LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 607, 9 December 1909, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr W. Pegden, furniture manufacturer, of Palmerston North, has a replace in this issue. Last night our local amateurs Staged the Ticket-of-leave Man in the Druids’ Hall, Shannon, to a very appreciative audience. A general meeting of the Foxton Chamber of Commerce will be held in the Council Chamber tonight.

Members of the Horticultural Society are reminded that a general meeting will be held in the Council Chamber to-morrow night. A full attendance of members is requested. The ordinary meeting of the Borough Council will be held on Monday next at 7.30 p.m. Business : To receive tenders for annual services and for lease of section 488, and general.

One of the arrivals by jthe Athenic last week experienced somewhat unexpectedly “ the milk of human kindness” during the later portion of the trip. He joined the vessel at Hobart —as a stowaway. The saloon passengers paid his passage, while some of the second saloon passengers subscribed sufficient money to enable him to land in the Dominion with more than a couple of pounds in his pocket. It is persistently rumoured that the High Commissioner (the Hon. W. Hall-Jones) will probably resign his office and return to New Zealand in the course of a few months. It is suggested that he will then probably be appointed to the Legislative Council. Mr Hall-Jones’ health has not been good in London, and it is probable that the New Zealand climate would agree with him better.

A curious accident happened to a little boy named Clarence Deeprose, after playing in a field at Ninfield, near Bexhill, says the Dannevirke Advocate. It is supposed that he felt tired, lay down and went to sleep. A grass-cutting machine drawn by two horses came along, and before the driver knew or / saw the child, he was caught in the machine, and the toes of one foot aud the heel of the other were cut off. The boy, who is only four years old, was taken to the hospital at/ Hastings, where one foot had to be amputated.

Mrs Crooks, wife of Mr W. Crooks, the Labour M.P., states that the women of the working classes at Poplar do not take an interest in the Suffragette movement ip England. Those who study politics, indeed, are opposed to it. The Suffragettes are agitating for fhe granting of a property qualification to women. The working women want the complete franchise. “If the Suffragettes get what they are clamoring for,” Mrs Crooks said, in the course of conversation, “what will become of the Labour vote in Parliament.”

A small sprinkling of rain fell in this district yesterday but not sufficient to lay the dust. As a result of the dry spell, household water supplies are giving out and the gardens and crops are getting cooked. It is in seasons such ’as this that one realises the benefits of a water supply. Why, the saving effected in vegetable and flower gardens alone in many cases would more than cover the rate struck for sucli purposes. The Mayor informed our representative yesterday that the Council hope to have the engineer’s ' report and estimate for perusal at next Council meeting. “Drawing the colour line ”—a procedure much in favour in some of the United States of America—appears to have reached New Zealand, but in this country the drawing is being done by the coloured man. The occurrence took place in the Forty Mile Bush, near Dannevirke, last month, when a gang of Maori shearers struck work because a white man had been given a stand in the shed. The result was that the white man was dismissed. He sued the runholder for £2O damages for breach of contract, but the Magistrate (Mr McCarthy, ) held that plaintiff could have obtained shearing work elsewhere two days later, he was entitled only to the which defendant had paid into court.

Describing a day in the House of Commons, the London corre'spondent of the Sydney Telegraph remarks about the Chancellor of the Exchequer: —Mr Eloyd-George speaks again and again. He is all courtesy, urbanity, good-fel-lowship. One might think that he loved the Dukes as brothers. But one can’t miss his force. . His explanations of subtle and intricate land taxation problems and proposals are as sunshine. His tact would do credit to Mr Asquith, and his manner to Mr Balfour, or even to a Duke. We thipk of him at Eimehouse and at Newcastle, and wonder at the wide range of this “little Welsh attorney.” To-day, after months of almost unprecedented Parliamentary efforts, he is looking keen and fit.

