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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 952, 9 February 1911, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL. Mr G. Brewer advertises a fiveroomed house to let.

Mr John Stevens, ex-M.P. lor Manawatu, is on a brief visit to Eoxton.

Tho ordinary meeting of the local Borough Council will be held on Monday evening next. The Manawatu County Council invite tenders lor constructing 76 chains of drain from Simons’ lake to Taikorea road. Gas consumers are reminded that no discount will be allowed on gas accounts if not paid on or before to-morrow.

A collie dog attacked a seven year old child at Dargaville on Friday, and bit her all over the arms, legs and body before it was driven off. The dog belonged to the house. Had it belonged to a neighbour, its owner would have had a pretty tall bill to meet.

The Japanese, being born in a country of pretty flowers such as the chrysanthemum, it is no wonder that we credit them with such delicate taste of blended colours as we are wont to do. Mrs Hamer is now offering some very attractive Japanese Crepelines at the remarkably low price of lod vard.-' A ‘‘distinguished visitor,” who recently came to Palmerston for a few days, and for whom a local hotelkeeper cashed a cheque which was subsequently returned from Wellington marked ‘‘no account,” is said to have held a free pass on the New Zealand railways. The Standard says it would be interesting to learn how the free pass was obtained and by whose instructions it was issued.

Preserved rats are apparently a delicacy with certain Chinese in New South Wales. A case was delivered from the North Coast Company’s wharf to a resident of Ballina by a carrier in mistake. When the case was opened it was found to contain tins in which were preserved rats. The bodies were whole and the tails intact. It was subsequently discovered that the case had been consigned from Sydney to a Chinese at Ballina, and it is assumed that the rats were forwarded to order as a table tit-bit.

An exchange says that the people of Southland are alive to their own interests, and —wisely and naturally—intend in the future, as they have done in the past, to make the most of the influence of Sir Joseph Ward in regard tc the prosecution of public works in the southern province. Southland is already well provided with railways, better than any part of the North Island, but the Southland Railway League has quite a number of other projected lines in view, and is working to secure its ends. It is apparent from the above, that a friend at Court is the lever which works the point.

The value of the evidence ot a witness was tested in a novel manner at the Magistrate’s Court at Auckland recently. A labouring man was the complainant in a charge of theft against another man, a stranger to him, and in his evidence he said he identified the accused by his appearance and hv his eyes particularly. After a cross-examination of over half an hour, Mr Hackett, who appeared for the accused, turned accused in the dock so that he stood with his back to the witness. Turning to the witness, Mr Hackett asked him to tell the colour of the accused’s eyes. Witness could not do this, and although he had been facing accused for nearly an hour, and described bow he identified him, the tact that accused had light blue eyes did not seem to make any impression on bis mind. If in want of Birthday, Wedding or other gifts, go to Parkes’, the jeweller, the shop for presents.*

In a state of uncontrollable ex- j citemeut over the Hon. Roderick M’Keuzie’s disparaging remarks upon the prospects of the Bleu-heim-Waipara railway, the Kaikoura Star refers to him as “ the Minister tor Public Works and other phantasmagoria.” Inspector Mitchell, of Invercargill, will sucreed Inspector O’Brien (retired) at Dunedin. Sub-In-spector O’Douovan, of Palmerston North, replaces Inspector Mitchell with the rank of inspector, and Sub-Inspector Phair, of Dunedin, takes the place of Sub-Inspector Green (retired) at Timaru. At last the verandah is being erected at the local railway station for which the travelling public, particularly in stormy weather, will feel extremely grateful. The lighting of the wharf and the verandah were petitioned for over two years ago by the local Chamber of Commerce.

Judge Moses, of Baltimore, declares that “a large proportion of the cases of wrongdoing among children is traceable to the home, and results from the viciousness, carelessness, or neglect of parents.” He suggests that laws should be enacted under which certain classes of delinquent parents could be punished.

