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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3502, 28 March 1905, Page 2

The Railway Department have a special advertisement in this issue. The Awahod Football Chib are called together for Thursday evening at Laing’s Hotel, The Old Boys’ Football Club hold an important meeting at Levett’s Hotel on Friday night.

Mr j; W. Ashmore of Foxton has sold his farm at a satisfactory figure, the purchaser being MrJ. W. Williams, of Wellington.

On Sunday njght, the Riotoul street public school (Wellington) was burned to the ground. The origin of the fire is a mystery;

At the Polo Gymkatia Sports at Wellington on Saturday, Mr I). Riddi ford's Pawaihi won the Polo Cnp, Ladies Bracelet, and ran second in the Hurdles.

By some misiindefstanditlg delegates from the Mottliti and PpfotaWhao football clubs collected itl Foxton on Saturday night for the purpose of attending a Union meeting; Captain Edwin Wired at noon today Moderate tostrongwindsfrom between north-east and north and west; glass fall; tides high; considerable indications for rain.”

The Dnnedln-Invercargill railway train ran into a trolley containing two passengers on Satilrddy night, and one, Jamieson, received injuries which caused.his death.

This is tile age of records; , The s.s. Moerald on Enday steadied from Lyttelton to Wellington in 10 hours 17 minutes, which is 13 minutes better than anything previously recorded. At a meeting at Newtown, Sydney, Mr JohnsOnj MiP !( said there Were 32 total abstainers in the NeW South Wales House of Representatives, and that temperance legislation might be expected.

The Dresden Piano Co. intend keeping Eoxton supolied with a qualified piano timer in future f and as a result Mr S. S. Moore is at present in town. Orders left at Mrs Hussey’s stationery will receive prompt attention. A special general meeting of the Foxton Racing Club is called for next Friday at the Club office, when the advisability of borrowing money to improve the course will be considered. A full attendance is requested. The political campaign in connection with the Wellington bye-election opened last night, when Captain F. M. B. Fisher delivered a political address. The speaker received a vote of thanks and confidence. Some members of the Foxton Borough Council, together with Messrs Geo. Nye and R. Moore, proceeded to Palmerston this morning to attend a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce in connection with the proposed railway to the beach. - The Foxton Rifle Club are well off in the way of trophies. At present, Osborne and Baker's window in Main street is completely packed with prizes from business people. Amongst other donations received is a guinea from Dr Graham, and a Cup from Messrs Austin and Easton.

The National College certificates won by Mrs Gray’s music pupils have arrived from London, and will be presented to the students by his Worship the Mayor at the Triad Hall on Saturday afternoon next, when a social afternoon will be given by Mrs Gray to parents and friends. The passengers on board the New Zealand Shipping Company’s steamer Tnngariro had a fine view of the eclipse of the sun during the run out from London. The eclipse was threequarter, and commenced at 12.8 on March 6th, lasting until 3.12 p.m. the sam" day. The vessel was inlattitude S„ 128 E. at the time. Mr Crespin, merchant, stated before the Federal Tariff Commission, that the. States were taxed fso,ooo, for the Queensland coffee industry, which produced only 38 tons in 1903. The witness further stated that the people of Sydney use the lower class of coffee, and tfiat he could not sell any of his good coffee in this city.

Mr Hogue, a member of the New South Wales Ministry, told a deputa tion representing church bodies that there were 93 dancing saloons in the metropolitan area. He declared that people who complained of dancing saloons were in great danger of physical violence and serious inconvenience. At a public meeting held in the Mosman Town Hall, motions were carried protesting against the dancing saloons being opened on Sundays, Mr F. Waymouth, managing director ot the Canterbury Frozen Meat Company, was present at the annual meeting of the Timaru Agricultural and Pastoral Society, and at the request of the Chairman, he made some remarks about anthrax and the sterilisation of imported bones. Mr Waymouth ridiculed the inspection of bones at the port,s shipm and the associction passed a resolution unanimously urging the Government to stop the importation ot bones until sterilisation works are erected in the colony. :