LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 3782, 14 January 1908, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

Ducklings are realising gj4d per pound in Auckland, and thousands could have been disposed of at the same price.

A stampede of children occurred at a cinematograph matiuee at Harvey Hall, Barnsley, Yorkshire. Sixteen were killed and 40 injured. The report of the Superintendent of Police shows a decrease in serious crime in Sydney, but an increase in drunkenness.

An advertiser requires the services of an elderly woman for light household duties. Comfortable home. Subscribers and advertisers to the Herald are notified per advertisement that the quarterly accounts have been issued, and prompt settlement of same will be much appreciated. Mr Ernest Jardine is,the pur chaser of Glastonbury Abbey, in Somersetshire, which was reported in June last to have been sold for ,£30,000. Mr Jardine has presented it to the Church of England.

The Rev. G. Y. Woodward wil hold divine service next Sunday at 2.30 p.m., in Mr Perreau’s tea rooms at the Beach. We trust the holiday-makers will take advantage of these services.

Messrs W. Veitch and S. GSmith have been appointed to represent the district between New Plymouth and Marton at the annual conference of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants.

No one succeeded in guessing the name of the doll given by Mrs Hussey in connection with her Christmas sale. The name is Our Bessie, the title of book written by Rosa Carey. Many guessers sent authors names instead of bock titles. The envelope containing the name was opened by the Editor of this paper.* We regret to have to record the death of the five-months-old daughter of Mr and Mrs R. J. Hickson, which took place this morning. The child had been ailing for the past week, and the cause of death was gastro-enteritis. The funeral will leave the Family Hotel for the Foxton Cemetery at 2 p.m., tomorrow (Wednesday). At last night’s meeting of the Borough Council, the Clerk explained that the townspeople could now demand a poll to decide the day upon which the statutory half-holiday should be held. At last night’s meeting Wednesday was decided upon, but if the Saturdayites so desire they can demand a poll on the question before April.

The now famous circular issued by the Patangata County Council in reference to the treatment that should be meted out to Mr Keir Hardie, bobbed up serenely at last night’s Borough Council meeting. The Town Clerk read the announcement with great feeling, after which their was a pause but the lightning came not. The oppressive silence was broken by the clarion notes of Cr Baker, who declared that there was a great deal of truth in what Mr Keir Hardie had said about India—not another word was uttered until the next business was declared..

The colonial youth is noted for his aptitude in learning the tricks of the running track, but for pure originality and cuteness, recommend me to the Timaru younster who won the schoolboys’ handicap there on Anniversary Day (says a writer in the Canterbury Times). It was a post-entry event, and he just wandered up in a “Johnny-come-lately ” fashion, with one eye on the handicapper and the other on the ground 'He had all his ordinary street clothes on, and the proceedings did not seem to interest him a bit. The handicapper looked him over, and without hesitation put him on the limit mark. Then a change came o’er the scene. With the dexterity and celerity of an accomplished nigger minstrel, he doffed his clothes, performed the lightning change trick, and hey presto! he appeared in full running costume. He won the race hands down, and the handicapper now realises the mistake of depending too much on appearances.

Mrs S. Hickson \ who is about to leave the district, advertises a quantity of furniture for sale,/ which may be inspected at the Family Hotel. <

All Saints’ Church has had its first coat of paint. The final colour will be decided at a vestry meeting to be held tomight. It would be a great improvement to the town if other public buildings would follow suit.

Two men named Albert Duncan Brown and Simon, were committed for trial at Palmerston, on Saturday, on a charge of assaulting Robert Patterson at Shannon on November 21st, and robbing him of a bottle of whisky and 7s 6d in money.

The Wyndham Farmer says the enormous quantity of milk now being rrciwc! al Rdendale Dairy 'Factory—over 8000 gallons daily—places that institution in the position of receiving a larger quantity than any other cheese factory in the Dominion,

The man Mackay, a farm labourer under arrest for attempting to derail the Melbourne-to-Ade-laide express train at Horsham, states that he placed the obstruction (several railway sleepers, whicli the engine cut through) on the line to see what the train would do.

Mr Thomas Sussex, land and estate agent, late of Devin, died suddenly at Cambridge, on Tuesday evening, presumably from heat apoplexy. The deceased gentleman was well and favourably known throughout the district, and his sudden death will come as a great shock to a large circle of friends and acquaintances.

Messrs Coradine and' Whittaker’s sawmill and seven workmen’s houses at Mount Bruce, 18 miles from Masterton, were burnt on Friday afternoon. The families departed on Thursday and went to Masterton. They buried the furniture or put it in gravel pits. The mill machinery was practically destroyed. The estimated loss is from to There was no insurance.

