LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1096, 14 September 1912, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A door key awaits an owner at this office.

A freak lamb is reported from Wairamarama, Waikato, having one head, two bodies, eight legs, two tails, and one nostril.

The attendance shield at the local State school this week was won by Standard 1., with 98.5 per centage.

The service in St. Mary’s Church to-morrow, will be conducted at 8,30 a.m,, by the Rev. Father Kelly. The flag on the Post Office lower was flown at half-mast yesterday to mark the occasion of the Mikado’s funeral. Japan is a treaty partner with Britain. It is expected that the wireless station on the new General Post Office at Auckland will be in thorough working order and ready tor public use in two weeks’ time.

A priest of Valetta, Malta, after several days denouncing hobble skirts, was fined 50s with costs for insults in ordering a lady out of the church grounds as she was unbecomingly attired. The Rev. Robert Stewart, who had been pastor of St. John’s Presbyterian Church, Greymouth, for over twenty years, died suddenly at Greymouth on Thursday morning.

A lady wearing a hat on which a rabbit was chasing three blue satin apples was seen on the Quay the other day, says the Free loanee. This getting back to nature is quite refreshing. Railway porter Walter Gordon has been presented by the Mayor of Hastings with Royal Humane Society’s silver medal and certificate in recognition of the bravery he displayed in saving life at Hastings railway station on May 2nd last.

Tetters threatening the life of the Hutt Borough Council ranger (Mr A. Mills) have been received by that person, and at the last meeting of the Council it was decided to point out to the writer “that the council would not tolerate any threats or interference with the ranger!” The services in the Presbyterian Church on Sunday will be conducted morning and evening by the Minister, Rev J. M. Thomson m. A. The Rev A. Porter, of Marton, has been unfortunately obliged to postpone his visit. In the evening Mr Thomson will take for his subject, “Joseph, the Favourite.”

The services to-morrow at All Saints’ will be at 8 a.tn., n a.tn. and 7 p.m. At the 8 o’clock Holy Communion service the members of the Guild of St George are asked to be present, and also at the evening service. The vicar will conduct a children’s service in the afternoon, when he will meet all children connected with the Sunday School. A prisoner named George McGurk, aged 36, who was serving a sentence of seven years for having attempted to murder a man at Devonport, was accidently killed at Mount Kden gaol on Thursday. He was struck on the head by a heavy piece of timber which fell out of the sling. The injured man died twenty minutes after the accident. The Dunedin Star is authorised to say it is understood that arrangements have been entered into between the New Zealand coalmine owners and the New Zealand Goldmine Owners’ Association for providing that the Waihi companies shall be supplied with all the coal they require, no matter what action the Federation of Labour may take. The Wellington Presbytery met at St. John’s Church, Wellington, on Tuesday, the Rev. B. Hutson (moderator) presiding. With reference to the boundary of the Wellington and Wanganui Presbyteries, it was resolved to petition the General Assembly to determine the boundary, so that according to the original intention, Palmerston North and Foxton shall be included in the Wanganui Presbytery, and Shannon and Levin in the Wellington jurisdiction.

On the recommendation of the Public Accounts Committee of the House of Representatives, a return has been prepared showing the expenditure by the Government on the subsidised Wanganui river service since its establishment. It shows that subsidies have been paid lor twenty-three years. The amounts in the first twelve years varied from to £B3O. Since January 1, 1903, the subsidy has been £llOO per annum, and the contract was recently renewed from April 1 with a subsidy increased to £1250. Exclusive ot the amount for the current year, the State assistance given to the service amounts to .£18,340, an average of £792 per annum.

Now the whitebait season is at hand you cannot get better value in gum boots than at Retter Bros’. Stocking Sale. All this season’s gums, so don’t miss this chance.*

We have a full stock ot grocery, ironmongery, crockery, glassware, cutlery, stationery, produce, paints oils, leads, etc. T. Rimmer.*

A crop of swede turnips raised at Raetihi (Main Trunk line), has been officially certified to as yielding 48 tons per acre.

Seventeen ewes on a Dannevirke farm have given birth to fifty-two lambs—one ewe has four and the remaining sixteen three each. Dairy farming extraordinary! A dairy farmer at Manaia, in the Taranaki district, expects to be milking 1200 cows this seasou. “It’s my ambition to become a member ot Parliament.” “Hub, that’s not an ambition ; it’s a disease.” The slander action in which damages was claimed by a well-known Napier lady against another has now been withdrawn. Two nominations have been received for the vacancy on the Borough Council, Dr Adams and Mr S. Read. The election will take place next Friday.

We would remind our readers not to miss the great star film at the Coronation Town Hall this evening, “The Mystery of the Glass Coffin,” one of the most remarkable pictures ever produced. An aged Hutt farmer present at the riflemen’s smoke concert at Wellington, said he had arrived in Wellington 32 years ago, with 7s 6d in his pocket, and “to-day I am worth ,£17,000.” The subscription list in aid oi a deserving local case, which was opened on the suggestion of the Rev Mr Woodward, has now closed, The amount raised was The Government offices throughout New Zealand will be closed on Monday, Sept. 23rd, in celebration of the fifth anniversary of the day on which the colony of New Zealand was created a Dominion, says the Gazette.

The ordiuary monthly meeting of the Moutoa Drainage Board to have been held last night lapsed for the want of a quorum, only the chariman (Mr B. G. Gower) and Mr O. R. Robinson being present. The meeting will be held next Thursday evening. The s.s. Gertie and Kennedy arrived yesterday morning, the former from Wellington and the latter from Westport. They both sailed for Wellington this morning. The s.s. Waverly arrived at n o’clock this morning with a cargo of coal from Greymouth.

