The Manawatu Herald. Thursday, October 9th., 1913. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1156, 9 October 1913, Page 2

The Manawatu Herald. Thursday, October 9th., 1913. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The number of gas consumers in Levin is 276, the number of street lamps 47, and the number ot stoves in use 68. The quantity of gas made last month per ton of coal carbonised was n,8oo!t, and the quantity of gas manufactured 330,400 ft. The Mayor of Levin expressed the opinion at his Council meeting on Monday night that couuci's should not have their powers widened ; “they were wide eu:ugh already.” He explained that in making such statement he was not speaking against Foxton's proposal (re municipal pictures) ; he was referring to “the general principle of the Act.” Levin’s energetic Mayor is somewhat contradictory in his utterance. We are in receipt of a copy ol “The New Zealander,” a monthly review of New Zealand’s progress, from the Sun Publishing Co., Nelson. The magazine surveys the whole count! y, and concentrates on essential points. It reproduces the best thoughts and sayings of public men and newspapers, and presents both sides ol public controversies. The annual subscription is 3s, and we heartily recommend it to those who cannot find lime to wade through the newspapers.

A London message states that Mr Lome Osborne, in a speech before the Gaelic League, said the English tongue could never be the Irish tongue. John Bull was the most insular, narrow-minded, and impossible person the world ha 1 ever seen. Anyone going to the Continent knew what an utie.ly incapable fool his representative was. He looked for his language and customs, and complained when he failed to get them. The best way for Ireland to become a progressive people was to speak her own language. For the benefit of those of our readers interested in shearing and wool classing we have been requested to draw attention to the classes provided for same at the forthcoming Palmerston North show. The wool classing competition takes place on the morning of the first day and the entrant has to judge the counts of certain staples of wool provided lor the purpose. This competition should be of great educational advantage to anyone Interested in the wool trade. The open shearing class eventuates on the morning of the 3rd day and is for machines only. The prize money in the two classes aggregates £ll and considerable interest is being taken in it locally. Any information may be had from the secretary, Mr W. T. Penny, Palmerston North.

The danger of leaving poisons within reach of children was demonstrated at Auckland on Saturday morning, when a little boy, Thomas Solan Arthur, aged two years and nine months, was admitted to the hospital suffering from the effects of poison. The child, in company with another, left its parents’ home to play outside. Shortly afterwards both children returned in tears, the little boy Arthur being obviously seriously ill. After medical attention, the child was removed to the hospital, and is reported to be progressing favourably. It is stated that the child found a bottlc ot poison and drank from it, not knowing the deadly nature of its contents.

A mau named J. Johnston, travelling from Wellington by train to Auckland on Wednesday last, was robbed of /125, includes a note, of which he knew the number, and payment was stopped by the Auckland National Bank. On Thursday a man presented the missing £SO note at the bank. The cashier consulted the manager, who instructed the cashier to get change. Meanwhile he asked the mau presenting the note to take his seat in the office. “Very well,” replied the man, “my wife is just outside. I’ll just bring her in.” He left the bank and the note behind him, and has not been seen since. One of the newest ideas in motor tyres is to have treads embedded with a number of parallel strips ol spirally woveu steel fabric running round the circumference. The effect is some 90,000 upstanding spirals of steel wire interlaced with the rubber. The combining of steel and rubber in such a way is expected to secure increased durability and to produce a tread which is proof against surface cuts and punctures. It is also claimed that the steel spirals assist the escape of heat from the tyres, and thus tend to keep down their temperature.

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Ladies’Black Leather Handbags from 2/- to 20/-. Call in and let us show you one. Thomas Rimmer.*

Fat bullocks reached as high as £\q 10s at the Addington sale last week. A man named Bonamy Beetham, charged at Marton with ill treating a horse, was sentenced to three mouths’ imprisonm:nt. Settlers in the Hawke’s Bay district are crying outior rain, and state that feed is becoming scarce for the season of the year. Sir William Hall joues, lately High Commissioner for New Zealand, has been appointed to the Legislative Council and was sworn in yesterday. On the fourth page of this issue will be fouud the following interesting reading matter:—“Snowy Baker on Abstinence,” “Patriotic Marriages,” and “By Radium to the Moon.”

The Timaru paper stales that there is at present to be seen in the window of a Timaru florist’s shop something of a novelty in the form of a japonica which has both red and pink blooms on one stem. The Queen of the South with a general cargo from Wellington arrived yesterday afternoon. Oa account of the westerly wind she will be unable to get out to-night but will probably sail to morrow for Wellington with hemp. By dealing at his store, Mr F. Gabites claims that customers will effect very considerable savings, and he will be pleased if residents will call, and thus give him an opportunity of proving the quality and cheapness of all lines stocked by him.* All arrangements for the plain and fancy dress ball to be held in the Coronation Hall to-morrow night, under the auspices of the Catholic Church are now complete, and the affair promises to be one of the most successlul social functions of the season.

