LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3762, 26 March 1907, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

We direct attention to Messrs George and Kersely’s (of the Economic, Wellington) inset in this issue.

The local school cadets attended church parade last Sunday morning. The Band played “our young defenders ’ ’ to and from the church. ‘‘ We will now take those six penny cases, ” was a humorous remark passed by Magistrate Thompson yesterday when about to deal with the charges brought forward by the sanitary contractor. Parents who keep their children away from school from any cause should make a point if at once communicating with the headmaster and so save action being taken against them in the Magistrate’s Court.

Mr Nicol, who has been in charge of the local Presbyterian Church during the past few months, leaves Foxton for Dunedin to-day. Mr F. T. Redman, of Masterton, will conduct services in the local church next Sunday.

Mr Speirs desires us to state that the price ol timber in Foxton is the same as is charged by the millers. Re Wellington prices, the sawmillers sell 6d per 100 ft. below the merchants. In Foxton the timber merchants prices are the same as the sawmillers, free on trucks, Foxton. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Limited, have been instructed to offer for lease the education reserve section 325, Foxton suburban, containing 4 acres, 1 rood, xo perches. See advertisement for further particulars.

Hepworth’s Rheumatic Liniment and Lung Balsam are two preparations which have become famous throughout the Manawatu district. The chemist is known, and the preparations do all that is claimed for them, hence the great demand. We direct attention to the advertisement appearing elsewhere.

‘ ‘ Easter novelties ’ ’ is the heading to Messrs O’Connor and Tydeman’s advertisement appearing elsewhere in this issue. The firm sell everything you need in the jewellery line. When visiting Palmerston inspect their magnificent stock. Half a dozen electrosilver spoons given with each wedding ring purchased. See advertisement.

The local courthouse was well filled with interested spectators yesterday. One individual, for making an interjection, was threatened with ejection, and two who were smoking were severely reprimanded. It is surprising what a fascination court proceedings have for a number of people. They are, however, men of the well-to-do class with plenty of leisure, and who cannot find any other way of killing time !

The West Coast Times suggests that Cupid apparently attends cricket matches in addition to fulfilling his many other engagements. It states that as a result of the visit to New Zealand of the M.C.C. cricketers, no less than three of them have become engaged to young ladies residing in this colony. Several of them were present at Wellington to witness the second test match, and they took a very keen interest in the play. At the fall of the Englishmen’s last wicket, which left the colonials victorious by 56 runs, the look of disappointment in the youngladies’ faces was a study in itself.

A special meeting of the Manawatu County Council was held on Saturday afternoon to make an inspection of the tramway and to decide as to its future management. After going over the line and approving of certain suggestions for improvements in the grade, the Council resolved to put the permanent way under the care of Overseer Hickford, to appoint Lineman Fitzgerald ganger, and to, give the general management into the hands of Mr Drew, County Clerk. Overseer Hickford, Ganger Fitzgerald, and Guard Anderson are each to have an increase of is a day. It was also decided that the Clerk’s salary should commence at per annum from ist April, and that he should receive a yearlv increase of £lO up to a salary of ,£250 per year. Mrs Hamer, of the Economic, has a special line of lace curtains at is 1 id per pair, see them.*

The remains of the late Samuel Savill were interred in the Palmerston N. cemetery yesterday.

The death is announced of M. Pobiedonostzeff, late Procurator of the Holy Synod, Russia, aged 80.

It is notified in last week’s Gazette that this year is to be a cloSe season for imported game in the Wanganui district. Mr W. Harper has accepted Mr Robertson’s challance to cut flax for £5. The match is to take place next Saturday in the Moutoa swamp. The win is to be decided on the largest amount of flax cut within 8 hours.

A young school teacher has died near Wrexham, England (says the Daily Mail) through taking “the blue half” of a seidlitz powder without the white halt.” A doctor at the inquest said the blue half taken alone would produce a depressing effect on the heart.

The relatives of the late Mr Savill are very much hurt in respect to a rumour which was carried to Palmerston that the deceased settler was found dead in a whare. This is absolutely false. The late Mr Savill had been carefully attended by members of his family and had not been left alone. He was living in a comfortable cottage.

A simple and effective method of exterminating rabbits have been brought under the notice of the Milton Mirror by a farmer. The idea is to smear a stone with tar and put it at the mouth of the rabbit warren. The animals will neither attempt to pass nor approach the stone, and, he states, die in their holes. The farmer in question has proved this from practical experience. The ‘‘descriptive ” writer of a West Coast paper enthuses over the way old Sol makes his exit in Hokitika :—The people of this district are accustomed to brilliant tropical sunsets, but last evening’s was exceptionally so. The sky was n blaze of colour, fiery red predominating with splashes of azure, tapering off to the most delicate hues of colours. The startling brilliancy of the spectacle was something to be remembered by all who saw it.

A pugnacious Pat loaded with whisky and simply boiling for a fight, interviewed a New Plymouth editor at i a.m. last week. He wanted to know why the editor had dared to print in bold type the cable news that fever had broken out in Belfast, Ireland. “Therenever was any fever in Ireland,” said the man from Finnegan’s wake as he thumped the editor’s desk with a fist like a shoulder of mutton, “and don’t vou dare to say so again. ’ ’ The editor and the comps took there solemn oath it wouldn’t occur again, and Pat went to sleep with an ink-roller in his arms.

We give a final reminder to our readers of the two lectures and demonstrations to be given in the Masonic Hall to-morrow (Wednrsday) afternoon and evening. The afternoon demonstration is for ladies only. Mr Jarrett will fully explain and demonstrate the various exercises used for the different ailments and deformities for which physical culture is now so general and successful. The exercises for growing boys and girls will be demonstrated by Miss Myrtle and Master Claude Jarrett, commencing at 3 p.m. The men’s and youths’ lecture will commence at 8 p.m, and will include exercises of a similar nature —developer, chest expander, dumbbell, and breathing exercises. During the evening Mr Jarrett will give an exhibition of scientific heavy weight-lifting, chain bursting by chest expansion, tearing packs of cards in half by finger strength, etc. ; also the Japanese system of jujitzu. Admission is free and all are cordially invited.