LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 444, 31 December 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The local tradespeople intend to close their places of business on Satmday next.

At the local police court yesterday morning, before T. J. Hennessy, Esq., J.P., Enos Tanner was convicted and filled 5s for drunkenness.

The Gisborne Times warns Poverty Bay pastorales to be prepared for an invasion of rabbits. The latest reports go that the pests are making their way northward.

There will be a united Methodist and Presbyterian watch-night service in the Methodist Church at 11.15 o'clock to-night. The service will be taken jointly by the Revs. G. K. Aitkeu and P. Mairs. Special hymns will be sung. Time means nothing to the Maori. An old Maori got 011 to the Stanley Bay boat the other day instead of on the St. Hqliers Bay boat, and only knew it when half-' way across. Did he mind? Not at all. “ Taihoa ”he said> cheerfully. “I get there to-morrow —- next day—<auy day. Its- jll the' same to me.” Andthe size of Mr laud Zealand the

The weather promises to be fine for the holiday to-morrow. Very heavy rain fell throughout the district yesterday and this morning.

The Rev. Mr Sola, from near Southend -on - Sea, England, arrived the other day to take up his duties as vicar of Bulls,

This being the last issue of the Herald in the old year, we take the opportunity of wishing our readers A Happy and Prosperous New Year.

The Scotsman reports : “ In the forest of , the first stag of the season was killed by Miss

with eleven points.” We regard this description of the lady as being in the worst taste. Magistrate : Why did you strike the telegraph operator ? Prisoner: It wuz like this, yer honor,' I give him a message to send to me gal, an’ the fellow started to read it. Then I swiped him. A municipal candidate at Blackpool (England), advertised himself as a man who “ never touched alcohol, smoked, or walked out with a woman in his life.” Only twenty-three people considered him wicked enough to take part in municipal life.

An invitation to visit the Xmas Fair which opened at the Bou Marche on Saturday appears in another column. Great interest was shown by the numerous buyers on Saturday, but possibly the chief excitement centred round blouses and millinery, of which there are beautiful stocks of new goods, and the prices are tempting.* Mr E. Healey has a large assortment of perfumery very suitable for Christmas presents. These goods are not put in the window, as they are apt to deteriorate with exposure to the suu. He has also smelling salt bottles in great variety—all salt bottles purchased here are filled tree of charge; Mr Healey has also the best assortment of hair brushes th Foxton. Inspection invited *

The Right Rev. Ur. Wallis (Anglican Bishop of Wellington) and Mrs Wallis were passengers by the Warrimoo, which arrived at Wellington from Sydney on Tuesday last. The Bishop was present at 'the Pan-Anglican Congress held in London in July last and afterwards attended the Lambeth Conlereuce. Bishop Wallis postponed his departure from the Old Land in order to make arrangements for the Mission of Help to New Zealand.

The public of Foxton are invited to a picnic, under the auspices of the Methodist Church, on Saturday afternoon next, in the grounds of Mr and Mrs M. H. Walker, Norbiton Road. Afternoon tea will be provided, games and other amusements will he indulged in, and should the weather prove favourable, an enjoyable time for old and young is anticipated. There will be a charge at the gate of is for adults, and 6d for children.

Rua the “prophet” permitted joy to be unconfined among his courtiers, his Government and his subjects at Christmastide. He caused his minions to provide a great feast at Mangapohatu on Christmas Day. His Prime Minister, Mene Kerekere, was instructed to invite all the Maoris and their pakeha friends to the feast. The kai poured in in cartloads, but there was to be no “ Waipiro.” It is not stated whether the expenditure of the .Gargantuan banquet is to be met by Rua, or whether he will levy on his kingdom for the repast.

’ The fruit crop promises tp be good, peaches and V nectarines being exceptionally plentiful (writes the Nelsou Colonist’s Mptueka correspondent). Apples will be about the average, but plums will te lighter than usual. The recent rain has been of immense benefit to the raspberry crop, and the yield will be much larger than last season, A recent hailstorm in the Ngatimoti district has done a great deal of damage to the apple crop, all the fruit on one side of the trees being deeply pithed and bruised. It is estimated that several hundred cases will be unfit for the market.

