NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1039, 4 May 1912, Page 4

NEWS AND NOTES.

The Invercargill Town Hall was not a remunerative investment tor the ratepayers money last year f i.v.s the .Southland Times). Thj ;- Vv nue irons (tie iheahc was ~{.726. as agnju.-t lui 'he prey< .< ’, n m £••'•}-■ ■ hi „ . , ~S: ■ i ! ai. (J l '•CUt. t :n . .-Wl) diu not pay its way, lor despite assistance from the general re venue to the amount of £355, the debit balance was only reduced from £354 19s to £164 xis 4d. Invercargil should follow Foxtou’s example and municipalise its entertainments. The Balclutha Free Press states that on March 19 it published a paragraph to the effect that Mr William Taylor of Stoney Creek, had fallen heir to an estate valued at .£5,000,000, left by a near relative, who had just died without issue in Holland. The statement “ went the rounds” in the newspapers of the Dominion. The result is that Mr Taylor, in less than a month since the first announcement of his prospective good fortune, has received over sixty letters Irom people who are utter strangers to him. The writers invariably begin by congratulating him, and end with a request for pecuniary assistance. Some bear the unmistakable mark of the professional begging-letter writer, but there are others doubtless prompted by genuine hardship. One gentleman writes from Melbourne asking for the prospective beneficiary’s assistance in founding a new religious sect.

Dogs that go to church, and owners who refuse to admit ownership of their canines when the latter are within the sanctuary, received short shrift at the hands of the Rev. Mr Colvile in ‘it. Mary’s Church, New Plymouth, las Sunday evening. Just prior to commencing his sermon, says the News, he remarked that he had an unusual announcement to make, which might perhaps cause some to smile. All knew, he went on to say, that the dog was a very lovable animal —outside of church. His presence in God’s house, however, did not make for reverence. Proceeding, Mr Colvile exhorted his congregation to do their best to see that their dogs did not come to church. If they did enter the building, then he wished owners to kindly accept the responsibility of their charges and forwith proceed to conduct them outside. “Do not,” he enjoined on those present, “ leave it to somebody else.”