LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 899, 1 October 1910, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The local school garden plots are looking very promising. A line of Printed Chambers, 2s each, at Walker’s Red House. We are informed that a movement is afoot to form a local Christie minstrel troupe. A meeting of the committee of the local Rowing Club will be held on Monday next. The vital statistics for Foxton for the month of September were : Births 9, deaths o, marriages 1. The average attendance at the local State School for the quarter ended September 30th was 316.7. The Foxton Tennis Club call alternate tenders for asphalting the tennis court. Tenders close on the Bth inst. The attendance shield at the local school was won this week by Standard IV. with an average of 94.5 per cent. The Sunday School anniversary services in connection with the local Presbyterian Church will take place on the 16th inst. A hre at Hawera early yesterday morning destroyed Purser and Son’s furniture workroom. Mr Sargent’s jewellery establishment next door had a narrow escape. At the local Police Court, yesterday morning, before the Mayor, John Roach, charged with drunkenness was convicted and ordered to leave the town.

Messrs Ross and Co., of the Bon Marche, Palmerston N., announce the completeness of their stock in the Dress Department, and their Dressmaking facilities.* A fire at Pahiatua, on Thursday night, gutted the storeroom of Messrs Clark and Manifold’s drapery establishment. Goods to the value of were destroyed. Now is the time to rug horse 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.* The annual general meeting ol the Foxton Athletic Club to have been held last night lapsed for the want of a quorum, only seven members putting in an appearance. The meeting will be held next Friday night.. The attendance at the local State School, although good, is not as satisfactory as it might be and it is probable that certain parents will be asked to inform the Magistrate as to their reason for keeping their children at home. Mrs James McKenzie, mother of Mrs A. D. Clemett, died yesterday morning at Okaihau, Bay of Islands. Mrs Clemett left Foxton this morning in order to be present with other members of the family at the burial obsequies.

The services at the Presbyterian Church to-morrow will be conducted in the morning by the Rev G. K. Aitken. In the evening an exchange has been arranged between Messrs Aitken and Mairs. Mr Mairs’ subject will be “Christ’s Multiplying Touch.”

There are boots and boots. Cheap and trashy footwear are the dearest in the long run. The English, American, and Colonial firms from whom I draw my stock have a reputation to maintain and refuse to turn out trashy and cheap goods. I have just opened up four cases of goods for the summer season, including special lines in ladies and gents boots and shoes. Call and inspect them at R. T. Betty’s.* The services to-morrow in the local Methodist Church will be conducted in the morning by the Rev P. J. Mairs. The evening service will be taken by the Rev G. K. Aitkeu, whose subject will be, “ Following the Master.” An anthem, “ How Beautiful upon the Mountains,” will be rendered by the choir. Dr. Mandl delivered his second lecture on first aid to the injured at the local State School yesterday. The children took a very keen interest in the lecture and a number of scholars gave a practical demonstration of last week’s lesson. A number of children are 1 already showing great proficiency in ‘‘ dressing.” Mary had a little ham (A pound or so—with eggs), And off she ran to catch the tram, For she had nimble legs! She wore a Merry Widow hat, And staggering coiffure, And had a cold, but soon fixed that With Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure J 3

You can get a full size tin of Baking Powder at Walker’s for lOd. Sir Thomas Vezey Strong has been elected Lord Mayor of London. Sale for one month only at R. M. Parkes, big reductions to make room for new stock.* There are sixteen fresh cases of cholera with ten deaths at Naples, and in the province ten deaths have occurred. A rink proprietary is negotiating for a site on which to establish an open-air skating rink on the beach at Gisborne. The Oroua No-License League last night adopted a strong resolution in favour of a Dominion vote on the liquor question, a bare majority to rule. At Wellington yesterday Messrs P. J. Henuessy (chairman of the Foxton Harbour Board) and J. G. Wilson (Mauawatu County representative on the Board) gave evidence before the Railway Committee in connection with the petition to the House by the Foxton Harbour Board, asking for financial assistance by way of wharfage fees or some alternative in order that the Board might be enabled to carry out necessary improvements to the river, etc. The evidence and the Committee’s recommendation will be laid before the House early next week. The Supreme Court at Wellington, yesterday, on the petition ot Ruth Mater (or Owen) granted a decree of nullity of her marriage with Bertie Graham Owen in July, 1907. Owen was arrested at Napier on a charge of making a false declaration of marriage that he was a bachelor at the time of his marriage with Miss Mater, when as a matter of tact he had been married in 1893 in South Australia. After hearing the evidence, the Court was satisfied that Mrs Owen was alive at the time of the second marriage, and granted the petition, with costs against respondent. The word “ summer ” always seems synonymous of smart and showy dresses and millinery, and this season is a period when ladies seem specially interested in the purchase of their dresses. Mrs M. Hamer, of the “ Economic,” has lavishly provided for the tastes of Foxton ladies, in smart Linen Costumes, fashionable Millinery, Ties, Gloves, and all apparel necessary for the coming summer season. See window display.*

