LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1522, 14 March 1916, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A female under the influence of liquor created a little diversion at the local seaside on Sunday afternoon. At the local police court yesterday morning, before Mr Hornblow, J.P., William Kelly, arrested on Saturday night and charged with drunkenness, was convicted and fined ss. A special meeting of the Foxton Harbour Board will be held at the Council Chambers, Palmerston North, on Thursday 16th inst., at 1.30 p.m. Business: Re Wharf Commission, and any important general. Quality is the keynote ot our grocery and provision stock and the importance of quality cannot be overlooked where the household food is concerned, you won’t ge a better grocery service in the district than at Walker and Furze’s. Foxton

Mr W. H. Ferris, chief hemp grader, is at present in Foxton, on official business.

• The Queen of the South, with general from Wellington, arrived on Sunday. She sailed yesterday for Wellington with a cargo of hemp, but stuck in the river near the bar. It is anticipated she will get off on to-night’s tide. The receipts at the local Horticultural Society’s Autumn Show totalled j£i2 ißs yd, made up as follows: —door receipts £2 173, tea rooms. £1 17s 6d, sheep guessing 12s, Kaiser Bill 12s id, sweets 13s, sale of exhibits 8s 6d, entrance fees £5 18s 6d. At the Rangiotu Presbyterian Church on Sunday afternoon, before a large congregation, Messrs W. Renton (Foxton congregation) and W. Farmer (Glen Oroua congregation) were ordained as elders. The Rev J. H. Bredin preached a sermon appropriate to the occasion.

Messrs Buglass and Munro, notify by advertisement that they have disposed of their engineering works and garage to Messrs Harper Bros., as from March 13th. Mr T. S. Harper, who was foreman for Messrs Niven and Co’s, engineering works at Napier and Messrs Collett and Son Ltd., Dannevirke, will have charge of the engineering department, and Mr A. Harper the motor department. All classes of engineering will be carried out under skilled supervision. The monotony of. the sordid surroundings of a case before the Napier Supreme Court was relieved by a spice of humour when a witness was being cross-ex-amined as to knowledge of a theft from a church? “So you robbed a church ?” said counsel. “Yes',” replied the witness “ What church was it?” “The Presbyterian Church, sir.” “And how much did you find there?”. “Sixpence,” said the witness, and a ripple of laughter went round the Court.

A prominent member of the Salvation Army from Wellington, who ha? spent many years in India, where he received medical training, has some interesting things to say in connection with infantile paralysis, states the Thames Star. The Salvationist, who has been paying a flying visit to Thames, says that the disease is a form of sunstroke, and is not uncommon in India. He advises people to keep their children out of the sun, and expressed surprise when he was toid that now that the schools are closed in the afternoon, the children are allowed by their parents to run wild about the streets.

The following resolution was passed at the last meeting of the Licensing Bench at Otaki. The motion is to be forwarded to all licensing committee? in New Zealand “ That this committee urges the member for the district (Mr W. H. Field) to endeavour to obtain an amendment to the Licensing Act, giving committees a discretion to regulate the distribution of licensed houses within their districts, at present there being, in some cases, too many hotels in one locality, and too few in another.”

A motor accident occurred at Bluff last week, involving a double somersault down a 40ft. bank on to a shingle beach. A party comprising Mr and Mrs Lowe, of Wellington, and Messrs Woods and Williams, of Invercargill, motoring round Point Road', Bluff, when, in trying to back down on the incline, the car unexpectedly shot over the edge of the roadway and landed with a crash on the shingle below. The car was naturally badly damaged, but the occupants, with the exception of the lady passenger, escaped with bruises. Mrs Rowe sustained a fractured collarbone and severe bruises, and is also suffering from shock. This is the third motor accident of the kind that has ■taken place at this spot.

Referring to the recent local autumn show the Otaki Mail says: Owing to the exceptionally dry weather, which is particularly disastrous in saudy districts like Foxton, the entry was not nearly so large as usual. However, the display of cut blooms was a very fair one indeed, and included some beautiful dahlias, verbenas, phlox drummondii, sweet peas, costnas, asters, etc. The display of home industries was a good one. Vegetables and fruit'exhibits were very few in number, but good in quality. The decorative section was not a very good one. The secretary (Mr Patterson) and class stewards had made excellent arrangements for the Show, and it is a great pity the weather spoiled the display.

At the Palmerston S.M. Court yesterday before Mr J. W. • Poynton, S.M., Charles Olsen and Frederick Power were charged with stealing a cheque drawn for £l2 15s 3d, the property of Whakapai Flaxmilling Company, of Foxton. Sub-Inspector Marsack explained that the two men were flaxcutters employed at the mill. They had occasion to call at the office of the company and on the table was the cheque. When they went the cheque went too. Subsequently they went to the post office at Foxton and endeavoured to cash the cheque there. They were referred to the Bank, where they informed the teller that the cheque was made out for their wages. The loss of the cheque had, in the meantime been reported to the police, who sent a constable to the Bank. The policeman arrived whilst the men where there and caught them red-handed. His Worship (laconically) “One month each.” Mr H. Cooper appeared for the accused.