LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 3788, 13 February 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Scarlet fever is prevalent in the Carterton distrietv'— ? '

A -meeting of the local School Committee will beheld this evening. ; ’ •

The Wairarapa Standard states that Messrs Copeland, and Son, late of Fokton,--- ba-vd Started flaxmilling operations at Papawai.

Messrs Durward, ’ drapers, of Palmerston Nofthf'advertise a remnant week sale. -. No goods td be stowed away and/resurrected at a future sale.

An, important,'meeting of Committees and members of the Foxton Horticultural and Industrial. Society is advertised to take place in the Secretary’s office on Friday evening next, at 7.30 o’clock, to discuss the question .<?f postponing the forthcoming Show, owing ,to the dry season Spoiling exhibits. A full attendance is requested. The police arrested a man named Thoinas Walter Collin, at Himatangi, yesterday, on a charge of obtaining goods by false pretences from W. H. Glenning, storekeeper, of Shannon* in August 1906. He was .brought before the local Court' this morning and r , remanded. to Shahnon.

The" elections' have placed five new men on the Wellington Harbour Board, which now consists of the following members, the first seven on the list being newly elected or re-elected R. Fletcher;, F. G. Bolton, J. G. Harkness, ‘G,v W. Jones, J. W. M‘Ewan,-,M r -': Cohen, C. E. Panieli; IJdo./.TI K. Macdonald, &.L.G., ;T. ;M;.Wilford, M. P-V "E. -H, praSfer, Hon. T. W. Hislqp. / Messrs, Macdonald, Wilford’,.,?and, are the Government hold office until Juiy,:i9o3f?andj until their successors' pointed. The Hon. T. yi. ;Hislop sits on the Board as'Mayor of Wellington, ex-officio. / Great drapery sale, at. Watchorn, Stiles and Co.’sphere millinery, children’s hats, fancy, straws can almost be -had for the asking.*— A*dv.'Pt-

Tenders for the stock etc., in the bankrupt estate of Lye Moon closes on Tuesday next, 18 th inst.l The Catholic Bazaar will be continued till Wednesday next, and will be opened daily at 3 p.m.

In conversation with an old resident we were informed that the present spell of dry weather is the longest experienced during his 40 years’ residence in the Foxtoh district.

A complimentary social is to be tendered toj all stall-holders, assistants, and ticket holders, at the Bazaar, in the Public Hall next Thursday night. Mr O. Cook notifies by advertisement that all outstanding accounts unpaid on or before the 29th inst will be placed in the hands of a solicitor for collection.

—-At •th»'>lecat'police court yesterday morning, before. Messrs Alf Fraser and Alex Cdckburn, J’s.P., a prohibition' order was taken agdirist a local resident. ■.

Mr John Stevens, M.P., will remain in Foxtpn for about a fortnight. We understand he will be interviewed by theßorough Council in reference to the Post Office, and also by the Council of the Chamber of Commerce in reference to the proposed Harbour Board* A lighted match dropped in the long dry in the local State Sbhool 1 grounds, during the dinner hour yesterday,, provided some excitement for the children. The fire was got under before any damage was done.

The Council of the Protestant Alliance declares that King Edward and Queen Alexandra’s presence at requiem mass for King Carlos is inconsistent with the King’s position as head of a Protestant nation and a violation of the spirit of his coronation and accession oath. The Daily Telegraph and Times protest against such petty religious intolerance. During the progress of the fire at Christchurch, a civilian, who assisted to carry things from a shop, remarked that he had seized hold of a cash register, and was hurrying it to safety, when he was directed to “drop it and take something of more value.” “I didn’t drop it,” explained the man, “and when I reached the street the proprietor of the shop : told me that it contained nearly £200.” According to some farmers in the Nelson district, gorse is a valuable fodder for sheep. At a' recent meeting of the Waimea County Council (says the Evening Mail), a councillor, stated that gorse was one of the finest fodder plants in New Zealand. * He knew an instance of where 60 sheep were taken off six acres of gorse 40 of them were fat. The “Wigan Examiner” of November 16 last gives the following official record of the “ gates ” at the various matches played by the New Zealand football team up to and including the Wigan defeat : —Bramley, ; Huddersfield, /408; Widnes, ; Broughton, Wakefield, ley, ; Wigan, The total “gate” for the,ten matches was thus “ You’re wanting new railways, new roads, new public works, new bridges, and new everything,” was the Prime Minister’s way of opening the section of his speech dealing with public works ex* penditure at Auckland, and just at that critical juncture a voice came from the back of the hall, ‘ ‘ and a new Premier.” Amidst the laughter which followed Sir Joseph was heard remarking: “I quite agree; and my friend will agree that I have a pretty difficult row to hoe.”

A Saimese newspaper has distributed the following notice r * * -The news of English we tell the latest. ,' Writ in perfectly style and most earliest. Do a murder get commit, we hear and tell it.' Do a mighty chief die, we publish if, and in borders of sombre. Staff has each’ One been college, ; ; ; and write like the Kipling and the Dickens. We circle ’ every and extortionate not for advertisements. Buy it. Buy it. Tell each ot you its greatness for good. Ready on Friday. Number one.”

