LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 1007, 20 June 1911, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

i he Wauganui Education Board meet to-morrow.

W. F. Durward and Co., Ltd., of Palmerston North, has a replace advertisement in this Issue. Read it.

A meeting of the Moutoa Drainage Board will be held on Friday next at 7.45 p.m. Business : —• general.

A number of local business people intend to decorate the exterior of their business premises tor Thursday’s Coronation celebrations.

Mr E. Healey has just landed (ex Ruahine) a splendid line of hot water bottles for the coming winter. They are of the best English make and guaranteed not to leak. Inspection invited.*

A meeting of the local Borough Council will be held on Friday evening next at 7.30 o’clock to consider and settle balance sheet, to give notice of intention to strike rates and general. Ladies owe no small degree of their style and comfort to Warner’s famous Rust-proof Corsets. Thanks to our local drapers in keeping up-to-date with Warner’s latest models.*

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.*

The only reason why Collinson and Cunninghame are selling blouses at is ud each is that they have 500 more than they require, and now their big sale is on, they know it is a good time to give customers a big nibble. Every blouse is well made and of good material. Also new shapes. Call in if you possibly can.* At the Police Court, Invercargill, on Saturday, Ernest William Challis was charged with causing the death of Arthur William Mitchell, by driving a motor car, on April 29th, in a culpably negligent manner. Accused was remanded till June 26th. Bail was forthcoming in self and two sureties oi ,£IOO each.

In this issue read Rimmer’s advertisement re Belgica lamps.* In a letter to the Mayor, enclosing a subscription of two guineas towards the Coronation Hall Subsidy Fund, Mr E. Newman, M.P. says: “I think you have great reason to be proud of your Council and I believe your own lead had much to do with the generous contribution from the other members. I think Foxton has got a ‘ move on ’ at last and I look for great progress during the next few years.” 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*

There will be special services in All Saints’ Church on Coronation Day, 8 a.m. Holy Communion, 11 a.m. special Coronation service, authorised by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York. A recital of the solemnities of the Coronation is ordered to be used in place of the sermon which will be read by the vicar. The special service book issued contains nineteen pages, and those present at the 11 a.m. service will have the opportunity of taking one of the books as a souvenir of the great occasion.

Bobby pushed me in the gutter, In the pouring rain. All my cake and bread and butter Floated down the drain. Mummy put me straight to bed, ’Cos my clothes were dripping. Gave me Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure Bobby got a whipping. 7

The Queensland Government is presenting the King with a charger to celebrate the Coronation.

A Chinaman was fined 20s and costs at Hastings on Friday for selling cigarettes to a boy under 16 years ot age.

The “ Defiance ” brand of Men’s Hats are right out on their own for style, comfort and durability. (Manufactured by the proprietors of the Roslyn Woollen Mills.)* The Thames (Houdon) 880yds swimming championship was won by Champion of Auckland in a good race, by thirty yards, Findlay being second, and Giles third. His Worship the Mayor left for Palmerston to-day, to be present at the laying of the foundation stone ot the new Methodist Church by His Excellency the Governor.

The local Hiterary and Debating Society will debate the subject “ Which is the greater evil: Drink or Gambling ? ” to-night in the Presbyterian Hall. A cordial invitation is extended to the public to attend.

His Excellency the Governor, who is to lay the foundation stone of the Methodist Church at Palmerston North to-day and open the Winter Show, was accorded an official welcome at Palmerston yesterday.

I 'lWhen you get Roslyn you get the best in all-wool Blankets, Rugs, Tweeds, Worsteds, Hosiery, Unshrinkable Flannel and Underwear “ Delta ” finish, so when purchasing woollen goods always say, “ Roslyn, please.”*

The Herald will be published at 12 o’clock on Thursday in order to allow our staff to take part in the Coronation celebrations. The issue will contain an appropriate illustration of the King and Queen, etc., and a full programme of the local celebrations.

Mr R. Speirs recently lost a valuable horse which sickened and died. A post-mortem examination revealed the presence of a large quantity of sand in the intestines. It is surmised that the animal licked up the sand for the salt that is in it. Other similar deaths of horses have occurred locally. Horses should be given rock salt which breaks them of this fatal habit.

