Second Edition.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 8177, 18 March 1905, Page 3

Second Edition.

. A ball* will be held at Te Roti on Fri4#*ttrcb*. , * : - A loca\ business man has just received a. cheque for Is lOd as the final dividend of 2d ft the pound in a bankrupt estate. The cheque was crossed, not negotiable, made payable tp order, and exchange was payable on it. Surely small amounts like this might be sent in stamps. The dividend is small enough without reducing rt by the payment ol exchange. M* Murtagtf has on view in High street the freak of nature which he secured some months ago, and waa fully descr bed at the time. The face is like a monkey, it has one eye in the forehead, and the hind part is like no animal living. He has been touring the North Island with the monstrosity. When Mr Biltcliffe, local manager for Messrs Hallenstein Bros., was in Dunedm a week ago ho procured a very large and choice assortment of ties and hosiery. He is now showing these at the establishment and the display reflects great credit on his care and taste in selection. ' The Waveiley tennis players wived by this morning's train, and have commenced a match againsV representatives of the Hawera Club. The weather is favorable and the lawns are playing well. The local club is ren/esented by the following : Misses Koch, Caplen (2), Bayly, Messrs Caplen (2), Butts, Turton, Swinburne, and Storey. Notwithstanding the notices, that have been published in connection with the forthcoming municipal elections very little interest has so far been maorfested, and those entitled to vote are enrolling very slowly. This is regrettable, especially in view of the fact that a Mayor and full Council have to be elected next, month. The pulpit of the Methodist Church will bo filled to-morrow morning by the Rev. E. I>. Patchett, and by the Rev. U Porter at night. At Manaia . Harvest Sianksgiving truces will be conducted by the Rev.. G. Porter at 11 a.m., and by Mr Dixon at 7.30 p.m. Similar services $11 be conducted at Matapu afternoon and evening, by Revs, C. Porter and fc. D PaSST Mr Patchett will also preach at Xormanby at 2.30 pirn. The second-night performance of Cooper's Imperial .Blograph Company, in the Opera House on Friday, was as successful as tho first. Many of the pictures shown elicited warm approval, and by way of variety Sheldon; the ventriloquist, gave a capital exposition of his art, and Miss Lily Sheldon tendered several seno-comie Bongs.. being encored at each appearance. The company appear at Mangatoki tonight, and at Kaponga on Monday, when they will doubtless be met by large and appreciative audiences. The new Mgh-arm Wertheim sewing machine is recognised to be one of the most popular household machines m New Zealand. Messrs Dixon.and Bates, agentb for Taranaki, undertake to keep all Wertheims sold from their premises in repair for five years free of charge. They have an expert who will welcome any who wish to take lessons in drawn thread and all the other fancy work for which the machines are noted. The Seller's washer is now looked upon as a household necessity, and no home should be without one. Dixoa and. Bates call attention, to their replace advertisement. "£an you give any reason for the thefts of which your son is accused ?". asked a solicitor of a witnefiß at^the Christchurch Magistrate's Court On Tuesday. Nothing," was the reply, "except South Africa." The witness explained that his son had served as a trooper in bouth Africa, had suffered from enteric fever, and had had no life in him since.

An incident occurred on the New Zealand. raHway* recently which had the elements of an awkward situation in it but fortunately ended in material for a broad orin, reports the Southland Times. An elderly man was being escorted to a mental hopsital by a constable who was met half-way by another. who took charge of the patient for the remainder of the journey The time for . the transfer was brief, for No. I had to secure his passage lm-k whence he came immediately, lne patient was quiet and as rational looking as any one in the carriage. Constable No. 2*appareiitly had not the "camera eye, and, as the journey progressed, he fixed his attention on an old man as his particular charge. This individual was settled nicely in a corner and fell fast asleep. Arrived at their destination the constable tapped this man .on the shoulder, . y&oke him up,' and told him to como along. The drowsy one naturiKfy wanted to know why he should go with a man m bluo or any other color, and a warm little altercation was brewing rapidly, when the real prisoner solved tho enigma by remarking : ' I think it's me you're wanting!' If the afflicted marijiad held his peace