LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 375, 21 April 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Owing to the recent rains there is a fresh in the Manawatu River.

A large number of weddings were celebrated at Palmerston N. yesterday.

Four or five hundred visitors spent an enjoyable day at the beach yesterday. The annual meeting of the Foxton Rugby Sub-Union will be held in Whyte’s Hotel to-morrow night. We remind the public of the welcome social to be tendered to the Rev. Mr Mails in the Methodist schoolroom to-morrow night. An excellent programme has been prepared and refreshments will be provided.

Mr Berthold’s orchestra will render several selections at the forthcoming Presbyterian Bazaar, and the bellringers have kindly consented to repeat some of their items, and some of Palmerston’s best vocal talent is also being procured lor the occasion.

Doctor: What, troubled with sleeplessness ? Fiat something before going to bed. Patient: Why, doctor, you once told me never to eat anything before going to bed. Doctor (with dignity): Pooh, pooh! that was last January. Science has made enormous strides since then. Five Palmerstoniaus named Sheerin, Thorburn, Mawhiney, Olson, and Price, negotiated the journey by river from Palmerston to the Foxton Heads, arriving on Saturday, after a 13)2 hours’ run. They agree it is a journey which would not be appreciated if attempted too often. Eleven persons were on Thursday, at Raetihi, fined £2 each and costs for selling overproot hop beer. Evidence showed that a big trade was being carried on with co-operative labourers 011 the Main Trunk line in this drink, and the Government analyst pronounced that some samples were double the strength of ordinary beer.

The Central News Agency of New York reports that Charles Meredith, a clever clown nr Cole Brothers’ circus, which is performing in America, and his brother, who is also a clown and is performing in Australia, have been proved the heirs to the Glasgow Estate of Richard Blaine, their uncle, which is valued at halt a million sterling.

Much sympathy is felt for the bereaved parents of Master Victor Harris, the talented thirteen year old lad, who was on the high road to fame as a violinist, when he was ‘ 1 called away ’ ’ at London on Sunday last. His parents, who reside in Palmerston N., are grief striken as a result of the cabled message, and much sympathy is extended to them from all parts of the Dominion.

A large number of local residents look advantage of the cheap railway excursion fares yesterday, some going to Palmerston, arid ollreis to the Feilding races, Mr Dntuil, who died in Paris in 1902, left a large part of his wealth to all those who could legally claim kinship with him. The court recently rejected the claims of the 747111 “friend.” The funeral of the late William Hanry Cameron will leave his late residence, Johnson Street, for the P'oxton cemetery at 2 p.m. tomorrow (Wednesday).

The financial statement of the Hawke’s Bay County Council shows that the year 1907 commenced with an overdraft of £ 10,908, and ended with a credit balance of £<o°° in 1908, Mr G. G. Stead, chairman of the Blackball company, has telegraphed to the union’s executive as follows ;—“The mine will remain closed until the men resume work on a basis of 20 minutes’ crib. When work is resumed the management will favourably consider any reasonable proposal.” At the inquest at Gisborne on Catherine Hollier, who died while under chloroform, a verdict was returned that no blame was attachable to anyone. Dr Collins said that in his opinion the cause of death was due to the inhibition of the heart’s action accelerated by her nervous condition rather than the anaesthetic.

11l Great Biitain the average man earns, after allowing for taxation, 10s 7c! per annum. In the United States it is £25 5s 9d; in France, 12s ; in Germany, £l6 9s 6d ; in Austria, £g 15s id ; in Spain, 19s 2d ; in Russia, £6 12s 6d ; and in Italy £6 is 4d.

Lecturing before| the Royal Photographic Society, Mr F. Martin Duncan said the death’s head moth was the only large insect which bees would admit into their hives. As soon as the moth was able to fly it went straight to the beehives, and was found next morning intoxicated and mumbling stupidly, the centre of an admiring crowd of bees. A man named Leopold Acland, a New' Zealand landowner, wounded a tiger in the Khalna district in India. The tiger, which disappeared in the jungle, suddenly reappeared and felled Acland. Another of the party shot and killed the tiger while it was dragging Acland by his arm into the jungle. Acland’s arm had to be amputated.

Constable Dickson, of Foxton, suffered defeat at the hands of R. J. Scott the well-known N.Z. wrestler, in the Cumberland wrestling at the Caledonian Sports at Palmerston N. yesterday after a very interesting bout. This event created considerable interest, but Dickson was caught napping just prior to the first throw.

An amusing incident occurred in a certain post office in Wairarapa lately. A local crank obtained permission to use a number of telegraph forms to make’ communications with the unknown world by means of a system of wireless telegraphy which he had discovered. Next morning the forms, covered with heiroglyphics and each bearing a penny stamp, were found posted in a pillar box. They were duly sent to the “Dead” Tetter Office, en route to their intended destination.

Something in the way of a record was put up by a Masterton lady on Thursday, and a record no one is likely to attempt to break. She owed two Masterton professional men, who happen to be brothers, a guinea each, and to one she paid a ten pound note and a shilling, and to the other a five pound note and a shilling, by mistake of course. It was not until the evening that the recipient of the note discovered the mistake, and he hastened to restore the surplus. On informing his brother of the mistake the latter had another look at his supposed guinea, finding it to be four pounds in excess. He also returned the excess. —Age.

