The Examiner. Published MONDAY WEDNESDAY, AND FRIDAY. MONDAY, APRIL 30. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Woodville Examiner, Volume XXII, Issue 3867, 30 April 1906, Page 2

The Examiner. Published MONDAY WEDNESDAY, AND FRIDAY. MONDAY, APRIL 30.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A matter calling for immediate action has been brought an to our notice by Mr unjust Bolton. The Railaction. way Department, by whose authority we know not, has completely blocked the road leading under the Ngawapurua bridge and over the Manawatu river to Kohinui and Makairo. In taking the ballast line down to the river bed the Department has cut a great gulch in the road making it quite impas-able. Communication between the places mentioned ami Woodville has been cut off altogether, except by a very round-about route. This is a matter which the Mayor and Borough Councillors should take up at once, as the Department has no right to rob the town of any means of communication between it and the settlers of any part of the district. We understand Mr Bolton goes to Wellington to-morrow to enquire into the matter, but we would suggest the Mayor and Council also taking it up. That there is real peril of warlike troubles in South the Africa cannot be danoee-point doubted, and the of the root of that trouble bmpibe. lies in the disproportion in number betwixt whites aud blacks. Bays the London Spectator:—“ We think and speak of the sub-continent as a ‘white man’s country’; and so it is if we look at its capacity for supporting a prosperous white race. But oa the facts at the moment, the whites are a small settlement in the midst of a dense native population. If such a population should combine to rise against their white masters, obviously tbe risk of annihilation would be of tbe gravest. Natal is perhaps in the worst position. She has a purely native population of over nine hundred thousand, exclusive of Indians and coloured people, while the white race does not exceed some ninety-seven thousand, or about one-tenth of the whole. In Cape Colony three-fourths are coloured, and three-fifths are pure Kaffirs. In the Orange River Colony the natives are twice the number of the whites. In the Transvaal the proportion is three to one, in Rhodesia fifty to one. Then we have the native reserves of Swaziland, Basutoland, and the Bechuanaland Protectorate where the white population is about three thousand all told, and the native population more than five hundred and fifty thousand. Nor can we omit, in considering the strategical features of the situation, the natives in the German and Portuguese possessions, who number at least two millions. In South Africa, therefore, south of the Zambesi the natives may be taken as outnumbsring the whites by five to one. If there should arise a leader among this vast people, or if some common grievance against their white masters should coerce them into unity, it is hard to see what could save South African civilization except a long and terrible war, and the extermination of the malcontents. It is argued that race-hatred is as strong between natives as it can ever be between black and white. Ever since Tehaka used his Zulu impis to scatter the old populations of the veldt there has been an abiding distrust between tribe a.id tribe. It is further pointed out that in many parts of the country natives are without firearms, and the that the assegais and knohkerries which were so deadly fifty years ago would stand small chance against modern weapons of precision, however few the white defenders. Further, long years of peace have destroyed, save in Basutoland, any military organisation, and the decay of hunting has deprived the native of much of his veldtcraft and hardihood. All this is true ; but none the less there are forces at work which seem to us to weaken these various securities. Civilisation is by its own methods endangering itself. The need of labour is making the native travel far and wide, and by this means native races are acquiring a new solidarity. The Swazi fraternises with the Zulu in ihe compounds of Johannesburg, and old race quarrels are being forgotten. Tribal fights, which were of everyday occurrence on the Rand ten years ago, ate now few and insignificant. Further, what education the native gets lends to break down his tribal prejudices, while it does not] weaken those of his class and colour. His power of secret communication | over great distance has always been the wonder of his neighbours, aud ' now, if he wishes, he has the re- ] sources of civilisation to aid him.” | j j 1 ' :

Professor Notteucci reports that Vesuvi is is vi ry quiet. The crater is now very broad and deep, Mrs Harris has boon committed for trial on the charge of the murder of Frederick Murfitt at Palmerston North. Cash Disco utt ol la in the X at qi Eccnomici

An interesting inset is circulated with this issue.

Trespassers on Mr David Hughes property will bo prosecuted. The only local midwife who Ims thought it worth while to register under the Act is Mrs J. Furm ss, To-mortow the Bight Hon, 11. J. Sodden will commence the fourteenth voir of hiit I'reinierahip of Now Zealand.

UusHiu’s loan has been subscribed unvi'inl fold in Bussia and France, and I.<>ii(lon’s portion is over-subscribed. A toll'll of 255 Laths horn plagu ft occurred in Kashmir in a week. The troops and the j alace households were attacked.

Five horses foil in a race at Gayndah (Q.). A jockey named Pebow was killed and two others were seriously injured.

Football Jerseys cheaper than ever at the Economic.

Mark Twain's latest maxim is nra and very human : “To be good is noble, but to teach others to be good is nobler —and no trouble.” Gold from the 3,221 feet level of the New Chum Itailway Mine (the deepest in the world) yielded an ounce to the ton.

Any householder who did not receive a census paper is asked to communicate with “The Census Enumerator,” Pallia, tua.

Fearing May Day disturbances the Paris garrison Inis been increased lo 57,000 men, and the police have been strengthened by 30,000.

A social in aid of the funds of S'. David’s Church Ladies' Guild will he held in the Foresters’ Hall on Friday evening.

Mr G. S. Bridge, for many years chairman of the Wanganui Education Board, and a Hading public man there, died at Wanganui on Friday night last, aged sixty-six years.

Towels 10 I, Is, Is 31, Is Gd, Is lid per pair at the Economic. Terrible wi atlier is being experb need in Australia. At Bellamhi (N.S.W ), a shed was lifted bodily and crushed a woman to death. Shipping is sheltering owing to the rough sea. Mrs R. B. Boss, who has been in very indifferent health for some time past, left Woodville on Saturday for Wakatipuon a health recruiting tour. Mr Boss is at present in Wellington on business connected with the electorate.

