LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 1036, 29 August 1911, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A very fine sample of the baker’s art in the shape of a handsome wedding cake, is on view in Mr M. Perreau’s shop window. Sir Joseph Ward, Premier, and Sir John Findlay, AttorneyGeneral, were entertained at a banquet at Wellington on Saturday night by their friends and supporters. The conceit to be held on September 13th, in aid of All Saints’ Church, promises to be one of the best ever held in All Saints’ schoolroom. The programme will be published in a later issue.

A smoke concert is to be tendered to Guard Gavey in Mi Perreau’s tea rooms next Friday night. As previously mentioned, Mr Gavey has been transferred to the Palmerston- Wanganui section.

At the weekly meeting of the local Debating Society this evening, the subject of debate will be : “Does the rising generation spend too much time in sport ?” Mr K. Furrie will lead off in the afiirmative, and Mr A. L. Wilson in the negative.

His Honor the Chief Justice, Sir Robert Stout, held yesterday (in giving judgment on an appeal case) that the Opera House at Palmerston was a factory within the meaning of the Act.

The estate of the late D. L. Murdoch has been proved at ,£145,225 2s 1 id. The trustees have been notified by the Government that the estate and succession duties amount to £31,747 is 6d. This amount will be paid into the Treasury. Murdoch bequeathed £IOOO to the Jubilee Institute for the Blind in Auckland. The balance goes to connections in Scotland.

The wedding of Mr A. J. Kellow (local manager for Messrs Levin and Co.) and Miss Nye, daughter of the late Mr T. Nye, was celebrated at Levin to-day. The ceremony took place in the Anglican Church, by the Rev Compton, assisted by the Rev G. Y. Woodward, vicar of All Saints’, Foxton. After the ceremony the guests were entertained at the residence of the bride’s uncle, Mr Simpson. Read Rimmer’s replace advertisement, soap extract ibpkt for is.*

Mr W. J. Culver, Inspector of Awards, visited Foxton yesterday on departmental business.

The Rev. S. Barnett advertises that he will lecture and give lessons on occultism in the Masonic Hall, on September sth and 6th next. We remind our readers of the social and dance to be held in the Masonic Hall to-morrow night, in aid of funds to renovate the Native church at Motuiti. Everything is well in hand and should the night be fine there should be a large attendance.

A valedictory social is to be tendered to Mr and Mrs J. Smith and Mrs Edwards, senr., at the residence ot Mr Carter at Moutoa to-morrow night. The guests are old Moutoa identities who are taking up their residence in Foxton.

Captain Rimmer, of the Levin Salvation Army, informs us that the army is going to establish a local corps at an early date. Headquarters have the matter under consideration and Colonel Birkenshaw will personally visit Foxton shortly to make definite arrangements.

At the Palmerston sittings of the Supreme Court yesterday, Nellie Bone petitioned for a divorce from Ernest S. Bone on the ground of desertion. The case was uudeefnded, and a decree was granted to be made absolute in three months. Petitioner was given the custody of the children and costs were allowed on the lowest scale. “ A minister occasionally introduced a Latin sentence into his prayer, and forthwith proceeded to translate it. Another minister in his early days experienced considerable difficulty with the long prayer before the sermon. On one occasion, while in this dilemma, he startled his hearers with the words, ‘ And now, O Lord, I will relate unto Thee a little anecdote ! ’ ”

St. Paul’s Methodist Church, a handsome new brick building, and the first brick church in Palmerston North, was dedicated and opened on Sunday with considerable ceremony. The Rev. C. H. Laws was the preacher, and the Rev. Mr Speuce is the minister in charge. The combined choirs of the town assisted. Lord Islington laid the foundation-stone some time back.

At the Wellington Supreme Court on Saturday a Native, named Frank Cootes, was charged with that, on May 15, at Otaki he had assaulted James Plaisted, and robbed him of £ B . There had been a trial during the week before last, but the jury disagreed and a new trial was ordered. The jury found accused guilty of “ assault with intent to rob.” A sentence of 12 months’ imprisonment with bard labour was imposed.

Here are a few specimens of advertisements written by people who are evidently not adepts in the business: “For Sale —Baby carriage, slightly used. Going out of business.” “Just received a fine lot of Ostend rabbits. Persons purchasing will be skinned and cleaned while they wait.” “No person having once tried one of these coffins will ever use any other.” “ Wanted —A good girl to cook, and one who will make a good roast or broil and will stew well.” “ Wanted —A competent person to undertake the sale of a new medicine that will prove highly lucrative to the undertaker.” “Wanted—Aboytoopen oysters fifteen years old.” — Windsor Magazine.” A woman named Mrs Emily Knowles, who was suffering from bruises thought to have been caused through falling while in a fit, was taken to a boardinghouse at Palmerston on Saturday night, where she died. Her condition indicated the effects of alcoholic poisoning, and yesterday morning she was taken to the hospital where she died suddenly shortly after examination. A post-mortem examination was conducted, and an inquest was opened and adjourned till Saturday, to enable further inquiries to be made. John Stella, a farmer at Ohakune, was charged with killing and stealing a pig at Rangataua, on July 14th, the property of Martin O’Driscoll. The accused shot the pig with a pea rifle on his own property and next night was caught by three witnesses, carting the carcase away. Accused said he took the pig for a wild one. After the jury had retired for one hour and fifteen minutes they re* turned with a verdict of not guilty. The action William Henry Goodman v. Edward Reynolds, a claim for damages for alleged seduction, was mentioned in the Supreme Court, Wellington, yesterday. It will be alleged that Reynolds, now a prisoner in the Terrace gaol, seduced plaintiff’s daughter, Mr J. W. Macdonald, solicitor for the Public Trustee, who, as administrator of the prisoner’s estate, will defend the action, agreed to an adjournment until next session, but Mr W. H. Fell, for the plaintiff, objected to any postponement. His Honour suggested that the case should be mentioned later.

She didn’t belong to the “Smart Set’ But she turned night into day, ’ And smoked, while others were sleeping, Cigarettes, I’m sorry to say. She tried some Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, Her asthma to forget.

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