LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 1074, 25 November 1911, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Miss Russell has been appoiuted assistant teacher at Moutoa.

A large hound, belonging to Mr Muuro.jOt the Family Hotel, was run over and killed by a motor car yesterday. The -Education Board, ou the motion of Mr All. Fraser, has decided to repair the old school residence in Duncan St.

At his Revin meeting, Mr Byron Brown urged the necessity of linking up tire Main Trunk Rine between Revin and Bulls.

The services at the local Presbyterian Church, to-morrow, will be conducted both morning- and evening by the Rev. Mr McKenzie. The services in St. Mary’s Church to-morrow will be conducted at n a.m. and 7 p.m. by the Rev Father Kelly. The All Saints' Radies’ Guild have decided to hold the garden party at the vicarage ou Tuesday, December sth, instead of Wednesday 6th. Try Cook and Co. lor good Meat. Only the best supplied,*

The head teacher of the local State school desires to publicly acknowledge donations of plants, for the school gardens, from Messrs Walsh, Wightou and Shailer.

The school holidays in the Wanganui district are to commence on Monday, December iS, schools to re-open on Monday, January 29. Mr John Smith, farmer at Opaki, Masterton, was found dead in a swamp near his house yesterday. There was a gunshot wound in the lower part of his body.

A piece of ambergis was picked up on the Foxtou beach by Mr J. Chalmers about a week ago. Mr Healey sent portion of it away for analysis and has just received word that it is the genuine article. It weighs about seven ounces.

The schools under the jurisdiction of the Wanganui Education Board will not be closed on election day, Dec. 7th. A motion that the schools be closed was negatived at the Board meeting. The services in All Saints’ Church to-morrow will be at S a.m., 11 a.m., and 7 p.m. As this is the last Sunday in the Ecclesiastical year, the Gospel, Epistle, Collect and Eessons will be those of the 25th Sunday after Trinity, The new machinery erected at Messrs Bevau and McDonald’s Manaku flaxmills is turning out very satisfactory. More fibre is being put through, and in every way it is a great improvement on the old system. A “ lover of pictures” points out that the speed at which the industrial pictures were put through last Saturday night marred their effect. He says it would be a physical impossibility lor employees to work at such a rapid pace. The arms and hands were going at almost lightning rapidity.

As an instance of how the credit system is abused and ridden to death, the Eltham paper has the following : ” ‘Please send me two copies of your paper of the 15th. Send account, and I will remit.’ Fancy entering two pence on our books, and expending one penny to render the account !”

At Thursday’s meeting of the Foxton Harbour Board, Mr Gardener moved, aud Mr Harford seconded, that this Board’s sympathy be extended to those families who suffered by loss ot life in the recent boat accident at Te Wharangi beach. The members carried the motion standing.

The services in the local Methodist Church to-morrow, will be conducted by the Rev. T. Coatsworth. At the evening service a special address will be given on “ No-Dicense Reform.” Mr Coatsworth will conduct a service at Himatangi at 2.30 p.m. The Rev Mr Price, whose license was recently withdrawn by Archbishop Donaldson, of Brisbane, is responsible for the remarkable statement that a great many of the clergy do not believe in the Divinity of Christ and the inspiration ol the Bible. They do not openly preach these views or secede from the church because their bread aud butter depended upon their positions.

The death occurred at Tokomaru ou Thursday of one of the oldest residents of that district, Mr George Row. Deceased had lived in the district for the past twenty-three years, having taken up a large area of land in the early days, and turned it into one of the best farms in Tokomaru. Mr Row had enjoyed good health until a week before his death, when he caught a severe cold, which turned to uneumonia. He leaves a widow and four children.

When the Gertie was coming in port yesterday morning, she was struck by several 11 blind ” rollers and stranded on the north spit. She lost her rudder and blades off the propeller. Ktforts are being made to get her off, and the Queen of the South will tow her up to the wharf. She is coal laden. The Kennedy struck a bank about one hundred yards from the wharf yesterday. Part of her cargo of coal was transhipped into punts which enabled her to clear away. The Queen of the South expects to sail tor Wellington this evening.

A peculiar iucideul occurred during the progress ol a cricket match at Kelburae Park (Welling - ton) recently. The second ball in the game struck a batsman high up on the leg, and exploded a box ol matches he had in his trousers pocket. For an instant the player thought that the sting of the burn had been caused by the ball only, but ou rubbing his leg he found himself to be ou tire, and, without hesitation, pulled the ignited pocket inside out, scattering a variety of coins it contained over the field by the same action. The pocket was destroyed by the exploding vestas, and several ol the coins were discoloured by the phosphorus, and the player’s limb was slightly burnt.

Advance sheets of the New Zealand Year Book show that during the financial year ended March 31, 1911, the investments made by the public on the totalisator amounted to 1 ,943,534, a decrease of £96,892 compared with the previous year, when there were thirtysix more days of racing. The percentage paid to the Treasury was almost doubled, amounting to ,£48,338, compared with ,£20,645 in the prvious year. This increase was due to the fact that during the year the Government tax on totalisator investments was increased from i>4 per cent, to 2 1 /?, percent, of the gross amount passed through the machines.