LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3742, 24 January 1907, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

An interesting article on the flax industry appears on page 4. A practical cabinet maker is advertised for as working foreman. See advt. The New Zealand yacht Rawhiti, won the La Carabine Cup at Melbourne on Tuesday.

The contractor is making good headway with the erection of the Presbyterian Manse. The Rev. Mr Leach, ofPahiatua, will conduct the evening service at All Saints Church next Sunday.

Mr J. Rough invites tenders for the erection of a dwelling fot Mr Brewer. Tenders close on the 31st ins-t.

Constable Woods arrested two men in Foxton dh Monday afternoon on a charge of committing a theft at Shannon. They were returned to the latter place in charge of Constable Dixon.

The Education Board at yesterday’s meeting decided to call tenders for the erection of a new residence for the master and to dispose of the old building at Foxton. H. S Izard, the Greytown bankrupt, has pleaded guilty to appropriating trust money to his own use and will be sentenced by the Supreme Court at an early date.

The local police were not called upon to lock up a single person for drunkenness during the two days races. This constitutes a record and reflects credit upon the sobriety of the general public.

It is believed that two men named Alderslade.aud Daly were blown out to sea off Island Bay in an open boat and drowned on Tuesday last. A heavy sea was running and the search has proved fruitless.

The Temperance Alliance is appointing an organising agent for the West Coast, and has decided to take strenuous action against Sunday trading, calling the attention of the police to the apparently extensive law-breaking in this connection.

A grower of the best apples in the West of England has just sold his fruit farm to a London dealer. The fruit farm from which the apples were gathered consists of five acres of land, planted with dwarf fruit trees. Only fifty apples were allowed to matureton each tree. Yet, at the rate of is dozen only, the yield was equal to J[foo per acre.

A public holiday was declared recently at Heilbron, Orange River Colony, in order that the inhabitants might unite in prayer for rain. Ninety minutes before the time fixed for the meeting rain began to fall, continuing the whole day. The people joined in a hearty thanksgiving service.

An inset in reference to Mr W. P. Snell’s clearing sale of drapery and clothing in Messrs Sutherland and Rogh’s buildings will be published with Saturday’s issue. Mr Snell desires us to state that as every line is to be quitted in Foxton, bargain prices will obtain to effect same.

A large number of people from Palmerston spent Tuesday at the beach and had a most enjoyable time, despite the strong westerly wind. We cannot understand why some enterprising person or persons do' not erect a house for the convenience of visitors. We feel sure-'it would be a splendid

An owner is required for portion of a carriage lamp. See advt.

The local State School will re open on Monday next.

There was only one slight accident at the recent local races.

The Secretary of the local Oddfellows lodge received the new regalia this week. Mr Thos. Rimmer has sold his half-acre section next to the tennis court to Mr L. Wilson. The price paid was ,£165. Fine weather was experienced for the local Racing Club’s meeting this year, except for the strong winds which prevailed yesterday Mr Cargill, of Petone, has taken a lease of the bakehouse and shop in Austin’s buildings and intends to start operations as from February 1 st. The Macmahon Dramatic Company played to two bumper houses in the Public Hall on on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. Although it is an unusual occurrence for a large metropoliton company to visit a township like Foxton, the management expressed themselves as fairly well satisfied with the public patronage. The hall, however, was too inadequate to allow the whole of the scenery to be erected, although it was brought here. The pieces staged were “The Executioner’s Daughter” and “The price of Sin.” The leading roles were ably sustained by Miss May Granville, Miss Helen Fergus, Miss May Renno and little Miss L- Sinclair and Messrs Chas. Blake, Alf. Boothman, M. Lynch, E. B. Russell, S. A. Fitzgerald, E.lNable and S. Gibb. Other minor characters were also well sustained. The audience were very appreciative and delighted with both performances.

Several individuals who had been “looking on the wine when it was red ” finished up the day’s outing at the hall last night. To watch their antics and facial expressions was almost as funny as the man before the footlights. One offered a sum of money in grim earnest for a 20 minntes companionship with the villain ; they laughed heartily when tears should have been the order and one emitted a fearful groan which was intended for the villain but which followed a speech by the hero. It was the kind of groan one hears at times on board ship. One of the merry ones, armed with a bottle in his breast pocket, caused annoyance by walking out. Towards the last he attempted to get out, but the fresh air was apparently too much for him, or perhaps he saw two steps—however, he measured his full length on the ground with his feet sticking in the doorway. If these foolish fellows could only see what consummate asses they look while in this condition it would have a very different effect on them in future.

Speaking of gambling, at All Saints Church on Sunday morning, the Rev. H. F.Wilson referred to the legislative action proposed by the Premier in order to check the practice. The character of Sir Joseph Ward, he said, was well enough known. He was no weakminded ranter. The words he had spoken were said deliberately after serious thought. What did it signify when the trusted head of a Government carefully laid out details of the method by which he proposed to deal with a ■ certain habit common amongst the people ? why, it meant this at least—that, whereas the habit had before been looked upon as not inconsistent with respectability, now it was deliberately and publicly branded as a vice from which every self-respect-ing member of society must hold himself aloof. There was no need to state again the shameless selfishness at the bottom of gambling that makes it as a poison to souls and minds. The report of Sir Joseph Ward’s speech sets that out plainly; and people who think, know it for themselves. The speaker conjured those who heard him to avoid the race-course because it exists simply upon gambling, —a thing that even the government of the country condemns in legislation. Oh, the shame of it! that followers of Christ should be found openly engaging in a practice that cannot be thought even respectable and from which the law has promised (as far as ever it is able) shortly to restrain them by the hand of the police.

The steam trawler Nora Niven sails next week for New Zealand with a crew from Grimsby.

The Manawatu County Council call tenders for the supply and delivery of metal. Tenders close on the 30th inst.

Liniments cannot remove the real trouble in rheumatism, gout, sciatica, lumbago. Ehecmo does, by removing the excess uric acid from the blood. Rheumo effects a thorough cure 2s 6d and 4s 6d. 8

Sir Joseph Ward is very emphatic about the exclusion of Chinese and other aliens from New Zealand. At Dunedin last recently announced it was his intention to move the following resolution at the Imperial Conference :—That all future treaties with foreign nations the Imperial Government will make such treaties subject to the right of lall its self-governing colonies to pass such laws as they think fit to limit to the fullest degree short of absolute exclusion the immigration into those colonies of aliens.”