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Manawatu Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 423, 10 July 1905, Page 2

There were no objections to the revised el otoral roll of the Kairanga County on Saturday. The best value in bicycles, and satisfaction guaranteed.—Clarkson _* The Athletic Park Co. intend taking steps to prevent the removal of sand, gravel and timber from the foreshore of their property at Hokowhitu. The attention of oarters is oalled to an advertisement in another column.

-the Hawkes Bay Education Board has given permission to a Napier dentist to examine (subject to the approval of the parents) the teeth of a number of local school children with a view of comparing them with those of echool children in other districts.

Frank Alexander Williamson, about 35 years of ago, committed suicide at his home, Bonny Glen (north of Marton), ear yon Saturday morning. It appears he locked himself in his room and tben pointed a gun to his mouth and blew his head off.

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Tha Lyttelton Times says:—There may come another time when the colony will ba willing to give it earnest consideration, but at present the prohibitionists have the public ear, and thenremedy is bound to receive its trial. The publicans and tho moderates, who aro willing onough to accept the middle way now, delayed too long.

There have been a largo number of burglaries iv Wellington of late, despite tne increased viligance of the police. At un early hour on Saturday morning two constables captured, after an excuing chase, a man who is supposed to have broken into a house in Wellington South. As he refused to surrender he was struck on the head and rendered insensiblo.

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Your country fs tho finest I have yet visited," said Mr Flavell Hayward. of the Brescian?, to a Lyttelton Times reporter tbe other day. " When one looks at tho smiling contentment of the New Zsaland working man and compares his lot with that of the poor of England's largo cities, one wonders why tho working man here ever growls. I have been in many countries, and have studied their laws with interest, but New Zealand is certainly the most domocraiic and advanced country I have visited "•

The Lyceum Theatre was well filled last evening, when Mr Wright, the agent of the Biblo-in-Schools League, gave an address. Tho Rev. C. C. Harper, MA, presided. In the course of a strong speech, in which the claims of tbfi children for tho Bible were urged, Mi- Wright drew attention to the .success which had attended the introduction in other countries where it had been tried. In America they had" had Bible instruction in the schools for 250 .years. Mr T. 11. Hodder and tbe Rev. I. Jolly also spoke.

Ouc success only attributable to honest dealing.—Clarkson V*

A resolution was passed as follows by the Farmers' Uniop local branch on Saturday :—•' That the" member for the district, be urged to secure for country children in Now Zealand that education whjch will fit them for their work in the country, and try to keep them from migrating to the towns. This can best be done by engaging a thoroughly trained teacher from one of those countries where rural education is one of the features of the system. If we wait till we get a co'lege Where teachers oan be trained, we may lose much valuable time, and wo earnestly request tho member for the district to join with others in insisting that the Government devote time and attention to this important subject/ The meeting then adjourned. ,X\

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The Taihape Post: For some time a young lady in this town has received an anonymous letter each week from a correspondent who signs himself Medical Joe. These letters are always of an indecently suggestive character, and the only means of putting an end,to this persecution seemed to be by discovering' and exposing tbe vulgar loat who .was the author. The letters were carefully preserved, and a systematic comparison of the different writing of several persons who wero suspected was instituted. The result has been that tbe handwriting of a joung fellow in the township has been found to bear such a striking resemblance to the letters from Medical Joe that little doubt bb to his identity exists. Medical Joe's next letter is due on Monday, and it will be interesting to sco if the announcement of this discovery will not induce him to abandon the unwelcome correspondence.

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Last session a resolution was passed by the Legislative Council calling for an analysis of, and report on, dried milk, with speoial reference to its suitability for infants. The report (furnished by Dr J. S.Maclanrin, Government Analyst) was submitted on Friday, and in the course of it Dr Maclaurin said: " There can be no doubt that this milk ia a wellprepared article, and compares very favourably with fresh milk, while it is immensely superior to any of the condensed milk.." He points out, with respect to its suitability for use as infants' food, that no cow's milk can be a perfect substitute for mother's milk. The proteids, however, are only very slightly altered; and the dried milk has the advantage that in curdling, the clot is less firm than in the case of fresh milk, and is therefore more readily digested. He notes as a special point in its favour the fact that, though containing no preservatives, it keeps perfectly for months.

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They were discussing the " police j scandal" in the House : Mr Flatman (Government Whip): Moses had a testimonial from a minister., Mr Massey: 80 much the worse for the minister.— (Laughter.) Mr Flatman: I, mean from a clergyman.—(Renewed laughter.) Mr Massey- then referred to an alleged similar case which he had been told had occurred in the district of Mr Flatman. Members: "Ohl oh!" Mr Flatman: It waß flatly contradicted. Mr Massey: No doubt if you contradicted it, it was " flatly " contradicted.—(Loud laughter) Mr Flatman: lt was contradicted by the Commissioner of Police. Mr Wilford: It is Moses wo are talking about. Keep your " Aaron." (Shouts of laugher.) Mr Seddon, when he made his reply, humorously twitted the Opposition with being behind the times in having to drag Moses into the debate. Mr James Allen: But that Moses was a maker of the law. Mr Seddon : And the present Moses is a breaker of it.—(Laughter.) Mr Alison; The other Moses made the law and kept it. Mr Seddon : I am not so sure about that.. It took Moses forty years to get out of the wilderness, and that is the present position of the Opposition. The present Moses is in safe keeping.^ He is not in the bulrushes, and it will take more than Pharaoh's daughter to get him out of where he is (Laughter.) By this time the House was thoroughly convulsed, and Mr Seddon and Mr Massey passed on to exchange their ideas on other subjects.

" We lead," others follow.—Clarkaon'a*

The Country Party has not so far made any offioial statement as regards its platform, and its aims and objeots aught therefore to be wrapped in a certain amount of mystery. Asa matter of faot, however, it has been organised specifically as a counter irritant to tbe new Liberal Party. This party, it is estimated, is purely a town party, and the country members, realising that the Ministry is, with the exception of the Minister for Lands, a town Cabinet, are determined tbat any further legislation shall not operate in favour of the town against the country. The now party, much to the Premier's discontent, is led by Mr It. Mckenzie, whilst Mr A. W, Rutherford has haen aoting as whip. The party recognises, acoording to a prominent member, that the Labor legislation of recent sessions has gone far enough. The cost of living in the towns has advanced materially, it is admitted, but the Country Party urges that the town people have " champagne insrincts with beer incomes "; and that it is not fair that the duties on the necessaries of life should be lowered and the tax' npon land raised in order to supply the deficiency in revenue. The party is oonfined striotly to Government members, and overtures from certain members of the Opposition to join the new party have been, it is stated, emphatically rejected. The party has no platform beyond the single solid " blackthorn " of objection to further legislation in the interests of the city, and it is in no way io be considered aggressive or obstructive so far as the general pohoy of the Gcvernmpnt is concerned.

Among tho numerous bargains at the Stock Quitting Sale at the Bon Marche to-day will be found a big line of all wool French flannell blousings, formerly 2s and 2s 6d per yard, now quitting at ls. Worth seeipg,—Advt Is illness itself not a trouble Sufficient without an M.D. ? Aye worry and pain not made double By_thought of the consequent fee. Let sickness not make you uneasy,. When health is so cheap to procure ; For coughs and colds, sneezy and wheezy Take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. '