LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8078, 14 December 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

To-morrow Messrs Davis and Co. sell Christmas poultry, potatoa*, onions furniture, horses, and two goats.

A full muster of tha Band was recorded last night when it was unanimously decided to play a programme at the Kowing Club's Aquatic Sports to-morrow af.ernoon.

At the Himilton Police Court this morning, Mr W. C. Davis, J.P., remanded Augustus Garfield Orffi:hs for a week on a charge of unlawlully carnally knowing a t'irl under 16, at Whatawhata, on November 23rd lust.

it is only eighteen months sinae the Franktcn Hill was built and the first services held in it, but owing to the rapid growth of the district it has been found neceesary to provide more room for the Sunday School and the Church. To pay for these other iinpr )vements, a sale of work has been arranged by the ladies of the district, and will take place on Wednesday and Thursday of next week.

The following have received awards in the home industries competitions at the Exhibition :-Plain needlework : Class 3, Mrs J. S. B-»nd (11 imilton); class 7, Tikoi Hetariki (Auckland), silver medal; class 12, \Vinif;ed Fairweather (Auckland), -i'ver medal; class 19, Mrs C. W. Grace (Bay of Islands), silver medal. Decorative needlework: Class 8, Grace Leon (Auckland), bronze medal.

Says the Wairarapa Age: The charred remains of Mr W. Ifeeble's cab which was destroyed by the fi"e on Monday morning, wereexhib'ted at the corner of and Bannister-streets on Wednesday afternoon. On several parts of the vehicle were placuds bearing the following inscription: " Keeble Relief Fund—This is all that is left. Will you help U3 to buy ' Billy ' a new one." Betwa»n the hours of 3 pm and 5 p.m. the su'n of £7 Is was collected. There are B<>uie promising youths in Elthaui. Somet'ine ago they cut the ends out of the band's drum while they were attending church. S nee, thy ha"e burgled some business premises on a Sunday, and the local paper reports that thov have found a new form < f amusement To the end of a atiik they attach a pin and jig ii into tbo legs of little girls who may be ( passing. If some irate parent catches one o £ these youths, there will be a hot time for some one.

]'y the sudden death at au advanced ape of Miss Laura Hansard, a link is broken with that interesting personality, Mr Luke Hansard, whose name i 3 as familar in the m utliS of Englishmen as that of the British Parliament itself. Miss Hansard was the daughter of Mr Luke Greaves Hansard, and the granddaughter of the original printer of the House of Commons debates. Mr Luke Hansard began the regular printing of the Parliamentary debates in 1803, and his grinddaughter lived to witness the centenary cf that undertaking in 1903, up to which tiuie oUO volumes of speeches had been issued, containng the staggering total of 31)0,000,1)011 words. One of the merry ways of Christohurch du r ing carnival week this year was to "take down" the visitors in the Bmall shops. A returned Dunedinite write?. "At cne fruiterer's they eold me app'es from a heap that looked s* und in the window, and wht-n [ took the bag home wo had to throw half of them away; the second shop that I tried cheated me with figs so old and musty as to bo absolutely uneatable, even by the not toc-particular small b ya of the family; at another establishment the saleswoman charged me a shilling for a bo)k that 1 could buy in Dunedin for sixpence, and laughed when 1 asked her if it was the regular price that she was charging; and -i confectioner had the impudenoi to push down the scale with his finger while professing to weigh a shilling's worth of lollies for me 1 don't know if the same exploitaiio'i of the foreigner is still going on; but visitors to the Exhibition would bo acting wisely to patronise the leading shops, which were fair to me, or, if compelled to go into a sin ill plac?, insist on seeing tho cuntents of tlie bag before loiv iug.