A passengers on the south express was killed at the Christchurch tailway station on Friday evening. He a'tuupted to alight before the train had pulled up, and, falling between the platform and the carriage, was cut to pieces. The death of Mr Charles tie Longueville Graham, for the past twenty-seven years shipping reporter at Port Chalmers for the Otago i ady Times occurred on the 2Lh inst. Mr Giaham came to New Zealand about 1860, and v, as very well known in Masonic and shipping circles. The peti-ion for the acquisition of Mr Sidney Johnston’s Mokoia propeity by the Government has been signed by 50 settlers in the Kmneroa district. It now lies at The Examiner office for signature by any Woodville person who may care to sign. Ladies’ Black Caracul Jackets 45-, a the Economic. The current number of the Auckland Weekly News is of especial interest in that it contains a senes of magnificent views of San Francisco. The drawings by the special artist give a most graphic idea of the awful calamity which has overtaken the City of the West. The steamer Aramac, from Sydney, with 60 passengers, collided with the French barque Nantes, anchored off Cape Sound, sheltering from the heavy gale. Both were considerably damaged, though not sufficient to endanger their safety. The Aramac went on to Melbourne.

We have received from the publishers, the Greymouth Evening Star Company, a copy of a new poultry journal entitled the N.Z. Poultry Journal. It is a bright little paper, containing most interesting reading matter, and is edited by Mr J. B. Merrett. The “ get-up ”of the paper is most effective.

Cossacks, instead of protecting the Armenians in the Slxusa district who went to welcome some friends, fired volleys, and flogged and shot the men, and outraged the women and girls. They burnt their bouses also. The women have sent a piteous appeal to the Czaritsa, and a Government enquired is ordered.

Special purchase of ladies’ trimmed hats and toques. There are 12 ranging 13s 61 to 32s G I, nil to be sold for 12s from 6,1 each. Customers would do well to call early and get the pick.— C. SandT’ord, & Co., the Bou Marche, At the Court on Saturday 7, before Mesers Burnett and Kenney, Js.P., Edward McKenna, charged with vagrancy, was let off on condition that he left the town. Alfred George Coleman, charged with a breach of the Gaming Act by betting at totnlisator odds, was remanded till Friday.

The Ladies’ Guild of Holy Trinity Church has been actively at work for the past few months in preparation for ft Grand IHzanr, which is to be held in the Drill Hall on Wednesday and Thursday, 9th and 10th May. A beautiful array of articles his been got together. The secretary requests that all contributions for the bazaar be sent in by next Saturday.

Just opened out at The Bon Marche a fresh supply of Ladies’ Black Caracul i Jackets. We have disposed of all the first lot, and now invite the ladies of this district to inspect the latest styles in these most fashionable garments. Our Dressmaking Booms are now in full swing. Now is the time to place your order for the new Winter Dress. Gall I and insp’-ct our new 7 patterns in Grey I Dress Material', which arc all the rage. Wo promise yon a p ; rfect fit. All garments made in Miss Wa kcr’s well known first rate style. — C. Bakdfoed AND Co.

j Horse-owners will note there are two events on t!ie Wednesday afternoon profrnuK) of the winter show,at Palmerston North. The competitions are Imping lor ponies—Fir.-t prize Xo, second prize ife2, third prize .£1 ; tor ponies 14 hands and under; to ho ridden by boys not over In years. Also, a maid'-ii hunters competition—First prize _ XIP, second prize X 5, third |irize X'2, lor horses that have not won a prize in any jumping completion, Entiles close on dime nth with Mr J. C. Lane, secretary, Palmerston North. i I Burns and Scalds. j Even the slighter burn or scald will 1 raise a blister, and oltcn lead to a painj ful and chronic sore. Insiantiy nlior u I burn, apply Chamberlain's Pain Balm, which will relive the pain, and in mo t I cases prevent the form ition ot a blister l or so. c. No ordioary accident is so like--1 ly to lead to dangerions results as n burn or scald, and if Chamberlain's Pain Balm was good for nothing else, it would still bo a remedy that no household i should ever be without, bor sale by I Watson X Co., WoodHlle.

In the House of Commons, Mr Ivier11*irtiio’a Women's Siillrago Bill was talked out. During the debate ciif s of “Divide” emanated from iho ladies’ gallery. and a ilag was thrust through the g i!!e. The Speaker ordered the gallery In be cleare '. The police took a lew names. All excepting one, who was (p eh'd, were perstuded to withdraw after a loud potest, The incident is unpandlcdtd since February, 1777.

'l’lie remains of Admiral Paul .loner, after bein'? oscotled across tbo Atlantic by French warships, were re-int'-ned tit Annapolis, in tli" presence of President Iv.ioscveh, menders of the Government, and the French Ambassador, Admiral Paul Jones took part in the War of Independence, being commander of the small American navy, which fought several sncces-fiil actions. lie subsequently died in France, where his tomb wa-s discovered last ye n*. .and the remains removed to United Stairs lor burial.

For Bronchial Coughs and ColtD, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, Is Gd Ladies’ Fhimnletle Blouses os ( Jd,at the Economic.

Constipation,

For constipation, there is nothing quite so nice as Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets. They always produce a pleasant movement of the bowels, without any disagree able cfLct, For sale by Watson & Co., Woodviilo. Treat it properly.

Colds weaken the lung-, lower the vitality and pave the wav for consumption. Pneumonia always results from a cold, or from an attack .if inlluenza. Give every cold the attention it deserves; lit sit it j romptly and properly. What should yon do? 'Flu-re is but one answer, Take Chamberlain's Gough IDrcody. It always cures. For sa’o by WaDon & Co., Woodviilo.