LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 386, 16 May 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Manawatu County Council advertise a special order in this issue.

A lost ruby brooch is advertised tor. Reward. There will be no services at the local Roman Catholic Church tomorrow.

The monthly meeting of the Wanganui Education Board takes place next Wednesday. Mr D. W. Eow, the well-known Palmerston schoolmaster, will conduct the services at the local Presbyterian Church to-morrow. A social will be held in the Masonic Hall next Wednesday evening, in aid of the funds of the local Methodist Church. Besides a musical programme, there will be games and competitions for men. A special meeting of the Borough Council will be held 011 Monday next, at 7.30 p.m., to decide the number and position of gas lamps for the borough streets, and the lighting of the Council Chambers ; also to give notice of intention to strike rates.

When the Chamber of Commerce deputation waited upon the Minister of Railways last Wed iesday, Mr John Stevens complained that no verandah was provided at the Foxton railway station, and that great inconvenience was suffered in consequence on rainy days. The Minister replied that he would look into the matter., A record has been established in the output of eggs and poultry in the Auckland province for the year ended March 31 si. The figures as chronicled by the Government poultry expert, show that the total number of eggs that passed through the grading store in 1907 was 1,128,700, while last year the total had increased to over 2,250,000. In poultry, too, a large increase for last year is shown, the actual figures being 14.491 birds. Good prices have prevailed throughout the year and producers generally are well satisfied with their turnover.

Dealing with the nature of the food given to iarm labourers in a certain district, a witness at the Canterbury Conciliation Board stated that he had presided at the mincing machine at which leavings from the “inside” table, bacon, eggs, and scraps, as well as leanings from the men’s meals were operated upon prior to being issued to the men.

An extraordinary case of snake" poisoning, is reported from a country hospital in Victoria. An old man was brought in in a comatose state and showing all the symptoms of having been bitten by a venomous snake. But on investigation it was found he had been bitten by a dog, which died almost immediately afterward from snake-bite. Medical treatment was successful, and the man graudally recovered from the snake poison which the reptile had indirectly transmitted to him. Some of the officers of the Nimrod, who were spoken to in regard to the report that Captain England and Lieutenant Shackleton came to blows on the bridge of the Nimrod when the vessel was in the Antarctic regions, confirm Captain England's statement that there was no fight, and that the voices of the two men were not raised in anger. It is stated by one of the officers that the account of the affair given to Melbourne newspapers by Mr H. B. Bull, a member of the Nimrod’s crew, is ncorrect. —Lyttelton Times. Mr Percy Bush, the Welsh halfback, who visited New Zealand with the last British football team, has come into conflict with his school duties. At a meeting of the Cardiff Schools Management Committee on 1 ith February it was reported that Mr Bush, who is a teacher, was “ constantly unable to attend school owing to illness and injuries received in football.” During the last eighteen months Mr Bush bad been absent days, or eleven weeks and three days. Dr Robinson : ‘ 1 There is no need for it. There are other footballers in the school, and they don’t do it.” Mr Stanfield suggested that Mr Bush should be asked whether he intended to be a school-master or to take up football professionally. It was decided to direct Mr Bush’s attention to the complaint, and to inform him that his absences could not be allowed to continue.

A big show of Eiderdown quilts and blankets in the windows of the Bon Marche, Palmerston. This stock and value is unsurpassed. Ross and Co. invite inspection.— Advt. For Children’s Hacking Cough at night Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, is 6d and 2s 6d. 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.— Advt.