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Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7921, 29 September 1904, Page 4

The fishing season commences on Saturday next.

New business establishments at Levin include a large sash and door factory. We are advised by telegram from Auckland that the Colonial Sugar Company have this day advanced the price of all grades of sugar 10s per ton. Captam Edwin telegraphed to-day :— Gale from between north-east and north and west.; glass fall; rain, probably heavy. J The poultry judges for the spring show are as follows:—Heavy breeds, Mr C Canning, Hawke's Bay; light breeds' Mr J. Casey,-Wellington; ... . Mr A. Greerifieid, formerly S.M. here, was on a visit to Palmerston this week. Mr Greenfield has just returned from'a trip to England. '.' ; _ •".,'.■ _'_' ■-. ':.

As the-result of the efforts of Mr C. Hall, M.H.E., the Government has agreed to the proposal to convert the existing District High School at Dannevirke into a High School proper.

A valuable block of land, in Cuba street, between the new building for the Working Men's Club and the Colonial ■Buildings, has been purchased by Messrs D. GL Monrad and J.Bett.

A poultry farm has been started at Waikanae by Mr E. J. Hill, son of the well-known "Wellington hatter. This young enthusiast has secured a farm on the Waikanae Beach road, where he is busy making preparations for the pouitry season. . . ~

Mr.Lissaman, at the bowlers' re-union last, night,'explamed the name of the new bowling club for his private green. The term "Brache Oak"- was Saxon for " stricken oak," which was the name of his.old home in England which had been occupied by his ancestors for three and a half .centuries. • The new luncheon room and bar, adjoining the poultry hall' at the Showground, is now approaching completion. The dining room is 60 feet by 40 feet, and is being fitted up in, such a manner as will render dealing with a large crowd of people easy. The bar will also have every convenience. We regret to have to record the death of Mr James. Bowater, who passed away at his residence, Sandon, yesterday, at the age of 77 years. The -late Mr Bowater was a very old colonist and a resi- i dent'of the . Sandon "district for many years and his demise wilL be. lamented, by a'wide circle of friends. The funeral will be on Saturday, October Ist

The Municipal Band has decided to take part in the Band contest to be held7 at Hastings on November 9th and 10th The Band was, we understand, particularly mvited.to be present by the Hastings people. Some hard practice has been put m lately, the average attendance at practices being about twenty for two months, past. Tins is to be continued. . . ■■'..'■'••••

Mr Morgan, mounted letter carrier at the local post office,- left for Wellington by the midday train, having received word of the death of his father. It is only a few. weels since Mr Morgan's^ brother died.and it was whilst attending the funeral of his son that. Mr Morgan senr., met with an accident which culminated in his death at, the WellingtonHospital yesterday, Mr\- Morgan will have the deepest sympathy of his'many friends in his bereavement.

Mr Bunting mentioned a peculiar coincidence at the bowlers' smoke concert: last night. For two' years he. had been beaten in the champion singles, by members who had P % ™Vlth ' a Pair of b ow l s kn Own as "J.b.Ws. bo\yls," Messrs Thacker and being the respective players. Last year he bought these particular bowls and he had won the Singles. It was, he thought, rather singular that this competition had been Avon for three years with the aid of the one pair of bowls. The relating of the circumstance was greeted with several inquiries whether the J.S.W's." were for sale. •

Last night Mr A.,.D.: Thomson continued the hearing at the S.M. Court' of the charge against E. Buckingham, of chargmg for admission to a concert on a Sunday. Mr Mowlem appeared for the defendant. - Evidence was given by tt C.Humphries,,-Ethel BuckmSa^S C.-A. Poulson.who acted as doorkeepers on the mght in question. : They stated no charge was made for admission, and' that some persons were admitted free B. Drury who, was standing opposite the; stall doors for ten minutes, saw no one refusedadmiss^nor did he hear anyone toid^ the charge was one shilling H holdmg the front door until akeySvas found to lock.it. He wasnot connecTS , in any way with defendant, and had told' Constable De. Loree this at the tim? Judgment was reserved. . me-

Kia: Ora hats for ever at : 'Bs 9d and 'lbs 6d;^eack hat guaranteed to keep it! co^-Millar andGiprgi, sole

The League of' Now Zealand Wheelmen has decided tp take over the control ' of cycle road racing 'in the colony, and appointed a committee to draft rules. ' A bequest of £2,000 by the late Ms ♦Arthur Woolf, of Whangarei, has been expended by the Auckland Hospital -Board m improving its operating theatre.-. A wise -farmer consults his pocket when'buying;. He should, therefore,, consult the N.Z. Loan and Mercantile 00, whose prices are cut to suit the times.:-: ■

Pomohaka is said to be undergoing a. revival. The " Southern Standard's" correspondent, writes tbat there hasbeen.quite a number of applications for land of late, and at present there is less land lymg idle than has been the case tor many years. The incoming tenants, also, appear a real live class of men.

