LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 460, 5 June 1909, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr G. T. Woodroofe, gives notice of his intention to apply for a slaughtering license at next meeting of the Manawatu County Council.

We are glad to hear that the Bishop of Wellington is fast regaining his strength, and is able to take up his Episcopal duties in the diocese.,

In All Saints Church to-morrow, the collections will begin to the Maori Mission. A strong appeal is being made throughout the whole diocese, as the Mission is in great need of funds. Messrs P. J. Hennessy and Co. have bn sale a quantity of maize -which accompanied Lieutenant Bhackleton's expedition to the South Pole. The maize is a portion of the stock taken to feed the Manchurian ponies. A very successful mission, conducted by Mr Charteris and his son in the local Methodist Church, was brought to a close last night. After visiting Shannon the missioners will go to Pahiatua. The British estate of Caesar Czarniko.w, the sugar merchant, is valued at ,£696,000 and there is algo large estates in the West Indies and Africa. At the Wellington Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday, Wm. Shortes, licensee of the White Horse Hotel, Ngahauranga, was fined £5 and costs for Sunday trading on May 23rd. William Davis, barman at the hotel, was fined ,£3 and costs for selling liquor on the same date.

Mr Clement Wragge states that, judging by the pronounced curve of the disturbance, “ Buddo ” would probably influence - New Zealand for six days, the South Island more severely than the North. The probabilities were that there would be snow on the uplands and high country in the South Island. No doubt there would be rain. :.l_i t,■ .j. -I'j.ig.-k;... n.-vr!i,.« A.h

A meeting of the Manawatu licensed Victuallers’ Association was held at Marton yesterday. A young girl named Mary Hall, employed in the Occidental Hotel, Hokitika, threw herself from the railway bridge into the Hokitika river on Thursday. Her cries for help brought an oil launch to the scene and she was rescued, thoroughly exhausted. Considerable difficulty was experienced in bringing her round, but she is now recovering.

There is no doubt in our minds, says the Christchurch Press, that the credit system, if it cannot be abolished, might be still further restricted, with advantage both to the tradespeople and to their customers. A little more co-opera-tion among traders with a view to bringing about this reform might prove in the long run more to the advantage of all concerned than any alteration in the law. Mr W. G. Riddell, S.M., gave his decision at Wellington this week, in the case in which two constables —W. J. Gardiner and J. K. Watson —were charged with having assaulted Florence Beatrice Rolfe and Wm. John Rolfe, on May 10th. Watson was fined the maximum penalty £lO, and Gardiner was sentenced to 21 days’ imprisonment and fined £ 5.

The services in the local Methodist Church to-morrow will be conducted in the morning by Mr J. Charteris, the Scotch preacher, and in the evening by the Rev. P. J. Mairs, whose subject will be, “Theory and Practice.” Saukey hymn books will be used. There will be a prayer meeting at 7 a.m., and Bible class at 2.30 p.m., Mr G. Huntley being the leader.

As an outcome of the Government’s retrenching scheme it is understood that it is intended to close the Hawke’s Bay branch of the Health Department. Dr. de Lisle, District Health Officer, and Mr Munro, Sanitary Inspector have received notice of the termination of their services. The Napier Borough Council passed a resolution eulogising the work of Dr. de Lisle and asking the Government to retain his services.

Says the Woodville Examiner: “ This morning the Dannevirke Press says there will not be a sitting of the Supreme Court in Woodville until the last trump is played. Now, what we want to get at is the individual who holds that trump.” To which the Press retorts: “ We have up doubt that the editor of the Examiner is a little bit anxious as to who is the holder of the last trump. But if he thinks he can ‘ get at ’ Gabriel he is mistaken. When that last last trump is played the editor of the Examiner will be too busy thinking about his sins to care who plays it.” When a politician stumbles over his own tongue and flounders for his balance (says the Post) he has always one aid to save himself from falling. He can clutch at “Misreportecl,” he can pathetically plead “ not understood.” If his political friends tend to give him the cold shoulder as the result of an alleged indiscretion, he may rest his weary head on the proud bosom ot “ Misreported,” and from that cosy place may woo back his friends.

A witness of foreign extraction was quite unconsciously flippant before the District Court at Masterton recently. “ Does the defendant bear you any spite ? ” he was asked. “Yes,” was the reply, “ he has a ‘ nose ’ on me.” A few minutes later, he related how he bad been fined “ five quid, —about eight quid altogether, with costs.” But the Court could simply not repress a smile when he stated that he had certain papers at home in his “portsammy.”

