The Manawatu Herald. Thursday, December 16, 1909. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 609, 16 December 1909, Page 2

The Manawatu Herald. Thursday, December 16, 1909. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Marton Chamber of Commerce has decided to suggest to Mr B. R. Gardner (Mayor of Eevin), the convener of the deputation, that the interview with the Prime Minister to urge a trial survey of the Eevin-Marton railway be made should be held at the close of the present session of Parliament. “One of the greatest curses that can fall on a young man is to have removed from him any necessity and every prospect of having to make his own way in the world,” said the Attorney-General in the legislative Council. “Many a young man has been made a shipwreck by having too much wealth left him by his parents.” The Scottish method of observing the oath, by holding up the right hand instead of “kissing the Book,” would appear to be growing in popularity among medical men, at least judging by the fact that three out of four doctors who gave evidence at the Christchurch Arbitration Court elected this method of making the affirmation. “Thank God we kept the flag flying,” the memorable words of Sir George White upon the relief of Eadysmith, were called to mind by a large hospital flag which fluttered in the breeze at St. Paul’s fete in Auckland ou Thursday night. It was, indeed (says the Herald), the principal medical officer’s flag that blew over Eadysmith during those 119 days stubborn defence, which preceded General Buller’s arrival in March, 1900. The war-marked flag is understood to have come to Auckland in company with a returned soldier, and some there are who hint that thereby hangs a tale. At an Anti-Chinese meeting at Masterton on Saturday evening, Mr Cameron stated that it had been estimated that there were not more than one hundred New Zealanders in all China. At the present time there were over 5000 Chinese in New Zealand, or one for every 200 whites. In China there is only about one person of all white* nationalities to every six thousand Chinese, and in comparison with the proportion of Britishers there is only about one Britisher to every 50,000 Chinese. “Surely, then,” said Mr Cameron, “the exclusion of‘ New Zealand people from China would be a small price to pay for our racial purity in this country.” The Prime Minister will agree with us that above all things it is desirable that this Dominion of ours should be safe, says the Auckland Herald. We can afford to differ upon internal matters with the bitterness of brothers, provided we held fast to the fundamental family agreement that no stranger shall be allowed to interfere with our affairs. And we are pleased to be able to say that Sir Joseph Ward has done well and is doing well for the national safety. His systems for naval and military defence are sound. But to get the best results from sound systems it is necessary that they should be intelligently and sympathetically and popularly administered; J

The Chronicle states that building operations are in full swing in Levin at the present time. An advertiser desires to purchase a few household kerosene lamps. Mrs F. Lawton, of Coley St., advertises for private sale, drawing room suite (nearly new), carpet, lamps, etc. All the cottages at the Beach are booked for the Christmas season and many are now occupied. A large number of visitors intend to erect tents at the seaside this season. The tender of J. W. Toms for the erection of a wharf, etc., at Foxton, has been accepted by the West Coast Steamship and Trading Co., Ltd. Mr Shadbolt, caretaker of the local racecourse, is taking a very keen interest in the course and its appointments, and hopes to have everything in splendid order for the annual meeting next month. A resident informed us this morning that he was desirous of having his house connected with the gas mains, but was informed that the work could not be undertaken for at least two years ! Mesdames Henderson and Cunningham notify that ice creams may be procured daily at their shop, Main Street, All fruits in season on sale. The firm are also local agents for the famous Fritnley orchards, and orders entrusted to their care will receive prompt attention. Mrs G. Gup well, proprietress of the Manchester Boardinghouse (corner of Main Street and Avenue Road) advertises board and residence at reasonable rates. Fish and chip potato suppers every evening, is. Fish suppers cooked on the premises for home consumption. A London correspondent writing under date November sth : —Mr R. McNab, late Minister of Lands, has taken up his residence at Sutton, in Surrey, and within easy reach of London. He is pursuing at the Record Office in Chancery Lane his researches into the early history of New Zealand, and will shortly visit Paris on a similar quest. “You talk about empty houses,” said a traveller to a Wairarapa Daily Times reporter, “but it is better to see a few empty hotels than to see dozens of empty dwelling houses. Even if the hotels are empty, I imagine the pockets of many of the citizens are fairly full.” A petition is being circulated and largely signed in Masterton urging that certain properties on the East Coast be acquired for closer settlement. It is understood that some 5,000 to 6,000 acres adjoining is, with the consent of the owners, being included in the petition. Thus the total