LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8062, 22 November 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The re:ord price of £SOO a foot is being asked for a p >rti'>n of the land on Lambton (juiy, Wellington, which was swept by the recent fire.

The National Dairy Association, having the sum guarantee ! neces.-ary to > ngagu a direot representative of contributors on the London market, has decide 1 to call fur applioints for the position. The salary is fixed at JciOG p:r annum, with annual allowances if £2OO for travelling expenses, and £2OO for the oost of ollice and clerical assistance.

A lad named Brown, apprentice to 51 r James Twohill, Thames, met with au accident vhil.j doing riding exercise yesterday morning, lie sustained c incussion of the brain and a broken collar-bone au 1 was conveyed to the hospital, where he lies unconscious. His condition, though dangerous, is not believed to be critical.

The steamer Dorset, which arrived at Auckland from Liverpool on Tuesday has lot of immigrants for New Zealand, numbering about 100 men, women and children, 'l'ue steamer bad a very rough voyage out to Capetown. A few days before reiching the Sou h African p .rt a very huavy sea broke on board, and carried the chief officer and a number if sailors along the deck. The chief officer's leg was broken, the boatswain bad one of his anklei severely sprained, and the sailors met with minor injuries,

During show week in Cliristchurch (the North Otago Times is informed by a visitor) a _number of agricultural and pastoral people who were visiting the city were, for convenience salje, hvated iu a dormitory. During the night, whilst they slept soundly au agile thief iato their room and, gathering up all their clothing, carried the bundle iut > another room where he leisurely emptied the pockets of their cont nts, and then, for pure mischief, tied the legs of the trousers in knots. 'I lie thief made a good haul. He got all there was to get and left seven or eight quietgoing visitors stranded. The widespread existenoe of inlluerzi was emptiaiised in the Supreme Court yesterday morning by the announcement ttat three witnesses iu on v oase were in its grip (says the Star). Two 0; these were absent, &nd the third appeared in the box with uncomfortable fejliagc, on him and with his hearing dulled. 'lhe Crown Solicitor in ijiiestiouing him us to the prisoner's appearince when he called at the I'ukekohe Hotel asked "Had he a beard " Oh, yes,'' was the prompt re ply. "He had a boer." Mr Tole canm closer and a.ked "Did behave whiskers Vow, don't tell mi he had a whisky." ( Tnis time the witness sa* the drift 0/ thing-, r-nd Mr Tole was abl toretrtat again to a s»re Jis'iiu-e from the man with influenza. THE BALTIC PATENTS..

A great del! o| capital is sought to be made out of alleged immitationa of or'u Cream Separator by another, Wo challenge an examination of the Haiti • Separator in this respect, as the most piejudiced person must admit the evidence of his own eyes. The Baltic is built on an entirely new and improved principle throughout, and in place of imitating others, it has to-day set the standard of exoellence at such a high level that older eatalilishoi a«d less modern machines aie

cracking every smev;, i-sing every argument, and even mis-quoting tie Bib'e i„ their unsuccos.-ful efforts to keep level. The free trial we offer against all other machines is the best and fairest m-tans of verifying otir cl im of supremacy. V. rite to J. B. MuoKwau iV Co., Foit-struvt, Auckland, for particular!,,

It is staled that among 'lie visitors who departed from Ohristehurch last week were two of »n exttimely unde-irable sort, t«o smai t female pickpockets, who came from Australia to try their luck at the Exhibition. It is, of course, not known how lucky, or otherwise, they were, hut it is understood that they complained ot having been constantly ''shadowed" hi' 'l'hey are supposed to have 'eft for Melbourne.

One hundred and five ye r3 old is the wonderful record achieved by Mr Henry Hurling, who was seen reee itly by a Wellington Post r porter at his son's residence at lladfiold. The pressman could scarcely believo that the veteian was ICS years of age. llj has abundant hair and b art, there is no haggarduess in his face, and his frame is firm. The appeararce and talk of this centenarian, who has lived while four uionarclis of Knglaud have died, who was twenty years old whei the third George died, fifteen when Wellington sileuced Napoleon's ambitions, was proof of tie paradox "the oldest man is the youngest."

