The Manawatu Herald. Tuesday, June 10th., 1913.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1107, 10 June 1913, Page 2

The Manawatu Herald. Tuesday, June 10th., 1913.

Mr and Mrs H. Ruscoe, of Wellington, have taken up their residence in Foxton.

The Horticultural Society’s Bulb Show will be held on Wednesday, September 3rd. The friends of Mr M. Littlejohn will regret to hear that he is seriously ill with pneumonia.

Detective Quirke, of Palmerston, has been promoted to DetectiveSergeant. The Education Board has forwarded a heater to be used in one of the class rooms at the local school.

At the Palmerston S.M. Court yesterday, Henry Sims, charged with having used obscene language, was fined £io, in default two months’ imprisonment. On the fourth page of this issue will be found the following interesting reading matter" The Hemp Industry,” "American Sherlock Holmes,” "Vivisection,” and "Big Gun Practice.” It was 37 years ago yesterday since Mr F. E. Jeuks arrived in Foxton. Mr Jenks disposed of his business a week or two ago, and has not yet made up his mind as to his future movements.

Ex-Sergeant-Major James Livingstone, who served in the Maori War, was presented with the N.Z. War Medal on Saturday afternoon at Hawera, in the presence of a large gathering of veterans. Despite his eighty-three years, the Rev. James Paterson, late of St. John’s, Wellington, preached one of the final sermons at St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church, Waganui on Sunday. The new building is in course of erection.

Walter Gordon McDermott, charged with an offence against a girl under the age of 16 years at Shannon, was committed lor trial at the Palmerston S.M. Court yesterday. Bail was allowed in two securities of each and one of Several local sportsmen could not understand how it was that a certain shootist managed to secure larger bags of ducksjthan they. Of course they did not shoot over his preserves.* The secret has leaked out that for months past he had been feeding the birds in his locality for the coming slaughter. At a representative public meeting at Kimbolton last week, a Chamber of Commerce was formed to frame definite proposals to place before the Minister for Public Works for the construction of a light railway from Apiti to Feilding, a distance of 29 miles, via Kimbolton, Kiwitea, and Cheltenham. The Minister will be invited to inspect the proposed route.

Speaking at the opening of the Waikato Show last week, Mr Massey referred to the stringency of the money market, but said it was passing over, and money was now much easier than it was a few months ago. During the last tew days the Government had had the pleasure of raising the limit of the advances to settlers from to j£6oo, and advances to workers from to During the next few weeks he hoped that they would be able to do a great deal more than that.

It is known that Mr Pierpont Morgan must have had some premonition of his death, as before sailing for Egypt last January, he made the fullest arrangements for his funeral. He wrote out with his own hand exactly what he wanted done, selected the music, the hymns, and the chants which he desired, and gave the programme to the rector of St. George’s, Mr Reiland, on the eye of his sailing. He even indicated the singers he wished to have render the music, including a negro soloist who sang “ Calvary,” a favourite of Mr Morgan’s. The Her AM) Printery is a local institution, therefore be loyal to your town and support local industry. Our work compares more than favourably—both as to prices and effectiveness—with that supplied by any outside office. Come and have a talk to us about printing. Remember, your support keeps the money in the wn.* Cartridges, specially loaded with smokeless Diamond powder lor Thos. Rimmer, 12/- per 100 . For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, 1/0, 2/6.

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The foundation stones in connection with the Booth Memorial Training College were laid at Wellington yesterday by the Premier and Commissioner Richards. A number of local people mistook the ringing of the Catholic Church bell at 6 o’clock this morning for the fire bell and made a hurried exit from their warm beds to locate the blaze.

Mr C. E. Mackay, ex-Mayor of Wanganui, was presented with an illuminated address and a gold albert, and Mrs Mackay with a gold necklace, to commemorate their seven years’ term of office. A further consignment of 500 rifles in transit for , Ulster have been seized by the authorities, who believe the consignment forms part of one of six thousand rifles, and the whereabouts of the balance of them is unknown.

The Hon. J. Allen will be accorded a public welcome at the Town Hall, Wellington, on Friday night. In addition to Mr Allen, the Hou. W. F. Massey and other Ministers will deliver addresses.

On April 13, at Levin, the house of Mr Charles Jenkins, the wellknown jockey, was entered by thieves, and jewellery valued at £75 was stolen. Yesterday, two men suspected of theft were arrested in Wellington by Detective Abbott. They will appear before the Magistrate to-day.

