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Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7923, 3 October 1904, Page 4

A notice, of interest to the finder of a fox terrier.pup appears on pagel. .

The Trades and Labour Picnic committee, are.; endeavouring to have -Wednesday,;. ;i2th- inst.; * declared" a whole); holiday;.; AyyAA:. A/--A. ■ -*"'* A- '■'.'■ ■ --XA '■'.

'■■_ Mr Cuddie;*;Acting-DairyCornmis-esionciy .hi .his- report says .the average of prices lasl?.yea_r...\vas';6s. per cwt lower than in the previous year.

Those interested in the Choral Society.* are.notified tliat the first practice will beheld in All Saints'^ schoolroom on Thursday eyening at * 8 o'clock. Pendingreceipt of the work decided upon by the committee, it is intended to practice sortie of the chorus work from "Elijah." Those who possess thee score of "Elijah" are to take it with them.

Students are reminded that the woodcarving and modelling classes in connection with the Palmerston North.Techni-" cal School commences on Wednesday, October sth. The afternoon class meets at 1.45, and the evening class at 7. The classes are in the hands of Mr W. Andrews, the Education Board's instructor, whose capabilities as a most successful teacher . are already well known to the public.

A record in sheep breeding is'repor ted from AVendon Valley. (Southland), where a ewe belonging to Mr Geo, Aitken gave birth on Saturday, to five lambs, all perfectly formed and apparently healthy.. When in the act of looking at this sing-alar family of lambs Mr Aitken suddenly expired. " Standing with his hands inhis pockets, he was. commenting upon the uniqueness of .the occurrence, when lie fell forward; and died with his hands still in his pockets.

At the Police Court this morning P. McLeod, AY. Kenny, ; A. Grattan, W. Barker and C. Williams were each fined ss, ordered to pay cab hire '2s, or, in default, 24 hours' hard labour for drunkenness. C. Williams was fined 10s for boarding a railway train while it was in motion at Palmerston on Saturday. W. Barker was sentenced to 14 days' hard labour for being an idle and disorderly person. Messrs A. D. Thomson, S.M., and W. Park, J.P., were on the Bench.

A Westport citizen of unblemished repute received a summons the; otheu day commanding him to appear at the Magistrate's Court to show cause why he did wilfully detain his four children from attending school. In answer to the. summons, which was in correct form, he appeared in court. Asked how -repleaded, he replied, with a faint chuckle, " Not guilty," "Then you assert that your four children have been duly sent to school." "No, Sir, my children have never beon to scliool iv their lives." "Enotigh of this, sir. What do you mean by this fractious behaviour■?" ■ Nothing, sir. I am not married. Ilmve no children, and I can't send them. If you wait for a year or two ■". But the Court laughed rather heartily, and, the truant, inspector blushed'vividly,-" a~ On Saturday night Mr Carl F. L. Maule, one. of the oldest residents of Palmerston North, died at his residence,' Ferguson -street, aged 68 years. Deceased, with Mrs Maule, who survives him, arrived.in the colony twenty-nine years ago and took up his residence here. He engaged in the dairying industry and built .up a noted herd of dairy cows. He retired from .active business some years ago,'and it was while living quietly on his, property that he sustained an injury to his chest that eventually caused his death. A trip, with Mrs Maule, to Gormany, was undertaken about three years ago, but, though he benefited considerably by his visit to his native coun. try, he did not regain hio wonted health. Deceased leaves a widow and two chil-dren-Mr P. Madle, of Stony Creek, Mrs Densen, and an adopted daughter, Mrs Hancock, of Palmerston N. The deceased was one of the prime movers in connection with'the establishment of the German Lutheran Church in Palmerston, presenting the site on which the church now-stands in Ferguson-street. The funeral takes place on Tuesday.

Mr John-Mouldcn, who was lost in the bush near Akatarawa (Hutt Valley) last week, haa a narrow escape of losing' his life. While looking up cattle he took a wrong turning at the end of a tramline and instead of getting a short cut home he. got. info tiie hush flat and was unable; to Md the the spur again. He had only ;fiye' .caiiridges .with him and a few matches when he set out, and carefully preserved them in case he could not find his way out. When he heard the firing of the search party he replied with his gun, and was thus traced. For twentyfour, hours the" unfortunate man", was

without food, and although he lit afire lie did not like to use his gun in view of a greater emergency. Among those engaged in the search were 16 employees at Baigent's mill, who knocked off work for that purpose. In.the Christmas number of the -Weekly.Press, a copy of which has been forwarded to us, -will be found high-class original artistic work, the very coicest of photographs, and the acme of engraving which, with tasteful and expensive lithography, combine and produce a beautiful ; effect. Four presentation, plates- are ! given with the number.:" A Warm Day,"' Mr C. F. Goldie's study, of a: Maori,.is a ! work of * colonial reputation, and it. is. [perfectly reproduced,; having received. :nine printings. - Equal value will be attached to Mr \V. A. Bowring's Maori [picture, "Love at First Sight," the sarneiartist'§ "Antics in the Antarctic "which' jhascaught the true light-hearted ChristImas spirit), and the.happy.photograph,. "Our: Girl," while the -two.page in colours, "Maoris of the.; Wanganui,'" with its beautiful rendering of New Zealand flowers as decorations, and the elaborate " Washing Day at" •• Whaka," ivill please everybody. Penny postage* io. the Old Country enables people in* Sew.Zealand to send copies of the anlualfo their friends at Home at small' •ost.' .v.'; ■We supply new lenses for'spectacles— yhiteford?s Pharmacy, .the Square.* ! If/your ground is full of stumps andannot he ploughed with a mouldboard, c - can recommend a Benieia Disc 'lough, which has " served its.time" at |is'kind of work., Morrow Bassett and p., Christchurch.* !,Besfc price given, for old cycles in ex|ahge for our new Premier and Centaur ivies, C]a_-kson's_ •'•

