Local and General.

Waikato Times, Volume LV, Issue 6636, 7 February 1905, Page 2

Local and General.

Mr J. S, Bond, of Hamilton, left for Wellington to-df y. He will be away about a month, and his absence will include his wedding and honeymoon. It is estimated that the loss in wages among the mining community alone during the existence of the Newcastle strike amounted to upwards of ,£25,000.

In the Adelaide Court, a lad who lost h j: "< right hand by an accident at a factory, received a verdict for =£lso damages against his employers. A 316-acre section of heavy bush land situated three miles from Harapepe Post Gf£ce, in Pirongia Parish is to be thrown open for on March Bth with option of tenures. At a special meeting of the Whangarei Borough Council it was resolved, on the motion of the Mayo;, to abolish wards after April next. The wards were established at Whangarei in 1889. The Rev. Walker, who has made a popular month's stay at Thames, was struck with the heavy death roll during the period. During January he officiated at no less than six funerals. The largest prison camp for tree-plan iing operations is at Waiotapu, 23 mi'es from Rotorua, where there are 70 men at work. At Waipa, close to Rotorua, there are 25 prisoners, and a similar number working at Dumgree, in the Marlborough district. The tree-planting work at Hanmer is carried on by 22 prisoners. In this issue the N. Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Company advise that the entries for their sheep fair at Ohaupo, on February 16th, have increased considerably, totalling betweg j 13,000 and 14,000. Among3t the entries are some very fine rams from well-known breeders, and 1000 prime fat wethers and ewes. We give our readers a final reminder of the grand aquatic carnival and sports to be held at the Hamilton Lake to-morrow afternoon and evening. Great preparations have been made to ensure a most successful gathering, and a brilliant illuminated procession, whi&fc wi! march from the railway station, is fiuicjjd. Amongst the items are foot i s, boat rates, and races for children, e itic procession (illuminated), etc. Gi- i fine weather, we expect to see a record In connection with the Crystal Palace Exhibition, Sir Joseph Ward told an interviewer that he had instructed the secretary of the Industries and Commerce Department to visit the principal towns, with the object of interviewing the leading manufacturers in these centres and arranging for exhibits. There were many other things wUch he proposed to have sent, included among which were a large quantity of butter and cheese, drawn from forty-five different factories, a variety of grasses and seeds grown within the colony, an extensive range of commercial samples of kauri gum. samples of New Zealand hemp, exhibits of wool in the fleece, washed and greasy, and extensive exhibits of New Zealand timber, prepared and polished, with a view to show their suitability for manufacturing purposes, a special collection of peas, beans and barley grown in jihe Blenheim district, for which that district is particularly famous, a large exhibit of colonial-made rugs and blankets supplied and exhibited on behalf of the Mosgiel Woollen Company, which he w»s pleased to say had been most favourably noticed. The Industries and Commerce Department would undoubtedly see that everything was properly conveyed and looked after, and in England the AgentGeneral's Department would do all in its power to help to display our products and give every information to those inquiring for it. Sir Joseph Ward also wishes to have the volony represented at the Liverpool Exhibition, the exhibit to consist chiefly of frozen meat. SCIATICA YIELDS TO RHEUMO. I

A well-known Cambridge solicitor writes: " I do not want to go figuring in the world in testimonials, but Eheumo certainly removed an attack of sciatica I was suffering from, and I am satisfied that in my case it was very effective." Sold by al chemists and storekeepers, 2s 6d and 4s 6d. Kempthorne, Proeser and Co., Wholesale Agents. 1

Miss Jessie Maclachlan, " the Gaelic prima donna," who is now touring America, s'lils for Australasia by the San Francisco steamer next month. A meeting of Hamilton Cycling Club will be held in the Waikato Times Buildings to-night at 7.30, to mak« arrangements for the Rowing Club s carnival to-inorrow night. In Denmark, states Mr. Kinsella, who has just recently returned from the great European Cow Country, veterinarians h nd qualified dairy inspectors vi-ut nil the farms and under an Act rigidly inspnct all cow byres and milk cans.