New Z'aland surprised Mr Keelor, a visitor from Arue ica, who was inteiviewed by a representative of the Post. He was, indeed, greatly surprised at the progress it had ma le, and it was far ahead of what he had thought anl what the average America in thought. M ist people who thought ab Hit it at all looked upon it as the home • f tho Vii r>, wi" h Kuropjnn> iu parts and perhap. more Europe ins scattered about working n itive limit,, iu the same way, ,s the re-u'r of " wild wast " showj of the Buffalo iiill type, imny p ople regarded the western plains of Am rica in peopled solely by cowboys and Indians, whereas it was difficult to get enough Indians for a wild west show, moßt of them living on territorial reservations set ap»rt for them. He was convinced now, however, that New Zealand was a country of groat natural resources, with an intelligently educated people, with a big future before them. Tiie scenery had great boiuty, and the climate cculd not be much better. Personally, tho people he hid met had made his visit a conticual holiday since he came here.

A native was doing the circus act on a horse near the office, one evening (says the (iisboroo Herald). He had a big bag of fish and auother with pipis strapped to the saddle, A orowd gathering, one of thu polioe got hold of the intention probably of taking the Maori to the station and charging him as drunk and disorderly. The constable had not gone far leading his captive when the native quietly slipped off tho hotße and made ovor the Kaiti bridge. Uu looking rouud th» mm of the law was surprised to find that he was leading a riderless horse. He mounted tho animal to go in pursuit but the horse was iu conspiracy with his owner, and jibbed. Finally the constable chased the Maori over the bridge, but here tho wily native tucked up his trousers and wad«d into the river,where he threw verbal mud at the constable after this fashion:

" You Uckee up my horae and fish, Mr Policeman, but you no catchee mo." After waiting some considerable time, and seeing there tnere was no chauce of tho Maori loaving his watery citadel, the disgustod constable gave tlio horse and fish iu charge ut a lad who was watching the fun. The man in tl o river watched till his pursuer was out of sight, came out and got his horae, and Eoampoiod oil on the road to Wainui.

" Are you going to the Exhibition?"— seems to be the burning question of the day. Tho question which really interests you Mi Clothes-wearer is—" Have you seen tho exhibition ot lovely suitings in V. Houghton's window r " They are ail at one price, ninety-five shillings. It will cost you nothing to look, and it will save your money to order one. It thare is nothing in the window to suit your taste jtist walk inside and you will be snited at V. Boutftfloii'r. up-to-date tailoring establishment. Hamilton. 6

Frankton residents will be glad to kno-v that arran jements have been made by the Si r [>tare (i.ft As-oeiation of Auckland for t' c mini nciug of a day sclio 1 fot small children. The school, which will be in the charge i f Miss 'iowie, will bo opened about tie middle of January. Constable* Dell, who has resigned from the fo r ce, leaves Waihi on Thursday for Cambridge, whe.'e he takes over h a parents' farm, his mother having recently died. Constable Dell has been in the force fur four years, during which time he has stationed *t Christchurch, Wellington, Gisborne and Waihi. He retires with an excellent record.

" It is a peculiar thing in New Zealand that you have no markets," remarked Hon. A. Wiluiot, a visitor from South Africa, in the course of a descriptive lecture last night, In South Africa, he said, there were markets in almost every town. He considered the market system beneficial. By its ad ption the profits of the urddleman wero done away with. Says the Wellington correspondent of the H. B. Herald:—"The statement that iManakau elec'ion issue was not fought out mainly on the Government's Land Kill i? all moonshine. A Government supporter speaking to me on the subj-ct to-day admitted that it was so, and that the election will have great effect through the country constituencies."

The Secretary of the General Post Office has replied to a suggestion received fro n the Carterton Chamber of Commerce that the commission on postal notes of nil values should be the samn, and that the notes should be made legal tender. The department does not see any advantage in making such changes, which hive already been diicussed very fully. The present system will not be altered.

An approximate statement of the receipts and expenditure in connection with the four days' international show was submitted at a meeting of the committee of Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association on Wednesday. The receipts totalled £IO7B Os 7d. including £IOOO Government grant, and the expenditure was £3198 8s si, leaving a credit balance of £879 12s 9d.

