The Manawatu Herald. Thursday, January 30, 1913. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1057, 30 January 1913, Page 2

The Manawatu Herald. Thursday, January 30, 1913. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A meeting of the local school committee will be held this eveniug.

Mr Geo. Gray, who has been on a holiday visit to Foxton, returns to Wellington on Saturday.

We are informed that there are several undesirable individuals hanging about the town who should receive notice to quit. On Monday night lightning struck two large corrugated iron tanks at the rear of Mr G. H. Stiles’ premises and crumpled them up and wrecked the stand.

The Taniora will leave the Beach at xo a.m., and the wharf steps at n a.m., on Sunday next for an up-river excursion above Piaka. The return fare from the Beach is ss, and from Foxton 4s. At the Invercargill S.M. Court this week, James Phillipson was sentenced to three months imprisonment for obtaining ,£2O from !he N.Z, Insurance Co. by fraud. He recovered insurance on goods returned as lost.

Tau Teong, a Chinaman residing in Malay Straits, was recently fined ,£2O, with the alternative of three weeks’ imprisonment for selling his adopted baby girl for to buy a coffin in which to bury his wife. His Worship the Mayor has issued a number of invitations to prominent townspeople to be present at Perreau’s rooms at 8.30 o’clock to-morrow night, for the purpose of wishing bon voyage to Cr Greig, who is on the eve of his departure for the Old Country. For having vexed her dead husband during life, a Parisian shopkeeper, Mme Mathilde David, recently set herself on fire after saturating her clothes with petrol. In a letter which she wrote before her suicide, she stated that she had choseu the most painful death she could think of to punish herself.

The front of Mr G. H. Stiles business premises in Main Street has been completed and presents a very fine appearance, being finished in white cement. The public entrances make provision for outside displa) of goods. The show windows and inside appointments are very convenient and right up(o date.

Although the artesian wells from which the Tower Hutt borough water supply is obtained are very low, all the water required is being secured by direct suction, says the Times. The grit drawn up by the pumps is exceptionally small. Most of the wells in the valley are on the same stratum, and during the day when the borough pumps are working other wells may be affected.

The eel is a very mysterious fash and very little is known of its movements. By some means it makes its way, presumably after a shower of rain or heavy dew, across country to inland lakes. After sojourning there for a time it finally makes its way back to the sea. It possesses a wonderful instinct. Near the local beach on this side of the river there are a number of lakes wherein lie thousands of these interesting and slimy fish. Some time ago a drain was cut by the County Council to release the lake waters with an outflow to the river. On Tuesday night, which was particularly dark, there was a great splashing and commotion in this drain and Investigation disclosed a great shoal of eels making down stream for the river and presumably to the sea. The same migration took place from the lakes about this lime last year.

- Although he has only been a short lime iu office, the Prime Minister has already caught the idea of congratulating the ladies and children on their appearance. Mr Massey has just concluded a visit to the Hauraki Plains, and at Orchard, on the Piako river, recently, when thanking the residents for their welcome, he expressed his pleasure at the presence oi so many bealthy-looking ladies and children. Particularly pleased was he (says the Ohinemuri Gazette) to see that they were obeying the Scriptural injunction —if it were Scripture—to keep the cradles full, for there was no stock like the home-grown stock. The speech was greeted with almost frantic cheering by the men, while the ladies’ faces expressed their pleasure at the Prime Minister’s special notice and humorous remarks. It reminded one of the late Richard Seddon in the days oi glory.

C. M. Ross and Co., The Bon Marche, Palmerston North, announce at their End of Season Safe now on,. 500 ladies’ costumes from 2s 6d, particulars of which will be found in their advertisement.*

The most attractive shop tor toy of every description is Mrs Hamer s Have you seen the window dis play?*

A handsome, three-decker wedding cake is on view in Mr M, Perreau’s window.

The biennial meeting of the Grand Lodge U.A.O.D. will be held at Marton next week, Bro. F. D. Whibley will represent the Mauawatu Lodge at the conference.