A handsome memorial to the late Wairarapa chief, Mahupuka, is to be unveiled on March 22nd at Papawai, and it is hoped that the Prime Minister and the Hon. James Carroll will attend the ceremony. The memorial is a mausoleumlike structure, and was designed by Mr Nelson Illingworth, of Wellington. The Wanganui Herald says that if Gonville and Castlecliff will come in to complete the “ Greater Wanganui ” scheme, there is no reason why Wanganui should not take its place as the fifth city in New Zealand, a position which it is denied by reason of the suburbs above thus named being separate from the borough. An old Velasque picture has been discovered in a lumber room on the estate of the Prince of Parma, at Schwarzau, near Vienna. It is supposed to be the picture of King Philip IV., represented as a rider, which excited mnch admiration at the time- An Knglish art dealer has Ixmght the picture for £BO,OOO. Lecturing at Birmingham the other day, Sir Oliver Lodge said that it the British Government granted the universities ,£IOO,OOO a year for research purposes he would apply electricity not only to accelerating plant growth, but to dispersing the fog from harbour stations, and in influencing weather in clouds and rain.

At a school committee meeting at Feilding this week it was suggested that as Easter this year is late iu April and the term holidays are iu May, it would be advisable to have a week ? s holiday at Easter, instead of two days, and to cutout the week in May. In our opinion the children would prefer Good Friday and Easter Monday plus the week in May.

The death occurred at Greymouth on Friday of Mr William Rae, a well-known resident of that town. The deceased, who was born in Scotland, went to Victoria in 1852, and was afterwards attracted to New Zealand by the gold discovery at Gabriel’s Gully, In 1873 he and Mr Sewell (now of Wanganui) established the Dispatch Foundry Company. The famous Boer general, Piet Crouje, is dead. During the war Cronje was one of the most successful of the Boer generals, and more than one British officer met his Waterloo at his hands. The great Paardeburg fight was the last stand made by Crouje, and he surrendered to Lord Roberts there after a stubborn resistance. The result was his banishment to St. Helena.

An instance of the disadvantages of education came up at the last meeting of the Wanganui Education Board in reference to one teacher who holds a “U” certificate and only requires to pass in two subjects to complete his “C.” As he is only 19 years of age the Education Department deducts 10 per cent. Irom his salary, because he is not entitled to his certificate until he is 21.

Ethel May Jackson who suicided ?t Auckland this week, left the following note: —“My husband has driven me to do this. Perhaps he will be quite satisfied with his work. He has been going out every night. I think he forgets I am so very louely. I asked him to-night to come home. He would not come, so I think it’s better to die.” Deceased married Robert A. Jackson in Australia eighteen mouths ago. Three days after the marriage they quarrelled and had failed to agree ever since. Jackson left home on Thursday, and did not return until he was informed of his wife’s death.

Speaking of the proposal made at a public meeting at Shannon this week to harness the Mangahao and Tokomaru streams to generate electrical power, the Levin Chronicle says : —“ So far as ilaxtmlls are concerned, that industry almost would be revolutionised; for quite apart from the extraordinary advantages that would follow on the reduction of the fire risk, there would be the greatly increased value of the hemp, and the wider selling scope, which would spring from the improved methods of bleaching and dressing which the application of electricity almost certainly would lead to.” Mr Parkes, the local watchmaker and jeweller is opening up a splendid assortment of gold, silver and electro-plate goods suitable for presentations. Watch the window displays.*

On page 4 of this issue will be found the following reading matter; “Radium in Australia,” “Curious Bequests,” and “British Politics.” John J. Russel, proprietor of the Star Hotel, Otahuhu, was found dead in bed on Sunday morning. Death is supposed to have been due to heart failure.

Sir Joseph Ward mentioned, when speaking at Rangataua this week, that New Zealand’s contribution to the British Navy will be launched on June 29th next. We remind our readers of the meeting to be held in the Good Templar Hall to-morrow night for the purpose of forming a branch of the St. John’s Ambulance As« sociation.