Yesterday a urotty wedding was celebrated in Trinity Presbyterian Church, at • 'auibridge, the c >ntracting parties being Alias Lizzie IJiiley. daughter of Mr George llailey, of Cambridge West, and Mr Bernard Veale. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. \V. 11. Heek, and the bride whs given away by tier father. The bridesmaids were the Misses Louie Bailey and Linda Veal", and the groomsmen ■Messrs Leo Garland and E. Bailey. The bride was becomingly attired in white silk, trim ued with h indsoinj lace, and wore the orthodox veil and coronet of orange blossoms, and carried a lovoly bouquet. T a bridi'smii.la dresses wero of white box muslin, over pink and bluo respectively, and they carried tioral fans very prettily designed. At the c nclusion of the ceremony, the usual dejeuner was partaken of at the bride's parents residence, after which the happy couple left for their honeymoo:i trip, which wo understand will bo spent at Rotorui. They wore the re cipients of numerous presents. We wish them every success in their new sphere of life.

The Hon. R. MoNab, in the course of bis recent speech at Wyndham, said arrangements had been m ide by the Agricultural Department by which, at the experimental station at Levin, the various forun of Ihx .vere being divided and laid out into plots, so that information about tlie tibre, r«te of growth, and what not, would be given to cultivate Ihx in the country the same as wheat, oats, lurley and rye By eliminating from the various kinds of flax to be found in the couatry those which were useless or unproductive they would ba able mote aud more to confine themselves to the best classes. " When they c >U3ider.;d th it the high production of something like 40 tons per acre of green fibre had been known by cultivation, they would see what an enormous margin was left to safeguard them in the event of any sudden drop in the market. In times of prosperity, as at present, the duty of the (iovernmeit was to collect all the information it coull get about the industry, so that when the time cauie that uuder co upotition the value of the product went do>vn they might be able to go to the growers and give them lessons that would enable them to take out two or three times the quantity of thb produ;t from the ground. Then when the extra demand oame bigger profits would be seoured from the same area.

The special reporter of the New /, ialan 1 Times, telegraphing from Picton on Monday said:—The Minister of Agriculture informs me that he hopes to have the schojl of dairy instruction reidy for the comiafc off season. Mr Singleton, oue of the principal dairy graders in ttie service of the department, who is stationed in Wellington, is to have cuarge of the school. It is the intention of the Government to grant Mr Singleton, who has had considerable experience iu the practical side of -butter md cheese making, leave of absence to enable him to visit the dairying centres of America and Canada, and probably Denmark, so that he may have tue litest information at his dispjsal for the benefit of the dairy farmers of this couatry. The other dairy experts in the service of the department w ill bo utilised in the scho )1 of :ustiuction, which the Minister hjpas to see become one of the finest iustituti ns south of the line. Coincident with this scheme is tlie proposal for the training of our own veterinarians The chief Government veterinarian, Mr Gilruth, is in Duuoliu conferring with the authorities of Otago University relative to the proposed

course of training preparatory to the Miui-ter subsequently interviewing the I'Diversity Council on the question. Mr Gilruth is to leave Wellington on his visit to the Pasteur Institute, Paris, in about a fortnight.

Any one who may be unaware that bowling is an impjrtint pistime has only to glance at a post-card that has come from rf iuth Australia to convince himself that the bowler is a royal person. The town turns out to greet him, the band play?, the Mayor speaks, the girls p>ur out tea, horses take him to see the sights, he is a guest at sumptuous dinners, singers entertain him at smoke soci i!s. One card has a heading, " New Zealand bowling tour, a -ample of the ordinary everyday experience of the New Zealand bowlers in Adelaide and 0:1 tour. This a samplo of the first three weeks, and still five weeks tofollow. " I'he day's fixtures, commencing with "9 a.m breakfast," total fifteen There are of licial receptions by mighty people, drives, afternoon teas, concert-. There i 3 only one reference to the object of the tour, and that is covered by a line; "2 15 p.m, drive to bowling green." It is not at all Certain, however, judging by anterior and posterior items, that lho men went to the green to work. Apparently the actual bowling must have been don-) in th t stilly night, in acordatiej with the final entry : "11 p.m., curtaiu falls, and boilers go out on their own." The fact that the New Zealanders won matches under the luxuriuus dietary scale outlinel speaks wonders for their powers of digestion, and incidentally must be a splendid advertisement for the colony's atmjspUero aud cli mate in general. However, friends of the bowlers rniy have some difficulty in recognising the champions when they return home. The print on that post - card make it obvious that the pilgrims will come bilk with very chubby cheeks, very tt >rid complexions, and very well-filled vests.