known Foxton identity left a large sum of money by lahppl aunt in the old country. , ■ We have to thank Mr Healey, chemist, for a neat ‘pockw|(|£| calendar, which also contains insurance policy coupon, ' We understand that the question of the site of the co-operative freezing works has been definitely settled, and that the Waingawa site has been decided upon.—Wairarapa Age., 1 A meeting of creditors in the bankrupt estate of C. T. Easton will be held in the office of Mr R, Moore, solicitor, on Friday next, at 4 p.m., to discuss the offer made 1 by Mr A. S. Easton. Miss Nellie Laing (daughter of Mr Laing, late of Foxton) is to be married on the 22nd inst., to Mr F. Hutchings, town clerk of 'b Woodville. Mr C. Collins, of the Universal Supply Store, invites inspection of his is table. He has also a large assortment of seasonable goods including biscuits, cordials, fruits, etc. Mesdames Henderson and Cunningham have been appointed Foxton agents for the Frimley (Hawke’s Bay) orchards. Orders for fruit of all descriptions will be promptly attended to- Telephone No. 56. Mljor-General Robley, a well* sji known collector of Maori relics, ■- has made an interesting discovery in an English country house. He came across a “mere” and a “tiki” which had been brought to England from New Zealand by Captain Cook in the Discovery, and which had remained ever since in the hands of his descendants, Mr F. E> Jenks'has been appointed local agent of the P hoenix Assurance Company. This wellknown and old-established Com-» pany, which has paid upwards of in claims, now transacts all classes of accident insurance, workers’ compensation, personal accident and sickness, public liability, fidelity guarantee, mortgagee’s indemnity, burglary, and plate glass risks at the lowest rates. , The time-honoured custom of remembering friends by sending them Christmas greetings is again upon us. The Herald printery in order , to supply the wants of patrons, indented some very chaste cards for printing which have now arrived. We can only , supply a limited quantity of each variety 1* and as they are the. very latest we - advise patrons to 'place orders,,, early. Prices including own printed message, 6s 6d per dozen.* At the Wsthganui Education Board meeting last night, a pleasant surprise was sprung t upon the Chairman (Mr F. Pirani), / by the members of the presenting him, with a golq sovereign case filled to mark the fact of his having attained his fiftieth birthday. The presen- ‘ tation was made by Mr Spurdle, senior member. Mr Pirani ex- . pressed his appreciation of the goodwill shown by the members of the Board, A novel form of advertising was announced -by Mr Montgomery for to night’s entertainment, viz., a lucky seat competition. The seats will all be numbered and one from the front and one from the back seats will be selected and placed in a sealed envelope and handed in to the local paper office during the afternoon, this to be opened after the interval and the person occupying the seats whose number corresponds with those in the sealed envelope, will receive the respective prizes, viz., 10s for the front and 5s for the bafck seats. / The sittings of the Supreme Court have been fixed for next year throughout the Dominion. In the Wellington Judicial District the following are the dates set down —Wellington r Criminal sessions commence Wednesday, February 2nd ; Monday, May 9th ; Monday, August 15th ; Monday, November 14th. Civil sessions commence Monday, February 14th ; Monday, May x6th ; Monday, August 22nd ; Monday, November 21st. Palmerston North: Criminal, civil and divorce com- ; meuce Thursday, February 10th; Monday, May 23rd ; Monday, August 22nd. Masterton— Criminal, civil and divorce commence : Monday, February. 28th; Monday, September sth. A case of considerable interest to motorists —and other users of ' the public highway —was heard by Mr A. D. Thomson, S.M., on Tuesday, when Percy Farland, drover, sued the New- Zealand Farmers’ Motor Company for value Of a sheep dog killed by one of the Company’s cars on the Rangitikei Line on the evening of the the 13th October. Mr Cooper appeared for plaintiff and Mr Graham, of Feilding, for defendants. The evidence showed that plaintiff, in company with another v. drover and about half a dozen dogs was coming towards Palmerston at about 7 o’clock on the evening in question. He had just y crossed the Kawau bridge when he noticed a motor coming past tbe Family Hotel towards him. It •was going at an excess!vh speed, according to plaintiff’s evidence, and , in passing ran over one of his dogs. The dog was on the. wrong side of the road, but Farland ordered it to lie down. The dog evidently misunderstood the command and attempted to cross in front of the car, with the result 'that it was run over. The case lasted all the afternoon,voluminous evidence being tendered on both sides. His Worship held that the speed of the car was excessive, and gave judgment for plaintiff for £ls aqd costs

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■Messrs Fbwler and Gordon ad- ' veftise additions to their list of properties for sale. An abstract of the audited balance sheet of the Moutoa Drainage Board appears elsewhere in this issue. Montgomery’s • Entertainers appear in the Public Hall to-night when a complete change of programme will be submitted. The company will play at Sanson to morrow night and Rongotea on Saturday night. The editor was dying, says an exchange, but when the doctor bent over, placed his ear on his breast, and said, “Poor man! circulation almost gone !” the dying editor sat up and shouted: “You’re a liar; we have the largest circulation in the country.” The coach from Otira foi; Broke River yesterday was delayed tor half an hour under exceptional circumstances. While at the top of Arthur’s Pass, spoo feet high, a passenger gave birth to a male infant. The other passengers did all they could for the mother, who with the child, was taken to the Bealey Hotel.