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Manawatu Herald, 25 February 1905, Page 2

The death sentence on Ellis will be carried out at 8 o’clock on Tuesday morning next.

Durnan, the Canadian, is willing to row George Towns for the Championship, in Toronto Bay.

A handsome reward is offered for the return of a chestnut gelding. Look up the advertisement relating thereto.

At Sydney Reran swam 440 yards in sinin 25 a-jsec. beating Cavil’s world’s record by four-fifths of a second.

By advertisement to-day respecting the sale of Foxton property at Turnbull and Co’s sale at Wellington on Thursday next, liberal terras are offered.

Mr G. H. Stiles has a replace advertisement on our front page which is worth perusual. It is by special request his sale continues one week longer. A young lady with good references requires a position in a private family as housemaid or light general. For address apply Herald Office. At a Liberal caucus, at Carterton, at which the Premier was present, Mr J. T. M. Hornsby was selected as the candidate for the Wairarapa. Speaking at the Fire Brigade’s social at Carterton, the Premier said the Fire Brigades Bill would be brought on next session in a slightly varied form. At Dannevirke, a teamster on the Mangatoro estate, named McDonald, single, aged 24 years,, was found dead. The deceased was carting posts, and it is supposed that by some means he fell down and the wheel passed over him.

A frightful blasting accident occurred in the Picton Road Board’s quarry, at Para, yesterday morning, the victims being three brothers Hart. Two were brought into the Picton Hospital and the third still lies buried in the debris.

A little girl named Maggie Dempsey while visiting a ginger beer factory at Christchurch, accidentally caught her hair in a revolving shaft. A portion of her scalp was torn off and Irer head and tace were otherwise injured. Mr Wardell, Stipendiary Magistrate, granted the application of George Hawke, a clerk in the Auckland deeds office, to proceed against James Regan, proprietor of the weekly newspaper Saturday Night, upon a charge of crirhinal libel.

At the Wanganui Rifle Association meeting yesterday, the 700yds range of the Auckland match was proceeded with. It was won by Speek (Petone), 62; Carlson (Victoria Rifles), Hale (Petone), 61 ; Marrett (Taranaki), Judd (Petone), 60 ; Handley (Wairoa), Wiuslade (Opaki), 50. At the inquest on the remains of Bessie Hartshorn, who was drowned at Hastings while bathing with three others at Clive Grange, a verdict of accidental drowning was returned, a rider being added recommending Mrs Norman Wellwood, John and Samuel Hawkins, Conrad Heatly and Arthur Pyne to the Humane Society for reward for the rescue and attempted rescue of Mrs Hartshorn, Marjorie Martin and Bessie Hartshorn.

At a meeting of the Management Committee of the New Zealand Rugby Union (Mr G. H. Dixon presiding), the following players were included in the team to tour Great Britain, providing the players mentioned pass a medical examination, and they retain form during part of the coming season Wallace, McGregor, Roberts (Wellington) ; Seeling, Nicholson, Tyler (Auckland); Glenn, Mynott, Hunter, O’Sullivan.(Taranaki) ; Booth Johnstone, Stuart (Otago); Deans, Harper (Canterbury); Corbett (West Coast); Stead (Southland). A further selection of nine players is to be made.

A meeting of the Foxton Rifle Club will be held at the Office Hotel on Monday night at 8 o’clock. It is stated that an action, claiming £IOOO, is pending as an outcome of the recent fire at the Nelson Boys’ College. Bro. Fox will occupy the pulpit at All Saints to-morrow evening. Mr Callaghan, a gifted baritone, will render a solo during the service. On account of some first-class talent lately finding its way into Foxton, we understand the formation of a ministrel troupe is on the tapis.

In the House of Lords Lord Donoughmore introduced a Bill authorising the investment of militia for service abroad when embodied at war time or in a national emergency.

As a result of the high prices ruling in Europe, the Colonial Sugar Compa ay is despatching a steamer Fun Adelaide to Liverpool with 4500 tons of Java sugar, a poition of which is Melbourne and Adelaide reserve stocks.

In the House of Commons; the Hon. A. Lyttelton foreshadowed letters patent defining the broad facts of a constitution for a new legislature in' in the TransVaaL The details for a further local discussion and investigation would be settled hereatter.

A robber band of eight girls, twelve to fourteen years of age, has been arrested by the Lausame police. Their booty during the Christmas shopping was 12 gold and silver watches and a large quantity of toys and apparel.

The Auckland Band Contest Committee makes about £SOO out of the contest. The profits will be divided amongst the Auckland bands, who each guaranteed £IOO towards the expenses.

