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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8192, 19 May 1906, Page 4

In the final for t lie cup at the Waintra pa coursing meeting Derby Dav beat Lobelia.

The .Mauawatu Racing Club last evening decided lo j?urchase a totalisator for its own use, and to work it by its own olUeials.

jThe Acting-Minister for Rriihvavs, Colonel Pitt, has.given instructions for a lavatory car to be attached to the I'almerston-Foxton trains at once.

Avery enjoyable concert wks given at the Hospital on Thursday evening by a party of local residents, and was much appreciated by the patients. The following contributed to the programme:—Mrs Kussell, Misses 1). Wood and A. Chandler, Messrs Haybittle, A. Bennett, Harvey, and Ilussell.

Considerable interest appears to have been aroused in the proposition of the A. and P. Association in respect to the admittance of school children to the AV inter Show. Already numerous inquiries have been uuule and a large attendance of scholars is anticipated. The Association decided to admit country schools to the JSSnnv on Thursday, and the town schools on Friday, without any charge. The only proviso is that the children must be in charge of their teachers.

It .simply moans that we would have to do without a good ji.i ttiy things it it whs riot for C. and C. >>elinig drapery so cheap, Kven furs, which were mice regarded sv* only for ike wealthy, cam be had from 2s lid to Lis tld at C. and Ca *

SMOKEKS, HEAD THIS. —The good tiling at lan I GOLDEN KAG h K .tobacco, FLAKE Ctrl", m' TWO. ■OUSCETIXS, Try u.—Adn, • •

Ladies' dancing shoes la lid at Thicker's.*

The 'Frisco mail wtll arrive !•-, afternoon's express and wti! u lircrwl ©rer'tbc counter !>«*■» r..; ; ~ 8 this evening. The extension of the roaeh;i,«-r 1 on the Showground* i* being ! with all speed, The contract already got part of the frame*'..The Railway JTh:>.« tmade a beginning on cleaning reserve on either side of tl;r rr; . through the Square, This eight track toads of gran*. • taken away and *till there i* s follow*. The many friends in I'n • Mrs Arthur Hopwood will r«--r. learn of her death, which took ; yesterday at her husband's re*idei,. the corner of Church and f'.tt k,-. The deceased formerly resided m V. lington, and was aged 27 years. The Rev. C, C..Harp»-r will eon ; the annual service for men only u> Saints' Church to-morrow, that !- th«; Sunday nearest, to Empire (• Tilt; service will start at 2.30 o'oi and will be attended by the Mayor Borough Councillors, members of 1 bodies!, the volunteerH and bands.

