LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8061, 21 November 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Messrs W. C. Davis and Co have an in foresting replace advertisement in thi, issue.

Sc Andrew's Day (isOtb of November) will be observed as a (J ivernm-jnt and Bank holiday through .ut the colony.

The sum of £3OOO voted by Parliament last session for sub.-idie< to public libraries will ba distributed on b:h Fehurary. Claims must be sjnt in by 28 h January, The total estimated population of the colony on Septemb t 30ih, was 'J07,l A3, including 17,731 Mioris, and 12,311 in the Cook and other islands. The nut increise during the September 'fiarter was 5701.

A New York cablegram s iys . District Attorney Jerome reports that there are no State laws that render it p'.Bible to prosi cute cri inn*lly tho clliouls of thMutual Insurance Company of New York for tho praetic-is complained of by th" Parliam'ntary Ootninn-iori that reported seme time ago. Twelve of the '.•'> workmen's homes at PetoLe havo lio.v boon let, and several others applied for. Of tbos.' already take i three are of the " bungalow " typo which came in for so much criticism fir varii ureasons. 'Two of that description are among the balanOd still unoccupied. It ib expected that all the housei will be taken before the end of the year. The Dunlop motor reliability c utest which took plar.o in Victoria, extending over six days, has been completed. Mr O. Camphius, with a 12 horsepower Darracq car, oovered 1011 miles iu 40 hours 3fj minutes and won. 'The chief iciications of the contest were that low horse-power cars are more suitable than cars for th<. roads, and that in many instances tt»OW i.sr; built for the perfect roads of Europe were too I'gi.t for use iu the c >lonies. Kr .1 McLeod, Chairman of the Auckland Hospital Board, statel tint the institution had never been so full before as at tl e present time. It was suppled t i accommodate 17'.' patient-, but tnere w re now 100. Sjme of the patients had been sleeping ou the table-. If the hospit d were not in go d odour at one time it was in good odour now. " When was tho hospital not in k""1 odour r'' 'in-iried Mr Bruce, who i/liVl that on oi u occasion the number of had reaobar! Jill.

Agitation for the opnmng oi L.'uv'n of the National liank here (says the l;awiiia S ttlor) has boon going i n for s ime mouths pat. but Si far without result. Trie manager -j f the Marokopa Milling Company (Mr Too.aat! I has written to the Bink on the mittur, i-ugge ting that a fortnightly visit be arranged, and a reply is expected next week. There is a opening here for a financial institution, and it is difficult to understand why the opportunity has been neglected so long. 'The Bant of New Zealand have held a seoti >n in tleiuaiu »tre,t here for over 23 the same having b,eu giit: based by them at a fabulous price. It is rep rUd that a strong eornptuy hau procured the right of putting in a line of rail from Kakahi to connect with Lake Taupo, within a period of seven years. 'The line v/iil traverse a vast area of valuable timi.er liiiid, ind it is said will connect with tho Taupo Comoany's bush, which is already connected by rail with the Rotorua lino at Putararu. If carried out, this connection will doubtless he used as another tourist route between the thermal regions and the Main 'Trunk line. Kakahi is very close to the Wanganui River, and with such a conneot : ng link between the river and the thermal regions chu through trip should become very popular.

Speaking of the Te Arotastraffto bridge, thoTeAr.ha News 6ays:—lt should i,, renierub;red that the fictof the ThamesWaikato road running for some distince along the ralway, U no argument in favour of placing the new tmill ■ hridgv close to the railway bridge, livery horseowner knows that the mere fact of being on n bri4n9 under which w*tor is running throws many ii'.re..- ; nto a nervous state and the rumbling ox a iraiu oii a bridge in c'ose pr.ixiunty w>,uld just suj.cioul iiudiciouaj fright V ciu-o t'fo'iuu'nt trouble. So uiauy iolUer* wjvesdrivbinto To Aroha that smne Ct,u*ide r iii,,u should be g veil to lii'Ui, not forgetting ftl liesame time that startled huroett on a narrow bridge are also more or less of a d ingur 11 any pelebtrians who may happen to be near. A railway train rumbling over a wooden bridge makes far more noi.lo, and is, therbforo, more dilquietiog to horse f han the dame train when moving on solid grouuu. prevent '/)•;..ro\ni:\rv. Chamberlain's'toaiach and ..iv\.r 'lablets will brace up tho ner ei, banish B'.c. headache?, prevent despondency, and in vigorate the whole systea. Much easier lo take than piils. )• ir gale ,-y W. h .v. Hamilton; Tho<i. Wells, Cambridge-; :~v, M. A. Abler, le Av.unutu; iiruun and C-'llsbrook, Ngaruawahia; Co.Jii. Dallas Taauu>i>i.nm; T. H, Cnapruan, Kinikibi,

