The Manawatu Herald. Tuesday, November 16, 1909. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 507, 16 November 1909, Page 2

The Manawatu Herald. Tuesday, November 16, 1909. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Refreshing rain fell throughout this district at an early hour this morning.

At the local police court yesterday morning, before Mr Hornblow J.P., an inebriate was fined 10s. Mr Wauklyn advertises for sale two houses at the Beach, also building sections in the Avenue. A Chaper of the Manawatu Royal Arch Masons will be held in the local Masonic Hall on Thursday evening next.

An advertiser is prepared to keep tradesmen’s or flaxmillers’ books at lowest rates, or take any other position of trust. Mrs Stewart has consented to reproduce the juvenile Eastern play, (in aid of the Presbyterian funds) at Oroua Downs at an early date. Messrs Ross and Co., of the Bon Marche, Palmerston, announce a big purchase of ladies’ high class Kaiapoi costumes at attractive prices for this week only.* Mr Joseph Hicks, chief mechanical engineer of the Wellington Harbour Board, and a life-long resident of Wellington, was found dead in his bath by his wife shortly after 6 p.m. on Saturday. The following are the vital statistics for Foxton during the year 1908 :—Births (including four illegitimates), 69 ; deaths, 23 ; marriage notices registered, 22 ; marriages by registrar, 2.

The local Amateur Dramatic Society is journeying to Levin tomorrow where they will produce the “Ticket-of-Leave Man.” It is anticipated that they will be greeted by a large audience. A meeting of the Foxton Harbour Board will be held in the Council Chambers on Monday next at 7.45 p.m., when the appointment of a harbourmaster will be considered.

The Secretary of the Horticultural Society desires to acknowledge receipt of donations from Mrs A. S. Easton (£1 is), Mr Jas. Robinson (xos 6d), and Mr W. Kowan has donated a pig for weight-guessing competition. The number of marriages solemnised in New Zealand by the following . relig|6|s bodies during 1908 is as follows :—Presbyterian Church, 2,200 ; Church of England, 2,082 ; Methodist Church, 934 ; Roman Catholic Church, 919 ; Primitive Methodists, 282. ‘‘As a Christian Minister, I oppose drink, because it opposes me. The work I try to do it undoes. It is an obstacle to the spread of the Gospel, nay, it is aq enemy which assails the Gospel, and whose complete success would driye the Gospel from the earth.” —Says the Bishop Foss.

The Broken River train was delayed about three-quarters of an hour at Islington last week, owing to a signalman forgetting that it was coming through. As the signals were against him the driver of the train had to wait till the guard went forward to see what was the matter.

Mrs Brown, wife of Janies Brown, bootmaker, of Blenheim, was drowned while fishing for whitebait in Opawa river yesterday. Intending competitors in the Sheffield Handicap and Bicycle Road Race to be run on December 2nd, are reminded that nominations for both events close on Thursday.

The committee of the Foxton Athletic Club desire to publicly thank Messrs P. Hennessy and Co., for a trophy presented for competition at the sports on the King’s Birthday.

The Foxton Harbour Board advertise for application, to close at noon on Monday, 22nd inst., for the position of pilot and harbourmaster. Conditions of appointment may be seen at this office. At Christchurch, the other day Captain H. Rimmer was married to Captain » Miriam Albiston, daughter of Brigadier Albiston. Commander of the Salvation Army in the South Island. Captain Rimmer is a son of Mr Thos. Rimmer, J.P., of Foxton. A new drop scene for the local Public Hall is being painted by Mr Tarr. He is also completing an advertising drop scene, which will be very effective. The advts. will appear in medallions in a pretty setting of draped curtains, the whole being set off by a centred local scene.

Mr A. W. Bradley had some magnificient locally grown roses on view in his shop window on Saturday. The blooms were grown by Mr Bradley from trees purchased off a Palmerston nurseryman, which demonstrates that Foxtoil’s light soil can produce these flowers equally with heavy soil districts.

