LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8057, 15 November 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape people are moving in the dire:: tion of establishing a hospital in their t iwnship. At the Cambridge Borough Council Yards to-morrow, Messrs McNicol and Co uold their month'y stock sale, and wil' oiler 3UO head of cattle. During the moith of October the EU tharn Dairy Company mado 80 tons < f butter, and will alvanoe for butterfat ii7l-0 (says the Ar o us) The figured f r the correspotding month of last year were I 71J torn butter made and advances £oHSi'. I The season is proving bigger even tli n j anticipated, and the factory and several j creameries will, during the next few weeks i be taxed to their utmost capacity. i The Premier has accepted the position of president of the Navy League for New I I Zealand. Iu a letter to Mr 11. E. IJannehr, I | acting-secretary of l he league, bir Joseph j Ward says that the objects of the league | have his earnest sympathy. The active j co-operation of the various leagues | throughout the Empire is, he consider?, i most necossary tu foster and maintain those feelings of loyalty and patriotism so ( vital to the unity and welfare of thi> [ British Empire. "Are you going to the Exhibition P ; seems to be the burung question of the i (lay. The question which really inter ;ts you Mr Clothes-wearar is—" Have you seen the exhibition of lovely suitings in V. 1 Houghton's window r" They are all at ; one price, ninety five shillings. It wil! cost you nothing to look, and it will save y ur money to order < ne. It ther« is n' tiling in tho window to suit ta°tf just W'.lk inside and you will he suited at j V. Houghton's up-to-date tailoring estab i liohiueut, Hamilton. 6 '

J Volunteers are reminded that the A | Squadron will parade mounted at 1.30 on Saturday, November 17ih, and dismounted at 7 30 p.m. on same date, The Church parade called for Sunday, the 18th inst. is ! unavoidably cancelled. | At Te Awamutu on Saturday the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. I I will hold their usual stock sal-. There | will be a good yarding of yoniig ca.tle and j pi us ftii we 1 as luach aery and sundries. I | I'he sale will start a 12 o'clock sharp. The hi'iky drawer of the ,£2OtU dividend i on fiie New /, aland Cup and Stowar-ls J j Handicap "double." Star K >se and Captain Shann n, was, siys the Tarnnaki Herald, Mr J. Ileslop of Okaiawa. Before j the races wero decided ho presented a ha'f interest in the ticket to Mr McL'Dowie, junior. It is staged that Auckland and Wellingten will be visited by several foreign warships next year. A Japauese flying squadron, under the command of a distinguished neval officer who rendered brilliant service in the late war with Russia, is expected to reach colonial waters in August next. The third series of the Hamilton Progressive Euchre Party was held in Messrs Tidd and Stanton's rooms last evening. Mrs A. H. Adams scored the highest points for the Indies, and Mr T. Barton for the gentlemen. The catering was very suo-cs-fully carried out by Messrs Tidd and Stanton. The last of the secies will be held on the 28th inst. A sample of brevity in reporting was given in the Press a few days ago, quoted from a northern paper. Here is a better example. In or about 186!) the Wellington correspondent of the Westport 7 imes thus telegraphed the close of the Parliaments y session:—Parliament prorogued. Speech delivered. Nothing in it." This is reminiscent of the famous " Feilding is calm" meesage sent out from that town on the occasion of the relief of Mafeking. Mild excitement was caused at Katikati on Monday by the disappearat cj of a boy about seven years of age, the son of Mr Henry Foley (says the Star). The boy was missed from home about 7 a.m., and was not found until 1 p.m., a large extent of country having been sooured in thats interval by the boys' relatives and their friends. Fortunately at the hour stated the missing boy was discovered not much the worse for his outing. It is interesting to note that the old Maori warrior, lierai Te P.iniu, after whom the Palmerston Post Office clock was christened on King's Birthday, is the last of the old men of the Rangitane tribe. The veteran, despite his load of over a hundred years, walked all the way from Awapuni to Palmerston to be present at the starting of the clock, but unfortunately arrived just as the csremony was concluded .