The first central electorate branch of the new Political Labour League is to be. formed in Wellington. The work of organisation will begin this week. A. similar plan will be: followed in the organisation of the League in other electorates throughout the colony.

A correspondent of the Taranaki Jderald says .-—Stratford Daily Company has sold its season's butter in advance at a p nc e which j s not disclosed, but which is generally admitted to be bullish. The transaction probably is of record magnitude in Taranaki butter, attectmg some 400 tons.

A lady at a private dance in Picton the other evening was sitting near a door, wherein somebody had made a peephole. Feeling a slight draught she hung a valuable head-wrap over the hole, and presently to her horror saw that her wrap was on fire. Some larrikins outside had put a lighted match through the hole. >

■ In Chambers yesterday his Honor Judge Cooper, on an.application of Mr -fcLankmsi made an order under the provisions of the Administration Act granting Clara Ellen Robinson, of Foxton widow, permission to sell all the share of partnership assets of her late husband in. the affairs of Robinson Bros., to the surviving brothers.

The Police Court of St. Helier, the principal town of Jersey, is remarkable in several respects. First, the proceed-ings-are always opened with prayer;: second, it frequently happens that after prayers there is no more business, and everyone goes home. There is so little crime committed in the island that the police force (20 strong) is kept up only for visitors. " :

Lost in a Mexico jungle while on a pleasure trip, a month or two ago, Mr Lewis Wettling, a. wealthy banker, of Lincoln, Nebraska, could not establish his: identity, oil returning to civilisation,' and had to" live penniless among tramps m the city of Vera Cruz for a fortnight' At last some friends met him barefooted, bearded, ragged, and tanned like a ne«ro. They guaranteed that he was not an impostor, says the San Francisco Call, and. he drew on his bankers for a sum sufficient to take him home. ' .'

■ The Greer Cup, presented to the Palmerston Bowling Club by MrS.-Greei.-on condition that it must be won three times at intervals or twice in succession, was last night handed to Mr F. W. Bunting, he being the first to comply wish, the conditions. The cup was'presented in 1897. Since thenthe followmc have, won it:—lß9B, the late Dr. Sa£ chell; 1899, Mr J. A. Nash; 1900, Mr ,T Young;. 1901, Mr J. A. Nash; 1902, Mr J R? Russell; 1903 and 1904, Mr Bunting. John Shore was fined £3 and costs, at Wangami], yesterday, for street bettin^ Constable Henderson gave evidence to the effect that he had seen Shore sticking people up on the day in question. Saw him stick up a Maori, and show him a card. The Maori pointed to something on the card, and Shore made an entry in his book, and the Maori handed over what witness thought was a £1 note This was. by the Rutland. He had seen defendant on previous occasions when races were on acting in the same way. In- the horse classes at the Spring bhow ladies are provided with two com" petitions The first is for the best lady driver. The prizes total £LO, promised by Messrs Waldegrave Bros. The second is for the best lady's trap and horse, the I first prize being the Association's silver i medal,, and the second £1. At the-last J bpnng Show these competitions afforded one of the prettiest sights on the 'ground and were intensely interesting. Entries close on October 14th. '

The fortnightly meeting of the T?%l merston Young Men's Mutual Improvement Society, Md in the Cuba-street Schoolroom last night, proved to bo one of the best meetings the Society has held. Ml. T. E. Hodcler presided over an attendance of about 28. The .subject for the evening was a debate "Country versus Townlife." After a lengthy di? cussionthe .judge, decided that country Me had been best supported. The -i<lpumment until October 12th was moved <Au xu.lo p.m. •

. i Mi,Ales..Saundm, who left Invercargill in June ksfc;with 125 stud sheep for an estate m the Ermelo district of the Transvaal, reports having delivered' his stock wrthouta single losV He had a rough trip across to Durban, arid horn there he travelled three days by rail and three weeks across the veldt "This" saystae Southland Times," must almost constitute a record, for.in the two months that the sheep were in transit, had they been_on a farm it would not have S ou ofthewaytohavelostseveraltSoSh natural causes during the same time"

lifpS-HS during their, long stay under water SS to Novdtangt; m Jutland. The recovery of the <nm4 *fi • ■':'9 t *c entire crews 'of the saved \l° n- yi ghtee? "seamen■;wero ; Spectacles, fitted for myopia or «hm.<sight, at PhanSy? »'-S^ re ? lol?f^s'no W in use of the S^ofchrSc^*™W^^et^

_-, i_say, you can't beat the Xii Ori cobu?^j,-SMteea to keep their c^o^JLJlar^naGiorgi, so ie agent?

