The Manawatu Herald. Saturday, September 28, 1912. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1002, 28 September 1912, Page 2

The Manawatu Herald. Saturday, September 28, 1912. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A telegram from Woodville this morning advises that the Manawatu river has risen three feet aud was then rising rapidly. John McClue, aged forty-two years, committed suicide at South Dunedin last night by cutting his throat with a razor. No particulars are available.

Mr Rore Pitihira, of Himatangi, has applied for a Native Interpreter’s License and will sit for examination in Foxton within the next few days.

For chronic chest complaints Wo xls’ Great Peppermint Cure, Is 6d, 2s 6d.

It was reported locally yesterday that a further rise in the price of hemp had taken place, the price quoted for good fair now being £25 1 os, f.o.’x, Wellington. Mr W. n. Kerris, chief hemp grader, Iras been in Koxton during

the last two days on business connected with the Department. He left for Wellington again this afternoon.

Thomas Nolan pleaded guilty at the Ashburton Magistrate's Court yesterday to exposing liquor for sale in the Selwyn licensing district without a license, and was fined and costs. Detective Ouirke visited Foxton on Thursday evening for the purpose of pursuing enquiries in connection with the recent fires. He returned to Palmerston yesterday morning. At the Supreme Court, Masterton, yesterday, Edward Arthur Jones, on a charge ol aggravated criminal assault, was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment, with three years’ reformative treatment afterwards.

At a meeting of the executive of the Federation of Labour, held at Wellington yesterday, it was dedecided to increase the strike pay to manied men ol the Waihi Union by 20 per cent., making it £2 per week as from yesterday.

William Francis Cahill, a single man, employed as head ot W. Young’s racing stable at Feilding, was found dead in bed yesterday morning. Heart failure was the cause. Cahill bad been there only a few weeks. It is believed he came from Auckland.

At the meeting of cricketers held on Thursday evening, Mr W. S. Stewart tendered his resignation as secretary o' the Foxtou Cricket Club, after acting, in that capacity for a period ol something like 20 years. The resignation was accepted with regret.

Wm. Duncan, alias Kriwater, aged 20, a Burnham escapee, arrested at Port Chalmers, pleaded guilty to four charges of breaking and entering houses in the Timaru district. He was committed for sentence and remanded to Ashburton on a similar charge near that town. He was committed for absconding from Burnham, On our fourth page to-day appears the copy ot a fetter received by the acting-president of the New Zealand Flaxmillers’ Association, from the President of that body, Mr Joseph Liggins, who is at present iu Europe. Mr Liggins, during his trip, is doing all be can to farther the hemp industry, and the letter referred to gives some details as to the steps he has already taken in this direction.

The Queen of the South arrived at the local port at xr o’clock yesterday morning, but was unable to discharge on account ot the wet weather. The cargo is now being unloaded and she will then load for Wellington, but on account of the rough weather will probably be unable to sail to-night. The Waverly is expected to-morrow from Terakohe with a cargo of cement and the Kennedy is due on Monday.

In a paragraph in our last issue referring to the ease of John Walls, charged with a breach n[ the Bakers Award, by providing a worker with board and lodgings without a permit, it was repotted that Mr Moore, who appeared for the defendant staled that be was not awate that such action created a breach. —What our reporter meant was that Mr Moore stated the defendant was unaware that such action created a breach.

Messrs Rimmer and Chung Wah, whose business premises were destroyed by fire last Sunday morning, have lost no time in getting a start again in temporary premises. Mr Rimmer has erected a temporary building on portion of the old site and is now in a position to supply the wants of his customers. Mr Chung Wah has erected temporary premises next to Perreau’s buildings and opened to-da? with a stock of fruit aud vegetables.

Au unfortunate bachelor who attended a sale of furniture the other day for the purpose of buying a stretcher aud its appurtenances for his establishment “fell in” rather badly, lu the hum of conversation he heard the auctioneer calling “the whole lot with a mattress and good pillows thrown in,” aud he promptly offered a bid, thinking that his particular requirements were being submitted. The lot was knocked down to him, but to his dismay on going to claim it, he found that be had purchased a baby’s cut with its accessories. Subsequently he admitted that his blushes were worth the money.—Taranaki News.

At the Auckland Supreme Court yesterday, sentences were passed on prisoners convicted iu the police court. Rini Tua Tua, for an indecent assault on a girl, was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment ; Laurence Pilliuop, criminal assault on a girl, five years’ imprisonment ; aud Thomas Dockray, forgery, uttering, ami theft, two years' imprisonment, and five years’ reformative treatment. John Smith Watson, on four charges cl theft, was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment and recommitted as an habitual criminal. James Arthur Hill for breaking, entering, and theft, was sentenced to twelve months’ imprisonment and declared an habitual criminal.

For influenza take Woods’ Great Peppermint C ure. Never fails, is 6d, 2s 6d,

The most attractive shop for toys of every description is Mrs Hamer s. Have you seen the window display ?*

Two head of cattle were killed by lightning during a thunderstorm at Mauriceville last week.

Tire cost of general elections

484: 1905, ,£21,626; 1908, ,£27,342; 1911, ,£31.807.

The attendance shield at the local Stale school was won this week by St. 1., with an average attendance of 95.3 per cent. The service in St. Mary’s Church to-morrow will be conducted at 8.30 a.m. by the Rev Father Kelly. The South African cricketers, who have sailed for their own country, estimate the loss on the tour at about £2OOO. Not a dear price, after all, to be paid for entrance into the triangular tests.

To -morrow is the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels, and the services in All Saints’ will be 8 a.m. Holy Communion, n a.m. matins and sermon, 7 p.m. evensong and sermon.