Mr A. I). Thomson. S.M , i<-J the Police* Court this rin.rmti,'. .i Brown, a second offender, pie guilty to a charge of insobriety, was lined ID*. in default 4S hour' labour. F. Graham was chars;about the middle ot -the present lie obtained by fab.e pret< n . F, M. .lack. <>n the {ipph'eatii-ti ■ police a remand wn« granted <-i.2Kth in-t. Bail was aliow« The fortnightly meeting </ L Orient, 1.0.0. F., A.C., wav i.,; : evening. Bro. J. McCarty, >'.<; . sided. The attendance *v;iTwo candidates were initiate !, were proposed for membership, idecided to hold a special meet::; - • week to confer degrees on seven: :.v: hers. The purchase of a further of regalia wa« also resolved u; view of the rapidly growing a, ship. A challenge to play m u and quoits tournament was is-ue.i t Druids. The election of office-bearer- ; • "Wellington Acclimatisation Society : the year resulted as folio a ,p : . dent. His Excellency the <i vice-presidents, Messrs t *• i>••• • and A. J. Hutherford ; country bers of council, Messrs W. H. !'>. . • and W. H. L, Galway (Wairanr.; Lareomb (Pal men?ton\ .1, *1 J hiatua), F. C. Turner (Kkemh C. Bruce (llangitiktn), city •.. • • l)r Faulke, Major Hum-, M*---- i; Holmes?, C. Young, L. O. H. 1 • G. Held, J. d. Esson, A. F. 1, .■ . F. Whitley. The NewZcalauder'.s ta<t--- :r. r ■. does not seem to be of av, -y . standard. The librarian of th- ■ church Municipal Library mvis " precious little" demand : • 1 keray, Scott, George Eliott and t;- •... sie novels. Readers most 5y Femberton, Uppcnlicnu, a;, *. Phillips. Xinety-iive per ceir. ! people who take bookn frosn i, : want fiction. A new lot of !> shelvedatthe beginning of thThey goon the .-helves m the :: and b}' the afternoon all iu 1 ■ have gone out, while the Jure lies on the shelf. Mr Arthur Scott, who hi- • attached to the local Telesjrapii-• if: : a number of years, ha-i been ferred to the Wellington 1.-.-.; . oiliee, and left by thi> after.. express. Mr Scott is a g'*> 1 r Dillcer, and in addition is a cupp.-:-;-.. writer whose immaculate '• c s--y be missed by none so much ;i- .-y : loeal press. Mr F, Price, I':.-: who corner with a good record, »•. • :•••• Mr Scott. Mr Seott for simi-.- v-\ past has occupied the pj-.-t; \; Superintendent to the loca'. •' Mission, and last evcuing he re/e.i- , present of a handsome %vrit::;.* from the teachers and {.ch'dar-. _ V W. Bycroft will take up hi-, w.'rk as Superintendent to the Vl.v.Mission. Over liiO guests were enterta.ne : a banquet by tlie Cuba-str-. ct M :'i : Young Men and Women's; Ihble ci i«in the Oddfellows' Hail . The Kev. Hugh Beggs most enthusiastic gathering. T.,r : lowing toasts were proposed. ' 1 King," proposed by Mr K. <ir "The President and Mrs B *u-r -. posed by Mr T. R. Ho.lder ; " 1! classes," proposed by Mr 11. \ " Broad-street Methodist H Lh- c - proposed by Mr C. Hayd >:i. A - programme of vocal and ns-'r-; ..• • music, recitations, and a d:,s. was rendered by Misses B. Jam: M, A. Jamieson. A. Jamison. :s:m Eyre, Messrs Vivian, Law. ih:: - Tonkin, Neeve, Hall, Cossiett, D.rd Willinmsen, Collins, and Grei_ - . . proceedings terminated by ill ; in singing " God be with yon t.;. meet again." Mr Cairncross, of K.ur mc i h had an unfortunate experienc- ' careless cyclist last evening ' o'clock. At that hour he w;i> :•••■ ing from town with his wife a: i children, and as it was r.s;her had with hnn a large la-it r:;. " : - off eyelistK," he says, (hi t : . - easion, however, it did not desired effect, for while Kairanga R >.id a lam;»h -- i ; riding at full speed, ran right i:/ party and miliote 1 severe snj - a little girl of some eight year- ' - The child was considerably kabout, and an umbrella of Mr ( * cross* was rendered contpleielv 3*ond repair. Tiia. eye list al>--« : share of the trouble, for !.n*< 1. - knocked from his machine by :!.- pact, he received some severe i r punishment at the hands ot n , uignaat father. Mr Gurueres* us that his child had prcvt.v:-:/ run {.town in a similar that cyclists use the r.yt-i is; numbers at night time with ft.; : lumps. Talking of flannelettes. C. > are the boys to sell them cheap •Is «hl, 5s lid, li< ltd, Ss'td tie.'!-. . derful value; direct from the i. Manchester.* For Children's Hitekun; CNight, %Voods* Great I.Vpr-err.ii:.: 1/'* and 2/0 |H v r Bottle. StvlUh niilSinerv now .u> " Bon March© Are ait*. M 1 h..toques, each one a master/v-v imllinery art, at mode"'* .• Children's eos-y costs'' m hc.tr;-: ■ erenui caracul cloi.h tn wiih hats to match, sp?cn !;! - • Colonial and {iouie'-ma'.ie « ■■ -:h- - wear for ladies and girls oi r.ll tempting. |mees. Choice .aightdrejsea at 3s thl in the i!'-" dor at 0, M. Koss aud Co's.-A • '

i l isurr * Y ho „, was ono of the earliest settlers in the Manawatu, died ollmgton <m Thursday, aged 85 year®. Deceased resided at Pokton tot many years. ur I The plan of the proposed arrant | exhibits at, the M wE rtonrt m the International ExUwifo? | winch was submitted to the meeS I Wa9 (lmmi «P a vSv I at manner by Mr S. Jicl-eii I Members generally were verv mSt I U ! (> assistance they had Ireceived from him in this connection. The Pos a 1 Depart ment has now agreed ° ncloSed »&£ coders with a part cut out fn pose the postage stamp, to pass witinn ffom T1 ' " nd 10 «'» ?i*<* Kin™ W * < Lll f however, does £iot extend to other countries, to which raKr 00 o£ s,u ' u »««i>

