LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 817, 22 March 1910, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr James Stevens, Post Office Inspector, paid an official visit to Foxton yesterday.

The members of the Besses o’ the Barn Band were driven over from Eevin this morning. In this issue the Mayor advertises the result of the poll taken in connection with the water and drainage proposals. Mr E. Healey, chemist, returned to Foxton last night, alter a pleasant holiday spent in the Auckland province. In the recent cricket match, Foxton v. Shannon, Mr Witchell had the misfortune to have a rib broken, caused by a blow from the ball whilst batting. Mr and Mrs Herston Frankland left Foxton to-day to take up their residence in Auckland. The best wishes of their many friends will go with them in their new home. The Japanese warships, Sayo and Esa have reached Sydney, They received the usual salutes, and official visits were exchanged.

A special meeting of the Manawatu Flaxraills’ Employees' Union Is advertised to be held in their registered office on Thursday evening next at 8 o’clock, for the purpose of drafting new rules. The Russian Senate rejected the appeal of six schoolboys and girls, aged sixteen and seventeen, belonging to the town of Possessony and sent the whole of them to exile in Siberia for taking part in the organisation of a revolutionary association in igoT. A boy named Bacon, of Bolland’s Plains, near Port Macquarie, N.S.W., was given some detonators by another lad, who found them. Bacon’s mother, ignorant of their nature, told him to throw them away. He threw them into the kitchen fire. A terrible explosion resulted, and the lad was literally blown to pieces. The House of Lords Appeal Committee decided that the goodwill of the Chartreuse Liqueur Factory did not pass to the French judicial liquidator, when the religious institutions were broken up, and that therefore the monks now settled in England are entitled to the old tradesmans, and the liqueur manufactured by the French Government must bear a different mark. At the conclusion of the coroner’s inquiry into a fire in an ironmongery store on Jervois Road, Ponsouby, on February 26th, in which it was shown that outbreaks occurred at more than one place, the police arrested Walter Bates, occupant of the premises, and charged him with having wilfully attempted to set fire to the building, with intent to defraud the Royal Exchange and Standard Insurance Companies. At the Magistrate’s Court, Wellington, on Saturday, in the civil action, Jessie M. Parish and Louisa C. Stansell v. George Alexander Gray, a claim of ,£6l by two tenants in common against another for the use and occupation of the Post Office Hotel, Foxton, Mr W. R. Haseldeu gave judgment for plaintiffs for rent on the unexpired lease, amounting to £l7 6s 3d, and costs. Notice of appeal was given by plaintiffs.

The Hoi Takes Chronicle accuses Lord Kitchener of having made a pun. While escorting him over the Whakarcwarewa Reserve, it says, Maggie, the guide, was explaining to him that the very worst thing one could do to Maoris —the greatest insult that could be offered —was to compare them to something that they were in the habit of eating, such as to call a man a pig. In the olden days the punishment for such a crime was death. “In that case,” said Lord Kitchener, “it wouldn’t do to call a nice Maori girl a deer (dear)," Throughout the Lower Waikato (says the Auckland correspondent ot the Auckland Herald) there appears to be a unauimily of opinion that a mistake has been made in proclaiming the coming season a close one for game. Both ducks and imported game are repotted to be very plentiful, and, in fact, pheasants are in greater evidence this season than they ha\e been for several years past, and they are doing considerable damage to crops of maize and turnips. It is hoped that the Minister for Internal Affairs will give effect to the wishes of ihe great number who are desirous of having an open season. In any case, farmers declare that they cannot allow the birds to continue throughout the season causing the present depredations to crops.

Mr W. Redmond, M.P., lost his temper when howled down by an O’Brienite crowd. “For seven years," he shouted, “I represented Fermanagh, where I had to tight with ray life in my hands against Orangemen, pud I tell you there is no mob in Ireland that can cow me. There is only one way to put me down, and that is to kill me. If any of you want to tackle me, I am ready for you. I’m not a very big man, but my blood is Wexford blood.” Apparently party feeling is nothing to the animosity that divides the two sections of the Irish Party.

At the inquest on Armytage, who shot himself in a Melbourne Club, the coroner perused a letter left by deceased, addressed to the secretary of the Melbourne Club. He referred to his disappointment at not receiving an appointment in the War Office, which he was anxious to secure. The test of the letter referred to the disposal of his effects, and showed that he contemplated suicide. The Coroner'remarked Anpytage wars in the prime of his life qmd had everything he could desire —youth, wealth and health—but just one thing was wanted and that he could not get, and it drove him to self murder. A verdict of suicide was returned, with nothing to show the state of his mind at the time.

Mr Tuohy, a county i resident, asks us to publish a protest against the methods adopted by the borough dog tax collector to collect the dog tax. He states that on Saturday last his little boy was sent to town to get the mail and was accompanied by a sheep dog. On going home the borough dog tax collector met him in the Avenue and attempted to take the dog from him, which so upset the boy that his screams could be heard for a great distance. Had not Kir Cook happened along at the time matters for the little fellow and the dog would have been serious. Mr Tuohy says that as he is not a borough resident the dog tax collector has exceeded his duty and he intends to appeal to the Borough Council for redress.

