THE FREEZING WORKS SITE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 464, 17 July 1909, Page 2

THE FREEZING WORKS SITE.

The two Palmerston journals have actually agreed upon a certain proposition, therefore, we may now expect the millenium ! With joined hands they are dancing round the freezing works ‘‘mulberry bush,” exclaiming Palmerston is the most suitable site for the works. The arguments in support of such statements used by our evening contemporary are on a par with its classical utterance that all roads lead to to Palmerston! Perhaps we cannot do better than publish a reply to the effusion by Mr Wingate, one of the promoters. He says through the columns of our evening contemporary;

Sir,^ As one of the promoters of the Farmers’. Freezing Works Company, I read your leader in last night’s issue with much interest. There are a number, it not all, of very able, shrewd, level - headed men who have the thing in hand, and while admitting they have adifficult tisk to deal with, I think they can safely be trusted to do the right thing for the company. It would take up too much of your.valuable space to go into all the pros and , cons, so I will confine myself to one point, and that the most difficult one, namely, the site. You say Palmerston : I say Foxton, or some other sea-board site: and I must here confess that there is no place more suitable than Foxton. . It would mean «a saving to begin With of thousands ; and the yearly expenses would mean the further saving of many hundreds, if not thousands. You conclude your article with the remark that the venture- must be economically worked to be successful. So say I, and it has been unmistakably proved that there is no; comparison between inland works and those on the seaboard.—l am, etc., J. Wingate. The dog-in-the-manger attitude of the two Palmerston papers in their attempt; to prejudice Foxton as the site for the proposed freezing works is most reprehensible and we ask the Foxton people to take a mental note of the fact.

A. Sydney cable message slates that Dr Murray, the Roman Catholic bishop of Maitland, was not possessed of sixpence when he died.

Messrs J. and H. Walker, sons of Mr M. H. Walker, have taken over a farm at Fitzherbert, and intend to follow dairy farming pursuits.

Oscar Rothschild, son of Baron Albert Rothschild,* head of the Vienna house of financiers, committed suicide because his father refused to allow him to marry a governess. ,

A Marathon race over the regulation distance (26 miles 385 yards) at Invercargill on Wednesday, and was won by D. Stewart in 3hrs 22|mins, B. A. Allen being second and J. Alsweiler third. Messrs Mounsey and Co notify that a quantity of timber will be submitted at their sale, at Sunnyside, on Wednesday, on account of the Moutoa Drainage Board. An Auckland cattle buyer told aTe Aroha Mail representative the other day that in no previous year has there been such a dearth of dairy cows as there is now. At Waihou sale last week very ordinary cows sold at ,£6 5s and heifers at £5.

We are informed that a number of petty thefts have taken place at the Beach of late. Only recently some Palmerston seasiders placed a trawling net out to dry, and it disappeared during the night. The net was valued at Complaint has been made to the police.

Whitebait fishermen should see that their nets are the regulation size, viz., 7ft square. A. breach of this regulatipn means trouble. In the past, whitebait nets 17ft squaref have x not been uncommon in the Manawatu. The services in the local Methodist Church to-morrow will be conducted both in the morning and evening by the Rev. P. j. Mairs, whose evening subject will be; “The man with the measuring line.” Miss D. Signal will render a solo, “The Beautiful Prayer.” The London Preliminary report on the British crops states that the persistence of unfavourable weather may lead to a modification of the high'estimates in some districts, but prospects on the whole are encouraging. The report estimates the condition of the wheat crop at 95.3 per cent., barley at 92.3 per cent., and oats 94.1 per cent of previous estimates. The July number of the Lone Hand, a magazine published monthly in Sydney, is exceptionally interesting,.containing as it does matter to please all tastes. It is not too much to say that “The authorised Biography ” of Madame Melba is itself worth the price of the magazine. A deal of space is devoted to “ The Stage,” and the business side of drama is fully entered upon. There are a number of readable stories besides interesting articles on the Commonwealth Crisis and other matters.

At the Mamvatu County Council meeting, on Wednesday, tbe chairman (Mr J. G. Wilson) made it clear that he would not support the extension of the tramway to Bulls if it involved any farther burden on the ratepayers of the riding he represented, unless they consented to the proposal. He said be was quite willing to assist in formulating a scheme, but it. would have to be submitted to a vote of the ratepayers before he would agree to its adoption. The bodies of thrse children were exhunied the other day in the Karrakalta cemetery, says a message from Perth. Three years ago, Thomas Morris, a carpenter, was seperated from his wife, who obtained a maintenance allowance. He established a home with another woman, taking the children by his marriage. In May this year a .son, George Morris, rah away from his 'father .to his mother. Police Court proceedings resulted, and in the course of investigations the detectives were informed by the lad George Morris that he ran away because he “ was not going to be poisoned.” That statement led to the exhumation. No arrests have yet been made.

