LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1063, 29 June 1912, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Two burglars were captured in an Auckland hotel on Wednesday night. The burglars were powerfully built men, Forest Kirchirtz and Charles Reynolds, a German and Canadian respectively.

To-morrow the services at All Saints’ Church will be at 8 a.m., n a.rn., and 7 p.m. The Holy Communion will be celebrated as on the first Sunday in ihc mouth, at 8 a.m. and xi a.m. ; Kveusoug and sermon at 7 p.m. With this issue is circulated the official programme of the Leviu Competitions Society. Among the local competitors are Mrs Hall, Misses Jenks and McDonald, Messrs Buglass, Jenks, Hornblovv, Whibley and Yates. The tollowiug choirs have entered tor the Levin competitions next week : —Otakl Methodist, Levin Presbyterian and Shannon Methodist, The test pieces will be (a; Anthem, “The Radiant Morn hath Passed Away,” (b) Hymn, “Through the Night ot Doubt and Sofrow.”

Whitannui Limited have decided to close down their Moutoa mill for a mouth. This decision has been come to on account of the very wet weather that has been experienced of late, making it impossible to get the fibre out of the paddocks, which are now full, it is understood that stripping will cease on Tuesday.

Still selling well, finest Norwegian Smoked Sardines, bes tquality, 4 tins for I/. T. Rimmer,* For children’s hacking cough at night, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, is fid, 2s fid.

The twice daily railway service between Palmerston and Foxton, comes into operation as from Mondav next.

The service in the local Catholic Church to-morrow will be, mass 8.30 a.m., conducted by the Rev. Father Kelly. The local State school was closed yesterday, iu order to give the children an opportunity of attending the Winter Show with their parents. A large number of local people attended the Palmerston Winter Show yesterday. A close holiday was observed among the busiues people.

The Rev G. Y. Woodward, vicar of All Saints’, and Mr H. S, Easton, synodsman for the parish, will leave for Wellington on Monday to attend the Diocesan Synod. The following steamers are within wireless range ot New Zealand : Moana, Ruapehu, Taluue, Westralia, Mesto, Wimmera, Rotorua, Tainui, Maheuo, Sairimoo, Makura. The attendance shield at the local State school this week was won by Standard IV. with an average attendance of 100 per cent.

Bishop Grimes was congratulated by a great gathering of citizens at Christchurch 011 Wednesday night on the completion of 25 years as a Bishop, and presented with a cheque for a thousand guineas. The Bishop, iu replying, said he would devote the money to the Cathedral. The Irish Reformed Presbyterian Synod has issued a protest against Home Rule, stating that it is not the effort of sane statesmanship, but has been wrung from statesmen taking their orders from the enemies of the Reformation. The Bill aims at Romanising every institution.

Mr Robt. McNab has consented to deliver a lecture on proportionate representation, under the auspices ol the Foxton Literary auci Debating Society, at an early date. After tue lectuie the audience will be given an opportunity of taking a ballot under the system. The lecture should be extremely educative as there is no doubt that this will be the method adopted in future of returning representatives to Parliament.

A mild sensation was created in Wanganui the other uight over a burglary scare. A telegraph messenger, passing Gibson and Paterson’s grocery shop, noticed a taint light at the rear of the shop. Thinking that it must be a burglar, he informed a constable, who pressed a Maori territorial into service, and sent the telegraph boy tor further help. The would-be burglar-catchers got a big surprise ou discovering that the intruder was Mr Paterson, one of the proprietors, who had been working late. At the Napier Supreme Court, the trial of Kuku Matene Ropeha, charged with manslaughter by causing the death of two natives through the overturning of a motor car, alleged to have been recklessly driven by him at Waipawa, concluded. The jury brought in a verdict of guilty and added a rider that the law should be amended by making ti illegal for any person to drive a motor car who has uot passed a stringent examination as to fitness. Prisoner was sentenced to twelve mouths imprisonment on the Waipa prison farm. An Oamaru lady—of course, she was young ! —had a novel experience the other day. Having washed her hair, she tried to take the water out of it by running it through the family wringer. She turned the handle till her head and the rubbers came into contact, the hair in the meantime clinging close to the latter. She found it impossible to extricate herself from the entanglement, and cried with a loud voice for assistance. First aid was forthcoming, but even then there was a difficulty in separating the hair from its mixup in the wringer.

