LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1044, 16 May 1912, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL .

\emen Sheik coffee, is per tin. Thomas Rimmer.* For chronic chest complaints, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, is 6d, 2s 6d, i'he ordin.-.; > monthly meeting ol the . will be held this e U :mu g . It you want to do well, live well keep well, eat well and look well — eat Perreau’s Bermaline Bread.* We stock it and the price is right, Thomas Rimmer.*

A meeting of the committee of the local Horticultural Society will be held to-morrow evening, at 7.30 o’clock. A slight shock of earthquake was felt locally at 11.40 o’clock yesterday morning. It is stated that two small farms at Glen Oroua have been sold for /,5i 10s per acre and 10s per acre respectively. At the fortnightly meeting of the local Druids’ Dodge to be held to-morrow night, Mr J. N. Grant, Grand Secretary of the Order, will be present. A farmer named George Lotto was killed at Queen’s Flat, Oamaru, on Monday. He was loading a diay, when the horse bolted, and he was thrown out of the cart and picked up dead.

To-day being Ascension Day, there vyill be Evensong and address in All Saints’ Church tonight at 7.30 o’clock The Holy Communion was celebrated at 7.30 a.m. and 11 a.m. this morning.

A potato buyer, who had already scooped 250 tons of tubers in Te Tua district, at 5s per ton, on trucks, was in Wyndham last week on a similar mission. The Wyndham Farmer says he did fairly well there, at the same figure as he gave in the Western district.

A very enjoyable entertainment was given in All Saints’ Sunday School on Tuesday evening. The programme iucluaed a number of tableaux, and songs were contributed by Miss F. Cook, Mrs Boyes and Mr S. B. Collins, and a violin solo by Mr Simmons. There was a good attendance of the public.

We are informed that the reason why the Horowhenua County Council stopped the contractor for the supply of metal on the Shan-non-Foxton road, from carting over the Horowhenua County’s portion of the road, was on account of the tyres of the drays used not being in accordance with the Horowhenua County’s regulations governing heavy traffic. A giant liner, nearly a fifth of a mile long, is being built for the White Star American service. The new vessel will be larger than the Olympic or Titanic, so that she will be far the greatest vessel afloat. Her tonnage, however, is not expected to exceed 50,000, (that of the Olympic is 45,000) bat she will have a length of something like a 1000 feet—nearly a fifth of a mile. The Olympic is only SSO feet long. John Albert Tickner, a labourer, aged 30, committed suicide by hanging in 0 woolshed at Taihape on Tuesday. From a note left in a pocket-book it appears that deceased’s mind was unhinged through the breaking off of an engagement on Monday. .Evidence at the inquest disclosed that deceased was a sober man, and no other cause for his suicide was apparent. Deceased came from A uckland.

We understand that a syndicate, comprised ol three well-kno«u local citizens connected with tiaxmilliug, has purchased the Makerua Estate Company’s fiaxmill, and 500 acres of flax land at Makerua. The mills purchased were run during the past season by Mr Whitehead, and previous to that by Messrs Ross and Redshaw. It is stated that the new owners will not enter into possession oi the property until the end of next season.

At Monday night’s Council meeting Cr Stewart suggested that a street lamp should be erected iu the Norbitou Road. At the present time there was no light iu this street with the exception of that at the corner of Russell street, and as the mains were laid tor some distance along Norbitou road he thought a lamp should be elected. The Mayor said it was intended to erect four additional street lamps and when this work was put m hand another would also be erected us suggested.

The Presbyterian Church is making arrangements to provide some extra comforts for the ferntorials that will be encamped on the racecourse during this mouth, and are. erecting a marquee, with necessary sealing accommmodaLion, lor the use of those iu camp as a leasing ana writing room. Newspapers, magazines and writing material will be provided and everything possible done to add to the comiort oi those iu camp. An effort is also being made to obtain a piano for the use of the men and it the necessary permission can be obtained a concert or two will also be held.

At Monday night’s Council meeting Cr Richmond said that the Mayor had stated the chief work to be undertaken during the current year was to put the streets aud roads in good repair, and next year the question ot a water and drainage scheme should be further considered. Cr Richmond thought to do this would be putting the carl belore the horse, because if it were decided to go in for a water and drainage scheme the roads that had beeu put in order this year would have to be dug up again to lay the water mains. He intended to move that tne question ot a water and drainage scheme for the borough be turther considered this year.

Wliat are the wild waves saying? -ii.mged if I Know or care 1 ror my pom nend is swaying vV ua the weignt or me cold that is there. Fancy 1 hear them saying. “Take Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure,” Took their advice, thus staying The cold that did not mature. I

The flag at the local Post Office is being flown at half-mast to-day on account of the death of the King of Denmark, advice of which was received in Foxton this morning.

The s.s. Queen of the South sailed for Wellington this morning wirh a cargo of hemp and the s.s. Gertie is expected from Wellington to-morrow with general merchandise.

