LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1007, 8 October 1912, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

All accounts owing to the Herald to September 30th, 1912, have now been rendered, and the proprietor would esteem as a favour an early settlement of same.*

Messrs O. Cook and Co. have secured the tender for meat supply to the Anchor Shipping Company. During Dr Mandl’s absence on holiday, Dr Harcourt Arthur will carry on the practice. The death is announced from Taurauga of the Rev Canon Jordon, b.a., who had been lor nearly forty years the minister in charge of the Church of England parish theie. It is reported that the Christchurch Fire Brigadesmen threaten to go on strike unless the recentlyappointed superintendent is removed, and certain privileges granted by the previous superintendent are restored.

Now is the time for spraying you trees. Use “Red Oil,” acknow ledged to be the best spray. Thos. Rimmer, Foxton agent.* Wanted—The people of Foxton and the surrounding districts to know that 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.*

The body of a seaman named James Murdoch was found in the Lyttelton harbour on Saturday. A servant girl at Petersburg, Indiana, U.S.A., has just received a farm worth ,£BOOO through the will of a tramp to whom she gave a breakfast six years ago. During a football match at Onehunga on Saturday, Thos. Langton came into collision with an opponent and collapsed. A doctor, who was summoned, found Langton’s spine dislocated at the neck. There is little hope of his recovery.

The Lake Coleridge strike is ended. The union abandoned their demand for the dismissal of carpenters who refused to strike. The contractor is sending them away to another part of the works, where they will not be amongst the other men at all.

Hemp graded for export during the month of September totalled 6863 bales, or 353 bales more than the corresponding month of last year. For the twelve months ended September, however, 91,519 bales, or a decrease for the year of 5908 bales, were graded.

At Ormondville on Saturday, Thomas Dickson, a young man, who had given way to drink, to which cause was ascribed his theft of various sums of money from his employers, was sentenced to a year’s reformative treatment in Invercargill prison.

The professional boxing match for the heavy-weight championship of New Zealand took place at Millertou on Saturday, between Bert lyowe, of Gisborne, the challenger, and Jim Mitchell, of Millerton, the holder. The fight went the full fifteen rounds, and was won on points by Eowe, who held the advantage all the way. Mr Eangguth, the Austrian Consul, is forwarding a petition to Parliament, asking for an inquiry in Mr Justice Edwards’ conduct of the case Maxwell v. Langguth. He complains that the judge made disparaging remarks about his nationality, and that the speech was calculated to influence the jury adversely to his case. Professor Mills gave the youth of New Zealand a shrewd blow — if they can but see it, during an address at Wellington on Sunday night, says the Times. He mentioned in the course of his remarks upon Edison that he discovered the great wizard reading “The Scientific American,” and added that he knew many a boy of twelve in the States who regularly filed that journal. “I find in New Zealand here,” be commented, “a good many young men and young women reading the sports page, but not since I have been in New Zealand have I gone into a home and found anybody engaged in reading the ‘Scientific American,’” A happy instance of brotherly love, shown by a native man towards a European, was related by the Hon. Dr, Pomare, in conversation with a Christchurch reporter on Saturday. He was speaking of the four leper patients at Quail Island —two Europeans and two natives —and he said that one of the Europeans became so friendly with one of the natives that he was greatly overcome at parting with the native, who recently left the island cured. “Well, the other day I was in Wanganui,” continued the doctor, “and I saw the native, and he told me that he could not keep away from his friend any longer, and he was going back to the island to nurse him !”

