The Manawatu Herald. Saturday, May 29, 1909. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 458, 29 May 1909, Page 2

The Manawatu Herald. Saturday, May 29, 1909. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mrs Hamer notifies that her winter clearing sale commences today. In the libel action, T. W. Stringer, K.C., v. J. Norton, proprietor of Truth, in which ,£2OOO damages were claimed, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount. An appeal has been lodged. . To-morrow is Whit-Sunday. There will be special services in All Saints’ Church to commemorate the great festival. On this Sunday the Church bids all communicants to be present at the altar. The evening service will be ot a festal character.

‘ ‘ How is the market for horses just now in this district ?” was the query put to a Masterton horse dealer. “Very dull indeed,” was the reply, “and as for draughts, they are a perfect drug on the market. The continued slackness of ■ contracting work has caused draught horses to be quite out of demand.” —Age. “The West Coast is an ideal place for the cotton industry to thrive in and prosper,” said a Lancashire man to a Post representative in Wellington. “You have every advantage there. You have the climate, plenty of rain, to keep the air humid, £fnd then you have the other essential, cheap coal; You might make fhe West Coast the Lancashire •of the southern hemisphere, certainly ot Australasia.”

Railway excursion fares for the Prince of Wales’ Birthday are advertised elsewhere in this issue.

Mr W. K. Barnard, solicitor, invites public tenders for the leasing of five acres, of land at the corner of Avenue Road and Spring Street. At the Methodist service tomorrow evening, Miss D. Signal will sing a solo entitled, “The Beautiful Prayer.” Mr S. H. Baker advertises household effects and sundries for private sale. The Secretary of the Awahou Football Club desires to acknowledge with thanks donations from a couple of well-wishers. At last night’s Moutoa Drainage Board meeting, it was reported that had been spent on the drainage works to date.

The funeral of the late Mr W. Walden took place at Moutoa today. The service at the graveside was conducted by the Rev. Mr Mairs, at the request of the deceased.

At Auckland on Thursday a man named Michael Heydon, afte r being bound over to keep peace with his wife, cut his throa 1 and wrist with a razor. He was removed to the hospital in a serious condition. On the information of the Inspector, Messrs Borthwick were fined for allowing the fellmongers at Pakipaki works to work longer than five hours without a meal interval. The breach of the award occurred at the time of the strike last January. In the Wellington Supreme Court yesterday, Dennis Richard Dane, a boy of 14, for an offence against a child, was ordered to receive 10 strokes of the birch, to be imprisoned for a month, and then to be sent to Burnham Industrial School until he reaches the age of at least 21.

Two hundred thousand boxes of lemons are reported to have been destroyed in the warehouses of Messina during the recent earthquake, but, inasmuch as outlying plantations did not suffer greatly, other supplies will be available as soon as conditions are adjusted and transportation facilties opened. The following appeal appears in the personal column of a Warsaw newspaper: “Will the young lady in pink, with the glorious dark eyes, who accepted a young student’s proposal of marriage at last night’s ball, kindly let him know her name and address so that the wedding may not be delayed ?” The Southland Freezing Company is just now working at top speed.- The works are putting through an average of 1700 to 1800 carcases per day, the tally for one day recently being as high as 2000. That, in addition to fish, rabbits, etc. (the former coming in freely), makes things exceedingly lively. Mr R. M. Parkes, watchmaker and jeweller (formerly with Messrs Stewart Dawson and Co.), notifies that he will commence business-in Foxton within the next few days. Mr Parkes has secured the shop in Main Street, lately occupied bv Mrs Wright, and will open up with an up-to-date stock of watches, jew Jlery, aud silver plate An important deputation representing the following drainage boards : Aorangi, Horseshoe, Manawatu, Makerua, Moutoa, and Sluggish River, were introduced to the Minister of Internal Affairs by Messrs Newman, Buick, and Feild, M’s.P., at Wellington, on Thursday. The deputation urged certain amendments to the Land Drainage Act, which the Minister promised to look into.

The services at the Presbyterian Church to-morrow will be conducted in the morning by the Rev. G, and in the evening by the Rev. I. Jolly, M.A., moderator elect of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand. The service in the evening will be a specially attractive one, being an ordination service, when two elders will he ordained and inducted into the charge. Mr Jolly’s wellknown reputation as a preacher should also prove an attraction.

If you see the dairyman at his home, and convince him that, though you are a stranger, you are not a book fiend, a sewingmachine or insurance agent, or an allied specimen) of the peripatetic nuisances which haunt the backblocks, you will generally find him socially inclined, and of a communicative turn, particularly if you understand and take an interest in his business, —Wairarapa Daily Times.

A rather amusing incident happened at Blenheim the other day. A Maori case was being heard and the evidence of one weighty witness was required. It was a case of Mahomet and the mohutain over again, only in this case the Magistrate, Clerk of Court, crier, interpreter, and counsel were Mahomet. The too substantial proportions of the witness prevented him from walking into the Courthouse, so the . Court adjourned into the yard at the rear of the Government Buildings, whither the “weighty” witness was drawn by his sturdy steed. He sat in his trap, was examined and cross-examined, and went his way, while the officials returned into the Court room, and proceeded with the case. Quite a crowd assembled to witness the curious performance.

Many persons find themselves affected with a persistent cough after an attack of influenza. As this cough can be promply cured by the use of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy, it should not be allowed to run on until it becomes troublesome. For sale everywhere.—Auvt.

A notice re borough rates and estimated receipts and expenditure for current year are advertised in this issue.

For first-class quality and low prices in warm winter rugs and quilts, etc., visit Mrs Hamer, of the Economic, who is overstocked at present, and is offering same at practically “ given-away ” prices. This opportunity is a very rare one so early in the season, and all in need of warm bedding should not fail to call early at the Economic, where they will receive exceptional value for their money.* A lengthy discussion took place at Thursday night’s Council meetug of the local Chamber of Commerce in respect to the proposed connecting link of the Main Trunk Fine between Marton and Levin. It was suggested that if the Government could not be prevailed upon to take up the whole link, that they be urged to start on the section between Levin and Foxton. The rough estimate of the connecting link as furnished to the Government in the old report, viz., ,£30,000, was considered to be greatly in excess of what the actual cost would be as ascertained from qualified engineers. It was decided to actively continue the agitation.

The National Dairy Show at Palmerston North is held entirely under cover. The buildings consist of six large balls, the largest being 2ooftx6olt; the total covered space runs into 40,000 square feet. The June Show is the sixth successive fixture; it is the dairyman’s carnival of the North Island, at which the princpal Dairy Associations foregather. The butter and cheese prize money amounts to £172 ; gold medal championship prizes for butter and cheese, and three 25'guinea challenge cups are also awarded ; 88 dairy factories are entered in these classes this year. Thirty-four firms will exhibit dairy machinery, a 40-b.p. engine supplying the power transmitted to. 200 ft of shafting ; the machinery is mostly in motion, and" is the biggest moving display of its kind in Australasia, and costs exhibitors several hundred pounds ; the space occupies 8000 square feet. Other essential features are the horticultural and agricultural produce displays ; the department of agriculture occupy 3000 square feet i Royal horticulral medals and a silver shield are awarded in apples, vegetables and farm roots. The National Dairy Show was the pioneer in school garden displays—now the finest in the Dominion. The National Dairy Show has distributed £2BOO in prize money. The annual attendance is about 20,000 in the four days.