LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1068, 11 July 1912, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr W. J. Wbite, who recently disposed oi his interest in Whyte’s Hotel, leaves Foxtoa to-morrow. He intends taking up his residence in Wellington tor a time, after which he will probably go north. Mr K. Me Nab lias consented to deliver a hrtnre, under the auspices of the bnxton Nitetary and Debating Society, on proportional representation, next Friday week. As this subject is of gieat importance to every elector, it should attract a large audience. A practical demoustialiou will subsequently take place in the form of a mock ballot, For influenza take Waods’ Great Peppermint C ure. Never fails, is 6d, 2s 6d. Rimmer is selling; 3 tins jam I/-, 4 tins sardines I/-, 3 buttles sauce I/-, loose tea 1 /-, factory butter 1/2.*

A new home for the aged poor has just been completed at Timaru, The building, which is of brick, occupies a sunny location and will provide accommodation for fifty inmates. It cost First Tramp: After all, it pays to be polite. Second Tramp: Not always. The other day I was actin’ deaf and dumb, when a man gave me sixpence. I sa' “Thank you, sir,” and be ha arrested.

The death of Sir John LCampbell leaves Mr C. D. Ward (formerly Judge Ward),

Dunedin, the last survivor of .be House of Representatives of j 556 —the first House that was elected under the system ot responsible Government in New Zealand.

“Where,” asked the female suffrage orator, “would man be to-day were it not for woman?” She paused for a moment and looked round the hall. “I repeat,” she said, “where would man be to-day were it not for woman?” “He’d be in 'he Garden of Eden eating strawberries,” piped a voice from the gallery. In his evidence before the v 0mission in Auckland, Mr >

liam Richardson was emphatic 1, his opinion that the cost ot living has not increased. He was 01 the opinion that as much con'l be secured for £1 now as people had previously to pay £2 ros for. Witness considered most of the money of the people went in gambling and general extravagance. The member tor Otaki is u opponent of the Defence Act. L,; says it is undemocratic and has other shortcomings. Any force that cam* to atcack New .-.ealaml would easily seize the ports, .c the Territorials would retire ul the interior as the Turkish

did at Tripoli. It was one deh of the local Act that thos.

most needed physical trainii

not get it. At a meeting of the Fla: Employees’ Union, held at mam on Saturday, the ofl

president was declared vacant Mr A. S. McLaggan was t le<

to the vacancy—which was

viously occupied by Mr Dalhoas.e. It was decided to adopt a voluntary scheme of contributions for the locked-out Reeftou miners and the secretary was send a list to each mill for this purpose.

We give a reminder of tus social to be held in the Presbyterian Hall this evening. The following will contribute items: Pianoforte solo, Miss Jenks ; duet, Messrs Jenks and Buglass ; songs by Mesdames Boyes, Patterson, Misses Barber and Signal, Messrs W. Cook, Holllngton, Smaile, Longworth; banjo solo, Mr Knewstubs; recitations, Messrs Claris and Whibley. Refreshments will be provided by the ladies. Such an attractive programme should draw a large audience.

A tribute, and an unusual on was paid the New Zealand new > papers by the Rev Geo. Burlipghame, of San Francisco, on Saturday. In conversation with an Auckland Herald representative Mr Burlinghame said : “It is . great pleasure to me to find youf newspapers adopting that quid sober tone —quiet, I mean, in parisou with the Californian press. Although I am a patriotic American, I think that the yellow - cess methods of our newspaper re not good for the people, and heir influence has been surpri agly bad. From the little I have seen of your newspapers"—and Mr Burlinghame showed a big bundle under his arm —“I am convinced that they cannot be anything but a power for good, and they must have a great influence oyer the people.’’ Old Wanganui boys last Friday, says the Herald, were pleased to renew acquaintance with an old friend in the person, of Mr William Signal, eldest son of Mr at Mrs James Signal, Wilson str v' who arrived yesterday in the l

screw steamer Awahou, on • maiden voyage to Wanganui a.v. to New Zealand. Mr Signal v . sent to Glasgow about twe •’ months ago to superintend t-. building ot the Awahou for Le.

and Co., in the shipping department of which firm he the position of chief and superintendent engineer. The new steamer, which is designed specially for the coastal trade, left Glasgow on the ist April, via Suez, Port Said, Malta, Colombo, Singapore, Thursday Island, Townsville, and Newcastle, from which latter port she loaded a cargo of coal for Wanganui. Mr Signal sets an example that may well be followed by other lads, and his success in life proves what may be done by study and perseverance. He was educated here, and left school at the age of 15 to enter, at his own wish, the engineering trade in Mr Murray’s foundry. He served five years there, and then went to the Ifion Foundry in Wellington, afterwards entering into partnership with Captain Harvey in a small steamer called the Napier. ' su’.*;? queutly joined the firm and Co., and the Quec:^ Smith was purchased. twelve years ago Mr Signa ' • iHome to superintend the otthe Himataugi, and , Glasgow he received his certificate. To-day. as men* . J, above, Mr Signal is superintend* engineer of Tevin and Co.’s ' Tbos. Rimracr has a replace vertisement in this issue drawi attention to the fact that they £ ; been appointed Foxton agents i,

The Antarctic exploring ship Aurora arrived at Dunedin ye sterday.

