LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 415, 25 July 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Herald quarterly and halfyearly accounts have been issued, and we should esteem as a favour a prompt settlement of same.

The N.Z.R. and M, Company advertise particulars of their next Himatangi stock sale.

The Rev. G. Young-Woodward will lake all the services in All Saints’ Church to-morrow. Mr P. H. Rae-Howard is acting as agent for Mr Wighton, the wellknown nurseryman, and all orders entrusted to him will receive prompt attention. *

We remind intending pupils who desire to take a course ot instruction at the local technical school, that applications for admission close with the local supervisor Mr W. Adams, on Monday next.

There passed away at the residence of Mr de Ridder, on Thursday last, another Foxton resident in the person of Mr James Nicholson, after a short illness, aged 52 years. The interrment takes place to-raoirow. Deceased had no relatives in the Dominion.

Mr Patterson, chemist, re' moved into premises recently occupied by Mr Barnard, this afternoon. Kye-sight testing will also he undertaken by Mr Patterson, and glasses to suit all sights stocked. His advertisement will appear in our next issue.

Following is the programme to be played this evening in Main Street by the Borough Band, commencing at 8 o’clock : —March, “Starlit Dell”; waltz, “Youth and Beauty march, “Dear Home of Youth ” ; quadrille, “ Cbiselhurst ” ; march, “Bonnie Jeannie Gray ” ; waltz, “Dawn of Day”; march, “Stride Away.”

The services at the local Methodist Church to-morrow will be conducted by the Rev. P. J. Mairs. In the evening there will be a memorial service for the late Mrs McLean, when the subject will be “ Heaven.” The choir will render two anthems, viz., “God shall wipe away all tears,” and “ Jerusalem, my Happy Home.” Service will be held at 2.30 p.m. at Himitangi, and at 3 o’clock the young men’s class will be held in Foxton.

News matter is evidently very much at a discount up Feilding way just now, says Christchurch Truth, judging by the Press telegrams that are being sent out. A thrilling wire came through to-day with the information that ten of the Feilding football team which won the Senior championship were small farmers, and we had barely recovered from the shock when another came to state that a disjointed pipe in the town water main had been repaired. We expect to hear any minute that a cow has lain down in main street and refuses to get up till the Press Association is advised of the fact.

On Wednesday evening the Keegan - Nightingale Dramatic Company will make their first appearance before a Foxton audience, when they will produce the bautilul military drama entitled, “ The roll of the Drum.” Messrs Keegan and Nightingale are two old favourites of the Taylor-Carriugton Company, and a full house should be accorded to them. They have decided to make the concession so successfully carried on by other managers, viz., ladies will be admitted to the first and second seats at half price, and children sixpence to all parts. New and beautiful scenery from the brush of the Australian scenic artist, George Herman.

Mr Hennessy, President of the local Chamber of Commerce, received the following telegram from Mr John Stevens yesterday, in reply to a resolution passed at Thursday’s meeting of the Chamber •“ Replying to your wire of to-day, I desire to thank yourself and the Chamber of Commerce for the compliment paid to me by passing the resolution to which you refer. You may rely that I shall leave nothing undone in order, if possible, to attain an object so desirable for the benefit of Foxton and the Manawatu District, viz., that legislation be passed which wi'l place tbe proposed Harbour Boaid in possession of funds with which to conduct the business of the harbour, without resorting Jo rating the property owners, while wharlag.s should be sufficient for the purpose. The success or otherwise of owr project rests solely with the Rt. Hon. the Piime Minister.”

Speaking in the House recently in support of entertaining the American fleet to these shores, the Prime Minister said:—“We and our children might not see it, but there would some day be a fight to decide whether the white races should continue to govern Australia,, New Zealand, and other islands in the Pacific. If at that time we could have as our ally America, with her powerful fleet, we should be very glad to have them fighting shoulder to shoulder with us. Yet when the Government felt it to be its duty to do what would be done in America if New Zealanders went there with a warship, they unhappily found the cry raised that the small amount of money that was to be spent would interfere with the employment of the people. The Government had sufficient resources to do its duty in welcoming the fleet, and also to do what was right in the way of employment for the people.” The remarks were received by an outburst of applause by members.

