HARBOUR BOARD ELECTION.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 449, 26 January 1909, Page 2

HARBOUR BOARD ELECTION.

Oiiflpafcurday afterjioqn last, fhev Tbsffi Clerk, Mr Alf.' Fraser,. recbiVbii word from the Secretary for iJlMxibe,l asking.him to officiate as rnipg Officer for ,the, first eleq-r; tioft’bf a member,pf the. Foxton. HAfbpul Bpardi As will be seen, *iti ; dttr advertising columns, the of a member of the Foxton ’ H ar bour Board will' be help on jMonday, Bth - of February. Nqininaliqu candidates close ' 0U : Tuesday, 2nd February. The 'polling | booth „ will -.be situated in the Bbrough Council Chambers. The ‘electors of Foxton borough have the privilege of bfbog represented by one efbbted niember and the Mayor. All electors on the borcpgh" burgess roll a|q entitled to vote£*i£py two electors have theiright tq upmiuale-.'a' 'candidate. othqfjisgmbers'o'f '.tEe Ebay will he appointed by the /Manaway County Council, Paligirston,' Feildipg,. and; > Eevin Bqlbugh; j Councils. Each appointee to be a member of the local authority, the Gqyerment also appbi&ts one member. ,It goes without saying .that Mr ‘F. J. Hennessy will ' bethe-elect of Fbxlon ton the Board;. and;we" shbiild riot be surprised if there were no true Hennessy contempiates a tlipybroad in'April, next and will be absent if for. about nine months, . but elected he could obtain leave 6f absence for the period stated. : ,iir

“ mtM AND GENERAL.

■ A feather boa is advertised for.

"Two,, gold rings and a brooch Ipst are, advertised for.

A heat', wave passed over this on Sunday. ■ Further floods are reported from the West Coast. Heavy rain has fallen in Christchurch. .• m

Mr Jagger, of Moutoa,.advertises mulberries,.for sale ./.js 6d per quai-t and choice plums at 2d per lb.

Great dissolution 1 sale at Watclioru Stiles’and Co.’s on Saturday, January 1 Ibth. Beihember, foril4;days - oniyj* Yesterday morning before Mr F. W. Franklaiicl; : J- F- > two 1 ' local residents who were arrested ?for drunkenness on Saturday, were fined 5s each.

The Rotorua Times states that the number, of people going on the yarious trips ’in the; H6f Xakes District this year is nearly 50 per cent- more than last year-

At the Kelvin Grove . sports op Friday, D,. 'won the 100 yards. , and’ ;;220. ,yards events.,,"'' ' / "

.Presumably as an outcome of the fecent disastrous earthquakes, in Messindl, a fl iafge dingtoh'b'usiness men'have beetf-‘ef-fecting insurance' 1 ' against 'earthquake .arid 'life caused by . earth '■’tremors. >'■. ’, ,f ' ' ftdsidjiforted ' that the absence of Dr.'bhapple at Home, the Hon; R. M'Nab, late Minister for Da fids, will; act as managing director of thp/Makerua Thtate.; ;

Attractive money values at the clearance of summer, stock/at the/Bon; Marche-saJ.e to-day. C. M.. Ross and Goy. mean a clean sweep of all season-, able-goadi. Somebody will gef the benefit —Why not you ?* ' Mr Thompson, of the firm p Clark and Thomjisoh; house decorators is at present engaged in signwrifing' in Foxton, and 1 may be consulted at Bird’s Hotel in reference to estimates for painting, etc. ■ A garden party ,and sale of.workf in connection, with Alb Saints Church, Foxton, will be opened at the Vicarage, by Edward Newman Esq., M.P.,,0n Wednesday, February 3rd at 3 p.m. Admission to the grounds, including, afternoon tea is, children half price. • ‘ ' ■-

East October, the local Chamber of Commerce wrote to the -Railway Department urging that the railway station and w barf be lighted with gas, instead as at present, with dim kerosene illufni--bants. A reply has been received to the effect that there are no funds at present available for gas installation but the; matter will-be considered when ■ the list .of works to be undertaken , during the next financial year is, under review.:. , ■

