LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Western Star, 16 November 1909, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The following null represent Riverton Cricket Club in their match again st the Invercargill warehousemen c n Saturday: Raynor, Doig, Hill, Agnew, Woods, pankhurst, Scobie, Hayes, Chaney, Phillips, Payne, S. Bailey, Young.

Sections in Block XVIli are advertised by the Commissioner of Crown Lands in this issue, and will bo open on renewable lease only, on Monday, 20th December.

At the RaDgiora show Mr G. D. Greenwood, of Teviotdale, Amlferley, aohi, B ved the unique distinction, of carrying off all the first awards in the Corned ale classes, in addition to the championship.

Mr Duaican Cameron, through Paige ty and Co. sold this week «, line of Romney ram hoggets lot export to Patagonia, South America. The lino leaves in December.

The Otautau Town Hall has just undergone alterations that will he appreciated both by patrons and thaalr rical companies. The improvements consist of the two front ante-rooms being taken away , giving Seating accommodation for an extra 1-0 people. TJie work was expeditiously carried out by Mr G. Brass.

The heats of the President’s Pours of the Riverton Rowing Club will bo rowed this evening at 0.30 p.-in.

Owing to counter attractions the annual meeting of the Riverton Sailing Club which w a s to have been held this evening, will take place on Friday evening at eight o clock.

■The sixth annual exhibition of liv* stock and dairy produce takes place' on the Association’s grounds to-mor-row. The entries received in the various classes coirJstdtute a rccosd. The committee of management Irave all the preliminary arrangements well an hand, and a fine day only is wanting" to make the show, a successful one. The entries received up to Monday, tore as follows; Horses 193, Sheep I?2 > Cattle 51, Dairy Produce 1-1, pigs and dogs 18', -total ,525. A 1 supplementary list containing late entries has •since been published, so that •' •» number of exhibits has -been consvderablv increased. Suitable tram arrange mrnts have boerf made, and there should be a record attendance. J

An enterprising Kansas Oily gi'occi, who has not the advantage of ,a g’ as or electric motor for turning his cof-fee-mill, has devised a means by which *0 work can 1 be done as well and about as quickly as with an engine. He has placed a pulley on the rear wheel of his Bicycle, and when _ the bicycle has Keen mounted on a frame, a band' is mu Ircvm the pulley to the wheel of the coffee-mill The grocer has a boy to pour the coffee i into the (mill and ho himself mounts the bicycle ami pedals away until the coffee is) ground lie experiences bo inconvenience, ho says,, and gets a lot of healthful etvieroiso out of the' operation. —Thle Pathfinder.

A public ’ meulittp 'Was held at West’s Hotel, Tuatapere/ on Bth inst., to receive the report of the dele gates sent by the Bridge Committee to Wellington. The delegates report.that both the Premier and Minister for Public Works were in sympathy with the wishes of the deputation and offered- a straight-out vote of half the money proposing that the unsold lam'd west of Walau be loaded for the remainder. It wa.s agreed to write the Minister stating that if the loading of the land meant simply taking a Part of rent for interest on money they were all in favour of it. but if loading iv a ,s to put additional price on laud they would oppose it. On a charge of theft of two shillings’ worth of oranges from a New Plymouth firm, a lad, who had been twice previously convicted- was convicted and ordered to the Burnham Industrial School. The Verdict brought down a torrent of abuse on the police from the lad's distracted mother, who threatened, inter alia, to make her boy a policemad when he came from that ‘‘breeding ground of criminals.” A farmer,at Auroa caused damage to a valuable cow recently, in a Mery simple way. He picked up a comparatively small stone with -a rather sharp edge, and heaved it at : the animal from a fairly long range to hasten its movements. The aim was a straight one, -and ib’tting the. beast on the back of one of the hind legs broke the main bone. The farmer was astonished at the severity of the mischief done.

A violent earthq'Uiako occurred at Wellington at &.3O on. -Friday night, causing considerable consternation. People in theatres became very much alarmed, and most of them hurriedly left. At the Opera House there Was quite a stampede, the passages' being quickly blocked. Some people fainted. The Post Office bell started ringing, and some windows were broken. A lamp in a house in Kent Terrace was upset and a bedroom wa's burned.