acreage which the Minister for Lands will be asked to acquire is about 23,000 acres. Mr Witt, chief officer of the mail liner Plauen, accidentally fell overboard when the vessel was twenty miles off the coast on her voyage from New Caledonia to Sydney. A lifebuoy was thrown overboard, and Mr Witt got hold of it. A boat was lowered, but before it could reach him the officer had disappeared. Mr Witt was evidently taken down by a large shark, which was seen in his neighbourhood. At 1 Wellington, yesterday, David Bates, who a fortnight ago after a drinking bout, assaulted two women, inflicting injuries on one of them with a table knife, was sentenced to four months’ and two months’ imprisonment, on each of the two charges, the sentences to be concurrent. One of the women who was cut by the knife in various parts of the body, was also kicked and thumped until unconscious. She has been in the hospital, but was able to give evidence. The second term of the vicar’s Bible instruction class at All Saints’ Church terminated yesterday. Doris Small again attained the highest number of marks in the whole class, and received the vicar’s prize for the best attendance of the girls, her marks being 45 out of 45 ; Maggie Procter came 2nd, with 43 marks. Among the boys Harry Bradley secured the vicar’s prize, with 43 marks out of 45, Jimmy Vidulich being second, 42. The next term begins at the commencement of the school term next year. A correspondent of a Sydney paper draws attention to the Canadian method of strike prevention. The Canadian Act provides that in the case of a dispute in any industry known as a public utility, it shall be unlawful to declare a strike or lock-out before the dispute has been investigated by a board of conciliation and. investigation. To this board, which is established in the case of each dispute, the workers name one man, the company one, and these two choose a third. Should they fail to agree, or should either party refuse to choose a representative, the Government completes the board by appointment. These three men then investigate the trouble and make a report, which is published broadcast throughout the land. After its publication, the men have the right to strike, or the 1 company to declare a lock-out, if ( they so desire; the enforcement i of the board’s recommendation is 1 left to public opinion, and in j ninety-six per cent, of the cases j that have arisen, that has proved ( effective. Fifty-five cases have 1 arisen since the enactment of the < law, and i n 53—a1l but two—the ] board’s recommendation, backed I by the force of the popular sense « of justice, has been carried into } effect, i

While a bridge was being ecustructed at Naples, the chains up- * holding the airbell snapped, and fourteen of the workmen were drowned. On a charge of selling liquor i iiiN|f a no-license district, D. H. John- * son, late licensee of the Ranfurly Hotel, Hketahuna, was" fined .£SO, and Mrs Johnson on a similar charge £SO, and Miss Blackie, a niece, £25. Similar charges against Mr and Mrs Kelleher were dismissed. The Premier stated in the House .**" on Tuesday that he intended to bring in legislation to prohibit pony and galloway racing, and the House would also be given an opportunity, it it thoughc proper, of aboliHing licensing of bookmakers and the totalisator. Mr Massey announced his intention to oppose the legalisation of book- * makers. Herr Hollweg (German Chancellor), speaking in the Reichstag, said he fully and sincerely agreed with Mr Asquith’s remarks as regards the object of wisest statesmanship to maintain friendly relations between Britain and Germany. He (the Chancellor) felt sure that the interests of both countries could be better served in the future, and would be more free and straightforward, and this attitude was expressed. in the negotiations between the two Empires. The London Express reports that a gieat sensation has been caused in society circles by the disappearance of Viscount Churchill’s wife. She has not been seen since she left St. Pancras Station a fortnight ago. It is understood ■ she consulted a spiritualist, who assured her, on advice from the spirit world, that it was her duty to leave her husband and take their children away. Viscount Churchill married in 1887 Lady Maud Lowther, daughter of the Earl of Lonsdale. Monday was the 39th anniversary of Mr Massey’s landing in New Zealand. He was then a boy, in his 15th year. His people had previously settled in New Zealand, and he had been left at Home at school. When he arrived in Auckland, the authorities were just commencing to build the railway to Onehunga. Mr Massey came out in charge of a friend named Wyllie, who is still living, at the age of 94, only two miles distant from Mr Massey’s farm at Mangere. A splendid stock of beautifully framed panel, pictures are adve*<_ 1 tised by Mrs Hamer, of Economic, at from 2s fid each. This is a special Christmas offer, and already the pictures are finding a ready sale, so that those in need t of same should secure them early in order to save disappointment/., Mrs # Hamer has also a and varied stock of presents aSSt-; able for Christmas and New Yam gifts, while her assortment of toys for the children, and games, etc., would be hard to surpass. Call and inspect.