LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 10944, 9 May 1903, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Indians in the Musgrave district, North Queensland, are being assaulted by kanakas-. The animosity of the .latter is being excited by the Indians takiug a contract at ■ pi-ices below what the kanakas think, fair Tile "Indians will not move about . except in mobs, and armed with Ecavy sticks. ' y . While engaged in Wasting operations at Wag?a, N.S.W., Mr T. Allen, foreman" oi the vvater conservation works, sustained se- pJ severe injuries. He had "prepared a charge for firing, and was about to light the fuse when a spark from the match ignited thp loose powder. An explosion ensued, and h>; was seriously burned on the face and arms. Ban Ban Station, situated in the Burrett district, Queensland, w.s recently sold to Messrs H. T. Whitty, Riverina, Nugent, W. Brown, of Gayndan, and others, for i 25,000. The property comprises 2^ square miles leasehold, 151J»square miles grazing, right to 796 acres unconditional selection, and 1693 acres freehold, togetj£<?i with 8000 cattle and horses. .■ .'?, A rumour is current' in Brisbane that he New South Wale 3 Government intend^ to insist on stamp duty, .etc., being paid onajl debenture coupons issued in that Stat«, and it is pointed out that if this is earried,4mt it will bo a serious, matter for the Queensland Government, as it- will reduce the net amount received in connection witt 'th.c' recent issue of Treasury bills by the Norths crn State. • Within three months of her marriage*'. Rose Hough, of Cleveland, .U-SA^'dl^ covered that the young man of.^rneana whom she had married was a burglar",, and hero of .daring- crimes. ' Qjfct . of love for him she decided to screen him, and finalty became an accomplice • amd abettor. Together they have burgled .30 flats in Cleveland. The bride, fashionably attired during the daytime, visited the places marked, down for entry. At nigh* she accompanied her husband, dressed 'as* a man. Both have been' captured, and are upon, trial.' . , • iMt Henry Reynolds, once A 2A 2 welVknawn pKsboralist in the Waikato, is now fanning in the Argentine. ' A recent traveller ' in that country refers' to a meetings with"- Mr Reynolds thus:— ln the afternoon we reach cd Tandfl, 250 miles from the capital, *am! b came the guests of Mr and MraH. BeyT uolds, at the "Tandilera" butter factory: Mr Reynolds has had a unique expKien,c£, even for a man of 'the pushing Ailglo*Sa»nl. race, As a land-owner on tlie;/\Yaik^io. River, he initiated the butter industry in Nsw Zealand many years ago, ' and \after' several visits to London to organjwe tfee sale and distribution' of -the "article." Xii rent- • I^B6 enerfrv brought him to a couritry whoto tha possibilities of better production' 'ar©' almost ( Hmitless. - For 'several years ■pa&fc Mr Reynolds * has oscillated perio'dicaHy tound the globa, dividing bis jLnne "bitwWra New Zealand, London, and Argentina.' -In addition to superintending the factory' at '■ Tandil, he owns a.nd' manages' that of'-'^El I'roseso "in the capital. Like most AngloSaxons in So.uth America, he cherishes tHe - intention of some day going ''home," which in this case means New Zealand. > •'"V

