LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 973, 30 March 1911, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Further additions are made to the Himatangi stock sale list. Mr W. T. Wood has been reappointed Government nominee on the Foxton Harbour Haard. The annual meeting of the Awahou Football Club, which was to have been held last night, lapsed for want of a quorum. Cabinet has authorised the expenditure of ,£4OO on buildings at the Weraroa experimental larm. Phenomenal-sized water melons are a frequent product of this district. An elephantine illustration of the fact has been produced in Queen Street, Levin, by Mr Walter Ingram. It scaled coz. and tasted like concentrated joy. The King and Queen and the Royal Princess participated in a procession at Rome this week to the Quirinal and Capitol. The streets were crowded, and there was a large assemblage in the Sanatorium Hall. The socialist mayor of Rome delivered a speech eulogising the founders of modern Italy.

Inlerlocking gear is being installed at the Thorndon (Mana- ■ wain) railway station, an indication to many observers that the Government has remote ideas about the erection of a terminal railway stat’on in Wellington, the plans for which have been prepared months ago, says the Dominion. The Minister for Railways (the Hon. J. A. Millar), when consulted on the matter, stated that the gear was only being installed for the working of goods traffic at Thorndon, and that the matter of the new station “had not yet been before Cabinet.’’ So that whilst the Minister says that the installation of new gear at Thorndon has nothing to do with the new station, Cabinet is not, it seems, troubling its head about the new station at all.

Mr H. Spear, eye-sight specialist, will visit Foxton on Friday and Saturday’, 21st and 22nd April next, and may be consulted at Whyte’s Hotel.

At the local Police Court this morning a first offending inebriate was fined 5s and ordered to leave the town. Mr Hennessy, J.P., presided.

Cadet Henry Berlhold will be presented at a parade of the local State School cadets to-morrow afternoon, with a medal presented by Mr Alf. Fraser tor the best shot in the recent competition. The Mission services being conducted in the local Presbyterian Church by Mr and Mrs Camming, were well attended on Tuesday and last night. The mission will close to-morrow night. To-night a service of song will precede the address and Mr Camming will sing a solo, also a duet with Mis Camming. A llianks-offering will be given at the final service tomorrow night. “The sun may vary, but my watch never ’’ is one of those extravagant statements one hears so often. Still, it shows that the speaker has unbounded confidence in his time-piece. A similar claim is likely to be made by wearers of Messrs O’Connor and Tydeman’s watches, for the splendid timepieces sold by this firm are thoroughly reliable. M. Tardy, a Frenchman, who has been resident for a few years in the Westport district, is adopting a unique means of visiting his native land. He has just completed a staunch yawl, 24 feet in length, in which he proposes to sail via New Zealand and Australian ports to Noumea, and then on to Suez, The small vessel is iron-framed, and fitted with air tanks to ensure stability. The only other member of the crew will be a small dog. At the present sitting of Masterton Supreme Court, Sir Robert Stout, Chief Justice, congratulated the district on the progress made during the past forty years and the absence of any serious crime. Only one resident of the Masterton electoral district had been convicted since February, 1909, namely, Chinaman. In the Magistrate’s Court, too, the criminal cases showed a decrease from 391 for 1909 to 191 for 1910. He knew of no other district in the Dominion where there had been such a diminution in crime, and he congratulated the district on that fact. Hats off for Masterton ! Foxton is to have a visit 011 Saturday night from the Eclipse Picture Company, which will show in the Masonic Hall. An excellent and up-to-date programme is promised, which will include dramatic, scenic, industrial, and comic subjects. Miss Gertie McLeod, a young lady with a pleasing voice, will render popular illustrated songs, her repertoire including “In the Garden of the West,” “ When the Old Mill Wheel is Turning,” and “’Neath the Moonbeams on the Murray.” The entertainment should be rewarded with a good house.