The head chief of the Aiawa tribe, Petera Te Pukuatua, died at OKki on Thursday night, and the body i, being brought to Rotorua. A tangi oj a large scale will take place at Ohinerout'i prior to the burial of the deceased chief,

The Taieri and Peninsula Company has receive 1 a cablegram from Japan covering au order for 3000 cases of butter to bo delivered between February and April. The company's output is practically sold till the end of March, but a special effort will be made to fill the order, at least partially.

A man named Edward Williams was sentenced to three months' imprisonment at Waihi on Saturday for using bid language Sergeant Sheehan pointed out to the justices (Messrs Max D. King and H. W. Moore), that the offence was a common one at Waihi, but owing to the fact that the miners did not care to give evidence against each other, it was difficult to prove a case. The language used by the accused was so disgusting that the justices considered they were justified in imposing a sentence of imprisonment without the option of a fine. The Board of Governors of Canterbury Colleere has finally resolved to banish the Socialist newspaper, the Clarion, from the public reading room. Rationalistic articles were the alleged cause of its expulsion. The Lyttelton Times, protesting against the decision, points out that the Clarion has published many able articles on both Bides of the controversy raised by Mr Batchford in " God and my Neighbour," and concludes that the action of the Board of Governors has given the Socialist paper a good advertisement, which it thoroughly deserves.

The following letter was received by Mr W. Diamond, scenic artist, on the completion of his work in connection with the stage fittings for the Hamilton Hall : Dear Sir,—The work you have supplied at the Town Hall has more than satisfied us. The colouring of each scene is exceedingly beautiful, and the general effect most artistic. The whole of the work is much admired and favourably criticised by all who have the pleasure of seeing it. We hope if, at any time, wo want more scenery your valuable servioes will be available.— Signed W. Dey, Mayor; A. E. Manning, President Comedy Club. Sir Joseph Ward, in an interview, declared the colony was still very prosperous. Prices of wool and meat had been and were still very good ; indeed, though there was fluctuation for the moment in the wool market, the price was still very good. The enhanoed values of wool would ultimately be distributed among all classes of the community and would materially add to the individual and general wealth of the colony. There was no dearth of employment in the ordinary sense in any part of the colony. They had only to look at the unusually large number of people using the railways to see everywhere buisness people and others on pleasure bent "on the move." The revenue was very healthy, and there was nothing ahead to justify the assumption that the existing prosperity w as likely to be diminished. The fourth number of Fun and Fact,

which is " published every now and then " by Mr Andrew Kennaway, at Christchurch, is even better than previous issues. Mr Kennaway's genial caricatures of residents of the Cjty of the Plain's are very well done, and we have seen them keenly enjoyed by more than one exrSoutherner. The reading matter is bright and varied. On the ona hand there is a serious leading article on " Parliament and the Future " and a still more |serious sonnet by " Altiora Peto," while on the other hand " Mr Phun" makes a whimsical apology "to those who lend their faces," "The Pessimist" discourses of " Hill-Climbing," literary preciosity receives a gay rebuke under the title "How he does it," and smaller scintillations of wit sparkle on the intervening pages. What look? like a determined case of suicide occurred at Wanganui on Saturday, when Mrs King, a widow, of about 3§ years of age, was drowned in the river. The deceased, whose body has not yet been recovered, went to the further side of the river (opposite the town), divested herself of part of her clothing, and after wading for some time walked out to the sandpit, near the middle of the river, and disappeared. Her actions were observed by some boys on the town side of the riyer, and they subsequently gave information to the police. Deceased was in domestic employement with a family at Aramoho, and on Saturday morning, after telling one of her employer's children that she was going away, was seen to go across a paddock towards a creek, in which there is a deep waterhole. The gate, however, was locked, and she returned to the house saying she was going to New Plymouth by the afternoon train, but would have to go to down afterwards.