Following up the offer made some months ago by Mr J. G. Wilson, of Bulls to lend to the Agricultural Department 20 acres of land on which to carry out the experiments for a terra of years, comes another from Mr William Perry, of Penrose, who is prepared to loan 10 acres of land near Masterton for a similar purpose. It is considered that by the Department availing itself of these offers the districts in which experiments are made will gain all the benefits of an experimental farm without much expenditure.

Ladies requiring really good made underclothing will be pleased by an announcement made by Colliuson and Cunniughame Ltd., the well-known cash drapers of Palmerston North. They have now opened up all their spring and summer underclothing. These are made from specially selected shapes and are made to their special order by one of the best manutaclurers in Great Britain. The materials and trimmings are good and the prices Collinson and Cunniughame have marked these articles cannot be beaten in the Dominion. Any article not approved of will be exchanged with pleasure* At this week’s meeting of the Wanganui Presbytery the Rev. J. White (Levin) resigned the Moderatorship of Shannon, and the Rev. G. K. Aitkeu was appointed. The same Minister was made treasurer of the Assembly expenses’ fund in place of Mr Gordon, whose valuable services in the past were appreciatively referred to. A report on evangelistic work was given in by the Rev. G. Budd, and it was agreed to ask Mr and Mrs Gumming, evangelists in N.S.W., to come over for six months’ work in the Presbytery. A resolution in favour of a vote on a more democratic basis for local and Dominion option was unanimously passed. There was only a small audience at the Public Hall on Thursday night when Hamilton’s Juvenile Troubadours made their first appearance in Foxton. The entertainment provided was a bright one and certainly merited a far larger attendance. The concerted numbers by the Troubadours were very pleasingly rendered and rightly earned the plaudits of the audience. Little Olive, a child of very tender years, was very successful, and her song, “Will the Angels let me play,” was undoubtedly one of the best items on the programme. This little dot also appeared in a duet with Master Hamilton which was well received. The Kelly Sisters, in their double songs and dances, were much appreciated. Miss Daphne’s dancing was quite up to the standard set by the other performers. Mr Hamilton was not successful in his comic items, his make-up being the best part of the turn. A good hearing was accorded the Misses Wrayfordand Hamilton in their songs. The entertainment concluded with a butterfly dance by four young ladies which was very prettily performed. Mr Hamiton sigified his intention of returning to Foxton at a later date with a new and larger company. Taken all through the entertainment was a real good one and no doubt when Mr Hamilton returns to Foxton he will be greeted by a far larger audience.

It is reported that one or two a flax mills will shortly commence operations in the Masterton district. If in want of Birthday, Wedding or other gifts, go to Pakkes’, he j'eweller, the shop for presents.'* For Children’s Hacking Cough at Night, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, is fid. and 2s fid. Frohmann, while biplaning, fell a hundred feet at Oulheim, and was grievously injured and subsequently died. A sad fatality occurred at Ashburton on Thursday, when a two-year-old daughter of Mr Arthur Mayor strayed into the mill creek, not far from home, on the outskirts of the town, and was drowned. The Hou. J. A. Millar has received an anonymous letter from Christchurch, enclosing a note for ,£SO “ conscience money.” The money has been sent to Mr Millar in his capacity as Minister of Railways. Parsnips, states a Masterton farmer, make a splendid food for bacon pigs, in addition to milk. They impart a nutty flavour to the pork that is exceedingly pleasant, and make it taste so like corn-fed pork that it is almost impossible to tell the difference. The crew of the steamship Syria captured a shark while on a recent journey through Suez Canal. When the fish was opened the men were horrified to find a man’s head, three straw hats, two fowls, and a large quantity of bones. The length of the shark was 14ft., and it weighed about Soolb. There is no place in the world where there are more sudden and extreme changes in temperature than in Australasia. We often experience a climate of three different seasons in one day, and the result is that numbers of people contract a cold in the stomach and bowels, which causes great pain and suffering. There is nothing that will relieve this suffering so quickly as Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. This is the best remedy in the world to cure bowel complaint in all its forms. It is a sure cure for Diarrhoea, Dysentery and Colic, and has never been known to fail. For sale everywhere. —Advt.