Local and General.

Waikato Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8018, 26 September 1906, Page 2

Local and General.

Intending subscribers to the Waikato Times are reminied that a new quarter commences on October Ist. It is just as well for our advertisers and readers to know that since December last over one hondred and seventy new subscribers have been added to our already long list. A most pleasing feature of the increase of subscribers is that they are from all parts of the district. Maniapoto has been scratched for the Cauliitfld and Melbourne Cups. The next San Francisco mail closes at Hamilton at 9.15 a.m. on Friday morning, and is due in London on October 27tb, We understand that Messrs Fry Bros, who reoently purohased the fiaxmnl lease at Hamilton, will start operations there on Monday next, It is stated that the blight has attacked the young fera in the Awaroa Valley, whilst a Kawhia resident, who has interests at Te Rau-a Moa, avows that the blight is playing havoc with the ragwort plants there. The exports of dairy produca fcom New Plymouth Breakwater for the 12 months commencing September Ist, 1905, to August 3 ;sr, 1906, totalled noarly half a million, the exact value of the exports being The Minister for Agriculture, with others, on Saturday paid a visit to the Levin state experimental farm. The flax area on the &t»*;e farm is, says the Ministers, looking in splendid condition. "It is a magnificent exhibit of flax under cultivation, aud I suppose one of the largest collections of varietes in the colony." The liist shipment of new butter left yesterday by the Takapum., from Onehunga, for transhipment to the Rimutaka for London, at Wellington. The total shipment was 2231 boxes and 84 kegs, the net weight heing 1199Jcwt. The first shipment last year, on October 4, was 2357 packages, which givos an increase of 10 days' butter. A suggestion has been made to us that the Postal Department should be approached on the subject of altering the regulations regarding delivery of telegrams. At present the delivery area is limited to a radius of oae miie from the post office, and it is contended that tuis should be doue away with and a delivery within the borough substituted. We trust the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce will take the matter up iu the energetic manner in which other anomolies have been treated. The storm which visited the Kawhia district on Friday night was responsible for a nasty accident at Kawaroa. A party of five— Wbatu, Muru, Rere, Haki, and Karena—were felling for Messrs Morris and Co., and on the night in question were asleep in their whare.when a 2ft. tree fell across the camp, it fell about six inches above Maru's head, the force of the fall burying the stakes upoa which the bunk was made into the ground. The ridge pole was smashed, and one end struck Whatu's arm. which was badly broken. How the inhabitants escaped being killed is indeed miraculous. The injury was attended to by Dr. C. Campbell Jenkins. Mr F. T. Wilson, drape--, of Hamilton, is at present bewailing the plausibility of a certain rogue who got the better of mm for some .£l6. It appears that a man went to Messrs Dagliesh and McDonald, and enlarging on the methods pursued in the borough tendering, asked tor two blank cheque forms, with which to make a deposit on one of tho coutracts closing on t'nday. Those were handed over, but, instead of appearing at the Council table.one made its way into Mr Wilson's shop, ostensibly drawn in favour of, and endorsed by J. T. Moroney, for which the holder rej ceivod J64 worth of goods and £li change. Again the sialde keepers appeared on the scene, this time as victims, for a horse was hired and paid for, at midday on Sunday, for a trip to Ngaruawahia. Of course neither Rnimal nor rider was seen again and enquirir-s made elicited the fact that the mau had ridden to Mercer and boarded the 7n.m train to Auckland, leaving the horse for the owners to have the expanse ami trouble of bringing him back again after three days absence. In the ruemtime Mr Wilson presented the cheque at the banV, only to find that it was not worth .to him, the penny stamp. Fine Lajdy cabbage, cauliflower, and tomato p ants for uUe at Tidd and Stanton's Imperial Confectionery and Grocery Stores Hamilton. g A RECORD RKIMMER. As further proof of tho marvellous capacity and skimming of the Baltic Cream Separator, Mr h'leemau, the manager of the well-known Midhirst Dairy Company, writes as follows :—" I have treat pleasore in certifying that the Baltic Separator I (830 gallons per hour) is giving every satisfaction, working to its full capacity and skimming down to .03 to .04. It has not cost a single penny for repairs, and is as g<,od a teparator as is on the market." Those in want of the most up-to-date Cream Separator should apply to J. B MacEwanand Co. for particulars of the Baltic A MYSTERIOUS EVENT. j Many physicians seem to think it a mysterious event when their pationts—whom t.hey cannot cure—are quickly relieved and restored to health by Dr. Sheldon's New Discovery for Coughs. Colds and <"nnMti,];..-ion; bat thorn is nothing mysterious about it. I>r Sheldon's Now Discovery represents the lat"st knowjedgo of the day in the practice of the science of healing, and does not follow any of the old fashioned methods of the materia modica. It goes rig t to tho point of infection in oil caaes of throat and lung trouble, and i by means that are all its own drives i r 'Ut the (!:sea=o and heals the ; fleeted parts. , Itisasafo, pleasant, positive care tor all j lung troubles. Try it. Obtaim-.b.e at Green i and Colobrook, Ltd., and branch stores; i Thomas Wells, Cambridge; G. M. A. A.iior, t Te Awarautu.and T. hj! Chapman, Kihi- i kiln

