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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3581, 5 October 1905, Page 2

An: advertiser wants a billet a;i station cook.

A meeting of Mr J. Vile's political supporters will be held in the Rongotca "Town Board office on Monday* October Bth.

A Berlin cable says thirty-five thousand workers have been locked out, and the strike is expected to collapse within a fortnight owing to the absence of hinds.

At Ike Athletic Park yesterday afternoon, the Debating Society defeated Moutoa by an innings and one run. Full scores will appear on Saturday.

The New Zealand Footballers defeated Middlesex by 34 points to nil. There was a large attendance. The scores comprised five goals from tries and three tries.

The Manawatu County Council invites tenders for the right of working the Shannon ferry tor twelve months. Conditions may be seen at the Borough Office. Tenders close on the 13th instant.

Edward Elliott Hayes, a seamen on the Rakaia, was sentenced to a month's imprisonment at the Dunedin Police Court for assaulting the second mate on September 18th, when the steamer was on the way from Capetown 11 Dunedin.

The ratepayers of Foxton likely t) be affected by the fire-prevention scheme area are called together at iho Borough Council Chambers for Wednesday next at 7.30 to discuss affairs connected with same. Every ratepayer interested should be present.

Whilst Mr Speirs was raising some argument relative to the fact that, engine-drivers could be arranged for to work the fire-engine, at last night’ • meeting, Cr Gray remarked: “According to Mr Speirs the fires would have to be timed to take place on a certain date and at a fixed time.”

Messrs Collinson & Cunningham, or Broad Street, Palmerston North, having made extensive alterations to their business premises, hkve now opened a very fine show room. They make a speciality of ladies and children's underclothing, and invite all residents of this district, when in Palmerston, t . pay them a visit. At the Palmerston S.M. Court yesterday morning before Messrs Jaa. and F. Mowlem, J’s.P., Jno. Smith, a resident of thb Moutoa district, was charged with obtaining 20s from Reginald Moore, Foxton, by means of an alleged valueless cheque. On the application of tin police accused was remanded to appear to-day at Foxton. He will appear before Justices to-night. Other cases will also be heard.

The Sunbeams practice at the Public Hall to-night. Arrangements have been completed to visit Shannon on Wednesday, the 25th inst. The visit to Levin is put off until after the Athletic Concert, and will probably take place on Wednesday, 15th No vember. Tickets are in circulation for the Athletic concert, ' including a limited number of reserved chairs at .I 5 .

At Masterton, a fruit hawker named John Branmau and a woman named Mary Kelliher, were stabbed in a brawl in Cricket Street on Monday night. The former received several wounds on the arm, and the latter a wound under the left ear. The injuries, however, are not serious. An elderly man, named Alexander Smith, has been arrested and was charged with the offence at the Police Court. He was reminded till Monday.

A correspondent wishes to know what has happened to the local Tennis Club. “Where is the secretary?” “ Who won all the prizes played tor last season ?” And “ Have those prizes been awarded yet ?” are some of the questions asked. Certainly, there is a screw loose somewhere, and and we hope to soon hear of the secretary calling his committee together for the purpose of arranging the opening of the season. We notice Clubs elsewhere are all in working order.

Large catches of whitebait were recorded as caught in the river yesterday

We would again remind readers that Mr Oswald Gardner invites the constituents of the ManiiWat-u id meet him at the Masonic Hall to-morrow evening.

During the bearing of a divorce case in Wellington, Mr Justice Cooper said he Had often had occasion to remark that young women engaged themselves to marry men with less investigation into their lives and character than a lawyer or merchant would make if he were employing aa office clerk. On Friday afternoon the Ashburton Police took possession of R travelling trunk riiarked (i personal luggage” which had betfri hit at the TimVald Railway Station. On exaffllffatloti V was found to contain fifty bottles m whisky. The police handed the luggage over to a man who claimed it. It is likely that a prosecution will follow.

