The Examiner. Published MONDAY- WEDNESDAY, AND FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY. MAY 16.

Woodville Examiner, Volume XXII, Issue 3874, 16 May 1906, Page 2

The Examiner. Published MONDAY- WEDNESDAY, AND FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY. MAY 16.

To say we were staggered this , ipg on learning thjat the’ . Mr S. Bolton, Yiae.woodville : President! of tniT show, . . TVqodyiller Central' . - AJ.and Pi Association, has given notice of pis intention to move at ftbe annual meeting that the show be held in alternate years at Woodville and Pahiatua, but mildly expresses bur feelings. Coming from one who, though be has always bad a predilection for Pahiatua, has always been loyal to Woodville, and has never allowed anything to_.be done in conflict with its interests if be could help it, tbe action is altogether inexplicable. Surely Mr Bolton’s knowledge of local matters must be becoming very obscured as we cannot imagine that he has any valid reason for bis action. Wherein can lie the justification for splitting the Association in half? Has Pahiatua done so much towards building up the Woodville Show that we should baud it over to our neighbour every alternate year p What has been tbe attitude of many of tbe members of the Association at that end of tbe district towards tbe Show ? They have been all along trying to get it away from Woodville, and now to think that Mr Boßon has joined bands with the enemy is most galling. What is the object ? Pahiatua is at present taking steps to form an Association of its own, and here is tbe vice-president of tbe Woodville Society playing right into tbe hands of the agitators in tbe neighboring town. He will find bis action recoil on his own bead. We intend to raise such a storm of opposition that will sweep away for all time any attempt to disintegrate the Woodville Association, and we are afraid Mr Bolton will go out with tbe tide. We are going to call every Woodville member to arms to fight against this effort to kill the Association, and we know we can rely on them to a man. Mr Bolton may feel hurt at our plain speaking, but we cannot help that. He has done much to further the interests of Woodville and its institutions, but all that will be speedily forgotten if be starts flirting with Pahiatua. He must look out for squalls at the annual meeting. We shall be there, and Woodville shall be there, ad unum omnes. •

In discussing tbe Gorge Bridge question at the Oroua the County Coupoil meetgobge ing, pointed reference bridge. was made to the fihd-

iugs of (he 1901 and 1906 Commissions. Cr Vincent contended that, making every allowance for altered circumstances—\yhich in the main were but imaginary—the findings of tbe two Commissions went to show that Commissioners were anything but infallible. The Commissioners of .1901 and 1906 agreed on two points only, viz., that a bridge was required, and that the Rahiatua Council should contribute 10 per cent. In the Commissioner’s report just to hand it was mentioned that 60 per cent of the Gorge traffic was supplied by Palmerston, yet Palmerston’s contribution is 2 per cent less than the 1901 decision, and Wuodville’s contribution is increased 6 per cent. Both places are practically equidistant from the Gorge Bridge, but certainly not of tbe relative importance one would gather from the different percentages allocated. The Oroua county’s contribution isincreased 14 percent, and that of Feilding, the capital town of the Oroua county, reduced by 4 per cent. Without exception the representatives of the local bodies gave it as their opinion the bridge was a colonial work. The Commissioner, however, must have thought it more of a local work as he reduced the number of contributing bodies, from eleven (as decided by the 1961 Commissioner) to seven only,h i,

A very excellent letter from Dr Moucklcu, the wellwhat known Feilding meis - dico, appeared in a rewhisky? cent issue of Christchurch Truth. We need make no apology for republishing ihe letter iu its entirety, as it is a valuable argument against the extreme, view taken hy some prohibitionists, and is also an interesting treatise on the subject, “ What is whisky ? ” Dr Moncklon says ; “ At a cost of some thousands of pounds a decision has at last been given in one of the London Courts as to what is and what is not whisky; and as both sides have pretty we 1 exhausted the talent of both chemical and legal expects, tbe decision is liktly to stand. As an enormous amount of technical evidence resulted that the general public might not understand, I propose to compress the main points into plain language, Tbere are three principal alcohols or spirits. Gnu is ethyl, ... pure spirit, derived from distilling grapes, or malted grain, andiswhole-

some when taken in moderation. Another is amyl, or starch spirit, obtained from potatoes, maize, or any unmalted grain; it is cheaper to make, and eminently unwholesome. This is also called patent or silent spirit, and is largely used either by itself or to blend with a small quantity of Scotch or Irish whisky as a cheap substitute for the genuine article ; and its use, of course, may enable manufacturers or importers to obtain an illegitimate profit at tbe expense of other people’s healths or intellect. The third spirit is distilled from wood, and is familiarly known as methylated spirits. It was ordinarily too nauseous to drink, and so escaped paying duty, but a plan has been devised by which it can be deprived of its smell and taste and made to do duty for whisky. This also would have a very damaging effect upon the human system. Now, we will suppose a publican to poetess a high notion of integrity. apd fair dealing—and within my own knowledge I can point to. several snob, both in the past and the present. ‘ How, I ask; can they protect themselves or their customers ? They are tiot analytical chemists, and they have to deal out in good faith whatever the importers supply unless the Government sfept-hL and say, ‘ A>..,sample; of «ach' :; liquor for consumption' shall be tested before admf'siou into the colony.’ I exclaim. l()U;'Iy. after fifty years’ medical expo it noe, that good alcohol in moderation .ia. a good gibing. It warms the heart, and has’ been the saving f maiiy a life ; and that bad alcohol is . thib devil; that teetotallers charge it with being. Let the people, therefore, for their own, sake, induce their representatives to urge the Government to undertake such an obvious duty. The above is not merely tbe hypothesis of an obscure person in a small town, but is supported by testimony of a leading health officer of New York, the swern evidence of English chemical experts, and the published particulars given in Allen’s fourteen-guinea work on organic chemis try.’

The dairy farmer who selects his herd judiciously, and the care spares no trouble to ov the grow abundance of

herd. food for them at all

seasons, may still fail to get good returns if he overlooks the question of shelter.' In Denmark, Canada, the United States, and other countries Where dairying is extensively practised, it is absolutely necessary to house and stallfeed the cows for from five to seven months every winter. In New Zealand, such is happily not necessary, but all the same it will be found profitable to take measures to prevent the diversion of fodder from milk; production to maintenance of body heat. If sheds cannot be provided at first to shelter the milkers from wet iu winter, the cows should be rugged, dr the milk supply will fail,.-