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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8141, 15 November 1905, Page 4

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It was expected that at his meeting,-in. the Zealandia Hall last night Mr Wood would have given some explanation of his action in stating that his opponent (Mr Pirani) ,%vas opposed to the Government purchasing theManawatu railway line. "Mr Wood, however, left the mailer severely alone. We have' shown that Mr Pirani has never expressed • himself as Mr Wood tried to make the electors at Lin ton and Kairanga believe. We may therefore assume that Mr Wood has no explanation, and that he is just simply "bowled out."

On. page.2: Cable news, teleerlßft Oa page 3: Report of Mr l^l?s fp» at Eongotea." Onpage .6 : Report ofHffi Wood s speech at the Zealandia Kill last night. On page 7 : Telegrams. Wk The Terrace End School Commit Jl will hold its monthly meeting to-mor row evening. : ■ mor ■ i r P?l atfn. a ie- ba^ affected with the blight at Otaki. New potatoes are «ell mg at 6d per pound in this township. _ Captain Edwin telegraphed to-day — Moderate winds from between. north and west and south-west; glass fallram probable. . . ' TW? m/ e png °f the School Hoard- of Governors called for la«t night had to be'postponed as not suffi-* cient members to form a quorum were available. I The.La Bella which has been totally, wrecked on the Australian coast, went ashore at Happy Valley, near Island Bay, Wellington, in October of last

Ihe British and New Zealand Meat and Produce Company has secured a very satisfactory contract to supply the War Office with several thousand carcases of irozen mutton and lamb. This is the first contract made with the War OJice to take meat direct from the producer in this colony.

The Hobart Clipper laments that every English boat that touches at Hobart carries hundreds or emigrants tor New Zealand, none for Tasmania. Arrivals m Tasmania during the first nine months in 1905, 22,063; departures from Tasmania during the first nine months of JL9OS, 22 989 "

Mr T. E. Taylor at Wellington .—« He would sooner have a life full of action along right lines closed up in forty-five years, as it was with some men, than, put up a record of a century by taking things It was not how long they lived, but how they were living the years at their disposal."

Captain Coulson, mate of the La Bella, which went ashore near Melbourne on Monday, was a New Zealander. He leaves a widow and three children, the eldest being Mr M Coulson, dentist, of Greymouth. Latterly Jus family had been living at Auckland and he was well-known throughout the Wairarapa.

. Mr W. T. Wood stated at his meeting last night that in all probability Sir Joseph Ward would be in Palmerston at the end of the present month to open the new Post Office and he would probably ask him to explain matters tully m connection with bringing railway men under the award of the Arbitration and Canciliation Court/

At the Police Court yesterday a man named Assad Bailout was charged with So£, ed'ence of a maintenance order. Mr K. Edwards, J.P., who presided, remanded the case till November 18th, and ordered the man to deposit with the Court a sum of £6 10s, being the amount of the arrears. Bail was allowed, accused in £25 and one surety to a like amount.

There was only a moderate attendance at the ordinary meeting of the Druids held last night, A.D. Bro. Page presiding. One candidate was initiated one member joined by clearance, and two were proposed for membership. A committee comprising the following members were appointed a rules re° visioni committee: Bros. Thacker, Beadnail Gob c, Ellis, Pullbrook, Page and Itusli. At the next meeting of the -Lodge the nomination of officers for the ensuing half-year will take place, the meeting commencing at 7.30 t> m sharp. '' '

A very good idea of the manner in which the Premier pampers the West Ooast at the expense of the remaining portion of the colony may be gathered ironvthe following quotations of appropriations from the Public Works for roads and bridges for the year ending March 81st:—Auckland Province 19s per head of population, Hawke's Bay £1 3s, Toranaki £1 3s, Wellington ™\? elS 011 £2 Martborough £I°l3 S , Westland £4 19s, Canterbury 12s Otago 7s, Southland 16s.

A small boy named George Carian was charged at the Police Court this morning with the theft of a canary valued at 15s the property of oni Lawrence Hanlon. The offence was admitted. The mother of the boy stated to the Bench, Messrs H T Haynes and Eobt..Gardner, J.'sP that he had never been known to do anything hke that before and the only explanation she could offer was that he wanted to make a pet of the bird la entering a conviction and discharging the case Mr Gardner administered a severe rebuke to the culprit, and pointed out to him that he was liable to very severe punishment for such an offence He hoped it would prove a salutary lesson to him. The boy was then discharged, his mother undertaking that the bird should beat once returned to the lawful owner.

