LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 1032, 19 August 1911, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The quarterly and half-yearly accounts owing to the Herald up to June 30th have now been rendered, an early settlement of same would be appreciated. Drs, O’Brien and Peach on Friday conducted an examination of the youths registered in Foxton under the New Defence Act Regulations. All the services in All Saints’ Church to-morrow will be taken by the Rev. S. G. Compton, M.A., vicar of St. Mary’s, Levin. This is Mr Compton’s first visit to All Saints’ Church, and will be the first opportunity he has of preaching to the people of Foxton. The services will be at S a.m., ix a.m., and 7 p.m. Hunterville (says the Express) has come out of the Electoral Commissioners’ melting-pot very badly. It is included in an electorate with which it has very little community of interest and loses its old distinction of being the headquarters of the Rangitikei district. The new Rangitikei electorate includes a very small area of Rangitikei proper, and the greater part of Rangitikei district is now in Manawatu electorate.

The anniversary services in connection with the local Methodist Church will be held to-morrow, the preacher for the occasion being the Rev. H. Daniel, of Halcombe, who recently conducted a week’s mission services in the Methodist Church here. Good congregations are expected. On Wednesday evening next, the annual tea and public meeting will be held. Tea on the tables at 6 p.m. A good programme, consisting of anthems by the choir, solos, addresses, etc. will be given, at the public meeting. The price of admission will be one shilling. A meeting of members of the local Bowling Club, including a number of ladies, was held in the Council Chamber on Thursday night. Mr Hennessy occupied the chair. The object of the meeting was to discuss ways and means in reference to the erection of a pavilion on the ground. Mr Witchell set forth the necessity for such a building, and said if a special effort were made the funds could easily be raised. The club’s present liabilities were about £BO. After a good deal of discussion, it was decided to hold a carnival and art union. It was decided to adjourn the meeting till next Wednesday in order to give those interested an opportunity of discussing the proposal prior to making final arrangements. We have before us a copy of the Midlothian (Scotland), journal of June 30th., giving details of the golden wedding of Mr and Mrs James Golder, cousin of Mr Golder of Fox ton. A complimentary social and presentation were tendered to the old couple by the inhabitants ot the district. Mr and Mrs Golder are natives of Lanarkshire, and were married at the farm of Righead, Avondale, on June 28th., 1861, by the Rev. Andrew J. Gunion, L.L.D., minister of the West United Presbyterian Church, Strathaven. Among the speakers were Provost Tod who presented the guests with a purse of sovereigns. Mr James Golder, on behalf ot the grandchildren, presented the grandparents with gold-mounted umbrellas. The paper devotes a lengthy article to the gathering, stressing the high esteem in which the old couple are held by the inhabitants.

Smith had an uncle—very ill— Expressed a wish to make his will, “Leave everything to you, my boy.” Smith struggled to conceal his joy! Just to reduce his temperature, They gave him Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. Poor Smith ! His dreams of wealth were vain, His uncle’s up and out again I I Vegetable seeds, flower seeds, garden tools, etc., T. Rimmer.*

Mr. Feild, M.P, for Otaki, was a visitor to Foxton to-day.

The services to-morrow in St. Mary’s Church will be conducted at 8.30. a.m. by the Rev. Father Kelly. Mr Hankins, of Levin, has been appointed secretary for the Otaki Licensed Victuallers Association.

The services at the Presbyterian Church to-morrow will be conducted both morning and evening bj 7 the Rev. G. K. Aitken.

The condition of Mr W. H. Judkins, who is undergoing a special treatment tor cancer, in Melbourne, is now said to be extremely critical. Fanny Goodin, aged 66, wife of a farmer at Dalefield, was found drowned in a creek this week. At the inquest a verdict of suicide while temporarily insane was returned.

The referee stopped the Lang-ford-O’Brien fight at New York in the middle of the fifth round, after O’Brien had been sent to the floor practically knocked out.

Prince Su has issued an order in Tientsin declaring that opium smokers will be prohibited from January 1. All persons found smoking the drug after that date will be arrested. The ladies of All Saints’ Guild propose holding another social on Wednesday, September 13th, particulars of which will appear in a later issue. This notice is to avoid clashing with any similar function.

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Moutoa Drainage Board, to have been held last night, lapsed for the want of a quorum, the only members present being Messrs Gower and Robinson. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, the 29th instant.