There is at present on view in Mr Woodroofe’s shop something out of the ordinary in the way of pigs. The animal in question is an enormous specimen, the head of which alone weighs over solbs. In the opinion of those in a position to judge the weight of the animal is well over soolbs. The pig in question was bred by Messrs Coker Bros., at Moutoa, and was only two years old. The Rev. Innes Jones, chaplain to the mounted rifles, will hold a special service in the camp at the racecourse on Whit Sunday. The Church of England Men’s Society are sending a man to look after a tent in which there will be reading and writing accommodation and an opportunity for devotions. Visits will be paid to this lent by the Rev. H. S. Rosher, vicar of Palmerston North, and by the vicar of the parish.

The Review of Reviews for May has a singularly pathetic interest. The whole of the issue was set up when news came of the death of the proprietor and editor-in -chief, the late Mr W. T. Stead. The issue contains a recent photograph of him, and an appreciation by the Australasian editor, Mr W. H. Judkins. The character sketch is of Lord Pirrie, the head of Messrs Harland and Wolff’s, the great Belfast shipbuilding firm. The rest of the magazine deals with the current literature of the mouth.

It is stated that the flaxmills drawing their supplies from Mr Akers’ property will continue to run as usual next season, the syndicate that has been formed to mill the flax from this property not commencing operations until the beginning of the following season. The syndicate in question intend erecting a six-stripper mill on a site in the vicinity of the Maitai mill, a commencement in the construction of which will be made at the end of next milling season.

The programme submitted at the Municipal Picture Entertainment last night met with the full approval of the rather small audidence. The dramas were of good order, and the comics were equally appreciable. The film depicting the manufacture of fire-proof and thief-proof safes was interesting throughout, and gave the audience a clear impression of the mechanical 5 skill and inventive genius required in the designing and manufacture of the larger variety of safes, and especially the intricate mechanism of the locks attached to them.

A sensation was caused at Halcombe on Tuesday evening by the discovery in a paddock near the railway line of the body of Mr R. K. Bardbury, clerk of the Halcome Town Board, with a gunshot would in the abdomen. Deceased was last seen alive in the morning with a double-barrelled guu iu his possession, and was then making across the paddock iu which he was subsequently found. Of late he has been considerably worried over matters in connection with the Town Board, and it is supposed that this preyed on his mind to such an extent that he lost his reason, and iu a lit of mental aberration committed the act which put an end to his life, further particulars show that deceased took a dose of chlorodyne the day before, but the overdose defeated the object. He wrote to a friend stating that he was committing suicide, as he preferred death to imprisonment.

At a meeting of the Devin Chamber of Commerce on Monday night some discussion took place regarding the conference of local bodies (convened by the Manawatu County Council) concerning railway deviation. No Devin body had been invited to participate. The chamber expressed its regret at this neglect on the part of the convening body. Meutipu was made also of the fact that Mr Stiles, mayor of Foxton, intends convening a conference of local bodies favourable to the proposed Deviu-Greatford main trunk railway deviation. The chamber was unanimously of opinion that Devin should help to the utmost of its power any movement favourable to this end-

Mr J. Lomas, secretary lor Labour, accompanied by Messrs John Robertson M.P., W. J. Culver, Inspector of Factories, and R. H. Dalliousie, President Flaxmills’ Employees Union, is at present visiting the whole ol the flaxmills in the district for the purpose of inspecting the accommodation provided for the men at these places. The party yesterday visited the mills at Koputaroa, Moutoa, Maker ua and Tokomaru, and to-day are visiting the other mills. They expect to complete their investigation by midday tomorrow. Interviewed at Christchurch yesterday, the Hon. G. Laurenson, Minister for Labour, said he had asked that the above mentioned investigation should be made as tuere had oeen several cornel..ants as to tUc nature of the accommodation provided, and these gentlemen would act as a sort of informal commission of inquiry to ascertain what the exact position was, and make recommendations to him within the next few days.

Roslyn Football Jerseys are the best.*

Try H. C. Easton for good Meat Only the best supplied.* The most attractive shop tor toys of every description is Mrs Hamer’s. Have you seen the window display ?* “Wonaers will never cease” and it is, without doubt, an exceptionally fine offer that Mr Geo. Stiles, draper, is making to the ladies of Boxton and district, details of which are given in a replace announcement in to-day’s issue. It reters to a special offer for 14 days’ of 10 per cent, off all imported and Petone costumes.*

An infectious disease of a serious nature (says the Northern Advocate) which is causing considerable concern among stockowners in the district, owing to the large death-roll among young calves, is paraplegia, or intestinal worms or wasters. The afflicted beasts show symptoms of wasting or flat-sidedness, and prior to death are subject to scouring. The disease is brought about by microscopic germ c or parasites, and is attributed largely to the unseasonable weather. Quite a large number of calves have died from the disease, and in consequence, quite a lull in the market tor young calves has been felt.