LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 912, 1 November 1910, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Great interest continues to be taken in the Anglican Mission in the Christchurch diocese.

Mr Hennessy advertises for three rugs which have mysteriously disappeared, having been either borrowed or lost.

The Rev H. Watson, vicar of Masterton, has refused to accept the cure of All Saints’ parish church, Palmerston N. A successor to Archdeacon Harper is to be appointed to-day.

After the service to-morrow evening at All Saints’ Church, there will be a special choir practice for the Patroual Festival, which is to be held next Sunday in the octave of All Saints’ Festival.

The Beebe Balloon Company were at Palmerston on Saturday, and Albert Eastwood made a successful ascent. He reached the height of 5900 feet, then make a double parachute descent and landed safely in a side street of the town.

Ten medical men and ten clergymen held a meeting at the Chapter House of St. Paul’s Cathedral (London) to discuss privately the question ot co-opera-tion between the Church and the medical profession in relation to the healing of the sick. The conference was the outcome of the spread of faith-healing in England.

Mrs Rose Hall, of Fitzroy, Melbourne, who lost the power of speech through a fright eighteen months ago, recovered it again recently. She was in Ballarat at the time, and she at once arranged to return to her home. “ I’ve got a lot to say to my husband when I get home,” she said. “He hasn’t heard a word from me for eighteen months, and now, like a woman, I’ll make up lor lost time.” The Wellington Boys Scouts farewelled Captain Scott with the following rally :—“Find the Pole, captain, Find the Pole. Find it ! Find it 1 Find it! Good-bye.” “It is a strange coincidence,” he said, “that the last person to bid me farewell in England was your Commander-in-Chiet, General Sir R. S. Baden-Powell, and now the last to bid me farewell at Wellington are his Boy Scouts.”

Mr Newman M.P., has consented to open the Anglican Bazaar on November i6th, in the Public Hall. In addition to the many attractions advertised for the coming bazaar, Mr Lindlay has offered to put on a second side show of comic and ancient pictures.. All the various heads of departments are busily engaged in their work, and there is every promise of the bazaar being a great success. One novelty is a most ingenious calendar under the management of Miss Symons, which is exciting much local interest. We trust the Anglicans and others will do all they can to make the undertaking a success, as the funds raised are to be spent on the beautifying of All Saints’ Church, and if the proposed scheme is carried out it will greatly improve that part of our town.

You frequently hear of cases of chronic constipation—cases that have existed for years. In nine cases out of ten the trouble has become chronic through improper treatment. The patient has formed the habit of taking strong purgatives and has so weakened the bowels that they will not act naturally. Chamberlain’s Tablets cure constipationjand cure it permanently, because, instead of doing the work of the bowels for them, Chamberlain’s Tablets simply stimulate them to perform their own functions. For sale everywhere.— Advt.

The annual meeting of delegates to the Foxton Cricket Association, to have been held on Saturday night, lapsed for the want of a quorum.

Mr Theo. Easton has made a start with the erection of the Catholic convent. The building, which is two storeyed, will be completed in February. Messrs Ross and Co., of the Bon Marche, Palnerston N.. announce a grand display of latest novelties in every department of their extensive business, of which they invite inspection.*

The monthly sitting of the Magistrate’s Court will be held tomorrow. Among the cases set down for hearing are several for alleged breaches of the preference clause of the Flaxmlllers’ Award.

The Inspector of Factories wishes shopkeepers and others who observe the usual Wednesday half-holiday to understand that it is compulsory to close on Wednesday of this week. Closing on Friday is optional.

The friends of our old and respected townsman, Mr C. V. Furrie, will regret to learn that he entered the district hospital at Palmerston North yesterday, suffering from a severe attack of pleurisy and other complications. If your baby is teething during the Summer months you must guard against dysentery and bowel complaints. Keep a bottle of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy in the house, and at the first unusual looseness of the bowels give it a dose. For sale everywhere. —Advt.

At Auckland, last week, Alfred de Groen, Alfred Adams, and Charles Philpott were each fined ,£ioo and 3s costs for being keepers and occupiers of a common gaming house and making bets and Keven, a clerk, was fined £ 2O. A number of persons found on the raided premises were fined £2 each.

John Alexander Gribbin, eighteen years of age, whilst cycling along Worcester Street, Christchurch, on Saturday, met with an accident which terminated fatally. He was riding between the tramway lines when the wheel of his machine skidded, and he was thrown off, his left temple striking the edge of the kerbing.

“Fine feathers make fine birds,” is an old and trite saying, but never theless true. Neat and attractive clothing is always a decided acquisition to one’s personal appearance, and to look stylish and up-to-date is always an advantage. Mrs Hamer has now a stock of the latest in Gents' Boater Hats, with up-to-date coloured bands, for the coming summer Also silk ties from Is upwards.*

Of 7SO murders committed in Sicily during the last year only 12 per cent of the prepetrators were brought to justice and punished. The crimes were all the work of the Mafia or Black Hand, and the fact that so few of their members were convicted is striking proof of the dread in which those notorious organisations are held.

