TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8457, 6 December 1907, Page 6

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Per, Presw Association. MASTERTON, December 5. The Trust Lands trust took a poll of voters to-day for the purpose of raising a loan of £10,000 for building on trust sections. The poll was carried by 154 to 47. , INVERCARGILL, December 5. Charles Cecil Smith, charged with the theft of a watch and chain and pendant, was remanded to Gore. Bail was allowed, self in £100 and two sureties of £50 each. CHRISTCHURCH, December 5. In the Divorce Court (Mr Justice Chapman), Emily Tait petitioned for a dissolution of her marriage with Samuel Fullerton Tait, on the grounds of desertion. The parties were married in July, 1878, at Christchurch, and petitioner said their married life was ; unhappy owing to respondent's drinking habits. He left her finally in January, 1900, making no provision for her and no home. A decree nisi was granted. Emily Jane Winton was granted a decree nisi against George "Winton, who had disappeared eight years ago, and no trace of him could be found by the police. Decree - nisi was also granted in the case of Lilian Rowlands v. William 'Rowlands, wife's petition, on the ground of adultery and cruelty. Annie Preece v. Chas. Henry Preece, desertion; Albert Movey v. Helen Movey, adultery; George H. Burt v. Margaret Burt, desertion; Anna Mary Charlton v. John Robert Charlton, adultery; Peter Good v. Elizabeth Good, desertion; Ada Elizabeth Irvine v William Irvine, desertion; decrees nisi in each case were granted, to be made absolute in.three months.

Ever since the world began, man has been contriving instruments for the reproduction of sound. Nature's sweetest music—the sighing of wind through reeds, the laughter of a brook, or the lapping of waves —these have caused men to stop and ponder. We see the result in such instruments as the violin, the harp, the flute. But mo3t effective of all, perhaps, is the "piano. Imprisoned within its four walls hide the magic works which breathe forth the harmonies of the world. Almost anything can be achieved on the piano; it is the triumph of the musical world! Just to run one's fingers along the keys of an instrument such as the Broadwcod, the Ronis'ch, or the Lipp is a supreme delight. The Dresden Piano Company, Welling--ton, who are the agents for these, andindeed every instrument of high repute, will gladly tell you about their easy timepayment system, which makes it simple for everyone to possess this kind of instrument —the piano. Local agents, G. H. Bennett and Co., the square.—Advt. ,