A Christchurch bookmaker named George Roper was fined for betting on licensed premises and Archibald Hunt, for keeping a common gaming house, was fined The small old crater on Frying Pan Flat at Waimangu, Rotorua, became active on Tuesday, and continues to erupt at intervals of 20 minutes. The material is ejected to a height of 40 feet. Premier Massey picturesquely assured the Maoris at Rotorua that while he remained in office he would endeavour always to hold the balance evenly betweeu the two races, and to enable the pakeha and the Maori to sail in one canoe down the river of prosperity.

The first sitting of the Magistrate’s Court locally under the new magistrate, Mr J. W. Poymon, will be held to-morrow. The cases set down for hearing are : Two cases of alleged breaches of the Flaxmills’ Award, one breach o f Butchers’ Award, two breaches of the Scaffolding Act, one breach or motor regulations, one charge of using abusive language, 48 civil cases and eight attachment orders.

Commenting on the recent mountaineering fatality on Mount Hgmont, whereby a young lady succumbed to exhaustion and exposure, the New Plymouth News wisely suggests that a telephone should be constructed from the Mountain House to a point near the top. It would act as a guide to those who had lost the track, or in the case of bad weather; as a source of help to those weakened or prostrated by the climb ; and as a telephone in case of accident or distress,

“ This cry about the increase in the cost of living is all rot,” remarked an old-timer on Saturday. “Why In the ’fifties and ’sixties we used to pay £2 per cwt for flour and is a lb for teef. And the wages, mind you, were only 5s a day, and I guarantee that a man in those days did fifty per cent, more work that the labourer with his union and award does at present. I tell you it is not a question of the increase in the cost of living; it is a question of the way people live. Then there were no picture shows and theatricals, cheap excursions, races nearly every day in the week, and other devices for extracting money from the people ; and they were far happier without them, too.” —New Plymouth News.

A good yarn is told of Colonel Roosevelt and his recent unsuccessful Presidential campaign. It seems Theodore has a uack while speaking of demonstrating his political position with any object that may be handy. While on the slump somewhere in lowa he used a walnut. "Take this walnut which I hold in my hand,” he declared from the platform. “This walnut represents the political situation. The hull ol the walnut is of no value whatever. The hull then represents Taft. Next we come to the shell. The shell after the nut is cracked has served its purpose. It is of little use even for fuel. The shell, then, represents Woodrow Wilson. Now we come to the kernel, the part of the nut which is of real value. It repieseuts me and my policies,” Roosevelt stopped and cracked the nut. The kernel was rotten.

Some time ago the rector of St, Patrick’s College, Wellington, made application to the Wellington Education Board to allow winners of scholarships the option of entering St. Patrick's College. The Board, at its meeting on Tuesday, considered the request, and passed the following resolution, moved by the chairman, Mr Robert Lee : “That as this Education Board is administering a State system of education, and as free places and scholarships awarded in this education district are now tenable in two Wellington Colleges, one for boys and one for girls, and in a Technical School and district high schools, wholly or in part built and largely maintained by the State, this Education Board would not be justified in allowing scholarship-holders to attend private colleges.” “I labour under a great misfortune,” remarked Mr J. Baragwanath, a member ot the South Melbourne team, at a social gathering in Wellington on Wednesday evening, “and that is my name.” He explained “Bara” meant bread, and “Gwanath” wheat. It was a Welsh name, and he was thinking of setting it out in syllables with a capital “g” in the centre, The mayor of a southern town got very mixed over his name, and he (the speaker) explained its meaning. A little later, however, he was , astonished to hear the mayor address him as “Mr Porridge,” While driving without lights one night in South Melbourne, he was accosted by a policeman, who requested to know where his lamps were, and later demanded bis name. He told him, but the police officer cautioned him to give his right name and not play any tricks on him, “I then told him something else,” Mr Baragwanath added, “and he replied that that was more like it,”

When a jyes tot invites you to look at her new dress it is evident that she is proud of her appearance. Mothers will find an interesting replace announcement bv Mr G. H Stiles in this issue, dealing with children’s clothing.*

Mr G. H. Stiles has been called away to Nelson on account ot the serious illness of his mother.

