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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 927, 6 December 1910, Page 2

Au Almanac for the diocese of Wellington, including a letter from the Bishop of Wellington, a centre picture of Madonne and child, and much diocesan information is on sale at Mrs Nye’s, the price being 3d a copy.*

Considerable discussion arose in the House on Saturday during the discussion of the supplementary estimates over the item of refund on duty, and the Hon. Mr Mackenzie explained that the cost of the machine was over ,£6OOO and the duty was 25 percent. The machine was designed to use the by-products of flax, and it was with a view to assisting the industry that the refund was made. The amount was passed.

The Waitara Horticultural Society disqualified au exhibitor for life for “faking” blooms of pelargoniums and geraniums by piercing the petals of various blooms. It decided to notify all horticultural societies in the Dominion. The New Plymouth Society last night decided to ask the exhibitor in question to resign his membership, and to refrain from exhibiting at their show. The offender is a very old and enthusiastic grower and exhibitor. A nice little romance is just now being investigated by a family of the Forty-Mile Bush. A member of the family dreamt that he had suddenly become possessed of considerable wealth through reading a book with a red cover. He was in an auction mart in Wellington, and saw a book being sold which answered the description of that he saw in his dream. He purchased it, and found that it was a well-known publication in which enquiries are made for the ncxt-of-kin. A perusal of the book revealed the fact that his mother, who is still living, was enquired for, and that a fortune awaited her. The necessary steps are now being taken to establish identity.

The final sitting of the present session ot Parliament was concluded at 8.55 p.m. on Saturday, when the formal business was completed. Sir Joseph Ward announced that he had received advice from London that ,£IOO,OOO of the scrip of the new loan had been underwritten at ,£9B 10s. The cost of raising the loans of ,£1,250,000 and ,£600,000, under the Finance Act tor Aid to Public Works and Laud Settlement for 1909 was ,£37,108 4s ;d. The usual speeches of felicitation addressed to the Speaker and Chairman by Sir Joseph Ward and Mr Massey and the replies concluded the final silting of the Session. The Methodist Church at present being erected at the Beach will be completed this week, and will be officially opened on Sunday afternoon, at 2,30 o’clock. The opening service will be conducted by the Rev. P. W. Jones, of Feilding, and a service will also be conducted by the same preacher at 7 p.m. It has also been decided to hold a social at the Beach on Tuesday evening, at which His Worship the Mayor will occupy the chair. A programme of music, including choruses and solos, will be submitted, and addresses given by local and visiting ministers. The price of admission will be one shilling, and the proceeds will be devoted to the church furnishing fund. Further particulars will appear in a subsequent issue.

The New Zealand Times on Saturday morning published a cartoon apropos of Dr. Findlay’s remark in the Legislative Council that the motto of some political critics now-a-days was not “Hitch your waggon to a star” but “hitch your waggon to a lie.” The cartoon consisted of a waggon drawn by a donkey dubbed “Ananias,” The vehicle was loaded up with a cargo of cases labelled “Pamphlets free”; “Private calumny” ; “Dead men’s characters”; “Defamation”; “Scandalmongeriug,” etc. “We are the Party” was the legend on the side ol the cart and the old gentleman in charge of the conveyance, allegedly Mr Massey, was hitching up the beast ot burden. The result of this publication is that Mr Massey has issued a writ for libel against the New Zealand Times for