A telegram front Auckland states that at a meeting of ladies jeHeVdgy it was decided to receive subscriptions for a W?ddjn" present to Lady Constance Knox, daughter of Lord Ranfdrlyj .Governor of New Zealand, iricuiuduai slab'scdptjoflS ajrfl, to be limited to half a'ciowd; and there' U id be no canvassing.

A portion of a human skull was found on Friday in a galvanised bath at the Kia Ora Galvanising Works in little Taranaki-street, Wellington. Mr Robt. iVliittaltefi pfopnetut df tFe., werks, expresses his opinion tliiu it lied Veen rolled up in some zinc, and must have been in his possession for six months, as it was at the bottom ot a heap of zinc which his employees were using. On the arrive! at, Sydney ot the barque Jordan Hill from Hong'lic'ng the Captain reported that two German Seaiiiaif and an English apprentice.—the latter said to be heir to the estate of the Marquis df Ailsa —had deserted one night by means of a t'aft, 30 miles from the Celebes Islands.- They Were not again Seed. It is considered they had but small Chande of making the Islands. At a meeting of the New Zealand Rugby Union’s Management Committee at Wellington, a motion was passed that consideration be immediately given to the advisability of the New Zealand fedm playing a match or matches on its retnrtl to New Zealand. The Otago Rugby Union fofwhrded a cheque for £l7 19s qd, being proceeds df, the recent match Australia v. Nc-U' Zealand,

The Mayor of Vernats, Sernas clfief watering place, finding his regulations against ladies’ trailing skirts of no avail, posted guardians at each entrance to the park, with the order to measure the length of every skirt whose wearer desired to enter, and to close the gates on those whoso skirts were not two inches off the ground. Tlie guardians fared so badly, however, that the order has been rescinded.

Two boys, one aged fifteen and the other thirteen, were condemned to death and shot by Cossacks for firing on soldiers at Odessa during the recent disturbances. The shots came from a balcony during the recent disorders. The parents of the lads were arrested, but the boys, to save them, confessed their own guilt, and were immediately sentenced to death. They were bound to the stake, and the Cossacks fired six shots from their rifles into each body.

The meeting of the Manawatu Rowing Club called for Tuesday evening suffered a fate which is not altogether unknown in Foxton —it lapsed for want of a quorum, only three members of the committee, three members of the club, and one member of the public being present. With a hopefulness and tenacity of purpose worthy of a greater object, the fragment of the executive that happened to be there decided to call another meeting for a later date. It is difficult to forbear a smile, but what is the use of prolonging the agony ?

William Mason, the well-known nursery-man, of Auckland, who made a considerable sum of money by cutting up his nursery and estate in Ponsonhy for suburban villas, died last week. He left the bulk of his estate to charities. The N .Z. Society t ihe Prevention of Cruelty to Women and Children, and to Animals, benefits to the extent of £500;, All Saints’ Anglican Church building fund, £500; local division of the Salvation Army, £500; the Ley’s Institute, £1,000; and Dr Barnardo’s homes, £SOO. The residue, probably over Tio,ooo, goes to the Jubilee Blind Institute. The present Anglican Bishop of Auckland, Archdeacon Calcer, and Mr N. L. Holm Biss are the executors.

A sensational accident occurred at the Upokongaro ferry last week, when the mail coach and horses were precipitated into the river, and two passengers had an experience they will not be anxious to repeat. The horses jibbed when drawing the coach on to the punt, two whee’s ot the vehicle being on the ferry and two on the shore approach. The ferryman proceeded to push on the hind wheels with the object of forcing the horses forward, and in doing so pushed the punt away from the hank. The consequence was the coach and horses were pulled off, and fell into the river. There were two passengers (a young lady and a Maori woman) sitting on the box seat of the coach at the time of the accident, and realising the danger they promptly jumped into shallow water, the coach and horses being forced out into the stream. The heads ot the animals were held up by (he ferryman until assistance arrived, and a block and tackle were obtained to haul the horses and coach to terra firma. In the meantime the passengers were taken over to the hotel, where a change of clothing was provided, and their boxes and portmanteux were subsequently found floating down stream.