The secretary of the Foxton Cricket Club acknowledges with ibanks the receipt of a donation of £2 2s from Mr H. Coley, president of the Club, and £1 is from Mr L. Freeman, one of the vicepresidents. Mr H. S. Munro, late of Foxton, has purchased a farm at Te Boro, from Mr C. Kilsby. Mr Munro has entered into possession of the property and intends building immediately. He intends going in for dairying. The other morning a bulldog, attached to a chain and held by his owner, on seeing his reflection in a plate-glass window in Christchinch, dived at his supposed •.aval, breaking the glass, The dog received only slight cuts on the brad.

The services at the Presbyterian Church to-morrow will be conducted morning and evening by the minister, Rev J. M. Thomson, M. a. In the evening he will give the second of the short series of sermons on ‘‘The Sabbath,” dealing with its ‘‘lnstitution, Necessity and Purpose.”

At the Ormondville Court on Thursday, Thomas Dickson was remanded until the 4th prox. on a charge of embezzlement from his employers, Messrs Beckett and Cato, storekeepers, Takapau. R. Waterhouse, a cabinetmaker’s employee, had bis right arm nearly cut off below the elbow by a circular saw, at Timaru on Thursday. He had been in the habit of putting his hand over a 10-iuch saw and guide, and did the same with a new 14-inch saw. both bones were cut through.

It is understood that the Bill which is to be introduced shortly by the Government to confer pensions for Maori war veterans will provide for a pension of xos. per week. A veteran receiving this pension will not forfeit his right to receive an old-age pension by qualifying in the ordinary way. The secretary of the local Bowling Club has received communications from the Shannon and Palmerston North Clubs inviting members to be present at the opening of their greens at 2 o’clock on Wednesday next. It is expected that the local green will be officially opened somewhere about the middle of October.

“ I don’t believe in reformative treatment under the Prisons Act,” observed Mr H. W. Bishop at the Christchurch Police Court, when dealing with the case of a youth charged with various thefts; ” there is uo real attempt made to provide suitable means for reformation. The system is at the present time an absolute farce.”

The services iu connection with the local Methodist Church will be held to-morrow iu the supperroom ot the Coronation Town Hall- The Rev T. Coatsworth will conduct both services, his evening subject being ‘‘A Miracle at the Temple Gate.” A hearty invitation to these services is extended to all.

'' Canterbury is the only part of the world where piecework is carried 011 in the threshing field,” said a workers assessor at the Conciliation Council. He strongly condemned the system, and said that in other places the work was all paid by the hour, and the system worked admirably. Now a man might go on working for 7)4d an hour under the piecework system. That was not enough for a married man.

In regard to the action of the Mayor of Timaruin excluding the public from attendance at Borough Council meetings, it is interesting to note that he has been advised by the borough solicitors on the matter. It seems the law does not give the public the right to attend any meetings except ordinary meetings of the council, and even to these they are subject to exclusion for sufficient reason, of which the Council is the sole judge.

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 renly in accents sure — “Stick to Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.”

Wanted—The people of Foxton and the surrounding districts to know iliac A. de Luen, tailor, of Palmerston North, will call on anyone with samples upon the receipt of a postcard. Costumes from £4 4s, Suits from £4 10s.*

A good meal for the middle of the day is one of Prrreau’s steak and kidney pies. Try them.*

A woman wearing a Warner’2 Corset feels almost “uncorsetted,” so light is the garment, so comfortable does it lit, and beautifully shaped,*

A poll is to be taken on Monday, October 28th, on the question of rating on the unimproved values in the Borough of Levin. The libel action, Gordon v. New Zealand Times, was concluded at Napier yesterday afternoon. The jury deliberated for nearly three hours, and announced that they had failed to come to an agreement. With the consent of the parties the jury was discharged. At the annual meeting of the Masterton Chamber of Commerce yesterday the retiring president, in a review of tne past year, showed that Masterton had enjoyed a very prosperous season. Not a single bankruptcy has been recorded in the borough since December last, and building permits to the value of ,£28,000 have been issued during the year. The Committee set up by the House of Representatives to consider and report upon the petition for redress of Mr Joshua Jones, of Mokau, Taranaki, held a preliminary meeting yesterday, and elected Mr F. Mander, member for Marsden, as chairman. The Committee set up by the Legislative Council to sit jointly with the House of Representatives Committee, will not meet to elect a chairman until Tuesday. The present law makes it a ground lor divorce where the respondent to a suit “is a lunatic or person of unsound mind, and has been confined as such in an

asylum . . . lor periods of uut less in the aggregate than ten years, within twelve years immediately preceding the filing of the petition,” and where ‘‘the respondent is unlikely to recover from such unsoundness of mind.” The amending Bill introduced by the Minister of Internal Affairs in the Legislative Council on Thursday will reduce the period under this section to seven years.

John James Meikle, of Auckland, has again petitioned Parliament for compensation consequent upon ‘‘ his wrongful conviction and the weary twenty-five years’ misery” he had to endure. He quotes the recommendation of the Petitions Committee in 1895 and 1896 that provision should be made tor compensation. His losses and law costs exceeded ,£SOOO, “not counting false imprisonment and years’ undeserved degradation.” In 1895 he claimed ,£IO,OOO and received .£794 16s id. Petitioner was ‘‘compelled to sign a receipt in full of all claims ’ ’ in respect of the conviction for sheep stealing or the conviction, at his instance, of William Lambert for perjury. lu December, 19x0, petitioner refused au offer Irom Sir Joseph Ward of ,£l5O a year for lire. The sum of ,£SOOO was placed on the estimates, but was reduced to ,£2500, and petitioner prays that the other ,£2500 be paid.