LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1077, 18 March 1913, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

On our back page to-day will be found: “News and Notes,” and “How Human Being are Bought and Sold.”

Mr Roore Raugiheura, of Himatangi, has passed his examination as a licensed interpreter of the first grade. By Order-in-Council published in last week’s Gazette it is provided that the kea, hawks of all species, and shags are not to be deemed protected.

At the request of a number of ratepayers, Mr D. Green has consented to allow himself to be nominated for the office of Councillor at the forthcoming municipal election. A meeting of the Manawatu FlaxmillslEtnployees’ Union will be held in the Coronation Hall supper-room on Thursday evening at 7.30 o’clock. All members are requested to attend.

Gunboat Smith knocked out Bombardier Wells in the second round at New York on Saturday. The result was surprising because of Wells’ fine showing in the opening round. Mr U. Jenks, son of Mr and Mrs F. E. Jenks, of Foxton, left Auckland by the Moldavia on the 14th instant, for England, where he will enter upon a two years course of study at the Kensington School of Art. At the Palmerston S.M. Court on Friday, Frederick Power and Maurice Connell, tram hands at a flaxmill, were each fined 5s and costs 9s for working at their calling on a Sunday in view of a public place by the KairangaBunnythorpe road at Karere,

A movement is on foot locally to have Saturday observed as the weekly half holiday instead of Wednesday. The chief mover is one of our local business men, and he informs us that a number of the storekeepers favour the proposed change. A man named Jack Bassett, while out rabbiting at Island Bay, Wellington, met with a severe accident. He was stooping for a shot at a rabbit when the trigger of his gun caught in some shrubbery and the charge exploded. The shot tore all the muscle and flesh from his left upper arm, but missed the bone.

Walking into the Peckham (London) police station the other day, Elizabeth Pettifer, a married woman, handed over to the officer in charge a cocked and loaded revolver, and said, “I’ve shot my husband !” The police hastened to Pettifer’s home, where, in one of the rooms, they discovered the husband lying dead on the floor. Mrs Pettifer was subsequently brought before the Police Court and remanded on a charge of murder.

The back garden of a resident’s section in the salubrious suburb of Vogeltown (NewJ Plymouth( was the scene on Thursday of a duel between the domestic tabby and a weasel. They never actually got into grips, but to the lady of the house the sparring match provided no little amusement. Ultimately the weasel disappeared in a pumpkin bed, and the cat retired to the kitchen. The Herald states that the human referee gave the result as a draw.

We have been appointed local agent for Star No. I Cocoa, lib tins 2/10, s£lb tins 1/6, Hlb tins lOd. We can recommend this. Thomas Rammer.*

Yesterday was St, Patrick’s Day, but beyond a few streamers of green ribbon, there was no demonstration locally. At the local Police Court yesterday before Messrs Hennessy and Hornblow, J’s.P., William Snow and William Cottingham, charged with creating a breach of the peace in front of ihe Town Hall during the interval at a picture entertainment were convicted and each fined ros with 7s costs. The Harvest Festival services in connection with the local Methodist Church were held on Sunday, being conducted in the morning by the Rev. N. Hyde and in the evening by the Rev. T. Coatsworth. Both services were well attended.

The negotiations between the Auckland Tramway Company and the Tramway Union regarding the men’s demands to be embodied in the new agreement have failed. Three conferences were held. The union holds meetings to-day to discuss the position. Last week a letter, written by Mr Harp, of Frankton Junction, was published in the Waikato Times, alleging that boys aboard the Amokura were mercilessly dogged until the blood came tor trivial offences. Word has now been received from Hon. F, M. B. Fisher, Minister for Marine, that an enquiry opens at Wellington this week in connection with the matter.

At the inquest on David Picot, a single man, aged 38, who was found in the Wellington harbour on Saturday, evidence was given that deceased left a letter complaining of the recurrence of severe mental worries, and expressing his intention of going down to the harbour and committing suicide. When found, a heavy iron pulley wheel was attached to his body.

The trial of a second action in which F. E. A. Gordon sought to recover damages against the New Zealand Times Company for alleged defamatory statements published bj the company of and concerning the Gordon system of testing poultry for their egg-laying capacity, was heard at the Supreme Court, Napier, yesterday before the Chief Justice, and a special jury, and resulted in a verdict for the defendant.

