LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 601, 25 November 1909, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

We direct attention to a replace advt. from Mr G. H. Stiles. Read

Mr Black notifies that he intends to hold an auction sale on Saturday next, and will continue same next week in premises next Mrs Hussey, Main Street. The Greenwich Observatory stales that Halley’s comet is now 80 times brighter than in September, and a four-lined tail has issued from the main body. At the local police couif this morning, before Mr Hornblow J.P/, Frank Coyle was convicted for drunkenness, fined 10s and ordered to leave the town.

We remind the general public of the show in the Public Hall tonight: There was a splendid attendance last night. The Borough Band played a programme of spirited music last night which will be repeated to-night. Mr T. W. Driver, the clever magician who hit up Spiritualist Bailey and exposed his apport trickery, is in town to-day making arrangements for his clever exhibition here next Monday night. He is sure to be greeted with a bumper house. Mr G. B. Nicolls, Southland organiser for the No-License Party, considers that his party hit upon the best plan calculated to finish the liquor trade problem most speedily and finally and with the least strife, trouble and expense to the country, also with a minimum of hardship to those in the trade. The trade has secured almost as long a lease of life as the most optimistic of them expected. It is possible now that prohibition may be carried in 1911. The party holds a convention inWellington, when its attitude to the Bill will be finally decided. A circular issued by the Labour authorities with a view of ascertaining the feeling of Radical members as to whether a Labour party should be formed in the House is not exciting much comment, says the Dominion. According to one of the advanced Radicals, a step in the direction in question will be taken sooner or later, if there is not further legislation in the interests of the wage earning classes. Up till now the workers, he says, have considered that their interests would be best conserved by a Liberal-Labour alliance. It is not expected that the proposal to establish a separate Labour party will receive much support. “A Girl Clerk,” in a letter to the Otago Daily Times, says that the time has come for girl clerks to unite and form a union. “If the union of male clerks is not going to advocate that girls doing equal work with men should not receive the same pay,” she says, “then we cannot do better than support them, and make the union as strong as possible. If the male clerks are going to oppose the employment of girl clerks, then it behoves us to form a body for our own protection without any delay. I understand, however, that the union will advocate ‘ equal pay with equal work,’ so I hope the organisers will be supported by every girl clerk in Dunedin.”

From the Vice Consul of the Argentine Republic we have received a copy of poster calling attention to the International Agricultural Exhibition, which is to be held in the Argentine from June 3rd to July 31st 1910. The poster gives certain statistical facts re the development of this Republic, and the exhibition promises to be one of exceptional magnitude to which European, American and Asiatic countries are sending exhibits. The Vice Consul (Mr Fergus), states that he has been requested by his Government to lay the facts before the Agricultural, Pastoral, Mining and Mercantile Communities, and will be happy to give any information in his power to those persons desirous of exhibiting or simply going to visit the exposition. His address is Dunedin.

A lady traveller writes in an exchange: When staying in the Sand wick Islands I had au amusing experience with my Hawaiian servant. Now, there, servants insist on calling you by your first name. Ours was always saying to my husband, ‘‘Yes John,” and to me, ‘‘Very well Mary,” etc. So when we got a new cook I told my husband to avoid calling me “Mary,” as then, not knowing my name, he would have to say “missus” to me. So John always called me “sweetheart” or “dearie,” never “Mary,” but the watchful fellow gave me no title at all. One day we had some officers to dinner, and, while awaiting the repast I told them of the ruse I had adopted, and added, “By this servant at least, you won’t hear me called Mary.” Jnst then the new cook entered the room. He bowed and said to me-. “Sweetheart, dinner is served.” “What ?” I stammered, aghast at his familiarity. “Dinner is served dearie,” answered the new cook.

Mr Parkes, he local watch maker and jeweller is opening up a splendid assortment of gold, silver and electro-plate goods suitable for presentations. Watch the window displays,*

A farmer and seven other members of his family were murdered in Prussian Poland. The use of bloodhounds led to the arrest of the farmer’s two brothers-in-law, who recently lost a lawsuit with the deceased.

Teacher : “And what do we learn from (this beautiful story of Jonah and the whale?” Bill Smith : “That the blokes what talks about their catches ain’t the first fishin’ skites in the world.” Owing to the poor nominations received for the Sheffield Handicap proposed to have been run on December 2nd, the Committee of the Foxton Athletic Club have decided to cut the event-out.

The Union Steamship Company advises that an increase of ten per cent, in passenger fare, and of 25 per cent, in freight rates, will be made between New Zealand and Australia, commencing with the Moana this week. Coastal rates will not be altered.

The termination of the Financial Debate, says the Lyttelton Times, is regarded as an augury that the autumn session will not be necessary. Many Government members who refrained from speaking on the Address-in-Reply had intended to have a fling on the Financial Debate, and their selfsacrifice indicates a desire to help the Government to get through by Christmas if possible. “Are you the King of the Costers ?” was the query put to a witness at the Auckland S.M. Court. The witness modestly denied the imputation, but subsequently admitted owning 17 vehicles, which he let out to hawkers, who sold fruit for him upon commission. He also admitted that one man sold 208 boxes of strawberries on a particular day and made id per box. In another case it was stated a hawker purchased £9 worth of strawberries one day.