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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 951, 7 February 1911, Page 2

Two furnished rooms are advertised to let.

Walker’s selling good dining chairs 5s each to make room for fresh stock to arrive. 1 "

A reward is offered to the finder of a gold bangle lost in Robinson Street on Friday last. C. Smith Ltd., of Palmerston North, directs attention to their grand annual summer fair in this issue.

Mr J. Hillary advertises two quarter-acre sections in Coley Street and a half-acre section in Cook Street tor sale. All sections have extra good frontages and terms will be given It required. The thrifty woman who visits M. Hamer’s will find some remarks able snips to be picked up during the next few weeks. A few lines of print are offering at 5d yard, and all millinery will be disposed of at cut prices to make room for winter stock.*

The auction sale conducted by the New Zealand Uoan and Mercantile Agency Co., Utd., on account of Messrs Robinson Bros, yesterday, was most successful. The whole of the 4000 sheep and the horses submitted under the hammer were disposed of at satisfactory prices. Our old octogenarian friend, Mr E. P. Osborne, is proud of his vegetable garden and yesterday he brought us for inspection four onions weighing in the aggregate lbs. The old gentleman states that in order to grow onions successfully in this district, the seed should not be planted later than May. A number of Palmerstouiaus, who had been spending the weekend at the Beach, missed the train yesterday morning by about three minutes. They came down from the Heads in a launch. A motor car was requisitioned to convey some of the party to their destination, and others had to wait till the afternoon train.

At the local police court yesterday morning, before Messrs Henuessy and Hornblow, J’s.P., T. Mitchell was charged by the police with drunkenness, using obscene language and obstructing the police. He was convicted and discharged on the first charge and fined £1 on each of the others or in default fourteen days’ imprisonment.

Elsewhere in this issue Messrs R. Johnstone and H. A. Hussey convene a meeting of intending students and all interested in the formation of a branch of the St. John’s Ambulance Association, to be held in the Good Templar Hall on Friday next at S p.m. This matter was taken in hand some little time ago by the members of the local Odd Fellows’ Eodge and already a sufficient number have been enrolled to form a class.

Mr H. Billens, during the course of his address at the Presbyterian Church on Sunday morniny, spoke strongly against the church’s attitude in sanctioning gymnasiums in connection with Bible classes. He said very few young men attended prayer meetings and he was of opinion that the Presbyterian Church had plenty to do in looking after the spiritual life of the young people, without troubling about the physical. The Greytown Standard hastens to correct a statement it had previously made in respect to an accident which it said had been exaggerated. It then gives the details of the injuries sustained by a little girl who got caught in a reaping machine. The bones of one leg were not only cut into two pieces, but about an inch of bone was chopped out off each and hangingThe muscles of both legs were as if they had been minced. The little sufferer is doing as well as can be expected.

A Palmerston resident informs us that the arguments which have been used in favour of a tramway for Palmerston are not sound, and that the ratepayers will oppose any loan proposals to be submitted for that purpose. He said it was ridiculous to compare Wanganui with Palmerston. The former town had fairly thickly-populated suburbs to cater for, and the Beach would always attract numbers of people while Palmerston did not possess any of those advantages and, further, the railway crossings would be a great drawback to a tram service. “In any case,” he concluded “ nearly all the inhabitants would have to ride in the trams every day in order to meet interest and sinking fund.” Walker’s jellies 5 for I", take some beating. Try them.*

Mr A. Lazarette notifies the arrival of a consignment of fresh oysters.

Train arrangements in connection with the Feilding Show are advertised in this issue.

At yesterday’s sitting of the Palmerston Supreme Court, Johu J. Rush, a decidedly youthfullooking individual, and W. L. Howard, were charged with assault and robbery at Feilding. A verdict of not guilty was returned.

Elsewhere in this issue the Liquidators of the Foxtou Gas Work Proprietary, Limited, notify that creditors in the Company must send in their claims on or before Friday, March 10, otherwise they will not be recognised. The local rowing club decided at its last meeting to hold a regatta in about a month’s time. It was also decided to hold a picuic next Wednesday week at a suitable spot up or down the river. Members can invite their friends and the ladies will provide refreshments and the club the boats, etc. The party will leave the boatshed at 2.30 p.m. aud return as the tide is favourable. These functions should tend to popularise the club. At the local police court this morning, before Mr Thomas Rimmer J.P., Charles Williams, charged with drunkenness, was convicted and discharged. Edith Florence Wilson and George Wilson also charged with drunkenness, pleaded guilty aud were convicted and discharged. These two accused were further charged with being idle and disorderly persons with insufficient lawful visible means of support, to which charge a plea of not guilty was entered. Both accused were convicted and sentenced to fourteen days’ hard labour in the Palmerston gaol.

The attendance at the local State school is not so satisfactory as it might be. Out of a roll number of over 300. 294 is the best attendance recorded so far this year. Unless parents are prepared to co-operate with the staff and committee, to maintain an average attendance of over 300 then the school will fall a grade. We urge parents who have our splendid system of State education at heart to do their best in maintaining last year’s attendance record.

At last night’s Council meeting when it was suggested that the wages of the nightman for the next fortnight be increased by £1 per week, making £6 los per week, one Councillor remarked that he would take it on himself at that price. Another city father expressed the opinion that it was more than was at present being made out of flax. The Councillors present were apparently of opinion that it should not be such a remunerative position as to overshadow flaxmillmg as no increase was voted.

Sub-Inspector O’Douovan, who has been promoted to the rank of Inspector at Invercargill, received a unique compliment at the opening ot the Supreme Court sessions in Palmerston yesterday morning. Before giving his charge to the grand jury Mr Justice Cooper took occasion to congratulate the inspector on his preferment, and paid a high tribute to his ability, courtesy and fair-mindedness. His Honour laid stress on the fact that the inspector had qualified as a solicitor of the Supreme Court, which fact he considered particularly laudable when the arduous nature of a police officers duties were taken into consideration. Mr A. D. Thomson, S.M., and Mr C. A. Eoughnan, Crown Prosecutor, also made complimentary reference to the departing officer’s tact and ability, and expressed keen regret at his departure. There is a widespread feeling of regret in Palmerston at Inspector O’Douovon’s departure.