LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 395, 9 June 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Interesting reading matter, comprising football and commercial, will be found on to-day’s fourth page. The Governor will be officially welcomed to Palmerston on the 18th inst. The monthly meeting of the Wanganui Education Board will be held on Wednesday night. During the past month 77 head of cattle were impounded, in the local pound. At last night’s meeting of the Borough Council, Dr Adams reported a case of typhoid in the borough. The Hon. W. ITall-Jones says that he expects the North Island Main Trunk Dine to be finished in September and traffic commenced in November.

The first rugby championship match took place on the local racecourse on Saturday last, and Was witnessed by a large number of enthusiasts.

Mr Henncssy, President of the local Chamber of Commerce, will explain the proposed Harbour Board Bill to the Feilding Chamber of Commerce on Thursday next.

The best compliment that can be paid a football referee is to be congratulated upon his rulings by the losing side. Ur Adams gave satisfaction to both teams in Saturday’s local match. A meeting of the Manavvatu River Board Committee will be held in the Palmerstod Municipal Chambers on Thursday next at 3 p.m., to consider the letter from the Minister for Lands re setting up a Royal Commission. As a result of the redressing of the fibre damaged in the lonic’s hold, Messrs Ross and Son’s wages sheet on Saturday last totalled over the circulation of which is much appreciated by local tradesmen.

As a result of the Manavvatu A. and P. Association demanding 33 1-3 per cent, of the gross proceeds of the football match, Britain v. Manavvatu, the Feilding Jockey Club offers the free use of its splendid sports ground on the racecourse for the match. Messrs Alex. Cockburn and Son having decided to close their Foxton premises, intend holding a clearing sale of boots and shoes. The sale will commence to-morrow and continue till the end of the month. All outstanding debts are requested to he paid before the end ot the month.

“ What would j r ou sooner have, 5 ’ said Cr Coley to Cr Hennessy at last night’s Council meeting, “Rating on the unimproved value or the Harbour Board?” The Harbour Board ” replied Cr Hennessy, “ because that will not cost us anything.” The Rev Mr Aitken, who has been confined to iris home during the past week suffering from a severe attack of influenza and laryngitis, is making satisfactory progress towards recovery and hopes to occupy his pulpit next Sunday. The Very Rev. Dr. Kennedy, of Meanee, Hawke’s Bay, points out that there is a large spot on sun at the present time, near the centre of the sun’s disc, and visible through smoked glass. It is 32,000 miles in diameter, and about 560 million square miles in area, or nine limes the size of the earth.

The High Commissioner cabled at noon yesterday as follows: — Hemp market steady, with more demand ; spot good lair, £26 10 , fair £24 10 ; fair current Manila, £24 10s; June-July shipments good, fair, £26 10s ; fair, 15s; fair current Manila, £24 15. Stock in London 702 tons.

At last night’s Borough Council meeeting the Clerk submitted an estimate for forming and metalling Liddell, Watson, Heta, Gladstone, and Fuller Streets and Ravensworth Place, with a view to raising a loan to carry out the work. It was decided to hold the matter over pending an estimate being received for the work of forming and metalling a road through Cr. G. Coley’s property connecting Futter and Union Streets, which will be included in the loan proposal.

Peculiar circumstances surrounded an application for divorce heard by Mr Justice Edwards at Auckland recently. Elizabeth Pearson who applied for dissolution ot marriage with William Pearson, said that her husband was a deserter from a warship, and ran away to escape arrest. Three years later she saw an account of his death in a newspaper, and she married again. In January last she saw the respondent in Auckland. She spoke to him. He at first denied the relationship, but later admitted he was her husband. Corroborative evidence was given, and a decree nisi was granted.

Mr P. M. Page’s entries for Saturday’s mart sale are advertised in this issue. Mr P. H. Rae-Howard advertises two splendid investments elsewhere in this issue.

Messrs W. F. Durward and Co., Utd., insert an interesting replace advertisement elsewhere in this issue.

W. J. Gardner, Premier Grocer, inserts an advertisement in reference to Umpire Washing Solution in this issue.

The local agent of the N.Z. Shipping Company received word that the s.s. Papanui arrived in Wellington this morning at four o’clock from London.

The ceremony of turning the first sod in connection with the Wanganui tramways was performed yesterday alternoon by the Mayoress. The contractors hope to have Hie trams running before Christmas.

‘‘Where do I get out?” net* vonsly asked a country lady in the train, who was not quite sure of her whereabouts. “ Filber at this door or the other,” replied the guard wearily, “ the carriage slops at both ends, mum.” ‘‘Why did you get drunk? asked the Magistrate. ‘‘ Ob, only for a lark,” replied the prisoner, airily. “Indeed,” remarked the magistrate, “we have cages for larks. You can have the use of one for fourteen days.”

