LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3769, 24 August 1907, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

A fifty-acre section, about two miles from Hawera, was sold for per acre. ’" Measles are raging at Hamilton. Nearly every family has one or more’ members down witn the disease. ‘

Whitebait were caught in the Waimakiriri river on Wednesday for the first time this season, says the Times.

With the aid of two rat traps, baited with poisoned sparrows, a resident of- the Oaraaru district has caught 79 hawks in two weeks. Mr W. H. Stewart, representing Mr Butcher, is in Foxton, makingdefinite arrangements is reference to the gas works site. Mr Hyde,-Government Poultry Expert, has notified his willingness to deliver a lecture in Foxton on’ Friday evening next on the poultry industry. The Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce has replied that the date is suitable.

Mr W. Brown announces that he has purchased the milk round of Mr Cumtuerfield as from 1 September ist. Milk will be delivered twice daily. Cream and fresh eggs delivered to. order. Sittings of his prize strain Silver Wyndottes eggs for sale. Mr F. Whibley, of the local firm of Gardner .and Whibley, missed the home-bound train at; Wellington the other evening, He secured the loan of a bicycle from One of the city merchant’s offices and cycled the distance in good time. He left Wellington in the evening and arrived at Foxton during the early hours of the following morning. In the case of Albert Rowell, charged with allowing pool to be played in his licensed billiard room at Hamilton, the magistrate said that though the game in itself may be absolutely innocent, playing it for money is illegal. A fine of 40s and 35s costs was inflicted. According to a return presented to Parliament, the number of primary public school teachers employed in New Zealand on 31st December, 1906, was 3980. The number who resigned during the year on account of ill-health was 48, whilst 344 were granted leave of absence owing.,tp sickness. The surest’ defence against the attacks of competition, and the safest offensive and defensive business weapon, is the advertisement. No matter how good the store how choice the goods, and how low the prices,’ there’s “ nothing doing ” unless the public knows about it. Women who require a. stimulant should try WOLFE’S SCHNAPPS.

The legislative Council have thrown out Sir W. J. Steward’s Legislative Council's. Election Bill on its first reading on the voices. In our report of the social held under the. auspices of All Saints Girls’ Guild, the name of Miss Gray, was inadvertently omitted' from the list of accompanists. The Valeta Quadrille Assembly’s next dance of the series takes place in the Masonic Hall on , Monday evening. These series of dances have become very popular. At Wanganui Police Court on Friday Mr John ■ Burke O’Brien was charged with drunkenness. He pleaded that he Was “ Webb poisoned ’’ and Was committed to two months’ hard labour, having many previous convictions. A company has been formed in Greytown to cultivate from one to five hundred acres as an 'orchard. The proposed capital is and oyer one thousand shares have been'taken up. ' Apples arid pears are the principal fruits' it "fs proposed to grow.- ■ J. The Minister of Agriculture has decided : thaT The 'best varieties of phorinium tdhax shall be secured, seed as well'as plants cultivated'on experimental ' plots at the-several Staid ; farinsd-’ Mr MbGregbr, of Wah’gantfi', isvtb haVC- charge of the work-’and wild Ire at the service of flax-groWers; aird persons wishing,- to undertake, -.flaxi / ,ciil.tiyation. Mr Massey- has given notice to move for*a return showing for the financial year ended March 31st* 1907,- (i)' the - amounts -drawn by eaoh : metriber-of the Executive for travelling allowances" and fa) the amounts charged by voucher for the actual travelling expenses of each-member of the-Executive.,

• The Perry Biofama Gompany gave a very successful and pleasing performance at the f Public Hall on Thursday night. The picture exhibition was an exceptionally fine one, while the clever juggling feats of the Rexton's and’ the vocal efforts of the Brady Sisters were very cordially. received., ; Mr Kll askecl the" Premier, Whether it is a fact, as stated, that some of the directors representing the interests of the public on the board of directors of the Bank ot New Zealand are large private shareholders in the said bank ? The Premier said :—“ Inquiries will be made, and, if it is found to be so, the Government will consider what steps to take.” At the inquest on Thursday at Rotorua on the body of the man drowned in the Lobster Bath, it transpired that deceased’s name was Harold E. GaAvan, not Patrick McGowan, and his age was thirtythree years. Sergeant Watt stated deceased had informed tlie police he was a sly-grcg informer in South Africa. Tire inquest disclosed no further particulars. The verdict ot the jury was that Gawan was accidentally drowned. ! Mrs Z. Boyden, of Union St., Foxton, notifies that, she will receive pupibj for parting,,. monochrome, [ dfaWihg in ’ light and shade; drawing, freehand in outline. . Mrs Boyden was a pupil of the Elam School of Art in Auckland, and her work ■ has won high encomiums. She possesses the necessary qualifications of a careful teacher, and, can be recommended to all who desire instruction in the above. Terras and other particulars on application.

