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Manawatu Herald, 7 February 1905, Page 2

Mr G, A; Simpsdn, Mayor; has returned frdm a short stay in Wellington. The Band meeting should be largely attended at the Public Hall to morrow night, when his Worship the Mayor will preside. The Rev, McKensie preached an impressive sermon at the lobat Presbyterian Church on Sunday evening last.

Notice is given to-day by the Town Clerk that the Dog Tax is now due, and must be paid on demand to Mr H, Bradcock, registrar, Main street. A. Pat gives notification to-day that he is retiring from business, and as a consequence, he is selling his stock of glassware, ironmongery, clocks, jewellery, basket ware, fancy goods, etc., at cost price. Give him a call. The Weekly Press of this week specially refers to Foxton and district. It contains four pages of illustrations °f our town, and those in search of copies should order early, otherwise they may be disappointed. The beautiful weather of Sunday last was fully taken advantage of by local residents, most of whom spent the day on the beach at the Manawatu Bar. Picnic parties were numerous, whilst out ou the briny some really good catches of fish are recorded. Every paper issued of late in this colony contains news of fresh divorce proceedings. If the marriage state is to he played with much further, we shall be forgiven for imagining we are under American rule. Palmerston North shows further signs of keeping pace with the times. Their latest proposal is to establish a Produce Exchange, and the project is meeting with much approval. The Agent-General cables:—“ There is a better demand for hemp ; market firmer; average price of New Zealand hemp, good fair Wellington grade on spot to-day is per ton ; ditto tor distant deliveries. The trial of Ellis was further adjourned yesterday to allow the jury to visit the scene of the murder, Te Awaite. The judicial twelve accordingly left for the Wairarapa by yesterday afternoon’s train. Messrs Trevor and Son commenced removing the old Palmerston North Post Office building yesterday. The new building is to be ready for occupation within nine months. Acting on the sentiments he expressed last week, Mr Thompson, S.M., sentenced an offender to 14 day’s imprisonment for using obscene language, at Palmerston North yesterday.

The All Saints ladies have been fortunate enough to secure the Vicarage for their Garden Party on Wednesday week, and there is bound to be a large attendance. The affair is to open at 2.30 in the afternoon, and all sorts of goods will be on sale. Musical items are on the programme, and admission has been fixed at xs, children halfprice.

A telegram from Russell says a boat containing six people capsized in the harbour yesterday afternoon. Three were drowned, and three rescued by a Maori who was passing in a boat. Those drowned were Mr Culley and daughter, and Mrs Marshall. The rescued are Messrs Goodhue (2), and Doel. They all belong to Kawakawa. The survivors were three hours in the water before being rescued. A man named Edward Masters, a rabbiter, at Hastings, shot his wife at noon yesterday, and then attempted to commit suicide. Masters met his wife at a train arriving from Napier. They began an altercation near the station, when he drew a revolver and fired at his wife, the bullet lodging near the left shoulder blade. The man then fired three shots into the air and the last one at his head, the bullet entering his skull above the right ear. He is unconscious, and both are in a serious condition.

A rather important case was decided at the local Court yesterday, viz., whether the Clapham patent horseholder should be considered legally a preventive against the possibility of horses bolting when harnessed to a vehicle. Mr Robt. Cobb was summoned by the local police for having left his tandem team unprotected in one of our thoroughfares during the evening of the last day of our late race meeting. He, assisted by counsel (Mr Reade), argued that the “ holder ” or “ break ” in question was equal, if not superior, to the hands of an ordinary “Jehu.” The police, on the other hand, contended that nothing in this wide world would prevent a horse or horses from bolting, saving and excepting the presence of some human being. Eventually the Justices present, Dr Bennett and Mr A. Fraser, dismissed the case, stating that they were satisfied Mr Cobb had complied with the Act. On a charge of driving a vehicle without lights after sunset, Mr Cobb was fined §s,

A slight shock of earthquake was felt a little after eleven o’clock on Sunday night.

’Tis said a football match is to eventuate on the race-course on Saturday afternoon next.

Rev. Wilson was back in the pulpit at All Saints on Sunday evening after his annual holiday, Millar and Giorgi have a change advertisement on this page which is certainly worth glancing over. Mr De Ridder has correspondence in another column which may be worth perusual, re cost of installing a water service in our midst.