Apparently another gentleman, fired by Arnst’s feats of sculling, is going to desert his own especial “ star ” item and take on sculling. But there are other possibilities. David Pretty, who chopped a 2ft log against Miley at Kitham for the championship world, has ambitions. Ti ther> day the Eltham Argus an interview witlr Pretty, who, it may be stated, weighs i6st 2lb, and stands 6ft 6in Jhigh, “I am out te»ln,” he said, “ and I am conyir»id I can carry the day. . . . •Anjptisa big, strong man, and th#e is no reason why I should do wefl in a boat. Anyway, I Itfi give it a go, but I must annex t world’s championship in chopfg first.” [The Rev j. Flaunagan, the ondon Waited

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Qacmpers at the beach have had i anything but a pleasant ! ime'during the past few days, by reason ' o! the strong. winds and heavy rain. . j

We desire to acknowledge - ceipt 'of handy calendars from Mr •” ’ G. W. Morgan, local manager for ' Messrs Levin and Co., agent for the Liverpool, London and Globe Fire Insurance Company. -

Upon enquiry this morning, we ; learnt that there is very little improvement in the condition of Mr J. A* Smith, of Moutoa, who was ' severely injured on Monday last, as the result of a cart wheel passing over his body.

The post office will be open morrow for all business except money order and savings bank transactions, from 9 a.mi to 10 V a.m. ahd 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. There . will be'a, special delivery of letters over the post office counter from 7 p.m, to 8 p.m. to-night. Messrs W. and S. Hopper completed a verv successful cycling tour oh Tuesday last. They left Foxtou last Saturday morning at 8 o’clock, and arrived in Daunevirkeat4p.nl. Thetiip through the gorge delighted the ■On Sunday they cycled to Eketahtina and on Monday to Feathcrston. From Featherstou they trained it to the Summit of the J Rituulakas, and cycled through * the Hutjt Valley to Wellington,-e arriving in the Empire City at p.m., on Tuesday. The weather, excepting lor a couple ot Sunday,'was"; perfect and the roads were in splendid order. At the Summit,., they picked up Birtles, the Australian cycling tourist, who has ridden 20,000 miles during the last two years, and is now riding his ninth 1 machine. The grain crops in the Wairarapa, some of which were being harvested, appeared to show an. abundant harvest. It is Mr S. Hopper’s intention to cycle to Auckland at Easter.

Waikato papers report ex-., traordinary conduct on the part of a young girl named Florence/ Marks. She was charged at the Hamilton’Police Court last week with stealing three blouses, the property.- of Thos. Martin, of Hamilton, value 32s 6d, a bicycle, _ - the property of; Edwin Hammond, value and a purse containing £7 money belonging to Miss 1 Aubin, of Tauwhere. 1/ appears j: from the evidence of sergeant Hastie, that accused went to board "1 with a'Mrs Ellis, of Hamilton, on • 30th November. Along with Mrs 1 Ellis she went out shopping, and together they called at Mr M artiu’s shop. ' On the ;following Monday the girl made a return vis’it to the / establishment, and in Mrs Ellis^fl

name asked which she took retain- , ing one, left the'other two behind. She then went to Mr Hammond’s cycle store and borrowed a bicycle, saying she would require it for an hour and a half, as she wanted to ride out. to JRtifiikura. She took the cycle away and sold it to a Miss Beckett for £3. At the boardinghouse at Tauwhere, where she stayed, she stole £7 belonging to Miss Aubin, who bad collected the money for a treat for the children at the school where she taught.

Not content with this, accused travelled up to Auckland, cut oil her hair, and for s|ome time posed as a boy. The girl’s father who was present from' tyfaihi, could not, account for the stfange actions of his daughter. He had never had more than the ordinary parental trouble with her Until this affair. The accused was to the Door of Hope Home, Auckland.

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