LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 393, 24 March 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It is notified by advertisement elsewhere that the time for receiving tenders by the Moutoa Drainage Board for construction of overflow channel has been extended to April 6th. At the. Mastertou S.M. Court last week Charles Deitch traversed a charge of procuring liquor for George Thompson, a prohibited person, with knowledge that the latter was prohibited. Magistrate James imposed a fine of £5 with 7s costs, an alternative of one mouth’s imprisonment being fixed.

11l Liverpool the deaths from diarrhoea amongst children under three mouths’ old. either wholly or partially fed on artificial foods, are 15 times as great as they_ are amongst an equal number or infants fed upon breast milk —that out of 1000 breast-fed infants under three months in Liverpool 20 will die from diarrhoea, while amongst 1000 hand-fed infants at the same age the deaths will be no less than 300. The following open letter appeared in a recent issue of the Greymouth Argus To Mr Fitzgerald, Socialist, I would like, to give a word of warning not to repeat the insulting remarks that were hurled at the late Mr Seddon, his sou and daughter. Preach Socialism to your heart’s content, but remember we West Coasters respect the name of the greatest friend the worker ever had, a name too sacred to drop from the lips of Mr Fitzgerald. Seddon is dead! It is well for Mr Fitzgerald that he was not .within striking distance on Saturday night. Workers resent such base ingratitude, and revere the memory of one who was once your friend.

Mr O. E. Austin advertises a reward of £2 for information leading to the recovery of two roan ponies.

At a meeting of the Flaxmill Employees’ Union last night, it was decided to donate a sum of 10 guineas to the Blackball strikers.

The Rev. Mr Woollas conducted the evening service at the local Presbyterian Church on Sunday last and preached an excellent sermon on manliness.

Mr Grant, the Education Board's technical director, is at present visiting Foxton for the purpose of making final arrangements in reference to the local technical school.

A special meeting of the Flaxmill Employees Union was held last night, for the purpose of discussing a notice of motion re removal of registered office to Palmerston. The motion was defeated by a substantial majority. A novel way of chastising a wife was witnessed by a crowd of people in Brisbane recently. It seems that the man and his wife were having a heated argument outside a hotel. The husband, who was leading a dog with a rope, suddenly swung the dog round with the rope, and used the animal to beat his wife with.

Mr Page, for many years a clerk in the Defence Department, Wellington, has entered into partnership with Mr P. H. Rae-Howarcl, the well-known local auctioneer and land agent. The first auction sale to be held by the new firm takes place next Saturday, when a long list of goods will be submitted for public auction. We wish the firm a long and prosperous career.

Wellington and other outside competitors were very indignant (says the Post) at the treatment meted out at the Weraroa sports, owing to the committee refusing to pay out prize-money won. One competitor claimed he had not been paid for his wins at a previous meeting. As a finale, the president (Mr C. Williams) called upon the police to put the dissatisfied ones out of the grounds. Several of the competitors threatened proceedings against the club.

Mis Garthwaite, of Holmsdale, lyUinsden, Southland, was found 011 Wednesday unconscious, about a quarter of a mile above the Mararoa bridge. Her body was rigid, and she had to be brought in in a railway trolly'. Dr Mcllroy, who attended her, was himself taken suddedly ill, and Dr Watt arrived from Riverton, but could not restore animation, and death occurred about 7 a.m. next morning. Some of the deceased’s clothes were found in a patch of willows, and there are indications tlrat she had partially undressed and crawled to where she was found.

“Speaking from a journalistic experience extending over thirtyfive years in this district, we may say (remarks the Wairarapa Daily Times editorially), that there have never been any labour troubles in the Wairarapa; no disputes between masters and workers. All that we have seen of late years have been manufactured in the city of Wellington. It is intolerable that a district like this should not be allowed to manage its own affairs, but that it should be placed by an absurd and ridiculous Arbitration Act at the mercy of Wellington agitators. Both workers and emploj r ers should kick against an outside tyranny of this description. It is time to decide whether this Dominion should be ruled by agitators who never do a day’s work, or by the men engaged in the industries of New Zealand.”

