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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9135, 7 February 1910, Page 4

The High School Board of Governors will meet to-night. - : '

The business people of Foxton have formed a holiday association.

Mr J. Collingwood, of Feikfing, has been appointed handicapper for the Rangiwahia Sports Club.

The members of the Palmereton North Band will meet on Thursday night, with a view to re-constructing the band. Ilackenschmidt, the world's champion wrestler, has arranged to meet R. J. Scott, of Stratford, in a match at .Dunedin. For the senior national scholarship, medical preliminary matriculation { and Education Board senior and junior scholarship examinations a total of' 43 candidates were last year presented by the Wanganui Collegiate School, of whom no less than 31 succeeded in passing their respective examinations. The recent controversy in regard to the non-payment of fees Jdv patients who have been treated at the Wellington Hospital has evidently spurred the authorities into action. Summonses are . now being issued to numerous persons who havo been . inmates at the hospital, but who have failed up to the present to meet their liabilities. 1 Motorists have come to regard themselves rather as prosecuted people' in Christchurch, but they threaten now to retaliate. Dr. Thacker charged a Chinese with having failed to allow the doctor's car to pass a vegetable cart on the correct side of the street. The Chinaman was convicted, and Dr. Thacker stated that other informations of the same kind would follow. , The new uniforms for the .Fire Brigade are to hand. Scarlet, so long in use, has now been discarded, and the neater if less showy navy blue substituted. The only decorations are scarlet tips to ,the collars, scarlet stripes on the trousers and .a double row of brass "cross-axe" buttons on the coats.. The uniforms, which were manufactured -by the New Zealand Clothing Factory, . will be distributed on Wednesday night.

J. Fletcher, for being I'ound onlicensed premises while under a prohibition order, was fined 40s and costs 7s by Mr A. D. Thomson, S.M., this morning, it being his second offence in four_ months. Sergeant Stagp.oole pointed out, that some of the Magistrates were committing order-breakers to Pakatoa, and his Worship said if defendant was before him again he would take into consideration the advisability of a similar course. '

The work of erecting the new railjvay station at Levin has been commenced. Tho new station platform will be about 60ft long, and will be covered in from the main building to the inner line, and the station entrances will abut on to Oxford street. The whole of the. works are to be completed within three monthsfrom date, and the station, from all accounts, will be quite an imposing structure, and considerably add to the general appearance of the south end of Levin. The firebell rang an alarm yesterday afternoon for an outbreak of fire at the Willow Bank boardinghouse, owned by Mr S. Law. When the Brigade arrived .it was found that the washhouse was blazing vigorously, but a couple of streams of water soon- settled matters', and although the scene of the fire was' only a few yards from the main building little damage was done to the boardinghouse. The total damage is estimated at £30. !

The Longburh School opened to-day. It has, as is now well-known, been shifted to a much safer arid more conveni-. ent position, being now on the town side of the railway line. To-morrow evening the residents of Longburn intend to celebrate the consummation' of their' labours with a concert and dance. Mr Fred Pirani (chairman of the Education Board) wiil preside over the concert, and Mr G. H. Bennett, who has worked hard to get the school to its new position, has been invited to speak. Two men ,were liberated from gaol on Saturday, after serving sentences of a fortnight and" a month respectively, for offences arising from over-indulgence in alcohol. They immediately commenced ■ to "celebrate" their liberty, and before night both again found themselves in the lock-up. One of them, Stokes, | was fined 10s, it being only his .second ' appearance in the dock, but the other, McLeod by name, a comparatively young man, but an old offender, was 6ent back to gaol for another 6ix weeks by Mr A D. Thomson, S.M..

Gilbert Peters, a young man, was charged at the Magistrate's Court this .morning with using obscene language at Ashhurst on December 30th. Constable Watt gave evidence as to the language used, and said accused appeared to have been drinking considerably., Accused ploaded not guilty, stating he did- not remember what occurred at -. the' time. Mr A. D. Thomson, S.M., was satisfied the language had been used, but as it was late at night when the offence" was committed he would not send accused to gaol, but would fine him 40s with ?s costs. , . •

' F.or a breach of a maintenance order, Jens Sorensen w&s again before' the Court this morning. He had been up previously for failing to contribute to the support of his invalid wife and had pleaded that he himself was an invalid through chronic eciatica. This time he ■walked with the aid of two sticks—a fact viewed somewhat suspiciously by the Magistrate, who pointed out that' last time Sorensen did not. use them, and that ho did not seem to worry much about. not being able to support, his wife, who, had received nothing" from., him for about nine years.. His. Worship adjourned the case for a Week, .and told Sorensen he would have to bring evidence as to his inability to earn money. .

