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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8154, 2 April 1906, Page 4

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f' soF Kair! ' ttkmittg t : , El Vo|«><ti«tf nr.: - CBMifc cricket. On f j jt \ - *o rcmoneratju mM&rlbdroj^li tM*'j(i»«on that s«s ft trip to iingb;. • ' '"-|* waild by Mr [. T, Atld.ftSoa, Wenmirto», and occ„,, ;i .'.' 1 by Miti, he* daughters. totally. dlo*tr%(Bß." ?fcy fire at an , « r t 1 A was held ~ • W*ngifca«v <& creo'ituf, ni,.,-. proposal* tor the of team iterrie* w6fe explained by ;h Mayor, ihe c«t l>ei»g ' m/xtoI'ftrough the partial: destruction ~< Skhmer'sXtßggsgfe Agency in J?vdn ( 3£r tiicf weJI-knon - !«Ctorj theatrical wardr.}..and manuscript*..«.3?&e effects of ii.. Weafcrpod OSobte (aoa and daughter f ; two tfhich had J ..' I»e% receifted' mm Sear Zealand, nr.alßOf feave btxsn io«>t. At Bolice Court on Frldn-, tifo b&kwafosr& t&nied My»u and K -informalion of K -tit, iheracecour«-. on the MVkntz. nui rariecoarse oa the occasion of ihlast race case was 2 <i. joumed to jlty* S»|lt ksi. to allow v. i>kerxett to appear. * > A Auckland went in; t&e 1 tTmtf OiHce and asked tot afaeEefc,lmiebttld not remember tL for. - The agent ran over a Ikfc of aaraier from Auckland •.. the BJu££, imt to all of,them the Chinajaa^Jj&' What them tiDj(P '« r ear *,-lica you go to Pyjamas' saidthe ptipkd agent,■ 44 That him. ttudtho /' in tbis way thjti,,ticket* w»*. made out fc-r Port Chalmers. S'*

- An intefles&ig example of the valur of tree-planting on waste land j. afforded (says.thr Otago Daily Times) by the demands* for pue* for iht new railway station at" Ifcutedm, the work necessitating: the drhringof upwards of 800- piles. Xb* piles ii*ed are being obtained fromplantation# of bluegumwhich were/planted by the Hatha? Department about twei*ty years ago. Ttyir marketvaliie, itjaiaj be added.";staled to bo irom 20» n lo 25« carb,and an -.acre of land-,closslj\planted k-a'u biuegums of a siirislar she would be worth about £1500 at the pre*?:.: market rates. \ ■ i." *n Palnierstoa every man brats i big dram aod proclaum.that hi> town w thehab of the universe,? *&id Mr L Gohem at $. public meefcmjpn Wanp Who heats tf 'Jbig drum here ? ' Le continued;« we seem determined , n , policy oil pessimism, and standing depending oa the Garrison Bacd. the City Baud» afld the Salvation Amr Band;" (Loud laagKfer). He thou*.': the mayor was. the only than in Wa: gaam who beat abigdrarafbr the bene fit of the town, make th--5 Wanganai could W mado ibeSiviera of New Zealand. Tiu r should stimulate one and all with thV idea that it na# to be a his and bu.-r plnce, (Applause). . ■■ IKf__ -4

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Thr srriioh football mutch that was havt) been played between IhelCia •{V.ft flrul ln'ihtuit Ciuba fcft Saturday ,f«Tafxui did not'eome off an the latter did materialise m uufSeieat . t r^ngth. Vital ftfitisticß for th« Palmers ton W.rth district for the pastf. month are a* follow*:—Births, 37 ; marriage:, 11; ,i< tihc, 11. There have been 12tV ;,; r i}>s locally sinec the be--.njiing of the year. Mr A. 1), Thompson, S.M, presided ; ,f (he S.M. Court UiW morning. - One <»fiVnder wan lined £>#. or ia default ■j 5 hours' imprisonment, and Another was convieU'd and discharged. 'IV© young men named Brown, were ordered ii> pay 6s per week towards the maintonnnce of their mother. The Wellington Magistrate thus addressed an unfortunate whom he had to sentence as a *'li you keep straight illid steady,you will get plenty of work. We are not vindictive like they are in Sydney. If you went there from here they would give von three Mouths without the option of "a fine." S,a3t quarter there were 221 criminal 1 rases tried at the local S.M. Court. Fees paid came to £18 08," and fin eg to 1 £87 6s ; 208 males and 13 females j taken into custodvi, sumtaoned or I apprehended; 29 males were discharged j for want of prosecution or evidence "; 4 j males diftieiesed On .'"-the.--" iHerits: 17 males committed for trial; and 158! niiiles mid 13 females were summarily convicted.:, y''.v ■ .\! The Hon. C. H; Mills met New Ply mouth objectors ,to the Government I valuations on Saturday night. The Minister, replying, safd that if the Valuer could not come to a satisfactory settlement with the objeotors, the Valuer-General would visit New Plymouth in order, if possible, to sure the expense of the Assessment Court.

