LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 878, 13 August 1910, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A committee meeting of the Foxton Horticultural Society will be held in the Council Chambers on Monday, 22nd inst. Messrs C. Smith Etd., drapers, of Palmerston North, have a replace advertisement in this issue. Read it.

The death of Mr George Denton, at tha age of 77 years, is reported from Wellington. Deceased arrived in the Empire City in 1856. The team to represent Foxton in the match against Horowhenua will be selected at the conclusion of to-day’s championship match. The team as selected will be posted outside the Heraed office to-night The Antarctic exploring ship Terra Nova —which has on board the Scott party, and is making for Wellington—is now twelve days, overdue, and some anxiety is felt for its safety. At Berlin, Professor Eulenbery by daily hypnotising Frau Schonebeck Weber, has caused her to practically regain her sanity. Frau Weber lost her reason while being tried for complicity in the murder of her husband.

The local amateurs held the first rehearsal of the comedy-drama ‘‘Blow for Blow” last night. Dr. Adams was appointed stage manager, and the date of the production was fixed for Wednesday, September 21st.

The Rev. Mr Kyall, the prisons expert recently appointed by the Government, was referred to by Dr. Findlay in the Legislative Council as being ‘‘not only enthusiatic in his prisons work, but one of the best instructed criminologists among modern workers in that field.”

Dr. Jamieson, speaking at Durban, and combatting Natal’s objection to join the Unionists, declared that Natal was right not to want racialism, which was one cause of hesitation. He added that the Jamieson Raid was badly carried out, thoroughly deserving the punishment inflicted. Nevertheless, it was a step in the direction of Cecil Rhodes’ great federation dream. The Review of Reviews for August is an excellent compilation, and of more than ordinary interest. It deals very extensively with the death of the late King, and has some unique illustrations that have not appeared elsewhere. There is also a splendid character sketch of the new King, In which he is discussed from many novel points of view. The remainder of the magazine is taken up with an interesting review of the doings of the world. Judging by the synopsis given, the last month has been a very busy one in all circles.

A ‘‘pretty lively meeting” is promised for to-night at Shannon, where Mr J. R. Stansell “intends to tell a pretty lively and interesting story” from his point of view, regarding Shannon matters touching particularly upon the needs of and objections to a new post office, and also upon the matter of “royalties” on flax, and “the recent applications to the Government lor a bonus on inventions of machinery for saving labour and increasing the revenue of owners of flax land at the expense of the community.

For Influenza take Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. Never fails. Is 6d,and 2s 6d.

An advertisement from the West Coast Steamship and Trading Co., Ltd., will appear in next issue. The shield for best attendance at the local school was won this week by Standard 111., with an average of 94.8 per cent. Amundson has started from Christiana for the North Pole, via Madeira, Cape Horn, and San Francisco. He will make oceanographic investigations eu route. At Adelaide, this week, Arthur Hines fatally cut his wife’s throat and inflicted a severe wound on his own throat. The pair lived unhappily, and were constantly quarreling. Moses Chambers, a whari labourer from Lyttelton fell off a tram car coming from the Riccarton racecourse. One of the wheels passed over his head, and he died almost instantly. The services at the Presbyterian Church to-morrow will be conducted in the morning by the Rev G. K. Aitken, and in the evening by Mr H. Billens, of Palmerston North.

Constable Cross, who organised and carried out the raid on the fashionable gaming resort at Narragansett, is a young Havard graduate. He became a constable with the sole object of stopping gambling at Narragansett. An application received by the Wellington Presbytery from the Rev Charles Porter, who recently resigned his position as Methodist minister at Masterton, for admission to the Presbyterian Church, was referred to a committee to consider and report to the Presbytery. Mr Wm. Earnshaw, junr., has just passed in London his examination for an extra chief marine engineer’s certificate. The examination is a very difficult one, and very few young New Zealanders have passed it. Mr Earnshaw is a sou of Mr W. Earnshaw, of Foxton.

Among the duties of a probationer nurse, as laid down in the new laws ot the Christchurch Hospital adopted by the Board last week, it is stated she must be “obedient, sober, honest, truthful, punctual, quiet and orderly, cleanly and neat, patient, cheerful and kindly.”