The Awahou and Queen of the South arrived from Wellington yesterday afternoon with general cargoes.

On our fourth, page to-day will be found the following reading matter: “The Hemp Industry,” “Stranger than Fiction,” and “Stage Murderers.” George Norris, a middle-aged man, has been committed for trial in Wellington on a charge of assaulting a nine-year-old girl, with intent to commit rape.

A police constable named' Charles Alfred Remmers has been arrested on a charge of theft in Wellington. The accused has only been a few months in the force.

At the Timaru Magistrate’s Court yesterday a horseman who carelessly rode down a cyclist, causing him the loss of a forefinger and in wages "and expenses, was ordered to pay this, plus damages and ,£l3 costs. Mr Shane, late of the local school staff, has been appointed sole tercher of the Whaka 'Road school near Taihape. Mr Shane left Foxtou to-day for his new post. We join with the pupils in wishing him every success.

“Death,” Professor Metchnikolf holds, “is premature if it comes before the age of a hundred. Strong people should live to be 120, We often wonder what is the object of life. I believe the object of life is to complete a physiological cvcle. We are born, we grow, we come to the fullness of growth, then we gradually weaken, and at last we ought to fade away peacefully and even gladly, the instinct to live having been replaced by the instinct to die.” For many years he has been working at the problem ot premature decay. It is closely connected, he believes, with the food we eat. Certain bacteria cause fermentations in the body, and so poison us. If we could avoid taking these into our systems or find healthy bacilli which would war against them, we should last much longer.

The Taranaki Herald states that there was considerable excitement in the vicinity of the New Plymouth breakwater on Tuesday, by the sudden appearance in shore of a large shark. The shark was cruising about in comparatively shallow water near to where a number of children were bathing in the surf. Mr I y . Gray, a fisherman, went out into the surf, and as he retreated towards the beach, carrying, ready for use in case he was attacked, a large “dog” hook. The shark followed him into very shallow water, and then turned as if to swim out to sea again. Mr Gray was quite close to it at the lime, and as it was in the act of turning he quickly drove his hook into his flesh near the tail and succeeded in stranding it. Other men had to go to his assistance, however, before the shark could be hauled up on to the beach, its weight being too much for one man to drag along once it was on the sand. When measured the shark proved to be between nine and ten feet long.

It is not often that a cheque for an amount running into four figures is to be found lying in the street, to be contemptuously trodden on by numbers of passersby. This was the fate in Auckland this week of a cheque for which was sent out by one legal firm and made payable to another firm carrying on legal business in the city. The cheque in question was apparently lost on the journey between the two offices. A crippled hawker named Harry Mason saw a crumpled piece of paper lying at his feet in Queen Street. Picking it up he discovered that it was a cheque, and he was astonished to note its value. Losing no time, he promptly handed his find to the police, and the cheque was soon afterwards delivered to the rightful owners. The prompt action of the hawker is to be commended, for, although the cheque was not negotiable, its speedy delivery probably saved some anxiety and expense.

How careful the Kitg is tha his sons should go through ex actly the ordinary education of a British gentleman is shown (says “ The Clubman ” in the Sketch) in the school of the younger princes, who are now at Broadstairs. The name of the school to which they were to be sent was not known until the young princes arrived there; and though, ot course, the headmaster knew that the princes were to be put under his care, he did not allow that fact to transpire. The school being a very popular one, had its lists full long ago for the period during which the princes will be there, and the ambitious fathers of little boys, who would like there sous to become friends of royal personages, find that there are no vacancies for scholars in that particular school. The princes are treated exactly like the other boys, and their pocket money, 6d per week is just the same amount as is doled out to their schoolfellows.

