LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3753, 19 February 1907, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

The owner of a bangle is advertised for.

An attempt is to be made to grow New Zealand .flax in St. Helena, and establish an industry there.

On an average some seven tons ot fruit are being railed away daily from Hastings. According to the last Gazette, there are four hundred and fiftyfive registered trained nurses in the colony. Mrs Winter left Foxton last Tuesday for Wanganui, accompanied by her two little daughters (Kathleen and Cecilia), in order to place the children in the Wanganui Convent, where they are to be brought up and educated. We wish the little girls every success in their new home.

The profits of the Dunedin Gasworks for some time past have been going up about ,£IOOO a month. The year started in March with a credit of ,£11,400, and the credit at the present time is over ,£16,000. The year’s operations will probably show the gas department to be the best paying department the city posesses.

Hop-picking commenced in the gardens at Spring Grove (Nelson) on Thursday last. Despite the care taken by the growers to prevent the depredations of the red spider (by pulling off and burning the lower leaves and syringing the berries) this pest, says the “Colonist ’’ is very prevalent in the, district, and will affect the yield considerably.

In all probability the Foxton School Cadets will be invited to go into camp at the Christchurch Exhibition. The battalion to which they are attached will most likely leave Palmerston about the middle of next month. In the meantime, if the boys are to make a respectable appearance and gain credit to their town, they will have to smarten themselves up considerably by putting in extra parades. The arms and accoutrements will have to be over-hauled, haversacks provided, and a further supply of model rifles obtained.

MrJ. Grant, the Nature Study Inspector, visited the local, school last week, and made preliminary arrangements for cottage gardening in the school grounds. During the coming winter the children will make the necessary preparations, and in spring the parents will begin to take an interest in this instruction, and moreover, show their appreciation in a practical manner. The Foxton people are proud bt their fine new school; let us hope that in the course of a few months the surroundings will merit the same mead of praise.

A correspondent writes to the Post complaining of the allotment of awarded to the owners of a small steamer for salving a barque. According to his statement, the distribution among the crew was as follows: —Captain, tor standing on bridge and blowing whistle, £2O ! mate and engineer, more whistle, each ,£xo; cook, for boiling some water, etc., £5; fireman, for keeping himself warm, £\. The sailors, for manning the boats in a terrible sea, and who underwent many dangers in making the boats fast, were each awarded the munificent sum of £5.

WOLFE’S SCHNAPPS is better than whisky and far safer.

We have received word that the talented Elton Comedy Company intend paying Foxton a visit at an early date. Nineteen good pictures have been stolen from the art gallery of Pwllheli, a seaport and market town of Carnarvonshire, Wales. It is stated that Mr D. J. Nathan is to be called to the Legislative Council in June in place of the Hon. J. Rigg, whose term of office then expires. In order to save the ratepayers the expense of an election just before the general election. Cr Grey has, at the request of the Mayor and Council withdrawn, his resignation asla councillor. The Borough Sanitary Inspector notifies by advertisement that in future all accounts must be paid at his residence, ThynneSt., and accounts unsettled after the 7th of each month will be sued for without further notice.

The mewing of a cat recently attracted the attention of a policeman in New York, and on making an investigation he found that the house was on fire. When he broke open the door the cat carried her three kittens to safety.

The Maheno had a rough voyage from New Zealand. A seaman named Watters died of heart disease before leaving Milford Sound, and was buried at sea. A big sea came aboard on Thursday and inflicted injuries to a seaman named Henderson.

Solielland, a workman in Paris, was allowed to take his neighbour’s child named Marthe Erbelding, aged 12 years, to an entertainment, saying his wife was accompanying him. He out-raged, strangled, and stabbed the child in the heart, and left the remains in the parcels office at the railway station. Eater he confessed to his crime.

When Mr C. H. Poole was a boy in Victoria he was a member of a cadet corps which obtained a remarkable record for good markmanship at the Williamstown butts. “ There were very few of those boys,” said Mr Poole, “ who couldn’t blind a mosquito at 50 yards,” and the audience laughed uproariously.—Carterton News. “Carrying Chinese firemen is not such an advantageous game after all,” remarked the captain of the steamer Highland Monarch at Dunedin on Saturday morning. “ One of mine deserted in Sydney, and unless I can get him back when I return there I’ll have to pay £IOO. The captain of one of the Indra steamers lost three, which meant to his owners. And there’s plenty of trouble with them too. They get wild occasionally, and nothing but a revolver will bring them up to duty. On account of trouble with these and scallywag sailors, I’ve been in every police court between Eondon and Yokohama. I shot a Japanese dead in 1897.” There was a large gathering of Maoris at Otaki last Monday when a statue of St Peter was unveiled. The ceremony took place on monday afternoon, in the presence ot 700 and 800 natives, and a large number of Europeans, A number of valuable gifts, and were presented to the officatiiig clergymen by the natives on the spotThe procession from the chapel to the summit of the marae, where the statue stands, was very picturesque. Among the visiting clergy present were the Rev Archbishop Redwood, Archdeacon Devoy, Father Kiajuburg, of Rotorua, Father Eangerwert, of Taupo, Father Cognet, of Okato, Father Maillard, of Jerusalem, Father Barra, of Opunake, and Father Duclos, of Sydney.