* As instancing the rapid growth of trade between Canada and New Zealand within the last three or four years, Mr de Schry ver, representative of the Canadian Manufacturers’ Association in Auckland, pointed out to a Herald representative that while the exports from Canada to New Zealand were valued at ,£118,565 and the New Zealand exports to her sister Dominion totalled £3850 in 1904, the figures for 1908 were Canadian exports ,£198,688, New Zealand exports ,£51,408. The trade between Australia and Canada had also increased proportionately. y—“Lots of people besides farmers would like to be able to vary their contracts at their own sweet will,” says the Dunedin Star, “but they are not sanguine enough—we had almost said impudent enough—to ask Parliament to free them from their obligations. The proposal to concede the freehold to tenants under the Land for Settlements Act, should be denounced, scouted, resisted, even if it came from the Conservative Opposition or a Conservative Government; coming from a Liberal Ministry, the supposed custodians of the "Bal-lance-Seddon-McKenzie tradition, it amounts to a betrayal of trust ' and an outrage on political consistency without parallel in the Parliamentary annals of New Zealand. A great physician once said 1 that if every one knew the value of buttermilk as a drink it would be more freely partaken of by persons who drink so excessively of other beverages, and further compared its effects on the system to the cleaning out of a cook stove . that has been clogged up with ashes that have sifted .through filling every crevice and crack saying that the human system is like the stove, and collects and gathers refuse matter that can in no way be exterminated from the system so effectually as by drink- *•" ing buttermilk. It is also a remedy for indigestion, soothes t and quiets the nerves, and is very somnolent to those who are troubled with sleeplessness. Its medicinal properties cannot be overrated, and it should be freely used by all who can get it. Every one who values good health should drink buttermilk every day in hot weather, and let tea, coffee, and water alone. For the benefit of those who are not already aware of it, I may add that in the churning of it the first pro- j cess of digestion is gone through, H;* making it one of the easiest and quickest of all things to digest. It makes gastric juice, and contains properties that readily assimilate with it, with very little wear upon the digestive organs.— Hall's Journal of Heklth.

Master W. Barber’s name appears among the list of prizewinners at the breaking-up ceremony of the Palmerston North High School. He secured prizes in the junior division for bookkeeping and shorthand. A Forester has lately died in Wellington who joined the Order in 1885, and it has since paid to and for him sick pay 105 > benevolent grants, gs 6d, x contributions .£l3 13s 2d. funeral allowance £SO, making a total of Miss May Walden, of Moutoa, has decided to accept nomination for the Wellington Times world tour contest, and is busy canvassing for votes. Local subscribers to the paper can leave their votes in a box for the purpose at Mrs Nye’s stationery shop. We wish Miss Walden success. A general meeting of members of the Foxton Horticultural Society will be held in the Council Chamber this evening, for the purpose of adopting the catalogue for the autumn and winter show, drawn up by the Committee last Tuesday, and also to mark the good work done on behalf of the Society, by its enthusiastic President. A full attendance of members is requested. Speaking to a Nelson Mail reporter, Arnst, the champion sculler, said he had just cabled a reply that he would require £250 expenses for the Zambesi match. He proposes taking Jack Arnst and Fogwell as trainers. The £SOO wager with Barry, laid down under the regulations for a challenge of the championship, he enforces, as he considers it a world’s championship race. Arnst is continuing energetic training in the Nelson Harbour. Perhaps it is a good thing that the Dominion has just passed through a time of financial depression, which should have instilled caution < against overspeculation. Had this year’s high price of wool been obtained last year, before that caution was given, we might, says the Timaru Herald, have seen the speculation in land carried to very much greater and more mischievous lengths than it was before the check came., It is rumoured that a young Maori chief, of Wairarapa, is to be sued by a half-caste girl, also of Wairarapa, for a breach of promise of marriage. The damages are to be laid down at .£3ooo—such is the effect of civilisation among Maoris. A generation or two ago, a “ Tana,” or war party of the aggrieved lady’s tribe, would have taken vengeance on the lives and lands of the, offending party, which would have been cheap at the above sum. H The leakage of current on the ” electric cars is sometimes painfully obvious during wet weather, says the Christchurch Press. A day or two ago, a passenger in the act of handing a penny to the conductor received an electrical shock which was so strong and unexpected that he promptly dropped the coin on to the floor and refused, to have anything more to do with it. The conductor, it transpired, was standing upon a couple of bolt-heads which protruded through the footboard, and immediately he touched the passenger’s penny, the circuit was completed, and such electricity as was flowing about promiscuously thus found a convenient outlet for its energies. A deputation