LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 464, 24 July 1909, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

King Edward, through Lord Knollys, his private secretary, has expressed much gratification at the | Metropolitan [Police having been granted a weekly day of rest. Yesterday afternoon a well - known firm of hemp buyers made an offer to a local miller of xos per ton, Wellington, for good fair hemp. At the local Methodist Church to-morrow the Rev. P. W. Jones, of Feilding, will take the morning and evening .services, his subject being “Paul’s visit to Athens.” Mr Alex Speirs recently imported one of the most varied stock of wall papers we have yet seen in Foxton. Some of the patterns are very rich and the freizes or borders are in keeping.

At the local Police Court on Thursday afternoon, before Messrs Rimmer and Frankland, J’s.P., John William Anderson, on a charge of stealing a pair of boots, was remanded to appear before the Magistrate on August 4th. Bail was fixed at £2O. There is competition going on between the butchers of Masterton. and the usual result of competition has followed—the public are deriving an advantage. The following are the butchers’ prices: Rump steak, sirloins, legs of mutton, loins of mutton,, chops and ribs 3 j£d per lb. All other joints 2j£d. Sausages are 41b for is. Another application for a wholesale license in the King Country came before the Taumarunui Licensing Committee, the applicant being Thos. McDonald, and the premises being at Raurimu. The committee dealt with the matter in camera, and refused it. It is understood that only one member of the committee voted in favour of granting the license.

The headmaster of a Dunedin suburban school reported to his committee recently: ‘ ‘Several boys who did good work in the fourth ‘standard I found doing poor work in the fifth standard. On making enquiries, I find eight boys working ten ‘ and ten and a half hours daily. Some get up at 3.30 o’clock to work on milk carts. These children are quite listless in school, and it is certainly not fair to hold teachers responsible for the educational advancement of these children.”

Considering that the Government can offer Dreadnoughts without consulting Parliament, can suspend Parliament to allow Sir Joseph Ward to go to England, and can pass any Finance Bill required without any difficulty, does anybody believe, says the Auckland Herald, they could not have arranged for the employment of private surveyors if there had' been the slightest administrative desire to push on land settlement ? After the appointment of Mr Carroll as Acting-Prime Minister and of Mr Buddo as ActingMinister of Eands, it is hardly necessary to say that the amazing antagonism of the Government to a sound settlement policy is more pronounced than ever. A strange visitor has made an appearance on the farm of Mr R. Waghorn, Awarua Plains, about three miles from Woodend, in the shape of a hair seal, says the Southland News. To get to the spot where it was found it must have made its way up the Mokotua Creek from the New River Estuary, a distance of eight or nine miles, and then worked inland over ploughed ground and tussocks for about threequarters of a mile. The seal, which is some nine feet in length from the tip of the nose to tail, has lost one eye, and is also scarred, showing that it must have been engaged in combat with some enemy of the sea. It must be of considerable age, as the teeth are badly broken. What induced it to make inland can only be conjectured, as the amphibious mammal appears to be far gone and likely to die a slow death.

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

For watch, clock or jewellery repairs go to Parkes, the jeweller; Main Street. ' It may not cure the housemaid’s knee, Gout or appendicitis; But ills and chills before it flee, Dyspepsia or bronchitis; It is a fact, it will hot act To polish furniture, But to polish off a cold or cough Take Woods’ Great Peppermint* '.Core. , .

Spurred .on by. lieutenant Shackleton’s achievement, American Philosophical and American Geographical Societies have started a movement to induce the American Government to equip a South Polar expedition. Messrs Collings and Bell, launch, yacht and boat builders, of Auckland, advertise the superiority of Doman oil engines for launches, etc- They will supply catalogues and prices on application* The Lord Mayor of London, Sir George Truscott, gave a luncheon at the Guildhall to twelve hundred bluejackets, and marines belonging to the warships now in the Thames. The men marched with six twelve-pounders through the chiqf thoroughfares, and were 'received with tremendous enthusiasm.