It is understood that no less a sum than £ 7000 is to be expended on the tangi over the late Parihaka prophet, Tohu. The money is to be paid from the late Chiefs hoard at Parihaka. It is stated that in the strong room in the marae over £ 27,000 is stored ,in gold. This room is guarded by a committee of twenty natives, some half dozen being told off each week for the work. The lock of the strong room is worked with three keys so that the three keyholders have to be present when the door is opened. Up to the time of his death Tohu held one of the keys. The money is stored in jars, each jar holding ,£3OOO. Itis stated that when the money was being collected each was changed into gold before being placed in the jars. For many years the levy for natives entering Parihaka was £1 per head.—Taranaki “ News.”

It is rather a peculiar thing, says the Feilding “Star,” that Judge Haseldon should have held that there was no cause of action in a slander case, because the plaintiff did not prove special damage; but then the difference was that iu that case there were no betting transactions involved —so that we can only come to the conclusion that a tradesman who goes about his business in the ordinary way, and leaves ‘ ‘ bookies ’ ’ alone, may be slandered to the heart’s content, unless he can prove he has been injured by the statements made, but if he invades the shady preciuts of the betting ring, his character is the special care of the District Court Judge. Sometimes we wonder how such a man as Mr Haselden was appointed to the Bench, and even more so, how he manages to keep there—and then we remember that he was always of the right political colour, and the mystery is explained.

No matter how long you have suffered from rheumatism, gout, sciatica or lumbago, Eheumo will cure you. All chemists and stores stock it Price 2/b* and 4/6.

Many have testified Eheumo has permanently cured them from rheumatism, etc., after all other remedies had failed. All chemists and stores, 2/6 and 4/6., 15

A coloured strgw hat, -picked up between Hiinatangi and Foxton, awaits an owner Bt this office.

We are informed that a wellknown Moutoa gentleman had the misfortune to lose his moustache by lightning, during the recent storm. Beyond a shock —to his friends —nothing more serious happened.

Mr P. H. Rae-Howard, local agent for the Live Stock General Insurance Company has paid out a claim ot toan insurer on the loss by death of a valuable colt. The claim was made a fortnight ago and the company lost no time in forwarding its cheque.

The police warned all shopkeepers in the borough to dose at 10 p.m on Saturday, and the orders were carried out. One Chinese storekeeper complained that he did not understand the reason why he should close. However, on the Constable threatening to take proceedings unless the premises were closed, he also complied, A very heavy thunder storm passed over this district on Sunday afternoon. The lightning flashed, and the crashing of the thunder caused the windows to rattle in almost every house, and the rain fell in torrents. Within a very short space of time miniature rivers were flowing in all directions. No damage of a serious nature is reported.

Feeling runs very high at Himatangi in reference to the site for a school house and post office. The Southerners want the post office and school about threer quarters of a mile south of the creamery. Their petition numbers 93 signatures and Mr Farmer, a well-known settler, is the leader. The northerners are being championed by Mr Cook. They want the school and the post office near the creamery and their petition has 24 signatures, who claim to represent 119 souls. The post office is at present carried on at the railway station and the school, with a roll number of 50 is located in a cottage near the creamery. The Education Board will decide upon a site at its next meeting and the postal authorities will no doubt send an officer to inspect and report on a suitable locality. “It is a disgraceful state,of affairs to see a youngster like you charged with drunkenness,'’ said Mr C- C. Kettle, S,M., to a youth of 16 years, who had pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness. Defendant admitted that he had six pints of beer in two hours. Mr Kettle: “You seem to think it a manly thing to go into the bar and drink like other men.” As this was defendant’s first offence he was convicted and discharged. In reply to further remarks by His Worship defendant said : “ I will find it rather hard to give it up at first, Your Worship.” Theyouug fellow had just left the dock when Mr Kettle called him back, and issued a prohibition order against him for twelve, months, saying: “ You may think this sort of thing is hard. *but it is not, and if you have any sense you will see it. I am determined, if I can, to stop youngsters like you from drinking, and with the assistance of the police I will do it.” Defendant on being served with his prohibition order then left the cou rt. Mr J. T. Levett, bookseller and stationer, is bolding a great reduction sale of books, stationery, fancy goods, etc., in order to make room for new goods to arrive. Unbeard of bargains in all lines. See advt.

A Swift Royal bicycle is advertised for sale. See advertisment. The Economic, Foxton, give discount stamps to all purchaser.*

200 pairs of Blankets for sale at Watchorn Stiles and Co.’s Great Sale. Selling 20 per cent., less than old prices,*

WOLFE’S SCHNAPPS. For “ that tired feeling.”