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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13434, 22 July 1911, Page 5

Maoola, a Holstein cow in the Weraroa State Farm, returned £25 worth of butter fat in 247 days.

Tie scarcity of milk in Ashburton is being acutely "felt, and retailers are unable to provide anythink like a full supply, in consequence of which the majority of families are on restricted allowances.

The Weather Bureau reported as follows at noon to-day:—South-easterly winds strong to gale: rain probable and snow in hjgh country; weather probably colder: glass rwe soon; tides good; sea rough; sea increasing.

New Plymouth resident who recently Tisited the "dry" districts in the South Island .states that he lias never seen such a number of "dead marines" as were to be observed alongside the railway line from Dunedin to Invcrcargill.

Good progress is. being made by Mr Morris Fox, actuarv to the Government Life Insurance office, iu preparing details toit the proposed superannuation scheme for Harbour" Board employees, and it is expected that a report will be presented at an early date. A paragraph has been going the rounds of Hhe Press* that Mr Geo. Hutchison, of Wflaganui, has informed the Maugaweka Settler that he would be a candidate for the Rangitikei seat at the general election. Spoken to on the subject to-day Mr Hutchison authorised us to say that the statement was quite without foundation.

The railway bridge gang, which recently put up a pier in the Patea River at Stratford;- has now completed a pier at Waipnku, and are now engaged on the work of bridging the Manawapou Gorge, near Hawera. This will reduce the grade on the line at the point and make haulage easier. About 40 men will be engaged on the work, which is expected to take 18 months to complete.

The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company has installed a remarkable automatic machine at Sandhills Station, Liverpool, by which, on dropping a penny in a slot, a ticket is printed, -dated, and cut. The machine is worked electrically, the power heing supplied, from the live rail. When the supply of cardboard is running short the clerks in the office are warned by the ringing of a bell. According to the Labour Journal for July, the number of men employed on the railways in the North Island for the month of May is as follows:—KawakawaGrahamstown 32, Kawakawa-Hokianga 421, North Auckland 421, East Coast Main Trunk (Tauran?a-Paengaroa) 201, Gisborae Motu 201, Napier-Gisborne 6, Stratford-Ongarue 406.

A conference between the Board nud the town and suburban school committees and the. Technical School Committee is to be held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday evening,, next at 8 o'clock. The business iff to consider, in view of the new conditions, the place of the technical school in our system of education, its organisation, its .'efficiency, and possible enlargements of its sphere of usefulness. The Board hopes- every committee will be well represented at the meeting. An invitation has been sent to each member.

'A' meeting of Carterton tradesmen was held on Tuesday eveniug, when replies were received from the Masterton tradespeople upon the effects of no-license. After reading and discussing the replies, the feilowino' resolution was passed:—"This meeting desires to thank the Mastertou tradespeople for replies to our questions; is satisfied that no-liceuse has improved business and the mry-al tone of that town, and commends their verdict to the serious consideration of our own townspeople." (2) "That the replies from ITasterton be printed and forwarded to all business men throughout the South Wairarapa electorate." A lady correspondent, who takes great interest iu the anti-hatpin, agitation, sends the Post two newspaper clippings on the subject, with a view to illustrating the danger of the pin and the way in which it is re-arded in Germany. One clipping related how a young man in Vienna was injured by a hatpin worn by a girl, his nose being slightly scratched. The man immediately seized the girl by the arm, led her to the nearest policeman, and gave her in charge. The Magistrate fined her Is 6d, with the alternative of 12 hours' imprisonment. The other extract is ■* cable from Berlin, stating that the chief of police has issued an edict stating that unless hatnins are abolished or sheaths attached to them he will take action.

The price of tea this year has been raised Id per lb wholesale. This increase, it is stated, is likely to remain permanently, and, if anything, prices are likely to be higher. Apart from the fact that rubberjrrowing has reduced to a slight degree the tea-growing areas in Ceylon, a number of other causes have contributed to the higher values prevailing. A wellknown tea merchant informed a reporter that British-grown teas from Cevlou and India were becoming increasingly popular in Russia, where China tea was formerly mostly used. In America, with its 90 odd millions of population, tea-drink-ing was becoming more Twpular. In European countries, also, the practice of tea-drinking was on the increase. On the 14th July the duty on apples was reduced by a halfpenny per lb. and the effect on the importation ia already seen. The Warriinoo arrived at Duuedin on Tuesday from Hobart, with 1000 cases of apples, a record shipment for the year. As a rule only some 300 cases come to Dunedin by the Melbourne boat. In regard to Wellington, Mr F. W. H-iv-bittle, of Messrs George Thomas and Co.. told a Post reporter on Wednesday that the average shipments prior to the 14th July were about 200 cases of Tasmanian apples a week. As a rule, only dessert apples were sent over, the wholesale price in Hobart being about 5s 6d to 6s a case. A thousand cases are expected by the Warrimoo for Wellington.