of Quakers waited on the Premier at Wellington this week with reference to conscientious and jeligious objections to the compulsory military training clause in the Defence Bill. The deputation thanked Sir Joseph Ward for including the conscience clause in the Bill and said the members were prepared to undertake civil duties so long as they had no connection with war. The Premier, in reply, said the defence system which New Zealand proposed to follow was not one of militarism but a system of educating the people how to educate themselves. People who had conscientious objections would have those objections respected. The Government was anxious to prevent any jingoistic spirit permeating the country and to see that we did not descend to the spirit of militarism noticeable in other countries. The Palmerston correspondent of the Wairarapa Times says: I must say there is a deal of drinking going on in Palmerston. Many have asked me what is thought of prohibition in Masterton. From a moral point of view, Masterton, in my opinion, is a cleaner town than Palmerston—far cleaner. I saw a woman in a helpless state of intoxication on one of the seats in a portion of the really charmingly laid out enclosure on the Square. It was an ugly sight in that most picturesque, well-kept, prettily-arranged promenade. Occasionally a male drunkard sleeps off his carouse on one of the seats, v He Is safe there. He is only resting. None can say him nay. He has a right to enjoy the beauties of the surroundings and go to sleep- If he can walk when he awakes, he can straightway, it he has the necessary coin, go and satisfy his craving. Complaints are made of the abominable practice of writing filthy words, in large letters, on walls, fences and the footpaths. I was reliably informed a day or two ago, by a citizen of good standing and a J.P., that an offence of this kind, in an aggravated form, has been traced to a young girl of highly respectable parentage. Your pick of summer dress fabrics at*G. H, Stiles’ for is gd per yard, usual price up to 4s lid.*

A thunderstorm, accompanied by welcome rain, passed over this district this afternoonWe direct attention to Messrs O’Connor and Tydeman’s replace advt. appearing elsewhere in this issue. The local State School breaks up I for the summer vacation tomorrow. During the afternoon the good attendance certificates for the past two years and other prizes will ba awarded. The following were awarded proficiency certificates at the recent examination held at the local State School Victor Betty, Guy Edwards, William Nye, William Speirs, William Weller, Elsie Nye, and Myra Wanklyn. Competency certificates were obtained by Charles Brewer, Clara Hart, William Krebs (Std. V,), and Alfred Edlin (ex-pupil). Parents and friends- of the scholars are invited to attend at the breaking-up ceremony of the local State School to-morrow afternoon, at 2 o’clock. Besides the awarding of good attendance certificates some special prizes will be given to deserving scholars. The prizes will ’be presented by Mr Alt. Fraser, member of the Education Board. The anniversary of the local Methodist Sunday School will be celebrated on Sunday next. The children have been practising anniversary hymns for some time past, under the conductorship of the Rev. P. J. Mairs, and are acquitting themselves admirably. A platform is being erected on either side of the rostrum, by Messrs P. Sherrett and R. Rimmer, to accommodate the little ones. The Rev. C. A. Sim, of Wellington, will be the preacher for the day. The School Committee desires to thank the following, for donations towards the school prizes to be presented at the breaking-up tomorrow afternoon: —His Worship the Mayor (G. H. Stiles Esq.) ios 6d, Messrs G. Coley ios, J- K. Horn blow ios, P. G. Jackson (headmaster) ios, Alf. Fraser two annuals (“ Boys and Girls j Own”), R. Parkes a watch and silver pin box, Mrs Nye “Girls’ Own Annual,’’Fowler and Gordon 55,. Chung Wah 5s and a tin of lollies, E. Healey ss, A. R. Osborne 4s 6d, C. H. Collins two tins of lollies, M. H. Walker tin of lollies. A meeting of the Borough Conncil Works Committee was held yesterday afternoon at 3 o’clock. The asphalting of the footpaths was inspected and the work passed. The committee inspected the culvert in front of Mrs Hudson's property in the Avenue, where she desires to put in pipes in the drain. They recommended that she put in a concrete pipe three feet in diameter or a wooden bridge. It was pointed out that the latter would be just as efficient and more economical. It vyas decided to asphalt the holes in the footpath between the Court House and Manawatu Hotel. It was also decided to remove an obstruction, i.e. pine roots, from the roadway in Park Street near the Park entrance. Palmerston will probably lose the ministrations of the Rev. Isaac Jolly, Moderator of the Presbyterian Assembly. The Rev. Mr Jolly, who for the past eight and a half years has occupied the pastorate of St. Andrew’s, has received a call from St. Stephen’s, Ponsonby, Auckland, and at the invitation of the Northern congregation will preach in their church on 19th December. Mr Jolly has been assured that the call is a unanimous one, and that no other name has been considered. During his residence in Palmerston he has rendered great services to education both primary and secondary—and his departure will be regretted by the citizens.