LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 373, 16 April 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The valuation of Eltham is £288,000, being an increase of £112,000 over the valuation of three years agoThe ratepayers of Devin have decided by 194 voles to 17, to raise a loan of £22,000 for the carrying out of a waterworks scheme. The widow of Mr Robert Watson, formerly of Christchurch, has bequeathed a iund to provide for pensions for clergyman in New Zealand upon their reaching the age ol 65, and for annuities for clergymen’s widows. The fire which devasted a square mile of Chelsea (a suburb of Boston), destroying over 400 big buildings, including thirteen churches, started in a rag-picker’s shop. Ten thousand persons have been rendered homeless. Four deaths occurred, in addition to one previously reported. The damage caused by fire is estimated at two millions sterling. Another batch of immigrants from England is due to arrine in Wellington by the Shaw-Saville liner lonic from Dondon next week. There are 309 third-class out of the total of 381 on board the vessel. Of this number, 100 are booked for Wellington. 97 for Auckland, 46 for Dyttelton, 38 for Dunedin, 21 for Bluff, and the balance are for various ports. Mr Holmes, Engineer-in-Chief of the Public Works Department who returned from the North on Wednesday, informed a Post reporter that he was satisfied if the weather during the coming winter was not unusually bad the North Island Main Trunk Railway would be open for traffic at the end of the year. He thinks the Makatoke viaduct will be finished in two months, and that at'the end of this month the gap between the railheads jyjll be reduced to nine miles.

Mr P. M. Page, adds a line of ducks and two pigs to his Saturday’s auction sale list. A young lady advertises for position to assist in light household duties.

During the offertory at the Presbyterian Church next Sunday morning, Mr Francis Cornwall will sing Gounod’s “ For Ever with the Lord.”

The local cricketers will play a friendly game at the park to-mor-row with Rongotea. The visitors will be entertained at dinner and afternoon tea. The match commences at 10.30 a.m. M. Zalakoff, a Russian, disguised as a Mullah, has been arrested near Herat in possession of maps and jottings of the route to Herat, and the food and water supplies. Zalakoff is imprisoned at Cabul.

The request for the age of witnesses is being listened for carefully at the sittings of the Conciliation Board in Christchurch since some of the witnesses have letraycd unwillingness to tell how old they are. One man on Friday afternoon smiled sadly when he was asked the inevitable question, he said, “ I’m full-mouthed.”

There was a large gathering at Bulls Town Hall on Monday afternoon. Mr John Stevens, M.P., presented Mr Herbert, manager of the Bank of New South Wales, who, qfter thirteen years’ residence in Bulls, is going with Mrs Herbert on an extended trip to Europe, with a purse of sovereigns in recognition of his services to the community. Mr j. E. Walker, chairman of the Town Board, presided.

Two sisters, Frenchwomen, fought a duel with pistols at Poitiers, and one of them was so badly wounded that she is not expected to recover. Alphonsine Bachelier, who is only 24, was violently jealous of her sister Marie, who, although she is tbirty-tliree, had won the affections of the young man to whom Alphonsine had been engaged. A duel was decided on, and the girls fired three shots at each other. Marie was badly wounded in the head. The bullet has not been extracted, and her life is in danger. When Marie fell, her sister Alphonsine turned the revolver against herself and fired, but a whalebone in her corsets deflected the bullet, and her wound is not serious. She has been arrested.

“ What with the peddlers, Chow competition, tick, coupons and Christmas boxes, the game’s not fair,” said the grocer. “Some of the customers ’ud beat a land agent. They run up a bill, and when they have the ‘ ready ’ spend it and'make their names good somewhere else. If they pay for half o’ butter they expect a few ounces over, and reckon you are ‘ mingy ’ if you don’t chuck in a few biscuits for the baby. But last Saturday was the ‘stretcher.’ She was only a nipper, and came for the change of a ‘ bob,’ and when 1 gave it seemed a bit slow at going. ‘ Anything else I can do ?’ I says, pleasant-like, and when she says, ‘ Please, the other grocer always gives his customers lollies on Saturday,’ well only that the assistant fanned me with a washing-board I believe I’d fainted,”

The fact that there is a ferryboat named Maheno at Dunedin as well as an intercolonial turbine steamer of that name was responsible for an amusing incident at the cross wharf (says the Dunedin Star). Three people, evidently from the country, marched up the gangway of the big intercolonial liner, and when the quartermaster asked them where they were going one of them produced 3s, and said, “ Three tickets to Portobello, return.” It made the “old salt ” mad to think that his magnificent turbine was going to be sent on shilling excursions to Portobello, and it took a lot of of persuasion on his part to make these people believe they were on the wrong Maheno.

