Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1905.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3613, 21 December 1905, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1905.

There will be no rehearsal of the Foxton Entertainers to-morrow night. The returning officer has ordered a recount of the K-upoi licensing poll. The New Zealanders play All France at Paris on January Ist. We have to acknowledge the annual report for 1905, in book form, of tfae Royal Humane Society of Australasia.

At Dunedin Mr Justice Williams dismissed the motion to have F. Z. Moore, solicitor, suspended. The Foxton Borough Brass Band intend playing Xmas carols in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Several business firms intend to follow old time customs and decorate their premises up for the Yule-tide season.

Special trams have been arranged to leave Foxton each morning at 9 o’clock for the Bulls races at New Year time. ■ A meeting of the Foxton Athletic Club Committee will be held at Laing’s Hotel to-night, when a full attendance is requested. The Foxton Borough Council meet tomorrow night to consider tenders in connection with the various Borough works.

Latest reports concerning Percy Rowe are that he is progressing very favourably, and it may be that there will be no need for operating further on the sufferer,

Our sporting tipster intends letting his numerous readers “ into the know ” on Saturday next. So visitors to Awapuni should get their load on if they take note of his anticipations.

No doubt owing to the near jipproacli -PfilhdatiMSrfcvrffi and- disappearing wholesale at Levin. A local Jay Pay says half-a-dozen persons are suspected and if any of the culprits are “ bagged ” their Christmas will be spent in gaol. The London Daily Mail, in referring to the New Zealand football team, says there are no social distinctions among the “ All Blacks ” on tour. Each one greets the other as “Jim," “Jack" or “ Harry," or preferably by a nickname. The Foxton Racing Club intend to make their recent course improvements known in a fitting manner. At last night’s meeting they decided to issue invitations to numerous outside sports, and pressmen to attend their annual meeting next month. This should be a good advertisement. Yesterday was the first Wednesday for ten successive Wednesdays on which rain did not fall "orUhily, it was overcast, but still it allowed several members of the local Tennis Club to indulge in a game. “ Quite a treat," was the manner in which one of the fair sex spoke of the weather. Included in the annual prize-list at St. Francis Xaviers Academy, Wellington, we notice the following Foxton students wore successful:—English Language, Arithmetic, Algebra, Geogi'.iphy, and Physiology: Miss M. Barnard. Algebra and also a special prize for excellent half-year’s work: Miss D. Laing. On November 7th the marriage took place in London of Lady Constance Knox, eldest daughter of Lord and Lady Ranfurly, and Mr S. M. Gaskell. The presents included a pair of silver and greenstone candlesticks, and a case of silver and greenstone knives, of very chaste description, from the New Zealand Government. The present was much admired.

At Dannevirke, on Saturday, Mr W. Rose held a successful land sale, the total value of tfae lots disposed of bemg £2545 11s. Thirty-six sections facing Neptune-strcet were sold on behalf of Mr Carlson, and averaged £3B 10s. It is Mr Carlson’s in uutiun to put another block of land at Dannevirke on the market shortly. A man while chopping out the windows of bis residence, at Newtown, Wellington, at midday, on Thursday, with a tomahawk, was approached by a constable. He “showed fight,” and struck at the constable with the weapon ho was using. He was conveyed to the lock-up, where it was found he was suffering from delirium tremens, and he was remanded for a week for curative treatment.

At the Auckland Police Court William Richardson, the well-known temperance lecturer, and James Dixon Ward, who is equally well-known, an advocate of “continuance,” were charged with having, by lecturing in Queen street, caused 8 collection of persons whereby a footpath was obstructed. The evi dence was to the effect that defendants were lecturing under a verandah on a recent Sunday afternoon. They were each fined £l, costs 7s.

A man named Samuel McShane wss arrested In England on the arrival of the Paparoa the other day, on a charge of committing the robbery of My Frahauf jewellery at Wellington ia October. When arrested, Mo Shane had jewellery to the value of £l7B in his possession. Chief Detective McGrath leaves Wellington for England to-day by the Rlmutaka in connection with his extradition.

Percival George Beezar, nineteen years of age, called at the Lambton quay police station yesterday morning, and informed Inspector Ellison that he was the man referred to at the inquest on Basil Graham (the man who was killed In a brawl in Cuba Street on Saturday night) as having struck the blow that knocked Graham down. He farther said that deceased struck Cameron. He (Bezar) struck deceased, and Homebody else struck him. He then left. Bezar was detained, and later in the day was charged, jointly wjth John Cameron (the man deceased is said to have struck in the first place), with killing one BasifGraham, thereby committing manslaughter. Mr H. P. Davis presided at the Court, and remanded accused till the 27th inst. Bail was fixed in each case—self in £SO, and two sureties each in £SO.

To-day is credited with being the longest day of the year.

An offender for drunkenness, was convicted and discharged at the Foxton Police Court yesterday. The local secretary of the Foxton Racing Club is endeavouring to make arrangements for the train leaving Wellington on race-days connecting at Longburn with the Palmerston special for Foxton racecourse.

Mr Alf. Fraser, Town Clerk, gives notice that all licenses of carters, boarding-house keepers, hawkers, auctioneers, etc., must be paid to him at Council Office on or before Friday, 29th December.

Mr A. MeMinn’s String Band provided the music at the social given in honour of W. T. Wood’s return to Parliament at Palmerston North last night. Mr McMinn has plenty of engagements to attend to. In all probability he will be assisted by his confreres at the entertainments hero on race nights. The poll at Foxton for the election of a Maori member for the Western Districts took place yesterday Mr W. H. Alzdorf acting as Returning Officer, whilst there wore two scrutineers engaged. Six candidates went to the poll, and there were 64 votes recorded, being distributed as follows:—Pitura Taipua 64, Te Heuheu 10, Henare Kaihau 0, Eruera Te Kahu 0, Hare Teimana 0, Weraroa Kingi 0. The final ■osult may not be known for days, many out-of-the-way districts being in the area.

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