ir r ?/ locnl museum has , Teioned from the Dcfence Department k f} l mtcrestmg addition to the eollec\t • <;ol, n i ' sl ' s of tAVclvc Mauser and two Nlartmi-llenri rifles, captured from gie Boers during the late struggle. ±nc museum is now* growing rapidly, and soon will have outgrown'the room in which it. is at present located. The Hawera Electorate Licensed \ lctuallers" Association has decided that Hi o'clock instead of 11 o'clock licenses be granted by the Hawera -Licensing Committee, and that the solicitor of the Association be instructed to appear before the Licensing Committee at their annual meeting and intorm the committee of this resolution.

Some days ago the Rev. C, C. Harper had the misfortune to lose a gold cross, and has not succeeded in recovering it although it was duly advertised. The cross, we may state, was a gift to Mr Harper by members of a confirmation class he conducted some time ago, and on that account he values it very highly. It is to be hopeo that if the cross has been found the holder will return it at once to the rev. gentleman.

It is probable that a substantial portion of the total expenditure on the Is .Z. Exhibition Buildings will be met by charges for space in the main buildings recently authorised. The extensions and machinery hall are estimated to cost about £60,000. In them 300,000 feet of space will be available. It will bo let at 2s per foot, yielding £30,000. In other words, exhibitors will pay half the cost of the buildings, and against the balance the authorities will have a large ijuimtity of galvanised iron, timber and other material.

The Commonwealth expert, Mr Summers, has reported the existence iu Australia of marble, which will vie with thai of the Old World in richness of colour, durability and freedom from faults. The quarries, Mr Summers, declares, would, if properly worked, give employment to thousands ; they would enable a large export trade to be opened up, and an extensive use to be made of marble in Australian houses. .Mr Summers adds that the}' "would give a better return than many a gold mine." Messrs Freeih (in the chair), J. Nash, Haydou, Elliott and F. Mowlem (secretary were present at a meeting of the executive of the Beautifying Society last night. Nour of the .Reserves Committee put in an appearance. A subcommittee, consisting of Messrs Preeth, Haydou and Mowh-m, was appointed to consult and act with Mr Bogers in preparing specifications and letting tentiers for improvements in the southwestern reserve in the Square. A hoartv vote of thanks was recorded to Mr McCarty for his generous action m giving the services of teams and men for a day and a half in the early part of the present week.

Following are the names of the additional streets it is to include m trie drainage area : —Oakiey, Bourke, Waldegrave, Edgeware, \\ ellsbourne. Hereford, Jvanhoe, Joseph, Wood, Roy, Tramway. Mam (up to Terrace End), A.-iiley, Douniagion, East, Colombo, College street cast. Church street (Opera House to Princess-street), Summerhay, Kangitikei street (west of I'eatherston street), Fitzherbcrt street (east of Park road). The total length of these streets about -100 chains. Plans are ready to connect Ferguson street with the IS inch sewer, and when this is done Church street and other parts of the completed system will be diverted to the septic tank.

A:i accident, remarkable for denness, happened at the tongue wnarr. Duaedin, a few days ago. One or tne -Xc.v Zealand Express Company s drivers, G. Hayward by name, endeavored te squeeze his horse and dray past a number of other vehicles, when une or the wheels of the dray went over the side of the wharf. The driver probably saved his life by springing clear immediately, but it was all o\ei with the horse. For a second the poor animal made a pathetic attempt to hold ou to the walling of the wliarf, bu lieaw timber lifter came at -rash, and all fell together into -Oft. Nt water. A great splash, a float"Jo nosebag, the air-bubbles ascendm*, from the drowning animal—and it ali oyer.

The laranaki Jockey Club has ex- : iTicru-od a bad season, the year s 1 ' i:'ms having resulted in a loss. lju I!'.-raid considers that the chief ria.on i : this stale of affairs is tlic dis^ituof the public with the - r:.u, iz is conducted. Our .•ont^apoMn i-'-'.-sr eves have beea opeiu , r-gucrvwhich is often associated «ltli rat-iiur; The authorities •!„ tiit-v generally are to uphold the purity "f i!je lurf, seem to be almost 1. - An owjier ronvic.ted of sonn arid ordered oil the. ti|«l a means of cirouinvciitmj, i * and eontinu - "a his swindling practices. • "idy disgusts honest °"' uel s '» ntv I'iiblir as well, a»d when t <i"iven from the racecourses the ■i hor.-e-raeing i« doomed.

