LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 857, 25 June 1910, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The attendance shield at the school this week was won by Standard IV, with an average attendance of 93 per cent. Mr Carter has landed at his Moutoa farm this week some well-bred Jersey stock, including some of the best blood in the Dominion. We understand these cattle are to join the Awa Downs dairy herd, which will eventually be wholly composed of Jersey and grade Jersey cows. In our last issue we published a paragraph, culled from an exchange to the effect that Miss Adelaide Thompson, a young native lady, who left with a party for Salt Lake City, had died on the voyage. It is now found that this is not correct, the rumour having started through a mutilated cable message being recived in the district. Mr Henry Apatari, a cousin of Miss Thompson, informs the Manawatu Standard that there is no foundation for the report, he having received information to the effectjihat she was well when the vessel reached Fiji. Yesterday Mr Geo. Bowles, of the Mormon community, Auckland, wired, stating that word had been received by cable from Honolulu that all in the party were well. Before leaving Palmerston Miss Thompson was indisposed, and her condition may have led the Maoris to give credence to the rumour of her death, which they circulated. Last Seven Days Sale ending 2nd July, about 50 curly Beaver coats to be cleared at almost half-price at G. H. Stiles’ stocktaking sale.*

The National Sweet Pea Society of New Zealand has decided to hold its first show at Palmerston North on December 7 and 8. The Wellington Ladies’ Guild have presented a bagatelle table to the two le.pers on Quail Island, and they are reported to be playing night and day. The services in All Saints Church to-morrow will be taken by the Rev J. Blackburne, vicar of Hunterville. At the evening service Mrs Boyes will sing a solo. At a public meeting held at Rangataua on Friday night, it was resolved to suggest that the Government make a trial of a Statecontrolled hotel at Rangataua. Fifty-one applications were received in London in response to the advertisement for three veterinary surgeons to serve under the New Zealand Government. In Hawke’s Bay county 226 motor cars and cycles are registered, while 190 are registered with the Hawke’s Bay County Council and Napier Borough Council.

An Invercargill land agent reports that never in his experience has he known money to be so plentiful as at present. Applications for securities consisting of freehold property are coming in every day, and interest will surely come down shortly. It is stated that Mr C. A. Pownall, a Masterton solicitor, will contest that constituency in the Government interest against Mr A. W. Hogg, ex-Minister of Labour, at the general election. Mr Hill, the “ unofficial ” Opposition candidate at the recent Auckland East bye-election, states that he will contest a seat at the next general election ; he further says that he is authorised to say that he will receive the official support of the Opposition. Mr G. McKnight, one of the Labour candidates for Auckland East, has informed a Herald representative that his total expenses had only amounted to 16s. In addition to this, however, Mr McKnight’s deposit of £io was forfeited.

An Auckland hotelkeeper complained to the City Council against the frequent invasion of his premises by coroner’s juries. The Mayor suggested that unless there were no morgue within three miles, a licensee could decline the honour of such invasions.

A missionary returned from India told his New Plymouth audience the other evening “ that the Hindus worshipped bulls and cows and erected temples to them.” A Taranaki journal has remarked that some of the residents of that district have a somewhat similar religion. Advice has been received by the secretary of the Cambridge Cooperative Dairy Company that a shipment of pigs sent Home on behalf of shareholders has realised 6d to per lb., of which the producer nets about The Home buyers consider the pigs eminently suited to the requirements.

Asked, at the conclusion of his pre-sessional address given in Auckland, whether he considered the Ministers of the Crown were honest men, Mr Poole, M.P., said he had not examined their characters in private. Some were very reputable men, and some not so reputable, (Daughter). Some he would not trust with all he possessed ; some with very little.

A remarkable occurrence is reported from Pukerau (says the Mataura Ensign). A baby girl, which was born there at the beginning of this month, is stated to have a distinct portrayal of the comet on the left breast. At birth the mark developed in the form of a white scar, but it has now assumed a bright red hue. It is asserted that the child’s mother took no particular interest in the comet. Jack Rabbit, who for a quarter of a century has threatened this great district with ruin (says the Wairarapa Daily Times'* has really been the mainspring of its progress and prosperity. He has forced a thousand settlers to clear and improve their properties when they did not want to clear and improve them, and he has compelled them to destroy all harbours for Jack and his relations, until it has come to be recognised that under certain conditions Jack and his limitless family may become manageable.

The census of the Dominion will be taken next April, and this (unless there is special legislation in the meantime) will involve a redistribution of the Parliamentary seats. The increase of population in the North Island will, it is believed, entitle it to two additional members and bring about a reduction in the South Island. Some of the North Island constituencies would be all the better for being reduced in area, for it is at present a great task for representatives to keep in touch with their constituents.