For Chronic Chest Complaint s Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, is 6d, 2s 6d

An eight-year-old sou of Mr McKwen was run over by a horse and trap in the Rady’s Mile on Sunday afternoon. It appears that that the horse shook its winkers off and broke away Srom where it was fastened and in its career knocked the lad down. The little fellow got off with a broken collar bone. This is the second accident that has befallen the little chap, he having previously broken his leg. The horse and trap belonged to Mr J. Bowe. If you want to be up early these dark mornings, buy one of Parkes’ alarm clocks. A good selection ot choose from.*

Foxton School has made a display in the schools’ section in the Dairy Show held at Palmerston N. during this week. The exhibit consists of vegetables and roots from the school garden, nature study exhibits consisting of pressed grasses, weeds and ferns, shells, etc., and school work consisting of mapping and drawing from nature, each school making a suitable display, earns a subsidy of £2 given by the society. For Influenza take Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. Never fails, is 6d, 2s 6d. We are informed that the Motuiti Maoris are anxious to join in the Coronation celebrations but so far have not received an official invitation to do so. Mr Potakahas a band of trained haka dancers at the place mentioned, and it would be in keeping with the celebrations if, after the laying of the foundation stone ceremony, a Maori haka was performed. We hope the committee will give the matter attention as on a previous occasion the Maoris were disappointed because they had been left out of the celebrations.

For Children’s Hacking Cough at night, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, Is fid and 2s fid. The Suffragettes, both in New York and Boston, caused amusement the other day by the announcement that their new headquarters in two cities are to be provided with a smoking - room and a bar. “A large open-air smoking-room at the back of the ground floor assembly hall and restaurant” will be an innovation in the New York premises. This is all the more remarkable, as ladies are still prohibited from smoking in New York restaurants.

Thos. Rimmer is selling loose tea at is per lb. —best value in town, Tn' a pound and see.* Mr Con. Hammond (brother of the aviator, Mr Joe Hammond) and Mr Stewart McKenzie (Carnarvon) were leaving Palmerston for Feilding by motor car on Sunday afternoon, when a collision with a mocor cyclist occurred, in Rangitikei street. The cyclist, who proved to be Mr J. Robinson, blacksmith, of Awahuri, was thrown a couple of complete somersaults, but escaped with a scalp wound and some bruises. In endeavouring to avoid the cyclist the car swerved and struck the stone water trough at the Family Hotel. Mr Hammond was thrown clean over the wind screen, but was not injured. Mr McKenzie escaped injury, but the car was considerably damaged.

Nature’s embrocation. Rocke’s Eucalyptus Oil. The finest that Australia produces. There’s “something ” distinctive about “Rocke’s.” 6

A grandfather’s clock made of old mahogany, and which is claimed to be 300 years old, is on view at a shop in Hastings. The death is announced of an early colonist, Mr Joseph Hade, ot Wellington, lather of Mr Hade, editor of the and Mr F. Hade, assistant subeditor of the Evening Post.

At the request of a councillor, the town clerk of Christchurch prepared a return showing the cost of feeding the Council’s horses for twelve mouths. The cost of feeding 54 horses was 15s 3d, or just under ,£2B per head. Mr Joe Hammond, of Feilding, the world-famous aviator, who returned during this week to spend a holiday with his people, was taken to Nurse Hinton’s hospital at Palmerston on Saturday night, dangerously ill, and on Sunday morning was operated upon for appendicitis by Dr. Willis, of Feilding, and Dr. Martin. Upon enquiry on Sunday we learn that Mr Hammond, though very ill, is doing as well as can be expected under the circumstances.

The leading medical journal, the Hancet, lately said that tobacco smoking produces deafness and leads to an early death. Exceptions probably strengthen the rule. There is the case of Mr Henry Burling, of Waikauae, who is rro years old, and has smoked for 92 years !

An ex-pollce inspector has been remanded at Bow Street Court on a charge of sending Mr Ramsay McDonald, Deader of the labour Party, a letter in which he threatened to make an attack in public on the person of Mr Winston Churchill, the Home Secretary, and also for sending a letter threatening to kill Subdivisional Inspector Reed, against whom he had an old grievance.

The last sad rites in connection with the late Mrs White took place yesterday afternoon. The remains were conveyed to St. Mary’s Church, where an impressive service was conducted by the Rev. Father Kelly. As the casket entered the building the organist (Mr Berthold) played Beethoven’s “ Dead March.” During the course of his address, the preacher made appropriate references to the deceased’s character and noble qualities. The crowded congregation stood while the organ pealed forth the “ Dead March” in “Saul.” The cortege was one of the longest we have seen in Foxton, testifying to the respect in which the deceased was held. Handsome floral tributes covered the coffin and the graveside. The pall bearers were; Messrs T. and J. Curtis, F. Thynne, F. Robinson, J. Jillett, J. Cantwell, W. Redgrave, and H. Munro. *