The Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1911. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 972, 28 March 1911, Page 2

The Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1911. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Additions are made to the Himataugi stock sale list.

A rehearsal of the “ Serpent on the Hearth” will be held by the local amateurs to-night.

Messrs Eastou Bros, are completing a commodious dwelling in the Eady’s Mile for Mr A. Osborne.

The Rangitikei Sawmillers’ Cooperative Association Etd., insert an advertisement, re cheap timber elsewhere in this issue.

Jack Johnson, world’s champion pugilist, has been sentenced to twenty-five days’ imprisonment at San Francisco for exceeding the auto-speed limit. Mrs Coffey, widow of the late Rev. R. Coffey, who for thirty years was vicar of St. Mark’s, Wellington, died at Karori on Saturday morning,iu her ninetieth year.

The local Rowing Club are inaugurating a euchre party and dance to be he'd on April 26th. The object is to raise funds to liquidate the club’s debts. It is hoped that greater enthusiasm will be displayed iu the club’s welfare next season.

The schoolroom now being erected at the rear of the Presbyterian Church will be used for social purposes in connection with the church during the coming winter. A platform is erected the width of the building at the eastern end which will be much appreciated for concerts, etc.

A local settler informs us that the outlook for stock is not very bright, unless plenty of rain falls before the winter sets in. He says that with so much dry weather feed has been very scarce iu the district, and if the winter is severe the growth will be ictarded.

The local agent of the New Zealand Shipping Company informs us that on account of the Coronation, the company has decided to dispatch the s.s. Ruapehu from Wellington on April 27th, a week earlier than time-table date. This will enable intending passengers to witness this great national ceremony. A man named Frank Williams, residing at Dyerville, Wairarapa, met with a paiuful accident one evening last week through the explosion of a flask of gunpowder. He was retiring to bed, when a curtain caught fire from a lighted and iu endeavouring to extinguish the flame he knocked .er tie flask that was standing ne_M and without the cap on. The powder immediately exploded, with the result that he sustained some severe burns about the face and arms.

The next ordinary meeting of the Moutoa Drainage Board will be held on Friday, 31st inst., at 7.45 p.m.

The Rev. Mr Aitken, Moderator ot the, Shaunon-Tokomaru charge will preside at a meeting of the Shannon congc-cation this evening in the prosecution of a call to a minister for that district.

The following will represent Foxtou against Himatangi in the final match on the Park pitch to-morrow afternoon. —Clingberg, Bowe, Bullard, Cook, Muuro, Osboldstone, Dunn, Kdlin, Howe, Robinson, Ward, Whibley and York. The game will commence at 2 p.m.

The bar is again causing trouble to shipping and appears to be silting up. The Queen could not come in yesterday and had to shelter under Kapili, but she negotiated it this morning. The Kennedy, coal laden, is waiting until to-morrow morning, when the tides will be a little fuller. At last night’s meeting of the Harbour Board the unsatisfactory st.ue of the bar was discussed and it was decided to ask the Wanganui Board to allow their engineer to confer with members on the subject prior to taking definite action.

With this issue Mouusey and Co. advertise particulars of a sale of property and furniture on behalf of Mr J. Moran in Whyte Street. The property is very conveniently situated, being close to Main Street, and must become very valuable in a short time and will prove a splendid investment lor anyone speculating, as it will always let readily at a good rental or it would suit anyone wishing to purchase their own home. The price put on by Mr Moran is very low, as he wishes to sell the place owing to his removal to Auckland, so buyers can depend on securing an excellent investment for very little cash.