Sir Henry Thompson, writing -t°' fcljP Times, saysr-^-Dad Mr Justice GraftthanV, when summing up the evidence- in, 'tffa Southwark poisoning case, had "tKe"stigKt> est. acquaintance with, tile ,practice that in this country' is universally adopted in every case where a body is offer.cd for cre> mation, he would have known that ..the keenest inquiry is made with reference'to the possibility of .death, by poiaon. ./Hence' it is a fact well known to medical men who have been conversant with tKe subject that any poisoner who may attempt to get rid of his victim, by sendihg him "£i>~& crematorium iri' this' country is alriibsV.'cerj; tain to be detected. The same iHay*,t», said of the usage in France. This faxM; was admitted and appreciated l>y the weU» known Committee of the House biTCtfiti-^ mons on the subject, which Mr Asquith. early in April, 1893, granted, after the • subject had been brought before htm by a deputation. The inquiry was embodied, in a Blue .Book ordered by, the House itf Commons to be printed, August and September, 1893. , '• ■'■. •' .' l - ■' Reference has already been made in our , fN.Z. Times) columns to the scarcity of bricks in , this city, and we learn that most New Zealand towns are in sijtilar straits* It is of importance to the colony that this want should be removed, and t;here is evidently no reason "why jt should continue.; ATA T patent has" been registered siue'e 1901 "for ihe making of bricks..from lime and sand, and the patentee claims that by his procesA, an article of limch greater value than- the, , ordinanr clay brick can be produced, and at half the cost, that is to say, two supeii^r.' bricks for the cost 'of one of tile eommpii, red brick;. This "patent has never as i J^ been qperated in New Zealand, and noty f '•lose upon the heeJs of this invention rpvaeß another, by which the eoF.t of manufacturing bricks can b*o even further. redur<><|*^ and before 'lono 1 ' it is shid, the article rto-jr in use will be displaced. by bricks infinite'y hotter for all buildin? purposes, and that at a cost ever so^inuch le*3. The n.iiy. is that so m&ttv useful pal outs lie dead ill tbe Patent Office and it is hoped that this ,wrU not be so in the case, now referred to. jir it - ! is of, national importance tint our b<»ilßfo<» material should be cheap, plentiful, and' of the best possible quality. ■ : 'v • CVifriderabJo enthusiasm was displayed; last the nw>tin«r of fim'"Wan.o'anni Pavliamenta-v Union and Delntiujf So■M'ptv, Mr Thos. Lloyd mv«ndi>iavTl'> rules' of tb> Society, as d-afted by the i sirWomiriHee and approved W the f»f"fe'ra'l coni--■niltee, wpre. v»t4i «JMit "inondrnents. for-, niallv cmifimofl. Thf* election of nffif«»vs •"sultH as f«Uow«>-'— Patron, 'Ms Worship' the Mayor: Sneaker; Mr J. H. Keesingj; Chairnnn of Cnnrmiltp^a. Mr C. E. MacVi'v Hoik "f -tho Fouse, MrW ; -A%-^ Tzard: Coom-11. Me?PT«« Jss, 4itk"-n T. Al\i°on, and J. Bill. *Fith Hip officers ex officio. 't w/>s dnoi'Jp'i that the meetings of -fife . So'-ietv be hold on Tuesday evenings. In Mm woplt" altfrnating with the meetings ■>f the Boron" 1 * four**!!, the mpotincp, to, '■onnn.ence a-fc 7.30. Tbe Council met at tho coivHsio" of the general m'pet'ner »tid *pl«ctpd Mr Mackay as the first Premier, 'ill he hys fo-rmpcl jhp" following Ministry:,. Prir^e and Minipter'fov Labour. M^ O, 'X, 'tack iv- A,ttd v nev-G«»T»rral and Minister •for Justicp. M" J. Bnll: Colonial TVeas-'i*-or, Mr G. TVjwnall ; ' Minister for 'Edn> , *'|fiTi n"d E\teTn;'l Affairs, Mr' Cecil W«"nv: MiMi" % f rr for Marino and Posfc-nmat»r-<^i>oT",ill Mr Uop n -GibVmß. iunr^;' fir Define. Mr If. "(£,At»iO n-- Minister for Railways and Public" , WoTks M>* T. LMvd. ' Tn order to onsui;©, \ "oad dobT^p. the P^emi^r dp^ided to•'lakp the i->it ; il mprjsure "A Bill for <-Hr" Abolition of Boats' a^Jf" t)fp? Court of Arbitrating." Mr Jas. AiHc^n!*. 8.A.. will, it ia imdoTPtood. lead the ,Ory^ "^sit-Jon. Tfc i«« intpndpd tr> request >> ; <n Worship + T i<* Mavc to deliver a short. i\ii i.u<vurn) Mfln-pp? pv?or to tlK**introducii^ '»" Hi« Bill by the Premier, as Minister- foW Labour. ' ' / >

A protect is afoot in ITawcra to hold an industrial exhibition there. One night recently there were 156 guests at the Pipiriki House, AYanganui River. Ihe Postmaster-General's Department advises the telegraph office that the Bangkok live is restored.

The watchmen employed by the Lyltelton Harbour Board have been sworn in as special constables. A number of Kew South Wales trades unions are preparing ta &M action against members for tho recovery of arrears of subscriptions.

For tho eight and a-half months of the financial year up to April 14 the total revenue of Victoria shows a shortage of .£264,-178. *

An enormous skate (snys the Post) weighing a hundredweight and a-half, was brought in by the fishing trawler Pauia on Wednesday. The following new membars were elected by the WaiignnuL Chamber of Commerce yesterday: — jjessrs G. S. Robertson, T. H. Battle, and P. Lundotu 'Die Rev. J. Hosking, formerly Wesleyan Methodist minister at Hastings, has been admitted as a minister of the Congrega-

tional Union of Victoria.

