LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 1051, 3 October 1911, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The return crlbbage tournament between teams from the Shannon Druids Dodge and the Foxton Druids and Railway Employees will be played in Mr Perreau’s rooms to-night. At Shannon to-morrow Mr J. R. Stansell will conduct an auction sale of freehold property, including a farm, building and business sites. The sale will be held in the Druids Hall, and will com* mence at noon.

The first shipment ot cement from Golden Bay (Nelson) arrived per the auxiliary schooner Jane on Sunday. The shipment in consigned to the company’s Palmerston N. agent, Mr Hopwood. The company are desirious of leasing a strip of the foreshore on which to erect a shed for storage purposes. The weekly meeting of the local literary and debating society will be held this evening, when a debate will take place on the following subject: “In the event of a war between any of the great Powers, would any benefit accrue to the victorious nation or nations ?”

There was a great gathering of the Opposition at Palmerston last night. Speeches were delivered in the Opera House by Mr Massey and other members of Parliament. A dance was subsequently held. If Mr Buick can’t succeed in regaining his seat with all this talent behind him, he should retire for all time. We are inclined to think that it is the strong man who stands alone.

Jack Johnson resents the criti cism the churches levelled at bis match with Bombardier Wells. In the course of an interview the world’s champion said that Christianity was dearer to his heart than pugilism could ever be. “I would rather have written ‘Onward, Christian Soldiers,’ ” he said, “than be heavyweight champion of the world.” I will obey the Scriptural command, he addeu, “and right the good fight.” The other day, says the Times, a constable was standing on the Bower Hutt bridge, looking up the stream, when he noticed what at first appeared to be a log coming down the river about half a mile away. As the object approached it was found to be a man fioating face upward on the water—a man well known and of massive build. The constable succeeded in rescuing the man about two hundred yards below the bridge, tie was apparently unconscious, but recovered shortly afterwards. Eleven hours were devoted to the Estimates on Friday afternoon and evening, and up to 4 a.m. on Saturday, and the aggregate expenditure authorised was £580,127. There now remains for consideration lour sections in the Department ;,t Internal Affairs, representing ,£148,957; the Estimates for the Defence Department, ,£384,574 : the Marine Department, ,£123,832 ; the Department of Labour, ,£22,316; Bands and Survey Department, ,£251,888; Department of Agriculture, Commerce, aud Tourists, ,£215,202 ; and the Education Department, £1,017,927. The Municipal Ball Committee had a meeting last night and have now got the details of the opening ball In the Coronation Town 71 .1 on the 20th. of October well forward. They have engaged Hanley’s dance orchestra (three instruments, piano, cornet and violin). The programme is all timed, viz., the time for starting is set against each dance, and will be strictly adhered to, with proper intervals for cold drinks, supper aud soup? A feature of the programme will be the “Coronation Dance,” a special dance made up of figures from the D’Alberts and Lancers, and the Committee intend to spare no effort to get the floor, which has been specially laid for dancing, into tip-top condition. Altogether, it promises to be one of the most successful functions of its kind ever held in Foxton. Perreau’s Family Cake is the cake for quality. Have you tried one.*

“I say this without fear of contradiction, that our Supreme Court in New Zealand is the cleanest in the world.”—Mr O’Dea at Patea. The local Convent sent forward one pupil, Lulu White, for Trinity College senior musical examination and she passed with a per ceutage of 63. A woman has been arrested in Paris on a charge of burying a baby alive in a cemetery. She is suspected of having committed a similar crime in 1910. The monthly sitting of the Magistrate’s Court will be held tomorrow morning. Among the cases to be heard are two charges of alleged threatening behaviour. There will be forty hours Devotion at St. Mary’s Chutch on Tuesday, 10th. inst., to be conducted by Father Kinkead, of Feilding, and Father Dore, of Palmerston North.

The Foxtou Bowling Club intend to offically open their green on Wednesday, iSth October. Meantime any members wishing to play are quite at liberty to use the green. The vital statistics for Foxtou for the quarter and month respectively, ended September 30th, were as follows :—Births, id' and 6; deaths 4 and 4; marriages, 2 and 7. ~ Householders at the Beach are reminded of the meeting to be held in Palmerston North on Thursday next at 3 p.m. when a number of matters of interest to householders will be discussed.

Mr Alexander MacDougall, late manager of the Greymouth and Point Elizabeth Coal Company, died at Wellington on Saturday. He was manager of the Brunner mine at the time of the great explosion of 1596. Pawelka escaped from Wellington gaol five weeks ago on Sunday. ’ Tis said that he will be asked to stand for the Otaki electorate, in which case there is not the shadow of a doubt that he would “get in.” Sir Joseph Ward, who has been confined to his house for some days with a bad cold, is reported to be recovering. It is anticipated that he will be able to resume his Parliamentary duties about Wednesday next, j

Fruit blossoms in some of the rural districts of Hawke’s Bay are at present a wondrous sight, the trees being literally covered with blossoms. The Burbank plums are the most beautiful, and are more heavily laden with snowy blossoms than any other varielv.

The Queen of the South, with a lull cargo, grounded within 20 chains of the wharf on Sunday. After two punt loads of her cargo had been removed she came alongside the wharf. Five weeks, ago the cargo had to be discharged into a punt before she got off. She sails lor Wellington this evening. Shearing operations in the Pou-ny Bny district have comm-. 11 e e.l |.;i -iially early this season, s.»js the Poveity Bay Herald. Un Wednesday morning the N.Z. Shipping Co. received 14 bales of golden fleece from Mr J. Murphy’s Repongaete station, and a further load from the same place was expected to come to hand on the following day.