LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 376, 23 April 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Full details of the terrible railway disaster appear on page four of this issue.

Mr H. Croucher, a Palrherston baker, is selling bread over the counter at 3d the alb loaf for cash. Mr E. A. Coley, late of Foxlon, while cycling across the square at Palmerston,on Tuesday afternoon, was knocked down by a trap and severely cut about the head, necessitating the wound being stitched up.

Counsel for Harry Thaw, as a step towards securing the latter’s release, has obtained an order of the Court permitting Thaw to sign an application for a writ of habeas corpus. As a result of jealousy, a man named William Busholtiz, a lace merchant, and a St. Paul’s churchwarden, suicided after murdering a married women named Power, with whom he cohabited at Staines, in Middlesex.

Rua’s pronounced intention of burying himself in the ground on Good Friday and rising again next day failed to eventuate, the police in Napier having received advice from Wairoa that the prophet had abandoned the idea. The advertisement appearing in this paper calling for returns under The Rand and Income Assessment Act, iqoo, refers to returns of Rand and Mortgages only. Returns of Income will be called for later. We understand that it is the intention of Mrs Austin, senior, to leave Foxlon shortly and take up her residence in the vicinity of Auckland. She has therefore decided to dispose of her Foxton properties and full particulars of these will be found in our advertising columns.

The funeral of the late Mr W. Cameron took place yesterday and the remains were followed to their last resting place by a large number of relatives and friends of the deceased. The impressive service at the graveside was conducted by the Rev. Mr Mairs. In another column Mrs Cameron tenders her thanks to all who sent sympathetic messages and floral tributes. Mr Sainsbury, a Gisbdrne chessplayer, sent a biblical excuse for his absence from the Chess Congress, which is now sitting in Wellington. Without quoting the text, . he referred his friends to Duke xiv, 20. They looked it up, and on reading “ I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come,” they telegraphed their congratulations. Michael Heaty, a hotelkeeper at Meeiyan, in the Tarwin River district, Victoria, was expecting a visit from the Railway Commissioners, and bought from a farmer a sucking pig and a turkey for the table (says the Sydney Daily Telegraph). In the gizzard of the turkey he found ten small pieces of gold, weighing in all half an ounce.

Two young women, the Misses Rhodes, of Raver’s Hill, near Colac, Victoria, last week attended a ball, and returning home they lost their way in the bush, and for four days and nights they wandered about, bei ig unable to find the track. They were discovered in a very distressed condition. The place where they were found was a veritable jungle, and they had passed four nights there, in hollow logs. Their clothing was much torn, but they were fairly strong, though they had had no food, and the weather was very wet.

The local State School re opens on Monday next.

The wedding look place yesterday of Mrs Jas. Degarnhaiu and Mrs Marriner.

At Keilding on Easter Monday, the ‘Rev. Mr Budd united Mr Daniel McFarlane to Elizabeth Matilda Allan. The contracting parties are well-known Foxton residents.

In our last issue it was staled that Mrs Cameron was not apprised of the fact of her husband's death until the body was being conveyed to the house. This statement was incorrect as Mrs Cameron received the sad intelligence about two hours before the body arrived.

A visitor from Christchurch, who was in Timaru on Saturday, says the Timaru Herald, expressed the opinion that no-license will very probably be carried in Christchurch at next election, though he said that he would be very sorry if his prediction proved correct. The visitor a ided that the no-license party in Christchurch had opened a vigorous campaign, while the license party seemed to be doing nothing. The uo-license patty at their opening meeting three weeks ago appealed for ,£1,200 to defray the expenses of the coming campaign, and before the meeting closed a sum of ,£1,600 was handed in in cash and cheques. Referring to Ashburton, the visitor said he firmly believed that the next poll will see a reversion to license there.

Edward T. Meredith, aged 19, son of the late Mr Richard Meredith, formerly of Eansdowne, Masterton, and grandson of the late Mr Edwin Meredith, of Upper Plain, spent Monday evening with Dr and Mrs Dawson and Miss Meredith. He was apparently in perfect health and high spirits. After supper young Meredith proposed to have a bath and went to the bathroom from which shortly afterwards a report was heardDeath must have been instantaneous. No cause can be assigned. Dr and Mrs Dawson and Miss Meredith —the two latter being aunts of deceased —were to have sailed for England yesterday. At the inquest the jury returned a verdict that deceased committed suicide by shooting himself whiie temporarily insane. George Whelch, of Akaroa, the amateur champion sculler of New Zealandj is still awaiting an opportunity to enter the professional ranks. His backer, Mr Martin G. Daly, has not yet received an answer to the letter he wrote to R. Arnst, on May 2nd, asking him if he still wished to make a match with Whelch, and it is expected that within the next few days Mr Daly will communicate with Webb, with the object of arranging a match for the championship of the world. Whelch has been “resting” from training since the Napier regatta, but his occupation, that of waterman, of itself keeps him in fairly good form. It is understood that no difficulty will be experienced in raising any reasonable amount of “stake” money in Akaroa.