The demand for Roslyn manufactures, such as boys’ and men’s high grade clothing, blankets, rugs, tweeds, worsteds, yarns, unshrinkable flannel, socks, stockings, jerseys, and ladies’ and gents’, unshrinkable silky underwear, Delta finish, continues with undiminished force throughout New Zealand.*

At Wednesday’s meeting of the Manawatu County Council, Cr. Barber complained of the ranger impounding stock at Moutoa in time of flood. It was the only time he had been there, and Cr. Barber said it was very unfair that such a mean advantage should be taken of the settlers.—lt was decided to instruct the Foxton ranger - not to impound stock on the Moutoa road during flood time. At the last meeting of the Wanganui Presbytery, an Evangelistic Committee, consisting of Revs. Budd (convener), Doull, Aitken, and the elders of Feilding, Palmerston North, and Foxton, was set up to go into the matter ol securing an evangelist for the Presbytery. The Presbytery also passed a resolution referring to the proposed legislation on the gambling evil. The Presbytery desired to see not only the bookmaker, but also the totalisator, made illegal. An inquest was held at Wellington yesterday on the body of Alexander Allen, aged 75, who died in a boardinghouse on Thursday. Deceased, who had an Imperial Army pension and also an old age pension, came from New Plymouth a few days ago, and the evidence showed that he had been drinking heavily since arriving here. The verdict was that death was due to hemorrhage, and a cyst on the brain. The medical evidence was that the cyst might have formed as the result of a blow. The services to-morrow in the local Methodist Church will be conducted in the morning by the Rev P. J. Mairs, who will take for his subject, “David’s Prayer.” In the evening, the Rev C. A. Sims, of Wellington, who was appointed by Conference to visit Foxton in the interest of the young people’s Christian Endeavour Society and Sunday School teachers, will preach. The Rev Sims is a young people’s preacher, and should attract a large congregation.

In the House on Wednesday, Mr Newman, M.P. for Manawatu, asked the Minister lor Justice whether it is his intention to make additional appointments to the Commission of the Peace ? He urged that much inconvenience to the public throughout the Dominion is caused by the delay in making these appointments, more especially in the country districts, where on account of closer settlement, a large increase in poulation has taken place. The Minister replied that this question had already been asked by the honourable member for Waitaki, and the reply given (on Supplementary Order Paper ot July 6) was as follows :—“ The Government has received a large number of recommendations for appointment to the Commission of the Peace, but they have not yet been fully considered. The matter will be taken in hand as soon as circumstances will permit.” Since that reply was given there has been no opportunity oi dealing with the matter.

The death is announced of the Earl of Egmont. The Earl of Egmont was born in 1856. He , was the eighth earl, the title having been created in 1733. He married in 1881 Miss Kate Howell, of South Carolina, U.S.A. At Wellington, on Wednesday night, a male child, about one month old, was found on the doorstep of a Wellington Receiving Home. It was found to be healthy and well-nourished. A letter pinned to the clothing asked that it be well looked after and called “ Jack.” The police have the matter in hand. A large and representative meeting of the leaseholders of Te Wharangi, our progressive and attractive seaside resort, was held at Darwick’s “ Buffet,” Palmerston N., last evening, when a very animated discussion re the erection of a Social Hall took place. A working committee was elected, and requested to get the erection of a hall advanced so as to be ready for use at the opening of the coming summer season. Road boards, like youthful and unwilling students of Caesar’s Commentaries, would seem to , have little use for Latin. The chairman of a Portobello (Otago) local body recently awed his colleagues by a threat to read the Latin equivalents tor Cape weed, broom, etc., and in the course of a running comment on live weeds and dead languages related the story of a farmer bent on legal proceedings. His lawyer encouraged him vvith a Latin technicality. On hearing it the farmer exclaimed, looking grave, “ If it’s as bad as that I’ll pay up.” Final Bargain Clearance at the Bon Marche Bargain Boom this coming week. The entire balance of fashionable and winter drapery must go, and prices are made to secure this end. Buyers should take a note of this.*