Mi dic.il men in Wellington (says a i'reia , Association telegram) aro greatly in- I lerested iq the case of a number of fireman from the s.s. Kakasi, who are now iumates i of the hospital. Medically speaking, they are fullering from peripheral neurits, or | mil iinmation of the nerves, but how j they got it i 3 another matter, and no dtliuite pronouncement on the subject has yet been made. It appears that when the I Rakaia was on her list voyage out from j Kngland, and when off the Cape at the end i of September a lire broke out in her ! coil bunkers, and seme fifteen of the tire- ! men r ete engug- 1 in extinguishing the I tire, and nf these ten are seriously ill with ; the complaint aforesaid, Iho other Cve »re slightly affected. 'I hey developed the j symptoms shortly after the lire, and wei'e | ill when the vessel arrived at Auckland ; | but for some reason not yet explained, no j medical measures were taken at that City, j and it was not until they anived in Wei- ■ lington at the end of the >week that they were sent oil the ship for 1 treatment. Six of them are at I the hospital and four are uuder observa- | ton on board. Six are in a bad way, al- ; though perhaps not in any danger, the : chief and worst symptom being complete piralysjs of the extrem. tios. The case is a pulling one to tue doaora. Peripheral neuritis, is of course well-known as resulting trom carbun bisulphate and carbon i m. noxide poisoning, aleoholism, intiuenzi, i exposure and so ou ; but so far it appears ; that no oase is on record in which it resulted from fumes of coal gas as the.-e apparently did. The men ara reported to be makiug fair progress and meanwhile Dr. Valintine, Assi-tant Chief Health ! Officer, is carefully inquiring into the cau-e i and Profe;sors K istertiuld and MnoLur n &ro conducting u :.ur:es of experiments.

With the high price 01 new s ason's fruit, thrifty hou-ewives will find it particularly advantageous to place their orders for Xuias cakes (plain or iced) with l'idd and Stanton, high-class confectioners, Hamilton. (j

" Are you going to the Exhibition?"— seeuis to be the burning question of the day. 'I ho question wliKh really interests you Mr Clot lies-n'oarur is—" Hav« you soon the exhibition of lovely suitings in V. Houghton's window > " They are all at one pr>ce, ninety Uvo shillings It will Cjst you nothing to look, and it'.villsa.e your uioney to order one. Ir thero is no thing in the window to suit your taste |ust wUk inside and you will be suited at V. Houghton's up-to-date tailoring establishment. Hamilton. 6 FUKNISH YOUR HOUSE With a bottle of Dr. Sheldon's Magnetic Liniment, and next time one of the family is injured, your foresight will be cornmendod. No household should be without this great pain-relieving, healing liniment. It i; the most usi fill medicine you could possibly kaop for daiiy emergencies Accept no substitute. Obtainable at Green and Colebrook, Ltd., and branen I'honuiE Wells, Cambridge; Q. M. A. I'e Aviiswuiu, and T, H. Chapman, Eiiiikiui, is bd bad

Tne following will represent the Suburbs in th-> crickot match against Tuhikaramea to be played at Stee'e Fa r k on Saturday n xt:—T. Piatt, Suttm, H. S Elgiod, S. J. kortescue, L. Fortescup, V. Ewen, W. I Moore, J. Scott, J. Barber, Luxford (2), G. Eliis. The game will start at 11.30 a.m.

A. pretty little incident, hitherto unmentioned, t. ok place at the Royal luncheon table in the Town and County Hall, Aberdeen. The Kin*;, when conversing with .Mrs Lyon, the w.fe of the Lord IV'T-i.-t who had ju6t received the honour of knighthood observed the card with hrr name on it which denoted her place at t' e table, and. taking it up, said: "I mu-t alter this." With his pencil the King then obliterated the word " Mrs " and wrote in its p!ac» " Lady," graciously handing the card to her ladyship. Needless to Bfv, this will prove one of Lady Lyon's most cherished mementoes of a memorable day.

