The Manawatu Herald. Thursday, December 28, 1911. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 1087, 28 December 1911, Page 2

The Manawatu Herald. Thursday, December 28, 1911. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

One mau travelled forty miles to Masterton to recerd his vote. When he arrived there he found that his name was not on the roll.

The Mauawatu Daily Times understands that Mr J. Robertson M.P., intends to take up his residence in Devin. The local postmaster has received advice that January old age pensions are to be paid on Pnday and Saturday, 29th and 30th instants. During a fire at Bethnal Green England, a woman was kiWd though iuuipiug under each arm, trom a nes 6o(t. The children were uutiurt. The dehorning of cr'VS, which is recommended as f preventative of iniury in the yard, is an oLucu in , tlKmgU “ ?s permitted i- Scotland. The se" lces at Saints’ cjaurch Sunday and Christmas £)ay jt'ere well attended, when sermons appropriate to the time of the year were preached by the vicar.

In spite of the fact that the vote against local uo-liceuse was largely in excess of similar votes at previous elections, at least five electorates narrowly escaped becoming “dry” ; Waikato by 175, Chalmers by 246, Franklin by 261, Manakau by 286, and Patea by 295 votes. Mr T. M. Wilford, M.P., Mayor of Wellington, who has been in poor health for some time past, leaves New Zealand to-day for an extended sea voyage, as recommended by his medical advisers. He will be accompanied by Mrs and Miss Wilford. A fashionable young man of Berlin who happens to have a sweetheart is now to be seen with an exquisite miniature portrait of his fiancee printed on his thumbnail. The picture is warranted to last for four mouths, and the cost of it is ,£2O. A passenger in a Dunedin tramcar recently had his nose pierced just below the bridge by a hat pin worn in the headgear of a younglady, who was also in the car. The pin which caused the damage jutted out over the hat several inches, and thus created quite a “danger zone.” Generally speaking trade in Foxton on Christmas Eve was good, all the storekeepers appearing to be busy. The heavy downpour of rain, which commenced at about eight o’clock did not affect the shopping to any great extent, as by this time the majority of the people were already in the streets.

A disastrous fire occurred at Ohakuue Hast (railway station), at about 3 o’clock .on Sunday morning, whereby the business premises of A. Kaye, hairdresser, Chau Yin, storekeeper, and Mrs Anderson, dressmaker were totally destroyed. Unfortunately, only Chau Yin’s property was insured, the amount of which has not transpired as yet. It is stated, because ol the prominent part taken on one side with regard to the licensing poll at Ashburton by several business men, who had led many ot their customers to believe that they were neutral on the question of restoration v, uo-liceuse, a system of boycott is to be initiated, and put into practice as soon as possible. —Exchange.

The holidays in Foxtou passed off very quietly there being nothing on as far as the town itself was concerned. On Boxing Day the Palmerston North races attracted a large number, the morning train being comfortably filled. A fair crowd spent the day at the seaside and one ol the river boats was chartered by a fairly large picnic parly tor a trip up the river.

A cable from Cairo to Australian papers states that Ford Kitchener is not popular with the natives there, and there was a sufficiently striking example of this fact recently. A rumour got abroad that the famous soldier had died suddenly. This was “glorious news” for the native population, and witho t waiting to see whether it was true or not, they at once closed their bazaars and gave up the day to rejoicing, The very unsettled weather that has been experienced for the past month or two has been responsible lor keeping a large number of people away from the Foxtou Beach. As a rule the housing accommodation is taxed to its utmost at Christmas time, but this year the number spending the holidays there is not so large. There are, however, about sixty lamilies there at present, the total population being about 250.

One often witnesses unusual sights in the backblocks, says the Te Wharau correspondent ot the Wairarapa Age. On a recent Sunday, divine service was being conducted on an Fast Coast station, and a very short time afterwards, the preacher was seen with his coat off, sprinting over several flights ot hurdles, while his more or less astonished congregation looked on trom a distance. The preacher in the backblocks must evidently be an allround man. The wet and unsettled weather that has beeu experienced of late has not improved the road to the Beach, and at present it is in a very bad state indeed. Another couple of months however, will see all worry in this connection at an end, as the new road at present being constructed will then be completed. The contractor, Mr C. Martin, is making satisfactory progress, and expects to complete the work well within the contract time.

A beautiful assortment ot electroplate goods, brooches, engagement rings, etc., at Farkes’ jewellery establishment, Main St.*

Every gas consumer should use a patent gas lighter. Saves time and matches. On exhibition at T. Rimmers/

Ati elderly woman named Adelia Hastie was found dead in a chair in her house at Gisborne early on Sunday. At the inquest the medical testimony (after a post mortem) was that death was due to heart disease, accelerated by indulgence in alcoholic liquors. A verdict was returned accordingly. , i The machine-shearing championship of the world, for a stake of fifty sheep to be shorn, was contested at Sydney on Tuesday, between Dan Cooper, of New South Wales, claimant, and world’s champion, and Bill Day, of South Australia. Day finished in 103)3 minutes, and Cooper 3)4! minutes later, but Cooper was awarded the championship on points.

The statistics in the current Gazette show that out of a population iu April last of 1,008,468 in New Zealand, 12,050, or 1.2 per cent, are foreign subjects. The number of New Zealand born persons is 702,799, and those born iu the United Kingdom 228,684. The arrivals for November were 5248 and the departures 2054, compared with 4524 and 1777 in November, 1910. Many butchers who “sell nothing but good old English beef” were placed iu an awkward predicament during the recent dock strike in England, when their shops were devoid of supplies, but full of clamouring customers. Their “good old English beef ” was held up in the docks —an explanation they could hardly give their trusting clients !

