LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 922, 24 November 1910, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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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.*

Mrs H. Witchell won several prizes in the fancy work division of the Wanganui Show. Mrs Witchell is also an exhibitor at the forthcoming Hawera Show.

A sneak thief could not resist the temptation of “ lifting ” an exhibit of strawberries from the show last night. The stewards are watching out for pilferers. We are informed that a deputation will wait upon the Council at its next meeting to urge that steps be taken to erect a municipal hall for the borough. The young wife of Morehu Downs jumped into a large boiling spring at Tokaanu, on Monday. The natives endeavoured to recover the body unsuccessfully. The spring is a large one and is boiling furiously.

Mesdames Adams and Woods are to be congratulated upon the attractive sweets stall, which they erected at the show. The stall took the form of a circular summer house the material being composed principally of ribbons. This stall did a “ roaring trade” in iced drinks.

An elderly man whose identity is not known, but who is apparently a philanthropist of the first water, has made a request to the authorities to he allowed to forfeit his owu life in order to save Crippen’s. He argues that Crippen is a dentist whose professional skill would be of some benefit to suffering humanity. The old fellow points out that he himself is well up in years, and that his life is worthless. He would be quite agreeable to take Crippen’s place on the scaffold.

In the course of his address at Wellington, on Monday, Mr T. E, Taylor made a statement as to his aims and aspirations, which a great many of his hearers, however, declined to accept seriously. “ I will confess,” he said, “that I have been for years dreaming of the day when I will be able to get out of the turmoil not only of this fight (the temperance campaign), but out of other fights, and spend the rest of my days under my own vine and fig tree, on the hills of Christchurch* I have got the fig tree, and the vine I am going to plant during this coming year. I don’t want to wait for my period of peace until I get to Heaven. I want it here.”

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Sub-Inspector O’Donovan is at present on a visit to Foxtou on departmental business.

A coincidence in connection with the Gaming Act is that it, as intended, the Act comes into force on the 31st January, the bookmakers will make their last appearance at Takapuna, on which course they were first licensed under the Act of 1907.

Mr Justice Edwards, at Auckland, on Tuesday, entered judgment for 4s 6d in the case brought by Gilbert Broughton against the Devonport Borough Council in respect of a claim of for injuries sustained by a fall over a broken culvert. A dentist named Kreitenmayer was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment recently at Halle (Germany) for extracting fourteen teeth by force from the mouth of a patient, who wanted a tooth stopped. He admitted that his object was to obtain an order for a false set.

“An Act to provide for the settlement of land as fruit-farms,.’’ is the explanatory title of the Bill introduced by the Hon. T. Mackenzie. Ordinary Crown lands may be set aside not exceeding 10,000 acres in the aggregate, for lease or other methods of disposal in allotments not exceeding 75 acres in extent. It is anticipated that Captain Scott’s antarctic expedition will leave Lyttelton on Saturday next. “Garments to be worn by the crew of the Terra Nova and shore parties are made of strong merino, each man on the shore staff is allotted fifty-nine assorted lots, while members of the ship’s staff will receive thirty-one. In all the total number of garments distributed will reach two thousand nine hundred and seventy-two. The crop of candidates for the Otaki seat is growing rapidly, says the Dominion. According to that journal, the following is the complete list of probables• Messrs W. Murdock, Shannon (Labour); J. C. Cooper, Pahiatua (Opposition) ; W. Thomson, Linton ; R. H, Dalhousie, president Flax Employees' Union (Labour) ; G. A. W. Monckton, Otaki; Byron Brown, Otaki (Opposition); and the present member, W. H. Field. It is also rumoured that the Attorney-General (Hon. Dr Findlay) will seek to enter the people’s Chamber via Otaki. Unless something is done by the Manawatu County Council to straighten several dangerous bends on the road between Oroua Bridge and Baiuesse, a serious accident will be recorded. Already a numof minor accidents have occured and numerous narrow escapes are reported. The road in some places is so curved as to make it impossible to see whether any vehicles are ahead. Drivers of milk carts never know whether they are going to collide with motor cars and bicycles on this road which causes them a good deal of anxiety.

Two brothers—William Alexander and James Robertson —were charged with having assisted with shelter, food, clothing and money, the prisoners who recently escaped from Invercargill prison. The facts admitted were that the two accused, having learned that the escaped prisoners had sheltered in their loft from Saturday morning till the following Sunday morning, concealed their whereabouts from the police during the rest of the day, supplied them regularly with meals, equipped them with money and an outfit of clothing, and started them on what they considered the safest route. Accused were committed for trial. They have already made written confessions. Pilot Lawton informs us with respect to the dead animals at present creating a nuisance at the Beach, and to which we referred in a previous issue, that he took the necessary steps to burn one ot the carcases which is near the water edge, and it was only possible to destroy part of the beast. We agree with the pilot that the removal of such nuisances should not be done at his expense. We would suggest that the Harbour Board give the pilot power to employ labour to deal with nuisances such as at present exist. Dead animals are bound to wash up on the foreshore after every flood, and it would be better to burn the remains rather than allow them to be refloated and thereby create a further nuisance lower down the river.

Addressing the Central Mission Men’s Brotherhood at Wellington, last Sunday, Sir Robert Stout repeated a story which was told some time ago in an address to the Sorbonue at Paris by ex-President Roosevelt. While Mr Roosevelt was attending a round-up at his cattle ranch in America he noticed a cowboy branding with the Roosevelt brand a beast that already bore the mark of another ranch- Accosted, the cowboy declared that he knew his business. The exPresident had him immediately discharged, remarking, in explanation of his conduct, “ a man that will steal for me will steal from me.” “ I don’t draw any moral,” said Sir Robert, “because I don’t touch politics.” He went on to state that the moral Roosevelt drew and submitted to the Republicans of Paris was that it was both wrong and foolish to elect a member of Parliament for the sake of what he could get for you. “Reward him for stealing lor you,” was Mr Roosevelt’s dictum, “and a time will come when he will steal from you.” If you ask your member to get things for your district,” Sir Robert concluded, “ then you are training dishonest politicians,’’

A reward is offered for information that will lead to the recovery ot a mare and foal. See advertisement. A meeting of the committee of the Foxton Athletic Club will be held in Mr Robinson’s office tomorrow night.