LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2131, 22 May 1920, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

It is reported that Mr, A. J. Gibbs has disposed of his Piripiri sawmill to Mr Webster. Dannevirke.

The preacher at ■ All Saints' Church to-morrow evening will be the Hev. W. G. ■Williams, Assistant Superintendent of the Maori Mission.

The local State school, which has been closed for (he past few days on account of the amount of sickness among the children, will re-open on Monda v.

It is not at present expected that Lord -lellicde will leave England until August, so that he will assume ollice as Governor-General in September. His Excellency Lord Liverpool will probably leave the Dominion at the end of .June,’or the beginning of .July, shortly alter the opening of Parliament.

Hearing cries for help emanating from the Wanganui river near one of the town wharves, Constable Johnston, who was in the vicinity, promptly investigated the matter. To this fact- a man named Harry Laycock owes his life. He was drunk, and had apparently fallen into the river, where he clung to a wharf pillar. The rescue was just in lime, as Laycock was on the verge of drowning. At the inquest on Anthony Patterson, aged 23, a farm labourer, who shot himself at (he Occidental private hotel, Dunedin, a verdict was returned that deceased had shot himself but the evidence was not suflicient to show what stale of mind he was in at the lime. Deceased is stated to have been the tallest maii'in the Dominion. His height was Oft. Sin. Ho was a member of the. Expeditionary Force, and when in (-amp was photographed with his arms extended, and an average-siz-ed man under each of them. This was reproduced in the illustrated newspapers at the time.

When the cases Police v. Thomas Curran, licensee of the Family Hotel, in which the defendant 1 was charged with two alleged breaches of the Licensing Act, was called at yesterday’s sitting of the Magistrate’s Court, Mr M. B. Bergin, who appeared for defendant, applied for an adjournment until the next sittings of the Court, as his client was unable to attend on account of illness. In support of the application a medical certificate was put in. The Magistrate, in granting the application, said it was a pity-these charges could not be dealt with before the annual meeting of the Licensing Committee took place. It would now mean that defendant’s application for a license would have to be postponed until the present charges were disposed of. If defendant was convicted on ‘these charges a new licensee, would have to be found for the premises, as he was not going to have a man convicted twice in succession running an hotel in the district if he could help it. Hotelkeepers must he shown that it doesn’t pay to “make every post a winning post.” There seemed to be it certain amount: of laxity here when nine men were charged at one sitting of the Court with being illegally on licensed premises, and in connection with this matter the licensee of the Manawatu Hotel,should be advised that he had better be mure careful whom he allows on his premises.

All the local Sunday .schools will" be closed to-morrow, on account of the' prevailing sickness.

Mr Owen Cardstpn, fturing manager of “The Kiwi Boys,” is in Foxton arranging for their visit next Tuesday. ; -

only chance to witness the greatest sporting melodrama of today, “Sporting' Life,” at the Town Hall to-night. On Thursday next the Koval will show “In the Grip of the Polar Ice Pack,” the wonderful story of Shackle!on’s Expedition.’ A lecturer accompanies the picture. Mr H. McArtney, ' of Blenheim, and late of Foxton, has purchased the Camplire-Louie gelding Ahika from Mr E. J. Nash, uf Levin. At .the recent Blenheim meeting Ahika was started twice, and won both events.

To the Public, of Foxton. —The Kiwi Boys wish lo inform you that f this is absolutely their first appearance here, on Tuesday. The Te Koas have appeared here before, but not the Kiwi Boys. Thank you! —Advt.

Mr F. 11. Clarke, of (lie Dominion Film Coy., has completed arrangements with the Town Hail management for flic screening here early next month of the “lied Lantern,” which is at present running in the Grand Opera House, Wellington. On Monday, at their Foxton sale yards, Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., will hold an unreserved clearing sale of dairy stock on liehalf of Messrs Woodroofe Bros. For full particulars see advertisement. ■

“Dear Miss Himatang'l. —Thu Kiwi Boys, avlio appear liere next Tuesday, have not been in Foxton before. When (hey play ‘Bran Pie’ on Tuesday next it will be their lirst appearance here. You can book at Mr Heath’s. Cheero! —The Kiwi Bovs.” —Advt.

AVhat is claimed to be a record price for a fat bullock in the Ashburton County Avas obtained by Mr A. J. Keith, Ashburton Forks, for a. six-year-old Polled Angus bullock. The animal had been reared for

show purposes, and the purchaser was air IT. Hedley, Sea down, at £l5O.

The Chairman of (he local State School Committee and Headmaster conferred yesterday re the opening of the school on Monday. It was decided to wire the Board, recommending* that the school remain dosed next week, as sickness among the children had increased. There the children had increased. The following reply has been received from the Board: ‘‘School must re-open Monday. Advise office as to number of absentees.”

