The Manawatu Herald. Tuesday, August 23, 1910. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 882, 23 August 1910, Page 2

The Manawatu Herald. Tuesday, August 23, 1910. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The quarterly examination is beingiheld at the local State school. Closing Sale at G. H. Stiles’. All previous bargains to be completely eclipsed by those to come. Come and prove our words.* .

Messrs Durward and Co., Dtd., of Palmerston North, notify the residents of Foxton that they are manufacturers of bedding. See advertisement for prices.

Wor. Bro. Cohen is to deliver an address on Freemasonery to the brethren at the local Masonic meeting this evening- Visiting brethren are cordially invited to be present.

Mr B. G„ Gower left Foxton on Saturdry morning on a healthrecruiting trip to Rotorua and Auckland. He has not been enjoying the best of health for some time past and has taken the trip on medical adviceThe death occurred at the residence of her son, in Frances Street, Foxton, on Thursday, of Mrs Jane Anderson, wife of Mr James Anderson, of Wellington. The deceased lady was 67 years of age and had resided in Foxton for about six months. The immediate cause of death was chronic bronchitis. The deceased leaves a grown-up family, including Mr W. J. Anderson, of Foxton. The funeral took place on Saturday.

In conversation with our reporter this morning, the Rev Mr Mairs speaking on Saturday’s football match, said he was very favourably impressed with the good conduct of the spectators and also with the gentlemanly behaviour of the players taking part in the game. It has repeatedly been said that hooliganism is very noticeable on the part of the spectators at local football matches, and Mr Mair’s statement is therefore all the more pleasing to followers of the game locally. At the conference of the New Zealand Federation of Labour at present sitting in Wellington, a deputation from the Manawatu Flaxmills Employees' Union waited on the conference in reference to the contract system. Mr Dalhousie said attempts were being made to abolish the contract system, which was used as a means of evading the award, and asked the support of the federation in urging upon the Minister of Labour the necessity for legislation making it impossible for a worker to contract himself out of the award. It was decided to support the union. The children coughed and sneezed in school; The Lady Teacher, calm and cool; Remarked: “ The Government’s pretty sure To let me buy Woods’ Peppermint Cure. For all this sneezing, coughing crowd, And not a sixpence I’m allowed! Yet I must doctor all the lot, j Or else the school will §0 to pot i” 6

A six horse power motor bike with side car is advertised for sale. Full particulars at this office. Tenders are invited for the purchase ot green flax on Mr Gardner’s Paiaka property. An exchange says that it is estimated that since the JohnsonJeffries fight American firms have supplied upwards of 20,000 pairs of boxing gloves to negroes alone. One picture show in Wellington gives a free matinee on Saturday afternoon, while its hated rival does likewise with the addition of a bag of lollies for each spectator.

The recent curtailment ot the credit system by the Auckland Master Grocers’ and Butchers’ Associations is stated to be working very satisfactorily. So pleased was a spectator with the play of one girl in a WoodvilleDanuevirke schoolgirls’ hockey match that he rushed up town, bought a beautiful brooch and presented her with it. Edward Flynn, aged sixty-four years, who carried on business as a second-hand dealer, dropped dead in Park Street, Dunedin, on Sunday. Deceased had been in bad health for some years. Rabbits are now bringing the highest price obtainable for a decade, namely gd per pair ; and buyers in Southland are competing keenly for supplies. Ten years ago the price reached rod, which is the record.

A middle-aged man named Peter Hallman was picked up by the Auckland police on Saturday night in an unconscious condition and was taken to the hospital. He had not come around on Sunday afternoon, and his condition is serious. Nothing is known of the man beyond his name. We are glad that the Hon. Mr Carroll came out of his retirement and delivered so excellent a speech, but we shall experience considerably more pleasure when we find the words transformed into acts and some thousands of settlers actually placed in occupation ol the present waste lands. —Gisborne Times.

A cribbage tournament was held in Mr Hammond’s Hall, Himatangi, on Friday evening, between teams representing the Himatangi Social Club and the Sanson Club. Fifty-six players took part in the tournament which resulted in a win for Himatangi by six games after some very interesting and exciting games. The return match will be played at Sanson shortly. Surely, says the. Dunedin Star, the minimum insurance rate on record is that stated on the policy that has been issued by the Standard Insurance Company for the assurance of the St. Kilda firemen against accident. The rate is 3d per man, with a discount ot 99 per cent. There are sixteen men in the brigade, so the nominal total for the whole party is 4s, and the discount brings it to, say, Yt, d for the entire brigade ! A return of the estimated population of New Zealand as for the quarter ending June 30, 1910, is published in the Gazette. The total net increase, after allowing for deaths and departures, is 796. The male population shows a decrease of 300, whilej»the female population has increased by 1006. The total estimated population ot the Dominion is 1,048,347. The departures from the country are set down at 10,075, an excess of 3430 over the arrivals. A young man named Sidney Samuel Charlton, aged twentythree years, a son of Mr S. Charlton, hotelkeeper, of Hastings, was fatally injured while playing football on the Napier recreation ground on Saturday afternoon. It was at first thought he was merely winded, but when asked how he was he said he felt “ very cronk,” adding that he had been kicked just below the heart. He was removed to the pavilion and a restorative administered, but he gradually sank, and died twenty minutes after the accident.