The vvellsiuker at Hamuer Spiiugs has struck hot water at a depth ol 50 leet. The flow is at the rate ol ten gallons per miuute, to a height of three leet above the surface. The temperature of the water is 113 deg. Fahrenheit. The driving is reported to be fairly easy. The well sinker commenced operations at a spot indicated by a water-diviner. New Zealand gained 166 new citizens by naturalisation last year, and in 27 years it obtained 7663 through the same means, the great majority being from European countries. East year the naturalisations were in respect to natives of the following countries : —■ Austria-Hungary 47, Germany 18, Denmark 13, Sweden 18, Norway 15, Russian Empire q, Syria 3, Switzerland 5, Greece 4, Belgium 4, France 7, Italy 8, United States of America 6, other countries 9 —a total of 159 males and 7 females. Wooden nutmegs are not unknown in America, but in Germany it is said they have “board bread.” Sawdust may not appeal to the palate as a digestible or appetising substitute lor flour in the making of bread, says an English exchange, but all the same there is a large bakery in Berlin turning out 20,000 loaves of sawdust bread daily. The sawdust is first subjected to a process of fermentation and various chemical manipulations. Finally it is mixed with one-third part of rye flour, formed into loaves, and baked in ovens like any oaim oread. The following is the programme to be submitted at the entertainment to be given at the Manawatu Heads on New Year’s night, in aid of the liteboat fund; — Quartette, Messrs Taylor and Haydon and Misses Burgess and Dahl; duets, Mr Dahl and Miss J. Dahl, Mr Haydon and Miss Burgess; humorous songs, Mr Haydon and Mr J. F. Oliver; songs, Miss Burgess and Mr Taylor ; skirt dance hud gavotte, Misses Dahl, Burgess, Hannah and Wadsworth ; humorous recitations, Mr P. Dahl and Miss Wadsworth; humorous monologue, S. W. Oliver. Comediette, “ The Doctor’s Patients” : Dr Frank Truelove, Mr C. Haydon ; Dolly Truelove, Miss Wadsworth ; Aunt Maria Tibbie, Miss J. Dahl ; Jeremiah Pipkin, Mr S. W. Oliver; Dooley, Mr B, Bhortt. Says the Wellington Evening Post; “The Socialist who has been returned for Otaki does not represent the mind of that constituency any more than that of Wanganui is represented by its Eabour in each case the votes of a large number of electors strongly opposed to the principal articles in the successful candidates’ creed were necessary to secure his return, in the one case, the first ballot would have given a truer representation of the opinions 01 the electors than was actually given by the second ballot; iu the other case, the choice would have been the same under either system. It is the arrival of a third party that has made the second ballot iu these casts either useless or worse than useless. This misrepresentative effect of the second ballot is not generally appreciated, nor had we appreciated it when we added together the votes scored lor each of the two principal parlies at the two ballots in order to gauge their relative strength. The Dominion protested against the application of this test, and so tar as the second ballot is concerned we accept the correction. As our object was to depreciate not the power ot the Opposition, but the accuracy of the present Parliamentary representative system, we can do so cheerfully. The more closely the second ballot is examined the mote glaring appear its detects.”

Perreau’s Family Cake is the cake for quality. Have you tried one*

Having now put in a cheese cutter and a bacon cutter, we can cut these two articles to your liking. T. Riminer.*

We recommend Rosiyn suits for style and lasting wear; from 32s 6d, all clothiers.*

Try Cook and Co. lor good Meat (July the best supplied.*

The Herald will be issued at 1 p.m. on Saturday next. Miss li. Wauklyn notifies that she has just opened up a large consignment of fireworks of every description.

At the local police court yesterday morning a first offending inebriate was fined ss. Mr Hennessy was the presiding justice.

At two o’clock this afternoon a telegram was received Irom Woodville to the effect that the river was rising, and was then about six inches above normal.

On the fourth page of this issue will be found an interesting article on the departure of the Terra Nova for the Antarctica on the 15th iust.

We have received from Mr Percy Eumsdeu a cheque for £2 rrs 6d to be forwarded to the Palmerston North Hospital. This sum is the balance from the recent Citizens’ Ball. It carries with it a Government subsidy of 24s in the £.

The Government has acquired for closer settlement purposes Mr G. W. Ueadley’s “Valuenda” estate of 2305 acres in the Wakauui district, about nine miles from Ashburton. It is intended to cut it up into ten or eleven sections, and a ballot will probably eventuate about April Ist. The political party game is not all made up of personal bitterness. The Hon. T. Y. Duncan has received the following u?te from Mr W. C. Buchanan: “Apart from politics I sincerely regret that I shall not have the pleasure of meeting my old friead at the gathering of the clans, whenever that may be. It is not to the credit of Oamaru to have shown so little gratitude for your long and faithful service.”

It is our painful duty to record the death of Norah Aileen, the two and half-year-old daughter of Mr and Mrs IT. Haslett, which took place on Sunday. The little one had been ailing for about a week, the immediate cause of death being meningitis. Th% funeral took place on the service at the graveside conducted by the Rev G. Y.

Woodward. In common with their many friends we extend our sympathy to the bereaved parents.

The win of the locally owned and trained Waipaku in the Manawatu Cup on Boxing Day was a very popular one, and the winner received a great reception on returning to scale. The win also was fairly due as the last time that Waipaku caught the judge’s eye was iu the Ashhurst Cup iu 1909. Of the other P'oxtou horses which competed at the Palmerston meeting Eady Eaddo won the Terrace Hack Welter, Eady Moutoa was just beaten for first place on both days, and Stevens ran third on Boxing Day.