In his report oh the Gorge Road and Bridge Inquiry, Commissioner Short; says he was satisfied that if a bridge is erected at the lower end and no tolls are charged a great deal of stock will come and all other traffic will also increase. He also points out that the Gorge road and upper bridge are practically useless without a bridge at the lower end also.

Dp Greenwood and Nurse Maude are at present conducting a vigorous atmeonsumption crusade in Christchurch. Meetings are being addressed in different parts of the pity in the evenings, the different workshops and foundries are visited during lunch hour and the volunteers in camp are also to be waited on. In addition quantities of literature on the subject are being distributed brother workers.'

A Banks' Peninsula grass-seeder, while returning home atter breaking-up his cheque, was quietly accosted by a seafaring man.' The sailor asked mm if he would buy a bos of tobacco, about •iDlb, and after sotae conversation a bargain was made, the price agreed to being £5, and the box and the money were exchanged. On arriving home the box was quickly opened, but to the dismay of the owner no tobacco was to be found. The box was filled not with tobacco but with rubbish.

That local playgoers can become very enthusiastic over a popular actor and. his company was well shown on Saturday evening at the Opera House when the curtain fell on the concluding scene of the " Earl and the Girl," which terminated the present season of the John F. Sheridan Musical Comedy Co. The hand clapping was loud and long .sustained, while cheers also burst spontaneously forth. The curtain had perforce to be raised aftain and the audience sang the chorus of " Bom Bom Bay," Miss Heba Barlow having received a triple encore earlier in the evening for her rendering of this song. In thanking patrons for their attendance Mr Sheridan intimated that lie and his company would probably return in about ten weeks' time. The curtain finally fell as the company sang " Auld .Lang Syne" in token of arewell.

Great interest appears to have been aroused in the annual conferences to be held in connection with the Winter Show in Palmerston in June nest. The National Dairy Association's annual meeting will begin on the Tuesday morning at 10 o clock, : and will go on all day. The conference of factory managers will be held the same evening, beginning at 7 o'clock. On Wednesday it will continue from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., and will be finished up m the evening. On the Thursday the milk testing competition will be held, being conducted by Mr Kinsella and his staff. The Commissioner will afterwards give an-exhibition in the lecture hall of how this /process should be carried out, all details being fully explained. This demonstration will be open to alLand should prove of much value, not only to the competitors but to all dairying folk.

A proposal to come before the Mananvatu and West Coast A. and P. Association Committee at its next meeting is that brought forward by Mr S.' Standen to hold a champion milking competition on the basis of a butter-fat test. The proposition asks for the allotment ot £100, to be won three, times by the some exhibitor not necessarily in succession or with the same exhibit, and competition to be restricted to purebred cattle or cattle sired by purebred bulls. The essential feature of the proposal is that exhibitors should forward exhibits to the Association ton days before the days on which the dairy cows have to be on exhibition; that exhibits are to be eared for, fed, and milked from the time of delivery to the day on which 1 they are to be on exhibition at least four days übde? direetion of a representative apjwrated l>y the Association the milk to be weighed and aaraoles taken from each milking and finally tested, when prizes will be awarded m accordance with the results obtained. The., cows are to be on good grass under natural conditions, with, no artificial feeding excepting that be made for " rugguig the stock. The matter will come before the general committee at its meeting 'on the 1 ith Hint,

Clarkscn's intend to exercise their rights to give away anything. they choose for nothing.* Perhaps you wish, to send a parcel to another town either in JJew Zealand or across the sea. If so you will had it fcbest to forward it through J. J. Curtis and Co., Irtd., forwarding, shipping and customhouse agents, Customhouse Quay, Wellington, Not only will it be the cheapest way ljut you wili be K&red u'md and trouble.j—Advt. English Tailoring. — Fashionable suitings are wot to me frpm f lrf>ndon every monfih. — TT«nar t ; Mam-street j next Commercial Hotel.—Adrt,

At °t\ Ekctahnna business 1 establishments wili observe an Easter j vacation from Thursday, April 12th, to Iu«8&&y, April 17th. At the annual meeting of the Kennel i4ub, which is to be held at the A. and I, Society's offices to-morrow evening, thy principal business will be the election of officers and committee for the coming year. The Palmerston North Brass Band (under Conductor F, Mevriclo *will supply the music on the first day of the forthcoming Manawatu races, and the Municipal Band (under Conductor C. Woods) on the second day. ■ ' A painful accident occurred to MiEdwin Hosking, solicitor, at Ormondville one day- last week. He collided with a horse when going to a meeting, receiving a kick which broke his jaw. lie is at present under medical treatment. Mr Eager left Palmersicn this morning with a party of men for .Samoa. The men will catch the; island boat at Auckland on Wednesday. They were obtained "through Mrs Cocks' Agency, and another batch will leave in about two mouths. : The local police received word yesterday that a man named Angus McDonald, a farmer from Mali arahara (Hawke's _ Bay), had attempted to commit suicide at Sanson, on Saturday night; -The man cut His left arm badly with a knife, but the wound is not likely to prove fatal .though one of the main arteries was only missed by a hairsbreadth. He was brought in to the Hospital yesterday# and. is now doing as well as can bc'expectcd.

