LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 986, 2 May 1911, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

T. Rimmer is selling jam 3 tins for is.* Mr Hodson, of Blenheim, took up his duties at the local post office on Saturday. Ask your local draper or storekeeper to show you the copyrighted Roslyn Writing Pad for6d. Mr C. Speirs has purchased the old library, and a staff of workmen are busy dismantling and removing same from the Town Hall site. A cable message from Perth (W.A.) states that the local option poll is largely against an increase of hotel licenses and in favour of State Management. The census returns for Kevin borough show an increase of 343, the total being 1608, against 1265. The returns for Horowhenua County are incomplete, but a marked increase of population is already ascertained.

China files received in Brisbane report that a Japanese specialist, in dissecting plague corpses, discovered that the disease germs were not only in the lungs and milt (spleen), but also in the brains and discharges. The discovery is believed to mark a new epoch in bacteriology, and is likely to cause great changes in the treatment of victims and the principle of prevention. A message to the Manawatu Standard from a passenger on the Otranto, conveys news of the death, on April sth, of Aporo Terawhia, a son of Sophia, the famous Rotorua’ guide. Aporo was one of the most popular and intelligent natives in Maggie Papakura’s troupe, who were travelling to England after their recent Australian season. He leaves a wife and two children, all of whom are members of the troupe. The immediate cause of death was cerebral hemorrhage. Prior to the burial, which took place at sea just before Colombo was reached, a pathetic tangi was held A beautiful assortment ot electroplate goods, brooches, engagement rings, etc., at Parkes’ jewellery establishment, Main St.*

The monthly sitting of the Magistrate’s Court will be held tomorrow.

Mrs A. J. Lett, certificated maternity nurse, has an announcement in this issue. The vital statistics tor Foxton for the month of April are as follows; —Marriages, 2 ; births, 8 ; deaths, nil. Elsewhere in this issue Mr R. M. Parkes thanks the electors for the support accorded him at the recent election.

At the local Police Court yesterday morning, before His Worship the .Mayor, a first-offending inebriate was convicted and fined 5 s -

The annual meeting of the Manawatu Licensing Committee is advertised to take place at the Court House, Marton, on Thursday, Bth June, 1911, at 12 noon. On the fourth page to-day will be found the Engineer’s re the port of Moutoa Drainage Board, “News and Notes,” and “Papuan Pygmies.”

We give a final reminder of the euchre party and dance to be held in the Masonic Hall to-morrow evening, under the auspices of the local Rowing Club. A capital evening’s entertainment is promised.

A social is to be held in the Presbyterian Sunday School Hall on Thursday evening next. The programme will include items by a number of Palmerston vocalists. Refreshments will be provided. Admission is is. The proceeds are in aid of the hall fund.

The shooting season opened alter midnight on Sunday. A number of local sportsmen braved the bitterly cold night which ushered in the season, but so far as we are able to ascertain no phenomenal bags were obtained — in fact we haven’t seen a feather. Ducks, however, are reported t be plentiful.

A “bore”—something in the nature of a tidal wave, and a danger to small craft entered the Manawatu river about halfpast six on Thursday evening, the wash on the northern side reaching to some of the beach cottages. The force exerted by this moving body of water can be gathered when it is stated that one of the residents, after hauling his boat to a place of safety, was unable to keep abreast with the “ bore ” in a smart sprint. The Monmouthshire Evening Post, ot the 24th December last, published as a leading article, Christ’s Sermon on the Mount. The paper remarked that as a newspaper commands a larger congregation than any minister of the gospel, and as it is read by a multitude, including many whom the churches do not reach, there was full justification for a departure in regard to which, as Ruskin aptly said, in a different connection, “ the only strangeness is that this thing is so strange.”

The Foxton Post Office has been the training ground ot a number of cadets who have not only reflected credit upon themselves but upon the office which produced them. Three young men recently transferred to head office and who give great promise are Messrs Jenks, Fred Robinson, and W. Spelman. The first two were transferred to other centres before being promoted to headquarters. For their courteous and obliging manners and all-round efficiency they were held in high esteem by the local public, whose best wishes will follow them in their more responsible positions. The public service will not deteriorate if its recruits are of equal merit to those mentioned.

