Local and General.

Waipukurau Press, Volume I, 21 August 1906, Page 2

Local and General.

Parliament opens to-day. Mr T. Y. Seddon will move the Address-in-Reply to 'the Governor’s speech. The following is the weekly, report of the Waipawa District Hospital:— Patients in hospital, 27 males, 11 'females; admitted during week. 4 males, 2 females ; discharged, 2 males. 1 females. No deaths were recorded. Mr P. Barrie notify that his annua] sale will continue for one week longer. Those in search of bargains should not allow the opportunity to pass, as genuine reductions are made on all classes of goods.

The annual meeting of the Waipawa County Racing Club will be held in the Empire Hotel, Waipawa, on Friday evening next, when the election of officers for the ensuing year elected, and the balance-sheet presented. Mr S. K, S. Tipping, land agent, Waipukurau, reports having sold two sections of land belonging, to Mr J. Williams, on Racecourse road, to Mr J. A. Lyttleton at a satisfactory figure. Mr Tipping reports there is still a good enquiry for building allotments, a fair number being from purchasers outside the district. Mr C. H. Harris announces in another column that he is giving up business in Waipukurau as a photographer, and before leaving is making concessions to patrons. Mr Harris is well and favourably known to the people of this district, who no doubt will avail themselves of the liberal offer which he is making. High-class work is guaranteed by Mr Harris. Mr W. A. Chambers, chairman of the Town Board, who volunteered to canvas on behalf of the introducing of town lighting, has been very successful. Considerably more than the required number of lights necessary to make the undertaking a success have been made, and it is practically certain that if the proposals made at a special meeting of the Board are put before the ratepayers they will be carried with hardly any opposition. Mr P. Gow, of this town, has generously offered a site free of cost to the Board for the purpose of erecting gasworks, should it be decided to establish same- The land is situated at the back of the Town Hall building, and it is s ated that the position is admirably bu ted for the purpose. The sum of £6O was put on the estimates for the purchase of land for gasworks, so that -a saving of that, sum is made to the ratepayers We feel sure that the action of Mr Gow will commend itself to the people of Waipukurau.

There are 650 children attending the ftastings District High School. The Wellington - Churches are to hold mass meetings protesting against the gambling evil. The Bradford wool market remains steady, with prices unchanged. The death is announced at Nursewood of Mr Christian Jensen, in his 83rd year. George White, Napier, who pleaded guilty to eight charges of forgery, was sentenced on Friday to 2| years’ imprisonment. At Wellington last week prices at the wool and skin market remained about the same as when last quoted. Messrs Welded & Co., in their produce report that Australasian buttersare disappointing in quality; and show no improvements. An advance in the price of butter isu expected. Sydney bookmakers are complaining of slackness of business, and state that not a fourth of the money is won on the big races as was the case a few years ago. Owners who wager heavily are almost extinct. Mrs Emma Kirk died at Petono on Friday last. She was the wife of the oldest Wesleyen minister in New Zealand, who came to New Zealand in 1823. Mrs Kirk was 76 years of age, and died of heart failure.

The cycle road race from Dannevirke to Hastings on Saturday was won by 11. M. Baker (Dannevirke), who had 3-5 minutes start ; O. Neilson second and A. Guillard third. The time of the winner was 4hrs. 18|tnins. Baker passed through Waipukurau at 12.10 on the day of the race. Glasgow and Cleary (Waipawa), and White and Bailey (Waipukurau), have been selected to play with the Hawke’s Bay team which is to meet the Manawatu reps, at Napier on Saturday next. This will be the first interprovincial match played in Hawke’s Bay this season; * Interprovincial football matches were played last Saturday as follows : —Auckland (18) v. Taranaki (5) at Auckland ; Wellington (34) v. Canterbury (nil), at Wellington; Southland (12) v- Dunedin (5) at Dnnedin.

