LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1273, 18 July 1914, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A splendid line ot stationery—the latest ideas—-has just been opened up at Teviotdale’s*

A good and varied programme of pictures will be screened at the Coronation Hall to-night.

The Queen of the South with a cargo of general from Wellington arrived last night. She will sail again to-night for Wellington with hemp. Pn the House yesterday, Mr Hanan’s Election of Ministers and Party Government Reform Bill was read a second time on the voices.

The Education Bill was read a second time in the House on Thursday night. When passed, this measure will place educational matters on a much better looting in every respect than at present.

The Palmerston Standard is putting up a great fight for the local Harbour Board in respect to the wharf question. What a pity our esteemed contemporary did not come into the fighting line some years ago. Anyhow we hope it will keep pegging away, Mr C. J. McHattie, ledger keeper at the local branch of the Bank of New Zealand, has received notice of promotion to the position of assistant at the Tokomaru Bay branch. The vacancy at Foxton has been filled by Mr Austin, of Napier, who arrived last night. George Carpentier defeated Gunboat Smith in London on Wednesday. In the sixth round Carpentier fell on his knees, and Smith rushed in and gave a blow which apparently dazed the Frenchman, who was unable to rise. Smith was disqualified, and was vigorously booted. Mr C. J. Kent-Johnston, Town Clerk, returned from the municipal conference yesterday. Mr Kent Johnston informs us that good work was accomplished on behalf of municipal administration. He said one of the important remits passed was the question ot superannuation for municipal employees. The local remits were passed. The London County Council is divided over the choice of a motto for the city, one section desiring a Datin phrase and others an English sentence readable by the man in the street. Mr George Bernard Shaw suggests that the words, “Hell is a city much like London,” would be the aptest motto until the Council carries out its duties. The Times, iu a leader, suggests the motto, “Sweet Thames, run softly.” He jests at colds who always uses “NAZOL.” Nothing so pleasant, so speedy, so sure as “Nazol” in curing coughs and colds. Splendid for children. l/6 per bottle of 60 doses. We are showing a splendid line of ladies “Equity” shoes, guaranteed quality, latest style. Betty’s Boot Emporium.*

We like the R. and G. brand of hats and caps very much, they are so comfortable, light in weight, perfect in style and very durable. Ask your local clothier for the R. and G brand evervtime.*

Public speakers and singers should never be without “NAZOL.” Best protection for the throat against chills. Speediest relief for hoarseness and soreness, i/6 bottle contains 6o doses.

Loud rolls the drum, with a rum tum-tum, The bugles blare, but our boy’s not there; He is home in bed, With an aching head; He did not parade, (By the ‘flu’ delayed) — Big musters assure, With Woods’ Peppermint Cure. 3

Can you beat this ? Glass washboards only 2/- each. Splendid value. T. Kinmier.

The attendance shield at the local State school was won this week by Standard V., with an average attendance of 99.2 per cent.

Miss Drummond, pupil teacher at the local State school, is to be transferred to Feilding D.H.S., and Miss Hodgson, of Feilding, to Foxton.

A meeting of Reform delegates from all parts of the Otaki electorate is being held at Levin to-day to discuss matters connected with the forthcoming election. The Royal Humane Society has decided to award Guy Edwards the bronze medal for bravery in attempting to save the life of the late Mr Teviotdale, who was drowned in the Manawatu river in May last.

The borough workmen have completed asphalting the footpath on the north side of the avenue from Park street to Russell street, and have made a very good job of it.

A woman encountered much difficulty in framing an inscription for her dear husband's tombstone. After endless consultations with her friends this was the one she selected “ Rest in peace—until we met again.” With the comment that “it is easier to preach than to practice,” the British Weekly intimates that the American author who wrote, “ How to live to be a Hundred,” has just died at the age of fortynine !

It is not very often that woman is beaten on her own ground—the kitchen and cullinary art —but at the Puerua show last week (says the Balclutha Free Press) the first prize for sponge' cake went to a lad of 16, named Garnet Grant, a son of Mr P. S. Grant, storekeeper, Puerua. A correspondent of the Feilding Star says “ the experience of the last three or four years has created a general revulsion against the shearing machine- I know the wool kings of the Amuri and Marlborough are reverting almost wholesale to the old order of things. The same is reported of many owners in both Canterbury and the Wairarapa. I am not here entering into reasons ; I am merely stating facts. In bis report to the Education Board, Mr Braik, chief Inspector, says:—“An interesting series of experiments in practical school work conducted by Mr Adams, head teacher of the Mangaweka school, has been sent in pamphlet form to all the teachers in the district. It must be gratifying to Mr Adams to know that the account of bis experiments has been widely read and appreciated.”

The quarteily meeting of the general committee of the Foxton Presbyterian Church was held at Tiakitahuna on Monday last, the Rev J. M. Thomson, M.A., presided. Representatives were present from the various centres. The annual balance sheet disclosed the finances in a healthy state. Routine business was transacted. The annual meetings of the various congregations will be held at an early date. The next quarterly meeting will be held a Foxton in October.