The Palmerston Borough Council has unanimously passed a resolution moved by the Mayor “ That a committee consisting of the whole Council be set up to commence negotiations for the purchase of the gas works.’' Palmerston is at last waking up to the fact that the gas works should be municipally owned. On Friday evening next in the Corouaticn Hall a grand concert will be given by the pupils of St. Mary’s Convent. An interesting and varied programme has been arranged consisting of vocal and instrumental solos and duets, dialogues, recitations, choruses and fancy dances. The prices of admission are: Circle 2s, body of hall is.

We strongly hold the opinion that banks should not be permitted to pay dividends of 15 per cent, at all. When more that 10 per cent, is paid over a series of years, one of three things is happening: either the reserves are not being sufficiently built up, _ or the employees are not being adequately remunerated, or the public are paying an extravagant price tor the accommodation they are receiving.—Dunedin Star. A story of a Territorial who thought the camp meat was tainted, was told by Dr Home at a meeting in New Plymouth. The doctor explained that a certain Territorial came to him with the complaint that the meat was not as fresh as it might be, and be (the speaker) took him outside the tent and looked at his teeth, finding the molars in a fearsome state of decay. The doctor, in advising the lad to go to a, dentist immediately, told the Territorial that the meat was perfectly wholesome until it came in contact with his teeth.

The following is an extract from a Christchurch paper of fifty years ago :—“A despatch has been forwarded to his Honour the Superintendent of Otago, conveying the expressed determination of His Excellency to take possession of the land between New Plymouth and the Tataraimaka, where the massacre was perpetrated. Free grants of 50 acres of land are offered to those who will volunteer to occupy it on a system of military tenure, and free rations, arms and ammunition provided.” The land referred to is probably now worth from £3O to an acre, or more. A special article in the London Times predicts a crisis in the picture show business. “The multiplication of picture palaces,” says the article, “ means that sooner or later there must come a serious financial collapse. It is impossible to ignore the fact that the promotion of picture palaces in places where they are not wanted and will never .pay, has become a business. Between January 1, and April 30 this year, 161 new companies have been registered with a total nominal capital of ,£930,500. During last year 50 companies were registered, with a capital of ,£771,475.” Investors are warned not to touch stock in such companies. The following paragraph appeared in the Rangitikei Advocate on June 4th “To spend an evening with a man who is 88 years old and who is in the full possession of his faculties is not an everyday experience. It was, however, my pleasure the other evening to listen to Mr Osborne—who is on a visit to his grandson “Oscar” —telling in distinct and measured words—(so different from the galloping gabble so distressing in the speech of this generation)—of things that happened and the scenes he witnessed 82 years ago. Among the latter were the public hangings, where the curious crowds fought for front seats and back stands. Then the old gentleman told how he became a boxer, and illustrated the fine points of the “noble art” in a manner that suggested the youthful cat-like agility of this typical light-weight, who, I sincerely hope, will beat ‘The Harvester’ for many yearjs to come.” Perreau’s date scones are a very popular dish for afternoon tea. Fresh daily.* For Influenza take Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. Never fails, 1/6, 2/6; Perreau’s up-to-date tea room is a popular place for afternoon tea,*

Miss Eileen Ward’s engagement to Mr Bernard B. Wood, a New Zealander, is announced. D.P. Bro. F. Woods installed the newly elected officers of the Shannon Druids' Dodge last Thursday night. At the annual meeting of the Otaki licensing Bench held at Otaki on Friday last, licenses and transfers were granted in respect of all premises throughout the district, the police reports in almost all cases being favourable. In respect of the local hotels slight improvements ate to be made at the Family Hotel, the fences repaired at the Post Office Hotel and at the Manawatu Hotel new stables and fences are to be erected.

Mr J. McMillan, of Koputaroa (says the Levin Chronicle), has a special kind of flax growing near his residence. It is called pari taniwa. This flax is noted for the high quality of its fibre, and recently Mr McMillan had all the best of it skinned by hand. Five sacks of fibre were obtained, and Mr McMillan estimates its value at about £3O. The rough flax that was not used he sold to one of the mills, and he received about £5 for a little over three tons of the green blade. The Prime Minister (Hon. W. F. Massey), in opening the Waikato Winter Show last week, referred to the development of the country and the gain to be derived by an increase in its exports. “ One of my ambitions,” said the Prime Minister, "is to increase the exports of the country by 50 per cent, and I believe it can be done. I propose to do it by making land which is producing nothing produce something, and laud which is producing something produce more, and I am sure of success. I intend to do everything to further agriculture and education, but before my term of office expires I hope to see two agricultural colleges established, one in the South and one in the North, where young people can secure a higher knowledge of agriculture, which will fit them to compete in the markets of the world.”