“He who has wealth must be watchful and wary,” especially when there are children about (says the Wairarapa News). A Carterton settler the other day was moving, and his ” better half ” was clearing up the resulting debris. In the room where she was working there was a table, on the table was a ledger,, and between the pages of the ledger were seven one pound notes. Also in the room was a bright little four-year-old girl—a very good little girl, who sat in a corner and amused herself with a pair of scissors while the mother worked. The child finished her play, the mother carefully swept up and burned the accumulated scraps on the floor, and it was then found that the baby had opened the ledger, taken out the pretty notes, cut them into pieces, and cast them among the rubbish on the floor. The bank is seven pounds richer and the settler poorer by that amount. Such is life! A large consignment ot this new season’s seeds Just landed. Only Gibbons’ stocked. W. J. Gardner.— Advt. No one need now suffer the agonizing pains of sciatica and acute rheumatism, as quick relief may be had by applying Chamberlain’s *Pain Balm. This fact has been clearly demonstrated in many .thousands of cases. Tins liniment relieves the pain and makes sleep and rest possible, which is alone worth many times its cost. For sale by W. G. Gardner, grocer.— Advt. “ Some little time ago,” says Mr J. Boyle, Kelmscott, W. A., “Iwas suffering from a severe cough, which threatened to take a serious form. Hearing so much about Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy I decided to give it a trial, and to my great satisfaction was completely cured by the time I had finished the first bottle,’’ For sale by W. G. Gardner, grocer.—Ann.

Messrs Nash and Co. advertise several lines of groceries whicft should be noted by all housewives. Five per cent di-count on returning cash register couponsMessrs Levin and Co. limited, at the request of a number of people, have decided to run an excursion on Easter Monday to the heads, weather permitting. This excursion should be well,patronised as it will be the last chance to to visit the beach for the summer season. The return fare has been fixed at one shilling.

The oak and silver shield presented to the Foxtou Cricket Association by Mr O. E. Austin is now on view in Mr Hetty’s shop window. It is a very handsome trophy and keen appreciation is expressed by the Association of Mr Austin’s generosity and sportsmanship in donating it for competition. The Association has not definitely decided conditions of competition. The Foxtou Club has a leg in for the trophy this year.

The police are investigating a matter which may have had serious consequences, It is alleged that some boys placed several stones on the railway lire j rior lo the arrival of the Sanson tram yesterday morning. The foolish joke was repealed again in the afternoon, but the obstacles were noticed by those on the tram prior to the obstructions being reached. Parents would do well to warn their children against such dangerous practices. When the Chatham Island steamer was recently at Lyttelton some dead black swans, were hanging in the rigging. The fact was noted by a local ranger and was reported to the Acclimatisation Society. As these birds are protected during this time of the year, it is expected that a prosecution will follow.

It is stated by the Rotorua Times that a prospector in the Taupo district, who is engaged by a Wellington syndicate, has discovered gold there ; the prospects in some places, evidently pockets or patches, running half a pennyweight to the dish. It is evident that there is a belt of auriferous country about Fake Taupo, but the prospector in question found that the Maoris, who own all the land, defined to grant any mining areas. One hundred acres of bushfelling near Olaki is advertised to let. WOLFE’S SCHNAPPS has stimu lating properties possessed by no other spirit. Every lady contemplating the purchase of a New Jacket or Paletot for the coming winter season would do well to inspect the stock of these goods now showing at Hie Bon Marche, Palmerston North The style, fit, and finish of every garment is exquisite, and the prices most reasonable.—o M. Boss and Co. —Advt.

Wc draw the attention of the public to the advt. of Messrs Watchorn, Stiles and Company This ifrm is opening a large shipment of goods direct from the best manufacturers in Bradford and the goods are going to be marked at very special prices. No middleman’s profit will have to lie added to these goods, and extra inducements are going to be made by fair prices to keep the business within the place. We trust the public of Poxton will do their utmost to support our local trade and before ordering elsewhere give the above firm an opportunity of quoting prices.— Advt. In the window of the Bon Marche, Palmerston North, there is to be seen this week a magnificent assortment of fur goods, including some very handsome Stone Marten, Luoir’s sets, (stole and muff), and ranging in price from twenty guineas to £35 the set. They are admittedly the handsomest furs ever shown in Palmerston. C. M. Boss and Co. invite inspection.— Advt. The mother who has acquired the habit of keeping a bottle of Chamberlain’s Cough Bemedy on hand saves herself a great amount of uneasiness and anxiety. Coughs, colds and croup, to which children arc susceptible, are quickly cured by its use, It counteracts any tendency of a cold to result in pneumonia and if given as soon as the first symptom of croup appears it will prevent the attack. This remedy is free from all poisons, which makes it the mother’s favourite everywhere. For sale by W. G. Gardner, grocer.— Advt. Have you tried Wolfe’s Schnapps for kidney ailments. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure for Coughs and Colds never fails, is fid and 2s fid. Your storekeeper or chemist sells Eheumo at 3s fid and 4s fid. WOLFE’S SCHNAPPS.—A tonic that has stood the test of years.