LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 433, 8 September 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A bookmaker at Christchurch named Jack Gill was fined £5 recently for betting with a boy. Final selection of a design for the coat-of-arms for the Dominion will be made within the next two months.

We are asked to intimate thal Mr Andrews, the Board’s technical instructor in woodwork, will not be able to open classes in connection with the local technical school before the 22nd. hist.

On Saturday next, Mr Percy M. Page will submit a large consignment of general drapery, tweeds, manchester goods,' etc., etc., on behalf of Mr Darcy Ford. All the lines will be sold without reserve. See advt.

The International Baptist Congress at Berlin has closed. Numerous interesting papers were read and discussed, and interesting resolutions were passed. One resolution thanked the Kaiser for his recent speech at Strasburg, announcing that the peace of Europe was not in danger.

The following re the hemp market was cabled by the High Commissioner at noon today : Market quiet. holders firm, \ery little New Zealand offering, spot good fair ,£27, fair 15s, Oclober-December shipments good fair £26 10s, fair £23, fair current Manila East week’s manila output 19000 bales. Early in October is suggested by the Council of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce as the most fitting time for the official opening of tire Main Trunk Eine, and it is suggested that the representatives of both the Auckland and Wellington Chambers with members of the Ministry could meet at a point half way between the two centres and there hold the celebration.

The no license people of Pahiatna district are working hard to secure a favourable verdict at the next licensing poll. Last time they were 127 votes short of the required number to carry nolicense. This time they believe they will capture the necessary majority. They are publishing a no-license newspaper, eight pages demy quarto, and circulating 2000 copies every fortnight. It has the sporting name of The Winning Post. The Rev. Ginger is the editor, and there was at first considerable debate whether the title of the paper should not be “ Hot Stuff! !” Ginger —what oh !

Once your floor coverings are assured, the furnishing of the rest of the household is an easy matter. Te Aro House, Wellington, advertise a wide range of carpets and linoleums in exquisite designs and colourings, at ridiculously low prices. Give them a trial. You will get more than value.*

The friends of Mrs Morse, of Sanson, will be pleased to learn that her condition has very much improved. All guild work in connection with the Rowing Club bazaar is requested to be handed to Mrs Phillips by Saturday. See advt. The Borough Council are making another attempt to get a satisfactory tender for the formation of part of Putter Street as per advertisement in another part of this paper. They are also calling for tenders in the Levin paper. The ratepayers’ list for the Moutoa Drainage District may be seen at the Borough Council Chambers, Poxton, and Post Office Moutoa, during business hours. Friday, October 9th at 10 a.m., has been appointed the time and the Court House, Poxton the place, to hear objections thereto.

Mr Percy M. Page reports a good attendance of buyers at the mart ou Saturday last, when a special sale of drapery was held on account'of Mr Darcy Ford, and all lines submitted were sold at satisfactory prices. Good business was also done in produce lines at the following rates : Wheat 5s 3d, oats 3s 3d, partridge peas 3s qd (all per bushel), potatoes 7s 6d, onions 12s (per cwt), carrots ss, parsnips 6s (per sack), lettuce to 2d per head, chaff 5s to 5s 6d per sack, mixed bonedust 115 s, blood manure No. 1. 120 s, garden manure 135 s (per ton), f.o.b. Petone. Fowls met with a ready sale at 4s to 5s per pair.

A stranger in a strange land was a Polish tailor in the Arbitration Court, Wellington. A patriarch in appearance, he contemplated the procedure of the court with inaffable bewilderment. The industrial legislation of this land was too much for him. In a temporary lull he rose, and exclaimed in broken English: “They, tell me to come, but I know not what I am here for.” “Get somebody to appear for you,” suggested the practical president. “He’s blind, your Honour,” added he Inspector of factories. “I never sack a man for being union,” muttered the old man; “ I sack the man tor being no good to me.” The court adjourned the case, and the blind man made his exit under the guidance of a boy. A New Zealander, who has just returned from a visit to the Mother Country, declares that the Chamberlain policy will yet be the policy of Great Britain, and that at no distant date. Though the present Eiberal Government .are avowedly freetrade and defenders of the cheap “ loaf,” he maintains they are protectionists at heart, says the New Zealand Times. Their patent law, which has just come into force, is proof positive of this, for a moie out-and-out protectionist piece of legislaiion has not been enacted in any country. By this law the Government has decided .that no patent article of any description can be sold in Great Britain unless manufactured on British soil. The immediate effect of the law has been a boom in factory erection and equipment. Hundreds of factories are being established all over England to manufacture foreign patents for sale in the United Kingdom. To Flaxmillers. —We are prepared to print the new tin and leather regulation tags for hemp bales, and would request millers to inspect samples of leather before placing orders for same. Inferior leather will be condemned by the department. We hold samples and invite inspection.—The Herald Printery. Mrs L. Peters, Miramar, Wellington, N.Z., says : “ I can safely recommend Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy to anyone suffering from pains in the stomach. A few days ago my little boy, aged 6 years, was suffering agony with this complaint. I only gave him a few doses of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, and he was soon well and has not been troubled since. I think this remedy should be kept in every home.’ For sale everywhere. —Advt. WOLFE’S SCHNAPPS has stimulating properties possessed by no other spirits.

Blood poison resulting from small wounds is becoming more prevalent. Even so slight an injury as the scratch of a pin will sometimes cause blood poisoning. The safe way is to apply Chamberlain’s Pain Balm as soon as the injury has been received. That liniment prevents all danger of blood poisoning, and causes the injury to heal in about one third the time required by the usual treatment. For sale everywhere.—Anvr. Mrs Hamer, of the Economic, and her staff of assistants, are at present busily engaged opening up the first shipment of Spring goods, and a special display of millinery will be made next Saturday evening.— Advt. WOLFE’S SCHNAPPS stands preeminent among stimulants and cordials.

The shipwrecked sailor on the reef Was captured by the cannibal chief, Who had a dreadful cold ' The sailor offered him that sure, Safe remedy : Woods Great Peppermint Cure ! It saved the savage woolly-haired, And in his gratitude he spared The mariner wise and bold! 2