanised milk for feeding infants. The milk is supplied in stoppered bottles, each containing one meal, suited to the age of the child and the day's bottles—six, seven, or nine—are fitted into wire baskets conveniently shaped for carrying. Batter-sea, like man-" other working class .communities, suffers from a highi mor > tality rate of childreni under the a?e of one year, a large proportion of the deaths being undoubtedly1 due to ignorance on th' 9 part of thesrmothers as to the pi'Ojpiei' feeding of children whea deipirived of their na.tu-' ral sustenance. Now parents can procure the [proper amount of food for their .children at a cost of Is 6d for the full weekly sapply. This experiment in dealing with a very serious (problem will be watched with a good deal of interest.

The name of the late Lord Cheylesinore has lately been much before the public. Ifc was announced a few days ago (says the London correspondent of the Melbourne "Angus") that he had left his magnificent collection of mezzotints and engravings to the British Museum. The first Lord Cheylesmore had a. splendid collection of paintings. The second, lately deceased, was distinguished for his gallery of engraved portraits. The [present peer is one of the most eminent of living authorities on war medals. During the past 10 years there has been ar enormous and sudden increase in the price of mezzotints. The possession of these works is becoming quite a fashion." Some of the prints which the late baron purchased for £80 to £200 are now worth 10 time? those amounts, especially the engravings after Reynolds. Besides the interest attaching to the bequest, Lord GhevlesmoreV name has also appeared in the law courts. All the parties) interested in the late peer'? estate appeared before the Probate Court to ask that the lawyer's di'aft of a will made by Lord Oheylesinore some years ago should ba accepted for proßate. The actual will was stolen by a train thief named George Smith, at Waterloo Station, some years ago, and from that, time to his death the late peer was mentally incajpa,ble of making a new will. Smith, the train thief, who is now serving a term, of penal servitude, appeared as a witness before the Court. He admitted that he had appropriated Lord Cheylesmore's di"eesing-bag, and finding in it a number of pa/pers, including Bi will, which was of no value to him, he destroyed them. The Court thereupon for the solicitor's draft of the will.

The circum.s'tiaaces leading up to the order in tlx« Weightanan cage;, which was before the Supreme Court' yesterday, aro as follows:—On the 26th March, Lst'O, accused's wife laid an information under section 16 of the before-mentioned Act for neglecting to provide her with adequate means of support. At this lim^ the accused was resident in Sydn-tv, .New South Wales. A summons was issued calling upoin the accused to apear ou the 27tii April, 1900, at the ■ "fern.;i?trate's Court, Wanganui, to answer the information. The accused could not be found, .and on the 20th April, 1900, an order was made by a J.P. for substituj .■! service by leaving the summons ait »he home of the accused's father, Joseph Weiglitman, AwahU'W, being the last known place cf residence of tlie accused. The summons waa accotfdingffiy handed1 to Mr. J.. Weightman, at his house, on the 20th, April, 1900. On the 17th May, 1900, the information came on for hearing before the Magistrate. The defendant did not appeal*, and an order was made against him directing .that lie should pay 20s. a week for the maintenance of his wife. A copy of the order wi> ■ served on the defendant by handing it to his father at the defendant's last known pi'Jace. of abode. At the time the information Was laid and the order made and served the accused was, and had for some time been, resident in Sydney, and he did1 ndt know or hear that an order had been made against him... No payments were made by him under the order, and on SOtsh May, 1902, his wife laid an information charging him under section 17 of "The Destitute Persons Act, 1894," with having refused* failed, or neglected to comply with the maintenance order, being an indictable offence. The accused was arrested in New South Wales, and brought to New Zealand and committed for trial.'

A Rongotea resident has ordered a motor oar to carry 20 passengers/ to run between Rongotea and Palmerston North. The machine will cost close on £1000.

The Southland "Times" says that a little eon of-Mi'. E. Goldsmith, oi Mabel, the other day had one of his eyes destroyed by am arrow frottn the bow of one of his school mates.

With "Flarodora." the Pollards last evening brought atio-tiber successful Wanganui season to a close. The capital houses all through the season, despite the. wretched weather, afford substantial proof of the continued popularity of this clever combination.

Mr. Ales. Higgie has been appointed by the Wanganui Agricultural Association to proceed to Wellington and give evidence before the Parliamentary commiittee, of which Mr. D. Buddo i^the chairman, and which ia at present collecting evidence to see if there is any means of placing the frozen meat business in tihe North. Island on a more satisfactory basis.

The committee of the Wanganui Agricultural Association are notified that the usual Thursday afternoon, meeting is fixed for 3 o'clock, instead1 of 2 o'clock. As the date of the show is drawing near, and several matters of importance are down for discussion, a full attendance is requested.

The member Hor the Wairarapa claims votes to the extent of £15,000 on the Public Works Estimates, and we ("Wairarapa Daily Times") understand that the member for Masterton is a. little bit sore that he got oni^y x>lo,ooo for his electorate. But these votes after all are purely speculative. Last year Mi*. Hogg got works authorised to iihe extent of £8,693, and only £4,928 was spent. The value of a £10,000 vote is apparently about £6,000, and as the latter sum is frequently spent in an uneconomical manner, we may take it that a £10,000 vote means £5000 worth of work, and1 is worth about ten shillings in the pound on its face value. Of course votes of this character excite hope in fchle breasts of country settlers in the first iristadKce —and bitter disappointment in tihe second.

Many people are under the impression that the Government gets very littile return in the shape of cash from its experimental farms, but it appears (says the Wellington "post") that so far as the one at Momohaki is concerned the receipts for some time past have been fairly satisfactory. Last year the sales of fat sock, poultry, eggs, etc., realised £1400, and the return for the current year promises to be even better. At the Johnsonville fat stock sale recently 15 head of light cattle from the Momohaki farm were offered, and all were solid at good prices. The best of tihem realised £9 7s. 6d. a head. The sflieep on the farm have been doing well, and 200 are now ready for the market. The estate contains only 500 acres, and every part of it is now used for agricultural ana pastoral purposes.