One of the competitors in the motor-car reliability trials in the South Island had a curious experience near Hororata on the run home. A swarm of bees settled on the car. which was making a “ non-stop ” run, and rendered it anything but a comfortable vehicle. Driver, observer, and passengers were all a little nervous at finding thousands of bees around them, though of course the insects were not in fighting mood, and were easily picked off. It was half an hour, however, before the car was free of the uninvited passengers.

Mrs Hunter, a Scotswoman who claimed to be in years of age, and who is known to have been at least 106, has just died at Diverpool. She was a native of Balmagbier, in > Kirkcudbright, and married a member of the Galloway militia who served in the Napoleonic wars. She remembered a season of dearth in her girlhood, when she and her sister, after going all through the parish in search of oatmeal, only got a small quantity, which was parted with as a favour, and for which they had to pay at the rate of half a guinea a stone.

An Kith am resident took advantage of the holidays to effect some repairs to the roof of. his dwelling (says the Argus). On removing a sheet of iron, he secured sufficient straw, feathers, small birds and eggs to fill a potato sack, although the building had only been erected about five years. A Manaia resident, who had recently occasion to repair a ceiling, took no less than eight and a half sacks of birds’ nests from between the roof and the ceiling. The building had been a nesting-place for starlings for several years.

We are informed that a dance will be held at Moutoa on Thursday evening, tendered by the ladies of the local Cricket Club to their opponents in the previous day’s game. An invitation is extended to other cricketers residing within the Cricket Association district, so Foxton should take the hint. The dance was to have taken place on the evening of the match, but the ladies, finding it would interfere with the steame excursion that night, postponed it till: the following evening.

“ The phormium seed that I brought with me to St Helena,” writes C. J. Fulton, New. Zealand’s Chief Fibre Expert, to the Hon. R. McNab (Minister for Agriculture), “ unfortunately has not been a great success. It was treated according to my instructions by the Government Forester, and although the weather was unfavourable it germinated very nicely. But, after getting a fair start, the tender plants as they appeared above the ground were attacked very severe’y by grubs. Now, of course, we are trying other experiments, the results of which I wjll be able to advise later on.” Mr Fulton says the industry could not be remunerative inside four years at St Helena.

MrlV, J. Euller, J.P., Storekeeper Rendelsham, S. A., writes :—“ Some little time ago I was called in to see a neighbour who was suffering from severe cramps, and who really thought be was past help. I took a brittle of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with me, and gave him three doses, according to directions, and in a few hours he had quite recovered; I have frequently used it in my own family, and am so well satisfied as to its merits that I make a point of selling it to my customers on positive guarantee." For sale at Gardner & Whibley’s, Grocers. ! WOLFE’S SCHNAPPS'has stimulating properties possessed by no othet spirit, r i

lf|: D aU°n S ■ have '■:, r-?JEsft ’FfH. Kfte-H6«®teSSjf * Co. [advertise particulars of auction ■ sale to be held on Saturday next.,,.; Mr Wighton, the well-known Palmerston nurseryman, wiL. be present at the Horticultural Society’s meeting to-night., . - V Two pairs ot children’s boots ■. and stockings taken from the beast yesterday in mistake, await an owner at this office. , / An inquest touching the which destroyed the Ranfurly / Boardinghouse, will be held before • Alf Fraser Esq., Coroner, on Thursday.

Amongst the visitors to Foxton during the holidays was Mr F.. H. Fraser, of Wellington, ex-M.H.R., , and M .E.C., and father of Mr Alf. Fraser,' Town Clerk. , - In this issue Messrs Durward (late Victoria House) publish an interesting inset, which we com-. mend to the ladies;.

Mr H. J. Cornwall, music teacher, notifies by advertisement that he will resume teaching . to- • morrow. Term commences with first lesson.

- Members of the Foxton Building Society who desire to participate in the ballot for a draw of 'tomorrow night, but who will be unable to attend, must communi-. cate with the Secretary at once. ;

A little boy named Weller, whilst fishing at the wharf on Friday last, fell into deepwater Hear the steps, and had it not been for the timely appearance of Mr Wanklyn sen., on the spot, the iittle fellow would have lost his life. Another child had a narrow escape in the same locality this morning, and was rescued by a lady who was nearby.

We would remind our readers of the river excursion and gipsy tea to-morrow evening. The boat will leave the wharf at seven o’clock, and everything possible is being done to make the outing thoroughly successful. A landing will be effected on the north side of the river on this occasion nearMr Perreau’s rooms. Messrs v Perreau and Sanson have kindly placed their ice-cream appliances at the disposal of the ladies of the Presbyterian Church, under whose auspices the excursion is being held, who will retail* the same at the modest charge of three pence per glass. Tea and refreshments will be handed round.