An amusing story is told by a Devonshire man who invited a Socialist to visit his estate and see what be had done for the villagers. As they drove about, the men touched their hats and the girls and boys “ bobbed ” and curtsied. Soon they passed a man smoking his pipe, who took no notice of the squire. “Ah !” said the Socialist, “that's the sort of man for me No bowing and scraping.” “No,” replied the squire; “that’s the village idiot.”

At Auckland a tradesman noticed a woman, who was wheeling a pram, stop and handle some goods outside his shop and furtively slip a boot into the pram. She was arrested and it was found that the baby covered, if not a multitude, at least a number of thefts. In addition to the infant and the boot, the pram held half a dozen pillow-slips, a pair of boots, and a pinafore—alf obviously newWhen the woman appeared before Justices of the Peace she was convicted and fined with costs. A meeting of the Literary and Debating Society will be held in the Good Templars’ Hall on Monday evening next. The subject for debate will be of a humorous nature, “Should we obey Mrs Grundy ?” Some diversion of opinion exists as to who Mrs Grundy is supposed to be, but authorities quote her as being “the presiding deity of English respectability, and an authority on the proprieties.” She was Introduced as a character in a play called “Speed the Plough,” a good many years ago, and her name became a household word. Owing to Mr Chrystall being unable to attend, it is understood that Mr G. Daniel will take the lead in the negative. As these meetings are open to the public, there should be a good attendance.

A well assorted supply of English and colonial confectionery at Perreau’s.*

Sixty doses of “NAZOL” enough to remove half-a-dozen average bad colds, costs only eighteenpence. “Nazol” is easy to take, acts quickly, and has no ill effects on the system.

Ask for the famous “Roslyn Writing Pad every time. Contains 100 sheets fine bank paper, with artistic picture of New Zealand s wonderland (Rotorua), including photo of a charming Native girl. Onlv 6d each from local dealers.

“My head’s stuffed with cold!" Why don’t you get “NAZOL” ? _ A few whiffs of this honest specific through a Nazol Inhaler will effect a speedy relief. 1/6 buys sixty doses

The House of Representatives last night, by 33 to 21, passed the second reading of the Defamation Bill.

The Otago Labour Council has decided to contest the Dunedin North, Dunedin West, and Dunedin Central seats.

There are 210 State schools, 11 Roman Catholic and nine other private schools, or a total of 230 schools, subject to inspection by the Wanganui Education Board’s officials.

The next ordinary meeting of the Moutoa Drainage Board will be held on Thursday next, 23rd inst., at 7.45 p.m., at the clerk’s residence. Business; Confirmation ot rates, and general. The Palmerston Hespitrl Board has offered to disinfect the schools in the Wanganui district if the Board would supply the material required. The Board decided to accept the offer, with thanks, and to circularise School Committees on the subject. The services in connection with the Foxton Methodist Church will be conducted to-morrow both morning and evening by the Rev W. Maslin, who will preach on the Bible in the evening. A service will also be held at Oroua Downs in the afternoon.

At Lyttelton on Thursday evening, James Eady, aged sixtythree, employed by the Railway J Department until he retired a few years ago, was killed by being jammed between two trucks. At the inquest, a verdict of accidental death was returned, The services in the Presbyterian Church to-morrow will be conducted in the morning by the minister, Rev J. M. Thomson, M.A., and in the evening by Mr H. Billens. The portion from Pilgrim's Progress for the children in the morning concerns Mr Byend’s friends.

A good idea to keep the legs warm in winter when motoring, is mentioned in an English paper. Remove a narrow strip of floorboard, and as soon as the car starts, the current of warm air running from the engine will rush through the space, keeping the legs and the body warm. Mr Henry J. Hall, representing Messrs Hemmingway and Robertson’s Australasian Correspondence Schools is at present visiting Foxton and will be pleased to give full particulars of the various correspondence courses undertaken by the Schools. He may be consulted at th« Manawatu Hotel.

The next of the series of socials under the auspices of the Catholic Church, will be held in the Coronation Hall on Friday evening next. The arrangements will be the same as at the previous socials, which is a guarantee that everything possible will be done for the enjoyment of those who attend, and consequently a very large attendance is practically assured.

At the Council Chamber on Monday evening at half-past seven, the Mayor, on behalf of the citizens of Foxton, will present gold medals to Mr Guy Edwards and Master Alfred Ebbett, in recognition of their efforts in saving life at the time the late Mr Teviotdale was drowned r The public are invited to be present. The ordinary monthly meeting of the Borough Council will be held immediately after the presentations.

Referring to Wellington’s diamond’s jubilee, which event is due on January 22 next, the Early Settlers’ Association, which is now a flourishing and uselul body in the Capital City, in its annual report urges members that special efforts should be made to fittingly commemorate this important event in the history of our province. Mr G. A, Rawson, son of the late Mr T, H. Rawson, M.lnst,C.E. of Dunedin, who was a resident of this district twenty odd years ago, when he was superintending railway construction works, is at present a visitor to Foxton. Mr Rawson, who has been a deep student of biological science for several years, is 1 engaged in a scientific lecturing tour of the various secondary and primary schools of the Dominion. In this connection he has received many excellent recommendations from eminent educational authori- 1 ties, and comes to Foxton with s*-' very high credentials as a scientific lecturer. Yesterday afternoon he delivered a lecture at the school on “Marvels of the Microscope,” and two further lectures will be delivered on Monday and Tuesday afternoons.