(says the Standard). Provided the weather is favourable, there should ba a large crowd in Hamilton on Siturdsy for the Druids' gala day. Two special trains will run from Waihi and intermedial stations, arriving at H»milton at 11.5 a.m. and 11.50 a.m. On arrival of the first train there will be a grand Druidic procession to Claudelauds, where the sports are to be held. The procession wid be headed by the Hamilton Band, and it is probable a large number of Druids will march to the grounds. The Bports will oimmenceat one o'olock, and there will also be a large number of races for the children. The causo of the poverty which led to the granting of out-door relief to heads of families are given in the table attached to the report of the Inspector-General of Charitable Institutions for the la-t finan cial year. The chief c-iuse was " No male support" (widows and mothers ot illegitimate children), of which there were 203 Cases; sickness was responsible in 257 cases ; 225 were due to old age; 149 1 to lick of employment of able-bodied per--1 sons; 10G to accident; no less than 70 to desertion of breadwinner; and 15 to shiftlessnoss. f The'l'aranaki Oil and Freehold Company held i.s tirst statutory meeting on Friday. I'he report showed that 12,000 .£1 shares " had been allotted out of jCIo.OU, the au--1 thorised cipital. The directors hoped soon to enter into a coutraot with au Australian firm, and that in a few mouths boring operations would bs commenced on 1 the compiny'a freehold at Vogeltown, .1 Messrs Corkill, Jones, Brown, Jennings • and Skinner were re-elected directors, and £IOO was voted as an honorarium to ) the chairman for the ensuing year's Work. 1 The proposed Masukau Canal scheme t. was referred to at the meeting of the . Auckland Harbour Board on Tuesday (says the Herald) when a telegram was u lead from the Lyttelton H-.rfcour Board ii asking if the Board was prepaie l to j jin u with the Lytte:tou Board in securing the services of au expert to visit the colony and report on the Manukau Canal scheme J and the Christchurch proposal, the ex. ) penses to be divided. The secretary re- . ported that by direction of the ohairman he had replied tlut the Board had nothing to do with with the Manuktu Canal, but referred the Lyttelton Board to the secretary of the local Canal Company. The case in which Percy Breunan, a storekeeper in the employment of the Auckland - Harbour Board, reported some weeks ago a r robbery from liimseif and a subsequent , burglary at the store of which he was in charge, was referred to at the Harb>ur 1 Board meeting oa'j'uesd.iy. Tue Cjiumiti tee of the B iard reported that they had [ c msilered the rep.rt submi'.t d by Bren nan on the burg'ary, aud tho solicitor's opinion thereupon, aud recommended 1 " That Storekeeper Bronnan be suspended, ■ and this committee ricommend that his . services be dispensed with, wavjos to be paid to date when suspended, and that Assist- ' ant-Storekeeper King be appointed to take i charge in shed at ijuay-str.et, in place of , Bronnan.'' The recommendation was , adopted. In connection with the International [ Exhibition, a gold medal aud ti ty guineas, a silwr medal and twouty-tivo guineas, and a broil/1 modal aud ton guineas will be uvarded by the Mines Department for , essays on tho present condition and future prospects of the mineral resources of No* Zealand, and the best means of fostering their devo i paiont. Injulgingthe merits of the essays preference will be given to those which are of a practical chiracter. Tne essays must be sent in to the UnderSecretary for Mines, Wellington, signed with a motto, and accompanied by a sealed envelope oonUinlny tile author's name and address, on or before Ist December, l!)uti Tue essays will bo submitted to a Board of three persons (to be hereafter appointed), on whose dec.sion the above prizes will be awarded. Tho Montgomery Co. wore at the Town Hall la it night, when a good house assembled to see the moving pictures. There was au abience of flicker, but the lightiug was iut 11 jctivo and the pictures were nther lacking in ctearuosi. "A Children's war," "A Xl-hs mirage." " A trip to the mo in," , >' The marching of the cadet-," " Fishing \ scenes" "Story of a Knife," "A Bank j robbery"' aud " S ived by "a dog" were' amongst thy popular items. Miss Ettie ; 11 irgood sang " Sicg me a aong of the I South" aud " Would you eve" illustrated! by col ored lantern slid s appropritte to ! the tuhjo :t, Mr Harry ifiomis sang] ' comic songs aud Mr E. Montgomery "'i'he ! ! man with the lad ier and the hose." Mr \V. 11. Montgomery's baritone voice was; heard successfully in"Siia!