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LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

Mr Fred Pirani was amongst the visitors at the football match last Saturday. The Salvation Array are making arrangements to .bombard Foxton. The District Officer was reconnoitering the ground yesterday, and there being no hope of Foxton capitulating, the main thoroughfare may expect to be bombarded by the big drum and cornet at an early date. Consumption caused twenty-five deaths in the four chief centres last month. Twenty-seven deaths resulted from heart disease, eighteen from ■ cancer, fourteen from pneumonia, and ten from apoplexy. Sixteen persons died from old age, and premature births cut short the existences of fourteen. A special and interesting feature at the Presbyterian Church social, to-morrow evening, will be the singing of Miss Moir, of Christchurch. The young lady is at present- on a visit to friends in Foxton, and as she possesses a . highly musical voice her items should.be greatly appreciated. Magistrate Thompson granted six. renewals of old age pensions, £26 per year, at the S.M. Court • yesterday, and two new pensions were granted for the same amount. One. applicant for a renewal was warned by the Magistrate that, if he heard any more compaints re drinking, the pension would be cancelled. * The Vernef Co. played the humourous drama, Felix O’Callaghan, in the Public Hall, last night, to a good house. Charles Verner, the clever Irish actor, kept the house in roars of laughter by his witty sayings and amusing situations. He is supported by some clever artists, who sustained their parts very creditably. The company will to-hight produce the Irish patriotic play Shamus O’Brien. Those who did not see this famous actor last night should avail themselves of attending the performance to-night. Our representative, who paid a visit to Hawke’s Bay last week, informs us that Hastings is experiencing a phenomenal boom at present, One acre at the rear of the front street recently changed hands at ,£25,000, while for a shop frontage which cost £2OOO iittle more than two years ago, £7OOO was refused quite recently. The place is full of contractors who are busy erecting buildings everywhere. The newly-built Grand ■ aHotel of four storeys is a fine HB|ing, of which even larger may be proud. In fact, the. line from Waipube said to be experiencboom.

The burglary and theft cases against Anderson and McGlashau will be heard on Monday next. Subscribers to the public library will be pleased to learn that the Library Comraitte intend to publish a catalogue of books contained in the library, at an early date. At last night’s Council meeting Cr Coley brought up the necessity for calling in all the band’s instruments for which the Council were trustees, and making an inventroy of sattie and to be again returned to the band. The Clerk was instructed to attend to the matter. A special meeting of the Borough Council was held last night to strike rates and make special orders for the taking over of Frances Street, to borrow for Whirokino Bridge and striking rate for interest on loan. The Library Committee also met and selected a number of books for the library. At last night’s Borough Council meeting the Clerk said he had been accused by a writer in the local paper of being ‘ ‘ the tail that wagged the dog ’ ’ in reference to the resolution of the Council and the Manawatu County Council and the engineer for the Whirokino bridge repairs. As a matter of fact he had had no communication with the Chairman of the County by telephone or otherwise re the resolution passed by the Council.—-Cr Hennessy endorsed the Clerk’s remarks and said that as the Council had deputed him to communicate with the County Council Chairman, he had done so per telephone. The Clerk had nothing to do with it. Cr Hennessy explained that the bridge was controlled by three governing bodies, of which this Council was one. The other two had agreed upon the work and all this Council could do was to fall into line.

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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3768, 25 June 1907, Page 2

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LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3768, 25 June 1907, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3768, 25 June 1907, Page 2

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