LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3720, 18 October 1906, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

An intelligent lad is wanted for this office. Four bales of wool, the first of the season, were shipped aboard the Queen of the South yesterday. The Manawatu Flaxmills Employees Union will not allow Asiatics to be enrolled as members. Mr M. H. Walker has been confined to his house during the past week with a severe attack of pleurisy. * Strong westerly winds have been blowing in this district during the past few days and the weather has been much cooler. The remains of the late Mrs Osborne were interred in the Foxton cemetery yesterday afternoon. Included in the cortege were mourners from all parts of the district. The Rev. Mr Southern conducted the service at the graveside, A local commission agent informed a Herald representative yesterday that he had a number of clients on his books who were anxious to buy local property, but the tall figures asked precluded the property changing hands. The running and cycling tracks at the park are being put in order for the Athletic club’s sports to be held on the 9th November. It is expected that the gathering this year will be a record one from every point of view.

The clearing sale of drapery and clothing at Messrs Smale and Hay’s is being well attended. As the goods are reduced to prices that must effect a clearance purchasers are reaping the benefit of the bargains.

We understand that an officer from the Department of Health intends paying a visit to Foxton shortly with a view of inspecting a number of dwellings which are alleged to be unfit for habitation and an eyesore to the town.

There is mon.ey in newspaper work in Palmerston, says the “Fielding Star.” Most editors have not a “ feather to fly with,” but the gentleman who edits the Times theie offers to give to the public hospital if he loses a bet! .

Mr A. W. Bradley, the local fashionable tailor, notifies elsewhere that he has opened up a splendid assortment of summer suitings. Fit, style and workmanship gauranteed. Clients are requested to place their orders early to save disappointment. Three lady crews were out on the river this morning getting their “ hand in ” for the opening day of the season. The second boat’s crew to leave the shed showed much better form than the others. The events for the fair sex on opening day should prove a great attraction.

A congregational meeting of the Presbyterian Church was held on Tuesday evening for the purpose of electing managers for the current year. The Rev. I. Jolly presided. The following were elected; —Messrs Henderson, Hornblow, Moore, Ross, seur., J, and W. Rough, and Spiers. Mr Moore was re-elected secretary. A joint meeting of managers from all parts of the district will be held at Foxton on Monday next at noon.

A lad was recently charged at Collingwood, Melbourne, with insulting behaviour. He was found behaving eccentrically in the street, and he told the police t '. .it he had broken into a bank at Heaiesville, and had attempted to rescue a girl from a convent. He \vi; then arrested. It is stated that his mental delusions arose from excessive cigarette smoking. The bench remanded him for medical observation.

Mr Angus Keith, secretary of the local Racing Club, has been appointed starter for the Taratahi Carterton Racing Club. At Palmerston on Monday the Borough Council drainage loan proposals were defeated, only 400 ratepayers out of 2000 going to the poll. At Opunake the other day while digging a grave a native accidentally disinterred part of the remains of a corpse buried previously in the same place. With horrified cries, the amateur sexton leaped out of the grave and made for home. It was some time before he could be induced to again approach the spot. 1 Miss Eileen Ward, daughter of the Premier, was presented in Wellington with the diploma of Associate in music by His Excellency Lord Plunicet, vicepresident of Trinity College, London. Miss Ward is the first New Zealand lady student who has gained this honour. In the Methodist Church on Sunday afternoon the service of song ‘ ‘ Phil Kyle ’ ’ will be repeated. The service is a very good one and those who heard it given a week ago were very pleased with it. The connective readings will be read by Mr Hornblow. A collection will be taken at the service, which will commence at 3 o’clock. It has been pointed out to us that the local police station is not connected by telephone and we have been asked to urge the Department to have this connection made, as there are times when the police are urgenty required and much delay is caused by the omission. We pass the matter on to the Borough Council for consideration. A working boy, aged twelve, ,by accident put his leg into a tank full of boiling liquid in an establishment where he was employed. He waS carried to the hospital, and the physicians declared it impossible to save the leg unless by surrounding it with living flesh, upon which A. Pozzi, a strong, brave young man, presented himself at the hospital offering his own flesh. Two pieces were cut from his arms and legs and applied to the boy’s burns and fleshless leg. Adhesion proved complete and the invalid is remarkably better. Two Chicago boys fought a duel the other week for the favour of a girl with whom they were both in love, Martin, aged eightteen, one of the principals, was fatally wounded, Hanson, one of the seconds, was also wounded. The latter, in a dangerous condition, was spirited away by his companions. Sweetney, the other principal in the affair, was arrested and charged with shooting the two injured lads. Sweetnsy had taken refuge with half a dozen companions in an empty stable, which the detectives stormed and captured after a general fight, in which the defenders again made use of their firearms. All the lads were captured and charged with complicity in the affai r. One of the secret processes which has for ages openly defied the world of science is the iron trade of Russia. The secret 01 making Russian sheet-iron is owned by the Government, and when a workman enters the service he bids a last farewell to his family and friends, and whether he lives or dies all trace of him is for ever lost. There have bien several desperate attempts made to steal or betray the secret, but in every instance it has resulted in the death of the would-be traitor. In one case a letter attached to a kite, which was allowed to escape, was picked up by some peasants, and, despite their protestations that they were unable to read, they were at once put to death by the guards to whom they delivered the letter. It was afterwards decreed that the guards themselves should pass their lives within the works, and to this day the secret remains as hidden as the philosopher’s stone. Where to get your dress well made and at a reasonable price is oftimas a real worry. I have sjlvel the problem for you by personally supervising the dressmaking department. I can provide all trimmings and linings to suit any dress bought from me. Mrs Hamer, The Economic.*** The following people are earnestly invited to visit the White House, Foxton :—Five hundred school children to purchase a pair of school boots; 300 boys and girls io buy a is school hat; 500 flax-cutters to purchase a pair 0: dungarees ..t 2s itd; 200 men to buy a pair of our 4s xid bluchers; 200 men to purchase a good working boot or a pair for better wear; 2.10 men ot all descriptions to buy an Eland h it w;f:i strap and everything complete at is nd; 30 men to purchase a rea panama hat. We lr»ve as large a assortment of these as a ny bouse o the coast and at press which c Miipar \ery favorably with even the wh de ;> sale trade.-— Watchorn Stiles & Co"