A record return received for nine mouths (September ist to May 31st), Loth per cow and per acre, has been obtained from the property ot Mr Fred. Hopping, of Glen Oroua, his herd of 33 cows, which were pastured on 49 acres of iand, having brought in the splendid return of ,£547 16s for milk supplied to the Glen Oroua factory. The net profits for skim milk were ,£133 r3S, making a Lotal ot ,£6Bl 9s, or £2O rss per cow, and rSs per acre. The above cows are principally the Shorthorn and Holstein cross. In the return from skim milk calves realised &61 10s, the balance being profits on pigs fattened.

In his lecture on “New Zealand Agriculture,” iu Wellington on Tuesday night, Premier Mackenzie said New Zealand had 67,000,000 acres of land of all descriptions. An area of 40,000,000 acres was in occupation, and 14,000,000 acres were under cultivation. When the country was first settled, 22 persons claimed the whole of the South Island. The squatters who followed these men played an important part in developing the country. They endured many dangers and hardships, brought capital into the country, and gave a great impetus to the progress of colonisation.

The Roslyn Worsted and Woollen Mills m e sorely taxed at present to cope with the enormous demand for the people’s favourite Roslyn Allwool Blankets, Rugs, Tweeds, Worsted Football Jerseys, Suits, Socks, Stockings, Flannels, Plaidings, Yarns, Ladies’ and Gents’, fine Unshrinkable Underwear “Delta" finish.*

Perreau’s refreshment room is the ideal place for fish suppers, etc,*

The House last night passed the Imprest Supply Bill for ,£714,900 alter a lengthy discussion on the four million loan.

The champion mean man has been unearthed up North. He cut the legs off the wheelbarrow so that the gardener couldn’t set it down and rest! The Shannon-Moutoa road, for a tew chains near the drinking trough, and that portion over the bridge, going into Shannon is in a very bad state aud requires immediate attention.

It is stated that a company is being formed iu Masterton to prospect for silver in the neighbouring hills. Good reports are to hand of samples which have been procured. The services at the Presbyterian Church to-morrow will be conducted in the morning by ihe Rev. J. M. Thomson, M.A., and iu the evening by Mr Billens. The Wellington Trades and Labour Council will not help the Reefton strikers (1) because they had no cause lor a strike and (2) because Reefton is dominated by the Federation of Labour. Mr Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, announces that at the review to be held at Spilhead on July 9th the greatest fleet ever assembled in the world’s history will be engaged.

The German Crown Prince has published a book descriptive of his Indian tour. It has a fine sporting flavour, aud is highly complimentary of English hospitality and administration.

In the Wanganui Magistrate’s Court on Friday morning, a young man named George Allen pleaded guilty to three charges of lorgery and uttering, aud was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. The King aud Queen motored to Rhondda, Meithyr, aud Abeadare, and inspected the surfaceworkers at the collieries, aud the Docolais blast furnaces. They were accorded a rapturous receptions by the colliers.

The appearance of whitebait so early in the season in the rivers both on the Has' md West Coast, accordin D ~ .... ... . Maori Legend,

and one that is still in favour with the natives, is regarded as a sure omen of early spring. The trial ot Glauss, who was arrested in March last, has commenced in camera, at Eeipsie. He is accused ot conspiring with Ehlers, a navy signaller, to sell to Great Britain code books. His accomplice was a policeman named Jaenicke, who has since gone mad. Two explosions occurred on the French cruiser Jules Michelet. The first wounded thirty men. Practice was resumed, and another gun backfired at the fiftieth round, owing to overheating, and terribly injured ten men, of whom three have since died.

Cord Roberts, addressing the National Service Teague, said he hoped the country would speedily realise that the withdrawal of the fleet from the Mediterranean would endanger the Empire and lower our prestige in Egyptian and Indian eyes.

The services to-morrow in connection with the local Methodist Church will be conducted by the Rev. T. Coatsworth. At the evening service the series of addresses on “ New Testament Conversions ” will be brought to a close with an address on “ Mary Magdalene-

Growing disinclination to pay the levy of 2s per week towards the Waihi and Reefton strike fund is being evidenced amongst members ot the Auckland Tramway Union, As a matter of fact, it was gathered irom several of the men in the course ot conversation, that the first levy collected about a week ago was evaded by a large percentage of the members.

At a meeting of the Horowhenua Rugby Union on Thursday night, three Shannon players, who were oidered off the field by the referee during the progress ot the Eevin-Shanuon match, played last Saturday, were dealt with. The ueleree stated that the men ordered off for having used obscene and filthy language and threatening behaviour towards himself. One of the offenders was suspended for two years, and prohibited from attending matches during that period, and the other two were disqualified for life. The sentences imposed are somewhat severe, but young men who can’t control their tempers and tongues, should not attempt rugby. What aggravated the present charges was the fact that young women were playing hockey in an adjoining paddock. It is questionable whether the police have not power to deal with such cases.