Mr Chew Chong, known as the “Fathar of the dairy industry” in Taranaki, has been presented by the residents of Ellham with a purse of sovereigns. Mr Chong is about to visit China after an absence of 40 years.

The Foxton Borough Brass Band intend holding a picnic Up the river on St. Patrick’s Day. Tickets will be on sale shortly. It is probable the Shannon families will meet the Foxton people half-way, so that a jovial day should be sent.

The machinery of the law was set in motion at Auckland to assist i:,'. the recovery of 33 6d. That claim read, ” To holding a horse to times at 3d a time —2s 6d,” and was by an old man. The money was paid into Court, with (he addition of 2s 6d Court fees.

Shrubb and Dnfley competed at the Bendigo sports. Shrubb easily defeated Wheatley in a mile run in 4mm He, also, won (he three miles Victorian championship in ijmin issec, beating Blake by 70yds, and lowering the record. Both visitors competed in the handicap events but the tasks set them were too great.

Miss Lolita Armour, the little crippled daughter of of MrJ. Ogden Armour, the Chicago millionaire, has returned to the United States, after a final visit to Dr Lorenz, the Vienna surgeon, whose bloodless surgery has attracted so much attention. The little girl limps a trifle, but the operation is considered a success by her parents. Dr John Ridlon, who assisted in the operation, states that the fee paid to Dr Lorenz was /'Gooo, A giri of 18 summers slated under oath at the Magistrate’s Court that for a period of live months a year hack, she got up at 5 in the morning, milked 23 cows, assisted in the household work, washed tins, harnessed up the horse, fed the calves, cleaned out the bails, got dinner ready, milked 23 cows again in the evening, and finished her duties at 7.30, thus working 14P hours per diem—for a munificent wage of 12s a week and found. —Manaia Witness.

*• I don’t usually wish anyone bad lock, or wreak a curse on those who do me an injury but I trust they’i have the stomach-ache for a fortnight.” This exclamation was heard by a Greytown Standard representative the other day, and on enquiry he was informed thaf a sneak thief, who preferred to steal rather than till his own ground for vegetables, had visited his small garden and stolen therefrom about three-quarters of his crop of broad beans and peas.

Who gays that it does not pay to keep sheep ? If anyone of our readers has that opinion he will have to take a hack seat after reading the following, which we know to be absolutely true : Mr W. Peart, who has a compact little farm on the River Road, near Kumeroa, this year had a return of £i per acre from his wool alone. This we consider a wonderful result. His flock are all ewes with the exception of a few cull wethers. They are three-quarter bred Lincolns, and the progeny of rams bred by Mr S. Bolton. —Woodville Examiner. The Premier arrived at Woodville on Thursday morning and was taken over the racecourse by Mr Bolton, the president. The premier expressed himself as very much pleased with the up-to-date course and the conveniences and he regretted he was unable to stay to the meeting. At eleven o’clock he started on horseback % . Pahiatua. Prior to his departure a deputation from the County Council waited on him re a further grant for England’s hill deviation. He said that probably another £IOO would be granted. At Waihi, Thomas Gardner, a wellknown music dealer, was fined 5 s and costs for being on licensed premises during prohibited hours. The facts are that Gardner’s wife was seriously ill, and he went to the hotel at eleven at night for a stimulant for her. Finding Sergt. Sheehan on watch, he appealed to him for perraisson to get some gin. Gardner, whom the police admits is a sober man, asked the sergeant to come and satisfy himself as to his wife’s illness, but the sergeant refused, and on returning home G'trdoer, finding his wife no better, in desperation went to the hotel and secured the gin. The case has caused great public indignation, and the fine and legal costs were promptly paid by public subscription as a protest against the action of the police. The amount was offered twenty fold.

Before A. Fraser, Esq., J.P., J. Kinley was convicted and fined £zos and ys costs for drunkenness, in default seven days imprisonment, on Thursday morning last. Complaints as to misbehaviour in the Foxton train of late have come to our ears, and it is said the guard has been appealed to. Those in fault would do well to take the hint.

The defeat of the Wellington Garrison Band says a Wellington corres pendent, is looked upon in local circles as rather a good thing for the future of brass music in the colony. This band has for so many years been top dog at contests that the victory of Wanganui should give a fillip to other good bands which have begun to regard it as hopeless to wrest the palm from the crack players under Lieutenant Herd’s baton. The Wanganui Garrison, which has been consistently second for some years was beginning to suffer from heart break, and might have been in a fair way to meet the same fate as the North East Valley, Dunedin, Band, whose persistent second fiddle to Wellington led to its death.

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