« of the Bhel- I teriug palm " au<l "The Uandalero." The ! company will appear at Cambridge this I eveiilDg. Dr. C. 0. Watson, who gave Svidenoe at the inquest on the body of Mr Adeane, . drowned at Auckland on Friday last, is enthusiastic in his praise of those who endeavoured to restore life before his arrival, ' and who assisted after his arrival on the I beach. Dr. Watson found that life was j apparently quite but he set to work and persevered with the most approved methods from 1 o'clock to 2.45, getting tho i most eager assistance from the yachtsmen ! themselves and from a number of people ' who had been drawn to the beach by the 1 news of the fatality Ladies offered their ! i haadkurchiofs aud toweiu for the apphca i tiom of hot mustard poultices, fires were lit j ou tho beach to keep up a constant supply i of hot bricks, and stones aud hot water. Dr. WatsoJ also forced braudy and medicine into tho throat of the patient, but all without hope, but all present had the natisft. ,-tion of kuowiug that everything ! possible had been done, though it had i failed to restore life. CON VINCING EXPERIENCE. | " I was badly scalded some months ago," ! writes Mrs Knight, storekeeper, Lutwyche ((.,>.), " aud after trying many remedies i gave op tho idea of their giving mo any ' relief. I uas about to call in a doctor, when I remembered Chamberlains Pais ; Balm was highly recommended for burns ! and scalds, and concluded to givo it atrial, i The way it stopped, the pain and reduced the inflammation and swelling in such a ■ short time was really magical. This exi perience convinced me that it is a splendid ' liniment, and ever ;iace I have been recommending it to mv customers and friends.'' For sale by W. Dey, HamiU too ; Thos. Wells. Cambridge; Geo. M. A, I .Ylryr, T.. .\wamutu; Oretin and Colebrooi, 1 Ngaruawama, Chas. Dallas, Tuuaiaruuui; j I T. H, Chapm&u, Kinikitn. j

Reoently a lad was killed by a train at a a street level crossing at Tirnaru, and the Borough Couuoil wrote to the Kailway Department urging that a system of warning bells should be established. In the I course of his reply, the General Manager for Railways stateu that tho Minister for | Railways was of opinion that the whistle of!he locom itive is the most effective j warning thit could be given to persons | usiug Ibvel cro-singa over the railway, ard I tne expeiimce of tho department hud : shown in every instance where an l accident (similar to that which h-ippened j recently) had occurred, it had been b - cause of the failure of the parties coni corned to exorcise that care which it whs j their duty and in their interest to do to protect their own safety. In these circumstances the Minister regretted that after giving the matter every consideration he could not see his way to adopt the Council's suggestion. In connection with the Calverden Estate which the Government has been asked to acquire, the Lyttelton Times states that the property is about 25,000 acres in area, and is easily accessible to the Cu verdenCiiristchurch railway. A large number of C interbury residents complain that young men are leaving the district and going to the North Island because they cannot get land. They say that the 66tat icm be cut up into forty properties, running from 300 ti 1500 acres each. It now carries 18,000 sheep, and they estimate that if it was well cu tivated it would carry twice as many. It is not stated that the estate consists of first-class land, but they claim that, on the who'e, it is very good country f..r close settlement. The estate, at present, is held iu trust f< r a number of young people. Some years ago a little cultivation was attempted, but recently, it is reported, hardly any work in that direction has been i ttempted. For a cup of good toa try Tidd and Stanton's Tea Rooms, Victoria - street, Hiinilton. , 6