LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13277, 17 January 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

One hundred and twentynwwn case* wero dealt with at the B.Si .Court this morning. / \ ( - ’ r *'V Yesterday and to-day the sky was obscured by dense olwNusuoftxmoke arising from bush fires at 'sdveriil pointi inland. At .the Magistrate's Court at, Palmorstom NnrUi yesterday, J. Laidlaw, bookmaker, was'fined £lO and costs for. laying odds at the Ashhurst races after the tote had closed. X Sir Joseph .Ward arrived at Dunedin by special train, in company with the Governor, about 5 pm. yesterday. At 7.15 p.m. he offlciallv opened the new Post Oflßte 1 at St;'Kilcla. Petroleum, matters at New Plymouth continue.very healthy. .Both No.. 2 and No. 3 bores are still flowing oil, whilst, arrangements are being made to work night and day at drilling No. 5 bore. The Castlqcliff Surf-Bathing Club desire us tp acknowledge a donation tdwarda their {funds of ajyuinca from Messrs 'Purser and Son.- :i T«e management Hayward's Pictures have also notified that a benefit performance will be tendered to the club on February 9. t ,: ;. The Weather Bureau reports os follows: —Light and variable winds, but northerly moderate to strong prevailing, and winds freshening after sixteen hours. "Expect varrn and humid conditions, and unsettled and cloudy, weather at time*;, glass lull slowly; tides good, sea smooth. ' We,)iear that the CarpenterfC Union has very generously offered the seyVlees Of ' its member*' in' erecting, free of cbarab. 'the sheds which, the Castlccliff' Surf-Baihing Club is putting up, at the Head».lsu>h_ a display of public spirit is highly creditably to the men, besides being a Valuable example. At the . Bluff to-day 6+96 crates of cheese were shipped (912 for West of England ports and 5584 for London). This is the largest single consignment over sent from the port. The cheese was shipped on the Marama for transhipment at Lyttelton and Wellington to the Pukeha and Nairashire respectively. The .-cheese exports from the Bluff this year have reached 34.652 crates, or 35Q crates jnore than, last seasdil’^,'export. V A paddock on the, east side of Fairlie, (Canterbury) next, the main road . and', railway, cut ,np into 21 building allqtmenfs, of Doth, and; l-4th *cre«,. -.wer* sold by auction to-day in, a few. minute*. , The purchasers were, all local men. * The. prices were: —Two sections at £SO, one at £65, two at £BO, and one. at £B4. •. The rest, except three, were, in' the 1 forties." This was the best sale at auction in this district for. a long' time. On the information of Mr Denis Carmody. Inspector of Awards, Kendrick Bros., bricklayers, Aramoho, were this morning- fined 5e by Mr W. Kerr,. S.M., for failing .-to :pay one:of their, driver*-the increased rate of wages fixed by the '-drivers’ award for Show day. The driver was fined 2s 6d for failing to claim the increased rate. The defendants pleaded ignorance of the law, and hie Worship intimated that in future cases .this plea would not ensure a light fine. -Signal and Mailman wire fined Ss for failing to keep a time book, and an employee was find 2s 6d ■ for not entering his-time.-The Bcv. D. C. , Bates’ summary, aad forecast is as under:-rThe. weather.has been generally unsettled afld-’eqtiaUp' Ut times, wjth a good 'deal .of <3ottdj»»hd rain in places. The depression centred in the West has decreased-in .iptensity, however, and excepting*- id 1 , the southernmost districts fairer ditions ruled yesterday. The ..wfilfllljt'vhd Vs been mostly moderate to strong souther- : ly and westerly, but variable , at_-times. A gale was experienced in 11 Fdveaux Straits on Sunday night and early yesterday morning. Present indications at# for moderate to strong southerly and westerly winds, with a slowly : rising barometer everywhere. The weather wtU probably remain unsettled "for '.ajitime 1 , and showery in parts, especially ■'in ; the southernmost districts .. of the Sopfh Island. ■■'■ v^,. Trawling operations in Hawke’s Bay, pte still more or less interfered with, by the' marii.e growth reported some time .back (savs the Napier