LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 458, 11 May 1909, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Secretary of the Albion Football Club acknowledges receipt of donations from Messrs O. Robinson, G. H. Stiles and Fred Robinson. Mr T. P. Henderson, pianoforte tuner for the Dresden Piano Co., will visit Foxton to-day. Orders for tuning and repairs may be left a t this office.* Last month 1489 bales of hemp and 706 bales of tow came forward for grading at the Auckland stores, a slight decrease as compared with the same month of the previous year. The quality of the hemp was up to the average, and that of the tow a little better than usual. What appears to be a case of suicide has been reported to the police at the Thames. Elsie Johnston, aged 23, daughter of a Thames -resident, left home on Thursday, and the body was found in the Kaueranga River on Saturday morning. The girl’s skirts were found near the water. There is no doubt the case is one of suicide.

A splendid opportunity is offered to owners of small dairy farms to exchange with a Taranaki settler. See advt.

A three-year-old boy, son of Mr J. G. M'Kay, of Gore, picked up some pollard to be used for rabbit poisoning, and mistaking it for oat-cake, ate some. He died.

At last night’s Borough Council meeting the legality of the annual sanitation charge was questioned by Crs Speirs and Jenks and after a desultory discussion the charge was agreed to. We regret to record the death, after a short illness, of Isabell Mavis, infant daughter of Mr and Mrs S, Williams. The cause of death was diphtheric croup. We extend our sympathy to the bereaved parents.

Diphtheria has made its appear auce in Foxton. Papo-Cresolene is a good preventative of diphtheria, croup and whooping cough, and may be obtained, together with the necessary appliance for vaporising it, at Mr E. Healey’s Pharmacy.* The annual meeting of the Foxton Chamber of Commerce will be held in the Secretary’s office on Thursday evening next, when the annual report and balance-sheet will be submitted for approval, and officers will be elected for the ensuing 12 months. The wife of Henry Jeffrie, a farmer near Berwick, Dunedin, committed suicide on Saturday, by hanging herself at the foot of a bedstead. Deceased had been in ill-health and confined to her bed. Three years ago she made a similar attempt, which nearly succeeded-

No greater compliment could be paid to a local governing official than the flattering encomiums paid to Mr Alf. Fraser, Town Clerk, by the retiring Mayor, Mr B. G. Gower, after an official association extending over a period of-eight years. The reference was made last night before the exMayor vacated the chair. The body of a man found in the bush at Para, near Blenheim, on Tuesday afternoon has been identified as that of Walter Blackie, who for some time lived in Blenheim. He was committed to the Wellington Asylum last November, bpt was released about three months ago, when he came back. When last seen he was going in the direction of the gully where his body was found. ■ It is expected .that New Zealanders support New Zealand industries. There are numbers of industries in this Dominion where the goods manufactured have not been excelled in any part of the world, for instance, the Welsbach mantles. These mantles are made in New Zealand, by New Zealanders, for New Zealanders, and can be obtained from all gas companies and stores. It is wonderful what a difference the Welsbach mantle makes, and what a saving of gas it effects. The Pall Mall Gazette, commenting on Germany’s race for Dreadnoughts, states that Krupp’s works at Essen have ten pits for the trial of heavy gun-mountings, enabling them to construct gunmountings sufficient for six Dreadnoughts annually. Krupp’s are adding eight further pits, enabling them to fit eleven Dreadnoughts. The British Government, the Gazettee adds, is unaware of the extent of the additions to Krupp’s plant. The Anglican Synod of the Diocese of Sydney will meet on May 25 to select a successor to the late Archbishop of Sydney (Dr, Saumarez Smith). Among the names mentioned for the office are those of the Archbishop of Brisbane (Dr Donaldson); Archdeacon 'Wright; Canon Thompson, of Birmingham ;. Canon Alexander, of St. Paul’s, London; and Dr. Thomas, Principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, At last night’s Council meeting the ranger was in attendance and asked what steps he should take in respect to straying stock which he was unable to get to the pound. Several residents turned stock on the road every day, knowing that it was impossible for him to get them to the pound. Cr Coley contended that the ranger was not carrying out his duties. Last Monday he counted 22 head of cattle straying in Hulke and Jenks Streets. He moved that the police be asked to prosecute offending owners. —The motion was seconded by Cr Ross and carried.

An endeavour society has been formed as an outcome of the mission recently conducted in the local Methodist Church. The following officers have been elected: President, Rev. P. J. Mairs; vice-president, Miss E. Carter; secretary, MrE. Walker; treasurer, Mr E. Cowley. Convenor of look-out committee, Mr Smith; prayer meeting committee, Mr G. Huntley. The first meeting was held last night with an active membership of 32, when a paper was read by the President entitled “ Young People’s Bookshelf” advocating a desire for t he study ot devotional literature.

At last night’s Borough Council meeting an invitation was extended to the Council to join in procession at a church parade. The place of honour was accorded them to ‘‘fall in” behind the band. The wicked, wayward or naughty Councillors politely refused to patter their feet and extend their long and short strides to the beat of the big drum and go to church for once in a while. They excused themselves on the plea that the Council was a secular body. For Children’s Hacking Cough at night, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, Is Od and 2s 6d.