A leading Wellington counsel, who was recently engaged in some litigation at Greymoutb, was due at the Masterton Supreme Court sessions on a given date (says the Lyttelton Times), but owing to his steamer becoming bar-bound it looked at first as though he would be several days overdue ai Masterton. There was a way out of the difficulty, which the legal man unhesitatingly adopted. He applied for and was granted a position on a collier leaving for Wellington, and was duly signed on as a stoker. As he is now the proud possessor of a discharge which shows his conduct on the voyage to have been “V.G.,” it is safe to assume that he wielded the coal shovel in a quite satisfactory manner. Another ot the lew remaining original old colonists at Akaroa passed away in the person of Madame Francois Lelievre, on Monday night (says the Press). The deceased lady, who had attained the age of eighty-three years, was a member of the NantoBordelaise Expedition, and with her parents and Madame Emery de Malmanche, arrived in Akaroa Harbour in the ship Comte de Paris, in 1840, being then eleven years of age. Later, she married Captain Francois Lelievre, and resided in Akaroa till her death, enjoying good health till a fortnight ago, when she had a paralytic seizure, which ended fatally. Deceased was well-known and highly respected, and leaves four sons and four daughters. Only four of the original emigrants now survive—M. and Madame Eteveneaux and M. Libeau and M de Malmanche.

Labour unrest has had its direct influence on the drapery trade of New Zealand, as all shipments of summer goods are about a month late, caused by the London dockers strike C. M. Ross and Co., The Son Marche, Palmerston North, advertise to-day, however, that every department is now full of novelties for the season, and draw the special attention of ladies to the fact that the season being shortened tnus far, Millinery and Dressmaking orders should be placed at once to _ save certain disappointment if this is not done. The difficulty of getting work put through in time is becoming increasingly difficult every year—this year it will be doubly so.*

A further rise in the hemp market is reported by the High Commissioner. In the opinion of millers the top prices have not yet been realised. A tew ot the mills are working double shifts.

We remind all interested in rowing of the annual meeting to be held in the Coronation Town Hall supper-room on Thursday evening next. A good attendance is requested.

For assaulting the licensee of the Umpire Hotel, Hawera, on Friday, two young men, Philip Gunn and Henry Kilgour, were sentenced to seven days’ hard labour.

The principal causes of 262 deaths in the four centres for the month of August were as follows : Phthisisand tuberculosis 23, cancer 27, heart disease and disorder 55, infantile diseases 24, violence 10. Francis Putan, one of the Waihi miners imprisoned for not giving surety to keep the peace, has left the gaol after two weeks’ detention, the required sureties haying been provided.

A Short Name Club has been organised in Flushing, New York State, the members of which may not have more than four letters in their name. Bill Ay heads the list.

Nurse Parker, who was for some years in the Greytown Hospital, died at Waipiro Bay, Gisborne, on Tuesday last, of typhoid fever. Her remains are to be inferred at Hawera.

The Salvation Army in India is raising £50,000 to establish an industrial institution and settlements for criminals. A sum of £16,000 has already been collected.

There is a strong rumour going the rounds to the effect that Anthony Hordern and Sons, Ltd., of Brickfield Hill, Sydney, intend to commence business in Wellington shortly. It is said that sites have already been placed under offer to the firm. The death occurred at Palmerston yesterday of a well-known Wairarapa and Hutt settler in the person of Mr James Bayliss, aged 78 years. Deceased came to New Zealand in the ship Alma in 1857. He leaves a widow and ten children to mourn their loss.

The Foxton Bowling Club have issued invitations to surrounding clubs to the opening of their green on Wednesday, the 16th instant. The committee intend to have the greens in first-class order. Given fine weather there should be a record attendance.

The Wanganui Harbour Bill is not apparently going to pass through without solid opposition. Mr D. H, Guthrie, M.P. for Oroua, has assured the Raugitikei County Council that that body can rely upon bis colleague, Mr E. Newman, M.P., and himself to oppose the Bill in its present form. The Hon. James Allen. M.P., was the speaker at the service for boys at the Boys’ Institute, Wellington on Sunday. His subject was, “The Making of Manhood.” The Minister emphasised some of the principal aspects of manhood, and indicated to the boys how they might attain to it. He said a strong home life was much needed in New Zealand to-day. It the boys would cultivate it they would never in later years regret that they did so. True manhood required a capacity lor self-sacrifice and a devotion to the best interests ot men.

