LOGAL AND GENERAL.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11666, 19 September 1905, Page 4

LOGAL AND GENERAL.

The new Technical School .building at Nelson was used for the first time last night. Thirteen branches of work have been taken up, and the aggregate number attending in all classes is- 327.

The Premier states that if school books for pupils of the primary schools are supplied fre«, as is done in some countries, this would involve a large initial expenseprobably, say, about .£3o,ooo— and an annual expenditure afterwards of .65000 to J>lo,ooo to replace worn-out books, and to keep the books up-to-date. Provisional dates for the opening and closing of the International Exhibition at -Christchurch ar© November 1, 1906, and April 15," 1907, respectively. The Gazette publishes a proclamation inviting "all nations to participate by appointing representatives and sending exhibits, in order to fitly and fully illustrate their resources, their industries, and their progress in civilisation."

"If a man said to a woman, TTou will die a cross old maid/ that would be the most horrible insult he could offer her,. would it not?" asked counsel in cross-ex-amining a female witness at the Stipendiary Magistrate's Courts Wellington, on Friday. "If," he continued, "a, woman had revenge in, her heart, that would work it up, wouldn't it?" The witness would make no admissions.

In the return debating contest with Christ Church Club at Wanganui on the 26th Inst. the Waverley Society will be represented by Messrs J. Driver, A. Proctor, F. Johnston, D. W. Fraser, and F. J. Thompson. Waverley had the choice of two arguments, namely, "That Nolicenso is Desirable\' and "That the English Race is Deteriofciting" and has chosen the latter, their opponents'' taking the negative. ' According to a Parliamentary return, the number of patients who hav^ been admitted to the Cambridge Sanatorium for Consumptives since its opening is 212, of whom nine died in the institution. So ' far as is known to the Health Department, the number of patients who, have died since their discharge is 88, but it is impossible to ascertain the exact number. The Registrars of Deaths in the colony do not inform the Department when deaths from consumption occur, or whether the deceased persons have been .at .the sanatorium or not.

The more far-sighted among the Lancashire manufacturers are beginning 1 to asked themselves what will 'happen at the close of the Russo-Japanese war. There can Be little doubt that Japan will not only invade Lancashire's dwindling share of the Chinese markets, but will push her manufactures among the vast population of British India. There, can be little doubt that when Lancashire begins to feel the contest of a new and highly efficient rival in its markets of the British East Indies, it will insist with quite remarkable cmohasis upon the principle of Imperial preference. It Will aak why Britain, wKo has conquered India, should not be entitled to secure for heraj)f that vast clientele of 400,000,000 people?— The Globe. '

