LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8091, 31 December 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wo would remind our readers of the praise service to bo b -i i at tbo Kiptiet Cbu ch tib evening, at 7.30. A c,mMaed eti-ir will remitr ft selection of mutieal items fMM t!i<» aucred cant it* "A J .ytul Thanksgiving " ammg the soloists bjiag iiisa Henderson, of Auckland. The organ at St. Andrew's Church, Cam bridge, is to bo enlarged, XI A) having been vuted by the vestry. Mr G<o. Croft, orgau builder, of Auckland, has arrivei for tto of ctirymg out the work. When c nupleted, the organ will be a particularly liue one for a country church. Air 11. J. Greeoslade, has re. ceived tho following telegram from the Minister of Justice I have the honour to acknowledge tho receipt of your letter uf the lOtb iiist, respecting a new pilice station at Kihlkihi, and beg to inform you that plans will shortly be prepired, and the w,;rk will be put in hand is as possible." At tha Waikato Hospital on Siturday an inquest was held by .Mr K. J. i'-tul 1, J.l\, with a jury of whom Mr H. Mills was chosen tjrt-man, into the circumstances unrounding tho de*th of a mau named I'll in is A'kins, who was a lmi'ted to the ho p til about 7.15 on Friday evening, and died lour hours later. IK Dougias made i a post wor'em examination, whicu revealed | that di'ath was due to ne norrraga of toe J stomach, caused by cirrhosis of the liver. A verdict in accordance with the medical testimony was returned. Mr 11. J. (ireenslade, M.H.R., has received the f llowing communication from the : Hon. W. 11 ill-J>jues, Mmisirof Kiiiway-j . " 1 have the honor to acknowledge the j receipt of your letter of the 1 Sth iast fr - war.iiagone you have rec«ived from .Mr . Hardy, of I'u lvuiti, with referunce to the i desire of the reagents uf the districts | concerned for an improved tra ; n eervice | between Franktn Junction and I'e lvuiti.

In ieply 1 have to mi >rm you that I am emjuiung into the matter and will be gl id to give your represuutatijus my carol u, cousidoration."

The extraordinary spectacle of a Lull ck walking, cat hk •, hack ward and forward over a gable roof, was witue-sed at Taylorville last Sunday evening (says tho \V»nganui " Her 11 i"). A bullock, an

animal of about IS months' growth, wa being rounlet up in Me-trs. Nixoe Ba.ideley and Forlong's yards, after th

sale, when it sprang from tne t p of a cutting on to thereof of (1 >rdun's stable-, a fair jump Hiving got thus tar, the bjviu--' ptraded back aud forward aloug j thu ruof, crossing the gible several timis, I aud it was a considerable time b f/iu it j could be iniuced to teturn to teira tirma. Information received by the Hon. .1 isM."}..wan, Minister f..r M as to the results of the eesiy competition on the | mining indn-.try of .New Zealand, its present conditions and ib>.< best means uf improving the satno, .-hows that sixty c in petit irs f rI war led pa')er- to tie; examiners. The juiging resulted ae fallows. Fir. prize, ] tifty guineas and gold medai, K. Meluto.-h, j Mines Departui' in, Dunedin , second pri/.e, j 2guineas and dver ni"dal, Jas. Williams, Keefton, who holds the School of Mines , -chelarrbip ; thu I prize, 10 guineas aud broil) uindal, J. McCoiub o, Ivaraugnhake, maLagti' of the Talisman Mine. Tne publication of the three successful essays will be undertaken very sh jrtly. The Auckland city waterworks engineer has reported that he bss completed the ! water supply conaectiou at Ihirani", | which will enable the uity to obtain all {':■.■• water from Niuotapu instead of allowing ; parr, of it to go to waste as was the ca-e 1 when on.y the smill old puos were id. u.- * [ Tlw laying oi pipjs csp<b!e ol carrying all the Nib'tapu water will enable the city ! supply to be increased by 1 GD.S'J'i gallons per day—a substantial increase, whi :h in tho-e dry hot days will be appreciated. The increase is already available. Tim now train lin.i is c 'Uip'ited 500 f et through the tunnel, and it is h p d to have all the pipes delivered through the tunnel by next. Thursday. 1 he further extension of the works can then bo rapidly pu.-.hed ou at the other end. We want your trade, and that of every - oue who is looking for a reliable grocery store to do business with. When your cupboard* next ne-d t'ep eu shing, give us ! a chance to prove our stitements—Tid I i and Stanton, Victoiia-stroat, Hamilton. 6 ' "Are you going to the Exhibition?"— seems t j be the burning question of the dty. The jut-tiea which really intero-di you Mi 1 'loth"N.a ea:"r is ' H -.ve y> u ;t ii 'ughtoJ* "ic.U • - " I hey are nil »• tee p:'c.-, n: sy !-' o : •::! ?n.:* if ; c-i«t you nothii-K I' 1 lojk, »ni it «iil i-ivs your money to eider one. I'tl; tb is no thing in the v/itdow to suit y.ur taste i<i«f -v Ok ln- : ! ■ i' d ystt w>ij b» cn-'wl V. Hou s -ht<.a'B up-w-datij taiiuricj ostabllshmact, UtimUoou, 6 i