When thesteatrer Hawkb's Bay reached Melbourne, Captain Kemp reported the presence of three stowaways on board When paraded for inspection they were found to be finely developed Britishers, and on their behalf Captain Kemp explained that better workers he oould not desire. In fact, he needed such able-bodied yonng men amongst the crew, and the three lais had expressed a desire to stand by the ship. He had, therefore, decided to plaoe their names on the vessel's articles.

Mr S. A. Shaw, who has just returned to Auckland from a visit to tha Old Country, saw Mr J. H. Witheford when in London, who stated that a very strong and influential combined English and German syndicate was being formed with the object of working the iron ore at Parap»ra. Everything was then ready, but those connected with the scheme in New Zealand were slow, and had not forwarded reports and plans. These were all that were required to complete the dicuments. The quarterly meeting of the Primitive Methodist Church was held on Tuesday last, when delegates from all parts of the circuit were pros"nt. The inoome from all sources for circuit account was £54, expenditure £sl, leaving a balance of £3. Toe delegates appointed to the conference, which is to ba held in New Plymouth, were the Rbv. P. J. Mairs and Messrs E. Watkins and A. Jmuieson. A unanimous resolution was passed that the fiev. P. J. Mairs be invited for another year to the H-irailton circuit. Dr. Eeece having kindly lent the use of his grounds to the church, a sale of work and garden fete will be held during the month of February. During the month of November the dairy produce exports of the colony showed a splendid increase; beef exports also ■showed couaiderable improvement. Mutton on the other hand, decreased in the exported amount, as did grain, and to a much greater extent, the hemp export also falling off. The tigures for the month are (the I'JOS exports being given first and those of 1905 second) Butter, £169,567 and £ 153,099 ; cheese, £19,112 and £9,428; beef, £1,658 ind £1,963; mutton, £26,228 and £36,173; lamb, £r>62 and £1,638; wheat, 2,201 and £16,143; oats, £1,023 and £14,221; potat es, £i3 and £'3s ; and hemp, jE40,637 and £55,4£0. The residences allotted to some teachers in the back country districts camb in for adverse criticiem at the meeting of tue Buard of Education on Tuesday. I'wo particular buildings, one a single-roomed but, and the other with two compartments, wh le in the_ possession of the Hoard as " teachers' residences," rendered it impossible for the teachers located at the respec tive schools to claim house allowance. Seiz ng the only way out of the difficulty, the Board decided to discard the huts as " teichers' residences," one member sarcastically remarking that the intimation of tne Hoard's decision should conclude with the words that the buildings were now neoi'ssary as " fowl houses."

Further complaints have been received regarding the shortage of trucks at the Ngaroto station. The district manager (Mr T. H. Waite) informed a Herald reporter on Wednesday that the difficulty arose through a farmer utilising more trucks than he had ordered, and leaving the other settlers, who had ordered the truck?, in the lurch. Ngaroto is a flag station, and there is no railway official there permanently to supervise the loading of the trucks, or to see that those who order them are not deprived of them. \lr Waite explained that one settler ordered nine trucks, and these .vere duly delivered by the Department in plenty of time, Four of the trucks i.ere loaded last Saturday, an 1 five were left for the same man for the Monday morning. Instead, however, of only loading ihe five on Monday, th's settler loaded nine tiuiks, the Department having conveyed four additional t'ueks for three other consignors, also for the Monday. The man with the large lot of cattie arrived tirst at Ngaroto on the Monday, and was thus enabled to load the nine trucks. Consequently, when the other consignors arrived their trucks were already loaded, and'they had to turn back with their stock. Toe same difficulty had presented itself on more than one ocoa-ion, but uafortuuately at ti ig stations this could uot be guarded against. Mr Waite added that there was no shortage of truck ■<, and the Department could have supplied many more had they been ordered.

With the high price of new season's fruit, thrifty housewives will find it particularly advantageous to place their orders for Xtnaa cakes (plain or iced) with I'idd and Stanton, high-class confectioners, Hamilton. 6