LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3769, 11 July 1907, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

The Rev. Mr Young-Wood ward and Mr Stewart retured from the Anglican Synod yesterday. A Novelty Social will be given by the gentlemen of the Methodist Church on Thursday, August ist. Mr Joseph Hyde, an old Foxton resident, was removed to the District Hospital this morning. The old man is in very feeble health. A first offending drunk was convicted and discharged at the local police Court, this morning. Mr P. Hennessy was the presiding justice. Messrs Abraham and Williams advertise a clearing sale on account of Mr Chas Kilsby, at his farm, Koputarua, on Wednesday, 17th .nst. 1

The second term, for beginners, of Mr R. O. Jarrett’s physical classes, starts in the Masonic Hall on Wednesday next. The half-yearly clearing sale at Messrs Watchorn, Stiles and Co.’s drapery establishment, commenced to-day. Bargains are strewn about in every department.

The caretaker of the Public Hall offers a reward of for the conviction of the person or persons who broke open a box and stole two tambourines.

It is hoped that enthusiasm will not wane in connection with the establishment of a technical school at Foxton. Are those who constituted themselves a committee at the recent public meeting making individual effort ?

The military airship Patric made many successful flights across Paris at a speed of 18 miles an hour against the wind. It has been sent for service to the German frontier. Other airships are being built.

“ It is easy to be a statesman in New Zealand nowadays,” remarked the Hon. H. Scotland the other day, ‘‘A man may be a bush carpenter one day, and a statesman the next ; a sly-grog seller one day, and a statesman the next.”

11 You will find my body on my wife’s grave in the cemetery,” a Preston (England) man wrote to his friends at Stalybridge. The letter was delivered sooner than he anticipated, and when he went to the cemetery with a razor in hts pocket be found the police waiting for him.

A meeting of the managers of the local Presbyterian Church was held last evening. It was reported that interest in church work throughout the district had greatly increased. Many matters of detail were discussed, and Mr P. H. Rae-Howard was elected secretary to the committee, vice Mr Rough (resigned). Mr Ell is to ask the Colonial Treasurer whether he is aware that the directors of the Bank of New Zealand in 1901 issued a regulation binding all men entering the service of the bank not to marry until they are in receipt of at least per annum, and whether he will introduce legislation compelling the bank to pay all its officers £2OO per annum on reaching the age ot 26.

Mr R. O. Jarrett resumed both physical culture classes in the Masonic Hall last night. A number of pupils were under the impression that it was Mr Jarrett who was seriously ill last week, and that the classes were abandoned indefinitely. This was of course a mistaken idea. The popular instructor is enjoying robust health and is as full of vigor and vim as ever. He wishes us to state that the two lessons missed will be made up at the end of the term. Classes every Wednesday night as usual. A few minutes after an Ispwich cycle shop manager named Hubhard had answered a trivial question put to him in the street bya stranger, two insurance agents drew his attention to the fact that his watch chain was hanging loose and held

no watch. Some hours later, in a different part of the town, the same two agents saw a man offering a watch for sale to a number of boys. Although the man escaped, they succeeded in wresting the watch from him, and it was found to be that stolen from Mr Hubbard.

Perhaps the most notable of all the egglaying competitions was that which concluded latety at the Gatton College, Queensland. Twenty-nine pens competed coraprisng Leghorns, Wyandottes, Orpingtons, Faverolles, and Minorcas, every one of which made a disastrous start. The highest score for the first month was 61 eggs, and the average for the month but 16 eggs per pen, the lowest on record. In the the second month there was a marked improvement, which continued throughout the test. The final average was 183.66 eggs for each hen, a record tor all tests, the two Rockdale tests excepted. The competition was won by Leghorns, with 1480 eggs. The same bleed was second, with 140 eggs lower than the winner.

Speaking on the land question last night, Mr J. Stevens contended that in placing people on the land care must be taken that the land allotted is such as will afford them a living. It was a false classification to say that land worth more than a pound an acre was first-class land, and that below that was second. The rocks that rolled down the face of a hill were not first-class land, even if they were worth a thousand pounds an acre. The speaker perpetrated an unconscious pun by declaring that no farmer by tilling such land could ever become a Rockefeller. His idea of the best way to administer the proposed limitation law was that instead of all the surplus lands over the £so,ooo limit being forced upon the market ten years hence, it should be provided that a certain proportion should be sold two years hence, and the balance* in sections every two years thereafter. Maori land ought to be individualised, so that the native owners could obtain the full benefit of their possessions. Did you ever stop to think that Chamberlain’s Pain Balm is a general family liniment, especially good for rheumatism ? The quick relief afforded by applying it is worth many times its cost. Makes rest and sleep possible. For sale by Messrs Gardner and Whiblcy, Foxton. For Bronchial Coughs take Woods Great Peppermint Cure. Is 6d. and 2s (id. '

Diphtheria has broken out at Palmerston. Several cases have already been reported.

The authorities are asking Zelald, chief of the Benitsowar tribe, who was formerly Kaisuli’s lieutenant, to use his moral influence or force to release Sir Harry Mac Lean.

During last month 49 horses and 45 cattle were impounded in the borough pound and fees amounting to £2 13s collected. “ Do you believe that cures can be wrought by the laying on of hands ?” asked one man of another. “Certainly,” was the reply. “ That’s the way I cured my boy of cigarette smoking!” ‘ ‘ I want to gat copies of your paper fora week back,” said an old gentleman to a clerk in the newspaper office. “ Don’t you think you’d better use a porous plaster?” suggested the new office boy. Some two score young women accustomed to domestic service are coming out to the colony by the lonic which is due from London next week. Most of them are coming out to fill situations for which they were engaged in the Old Country.

