LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1081, 29 March 1913, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The ordinary meeting of Moutoa Drainage Board was held on Thursday night. Present. Messrs Gower, Robinson and Hammond. Accounts were passed for payment, and formal business transacted.

The service to-morrow in the local Roman Catholic Church will be mass at 5.30 a.m., conducted by the Rev. Father Dore. A meeting of members of last year’s Cinderalla dancers, will be held in Mr F. C. Berthold’s residence on Monday evening next at 8 o’clock.

Constable Dandy, in charge of Taupo, shot himself with a revolver on Wednesday. No reason is assigned. He leaves a wife and young family. Feilding possesses an architect by the name of Robin Hood and Foxton a tonsorial artist whose cognomen is Dittlejbhn. We don’t know whether either of them are brave foresters, but we can vouch that the latter is an Odd Fellow. The services in All Saints’ Church to-morrow will be at 8 a.m. Holy Communion, n a.m. Confirmation, 7 p.m. Evensong and Sermon. The Bishop of Wellington, Dr. Sprott, will, celebrate at 8 a.m., hold a confirmation at 11 a.m. and preach at the evening service. The vicar will act as chaplain to the Bishop.

A notice in the current Gazette intimates a reversion to the system under which telephone charges were collected half-yearly. In July, 1912, a regulation was adopted under which subscribers were called upon to pay their charges quarterly, but the Post and Telegraph Department has now decided to go back to the old system of half-yearly payments. At a cinematograph theatre at Boonon, New Jersey (says the Evening Standard) the film was momentarily interrupted and a message was thrown on the screen : “ Norman Browers wanted at home at ouce.” Mr and Mrs Browers, whose home was about a mile away, left at once, and found that their daughter, a girl of sixteen years, had been attacked by a burglar, and that the message had been sent by Mr Vanderhoof, father of Mrs Browers, who ran nearly a quarter of a mile to the nearest telephone. All bowlers will be interested in a unique occurrence which took place at Dannevirke bowling on Friday. A head in the pairs competitions was particularly well contested, there being a cluster of bowls round the jack. A promoting bowl stirred the bunch up with the result that two bowls — one from each side—rested on kitty, which was firmly jambed between them. None of those present had seen such a happening before.

Rev. J. M. Thomson, M.A., will conduct both morning and evening services at the Presbyterian Church to-morrow. In the morning he will deal with a subject of very great importance and one that is very prominently before the people of this Dominion at present, viz., the Bible in schools question. In the evening he will give the sequel to the sermon on “Esau,” which aroused considerable interest a few Sabbaths ago, dealing as it did with the difficult question of election or God’s sovereign choice.' In the evening also Mr Buglass will sing a sacred solo. The evening service at Oroua Downs will be conducted by Mr H. D. McCully. Judgment was entered up for plaintiffs in the following cases at yesterday’s sitting of the S.M. Court-P. Eumsdeu (Moore) v. Hopkins, claim ,£l4 7s 6d, costs £1 xos 6d ; W. Nye (Moore) v. Edward Hannon, £ll 9s xxd, costs- £i ‘xos 6d ; M. Boyle (Moore) v. N. Heta, £2, costs xgs; P. Daniell (Moore) v. H. Abbott, £l2 13s id, costs £1 14s 6d. In the judgment summonses, M. H. Walker v. P. Peterson, claim £4 5s 9d, there was no appearance of judgment debtor or cause for absence shown. Ordered to pay £4 5s gd forthwith; in default five days imprisonment in Palmerston gaol, warrant to be suspended as long as debtor pays £1 per week ; first payment 14th April. Five members of the Wellington Slaughtermen’s Union now on strike, started work at the Gear Company’s works on Thursday morning, and others have secured books and will go on killing on Friday. All the old hands offering .cannot be accommodated, as the company intends to stick to those who came to its assistance after the strike began) Not more than one-third of those who went out will be able to secure their old positions. The new Union of Slaughtermen, when registered, will be known as the Ngahauranga and Petone, Union, a meeting of the men on Wednesday deciding on the inclusion of the word “ Petone.”