, A Sydney cable stales thatfmjlch-n^cded steady rain is falling. -"■■- •-' ~~- ""?"'„ .Government offices wilfTje ' closed onthff 11th prox. (Labour.'. Day) '. ':'■ . ' Two small grazing- runs in Rangitikei county, which are described as secondclass pastoral country, will, be- open for lease on October 2nd. ' - . - Captain Edwin wired <at. noon ;to-day : — Strong winds to gale fr6m between'southeast and south and west; glass rifte"; *tides high; saa heavy; rain probably heavy. In the second spell of, the AustralianAuckland football match on Saturday one of the Australian forwards was ordered off the field for striking ona of, th« .Auckland players. • '.'"". A French physician, who has served with the Japanese Bed Cross,., suggests that all soldiers should be supplied* {With a penny whistle to prevent their being p.vtrlooked should they be\ seriously wounded, Flax, which was selling lately at; j£23 "10s per ton, -has advanced in price' tot£2& (landed at Wellington). All the mills in the Foxton district are busily engaged fulfilling orders. - " '"-■;',. , The Canadian Pacific Railway' Company refused an' offer of fourteen 'mitliaiisnstei:lingfrom a syndicate of leading capitalists of Britain, the United States, and Canada, ,f or the company's entire western' land holding. • . ... In dealing .with an, insolvent -farmer at Timaru on Saturday, Judge Haselden said it was not often that farmers - came inio the Bankruptcy Court -nowadays. "Farmers were the people- who^ were making all the money.' .... .„. , For the purpose "• of_forming- -a Btstion for collection and 'distribution' of rdinbow trout ova, the Government has' takenhpver some three acres and a half of 'native/ land in the Rotorua district. - - J - "■ „V There are now 4852" men, engaged, oh .cooperative .works under the .Government. Of these 2777' are on railway construction, 1964 on roads, and 111 on buildings' ■ and public works? generally. , > ■ <•_..-- A petition to the. . Premier praying for relief of the family. of Charles Mills,' the marker who was shot at Wakatu rifle raiiga on Saturday .week, is being, largely signed in Nelson. f ' At* the English Marylebpne .Workhouse recently rooms were set aside for the use of marrfod coupl«s, but the,- authorities report that they ,are still "to let. J> Both wives and husbands said Jthat to see each other daily taking, exercise in the .grounds ' was quite enough for them. . - „\ It was 66 years on Saturday last since the first body of the' New Zealand Company's emigrants sailed from Graveseiid.* In the interval a vigorous , young/ colony has been created, and whafc marvellous prospects of -future greatness comprise it» destiny! '"..*.' ' " "~\ J The Sultan 1 of Turkey - sleeps oniyliVKO or thrse hours out of the 24, and- then when someone is reading- to. him, or., a sician is performing 1 in the .adjoining room. This insomnia,, which is chronichas, been brought about by. ! _long fear, of assassination. A light is always burning in his room, and Ismet . Bey,' , -his, foster; brother and Grand Master of the Imperial Wardrobe,' sleeps in the same chamber; ~f The 1964 'men who are making roadjt under the Roads "Department' are disfcributed as follows:— Auckland" 272"; ;c Uft Kuiti 264, Rotorua 125, Hawke's Bay .255, Taranaki 334, Wanganui 276, Wellington 131, Marlborough 48, L Nelson 174;^W&ifland '54; Canterbury 47, Otago 34, Southland 50.' _ \ 'I • . > During August the quality and value of the following, lines of^produceexporfiSd from, the colony were as follow i-~Butter, 2912cwt, valu<^.£±3?66tj'--citee%, 168c,i& £U5; beef, 17,260cwt, .£20,460; mutton, 69,669cwt, J8130;935; lamb";' V 49,772cwfc. £97,433; wheat, 207,183 bushels, £31,250:; oats, 107,630cwt,' £9912; potatoes, '33. toni; £291; hemp, 2157 tons 1 , -£49,8137 • -V ' "Whereas kauri-, trees are frequently destroyed by" the pernicious practice 'of 'bleeding' them, and it is expedient to prevent the same, and otherwise to . prevent the destruction of growing timber" in Statje forests,"- to quote an . Order-inKfouncil •published in the Gazette, a fine, of '32s^l; tree is to be the penalty' that may be UK flicted upon every offender. _,To/'bleed'^tpe kauri means to cut or make an. incision in any part of the tree so as to, produce or promote the flow of the gum... .>< • . v! > The Nelson Licensed "Victuallers' /Association have issued a circular to all 'licensees in the city and district referring' to the increase of drunkenness and. .- to breaches of the law which give a 'handle for accusations against the trade and deprive them of sympathy. The circular asked publicans to see that bars were'conducted properly and to -prevent" their eittployees selling drink to drunken persoW,and to stop trading on Sundays and after hours. . A Vigilance Committee will be formed if it is found that^ome of the trade still persist in evading the law. With the object of "further developing 1 trade between France and Argentine,. &t& t new bank, with' a capital of some £S,op&000 sterling has been established. Airiongst the promoters' names figure some. x of\the greatest financial "houses- of Paris,. Amsterdam, and Buenos A^xes. The* floating .of this institution demonstrates the 'Volume of business carried on between France and Argentine, more especially when we" remember,, that there is already 'in Buenos Ayres one French financial institution doing a large and lucrative business. Everyone delights in the exhiliration of a motr-car ride, andW^nganui peopleswill: be pleased .to,.know that a. fine Cadillac, ear is to be available for hire here in a 1 few days. Mr T. Atkins, ef 'the Carbine Stables, has impqrted a. very ..comf of tabje, easy-running American 'car,* to seat; four passengers, and yesterday 'made a. trial run, accompanied by Mr Faber.and local Press representatives, Mr Atkins '<m> Te ~ the car, and appeared to '"be quite expert in handling the levers and brakes, .dodging in and out of the traffic, and showing that he could easily and yet carefully control the vehicle. In x the course of a day or two the car will be ready for hire at the usual charges for such vehicles. Mr Atkins's new^ venture .should soon become • very popular. y . . ,„ „,„.,.» Impurities in, the Blood. — "We have Been, . hosts of letters from all sorts and. condi- v tions of people^ in which tfre ' writers ,a«Jknowledge the benefit they, have received. from Clarice's Blood Mixture/which «?.,«. curative agent cannot be too highly esti- . mated, since it cleanses' and clears the blood from all impurities, and restoreVitito its normal condition." Thia.ip a' goad testimonial from the "Family Doctot/ ipe well-known medical "paper," which, {joeg ojt. further to 'say: "It is certainly the threat, blood purifier that science and skill' hayis brought to light, and we can with the f most confidence recommend .it "to our siib":' scribera and the public generally." Clarke's Blood Mixture is a safe: Remedy. _ for Eczema, Bad Legs, Scrofula, Blood Poisons, Sores of all kinds, BoUa^jEtjig. tions, Ulcers^ Glandular Swellings, "etc.. Of all stores, etc. Forty' years' dugcMA Beware of imitations. ' 0 ' , • ' \ f "- _