Telegraph). Whilst eojtye. boat masters have not come in contact . with the substance for some little time, , others report that the slime is still to Be ; met with in sufficient quantities ,tq seriously affect trawling operations. One parson who has had many years’ experiepce ; ' in the industry states hat he has se<fn ■ the substance previously, and he. believm , that there is an ui>nuol. visitation of it* , This year the visit has been much mote- , serious and of longer duration than previously. ft has been noticed that, if there , are no jellyfish about the substance puts , 'in an appearance,. but if jellyfish are.at all plentiful the slime is not to be found. - ’lt appears that a patch of thfe ocean bed ■ that is clear of the, slime to-ejay may .be badlv affected by it to-morrqw, ' as the substance appears to change its locality with regularity. A well-attended meeting of the Wanganui Labour Party was held in Dustin’s Booms last, evening. .After the, transaction of formal business and ■ the election of several new members of the party, the meeting proceeded to the selection, of- a candidate to contest 'the Bbrough -Council by-eicction. .Messrs Walter Grey and ; C. L. Bridges were nominated, and after they had addressed those present a 'ballot was taken, which resulted. in Mr Grey , being declared the party’s selection. In congratulating Mr Grey on his biing'Selected, Mr Bridges stated that he would do all in his power to secure his return, a similar sentiment being expressed several other speakers, who gave encouraging reports of the support ;which would be forthcoming for Mr Grey. The meeting then resolved itself into a. general committee, from which an ekecutiye wqs formed to conduct the campaign ’in tupport of Mr Grey. .' , (,, r Although it is impossible partraental information at this stage-re-garding the importation of liquor.* Ashburton for the Christmas and Niew Year holidays (sa'-s the. local journal),' , several of those who daily visit thO goods i shed, and are thus in a position to express a fairly accurate opinion, 1 ’ informed- * Guardian reporter that, aspompared with' former years under No-license, the auaoV . titv of liquor showed a large decrease.* more particularly with respect to beer, \ . One of the informants said this was main- < ly due to the fact that quite a large . number of. Ashburton residents had-,*c- i' nnirod the art of brewing their own beer, the bulk of which was equal in flavour; ’ colour, and strength to o*'vth i '’" pr«drn~‘d, by professional brewers in either Christ- • church or Timaru. When asked. to exordse an opinion on the quantity • of Ijqubf., brought into town for the ChrudjmiU AMI. 1 New Year holidays. Sergeant that he was nbt in a positiop & information on thc ; .point,' ■buttpeajjn«»t ; entire absence fit drunkenness . „ streets during thewh'plidhy that the anpplv of liquor in - very small, and what -was consumed had apparently been take'n ■ with 1 discretion. • ’ ■ ' .->*♦ , *•

- ! r' - room on the Main ''flSfwUt’Cline apassenger purchased a ham ‘Ater a few bites he imagined and opened ■it to y bread had been buttered: , he saw u “white thing” :jM#wUhg ■ : pyw’ the meat, and showed it low-ftssengeri Jle handed it back ' fd the lad#:assistant, with a complaint, and walkeoautsidc. Five minutes afterwards he/ras called in by the proprietor ‘of' the - irons, and > asked why lie made sitch a-airious accusation! The sandwich was exaipihed. hut the insect, had disapthe 'traveller was. warned to > be moje,careful in future when making a-chaj£ e 80 harmful to the lessee’s.reputatiqb It is regretted now that the insfetyas not tethered. ■-.V'A.good yarn was told by the president if me North Island Bowlmg Association the otlier day. A visitor /Mused a remarkable shot played by a who. when his opponents were, lying Jfte bowls, clean drove the lot out and Sty- the shot. This brought to the president's, mind an incident worth recording. 