•Sec the Is blouse pieces at u C»r Your boots repaired equal to ne rhackerV'.* For Colds in the Head and n^!!!""' I)C \ Woods' GreatiVppermmt C ure, per BotlJc.

A dainty little With a tflusa o£ O.T. PUNCH, is the flcme of perfect} oll > No fear of e,o»t ra« ictioii. Vou cannot buy better and ilma ihosent-lhcßon-* ' s> >i.iHTior styles at V nrd. Mi-wool jilousings from 1* p J'i\ , l or Flunuolette iilousins* we fading firm ; for thc#e fabri . • • 'looting from Ud for three ' n-rns submitted to country custou "n application by post, -AuVt.

Lotwcon £2,500 and 000 io tn t • noi tli and west and south-west - «l b "' M after 12 Uonn a.m.), ram probable.

l\ nderson having resigned Two performances will be given in Dmmatt 0n r hlB m ° nth by thc -Dramatic Company, the management SSm. Sh ° Opom Hous ' > ,or M »y made a donation of five guineas towards the fund from which tbo expenses of representation will be paid

w U '« ina * ? ddresa Presented to w hunting by members of the oiking Men s Club was handsomely framed by Mr A. Turner, at whose establishment in the Square ib is now on view.

The New Zealand Herald's Raglan correspondent says that it is stated that Mr W. Courtney, of Taranaki, has offered inducements to Messrs Darby and Esau Pretty, the celebrated Raglan axemen, to go on a tour through England and America, to give exhibitions of their powers at woodchopping.

The Secretary of the Manawatu I hnosophical Society has received infor mation that the Rev. D. C. Bates, of the Government Meteorological Department, will visit Palmers ton shortly for the puipose of setting up the instruments for the meteorological station to be established here. Dr. Martin will have charge of the station and will register the records. °

The Premier cables to the Acting Premier from Sydney as follows I have ascertained there is a good demand for raw materials in Japan, Shanghai, Hongkong, Manila, and Java, and it'is gradually increasing annually. The chief commodities are wool, hides, tallow, leather, frozen meat, especially beef, tinned meats, rabbit skins, flax, tow, butter, cheese, stud horses, cattle, flour,' wheat, kauri and other timbers. Before leaving I anticipate having an offer for a fortnightly New Zealand service with the places I have mentioned.

s P ec ' a l meeting of the Taranaki Chamber of Commerce last night considered the terms of the Parapara and Taranaln foreshore ironsand lease from the Government. A resolution was carried expressing the hope that the Government woula eliminate Clause 14 in the Parapara lease, which enables the Government to purchase back the iron leases, with machinery, as such a clause is interfering with the establishment of a great industry, which would benefit the whole colony. It was decided to ask the Mayor of New Plymouth to call a public meeting on the same subject.

1 lie Ivumara Times savs that pilgrimages are often made to Kurnara by admirers of the Right Hon. 11. J. Se'ddon, to have a look at his home. Only on Wednesday last a globe-trotter was travelling in the coach with a reporter, and in the course of conversation he said, I have seen'all I wanted to see in ICumara, and that was Dick Seddon's house." It was quite a common thing at one time for excursions to be made to the big dam for the purpose of seeing where Mr Seddon once lived, and to take away small pieces of wood from his old house as souvenirs. Now there are bits of his eld house at the big dam scattered all over the colony.

Lieutenant-Colonel Norton J. G-ood-wyn, D.5.0., of the first battalion of the Devonshire Regiment, who arrived in Sydney from India about six weeks ago, on a honeymoon trip, died at a private hospital there on Monday week of typhoid fever The deceased, who was 44 years of age, was the second son of the late Brigadier-General Goodwyn He served with bis regiment in South Africa, and was wounded at Colenso. He held the oliiee of inspector of gymnasia in India. Four months ago, at Lucknow, he married the widow of the late Mr W. B. Mitchell, a well-known Sydney society lady. He was buried with full military honours.

