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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3612, 15 February 1906, Page 2

The Woodville Show yesterday was largely attended, and excellence of exhibits was generally commented upon.

Tho Rev. James Duncan attained his 03rd birthday recently. May the Rev. gentleman live to see many more. We are pleased to sPUe he is in good health. The tennis match to have been plaj'ed at Levin next Saturday, between Foxton and Levin clubs, has been postponed till some future dare.

A slurp shock of earthquake, travel dug from cast to west, was felt in Foxton about ten minutes past nine o’clock this morning.

Mr Norman Andrews, contortionist, left Wellington for Sydney on Monday last, under engagement to tour inland Australian towns.

It is expcct-d the drag conveying the rlnfertaining Party to Rongotea next Wednesday will leave Foxton about ! pm. A good concert programme has been arranged. With reference to the police constable vho was sc-,-, i uniting in a West End ■; ivet last w-;-k. a satisfactory explanaton is now given. The officer was going oil (I’ll v.—- Punch.

’Ru' Oman Bridge Sports Association uv- fix- d !ip-;;i March 14th .t Larkin’s ick, for tneir annual meeting, in■!u h'.; r horse aid pedestrian events V social a.id dance in the eyening will i- iiieeid- ioo- :m v’s fun.

■" ; Ku d '-is 1. who is about to leave 1 ;| i ii l'v, v.’.i - yes'.sr'lay present' cl \vi L:s o fm.:i of hiivm’-wara by the chib ir uof i iio English Sunday school l'ih‘ pr.-s.'iu.ilion t ok place at the residence of Mrs Stewart.

Tho following pathetic appeal «pp -are in i WcUiiigtou paper“ Matv'monv—Young ! M-, just from Eoykuul (20), very lonely, wi - '* small means, would 'i!;.' (o meet suitable partner, view to above.”

The hMongings of the late John Loftus

Campbell will be sold by Constable Whiluhonso at the Courthouse on Sa nrliy it 2 p.m. The property, which in dudes a t nl and fly, is being disposed if by the Public Yost.

Mr R. G. Jeliico-.: (savs a cablegram from London! has been appointed handing counsel to the Treasury t r the Northern Circuit. Mr Jellicoe. who was in practice for very man years m Wellington, was the Liberal re didate for the Walton division

Liverpool at the elections last month, and was defeated by 673 votes.

Mr Seddon might exclaim as the result of his visit to Pahiatua and Pongaroa: “I came, I saw, I conquered,” He gave the electors much fatherly advice, patted them on thback, made them laugh, earned their applause and confidence, and went away—-without promising them anything. With the immortal Puck lie exclaimed, to himself, ot course. “ What fools these mortals be !” P ihiatua Herald.

The first, second and third prizes in the Summer Cup (No. 2) consultation have come to New Zealand. An exchange credits the first (£4000) to Mrs Nora Gavanagh, Invercargill, the second (£1250) to a Wellington syndicate, and the third (.£750) to Miss Newstone, Sydenham, Christchurch. The second prize in the Perth Cup (,£350) was drawn by a Southiander, Mr W. Knapp, of Mokoreta.

The Premier was entertained at a banquet a( Wtipaua on Tne-duv night. Speaking afterwards at a social to Mr C. Hall, M.H.R., Mr Seddon said the Government would have to take action in acquiring more land for settlement purpose-'. It was the bounded duly of Parliament to place more people on the land. He read a cable from the High Commissioner stating that the slump in Ihe butler markM wa- due to speculators and ” hears,” The outlook was satisfactory and Mr’ present price 106 s per cwt. lure 1 1 a to a deputation the Premier =t;i ! e l the owners ct Abbotsford, who had offered a portion of their estate, were 1 nlitii-d io retain from 2000 to 500;; acres each. It was best to let tho Compensation Court settle the matter.

A lost kid belt, with two silver buckles attached, is advertised for.

The Watrarapa Standard s iys that by reason of the fact that the New South vVales Government have decided to pay colonial pay to contingent-, who received Imperial pay, a well known Featherston carpenter will benefit to tho une of something like .£l3O. Word was received in Foxton on Tuesday of the untimely death, at Auckland, of Mrs Peter Murphy, daughter of Mr M. O’Riley, of this town. Wo understand death was accelerated by child birth. General sympathy will be felt with the relatives of deceased in their bereavement,

The Foxton Borough Brass Band provide an afternoon's! entertainment in Victoria Park next Sunday from 230 to 4.30. Many instrumentalists have lately joined the ranks of musical institution, and the programme of items is likely to be enjoyable. A collection will l)a taken up in aid of the funds.

The person who claimed the loan of a bicycle from near the Racing Club office on Sunday last thought better of hia nntipii, for his conscience must have pricked him, and he returned the machine to somewhere near the Post Office on-Tuesday evening, but not before the cycle received much damage. Beware, for the men in blue are on the warpath 1

Mr Monroe, International Exhibition Commissioner, met a number of Palmerston business men at Palmerston on Monday evening last, and explained matters in connection wilh the Exhibi tion. As a result, a special meeting of those interested will be called, when in ah Hk'lihood it will bo decided t-< have Mi' -1 products of tho Manaw itu District fully represented at Christchurch. A meeting of horse-owners was held in Wellington last week, when a lot of business was got through. It was decided to call meetings in various centres and a meeting will be held in Auckland shortly. For the present the proceedings are not available to the press, hut probably when the association is on a sound footing the objects of the association will he made public. We have received a tabulated table o f easy payments for cycles from Clarksons, Ltd., Palmerston North. T n F comprehensive list is so complete tha’ no one can be in doubt as to their pursi fitting the easy payments. Tho repair system is also a distinct advantage to the cyclists, and we think every whee ! - man should be possessed of this comprehensive little cardlet. It will be mailed free for the asking. The secretary of the New Zealand Rugby Football Union received a cablegram from Mr C. Wray Palliser, t,hIjondon representative of the union, stat'mg that Johnston and Seeline members of the New Zealand team, ha l sailed for Wellington by the Gotlrc According to earlier advice, Harper and Glenn are returning via Suez, and Hunter and Deans, and probably O’Su 1 - livan, are returning via Canada. Tlu other members of tne team leave San Francisco to-day, and are due to arrival Auckland on March sth.

Speaking at the Railway Conference at Palmerston North on Tuesday, Mr F. W. Frankland said the Foxton Cham her of Commerce would work shoulde to shoulder in any action taken either in connection with the Government o 1 Manawatu railways. They were ineon venienced by the defects in the services, and if only for selfish interests they would cfo all they o mid to assist. Regarding the Foxton line service he sab 1 their main anxiety was concerning th lack of lavatory accommodation in th carriages used on that branch. In rsponse to representations a carriage wh’ the accommodation required had beeput on for four davs and then taken of! for no apparent re 'son.

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