A prominent publican in Bathurst, with an interest in three hotels, who is supporting the Nolicense movement, declares that he abhors hotel associations. Five years’ experience of the trade has convinced him that in any phase the liquor traffic is a scourge to the community. In future those desirous of marrying in the Anglican Church with the haste of a license instead of under the old-fashioned banns will be able to do so for the payment of 30s instead of £2. But there is to be no reduction in the price of putting up the banns. The matter was incidentally referred to by Bishop Wallis at the Diocesan Synod on Thursday.

Professor Landouzy, of Paris, says it is possible to live on sixpence a day, and he guarantees yon three meals. The first is composed of milk, three pieces of sugar, bread and butter. At midday you may have bread, smoked ham, vegetables or fruit (in summer), and a cup of coffee with three pieces of sugar ; and for the evening meal you dine on soup, with lard and bread, haricots or lentils, chestnuts and wine.

The Wanganui labour market is in avery sound state just now says the Herald. Great difficulty is being experienced in getting suitable men for bushfelling, the settlement now going on in the inland country having created a big demand for these. For bush up to two feet as much as 30s an acre is being offered, with stores delivered at the camps at bare cost, and even at these prices there is a shortage of men.

The universal superstition that it is unlucky for a girl to marry a man who has been married twice before led to a curious ceremony at Badaon, in the United Provinces, early in May. A merchant who wished to marry for the third time was persuaded by the parents of the bride-elect to first go through the ceremony of marrying a doll, which he carried in his arms. The doll, which was regarded as his third “ wife,” was then buried with great pomp, after which the real marriage ceremony took place.

The Borough Building Inspector (Mr A. Jonson) reported at the Council meeting, that he had inspected 240 residences, and pronounced the fire escapes in 178 good, and 62 required attention. The faulty windows were in old buildings, erected from 20 to 40 years ago, the sashes of which were fixtures to the studs, also some of the houses were past repair. The inspector was of the opinion that it would be unfair to compel owners of such buildings to comph T with the building Irylaws, as the residences were in existence long before the . by-laws came into force.

Further particulars of the Opuawhanga stabbing case tend to show that Mervyn Bradshaw, who stabbed his uncle and subsequently committed suicide, was mentally deranged. A traveller who witnessed the tragedy states that Bisset, the uncle, when lying on the ground, said to Bradshaw: “Boy, whatever induced you to do this ?” Bradshaw replied : “My head has been full of queer notions lately. I had the idea j t ou came into the mill just now and dared me to kill you.” Bissett held out his hand saying : “ Mervyn, give me your hand.” Bradshaw hesitated, and then shook hands in a limp manner and hurried away.

The Central Mission Brother' hood’s Sunday afternoon meeting at Dunedin was devoted to an open-air conference, the leader being the Rev. W. Slade, who outlined nearly every one of the known channels where gambling is carried on, and said, “ one can scarcely touch anything in these times where the betting fiend does not introduce itself.” Several people spoke on the subject, all condemning it in strong terras One gentleman amongst the audience asked the Chairman whether thej r could not prosecute the Government for gambling. The reply was in the negative. ‘ ‘ Then why prosecute two-up schools,” the speaker asked, when the Government permit gambling with the totalisator?” The meeting seemed to be entirely of the same opinion. The Central Mission Brotherhod have engaged Mr Snowball, of Australia, who was formerly secretary to the Kastbrook Brotherhood, Bradford, England.

It is not uncommon for a cat to get its head stuck in a fish tin, but Dunedin went one better a few days ago, when a young boy, whilst playing with other urchins, inadvertently got a kerosene tin over his head. After fruitless attempts at extrication, a woman appeared on the scene, and was told that the hidden visage was her son’s. On receipt of this news she became almost demented, and forthwith hastened the unfortunate to the chemist, who, after vainly endeavouring to remove the tin, suggested a cab to the hospital. The “mother,” being unprepared to lavish 3s on cab fares, took a tram car. Her confusion became worse confounded, through the lad tilting back, with the result that his tin-encased head went through the window. The hospital was at last reached, and after the application of a pair of plumbers’ shears, somebody else’s darling was permitted to exhibit a smiling countenance. 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.* Rhku.uo lias cured thousands of sufferers from rheumatism, gout, sciatica, lumbago. It will cure you. Try it. All stores, and chemists 2s 6d and 4s 6d A positive cure. 5 WOLFES’S CHNAPPS stimulates the organs of urination. Mr W. Marshal), Inspector, Vermin Destruction Act, Coleraine, Victoria, says:—“We always keep Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy in the house, and would not be without it. I consider it the best of all medicines, for it gives instant relief, whether the patient is one of the children or myself. When I tried Chamberlain’s Cough Remdy I was driving through the Casterton district, and had caught a severe cold. I bought a couple of bottles from Messrs. H. and G. Harris of Casterton, and kept a bottle in my pocket, taking a dose about every three hours, and before they were used was completely cured. I used to suffer from bronchitis, but by taking Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy at (he first symptom always ward off an attack. I have given Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy a sound and substantial trial, and have no hesitation in saying it is the best of all cough medicines, and can highly recommend it to any' one with a family.’’ For sale by Messrs Gardner, and Whibley, Foxton. For Children's Hacking Cough at night Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure 1/(3 and 2/6 THE LATEST AND THE BEST. Remedy for Chest complaints is Dr. Sheldon’s New Discovery for Coughs, Colds, and Consumption. It cures when all else fails. Price, Is 6d and 3s. Obtainable at E. Healey’s, Chemist.