LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3777, 12 November 1907, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

The Borough Council, meets tonight.

King Edward was sixty-nin e years of age last Saturday’.—Lon g Live the King.

Mrs Young will produce the operetta, “Flower Queen,” in the Levin Town Hall to-morrow night. 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.*

A local concert parly, assisted by Palmerston friends, will give a concert at Oroua Bridge to-mor-row night. The pn ceeds are in aid ot the Presbvteiim Church Fund. As a result of the boiler explosion on the Herman training ship Blucher, which killed eight of the crew and injured twentytwo, seven of those injured have since died.

Mr Fred Barrett , who met with a painful accident at Levin in June last, passed away in the Wellington Hospital on Friday. Deceased was a married man and leaves a wife and several children to mourn their loss. He was 47 years of age. The tale is being told that Miss Marie Corelli was asked the other day why she does not marry, and replied;—“No, I have three pets at home which together answer the same purpose. I have a dog which growls all the morning, a parrot which swears all the afternoon, and a cat which stays out all night!” “I am not a man who always looks on the black side of things,” said Bishop Julius at Christchurch, in the course of a sermon. “ I believe that there is more good in the world that we know of, and that there is more good in the church we are aware of.”

The poll to decide whether ratipg on the unimproved value of the land shall be adopted in Foxton borough will take place on Thursday next at the Borough Council offices, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. Remember rating on the unimproved value means that all improvements such as buildings, fencing, etc., are exempt from taxation.

The New Zealand professional footballers were defeated for the first time on Saturday by Wigan, by 12 points to eight. Thirty thousand people witnessed the game.

The death was announced from Nelson on Saturday, of Mr Henry Redwood, brother of Archbishop Redwood, and one of the bestknown personalities in the New Zealand racing world. The late Mr Redwood was a breeder and importer of thoroughbreds, chiefly from Australian studs, and was the owner of first-class racing stock for a long period of years. The first notification in England of marriage under the Deceased Wife’s Sister Act has just been given in Manchester. A couple aged seventy and sixty-five respectively, who have waited for twenty-five years for the passing of the Act, have given the necessary notice, and will be married in three weeks.

“It is a good thing to have as many maps as possible in China,” said Miss Bushell, a missionary, in the course of an address to the Gleaners’ Union at Christchurch, “as it lets the Chinese see that China is not the only country in the world. They have an idea that China is ‘ the ’ country, and that others are only tributaries. When the French warships steamed up a Chinese river a few years ago the people wanted to know what country was rebelling against China !” A large . fisheries company, operating in the Atlantic, keeps track of the shoals of fish by means of wireless telegraphy. The fleet comprises forty vessels. When the coasting steam ships sight the fish they can communicate immediately their movements to the other vessels. Likewise a part of the fleet finding fish at one point may notify the rest of the fleet, and assemble the ships from remote points without delay.

We were asked to name some yellow, dried, elongated, looking fruit, minus stones, brought in to this office by Mr Satherly, We don’t profess to have a pomologist on the staff, so the writer suggested figs because that was the nearest to which the objects of scrutiny bore any resemblance. “ You’r wrong,” said the jocular farmer, aud he showed us a green Japanese plum and informed us that it was a brother to the parched specimens. Mr Satherly said that the plum tree is affected with some new disease and half the fruit on the particular tree are attacked. We are handing the specimens to Mr Simms for investigation.

Messrs Stewart Dawson and Co., the well-known jewellers and silversmiths of Dambton quay, Wellington, have just published their annual Christmas catalogue. The catalogue, which is a 60-page one, contains close upon a thousand illustrations of this well-known firm’s special lines of watches, clocks, jewellery, silver goods, electro - plated ware, cutlery, leather goods, etc., and for which they were awarded four gold medals at the recent New Zealand Exhibition. Residents of the country districts, and also those who cannot find it convenient to come to Wellington and inspect for themselves the fine .stocks of this firm should write for a copy of this booklet, which will be sent by the firm post free.

Will the person who found a purple motor scarf kindly return same to this office.

Mrs Barton, telepathist and clairvoyant, may be consulted at Mrs Haslett’s residence, Gladstone Street.

Thirty-seven bookmakers are to be prosecuted at Christchurch for betting with boys. May they get their desserts.

Visitors from Palmerston yesterday complained bitterly because there was no conveyance to the beach. Messrs P. H. Rae-Howard and Co. will sell a list of goods, without reserve, at their mart on Saturday next, also a range, almost new. The Elton Comedy Company played to a fair house in the local Public Hall on Saturday last, and the programme was much appreciated by those present. A man named Arthur M’Gowan, a baker, was drowned in the Wellington Harbour on Sunday. His widow and family reside in Wellington. The F'oxton Gas Syndicate has accepted the tender of the Trevor Company, of Wellington, for the erection of the local gas works and the work will be put in hand immediatelv.

A person who created some annoyance by his interjections at the Elton Comedy play on Saturday night, after receiving several warnings, was “fired out” by Mr Elton. The interjections, al - though of a harmless nature, were very annoying to the performers. Nine Oddfellows, out of a membership of about 60, turned out to Church parade on Sunday last. The procession was headed by the Borough Band. The service at All Saints’ Church, which they attended, was appropriate, and was conducted by Jthe Rev. YoungWoodward.

Mr R. H. Bright, optician, of Palmerston N., will pay a professional visit to Foxton on Thursday next and jmay be consulted during the afternoon and evening at Whyte’s Hotel. Mr Bright has first-class credentials and may be consulted with confidence.

In the House of Representatives last night notice was given for the introduction of the following new Bills: — Chinese Immigrants Amendment, Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act Amendment (Sir Joseph. Ward), Co-operative Dairv Companies (Hon. R. McNabj. Our readers will please note that conveyances will leave opposite the fire bell to-morrow evening, at half past five o’clock, to convey passengers to and from the Oroua Bridge concert. An excellent programme of vocal and instrumental music, with several humourous sketches, has been issued, and from a perusal of it, we can guarantee a splendid night’s entertainment. The musical performers of Palmerston have been largely called upon, and from what we have seen and heard of their performances, a treat is in store for everyone who attends, while the modest charge of 3s per head will secure an enjoyable drive in the moonlight, and, as the roads are now in excellent order, a pleasant time is before all who avail themselves of the opportunity.