.. The WanghnUi Customs authorities recently seized a quantity of tea in packets consigned to Chinese storekeepers there. The ■ tea had previously been used and dried; ; and _was neatly done iip ia bkckets/5 on which were printed - “ Registered in Patent. Office. .. Hang Mee;, Trade Mark, Best Tea, -Canton, China. ” . Mary Donovan, convicted at Auckland on a charge of vagrancy, and who disappeared while on tb,e way to Christchurch to eater, the Magdalen Home,.’but was re-ar-rested at Dunedin, was before the Police Court and remanded till tomorrow, on the understanding that no evidence would be offered if she goes to the .Magdalen Home. Miss Eorraiue Tansley, the gifted New Zealand contralto, arrived in Foxton last night for a week’s holiday. Foxton is Miss Tansley’s birthplace. We are informed that Miss' Tansley will shortly take her departure for Sydney where it is probable more will be heard of her in. the operatic world. If is a matter of surprise to many critics that, she has not starred in this particular line long ago. , . The supporters of the Ministry in Manawatu electorate have decided to entertain Mr John Stevens, the late member, at a social, and present him /with; a;i illuminated address. Advantage will be taken of the occasion to emphasise the services rendered to the district during Mr Stevens’ tenure of office. The date of the social will depend on the movements of the Premier, whb haS; signified his desire to be present., i..-The. Waihi Eqrough Council .has received, 1 , notice frshi the , local manager of the National Bank tbat uhe, been instructed by headquarters to Remand immediate reduction of the oyer<Jraft—which .amounts to by £SOOO. '.This rendbrs . the borough account 'with the bank inoperative till the amount is paid. A result of the demand is the discharge of 100 employees. The Mayor, clerk and a councillor, have gone to Auckland to arrange for a temporary Joan on the secuijty of the gas--works.

; In our advertising columns it will be seen that Jtfrs Hamer, of the Economic, is contemplating giving up business, and is .therefore prepared to misuse great sacrifices. The, large apd varied stock she keeps is well-known and this opportunity to.,’ purchase Cheaply not be overlooked. Mrs Hamer “iSsßlrCs,. to' Ireduce , stock by atdeast half so that she may dispose of bef ’’business as early as possible. We'advise our readers to see her prices before buying elsewhere, as oio object is gained by sending money out cf town when you can buy as cheaply at home and' see exactly what you are getting for your money.*

: Mr Archibald Ross, TVapgamii, K. Z., sayaii “;Some time ago, when ihy. wife wa9 suffering fronxy a "feary Mvere attack of Indigestion, a friend advised her to i'Ghamb erl ain ’ s Tablets. §hc only;;‘taken them a short while wff&Lshe. was completely cured and ]we are now never without a bottle in the house. For sale everywhere.— A pvx. - !

Great dissolution sale at Watcjidra Stiles' and Co.’s on .Saturday* January 16th. Do not failTto secure the bargains.* ;/

Messrs Thompson,ipf Palmerston, list jfireek complfjfed painting /Ind school residence in Duncafi StreetThe building now presents a very neat appearance. Mr P. M. Page, who has been in business in Foxton as an auctioneer and >■ estate agent, for the past ten months, leaves for New Plymouth .to-morrow, where he- in-, tends to take up. ; his residence. We understand Mr Page will act ; as agent 'in *New. Plymouth for a well-known J?alrnemtou firm of merchants. ; puring Mr Page’lS/ residence in- Foxton, he has made many friends .and has earned the, esteem of a. large circle people an<|., settlers, -and, ryill carry, .away with him theirr best'wishes, for.Jhis future prosperity/ ~v ;

A medical writer declares that' the apple is such a common fruit that very few persons become familiar with its medicinal properties. The best thing just before going to bed* he says,•« is to eat an apple.; “•■Persons uninitiated in the mysteries of the fruit,” he continues, “ are likely’ to throw’ up their hands in horror at the visions of dyspepsia which such a suggestipn summon up, but no harm can coMfe even to a delicate system by the' eating of''a ripe and juicy apple before going to bed. The apple is excellent brain food, because it has more phosphoric' acid in easily-digested shape than any. other fruit. I.t excites the action of the liver, promotes sound and,healthy sleep,, and thoroughly .disinfects the mouth. -Ihis is not all the apple prevents indigestion and throat diseases.”

A sensational f un-away occurred in Princess-street, Dunedin, on Wednesday night; A liorsenttaqhed to a gig in which three persons were seated, became .unmanageable, and after a. meteoric career, daShed right through the plate-glass ’Window of Ea'ttnister’S' • chemist’s shop at the,foot,of Highstreet. Luckily the trap, was not drawn through the window, or the occupannts Would have been seriously hurt. The horse was .fearfully injured. Great difficulty was experienced in removing the animal from the shop, and the police procured a revolver and shot it on the‘spot. Three large plateglass windows were smashed to atoms. The damage is estimated at about so far-as the chemist js concerned. ' - At the'meetiug of the . Senate of the New Zealand University, . a petition will be presented, praying that that the Maori language should be included as, an optional subject in- the matriculation ''examination, and may; be ranged as a modern language for the purpose of the medical preliminary examination. The object of this petition is to afford facilities to the Maori students who desire to enter .the University by allowing them, to take advantage of their own language. As matters how stand , the,Maori .candidate for matriculation is at a disadvantage as compared with a Frenchman or a German resident here, as either of those may . choose his own language as a, subject; and he is also at a disadvantage as compared with a Zulu or a Hindu, or a French Canadian all of whom in other portions of the Empire may use their own speech: as a subject for. University . entrance examinations.