Mr A. W. Hogg has stated that be had not yet quite made up his mind, but in all probability, he would be a candidate for the Mastertou seat at the next election. He added that, it he stood, it would not be in the interests of either Mr Massey or Sir Joseph Ward.

The Levin bowling green and other assets of the Levin Bowliug Club Company, limited, which lately went into liquidation have been acquired by ten of the shareholders In the company, with the intention of forming a howling club to replace the former one, and to preserve the property as a bowling green for the benefit of the residenls of Levin, says the Chronicle.

The management of the municipal pictures has asked us to state that in order to contribute a more than ordinary interesting programme for Wednesday next, arrangements have been made for the production of the world renowned film, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” So many know the evergreen story that no description is needed,* and no doubt it may be classed as one of the most attractive films ever produced locally. Tom Ousley was charged at the Auckland Police Court yesterday with making a false declaration for the purpose of obtaining a certificate of marriage. It was stated that accused had a wife in England, and went through the form of marriage at the Registry Office, Auckland, in December, 1911, Ousley pleaded guilty, and was committed for sentence.

It has been arranged that Messrs G. W. Russell (Avon), L. M. Isitt (Christchurch), J. C. Thomson (Wallace), H. Atmore (Nelson), and R. W. Smith (Rangitikei), members of the Liberal party, shall visit Palmerston in response to the invitation of the Palmerston Progressive Liberal League. They will each deliver addresses. Sir Joseph Ward will not be one of the party. “Whether, in view of the fact that smallpox has broken out in this country and in Australia, he will introduce legislation to effect compulsory vaccination?” asked Dr te Rangihiroa (Northern Maori) of the Minister for Public Health yesterday. The Hon. K. H. Rhodes replied that legislation already existed with regard to compulsory vaccination, but had not been enforced of late years.

A man named John Massey Rippeu, aged 67 years, died at Levin on Tuesday uignt from injuries received through a kick from a horse whilst employed at Heslop’s stables, Foxton, on the 15th ultimo. In taking a feed to a horse in the stables the animal lashed out and kicked Rippeu in the lower part of the abdoraeuHe received medical attention locally, and was subsequently removed to his home in Levin, where he lingered on until Tuesday night.

Apropos the i; coo-ees” that welcomed the King at the laying of the foundation stone of the Commonwealth building, an Australian has been Idling a story of the olden days. He says that 50 years ago the same cry was heard close to the same spot, but under very different circumstances. A bushranger secured a big haul at a Ballarat bank, and succeeded in getting away to Loudon. A Melbourne detective thought he recognised him in the Strand, and gave vent to a stentorian coo-ee. The bushranger, taken off his guard, responded, through force of habit. He was promptly arrested, brought back to Ballarat, convicted, and sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment.

_ Wanted—The people of Foxton and the surrounding districts to know that A. de Luep, tailor, of Palmerston North, will call on anyone with samples upon the receipt of a postcard. Costun)es from £4 4s, Suits from £4 10s.*

The Duke ot Alholl occupies the unique position of being the only one of the King’s subjects who maintains an army of his own. By a special act of grace the late Oueeu Victoria, shortly alter she ascended the throne, presented the Atholl Highlanders with regimental colours, and thus they were duly constituted an “ army.” The Duke himself is colonel ot the “ regiment,” while his eldest son, the Marquess of Tullibardine, and his two brothers Lord James and Lord George Stewart-Murray, are officers. Many of the leading gentlemen in Perthshire also hold rank. The men, numbering about 250 strong, are drawn almost without exception from the vast estates of Atholl. They are sturdy, stalwart Highlanders many of them standing 6ft 4m high. Many of the Atholl Highlanders have long records of service, some of them having completed fi ty years iu the corps.

There was another good attendance at the municipal pictures last night, au.l irom the volume of applause there was no doubt that they were appreciated. The star film, “Till Death Us Do Part,” was a stirring and pathetic drama and was magnificently staged and powerlully acted, and kept the audience deeply interested from start to finish. The scenics, “Mt. Egmont,” and ‘‘A Pilgrimage to the Crimea,” were much appreciated. The first named gave the audience an idea of what this picturesque mountain is like, and to those who had not seen this monarch of Taranaki, this film proved of exceptional interest; the second one was also interesting, showing some excellent views of the country where Britain lost so many of her brave defenders iu that great war of 1854. The vaudeville film, “Hadji, the Upside Down Man,” was a marvellous turn by one ot the world’s most wonderful acrobats, and was shown with the greatest possible effect. The rest of the programme was, on the whole, of an excellent quality and was much enjoyed by those who witnessed it.

PERREAU’S date scones are a very popular dish for afternoon tea. Fresh daily.*

We sell everything under a guarantee ; if it’s not satisfactory return it. Walker and Furrie.*

Having just landed an up-to-date supply of catering utensils from England, Mr M. Perreau is now in a position to specialise in catering, which will be undertaken in any part of the district,*

They’re all doing it —all along the line —worrying the post officials ringing up No. 9.*