Tluj property owner who receives anonjmous letters complaining of the low re:iti charged by him to his tenants must be more or less of a novelty in any part of the city. A well-known resident of Wellington, who happens t) bi the c wner of ft few comfortab e dwelling houses at Clyde Quay called at the ollice of this paper (says the Post) and pro iuc d such a letter. " Why do you let your house to (name given) at so a uall a rent when there are dozens i f p»op!e who would willingly give you 27s Oi per we'k or 255, and take it for a lengthy terrnr 1 " demanded the irate but unknown correspondent. "There are people paying 3(Js and 32s Gd por week for houses not half so comfortable as yours," the writer proceeded. "It niikoa people very dissatisfied with their homes when they know that your house is only .£1 per wyi'k. 1 ' D-. and the Police Court, \\ elliugton, were occupied last week with a distressing case. Charles Robert Hiod was chirged with having stolen a dock valued at 255, the property of Elizabeth McLeod. The accused, it appwared, had had the misfortune of an exceedingly bad 6tart in life, for he was born in a gaol under peculiarly painful circumstances, inasmuch as his mother had beon sentenced to de >th for child murder, but owing to her condition the sentenoe was commuted. According to Chief- '.lotective McUrath, the man had never made any real attempt to improve his position; he seemed to be fond of his place of birth, and missel few opportunities of getting b*ck there. On ■Hon lay morning, be informed Mrs McLeod, with whom he was bjarding, that he was going to Masterton. Mrs McLeod gave him sixpance, and then left her home to go down the street. During her absence, Hood decamped with the clock and sold it for 2s 61. His Worship sentenced him to three months' hard labour.

A Canterbury settler, Mr Fleming, of Port Levy, haa not found sheep farming on the Auckland Islands a speculation to enthuse over (says the Star). About two years ago he placid 2000 sheep on one of the islands and built a large woolshed there, but left no one in charge of his property List month the Agricultural Department despatched one of its inspeootrs (ilr McKellar) to the Aucklands to inspect the sheep, and he found that the tlock had been reduced to nine. Dead she-p were found in all directions, and it was evident that moat of them had died through starvation con3equeA on their inability, owintj to their long fleeces, to get through the buah. Captain Tucker, of GUborne, who haa leased Campbell Island from the Government for sheep farming has been more fortuoat* than Mr Fleming. Whea lue inueWja called at the islaud two or three weeks ago, Captain Hollonsfound that the sbeip there were doing splendidly. The flock numbers 7000, and it is said that the island is capable of running 20,000.

The Council of the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce mat on Tuesday evening, Mr llimmona presiding, when the following m itters received attention and the following resolutions were carried: That the petition signed by the Pukeroro settlers, requesting a telephone service, be forwarded to the Postmaster-'leneril, and that the importance of this connection be urged upon him That the Counoil thank the Postal Department for the promise to establish a telephono connection with Kirapiro, and that the Council urges its early initiation. That Mr Greenslade, M.H.R., be written to with a view to ascertaining the pr aspects of the new ; Cambridge Post Otihe being started at an early date. That Mr J. Gane be aiked what had been d ne by tne aettlers of Ka'paki and Pukerimu re their telephone communication, ['hat Messrs Crowther and Bill be advised that, with one exception, all the business people of Cambridge are in sympathy <vith the proposed coach service to Matamata, and would give such service any supp irt they could ; and that the Council] earnestly hopes that Messrs Cr iwther and Uell miy be able to obtain such inducement from the Matamata end as to warrant the initiation of such service. That the liailway Tratiij Manager be requested to accelerate the train trips between Cambridge and Buakura; the Council being unanimous in the opinion that the trip should he effected in c msi'lerably less time than ia now the case. A deputatiun was appointed to wait upon the station master and request him to endeavour to expedite the delivery of gools as aojn as possible after the arrival of the,train. 1 hat the Borough Council be requested to place a telephone in the liorough sample rooms, for the convenience of those d iug business with the commercial travellers. That the Gisborne Farmers' Union be asked for particulars conorning the roads between Waikato and Gisborne, I'hat concluded the business.

A plentiful supply of Al. grade separator butter, at lid per pound at I'idd and Stanton's Grocery and OonfeQtionery Stores, Hamilton. 6 SICK BABIES IN SUMMER.

It is during the warm months of summer that mothers have to be most careful of their little ones, and at the tirat unusual looseness of their bowels should give the little sufferer a dose of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Get it to-day; it will save trouble later on. For sale by W, Day, Hamilton; Thoa. Wells, Cambridge; Geo. M. A. Ahier, Te Awamutu; Green and Colebrook, Ngaruawahia; Chm. Dallas, Taumarunui; T, H. Chapman, Kihikihi.