■ A man named Batidet has been arrested in Paris for cutting off the hair of schoolgirls. Two detectives. who were watching him in one of the large shops, as they be- 1 lieved him tp be a [.pickpocket, saw him cut off the plait of .a girl of twelve. When they searched his room they found ninety-two pigtails of different .lengths and colours tied up... with ..pink, blue, and green ribbons. Baudet declares that- he has. an unconquerable passion tor pigtails, of which he had a large store hidden away. He will not disclose their hiding place, but he declares that he has cut off hundreds in his time, and that he- has never-sold.a single ode. In the New Plymouth, Magistrate’s Court on Monday, Joseph Thompson, charged with escaping from New Plymouth gaol, pleaded guilty. .The magistrate said that under ordinary circumstances, ds Thompson had broken gaol on a * k- e ’ have s fn^pt<d‘ ; -d penalty, but on \acc6unt. pf. the. .peculiar circumstances, he w6uld only sentence jhim to ther loss-.of- three months’ ®hrks. ~ Whilst .fffeeiug from pursuit, a Maori lying frdin a fall from his horse, and toot the risk of going to a [store and' giving information* The Maori' died, and at the [|nquest; the jury commended Thompson's' action.

WOLFE’S SCHNAPPS has stimu lating properties possessed by no other' »spirit. . fs- ■ '

We have to thank Mrs/I'bynne sent., fori samples OIV denser Disastrous bush fires are reported at Damievirke and Nelson.

r. J. W. Fawcett was drownedjou Tuesday at Moreie Hot Springs, Wairoa.

Maurice Langley, a carter* was drowned at the Napier Breakwater on Tuesday.

Mrs Cato was burned to death in her cottage at Hokitika on Tuesday night. A man named William Wallace, aged 28 years, was killed by a fall ot earth at WadestOwn yesterday. Mrs Funnell, senr., notifies the public that she will not be responsible for debts contracted in her name.

Boots and shoes to be sacrificed.. 'at half price at the Economic, in order to make room for Winter r goods shortly to arrive.%

It is reported that a well-known local resident "Has.put"Up“ Tressider’s stake money, for the sculling championship of the world.

At. Tuesday’s meeting of the Wanganui , Presbytery, held at Marten, the Rev; Messfs ; Ross and Gordon were appointed a committee to draw up a suitable minute concerning the Rev. J. Duncan (deceased).

Chinese in New Zealand were estimated at the end of. 1907 to number 2724, of whom 59 were females. Though the celestial women have diminished in numbers to the extent of five, com* pared with 1906, the Chinese population last year increased in the, aggregate by 51 individuals.

On Saturday All Saints Sunday School will hold their picnic at the residence of Mr.-Theopholus Easton. The children will start from All Saints Church at 10 a.m. where drags’ provided by kind friends will convey them to the place of pleasure.

The Westport Coal Company has notified Westport customers of. increases in the price of coal on and after March 1. The new prices are: Screened coal from 17s to i3s per ton, unscreened coal from 13s to 14s, small coal from 10s to 10s 6d. Mr Dixon, the company’s district manager, informs the Press Association agent that the advance is due to the altered conditions of working at tbe mines and the increasing cost of production. The Palmerston Branch of the. Master Bakers’ Association held a meeting yesterday, and unanimously agreed to sell for cash or coupon only, and coupons will be required to purchase for cash. They will charge for zlb loaves, and will give bakers’measure of, 13* to the dozen where purchasers take a dozen or more loaves at a time. Absolutely: .no exception will be made; storekeepers, hotels, boarding-houses, and large and small consumers, all coming under the same regulations. It is expected that other towns around the district will join in with this arrangement shortly.

Great drapery sale. how on at Watchorn, Stiles and Co.’s, where tweed and linen costumes are being sold regardless of cost Whatever.— Advt. - ■

“ What about the flogging. of girls?” asked a.voice from the body of the hall during the Prime Minister’s speech at. Auckland; Sir Joseph Ward said that an inquiry would be held into matters: connected with the Te Oranga Home, and until that inquiry was completed he thought judgment should be suspended. He would like td say,, however, that He did not think that the Minister' for Education, who was a kindhearted and generous man, would do Anything unjust to the'‘unfortunate creatures who from time to time were committed to the Home.” ■ : '

Great drapery sale now., on ff Wat chord, Stiles and Co.’s, where you can - get ,damasks, calicos, prints, flannelettes, etc*, at absoute bedrock prices,— -Advt.

WOLFE’S SCH NAPPS stands preeminent! among stimulants and cor-

dials. « Messrs Gardner & Whibley have refceived a consignment Of fruit including Queensland pineapples at 4.3, sd, and 6d each; Fiji Mnana§i 6d per dozen ; Frimiey nectarines and peaches, 6d per lb;; oranges, is and is 6d per dozen. Mason’s jars just arrived.* . Your storekeeper or chemist sella llheunm'at 2s 6d and 4s 6d. . '

Weekly English Mail Service : —A steamer will leave Wellington. fps Sydney every Friday, and will, cohncct ;toth maih leayinj* ; Sydney;. Jhi London on Tuesday evening.

A bad taste in the mouth always arises from a disordered stomach, and may be corrected by taking a dose of Chamber!ain’s-Tablets. They cleanse and invigorate the stomach,*'improve the digestion and. give one a .rejish ior food; ■ For sale at Gardner Whitley* Grocers. '

All goods will be sold at a great sacrifice during the drapery sale at the Economic (Mrs Hamer’s) in order to make room for the arrival of new goods.*

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