LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3776, 15 October 1907, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

Tenders for the erection of business premises for Mr M. Perreau have been extended to the 22nd inst.

The tasteful decorations of the local Public Hall wherein is being held All Saints Guild Bazaar, is a work of art. The decorations reflect great credit on all concerned.

Messrs P. H. Rae-Howard and Co. advertise a list of articles to be disposed of at their weekly mart sale next Saturday. Further entries invited. Mr W. Walden, who had his toot amputated in the District Hospital some time ago, has now returned to ■his home at Moutoa, and is making a satisfactory recovery.

All Saints Bazaar was formally opened in the Public Hall this afternoon by Mr John Stevens, member for the district. Despite the unfavourable weather there was a large attendance.

Mr Petersen, who has been accountant for Messrs Win. Ross and Son, Ltd., for the past 15 months, left for Napier on Saturday, where he enters the employ of the Hawke’s Bay Farmers’ Co-opera-tive Association.

The fire bell rang out an alarm on Saturday evening and people rushed out of their houses and made anxious enquiries as to the locality ot the blaze. A burning flue in Robinson Street was the cause of the excitement. When a letter had been read at last night’s Council meeting complaining of insufficient ventilation in the public reading-room, Cr Shadbolt facetiously remarked that the Council had > better build a special room for the complainant. The catalogues for the Public Library are now ready for subscribers, and contain the names of authors and titles of 1374 books. The catalogues were favourably commented on at the Council table last night.

A letter was read at last night’s Council 'meeting Jrom the Mayoress Of Wellington, soliciting contributions to provide a “ Women Students’ Hostel ” in Wellington. Anyone desiring to assist the movement are invited to hand contributions to the Town Clerk.

The continuous rains are having a very depressing effect upon farmers and tradespeople throughout the district. Flaxmill employees are putting in little or no time at the mills and in the swamps. The flood waters are still flowing across the road at Moutoa and Whirokino.

A curious discovery was made near Timaru recently, while wellsinking operations were being carried out at a farm. A subterranean air-chamber seems to have been tapped, and the escape under pressure made matters uncomfortable for the workmen when they reached a depth of 32ft. At 42ft the blast came so strong and so continuously that the manager stopped further operations, for fear of accident. The noise of the air rushing through the gravel was heard half a chain away from the well, and though the water in the well was quite cold, the rush of air made it appear to be boiling. A bottle of the water has been sent to the Colonial Analyst for analysis.

WOLFE’S SCHNAPPS.—A tonic that has stood the test of years.

Another rise is reported in flour. Something to please everybody at All Saints Bazaar to-night and to-morrow night. A meeting ef Montoa settlers will be held in the Mayor’s room this evening, to discuss the advisability of forming a drainage board.

Owing to the small attendance at the State School yesterday, on account of the prevalence of sickness among the scholars, it was decided to close the school for another week.

One of the biggest deals in sheep, if not a record for Australia, came off recently, when the Australian Pastoral Company, which owns a number of stations in Queensland, sold 80,000 wethers to the Riverstone Meat Company. Chickens always come home to roost. 'Evil words and unjust criticisms always fi,nd their way back to you when you speak them of others. If the other fellow is such you can’t think of something creditable to say about him, keep silence regarding him. The Borough Council Reserves Committee has decided to give the Athletic Club £$ for improvements at the Park, and to procure four trucks of limestone for repairs to the cycling track, and to paint the office and dressing shed in the Park, This should put everything in good order for the sports on the 9th of next month.

Some person or pet sons broke into the ladies guild room at All Saints school on Saturday night last, and scattered fancy work and other articles made up for the bazaar about the floor. Everything was upset, but none of the articles are missing. The matter is in the hands of the police.

The Government will refuse to grant anymore charters to clubs. Speaking to a deputation yesterday the Hon. Dr Findlay said they had carried a resolution in Cabinet that no club charter was to be granted. Two days ago he had refused an application tor a charter for an artists’ club in Wellington. At last night’s Council meeting the Works Committee reported that it had been decided to lay pipes to carry off water between the railway line and Victoria Park, Mr Gibbs' and the Racing Club to be asked to pay a proportion of the cost. The Committee recommended that the drains between the Sandon road and Mr Austin’s paddock be cleaned, provided Mr Austin pay half the cost. The report was adopted. With the exception of Bishop Julius, all the bishops, including the Primate (Dr Nevill), proceed to England next year, to be present at the Eambeth Conference, which meets in June. The PanAnglican Congress, consisting of the bishops and six representatives from every diocese throughout the world, meet first, their sittings extending over a fortnight. Then thtsre will be a week’s recess, after which the Eambeth Conference (bishops only) hold their sittings. Edward Murtagh, a jockey, was charged at the Wellington S.M. Court last week, with wounding an infant named Tui Eeigh with intent to do it grievous bodily harm. The facts- alleged are that the accused lived in the same boarding house as the baby and its mother. Recently the mother and Murtagh' had words, during which accused is alleged to have cut the child’s thigh with a razor. The wound is serious, and the child is not yet out of danger. Prisoner was remanded until the 16th. Bail was fixed at Some exceedingly uncomfortable adventures, with a touch of the exciting, befel Constable Clark, of Raetihi, who recently endeavoured to track down a suspected lawbreaker supposed to be camped in the Waimarino bush, some miles above Pipiriki, on the Wanganui River. He lost his bearings,-says the Taihape Post, with the result that night was passed in the wet inhospitable bush. Undaunted, he renewed his investigations the following day, and passed that night in a deserted tent under little better conditions. Next morning a canoe was discovered along the river, and this was boarded by Constable Clark, who paddled for Pipiriki on 25ft of surging flood water. But a more exciting adventure yet awaited him. There is a small inlet in the river bank, where a whirlpool plays with great velocity. The boat, under the influence of the current, headed straight for this fatal trap, but the occupant, by strenuous exertions, kept his craft on just on the verge of the danger spot for a long time, and was ultimately carried past and landed safely after a most exciting voyage. During these adventures the constable had had nothing to eat, and was therefore glad to reach civilisation once more.

Messrs Gardner and Whibley have xooolbs of cooking butter for sale