LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1253, 2 June 1914, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr and Mrs G. W. Morgan are on a holiday visit to Foxton. The Queen of the South is due to-morrow with a cargo of general from Wellington. The cable station house at Wakapuaka was destroyed by fire at 3 o’clock yesterday morning. Dr. Alexander Grahame, of Waikouaiti, met his death as the result of taking an overdose of sleeping draught on Sunday.

The vital statistics for Foxton for May are as follows;—Marriages, two ; births, 10 ; deaths, two.

To-morrow, the King’s Birthday, will be observed as a close holiday locally. The next dance assembly under the Ollivete management will be held on Friday evening next, and henceforth every alternate Friday. The Himatangi road, from the Borough boundary to Sorensen’s store, is in a very bad state and we are asked to draw the Manawatu County Council’s attention to the fact.

A meeting of the Foxton Harbour Board will be held in the Palmerston N. Council Chambers on Thursday next, 4th inst., at 11,30 a. m. A concert in aid of the Oroua Downs school committee’s funds, will be held in Hammond’s Hall on Monday evening next. A number of Foxton performers will contribute to the programme. As an example of how largely the United States are not AngloSaxon, it is interesting to read that in Chicago there are fortyfour PolishiCatholic churches, and that one of the parishes numbers 40,000 souls. Umpire Day will be celebrated to-morrow (June 3rd), the anniversary of the birthday of His Majesty the King, and that day will be observed as a public holiday in the Government offices throughout the Dominion.

The local postmaster, Mr A, Hawke, supplies us with the following particulars of the rainfall for the month of May : —Rain tell on 8 days ; maximum fall, 70 inch on 15th. Total for month, 2,31 inches. The public are notified that the Teviotdale Memorial Fund closes on Saturday next, 6th inst. All outstanding subscriptions and lists to be handed to the treasurer, Mr F. Woods, on or before that date. The Town Clerk has requested us to point out that there are nut many days left in which alterations can be made as regards transfers to enable voters to exercise the franchise at the forthcoming poll, relative to the special loans. A general meeting of the Foxton Horticultural Society will be held in the Town Hall supper-room to-morrow (Wednesday) evening, at 7.30 o’clock for the purpose ot electing a president and secretary. A full attendance of members is requested.

At Shannon last week a man named Godfrey Carlson, alias “Cabbage Tree Charlie,” was sent to gaol for thirty days for vagrancy. He was well known to the police as a harmless vagrant. He used to hide during the day and go round at night and drink the milk from the milk cans on any of the farms he came to.

We give a final reminder of the euchre party and dance to be held in the Masonic Hall to night under the auspices of the Bowling Club. During the interval between the euchre and dancing opportunity will be taken to make presentations to both Mr and Mrs Witchell as a mark ot appreciation of their efforts to promote the welfare of the Club,

The early days iu Central Otago were wild days, remarked the Hon, Mr Fraser at Kltham ou Thursday. Sunday was the chief day for business, and one would find thousands of miners congregated in the main street on a Sunday morning, and numerous boxing, wrestling and other matches would be in progress. But it was a very great credit to the district that there were only three policemen stationed there, and yet there were no serious crimes beyond one or two holdups. The men could not stop bushranging, but they put down petty crimes with a heavy hand.

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The great feature film, “ The Miracle,” which cost ,£50,000 to produce, and which is to be exhibited here on the 10th inst. at the Municipal Hall, will without doubt be the finest production that has yet been seen locally- In order that patrons may see it as near as it was shown iu the larger towus, of the Dominion, the manager has arranged for the services of a special choir and orchestra for that night. As ‘‘The Miracle” could only be obtained for one night’s showing it behoves one and all to see this great picture. Have you a headache? If so take a cup of fresh brewed Doctor’s China Tea, without sugar or milk, and squeeze into it half a lemon. Try this once, then you'll understand and appreciate what GOOD tea is. There’s no tannin there Walker & Furrie, agents.*

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