The Manawatu Herald. Tuesday, Judy 6, 1909. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 464, 6 July 1909, Page 2

The Manawatu Herald. Tuesday, Judy 6,1909. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A beautiful assortment of electroplate goods, brooches, engagement rings, etc., at Parkes’ jewellery establishment, Main St.* Methuselah, the oldest tortoise at the London Zoo, has now reached his 250th year. Considerable interest attaches to the only living contemporary of Charles 11.

A troupe of 60 Maoris —30 men and a like number of women —is being engaged for a season at, a well-known Sydney seaside resort. They will dance hakas and poi dances for the delectation of Sydney excursionists.

During a performance"by twelve tame crocodiles at the Neully Music Hall, Loudon, one bit off the right arm of Princess Siva, the trainer. She shot the crocodile with a revolver with her left hand.

The Marine Department is supplying eyed brown trout ova to various acclimatisation societies in' New-Zealand "at iue rate of 5s per thousand. The Wellington Society has given an order for 400,000, and has already been supplied with one-fourth of the number. The supplies are from the Canterbury and North' Otago rivers, A complaint was received at last meeting of the Auckland Education Board that a lady teacber had forced a pupil, guilty of neglecting his homework, to suck a “dummy” in front of the class. It was decided to cepsure the teacher, the action being referred to by members of the Board as “unseemly, insanitary and disgusting.” An official inquiry is being held at Cross Creek into charges of drunkenness which have been preferred against members of the railway staff, says the New Zealand Times. It is said that slygrog selling has been going on at the Creek, and that at a social function recently one or two men were “ragged,” being partially stripped and coveted with oil and coaldust.

The length of time cattle are allowed to remain in saleyards without food or water was the subject of a discussion at the meeting of the Wellington Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The inspector stated that he had ascertained that in some yards cattle had, been known to remain for as long as two, three or even four days. The inspector was instructed to keep watch in future, and take proceedings if warranted.

At a mass meeting at Invercargill last Friday night to celebrate the third anniversary of the carrying of No-License in Invercargill, the following resolution was carried unanimously : “That this meeting expresses its satisfaction at the promise made by the Government to take action in the Supreme Court with a view of quashing the licenses recently granted in the King Country.” What we are about, to relate is a fact, and the figures can be verified by anyone who likes to call at the Examiner Office (Woodville). He is only a small farmer, and only milks 12 cows, yet his s 9h|ques for milk aud pigs totalled 14s pd-for 11 months ended 30th June last. . This pans out at’ exactly 14s yd per cow! We are of the opinion that the grazing land that can. produce such a re A suit is far and away the best in the Dominion.

Mothers and Fathers ask at G. H. Stiles for their now line ot hoys suits, .which are the best in the market, and marked at prices to suit the smallest purse.*

The ordinary monthly meeting of the local Masonic Dodge will be held at 7.30 o’clock this evening. The business will consist of an initiation.

The person, who took a fox terrier pup from near the railway station on Sunday is requested to return same to Mr T. Henderson to save further trouble.

A land-slide occurred in a deep trench which had been dug in connection with the new lock at Alexandra Dock extension, at Newport, Monmouthshire. Many workmen were buried, and it is estimated that 20 have perished. Others were extricated alive from under angles formed by fallen timber.

Messrs Veitch and Allan, “Wellington’s Busiest Store,” draw attention in our advertising columns to the special advantages they are offering in their hosiery department. It is their intention in future to submit all their hosiery at wholesale prices, and this advantage is extended to country clients, who may obtain first-class goods at the cheapest possible rates by simply sending their remittance through the post. All unsatisfactory articles may be returned.*

The cost of the Timber Commission will, it is said, run into between and Members of the commission who were not members of Parliament were paid at the rate of 2s a day, and the members of Parliament on the Commission would probably get a guinea a day. The general opinion is, says the Hawkels Bay Herald, that the commission was useless extravagance, and that all of the information obtained could have been secured by two or three departmental officers. In the Wellington Magistrate’s Court on Saturday, Michael Brennan, who was arrested on the train at Palmerston North, was charged in connection with the burglary, at the beginning of the week, from St. Mark’s Church, Wellington. There were two informations viz., (1) breaking and entering the vicarage of the Rev A. M. Johnson by night, and stealing a greenstone knife, valued at ;£i, and three sovereigns; (2), breaking and entering St. Mark’s Anglican Church, and stealing a quantity of jewellery, valued at £lB, and j£iß In money, belonging to Mr Johnson. Accused was remanded till Wednesday. Bail was fixed at We have much pleasure in drawing attention to the advertisement in this issue referring to a meeting at the public school on Thursday evening next. The school grounds at present have a very unlovely appearance,and many adverse comments have been made about them. The committee are anxious to remedy this condition of things and at their last meeting adopted a sub-committee recommendation to fence; the ground into separate playgrounds for the sexes, have garden plots laid out and planted, and otherwise make the grounds present something of a decent appearance. We hope' there wiH be a heatty" response to the committee’s efforts, and that a large gathering will come together on Thursday evening and heartily take up the idea of a bazaar and entertainment to raise the needed funds to* arry.outrsuch an excellent proposal.

At the last Geraldine races the police had some difficulty in arresting a stalwart young fellow for drunkenness. He wrenched the “darbies” from his wrists with great ease. A few. days ago the same man was in Geraldine suffering from a large growth in his neck, and the story goes that he met a well-known surgeon, and said: “What do you think of this?” The surgeon replied: “You will have to get it cut out.” “All right,” said the young fellow, “if you have a knife on you, yo\t can have ago at it now.” The surgeon suggested taking him to the surgery. “Not a bit of it,” said the man. “But you would have to go under chloroform.” “Not I,” said the man. “But you would never stand the pain.” “Couldn’t I,” was the reply “buck in and see. ” The surgeon thereupon got to work with his knife, and the man never once flinched during the painful operation.