LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 816, 24 February 1910, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Thomas Rhodes Christian, aged 69 years, banged himself at Christchurch on Tuesday. Mrs Tippler, representative of the Indian and Oriental Importing Company, advertises that she will visit Foxton with an assortment of goods about the 25th inst. A modern six-roomed house, with all conveniences, and half an acre of land, is advertised for immediate sale by Mr Cochran. Mr Woolhouse, a talented violinist, late of London and now residing in Palmerston N., advertises that he will open classes of instruction in Foxton if sufficient inducement offers. Terms and further particulars may be obtained from Mr H. C. Cochran.

During the next few days Collinsou and Cunninghame, Ltd., will clear the balance of their summer goods. The stock includes table lines, sheeting, and other household linens. Autumn goods are now being opened up.*

Two brother Poles and a Russian, tailors by trade, were among the passengers who arrived at Wellington by the Tainui on Saturday. All three satisfied the requirements for admission of aliens into New Zealand.

A dispute between a Spanish Attache at the Loudon Embassy and a Paris manufacturer, owing to the former smoking in a nonsmoking railway compartment, led to a fierce duel with swords in Paris, Twenty bouts were fought, the encounter lastiug over an hour. The diplomat was wounded four times before the seconds prevailed on the duelists to desist.

We remind ratepayers of the meeting to be held in the Masonic Hall to-morrow night for the purpose of discussing the proposal to borrow ,£20,000 for a water supply and drainage system for the borough. The meeting will be addressed by His Worship the Mayor and others and the engineer Mr Climie, who furnished the reports will also be in attendance.

The following is the advice of George Hackenschmidt, the Russian Lion, to the Rotorua Maoris : ‘Yes, you are very good, and very kind. But if you want to be a strong people you must work with your head and develop your body. Fat, I tell you, I tell everybody, is as dangerous as sin, and kills sooner. But to have everything right, every muscle just responsive—ah, it is good life and great fun.” A speaker at the recent meeting held at Cromwell, says the Argus, stated that it was now quite a common thing to hear of men offering to pay a large premium for the right to kill the rabbits on a block of country for the winter, with the provision that they can keep the skins. As the ordinary rate on the station runs to about 2os per hundred for poisoning work, and at the prices ruling last winter tor skins the return would possibly run into fully 40s per hundred on the high country blocks, there is a good margin left to pay a premium with, as a couple of men for a winter’s work often collect as many as 10,000 skins off a block in three months. The new issue of New Zealand postage and revenue stamps, which appeared in the Dominion on the King’s Birthday, is now finding its way to England. Already, the stamps are being strongly criticised. The new portrait of the King is considered to be a caricature of His Majesty. A gentleman engaged in the stamp trade puts the case in the following words: ‘‘Suppose you were to cut the portrait out and have it enlarged, you would not know it was the King. The New Zealand portrait gives a very good idea of what a fairly ancient Jewish patriarch might be expected to represent,” A director of Messrs Stanley Gibbons said the generally accepted opinion among collectors was that the photograph of the King was so bad that it was to be hoped the entire issue would be withdrawn.

Lord Kitchener’s promptitude and tact helped the people of Milton out of what might have been a slightly embarrassing situation (says the Otago Daily Times). The Field-Marshall’s train was drawn up at the station, and in the course of his address of welcome the Mayor (Mr Duthie) faltered and stopped. “You will excuse me, sir,” he said, looking up at Lord Kitchener, “but I have lost my nerve.” Instantly Lord Kitchener replied in a loud, cheery voice, “That’s all right, Mr Mayor ; it’s a good thing to have a nerve to lose.” The strain was magically removed. The Mayor recovered himself, and made an eminently happy little speech, to which Lord Kitchener as suitably replied.

Messrs Archer Bros., ladies’ and gentlemen’s tailors, advertise the arrival of new goods.

About 1200 men were under canvas at Hagley Park for inspection by Bord Kitchener. The Christchurch manoeuvres were completed at 11 a.m. yesterday. Thos. Redmond, aged 39 a customs officer at Wellington, died from injuries received through being knocked down by a cab on the 14th inst. A special meeting of the Borough Council will be held in the Council Chambers to-night, when Mr Climie will be in attendance, and the water and drainage schemes will be fully discussed. The remains of the late Bishop Benihan will be interred in St. Patrick’s Cathedral. The body is embalmed, and will remain in the Bishop’s palace till this evening. It will then be removed to the Cathedral, and lie in state till tomorrow (Friday) morning, when the funeral will take place. On Saturday night Mr K. Furrie cycled to Wellington and returned on Sunday. He left Foxton at n.rc o’clock on Saturday night, arriving in Wellington at 7.30 the following morning. He left Wellington again at 6.15 on Sunday evening and arrived home at 5.15 a.m. on Monday.

Messrs Newth and Carter advertise that they have commenced business as dairymen and are prepared to deliver milk regularly in any quantity. They have just had made to their order an up-to-date milk float which is absolutely dust proof. Their motto is: cleanliness, civilitv, punctuality.

Prams and pushcarts are advertised in another coloumn by the Nonpareil Cycle Co., who have just opened up a large shipment of them, and have them now on show at their Palmerston N. shop, next door to the Fire Brigade Station. Owing to their exquisite designs, it is expected that the demand will be great. Nonpareil Cycle Co., Coleman Place, Palmerston North.*

A trap containing three members of the Foxton team was returning from a cricket match at Himatangi yesterday and when nearing Foxton the axle snapped, a wheel came off, and as a result, a general shake up all round. The brake containing other members of the Foxton Club picked up the wrecked ones and brought them into Foxton.

A young man named Johnston was arrested at Foxton yesterday by the police, charged with the theft of a gig and harness at Otaki. He was brought before Mr Hornblow, J.P. and remanded to appear at Otaki to-day. It appears that the police were informed that a young fellow was endeavouring to dispose of a horse, gig and harness for the sum of £lO. This aroused their suspicions and it was not long before the owner of the gig was located and the young fellow placed under arrest.