The Manawatu Herald. Thursday, October 17TH., 1912. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1011, 17 October 1912, Page 2

The Manawatu Herald. Thursday, October 17TH., 1912. 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.*

B'ive cases of alleged breaches of the Licensing Act are set down for hearing at the next sitting of the Magistrate’s Court, which will be held on the 30th instant.

The tender of Mr M. E. Perreau for the right to sell sweets in the Town Hall for the ensuing twelve mouths has been accepted by the Borough Council. The amount of the tender was

The biennial election of members of the Moutoa Drainage Board will be held on the 4th. proximo. Mr W. S. Carter, one of the sitting members, has decided not to seek re-election. The Collector of Customs at Wellington held a preliminary inquiry on Monday into the mishap to the Gertie when crossing the Mauawatu bar last week. The holes in the hull of the vessel are attributed to her bumping after getting across the bar. On Monday the price being offered by New Zealand buyers for good fair hemp was 10s per ton f.0.b., Wellington, but since then a drop of 15s per ton has taken place, the reason assigned for the tall being on account ol the trouble in the Balkans.

The Wellington Waterside Workers Union took a ballot of its members to decide whether next Saturday should be observed as a holiday in order to protest against the imprisonment of the Waihi strikers, with the result that the proposal was rejected. An inquest was held at Levin on Monday on the remains of Stanley Beattie missing from Mauakau for some months and whose body was found in the ranges by several boys last Saturday. Constable Satherley, in addition to identifying the clothing as Beattie’s, said the very long arms aud legs ol the body found resembled Beattie’s build. Explaining how it came to pass that a “missing friends” notice had been circulated by the police to to the effect that Beattie had been seen alive in Sydney, the constable deposed that a man named Bert Walker came to him some weeks ago, and stated he bad seen Beattie in Sydney, and “shouted” dinner for him. The coroner’s verdict was “found dead.’’

Ask local drapers to show you the famous Roslyn Writing Pads, 6d and is each.*

The demand is running strong for Hayle’s Prints, Warner’s Corsets, and Roslyn Unshrinkable Underwear.*

People with weak digestive organs should not fail to take Perreyu’s Bermaline Bread*

Dainties for the summer season: Table jellies 10 for is, Symington’s cream 6d, sardines best smoked 5 tins for Is. Thomas Rimmer,*

Barry easily defeated Duruan in tbe world’s sculling championship. A women’s branch of the political Reform League has been formed in Palmerston N.

“Liquor to you is like blood to a tiger ; as soon as you get a taste you want more,” remarked the Magistrate at the Police Court at Gisborne the other day. The Manuka’s consignment of New Zealand potatoes, in the opinion of the inspectors at Melbourne, is affected with Irish blight. Out of 2,300 bags, 1500 were examined and all rejected. A party of Maoris were selling whitebait in Strattord on Thursday last at is 6d per pint. Their “fish carl” was a motor-car, in which the fish were hawked about the town. None of your twowheelers for the wily native ! The women seem to be kicking up more row at Waihi now than the men. The latest yarn is that an arbitrationist’s wife was called upon last week (the first time since the strike) by a “Red Fed’s” wife. “Hello,” said the first named, “so pleased to see you !” “Don’t mention it said the latter, I just called to recommend Zambuk, it’s a sure cure for ‘scabs.’ ” The time and season of accidents has been a subject of investigation in Germany. The mouths show little difference in the frequency of accidents, and the month of the greatest number — October —rises only to 9.39 per cent, of the year’s total. The days of the week have much greater difference. The accidents are most numerous on Monday, supposed to be due to abuse of alcohol on Sunday, and the daily number then diminishes to a minimum on Wednesdays (Sunday being excepted), afterwards rising steadily to Saturday, which has a record between those of Monday and Tuesday. A Christchurch boy, who is one of the ‘••quad of New Zealand cadets who visited Canada, writes that, when all the teams were reviewed at Toronto, the Duke of Connaught remarked : “Well done, New Zealand boys. That is the best march this afternoon.” The Governor-General also complimented them upon their uniform, remarking that it was a particularly useful and sensible outfit. A Toronto ue vspaper, commenting on the New Zealand boys, said : “These boys are simply marvellous. Some ot the teams show excellent drill, but they will have to go a long distance to get up to New Zealanders.”

