LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1203, 3 February 1914, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Queen of the South arrived this morning from Wellington with a cargo of kerosene. The following are the vital statistics for Foxtou tor the month of January : Births S, deaths 2, marriages i;

The usual monthly meeting of the Foxton Borough Council will be held in Council Chambers on Monday, Feb. 9th, at 7.30 p.m. Business ; General. The cricket match Foxton v. I y evin postponed last Saturday on account of the rain, will be played at Eevln next Saturday. The Great McEwan Company will appear in the “Royal” on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week. Full particulars in next issue. The Hon. F. M. B. Fisher, has consented to deliver a political address in Foxton early next month, when the policy of the Government and its past achievements will be fully set out. John Thomas Irwin, 4)2 years of age, was drowned in the Oaraaru reservoir race at the back of his parents’ residence at Georgetown yesterday. The lad was attempting to catch a frog and slipped in. At last night’s meeting on the motion of Mr Nash, seconded by Mr Hennessy, a motion was passed expressing sympathy with Mr B. R. Gardener (a member of the Harbour Board) in his recent illness, and congratulating him on now being on the road to recovery. The number of pupils present on re-opening the local State school yesterday were 345, number ou roll approximately 380, number of pupils admitted 25. For the corresponding day last year there were 334 present out of roll number ol 361. The body of the boy, Sidney Saiutbury, who was drowned at the Heads on Wednesday was found by Mr W. Prew at ix o'clock this morning, washed up on the liver back at Hartley’s Bend. It had apparently been carried up the river by the tide. The body has been removed to the morgue, and an inquest will be held at 10 o’clock to-morrow morning, Foxton is to be favoured with a visit from a big opera company on Monday and Tuesday. 16th and 17th insts., when a two nights season will be inaugurated with the world-famed comic opera, “The Arcadians.” The second night’s attraction will be “The Quaker Girl,” another well-known and successful comic opera. The company is thirty-five strong. The box plan and other arrangements will be announced in a future issue. Ou Sunday night an iron gate in front of Mr A. R. Osborne’s residence was removed and no trace of it has since been found. Considering the gate weighed something over one cwt. it wou’d be a fairly heavy load for a person to carry any distance. Mr Osborne offers a reward for information that will lead to the discovery of the thief. At a meeting held in All Saints’ schoolroom last night, it was resolved to hold a floral fete at the vicarage on-Feb. iSth next. The stallholders are as follows ; Guild stall, members of the ladies guild ; Tea, Mrs Jeaks ; Sweets, Mrs C. Robinson and Mrs AustinJohaston ; Produce, Mesdames James and John Robinson; Christmas Tree, the Misses Maroni; Flower, Mrs Harvey and Mbs Nora Robinson. Particulars of the above affair will appear in a later issue. The effect of the heavy and continuous rains throughout the Dominion during November are now being felt in many ways. At this time of the year there is usually a glut of Tomatoes in the market, and as a rule they are obtainable at 2d or 3d per lb, says the Dominion. The case is very different this season. At Christchurch ou Friday tomatoes were sold at is per lb., and at Wellington the best sorts were being retailed at 8d pet lb. The high prices are being felt by the people controlling those manufactories which include tomato sauce as one of their principal stock lines. About four miles from the river mouth along the north beach, is to be seen the remains of what must have been one of the oldtime trading vessels. All that now remains of the hull are the stout oak ribs, the timber ot which is splendidly preserved and the keel is deeply embedded in the sand. The derelect must have remained in its present position for many years and possibly was wrecked in an attempt to cross the bar when the river mouth was near the locality. It would be interesting to glean any information concerning the little vessel from some of our old identities.