7 A rink of Auckland men paid a visit to '/ the Mental Hospital and engaged' in a / gaa(» with.some of the patients. The Int- / .wdre lying five- when the skips went / ddwn to .play, and the Aucklander deliverI «|,a fast one and sent all the shot bowls t fiying., He asked the Asylum skip ; what • he thought of that shot, and was dujnb- ’ founded at the answer, delivered without hesitation: “It may take. an artist five years ito paint a good picture,: but any d - -d -fool can put his boot through” it.’' Farmers state that workmen are very /scarce; at the present time; and those men who -have. been engaged im harvesting ‘ opefations have been unusually worried owin." to the difficulty of obtaining and re-, -tgiplng men. Dairymen,- too, are in many ! oases being hampered by the scarcity : of .labourers,and this accounts party-fortehe thip parents have been found-guilty I bf .ieeprag their children from-school.,. anticipate trouble in ppriying.. out their works owing to the and building contractors have JSr’ been much concerned about of tradesmen. As; showing work may be obtained by those w jlUp'g> take it, it: may be stated that immigrants • recently arrived mi’FHJding’ and set out in the morning to,ffnd'- work. Before noon each was located in i a ■ permanent job at his own respective occupation, one being a wheelwright. and the. other an engineer. A former resident of the Rangitikei who let his creditors down badly some time back is now reported to be buying up farflis the Waikato on the strength of ( the-f-nsual rich uncle. One deal in particular is-worth reporting. He treated With?a‘small farmer who wished to'sell, ; sayiflg his brother-in-law was a prospective’ ; buyer - After a week or two the brother-in-law bad not appear and the farger .began to get anxious, so the agent guaranteed that he would . take up the ’ farnjinstead. The terms were to be .£SO down. .£IOO in a month,, and the balance in" six -months.- The commission worked out at £42 10s. Fortunately for the fara Southern visitor who had had some dealings with the modem “wizard of finance, 7 ' as lie used to be known in this district, heard of the affair and .warned the'settler in- time. - It. is a remarkable thing that an undischarged' bankrupt, from.,whom creditors can get no satisfactory statement, and whose answers to questions’at a bankruptcy meeting the /Q.O.A. characterised as deliberate untrutjis, is able, to operate as he doing at the present time in the Waikato.—Feildiug ‘§tar, . ‘ ; A,sidelight on the genesis of the frozen meat trade was thrown by Mr M. C. Orbell in moving the adoption of the report A atd at the annual meeting ’ oh Wednesday,of the British-New. Zealand : Meat and Produce Company (it is report-; W/jfetiteLbristchiirch News). MrOrbell said-”he desired to relate an incident of: tpe qarly days connected with the export o£ uie«t, an incident to which he did. noti remember reference ever having been, made-;"An Australian gentleman, Mr in J. 868,'' Mr Orbell proceeded,. < hent •: .several experimental ■ shipments dome upon’ his own account, believing he had discovered a process by which the poorer classes, in England might obtain fresh meat at a cheap rate. Like a great ninny more at that time, I was interested ih-yhe question of what were were going to do with our surplus stock, and wrote Mr Tallerman to enquire if he would inform me the process he adopted. Ho wrote me'in reply a long letter relating his anticipations and treatment of the meat! His method was very simple. He cut the sheep into quarters, placed them in barrels, which he then filled with melted fat taken from the sheep. The head of the barrel was then fixed/ and in this manner may be said to have been hermetinqllv sealed. He made several shipments, which arrived in grand condition, but, owing, to the. unsavoury appearance.of the meat when taken from the barrels, the experintent was not a success, and after spending., a” considerable sum of mondy he had to abandon'‘the project. I think it wbrthy‘;qf mention! because I believe that it was upt qnlyVthe first attempt to send Home onr Surplus stock In a fresh condition, but also because the incident probably had its influence in drawing sheepowners’ attention to. the immense importance of discovering a‘ means by which they could export meat in a condition sufficiently attractive to- meet the demands of the British public.”