LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1044, 28 December 1912, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL .

The new Sydney-Auckland Pacific cable will be available for traffic on December 31st. Wednesday being New Year’s Day and the Feast of the Circumcision, the Holy Communion will be celebrated at 7.30 a.m.

A New Zealand Gazette extraordinary announces the assumption of the government of New Zealand by Eord Liverpool.

Mr P. E. Daniell notifies that the launch “Taniora” will make two trips to the Beach to-morrow, leaving the whaif at ro a.m. and 2 p.m., and arriving back at 6 p.ra.

Father Cognet, parish priest of Olaki, died in Wellington on Tuesday morning. He was fiftyfive years of age, and came to the Dominion 25 years ago from France, being stationed in Otaki and Taranaki. Of late his health has been unsatisfactory, and the end was not unexpected.

The services in All Saints’ Church to-morrow will be at S a.m., xi a.m. and 7 p.ra. The Christmas Festival will be continued and those who omitted to make their Christmas Communion on Christmas Day will be able to do so at 8 a.m. to-morrow. At the evening service the choir will repeat the anthem as sung on Christmas night.

The novel contest of a man endeavouring to defeat a trotting horse over a distance of five miles attracted a large crowd to the luverell racecourse (reports the Sydney Daily Telegraph;. The man who made the attempt was L,. J. Ornstein, long-distance champion runner of Australia, and the horse was C. E. Hunt’s trotting stallion Brewongle Bob. The man was allowed a start of ten minutes, during whice he travelled about a mile and three quarters. The horse over-hauled the runner after goicg about four miles, and eventually won by over five furlongs. The horse ran the distance in i4tniu. 45sec., and Ornstein took 28miu. sosec.

The following is a list of prizes awarded to scholars attending the local State School and omitted from our issue of December 21st: Headmaster’s medal for smartest cadet, Cadet William Cooper; Capt. Gabites medal for best shot in company, Colour-Sergl. Hoy Coley ; Special Garden Prizes—latest labelling (boys), D’Arcy Robinson 1, Allan Walls 2, Arthur Thompson 3. Special prizes given by Headmaster in St. V. and VI. : Best kept homework books—St. VI., Hazel Pearson 1, Kathleen Barber 2 ; St. V., Lizzie Boden 1, Ida Withers 2, Maggie Satherley 3: greatest improvement in writing—St. VL, Bessie Lumsdeu x ; St. V., Irene Easton r, Dcrotby Blanche 2. The following pupils under seven years of age gained attendance prizes : Phyllis Robinson, James McKuight, Harry Burr, Thelma Derrick, Rita Wallbultou, Everard Cunningham, William Claris, Erise Easton, Gordon Perreau, Louis Page, Ross Stevenson, Eric Healey, Doris Bradley, Willie Davis, P'rauk Wallbuttou, James Shears, Reg. Hussey, Philip Honour, Gladys Gaffin, Hilda Walls, Mona Stevenson, Baden Powell, Best attendance by Maori pupils: Kere Hamo, Rita Maraenui. In this connection we would again impress upon parents the advisability of sending children to school at the minimum age of five years. Children commencing after seven years are somewhat severely handicapped. They are generally much above the average of the standards and are debarred from taking scholarships. We have been appointed focal agent for Star No. I Cocoa, jib tins 2/10, %lb tins 1)6, Hlb tins rod. We can recommend this. Thomas Rimmer*

All the bouses at Ibe Beach are occupied at preset. Some of the potato crops iu New South Wales have beeu ruined by grubs. Everywhere in the Dominion there was glorious weather throughout the holiday season. On the fourth page of this issue will be found the following interesting reading matter:—"Camera Notes,” ‘‘News and Notes.” A groom named Clark, about 60 years of age, was found dead iu his whare at Weraroa on Tuesda'.

There were no arrests iu Foxton for drunkenness or any other offence during the holidays, the crowd being very well behaved. A fire on Monday night last destroyed Mr Nisbell’s milking shed together with the milking machines and engine. Mr Nisbett is a heavy loser. A very large crowd of Foxtouiaus attended the race at Palmerston on Thursday. The Foxton public was also well represented there yesterday and to day. A boy named Michael Casey was crushed between trucks while playing with companions at Auckland on Thursday. One leg was badly crushed and one rib broken. His condition is critical.

William Moncrieff, aged 48, died in the Auckland hospital from hemorrhage of the brain on Thursday morning. He had beeu arrested in the street on Monday iu a state of helpless intoxication. There was a great crowd at the local seaside on Christmas and Boxing Days, the special train from Palmerston on Boxing Day bringing a large number of visitors.

Fred Farquharsou, a married man, 35 years of age, shot himself on Thursday at Dunedin. He placed the muzzle of a breechloader iu his mouth, discharging it with a piece of string attached to his foot and the trigger.

Montoa Girl, owned and trained by Mr F. S. Fasten of Foxtou, ran second in the Mauawatu Cup on Thursday, and Princess Montoa, the property of the same owner, and trained by Tilley, of Fordell, won the Juvenile Handicap and paid the biggest dividend of the day. James Heushilwood, a patternmaker, and a married man, was found dead in the doorway of his workshop, adjoining his residence, at Wellington, at 10.20 p.m. on Christmas Fve. A bottle of cyanide of potassium and an enamelled mug, with some of the poison in it, were found in the workshop. Albert Durant, a native of Italy, serving three years’ reformatory treatment at the Waipa treeplanting camp, escaped from custody at 5 o'clock on Christmas Day. He was recaptured after eighteen hours’ liberty, and yesterday the Magistrate sentenced him to two years’ imprisonment, with hard labour.

