LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 988, 6 May 1911, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Presbyterian Ladies’ Guild held a successful and enjoyable meeting at the residence of Mrs J. Ross on Thursday afternoon. A feature of the gathering was a guessing competition, which proved very interesting. Rimmer’s for quality and value in everything.* Ask your local draper or storekeeper to show you the copyrighted Roslyn Writing Pad for 6i.

For the attendance shield at the Foxton School, this week, Primer 111. and Standard 111. tied with 96.96 per cent. The loser of a sum of money can recover same on giving proof of ownership to Mr D. Rockel, Thynne Street. Mass will be celebrated at 8.30 a.m. and Devotions at 7 p.m., by the Rev. Father Kelly in St. Mary's Church to-morrow. A branch of the Bank of New Zealand was opened yesterday at Rongotea. The manager of the branch, which will be open daily, is Mr E. A. Campbell.

Fashion requires that the form shall be slightly curved at the waist and over the hips. For illustration see Warner’s latest corsets models of all drapers.

Rumour has it that the Hon. T. McKenzie will be asked to contest the Egmont seat. Messrs Dive and Wake, of Eltham, are already announced as candidates. A thorough test of a petroleumyielding area at Weber, near Dannevirke, is to be made on behalf of British capitalists who are interested in its development.

The Sydney Eabour Council, after a debate as to whether industrial disputes should be settled by compulsory arbitration or strike, decided by 77 to 33 in favour of arbitration.

The services at the local Methodist Church to-morrow will be conducted both morning and evening by the Rev. F. Coatsworth. The morning subject will be “The Altar Fire,” and the evening “ Salvation.” 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 task of describing the display of Winter Millinery at M. Hamer’s* The Manawatu County Council advertises special orders relating to the Beach road loan, and rating in the Whirokino subdivision of Awahou riding. The orders will be confirmed at a meeting of the Council on June 6th.

Our representative was yesterday shown a butcher’s cart, which has just been built by Mr H. W. Richmond for Mr George Reay, senr. The cart is splendidly finished and reflects great credit on the builder. The whole of the work, including painting was carried out by Mr Richmond The Rev. F. C. Somerville, Home missionary for the Methodist Church at Palmerston South and Waikouaiti, died iu the Dunedin hospital on Thursday afternoon as the result of a collision between his motor bike and a buggy at Waikouaiti, on Tuesday evening. Dr Pomare, of the Native Health Department, is resigning his position in six weeks’ time to contest the Western Maori seat. His chief objects are to defeat Hon. T. Mahuta and help the natives by raising them to a higher sanitary and hygienic level. Pepene Fketone, defeated at last election, is also standing. At the meeting addressed by the Irish envoys at Masterton on Thursday night, two of the speakers stated that in the event of the Fords rejecting the Veto Bill, upon which the Home Rule Bill depended, the King had given guarantees which would enable Mr Asquith to swamp the Fords with Ftberal Peers.

“ And beef 40s per hundred ! ” exclaimed an auctioneer at the Riverton yards in his efforts to extract shilling bids for an old dairy cow. That price has, fortunately for butchers and consumers, not been reached yet, and by the appearance of the cattle yards on Monday (says the Southland Times), there is little prospect of it ever doing so. There was at least one cattle beast for every person present, and a mob for every buyer. Those who made house-to-house visits in Stratford in search of municipal votes, had some queer experiences, according to the local Post. One canvasser had to mind a woman’s baby, while she got ready to go to the poll, and at another house he had to put laces in the boots of the lady of the house, who said she would just as soon not vote as go to the trouble of putting in the laces. As to the means of locomotion, one lady refused to be taken to the booth in anything but a motorcar, while another insisted on a cab, being frightened of a motorcar.

Subsequent to the arrival of the train at Foxton last night a mishap occurred which provided work for a gang of men through the hours of darkness. The officials are unable to communicate any information to the Press, but it appears that the engine, while being used for shunting purposes, overran a pair of points and tore up a portion of the permanent way. As a first step towards righting matters, the boiler was emptied, alter which the engine was “jacked” on to the line and “hatred” along to the tanks, the operation being completed at 4 a.m. As a result of the accident, the train usually leaving at 9 a.m. was held back till a quarter to ten, and people who were on the platform at the scheduled time witnessed the unaccustomed spectacle of a horse being used for shunting purposes.

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 drees goods have just been opened up, of which C. M. Ross and Co. invite inspection and comparison of prices.*

Mr J. C. Cooper states that there is a probability that the Waingawa freezing works may continue operations, on reduced lines of course, through the winter. The Masterton i,ife-saving Society has the honour of having the youngest person in Australasia to take a life-saving award — namely, Miss Chrissie Peters, who js only eight years of age. Canon Tupper Carey describes New Zealand as a paradise for working men. “No one,” he says, “is allowed to work more than eight hours a day, and a servant with her hair down her back gets 17s 6d a week and food found.”