The two - and-a-half- year - old daughter of George Martin, Man-, gawhero, died suddenly last Saturday. At an inquest held on Monday evidence was given that the child ate, some. German sausage that had been lying in a drawer for nearly a fortnight. .Shortly afterwards she became sick. The parents started for town, but the child died on the way. .Thedoctor who held the post-mortem said he wished samples of the vomit and the sausage to he sent to the Government ■ Analyst. The inquest was adjourned. A married woman named Augusta Billett, residing with her husband and children on a -farm at Nikau, was found drowned" with her head in a tub of. water early yesterday morning, says the Feilding Star. Her husband was away from home at the time. 'The children went out at six o’clock to get the cows, and oif returning found their mother lying' against the tub, with head lindef 'the water. They told'"a man named Epye, who was parsing, and he'went 'into the house to' what, had happened. Seeipg the body lying in. the water, it as it Was, and came to Feildhig to report thqmatterto the police. ...Sergeant Bowden gt once communicated with'the' G'droner, Captain Mowlem, and an inquest will be Held. A new -story of the late Mr Gladstone has been told by Colonel Darbishire at Penmaenmawr. Once when the great statesman at' Peiimaenpiawr there was to bean autumn session,; when “ Mr Marriott’s Amendment ” —a famous Parliamentary occasion—had to be dealt with. There was also staying in Penmaenmawr the Solicitor-General for Ireland, Mr Gibson, who was on the other side of the House. These gentlemen seen walking together on the promenade, and the visitors would whisper together and say, “ Now Mr Marriott’s amendment is being settled.” “But” said Colonel Darbishire, “my eldest son, then a little fellow, had been playing near where the great men were conversing and he said, ‘ They were.not talking about Mr Marriott’s amendment. What I hea r Mr Gladstone say was, ‘ I do no t find the bathing of this place quite so interesting as that on the Continent, . because' the ladies wear such ugly bathing dresses. ” Influenza, try WOLFE’S Schnapps hot, with lemon at-bedtime.

Up tillfth£: ; pXosent, the police have been unable to find any trace of the body of the nian Charles Mitchell, who was drowned at Groua Bridge a fortnight ago. The services in the Prebyterian Church to-morrow will be conducted in the morning by the Re\ G. K. Aiken, whose subject will be “A time of reckoning.” In the evening the service will be conducted by Mr W. D. Low, master of College Street School, Palmerston North. Three boy bushrangers, who were committed for trial at Dargaville, are now incarcerated at Mount Ivden gaol. Two constables, guided by one of the boys, had a most uncomfortable journey to a camp where some stolen goods were hidden. The plant was found at the foot of a large tree, and included ammunition, tobacco, and three rifles. The latter had in. scribed on them the names of the boys and the words “The Ace Gang,” and the date of the gang’s formation - At the District Court at Pahiatua in an.action M. -Branigan v. Macdonald, plaintiff claimed £250 for an alleged libel printed in the “ Pahitua Herald,” coritaing statements made concerning ■ the evidence given by plaintiff in a case heard in the Magistrate’s, Court,’ Pahiatua McDermott v. Macdonald. Mr Smith appeared for plaintiff, and Mr Herdman, of Wellington for defendant. The case was heard before a jury. After hearing evidence and argument of counsel, his Honor said that, in his opinion, taking the whole article together, the words used were not fairly capable of a defamatory meaning, and he withdrew the case from the jury. Plaintiff was nonsuited with costs. Plaintiff’s counsel gave notice to appeal. His Honor fixed security for an appeal at £ 2O , exclusive of costs.

The old saying that dreams go by contraries was sadly proved in the death of the young man Michael Hogan at Rissington yesterday, says the Hawke’s Bay Herald. For some days, Hogan and his employer’s son had been carting chaff, each in a dray. Hogan, who was .a steady, excellent workman, yesterday told his companion to be careful, as he had dreamt that he had seen him with his dray capsized, and pinned down to the gropnd by a fallen horse. Strangely enough, ah accident of the kind occurred, though without any witness, but the melancholy event was that it happened to Hogan’s dray, and that he met his death in the way in which in his dream he had seen another person suffer. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death by suffocation.

