LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3769, 6 July 1907, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

The local Presbyterian choir are negotiating for the purchase of a new organ for the church. Mr Fred Barrat’s condition is now very low. His friends are without the slightest hope of his recovery. The local Public Hall is being painted outside and in, and undergoing a general clean up, which should improve its appearance.

The Foxton friends of Mr and Mrs Husse will regret to hear of the death of their four-days’ old daughter, which took place at Longburn on Thursday last.

The local State School concert will take place in the Public Hall on Wednesday and Thursday 24th and 25th insts. Full particulars will appear in future, issue.

Mr O. E. Austin invites tenders for grubbing 22 acres of toi toi on section adjoining mill. Specifications and all particulars may be obtained on application at the mill office. The successor of the late Rev. Father Lewis, as vicar-General of the Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington, has been chosen by Archbishop Redwood in the person of the Rev. Father O’Sea, at present in charge of the parish of Te Aro.

The services in the Methodist Church will be conducted by the Rev. J. Southern. The subjects for the day will be in the morning ‘‘Life and Peace,” and in the evening *‘ Fishers of Men-” The choir will render the anthem, “ Sing unto the Lord.

Messrs Whitcombe and Tombs forward us a sample of the “ Elastic Greyhound ” pen, which they not unjustly claim- is “a perfect marvel ” to travel quickly and smootly over paper of any surface, whether rough or smooth. ‘‘The proof of the pudding is in the eating,” and we should recommend a trial of the pen. There are now forty boys on board the training ship Amokura, though the commander is in a position to fill the ship to the extent of her accommodation if he wishes. Mr Wilcox, who comes from India, has been appointed chief officer, and Mr J. Macpherson, late chief engineer of the Janie Seddon, has taken a similar position on the Amokura. “I don’t want to blow about this countr}', but I would like to quietly slip out where it is a milder and, I think, better climate,” writes an inhabitant of Ponoko, Alberta, Canada, to the Tourist Department. He states that he has 2500 dollars to bring to New Zealand as soon as he learns about the prospects. Like many other American enquirers, he is anxious to know whether New Zealand is plagued with snakes, insects, and so on.

The inspectors of the Wanganui Education Board will shortly commence their annual tour of inspection of the various schools throughout the district. The forthcoming inspections will in all probability be the last under the old regulations, as the new regulations are expected to become operative at the beginning of next year, after which all promotions by teachers will date, not from the date of the inspector’s visit, but from the end of each year. A remarkable case of self-hj'pno-tism is puzzling the doctors at Worcester, Mass. Some time ago a well-known resident, Mr A. H. Stimson, brought himself under a hypnotic spell, and the physicians have been unable to bring him to consciousness. Mr Stimson read of a man who had stated that he had hypnotised himself, and in spirit he toured round Europe. He determined to imitate the writer, and fell into a state of catalepsy as the result. The doctors fear he will die without their being able to rouse him.

A most successful social function took place in the local Public Hall last evening, in the shape of an invitation ball tendered by Mrs and the Misses Collins and Messrs Petersen, Murray, McGonagle, Macdonald, Collins and Morgan. A very representative assemblage was present, in response to the invitations. The music supplied by Mr Berth old was highly praised, and the floor was perfect. The dresses worn by tile ladies gave evidence of excellent taste, and lent a pleasing contrast to the sombre black of the sterner sex. The belle of the ball ? No ! The writer is a moleskin critic, and might earn the everlasting female snub if he commits himself. Anyhow, all the fair sisters, married and single, looked charming. The supper was excellent, and the whole affair was voted one of the most successful balls yet held in Foxton. DR. SHELDON’S MAGNETIC LINIMENT Will relieve at once Rheumatism, Lumbago, Lame back, Cuts, Bruises, or Burns, and continued application will effect a cure in a remarkably short time. Obtainable at E. Healey s, Chemist. Ask for WOLFE’S. Insist and demand the real scuKAW’S.

We give a reminder of the billiard exhibition at the Club to-night. With this issue Messrs Watchorn, Stiles and Co. circulate an inset in reference to their sale which commences on the uthinst.

Two passengers from England by the Tongariro, which arrived at Wellington on Thursday, were dealt with under the Immigration Restriction Act. One, an infirm man, was required to enter into bonds that he would not become a burden upon the State. The other, who suffers from tubercular disease, will be sent back to England at the Shipping Coy. ’s expense. The feature of the speech from Mr Flatman was an extraordinary demonstration of the fact that Mr Massey was “ nothing, just an ordinary man,” says the Times. This conclusion seemed to depend on several obvious facts, the most interesting of which was Mr Massey’s inability to convert a wheelbarrow into a motor car. Mr Flatman struck an unexpected vein of heavy agricultural humor, and after a series of homely quips he rose to his climax with a plea for kindness to shearers. He had always been good to his farm-hands, he said. “Sir,” he added in a personal appeal to the Speaker, ‘‘you know old Joe Noble, of the West Coast. He worked for me many years, and a good man he was too.” The country pays ,£7O a day for these barndoor reminiscences.

Alexander Macintosh, late General Manager of the Bank of New Zealand, is petitioning Parliament for redress in the sum of ,£1453 *3 S . and that an inquiry be held into the circumstances of his retirement from the bank. The petitioner, who now holds the office of President of the Savings Bank Commissioners of New South Wales, claims the above mentioned sum as salary payable to him for services rendered as chief auditor between June 22nd, 1903, and April 27th, 1904. These duties he carried out whilst performing the office of general manager during the period named. He has been advised that he has no legal remedy either against the bank or the Colonial Treasurer. On March 31st 1906, he relinquished his position as general manager owing to a difference which had arisen between himself and the directors of the bank.

The reputation of the Economic dressmaking department is too well known to need comment. Mrs Hamer has made arrangements which will enable her to favourably supervise this department during the coming season.* The County Council invite tenders for erecting stop bank at Shannon Ferry. See advt. For Bronchial Coughs take Woods Great Peppermint Cure. Is 6d. and 2s fid.

Gout is really a special form of rheumatism caused hy excess uric acid in the blood. Whether your gout is acute or chronic, Eheumo will cure you. All stores. 2

MAKES SORE LUNGS WELL, Dr. Slieldon’s New Discovery for Coughs, Colds, and Consumption is the most wonderful discovery in medical science of the 20th century. It is the result of over 20 years’ chemical research of one of America’s most prominent physicians. Dr. E. M. Sheldon, a graduate of the New York City and Bellevue University. No Sufferer from Lung troubles can afford not to try tliis Remedy. Price, Is 6d and 3s. Obtainable at E. Healey’s, Chemist. The ordinary cough medicine may soothe the throat, but it has no power to heal; recovery is not complete, and a second attack is more liable to follow. Chamberlains Cough Remedy is quite different, because it not only soothes but also heals, so that the affected parts are restored to a heLalthy condition, and the danger of a future attack is removed. For sale by Messrs Gardner and Whibley, Foxton.

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