Tbe action of dairy farmers and others in paying exceptionally high prices lor laud is evidently not approved by Mr Justice Edwards. A witness in the Supreme Court at Napier the other day was endeavouring to explain that certain laud increased in value to nearly £bo per acre on account of tbe erection of a creamery in close proximity. ‘‘Well, well,” interposed His Honour, “with all the creameries in the world there, there must surely come an end to people paying these absolutely ridiculous prices for land.” “But they still do it, sir,” put in counsel, a remark which called forth the rejoinder from the bench: “Oh, very well; but it will not be surprising to see some ol them in the Bankruptcy Court before long.” After being missing for about eighteen mouths, a Dannevirke resident, who has been wanted all the time, was arrested on Saturday. He is Edward Pawsou, sawmiller, whose bankruptcy took place in June, 1910, and which has since entailed endless litigation. Pawson was apprehended at Levin, having been engaged in flaxmill work for some time past. The estate will pay 20s in the pound and leave a surplus, unless something uuforseeu crops up, and Pawson’s apprehension will probably facilitate it being wound up, says the Dannevirke News. In accordance with a promise made by the Minister tor Public Health that an officer ot the Health Department would make an inspection of all the fiaxmills in the Manawatu District, Dr. Chessou, District Health Officer, left Wellington yesterday morning for for this purpose, in company with Inspector Carmody, ot the Labour Department. The officers were at Palmerston joined by Mr E. L. Broad, acting-president of the Flaxmiliers Association and Mr G. Stowe. President of the Fiaxmills Employees Union, and during the afternoon visited and inspected the mills in the Rangitane and Rangiotu districts. They left again at halt past eight this morning, and during the day will visit the mills at Linton, Tokomaru and Shannon. 1

“New Zealand is all right declared William Wright, a burl£ Scot with an American flavour to his native dialect, to an Auckland Herald representative. “I have worked in all the big cities in America, Canada and the Old Country, and I consider this is the working man’s paradise. In the States a labourer gets 8s for a tenhour day, here he gets Ss for an eight-hour day. But the New Zealand “lumper” thinks he is badly treated, and is clamouring for more. It he had a taste of life in rougher parts he would be glad to come back again. There is too much federation talk here, though, and 1 am sorry to see many of my own countrymen on the ‘soap-box’ leading the feather - headed creatures on.”

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

A good meal for the middle ot tae day is one of PhRREAU S sfeak and kidney pies. Try them.* ■

Two rather severe earthquake shocks were experienced locally at 345 o’clock yesterday afternoon.

The Greymouth Waterside Workers decided by 145 votes to 43 to have their present agreement ratified by the Arbitration Court. The s.s. Gertie and s.s. Wairau are both due from Wellington today, the former with a cargo of kerosene, and the latter with general merchandise. A Maori resident at Maungakahia, on examination by a medical man, was found to have his heart on the right side of his body. And he has enjoyed good health. Harry Fox, aged 43, shot himself in the forehead with a revolver on Tuesday, at Napier, and succumbed to the wound. Deceased a few months ago was sent to an asylum for treatment, but was discharged as well a mouth ago. Since then he has been despondent at bis inability to get work. For the and Reefton strike funds the Federation of Labour has now received nearly ,£20,000. Australia has already contributed ,£3,282, the Waikato miners (475) ,£l,lOB, Denuislon miners (401) ,£1,660, Grauity miners (390) ,£2,005, State miners, Dunolly (400) ,£1,751, Blackball miners (250) ,£1,561. New Zealand so far alone has raised ,£16487. Mr Mcßobie, proprietor of the Waihi Telegraph, on Tuesday received the following letter : —“You dirty black-trimmed whiskered mongrel. If you don’t alter your hostile tactics towards the Waihi Miners’ Union in your leading articles of your dirty gutter snipe rag, I inform you candidly I have 250 plugs of gelignite, 100 detonators, and six coils of fuse, which you shall swallow some of if you keep at the rate you are going now. Mcßobie, 1 have warned you, so beware. lam in earnest. —Only a Strikkk.’’ It is now time to send greetings to your friends in the Home Land, Mrs Parkes has just opened a nice selection of Xmas cards suitable for sending, especially the Imperial packet.* 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.*