As high a price as an acre has been paid (or dairy land in the Kairanga during the past season. This extraordinary figure was only made possible by the high rates paid for butter-fat during the year. The best of the land is capable of carrying a cow to two acres, and the gross returns last season ranged trom ,£l4 to per cow.

A lodger at the Coronation Hotel, Eltham, left a bag of money to the value of very close upon under his pillow, and it was discovered the next morning by the licensee’s wife, and handed to her husdand. It was not long before the telegraph wires were hot with an anxious enquiry from the loser. The wires were kept warm by a soothing reply that there was no need for worry as the money had been found and was in safe keeping. The absentminded one was so grateful to mine host that he promised to have a glass of wine with him and his good lady next time they met! Honesty is its own reward.

One of Tiny Town’s male inhabitants, when out for a stroll in New Plymouth the other morning, was pounced upon by a buxom Maori wahine, who had a very big, brown-eyed papoose on her back. The lady was much taken ■with the little man, who in turn complimented her upon her bouncing boy. Snatching the midget up in her arms, the dusky lady imprinted a resounding kiss on the dignified borough councillor. The latter, nowise abashed (says the Taranaki Herald), removed his silk hat with the utmost courtesy, in acknowledgment of the salute, but when the lady proceeded to inquire whether he had “a missus,” the inhabitant of Tiny Town thought that he had better be off, so with the remark, ‘‘No, madam, but I’m hoping,” the diminutive gentleman continued his interrupted constitutional.

The demand is running strong for Hayie’s Prints, Warner’s Corsets, and Roslyn Unshrinkable Underwear.* Ladies who wish to see the new styles in one-piece dresses are invited to call at the White House where a fine range of these garments are or display. Further particulars will be found in MrG. H. Stiles’ replace advertisement.

The Wakatu from Wellington crossed the bar this morning and grounded near Duncan’s bend. It is hoped that the temporary repairs to the Gertie will be completed to-day, after which she will proceed to Wellington. The friends of the late Mrs Agnes Allen are invited to attend her iuneral, which will leave St. Mary’s Church for the Foxton cemetery at 2.30 p.m. to-morrow.

A special meeting of the Borough Council will be held on Thursday, 10th inst., at 8 p.m., to hear the chairman of the Foxton Harbour Board re increased price of Foxton whart.

A man who appeared at the Hastings Court in support of an application for a prohibition order against a woman who resided in his house, stated that the defendant consumed as much as fourteen bottles of brandy in a week, and sometimes three bottles per day.

Evidences that Colorado was inhabited by a race of human pigmies not easily distinguished from apes have been discovered in the fossil fields of Florizant by Professor Farnsworth of the British Museum and Professor Yakishi of the Imperial University of Tokio. The bones are so small that they could not have belonged to a person over three or four feet in height. Two vicars exchanged pulpits on a recent Sunday in this district. The congregation in one church were astonished to hear the visiting clergyman solemnly publish the banns ot a couple who had already been joined in holy wedlock. The newly-married couple happened to be among the congregation, and their feelings can be better imagined than described. The clergyman was unable to account tor the restlessness of the worshippers until alter the service. A pathetic appeal was made by a little girl of very tender years to her mother during a “following up’’ procession at Waihi recently. The latter was wheeling a perambulator in the wake of a crowd following some workers, and was hurrying to get closer to the front, and seeing her tiny offspring lagging behind urged the child to hasten. “Hurry up ! hurry up !” she cried to the child, as she pushed the pram along. The child, in plaintive, weary tones, replied, “Oh, mother, don’t go looking for any more ‘scabs’ ; I’m so very tired.”

For chronic chest complaints Woods’Great Peppermint Cure, Is fid, 2s fid.

Rimmer is selling: 3 tins jam I/4 tins sardines I/-, 3 bottles sauce I/-, loose tea I /-, factory butte- T /2.* A good meal for the middle of the day is one of PbRREAU’s steak and kidney pies. Try them.*