A uiH-ting of ui-iuber* „• r e VVikato ltHH*r„p„r : ,' Association ukm pace tomorrow monnug at el veu o'clock a', the banners' Supply Stores, Hamilton. Members of the Loyal Hamilton Lodge of Oddfellows are requeued to attend a •peeial meeting tonight to arran-e for a'tendan -eat the tune; al of the late wife of the Rev. liro. P. .1 vUira. ') her special busanesG will be taken The captain of the A'»bot«ford Hock-y Club informs ua thit Ins 'b:>ys"d'> not feel disposed to go on at once »i>h tiie match arranged with tee ladio,' dub, and that be has so far prevailed oi the fair sex that they hive agreed to a postponement of the ceremony until Saturday week. The Alexannrn Hal , Cambridge, wacrow led last night to bear the fmnong 'e Kangi Pai give one of her delightful so-;;,' recitals, 'j'hi- audience was uiuit en h»»l astic, ind almost every item on the programme was encored, [t is a rue treat, for Cambridge to be r such singing, and those who heard, are not likely to forgot. The offiea be-rers of the Trimi ive Methodist Church have arrauged to cany out the opening servlcs in connection with the new church as commencing on Friday evening, and continued ou Sunday, Monday and Tuesday next. The visiting Ministers of the 0-nnection will fill Mr Mairf.' appointments at; the various services, which, owing to his bereavement, he will be uuable to undertake. Tenders closed on Monday with Messrs Mahoney and Sons for the erection of rt two storey hricfe building; in Vict-oria-stree' Hamilton, for fch« Baok of Australasia' The building will have a frontage of 37t't by_a depth o? 67r>, Bnd the front will be in red brick, witb cament faciog. Provision is also made in the building for rhe ac :ommodation of the manager. The tenders are as follows: —Mctinnon nnd Miller £2379; Page Bros., £2340; J. P. Murrav] W. E. Hutchison. £2070; J. H. Colebourne'. £20(50 ; «. A. Jones, £2049 ; J. E. Outline, £2029; and Johns and Son, £1973. No tender has yet been accepted. A diagram in the report of the Health department, presented to Parliament, shows the proportions of persons of various ages who died from phthisis during 1903. The greatest number of deaths was of persons between the ages of 25 and 35. It appears from this diagram that consumption is rarely contracted before the age of 15. Thus in 1905 there were only three d. aths from this disease between the ages of 5 and 15, while between the ages of 15 and 25 there were 53 deaths. Of persons between 25 and 35 the deaths were 71; between 35 and 46 the number was 38, and the proportion gradually decreased towards old age. The first fat cattle shipped from Kawhia were sent away by the s.s. Kia Ora on Friday last to the Auckland market. The lot comprised 28 head, and the quality was really excellent, speaking well as to the grazing capabilities of the land in thac district. Mr H. Shaw owned 25 of the consignment, and Mr W. Shaw and J. P. Wright two each. The cattle were taken aboard at Nathan's Point, first being put on Mr Newton's pontoon, and so well and carefully was the work carried out by the capable offioers and crew of the Kia Ora that the cattle were placed in the hold without a single hitch or mishap. Now that it has been demonstrated what an easy matter it is to ship fat stock, we (Kawhia Settler) predict that the steamer service will be taken advantage of in preference to the long and wearisome drivj to the Waikato. A pirate ship would have secured a precious prize if it had " held up " the M jnawai the other night on her run to Lyttelton. One section of the steamer's cargo was worth about £150,000, and there was only one man in charge of the treasure. The custodian was Mr A. A. Longden, who is to represent the fine arts of Great Britain at the New Zealand Exhibition, and his trove came from the brushei and chisels of preeminent painters, sketchers and sculptors. The collection comprises about 250 oil paintings, 350 water colours, 300 black and white sketches, 180 architectural drawings, supplemented with sculpture and bronzes to the number of 300. The a>"ray of masterpieces makes the most dazz.ing display ever arranged for Australasia, and tione it is sufficient inducement to make many people take a trip to Christchurch. Anglers in the neighbourhood of Hamilton will have some good sport to look forward to in the near future, for owing to the efforts of several gentlemen a large number of trout yearlings and fry have been placed in the Waikato and other streams. Mr W. Spratt, of the Auckland Acclimatisation Society, has been in this town for the past two days, liberating the fish. On Monday afternoon 2500 yearlings were put in the Waikato, for a distance of some miles. Yesterday a similar number of fry were taken to the stream near Mr Barugh's, and to-day 7,500 will be sent adrift in the Kauiwaaiwha, near Karamu. Mr Spratt says if the Borough or residents of Hamilton undertook to feed the fry, there should be no difficulty in arranging for an annual supply of from 10,000 to 20,000. Owmir to the lack of streams where the young trout could take refuge from their numerous enemies, it would be necessary to kedp them in artificial feeding ponds. A suggestion has been made that the Town Hall reserve would be greatly improved in attractiveness by the placing of some ornamental ponds for that purpose. From what can be gathered informally there is every reason to believe that the Borough Council would not be altogether hostile to the proposal. Mr T. A. Edison's latest discovery will, he claims, bring the purchase of an automobile within easy reach of everybody. He has found that by substituting cobalt for iron and lead, he oan reduce the weight of the accumulator by one half. If motor cars are reduced to the price of a suit of clothes many of us would not get one, but everyone, without exoeption, must wear clothes, and fie cheapest p!»ce to get good tittin c clothes, well made out of wearable materials, is at V. up-to-date tai oriug estaolishmoat, Victoria - street, Hamilton. 22 DON'T WAIT TILL TO-MORROW i It's the little colds that grow into big colds; the big colds that end in consumption and death. Don't wait till to-morrow to cure the little elds, for one dose of Dr. Sheldon's New Discovery for Coughs, Colds, and Coutumprion will break up a cold if taken at the beginning. Dr. Sheldon's Now Discovery is a safe and never-failing remedy. Price Is (id and 3s. Obtainable at Green and Colebr.-iok, Ltd., and branch stores; Thomas Wells, Cambridge; G. M. A. Ahier, Te Awamutu, and T. H. Chapman, Kihikihi.