Conversing with as officer of the Health Department, over the ptomaine poisoning ease in Dunedin, a Wellington Post reporter asked if there was any simple antidote or remedy for general and immediate use in such cases, and was assured that there was not. The symptoms, it was stated, were those of gastro-enteritis, and a lavman could not be sure whether the was ptomaine poisoning or something else. The best thing to do was to get medical aid as soon as possible. Asked if there was no method of prevention, he said that the best prevention was to avoid as far as

possible the eating of tinned meat that had been opened for any length of time, and to observe ordinary rules of cleanliness and sanitation. As a rule, decomposition in tinned meat that caused the trouble took place after the tin had been opened, and was not the fault of the manufacturer, but he had known cases of ptomaine poisoning arising from meat that had been just opened. Cases had been known to arise from eating shellfish, mussels, and at times oysters and ham. There has also been some cases (.rising from milk, cheese, and butter, particularly when the dairy was within reach of the emanations of a drain. He did not think that ptomaine poisoning was on the increase. There might appear to be more of it, because it was only in later years that it had been recognised.

Sir Joseph Ward while in Christchurch ota Saturday received several dequtations. Replying to the mempers of the Utility Poultry Club, who asked for a concession for an egg-laying competition, Sir Joseph expressed pleasure at the steps being taken to foster the new industry. He would see what railway concession could be given for birds travelling to and from competitions and would at once authorise the conveyance of materials on terms similar to those obtained for the tailage of exhibition pens to poultry shows. A deputation of hairdressers' assistants brought under the Minister's notice the fact of some saloens leasing chairs, the result being that the lessees, though employing no labour, were placed in the positions of employers. The lessees were able to keep opan at hours when the employers were closed under the arbitration award. Sir Joseph promised to bring the matter before the Minister for Labour, saying he thought Parliament would provide a remedy, but that the union should show its earnestness by preparing a petition for presentation to the Minister. Tenders are invited for the erection of a villa residence at Hamilton.

The McCormick Daisy Eeai jr is whf.t you want for harvesting peas or clover. Morrw, Basjsett & Co. 7 Messrs Sawtell and Wachsmann, prominent seed merchants, Christohurcb, by advertisement in our columns are calling attention to their choice and varied selection of tested seeds. They ask farmers to give them a trial, as tbey can get best quality of [seeds supplied and delivered at their nearest main port cheaper than any other house can supply in New Zealand. This firm did large satisfactory business with some prominent North Island farmers last season, and have now their new season's orders in hand. They recommend farmers writing early for quotations and samples. 6 The only truthful man America has any record of was George Washington. And yet the truth comes easy and pleasantly to any business man who can give you good value for yourimoney. The cheapest place for boots south of Auckland is Stanton's Golden Gate Boot Store, Hamilton. 6

Mr Buddie, chairman of the Auckland Gas Company, speaking at the annual meeting, said: "With reference to the subject of gas lighting, the superiority of incandescent gas lighting over every competitor is being constantly demonstrated in the larger cities of the world. It was at one time thought that the electrio light would superse 3e every other. That expectation has not been realised, and, owing to the invention of the incandescent mantle gas more than holds its own in the large cities of the world. In London, for instance it is found that the use of gas light as compared with electric light is as twelve to to one, there being 74,938 gas to 6159 electric lamps. Berlin and Paris show results even more favourable to gas, Berlin having only 688 electric and 23,215 »a 3. In Paris there are 1919 electric and 51,846 gas lamps. The porportion of gas to electric in Berlin is as 33 to 1, and Paris 27 to 1, and the reason given by those in authority in three of the greatest cities in the world is because gas is more economical in cost and more diffusive and efficient in effect; in other words, both cheaper and better.

For gents' French Calf and Box Calf Boots and Shoes. Stanton's Golden Gate Boot Store, Hamilton, is certainly the cheapest in the Waikato. 6