The Manawatu Herald. Thursday, April 17TH., 1913. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1085, 17 April 1913, Page 2

The Manawatu Herald. Thursday, April 17TH., 1913. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

An important meeting of all interested in football matters will be held in the Manawatu Hotel at 8 o’clock to night. Mr Thomas Joseph Clapham has been elected unopposed as the Feilding representative on the Foxton Harbour Board.

It was arranged at the annual meeting of the parishioners of All Saints’ to hold a .bazaar on lithe 19th and 20th of May. Particulars of this will appear later. At tbe local Police Court this morning before Mr Thomas Rimmer, J.P., Charles Williams, charged with drukenness, was convicted and fined tea shillings. At Monday night’s _ Council meeting Cr Stewart mentioned the necessity of a finger post at the junction of Johnston and Union Streets for the convenience of the travelling public, and this matter is to be attended to.

The Hon. J. A. Millar (late Minister of Railways) was married at St. Paul’s Pro-Cathedral yesterday to Mrs N. Nathan. Sir James Carroll attended the bridegroom as best man. The question of lighting the Town Hall with electricity was discussed in committee at Monday night’s Council meeting, and on resuming business it was decided ! that Messrs Ballinger and Sons tender for carrying out the necessary installation be accepted. During the month of March the price paid for butter fat by the various companies was as follows: N.Z. Dairy Union, Glen Oroua, Levin, Rongotea and Hawke’s Bay ixd, Cheltenham and Ballance, Awahuri and Shannon is per lb. The number of artisans and labourers employed under the Public Works Department on cooperative works during February was 4,717, of whom 2,011 were on railways, 2,222 on roads, 273 on public buildings, 137 on development of water power, and 74 ou irrigation and water supply. Paragraph taken from the vicar’s report presented at the annual meeting of All Saints’ parishioners. —“ I should like also to thank the editor of the Manawatu Herald who all through the year has printed at his own cost our church services, and given us space in his paper to chronicle the events that have happened during the year.” At Monday night’s Council meeting a letter was read from the secretary of the Palmerston North Chamber of Commerce, stating that it was desired to have a court representative of the Manawatu at the! Auckland Exhibition and asking that the Foxton Borough Council should contribute £lO towards same. —On the motion of Cr Whibley seconded by Cr Hannah, it was decided that no action be taken in the matter. In connection with the statement made at Monday night’s Council meeting, to the effect that household drainage was being put into the Avrahou drain. Mr Martin the Inspector of Nuisances has asked us to state that at a previous meeting he brought this matter before the Council, but no action was taken. Another practice that he says should be stopped is that of shopkeepers sweeping the rubbish from their business places into the Main Street water channels.

At the annual meeting of parishioners of All Saints’ the vicar expressed regret that one of the church wardens, Mr W. S. Stewart, had decided to retire. Mr Woodward said that he had asked him many times to reconsider his decision but Mr Stewart had stated that he did not ieel equal to carrying out the duties for another year. He had been a faithful warden and the vicar said he was genuinely sorry to lose him. The parishioners would be. pleased to hear however, that he had consented to still cany on the Sunday school work. He felt sure that all the members would join with him in expressing deep regret at bis resignation and thank him for all he had done.

In our report in last issue of the discussion at Monday night’s Council meeting in connection with the supper room charges, the Town Clerk was reported to have said that when the supper room was let to the Methodist Church for Sunday services the matter did not come before the Council, but after the fire the late Mayor had made the arrangements. In conversation with Mr Fraser this morning he informed us that what really happened was that the arrangements were made by him as Town Clefk with Mr Stiles as representative of the Methodist Church.

rlf you’ve had any difficulty in getting good butter, try Defiance. Absolutely the best in town. Rim mers’. # .

The death has occurred at Auckland of Mr Samuel Vaile, in his eighty-fifth year. Advice was received in Foxton to-day, that the wholesale price of flour had been advanced ten shillings per ton. A Mokau syndicate has cabled an offer of for Barry to row an unnamed sculler on the Mokau river, New Zealand, on November next.

On the fourth page of this issue will be found the Town Clerk’s annual report as presented to the Borough Council at Monday night’s meeting. Mr O’Brien, health officer, was on a visit to Foxton to-day in connection with the recent outbreak of diphtheria. He intends at a later date to furnish a report in respect to the Awahou drain. Mr R. W. Broad, a merchant, was run over by the New Plymouth express at a crossing in Marton yesterday. All the muscle of one leg was cut off, and he sustained other injuries. The 1.30 Palmerstou-Foxton train was delayed to-day by a blowout in the Westinghouse hose near Awapuni. No sooner was a new hose attached than another section blew out, this causing the delay. Herman Ludwig Helwerson, aged thirty-one, a Norwegian sailor engaged on the scow Tally Ho, was found drowned in the Auckland Harbour yesterday. David Mitchell, who was admitted to the Dunedin hospital on April 4th, suffering from the effect of injuries received through falling from the top of M’Leod Bros.’ soap works, died in the hospital last night.

A fire at Ohakune East on Tuesday night completely destroyed Messrs Gammon and Co.’s sawmill, which was one of the largest and best equipped mills in the Dominion. The loss is estimated at over

On behalf of the citizens of Wellington, the Mayor will present to H.M.S. New Zealand, through Captain Halsey, a portrait in oils of Sir Joseph Ward, who was Premier of the Dominion when the offer of the battleship was made to the Imperial authorities.

The Manawatu Flaxmills* Employees Union has made arrangements for bolding a picnic and sports at Eongburn on the 26th instant, and the millers have been circularised asking for their cooperation in connection with same. It is understood that the whole of the mills in the district will te closed on that day. It is the intention of the Union to make the picnic an annual affair.

The Queen of the South arrived off the baron Tuesday afternoon, but was unable to cross on account of an insufficiency of water. She was drawing 6ft Sin. This morning she stuck on the bar, there only being 6ft ot water, but got over after about three-quarters of an liour, and is now at the wharf. On account of the shallowness of water on the bar it is not anticipated that she will be able to sail again to-night. Upon reaching Wellington again she will go on the slip, and the running between Wellington and Foxton will be taken up by the Awahou. The Putiki is still at the wharf, having been bar bound on account of bad weather since yesterday week. Publicity has just been given to an interesting but hitherto unpublished letter which the late Eord Wolsely, in 1891, wrote to Mr James Baker, the author, acknowledging the receipt of a c«py of the latter’s book, Quiet War Scenes.” “ I do not believe ” wrote the famous soldier, “ that we shall ever live without quarrelling with and killing one another, either individually or collectively in armies. As I know human nature, war is an essential part of the world’s life, just as is frost or snow, which so extensively kills animal life.”

There is no douot as to the popularity of knitted goods of today, for they are keeping ahead of all fashions. Incidentally, Mr G. H. Stiles announces in this issue a splendid display of knitted goods. See window display.* 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 10s.*