. It is understood that the English company which intends embarking on the trawling inaustry in this colony on a large scale, has not abandoned the idea but that officers of the company have been appointed, and that operations will be started shortly.

The new bowling gree n at Martonis to be opened on Wednesday next. The members of the Palmerston Club have been invited to be present and those who intend making the journey are requested to hana in their names to the secretary. .

The many friends of Mr and Mrs W. T. Wood will regret to' hear of the serious illness of their daughter Clara, at Wellington. Miss Wood is suffering irom a severe attack of pneumonia and is being treated by Dr Cahill. We hope soon to be able to announce an improvement in Miss Wood's condition ■

>t A ™e?tlnS of shareholders of the Aorth Island Bacon Company, to consider the question of the erection of a bacon factory on this side of the Ran^e and to increase the share capital, was heia this afternoon. Mr Bolton presided, and a full report will appear tomorrow.

_ The discovery has been made a!; Leece in Italy, during the medical examination of fcriuseppe do Maggio, aged 28, that ohe man possesses two ribs more than the usual number, and two Hearts The hearts are on either side of the' chesi cavity that on the right being healthy and the other atrophied. Da Maeeio has bean offered £1600 for bia body afcer death by an American museum, onehalf to be paja at once ana the rejfc when he is 40, ;

A smoke concert was held at thc-New-berry Hall, Rangitikei Line, last night, by the Kairanga and Eangitikei fine football clubs, Mr M. Knight presiding Among the toasts honoured durm^ the T^i were '•Kairanga football team," The hosts Messrs Neill 8r05.," "The -Ladies," and » The Committee.'" Songs were contributed by Messrs Henderson, Home, E.Neill and W. Neffl and recitations by Messrs McMasters and Allen. Ihe committee responsible for the arrangement deserve credit for the very enjoyable evening's amusement provided. The London Daily Chronicle finds it somewiiat difficult to reconcile a recent Magisterial decision that attendance at Church on Sundays is an unfair condition of employment with the actual law on the subject. By the Lord's Day Observance Act of Charles H., which has never been repealed, every Briton over nine years of age is required to attend church. This generally applies to servants, and going back no further than 1865, in that year a coachman, Isaac Walton, was fined 9s 9d for refusing to go to morning service when ordered to do so by his mistress.

I suppose you have encountered worse gales than this?" asked an inquisitive Pictonian of a sailonnan during r ro?# h M$ across *he Strait (says the Maryborough Express). " This yere ain't a gale,' remarked the salt. " "Why I was once in the Bay of Biscay when the wind blew allthe paint off the bulwarks It took four of us to .'old the captain's at on 'is 'cad, and even then all the ankers was blown off his buttons. That wasablowfor yer. Why, even " By this time the curious man from Picton realised that he was being " guyed," and he did not give the imaginative tar the chance of finishing his interesting narrative. . °

On the Premier's arrival at Kumara yesterday the cadets, drawn up in Sed-don-street, a few yards from Mr Seddon's old- residence, under Captain G. K. Sinclair, saluted, and Mr Murdoch welcomed Mr Seddon back to Kumara..ln his reply, Mr Seddon said there were times when the heart was too full for words. Coming back to his old home, there was a glad° ness, and yet a tinge of sadness, that he' could not altogether restrain. He had spent near that spot many happy days, and he saw near him at that moment friends of bygone years. When he came through, Dillmanstown he had looked where the ranges were, and found it now a valley, and when he looked back to the first days of Kumara—the commencement of these goldfields -he thought of the noble band of men who had come there, of whom so few remained. Those who remained were endeared to him, and those who were gone simply lived in memory. He had had the honour of being' the first Mayor of Kumara, and on the second occasion he was re-elected. He had been so intimately connected with this part of the West Coast that to recall it was like running over the pages of along book. He felt at home once more, and deeply appreciated the Mayor's simile of a " father coming to his children." He hoped that if the wish expressed at Taipo that he might see another twenty-five years of political life was fulfilled, the same good feeling and confidence that had been shown in the past might continue. Cheers were given for Mr and Mrs Seddon.

The latest in every branch of the spring and summer fashions is now being shown in all departments at The Bon Marehe. The immediate placement of orders for millinery "and dressmaking is desirable.*

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