LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8097, 8 January 1907, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

♦--- This afternoon at four o'clock, Professor Bates and Captun Reynolds, tho Texain j cowloya, will give another of their eihibitiona at Ciaudelands. A* the Hamilton Courthouse this morning, before Messrs \V, A. Graham and W C. Davi.s, J's.P., .Tames was committed for trial on a charge of making a perjured aCitemenl at enquiry into the recent fire at the T&ranaL bo&rdinghouse. liail waß grunted in two s>urfaties of «z5 eich. ! The new Borough saleyards will be i opened on Ti>urfiday morning by Mr H. J. I Greenilade, M.H.R. The tradespeople of Hamilton have decided to make the event worthy p! its importance, and to emphaiise j the good feeling eristant between town and country, by inviting the buyers to a I cold luncheon to be provided in a marquee on the ground. A stray horse on the road on Monday j morning (says the Timo.ru Post) got clear 3f a motor car in a rather fortunate manner—for itself. The horees attempted to cross the road in front of the o\r, and in so doing it was ?tmck by it, but ins'ead of falling down, or installing injury, it las-hed out at the oar, au'l, kicking the ' bar between tho two front wheels* broke j iv.

A new theatre in Chri-tehurcb has been registered uncU-r the Companies Act with a proprietory of threw— Mr >i. <5. rfte.nl, £8334; Mr B. A. Macjonald, £8333; Mr P. A. H-riuau, £5333.

Tie Hnn.T Wi!mo(,the Cane legi-Ut"r who recentlv visited New Zeaikod, ias informed a S\dney inti-rviewer thit be vas greatly impressed with the FUcC" u S'f the Now/eahn !Adv nces t» S ttlers Act, and of the p liny of outing up large estates for c oser settlement.

Mr Bucnanan, livery stable prop'it-tor at H.miltoD, hid nn u '|) : ''imni expT.e.ce whiNt driving fro'u Wb .ttwhata ye-Ur.'ay. wing to the trap beiDg crowded he had to sit o~ the side, '.n'i na the vehi dn give a piling lie > verba aoc"i, and fell to the gr ul 1, tiie w eel rare ing < vn. his left hr. ' ruifling it sev-i"y. Or. Going dressed ti.e painful wi utri at II iui.lt n. A f inner resident of Wallace had an mpx ou s experience about a fortnight ago (-ay- the Otat.au Stnn.iard). travelling from Canterbury, his po tmanteau mis cirried. Inquiries thn.urh the Railway . I'p.'.itmerjt l< d to its recovery several davj a>ter thr arrival r-f it J owner at hisdestinati n. ■•. friend, preai nt at the ime of it? rec vci ;■, notilJtr the look of pleasure on the uwnor'ri face remaibvl : " Y(-u I<mk very CLin-iHi:i ly relieved." Well, yea 1 wi." Rat* the r p'y, ' inu see 1 have n rut of £SOO in not.s io this bac, and 1 was i t'dl i anxious about it, and it la a relief to i .ve it turn up." The Wairarapa Newa says:—At the con-clu-i u of the burial ceremony ov r the remain; of Ng tu-re ut \\ i lohioe, a middle-Hgod Muo i woman threw herself on the grave and expressei her sorrow m much wailing. A joung nitive, ch'tbefl in gorgeous feather mat, who appealed to be the principal mourner, took exc ption to the performance, and -poke roughly to the wounn, ordering h*»r to desist. Another Maori woinm of mature years reprovei the young man with anger, and tho young man replying in the same strain, the enraged elderly female struck him on the fice with violence. It was a sordid ending of a remaifcable scene.

"The trrub'u is that tbo immigrant; from England who say they are farmers oi farm labourers don't want to be farmers here,aad tlit clerks, who know ab-elutely n< thin': about it, want to b> farmers," -aid Mr James Mackiy, of the Labour Department to a Times, representative. One man who gave his occupation a-, a f inn labourer was about to be provided with a situation of that kind when he asked if there •' wasn't anything else." lie was told there was any amount of work offerin? for firm hands, Lut n. thing else at pre- ,j nt for a man with suah a training. Instead of accepting tb-i situation offered, he s.aid " hu would look round for a bit."

A lady with an exceptionally clear complexion sat for her photograph. On receiving tho proof sho took it back to the artist and c unpiained of a number ot small spots on the face, which marred an utbenvise perfect picture. The photographer was i|uite at a loss to account for this, an examination of the negative failing to give the slightest cue to the source of trouble, A fortnight alter, snys a correspondent of the Luily Mail, an eruption of spots broke out .-.n the face, which proved to be the first outward symptoms of a very severe attack of smallpox.