Mr T. H. James, a Wanganui architect, and Mr James M’Cheesney, contractor, of Marton, had a miraculous escape from being killed on Thursday evening while crossing the railway line at Marton as the Main Trunk express dashed along. An effort was made to turn the trap clear, but the engine struck the horse, cutting it clear from the trap and killing it instantly. The occupants of the trap were thrown out. Mr M’Cheesney was cut on the head and rendered insensible, while Mr James found himself alongside the metals with the carriage steps just going over his body as they passed. He is suffering very much from shock.

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The local State school reassembles on Monday. Tomatoes are being retailed in Wellington at id and ad per lb. A meeting is to be held shortly oi local sympathisers with the Bible in-schools agitation. Continuous rains in the South ' Island have caused the rivers to ' flood and in some districts traffic has been interfered with, and much damage done. This week’s Gazette contains particulars of the sale ol certain portions of the Himatangi Block by Maori owners, We are informed that other Maori owners are parting with their interest in the block. On our fourth page to-day will be found the following interesting reading matter: ‘‘The. Things a Woman Should Know,” “The Hemp Industry,” “A Pathetic Tragedy,” and “Alpine Disaster.”

A human skeleton was found on the Riverton beach on Thursday. It is thought that the remains are those of an old age pensioner who mysteriously disappeared- a few weeks ago-

It was Mr Boyes’—our local dentist —intention to make the ascent of Ruapehu, together with a competent guide, on the date that the Auckland party made the trip, but seeing the fog the outing was wisely abandoned.

Vice-Admiral Sir Percy Scott, having retired from the service, slashiugly attacks - Admiral Eord Charles Beresford in the British Review apropos of old grievances. He denies Eord Beresford’s reputation as a seaman, as in 21 years he only served five at sea.

In celebration of the anniversary of Taranaki the provincial district pioneers and war veterans were entertained on Thursday on the Recreation Ground by the Mayor and citizens. In the even* ing the veterans were treated to a special programme at a picture show and entertained,at supper at New Plymouth'

“Can I ask ( you a question ?” queried plaintiff of opposing counsel during a searching crossexamination at yesterday's court. “No, you cannot,” retorted counsel. “I am here to question you.” Plaintiff felt that the bombarding was a little one-sided and contented himself with the remark that there was not much sense in some of counsel’s interrogations.

The services in connection with the local Methodist Church tomorrow will be held in the supper room of the Coronation Hall. The Rev T. Coatsworth will conduct both services, taking for bis subject in the morning, “The Bible-In-Stale Schools,” and in the evening, “Two Important Questions.” A hearty welcome to these services is extended to all.

Plaintiff when describing the injuries to his horse in a case before the Magistrate yesterday, likened the animal to a “walking butcher’s shop !” In reviewing the evidence at a later stage the Magistrate facetiously remarked that lie did not know whether the comparision was correct as he had never seen “a walking butcher’s shop,” but he said be would like to see the animal. His curiosity was gratified at a later stage, but from a showman’s point of view the horse was not up to the mark. . A large number of Wellington shopkeepers who favour the Wednesday half-holiday have signed a declaration to oppose the movement inaugurated by the Trades Council to secure a universal Saturday - half-holiday. As a result, there is likely to be a keen campaign over the question. Poston shopkeepers are practically unanimous in favour of Wednesday, but, strange to' say, the local authority has not fixed the day on which the statutory half holiday is to be observed.

A determined suicide by a Maori girl, named Paerehurangi Ransfield, who was occupied as housekeeper for the Rev. Taimona Hapimana, took place at the latter’s residence. It appears the girl was keeping company with a young Maori man, to whom Hapimana objected. She bad been out on - the previous night with the young man, and in the morning was scolded by Hapimana. The latter left the house to go to Opotiki. During his absence the Maori girl went into the back bedroom, took a doublebarrelled shotgun, and loaded it with one shot cartridge, which she obtained from a drawer in the bedroom. She apparently sat on the bed and pulled , the trigger, with her foot, shooting herself in the breast. On his return from dpo* tiki, Hapimana discovered the body leaning on the bed, and be at once communicated with the police. An inquest was held on the same day, when a verdict was brought in “That deceased met her death lay a gunshot wound, self-inflicted, while of unsound mind.”

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