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Manawatu Herald, 12 November 1904, Page 2

'A four-toomed house Is advertised to let in Coley street. By paying all expenses.the owner of a 14 fool boat, Which Was found on the Foxton beach, can have same returned to him. The Debating Society have been granted permission to bold a cricket match on the children's cricket pitch at the Foxton scboolground. We would again remind those interested of the sale of live stock to be held at Himatangi do Monday next. Several new lines appear in to day’s advertisement.

The Government of Holland has introduced a bill to reduce drunkenness. Persons under eighteen are prohibited from entering a public house unless accompanied by an adult. A special nieetiug of the Borough Council will be held on Monday night to confirm the special order declaring certain plants to be Noxious Weeds within the Borough of Foxton. The ordinary monthly meeting will be held immediately afterwards. On her trip from Auckland on Wednesday night, when opposite Kawau, the steamer Ngahpuhi ran down the scow Rimu belonging to Maclow Bros., laden with logs. Tbe scow turned turtle. The crew were saved. Captain Peterson's leg was slightly injured.

Brother Fox, who recently arrived from the slums of Whitechapel, and who is commencing work as an Evangelist in the Fnxton district, is to be tendered a public social gathering on Wednesday, 23rd. There is sure to be a large attendance, as the ne.w representative of the Gospel has ‘ become a general favourite since his arrival.

Onr advertising columns »0001010 particulars.of the ; clearing sale of furniture and household goods, at- Mr A. S. Jonson’s residence, Avenue Road, Foxton, on Nov, . 23rd,. at 1 p.m. A trap and horse will also be “ put up.’’ Mounsey & Co. have the sale in band. t becoming notorious for their originality, but probably the converting of “ Clorine ”, into a comic spng on Wednesday night last " takes the bun." What would Ernest Fitts say if he only knew ? The p f ßee the bumonr bribe joke, and were'very displeased to think this artist’s name did not appear on the <t.‘bill of fare ” the second time. •t . ; * w : .V . :• 5 » The meeting of th|.Athletic Club on Thursday evening .to.; consider the protest lodged by Wallbutton against Dunn being awarded the local bicycle race on Wednesday was of a stormy character. - His Worship the Mayor was in the chair. It was proved.that Dunn’s performances were sent in correctly, and the protest was therefore disallowed. Two of the competitors at the meeting were compelled to apologise for falsely accusing and abusing officials. On Wednesday afternoon a fatal accident occurred near Newmarket on the railway. A young man named John Sullivan, of Devonport, fell out of a train returning from toe races. An alarm was raised, and the train stopped. It was found that Sullivan had been run’ over and almost cut in two, and must have been killed instantaneously. Deceased was a younger brother of Thomas Sullivan, the well-known New Zealand oarsman, ; He>was:uomiMie^■; Civility costs nothing. Government railway Officials havfe often been severely criticised for alleged officiousness, but an official of the Manawatu Company takes the cake for politeness. On Saturday night a mortuary van was waiting to be emptied of its burden. The relatives of the deceased person, griel stricken, were waiting near the van while the stationmaster was preparing a discharge sheet. Up came a porter, and exclaimed, “ Haven’t you emptied that van yet; I can’t b- well stop here all night waiting for you blokes." The company ought to pension that porter. Familiar in song and story are the gentlemen who break the bank at Monte Carlo. But the man who nearly broke the bank of England is a new-comer. He appears to have been a celebrated financier, apparently French, who was in Threadneedle Street one fine day, when he needed a little ready money. ' He entered the bank, and presented a cheque. As he had no account, the request was politely refused. He returned the next day with a cart and a huge bundle of thousand-pound; notes, and, demanded gold. The stupefied cashiers shovelled out sovereigns to the tune of £400,000,000 sterling, and then the directors of the bank went down' on' their knCss and’begged the celebrated financier not to ruin them,-, and; their country. His revenge was satisfied, and he forgave them-the affront to his cheque. Tt is almost needles* to say that this “ sweat and pretty He ’’ has km A g(«At lU9NM i 9 P«fl«)

We regret to have to state Mrs Nye’s health is not improving. A man who was awarded a farthing damages in a Sydney case the other day was paid with a half-penny. The owner insisting on his just change, a farthing was ultimately bought for half-a-crown. A teacher was one day trying to impress upon her class that people should not do anything in secret’ 'that they would be ashamed to do in public, when a about having a bath. George Sutherland, a young man, was charged before the Stipendiary Magistrate yesterday with abducting a girl Under sixteen, named Mary McSweeney, at Hamilton. ,The accused; was arrested id'New Plymouth. The girl is now in the custody of her relatives. Sutherbmd- Jigs Until Monday Av A member of the Bookmakers' Association seriously suggested* at, the annual meeting Cbjistchurdh | sulElus, which approached £SOO,- should e given to the Anti-Gamblers’ League, to assist it in it# efforts to abolish the totalisator; but another membeif' opposed this proposal with a remark that the ariti gamblers wanted to abolish the " machine ” first, and bookmakers afterwards. The results are as follows for the Manawatu Show Weight, Guessing. Competitions in live stock: —The 1 sheep weighed laolbs. Leslie Thomson, Awahufcl, guessed itcfjlbs.) and Robert Smith, Woodlands, Collyton, 119 Jibs. The 5 sheep weighed sSaJlbs. Mr A. R. Fannin, Taihape, and Miss Porter, Main Street, Palmerston North, guessed 3831b5, The Fat bul lock weighed xoaglbs., apd,was gufiscd by Messrs A. G. Havilh - Palmerston North) and L. S. O’Loughlin, Kalranga. .

Captain Rolls, of the Tarawera, states he passed'the sdow Hoanga, now 40 days from Kaipaia.on October 17th; ten miles south of Cape Kidnapper, hearing south. That night a heavy gale sprang up from westward. Captain Rolls has no doubt the scow was blown eastward out of her course and he is of opinion the vessel .'is safe. Messrs Mitcbelson Brothers, who are* interested in the vessel, state the scqw, has plenty of produce on board and there is no danger of running short of provisions.

What appears to have been a very gross case of cruelty to an animal has been reported from tbe Prebbleton disc trict (Canterbury) says the Lyttelton Times. ,An old cow collapsed on the public road, and lay there for about a day unable to get Up. Its owner then brought a horse and dragged the unfortunate animal along the road for about two hundred yards to a paddock, where he left it without any further attention. It, was quite’unable: to reach food or water, and lay for nearly thirty hours before it was merer by a neighbour. The police, aided by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, propose to.. prosecute in the case.

The local Sports Committee expect to reap a fair profit over this week’s gathering. To the secretary (Mr Ended Wanklynjmuch of this satisfactory state of affairs is due, whilst s all the committee are deserving of a measure of praise the. m., which they carried out their vanbU's duties., Messrs J. Frew and Si Hickson should’ be mentioned as- particularly interesting themselves in the enjoyment of the “ little ones',” and for the handsome return from the cbncert Mr E. E. Smith deserves«the ’heartiest thanks of the , Committee. X.his gentlemen pushed the “ gaff ” along in a. marvellous manner. * Last rbut not least, the'Cbmmutbe wish to-thank all donors of trophies for the many useful and ornamental articles received from them as(prizes for the different competitions, ,