LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1013, 29 February 1912, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Archdeacon Grace, of Blenheim, was a passenger aboard the overdue Himitangi. The s.s. Gertie left Wellington on Tuesday night, in charge of Captain Mauley, for the Chathams in search of the overdue Himilaugi. Aiastair Turnbull Clark, two years old, died at Portobello on Sunday night. Death is believed to be due to phosphorous poisoning.

News has been received at Te Awamutu that a wealthy halfcaste named Graham is supposed to have murdered his wife and committed suicide in the Tarawera district.

The Eeilding Star brings a cha;ge against the local Borough Council ol withholding information Irom the public, and even from members of the Council. There is trouble looming for someone.

A woman who sought a separation from her husband at Yarmouth. said she had been married five years, and during the whole time had been treated as a dog and a doormat.

Further proof of the durability of totara is found in the fact that some of the timber used to make culverts on the Akatarawa road, Upper Hult, 30 years ago, is still in a good state of preservation. Among the visitors occupying seats on the floor of the Legislative Council on Friday were Mr and Mrs Wooding, of England. Mrs Wooding is a sister to Mr H. H. Asquith, Prime Minister ot Great Britain. The Government Commission appointed to investigate the grass grub visited .Masterton last week and inspected several properties. They found the grass grub very bad. Ou Saturday they left for the Woodville district, where a similar condition existed. A cold-blooded advertisement from a Wellington paper “John Webster, last heard of Featherston, New Zealand ; kindly write to sister, G.P.0., Melbourne. Father dead ; your advantage.

Labour troubles are brewing in Auckland and a strike is threatened. Several unions have have passed resolutions condemning the action of the City Council in refusing to meet the general labourers in conference and discuss their demands. The Carpenters’ Union is also sympathetic to the Federation of Labour, but did not carry a formal resolution. Mr W. H. Field and party expect to cross the ranges from Otaki to Greytowu next Sunday. The route is via Mounts Hector, Alpha, Omega, and Reeves, descending to the Waiohiue Valley and on to Greytowu. A party from Greytown will set out on Sunday morning to meet them, and will probably get as far as Mount Omega before picking them up. There are some beautiful scenes on the track. From the mountain tops, a very long range ol sight is procurable, and well repays the climb.

The amenities of Parliament. Mr Isitt (loudly): “The policy of the Reform Party was mean and attenuated. It begged, with a mendicant’s whine, to be returned to power to administer a policy which its opponents had framed. It was a plea which evidenced their own importance.” Opposition members (steutoriously) : “We can’t hear you!” Mr Isitt (with great solicitude) : “I apologise, gentlemen. I had forgotten tor the moment that sound always reverberates in empty spaces.” (Loud laughter from all parts of the House).

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Mr A. King’s subscription to the picnic fund was ios 6d, not 2s 6d as stated in a previous issue.

The enquiry into the suggested bribery charges was concluded yesterday and the committee will report to the House to-day.

Entries fcr the Horticultural Society’s Autumn Show, close with the secretary on March nth. The show will be held on Wednesday and Thursday, March 13th and 14th.

We are informed that gs the result of Mr J. Robertson’s broken pledges, he has received some letters from a number of his constituents, which would make interesting reading if published. Miss Ellen Skellen has been appointed to the position of probationer at the local State school and will take up her duties on the Ist prox. Miss Skellen is a pupil at the school and recently passed the junior Civil Service examination. Cabled advice has been received that the delegates appointed to select a man for the Bishopric of the Melanesia in succession to Bishop Wilson have nominated the Rev Cedi John Wood, of Clergyhouse, Wimbledon, who is only 38 years old, but is noted for his scholastic attainments.

The Pahiatua Herald, referring to Mr Robertson’s statement in the House that he could “ see his way to keep his election pledges and yet vote to keep the Liberals on the Treasury Benches,” says, “ How he reasons out this exceedingly difficult problem he has yet to explain. He may flatter himself upon having achieved a notable teat in political conjuring, but he seems to forget that he has yet to reckon with his audience, the electors of Otaki, who when the time comes will deal with him as he deserves.”

At the Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning, Thomas Lee was charged ou the informatiou of E. J. Martin, Inspector of Nuisances, with keeping swine in the borough within aooft. of a dwelling, thus committing a breach ot the Borough by-laws. Defendant did not appear, but had told the police he would plead guilty. After hearing the evidence ot the Inspector, the Magistrate said he would treat the case as a warning, and fined defendant one shilling without costs.

At the Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning, judgment for plaintiff was entered up in the case of C. H. Collins v. Peter Young, a claim of ,£2l 7s nd, with costs amounting to £4 13s gd. In the judgment summons L. W. Wilson v. Geo. Wright, the judgment debtor did not appear, and was ordered to pay £4. os xrd forthwith, in default seven da} s’ imprisonment in Palmerston prison. (_). Dawson was proceeded against by G. T. Woodroofe ou a judgment summons, but after hearing the evidence of the judgment debtor, the Magistrate refused to make an order, and advised the debtor to confer with Mr Moore and endeavour to make some arrangement for. the payment of the amount.

Mr Lioual Bullard, of the loca post office staff, received notice of nis transfer as cadet in the Te Kuiti office on Saturday last, and left Foxtou this morning for his new sphere of labour. Mr Bullard entered the service at Foxton, as a lad, six years ago, and by his courtesy and obliging nature is held in high esteem by the public. We have had much to do with telephone exchanges, but never have we found a smarter or more obliging exchange officer than Mr Bullard. We jom with his many friends in congratulating him on well-deserved promotion. Prior to Mr Bullard’s departure, he was presented with a wallet as a mark of the esteem in which he was held by the staff of the local post office. The postmaster, Mr Clemett, made the presentation, and in doing so referred to the recipient’s good work, conduct and popularity, both with the public and his fellow-officials. Mr Hodgson also testified to Mr Bullard’s good work. The recipient suitably acknowledged the gift. At the close ot the weekly Christian Endeavour meeting last evening in the local Methodist Church, a presentation of a Bible and a Methodist Hymnal was made to Mr Lionel Bullard, prior to his departure for Te Kuiti. The Rev. T. Coatsworth, who made the presentation on behalf ot the choir, Sunday School and Endeavour Society voiced the general feeling of regret felt at Mr Bullard’s deuarlure, but was glad that the move meant promotion, and wished him every success and blessing. Addresses were also given by Messrs G. H. Stiles, J. Chrystall, G. Huntley, and H. Smith, who bore testimony to the value of Mr Bullard’s services and hoped that his future would be bright and prosperous.. Mr Bullatd suitably replied, thanking the friends tor their kind gift and also lor the kindly remarks made about him. Foxtou friends would ever have a warm place in his regards. During the evening a solo was sung by Miss Dons Signal, a recitation was given by Mr A. Rimmer and refreshments weie handed round. Xue singing ot “God be With you till we Meet Again,” and the pronouncing of the Benediction brought an enjoyable gathering to a close.

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