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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 844, 26 May 1910, Page 2

Mr Daniel Bayly, a very old resident of Taranaki and Wan*, gauni, died suddenly as the result of apoplexy early on Sunday morning. Deceased, who was 75 years old, came to New Zealand when about five years of age, the family residing in He had been a settler in the district for over 30 years. William Jones, an unemployed labourer, of Sunderland, was found lying on the doorstep of his domicile with his throat cut and in a critical condition. A neighbour, in stepping over him and entering the house, was horrified to find within the house the dead bodies of Jones’ wife and their four children (all under eight years old), with their heads nearly severed from their bodies.

It is reported says the Masterton correspondent of the Dominion that attention is again to be devoted to flax milling in the Wairarapa. There are several flax areas in the country around Masterton, from which good fibre has been obtained in the past, and there seems no reason why, with the market prices ruling, milling industry should not again be made to pay. In almost every home throughout the land sewing machines are to be heard as they slip through the materials. They are guided by women who are not only making warm winter clothing for themselves but shirts, pyjamas and undergarments for their men folk as well. These are the women who will be keenly interested in the announcement by Collinson and Cunninghame of splendid values in flannelettes, patterns of which country clients can have sent to their homes.

A correspondent of the Oamaru Mail records the plucky action of Mr Joyce, the fireman on the Kurow train. On Saturday morning whilst the train was at Hakataramea one of the tubes of the engine burst, and but for Mr Joyce’s prompt action its arrival at Oamaru would have been considerably delayed. Wrapped in a sack, Mr Joyce crawled into the smoke-box, and while the boilinghot water and steam were escaping in all directions plugged the tube, thus preventing the fires from being extinguished. i A double wedding at Canterbury recently has produced a remarkable relationship tangle. The parties were Moses Skeats, 72, retired publican, and Florence Cole, 24 ; J. Wigley, of London, 70, and Florence Skeats, 40. The bridegrooms were widowers and the brides spinsters. The marriages took place together. Mrs Wigley is the daughter of Moses Skeats, whose wife is the sister of his youngest son’s wife, thus as well as being sister-in-law to Menses Skeats’ youngest son she is also his mother-in-law to her own sister, while Moses in addition to being lather of his wife’s sister’s husband, is also his brother-in-law.

An old woman of Richmond, Indiana, 90 years of age, according to the Daily Express New York correspondent, has just heard news which probably no old woman in the world has heaufd before—certainly not since the age of Methusaleh. She has been informed that her great-great-great-great-graudchild has safely entered the world. The child is the daughter of Mrs Charles Eane, who was married when she was 14. Mrs pane’s mother, who now becomes a grandmother, is only 28, and looks years younger. She was married at 13. There are two breaks in this wonderful family chain, but five generations are still alive.

At a meeting of ladies held at the Methodist parsonage yesterday afternoon it was decided to hold a tea and public meeting on Wednesday next, June Ist, when delegates from all parts of the circuit will be present. The delegates will meet at 3 p.m. to transact business. At 6.30 p.m. tea will be provided in the schoolroom, after which a public meeting will be held in the church, when the balance sheet for the past quarter will be read, and short humourous speeches .by visiting ministers will be delivered, also solos by local talent. Tickets may be had from members of Christian Endeavour Society, is each, children half price. Next Sunday is thanksgiving day, when the special offerings for the day will be devoted to circuit work.

A prominent unionist in South Canterbury recently expressed in emphatic terms his belief that a third party was urgently needed In the House of Representatives, and he was confident that such a party would be formed soon. The workers, he said, in conversation with a reporter, received little satisfaction from either the Liberals or the Oppositionists, and in fact the difference between the two parties was a thing he could not define. The time was opportune for the land tax to be applied t to the towns, for even in Timaru there was a disgraceful system of monopoly. “Fat men” who owned large properties kept the rents up and madeteghe workers’ lot a hard one. the married workers were in a good financial position, and all of them seemed to be slaving from dawn to dark to keep the grocer, the baker, and the property owner. Better industrial laws were rey quired. That was what he ana his fellow-leaders were striving for, and if it was at all possible a thoroughly representative Labour Party would attain it. The first important step in the campaign would be to nominate a Labour representative for each constituency in the Dominion, and that course had been decided upon.