Mrs Hamer, of the Economic, has just received a large consignment of travellers’ samples, including a line of over iooo pairs of stockings. These together with a numerous assortment of winter goods suitable for men, women, and children, will be quitted at ridiculously low prices. Come and see. You will be astounded at the value you get for your money at the Economic.— Advt.

Mr P. H. Rae-Howard advertises a new house for sale ou exceptionally easy terms. The police arrested a female in Main Street, on Thursday evening, ou a charge of drunkenness. She was brought before Mr P. J. Hennessy, J.P., yesterday morning and fiued 5s or 24 hours. “ What is wanted is to put down the professional agitator,” said Mr Tang, M.P. “If that could be done there would be far less strikes. The professional agitator is the greatest enemy labour ever had.”

Reuter’s Agency announces that Admiral Rozhedstveusky is alive. The mistake in reporting his death occurred through a confusion between two persons of the same name.

A meeting of members of the local Horticultural and Industrial Society will be held in the secretary’s offices next Tuesday evening at 7.30 o’clock. All members are requested to attend, as matters in connection with the forthcoming show will be discussed. A quiet wedding was celebrated at the Methodist parsonage on Wednesday last, by the Rev. P. J. Mairs, when John Edward Coley was united in matrimony to Miss E. A. Tollinson, of Napier.

Mr Wood wants a return showing the amount spent during the last five years in trying to stamp out consumption in respect to individuals ; and the amount spent during the same period in stamping out consumption in cattle. The annual Eucharistic Congress of Roman Catholic Bishops is to be held in London this year, in September. New Zealand will be represented by Bishop Lenihan (Auckland) and Bishop Verdon ,(Dunedin). Archbishop Carr, of Melbourne, and Bishop Higgins, of Ballarat, will be am ong the representatives from Australia. Cardinal Moran was to have attended the Congress, but, owing to his declining health, it is now unlikely that he will make the journey to England. Speaking on the Financial debate on Thursday, Mr Field pleaded the claims of Foxtou regarding the control of the Foxtou wharf as suggested in the proposed Foxton Harbour Board Bill. Further communication between the East and West coasts was required other than via the Manawatu Gorge. He suggested a road from Shannon to, say, Eketahuua, and from Otaki to Carterton. He hoped the Government would inquire into the advisability of doing this.

Dealing with the Deviu-Foxtou-Greatford railway scheme the Waimariuo Call says : “ We hope that the agitation which has been started at Devin will grow stronger and stronger. A shorter journey means much to every district along the Main Trunk Dine, and we shall support the movement tooth and nail. The country 1 e tween Devin and Greatford offers no engineering diHi allies. A railway line is already laid between Foxton and the Rangitikei river, and the Sandon railway runs regularly. The river would have to te bridged, and this done, the construction of a line onward would be very easy. ” Mr W. R. Holmes, the En-gineer-in Chief of Railways, who has just been over the Main Trunk line, reports that the gap between the railheads has been reduced to three and a-half miles, but at present everything is hung up owing to the bad weather. The country between the railhead is full of snow at the present time, and it is impossible to make progress. The falls of snow are very heavy. The ballast engine was stuck up on Saturday morning at Erua. Drifting snow is causing the trouble in the cuttings. The great Makatote viaduct, he stated, is now completed with the exception of being painted. He considers that the engineers and men employed on the permanent way of the line have done splendidly to get so near completion. “ With fine weather,” says Mr Holmes, ‘‘we will get through by Fleet Week. There is no doubt about it.”

Mr Walter Empsom, for 21 years, headmaster of Wanganui Collegiate School, has resigned from the position. Mr Empsora’s resignation is to take effect next Easier (when he will celebrate the 25th anniversary of his connection with the school). The Rev. J. L. Dove, M.A., has been chosen to succeed Mr Empsom. Mr Dove, who is now second in command at Durham School, England, is no stranger to New Zealanders. After a brilliant college career he came out to this colony for experience, and from 1890 to 1902 he held the position of vicar of Hunterville. In 1903 he was appointed headmaster of Dunstone College, and a year later he was selected for the more important post he now holds in Durham School. Mr Dove is expected to arrive in New Zealand early next year.

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