Chatting to one of the members of an old-established ironmongeryfirm in Palmerston recently, a Times representative was informed that hardly a week passed without young lads attempting to purchase pea -rifles or pistols. The .sale of firearms to, boys under; x6' years of age would render the firm liable to prosecution for a breach of the Arms and Ammunition Act. A recent ease in Timaru was mentioned, in which a well.-known ironmongery firm in that town were fined and costs for selling a pea rifle to a boy. “ Whenever a boy of doubtful age,” said the partner in the Palmerston firm, ‘ 1 comes to us with such an object in view, we always tell him to ask his, father to come in and make the purchase. Many applications are also received from boys for .22 bore cartridges.” In these the bullet is about a quarter of an inch long, in half an inch of copper.. The pea, pistol, it is generally considered, will kill at a distance of 303'ds. We clip the following from the Wellington Post: —“ From Mr. F. W. Frankland, Foxton, we have a copy of the third and revised edition of his “ Thoughts on Ultimate Problems ” (Uondon ; Philip Wellhyd6,. Henrietta-streetr W. C.), an earlier edition of which we noted at some length in 1905; As we then mentioned, the pamphlet sets out Mr Frankland’s own views in parallel colums with those of Mr Weeks, an investigator in the same region, whose “Theodicy” pens with the theorem: “The sole driving force of the cosmic process is the cosmic craving to produce joy.” It takes a good part of Mr. Weeks’s statement, as may be presumed to explain this hard saying. Mr Frankland prefers to define this force as “ logical implication,” at once realising the necessity of defining ‘ ‘ driving ' force. ”! The book is metaphysical and highly technical in form. Unlike most' metaphysical writers, Mr Frank-’ 1 laud accepts the essentials of the’’ Christian system, including the Fall of Man, his Redemption, and Immortality. He ventures the surmise that “ the same principle of parcimony which threatens to banish matter and ether in favour of electricity, will yet banish matter, ether, And electricity in favour of space, the varied and changing geometries of which will be found adequate to account for all the phenomena of the material world. ” Mr Frankland, by the way, is a multi-dimensionist. The objection might naturally be suggested, that as all geometries extending beyond three dimensions are hypothical only, and that “space,” like “ time,” is a pure mental abstraction, Mr Franklaud’s metaphysics, like those of certain philosophers of India, would in the “ultimate” reduce everything to Zero. The new matter in this edition consists largely of footnotes relating to re-' cent speculations of science, and an elaborate “ Theory of Discrete Manifolds. ” Incidentally,, i the author touches on many problems, and an adequate presentation of his ideas, instead of occupying forty pages would fill a large volume.”

a Horticultural and Industrial Society .are .invited to attend a meeting to be held in Mr Rae-Howard’s office next Tuesday evening. Ladies are particularly invited to attend. " > • • , Miss MV 'Dobffon, of Ravensworth •Place; Foxton; will commence art classes, including poonah, Kensington and oil painting, chip and relief carving, point and Honifpn. lace { fancy work etc., on Septemlpr 3rd. Further particulars on application. The services in the Methodist Church to-morrow will be conducted by the Rev. J. Southern. The subject' in the morning will be “ The two confessions,” in the evening “ Man as he is and as he ought to be.” At the evening service" the choir will fender an anthem. Mr; J. Beauchamp, who had liyed at Palmerston North about 13 years, died there yesterday. The deceased was horn in Liverpool in 1844. He was a . prominent , member of the Masonic fraternity for the'past ,36 years. He is,survived by his, wife and six children. , . ~ Mrs Bradeock notifies, hy .an advertisement that she has disposed tof her* confectionery- and refreshment business tp.MgssfSjifcksi and Sullivan. In thanking themjblic for past, patronage ,she solicits a continuance of same on behalf of her, successors. , ■“Your Worship give me a show,” pleaded, an; offender, at Auckland-On Saturday last, with odds looking heavy against him. “Give you a chance!” replied the Magistrate, “you are only just out of gaol, and you are up-again for drunkenness and breaking your order.” “Yes, your Worship, but I don ! t wish tp go back to gaol. I am not on .speaking terms with the gaoler, < your Worship.” The appeal, although it aroused the risibilities ot.the court room, failed to divert inexorable justice, and back he went, Mrs Hamer, Ot the Economic,, has just received a beautiful assortment of runners, cushion covers, fancy table cloths, brush and comb bags, etc., etc., which she bought at exceptionally low prices, being a lot of travellers’ samples. The same are being shown in window.* Outgo and Income Forms for F'laxmillers. — By using these forms managers and owners can...know their financial position at a glance. W$ have supplied same to'a number of local mills. Don’t work by rule of thumb for another season. Sample sheet sent on ap-, plication. Also, Time Books, prepared specially for Flaxmill working conditions. Inspection invited.— Herald Printers. , For Bronchial Coughs take Woods . Great Peppemint Cure. ls,6d. and ]s,6d,, • Elderly people suffer much from rheumatism, gout, sciatica, and lum- , bago,.; Bheusio quickly cures, by driving out the excess uric acid from the blobd. , AH ’ stores and chemists, 5/6 and 4/6. You juSt try it; 1 ' INFLUENZA! . ■ Influenza, which is very similar to a severe cold, attended by a high fever, requires very careful attention. Unless care is-taken pneumonia oflen ; follows. The patient should avoid exposure. Take a double dose of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy to begin with, and then a.regular, dose each hour.; Keep the bowels regular by taking Chaujiberlam’s Tablets. Before-retiring bathe the feet in water as hot as can be comfortably borne. After the fever subsides, take quinine in two or three grain doses four times a day, for several days. By taking Chamberlain's Cough Remedy at the very first symptom of Influenza it will counteract any tendency pi: this disease to result in pneumonia. Thousands have used Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy during the past year, ;and we have to learn of a single case where they were not satisfied, Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy—Safe, Sure, andalways Cures. , ' ,