Messrs Thos. Borthwick and Sons (Australasia, Ltd.) have decided to enlarge their freezing works at Waitara and instal new machinery, etc., so as to double the capacity for sheep and lambs, and add 20 per cent, to the beef capacity tor the coming season. 12,000 insets are circulated to-day by various newspapers for a radius of 40 miles of Palmerston North, announcing a great Bargain Giving Epoch of 13 days by Messers Ross and Coy., of the Bon Marche, in which some startling bargains in drapery and boots are enumerated. In case any paper does not contain an inset, the firm will be glad to post one, on receipt of post card to that effect. These bargains being very special should be seen and secured. The services at the Presbyterian Church to-morrow will be conducted in the morning by the Rev G. K. Aitken. In the evening the pulpit will be occupied by the Rev I. Jolly, m.a. of St. Andrew’s Palmerston North. To any who have not heard Mr Jolly preach we advise them of a treat they will enjoy by going to the Presbyterian Church to-morrow evening ; those who have heard him before will not miss the opportunity afforded them of again hearing him. ‘The International Congress oh Alcoholism has been opened at Kensington. There are many foreign delegates. Sir John Cockburn, representing the Commonwealth,' said the children of the Australian State schools were being instructed in scientific temperance. Sir H. Tozer (Queensland) said he hoped the Congress would deal with the question of supplying liquor to natives. Messrs Ross and Co., of The Bon Marche, Palmerston North, are now holding their annual special “bargain giving epoch,” the object of which is to clear out certain lines and oddments which it is determined not to take into stock and these have to go, practically regardless of value. Its a great money saving opportunity for those who avail themselves of it. Commencing Saturday, July 24th, positively terminating August 7th.-— Advt.* One of the most pleasing features in connection with the recent opening of the gas works at Levin, was the music discoursed by the Weraroa State Farm Boys’ Band. The boys are instructed by Lieut. Herd, of Wellington. The subconductor is a lad about 14 years of age, named Fraser, and the way in which he wielded the baton was a revelation. We should like to have a visit from the boys and hope* that an opportunity will be afforded Foxton of hearing these lads.

Mr Thomas Horton, proprietor of the well-known orchards at Hastings and Pahiatua, donated to the Wellington City Council 10,000 trees for planting in and about the city on Arbor day or other occasions. The offer was gratefully accepted by the Council. The gift is the best advertisement Mr Horton’s nurseries could get. The same publicity in almost every paper throughout the Dominion would cost the nurseryman considerably more than the value of many times the number of trees offered.

Giving evidence before the Police Commission at Timaru on Wednesday, Constable Gillespie (Temnka and late of Foxtou), voiced a strong complaint concerning the way in which he had been passed over, and promotion given his juniors, though he had a creditable record extending over 20 years. He also detailed a complaint that political influence had been brought to bear by an exM.L.C. to get him shilted from Temuka, though it failed. He put in papers in connection with a case of alleged perjury against a constable formerly of South Canterbury, but now of North Canterbury, and contended that there should have been a prosecution in this case. Mr Bishop said that he would deal with this matter in Christchurch.

Mrs Hamer, of the Economic-, has just received a large consignment of men’s and boy’s rainproof coats, which she is offering at 20 per cent, below landed cost. As this is the time of year that these articles are required, they should be sold very quickly. They are the biggest bargains ever offered in this line in Foxton, and Mrs Hamer was fortunate to secure them at a large reduction, which enables her to sell them so cheaply. Those requiring overcoats should Jose no time in seeing them.* For Children’s Hacking Cough at night, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, xa fid and as fid.

Our Manchester department has been reorganised, and prices are now dut down to ueafc all-comers. Buy your calicoes and sheetings at 6. H. Stiles.*

, If in want of birthday, Wedding or other gifts, go to PAKKESVthe jeweller, the shop for presents.*

In dismissing the case kgainst Anderson on Thursday, the Justices did so without prejudice. The Albions were ' Unable to get a team together to travel to Rongotea to-day, and consequently had to forfeit the match.

On Tuesday afternoon, a wellknown Maori Chief of the Ngati Tuwharetoa tribe named Teri Tamiwhana, died at Himatangi. His remains were removed to Motuiti, where a tangi is being held.