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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13335, 25 March 1911, Page 4

This mild weather does, not suggest furs, but we do, because all our furs are in amk ready for your inspection. We would vise those who intend, buying ja new for this season to inspect our fur'stock now, and'get first, choice.', We have a.choice range of medium and good furs, and have every confidence in recommending them to you. McQruer and Co.

hlta.tliepolo tournament played at Bulls, Bahgitikei A and Paraewanui A met yesterday, each, side scoring four goals after r 'a'great game. A final spell was then playid Off,-victory resting with Eangitikei by •Me goal. ■ i

. The Wanganui Beautifying Society on received a large parcel of seeds from the Sydney Botanical Gardens. The seeds include 40 kinds of ornamental trees and shrubs, among them being ten species of Australian wattles.

. The Weather Bureau reports as follows; rrSouth-easterly winds moderate to strong. Weather probably cool and changeable, but indications for fair weather prevailing and probably a very cold night; glass rise; sea. rough; tides moderate!

• Tie Mayor desires ns to acknowledge the following additional subscriptions to the Neville Thornton Fund:—Miss Cobbe £6 TOs (Garden Fete prize), Henry Weston (New Plymouth) £1 Is, J. Kenworthy (Patea) £1 Is, D.H.H. ss, “Truthful” 2s 6d. Previously acknowledged, £2O ICs; total to date, £29 9s 6d. Professor Schwartz gave a lecture at Manchester University recently on Hero, of Alexandria, who, he was able to show, was the inventor in the century before Christ of a steam engine which embodied the principle of the Parsons turbine in the Mauretania. Hero also made a fireengine (the precursor of the modern pump), and a penny-in-the-slot machine among other notable things.

’“’’During 'the past week there have been about three showers, or rather sprinklings, of -rain, which lasted only a few minutes, and did no more, apparently, than mock at those farmers who are needing rain so badly. Last night, by way of a change, the 'clerk of the weather took it into his iead to send a frost, and this morning the air was.particularly sharp. Drought and frost are a combination which the average farmer scarcely welcomes at this time of year.

Mr Cutten, S.M., gave his reserved judgment at Auckland yesterday in a case against several doctors, charged with breaches of by-laws by leaving their motor-cars - in Queen Street for lengthy ■periods while engaged at their consulting rooms. The S.M. said it would be an un-reasonable-privilege to be allowed to block the traffic of a main thoroughfare. It was not the same as leaving cars outside a private residence in the private portion of the city.’ A conviction was recorded in each case.

The Hon. W. M. McFarlane, ControllerGeneral of Prisons, and Mr Hay, Director of Forests, N.S.W., arrived in Wellington from the North yesterday. Since they came to the Dominion they have inspected Mount Eden Gaol, Auckland, and the tree-planting camps at Waiotapu and Waipa, in company with the Under-Secre-tary of Justice (Mr F. Waldegrave), Rev. J[. Kayll (Government Penologist), and Dr. Hay (Inspector-General of Prisons). The -visitors will probably leave for the South on Monday night. ■ Mr G. S. Dyer, the American beet sugarexpert, who has been engaged for twelve months by the Victorian Government to superintend the re-opening of tire Maffra State factory, has arrived in Melbourne. Mr Dyer’s engagement is for a year, as he says he must be back in America at the end of that term. Mr Dyer is to be paid, JEIOOO for his services by the Victorian Government. Work will probably ■tart' at the Maffra factory during the first few days in April. The Minister for Agriculture expects that about 10,000 ton's of beet will be put through during the first trial season, expected to produce about 1000 tons of sugar. A drastic measure to prevent the marriage of the unfit is before' the Legislature of Colorado (writes a San Francisco correspondent). It has the support of the four women members of the General Assembly. It .provides that candidates for marriage ihust submit to physical and medical tested It denies the right of marriage to persons afflicted' With tuberculosis or other consti-tutional-communicable diseases. Confirmed drunkards and users of drugs are . also barred, so are people engaged in infamous callings. The Bill also proposes to prohibit tne marriage of white people with Orientals. The same restriction is the subject of legislation scbmitted in the States of Washington and Nevada, California,. and some other Western States already prohibit Euro-Asian marriages. Preliminary arrangements in connection with the opening in Wanganui of a lodge of ths independent Order of Oddfellows (A;C.) are practically completed, and the success which has met the efforts of the promoters - augurs well for the prosperity of the lodge. Over 50 applications for membership have already been received, and in order to suit the convenience of candidates, several of whom will be unable to attend the evening session, meetings foi the purpose of initiation will be held ou Monday next at 10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 7.30 p.m. respectively, as set forth in outadvertising columns. Bro E. Gray, Grand Master of New Zealand, arrived this afternoon, accompanied by a number of Grand Lodge officers and members, and will officiate at the institution ceremonies. Local and intending brethren are sparing no Eains ; -to make the stay of the visiting tethren a pleasurable one, and a programme of entertainments has been drawn up, including a river excursion. Information regarding this sound, progressive society may. be obtained from Bro. L. Green, P.G. (cars Miss Whittem, hairdresser, Eidgway Street), or from the official organiser. Bro. F. S. Newbold, P.G. (Park▼ille Private Hotel), who will be pleased to explain the aims, objects, and benefits to entjuirers.

An interesting experiment has just been concluded at the Auckland Fanners’ Freezing Works in connection with the collapsible cardboard butter box invented by Mr Leslie Banks, of Auckland. The box. which - is intended to take the place of the ordinary white pins article, had been filled .. with butter and stored in the cool chamber for three months with the idea of determining whether it affected the flavour of.the butter, and wheher it would stand the ordinary rough usage met with in handling, carting, and storing. According to expert opinion it stood all the tests remarkably well, and the only ,further ordeal that it and its contents are expected to undergo is being subjected to exposure to sun and wealthy. The merits claimed for Mr Banks’ invention are, a saving in first, cost, a saving in steamer freights, and probably a saving in refrigeration expenses. It is claimed that 1375 of the patent boxes can be stored in the same space as at 100 wooden boxes, whilst there is a saving of at least 50 per cent, in weight. As Australia and New Zealand ship overseas more than a million boxes of butter each year, and as white pine is annually growing more and more expensive, a practical substitute for the latter is of great importance, both to the exporters of dairy produce and to the country at large.