According to a well-known Hamilton resident the temperature at I p.m yestetI day was 106 in the s;n and 72 in tlio j Bhado.

Mr W. A.. Gosling, land agent, Franklin, adverti-es properties tor sale 'n tionally msy terms, also a dairy firm as a going concern.

On Friday at Ngaruawahia the New 7j -aland Loan and Mercantile Ag.ncy Co. will hold their usuil monthly sh. Steer and cow beef, forward stee'S ai.d "attle will b3 y>r led in fair numbers. The sale starts at 11 o'clock.

There is every promise that the Hamilton II rtiriltursl Society's which will he held in f-t Peter's ?cho dronm to-morrow, will be very successful. The Show will be opened at 2 p.m, and will remain op n during the evening. Mr Lippiat, thi> wellknown Otabuhn r >se grower, has entered a fine extvb'r, which should prove a strong feature of that section.

The Etham correspondent of a Tiiranaki paper says :—Tho farmers round thi-= district h ive gone in largely for pig rosing, and the wisdom of their action is apparent At the local auction mart, on Saturday, pigs were reiliainpr prices that must hare gone over (id per lb. The competition by buyers is keen, and this looks hard for the bacon factories.

A girl, six years old, named Ettie Willets, a daughter of Mr Walter Willeta, of the Thames, was severely burnt yesterday morning. The child was playing with matches in the yard, and by some means her clothing became ignited, and she received very severe injuries to her chest, face and arms. She was removed to the hospital, where she lies in a critical condition.

We would remind tli/se intere-ted of Messrs McNicol and Co.'s monthly II unilton sale to-morrow, when they will have a particularly large entry of fat and store cattle and sheep, also a number of pedigree Berkshire pigs. At Waihou on Friday tiie lirm will havo a full yarding of all classes of cattle. Full particulars of both sales will be found in McN'icil and Co.'s c >lumn.

As proof that the extortionate charges made by some persons connected with the New Zealand Exhibition are driving visitors away, it is stated (say ; the Lyttelt >n Times) t hat a party of adi /.nn young men who came to Christchurch from the North L-!and, were so disgusted at the 110-cing to which they w-re subject°d. that they cut short their visit and returned to Wellington by Saturday night's steamer.

At the Supreme Court at Auckland yesterday a lad named Walter EicharrJ Webb, aged 10 years, was sent to gaol for ino year tor forcing the name of Edward Mahony to a cheque for XS'M. His Honor s kid he could not admit accused to probation for several reas.m3. tie could only send him to prison, lie had no doubt the gaoler would do all he could to keep him from contact with Hardened olLadors in a hope th.it reform would follow.

The first match for the "Bond "Stars will be pliyad on the Hamilton Bowling Club's green this afternoon, when the President, Mr R. F. Saades, will defend. His teim will consist of Messrs Darke, O'Neill, Sandes and Varney (-kip). Tne challenger is Mr G. Hateman, wno will play Messrs Jones, Beaven, Bitetnan, and Pearson (skip). Several matches in the first round of the first year players' singles will be also played.