Special donations having been received for the children's classes at the forthcoming Horticultural Society’s Show, the committee has decided to increase the prizes in the under - mentioned classes to 5s first and 2s second : drawing from nature, boy or girl under 13 ; do do under 16 ; plain needle work, girl under 14; best decorated basket (girl); do do boat (boys); plain scones. The Rev. Dr. W. J. Dawson, speaking at Blackpool on the importance of prayer, said they had had enough sermons, and he would like some great church to make the experiment of discontinuing for a whole month the usual services, and having instead one great continuous meeting of the church for prayer. Then things would happen. The great revival would begin. Sub-Inspector O’Douovan, while walking along Broad Street on Saturday, in company with Dr. O'Brien, was suddenly seized with a fainting fit, and fell to the ground. The sub-inspector was vomiting blood, and was found to be in a serious condition. He was conveyed home in a cab, and received medical attention. He is now practically out of danger. A special meeting of the local school committee was held last night to make final arrangements for to-night’s concert, and to consider whether the committee would be represented at the Wanganui and West Coast School Committees’ Association, There were present: Messrs Hornblow (chairman), Rev Aitken (Secretary), Betty, Bullard, £eo. Coley, Henderson, Levett, Read and Alex. Speirs. A number of details for the concert to-night were satisfactorily arranged. It was unanimously decided to send the Rev Mr Aitken as delegate to the school committee association meeting, to be held in Wanganui on the 18th inst. It was decided to alter the date of the next meeting of committee from the 18th to the 29th inst.

The Christmas and New Year holidays are somewhat awkwardly placed this year. Chistraas Day (December 25) falls on a Saturday, Boxing Day on a Sunday, and New Year’s Day on the succeeding Saturday, which practically leaves the matter, of arranging on which days holidays shall be observed to the business people. The majority of the wholesale grocery houses in Wellington have practically decided to close up on the Friday, Saturday and Monday at Christmas, and only on Saturday at New Year. So far the wholesale softgoods firms have not considered the question of holidays, but as many have of necessity to make their holiday arrangements conform with those days on which business will be suspended, it is a question that might well be considered and settled at as early a date as possible. Speaking at the. banquet tendered to Mr Hockley, the defeated Opposition candidate for the Rangitikei segt, at Hunterville last night, Mr Newman said; “We have been sitting for five weeks now,” and have voted two large-, loans without having anything like an explicit explanation as to how a considerable portion of the money is to be spent. We have discussed the Hospital and Charitable Aid Bill, and have had an expression of opinion as to how the Government should spend its money to the best advantage in advertising in the press. We have a resolution approved by a majority of Parliament that the Government is justified in estimating the amount of money to be expended in advertising, not upon the circulation of the paper, but upon its political views. (Cries of “Shame.”'' Can you imagine the business ot any other institution carried on under such a system ?” (Emphatic cries of "No.”)

At G. H. Stiles’ calico and sheet ings can be bought as cheap as anywhere in the Dominion. Give the goods a trial.*

Mr Benjamin Gosling, senior, of Dandalo, Feilding, died there on Saturday, aged 82 years., Mr Gosling was prominently associated with racing in this district.

What ought to be done to weather prophets ? Queensland Ogg predicted for New Zealand last week “snow on the mountains and frosts everywhere,” and left out the earthquake.

In the Victoria Tenuis Championship poubles, Dr. Brookes (Vic.) ancj, Anthony Wilding (N.Z.) beat Rice and Campbell (N.S.W.), 6—2, 6—l, 6—4. In the Champion Singles, Wilding beat Brookes, 2 —6, 3—6, 6 —3, 6—3, 9—7A lady living at Wanganui is at present engaged in a long “ fast ” of 63 days. She has eaten no food, her sole nutriment consisting of the squeezed-out juice of one lemon or an orange daily, and for one week a teaspoonful of malted milk daily. The fast is being undertaken for catarrh and rheumatism of lifelong standing. The former has almost quite disappeared and the latter is mucn lessened. The lady is in excellent spirits, and takes daily exercise.