LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1054, 8 June 1912, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Foxton is the only borough of its size in New Zealand which does not possess a fire brigade. The services in St. Marys’ Church to-morrow will be : Mass n a.m., Benediction 7 p.m., conducted by the Rev. Father Kelly.

The services in All Saint’s Church to-morrow will be, S a.m. Holy Communion, 11 a.m. Matins and Sermon, 7 p.m. Evensong and sermon.

The racehorse Waipaku has again changed hands, being purchased the other day by Mr W. F. Gray. Waipaku will, in future, be trained by Mr A. M, Wright. Mr John Stubbs, a well-known Palmerston resident, died suddenly yesterday morning, aged 66 years. Deceased leaves a wife and eight children —four boys and four girls—to mourn their loss. The services at the Presbyterian Church to-morrow, both morning and evening, will be conducted by the Rev J. M. Thomson, m.a. The children are specially invited to the morning service. The death occurred at Palmerston North yesterday of the wife of Mr James Scott, after a long and painful illness. The deceased lady, besides a husband, leaves a family of twelve children, eight boys and four girls, to mourn their loss.

The following appeared in the answers to correspondents in this week’s Observer : Thanks for large paragraph counselling ‘ blood-ied revolution against the busses.’ Any little thing like that helps to keep the fire going in these days of dear coal.”

The Anglican Diocesan Synod will meet in Wellington on Tuesday, July and, and will be opened by an address Jrom the Bishop of the Diocese. The representatives of this parish are the vicar and Mr A. S. Easton. The first debate will be on the motion of Archdeacon Harper to amend Act IX., The Parochial Districts Act.

LjjlThe ordinary meeting of the Borough Council will be held on Monday evening next, at 7.40 o'clock, when the following order paper will be considered : To strike rates, correspondence re conference of Municipal Association, insufficiency ol hotel fees, tar spraying for roads, hospital and charitable aid levy, fire engine and water supply and general. A correspondent directs our attention to the danger of allowing sheets ol iron to remain lying about on the scene of the late fire. He states that a narrow escape from an accident occurred recently through the wind carrying a piece of iron on to the roadway and beneath a horse’s feet. Had the horse been a nervous animal a general smash-up may have resulted.

lu the course of his address to the electors of Auckland East this week, the Hon. A. M. Myers, Minister of Railways, said that there had been a substantial increase in the volume of traffic and revenue in the Department of Railways, as compared with the previous year. The number of passengers carried showed an increase of u l )u,(>()(), coaching items 80,U()(), goods 45,000 tons, and revenue ,£18.2,547. The net earnings on the total capital expenditure were equal to a return of ,£510,000, which must be regarded as highly satisfactory. In his address to the jury in the recent libel action Stagpoole v. the Palmerston Standard, heard at the Supreme Court at Palmerston this week, Sir John Piudlay had something to say in respect to the freedom of the press. Sir John said : “The intention of the legislature was to give the very widest protection to newspapers publishiug reports of the proceedings of Courts of Justice. It had been found iu the history ot our nation that the best palladium which they could give liberty was the freedom of the press. The press had fought for our liberty iu the past frequently at the expense ui pocket and life. They were going to try once more the limitation of the greatest protector we had.”

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Mr Davey, M.P., has been offered the Chairmanship of Committees in the House.

Mr and Mrs Wilford arrived in Wellington yesterday, after a trip to England. Mr Wilford has greatly improved in health.

A gross profit of over ,£3,000 was returned by the Masterton municipal gasworks lor the past year’s working.

The following vessels are within wireless range of New Zealand : Victoria, Wimmera, Zealandia, Moeraki, Novna, Ulimaroa, Zealandic, Marama and Tainui.

Miss Marie Baines, the wellknown comedy actress, who is at present playing a season in Christchurch, has filed a petition in bankruptcy. About was distributed to Territorials who attended the recent Foxton camp to compensate somewhat for the time lost in so doing.

When anaesthetic was being administered to a ten-year-old girl named Mary Pedolski, in the Dunedin hospital this week, the girl expired.

A native in this district who recently injured his leg was advised by a pakeha friend to see a doctor. After considering the matter for a few seconds he said, “No fear, he give mete stuff to go to sleep,”

The Hon. Geo. Fowlds has received news ot the death of Mr Michael Flurscheim, a well-known writer on economics, who resided in Wellington about ten years ago.

A day or two ago (says the Titnaiu Herald) a trail of nails covering nearly a mile was seen on the Wai-iti road, and one or two motors suffered in consequence.

Answering a question at the United Labour Party’s meeting at Palmerston North as to why he was defeated for Wellington East at the last election, Mr D. McLaren, who was presiding, said “it was because of the ignorance of a large number of the

workers,”

A parallel to the Foxtou conflagration took place at Coalamon, New Sdtith Wales, on Wednesday last, where a fire destroyed six shops. The total damage is estimated, however, at ,£40,000. There was no water and no fire brigade. The pulling down of adjoining premises prevented a big conflagration. Mr Massey, leader of the Reform Party, informed a press representative, after the recent caucus, that “the party is stronger at the present time than it has been since ’9O. I have every reason to be well satisfied with the caucus which has just concluded.”

