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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3614, 30 December 1905, Page 2

A lost overcoat and umbrella are advertised for.

Complimentary tickets from the Rangitikei and Wairarapa Racing Clubs are to hand.

We acknowledge seasons greetings from the Corrick Family who have just - concluded a successful season in Melbourne.

The Foxton Borough Brass Band indulged in carol playing on Xmas Eve, and we understand benefited financially to the extent of £lO odd.

We understand yoUng Percy Rowe is Well enough to be able to leave the Palmerston North Hospital, and that he arrives back in Foxton to-day. We have to acknowledge seasons greetings from the “ Wairarapa Observer,” '* Woodville Examiner,” and Mr John Stevens, M.H.R. We reciprocate all these good wishes. Whereas we in Foxton enjoyed splendid weather on Thursday afternoon last, it is said to have been a quagmire of slush at Ashurst racecourse. “ The worst day I have seen for years," is how one sport describes it.

The “ Dunedin Star " says that the probabilities are that Sir Joseph Ward will leave for Home by the February San Francisco steamer. He is going to London for a few weeks, thence to Rome for the Postal Congress, and will return to the colony early in July.

At the Masterton Police Court, before Mr W. P. James, S.M., a young man named Alexander Bellamy pleaded guilty to two charges of theft of bicycles, and was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment o*n each charge, the sentences to be concurrent. The bicycles were stolen on December 10th and one machine was made up from the parts of each.

A whisper is abroad (says the Hokitika Guardian) that the discovery of greenstone in the vicinity of the Arahura River so briefly hinted at in ; the report of Dr Bell to the Minister of Mines, is of very considerable impor- j tanoe, and likely to lead to very important development, besides drawing much greater attention to the many possible treasures in the fastnesses of Westland.

Xmas Carrol singers are at present receiving a severe handling by the Press of the colony, who rightly maintain that this form of cadging tactics should be eliminated. The idea of a residence being serenaded by midnight disturbers of this calibre, soliciting alms, is, to our idea, certainly un-Christianlike. We all speak of spending a “ Merry Xmas,” but nobody’s Christmas could be termed “ Merry ” who was compelled to suffer the ordeal administered by the “ Carol Fiend,"

On Monday the Eltham Dairy Compony beat all previous records easily, turning out x6o boxes, or 4 tons of butter for the day’s output. The supply of milk has been increasing daily and it is believed that the maximum has not yet been reached. At anyrate with the present fine weather, the output is certain to maintain its present dimensions of 4 tons daily for some time. At the price at present being received by the company this is worth £464 daily or J 3248 per week. The Wairarapa Standard has received the following communication from a local Maori re the recent earth tremor :—“ South Featherston, Wairarapa, Dec. 18, 1905. Dear Sir, —I was reading between 12 and x last night when the thunder storm of Earthquake started, the sound lasted for xsec, and shock lasted 1 minits 2 seconds, so in letting .you know, I think I was the only man watch the time, because my watch along side of me, started at 24 minutes past 12, so that the true Report to you.—Your faithfully to the end, Ed. H. H. Manihera." Considerable interest has been taken in the “ Bride Doll Competition,’’ organised by Mrs Wright, fruiterer. The sealed envelope containing the name of the doll was taken from the safe of Mr Reade, barrister, last evening, in the presence of a member of the Press. The correct name was found to be Jimima, Jand after opening the guessing box, it was discovered that only one had guessed the correct name, the lucky winner being Miss Nellie Lord. “Julia” and “May" seemed to be favourite picks. In all, about 50 guesses were recorded. It is Mrs Wright’s intention to hold another doll guessing competition—this time for the names of four different dolls, A remarkable scene attended a seance given recently in the home of certain spiritualists in Newcastle on-Tyne. A correspondent of the Daily Telegraph states that nightly a considerable company principally composed of women had gathered to witness the appearance of the spirits. On this particular evening one of those present was a wine and spirit merchant, who was accompanied by two friends, and had provided himself with an electric lamp. The meeting was opened witn prayer and singing of hymns, and then, when the lights had been turned low, a white-robed form appeared from the cabinet into which the medium had retired. The gentleman before-mentioned at once switched on his lamp, and one of his frieuds having turned up the gas, he seized hold of the form that had emerged. Though the figure was wearing a false moustache, its identity with the medium was made plain.

One afternoon last week a Maou lad named Wilson Rahira was riding iii company with two other Maori lads in La vino. A race ensued among them, and Wilson’s horse collided with a calf, the immediate result being that both horse and rider came to grief, Wilson’s horse was unhurt, but he was rendered unconscious by the fall. The young fellow was taken to Weraroa where he resided, and it was found that he was suffering from concussion of the brain. Beyond a slight abrasion beneath the chin there were no external marks of injury. Deceased never regained consciousness, and died on Sunday evening at 5 p.m. Deceased was a well-known footballer, and played full-back for the Levin team. A tangi is being held at Weraroa.

An unrehearsed drama happened on the return from Poutoa sports on Xmas Day, in which a local cyclist fared badly. It happened that he began to “ lag " on the journey, when a “ kind friend" seated at the back of a passing trap gratuitously offered to lend a helping hand to the distressed one by means of a tow rope. “ Everything went gay as marriage bell" until the “kind friend " vouchsafed advice to the cyclist to drop one of the handles, at the same time contending that the strain oi the rope would keep the machine balanced. The gent on the steel wheels acted on the advice of the Good Samaritan, and the result was i Machine somersaulted ; tioud laughter from the occupants of the trap; and cyclist laid by on the side of the road, suffering from severe abrasions. His machine was damaged, and he could not walk, so meditating at his misfortune, and wondering whether his “kind friend” in the trap had any human feeling, he trusted for the ar* rival of a Samaritan of a different colour. That gent arrived in the personage of a local bonifaoe, who took the cycle and cyclist aboard his conveyance and drove them to a more serene clime. The cyclist still wonders whether or not he was the victim of a practical joke I Now he trusts no man I

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