King Edward is a clergyman, although few- people seem to be aware of the fact. He Is,prebendary 'of St. David’s, ,irf Wale's. He gets: a salary of £1 a year He is entitled to preach one sermon a year in the cathedral. Ho is also a member ol the English and Irish bars, and a member of the Royal College of Physicians,

The attitude of the Government, on the question of advertising generally, is says an exchange which goes on to say that the doctrine that a Government should not support papers -that editorially oppose it is regarded as unsound. The object, it is contended, should be to get ’(he best value for the money, - u nd not to select papers whose polities ar« acceptable to members of the Government. 'I lie shareholders in the New Zealand Tiau s toted against Wright’s moltiou * theDominion shareholders did not vote, but walked out of the House. The New Zealand Times published a list of Dominion sh ireholders, but •! i cot insert its own list -although names' were quoted in the House.

The. rurality of n ngerl ss Cam' Wdgo is every day and night conspicuous by its picturesque presence, reports the Independent. Cows nut her at -the fountain, and quench their thirst, cart horses wander oer the footpaths ; and (he landscape is dotted near and far with depasturing cattle !

The House of Representative. l } is becoming as mild in its manners as skimmed milk and water. The other day the Speaker gravely made Mr TSoddon withdraw the word 11 quibble 1 ’ which he severely declared was unparliamentary ! Different from the old days (says the Waikato when Vinteent Pyloe wittily compared the then Premier to an AEolian harp struck by lightning—and was not called to order I

-Meat eating is on the increase in Japan. Its popularity has been greater since the propounding of the theory that a n over-great consumption of rice causes the disease ( known a s beriberi. The Japanese peasant does not eat much rice it is too dear. Parley, vegetables, and fish are his chief foods The upper and middle classes, however, who have hitherto oaten large quantities of rice, are now slowly beginning to a ;dd meat to their dietary.

Meet" is the favorite dish. It, is cut up small, boiled with a native bean sauce and vegetables, and eaten with! 'the Kashi or chopsticks. The wholesale price of beef in Japan is about 6»d per

Jti the heart, ol the East oi .London is a successful beehive, where children living under the linost unfavourable circumstances are able to study an object lesson of which many oi their more favourably-placed fellows in the country are deprived. The entrance to ■hj hive is in a small garden adjoining the Town Hall, Cable street, but the hive itself is in a museum. After entering through the wall the bees pass along a glass-covered way. There can be seen the skirmishes with and t illing of a hostile bee by (he orderlies, placed at various points’, the housemaids at their work of .cleans.ng the hive, the young bees tending their young companions, and the workers laying up the honey. No part of ,Ibeelife js shut off from the child observer. In the year the bees collected twenty pounds of honey, but the yield this year is estimated at only Bibs.

A French engineer. isy now showing in England a, new burglar alarm well calculated to moot the situation caused J.y the vast advance in professional skill shown by Rallies, Ars.enc, '.Lupin, and their friends. Not only ' does the block alarm giv» warning when the safe is approached, a picture or a curtain Touched, or an entrance to the room attempted by the cutting of the ceiling or the door, but the signal can ev’en be sounded if the owner leaves the room without locking his safe. The alarm is electric, and the apparatus, which consists of a square box

one f o olt square, can easily be hidden. The system can bo linked with anything loose or fixed in the room, and the alarm bell can be arranged to ring under the owner’s pillow and also in the neighboring, police station. The tie tails of the alarm’s working are, oi course, a secret.

A burglar-proof glass, which is almost unbreakable, lias been introduced by a firm of French glass manufacturers, and is specially intended for the glazing of jewellers’ windows. The glass is about one inch in thickness, but is perfectly transparent and it will withstand the roughest treatment

A new rifle bullet has just been invented in Austria says Popular Science Siftings. It is 'designed to pierce the shields of field guns, and has a sharp pointed hard steel core, which is .enclosed in a lead covering. A special explosive, giving greatly-in-creased muzzle velocity, is used with this bullet. In tests by the Austrian authorities the com penetrated steel gun shields six hundred yards away, the lead and steel coverings being left behind when the projectile strikes.

After December 81 no manufacturers in- the United Kingdom will be permitted to produce matches of the ‘‘strike anywhere’ variety, which are made with white phosphorous., Retailers, however, will be allowed a full year to. get rid of their stocks. The • result of the now legislation, which was framed in older to protect v. orkpooplc from the terrible malady knonn as ! “phosey jaw,” will be to give a groat stimulus to the inventors o? a perfect ‘‘strike-anywhere” match. It is admitted ini the trade that the “strike anywhere” match now being made without white phosphorous is capable of improvement.