Mr Rice, the Canadian Commissioner, C insiders that the Exhibition is a marvellous affair for u small olony like Now Zealand. It is, he says, a magnificent and wonderful di-play of tee c dony's industries and resourcs. He states that his Oovercm'nt is not anxious to encourage settierß to leave this colony for the Dominion, and tht\ efore he is not poshing the md question at tiie Exhibition. He thinks th it pep ein a grand country like New Zealand would hrdiy better them-selvi-s by emigrating to Canada to take upland. He will du it leave it, lie says, it he were a settler here. A meeting of thos.) interested in the formation of the Farmers' Auctioneering Company was hold in the Springs Hotel, Wamgaro, on Monday night. Messrs Joseph H irugh and Allen Bell were present for the purpose of explaining the detaiis of tho proposal. As has happened in other districts, there was a considerable amount >f misunderstanding with regard to taking over Messrs McNicol and Co's business, ! ut this having been cleired up the movement met with the most enthusiastic support, all present considering that the proposal was in the best interests of the farmers. A large number of shares were taken up, and several farmers offered to double their contribution should it be necessary. Everything now pjints to the dotation of the Company being entirely successful. In answer to the invitations for competitive designs for the 10.-idential college to be erected for the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand, the oommrttt« received 20 lesigus (says the Oiago Daily 'Times). After careful consideration the cjiumittee awarded first pr.ze (£150) to Mr W, G. Voting, Wellington j second prize (£7ii) to Mr.l. L. Salmond, Uunedin; third .pr./.e (.£SO; to Mr J. Buru-ide, Duuelin ; and highly commeudei Mr Cooper's design. The committee has arranged that M. ssrs Vouug and Saluiond together should earr., out the work accordiug to the plans sent mby Mr Young. In the part of the college to be erected immediately, aco immolation will be provided for ail tho theological classes, also rooms for 30 students. In addition to the theological students, the committe hi pes that the s'udouts of the other fioulitios at tho University will reside at the college.

" 'The man is one of several hundreds who night to have btou arrested.'' 'This comment of the prosecuting police sergeant was applied to a young well-dressed man named Edward Harold Nolan, who appe.tr•id before the Auckland Magistrate's Court charged with threatening behaviour during the recent tramway strike. Counsel for the defence said his client was among tho excited persons, lie had had several dunks during the diy, and allowed his feelings to go too far with the conductors and motormen. Firtun«te!y nohirmwas done by defendant's be,iaviour. Sergeant Hendry, who pioaecutod, and who ar-ri-st'd N dan, explaine 1 that the threitening behavj ur consisted of cilling out "pull him ufl" (referring to a inotoruim on a cir). Defendant did nut ereite a disturbance, but had to crowd followed his advice a serious disturbance mi_;ht have taken place. Defendant was tiuel 20s and costs.

'Two unforo-een consequence! of the < shipping v/ar are beginning to loom up. !he direct liner.--, wh eh hive in the past endeavoured to compete successfully against lin-'S burning Newcastle oil, may shortly have to consider future action in this respe t. Hitherto the direct linos have pud coal lobs for N'ew Zealan 1 c lal, wbuj. IS r".ore tnan twice as dear as tho Newcastle Tho position now ii that those iincs arc being fortvi tc cast ' a favourable eye on Newoistle, and in) cases where the steamers uau alfirl the ■ time th y may n quire to go to Newcastle i to fill their bunkers, Toe Matnan went : last .he ethsr pint is that the p.esent " cut rates ;,-'o no; suii'cient to I maintain, or at all events io renew, the brilliant ml «iu« iu which the public havo ! been ac.UolomoU Lo Uivel. OUe 8,000 ton ■ liuer winch w.ts recently repaired after a wool tire has ha I tlie salo >n cut out of bcr altogether. The injustices which have , be-n nuHpuO. cu th iiirect liners in the past are beginning 'to mu a th ur.selves felt iD a way not benetjeiui to tho eolouy. Writing of the Argentine, tho specal ■ commissioner of the) London Daily Mail, says:— "The cjuotry has enormous potentialities of wealth. Everyone seems to make !.:uch money, but life is sordid and unattractive, uivicg is frightfully expen- j sivo. No young man com. without ! a billet, unleso he has technical education and can speak Spanish. There aro plenty i ot billets for English engineers so qualitied. English and colonial papers go into raptures over the prosperity, great- : nase and magnincenoo of the Ar- j gentiue Republic, and never mention the prohibitive drawbacks awaiting lirituh immigrants. The natural constiiiiencn i- thai every ofici with an English name, and even Uovernuicnt ■ iKoes where! Knglishmeo are knowu to be, are Ho ided : with men recently arrived from Siuth I Africa, Australia or New /, 'aland—besides ! a fair c mtingout fr im England it>selt—.ill i asking for work, and, more otteii tlian nut, ! for temp irary pecuniary assistance. Nobody wants such men anywhere, in town

