LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 479, 11 September 1909, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Pope spent beyond his subscriptions to the fund, in relieving the distress caused by the great earthquake at Messina. The imports of .the United Kingdom for August increased by 25)67°.° 00 > and the exports increased by ,£170,000, as compared with August of last year. The services in the Methodist Church to-morrow will be conducted both in the morning and evening by the Rev. P. J. Mairs, whose subject fpr the latter service will be “A door.” For Chrome Chest Complaints, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, is 6d and 2S 6d'

Six men who were found guilty of brutal assaults at Sydney this week, were sentenced, in addition to terms of imprisonment, to receive floggings.

At All Saints’ Church on Sunday evening the choir will sing Stainer’s beautiful anthem, ‘‘God so Eoved the World.” The preacher will be the Rev. A, O. Williams, head of the Maori Mission in this Diocese. The vicar will read the office.

Six Suffragettes, who were imprisoned in connection with interruptions of Mr' Churchill’s Leicester speech, were released owing to refusal to take food and drink. They had been in gaol five days. There are twenty-five deaths from cholera daily in St. Petersburg. * During the year there have been 5769 deaths, 88 per cent, of the fatal cases belonging to the working classes. Preventive inoculation has been applied in 53,162 cases.

A circular was received at Thursday night’s meeting ol the Harbour Board, Irom the New Zealand Harbour Association, advising that the fourth annual conference of delegates would be held at Wellington on September 23rd. It was decided to ask Mr Edward Newman M.P., to represent the Fox ton Board at the conference. The meeting of the Foxton Harbour Board to have been held on Thursnay evening, lapsed for the want of a quoram. The members present were Messrs G. H. Stiles, J. G. Wilson and J. A. Nash. It was decided that certain important business which requires immediate attention should be attended to and that at its next meeting the Board be asked to confirm same.

At a meeting of the Marton Chamber of Commerce held on Tuesday night, a letter was read from the Fox ton Chamber of Commerce, asking the Marton Chamber of Commerce to co-operate with them in having Foxton constituted a port of entry for dutiable goods.—-It was decided to advise the Foxton Chamber that they were in favour of the proposal, and would write direct to the Trades and Customs Office. The Revs. Aitken and Mairs commenced a Bible instruction class at the local school on Friday morning, before school hours. There was an attendance of 33 scholars. The class for the present will be conducted once a week. The local clergy are now clear of any stigma in respect to a lack of Bible instruction for the young. It only remains for the parents to avail themselves of the opportunities now afforded. The Rev G. Young-Wood ward conducts classes every Wednesday and Friday mornings in All Saints’ Church. If the local kiddies grow up godless then the blame must surely rest on the heads of parents. A sad accident habpened on the Roslyn tramway (Dunedin) on Saturday afternoon, when a little girl, aged four, named Wilhel-, mina Henry, had the toes of the right foot cut off by a tramcar, It appears that someone entering the residence of her parents left the front gate open, from which the child ran across the road right in front of a car. The gripman pulled up within three yards, but one of the wheels had already passed over the child’s foot* She was takeh to the Hospital, where all the toes on the foot had to be taken off.

A stranger, on horseback, appeared in Christchurch the other day, and displayed a noble respect for the city’s by-laws, when he came to a crossing where the traffic is generally heavy. He was evidently from the country, states the Press, and was riding his horse along Colombo Street towards the Square. At the corner of Hereford Street his eye alighted on the sign, “Walk over this crossing.” Taking the notice in its most liberal sense, he alighted from his horse, walked it slowly over the crossing, and then, when out of the “danger zone,” deliberately remounted and rode away. An exciting incident occurred near the Chirstchurch Hospital on Saturday. An old man with a long white beard drove in a cab along the river bank until he reached the hospital bridge. Leaving the cab there the old man went down to the river and dived Into the water. Any intentions he may have had of suicide were promptly frustrated by the bystanders, who dragged him from the river and took him to a neighbouring boatshed; where he was looked after.

The New York correspondent of the Loudon Daily Telegraph cabled as follows recently In Cincinnati (Ohio) yesterday forty canaries were installed in the Lincoln Baptist Church to aid the regular choir in the religious service, and the effect of combining the birds’ voices with the pipe organ and the vocalists was declared by members of the congregation to be a success. The text was, ‘ Who are these that come flying through the air like doves ?’ The pastor had requested the members of the congregation to bring as many canaries as they could, and the gilded cages were hung all about the building. The birds began chirping with the first strains of the organ, and continued as long as the choir sang.” For Influenza take Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. Never fails, Is 6d and 3s (id. Special offer of a best pair of kid gloves to every cash purchaser of drapery to the value of £ 2*. A beautiful assortment ot electroplate goods, brooches, engagement ings, etc., at Parkes’ jewellery stablishment, Main St.*

Mr 1,, and the Misses Alzdorf insert a thanks notice elsewhere in this issue.

