Manawatu Herald. [Established Aug. 27, 1878.] SATURDAY SEPT., 17, 1904.

Manawatu Herald, 17 September 1904, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. [Established Aug. 27, 1878 .] SATURDAY SEPT., 17, 1904.

Mrs A. Laing returned to Foxton oi Thursday from a visit to Scotland. Mr F. Pirani is to be asked to stand for Palmerston seat at next general election. Members of the Debating Society are reminded of the meeting on Monday evening next. Mr and Mrs H. Austin are expectpd back next week from their trip to the St. Louis Exhibition A drunk who was arrested at Woodville this week was tied to his own trap and driven to the lock up. This morning, before Dr Bennett J.P., John McGill was convicted of drunkenness and fined ss, or in default 24 hours. On Monday night It 8 o’clock in thr Town Hall thh local brass band wi 1 hand Over their instruments on trust to the Borough Council. M r Edmund Osborne, late of Foxton, has sold Manchester Molise at the c rner of Park street and Avenue road, to Mr. J. W. Thompson of Wellington.

It will be noticed that the civil calendar at the Magistrate’s Conrt on Thursday was remarkably short. Can it be that u bad marks ” are becoming fewer in Foxton P

During the licensing discussion in the House a member said that the late Tom Bracken must have had his eye on the Premier when he wrote the poem “ Not Understood.” The scow Surprise, which is anchored in the mouth of the Manawatu, is undergoing extensive repairs, including tne fitting of new masts. It is not likely that she will be brought up to the wharf.

The Manawatu Licensing Committee on Thursday granted renewals of licenses for Marton Club Hotel, Foxton Family Hotel, and adjourned the applications for renewals for Shannon Club Hotel and Albion Hotel. A shed on the Sandon road, belonging to Mr D. Sanson, was destroyed by fire on Wednesday night will all its contents, including a reaper and binder. Insurance ol £IOO was held over the shed and the contents.

Taihape mud bids fair to become famous. On Monday afternoon another man was found buried in the mud on the Moawhango Road, this time face downwards, and he was in a much exhausted condition when rescued.

We understand that the Government imported thoroughbred horse, Malachi, is to be placed at the services of breeders in the Fielding, Rongotea, Foxton and Palmerston districts this year. Malachi, will in all probability, be on view at the sire horse parade this month.—Manawatu Standard.

We are pleased to note that Mr L. Jenks has been successful in obtaining Honours in the intermediate division grade of theory. Mr Jenks is a musician of some promise, and we feel sure that he has a future before him if he continues in the way he has done. We heartily congratulate him on his success.

Two male bipeds with a gun wandered down to the Hokowhitu lagoon on Thursday afternoon, and shot two black swans that have frequented the place for some time; luckily one of the bipeds was identified, and both will appear before the Magistrate in due time.—Manawatu Times.

Messrs Dalgety and Company* Limited, have received the following cablegram from their London office, dated 14th inst.:—“Tallow.—Since the date of our last telegram prices of beef tallow in general are higher by 3d per cwt; mutton tallow is higher by 3d to 6d ; and mixed bv 6d to is per cwt. The demand is chiefly for shipments near at hand.”

The feeling in Christchurch legal circles is strongly adverse to the proposal to establish a Colonial Court of Appeal. One prominent lawyer cannot see how it would be possible to get a Colonial Court that could command public confidence in dealing with appeals from the Appeal Court Another states that the Chief Justice, he believes, is almost alone in advocating a change from the existing system. Mr R. T. Bell, who has resigned the position of assistant hemp grader, was presented by flaxmillers and merchants with a purse of sovereigns Replying to the speech of Mr W, Hamer, (of Foxtonj, Mr Bell said it was necessary for Ihe Government to legislate to prevent syndicates holding large areas, and extorting such high royalties from the millers that they are unable to make the business pay as it should. Thomas and Malachi Bond, farmers, were committed for trial at Carterton on a charge of sheen stealing. Bond’s property joined Booth’s on three sides. Two ewes were found on it with Booth’s earmark tampered with, by what is alleged to be Bond’s mark, and was only recently put on. A Southdown lamb at foot, of which breed there are said to be none on Bond's land, also had their ear mark. Booth claimed the ewes and lamb and reported the matter to the police, who prosecuted. 1 Interesting facts regarding the question of physical degeneracy have been furnished by the use in England of old tailor measurements for comparison. A firm in the North of England has compared the measurements for clothing made two generations ago with those of to-day, the results going to show that chest and hip measurements are now three inches on the average more than they were sixty years ago. The same conclusion is reached by the experience of the ready-made clothiers, who, it is said, nearly always find that the present-day wearers of clothing require distinctly larger sizes than their ancestors.