The December issue of Night and Day, the cpiaiterly magazine of Dr. iisrnar.lo's Humes, comes opportunely to remind us ot the cr ■r. de of helpless and Buffering children that havj cairns upon British sympathisers. It is painful to reflect that through the doors ot this single chanty ten destitute b 1 ys and girls pass inward every twenty-four hours and tti at there appear >■ no d minution in the inil >w. The Humes appear to be extendijg their efforts h.rapidiy sicca Dr. BtraarJo's death as for years before. A c py of the issue will bsen: gratis and p..st tree on application at the Head Offices, 18 to 26, fcttpnoy Cause- « ay, London E. It is well worth the attention of ail our readers.

There is every pr babiilty (says the Daily Mail) that a team of marksmen will be sent to_ Australia next year to take part in a centi-m plated imperial rifle m.ich. The matter has been

iiscu-sed between Colonel J. M. Templetou, chairman of the executive committee of the Commonwealth Council if the iiifie Associations of Australia, and the chairman (i ord Cheylesmore) and members ot the cunctl of the National Kirle Association. The matter will come before the next meeting ot the Association. Colonel Ttiupk-t. n, vho is about to return to Australia, is to visit Canada on his way in the hop" of inducing the Dominion to t>kepart in the imperial match. Invitations are ano to be tent to India, couth Afrc i, New Zealand, and otner units of the Empire. Lord Grimthorpe (formerly, as Mr P. W. Beckett, a Unionist member of the House of Commons) has got himself into an awkwurd lega' fix by attending stveral sittings of the House ot Lords and voting in divisions without having taken the oath prn. scribed for peeri before th-y enter upon their legislative duties. There is a fine for every tuch illegal attendance in the gilded Upper Chamber of no less than ioUO. Lord Gnmtbi rpe has incurred an accumulation of penalties amounting to JESSOO, having aat almost regularly in the House since tne beginning cf the r.resent Parliament. Similar breaches ot the law, but in fewer initances, have litely been committed by Lords Manners, Lestrim, and Armstrong. Hitherto it has beei the practice to relieve such offendera of their liability, except in special circumstances, by pusiug Acts of indemnity. According to Lord Kipcn. the Government is not uispi.od to t.ke severe action agairst Lord Grimthorpe and the others ij">ntiened, but their names will be expunged from tho division lists.

Sir Tomas lipton sailed from New York for Knjland by the Carmania on 17di November. Before going aboard he said he would challenge to race for the America Cup in 11X18. His visit to the btates was entirely for the purpose of arranging tho race, and he intimated that tho obst.cles which threatenef to block the way had be«n removed. The visit of Sir T Lipton, which lasted six weeks, has (-ays a New Vi.rk despatch) aroused much interest among American yachtsmen, and invit>tijn- were showered on him, so that he hfd hardly a minute's rent during his stay. Upon his arrival fjir Tnomas madeitciear that he had a feeling against racing with "freak" yachts, and he had come to .Vmencti rasolvi d to get a change made ia the rules governing the ur else withdraw from the sport altogether. I!y t'ue new rule of measurement the yachts wiil be of rational type, and not mere r:ve ing ni'itbinea Sir Thomas s;ii A he \v. eld build two b stK - one of Mr iife's design, and the otbi rby Mr Milne. U >th wilt be cutter-rigged, and th-.ir wat-'rline length will be between SUft and 90ft. He will r'lc one against the other, and the faster w,\'.' be seut over as challenger.

Apropos the cabled statement thatl Air EookeW.er had male a New Year gift to the Chicago Liiivor»ity of three million dollars (about XCCO.a 11 , 1 . making his total benefaction four n-i!:i-:. J . Jt<.'.iug. an Httic'e published in a recent is?ud of the World's News dealing with the fortunes accumulated by leading American miHionBirea is of special interest The writer states:--" Next to Gould, but far al>ov? Gould iu the power of eocumulatiDg money, comes John D. Kockerelkr. Mr luck, f Tier is uadoubledly the richest man ci the ivotld, and ■ veu he confesses that be does not km w what he is worth. His methods, too, hive not been nic-', but bis g'uius ha- beea constructive. He has organised the greatest, trading company—the Staudard Oil Company that the world has ever seen, and he and many others who bav6 followed his lead and clung to nis sk.its Lave profited immensely. Mr Rockefeller's fortune is variously e'stimated at from £110,000,000 to £250,000,000. Some of the other great American fortunes and their origin are as f'diows: Andre - Carnegie (stael), £H<J,OO'jtK)')' William Rockefeller (eil), JEWOOO.'OOOJ '.'.' 'v. Vandorbilt (railways), *25!o00,000; George J. C' n (railways), jE2O,OOC,OOJ; VV. A. Clark (copper tu!"" s '' £20,000,0C0; D. 0. Mills (barking), JElo.OOO.OOO ; H. M. F agler (oil). JE12,000,0 10; J. P. Morgan (banking), XlO.UOO.'.OO; Jrs Hetty Ureoti (money landing), £20,000,000."

