LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8056, 14 November 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

♦ —- We would remind tbo6e interested of the New Zealand Loan and Mtjrcantile Agency Cu.'s Kangiriri sale, which takes piace tomorrow. Upwards of 1000 head of cattle of all classes will be yarded, including tresb gr,wn steers aud 1 to -year-old cattle of both «exes. Sile start* at 12 o'clock. The following is the result of the weightguessing competition at the reoent Waikato Show Steer, 797 lbs, T. Heale, 7'J7 lbs, 1, F. H. Luxford, 7l)>i lbs, 2; heiter, <538 lbs, A. H. Waring and A. K. Cox both 6 tt) lbs j three sherp, 251 lhs, Chas. Wood, 2-tOibs 1; 'l'hos. Winter, 218 lbs, 2; pig, 215 lbs E. J. NioolJ, Jas. Hickey, Jell O'Connor, J. Taylor (Matangi), E. Goodwin and V. Marshall, 215 lbs. Aggregate : Thos. Martin, steer 813 lbs, heifer 613 lbs, sheep 231 lbs, pig 217 lbs. The selection of Mr F. W. Lang by the Opposition party as its candidate for the Manukau seat, rendered vacant by the death of Mr M. M. Kirkbride, has been so favourably received throughout the elec torate (says the llerald) that Mr Lang has practically decided to allow himself to be nominated, and it is understood his reply to the requisition now being signed by the electors will be in the affirmative, and that he will commence his campaign at Mangere this evening. At the Ngaruawahia S.M. Court yesterday, before Mr H. W. Northcroft, S.M., William Copper and John Mohr pleaded guilty to allowing cattle to trespass on the railroad at Taupiri, and were each fined Is and costs 365. Mr Skelton appeared for the Railway Department. S. Sinclair was charged with assaulting Geo. Jones, the evidence going ta show that the latter, being intoxicated, wanted to "tight any one," thus leading to a scrimmage. The ease against Sinclair was dismissed and a prohibition order was issued against Jon-s. l'he charge against Robert Hogg, of supply, ing a prohibited person with liquor, was further adjourned to January 15th. The judges of implements and at the recent Canterbury A. aud P. Society's show offered a gold medal for the maohine, which, in their opinion, "shows the greiteat expenditure if thought and workmanship, calculated to provide the farmer with now and improved machinery, such improvements to have been effected within the previous year, competing impleuients to be subject to trial if required." l'he gold medal has this year been awarded to Messrs Cooper and Nephews' " Little Wonder •'sheep shearing machine, which attracted great attention at the late Ctntnrbury show. These m .chines m»y be obtained from the New Zealand Loau and . Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd. The annual ooncart and soiree in con- I iiection with the Trinity Iresbyterian I Church, Cambridge, was held at the | Alexandra Hall last evening. About 150 persons sat down to tea, the eight tables be- j lug presided over by the following ladies: j Mesdamos llopkirk and Taylor,Mrs Atkinson I and Miss Young, Mrs 11. Ferguson aud Mrs j Christie, Mrs Robert.- and Miss Nina Young, Mrs Watt and Miss Russell, Mrs Perkins and MUs Dean, Mrs Wallisund Miss Nial, Mrs John Fisher and Miss Walliii. There was a large attendance at j tiie concert, whefe EuCi't and appropriate! addresses were given by the Revs. Ja. (i„i» and bmellie (Presbyterian), Ven. Arch- ' daacon Willis and the Rev. J. Fus.-ell (St. Andrew's Anglican;; aud Captain Simpson (Salvati n Army), Apologies were received from Rev. W. Heck (Methodist) audseveral who had promised to take part in the tnusictl programme, owing to indisposition. The following contributed vocal and other items during the evening Solos, Madame isherwood and Mrs Sheppard; recitations, Miss liruce and Mrs' Snail. 'llie Cambridge Orchestral Sooietv, ! under the baton of Mr Edwards, rundored a number of selections. A serious shooting accident occurred at ! Parawai, neir Thames, u.t an early hour ye-terday morning, by which Mr Ralph ! uunlop, son of Mr T. A. Dunlop, ; a well-known mine manager, was seriously injured, says the Star's local | correspondent. It was the intention of a party, of which Mr Dunl' p was to form ; oue, to vioit Pu:iri at dawn to go deer- ! stalking. Mr Dunlop intended to use a magazine rifi-j, which contained eleven i cartridges. IT: was cautioned about the j use of the rifle, but, as he had used it pre. : viously for the same purp <se, he believed ] it was quite safe About 3 o'olock his sister heard a shot from the bedroom, and, calling assistance, found Mr Dunlop, partly dressed, with a bullet wound through his light lung. The bullot hud entered his uhett and come out at tit Moulder and passed through the wall of the dining room. Medical assmtauce wis secured aud tb« eulierer conveyed to tlie hospital, where he lies in a dangerous Condition. How the accident occurred there is no d-diaitu statement made, but it is bi'lieved Mr Dunlop was cleaning the title when it exploded. The cut-; ff with which the magazine is opened and closed was op&u, so that Mr Dun'op may not have known that the rUje Lad been automatically loaded. Tents, Marquee?, Crockery, Glassware and Cutiery for hire at Tidd and Stanton's Imp rial Grocery and Confectionery Stores, iiamCton. 0 "Are you going to the Exhibition?"— seems to be the burning question of Jhe day. The question which really interests you Mr Clothes-wearer is—" Have you seen the exhibition of lovely suitings in V. window r " They are all at one price, ninety-five shillings. It will cost you nothing to locL", and it will save your money to order one, If there is nothing in the window to suit your taste, just wilk insidt) and yon will be sui' -d »t ! V. Houghton's up-to-date tailoring eatab- j iuhment Hampton. 6 i

