The Manawatu Herald. Saturday, October 21, 1911. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 1059, 21 October 1911, Page 2

The Manawatu Herald. Saturday, October 21, 1911. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

On the eleventh day of next month we may write the date “ 11/11 /Tl.’’Doubtless our last opportunity to do so.

The services in the local Roman Catholic Church to-morrow will be conducted at xi a.m. and 7 p.m. by the Rev Father Kelly.

The services at the local Presbyterian Church to-morrow will be conducted in the morning by the Rev G. K. Aitken, and in the evening by Mr Billens. The Rev A. W. Williams, of Wanganui, will be the celebrant at the 8 a.m. Holy Communion in All Saints’ Church to-morrow. He will also preach at the evening service.

Rt. Hon. L. Harcourt’s negotiations with the Marconi Company to encircle the British Empire with wireless, are almost completed, and it is expected the system will operate within twelve months. The Bishop of Wellington will arrive in Foxton on Wednesday morning next. In the afternoon at 3 he will conduct a Maori confirmation, and in the evening he will hold a big mission service at 7.30. Both these services will be held in All Saints’ Church.

If you want to be up early these dark mornings, buy one of Parke’s alarm clocks A good selection to chouse from. 75

The children’s ball, in commemoration of the Coronation, will be held in the Coronation Hall on Monday evening next. The Appeal Court has granted final leave to appeal to the Privy Council in the case Massey v. New Zealand Times. Mr A. \V. Plogg, M.P. for Masterton, is making a satisfactory recovery from his recent serious illness.

One of the attractions at next week’s Carnival in the Coronation liall will be the juggling and sleight of hand tricks by Mr Won. of Palmerston North. M i Wooii has won a great reputation as an entertainer and some of his tricks will be entirely new to Foxton. A lad named Don Mackie, son of Mrs Hussey, had the misfortune to break his leg while playing with his brother one day this week. Both lads fell to the ground, and the leg got twisted underneath the boy and the extra weight caused a fracture. He is progressing favourably.

The metal for the Beach road is arriving in trucks from the Manawatu County Council’s pit, and is being deposited at the railway crossing in the Dady’s Mile. The Council intend to push the construction of this much desired road on as quickly as possible.

An Austrian named Case ran amuck at Laverton Hospital, Western Australia, on Thursday, and stabbed six patients. None were seriously injured as the knife used by Case was broken. Convalescent patients and nurses overcame Case, who was then strapped to his bed.

Three University Undergraduates delivered addresses in Levin last night on the No-License question, and they speak at Palmerston tomorrow night. They were to have spoken in Foxton to-night, but owing to some misunderstanding the meeting had to be abandoned.

At the Ashburton Magistrate’s Court yesterday, Alexander McKenzie and Mary McKenzie (his wife) were charged with keeping liquor for sale, and with selling the same. Mary McKenzie was convicted, and fined with costs, and Alexander McKenzie was convicted and fined ,£25 on the second charge. The average attendances at the local State School for the past four weeks were : 263*2, 243*3, 245*1, and 251*9. The average for the whole period was 250*8 out of an average roll number of 321*5. The present roll number is 323. The epidemic of measles and stormy weather has interfered to a large extent with the poor averages shown above.

“ Young People’s Day” will be celebrated at the local Methodist Church to-morrow. A large attendance of young people is looked for. A service will be conducted at the Beach at 7 p.m. by the Rev. S. B. Maiden and the service at Himatangi at 7.30. p.m. will be conducted by Mr H. Smith. The evening service at Foxton will be taken by the Rev J. Southern, A shoemaker named Romaguoli sold jewellery on the instalment system to an old man named Angela Maccio, at Rome, on Thursday, and then lured the latter to his house, where he murdered him and burned the corpse in an oven. When Romaguoli’s wife came home her husband refused her admittance, stating that he was busy disposing of the remains. The wife summoned the police, and Romaguoli was arrested.

Playgoers will be pleased to know that the Council will deal promptly with any acts of larrikinism at the local hall during entertainments. We are informed that certain young fellows at the concert the other evening made themselves very objectionable by their foolish horse-play, and steps will taken in future to stop this sort of thing. It is hoped the Council’s warning in a previous issue will have a salutary, effect upon these young bloods. We are asked to warn persons driving to the Beach not to attempt to take their vehicles along the water front near the fishermen’s cottages as they are likey to get bogged. A flood some time ago blocked the roadway with heavy timber, and to attempt to get round these obstacles on the water side means negotiating heavy clay in which the animal would soon get into difficulties. Already there have been several narrow escapes. The safe course is to follow the road at the rear of Mr Senior’s residence.

The funeral of the late John Amon, of Glen Oroua, took place on Thursday last at the Rongotea cemetery. The cortege moved away from Mr William Amon’s residence shortly after 2 o’clock, and although the day was boisterous and wet, consisted of a large number of the settlers of the neighbourhood. The procession was met at Ronogtea by the members of the Rangitikei Masonic Lodge of Bulls —of which the late Mr Amon was an old and respected member—in regalia. At the graveside the burial ceremony was conducted by the Rev. G. K. Aitken., and the Masonic burial ceremony by the Bros.’ J. E. Walker and Rev. G. K. Aitken. Mr Amon and bis brother were among the first settlers of the Glen Oroua district.

Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is not a common every-day cough mixture. It is a meritorious remedy for all dangerous and troublesome complications resulting from colds n the head, chest or lungs. For sale everywhere.—Advt.

Defeat is for those who acknowledge it. Byron Brown has had two tries, and again conies up smiling.*

The next series of St. Mary’s socials, at the request of a number of dancers, will be he held iu St. Mary’s Hall, Johnston Street, on Thursday, October 26th., and not on the Wednesday as has been announced. These are the socials that imply a “ democratic welcome ”to all. The advertisement appears elsewhere. The friends of Mr de Ridder will regret to learn that it was found necessary, after a medical consultation at the Wellington Hospital, to remove one of his e\es in order to sa. e 1,1 si ' ■ ■ We are pie .

uc Rladcl, .....i ... . 1 y weak condition, is making satisfactory progress towards recovery. It is reported from Vienna that when Tripoli and Cyreuaica are occupied by Italy iu November, she will send an ultimatum to the Porte asking it to accept the situation, with financial compensation. If the offer is rejected some islands in the Aegean Sea will be seized, Smyrna will be blockaded, and compensation not only withheld, but a war indemnity demanded.

In answer to a question by Mr Field, the Minister of Commerce has promised to secure a report upon the statement that hides are bought in New Zealand at a cheap rale, sent to Kugland and tanned, and returned to this counh v in the form of IcalUcr, which is sufil w. an enormous profit, and that thus the price of boots manufactured iu New Zealand is rendered unnecessarily high. Mr Field wishes the Government to devise some method of improving such a condition of things.—New Zealand Times.

To be popular, agree with every blithering idiot’s opinion. Byron Brown can’t.--

A beautiful assortment of electroplate goods, brooches, engagement rings, etc., at Parkes’ jewellery establishment, Main St.* Try Cook and Co. for good Meat. Only the best supplied.*