LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 472, 26 August 1909, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Cr Jenks has resigned his seat on the Borough Council. Since last Thursday six cases of diphtheria have occurred in Woodville and district, three, being in one house. Referring at Dunedin to the retrenchment policy of the Government, the Hon. J. A. Millar said the period of depression was passing away, and the Government was to-day ,£5,000,000 better off than it was last year. The Awahou Milling Co. have leased the Awa flaxmill to Messrs T. Jones (late manager for Mr O. K. Austin) and H. Berry (manager for the Awahou Milling Co). A Mastertoniau who has recently returned from Taranaki states that things in that district are exceedingly quiet, more especially with regard to the sale of land. He considers that business in Masterton is quite brisk in comparison.

The Town Clerk notilies that an election will be held on September loth, for the purpose of filling the extraordinary vacancy on the Council, rendered vacant by the resignation of Cr. Jeuks. Nominations close on Sept. 4th.

The Australian cricketers commenced a match against Middlesex on Monday. The home team batted first, and at the conclusion of the second day’s play had scored 307 for the loss of five wickets. Way was stopped by rain several times. “ America was the first to feel the depression in trade,” said hord Glantawe, speaking last menth at Swansea ; “ but she is now on the crest of a wave of prosperit)--, and this will have a wonderful effect 011 the rest of the world, and especially on the United Kingdom.”

The scholars attending Hie local Stale School do not intend to allow Mr W. Adams (who has been transferred to Mangaweka) to depart without carrying away with him a memento of their esteem. They intend to present him with a suitable gift prior to the school breaking up to-morrow.

A meeting of the committee of the Amateur Dramatic Society was held in Mr Perreau’s rooms last night, when it was decided to put into rehearsal “The Ticket of heave Man." Mr Alf. 1 Eraser was appointed stage manager and Messrs Dr Adams, Fraser and Level!: were appointed to allot the Iru ts. The Chairman stated that Mr Phil Walsh had offered to paint the chief scene required and also to put the players through a full rehearsal next lime his company visited Foxton.

Says Tuesday's Wairarapa Daily Times : —“lf argument was needed in favour of Prohibition, the following is as pathetic in its simplicity as it is direct in its appeal. Two Masterton boys, brothers, called on a friend whom they had not seen for some little time. After greetings were over, the conversation turned on the question of No-License. “What do you think of it ?'’ enquired the friend, who, by the way, has almost reached manhood’s estate. “Oh, it seems all right,” was the reply of the elder of the brothers. The younger had maintained silence, but suddenly in a glad voice he said, “Yes, and we get enough to cat now !”

“I suppose,” said Bishop Julius during his lecture at Canterbury College recently, would hardly recognise the language spoken in Saxon England in the seventh century. You would find it very difficult to read, and still more difficult to pronounce, but if you have ever been to Sydney you will find something that is familiar, for as you go down the street you will hear some one ask ‘the Hdy to give the biby some kike.’ And here comes in a very extraordinary thing, that that singular dialect which we call ‘Cockney,’ and which we connect closely with London, and which we find rarely outside London, has penetrated to the colonies, ft is very well-known in Australia and is not unkhown even in Christchurch. It was the dialect of the East Saxons, and why it should have prevailed in London and in other parts of the world where English is spoken, or something like if, I cannot tell.”

At Tuesday’s meeting ot the Wanganui Iv.lucation Board M,r All'. Fraser (Foxton), the oldest member ol the Board present, with one exception, proposed that Mr Fred Pirani, who had been four times previously elected Chairman, should be re-elected. He said that it was a pleasure to be allowed to propose the re-election of a man who had proved himselt an able administrator, a high educational authority,, and an efficient public servant, as Mr Pirani had. He had not ahyays seen eye to eye with Mr Pirani, but as Chairman of the Board he had won the esteem of the members and the confidence of everyone connected with education, doing a great deal to place the education district in the high position it had attained in educational circles. Ho felt sure he was voicing the opinions of the other members in making the proposal. The proposal was seconded by Mr Guthrie, M.P. The motion was carried unanimously. In returning thanks Mr Pirani said he could claim that it was not in any way a one-man Board, and if any credit was due to him it was because they had all worked unitedly for the general interest.

Ladies’ jackets, new shapes, usual price up to 655, now being cleared at the great sale at G. H. Stiles’ for 21s and 255.- 1 '

The annual general meeting of the Foxtou Rawn Tennis Club is advertised to be held in the Masonic Hall on Monday evening next at 8 o’clock.

Mr Fitzherbert, S.M., gave judgment in two opium cases at New Plymouth yesterday. Wong See and Joe Wah were each fined (reduced to for being in possession of opium. “ No,” drawled the Mayor of the far Western'settlement, ‘‘the boys had some money tied up in that thar bankrupt telephone company an’ they didn’t like the way the receiver was handling the business.” “Didn’t, eh?” commented the tourist. “ Well what did they do about it?” “Oh, they just hung up the receiver,” The annual general meeting of the Foxton Racing Club is advertised to be held in the Club’s office on Saturday evening, at 8 o’clock, when the report and balance sheet for the past{year will be presented and officers elected for the ensuing year. The following gentlemen have been nominated for the positions of stewards of the local Racing Club;—Messrs Dr. Maudl, EBall, George Coley, W. F. Gray, C. D. Hawkins, W. C. Ho wan, C. A. W. Hunt, A. Reeve and T. W. Rimmer. As only seven are required the election will take place at the annual meeting on Saturday night. Mr Roberts, of Typella, Rlanbrynmair, South Wales, met his death in a remarkable manner on July 3, while engaged in shearing sheep. The sheep which he was shearing struggled violently, and struck the shears with its feet, causing a sharp point of the blade to be driven into Mr Roberts’ throat. The main aitery was severed and he died within three minutes.

The New Zealand Times is having a great fling at spiritualism just now, brought about by the presence of Charles Bailey, the socalled medium. In its eagerness to denounce spiritualism the Times is digging up ancient records of the exposures of mediums and attempts to make its readers believe that all physical manifestations are the product of fraud and chicanery. That there is a lot of fraud and trickery in connection with spiritualism is known to most people; but it is also known to nearly everybody but the Times that the most astounding and unexplainable phenomena are seen at spiritualistic seances under conditions which preclude all probabilities of fraud, and in the presence of people whose intelligence is quite equal to that of the Times. To deny the existence of such phenomena is to advertise one’s ignorance of the whole subject, and it is a pity our Wellington contemporary does not recognise the fact. To deny that spiritualistic manifestations are produced by spirits may be perfectly allowable —we have never yet seen any proof that they are—-but to deny all physical phenomena is simply to advertise oneself as utterly ignorant upon well-established facts ; an ignorance that one does not expect from a leading city newspaper.—Kltham Argtrs. Great attraction now on at the “Economic,” Main Street, where the whole of Mrs Hamer’s large and assorted stock of beautifully trimmed and untrimmed millinery is being cleared at enormous reductions. Call early, and secure your choice.* A beautiful assortment of electroplate goods, brooches, engagement rings, etc., at Parkes’ jewellery establishment, Main St.*. In the spring a young man’s fancy Lightly turns to thoughts of love, True to Sue, or Jane, or Nancy, Through the Summer he may prove ; But in Autumn and grim Winter He’s no use for girls demure, He gets cold, and then his fancy Turns to Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.

New spring and summer goods are now being opened up at the Bon Marche Department, where buyers can obtain best value for their money,*