The Portugese Government has decided to pay ex-King Manuel a monthly pension of ,£6O, and a cheque representing the payments for the last quarter of 1910 has been forwarded to the young monarch now out of business. Lo, how the mighty have fallen! The Levin Borough Council at its last meeting passed the following resolution : “That the borough returning officer be authorised, at the proper date, to proceed with the election of a member of the Foxton Harbour Board in accordance with the Acts of Parliament regulating such election.”

Mr J. Chrystall is at present engaged sinking an artesian well for Mr H. Greig, at his private residence in Norbitou Road. The bore is already down between 50 and 60 feet and the contractor expects to have to go down somewhere about 200 feet before striking a flow that will rise to the surface.

As the coastal steamer Mana was leaving the Wellington wharf on Saturday night, a woman named Hannah little jumped into the harbour. She was rescued by a sailor and subsequently charged with having attempted to commit suicide. She was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon.

The monthly report of the manager of the Devin Municipal Gas Department states that the number ot consumers is 202, meters in public use 205, coal iu stock 40 tons, coal carbonised 21 tons 10 cwt., number of street lamps 38, number of stoves iu use 50, quantity of gas manufactured 235,300 feet, total output 232,700 feet.

The Otago Daily Times referring to the recent slump iu Waihi shares, says : —“We should be sorry to suggest that ‘lchabod’ is henceforth to be written over the entrance to the Waihi mine, for it is not improbable that the property may have a long and comparatively prosperous life before it; but it is impossible, in the light of what has transpired, that the confidence of the public will iu the future be so readily reposed in the management as it has been in the past.”

We have been asked by the Secretary of the local Oddfellows’ Lodge to state in reference to the proposal to form a local branch of the St. John’s Ambulance Association, that the class is open to everybody and has no connection with the Oddfellows’ Lodge. The subject was first mooted at a lodge meeting, and the members present decided to form a class, and the secretary was instructed to obtain particulars as to procedure. Dr Mandl was asked to act as instructor and consented to do so. Dr, Mandl has also consented to give a brief outline of the work to be undertaken by the class during the meeting to-morrow night.

The Wanganui Herald furnishes the following details of the death of Mrs Edliu ;—Mr Jidlin had left for his work in town about 7.45 this morning, his wife being then asleep. He had gone some distance when she ran to the front door and called out to him. He did not hear, and Mrs Edlin then informed her mother that she had drunk some lotion which Dr. Anderson had supplied to Mrs Hemmiugsen for an affection to the ear. Dr Anderson was hurriedly summoned, but had only been on the scene a few minutes when death ensued. Deceased was 20 years of age, had one child, now about six months old.

The Rev B. H. Ginger, Methodist Minister of Woodville, is nothing if not loyal. At his church service last Sunday morning both in prayer and sermon he referred to the clearing of the King’s character by the recent trial in London. After the close of the sermon, he stated that when the King, as Duke of York, was passing through the Colony some years ago he prepared a sermon with special reference to the King’s visit. At the conclusion of the service he was taken to task by one of his church officers for doing so in view of the character the Prince was asserted to have, and Mr Ginger heard then, for the first time, the allegation of bigamy by the Prince. The memory of that incident made him all the more pleased now that the matter had been publicly tried and disproved. He thought that all the King’s subjects would be pleased to know that their monarch was a man worthy of the respect due to his position, and he asked the congregation to join in singing the National Anthem in toaen of pleasure at the course events had taken, which was done very heartily.

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 3d yard, and all millinery will be disposed of at cut prices to make room for winter stock.*

The Palmerston North Supreme Court was engaged all yesterdav in hearing the London v- London divorce suit, which will be continued to-day. Rabbit-poisoning operations in this district have been commenced by some settlers while others are waiting to lay the poison alter rain has fallen.

