LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 706, 8 January 1910, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mrs Barber, Motuiti, advertises for a general servant. Mr and Mrs M. H. Walker and family insert a thanks notice elsewhere in this issue.

Reuter reports that M. Delagrange, the well-known aviator was killed while aeroplaning at Bordeaux.

The prevailing opinion by those in a position to speak with expert knowledge is that the Waikare will become a hopeless wreck.

The Secretary of the Racing Club invites tenders for the horse enclosure on race days. Teuders close ou Monday at 5 p.m.

At Shannon, 011 Thursday, Miss Violet May Stansell, third daughter of Mr J. R. Stansell of Shannon, aud late of Foxton, was married to Mr J. T. Reid of Haumer Springs, Canterbury. “And you say these shares will advance in value very shortly ?” queried the timid holder. “ I said nothing about value; I said ‘ Price!’ ” snapped the financial magnate. And in the cold silence that followed, the dull thud of an autumn leaf, as it fluttered sadly to the ground, was distinctly audible.

The returns of shipping for the Foxton port for the ten months ended December 31, 1909, areas follows. —The total number of arrivals was 186, with a gross tonnage of 21,793 tons. The largest vessel to negotiate the bar was the “Waiwera”, 206 tons, and the “Rob Roy” was the smallest. The average depth of water at spring tides has been 10 feet, and 7ft 6in at neap tides.

The Rev. G. Y, Woodward will hold a service at the Beach tomorrow, at 2.30 p.m. Members of St. Peter’s choir, Palmerston, and All Saints’ choir, Foxton, will lead the singing. The service will be held at the house occupied by Mr H. S. Porteous, and owned by Mr Coley, where there is a large room. If the weather is fine, the service will be held in the open air. It is hoped that visitors to the Beach, and those who go to spend the day there, will take the opportunity of attending Divine worship. There will be an exchange of pulpits to-morrow morning between the Presbyterian and Methodist Churchs, The Rev. P. J. Mairs will preach at the Presbyterian Church in the morning, and in the evening the Rev. G. K. Aitken. In the Methodist Church the service will be conducted in the morning by the Rev. G. K. Aitken and in the evening by the Rev. P. J. Mairs, taking for his subject “ Home,” memorial service. The Rev. Aitken will take as his subject for the evening service “ The Indifference and the Importance of Earthly Things,” the sermon being of a retrospective and prospective character, befitting the season of the New Year.

A meeting of the Foxton Cricket Association was held in Messrs Fowler and Gordon’s office last night, when the following fixtures for the second round of the competition for the Austin Shield were drawn up : —January 12, United v. Foxton at Foxton and Himatangi v. Gleuoroua at Glenoroua, January 26, Foxton v. Himatangi at Himatangi, February 2, Glenoroua v. United at Himatangi, February 9, Glenoroua v. Foxton at Himatangi, February 16, Himatangi v. United at Himatangi. It was decided to tender Mrßailliea complimentary smoke concert and to make him a presentation and Messrs Stewart, Robinson and Woods were appointed a committee to make all arrangements and fix a date for same.

I 1 1 I 1 Hr O. Cook notifies that he will . j ! run a coach to the i&ach tor. iiJ morrow, leaving the post office 1.30 p.m. 'A! The result of the final heat to be rowed at 'WangamiiHl this afternoon will be posted-'tipljl outside this office as soon as the ||l news comes through. Mr Phillips, local agent of the N.Z. Shipping Company, received word this, morning that the Company’s new steamer, Ruahine, arrived at Wellington at 6 o’clock this morning. The British Government has granted ,£20,000 to-Capt. Scott’s Antarctic Expedition. With the £12,000 already subscribed this ensures a start in July. The following are the vital statistics tor Foxton for the year ending December 31st, 1909 : Births, 90; deaths, 22 ; marriages, 22. For the quarter ending December 31st, there were 25 births, seven marriages and two deaths. Mr M. H. Walker desires us to publicly thank the sea-siders who did so much for him during his JB recent sad bereavement. Mr -if Walker states that words fail to r express his keen appreciation of '* their kindly and unselfish acts and heartfelt sympathy, which has done much to salve a wound which time alone can heal. Sis Frederick Matthew Darley, who died on Tuesday last, had been • ailing since his arrival in London in June from a fibrous growth oh the lungs. His three daughters and two brothers were present at the interment in the’ family vault at Dublin. When Mr Baillie, late manager of the Bank of New Zealand was leaving, last Thursday, by the 3.10 p.m. train, Mr Reade (well known here) took the opportunity to bid him farewell on behalf of the Foxton Cricket Club, thanking him for the valuable services •rendered by him to the Club, and also expressed the hope that before long Mr Baillie would regain his wonted health that would last him for the rest of his natural life. Mr Baillie thanked Mr Reade for his remarks, and requested him to thank the members of the Foxton Cricket Club. A smart capture was effected recently by Detective Miller, stationed at Lyttelton. About five o’clock word was received /in Christchurch that a man wanted for having forged and uttered a cheque for £l6o on the Bank of New Zealand at Oamaru was believed to be attempting to leave by the Sydney steamer. Information was forwarded to Lyttelton with the result that Detective Miller found and arrested the •' wanted man. The many friends of Mrs R. B. McKenzie,‘of-€a grel to learn that she is an inmate/ x of Mrs Freeman’s private hospital at Palmerston, and that she underwent an operation yesterday. Mrs McKenzie came through the operation successfully, but she will have to undergo a second operation for appendicitis as soon as her strength justifies it. According to the Dominion’s Wanganui correspondent, Mr Messena, who promoted the il Foxton Handicap and was present B 1 at the Wanganui carnival, has not been disheartened by the financial results of the Foxton Handicaps, and states that auother competition may be arranged to be held at Foxton about the end of the year, when there are races in the district. The stake may not be as big as at the recent competitions, but it will be big enough to attract the best men. It is also proposed to shorten the course, and race only two men in a heat. Talking to a pressman regarding the late session of Parliament, the Hon. A. T. Ngata said that with the placing of the Native Land Act upon the Statute Book he looked with confidence to the future for the. difficult native land problem. The session had. been one of sunshine and storm. He had never seen members’ tempers so brittle. The stonewall over the Reeves item had been—the- 5 means of greatly consolidating the Ministerial Party. As to the next session., it was not, he said, the present intention to hold it a u day earlier than usual. 4 Richard Nealon, boardinghouse w keeper, of A.shburton, was yesterday fined the maximum penalty of £SO on a charge of keeping liquor for sale in a no-license district, Nealon has twice previously been convicted of sly-grog selling within the last five years, but the Magistrate, Mr V. G. Day, upheld counsel’s contention that as the licensing district of Ashburton had, since the last conviction undergone a change in its boundaries, and it is not now identical with the licensing district in which the previous offences were committed, they could not be taken into consideration in fixing ' the penalty. Imprisonment was thus avoided'. The last sad rites in counection with the death of the infant son of Mr M. H. Walker took place yesterday. Impressive services were held at the house and grave- M side by the Rev. Mr Mairs. A-4B favourite hymn of the was sung, by request, at parents house which made a debp impression upon all present. A • number of the late little fellow’s school mates attended the funeral. The coffin was literally covered with handsome floral tributes, and the family received messages of con- < doleuce and sympathy from all parts of the district. At the graveside the Rev. Mr Mairs made touching allusion to the deceased’s happy nature and originality,, and extended fhe heartfelt sympathy ot- -all present to the bereaved family.