LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 993, 18 May 1911, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Guns and ammunition. Come and inspect T. Rimmer.* Four furnished rooms are advertised to let in a centrally situated position. Mr Thos. P. Henderson, piano tuner, will visit Foxton on Monday and Tuesday next. John McGhee, a miner, aged thirty-five, was killed by a fall of coal in the Kaitaugata mine ou Tueseay. Despite frequent denials of polygamy in the Mormon Church at Salt Lake City, it is announced that two elders have been deprived of the priesthood, consequent on recently practising polygamy, A verdict of death by misadventure was returned at the inquest on the body of the boy Wallastrom, who was run over by Mr Robert Parker's motor car and killed on the Hutt road on Tuesday

Messrs Speyer and Company, "~.i ' fort bankers, have purchased the “ Vussiche Zeiuing,” the oldest German newspaper, and one ot the leading Liberal organs, in Berlin. The price paid was ,£400,000. Try our loose tea at is per lb Splendid value. Thos. Rimmer. Ask your local draper or storekeeper to show you the copyrighted ROSLYN Writing Pad for 6d,

For Influenza take Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. Never fails, is 6d, 2s 6d. In a West Coast hospital the other day a patient who had gone for surgical treatment was asked the usual questions about occupation, religion, etc., by the nurse, who closed het enquiries with the question, “ Have you got pyjamas?” and received the unexpected reply, “ No, the doctor says I’ve got appendicitis,” An exciting and unusual incident occurred during the Hunt Club meet at Urenui on Thursday, says the News. One of the hares, being hard pushed, jumped over a cliff on to a ledge about 40 feet below, and was promptly followed by five of the hounds. The chase continued along the ledge for about 200 yards, when the hare, in attempting a double, fell into the sea and was drowned. In order to bring the hounds safely back to terra firma a block and tackle had to be procured. Mr C. Hammond, of Feildiug, has received a wire from his brother Joseph, who has been giving a series of successful exhibitions on a Bristol bi-plane in Australia, that he has just about completed his engagement there, and before leaving for Europe it is his intention to visit his relatives in New Zealand. Mr Hammond will leave Australia in about xo days’ time.

It is the custom of Emperor William to commemorate his particular achievements as a hunter by the erection of monuments. One of these stones, 6ft. high, has just been put in a royal forest, some miles to the north of Berlin. It bears the following inscription : —“ His Majesty the Emperor and King William the Second shot here, on January 9, 1911, a big 24-pointer, in number of points the finest stag ever killed by a Hohenzollern Prince in the Schorlheide.”„ The death took place at New Plymouth on Saturday of Mr Benjamin Enroth, well known to everyone in the district through his correspondence in the Press. He was born in England over 65 years ago, was apprenticed to the printing trade, and later took up journalism, in which capacity he had considerable experience in Canada and the United States. He then came ou' :u the colonies, and conducted country newspapers in both New South Wales and Queensland. He arrived in New Zealand about five years ago, marrying the widow of the late Mr Berridge, who survives him. The method of using one’s watch as a compass is as follows ; —Point the hour hand directly at the sun. A line drawn through the centre of the dial half-way between the hour hand and twelve o’clock points directly south. Twelve o’clock noon must be reckoned, i.e., the sun has not arrived in the south before, and has, of course, gone past it alter. For ‘ instance, at 6 a.m. the line would pass over IX., and at 6 p.m. it would pass over 111. At 8 a.m. it would pass over X., and at 4 p.m. it would pass 11. Needless to say, perhaps, that the watch should be going, and correct.

The proposition is made in all seriousness by the Watchman, a Baptist paper of Boston, that we should have two Sundays in one week —one for rest, recreation and social joys, the other for Christian worship. As a matter of history, the paper says, this was the practice of the early Christians. To quote: “ The earliest converts to Christianity were Jews, and they continued after theii acceptance of Jesus as the Messiah to observe the Jewish Sabbath on the seventh day of the week. After the resurrection, on the first day ot the week, the Christians began to observe this as a day of Christian assembly to worship their risen Lord. So these early Jewish Christians had a day of rest and a day of worship every week. We have stated before, and we repeat, that it is our conviction that this is the proper order for Christians.”,

The oyster season is now in full swing and local merchants are kept busy, reports the Southland Times. The trouble in connection with quality, which gave everybody conceded so mud; anxiety and was the cause ol a '-'I; of controversy earlier in the season, has now ended, and connoisseurs say that the present supply is up to the standard of the very best. The source of the whole trouble was the oi i-ure to the sun to which the were subjected on the decks of the boats. The sun affected the oysters to such an extent that when deposited in the Bluff beds they were dead. It was only alter much investigation that the cause of the inferior quality of these oysters was disclosed, and after such a worrying and costly experience there is little danger that any more complaints will be forthcoming on this score. A curious case of mis-spelling occurred in connection with the name of the Hon Mr Mackenzie at Saturday’s series of functions (says the Manaia Witness). On the foundation stone of the Kaupokonui Co.’s factory the name of the hou. gentleman was carved 14 McKenzie ” and as it occurred on the stone of the Manaia Post Office and on the silver trowels used it both functions. The elicited from Mr Mackenzie the remark that this must have been the blunder of an Englishman. No true Highlander would so emasculate the name of a member of the historic clan from which he derived his descent. Both the stones nave been taken away to have the names readjusted before being finally put in their respective places.

An advertiser has a stack of barley for sale. A 36ft. totara canoe is advertised lor sale. The Foxtou public will have an opportunity ot witnessing a meet 01 the Mauawatu Hounds at Herrington, Lady’s Mile, to-morrow aftc: noon. The annual general meeting of the local Horticultural Society wiil lie el' this evening at 7.30 O Ciu l .. . vt the local Police Court yesterday a first-olfeuding inebriate was convicted and discharged. Mr Horn blow, J.P., presided, . The school committee meeting will be held this evening at 7 o’clock instead of 7.30 so as not to clash with the meeting of the local Horticultural Society. We remind the public of the meeting to be addressed by Messrs Redmond and Donovan Ms.’P. on the Home Rule question in the Masonic Hall on Saturday afternoon next, at 3 o’clock. The Mayor will preside and introduce the envoys. The splendid programme arranged for the Catholic social to be held in the Masonic Hall tomorrow night should attract a large audience. Besides vocal and instrumental items, cards will be provided for non-dancers.

A verdict ot suicide while of unsound mind was returned at the inquest, at Westport, on John Furze, who was found hanging in a hut on Sunday morning. Deceased was an old-age pensioner, aged seventy-one. No cause is assigned for the deed. Barry has informed Sullivan that he would meet F’ogwell and was then willing to arrange a match with Arnst. Sullivan pointed out that Fogwell’s articles are still unsigned, and it is therefore open to Barry to arrange to row Arnst first. The Education Board have submitted the name of Miss Smith to the local School Committee as third assistant to fill the vacancy on the staff caused by the retirement of Miss Slattery. The matter will be dealt with by the School Committee this evening. A deputation representing the National Dairy Association recently waited on the Minister for Agriculture (the Hon. T. Mackenzie) to urge that the Government should send an expert to London to protect the interests of New Zealand dairy companies, and inquire into the complaint of fishiness in New Zealand butter, and also why our butter did not fetch a higher price. The Minister expressed himself in favour of sending an expert Home, and has now communicated with Mr A. McFarlane, of Pahiatua, president of the National Dairy Association, stating that Cabinet has approved of his recommendation that an expert should be sent to London,