The Manawatu Herald. Tuesday, May 17, 1910. FRIDAY'S MEMORIAL SERVICE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 840, 17 May 1910, Page 2

The Manawatu Herald. Tuesday, May 17, 1910. FRIDAY'S MEMORIAL SERVICE.

|J r is ironed that all who can make it convenient will attend the memorial .service to bo held in Vutoria Park on h'riday next. Prior to the service a procession will stmt from the Post Office, headed by the .Borough Panel and | members ol local bodies, State | school cadets, school children and cuizeus. A close holiday will be observed so that there can be no excuse, except indifference, in absenting oneself from the .service. When a prominent citizen i passes to ihe Great beyond it is | cnsiomaiy to follow his remains ; to -.heir resting place—be he Jew i or t-entile. This as a token of . 11 sped, to the memory ol the fie- ‘< ■ , ;] - t 1 11 i ] mn;\* . i. * IWilldi't' tHa w i u.-. 1i i i rc,v : oc ' rxiiouah tne sciiuol : - m'-v-m vis ;;rallied a holiday : . Ia,IV, U IS idle wish id lllC a a i-c i ■ am a dace Tail parents will ; T -. . lie e, im mis is i ■ho object ol a ces.s iliun Jroin | u lias, bln such an occasion j 1.-k .a, ni,i is: no sectarian '•uinilulfishncss; the loss is common la Inc luiio;: and united we should publicly dMUonstiale oar respect to me nieiuoty ol one whose object was to draw ail people into a | closer bond at hroiiicrhoo-i. : - - .il IN!) GENERAL. I . . . ..d ; | - v j|j | )e ; - ; ■a. C rid ! y next, on the ; a e lie iao. King’s amerai. ■■ a c and v y ; a I in- chit relies : p arc m.-aue mi sendees were I liai l in -meeetio with She death ■. vesy - i.\eie «,ioriJV passed over , a s ha; jsK ! earn a noi >n yesterday 'a. 'a;•' ,i a■ d ay , I).;:, ey dOWllj : a; ~i liaii, dd.e weather since i .siimlas is v cry much colder. ToI day ia ia at sunshine, | Oil nmiday lasi Ail Saints’ was i beaut dully draped in purple and I Tael., by Mrs Stewart and Airs | iAston. The mourning will re- | main until alter ilie memorial s.-rvix on I' ' iua V. | Constable Sweeney, who pro- ! aeedeu to Wellington on Supreme | Conn business, had to lay up in j tiie hospital through an attack of I pneumonia. He led the insiiluj li.m yesterday, bid is still unlit for

Uni : (i..,mlwncc greeted l ne ]• uduoliwti el Fast l,yim by die Phil Welsh I iramatic Co., iu the PuhlF ! lell on Saturday night, i'he pm was Well played llirougli-

A .special meeting o; the Foxtou rial hour iJtxud to discuss preliuiijuo)c,s m coiiiiectiou with the propo.-u; interview with the Minister lor Kali ways re purchase of the local wharf, will be held in rainier:., ton N. on Thursday.

Tiie Mayor desires us to stale that there will 'ne no special invitation., issued, except through the press, tu attend the memorial service iu the Park on Friday next. Kveryone is cordially invited to join in the procession and attend the service.

Our attention is called to the fact that very lew persons locally, arc wearing the emblems of mourning for the late King. It has been prescribed that men should wear a black badge in the lappel of their coats and the fair sex a black baud above the elbow.

There will be a special memorial service authorised by the Bishop of Wellington, iu All Saints’ on Friday morning at n o’clock. This service will consist of the burial service in the Prayer Book, with additional prayers lor the King and Royal Family. After the office the Nunc Dimitlio will be sung by the choir. We acknowledge receipt, Irom an anonymous donor, of a niunorous picture card depicting certain well-known local identities indulging in a game of bowls. The facial expressions and striking

attitudes ot the enthusiasts to be are very amusing. Among those caricatured are a well - known clergyman, banker, constable, editor, town Berk, councillor and someone “going knapp.”