0, country. They caunot xpo.ik Spiui-h | and are useless, Lor really is there Work such as they waul for tbtsiii „u ilj." Wit!, lb" high price ol now season's fruit, thrifty housijwi >.s will bud it particularly advantageous to place tin ir orders for Xmaa Cikea (plain or i< ed) with ] lid 1 and Stanton, high-class confectioners, Hamilton, ti j "Are you going to the Exhibition ?" seems to be the burning question of the j day. The question which really interests! you Mr Clothes-wearer is—" Have you seen j the exhibition of lovely suitings in V. 1 iZoU(ruton'« windor. r 1 ' l'bey are all at one p.ice, ni;:et) the shillings. It will ejulyi.u nothiLg tc .o-1.. i.zd it will save your meany to order ne. h thofe .j no thicg 111 the window to suit your taste ju-o v- li; end you v.ill bo suited at V. Hough ton's up to-diiU U-loria n - eatab iiohmeui, Uamtlcon, & I

Mr P. E. Smith, architect, advertises that tenders for a building in Hood-street clou p.t his ofii :o on Tuesday, 29th inst.

A warning is uttered by the " Practit:oiL'r" against the dangers of the strenuous life:—" It is good to be strenuous, but. it i- a'so good, as the popt tells us, to p'ay the fool, or, at any rate, be idle at the risfht time and in the right way. This is just what the strenuous man forgets, and tin ronsequtnee is too oft'-n prematura breakdown—i common event in (ho storm and stress of molern life. The itrenuous life is helping to overcrowd cur asylums. Things are worie in America, where nervous, breakdown has come Drank as a national disease. We need to learn the incalculable value of rest."

The successor of the murdered Papakiio schoolmaster writes to a friend that the late teacher evidently was a mechanic il genius. All the were fitted on rollers, and could be pulled up and down as blinds. The blackboards *ere hung on hinges, and beh ; nd one of these was a telephone, at which he could hear anything that wis said in eitl or porch. The school is beautifully decorated in the irside. Another ingenious contrivance is a clock fitted up to ring a bell atlUo.ll, 12, 1 and 3.30. The school garden is in spleudid condition ; and last of all comes the pride of the district—a fife and drum ban!, containing about sixteen instruments, all of which are played by the school children, girls as well as boys. "

At the Dunedin police court yesterday, William Ward, a member of the Fchool Cimniittee, wai charged with insulting George Albert Hansord, teacher at the Otakou school and with unlawfully and wilfully di-turbiug the school. Maori ard European children attend this school and there had been a tangi which Ward attended. Next morning the teacher found him in ibe school under the influence of drink, with his clothes disarranged. As Ward said he was present to " inspect the school," the teacher did not feel justiSod in ejecting him. lie remained in the sc"h< ol all d:iy, sitting in the master's chair, makbg occasional remarks and refreshing himself with whisky, and smoking until he dropped oil to sleep. Mr H. J. Widdow-on, S.M.. said it would have been better policy on Mr Hansord's part to have obtained assistance and put Ward out. He pointed out that no individual had the right to exercise the collective power of the committee. The defendant was not fit to be a member of a school committee. A fine of £1 and £{ fis 6d costs was imposed. Thomas lioyne, another committeeman, was charged with hiving assaulted the teacher over an alleged grievance ia his daughter being sent homu for not working, lie was fined £1 and £1 costs.