The libel case, W. Hamer v. the editor and proprietor of Ibis journal, is set down for bearing at Palmerston on Friday next at io a.m. The Hkkauj will contain, as soon as possible after the case, a full report of the proceedings. A New South Wales paper states that Mr H. Lawrence, Wairarapa, New Zealand, bought £ io.ooo worth of land at the subdivision sale of St. Aubin’s estate, Scone, 194 miles north of Sydney, last week. The report of the sale states that alluvial flats sold to £\l per acre, wheat land to £\o per acre, town allotments to per acre. Grazing land was all passed in. John Weller and Walter Godwin Read were brought up on remand at the local Police Court yesterday, before Mr P. Hennessy, J.P., and charged with the theft of five bales ot hemp, the property of the N.Z. Shipping Co., valued at £2O. The police asked for a further remand to the Palmerston Magistrate’s Court, for Friday morning next at 10 o’clock. Counsel for accused raised no objection, and the remand was granted, bail as previously mentioned being allowed.

Mr G. C. Wheeler, chairman of the Oroua County Council, stated at Friday’s meeting that he had received an invitation to be present at Palmerston North in reference to the formation of a Harbour Board at Foxtou. He bad been unable to attend, but in any case he was unfavourable to the proposal, as he considered Wellington was the port for this district.—lt is apparent that Wheeler requires to be enlightened on the subject.

George Wm. Taylor, cab-driver, who was arrested by Constable Fitz Gibbons on a charge of criminal assault against a youg woman at Palmerston on Friday, and appeared before Mr A. D.Thomson, S.M., yesterday. The evidence showed that the girl had left the restaurant where she is employed about 12.15 on Friday morning and the crime is alleged to have been committed between the. hours of one and two that morning. Accused was committed for trial to the Supreme Court.

The Hot Lakes Chronicle, commenting on the escape of the Waiotapu prisoners, refers to them as ,l McGowan’s pets,” and concludes by stating : —lt is just about time the people of Rotorua took steps to enter a very strong protest against prisoners of this class being located at the prison camps in this district. The camps were never intended for desperadoes of this class, and sending them there is a misuse of the power given to the authorities.”

It is said that a certain cure against ill-effects from the bite of a katipo spider is one that is wellknown to Maoris, namely, rub on the place burnt rimu bark, and bathe immediately in sea water, or salt water. But burnt rimu bark is not always readily procurable, and at the sea-side, where katipos are principally met with, such a remedy is almost out of the question. We would like to know what the Maoris have to say on the subject. The Montgomery Companj’Appeared before a packed audience in the Public Hall last evening. The great attraction was the animated picture, ” Robbery Under Arms,” which kept the audience’s close attention for about an hour and a quarter. Vocal items were rendered bjr Miss Fisher, Miss Hargood and the evergreen Montgomerj r . Several very amusing films sent the audience into fits of laughter and everyone went home thoroughly satisfied with the evening’s entertainment.

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An errand boy employed in a grocer’s shop in Morningside road, Kdinburgh, found a novel way of disposing of two half-crowns which he had abstracted from the till. He swallowed them. His employer, the Glasgow Herald states, found that six shillings were missing on Monday, so he called in the police. The erring errand boy, seeing that he about to be arrested, putdown one ■ shilling on the counter, saying that was all he had taken. He confessed afterwards to the police, however, that he had swallowed two L half-crowns. He was taken to the-~*« infirmary, and the X-rays showed the coins just below his throat. They were extracted with considerable difficulty, leaving the boy in a state of collapse. A girl’s jealousy led to a double A tragedy after a wedding at Werst, "S in Schleswig-Holstein, A young man named Franz Terkeisen was married in the morning, and in the evening there was great merrymaking at his father’s farm. Suddenly there was a cry of “ Fire 1 ” and Franz.and his father rushed out of the house. They found that the stables were on fire, and ran inside to save the cattle. While they were inside the roof fell in, and both were buried in the debris and burnt to death. The shock of the double tragedy killed the mother of the bridegroom, while the young bride went out of her senses. A girl in the. village named Adela Harck has since confessed that she set the stables on fire. Two years ago she w r as engaged to Franz Terkeisen, but the engagement was broken off, and she could not bear the thought that he should marry another. When the Americau fleet was at Magdalena Bay, California, Admiral Thomas made the following request to the Associated Press : * l l wish that yon would convey ray request to the people of California that, as far as may be possible, they refrain from furnishing the men of the fleet with intoxicating liquors. I would consider it a personal favour if they would do so. It is nearly always the case, when our men reach a home port, that some of the people are inclined to offer them liquor, consider it part of the entertainment, and perhaps it is; but it works a bad end. The men are thus induced to drink, and drink too much. On board ships liquor is prohibited, and the men are unaccustomed to its use. When they get ashore there is no such restraint. On the way round America, the fleet has made an enviable record for good conduct ashore. It would be exceedingly regrettable if, upon reaching the United States again, this good reputation should be dimmed. I ap- y preciate that most people have the f best motives only in liquor to the enlisted men, but ft ' would be better for the men and the navy in general if it were not done- I sincerely trust that it will not be.” For Bronchial Coughs take Woods' Givut Feppemii.it Cure, is 6d and 2s 6d. • '• For croupy coughs,” says Mr J. Abbott, general merchant, Daudenong and North Mirboo, “ there is nothing so good as Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. It is the one medicine that I always keep in my home, so as to have convenient to give any of the children who show symptoms of a cough or cold. The longer I use it so dees my faith increase as to its efficacy. The people of Dandenung think a great deal of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy, and their comments are always flattering. For sale by W. J. Gardner, grocer.— Advt. Have you tried Wolfe’s Schnapps for k'dney ailments.