The local State school re-opened yesterday after the term holiday. The annual general meeting of the Foxton Horticultural Society is advertised to be held in the Council Chambers to-morrow evening, at S o’clock.

A social under the auspices of the Presbyterian Church, will take place in the Masonic Hall on Thursday, 26th inst. Full particulars will appear in next issue.

Mr A. D. Clemett has been asked by the citizens committee, who are carrying out the arrangements for Friday’s memorial service, to officiate as marshal of the procession, and has consented to do so.

Tuxuiy, beauty and comfort are what most ladies are seeking this weather. After a long summer we arc apt to led the least pinch of winter weather, so we try to make ourselves as comfortable as possible. A very seasonable announcement of good values in furs is made by Messrs. Collinson and Cunninghame in this issue.*

A united choir practice in reference to the memorial service io be held on Friday next, is advertised to take place in the Methodist schoolroom to-morrow (Wednesday) evening, at 7.45 o'clock. All vocalists are cordially invited to assist, and members of choirs are requested to bring their tune books. The Rev. P. J. Mairs will conduct and Miss Jenks will preside at the organ. Miss Blake, who has taken a teaching engagement under the Wanganui Fducatiou Board, was presented by the scholars of the Presbyterian Sunday School prior to her departure last week with an ebony and silver brush and comb, and hand mirror as a mark of esteem. The presentation was made by the Rev G. K. Aitken at the manse, and the recipient suitably acknowledged the gift. For many years the petition of Mr Joshua Jones, praying for compensation for dispossession of a large tract of land on the left bank of the Mokau river, Taranaki, has been regularly brought before Parliament. So familiar arc the -daimant and his claim ml 1 is bet’.wi known as

\n Jones.’’ He took up the

the land under a lease which was rendered irregular by fresh legislation, as a consequence of which it passed to other hands. The Government has now decided to appoint a Royal Commission to inquire into the claim.

i hi; Hawke’s Bay Herald repm is that a youth named John Petersen who was committed to Wellington for sentence for breaking into a store at Ashley Clinton, made his escape from the lock up at Waipawa. Frederick Bergeusen, who was confined with Petersen, gave the alarm. Petersen hid until the search for him was abandoned, when he set out for home at liakaretu, where he was captured by Constable Feruleigh uul b:ought back to Waipawa. An interesting experience which betel the diver (Mr May) at present engaged on salvage operations in connection with the Waikari wreck, who had been inclined to ridicule the statement that the blue cod will attack any moving objects under water, no matter bow formidable they may seem, is told by the Bluff correspondent of the Otago Daily Times. While Mr May was pursuing his submarine researches, a big cod suddenly hove in sight, and showed unmistakable evidence of a design to join in the undertaking. The diver made at least three splashboard movements to drive it away, but the fish was not to be so easily disposed of. He seized the diver by the finger, leaving incised wounds sufficient to testify to the wholeheartedness of the assault. It was not untill the diver brought his sheath knife to bear on the subject that the question at issue was finally disposed of and the cod driven off.

An advertisement in another column gives particulars of continuation classes which are to be conducted by the headmaster in the school on Monday and Thursday evening of each week. Students will be prepared for the Standard V. Competency and St. VI- Proficiency examinations, which are held in the school at the end of the year. The value of the Standard VI, Proficiency Certiiicate is now generally recognised. It is the entrance examination to many branches of the Civil Service, and gives a student a free place at a high school or technical classes. There is no doubt chat the young people will avail themselves of such a profitable way of spending the winter evenings. Classes in English and arithmetic will also be arranged for students who hold St. VI. Proficiency Certificates.

The s.s. yueen of the South while attempting to cross the bar on Friday last, at n a.m. struck the channel and was carried by a strong southerly set on to the south spit, which left her lying hard and fast about 100 yards from the river channel. On Friday night the Planet and punt with salvage gear were despatched, but meeting with a heavy sea on the bar were also in difficulties, and could not communicate with the stranded vessel. On Sunday morning cable and anchor was laid to the river but on an attempt being made to haul on it the anchor dragged. On Monday a steel hauser was laid across the river attached to a log buried in the sand on the north side. By keeping a steady strain on the hawser together with the vessel’s screw going astern, the ship was shitted about five lengths. At high tide this morning she was successfully floated, and will be berthed this afternoon. The vessel sustained no damage, and no cargo was discharged.