A meeting of the Manawatu Flaxmills’ Employees Union will be held this evening for the purpose of opening ballot papers. We remind thejfpublicj of the auction clearing sale on behalf of Mr J. Symons, at the premises, Harbour Street, on Monday next.

The funeral of the late Mr Alzdorf took place yesterday afternoon. The remains were followed to their last resting place by a large concourse of mourners. The Rev. Mr Young-Woodward officiated at the graveside. The services at the Presbyterian Church to-morrow will be conducted both morning and evening -by the Rev G. K. Aitken. The subject of the evening sermon will be “A Just Award.” At a meeting of the committee of the Manawatu Rowing Glut held last night, it was decided to renovate the boat shed and repair the plant. The committee will meet at the boatshed on Monday afternoon to consider what repairs are necessary.

The Police Commission appears to be still roaming around loose all over the country and . picking up a lot of silly inconsequential evidence. The Eltham Argus wonders how much longer the farce is going to continue, and thinks it is about time the Minister for Justice stopped the play. “I met a station-holder recently who was not at all distressed by the low prices ruling for mutton,” writes a correspondent of the Wairarapa Daily Times from the Lower Valley. “‘You mark my words,’ he said, ‘I am confident that wethers will again reach twenty shillings.” He arrived at this conclusion from the fact of the great shortage in the American meat supply to Europe. At Thursday night’s meeting, Mr W. Bock, secretary of the Harbour Board, asked to be relieved of his duties as secretary after the auction sale. He stated that he was unable to give the Board’s business the time it required, but he would be prepared to continue as secretary until after the sale of leases in October. This month’s issue of the “Press Hank,” the official orgau of the Flaxmills’ Employees Union, is to hand and is neatly printed and contains some very interesting and cleverly written articles. The Hon. Mr McKenzie is taken to task for certain statements made by him in reference to the hemp industry on which subject it would appear, he has much to learn. The Minister is also honoured with an open letter. The recent Arbitration Court interpretation of the Flaxmillers’ Award is exhaustively and temperately dealt with. “The Scab” is searchiugly diagnosed and other articles include : “Facts from the Philippines,” “Sinking Funds,” “Trades Union Notes,” “Council of Conciliation,” etc. An unique competition to subscribers is explained which should be particularly beneficial to advertisers. Taken as a whole the “Press Hank” is a highly creditable production.

In the case of a young married couple who were charged with the manslaughter of their infant, Mr Kettle, S.M. at Auckland, said it was apparent in the present case that the mother had had very little knowledge. He did not blame, but pitied her, because she had been abominably treated. The Coroner’s duty was to furnish the verdict and the depositions to the Attorney-general, so that the latter could decide whether a prosecution should follow. The Coroner did not issue a warrant authorising the police constable in charge of the case to take the people into custody. The constable, without any authority at all from the Coroner or his superior officer, took these two young people in charge, and took them to the lockup. The constable’s explanation was that that had been the custom in other cases of a similar nature. In the opinion of tne court, it was a wrong one, and the constable had no right to so arrest them. His duty was to ask the Coroner if he would issue a warrant. His Worship believed the constable had acted in all honesty, but he had made a mistake. The case was then dismissed.

The Mayor convened a meeting of representative townspeople at the Council Chamber yesterday afternoon, to discuss what steps should be taken to give Mr and Mrs Jas. Symons and family (who are about to take up their residence in Hastings) a fitting sendoff. About 20 odd ladies and gentlemen were present. It was decided to entertain the family at a farewell social in the Masonic Hall, on Tuesday, September 28. Messrs Rev. Mairs, Betty, Berthold and Wrigley were appointed a committee to draw up and carry out a musical programme, Mr Berthold to be convenor. A large committee of ladies with Mrs W. S. Stewart as convenor, was set up to arrange about refreshments. The Mayor, Revs. Aitken, Mairs, YoungWoodward and Messrs Homblow and Stewart were appointed a committee to arrange other matters. It was decided to publish an advertisement giving a general invitation to the friends and acquaintances of Mr and Mrs Symons and family to be present and to charge an admission of is. Blood poison resulting from small wounds is becoming more prevalent. Even so slight an injury as the scratch of a pin will sometimes cause blood poisoning. The safe way is to apply Chamberlain’s Pain Balm as soon as (he injury has been received. That liniment prevents all danger of blood poisoning and causes the injury to heal in about one-third the time required by the usual treatment. For sale everywhere.—Adyt.

A suspicious-looking barrel consigned to a local No-License advocate caused some amusement at the railway station this morning. The consignee promises that the readers of this journal will sample the liquid in the form of printer’s ink at no' distant date. In our report of the Native Concert held at Moutoa, we stated that the music for the dance was supplied by Messrs Cochran (piano), Rimmer (cornet) and Sass (violin). This should have read Messrs Cochran (piano), T. Rimmer (violin) and Sass (cornet).