William Robert Prior, a wharf labourer, unmarried, threw himsell in front of a train at Wellington on Tuesday and was killed. A vacancy on the local Borough Council has been caused through the resignation of Mr Walter S. Carter. An election to fill same will be held on the second proximo, nominations closing at noon on the 27th instant, Arnst and Barry are iu splendid condition, and are sculling strenuously every day in preparation for their race for the world’s championship on the 27th. Arnst’s weight is I3st 71b. The Mayor on Monday night expressed the Council’s appreciation of the promptitude ul the gas manager in connection with the recent fire in Main Street, which resulted in all but two ot the gas meters being saved. The death took place at Wellington on Tuesday, of Mr Edwin Toms, of Palmerston N. Deceased was for many years traveller for Messrs T. Ballinger and Co. A widow, two sons and five daughters are left to mourn their oss.

A local syndicate, connected with Messrs W. Ross and Son Ltd., has purchased the Green Flaxdressing Company’s property at Moutoa. The property comprises some 700 odd acres, together with the flaxmilliug plant. The price paid is said to be £3O per acre, the purchase money totalling about ,£22,000. A Westport paper is responsible for the statement that a resident of Westport some three months ago, when feeding the fowls, lost her wedding ring. The other day a miniature duck-egg, with the albumen but no yolk, was found in the yard, Inside the egg was the missing wedding-ring.

“Pelorus Jack,” the well-known denizen of the French Pass and its vicinity, has been missing from its usual haunts for the last couple of months. Several captains who were spoken to a bout the matter by a Greyaioa-a Star reporter state that Pelorus Jack usually takes his ‘‘annual leave” about this time of the year, and they expect to see him soon return full of fresh life and vigour.

A case at the Magistrate’s Court Napier, last week, in which a Maori defended himself, caused some amusement. At the outset the Maori stated that he had a very poor knowledge of the English language, but as time went on he proved himself a good-examiner in English. The Magistrate asked him it he had any questions to ask the plaintiff, to which the Maori replied: “ That’s where you have me beat, mate. You won’t let me a?k them in my own language.

East week an old Chinaman was killed at Gibleston, in Central Otago, through the capsizing of a van. For years he had been receiving 3s a week for charitable aid, and doing a little work on farms. When the police made enquiries after his death (says the Oamaru Mail) they found that the old Chinaman had on fixed deposit at the bank, and only a few days before his death he had paid in For fully ten years he had posed as a destitute person, and was recommended for charitable aid by one of the local bodies, acting on the report of the police.

Parental authority is still sharply defined by law, and although lack of control is often deplored, the law assists parents very considerably to exercise their veto in matters relating to the marriage of lovers who have not attianed to the statutory age ot 21 years. A case in point is reported to have occurred at Dunedin lately. It is reported that an ardent young couple decided upon matrimony during the absence of the lady’s parents from the Dominion, and as the lady was under the legal age limit, the registrar asked a few very awkward questions concerning the necessary consent. Apparently the latter was not forthcoming, and the contracting parties had to face the cold, wide world with a parting official injunction to “ wait till the clouds roll by.”

The late Bishop of Truro was a Christian Socialist, and in this connection he sometimes told an anecdote. “I had,” he once said, “called on a rich old merchant in the North to ask him for a subscription. At first he was somewhat grumpy- ‘Come,’ he said, ‘ they call you a Socialist; what do you mean by Socialism ?’ ‘ My dear, sir,’ I replied, 4 it depends what Socialism you mean, Political Socialism or Christian Socialism, for there is a great difference between the two. The Political Socialist says, 4 What is yours is mine ;’ but the Christian Socialist says, 4 What is mine is yours.’ The old man’s eye twinkled. ‘Ah!’ he said, I’ve met a good many of the first sort; I never met any of the second. However, here’s ,£5 for your fund.’

The Roslyn Worsted and Woollen Mills me sorely taxed at present to cope with the enormous demand tor the people’s favourite Roslyn Allwool Blanket's, Rugs, i weeds, Worsted Football Jerseys, Bints, Socks, Stockings, Flannels, 1 laiclings, Yarns, Ladies’ and Gents . line Unshrinkable Underwear “Delta finish.*

He caught a tram, a boat, a ’bus, Some fish, a cricket ball; He caught his typist talking to The chief clerk through the wail. He caught both ’roo and wallaroo, Upon his annual tour; But saved himself from catching cold With Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. 2

Bargains in shoes —ladies’ and maids’—at Betty’s. Shoes worth from 12/6 to 15/- per pair now offered at 7/6 and 8/6. A shell full of them. Call and inspectThe finest bargains in footwear ever offered in Foxton.* At the Spithead review there are 223 vessels, costing 112 millions. The fleet extends over thirty miles. The Lords and Commoners were aboard the Armadale Castle, and the pressmen were on another ship. Torpedoes were discharged, and hydro aeroplane flights and submarine attacks made. There is still considerable industrial unrest in many parts of the Dominion, owing to the foolish tactics of the Federation of Labour. It is only a matter ot time when all employers of labour throughout the Dominion will refuse to enter into agreements with this anarchial body. Affairs at Waihi are getting worse and business is at a standstill.

Thomas Rimmer has been appointed Foxton agent for “Red Oil,” the celebrated winter spray for fruit trees.*

Ask for the popular “Roslyn’ Writing Pads at 6d and is each.*