LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 858, 28 June 1910, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Parliament opens to-day. Entries for the next Himatangi stock sale are advertised in this issue.

Abe Attell defeated Owen Moran in ten rounds at Eos Angels, California. The police did not interfere with the fight. Jules Gaumier, with his arms and feet securely bound, swam from Putney Bridge to Mortlake, a distance of miles in 91 minutes.

Owing to a breakdown of her machinery, the Wootton was delayed at sea during her voyage from Wellington to Wanganui last Saturday. We regret to state that Mr G. M. Archibald, nephew of Mr W. S. Stewart, of Foxton, is seriously ill at Feilding. Pneumonia is the cause of the trouble.

At the local Police Court, yesterday, before Messrs Alf. Fraser and Hornblow, Justices, Peter Petersen was convicted on a charge of drunkenness, and fined 20s or four days imprisonment. The mission in the local Catholic Church, conducted by the Rev Father Hunt, commenced last Sunday, and is being well attended. Services are held twice daily. The mission will last for a week.

Mr D. S. Dickerson, Governor of Nevada, has informed “Tex ’’ Rickard, chief promoter of the Johnsou-Jeffries fight, that he will not interfere with the holding of the fight at Reno. The Archbishop of Canterbury confirmed the Prince of Wales at Windsor Castle. The Privy Council approved of an alteration in the Prayer Book to include the words “Edward, Prince of Wales.”

It was found yesterday afternoon, that several members of the Foxton Harbour Board would be unable to attend the meeting to have been held last night, and as there would not be sufficient to form a quorum the meeting was postponed until next Monday night. In Chambers, at Palmerston, on Saturday, before his Honour Mr Justice Cooper, Mr Cooper, on behalfjof Mr L. Reade, of Foxton, asked for an order for costs from the estate of Charles Thomas Easton. Mr Hankins, for Mr Easton, senr., opposed. His Honour refused the order.

Ten Education Boards out of thirteen having agreed to the conference of Boards proposed to be held in Wellington, the Wanganui Board has decided to fix the dates for Monday and Tuesday, August 22nd and 23rd. Two delegates and an official from each Board will be invited to attend the conference.

Mr Nottage, Government Orchard Inspector, is on the warpath, and had a number of orchaidists in court at Masterton last week. One was fined 20s and costs ; others who said they had cut down all their trees after receiving notice were fined 7s and costs. It behoves local orchardists to look to their trees before he arrives in this district.

A man named Thomas Craig, whose case presented many parallel points to the chase and capture of Powelka, was found guilty of murder at Grantham, England. The jury recommended him to the mercy of the Court. In passing sentence of death, the judge said that the recommendation would be forwarded to the proper quarter. Craig remarked that he had nothing to say, and was willing to face death.

The Otautau correspondent of the Southland Times reports an instance of endurance on the part of a woman. An elderly thrifty dame had chosen show time and cheap fares for her visit to Invercargill. On her way to the station she slipped and fell, and broke her arm. Nothing daunted she hurried on to the station, and to town, got her arm attended to, did her shopping, and returned home by the late train to the bosom of her family that evening.

A Wellington paper publishes a statement that some time ago a resident of Christchurch, who holds a commission as a Justice of the Peace, was arrested for drunkenness. As he did not wish it to become known that he had been so charged, he referred the matter to a member of Parliament, who, it is alleged, was successful in inducing the police authorities to have the name altered on the charge sheet. Recently, however, the facts came within the knowledge of another Parliamentary representative, who brought the matter under the notice of the Justice Department, by whom the circumstances are now being considered.

King George’s pet diversions, next to shooting, are smoking and stamp collecting. Another queer hobby is collecting babies’ photographs. The more comical the face of the baby the better its portrait pleases His Majesty. It has been said that he even collects pictures of babies published as advertisements by proprietors of infants’ foods. His collection of postage stamps is worth at least ,£20,000. So keen a philatelist is he that on several occasions collectors have had to thank him for throwing light on uncertain scientific points concerning the study of stamps. He once wrote of stamp collecting to a friend ; “ It is one of the greatest pleasures of my life.” 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.*

It is probable that Parliament will adjourn for a week as a mark ot respect to the memory of King Edward VII. and the legislators who have passed to their rest since the close of last session.

On Saturday the death occurred at Aoraugi of Mrs Simeon, wife of Mr H. T. Simeon, at the age of 46 years, the cause of death being lung trouble and dropsy. At the coursing meeting in Palmerston on Saturday, the final in the Waterloo Cup provided a win for Millbank, who beat Foghorn.

The Walhi Goldmining Company shows a return of ,£74,476 from 38,503 tons, making the total- won from the mine to date £8,598,231.

Owing to the inclemency of the weather the social which was to have been held in All Saints’ Sunday School this evening, has been postponed till Thursday evening next.

Mr Berthold notifies that the usual weekly Cinderella dance will not be held to-morrow night. The assemblies, however, will be continued from Wednesday week. Mary Ann Hodson, wife of Thomas Hodson, labourer, of Blenheim, was found dead yesterday morning in a wood-box at the rear of the dwelling. Death was evidently due to suffocation. The body bore no marks of violence. Roller-skating will commence in the Public Hall on Monday evening next. The promoters have just received the skates, which have been on order for some time. Full particulars will appear in Thursday’s issue. The late Mr Bertram Armytage, who was a member of Sir Ernest Shackletou’s last Antarctic expedition, left to his wife and daughter an estate valued at £12,290 realty £3944 and personalty £8346. The position of Commissioner of Taxes, rendered vacant by the resignation of Mr Peter Heyes, has been filled by the appointment of Geo. F. C- Campbell, formerly Valuer-General. Mr F, W. Flanagan, Commissioner of Crown Eands, Christchurch, has been appointed Valuer-General. Mr C. R. C. Robieson, director of the Commerce and Tourists Division of the Department of Agriculture, will succeed Mr Campbell as manager of the State Fire Insurance Department. Mr B. M. Wilson (for many years private secretary to Sir Joseph Ward), Registrar of the Arbitration Court, succeeds Mr Robieson as director of the Tourists Division.

The warm rains falling at present throughout this district is bound to bring down a heavy flood in the Manawatu in the course of a day or so. Let us hope when it does come that it will scour out the bar. Which leads us to remark that the said bank of sand does not appear to diminish, and is still hampering shipping. On Sunday last the s.s. Kennedy, coal laden, and drawing Bft, stuck for twenty minutes and then got off, and was ordered to proceed to Wanganui. The Gertie, however, also coal laden, managed to get iu. She was assisted by the spring tides and a greater body of water in the rivqr* Shipping agents do not expect' much improvement at the entrance during this week. Last week the Queen made three trips from Wellington with general cargo, and the Gertie one. The Queen arrived from Wellington to-day. Last Seven Days’ Sale ending 2nd July, dress materials, children’s paletots and many other lines simply thrown away at G. H. Stiles’ stocktaking sale,*