At a roe ting of the general committee of t l.o Wuikato We j t Pr-'tbyterian Church, Te Awamutu, it was announced that the Rev. Mr Panting would f tkm charge it that district from the Ist of J tnii'-ry. Iho Rev. Mr Daviisoii, who is leaving fotikechvge o 1 " Kawhia, lus I o-n doing m>oit work th">e, which w<B fully rec ionised hy the committee. and an expression of i'"gret at his a r d Mrs Davidson's departure was passod. While fishinsr at the mouth f theßaVaia, it daybreak on n• > 1:»v week several Oiristehu'ch nnirl-T* beard •» cenph- <>• sin t?, which p ove i t ■ 1m lynaoiitH ex-p!o>:o-,s lift h ■ r v r. t r th ■ i.ii p 3" "f illeg-.il y p cu.- : ng tr u L . Many d«*d fish w.• lT'ii - f i'Oi ii in !u t ipound", ivhth >v:olx't iiji by til" t lie, a 1 bnn-ire Is m re ma t have 11 -ated down and bo: n'ft"d. iln p j rpetraiois of the out. ag- were u.it oiscov.-ie '. and. unfortunately, thep-actice is not lcooujujoii. A black retriever dog, uauiel Scot, saved the lives of his uinstar .»nd mistress at tin* expense of ins own life at Si'.sden, tieir Iv'eighiey, s-iys tiio Kie.ding Stir of D-ceur-er 21. The do; belong el to Mr and Mrs Charimck, who slept on t!.e t.'p 11 mr of their residence. L te oil Suidiy ni„'ht they were a-taken-d by tin; dog j iinpiug en their bed and btrking and liCniug their fac is. They found tii it the was on tire, and li.nl ju-t tiin" to e-cipe. The d '!, r was found afterwards, bur* t to d"'ifh in the bairooui. 'file d--g slept in (l t M I>:i e iji'nt of tie house, and cool i easily h »ve » eaped had he u it goue up-t vies to warn t.is master and mistri S3. A resident- of Oliaku e, aliout ao miles north of Taihai e, n>ys the ext rti< ns of the Auckland firms for the business of that i|Ua>terare rapidly grow ng stronger The n t'thorn city is makirg huge efforts to capture tlio trad', and is meeting with ev ry success. In this connection Wellington and Wairarapa are out of it. Auckland goods are airevdy dribbling into the district, and sold at a cheaper ruto than from elsewhere, and once the line is through the Wanganui River traffic will be completely knocked out. Freights will be cheaper from the North, and the Aucklanilers are already sowing the seeds of what will bo a rich harvest in time to 001116.

The Stuart car, which is taking part in the motor reliability contest, had a groat experience on Thursday. On top of the Kangiriri ranop the s'eering rod broke, line car was on an up-graie lortunatelv, or the consequences woull probably have b»en serious. I'he driier rode and drove to Mercer, and the village blacksmith being absent, the chauffeur got into his shop and fashioned a rod out of norse shoes. U i then rode back and got the car started after 5 h urs lb minutes delay—a great achievement. Tne Stuart car reached II imilton at 9 o'clock, and stayed here overnight. There have been one or two temporary breakdowes owing to tyres, etc.

The general committee (f the Waikito Central Agricultural Association met on Saturday list, when new clashes were added to the schedule. For a buguy horse under 10 hands othor th.n cibs, p >ny uader 13 2 te be driven in harness, tirade Shorthorn bull uuy age, single steer to be judge 1 alive and again after shipment to the Home ma-ket, also classes for buttled fruits, jams, j allies, and several new classes in cookery. The Chairman reported that the schedule was now in the hands of the printer and would be available on or before January lOrh. Several new membars were elected and several additions to the prize list were forward"d. After the L'etieral meetiug an executive committee ui'otiu; was held when judges for the various classes were nominate!, the bilance of special prizes allocated au.l other detail matters transacted. Denmark's dairies in 1905 numbered 135.1, out of which number 1,3(i0 us-d

"Alia 1 aval " sejarif >r«, whilst only dairies used exclusively other m-i ken. "Alfa" uialiine- are emp'o/el in US 3 V pr cent., whilst la ouiy 1.06 irn makes cf

| oilier manufacture use 1. DeMuirk is the : world's premier Jurying country, au I its ! d uric? have been for years regarded as the I 6t-.n "ard pattern of all that is best aad ; mist practicil in the butler-making ic- | dmtry. The overwhelming preponderance of the " A'f.i-Lav*!" sepir.it rs u-d in j Dinish affirds, theri-fore, decisive ! proof that it ii what its manufacturers claim it to be, viz , the best separator in j the world. These figures are certitiej to by Hans Appal, Secretary Danish Factory Managers' Association. Sole New Zealand agents, Mason, Struthers and Co, Limite 1, Auckland, I'almerst.n North aad Christchuich.