‘‘Dear Miss Foxton. —You are wrong! The Kiwi Boys have riot been hero before.. The Te Koas appeared here last year, when the Kiwi boys were si ill overseas. So don’t mix the two different parlies up, will you ? —-The Kiwi Boys.”— Advt.

Mr 1). Seymour, 1F,.A., Dominion organiser for Ok* Workers' Eduealional Assoeialion, visited Foxton lasl nielli, in eoniu'clion with Ok* local branch of the Association, ami dismissed mailers in• connection with same with 1 lie members. It is probable that (he Fox ton session will be opened at an early dale, Mr Seymour having the matter of securing the services of a tutor in hand.

Recently a local resident had occasion to leave his house unoccupied for a few days, and before doin'*' so securely fastened all the windows and locked the door.-. To his surprise on his return he found two windows wide open and all the others unlocked, and the building showed signs of having been thoroughly searched for valuables, but fortunately all these had been previously removed. It. is considered to be the work of boys.

A meeting' of (In* Foxton Ritle Club Commit lee was held last night. It was decided (hat the trophy presented by Messrs Collinson and Son be tired for to-day and the next two Saturdays, the ranges to be 200 and 300 yards for the first shoot, 500 and GOO yards for the second shoot, and 200 and 300 yards for the final shoo), (he best two out of the three shoots to be the winner. The second prize, to be 100 rounds of ammunition, presented by Rev. W. Raine. Accounts amounting to £-1 15s lid were passed for payment. Mr Stanley Barber was elected a member of the Club, and Mr K. McMurray was appointed handieapper. At a sitting of the Juvenile Court: yesterday morning, a thirteen-year-old hoy was charged with breaking and entering the shop of Mr G. G. Kelly, and stealing therefrom a peari/le, revolver, and cartridges, to the value of £lO 10s Od. Another boy, a Maori, aged 11 years, was charged with breaking and entering the dwelling of Mr Chung Wall, at Himatangi, and stealing the sum of 12s, Both charges were reduced to theft, and the boys were severely admonished by the Magistrate. Each boy was convicted and placed on probation for twelve months, during which period they arc not to attend pictures or be out after 8 p.m. The Maori boy was also ordered to refund the 12s stolen, and the other boy to pay for a new window to replace the one broken, and to pay for the cartridges used. Mlear Miss Foxton. —The pleasure of your company is requested at the Town Hall on Tuesday next, to share Bran Pie with The Kiwi Boys, who have returned to the Dominion after touring France, England. Scotland, and Ireland. R.S.Y.P. to Mr Heath, Foxton.” — Advt.

A correspondent -writes to the Wanganui Chronicle; —A sure euro for croup is to tie around the child’s neck a rag-dipped in kerosene. The rag should be removed immediately relief is obtained, which is usually very soon after application. At yesterday’s sitting of the Magistrate’s Court, David Mclntyre and Charles Clark were each lined live shillings, with costs seven shillings, for riding bicycles on the footpath, and Allan Walls was lined 10s, and costs 7s, for riding a mbtor bike on the footpath. Dargaviile sawmillers deny the report that £5 was offered from Melbourne per 100 'superficial feet of. kauri timber. At the mills the price to-day is 41s for first-class kauri, 12 inches wide, per 100 superficial feet. Landed at Sydney it is 12s fid extra.

A married man, with nine children, who was called upon at. the Hawera Magistrate’s Court to show why an amount he owed had not been paid, admitted under examination that he spent monthly about 22s on tobacco, and that when he visited town fortnightly he usually had two or three drinks. -“I could not afford to spend 22s a month on tobacco,” said the Magistrate, ‘‘and you have no right to spend such a large aniount 'when the money is needed for the children.”

At yesterday’s sitting- of Ihe "Magistrate's Court, judgment for plaintiffs was entered up in (lie following undefended civil cases; —Foxlon Borough Council v. IT. C. Wilkins, claim 11s, costs !)s; M. K. Perreau v. W. Hcadden, £25 12s 7d, costs £2 19s Od; and H. W. Richmond v. Kimura Hairuha, £ll 10s Od, costs £1 15s Gd. At yesterday’s sitting of the Magistrate's Court, a defendant in a bylaw case, in which the offence alleged was riding a bicycle on the footpath, who was seated in the body of the court, when asked, to plead guilty or not guilty, enquired: “I am not forced to appear, am I? - ’ The Magistrate said that defendant was not forced to appear, but as he had pul in an appearance he would have to plead either guilty or not guilty. Defendant said he would plead guilty, adding, ruefully: “It's no good pleading any other way.” The Magistrate retorted: “Not if you are caught.” Five shillings and costs was the penally inflicted.