LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1017, 9 March 1912, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The death occurred at Palmerston on Thursday of Mr Joseph Milverton, aged 80 years.

The latest addition to the local telephone exchange is No. So, Mr J. Walls, baker and confectioner, Main Street.

We would remind our readers

of the splendid programme to be screened at the Coronation Hall this evening, and advise all to attend.

If the owner of a cash coupon ticket No. 1301 will present the same to Messrs P, Hennessy and Co., they will receive m exchange a handsome oil painting.

The services at the local Methodist Church to-morrow will be conducted m the morning by Mr G. Huntley, and in the evening by Mr J. Chrystall. Mr and Mrs G. Canton, of Palmerston N., celebrated their golden wedding yesterday. Mr and Mrs Canton were married at Nelson in 1862.

We,” says the Dunedin Star, ” hazard the opinion that one outcome of the now cleared political atmosphere is that a number of ‘ calls ’ to the legislative Council will be decided on at an early date.”

In our last issue we gave particulars of the sale of Mr J. R. McEennau’s Arapata .Estate, at Waituua West. The property was sold at an average of £l6 per acre. About eight or nine years ago Mr McEennau bought the estate at ,£8 xos per acre.

At the Christchurch Magistrate’s Court last Thursday, John Puller, theatrical proprietor, was awarded and costs against Dr. Thactter tor damages sustauied to his motor car, through a collision between plaintiff's and defendant's cars.

Among the proposals for consideration by the Political Eabour Council (says a Melbourne cable), is a provision that all Eabour candidates in Parliament and other public bodies must be wageearners. That’s getting down to it.

The Moutoa residents are contemplating the erection of a hall at an early dale. A public meeting is to be held to discuss the question on Tuesday night. The meeting will be held in the school room. We understand that Mr W- Carter has promised a section for the purpose. Reviewing the present political situation, the Southland Times says: 11 If there is no government available which is prepared to go in bondage to the Eabour minority the only alternative which the party system offers is another general election, and because members naturally wish to hold their places for the full term provided by law, three years, there will be all manner of scheming and compromise to avoid an election. Furthermore, even if an appeal were made to the country it might result in very little change in the constitution ol tne House, and there would be nothing lor it under the party system but to test the ballot boxes again and again, no matter what the expense, or the turmoil, or the dislocation of business. Perreau’s Family Cake is the cake for quality. Have you tried one.*

if you want the best meat at lowest possible prices, tell H. C. Easton to call. Customers waited on daily.*

Read Rimmcr’s advertisement. Buy a pound of bulk tea at Is 4d, *qual to a 2s tea.*

Mumps are very prevalent in Foxton at present. A sharp shock of earthquake was felt in Foxton at about 1.15 p.m. yesterday.

The services in All Saints’ Church to-morrow will be at 8 a.m., xi a.m. and 7 p.m. The Gertie leaves Wellington to-day to assist to refloat the Himataugi, which is stranded at the Chathams.

The services in St, Mary’s Church to-morrow will be celebrated at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., by the Rev Father Kelly. At the local police court yesterday morning, before Messrs Hennessy and Horublow, J’sP., prohibition orders were granted against two local residents.

Miss Maggie Papakura, of Rotorua, leaves Auckland for Sydney on Monday in order to prosecute a claim against the syndicate which financed the Maori troupe on its recent trip to England. Negotiations are proceeding for a sculling race on the Thames between Artist, the world’s champion, and Barry, champion of England. Arust has also received a cable from Duruau asking for a race on Lake Toronto.

The ballot recently taken by the Mauawatu Flaxmills Employees Union, on the question of whether the registered office should be shifted to Shannon, resulted in Palmerston being retained as the Headquarters by a majority of 69, the voting being: for Palmerston 2 )2, Shannon 223.