As tho result e? a fight at White Cliffs (N.S. Wale?) Joseph Donnelly died on the sth inst. Simuel Williams, lis antagonist, also (Je rge Thomas and T! ouias Wallis, seconds, have been arretted on a charge of manslaughter. About 2000 acres of rh« T-i Mahanga estat" (compris'nj 20,288 acres). Hawke's Bay, are shortly to be cut up for ckse settlement. T Mahanga is in the list, of " excess ownnrs'" estates, its capital value bei'ig X2OU3IS and unimproved value -£l6 1,276. Owmg to the work in the Government Inspection of Machinery Department, it lias been decided to make an addition to the number of inspectors. It is proposed that a new officer to be appointed shall commence work early in January. Besides machinery inspection, he will net a- surveyor of ships, examiner of marine engineers, and examiner of land stationary, winding, traction and locomotive engine-drivers. A further development took place yesterday atternoon in the recent alleged illegal operation case at Palmerston JNi rth, when the police arrested John Moughon on a charge of having on or about July last unlawfully usi d an instrument on the late Agnes M iigban, with intent to procure a miscarriage Accu«e'l was br ught before ■he stipendiary magistrate, and, on the application of the police, was remanded till the 22nd inst. An application for bail was refused. It is w rth noting that the late Mr W. J. Inglis (says the Gore Standard) was tho first person in the colony to undertake the preservation of rabbit circases for expoit purposes. This wis at Woodlands, long before it was thought that the übiquitous rabbit could be turned to profitable account. Mr Inglis, after lengthy experimenting, produced an article which spuedily became a much-sought luxury at Home, besides which the treatment did more to reduce the pest than any other methods that had previously been devised. Fraudulent practices with the tags of hemp bales have in the past been uncheckable; but an invention for which Mr J. D. McLaurin, of l'ohangina, is applying for patent rights should put a stop to them (says the Herald). Mr McLaurin proposes an instrument somewhat in the form of a grain-tester, which is to be hollow, and fitted with a piston, the idea being to force the instrument into the bale, and by mesns of the piston eject into the middle of the bale the necessary certificate. The c'ouds that fill the air during hot days at Chiistchureh while the nor'-wester is blowing have been dignified by the formation of a Dust Abatement Committee. I'hisisa committee set up by the Cnristchurcb Tramway Board. It has invited members of lecil bodies to meet in conference to discuss ways and means of properly watering the whole roadway on tramway routes. A suggestion mentioned iu the Post the other day has been adopted. A tire engine has been stationed by the river in front of the Exhibition Buildings, and water carts can now be quickly filled. A seventeen year old girl has worked her way up from Waimate to Masterton under unusual circumstances. She rode a hired bicycle from Timaru to Christchurch, and sold the machine at Christchurch, ciming on to Wellington with the proceeds. Later she put in two weeks at Taihape as a domestic, but returned to Wellington, where she appears to have done nothing in part cular for some time. Walking to the llutt, she adopted an old expedient, and hiring a bicycle rode over the Rimutakas to Masterton. She was endeavouring to dispose of the machine wheu at rested for vagrancy. The girl, who has beeu seven months away from i ome, was remanded to the Wellington Receiving Home, pending enquiries. A number of Christchurch hotel-keepers, in anticipation of the expected rush to the Exhibition, had erected tents on the ground to accomm jdate the overflow, and a fairly brisk trade wa3 done by one or two of the Ucil fiims in supplying blankets for these beds, wlii b, with a very few exceptions, have as yet not been occupied. " I placed orders for about tour hundred pairs of blankets for this purpose," said the representative of one firm, in the course of a conversation, " and I do not suppose more than adiZ'D of them have been usei. In s >me cases, in which the orders were not filbd immediately they were canceller" Just now the blanket trade is very weak, and the subject is a very tender oue with more than one overstocked boniface. The people of Great Britain are probably the world's greatest consumers of "p»tant medicines.'' The pills which Englishmen and Scotsmen shallow annual y, and the other secret physics which they patronise, add one-third of a million sterling to the national income, and supply a striking page in the report ot the Commissioners of lulaud Revenue. The money comes to the State from the stamps that are affixed to those articUs of uiercnandise. During the year ended March 3lst la3t this source brought in £32-1,112. The duty on a box of pills selling for Is is lid, and the duty on a half-orown bottle of syrup is 3d. From these data it would seem that the people of England and Scotland spend something like .