Mr R. T. Betty notifies the public that he will open in premises next to J. Walls, baker, next week. The shop is 'being fitted up with necessary appointments. Mr Betty will offer several good salvage lines at prices which should effect a speedy clearance. New goods will arrive next week. Mr Betty will be at the shop to-night. By a strange coincidence there were at Palmerston North on Thursday night, at the same time, and upon seperate business, four of the most prominent men defeated at the last election. Mr R. McNab, Sir John Findlay, Mr G. Fowids, and Mr D. M’Daren. All were guests of Mr R. McNab. Before his Honour, Mr Justice Chapman, at the Palmerston N. Supreme Court yesterday, Patrick Duddy (police constable) appealed against the decision of Mr A. D. Thomson, S.M., in dismissing the case against Matthew Connolly for alleged bookmaking on the Foxton racecourse. Mr Loughnan appeared for appellant, and Mr H. R. Cooper for respondent. After hearing legal argument, his Honour reserved his decision.

A fellow passenger bn the Titanic with the late Mr W. T. Stead states: ‘T am afraid nobody living knows how he died.” He was one of the very few who were actually on deck when the iceberg was struck. I saw him soon afterwards and was thoroughly scared, but he preserved most beautiful composure. I deem it a privilege I shail prize for the rest of my days that I had the opportunity in the last hours of his life to hold converse with a great Englishman. Wednesday, July 17th (Arbour Day) is gazetted a public holiday. “In order,” states a paragraph in the Gazette, ‘‘that the movement may be made as successful as possible, the Government hopes that the Mayors of various municipalities and chairmen of local bodies will place the matter prominently before the people of the Dominion, and do all they can to encourage the planting of public reserves and other available lauds, both public and private, with trees suited to the locality,”

The Australian cricketers iu England still continue to give good accounts of themselves, their only loss being the first match of the tour —against Nottingham, On Thursday they commenced their match against Cambridge University, scoring 255. The Varsity team started most disastrously, having lost six wickets for 17 runs. The Australians of 1909 secured a single innings victory against Cambridge, and it looks as if the present team will do likewise.

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A number of territorials were fined at Gisborne yesterday for failing to attend parades. The s.s. Gertie is expected tomorrow with a cargo of general merchandise from. Wellington, A conference has been arranged between the Gold Miners’ Association and the Federation of Labour.

The attendance shield at the local State School this week was won by Standard I. with an average attendance of 96 per cent. A meeting of the Flaxmills Employees Union is to be held at Palmerston North to-day, to consider a manifesto and circular issued by the N.Z. Federation of Labour with which body it is affiliated.

At the Auckland Supreme Court yesterday, Robert Garner was sentenced to ten years lor having committed a criminal offence on a young girl 17 years of age.

A quantity of goods, including boxes of cigarettes, phonograph records, etc., were stolen from the salvage from Mesdames Henderson and Cunniughame’s on Sunday morning. Several other thefts are also reported. It is stated that the late Mr W. T. Stead was at one time named as the sole heir to Cecil Rhodes’ ,£8,000,000, but that the former’s pro-Boer attitude during the South African War caused the Empirebuilder to alter his will. The Rev. D. C. Bates wires today as follows : Southerly moderate to strong winds prevailing ; weather much colder; expect rain with snow on high country ; glass, expect high pressure. Sea heavy ; tides high.

At the Invercargill Supreme Court, Henry Fitzgibbon, as a result of a second trial on a charge of attempted rape (the first jury having disagreed), was to-day found guilty, and sentenced to five years’ with hard labour.

The old school at Greytown was destroyed by fire last evening. It contained four apartments, amongst them, a fine laboratory, a cookery ro -..i and a museum. The buikaug wuo not insured, but the committee may have had an insurance on the contents.

It is now pretty well accepted as an unfortunate fact that the quantity of prime milling wheat available in Southland this year will be very small. The autumnsown crops are reported to have turned out all right, but the bulk of the remainder is shrivelled and soft, the frost having in the majority of cases got in its deadly work, says the Southland Times.

Mr T. M. Wilford M;F., received the following wireless message about 500 miles the other side of Fiji, when eu route to New Zealand; “First Proverbs, fitteemh.” The interpretation reads: “My son, walk not thou in the way with them ; refrain thy foot irom their path.” “ This is a message which I received from a personal friend who, though not a member, is very well up in politics,” said Mr Wilford.

Says the Wellington Post; “It the Red Federation decides, definitely, to war on the public, in an attempt to. secure victory for the Waihi Miners’ Union, this country may see a spectacle in which the Red Federation may roughly resemble the figure of Death in some lines of Swinburne : Here now in his pride, where all things falter, Stretched out on the spoils which his own hand spread

As a god, self-slain, on his own strange altar, Death lies dead,”

A fire, which was fortunately overcome betore any serious damage had been done, occurred at Messrs Gibbs and Nimmo’s Papakiri mill yesterday afternoon. Just after dinner it was found tuat the tow hole was alight, but although it had a fair hold, a willing band of workers eventually succeeded in extiuguisbing it. The damage done was only slight, but it might have been serious as there were uo buckets at the mill, and these utensils had to be procured from the cookhouse, some little distance away. The origin of the fire is a mystery.

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