LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 813, 12 March 1910, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Owners and trainers are reminded that acceptances for all handicap events, and entries for the Maiden Scurry, at the Feilding Jockey Club’s Easter meeting, close with the Secretary, Feilding, on Tuesday evening next, at 5.30 o’clock.

The Town Clerk informs us that Dr. Scannel reports a case of diptheria, in Baker Street, Foxton. The good attendance shield at the local school was won by Standards V., VI., and VII., with an average attendance of go'2. Two miners named J. O’Malley and F. White at the Waihi Company’s mine, met their death as a result of a fall down the ladderway of No- 4 shaft. O’Malley was a single man and White was married. The Foxton Harbour Board notify that the by-laws and regulations for the government of the local port will come into force on April Ist next. Copies of the by-laws and regulations may be seen at the Board’s office.

In connection with the sculling championship of the world, to be rowed on the Zambesi between R. Arust, holder, and E. Barry, English champion, subscriptions being raised to pay Barry’s expenses have reached a total of nearly

A meeting of the local Presbyterian Church managers was held on Thursday night. It was decided to circularise members and adherents in reference to a new system of assured finance, and other routine matters were dealt with.

Mr J. W. Tong, builder and contractor, who is at preseu erecting the wharf for the Wes Coast Steamship and Trading Co., advertises that be is prepared to submit plans, specifications and estimates for all classes of work in brick, concrete etc.

The services at the Presbyterian Church to-morrow will be conducted both morning and evening by the Rev G. K. Aitken. In the morning Mr Aitken will have for his subject “Lessons from the Death of Lazarus,” and in the evening “ A Vision of the Dawn.” All are invited ; seats free. Harvest thanksgiving services will be held at the Methodist Church to-morrow and will be conducted by the Rev P. J. Jones, of Peilding. Special anthems will be rendered by the choir at both service. There will also be an open air services in front of the church at 6.30. Prayer meeting at 7a.m. Samuel Lidster, barman at the Warkworth Hotel, Auckland, committed suicide on Thursday. His body was found in the river. The condition of the corpse showed that Lidster had apparently attempted to cut his throat and then jumped into the river. He had been suffering from influenza, and was for some time under medical treatment.

An ex-resident of Feilding, uow of Foxton, speaking to our representative yesterday in reference to the water and drainage scheme, said that when water and drainage proposals were mooted at Feilding they met with a good deal of opposition, but now if any one said anything against tnem he would be ridiculed. “Anyhow,” he concluded, “ my vote is for the Foxton water and drainage proposals !” “With regard to the drink question in England,” says Sir Robert Stout, “ I believe that the distillers and the hotelkeepers in England are the rulers of the Conservative party, and that they were the most active influence in the rejection of the Budget. Mr Balfour himself said that there were two things in the Budget to which his main objections were given—the tax on land increment and the tax on licenses. That to some extent put the show away. It was the power and influence of the trade which have made all this trouble- We in New Zealand can have no conception of the influence wielded by the trade in England or of the appalling extent of the traffic itself.” The Review of Reviews for March is just to hand, and the reading matter is excellent and varied. The main character sketch is of Mr Herbert Gladstone, the Governor-General of United South Africa, and is very fine. But there is another startlingly interesting one on the “ Late King Leopold.” It paints in lurid language the character of the king who made his administration of the Congo a bye-word and a reproach among the peoples of the earth. The world’s latest thought is given in a nutshell in the section devoted to the leading articles in the Reviews, and the busy man can find nowhere a better epitome of the world’s current thought. At the Wellington Supreme Court this week, George Alexander Gray and others proceeded against Susan Mary Dawson and others for partition or sale of a property at Foxton which includes the Post Office Hotel. The action was brought by several tenants in common. Plaintiff considered it would be beneficial at the present time to sell the property. The defence was a denial that it would be beneficial to sell. It transpired that the rent of the hotel was six pounds per week, and in addition a sum of had been paid in cash for a three and a half years’ lease, which expires in July, 1912. Mr C. F. Cook (Marton) appeared for the plaintiffs, Mr Treadwell for the defendant Mrs Dawson, and Mr Bolton for the other defendants. His Honour reserved his decision.