Pat, who bad newly been started as a hammerman in a blacksmith’s shop,was asked by the boss if :he could strike five times in succession a small crescent which had been placed on an anvil. Pat said he could, seizing a large hammer, and getting it into a nice swing, he struck the crescent; four times in succession, but the fifth time he missed the anvil altogether, and the hammer on the swing round slipped out of Pat's hands and flew right out of the smithy doorway. ‘‘Bejabers,” said Pat, as he watched the disappearing haipmer, “I thought I might have missed the anvil, but I never thohght) I could have missed the bloomin’ smiddy.” A Waverley correspondent of the Patea Press is informed on good authority that 20 of those men who were employed at bushfelling at Waitotara have retired from their positions. It is alleged, too, that they are first-class men, skilled, practised bushinen. Their protest is that they were put in gangs among others who were unskilled, and they could not see the force of others gaining the benefit of their hard-earned skill. ' Payment is fixed in accordance with the area each gang covers, so that if their contention is correct, they hive reasonable grounds f<?r complaint.

Don’t send your money out of the town when you can buy cheaper. Ask to seeour calicoes, sheetings, flannelettes at G. H. Stiles.*

For watch, clock , or jewellery repairs go Jo Pa^k^S,;the jeweller, Main Street.* , th ittf 'ih’ . n v

Amongst the recent callers at the High Commissioner’s office in London was Mr I?. M. Scanlon, of Foxton. At the local police court yesterday morning, befote Mr G. Stiles, J.P., Enos Tanner was fined ios, in default 48 hours*,imprisonment, .for drunkenness.

We desire to acknowledge an invitation from the Borough Council to be preseqt at the official opening of the Municipal gas works, on Wednesday next. It is probable that ,the local Borough Councillors will be present at the ceremony. L, , * There is a plague of moles in districts of South .Lincolnshire. In Morton nearly 6000 moles have been captured during the past season. '

Mr A. A. 1 Brown, the wellknown flaxmiller from Waikanae, visited Foxton yestelrday, for the purpose of inspecting the new machinery being installed .at Messrs Ross and Sbn’s local flaxmill.

• The Returning Officer notifies that an election to fill the extraordinary vacancy on the Council caused by the retireinent of Cr Rae-Howard will take place on August nth. Nominations -close on August sth. ' ' ■ ■

In conversation with 'our representative at Palmerstoq on Thursday last, Mr J. C. Cooper, the prime mover in the proposed cooperative freezing company, said that the Wellington site for the works was out of the question He stated that the subcommittee set Up to inspect and report on sites for the proposed works would visit Foxton in about a fortnight’s time.

A very medical marriage took place in Melbourne recently. The bride was an MIB., 8.5., and the bridegroom was a, doctor. One of the bridesmaids was a doctor, the best man and the three groomsmen were all medical men, and the guests included four women doctors and seven men doctors. The bride is now Mrs Dr Viva Simmons.

A special meeting of the Borough Council was held on Thursday evening, for the purpose of passing a special order, altering the boundary of the sanitation area. The special order was not carried. A notice of motion was tabled by Gr F. Is. Jenks, to rescind the resolution passed on the 14th June to alter the boundaries, and to move in place. thereof that the western boundary of the sanitation area be the western boundary of the borough. _ ’ A message from, Geneva gives this note on a Swiss Amy Bock: The Swiss police arrested an Italian burglar near St Gall after a fierce struggle, and were astound ded when their prisoner, confessed that “he ” was a woman. It was found that the Italian authorities had been looking for the woman, who is accused of having committed many burglaries along the frontier while disguised as a man. She calls herselt“ Portia.” , There was some discussion at the Manawatu County Council meeting in reference to the appointment of roadmen. A number of new applications had been received, and these read. One applicant had been thirteen years in the service of another council as roadman—“ too long,” was the comment with which it was dismissed. Another had recently arrived from Home—“ perhaps he had not been contaminated with the virus of “ take it easy,’ ” suggested another councillor. Another man was known to be a steady worker, but. he did not possess much brains —he had spread metal where it was not wanted, and had only “saltsprinkled” bad places. However, in the end all the old 1 employees were appointed except one, and his failure to secure something seemed rather to disconcert the overseer.