We are asked to remind our readers that the guessing competitions in connection with the Presbyterian Church Sale of Work are now open. They are four in number. No i is for a five guinea gentleman’s suit, presented by Mr Bradley, tailor. A sealed bottle of buttons is on exhibition in Mr Bradley’s window and the person who guesses nearest the number of buttons it contains will be the winner of the suit, which will be made to the measure of the suc•cessfnl guesser from cloth to be selected by him. Competition No. 2 is for a beautiful Art Tea Cosy and will be won by the person guessing nearest to the number of beans in a sealed bottle in Mr Gardner’s window- No. 3 is for a beautiful Art Ribbon-work cushion and will be won by the person guessiug nearest to the number of seeds contained in a pumpkin on exhibition in one of Mr Perreau’s windows, No. 4 is for a large dressed doll presented by Mrs Hamer and will be won by the person who guesses the name of the doll which has been placed iu a sealed envelope. Tickets for 1,2, aud 3 is each, and No 46d, maybe procured where the exhibits are on view. A committee ot leading citizens will be appointed to open the bottles and pumpkin and count their contents, and also to open envelope containing the doll’s name when competitions are closed.

The constitution of the new Orange Grand Lodge of New Zealand, as agreed upon so far, provides, amongst other things, that, “ setting aside party politics, the Orange Institution shall only support the return to Parliament and all other public bodies men of sound and well-known Protestant principles ” ; that no candidate shall be admitted under 18 years of age ; that no person who at any time has been a Roman Catholic, or is married to one, shall be admitted into the institution except upon testimonials of good character and satisfactory evidence produced showing that he and his wife have been recognised members of some Protestant church for at least five years, and by the unanimous vote of Grand iLodge and a certificate of his having been unanimously elected in the lodge in which he is proposed being sent to the Grand Lodge ; and any member marrying a Catholic shall be expelled ; that private lodges may elect members who have served 25 years continuously, or in recognition of past services, as life members, with all privileges of membership, providing such lodge pays the yearly capitation tax for such members as ordered by the Grand Lodge and subject to the rules of the institution.”

To-day, being St. George’s Day, is observed as a bank holiday. We acknowledge receipt of a very handsome wall calendar from the local branch of the Palmerston cycle and Motor Co. The death is announced of the Right Hon. Sir Henry CampbellBannerman, who recently resigned the Premiership of Great Britain. Mr Percy M. Page advertises in this issue a long list of entries for his next weekly mart sale on Saturday next.

The annual meeting of householders for the purpose of electing a school committee, will be held iu the school on Monday evening next.

Mr Martin, the Opposition organiser, is at present visiting this district. The Opposition candidate for this electorate is Mr Newman, of Marton.

Owing to secession the Masterton Master Butchers Association collapsed and a considerable reduction in the price of meat is likely to ensue, also the withdrawal of butchers calls owing to the high pi ice of horse feed.

One of the most pleasing features at last night’s welcome social at tbe Methodist schoolroom, was the vocal items contributed by Mrs Bath, a talented vocalist from Palmerston, whose solos were vociferously encored.

The addition of dogs to the suburban police force in New York is becoming a terror to many peaceable householders as well as to tramps. The dogs catch the men by the trousers and hold on until a mounted policeman arrives.

Scotchmen, generally, relish a joke, but it is alleged against them that the giving off of wit or humour is of a caustic nature. This cannot, however, be attributed to the Rev. Mr Aitkeu, who at last night’s welcome social to the Rev. Mr Mairs was brimful of wit and his speech was encored.

Totalisator figures for the Feilding races show that the introduction of the bookmakers has not interfered much’with the machine’s business, says the Star. East year’s total were: First day £17,256, second day .£14,180; total .£31,436. This year the figures were : First day £17,246, second day .£14,287; total ,£3U533> being £97 more than the previous year’s total. In addition to this the Jockey Club received £4OO bookmakers’ fees.

The Hon. J. Carroll, questioned by a Herald representative respecting Rua, the Maori prophet,. and his settlement in Urewera country, said, so far, Rua was doing no harm, and so long as he kept within the four corners of the law there would be no occasion for the Government to interfere. Mr Carroll thought the decline of the settlement and Rua’s power was only a matter of time. “ Any way, at present,” he said, “he’s doing nobody any harm.”—Auckland Herald.

The Rev. Mr Beatty, of Remuern, says:—“ In my judgment the agitation for the introduction of the Bible into the schools is largely insincere and artificial, and has little solid, earnest conviction behind it. There is very little evidence that ministers of religion themselves know the Bible, reverence it, seek to understand, or obey it. It they did, they would see and confess the evils of religious , divisions, and they would set themselves to repent of their own sins, and amend their own faults instead of attacking others.”

The other evening a local resident (says the Oamaru Mail), whose poultry prefer the shelter afforded by his macrocarpa trees for roosting purposes to that contained in their properly-con-structed habitation was startled at a late hour by the distressful cries of one of the birds ; and on looking into the trees with a lantern to ascertain the cause, discovered on one of the topmost branches a weasel on the back of a fowl leisurely sucking the blood from a wound inflicted at the back of the head. The attempt at capture was a failure, but a trap was set and later a weasel was caught. Whether it was the one in question or another it is impossible to state. ; The incident will serve to settle the, question as to whether this rodents will or will not climb trees.

Your storekeeper or chemist sells Eheumo at 2s 6d and 4s 6d. WOLFE’S SCHNAPPS has stimulating properties possessed by no other spirit.

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 very 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 Foxton will do their utmost to support our local trade and before ordering elsewhere give the above firm an opportunity of quoting prices.— Advt. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure for Coughs and Colds never fails, is 6d and as 6d.