The Victorian Government considers that as there is no^prospect -of .the finances improving until next harvest, there must be further retrenchment. m

Mr Coghlan informed the Federal Capital Commission last week that the total increase in population in the Commonwealth was only 1500 per annum.

A large Government boring plant, which had been working at Warriwarri, K.S.W., for the past five years, trying for an artesian flow, met with no success.

Torty-one Btowaways were discovered on board the s.s. Sophocles after she -had left London for South Africa. All •- were financially "on the rocks"; one was tho ' proud possessor of half a crown> but tfie others scarcely owned as much between them. \

A dangerous .character named Frater was sentenced to three months' imprisonment by 'Mr C. C. Kettle, S.M., at the' Police Court this morning for assaulting a con- • stable. The accused is only just out of gaol, after serving a # sentence for committing' a similar offence. At Ballarat, Victoria, recently,' a boy named Thomas , Cromley was shot in the face with -a bullet from a pea-rifle. The "bullet entered by orie cheek and, passing tlirdugh the mouth, came out through the other cheek without affecting the teeth or gums. -He is in .no danger. The . doctors " regard .the' case as' a -remarkable one. The- public forests in Sweden cover 18,000,000 acres, and 11,500,000 acres are ui^der . aqientific , mjana,gement. , There is a central bureau of forestry, with camps at •work in the fields. These workers consist of inspectors and chiefs of range, and a large number of foresters and watchnjen. The total income to the- Government from the State's forest amounts to over 2,000,000 dollars. - ' ■ \ A "burglar's, blunder" was once reported to have occurred in a church at Ealing Green. A burglar broke into the church, and, after packing 'up the communion plate, ready for removal, drank half , a bottle of wine. Then he enveloped himself in a- cassock, and settled himself for a nap. He was* still en-joying the "nap" when the caretaker arrived, next morning. Tlie con-sequencc-s, were. such aa to open ihe man's eyes as to the 'serious nature of the offence of sleeping in church. The ' child labour agitation is being vigprously conducted both in New York a,nd Pennsylvania. In New York a series of Bills have Ijeen presented in th<? Legislature to make the' present child 'labour laws enforceable by requiring age certiti- " cafes of real value, tt> extend the application of these 'laws to messenger and. de-U-y^ry services -in. the same way in which they now govern factories and stores," to lintit the employment of children between 14'aad 16 to nine hours a day, and to forfeid "'children* under 12 to work as bootblacks, and children under 10 to work as newsboys. ' ' ih,e mullet .scrtson (says a Sydney paper) is; just now*bcing turned to practical advantage by Mr H. C. Dannevig, the Superintendent of Fisheries Investigations ,to the Fisheries. Departmeut. A complete history of this valuable food fish is being compiled by Mr. Dannevig, who is carrying out his experiments chieliy at Port Hacking, so that the netters along thte c'oaat are not being interfered w;th in their • commercially valuable hauls. Mr Dannevig has already, with the asistance of Mr D. G. Stead, examiued no iewer than 800 pecimens of the fish in ( varying stages of development, The Fisheries Department is obtaining from all -parts of the Australian coast; particulars of the movements of 'the. fish. It is known that the fish move 'northward past New South Wales, but their progress has never been ' thoroughly and accurately traced. Information is being sought from Brisbane, Port Darwin, Perth, Adelaide, and Melbourne, i>s well as from intermediate towns. The glioals of 'fish 'obtainable now along the coatt areverv large' i • The Melbourne, Age of April 24th states: — The extraordinary amount of interest- excited in the feminine tinind by a fasfiion----«file wedding was well exemplified yesterday, when from eleven a.m. till three, p.m. the gates of ths Anglican .Cathedral were thrpnged - with crowds of individuals eager .to get a glimjftse of the bride. Though admission to .the Cathedral was exclusively by ticket, many of .those present showed a tendency to let cariosity get the better o<" their sense of 'decorum. Before beginning tlie wedding service Ihe BiMiop deemed it necessary ik> , ask those standing in «the pews to aß6tim© A more decorus position. The' incident is specially regrettable, as it is ouly recently that those having authority in the Cathedral have folt sa^p in 'removing the no+lcer — posted at fashionable wadding? — to the effect tb'it anyone standing on the Heats was liable to expulsion. Such notices were natu^allv offensive to the. eye of respect-able individuals, who resented the imputation that they did know how to behave themselves. If, however, a bishop has to pref'we a rpliqrions ceremony with a request for proper behaviour it would ba.Tdh* hf* aniips to h?vp the discarded notices replaced. The chief offender yesterday was however, nob a.woman, but a man, who calmly mounted the p'llpit, from which he was summarily • ejected by a- wary_ verger.