A very successful meeting, convened by Messrs Dr. Mandl and J. L. Harvey, for the purpose of forming a golf club, was held in the Town Hall supper-room last night. Dr. Mandl occupied the Chair. It was decided to form a Club, and already 30 members have been enrolled. A vote of thanks was passed to Mr F. S. Easton for the free use of his grounds as links. Officers for the ensuing season were elected and the meeting terminated.! The qualifications for enrolment on the list of municipal electors, carrying with it a vote at the coming elections for Mayor and Council, are fourfold. He may claim a vote (1) as a ratepayer, (2) as a freeholder, (3) as an occupier, and (4) as a resident in New Zealand for at least one year, and in Foxton for at least three months. The claimant must be a British subject by birth or naturalisation in New Zealand, and must be over 21 years of age. The last qualification has the scope of the Parliamentary franchise, and practically includes every resident of Foxton over 21 years of age. On Good Friday the local telegraph office will be open from 5 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. only, and the postal branch will observe a close holiday. On Easter Monday the office will be open for telegraphic business from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., and from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., and for postal business from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m, A delivery over the counter will be made between 7 and 8 o'clock on Thursday and Saturday evenings and also between 9 and 10 o’clock on Monday morning. All mails close as usual at 8 o’clock each evening. The dreadnought, “New Zealand,” which will be in Wellington early next month, was visited by 2000 school children at Durban on Saturday. The New Zealand will be at Wellington for twelve days, and the Chairman of the local School Committee has received advice from the Stationmaster that the Railway Department is making arrangements for the carriage of school children to Wellington during the time the vessel is there. The matter will be dealt with at the next meeting of the School Committee.

The Defence authorities are preparing for the annual encampment to be held at Oringi next month, and to be attended by the Hawke’s Bay, Wairarapa, Manawatu, and Taranaki battalions. The camp will start on April 14 as far as the “ four extra days men ” are concerned, but for those who are not behind in their parades it will commence on April 18. The four extra days at the beginning have been arranged for stragglers, and compulsory attendance has been ordered. A fatigue party will pitch the camp in advance, starting on April 12 next.

Dainties for the summer season, Table jellies 10 for Is, Symington’s cream 6d, sardines best smoked 4 tins for is. Thomas Rimraer.* UP NIGHT AFTER NIGHT. “When my children, Rita and Robert, had croup, I was up night after night with them, and was quite worn out,” writes Mrs Annie Temple, II Albert street, Brunswick, Vic. “I tried different medicines, but they did them no good. Then, on the advice of a friend, I tried Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy, and it proved a God-send to roe, for it gave them instant relief.” For sale everywhere.—Advt.

The Christchurch City Council last night made a grant of .£250 to* •: wards the cost of entertaining the : ' men of the battleship New Zealand. The Labour members opposed. ' j|l The. Wellington District slaughtermen’s Union has decides! ", to cite the meat companies in W lington, Poverty Bay, and South* -J land districts as parties to a dis- ' r pute to be heard before the '' Conciliation Council on April 2. In divorce at Dunedin yesterday a decree nisi was granted on the husband’s petition in Siegred * Edward Johnson, of Upper Nevis, versus Eliza Johnson, on the ground of desertion.

A disturbance occurred on Saturday night at Christchurch at one ' ; of the open air meetings addressed by anti-militarists at the clock . tower. It is alleged that a portion of the crowd set upon Sergeant Stewart, when he went to the assistance of two ladies who were screaming. It is also alleged that the police drew their batons, but i the police report ot the feuds makes no mention of this, and if ”• batons were drawn it is assumed , that they were drawn only for purpose of display.

Before the Christchurch Supreme Court sitting in bankruptcy an application was made for the ; discharge of George Hamill. swhose counsel stated the bankruptcy went back to July 15,1904, and the bankrupt had since then ; - paid all the proved debts with in- ,< r terest. His Honour, Mr Justice Denniston, said the applicant had ' left the Dominion taking a large sum of money with him, and left bis debtors unpaid. He had also left a sum of money behind him, and on this being found out th* Official Assignee had attached the money for the amount claimed, plus interest. The question was whether the man was guilty or not of an improper act. His Honour intimated that he would deter the application for further consideration.

Regarding the body of a middle* aged man which was found floating in the Manawatu river last Wednesday, there was no evidence at the inquest to indicate who the deceased was, or where he hailed from. The evidence rather pointed to the fact that he was of gentle birth. The body had ap«*v patently been in the water for a month or more, and may have come from tar up the river.—ln connection with the above today’s Manawatu Times says: “It is commonly stated in Palmerston that the body recently found is believed to be that of W. Mackay, aged 41, who has not been seen here or heard of by his relative and friends since November last. Mr Mackay was engaged as a stock in Palmerston and district, and .was well-known, but as the * nature of his employment as an agent necessitated his moving about the coast frequently it is not so likely that his absence would be noticed so readily as that of a man employed in a permanent business.

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 £d 10s.*