“NAZOL” doesn’t waste time nor drain your pocket. It eases any cough or cold quickly and safely. For eighteenpence you can buy 60 doses—and every dose is good.

Our goods are the best, our prices are the lowest, our trade is the most extensive. Satisfaction guaranteed. Thomas Rimmer.

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.*

The safest, quickest, cheapest remedy for a cough or cold is “NAZOL.” Some drops on sugar, a few whiffs from a Nazol Inhaler, or a little rubbed on the chest, will afford relief. Test it TO-DAY.

It is saying a great deal, but you have never used a better cartridge than the “Challenge.” One packet at 3/3 will prove this assertion, Rimmer’s.

We have a fine assortment of styles in Warner’s Rust-proof Cor- ; " sets, in order that we may accurately and comfortably fit every woman i who comes to our counters for a ' corset. Foxton Drapers. \

Margaret McKenzie, a married woman, aged 67, died suddenly at Dunedin. She was about to leave with her husband to visit relatives in the North Island, and had not been ill.

In the New South Wales Assembly the Motor Car Amendment Bill passed its second reading. The Chief Secretary stated that he proposed to prevent two persons riding on a motor cycle unless a trailer is attached. He characterised the actions of girls sitting behind riders on motor cycles as improper and immodest. Anthony Farrell, a single man, 56 years ot age, who appeared at Dunedin Police Court on Friday on a charge of drunkenness, and was remanded for a week for medical treatment, died in the hospital on Thursday. He was removed from the gaol institution on Wednesday owing to his serious condition.

To have to give three days’ notice when you want a truck, and then go to the station with your stock to find that there is no truck there, is one of the things that “the backbone of the country” has been suffering under in a ludicrously patient manner for some time past. But now a change is coming over his spirit; be is going to kick, says the Warkworth Times.

At considerable expense a certain Scottish town council had erected public swimming baths, and they were opened by one ot the leading men of the neighbourhood. One of the proudest there was Sandy, who had been appointed bath superintendent. Sandy had two hobbies—dog breeding and swimming. Just prior to the opening ceremony one of the local councillors slipped and fell into the six foot end of the bath. “ Come oot o’ that! That bath’s no’ opened yet.” When on firm foothold the councillor tried to. laugh the matter away. “Anyway, I have had the first swim,” he said. “ ’Deed ye hadna,” resbonded Sandy calmly. “Me and th’ dogs had a dip this morning.”

Some months ago a man, Thomas Hewitt, while suffering from hallucinations, murdered his wife in the presence of his two children at Patea. Information has just been received of a sad sequel to the tragedy in the death in England of Hewitt’s aged mother, who collapsed on hearing the news, and died almost immediately. The shock of the tragedy has also had an effect on Hewitt’s eldest daughter, a bright girl ten years of age, whose hair has gone grey since the terrible occurrence.

A cry of help resounded through Cathedral Square (says the Christchurch News). A passer-by ran up to see what was the matter, and was astounded to find a man tightly wedged in between two buildings on the south-west side of the square. “Pull me out, pull me out,” shrieked the imprisoned one, “the buildings are closing in on me.” He was hauled out without further ado, and then told an extraordinary story. He was in the act, he said, of passing through the right-of-way from the Square to Hereford street, when the buildings came together and pinched him, and he could neither go forward nor get out again. What really happened, of course, was that the man, while somewhat inebriated, had mistaken the small opening for the right-of-way, and did not discover his mistake until he was well caught.

The Rev. T. G. Hammond gave an amusing example of Maori logic in his lecture to the Brotherhood at New Plymouth. A Maori called on him on behalf of another man to request permission to cut down trees on the mission property. This was not granted. The man had a fine dog with him, and on the way home this was killed by a pig. Shortly afterwards the man returned and claimed compensation from Mr Hammond for the loss of his dog, on the ground that if he had not come to see him he would not have lost his dog, therefore Mr Hammond was really responsible for the loss. “No,” replied Mr Hammand, “you should go to the man who sent you to me, for if he had not sent you the dag would not have been lost.” The man, it appeared, had already made an unsuccessful claim there, and went away feeling that somehow he had been unjustly treated because he could not secure compensation.

That cough of yours is troublesome at night! Here’s the remedy: Take a few drops of “NAZOL” on a piece of sugar, and immediate relief will ensue. No cough is Nazol proof!

For furniture we can give you a quote for cash that will open your eyes. An absolute saving of onethird the cost seems good doesn’t it ? An enquiry costs you nothing. Walker and Furrie.*

RACING.

WELLINGTON MEETING. TO-DAY’S RESULTS. Corunna Hurdle Handicap.— Merry Guy 1, Cheddar 2, Morecambe 3. Onslow Handicap. Black Lupin 1, Crown Pearl 2, Kew 3. Hack and Hunters Steeplechase. Grit Lawless 1, Te Whetu 2, Makiri 3.