£2,500,000 a year on patent medicines a vast expenditure oertainly, which suggests that indigestion is a national characteristic. The Wairarapa News reprts that Irai j te \V liaite and Tom Williams were each fined j62 and If; 3d costs at the Greytown i Cjurt for supplying Maori women with J wine at the pa at Papawai. It appears ' that the woman tokungi was at the pa, j and certain ceremonies of a more or less | religious character were being performed, j and tho wiue was u-od as part of the Maori | rite. The Magistrate spoke to the defenI dants as to the absurdity of the Maori j tohunga bwiug able to cure all ills, and j made the fine the ciiuimum. After the case was over the Maoris argued, why j should the Maori minister (Rev. Mr Williams) be able to administer wine and these two not? I n the circumstances, tfey say, they will not allow the Rev. Mr Williams to administer wine in the Stcrament at j the pa in future. Further charges were preferred against I Walter M. Maxwell, lately a storekteper at Cambridge, at the Auckland Police Court I yesterday. The first charge was that he ; did on tho 17th of February, 100t, with j intent to defraud John Burns and C >., | Ltd, by a false pretence, to wit, a repreI sentation that he had the sum of X6UUU jto his credit in the hands of Lloyds, ! Ltd., bankers, London, obtain from ; the said John Burns and Co., Ltd,, j certaiu stock in trade of a business. I j Mr Mays prosecuted on behalf of the I Crown, and iu op»niug said Maxwell ar- I rived in Auckland iu December, 1!I03, j 1 and got in touch with Wright, after- ! wards one of the partners iu the <.,).<\K. | Stores. Maxwell represented to Messrs I John Hums and CV, that ho hid in j Lloy l's Bmk, Lond >n, offering to make a j statutory declaration to that effect. Ily j that means be obtained partnership iu the <> i.'.E. Stores. A quantity of evid-noe was hoard and accused .vts committed for trial. The despatub of stud sheep from Dunedin to the Argentine cont'uu s. A wellknown city firm are now trying to work up a regulir business in this line, and there are indications that th.»y wdl suocsed Ic seems that "ew Zealand sheep, not being artificially fed, can got ou better on the I pampas than Euglish-bred shetp. The' export to Australia for stu 1 purposes ia ! also on tho increase, and quite a number < f j small lots have gone within the las', month. ! Speaking of this recently one exporter : said —" About two ysirs ago there used to be a greit demand for Shropshire I sheep for crossing with Australian I merinos bijt latterly the orders are ! for Eng'ish Leicesters, a few Border lei- j cesters being sometimes asked for. The i reason for the demand is that it has been 1 found that English Leioesters, cro -sed with i merinos, give the ideal freezing sheep. '• Will it make any difference to the New Zealand frozen meat trade?" asked the reporter. " Yes, in course of time it undoubtedly will," was the reply. "At present the frozen meat industry in places j like tho Darling Downs is in its infancy, and they are just beginning to discover the j most suitable crosses, but they are getting ! on. At oue time all the orders received I here used to be for stud rams, but now now there are plenty of orders for ewes, : showing that the squatters on the other j side a.e statLing extensive studs of their own," LONG WINDED SEPARATORS. When separator agents offer special iu- | ducements in t ie way of extended terms i and coupons to eutico dairy farmers into i purchasing, they are relying on the term< | selling the machine, not its own merits. ' " Alfa-Laval " sepaiatior buyers do not leu:re long terms of payment, their savings ! over in.itatiio; separators are so much greater that they oaru 11.ou' own c .st twicj ! over in a season. A visit to our stand at ! the International Exhibition will convince you that the " Alfa-Laval" has no rivals. Catalogues free. Sole New Zealand agents, Mason, Struthers and Co., Ltd., Auckland, Paliuevstoz: North and Christchuroh, A SUCCESSFUL STRIKE Against luag troubles can be engineered ; by Dr. Sheldou's New Discovery for Coughs, j Colds, • and Consumption. Price Is odaud 3s. Obtainable at Green and Cole* j broo£, Ltd., and branch st <res ; Thomas j V,Cambridge j G. M. V. Ahier, Te Awamutu, ana T, H, Chapman, Kibikiki,