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Manawatu Herald, 19 May 1903, Page 2

The dinner to Mr John Davies on Friday passed off very successfully.

To-morrow evening the postponed annual meeting of the parishioners of All Saints’ will be held. We had the pleasure of seeing Mr Caverhill on Saturday on his way down to Wellington to take charge of Awatere.

The nest English and European mail, via San Francisco, will close at tho local office on Thursday, 28th May, at 8. 30 a.m.

The King and Queen had an immense reception at Glasgow. His Majesty laid the foundation stone of a new Technical College. Tenders arc invited by the Borough Council for rem wing certain trees from Victoria Park. Tenders will bo received up to 6 p.m. on Monday. The Misses Withers, principals of the Kindergarten School, announce their second term to commence on' May 20th. Miss Withers is also prepared to take pupils f<?r Standard classes.

The Government Engineer’s report dealing with the proposed FeildingApiti railway is a favourable one. It says that the railway would form a valuable feeder to the main line. The cost is estimated at £IIB,OOO,

Speaking in the Hohse of Commons, Mr Arnold-Forster (Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty) said the Admiralty was satisfied with the British type of submarines. He declared that no recent Continental -naval programme had been so rapid as that of Germany. We understand that Major Loveday, who recently inspected the School Cadets, complimented them on the progress they had made, and informed them that now they were a full company and not a detachment, and that those boys who belonged to the school cannot join any other company, otherwise they would be treated as deserters.

The public of Foxton were treated to a wonderful exhibition of trick and fancy cycle riding on Saturday afternoon by Mr J. H. Watt, who has opened a temporary branch of the Dayton Cycle Agency in the premises lately occupied by Mr G. Hyde. The ease in which Mr Watt performed each trick was very noticeable and stamps him as an expert in this line. Nothing seemed too hard for him to master, riding backwards, -sideways, through frame, over front wheel, and in fact in every attitude imaginable. Some of the feats performed must have taken months to master, namely that of standing on top of the cycle and also twisting the front wheel and handle bars round whilst going at the rate of seven miles an hour. Notonly does Mr prove tho mastership he has over the cycle but gives convincing proof of the wonderful strength and rigidity of the Dayton cycle he rides. It is Mr Watt’s intention to give another exhibition daring the week, when all who were unable to witness his last performance should make sure of seeing his next.

'The Council is getting Wharf-street, the new street by the Post Office, formed preparatory to metalling.