An awkward position was narrowly averted on Friday evening (reports the Rotorua Times). Madame Melba and her party, twelve in number, occupied a reserved carriage, which bore the usual legend to that effect. A party of prisoners, bound for Waiotapu, in charge of a couple of warders, also occupied a reserved carriage. On the arrival of the train the officials from Waiotapu made a start for the reserved carriage, the wrong one unfortunately, but the sight of a lady’s hat showed that they were on the wrong track, so thev sheered off and marched on to the reserved carriage containing the guests of His Majesty’s hospice at Waiotapu.

A remarkable story of a railway employee who died because he believed that he was freezing to death is reported from Krasaoiavsk, in Russia. While engaged in cleaning a luggage van on the Trans-Siberian line, Michael Staritsky, fell asleep. When he awoke two hours later the train was in motion and the van door locked. There was no method of communicating with any other part of the train and Staritsky was seized with the tear that he would be frozen before the train stopped. The following broken sentences in Russian, chalked on the floor of the van show the tortures which the unfortunate man suffered in imagination: —“I am freezing fast . . . my right leg . . . now my left . . lumps of ice . . . my last words perhaps . . .

. my heart is frozen . . the end.” Staritsky was dead when found at the next halting place two hours later. The temperature of the van was far above freezing point, and death was due solelv to fright. For, Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods’ Great Peppermint, Cure, is 6d and as 6d‘

The vital statistics for Paxton last month were as follows : Births, 8 ; marriages, 2 ; deaths,

The new books ordered by the Library Committee have come to hand and will be ready for circulation next wee k.

Robert Gillespie, a single man aged 45, committed suicide at Patutahi, Gisborne, on Thursday, by cutting his throat with a razor.

The services at the Presbyterian Church will be conducted in the morning by the Rev. G. K. Aitken and in the evening Mr D. W. Low M.A. (of Palmerston). A representative of the Blenheim Express was on Saturday shown a paddock of lucerne, comprising about 16 acres, which is carrying on an average 18 sheep to the acre.

Annie Nicholson, charged with perjury at Auckland, in having persisted in a statement at her creditors’ meeting that she paid several creditors and received their receipts, was yesterday ordered to come up for sentence if called upon.

Dr Mary Merrit Crawford has been appointed head surgeon and chief of staff in a big hospital in Brooklyn, U.S. It is the first time a woman has ever held this position, and Dr Crawford will have four men doctors working under her directions.

King Leopold is selling his collection of old masters. A sum of ,£40,000 was paid for a painting by Rubens, He is taking this step to prevent the property going to the Princess Louise’s creditors on his death. The sales are exciting great opposition in Belgium. Believing himself to be the strongest man in the world, a Bengali named Bitnsen, of Calcutta, wagered that he would stand in front of and stop a motor car, and made the attempt in the presence of a large crowd. When he recovered consciousness he declared that the car “ took him by surprise.” Out of 33 candidates who sat in New Zealand for the special law professional examinations for “final” candidates last month, only eight succeeded in passing. Mr George Cullen, of Masterton, headed the list in New Zealand in two of his three subjects, and was second on the list in his third subject. During the last month New Zealand exported 46,525 ounces of gold, valued at £185,271, compared with 45,0r7 ounces, valued at £179,487 in May last year. There was a decrease for the first five months of the present year of t 5,485 ounces gold, valued at £55,151, but an 'increase to 90,049 ounces of silver, valued at £7,300, compared with the corresponding period last year. “ Prices of potatoes,” said a Masterton produce merchant to a Daily Times reporter, “have again eased in the South owing to speculators being afraid to buy in any quantity on account of the prevalence of disease,” The same, he continued, applied to merchants who, sooner than run the risk of losing heavily by laying in large stocks, were only buying sufficient for immediate requirements.

The examination of candidates lor the Junior National Scholarships and for scholarships given by education boards on the results on the Junior National Scholarships will be held on Wednesday and Thursday, ist and 2nd December, 1909. Candidates applications to be examined must be forwarded to the secretary of the Education Board of their district not later than 15th September. We hope that Foxton parents will bear this notification in mind and that our local school will present several candididates.