The Ruapehu, wlrch r. ached Mew Zea

land in December I'Jth, brought a coup'e ' of incurable consumptive steerage pa-sen-K-rs. lbj health nuMiorities refused to give the sufferers parmission to lan 1. They ' I will therefore have to return t> England— I " I'na [o pie agreed to take thntn I back, and the.' went . n in the ste.iuier," remarked Dr. Mison (chief health olli:oi). , [ Cowm <nting on the want of care <<n the part i| cf paoplo,in the Old Country,be said :•' 'l'ney , | send men out on a wil'-.j'-ih- - vi-p so well of lie with which cm never bo theirs at ail. i The attention of the limit) authorities has j been directel to this mitter, and yet the i pra t : ce continues. It is v-ry hard for a poor man to lind that he is denied adrnisI sion when he arrives in port, but the ' health of our own peoph must be studied, j We cannot be accuse lof iniium inity. \\ e cann )t afford to make New Zeilmd a | dumping ground for incurable indigent consumptive!." I The experience of the Ddpirliimt of LiI b *ur j.. thut the year just closing ha- b en a fairly good one from the workers' point of view. Throughout the year ih-j reports j from almost every part of the co!ony t(0 to | show that thers has beon a demand f r j tradesmen, farm hands, afid experi-ncel ! navvies particularly, which it has frequently i heeu diliicult t i till, while the many hundreds uf immigrants who have arrived by | every direct steamer seem to have been merged into the general body of the c dony's I workers without d fiijulty. Kvan now the authorities rep nt tint firm hands and milkers are hard to find, while in some parti of the colony, particularly in Poverty j Bay, contractors are fearful of tendering for road eonsti notion works on ac oiint of | the scarcity of men capible of cirryiag | out the work, ilonerally speaking, it j would appear that the present m.-woat no t tradesman or etlijient lab urer is out of 1 w >rk unless be is to acc pt the j s;tu it ion 'hit oiler-', and in many c»fo =, | "sp-cial'y as regards farm hands, the far-ai-ir. it is s; if :d, 13 the snpp ic int for the j ser v ces of tile mm or man that ho require-; but the ordinary clerk is still, a drug in the market, and th- Lib ur 1), partment lias hard work to find him a billet.

Saturday was a pleasant day in Te Ar ha, and large numbers aviiled themselves of the holiday trims t) visit the picture.-i |uo liitlo health resort. The hotels and boarding houses are fairly fu 1,

doubtless some of theiu in anticipation of tho Howling Tournament which commences on New Year's l>ay. Abuit twenty teams, hailing from different parts of the province, have intimated their intention to take part, and an interesting conte-t is being looked forward to. It is said that ihe bowling green is not in very first-rate condition, hut it is ti he hoped this is a canard. Larue numb a's i f H'aihi f itc, accompanied by the baud, .te abo e\p cte i on Tuesday, ■•ad the town will he ipi te busy on that day. Ihe'l u Aroha paop.o are anxi u - to

iu\o their band placed <u a 11,<ire satistael iry foot in and any that with u daily music tl programme in the season the already ereiit attractions of the di-trict w uld be rende-ed irresistib'e. \ isitors w!io now come t r a weekend woidd In tempt>'d to stay tor a longer period it a baud cou'd lie properly organised and carried on tl'ere. The custom in some t uus is fur laree employers to find p aces in their works for instrumentalists ant thus encourage musical talent Why cannot the Tourist Department do ho rethin* to hdp Te Aioha Ihe Government owns nearly the whole ot the town and ought to huip. it will doubtless be cheerful nova to Auckland IruiturvM'r-! to know that Mr ■1 >" : 0:- ; Ih J ' 1 »-Ve; LlHlollt truil - ''J P.!L!2 expvtt. '■ l.io very exp.'Ct.L'. tio'is of the capi' i si: •• of their proviuco f' r huil (.Tii'vin;; purposes in ti'" future (says tt.o W! 1 iu ri t jl. .• .rro-spendeut of l!.i; St.tr). As tj ti: • i\mnatn>n ol the ; sjnd'C-to at to i»row peachus | for c tuning purposes. Mr Jaciuesis sum that the distnc' wiil develop a [loss in fiuit. It' his preiiut hoped are realibud it "il only b.j a mutter of time | ivhen the colony it deriving revenue i :'rom fiuit iu the world's market; In Host, distn I-, he says, there wiil li <no ii;;' inoVi'iuetil mile in the ■ inning in fustry until sullieieut '|iiautities of luitable varieties of fruit are available, riiesa are beini,' propagated, and every leai-on how we wiil see more rapid uado. Lar«e .iiun have beeu p anted | u various parts ot Xo>v Zealand, but of :ourse tne industry will take a little ime to develop. As soon as these fruits .re procurable in alienate 'inanity the vnedsh markets wiil lie tio'n'ed. Kr ,u i hji- rl v'. 'cii I.e I; id rec Med IV. in Kist- j ■ ■ tu I ■in 1 ■ " i.'e. r- Ie n. 11)., re : «>• U Otilie . r.fel pr.;C !!■ ear ! . Listch 'bp a' me. 'or Hroncki«l <'>u;h« mid 0 ids, Wi od's i pi. .'•«. '.'if, 13 tits IiUU ti Du yvs Ooiaeiii