Mr E. Newman, M.P. for Manawatu, and President of the New Zealand Cricket Association, presided at the quarterly meeting of the Association, at Christchurch, on Thursday evening last. He gave his support to a proposal, brought forward by the Hon, E. C. J. Stevens, and unanimously adopted, requesting the management committee to consider the possibility of establishing an annual match with New South Wales, also with Victoria, or with one of the two states. It was pointed out that if the scheme was started, it could be extended to other Australian Associations. Mr Stevens was accorded a hearty vote of thanks for travelling down from Wellington to attend the meeting. A claim to the estates of Lord Dudley, Governor - General ot Australia, is being made by one William Ward, a resident of Melbourne. The claimant, who was born in Loudon, but has been in Australia since 1683, is that as the direct descendant of Thomas Ward, an outlawed smuggler of the 18th century, he takes at least the Jamaican property, if not the whole of the English estates and titles coming through Baron Ward and Baron Dudley. In early life the claimant spent several years as a sailor, and bears traces of this experience in his profusely tattooed arms. He married in Victoria, and has reared a large family. He has worked at the carpenter’s bench, has acted as clerk of works on Government buildings, and is now busily occupied as a working builder and architect. He is an active temperance and religious worker. As his family, if his succession be established, comes in belore the .granting of the viscountship and earldom, these titles would not be affected. Should he succeed in his claim, he would not be a belted earl, but would have to be recognised as a baron bold twice over, viz., nth Baron Ward and 20th Lord Dudley. Rimmer’s for quality and value in everything.*

Football is in full swing in other centres, but Foxton has not yet got a move on. Why the delay ? Mahon’s, the Palmerston drapers, insert an advertisement in reference to raincoats.

For Children’s Hacking Cough at night, Woods’ Great Peppermint, Cure, is 6d, 2s 6d. Mr F. Gabites inserts some bargain prices in drapery, elsewhere in this issue.

Messrs O’Connor and Tydeman advertise interesting particulars re trophies for men who excel in sport.

Mr W. E. Barnard, well-known in Foxton, was elected to a seat on the Te Aroha Borough Council at the late election.

During| April, which was the first month of the regssiration of youths for compulsory military training, 6167 persons were enrolled out of a total of about 16,000 liable to serve. Although the farmer may sometimes find difficulty in supplying all the information required for the rather large census papers this year, his difficulty would, be infinitely small compared with the itask of describing the display of Winter Millinery at M. Hamer’s* Stevenson (18,000} has defeated Inman (16,914), retaining the British billiards championship. George Gray states that he is now free to challenge Stevenson and Inman, 16,000 level, for aside, the winner to take twothirds of tne gate.

Aboo, the African pigmy, wellknown in this district, is now under remand for medical treatment at Hastings. Those who take a delight in supplying him with drink to see him make an exhibition of himself should certainly be made an example of, says the Manawatu Standard. The s.s. Gertie, Himatangi, and Waverley arrived yesterday, coal laden. The cargoes were all discharged, and the vessels left last night. To-day the Kennedy and Queen of the South arrived, the former coal-laden and the latter with general cargo. The river and bar are in good order. The most popular dress goods for the winter season are undoubtedly the Rough Donegal and Harris Tweeds. These are obtainable in choice selection at The Bon Marche, Palmerston N., where an immense stock of excellent value dress goods have just been opened up, of which C. M. Ross and Co. invite inspection and comparison of prices.*

Nellie Waghorn, styling herself a medical student, appeared at the Christchurch Magistrate’s Court on Saturday on five charges of theft and one of false pretences. She pleaded guilty and was convicted, and on the major charge of theft was ordered to be detained in prison for reformative purposes lor two years.

Baroness Deschatot has been arrested in a jeweller’s shop in Paris, with a diamond ring discovered adhering to a drop of glue in the palm of her hand. She had been leading a double life as a poor milliner living in a flat with a young daughter and as a baroness living in a private mansion in a fashionable quarter of Paris, whence she motored daily,to the principal shops. Large robberies of lace and jewels have been revealed.