Commissioner Short considers that the proposed new bridge over the Manawatu at Hokowhitu would be useless as a means of access to the Gorge from PalmerskmJ unless the Fitzherbert East Road were continued on. With the latter work done, however, and the bridge erected, he considers the necessity for the Gorge bridge, as far as Palmerstou is concerned, would be obviated, but as this would not suit most of the other districts interested he left the project altogether out cf consideration.

With favourable weather conditions there should be a large assemblage of people in the vicinity of the band rotunda on Thursday evening next, it being the intention of ,the Palmerston North Brass Band to give an up-to-date and well diversified programme of selections. Included in the numbers to be rendered are some selections to be played for the first time in public in Palmerston. The Band has arrangements in hand for a sacred concert to be given at an early date, and are rehearsing some fine sacred numbers for the programme.

While a young man and a lady were walking- (in Cobden bridge, at Greymouth, the former was accosted by another man, who was entirely unknown to him, and who without any provocation on the young man's part, knocked him down and kicked him severely on the head. The young lady naturally ran off when the assault commenced. The young man was picked up unconscious, and was removed,'after regaining consciousness, to the place where he is residing. He has been in bed almost ever since, and bears signs of the rough handling he received, a large lump having formed on his neck, .and his head being severely cut. His assailant lias not been arrested.

An outbreak of fire occurred at 7.-1-5 p.m. last night in a four-roomed house in Queen-street occupied by Mr Geo. Amer and owned by Mrs Goldfinch, senr. Mr Amer aud; his wife and children had gone" out for a walk about half-past six leaving the fires out and the house t apparently quite safe. The fire appeared to have started near the fire place i ; n the front room. The house was gutted but the good work of the brigade, despite a delay in getting water to the fire owing to it having to be brought from a fire-plug in Kangitikeistreet, prevented damage to adjoining houses. The furniture was insured for £50 in the Commercial Union but there will be a serious loss, practically nothing having been saved.

Mr Shortt, the Gorge Bridge and Road Inquiry Commissioner, thinks that the evidence brought before him was "mostly of a general, irrelevant, and inconclusive nature." Respecting the claim put in by the Palmerston Borough lie says that it was the most difficult one of the lot because of the conflicting interests and also because it could not be shown that the bridge would at present bring any more trade to the town than is the case at present and by the existing means of communication. In fact, he thinks, the Gorge Bridge may cause a divergence of traiiic, though perhaps not enough to seriously affect the Borough, It was, however, he said, to Palmerston's interest to foster the tourist and picnic traffic to the Gorge by every means in its power. The proposed bridge would make the? Gorge much easier and cheaper of access to the inhabitants of the town, and this alone would be of great advantage. He concluded that evidence adduced was quite sufficient to bring the Borough in a> a contributing body, as the bridge would be of great benefit to its people.

Ladie?" evening shoes Is lltl at Tiiaeker's* As a free citizen you have control over your own property, why should not Clark son's?* For magnificent choice of Ladies' Jackets and Paletots, nfc moderate prices,, visit The Bon Marclic Arcade. Early selection secures first choice.* C._ Smith, the popular cash draper, is making a special window display of winter millinery, and for style and value there is nothing approaching it in the district. Every lady who wishes to be in the front rank of fashion should make a point <j>f seeing these charming novelties before making her purchases elsewhere.—Advt.; ■"

Cjtptain Edwin telegraphed to-day [ Moderate to strong northerly winds. ! Glass fall. Information in required as to tlie whereabouts of two little girls mimed Johns, aged 8 and 12 yours, who loft thoir home at Tctraec 32nd,.pa Wednesday iast, "The matter was reported to the police at the time but so fur the children have not been found. The Railway Review, the organ of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants of New Zealand, has been placed in the hands oJ Mr J. T. M. Hornnby ( for Wairarapa, to edit, and control, and is to bo a 32 page paper, issued free to all members of the Society.

A deputation of firemen wailed upon the Mayor this morning and asked that the enauiry regarding the reasons for Lieut. Browning's resignation front the Brigade be held in camera. The Mayor, in reply, pointed out how necessary it was for its organisation that the Brigade should be placed upon the be«fc possible footing, said the steps already taken were to that end. It must be remembered that; Lieut. Browning held a public office as fire inspector, and the Council was entitled to know the reasons leading lip to a position that him to resign his office. He recognised it was desirable as far as possible to meeit the views of the deputation and would take time to consider the matter, and also consult his colleagues on the subject.

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