A Dunedin resident has brought forward a device to do away with the need of nightly putting out a jug or billy for the morning’s milk. The idea is to have a small hole cut in the back door. Just below this, on the inside, is suspended a tin cylinder, flattened on one side to hug the dog panel, and covered with a lid hinged to the door. The milkman comes round in the morning armed with a small funnel. He lifts a ' small slide covering the hole, inserts the funnel, and pours through it the desired quantity of milk. He withdraws the funnel, down falls the lid inside and the slide outside, and the milk in the tin cylinder is reasonably safe from the dust-born germ or the thirst impelled cat.

An amusing incident occurred at Friday’s sitting of the Conciliation Boardjsays the Wanganui Herald. A witness who was rather deaf was in the witness-box, and the Chairman was putting some questions about the cost of living. "You think wages should be increased on account of the increase in the cost of living ? he (asked, “Yes, on account of the increase in the family,” replied the witness. “We had two last time.” Mr Reardon was then proceeding with further questions when two members of the Board called out, “ Not so fast, please,” meaning that the questions were being put too rapidly to be taken down. “Do you mean the family or the talking?” queried the Chairman. When the laughter had subsided the witness imperturbably reiterated, “Anyhow, it’s a fair thing to give us a rise in wages.”

James Marshall, a well known identity of Hokitika, was found dead in bed last night. The High Commissioner’s weekly hemp report has not come to hand up to the time of going to press.

G. G. Stead, the well-known New Zealand sportsman, suffered a paralytic seizure affecting his legs, at Christchurch yesterday, while he was attending the C.J.C, meeting.

Mr Thos. T. Joll, a well-known Taranaki dairy farmer, had his skull fractured through alighting from a tram in Wellington last evening. He was removed to the hospital and now lies in a precarious condition.

Among local new residences in course of construction is a roomy dwelling in Thyune Street, for Dr Adams (Mr T. Rimmer, contractor), and a nice villa residence in Raveusworth, Place for Mr Cornwall (Mr Alex. Speirs, contractor).

Hemy Kruse, a middle aged man, was killed at Ashhurst yesterday morning at 11 o’clock, by a slip in a mtlal pit. Mr Kruse, who leaves a widow and family, was a well-known farmer in the Raumai district. The inquest will be held to-dav.

Special services appropriate to the occasion, were conducted in the local churches on Sunday last. The altar at All Saints’ Cnurch was very tastefully decorated. Special solos w>.re sung at both services in the Presbyterian Church by Mr F. Cornwall. The services in the Methodist Church were very well attended.

On Thursday evening next, Bro. D. C. Cameron, Grand Chief Templar of the Independent Order of Good Templars in the Dominion will deliver an address in the local Good Templar Hall. Mr Cameron has been a prominent worker in the temperance cause for many years, having also occupied the office of Grand Secretary of the Order. He is a flueut and forceful speaker and is thoroughly conversant with the subject which he treats, and all interested in the great question of liquor reform should not fail to hear him. Admission is free and a cordial invitation is extended to the public.

lyieut-Col Bauchop, officer commanding, issued the following general order after the recent military manoeuvres: “The director of manoeuvres, in deciding to conclude the wishes to express his pleasure at the work and the result of the manoeuvres. Started under the severest w'eather conditions, cheerfulness, the attribute of all good soldiers, was always manifest. The w'ork done by both sides was creditable and shows marked ad- f

vance along the road to efficiency. The training that was initiated found its culmination in manoeuvres under war conditions inseparable from true manoeuvres. He w'ished the troops a safe passage to their homes and a return to other such fixtures in the future.”

A peculiar case of hallucination occurred in Napier last week. A resident of the town was a bachelor for the time being, having sent his wife away on a holiday. The following day he was absent from the house, leaving it locked and hiding the key in a supposed safe place. On returning home late in the evening he found the house lighted up and an elderly woman in charge. Naturally he was amazed at this unexpected development, and, on his knock being answered, he asked what the intruder was doing there. She immediately retorted by asking what her questioner , wanted; the building had been given to her, she had taken possession that afternoon, and was going to stay there. A little persuasion succeeded in getting her to give her name, and she was returned to the bosom of her family. The remarkable feature of the affair is that the woman had , not been in the vicinity of the house she took possession of since it was erected. By some instinct she discovered the key, and she went about the house as if she had been accustomed to it all her life. Once previously she took possession of a house where she was unknown to the occupiers. Have you tried Wolfe’s Schnapps for kidney ailments.

Your storekeeper or chemist sells Rheumo at 2s 6d and 4s 6d. 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 the Bon Marche, Palmerston North The style, fit, and finish of every garment is exquisite, and the prices most reasonable.—C M. Ross and Co. — Advx.

We draw the attention of the public to the advt. of Messrs Watchorn, Stiles and Company This firm is opening a' ■ large shipment ot goods direct from the best manufacturers in Bradford and the goods are going to be marked at A ery special prices. No middleman’s profit will have to be 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.—Anvr, 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. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, for Coughs and Colds never fails, is 6d