Mr G. Stiles is always to the fore with an annual sale, and this year is no exception. His ad. on the first page contains particulars. Entries for the first Feilding A. and P. Show, on 23nd inst., total 650, His Excellency the Governor is to be asked to open the show; The rain which has fallen the last two days Was very welcome, as (host of the tanks were almost dry and needed refreshing from the Heavens. It was pleasing to notice some of the Rowing Club's boats in use on Sunday last* It certainly shows there are some members who wish to take an interest in aquatic pleasure. Still, why has the Secretary not called a meeting ? Notice is divert to-day of the Himatangi sale to take place on Moriday next. Weaners, yearling heifers, and steers comprise the list to be offered, and as further entries are likely to be made, good business should be done. At DuUedin da Monday of last Week, John M, Roberts, didd suddenly at a wedding. He had spoken a few Words in proposing the health of the mother of the bride, when he fell forward and expired in a feW fflihtiteS;

The Wellington Trades and Labor Council has decided to urge the Government to prohibit the landing of Asiatics in New Zealand as a menace to the mental) moral) physical and social welfare or Olif jSedjjle'i

Four ponderous specimens of humanity—all over 6ft high—were to be seen on the platform of the Hunterville railway on Wednesday. A bystander suggested that they should be weighed. The giants had no objection. The first to be scaled was a well-known Native chief from Moawhango, whose avoirdupois Was exactly 34 stone. Two brothers (Europeans) weighed respectively zost rib and 3ost 81bs, and another pakeha ißst. They were all comparatively young men.—Express.

William Windsor, restaurant-keeper l quarrelled with his wife at Auckland and attempted to hang himself in a cellar with two silk handkerchiefs. The wife, suspecting his design, found him hanging and held him up until he was cut down. He was then unconscious and had to be restored by artificial respiration. Windsor pleaded guilty to the charge of attempting suicide and was ordered to come up for sentence if called upon. A prohibition order was issued.

At the Wanganui Magistrate’s Court an elderly man named McLaughlin was charged with attempted suicide by cutting his throat with a knife, at Marton, on the 30th December. The accused had been in the habit of drinking chlorodine and painkiller and had been treated in the hospital for the effects of drugs. After being discharged he resorted to the same, and, while in a state of hallucination, severed his wind pipe with a knife. Though he was recovered sufficiently to leave the hospital he was still under the effects of the drugs and was sentenced to one month’s imprisonment.

A young couple turned up at church at a neighbouring town last Sunday, says the Manaia paper, to have their first child christened. The wife was quite self-possessed, but the husband was painfully embarrassed. Matters went well, though, until the minister asked for the name of the child. Then the husband looked up at the ceiling, down at the floor, and out through the baptistry window, as if in search of the forgotten words. At this critical moment his wife nudged him, He awoke to the requirements of the oc casion, and said, in a loud, clear voice, “ I will 1“ The recollection of his last visit to the church was so fresh in his mind as to have quite overshadowed the significance of the business in hand. The visit of Mr Seddon to “The Lost Tribe” on the West Coast of the South Island recalls some interesting facts in connection with these people. In the early days a body of miners, together with their wives and children, retired to the hills at the back of Lyell, and for years had no connection with with the outside world, an occasional visit to the Lyell or Murchison districts being made only when stores were required. The children grew up uneducated and they, with their parents, received the appellation of “ The Lost Tribe.” One of these men was summoned a few years ago to give evidence nefore a Commission in reference to the West Coast railway and astonished the Court by stating that he did no; know whether he had a name, but he was pretty positive that he belonged to the “ Lost Tribe,” a remark which completely puzzled the Commissioners, who were not aware that the West Coast contained such an eccentric body of people. One of our staff paid a visit to the Beach on Sunday last, andi after dip ping his tootsies in the briny, looked round for the usual ride on a donkey. There was no donkey to be had, so he volunteered to mount a “ gee-gee,” but that “ gee-gee ” did not think him congenial evidently, for ere the inkslinger got fairly aboard, the moke went through pig jumping evolutions to such extent that the would-be pigskin exponent was sent a flying somersault on to the sands. Said rep. has often heard of people taking headers “off" the beach into the briny, but Sunday last was the first time he experienced taking a compulsory header “on ” the beach. However, he vows he will be a regular attendant at the seaside in future, so the youths are in for some fun if he prefers to be venturesome,

Do not delay to call at Pearson’s before they leave the district and get some of their bargains in Ladies’ trimmed hats, untrimmed hats at 6d and is. Cotton voiles, 3s lid a dozen yards. Men’s trousers, 6s 6d and 10s. In fact, everything in the shop will be found a bargain.

A large crowd attended the criminal sessions of the Supreme Court, Auckland. yesterday, more than ordinary interest being taken in the business, which includes several charges of homicide. Judge Edwards, in charging the Grand Jury, said the evidence against Mutton, who is charged with the murder ot a woman at Mercer, was purely circumstantial, and the jury might find a bill of manslaughter or murder and leave it to the common jury to decide. Much interest is taken in the case against Dr Collins, who is charged with manslaughter arising out of the Royal Commission enquiry into the treatment of hospital patients.

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