Referring to tho suhieet of the proposed tramway regulations at the meeting of the Wanganui Borough Council last evening, Cr. Holloway pointed out that there were two classes of tramway systems in the Dominion: the large city systems, and those oi the smaller towns like Wangamii and othpr places contemplating installations similar to that here. The regulations which would suit oiie e!a.s= might not suit another, and the same applied even among the bigger systptns. for what might he necessary for a hilly nlace like Dunedin would be out of place for Christchnrch. It was almost imposgihl" to frame a single set of regulntions to fit all systems, and he suggested that. the various systems ought to ho graded into classes, and that the delegates—the Mayor Cr. Poynter, and Mr Talboys—to the Wellington Conference should urge this on the other delegates attending. The Mayor said he had thought of bringing the same idea forward, though he thought it probablp there would be difficulties in the way of its adoption.

So far, no trace has been discovered of the missing young man, W. J. Hartcher. , A correspondent forwards us 21- to start a fund to procure two busts for the Technical College, one of King Edward VII., the other of the late Mr. Seddon. At the Magistrate's Court this morning, before Mr. A. Crooke, S.M., a firstoffending drunk was convicted and discharged on payment of 2s. cab-hire.

Gonville bowlers expect to have their new green ready for play by the end of the year, and the opening ceremony will probably take place in December. The pavilion should oe finished about the same time.

Two very chastened boj's, both of tender years, appeared at the Juvenile Court this morning, on a charge of pilfering from Messrs. H. I. Jones and Sons'. It was stated-that the culprits had been soundly thrashed by their parents, and, after a severe admonition from tho Magistrate (Mr. A. Crooke. S.M.), the boys were discharged.

At the Mastcrton Chamber of Commerce yesterday a remit from the Danncvirkc Chamber was discussed, suggesting an amendment to the Bankruptcy Act to enable creditors in a bankrupt estate to appoint a private assignee instead of allowing the estate to be administered by the official assignees. After some discussion it was' resolved "That the present system was better than the one suggested, and that, in the event of an incompetent Deputy Assignee being appointed, the proper course would be for the citizens to petition for his removal."

The question of the better disposal of rubbish and the installation of a destructor was brought under the notice of the Borough Council by Cr. Muir on Friday evening, who said that the present rubbish tip was a disgrace to the town. On a recent visit to it, he had found all sorts of garbage, with thousands of rats running about in it. While they were raising loans for trams, he thought they might also raise a loan for a destructor. The matter would have to be faced sooner or later, and it was high time they did so. The Mayor said that when the new Council was elected, it was arranged that thp Sanitation Committee, of which Cr Muir was chairman, should consider the matter. Cr. Muir was absent from Wanganui at that time, but, if he would now call the committee together the matter could be gone into. Cr. Muir said that owing to his absence, he was not aware tlje matter had been mentioned before; but he would adopt his Worship's •".uggestion «nd call the Sanitation Committee together to consider it. Mr. C. L. Bridges, our local poultry breeder and fancier, finished his "showing" season at the New Plymouth Poultry, Pigeon and Cage Bird Association's show on Wednesday and Thursday last, and again met with great success. Seventeen entries produced 8 firsts, 8 seconds, and a third. In Black Orpingtons he was fairly beaten, gaining second to Mr. Stonex, of Auckland, whose birds were par excellence. The judge remarked that tho Orpingtons exhibited •by V. Stonex were superb, and good enough to win in any show in the world. Those exhibited by Mr. Bridges were good enough to win in any New Zealand show had they not met such typical birds as the prize winners were. In the utility class, Mr. Bridges exhibit gained an easyfirst, with 85 points out of 100, and the judgo remarkod that she was the best pullet, from an egg-nroducing point of view, he had seen. Indian Runners, as per usual, "scooped the pool", and Mr. Bridges can now rest content that his breed is now right on top so far as Now Zealand is concerned. At the New Plymouth show they.scored five firsts—four firsts in the open class, and a first for a trial—every exhibit thus scoring a first. Iu Plymouth Rocks, he gained two firsts and a second with his three exhibits. The record put up by Mr. Bridges at the various shows this season has probably never been excelled, and wo congratulate him on the fine strain lie has now got together, and the success ho has met with.