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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3611, 18 January 1906, Page 2

The L.M.S. insert an ins t to-day which is worth due consideration. Some good bargains can be obtained. Nigel Barker represents New S u»li Wales at the O ynipis games at Athens. It is proposed to send Wheatley to iepresent Victoria.

At the Sydney cycling carnival, Rutt, the German rider, won the League Crp, beating Mayer and Brook by thiea lengths In 2mins 1 l-sth secs. The Federal customs revenue for the half-year ended December, was £i, 526.000, a decrease of £60,000 on th® previous corresponding half-year.

Mr McArtney sustained a severe loss in connection with the late fire at the Provincial Hotel, Palmerston, his insurance policy, which lapsed a few days before the occurrence, not having been renewed.

Ladies you will be able to buv Cream Vcile Skirts, handsomely triimntHi with silk iu-e>ti<m. worth rt least 37/6, for n/6 each at the L.M.S. Sale, which will commence on Saturday in Speirs’ building.

In the midst of an argument at Council last night as to the correct reading of a Loans Act affecting local bodies, in which Council failed to find out their true position, the Borough Clerk said "there was no doubt that all the-e acts were framed f r the benefit of the legal p-idession.’’

Tho local aerated firm, Walls and Jillett, are supplying both Mr Wakeman (who has secured tho Publican’s booth), and Langley Bros, (tho successful luncheon caterers), at the Foxton races. It is pleasing to notice local industry thus fostered.

Ladles’ Seaside Crash Skirts 3/11 each at the L.M.S, Sale in Speirs’ building. A committee meeting of the Pox ton Racing Club will be held at the club’s office to-night at 8 o’clock. The Foxton Racing Club give notice that bookmakers, their clerks or agents, and all undesirable persons will not be admitted to their races on Monday and Tu'-wia? next.

The Rev. Southern has been appointed to take up his duties as Primitive Methodist Minister in Foxton, the Rev, Featherston having been appointed to Waikouaiti, Whilst on the matter of the Avenue culvert at the Council last night, Cr Shadbolt averred that there would be a riot if the work was not completed immediately. “ Let them riot I” came the retort of another Councillor, who evidently is not deeply stirred with our daily cables from Russia.

A Sydney police officer who is acquainted with the Chinese quarter in the Haymarket, avers that last year the sum of i‘17,000 was taken over (he count- rs of these shops. And it must be remembered that the Haymarket is ■nly one of the centres where tickets are sold.

Carterton was lighted for the first time with gas on Friday evening. The trial of the light is to continue for one month, and if at ihe end of that time the Borough Councillors are fully satisfied as to the efficiency of the gas, a permanent plant will bo installed. Two hundred and thirty-five white employees in the Nowsie Deep Mine, ■Johannesburg, have protested that reports of ill-treatment of Chinese, circulated in England, are baseless. They allege that a photograph of a supposed sufferer was arranged by a former Chinese compound manager, who was dissatisfied with his salary.

There was great activity in the Whakarewarewa geyser again on Friday. The Waikowhitu geyser was exceedingly active, and continued so until Sunday afternoon. The Pohuui cauldron on Sunday afternoon sent up columns of water from 15 to 25 feet high. The other geysers in the vicinity were also active.

The third Christmas dinner donated by Mr Harry Rickards was given on Christmas Day in the basement of the Sidney Town Hall. There were close upon 1000 guests, of whom 500 were men. There were numerous family parties. The fare provided included beef, lamb, vegetables, sweets, and beer. At last night’s meeting the matter of the Awahou culvert in Main Street tailing in - was touched upon, and conncilices generally considered it neces sary that the work will have to be atended to. We paid a visit to th • scene th s mo ning, and notice a dip on this side 6f the bridge. It may be that the culvert will need to be replaced by Concrete. It has been truly said that the average Bdtisher takes his pleasures sadly. A Gore resident, who claims to have spent a week’s restful holiday at Riverton, contrived (says the Ensign) during that time to get lost in the bush until lo g after midnight, to fall into the river (in 15ft of water) while Selling, to get twice capsized out of sailing boats, and t-> ■arrow!,y escape being wrecked while cruising in a motor launch. Christchurch Truth, in referring to fche pea rifle nuisance, says:—"The casual young person seems as though he will never realise that it is at any Mme a highly dangerous and idiotic thing to play with firearms, and that the pea rifle is an unnecessary piece of furniture. The ‘ harmless ’ pea rifle’s victims would make an imposing list, and would probably stimulate the Government into bringing in a law doc eeing that a man caught, thinking of a pea rifle would be hung for life or something. This would he the only way of nukin',' the ‘didn’t know it was loaded’ individual ancient history,”

The District Coroner, Alf. Fraser, Esq., held an inquest on Tuesday at Shannon on the body of James Byrne, who was drowned while bathing on Sunday afternoon about half a mile •hove the OJiWku mil. It appeared from the evidence that the deceased, who could not swim, got out of his dentil. His cry for help was heard 1 v some Ma wis. who ran and jumped int the river, but Byrne sank\before thev could reach the spot. The body was recovered by dragging at about seven in the evening, and conveyed to Shannon. The verdict of the jury was that J unes Bvrno was accidentally drowned in the Manawatu River.

Can it be that we are dreaming, or's it that our Mayor is just awakening ? However, ho has at last become aware of the fact that the Manawatu Hkrald chcillatos far and wide—in all parts of the Globe. It was while councillors wor- discussing the proper places to erect notice boards re the Avenue bridge being closed for traffic, at last night’s meeting, that His Worship ejaculated that the fact of same appearing in our c dumns would be quite sufficient There would be no need for notice boards, as the Herald went everywhere. Was it satire ? However, it must be true, for the Mayor of Foxtou has said so, and who will dare to doubt him ? One tiling is quite evident, and that is that His Worship caught sight of the “ Woman with a Pram ” letter appearing in our columns last week. Borough workmen and carters looked rather astonished when they wer.i .-topped from work in a sudden m inner this m ruing. It was at the Avenue culvert they were engaged, filling in. A week ago the Borough Overseer was led to understand that the work was to be comm-nced today. But he knew nothing of the decision arrived at by the Council at their special meeting last night, which was to the effect that the culvert was to be allowed to stand until i d Feb. The men had been engaged at the work about three hours before the Borough Clerk arrived on the scene and stayed operations. Needless to sav, the crust ot the concrete was almost covered from view then, and the road was well on its way to be opened for traffic. On enquiry we learn that the whole thing was a mistake.

Printed Cotton Delains x/- for blouse length of 3 yards at the L.M.S.SaIe in Spelts’ building.

In a compensation case at Reef ton, Young v. the Keep It Dark Company, a father’s claim for J2IOOO for the death of his son when working for the company, the assessors awarded JE2SO damages.

Fox-rnn C. 0. defeats Debaters at Victoria Park yesterday on the first innings by 136 runs to 63. For the winners, Nye 80, Furrie 18, and Whibley 17, were the principal scorers. Moore 19 and Spelman 22, made a good stand for Debaters. L. E. Reade as umpire.

How long should concrete be allowed to stand ? was a query indulged in to some extent by Councillors at last night’s meeting. When one of our City fathers advanced the argument that it needed five years, and another seven years, others began to wonder whether the Avsnue would ever be open for traffic. Finally, yet another Councillor informed the gathering that it took one year for every inch of concrete to set properly, and as the culvert in que ion is 12 inches thich, if we waited tilUt set properly, we would need much patience Happily, we have not to wait that long.