If in want of Birthday, Wedding or other gifts, go to Parers’, he jeweller, the shop for presents.*

No further cases of diphtheria are reported. A severe earthquake was felt locally last evening at 6 o’clock. Railway excursions for Raster are advertised elsewhere in this issue.

The seven strippers which have been running at Miranui flaxmill will be reduced by three or four during the winter months. The adjourned meeting of the Foxton Bowling Club will be held in the Council Chamber to-morrow evening at 8 o'clock. All members and intending members requested to attend.

The pounkeeper notifies by advertisement that if seven calves impounded at the Foxton pound are not claimed and expenses paid they will be sold on April 2nd. John McDonald, on remand from Foxton, for helpless drunkenness, was at the Police Court Palmerston North yesterday convicted and ordered to pay cost of treatment £2 15s. The ordinary meeting of the local Masonic Lodge will be held this evening. Visiting brethren cordially invited to be present. Lodge tyled at 8 o’clock sharp.

The Besses o’ th’ Barn Baud performance on the racecourse this afternoon attracted a large number of people from all parts of the district. The programme was keenly appreciated. Captain James Henry Edward Holford, D. 5.0., has been committed for trial at the Old Bailey for obtaining tiaras and necklaces of diamonds to the value of several thousands of pounds from various jewellers, and then pawning them. Shamrocks, sent by Queen Alexandra, were, according to custom, presented to the Irish Guards at Aldershot on St Patrick’s Day, and trefoil was distributed in many Loudon hotels and charitable institutions-

The London Women’s Social and Political Union collected ,£31,686 during the past year, 20,000 meetings were held, 294 woman arrested, 163 imprisoned, and there were no “hunger strikers,’’ 36 of whom were forcibly fed by order of the prison authorities.

The local Amateur Dramatic Society held another rehearsal of “Our Regiment’’ last night. The stage-managership is in the capable hands of Mr Alf. Fraser, and everything points to a very successful production on May 4th. The other piece “Kleptomania’’ will also be put into rehearsal almost immediately.

On Saturday morning the Wanganui Chronicle stated that a man had jumped off the town bridge on Friday night. There is now every reason to believe that the unfortunate man was MrThos. Norwood, an old age pensioner, living on Taupo Quay. He had been in poor health for some time, and a letter signed by him indicates that the writer premeditated suicide. The police have been dragging the river, but with no result.

The Napier Borough Council has been notified that its application under the State Guaranteed Advances Act for ,£35,000 has been provisionally approved. The Hastings Borough Council has also been advised by the Government that their loan for sewerage and water supply has been granted, subject to the usual conditions. As we pointed out in our last issue Foxtou’s application for ,£20,000 was also granted.

An application for a further rebate of rates payable on certain flax lands was made to the Wellington District Hospital Board by the Plorowhenua County Council. The ground of the application was a diminution in the value of the lands. Consideration was given to the application at the Board’s meeting last week, and eventually it was resolved that the Council’s application could not be acceded to. Mr B, R. Gardener dissented from this decision, but the remainder of the trustees were unanimous.

A quaint report of a race meeting appears in the Te Kuiti journal. A horse called Tane, running at a Maori meeting, was disqualified on account of having had a feed of oats. The race, according to the paper, was awarded to the third horse, but what happened to number two is left to the imagination. Another race was won by Redwing and the paper states that “ Maitaiki also ran and his jockey seenjed to be busily employed jn holding hirq ip. Eventually he ran off the course, when beginning to look dangerous.”

It is stated that Miss Maude Bodmin, of the Hutt and the Civil Service, and her friends spent ,£2250, at the very least, to win the prize (round-the-world trip) offered by the New Zealand Times in its get-up-our-circulation contest, which concluded last Saturday night. Miss Bodmin scored 3,174,815 votes. William Webb, the ex-champion sculler, pulled into second place with 1,557,215 voles —and “Weary Willie” got a hundred-guinea piano ! Mr E. Gallichan, a motor cycle, third prize, for 1,218,193 votes. A ticket for a trip to Australia was won by a Petone man, Mr E. A- Connelly, and he had to get 1,218,193 votes for the prize. Mr E* T. Taylor, a well-known city spirit merchant, who bought his ticket for a trip Home some time ago and was very anxious to tour the world as “the most popular ipau, in New Zealand (as the winner of the contest),’’got a gold watch for his 714,180 votes, The Times has got a big smile on over the whole transaction !

Assisted immigrants to the number of 90, and other passengers who intend to make their homes in the Dominion, arrived at Auckland by the steamer Cornwall on Friday evening. About 34 were for Auckland, the remainder going to Napier, Wellington, Dunedin, and the various country districts. The new arrivals are a very presentable lot of people, and are likely to make desirable citizens (says the Herald). The pursuits of the men are represented by a variety of occupations, amongst them being farm hands, dentists, compositors, clerks, shop assistants, etc. Some have already got situations awaiting them through previous arrangement. Others are desirous of going on the land, and most of them seem very optimistic about obtaining employment. Included among the women are several domestic servants, and they, of course, will have no difficulty in getting situations.