Correspondence from “ Single Bagger ” will appear in our next issue.

Mr Lazarette notifies the public that he has just received a consignment of Stewart Island oysters.

The local tennis club euchre party and dance postponed from the nth instant will be held on

June 3. There have been eight incinertions in the crematorium at Katori (Wellington) since its establishment.

The recent stormy weather has played havoc with the flags flown half-mast. Some have been torn to tatters.

The Protestant Defence Association, Adelaide has decided to emphatically protest against any alteration being made in the King’s coronation oath. Mr P. J. Hennessy advertises for the return of an Irish flag (green with harp and crown). The flag was probably borrowed for decorative purposes and not returned.

Mr J. H. Gill, of South Dunediu, has completed an aeroplane 35ft long with a 32ft span, for competition for the Commonwealth prize of ,£IO,OOO. An expert from Cody’s yards superintended the building. William Patrick McDermott, found guilty on a seiies of charges of forgery, was sentenced in the Supreme Court at Wellington, to three years on each charge, the sentences to be concurrent.

Fxtraordinary precautions eclipsing those observed when the Czar visited Cowes, are being taken to protect the seven monarchs who will attend the funeral. The King has replied to a joint letter from the Agents-Geueral, stating that he greatly appreciated the touching assurance of their feelings towards himself.

Wellington’s newest gasholder is the largest in the Dominion, if not in Australasia, having a capacity of 1,500,000 cubic feet of gas —only a day and a half’s supply for Wellington city. Some idea of its size may be gained when it is stated that when full the top of the holder is 120 ft from the level of the ground, and is no less than 150 ft in diameter.

The Kltham Argus is on the track of some of the local councillors, or is it merely that its sense of loyalty has been shocked and its conception of the proprieties outraged ? it remarks that at the Proclamation ceremony at Ellham on Tuesday, Borough Councillors were conspicuous by their absence ; the only two on the Post Office steps alongside the Mayor were Crs- Hill and Tayler. “What were you doing at the time of which we are speaking ?” asked counsel ot a seafaring witness in the Supreme Court, Wellington. “Attending to my business,” was the curt reply. “But what was your business?” persisted counsel. The answer was unexpected, and the witness caused a ripple of laughter right through the Court by saying, “looking round!” Further enquiry on the part of counsel made it clear that the witness was looking round and working at the same time.

Speaking in Perth recently the Rev. John Ferguson, of Sydney, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Australia, said: —“It is a great scandal that so many men and so much properly should be wasted in the different churches, where one man could do the work of three. I hope that some of us will live to see the day when in the whole of Australia the distinction between the Churches will be swept away and all will be the children of God in one Australian Church.” —Sydney Stock and Station Journal. The fact that the ta.il of Halley’s comet is calculated to come within close proximity of the earth on May ryth is evidently causing a little uneasiness in the minds of some timid people (says the Auckland Star). In one household the maid asked this week if she could have a holiday on the 19th, as her mother wished the whole family to be together when the . dreaded event occurred. Seeing that this dreaded comet is known to have kept its course without damaging the earth from before the sack of Jerusalem by the Romans, it seems fair to assume that it will miss this world, as it has done in the past, every 70 or 75 years.

I,oaely Opotiki impressed Colonel Knight, of the Salvation Army, with its potentialities during his recent tour of the North Island. “I believe that Opotiki is a coming district,” he remarked to a Dominion representative. ‘‘ln some ways it reminds me very much of Gisborne, and in other ways of Eltham. If ever the railway gets to that part of the world, and the back country is thrown open, I believe that it will carry a big population. The district has a superb climate.” “So near and yet so far” might be the lamentation of Opotiki. It is 26 miles from Rotorua, and the journey takes a day and a-half by coach, and it is 40 miles, or a day’s coach journey from Tauranga.