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It'.-s your business an I if you don't to it, who will.-' You cannot to kwp cows foe fun. That isn't bu-imss and furthermore, it Uu't necessary. There is money ia ei>w-Veepiug if you go at it right, and there is more fun in going at it right than therti is in staying wrong. You need au " Alfa-Laval" Cream Separator VocnufH it will ruaku money for you ; because it saves labour ; because it saves time; beoacse it tneins all the differences between cow profits and cow losses. L.iok into the matter and see what an " Alfa Laval " will do for you and buy one because vou nefd it. Our offer to run the " Alfa" against the "just-as "and tefce it back frae of expense unices it beats them protects you from buying; an inferior mrohine. Cash or ea»y terms. Catalogues free on application. Sole New Z*alai.d Rents, Mason, Struthera and Co., Limited, AuokI Iwid, Palwetwa *Nortb and Chrirtqi-ttWb,

The dearth of female labour is not confined to domestic service. The boot industry makes the same comphint, and the Auckland section of it recently deputatiouised the Mini, tor for Labour with a request 'h*t the Government should offer to assist the passages to this colony of skilled girls rrcm ~ome. The Minister's reply was that, b-ture he could undertake to e ive assist'•cce, the employers must provide evidence aat it m« impossible togrft the requited labour in the colony, and must also undertakaroget an assurance from the lab ur anions interested that the labour could not he procured in the colony and that its importation was necessary to allow the industry to progress. A Times reporter yesterday asked the Minister whether the G >vernment proposed to do anything in the matter 0 f servant girl immigration Mr M.llar repl.ed that the High Cmmissloner bad au>h. ntj now, if suitable servant Kir.s were available, to assist their passages. J - e Government aid not pro pese to go any further. &

I he success of the Trowell boys (of Wellington) in the musical world seems ns■ured beyond all doubt. Each sneceeding mail brings some evidence of their advance I he Eutopean Express, published at Brussels, says < f a recent recital given by Colonel VVyon (onanist) and the Messrs 1 rowell: " 1 ogithor in a duo for violin and cello, a ' Romance'by Vieuxtemps, the brothers Irowell gave evidence of their remarkable powers on their respective instrument?, their ensemble being so perfect that ic was at times scarcely possibk to distinguish which were the tones of the cello or the violin, and this was especially the case in tbe 'Uequiem' of Arnold Irowell. This latter performance was distinguished by a deep sonority of tone ■fa truly elegiac character—a veritable ; Chant tor the Dead.' In their solo playing the two brothers showed that tney had ru.l knowledge of the works thoy interpreted, each number being characterised by perfect rendering. In the solos of Mr Arnold Trowell may be particularly mentioned 'La Jeune iler-,* of Schubert, and 'Light of my soul,' of Grieg, both being delivered with exquisite shades of expression. Mr Garnet i'roweb's solos included two compositions of his brother,' Lamento,' and 'i'nere,' and in the first-mentioned -specially he showed that his tone (wh ; ch reminds one greatly of Sarasate) was of surprising suavity and beautiful in its intensity.',

Mr Churchilllooked during last session a-s it ho might at any moment break down practically (writes a London correspondent). In the later months of the summer Irs appearauoe was almost ghastly. It might nave been suppose! that he was the victim of grievous and perpetual worries. Hut those who have studied his character know that a habit of worrying is not one of his weaknesses—his enormous self-con-tidence would make him proof against any tendency of that kind if he had it. 'lhe fact was that he had been overworking himself by combining too much Parliamentary and platform speech-making with his novel and complex duties at the Colonial Office. The grinding out of long despatches is another of his favourite labours, *ud it is said that most of the papers' written in explanation or defence ot Colonial Office policy are his, though usuahy signtd by u>rd Elgin. If this be so, the plausible logic of " Master Winston," as he is generally called by his f 1low members in the House of Commons will probably be largely represented in the detailed statement of the New Hebrides muddle, from the point ot view. Rapid changes of manner are characteristic of Mr Churchill's political development. tie is noticeably less " cheeky " than he was a few months ago Outwardly he is just n»w one of the gravest -iin.stora in lue House —deliberate in .-peeoh, intensely official in aspect, and reprrSentiLg the humorous spirit with the natural ease of a Scotchman. He leaves jokes for the present to ilr Birrell and other comparatively irresponsible persons. 11l health he has decidedly improved since the summer.

Please remember that our stock of confectionery is ot the finest, and our letvice efficient and satisfactory.—Jas. E. Tidd, confectioner and grocer, Hamilton. 6

How to get on is at all time 3 a vital question aud ac the beginning of a new year our thoughts are occupied planning how we ahill win success. To succeed in life you must be earnest in the right things, stuty and work hird to place yourself at the top in your profession or trade, don't aegleot your personal appearance but dress as well us you can afford, and to dress well tml nave tnoaey you must go to V. Houghton, Tailor, Hainiltoj. Fit, itjle and workmanship guaranteed. 6