The Japanese Antarctic exploration vessel Kainamaru, under Lieut. Shirase, which left Tokio on the 29th November, arrived at Wellington yesterday. Some of the party aboard can speak English.

Owing, no doubt, to the light soil in this district, potato crops are almost immune from blight. Some prolific crops have been produced at Himatangi this year. When it was announced that a Radical and Socialist had been returned for Norwich, England, a man named Edward Fox, aged fifty-one, who had been waiting in the crowd, went home and hanged himself. Of late Mr J. Hillary, of Coley Street, has lost over 100 head of poultry through the ravages ol weasels and last night a further six ducks were destroyed. All the poultry destroyed have bad holes bitten in the throat through which the rodents suck the blood. The announcement made in London last week that 50,000 gills are wanted as prospective brides for young Canadian farmers has caused the immigration staff to be overwhelmed with applicants. Only the domesticated are being selected.

Next Monday the big brass baud coutest is to open in Palmerston, and there is every indication that a successful musical week will result. Word comes from Wanganui that the champion band is devoting a great deal of attention to its finishing off work for the coutest, and a similar report comes from the Wellington Garrison Band.

The visit of Mr W. F. Massey, M.P., and Mr F. Mander M.P., to the north has so far been in the nature of a triumphal progress (says the Auckland Herald). Kach evening in the centres where they stop, the public hall is crowded to meet the Reader of the Opposition, and northern settlers are showing them all possible attention.

Mr Maurice Pearce, a wellknown settler o! Ohakea, died at Palmerston on Tuesday. Deceased leaves a widow and two children to mourn their loss. Deceased lived his life of thirty-six years at Sanson, where his parents were amongst the earliest settlers, ahd he was exceedingly popular with all who knew him. He married a daughter of Mr Anderson, of Sanson. Deceased was accorded a Masonic funeral at Sanson yesterday.

At Monday night’s meeting, a deputation from the local Borough Band waited on the Council in connection with a complaint made at a recent school committee meeting to the effect that the bandmaster had refused to allow the band to play at the recent Floral Fete, held in aid of the funds of the school committee for personal reasons. The baudmembers constituting the deputation stated that the baud had not refused to play, but had advised the secretary that it would be impossible to play during the afternoon as the majority of members were working and could not afford to lose lime. They, were, however, quite willing to play in the evening, and were alway prepared to assist at any local affair, in fact many members had at times paid others to do their work in order that they could get away to play.

There was a brief flash of lega* wit to break the monotony of a case at the Masterton S.M. Court one day last week. The witness under examination was a wellknown firewood merchant, and counsel asked the usual formal question ; “You are an old resident of Palmerston, are you not?” “Yes, and he will be of heaven some day,” interjected opposing counsel. “ Well, it is to be hoped he hasn't got to follow his usual occupation in the Great Hereafter,” replied the first counsel, amid laughter.

Mr Winiata, of Levin, is the lather ol sever, stalwart athletes. Martin Winiata has represented Wellington province at football, and Manawatu-Taranaki against the 1905 English team. Walter played Tor the North Island against the South. Both played in the Maori team in Australia. Nepia is the foremost of the young contingent. and has represented Horowhemxa—Mauawatu several times. The others are all leading players in the Horovvhenua Union. At the Horovvhenua Show recently the brothers were prominent prize-winners with their stock, and in competious.

The people ol Tuakatt got some inside iutormation into the ways ol the New Zealand politician direct from the Prime Minister himself (says the Auckland Herald). Replying to the welcome given him at the station, Sir Joseph Ward said he was prepared to give and take fair criticism. The Biblica' injunction that when smitten on the cheek one should turn the other also was not known to politicians ol the present day. Before he turned the other cheek, he smacked his opponent hard on both cheeks, and then he might obey the injunction by turning his other cheek to be smacked. (Laughter). Walker’s selling good dining chairs 3s each to make room for fresh stock to arrive.*