The services in connection with the local Methodist Church will be held to-morrow in the supperroom of the Coronation Hall. The Rev T. Coats worth will conduct both services. The evening subject will be, “Abide with me! The shadows gather !” A hearty welcome to attend these services is extended to all.

The eighteenth week of the Waihi strike commenced on Monday, and the seventeen weeks of idleness has involved the loss in gold output from the district mines of approximately ,£245,000. The decrease in the yield from the Waihi Company represents quite ,£195,000, and from the Grand Junction ,£70,000, while the loss in wages has been fully ,£BO,OOO, divided between the townships of Waihi and Waikino.

The taxation proposals as amended by the Public Accounts Committee contain a new clause in relation to flax lands. It provides that when estimating the unimproved value of land on which flax plants are growing, the Valuer-General shall include the value of the roots of the plants but not the value of the leaves growing from the roots. This section is to come into operation on April i, 1913.

It Is understood now that Wellington will not benefit to such a large extent as was expected by the Macarthy bequests. A revaluation of the estate indicates that instead of being ot the supposed value of ,£500,000 it is really of between ,£370,000 and ,£380,000. It is also understood that the estate is so tied up by the will that during the life of the widow the bequests to the city will not amount to much more than a year. It will be necessary to pass a special Bill through Parliament this year in connection with the administration of the bequests.

A man named Mark Deed was found on the foreshore at Auckland on Thursday night in a dingy, wet through. He was removed to the hospital, and has given diflerent accounts of an adventure in which it appears he was accompanied by one or more persons, who were drowned, or had no existence except in the man’s imagination. Indications lead the police to question Deed’s statement that the dingy capsized, and he alone regained the boat. So far the police have not traced any of his companions.

Thus the Auckland Herald The lime has evidently not yet arrived for regarding strikes as a thing of the past, but undoubtedly the time has arrived lor enacting that irresponsible officials shall no longer disturb industry by dragging unions into industrial conflicts without the expressed and definite determination, expressed by secret ballot ol the men actually involved. It is also time that boycotting, threats, and vilifications intended to prevent workers from following their lawful occupations, should be brought under the Police Ofleuces Act, so that prompt and effective steps could be taken to assert the authority of dhe law. Moreover, any legal recognition of unions organised outside the Arbitration Act should cease.

For children's hacking cough at night, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, is 6d, 2s 6d.

A youth named Charles Jones was fined at the Masterton Court yesterday for sly grog-sel-ling. *

For failing to attend military parades, four youths were fined 5s each and costs 7s at the Magistrate’s Court at Wellington yesterday, and eight were ordered to pay 7s costs.

The body of Tucien G. Glenn, a cook, who left Hanmer Springs for the Hossack station on Thursday, was found at the foot of a steep bluff on the Hanmer river. Deceased was 55 years of age and a widower.

A petition of an unusual nature came before Mr Justice Williams in camera in the Supreme Court at Dunedin yesterday, when a young couple asked the Court to decree that their proposed marriage was a right and proper one. The girl is 19, and her father, a farmer at Chaslands, withheld consent to her marriage to a young man from Rakanui. The petition was dismissed with costs and disbursements.

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

The Magistrate has been engaged the last two days at Ormoudville hearing the charge against Mathias Peter Beck of murdering his wife at South Norsewood a fortnight ago. The evidence was on the same lines as that given at the inquest.. Accused reserved his defence, aud was committed for trial at the Napier sessions of the Supreme Court commencing on Tuesday next.

Will the Massey Government wear well, equal say, to the Roslyn Allwool High-grade Clothing and Unshrinkable Underwear “ Delta ” finish ? If so, New Zealand will have reason to be proud of its new Prime Minister.*

The funeral of Margaret Josephine Hennessy took place yesterday. It was attended by a large number of relatives and friends. Alter the Requiem Mass and Office at the Martou Catholic Chuich, the body was taken to the Turakina Church where the deceased was baptised. The Reverend Father Kelly officiated at the church and cemetery, and was assisted by the Reverend Fathers De L,ach and Kinread, During the service a fitting tribute was paid to the deceased’s virtuous life, and a few words of sympathy were addressed to her friends by the priests who assisted. Will the Massey Government be able to pull together as comfortably and gracefully, say, as Warner's Rust-proof Corsets do ? We hope so —New Zealand ladies.*

The Rev. D- C. Bates’ summary and forecast telegraphed from Wellington last night is as follows: —West to south-westerly winds strong to gale have been experienced with squally and showery weather, especially in the aoithern districts on Tnursday night. The barometer has risen everywhere. Forecast: Present indications are for a brief improvement only. Weather conditions for a storm area appears to be approaching from the westward and bad weather is likely to follow shortly. Tue winds will probably by west to northerly and increase strong to a heavy gale in parts. The barometer is likely to fall veiy low in the South about Monday.

Rimmer is selling: 3 tins jam I/-, 4 tins sardines X/-, 3 bottles sauce I/-, loose tea I/-, factory butter 1/2.* Wanted —The people of Foxton and the surrounding districts to know that A. de Cuea, tailor, of Palmerston North, will call on anyone with samples upon the receipt of a postcard. Costumes from £4 4s, Suits from £4 10s.*

Ask the jockey, ask the groom, Ask the girl who wields the broom Ask the worried business man, Grocer, postman, publican 1 Ask the butcher, milkman, baker, Shop girl, clerk and cordial maker All reply in accents sure — “Stick to Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.” 2