LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 501, 30 October 1909, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr E. Ball left Foxtou on Thursday last, for a month’s holiday in Sydney. The local tennis courts are being well patronised almost every evening. The ladder competitions have been commenced. Mrs F. W. Frankland gave an evening to a large number of guests at her residence, “Okataina,” last night. A most enjoyable time was spent. At the local Court this morning, before Mr Hornblow, J.P., a first offending inebriate was convicted and discharged.

The good attendance shield at the local State school was won this week by Standard V. and VI. with a percentage of 95. The services in the Methodist Church to-morrow will be conducted in the morning by Mr H. Smith and in the evening by the Rev. P. J. Mairs, whose subject will be “Tenderness, or the Story of a Cincinatti Pottery.” A very successful school concert was held at Maugaweka last night. The programme, which had been arranged by Mr Adams, consisted of 36 items, including a laughable farce, wherein “Jumbo Crambo,” a clever and versatile baby elephant, created roars of laughter. A novel and interesting meeting (the first of its kind in Foxtou) will be held in the Methodist Church on Monday evening next, under the auspices of the Christian Endeavour Society, -when speeches will be delivered by the young people of the Church. The subjects and speakers are: Mr E. Cowley, “ A visit to the Queen” ; Mr A. Rimmer, “Chapel opening at Sajolas, Central Africa ” ; Miss C. Honore, “An Ox Waggon Journey ” ; others taking part are Misses Knewstubs, E. Cooper and Rimmer, Messrs H. Smith and’G. Huntley. Mr M. H. Walker, who is treasurer of the Mission Fund, will occupy the chair and present prizes to all juveniles who have assisted in raising funds for same. A collection will be taken up at the close of the meeting.

Do not forget to have your summer hat renovated or a new one made to order,at G. H. Stiles’, where an expert milliner is kept.

The Railway Department advertise train arrangements for the Palmerston Show.

The services at the Presbyterian Church to-morrow will be conducted both morning and evening by the Rev Mr Aitken. The evening subject will be “Belief and Unbelief.”

The Secretary of the Athletic Club has received promises of a number of donations towards the funds of the Club, all of which will be publicly acknowledged in a subsequent issue.

We remind readers of the auction clearing sale of Mr Heyes’ household furniture and effects at the premises, Cook Street, on Monday next. A full' list of the goods to be sold appears elsewhere in this issue. Owners and trainers are reminded that nominations for all events at the Feilding Jockey Club’s meeting on November 30th and December Ist, close with the the Secretary, Feilding, on Friday next, at 8.30 p.m. Several of the trophies to be competed for at the Athletic Club’s annual sports meeting are on exhibition in Messrs Fowler and Gordon’s window, Main Street. It is expected to have the whole of the trophies in the window early next wek.

The Athletic Club committee have all arrangements in connection with their annual sports gathering on the King’s Birthday well in hand. The cj'ding and sprint tracks have been receiving attention during the past few weeks and promise to be in better order than usual this year, The entries for all events are most satisfactory and it only requires a fine day to make this year’s gathering the most successful in the history of the Club. At the evening service in the Presbyterian Church to-morrow Mr H. C. Phillips, lately of the Royal Welsh Singers, who it will be remembered toured the British Colonies recently and received such praise for their magnificient singing, will sing the new sacred song entitled “Into Thy Hands. This is one of Newman Wolsey’s latest songs and is dedicated to the memory of the late Sir Henry Irving. Mr Phillips possesses a rich well-trained voice, and those who have an opportunity of hearing him will be delighted with his rendering of this fine song.

To-morrow is the Patronal Festival of All Saints’ Church. This is a special day for the Anglican communion in this district. There will be two celebrations of the Blessed Sacrament, so that all may join in the thanksgiving service of the day. The evening service will be fully choral. A solo will be rendered and the choir will sing the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittes to a special setting. At the evening service there will be a special preacher, and the vicar will take the prayers. The Vicar hopes that the festival will be a means of drawing together a large number of worshippers, for the spirit of All Saints’ Day is praise and thanksgiving.