Arrangements are well in hand for the Bowling Club euchre party and dance to be held in the Masonic Hall on Wednesday evening next. A committee ot ladies are looking after the social side of the function and the affair promises to be the best of its kind held this season.

It is understood (says the Post) that there is a probability of a new candidate coming forward for the Wairarapa electorate at the coming general elections, in the person of Mr Mark Maxton, of Greytown, who, in a letter to a friend in Wellington, has expressed his intention of standing.

Some very snappy styles in ladies’ tailor-made costumes are to be seen at The White House. Petone costumes, also imported goods, make a fine collection. The Girtou costume is quite a rage and Mr Stiles is fortunate in securing some for this district. The firm invite customers to drop in and see the smart goods.

At the conclusion of the social in the Presbyterian Hall on Thursday evening last, Mr Aitken invited the young men of Foxton to a meeting on Tuesday night with a view to forming a literary club. Mr Aitken has asked us to mention that the meeting will be held on Thursday evening, instead of Tuesday.

To bind the contract between lovers, an engagement ring is a necessary item. In their anouncement to-day, Messrs Golder and Son remind betrothed couples of their stock of the emblem of engagement. They claim to be the only gold and silver workers in Foxton. A visit to their establishment will at once convince and please.

To-morrow’s services at All Saints’ Church will be found in the list of church services in this issue. The confirmation classes will be as follows :—Wednesday 3p.m., women and girls; Wednesday 7 p.m., boys ; these two classes to be held in the church, and a special class for men on Monday at the vicarage.

What the hall mark is to silver so is the name Horrockses’ to flannelettee. In their usual publicity column, Messrs Collinson and Cunninghame tell of this famous make of flannelett. At the prices quoted these goods are wonderfully good value, and represent only one of the hundreds of lines of exceptional merit offered by the firm. For w inter wear Horrockses’ flannelettes are very desirable. Argument in the case of Stansell v. Fasten and Austin, relatning to Whyte’s Hotel property, Foxton, was concluded in the Court of Appeal yesterday. Their Honours reserved judgment. By an unfortunate mistake in our last issue it was made to appear that the Court had given its decision in the terms of the original judgment, which, as a matter of fact, had not then, nor has yet, been disposed of. The services at the Presbyterian Church to-morrow will be conducted in the morning by the Rev. G. K. Aitken. The Foxton cadets will have a church parade, and Mr Aitken will address them on the subject of ‘‘Courage and Patriotism.” In the afternoon a special service will be conducted, when the Rev J. Pattison, late of Waipukurau, will preach, and formally open the new Sunday school hall. To the afternoon service parents and friends of the children are heartily invited. In the evening the service will be again conducted by the Rev J. Pattison. At all the services during the day, special collections will be made in aid of the building fund of the new school hall.

Our National Anthem, we know, is at least native in origin, but that is more than can be said for many well-known songs. “ Auld Lang Syne,” the unofficial national song of Scotland, is Scotch only in words, the music being adapted from the opera “ Rosina,” by William Shield, an Englishman. “ The Wearin’ of the Green,” Ireland’s ballad of patriotic woe, had a Scot, James Oswald, for the composer of its melody. A Scot, again, namely, James Thomson, was responsible for the words of our ‘‘ Rule Britannia ” ; an American, J. H. Payne, wrote the intensely English “ Home, Sweet Home,” and an Englishman, Stafford Smith, was the composer of the old convivial glee from which was adapted the melody of ‘‘The Star Spangled Banner ” of America. Mr E. Healey has just landed (ex Ruahine) a splendid line of hot water bottles for the coining winter. They are of the best English make and guaranteed not to leak. Inspection invited.*

Nature’s embrocation. Rocke’s Eucalyptus Oil. The finest that Australia produces. There’s “something ” distinctive about “Rocke’s.” 6 A beautiful assortment of electroplate goods, brooches, engagement rings, etc., at Parkes’ jewellery establishment, Main St.*

T. Rimmer is selling jam 3 tins for is.*

Mr Lazarette has received a tresh consignment of Stewart Island oysters to-day.

The recent advance in the of tea is the subject of an ment by the Cash Trading Com 7" pauy, who sell at the old prices.

That we do not sufficiently appreciate our natural scenery is borne out by Mr T. DyerEdwards, of Eondon, a tourist, who has been making a comprehensive tour of the show places of the North Island. Mr DyerEd wards came down the Wanganui river, and he is very enthusiastic over the scenic glories of the river. “ I don’t understand you people in New Zealand, You call this river “the New Zealand Rhine. Why, it is a disgrace to the Wanganui River to liken it to the Rhine. Your river is beautiful beyond the measure of words. The Rhine is just a fine river—historically interesting—but from a scenic point of view there is no comparison. Your Wanganui is a beautiful gorge—a streak of silver reflecting a wondrously beautiful native bush, which forms a perfect picture always.”