Lovers of the “ light fantastic ” are reminded of the social to be held in the Town Hall to-morrow evening, in aid of the funds of the Catholic Church funds. Good music will be provided, and the refreshment department will be in capable hands. A pleasant evening’s enjoyment should result. Owing to a misunderstanding in connection with the arrangements for the Ryan Cup competition, the Hawke’s Bay Rugby Union have decided that the Hastings Rovers should play the Ahuriri team on September Sih, in place of Waipawa, the latter to have the option of challenging the winners of that match. At a meeting of the Hawke's Bay Rugby Uni< n last evening, telegramsand letters were received from the Manawatu team stating that they would be unable to fulfil their engagement for next Saturday, owing to being unable to get anything like a representative team. The committee decided to offer special inducements for a team to come. In the event of this failing it was decided to play the Hastings-Napier match.

A very quiet wedding took place at St- Laurence Church, Aramoho, on Tuesday last, when Miss Ethel Davis, daughter of Mr R. Taylor Davis (Riverside), Aramoho, was married to Mr George A. Ellison, of Waipukurau, the Rev. H. Watson officiating- The bride, who was given away by her father, wore her travelling dress, a very pretty grey tailor-made, gown, with grey paletot to match, and with picture hat of heli trope straw, trimmed in chene ribbon the same shade. She also wore a handsome gold curb bracelet, the gift of the bridegroom. The bridesmaids were the Misses Grace and Muriel Davis, sisters of the bride. The former wore a pale pink Indian lawn, with frilled skirt finished with insertion and tucks ; white embroided hat trimmed with pink ribbon. She also wore a gold cross, the gift of the bridegroom. Miss Muriel was attired in pale blue Indian lawn, with frilled skirt and straps of insertion ; white embroidered hat with touches of pale blue ribbon and she wore a gold heart, with ruby centre, also a gift of the bridegroom 4 Mr Geof. Pownall attended as best man, and Mr Lenard S. Davis was groomsman. The bride’s present to the bridegroom was a black silk watch guard, mounted in gold. After the ceremony the bridal party drove to the residence of Mr and Mrs R. T. Davis, where luncheon was served, and the health of the young couple toasted. Mr and Mrs Ellison left by the npth express, en route for New Plymouth and Wellington, where the honeymoon will be spentWith their many friends I wish them a happy and prosperous married life.—Wanganui Chronicle.

It is the intention of the Government to build a vault, costing £4OO, oveEjthe .grave of the late Mr Seddon. - Fewer applications for relief during unemployment have been received by charitable missions in Wellington this year tbam last year. - The New Zealand Poultry Journal, published at Greymouth, has derided to hold a duck egg-laying competition at Greymouth. " Provision will be made for forty pens, each containing six birds. Substantial prizes will be offered, and competitors will be represented from all parts. Those interested in the Temperance movement are reminded of the public meeting to be held in the Church of England schoolroom to-morrow evening.. Mr C. 11. Bascand, of the 1.0.G.T. Order, has bteen appointed to endeavour to resuscitate the Templary movement, and will be present and explain the working. Should a sufficient number promise, a local lodge will be opened in Waipukurau. .

The attention of those interested? in raator cars is drawn to- the notice appearing in this issue that Mr CCanning, the sole agent' for the Maxwetl Motor Car, will have one of these cars on view at Mr P. W. Sampson’s garage, Waipukurau, on Friday next. The Maxwell car has survived all the tests to which it has been subjected, and is recognised amongst the best on the market.

A remarkable operation was performed a few weeks ago at Dundee Royal Infirmary. A boy thirteen’ years of age was admitted with an ugly wound in the wall of his heart, caused through falling on a hayfork. Carefully following the course of the wound the surgeon sewed up the puncture and the atitched heart is (says the Leader); reported to be doing its duty satisfactorily- The operation is not quite without precedent, for there have been a few cases of somewhat similar character .in England within the last ten years. In June, 1903,. the surgeons at the London hospital accomplished an operation which became famous. They placed three stitches in the heart of John Long, who had bet n terribly wounded. Though at first the local doctor gave Long only half arr hour to live, the operation proved entirely successful, and Long recovered. Twelve monthslater Dr Somerville, of Leek, sewed up the wounds in the heart of a man who had stabbed himself twice with a penknife. Here, again, the patient recovered. A few successful operations of the kind have been reported in Paris, Berlin, and St Petersburg. In November, 1903, in Berlin, a doctor extracted a bulk t from a young; girl’s heart.