In the Speech from the Throne at the opening of the Swedish Diet (Parliament) a Bill was announced giving women the franchise and making them eligible for election as members of the House on the same conditions as men. Already in Norway and Finland women are eligible lor election as members of Parliament. Cr R. B, McKenzie at the Manavvatu County Council meeting described the new proposed Local Government Bill as a Bill to destroy local bodies. He wondered if it was worth while in the present extraordinary state of affairs discussing or objecting to the proposed Bill, and the Chairman thought not. At the Feilding Magistrate’s Court on Thursday, Percival Martin, barman of the Kudymion Hotel, Awahuri, was lined ,£io and 14s costs for supplying Thos. Stuart, who was already intoxicated, with liquor. John Henry Marlin, the licensee, was fined and costs, and had his license endorsed, for permitting drunkenness on the premises. The Licensing Committee election takes place on Tuesday next. The polling booth is situated in the Masonic Hall, Liddell Street. All persons whose names appear on the Otaki electoral toll are entitled to record their votes. The polling hours are between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. not 7 p.m. as previously stated. The following candidates have been nominated: Messrs Barclay, Freeman, Hornblow, Ling, McLeavey, O’Connor, i'ompsitt and Vincent. Elector are entitled to vote lor any uumbci up to five. It is hoped that the Foxtou electors will roll up and record their votes. The Review oi Reviews for March is a most readable volume. There is a remarkable article on *• Who are the Twenty Greatest Men?” It is a symposium ot the opinions ot some of the men most qualified to speak upon the scores of men in the world’s history who have the right to be placed on the list. Theie is an interview with Mr Lloyd George which makes plain to every reader the inside meaning ot the Insurance Bill. A scathing article is that on the British Censorship, The outlook on the world’s magazines is as usual a wide one. In the course of a case in the Wellington Supreme Court on Thursday one ot the counsel took occasion to reter to a judicial gentleman as “ not too wise.” My learned friend” opposite rose in protest —what if such a remark were made regarding a Judge of the Supreme Court—surely the judicial gentleman referred to was also entitled to some consideration. ‘‘lt appears to me,” said the Chief Justice, who was on the bench, ‘‘ that the only men wno have the ngnt to criticise Judges are those who know nothing about law.” He paused, then added, ” and they are mainly journalists.” Afterwards his Honor modified the statement, and said that there were a few exceptions to the rule. Those who have had so much to say recently of the ‘‘ mistake ” made by Sir Joseph Ward in getting Parliament to sanction the gilt of a Dreadnought to tire Imperial Government, may be interested in the following remarks by Mr John Grigg, of Longbeach, Canterbury, who has been on a visit to the Old Country :—“ Now, on the point ot trade within the .Empire, you have heard of New Zealand’s gift of a Dreadnought, but far and away more important —as in all gilts—than the value are the sentiment and teeliugs which went with it. We have been able to borrow money at from y/i to -\y 2 per cent, to develop this spreudid little country, when at the same time the Argentine has had to pay 5,7, 8, and 9 per cent, privately and publicly.”

.1 here will be a strong demand this coming season for navy serges. C. M. Ross and Co., of Palmerston North, challenge comparison in the values offered. Samples can be had by return.*

Fry il. C. Easton for good Meat, Only the best supplied.*

Tbe Petoue Borough Council have under consideration a sewage scheme to cost between ,£40,000 and ,£50,000.

The Presbyterian Ladies Guild held their monthly afternoon at tbe residence of Mrs Alex. Ross on Thursday.

The original settler and pioneer of Maugatoro in the Dannevirke district, Mr Thomas Smith, died on Saturday last, aged 79 years. Mr Billeus, of Palmerston North will conduct the morning and evening services at the local Presbyterian Church to-morrow. Mr Clemett, local postmaster, left Foxton this morning for the north of Auckland, where he will spend his annual holiday. Mr Clemett will be absent for about three weeks.

On our fourth page to-day will be found the following interesting reading matter : “A Hospital Joke.” “Frustrated Elopement,” “Harem Tragedy,” and “Latest Feminine Craze.”

At Hamilton, on Monday, a claim for ,£SOO damages for breach of promise of marriage, brought by Louisa Clarke against Rupert Smith, was heard at the Supreme Court. No defence was filed, and the jury assessed the damages at £IOO.

We again remind everyone whose name appears on the electoral roll that they are entitled to record their votes at the poll to be held on Tuesday next for the election of five members to constitute the Otaki Licensing Bench. The Foxton polling booth will be in the Masonic Hall, and the polling hours are between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m.

A young fellow was charged before the Stratford Court with being unlawfully in a billiard saloon, he beiug under the age of 18 years. A conviction was entered without a fine. The magistrate admonished the offender, and the police explained that the case had been brought with a view to making it clear to young fellows that they must steer clear of billiard saloons.

A peculiar case was heard at Waipawa, Hawke’s Bay a few days ago, when the licensee of a country hotel was charged with permitting drunkenness on his licensed premises, one of the persons arrested lor beiug drunk being the licensee himself. The magistrate reserved his decision. The police staled that the licensee had been arrested and convicted of drunkenness, and h,s orother, who was also intoxicated, was fined for iuleriering with the constable in the execution of his duty.

There are a good many anomalies to be remedied in connection with the dairy industry (says the Wairarapa Age), and it would be interesting to know why the people of a butter-producing country should be compelled to eat an interior article costing twopence a pound more than the first grade produce sent to their Home cousius. The farmer is not getting the extra money; high wages and the cost of Hying are not responsible for it. Therefore it is time a proper inquiry was made into the cause or causes, in the interest of the local consumer, who is, alter all, a very important factor in the success of the in; dustry.

