LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8060, 19 November 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

—— ♦ Careful enquiry is being made by the postal authorities as to the p >ssibility of utilising niotor-cus for the delivery of mails. According to Inspector Macdonnell, the way prohibited men are supplied with drink in Napier by other people is nothing -liort of scandalous. Wellington hotelkeepers atate that it is ten jears since the bars disposed of •o muoh quinine as they are now selling. This is due to the epidttnic of influenza. The Pulmerston North Borough Council is applying to Mr Carnegie for i)lo,uuo for a reading room and library. The Manawatu I'iines terms the proposal " The Crawl to Carnegie." On Thursday next 22nd inst., in the Hamilton Borough yards, McNicol and Co. will sulimit a large yarding of stock ; am.ngst the cattle are 120 head of god beef, 75 fresh 3J-year-old steer?, 80 'juiet well-bred 2-year-old empty heifers, and several lines of young cattle, yuo fat sheep and full) 156 good pigs. On the following day at the Waihou yards tiie firm will offer 800 bead of cattle, SO head of beef and 500 yearlings being hui mgst tho lot. The New Zaaland Loan and Mercantile Agency Company hold an important sa'o at Ohaupo to-morrow. Tne hulls entered are a very choice lot and well worth inspection. Mr C. P, Reid's herd of pure-bred cattle are in splendid condition and spirited cjuipeti tion is assured for the different lines. In addition to the above Btuck over 1000 head of cattle will be offered, oiupr sing grown | bullocks in very fresh condition and one to three-year-old cittlo of both sexes. The sale starts at 12 o'clock sharp. Drer seem to be eicceeedingly plentiful in the South Wairarapa, and to be causing considerable damage to cropi (says the Now Zealand Times). At the same time, a local landowner reports that heads are going off, owing, he says, to the want of new blood, lie thinks tint the Acolimatisatiou Society c>uld get plenty of calves caught if it oftetva a ai,iti£lp K onus to tie Maoris, so that the stocking of the Tara ruas. where tho deer wou.d have a bouud- | less field, might go ahoad. Owing to tho entries for the llimilton : Hort '-ultural Society's show this year being em ill. it his b en decided to hold the show iu Si. Peter's, Bcuoc]r;oi r . instead of in the Town Hall as in previous yoai's. It is hoped that Auckland gardeners will b* represented by displays of roses and other flowers. The vegetable, woodcarving, and bittiod fruit ulassos have been eliminate' from this year's schedule. Too show will be held on Thursday afternoon aud evening, when it is hoped there will be a large attendance. No entry tee a ill ho charged for flowers exhibited l>y children, and entries in these olassesshou d i be at the schoolroom on Wednesday afternoon. The question of providuif tion for a pharmacy schoo 1 in coaneuicv with the proposed new University College at Auckland was mentioned to the Minis ter for Education (the Hou. G. Fowlds) by a deputation from the Northern Pharmac Association on Friday. Mr P. M. Mackay, who introduced the matter, said that Professors Brown and Thomas had signified their willingness to give lectures on ohemistry and botany respectively, und with another lecturer for materia medici and practical and theoretical pharmacy, provision could be made for phar maceutical students, if the accommodation was available. Tho Minister said the j question would be borne in mind, but it was, he said, largely a matter for the oonI e'deration of the I. uivoisjty College | authorities. With the lii;;h price of new season's | fruit, thrifty housewives will find it particularly advantageous to place thuir I orders f>r > mas oakes (plain or iced) with ■ Tidd and Stanton, confectioners Hamilton. b "Are you going to the Exhibition K"- - fueuis to be the burning question of tho 1 day. The question which really interests you Mr Clothes-wearer is—" Have you seen the exhibition of lovely suitings in V. Houghton's window ? " They are all at I one price, ninety-five shillings. It will lost you nothing to look, and it will save i your money to order one. If thore is nothing in the window to suit your taste \ just walk inside and you will be suited at j V. Houghton's up-to-date tailoring estabi lishment, Hamilton. 6 YOU CANNOT FEEL GOOD When your digestion is out of order. Dr. I Sheldon's Digestive Tabules digest what ycu eat, thereby curing the cause of your indij gestion. Obtainable at Green and ''olebr.iok, Ltd., and branch stores; k'nomas Wells, C-ioihridgo; Gf. M. & Te Awttsutc i';Ud T. H. Chapman, ■ Kihuuti.

The prospectus of the Wellington Publishing Company with a capital of X 100,000 has been filed with the registrar of joint stock companies. It is understood the inten'ionis to establish a new morning paper in Wellington. A blight ia reported to have at'acked onions in p its of larauaki. In some ca=«s the plants whsn young wither right off, while iu o;he:8 the on ons are alocted after ih-y Invo ripauud, aud decßy in a ve y short timo. The ''A " .Squadron of th-: 2nd Regiment ef Auckland Mounted Rities held a mounted parade on the CLudelands showgrounds on Saturday afttrnoon, when a fail muster paraded under Li ut nants Raynes and Bart n. Staff Sergeant-Major Rugt'rs was in attendance. In the evening a dismounted pirade was held. Some Christchurch scientists made a novel expedition during last week, when they ascended the steep sides of Mount Torl-sse to a height of about 4000 ft, to secure two splendid specimens of "vegetable sheep," which are now in the natural history section of the Exhibition. One of I the plants weighs a huud-edweight and ahalf. Ihe party included: Dr. L. Cockayne, Mr Waits (curator of the Canterbury Mußeum), Mr W. Cloudesley (of Springfield), and four others. The expedition proved very arduous. The recognised mode of carrying " vegetable sheep " is en a litter formed of two beech poles, with a sack nailed across them, after the manner of an ambulance stretcher. One man supports the litter at eajh end, while another holds the plant in place to prevent it slipping. Mr Cloudesley, who had had previous experience in securing one of these remarkable plants for the Munich Museum, virtually directed the operations, and with much labour it took five hours to get the plants to the foot of the mountain. THE LITiSST AND THE BEST Remedy for Cho3t Complaints is Dr. Sheldon's New Discovery for Coughs, Colds, and Consumption. It cures when all else fails. Trice, Is 6d anil 3i. Obtainable at Green aud Colebrook, Ltd., and branch stores; Thomas Wells, Cambridge; G. M. A. Ahier, Te A wamutu, and T. 11. Chapman, Kihikibi.