Is it a “ good-boy ” record for New Zealand ? The Auckland Herald states that Walter Ritchie, of the Newton blast School, was admitted at the beginning of 1905, and left at the close of this year with a Standard VI. certificate of proficiency. During these eight years he has never been absent from school, nor has he ever been late. He has obtained in all eight first-class certificates for good attendance. The wool to be offered at the next Wellington sales, to be held in January, is expected to total fully 25,000 bales. The sale will be one of the most important held in Wellington. The market never looked better than it does at the moment, and prices for coarse crossbreds especially are expected to rule higher than they did at the last sale, when very satisfactory figures were reached.

The services in connection with the local Methodist Church, tomorrow, will be held in the Supper-room of the Coronation Hall. The Rev. T. Coats worth will preach at both services, the subject for the morning service being “Our times. In God’s Hand,” and for the evening “Two Books : the Book of Remembrance and the Book of Life.” Services will also be conducted at the Beach Church, afternoon at 2.30 and in the evening at 7 o’clock. A hearty welcome to these services is extended to all. Strangers cordially invited.

KuglLsli as she is writ. The following is a bona fide letter received by a school teacher from a complaining parent: —“To School Master—Dear Sir—The Boys are left School. I am very Sorry they are not learnt eny thing they can not tell us or Show us what they have with all the Masters have not shown them much when I don’t know what Slanders they are in been at School for five years what have they learnt so please give Karney and Charlie all theree Books for I wont them home to teach them some work at night Karney spends half crown on books the other day he has not used half of fhem why did he get thoes for wen yoq dppt teac him what you shijd do teachers get to tinie of it. I am yours truly Mrs

People with weak digestive organs should not fail to take Perreau’S Bermaline Bread.*

Mr and Mrs Parkes open their new premises on Saturday with a large variety of ’Xmas novelties, cards and toys. Holly Leaves and Pears Annua) now on sale. Inspection nvited.*

Dainfies for the summer season, Table jellies 10 for Is, Symington’s cream 6d, sardines best smoked j tins for is, Thomas K burner.*

We acknowledge with thanks wedding favours from Mr and Mrs W. H. Martin.

Mrs J. A Rodle is at present spending a short holiday in Foxton.

At Sydney on Boxing Day, Langford, outpointing M’Vea excepting in one round, knocked him out in the thirteenth round. Five horses which were to have competed at the races at Reefton yesterday, were burned to death in a fire which destroyed McMahon’s stables in the early hours oi the morning.

A business man iu a country town last week bought a supposed box of pills, and found the contents to be a rounded piece of wood. An inspection of the remainder of the chemist’s stock of the supposed specific showed they too, were lumps of wood. The s.s. Waverley arrived yesterday morning with coal from Westport and sailed again last night for Wellington with hemp. The s.s. Gertie arrived last night from Wellington with general merchandise, and will sail tonight for the same port with hemn.

Two military engineers, reconnoitring in a dirigible over the Tripoli desert, discovered a ruined city among the sand wilderness. They obtained photographs of imposing ruins and statues, which have beeu identified as belonging to the ruined city of Sabbatta (? Sbeitla). The choir boys of All Saints’ Church were presented with books on Christmas Day, as in previous years, by an unknown giver. There are thirteen boys, and the books were large ones, and highly 'appreciated. If the giver could have seen the joy on the boys’ faces as they received their books he would have felt fully rewarded for his generosity. The following tenders have been accepted by the committee of the local Racing Club for the various privileges in connection with the annual race meeting to held on January 21st and 22nd : Gates, Mr F. W. Gardes ; .publican booths, Mrs K. C. Higgins (Levin); luncheon booths, Messrs Langley Bros.; and horse paddock, Mr G. Tozer. The whole of the privileges realised excellent prices. The totalisator will be run by Messrs Merrett and Fox of Napier.

A peculiar position, it is stated, has arisen in connection with the granting of two wholesale liquor licenses at Taihape, The licensing committee granted the applications at a recent meeting, and it is understood that the chairman has since notified that this was not in accordance with law, and that the continuance ot the sale of liquor after a certain date will incur a prosecution. In the meantime the two licensees have laid in large stocks, which cannot begot rid of in the time allowed by the chairman of the committee. The position, therefore, is interesting.

An amusing instance of the selfpossession of the young New Zealander occurred at Lyttelton the other day, states the Christchurch Press. A little chap, seven or eight years of age, was seen to be fishing off one of the wharves by a visitor from town, who, soon after, noted that whilst the fish were on the wharf the boy had disappeared. Going down some steps the visitor saw some air bubbles, and was preparing to go to the boy's assistance when the youth “bobbed up serenely” within his reach. He was brought ashore, and after he had got the salt water out of his system, the visitor asked him how he felt. The dripping youngster replied : “All right, thank you, sir; I think I’ll take my fish home !”

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Wanted: too new customers to drink Agrageila Tea—the highest grade tea procurable. Call for free sample. Thomas Rimmer.*