" Behold an Israelite indeed in whom there is no guile." Dr Black, giving expert evidence at the inquest at Dunedin on the arsenic he found in the cask used by the deceased men for de f, alvanisiug wire, astonished his headers by saying that he had found something like 601b of arsenic. He confessed that this astonished himself too, and on receiving a bit of paper to work out a calculation, declared that after all it was 451b. Some minutes afterwards, in the midst of an intricate statement, the professor suddenly discovered that it was ounces and not pounds he had found—loo*, not 4olb. He attributed his mistake to Mr Hanlon's confusing cross examination.— Star. On ccnsus night in Auckland a sub enumerator was detailed to visit the Auckland Domain and count the heads" of thoso who have made the Domain their home. The sub-enumera-tor W as accompanied by a constable, but hey were unable to obtain a complete enumeration of those "who slept _ or abode" in the Domain that evening. The presence oi the officers was taken as foe s& for tarrying off or the toding of such of the persons as got warning of their approach. Tive perwarnmg ui * & wo man) were, v"° y lawful °moans of enforcing compliance law tut raean hg nocturria i S&MX. - ■ «*■" fruitless.

A little O.T. PUNCH In a little water hot, A sound refreshing sleep, Ye<=. that is what I i,ot. TO CONSUMPTIVES- . m (TO thr great South. African bACCO, h now obtainable Consumpt'on ■ chemists . A n from all tne lrnclive treatise on interesting u '. , w British medical consumption, ; $. u . COi free on opinions com Fletcher, nppli.-.-U.on to t-J* s We l!in 6 - l>harni;icist, -* w itu» ton .—A d a i • anxious lime with It is lur '-VLn- their orders for ladies s'vl!|-'n5' vl! |-' n arc S Q m any who profess dresses • - (hafc i ulV e no quail1P l !C for the position. All worry ligation toi u . ecfcc;llX now be :UK rT"? C smith has secured the avoided as , t j u; i ea dmg coshecolonv.uml ladiesplacing iuniicth in ll,c t] - is popular firm can their order Stlingcostume :,f^ o e°fm°J« teeost - _AI,VI -

foundation stone of the new wand Hotel was laid this afternoon by -ur Martin Craven in the presence of a large and representative gathering of townspeople. The weather, unfortunately, was rather wet. The* ceremony was in progress as we went to press.

At the Adelaide police couri recently Johann Henry Rittman, aged 73 years, was charged with having fired a toy pistol at himself with intent to commit suicide. Defendant told one of the lady house surgeons at Adelaide Hospital that his wife had said he was not game to shoot himself, and he replied " I am," and did so. He had two wounds in the chin which were not of a serious character. Prisoner was committed for trial.

The 9S actual fires which occurred in the city of Wellington during the year ended. 31st March are ascribed by the superintendent to the following causes'Pat boiling over 3, defective hearth and chimneys 3, kerosene lamps 5, ov-er-henting tar 5, spontaneous combustion 3, smoking 5, incendiarism 2, electricity 3, copper fires 3, overheating ovens 2, benzine 2, hot ashes 5, sparks 7, gas-ring 1 gas-meter 8, gas left alight 2, lighted candles 12, matches 5, unknown 27.

A representative of the Waimate Witness, who recently paid a visit to the oil worka at New Plymouth, says:— "When the demand for shares became keen,_ Auckland speculators began to drop into the town casually, and were easily recognised by one who had been through a ' boom' or two. These gentlemen present a typical appearance; keen eyed, hard featured, cigar smoking, bearing about with them an indefinable air of opulence and mystery, ready to float Gehenna into 'The Warmingpan Co., Ltd.,' could they work the shares off on to an excited and confiding public, eager to jret the better of the bargain, anxious towards the end of the game to find some innocent outsider 'to nurse the baby.' These are the speculators who are falling over one another to get a ' cut in' at the oil field. Those who have money which they can afford to gamble with, could not do better than speculate same in petroleum ; those who cannot afford to run any risk, should put their money on good old Strawberry ; should back milk in preference to oil. I believe that the petroleum find at New Plymouth is a real good thing, and will develop into a great industry. It is also evident that there will be a ' boom' which, unless people keep their heads—a thing no one does during a boom—will develop into a frantic gamble in shares, in which many people will -Ultimately lose every penny they possess. That is the danger against which.the public should beware."

O.T. PUNCH is a temperance drink, And all good stores supply it, The tipple of gods it's called, I think, By"everyone who tries it.