LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Hon. F. M. B. Fisher turns the first sod in connection with the water supply for Kketahuna to* day. We received word from Woodville this morning that the Manawatu had risen one foot, and was rising slowly. Other rivers are flooded. The death occurred at Palmerston yesterday of a very old resident, in the person of Mrs Mary Catherine Butters, aged 68 years. Mr John Humphries, one of the first settlers in the Manchester Block, died at his residence, Feilding, yesterday morning, at the age of 73 years.
The body of a lad named Cyril Moore, 14 years, was found in a watsrhole at Teithfield, Christchurch, on Saturday. It is supposed that he suicided as a result of failing to pass an examination.
The Motueka Star records the death of Mr William Ryder, cousin of Mr C. Hood, of Foxton, which took place on Wednesday last. Deceased was born in Nelson in 1854. He took a keen interest in local politics, and was one of the first members of the Motueka Council, member of the Riwaka Road Board, and at the time of his death was a member of the Motueka Harbour Board, and was also a keen Oddfellow. The funeral was largely attended, and was representative of all the local bodies.
“The parson is a parasite,” cried a “soap-box orator” in Karangahape Road, Auckland. After several repetitions of this cry, a man in the crowd plucked up sufficient courage to ask: “How can the parson be a parasite when he’s voluntarily paid by a voluntary society ? ” “He doesn’t produce anything,” answered the “orator,” gesticulating wildly. “No,” ventured the man in the crowd, “neither does the ship’s captain, nor the policeman, nor the fireman.”
Mrs Howe sen, a resident of Reeve Street, met with a rather serious and very painful accident on Tuesday evening. She was returning home after the train arrived and missing the culvert over a drain at the bottom end of Frances Street, fell, fracturing her arm and dislocating her wrist. The drain was full of water at the time and consequently she also got drenched. Thinking that her injuries were not of a serious nature, medical aid was not summoned until the following morning, when the fractured arm was set, and she is now progressing satisfactorily. A return presented to Parliament gives some interesting figures regarding the State Interests. The unalienated forest on Crown lands (including State forests and forest reserves) totals 7,582,551 acres. The figures for the different provincial districts are Auckland, 342,290 acres; Hawke’s Bay, 321,822 ; Taranaki, 33°>37 2 : Wellington, i,i3 I )90o; Nelson, 2,073,000; Marlborough, 296,900 ; Westland, i,466>7 2 4 > Canterbury, 301,780; Otago, 198,000; Southland, 1,112,663, The area of forest land for which sawmilling permits have been granted totals 166,47 2, revenue derived by the Crown from the forests for the five years ending srst March last was £2,05,5^ Warner’s Rust - proof Corsets Roslyn Unshrinkable Underwear and Hoyle’s Prints in strong demand.* Wanted: 100 new customers to drink Agragella Tea—the highest grade tea procurable. Call for free sample. Thomas Rimraer.*
The New Zealand cadets were given a great reception at Wanganui on Saturday.
Some troubles., m caaets at Hamilton were fined for interrupting parades.
The friends of Mrs Bauckham will be pleased to hear that there was a slight improvement in her condition yesterday. The Queen of tlie South arrived from Wellington with a general cargo on Sunday, and sails for Wellington this evening.
Members of the Mastertou Hospital Board have resigned owing to the suspension of a nurse. Further developments are expected. Yesterday, a man named Gavigan, engaged in connection with the construction of the Rakauroa station bridge, near Gisborne, fell from the top of the pier down a distance of forty feet. It is feared he sustained internal injury. A meeting ot the Moutoa Drainage Board will be held at the Council Chambers on Friday, Bth inst, at 7.45 p.m. Business; Flection of Chairman, and general. The gift afternoon in connection with the old English fair, to be held in February next, was to have taken place at Mrs James Robinson’s resideuce on November 13th, but has now been postponed until December nth. Mr F. W. Gardes, who recently underwent an operation tor the removal of a growth on the tongue, is leaving for Australia by the s.s Maunaka on Thursday, on a health-recruiting trip. He anticipates being away for about a month.
R. Arust, ex-sculling champion of the world, has offered to row Harry Pearce's three challengers —A. Felton, J. Paddon, and C. Towns. The race would be for a sweepstake of ,£IOO per man, the winner taking the lot. Arnst would allow the others ten seconds start.
Oue of the men whom the Palmerston police arrested on Saturday on charges of drunkenness, was found to have and a bank book in his pocket. When be recovers his sense of proportion, says the Times, he will probably congratulate himself that he and his money fell into good hands. “One man I met said that our country must be a good one, for they had sent a lot of lump-heads and fools out there and they had all done well!" Thus wrote a New Zealander in his recent experiences of a tour of the Homeland. While a red-tied anti-militarist orator was addressing a boisterous crowd at Christchurch Clock Tower on Saturday, someone unceremoniously pushed him off the platform. In less than a minute he was back again, flinging his arms about and crying lustily tor a constable. Only a short time before he had been denouncing the whole force with a liberal use of fiery adjectives. Constable Satherley, of Otaki, who was in Foxtou yesterday, rode back along the beach to ascertain whether the body of the unfortunate lad, Calloway Robinson, who was drowned at the heads last Friday, had been washed up south of the river. His search was fruitless. Mr Robinson is firmly of opinion that the body will be recovered near the spot where the fatality occurred.
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.*
We have been appointed local agent for Star No. I Cocoa, lib tins 2/10, %lb tins 1/6, Tilb tins lod. We can recommend this. Thomas Rimmer.*
People with weak digestive organs should not fail to take Perreau’s Bermaline Bread/
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1019, 5 November 1912, Page 2
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