A Taranaki dairyman, Mr John Hume, has published figures showing the different results from hand and machine milking of a herd of 100 cows. He says that though be and his family have had an easier time he is putting the machines aside and going to milk by hand. His herd has been constantly culled, but the butter-fat fell from to ry.byilbs. The value from the herd during the previous season from hand milking was x6s gd, and from machine milking 1909-10 it was 9s id. The average test for the former season was 4.55, and in the latter 4.16. For Chronic Chest Complaints Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, Is 6d, and 2s 6d.

Mr Lazarette notifies that he has just received a consignment of oysters and crayfish. Call early to save disappointment. Mr T. R, Taylor, M.P., has been asked, and has consented to deliver an address in Foxton within the next six weeks.

Thousands cheered Jeffries on his arrival at Reno. He was accompanied by Corbett and Sullivan. Jeffries has sprained his thumb, and will take a rest for a week.

The great Anglican Mission, which was postponed in 1907, will commence in the diocese of Wellington in October next. The dates tor the visit to Foxton are October Bth to the 12th.

The mission in the local Catholic Church will commence to-morrow evening. It will be conducted by the Rev. Father Hunt, and will continue for a week, services being held daily both morning and evening.

The services at the Presbyterian Church to-morrow, will be conducted both morning and evening by the Rev. G. K. Altken. In the evening Mr Aitken’s subject will be “The Man Christ Jesus.”

The services in the local Methodist Church to-morrow will be conducted both morning and evening by Deaconeses Sister Moody Bell. The subject for the morning will be “The Shunamite,” and in the evening, “Upward Step by Step.”

Barry has completed his training in England and is in splendid condition. His weight is nst He rowed from Hammersmith Bridge to Bishop’s Creek in 6min zSsec, which is aasec faster than Hanlon’s time. He takes three boats with him on the steamer from South Africa.

Mr Pickett, a member of the Manawatu Rugby Union’s selection committee is in Foxton today, and will be present at the football match, Awahou v. Albion to be played on the racecourse this afternoon. Should Mr Pickett consider any of the local players good enough for the Manawatu “reps,” he will no doubt recommend their inclusion in the team. The EUham High School Committee is faced with a peculiar difficulty. It selected a male first assistant, but the one selected wrote to say that he had heard there was no house obtainable in Eltham, and he asked to be informed whether one could be obtained suitable for a young married man. The chairman replied that he did not know of any such house, but he would inquire further, and there, observes the Argus, the matter rests. At the Magistrate’s Court, Pahiatua, last week, a storekeeper was charged with not placing the necessary stamp on a receipt issved by him. From the evidence it appeared that the receipt had not been issued by defendant, but his clerk. Defendant, however, expressed his willingness to take the responsibility, but as the Magistrate held that it was only in China that one man could take upon his shoulders another’s crimes, the case was dismissed.

A Sydney resident, writing to a friend in New Zealand, gives rather a doleful account of trade in that city at the present time. The writer says: “ There is too much legislation in connection with trades in Sydney. There is too much casual labour. It is almost impossible to get a permanent billet —unless someone dies, and then you must have influence. A stranger can only get about two and a-half days a week on an average ; just enough to pay his board. If any establishment gets particularly busy, it only means working a double shift for a week or a fortnight then off again for a month or so.”

It will be remembered that during the last Home elections Mr Will Crooks, the well-known Eabour representative, was defeated for the Woolwich seat. A Wanganui resident informs the Herald that advice recently received by him from the Old Country states that one reason for Mr Crooks’ defeat was the way in which many of his supporters were prevented from voting for him. One large firm at Woolwich kept the men at work till nine o’clock at night on the day of the election, although the firm had never worked overtime before. A thousand votes were lost in this v way. It was further stated that at the Walthamstow contest a number of men went to a polling station to vote before going to work at 8.30 a.m. The ballot box was not there, and they could not get back to the polling booth in time to vote in the evening.

Mayor Gaynor, of New York, recently took the drastic step of cancelling the license of the New York Theatre, on Broadway, because the management were producing what the Mayor called “ a nasty play.” This was the first time that a New York Mayor had acted as a theatre censor, and his action caused a sensation. For two weeks the New York theatre had been running a play called “ The Girl with the Whooping Cough,” with Miss ValeskaSuratc at the head of the bill. In withdrawing the license, the Mayor declared that it would not be renewed until the management would guarantee “ decency in the future for their plays.” ‘‘The people,” said the Mayor, “have had enough nasty plays of this sort, and we must have something cleaner in New York.”

Now is the time to rug horses and cows. You cannot do better than place your orders with me for my famous rugs. W. E. Bullard, saddler and harness maker, Main Street.*