We fiave been appointed local agent for Star No. 1 Cocoa, jib tins 2/io, ]A\h tins 1/6, %lb tins roc|. We can recommend this. Thomas Rim-, iner.*

"Warner’s'’ Rust-proof Corsets. Styles for all figures, at lowest prices consistent with good quality. “Warner’s” are guaranteed, remember.

Dainties for the summer season Table jellies io for Is, Symington's cream 6d, sardines best smoked 4 tins for is. Thomas Kiramer,*

His Majesty the King has invited the Hon. Thomas Mackenzie, High Commissioner for New Zealand, to accompany him on his inspection of the battleship New Zealand, and to travel by the Royal train and lunch on H.M.S. Enchantress. - Mr J. Liggias, of Tokomatu, who has recently returned from a trip to England, and Mr J, Tennant, who is retiring from the flax industry, will be entertained at luncheon to-day in Palmerston by members of the New Zealand Flaxmillers’ Association. The Prime Minister and the Hon. W. H. Berries attended an at home giyen by Mr and Mrs H. M. Campbell, at Hastings yesterday, About two thousand persons were present. At a public meeting in the evening, the member for Hawke’s Bay was presented with an illuminated address. The steamer Westmeath arrived yesterday at Auckland from London with 134 immigrants, of whom 100 were lor Wellington, 34 for Auckland. The immigrants are said to be ot a fine type, and belonging to various trades. No illness occurred on the voyage. A visitor from the South states that cocksfoot harvesting operations ate being vigorously pushed on with on the Peninsula. There is every prospect of a good crop of seed this year, but a dearth of labour will probably prevent a great deal of the seed from being Saved. One and ninepeuce per hour is being offered for cutters, but the supply of men is far short of requirements. Master Jack Parr, sou of the Mayor of Auckland, who is only fifteen years of age, and is a student at the Waitaki High School, has passed his matriculation and solicitor’s general knowledge aud medical preliminary exams. He has also won ' the prize offered by the Olago Navy League for the best essay on “The History of British Naval Power since 1837.” Messrs Mark Maxton aui Shanley, of Grey town, and Mr K. R. Watson, of the Public Works Department, made the trip across the ranges from Greytown to Otaki. They left Greytown on Wednesday of last week, aud arrived at Otaki on Tuesday. The party spent some time in exploring the route with a view of shortening the distance. They encountered some very bad weather, but expressed themselves as delighted with the trip. •At Auckland recently, the watersiders observed a holiday until 1 p.m. on the occasion of the luneral of Charles Clyne, a member of the Union who was killed on the wharf. Work was resumed punctually in the afternoon. The only steamer seriously delayed is the Rosamond, which will not get away till noon on Thursday. The watersiders have notified shipowners that in future if one of their number is killed while at Work the whole union will observe a full day’s holiday on the occasion ol the funeral.

There was a change to-day in the stokehold crew of the steamer Mararoa. At Lyttelton on Monday the chief engineer discharged a fireman, and a foreigner, a member of the Seamen’s Union, applied and was engaged to fill the vacancy. Thereupon nine firemen, and trimmers expressed a disinclination to work alongside a foreigner, and gave notice to leave the vessel at Wellington to-day. Fully twenty men applied to day for berths, and nine were signed on in place of the malcontents who were paid off. It is stated that two ot those who objected to working with a foreigner are foreigners themselves.

The steamer was on the point of leaving, and the passengers lounged on the deck and waited for the start. At length one of them espied a cylist in the far distance, and it soon became evident that he was doing his level best to catch the boat. Already the sailors' hands were on the gangways, and the cyclist’s chance looked small indeed. Then a sportive passenger wagered a sovereign to a shilling that he would miss it. The offer was taken, and at once the deck became a scene of wild excitement. “ He’ll miss it.” “No, he’ll just doit.” “Come on!” “He won’t do it.” “ Hurrah !” In the very nick of time the cyclist arrived, sprang off his machine, and ran up the one gangway left. “ Cast off !” he cried. That cyclist was the captain.

People with weak digestive organs should nui fail to take Perreau’S Bermaline Bread.*