LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3769, 27 July 1907, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

A reward is offered for the return of a Swan fountain pen lost last Sunday. Mr A. Speirs is the successful contractor for the erection of a dwelling in Thynne-street. A special meeting of the Borough Council will be held on Monday night, to confirm special orders.

The Arbitration Award in the flaxmillers’ dispute has not met with the entire approval of the employees.

At the local Catholic Church next Sunday mass will be celebrated at ii a.m. and vespers at 7 p.m. In connection with the Methodist ladies guild a sale of work will be held on October 9th and 10th. Further particulars later on. At Pahiatua, Charles Ericson, of Pongaroa, was fined in default one month’s imprisonment, for slv-grog selling. Notice of appeal was given.

The services in the Methodist Church to-morrow, will be conducted by the Rev. J. Southern. The choir will render an anthem at the evening service.

In'connection with the Methodist Church on Thursday next, a social will be held, A very good programme will be submitted. The social is given entirely by the gentlemen of the church. The refreshments will take the form of a coffee and pie supper. Tickets is. To commence at 8 p.m.

The Johannesburg correspondent of The Times states that the main object of the Transvaal Government’s Liquor Bill is to attract a larger number ot Kaffirs to the Rand, but he adds that the support of the brewers and a certain number of mining men will not suffice to carry the Bill in face of the growing storm of opposition.

The police raided an opium smoking den in Alexandra street, Palmerston, on Thursday night. Their entrance was stoutly resisted, the Chinese occupants using logs of fire-wood in the attempt to prevent an entry. Finally the representatives of the law forced their .way in and arrested two of the inmates, the others escaping. Three, opium lamps were found going. These were seized as well as a like number of pipes and other gear. The two arrested men are named Ah Wong and Ah Tin. Upon being searched at the Police Station the latter was found in possession of a tin of opium. They appeared before the Court yesterday morning and were remanded till Monday.

A few weeks ago George H. Ward, of Resaca, Ohio, came into unpleasant notoriety by the fact that he was soundly thrashed by sixteen women of his neighbourhood for ill-treating his wife. Accounts of this event were widety published, and led to the discovery of his existence and whereabouts b}" parties in England who had important information for him. This reached the victim of feminine indignation recently in the shape of a letter from Mr J. H. Trace, of Portsmouth, informing Ward that he is heir to property worth and requesting him to forward his birth certificate and other evidence to establish his identity.

The August issue of the Review of Reviews shoots a little higher even than the average number, which is saying a great deal. In turning over its pages, one of the first articles that strkes one is that on “The Victorian Police Force: An Indictment and a Suggested Remedy.” In it the Editor deals very drastically with the lack of ability and initiative shown by the Victorian Police Force in connection with the detection of crime. The character sketch in on the Second Hague Conference which is at present sitting. The Book of the Month, “ The Glen, o’ Weeping,” tells of the romance and tragedy of Glencoe. Santos Dumont gives his impressions of balooning. Indeed, the whole number is crowded with interesting matter. The number is a very interesting one.