On page 2: Cablo news and tolegrams. Dn page 3 : Sporting. On page 6: Rifle shooting and general news. On page 7: Report of Supreme Court proceedings on Saturday afternoon and commercial lews. .- ■ '..-* ' ;

A slight shock of earthquake was felt lere at 4.40 yesterday afternoon. ; •

. Following is latest addition to local ielephone " exchange:—2Bß, A. H. Dufresne, Main street west..

Captain Edwin telegraphed to-day:— 3trong\ winds to gale from between aorthwese and west and south; glass tise; rain probable.

Applications for space for agricutural mplements and vehicles at the Spring 3how are.coming in freely. As in prerious years we may anticipate a very fine lisplay. -.'-J >■-■■"/'-■. :

Mr D. E. Hutton, of the Technical School, Wanganui, has consented to judge he public school and art classes at the :oming show. Mr Hutton is an art nastcr of South Kensington, London.

General regret will be felt at the death >f Mr T. R. Ellison, solicitor, of Wellington. . Mr Ellison is best known as a botballer, he having, in'his day, been )ne of the finest Rugby players in Australasia.

The Palmerston North Brass Band, !6 strong, under Conductor Meyrick, .layed a programme of selections yesterlay afternoon at the Esplanade, the nusic being much appreciated by a arge number of people.

The Wellington correspondent of Pruth has reason to believe that Captain lennah, brother-in-law of the Premier, uid the present chief of the Governnent messenger staff, will bo offered he appointment of Inspector of Fire Brigades of the colony.

The strenuous life has a devotee in klelbourne in .the shape of a woman »ith a hayfork and rake, who is prepared d do a couple of hours hard toil in the ront garden for 6d and a meal. Those vhohave tried her assert that she is "as trong as the average gardener, and from, tiree to five times as wdiing. *■/

Montgomery's Entertainers-, who apear at the Zealandia Hall, this week, nclude several performers of note, tmong the number being Parker, the landcuff King, and Zeno, the juggler. iome interesting particulars regarding he Company will appear in to-morrow's ssue.

Though answers had been filed in each f the divorce cases coming before the . ourt to-day yet, when they were called in this morning, the defence had been withdrawn in each instance. His Honor, ommenting on this, remarked that had s not been for the answers filed thirty r forty jurymen, who were now not reuired, need not have been summoned, lis Honor regretted the hnnecessary iraste of their time.

Writing to the Hawera Star a visitor o St. Louis Exhibition BBys .—Occidents re of daily occurrence. On Saturday a aotor man on one of the ora got knockd off, and the car took charge injuring a irge number i; of people before being copped. On Sunday, through a collision nether ear-load got hurt. Trams, teamers, and everything else aro run so ecklef.sly here that it is a kind pf gamble whether we ourselves get home alive or OS.

Recently a remarkable surgical riumph was achieved in the Castlemaine fospita',; Victoria, Charles Booth, eged 5, w_s admitted bleeding severely from averal wounds and suffering from shook; c had been the victim of an explosion I gelignite.-. It was necessary to operte (l)to ramove one eye; (2) to open the tomach cavity and remove a portion of he intestines (peritonitis having set in); .nd (3) to amputate the right leg above he knee joint';.: (4) to set a compound racture of the great toe or the left foot; 5) to dress twenty serious wounds in ■their parts of the body. In one week he patient was absolutely out of danger nd could be taken out into the sun.

The anniversary of the Cuba-street tfethodist Church was celebrated yesterlay and was very successful, considering he inclement weather. The evening lervice was particularly ..well attended, he Church being crowded. _ The Rev. 5. Beggs conducted the morning service md gave a discourse suitable to the ocsasion. The Rev. Mather preached an sxcellent sewnon in the evening. The lyinns used were the old favourites ' Tranquility," " Falcon-st.'," " Splenlour," "Nativity,".and " Creation," and vere joined in heartily by the congrega;ion,led by the choir and orchestra. The .nthems were "Almighty Lord and Father," " Beautiful Gate," "HowMani'old are thy works," and "The Radiant Morn.": . Mr H. Vivian presided at the irgan, and the orchestra included Messrs Staines (euphonium), Grubb (saxophone), 3. Mowlem, Swallow, Ingpeh (2),; Pitam, Dowie, and Jones. On Wednesday ;he services will be continued in' the lsualway. " *

A pretty little ceremony is* neingfrejuently enacted in the Square, the coniracting'parties being an individual in search of the best bicycle built (the Massey-Harris) and C. Pickering, local igeht. Both parties are; conscious of laving sealed a compact that will bring, ;omfort to the happy possessor of the , iiachine. Many more such;, unions aending.-—Advt.