The Brisbane method of meeting a strike, by the banding together of employers to protect themselves, and the enrolling of numbers of special constables to preserve order, has evidently proved successful, and the strike is declared off. The opinion of Mr Coyne, the strike leader, is that the men have been defeated by ‘‘ the brutal terocity of a lying press and every force of capital.” This beiug interpreted into common, every day language, means that public opinion was against the entirely unjustifiable strike, and that employers fought the unions with their own weapons, by temporarily closing down their businesses, and thus on their side adding to the ranks of the unemployed. Syndicalism was tried, and has failed.

One ot the questions on a New Zealand junior civil service examination paper reads as iollows; “What are the prospects of China ?” For youngsters ot fourteen or so that appears a pretty hard nut to crack. It is a subject which the most astute brains in Europe and China itselt are vainly puzzling oyer. Probably the question is asked of the children on the basis ot the proverb : ‘‘Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings ye shall learn wisdom.” What the wisest statesmen in the world cannot forecast, possibly the aspirants for the New Zealand junior civil service examination will be able to dispose of in a sentence or two. The question has the meric, however, ot opening up a wide held for the young and imaginative student. Tnere are about lour hundred million people in the Chinese Empire, and the “prospects ’ 01 so vast a number of people, occupying so enormous a territory, will prove a satisfying subject lor New Zealand village school children to sharpen their wisdom teeth upon. Local wool - growers are very pleased to know that so much of their finest wool finds its way into the popular Roslyn Worsted and Woollen Mills (largest in Australasia), as they know from practical experience something of the comfort and lasting wear of Roslyn blankets, rugs, tweeds, worsteds socks, jerseys, llannels, plaidings, “Delta” underwear etc.’'' IL. most attractive shop for toys of every description is Mrs Hamer’s. Have you seen tfie_ window display i* for primest Beef and Mutton and dairy fed Pork, try H. C. Easton.*

The Salvation Army will hold Harvest Festival services in the Masonic Hall to-morrow at 7 and 11 a.m., and 3 and 7 p.m. On Monday a special meeting and coffee supper will be held, and the small sum of is for adults and 6d for children will be charged for admission. The services will be led by Adjutant Cook. Mr C. H. Collins, of the Universal Supply Stores, has installed a Westphalia bacon cutting machine, which enables the operator to cut rashers in any thickness from a shaving to inches. The turning of a handle sets the circular cutter in motion and the bacon, held in grips, is moved and cut quickly and automatically. It is a great improvement on the old system both from a labour-saving and economic point of view. The Wairarapa Times says : A local gardener tried an experiment with nitro-bacterine on his potato crop this seasan and obtained some wonderful results. One lot of seed was treated with nitrobacterine and gave a return of 15 tons to the acre, while another plot adjoining, which had not been dressed with the culture, only produced three tons of tubers to the acre. A representative of the Horowheuua Chronicle was sent out on special duty to learn what the “flaxies” had to say about the vote on the no-confidence motion by Mr Robertson M.P. The pressman states that previous to leaving Levin he looked in at the Levin Hotel, “where Mr C. Gray, familiarly known as-'Brickey,’ was pouring over Mr Robertson’s speech,” which leads the Petoue Chronicle to remark : “What was he pouring ?” New Zealand’s, contribution of to a Japanese famine relief fund has been acknowledged in an unusual and pleasing way, the Prime Minister (Sir Joseph Ward) having received through the Japanese Embassy in Condon a golden goblet, accompanied by a diploma which sets forth that the gift commemorates New Zealand’s generosity on the occasion of the bad failure m the crops in the prefecm.es j. Miyagi and two other prefectures in the thirtyeight year ol his Imperial Japanese Majesty’s reign, this being the year 1908. The gift will find a place in the Dominion Museum. There is every prospect of a keen contest for the Palmerston mayoralty this year, between the present Mayor, Mr J, A. Nash, and Mr Nathan. The general opinion is that Mr Nash will be re-elected for another term. Whether he is or not it cannot be denied that Palmerston has not, up to the. present time, possessed such an energetic, enterprising or more diplomatic “first citizen.” Anyway, we wish him good luck in the coming contest and we believe he can win despite the fact that he is up against a tough proposition in Mr Nathan, who also possesses many of Mr Nash’s qualifications for the important office. The rifle championship this year was won by the youthful Woodville rifle-shot, Leslie Loveday, who is only 21 years of age, and the youngest man who has won a New Zealand championship. Loveday’s score was only 26 out of a possible, 50, but as all the leaders suffered badly by the gale his low score did not harm his chance of victory. The second place went to the brilliant young shot, N. Wood, who piled on 34, which was the highest individual score made, and also secured him the Rifle Cup. The weather for the championship was the most boisterous ever experienced at Treutham.