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.*

A t a smoke concert at Carterton last week Mr Buchanan, M.P., related the following anecdote: There was a stiff electoral contest, and both candidates were out alter votes. One came to a homestead and found the farmer busy endeavouring to bail up a fractious heifer, and he did not want to talk politics. On the contrary, he said, “If you are any good, you’ll give us a hand to bail up this cow.” The candidate whipped off his coat, and soon the heifer was in her place. “ There,” he said, “ that’s more than the other fellow would do.’’ "1 don’t know,” said the farmer; he’s round the corner sitting on the calf! ”

Recently a Maori boy living at Ranana, up the Wanganui River, wrote a letter to King George V., and has just received a reply, which with the letter is appended : —Ranana, July 29th, 1910. Dear King George V. —I am a Maori boy. I lived in New Zealand In the North Island and up Wanganui River. lam very glad that you are going to be a King. I was very sorry that King Edward VII. is died.—l remain your affectionate boy, Paori Hoori. My address, Master Paori Hoori, Ranana, up Wanganui River, North Island, New Zealand.” The reply reads : —" Buckingham Palace, The Private Secretary is commanded by the King to thank Mr Paori Hoori for his letter of kind sympathy, 9th September, 1910.”

Mr T. E. Taylor satirically asked in the House it there were any permanent artillerymen who were used as chambermaids. The only uses to which these gunners are put are clerking, marking on shooting ranges, pitching and striking tents for volunteers, cleaning camps for volunteers, policing cities at elections and other times and places, doing guards at various public buildings, acting as carters for social functions with gun-horses aud artillery waggons. They are detailed as servants, gardeners, instructors, orderlies, and are otherwise used. When they are not required for use or ornament by the civil authorities and the military authorities don’t need them for duties outside the scope of their real service—they man the guns.

You can get a full size tin of Baking Powder at Walker’s for lOd,

Entries for the next Himatangl stock sale to be held on Monday next are advertised in this issue. A meeting of the committee of the local Horticultural Society will be held on Thursday next at 8 p.m., in the Council Chambers. An influential meeting presided over by Lord Charles Beresford, has resolved to arrange for an Empire memorial to the late Miss Florence Nightingale.

Mr F. C. Berthold, teacher of music, notifies that he will prepare pupils for Trinity College or Associated Boards examination. Terms on application. On our fourth page to-day will he found the following interesting reading matter: —“Confessed to Everything,” “Scene in French Chamber,” “Loafers not Wanted,” and “Infant Baptism.”

Owners and trainers are reminded that nominations for all events except Maiden Scurry at the Feilding Jockey Club’s spring meeting close with the Secretary, Feilding, at 8.30 o’clock on Friday evening. Mr F. A. Phillips, representing His Majesty’s Moving Theatre, was in town to-day making arrangements for the appearance of the Fatal Wedding. Full particulars will appear next issue. Mr James Beard, the wellknown owner of “Eder” farm at Marton, died on Friday, aged eighty-six years. Deceased came to New Zealand forty-six years ago from Yorkshire, and has been at “Eder” the greater part of that time.

Dr. Forbes Winslow, the wellknown authority on the study and treatment of mental diseases, giving evidence before the Divorce Commission at Loudon, stated that lunacy was increasing at an enormous rate. In 1559 there was only one lunatic to every 536 persons, and now there was one to 277.

Now that the weather is getting warmer, we are reminded of the necessity of local swimming baths where our boys and girls could be taught to swim. The river is handy, but it is unsuitable for beginners. What is required is concrete baths, either municipal or private. There are plenty of adults who would willingly purchase season's tickets if suitable baths were erected.

Ninety-five assisted passengers are due to arrive at Wellington by the Arawa to-day from London. Of the number 73 are adults and 22 are children. Occupations enumerated are farmers, farm labourers, and domestics- Several women are coming to the Dominion to rejoin their husbands. The immigrants are bringing capital varying from £25 to ,£l5O per pocket. “Victor,” of the Wanganui Herald, writing on the subject of the Webb-Pearce sculling match, on Saturday, says: “A telegram has been received from Palmerston North, by Mr Tuck, stating that Mr Seifert had agreed to allow Webb the ,£4O demanded by his backers in the event of him losing. This means that the match is now definitely arranged, though the question as to whether the race is to be rowed here or at Foxton remains to be decided upon.”

A well-known Dunedin minister proudly claimed among his flock "the cup-winners of last season’s football.” Football, he said, bad not spoilt them in the least, and he believed it had been a help to them to feel that the minister of their church was in sympathy with them. If the churches did not recognise and countenance the physical and recreative side of the young people’s lives someone else would. The day had gone by for ever when young people were going to sit in the churches with faces as long as double-bass fiddles.