At the Wanganui Police Court on Friday an offender was charged with being found drunk on Taupo Quay on Thursday. It appears that the accused was asked by a neighbour at Bulls to go to the Hospital, and take charge of a little child, three years of age, who had been treated for a broken arm, but was able to leave the institution. Before proceeding to the Hospital, as desired, the accused purchased a bottle •of whisky. The child was handed over to his care, but before he had arrived back to town he was intoxicated, and was found in this condition, on Taupo Quay by a constable with .the child by his side, drenched to the skin, shivering and miserable. He was fined £i and costs or in default, seven days’ imprisonment. The Catholic Church in Masterton on a recent Sunday was the scene of a somewhat unusual but rather pretty and also pleasing ceremony says the Times. The Rev. Dean McKenna, who, as “Father John,” has made himself amazingly popular, having reached the silver jubilee, or twenty-fifth year of his priesthood, became a general subject of congratulations and presentations. As often happens, the “boys” started the movement. They made him a present in the school, and then came the avalanche. Compliments came in from all directions, Protestant and Catholic alike, and the Dean, who has just got over an illness, found it hard to bear the weight. The church on Sunday night was selected for the presentations, and the church was crowded. His Grace Archbishop Redwood and nine preists in full regalia, with half a dozen altar boys in front of a brilliantly decorated altar, made a resplendant spectacle, The presentations comprised addresses from the congregation and Hibernian Society, and a purse with no sovereigns. Ladies and heads of families in this district will find it advantageous to purchase their autumn and'; winter drapery at the Bon Marche, Palmerston North.—Advt,

It is reported that quite a nupj Let of weddings are to come off Foxton at no distant date, ‘

The Rev, Father Schaeffer is at present resting at the residence ofl Mr P. Hennessy, and we arei pleased to state that there is a t great improvement in bis health. \ We understand that Mr J. G. W. Aitken, M.P., of is to be asked to open the Presbyterian sale of work, which takes place next month. Mr Thomas Rimraer left Fox- ' ton to-day for Wellington, eu route to England. Mr and Mrs Rimmer and four members of the family leave ‘by the Arowa on Thursday.

Mr W. E. Barnard, solicitor, conducted his first cases at the local S.M. Court yesterday, and to use a sporting phrase, “shaped very well.” Mr Barnard gives great promise of a very successful professional career.

A case containing a lew amusing incidents occupied the Magistrate for a considerable period at yesterday’s court sitting, when J. McGovern sue ! George Gray for a week’s wages in lieu of notice. Mr Moore appealed for plaintiff, at short notice, and Mr Griy conducted his own case. From the evidence it appeared that McGovern was asked by the cook on one particular morning, after he had partaken of his early morning cup of tea, to bring in some wood as the fire was not burning too brightly, and the cook (whom the Magistrate elicited was a female) was hustling to get the breakfast prepared. McGovern said the wood was cut and in its accustomed place, and the pressing and squeezing duties at the cow bail required bis attention., McGovern admitted “ a bit of a difference” with the cook, and uugallautly informed her “that the wood was at the door,” and .made the remarkable statement' to the Magistrate that the kettle was boiling. Plaintiff then happened across the genial host (a man of few words) but apparently the cook had caught the ear of mine host first, for he ordered the plaintiff to get in the wood,. The plaintiff desired to “ slate his case” to defendant, but informed the Bench that the defendant would not listen to him, and told him to go to a place where brimstone burnetii, and to get out of it. He did not know whether it would be right to repeat the naughty word. Then came the settling up when plaintiff indignantly refused to take the money proffered by defendant unless £ 1 was added (a week’s wages; lor dismissal without notice. He was fighting the case on principle, and if he won the case, he informed the Magistrate, he could hand the extra money to some charity. After hearing the evidence of defendant who stated that plaintiff was'dismissed for refusing duty, and that he (defendant) paid £2 into. Court the amount due to plaintiff up to time he left, the Magistrate gave judgment for £2* and stated that plaintiff had no right to refuse to do the work he was called upon to perform.

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.*

Messrs Watchorn Stiles, & Co. announce in another column the arrival of their first shipment of new season’s millinery, of which a display is being made to-night. A shipment of jackets is also being shown. As the choice is now a good one it would be advisable to call and make a purchase early ■ Advt. Man wants but little here below When wintry winds commence to blow, With sleet and rain and hail and snow, Man wants but little here you know. But (hat same little that ho wants, Must make him always feel secure, The wise man knows, so off he goes To purchase Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. Persistent coughs tnat continue through the spiing and summer usually indicate some throat and hr>g trouble and it i, a serious mistake to neglect them. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is famous for its cures of coughs of this nature, and a few doses taken in time may save a doctor’s hill and perhaps years of suffering. For sale at Gardner and Whibley’s, Grocers.

A, bad taste in the mouth always arises from a disordered stomach, and may be corrected by taking a dose of Chamberlain’s Tablets. They cleanse and invigorate the stomach, improve the digestion and give one a relish tor food. For sale at Gardner & Whibley’s Grocers.

Your storekeeper or chemist sells Rheumo at 2s 6d and 4s 6d. Have you tried Wolfe’s Schnapps for kidney ailments.