Cunning arc the ways of some politician?. At the Zealandia Hall last .mglit one of Mr Wood's supporters on the stage handed m a written question • which the chairman commenced to read: "Waslf; a tact that you deposited the deeds t f your private property in the Union. Bank . The candidate's suoporters m the hall here began to sus pect something and commenced a hos" tile demonstration, hoots, groans and cries_of "Give us politics," being heard Mr TVood displayed a surprising eaS surprised that you . youn" men considering that so many, ladies are' here, Jo not behave yourselves "and so on until quiet was restored. The Jueslonwas then read out and proved to be a sympathy-gaining move. The elector wanted to know whether it was a fact that.Mr' Wood deposited the cleeds of Ims private property in the Union Bank to guarantee some money that the Borough of Palmerston had to pay. sl r Wood said it was quite true. When |he was Mayor he had .-deposited the deeds j a the Bank of New Zealand, and had handed over the money to the town, clerk to remit to London sooner than see the town in default. This interest "ig reminiscence of t!ie dim past was naturally received with much demonstration by the candidate's supporters. Second-hand bicycles from' £1 at Clarkson's.*

_ The Hospital Executiveheld a'meeting this morning, the chief business transacted being a considerable amount of routine work in connection with the .furnishing of• the nurses home. • The officials of the Manawatu Poultry Association are; tit present hard at work preparing the' schedule' for. the . next •poultry exhibition which is ito be held in conjunction with next year's Winter rShow. The schedule is to be issued .shortly. - : ; ;; ./■ . At a. meeting of Purple' Star Orange. Lodge last "evening it was decided to =attend and take an active part in.the funeral service of the late P.M. Bro, '6. Howe,'which was to be held-this ■afternoon in the Congregational Church. Traffic in Rahgitikei r street is considerably impeded just at present with .. the sewerage operations which have <^t been, extended to that locality, the -trench, being open along a portion of ;Cuba-street and for some distance up the Line. A considerable amount of interest is 'being taken in the meeting convened . by the Mayor for to-morrow evening to consider the advisability of establishing a Cricket Association on a proper footing. It is very probable that a large and representative meeting will be held. . \ In a eulogistic "reference to the late HVtr Kolleston's Land; Bill, Mr W. T. "Wood stated it contained nothing but leasehold provisions. Mr J. G. Wilson, •■then a member of the House, and now 'Colonial President of the Farmers' 'Union, had voted for the measure which ;he (Mr Wood) reiterated did not contain any freehold provisions. Mr Wood said v- 'there was now a complete reversal of Viorm on this question with Mr Wilson, who was now in favour of the freehold ••and he attributed the change not to a healthy desire to obtain the freehold, but a political attempt to get rid of the ipresent Government emanating from .Mr Masse j'a crusade in the South. At Mr Fred. Pirani's meeting" at .Ashhurst last night, a youth from Palmerston interjected,when Mr Pirani was referring to the exclusion of Chinamen, " How did you getm the colony?" Mr Pirani replied that he was a colonial, and said that it seemed a pity the interrupter's education had been so much neglected that he did not even know how to behave at a public meeting. Mr Pirani added : " Surprise has been expressed to me that some of my ■ meetings have been noisy, while my opponent's are the reverse—but" a moment's reflection will show anyone . that the disturbances at my meetings are not caused by my supporters, while Mr Wood receives-a good hearing because my supporters know ..how to' behave themselves, and those of his supporters I refer to do not." This was accentuated by prolonged applause from the audience. To-day two Australian visitors to this colony—Messrs E. M. Betts (a member of the committee of the Australian Jockey Club, Sydney) and C- W. Cropper (Secretary of the Ealgoorlie Racing Club) —visited Palmerston North in company with Mr J. E. Henrys, the well-known handicapper. On arrival in Palmerston the visitors were shown over the Manawatu Racing Club's course and grounds, and also the Manawaiu A. and P. Society's grounds by. the Mayor (Mr M. Cohen), and Messrs J. M. Johnston and F. Nathan, officers of the Racing Club. They were delighted with what they saw, and spoke in eulogistic terms of the appointments connected with both institutions, being surprised to; find them so up-to-date. Messrs Betts and Cropper were -riven to Feildihg this after.noon,'being pilotted by Mr Henrys, and on arrival there will be shown over the Feilding racecourse. White dress muslins 4Sd, od, 6oclj spot, check and stripes. C. & C.'s.* Our.terms are easy and goods best value.—Clarkson's.* 36-inch.pure linen dress crash, all colours, 4Ad, Cd and 8-id at C. & C.'s* eTust opened—Case Grey Bengal Dress Tweed, 15s and 17s 6d robe length.—Butler and Engelbretsen.*