While sluicing at Stafford a few days at ro Morgan and party uncovered a block of ireenstone weighing 7cwt, and valued at over £40. The Auckland Citv Council, has decided to accord Lord Kitchener a civic welcome £Sarrival at Auckland on the morning of March let- " Among '■ those, who rendered valuable n«istarice at the concert at Newbury fn aid of the All Nations' Fair Were MisSs Hansen (2) and Mrs Cornford Mr G. S. Clapham, . proprietor of the "OlanhLm Patent* Horse-hoMer sold the New South Wales patent right to a simultaneously an offer *.H,™ oeivea tor the Western Australian, rights. Upon the application °f ■£$iSSft James Owen Russell, late of Pohangma STScfcSp"." <m thV3W Januand I r so?ds-botw«n° ■wEi,Mj«t' two well-known athletes, was held at Blenheim last week, resulting in a win for Terr ill. The third distance, 150 yds r was not run, as Terriil. Won the other two 'V considerable amount of wagering was done on the match and- it is reported that two of Terrill s backers alonenetted £60 between them. •Says the Taranaki Herald:— Mr Seddon set a fashion for Ministers of the Crown to deal personally wrth matters which were formerly left to Departmental officers. Sometimes this was carried, to an extreme, but it is doubtful whether it was ever carried to such an extreme as in the case of the Hon. T. Mackenzie,, who is going to Hanmer to inquire, among other matters, . into* complaints about a rubbish tip in the township. What next! The district military orders issued in. connection with the Kitchener Camp in. Wellington state that the troops will bemobilised for inspection by Lord chener on the 26th inst... at Johnsonville.. Pay and allowances will be on Easter camp allowances. Defence cadets will be inspected at the Hutt Park on Friday, 25th inst., and arrangements will be made for rationing. A detailed order, showing train arrangements will be issued later, and it is expected they will' enable volunteers to reach home by Monday, 28th, about 9 a.m. Field service dress and marching order kit only is to be taken into camp.

Mr D. Rowland, of Karere, the wellknown Romney Marsh breeder, has promised the Mayoress to donate as a gift from himself ' and family towards the All Nations' Fair, two of his prize pedigree sheep. Both are .young and valuable, and will be sold ■at the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Co.'s saleyards on Thursday next at 11.30 a.m. Full particulars niay. be found! of same in our advertising columns. -Mr Rowland is keenly interested in the work for which the Fair has been promoted, and needless to say his handsome' gift is much appreciated by the Mayoress and' her committee.

• Mark Twain, the celebrated author and humourist, has discarded his white flannel suit and donned heavy dark, clothing and a fur overcoat, which he says are more fitting to the severe wintryweather and to his wintry age. There is' no doubt that tho famous humourist is feeling very old. He confessed as much when seen in New York after his return from Bermuda. Mark Twain put his hand painfully over his left breast,, and said: 'I have a constant pain here—l suppose it is indigestion—which onlyleaves ma iri Bermuda. , Even* in that delightful island I felt too . old to play; golf. I have not worked for three years,, and fear„ there will be no new work forme in this world or this life."

A disgraceful scepe took plaoe at theYarram (Victoria) Shire Council meetingon January 13. Councillor Moorfield referred to objectionable: words used byCouncillor Blanc after the, last meeting; of the Council, and went over to where he was sitting, and told him to apologise.. Councillor Blanc took no notice, and Councillor Moorfield then hit. him with: his fist in the face. Councillor Blancpicked up a chair and made a blow st Councillor Moorfield, but struck ;the chandelier instead. Several more blows were' struck by Councillor Moorfield, and other Councillors then separated the parties. The president instructed the' secretary to take proceedings against Councillor Moorfield for riotousi conduct at theCouncil, tabie.. • * • . .

" The death of Mr" Sam Bladon, «it Rooty -Hill., Sydney, aged 81, removed the most nota,ble^coursing mafi Australiahas ever known. He had owned many of the best dogs the country-ever saw,, and he rarely entered one for. even a. Waterloo Cup without the laofc 'creating a scare among other ; owners. - It .was not that Mr Bladon's' kennels sheltered better bred dogs than were to be found elsewhere, but he possibly knew more about training them than nine-tenths of other owners (says the Telegraph). His secret probably died with him; He was a fine sturdy specimen of manhood; who,, though s<v far advanced iij years, looked when last seen on the Rooty Hill plumpton, strong enough for; another dozen birthdays.

An Auckland Press .Association message reports tnat a statement of the affairs of Meredith Soule, of Kamo (Whangarei), who >vas lately adjudged bankrupt on a creditor's petition, hits ;beeri filed with the Official Assignee*. . Bankrupt was formerly Presbyterian paStoi- at' Hikurangi, and some time ago Hie had lawsuits u c " u ' suthoijitiSs in regard to i? ,P u^:ec ' Possession sof an organ-and alleged arrears of stipend.' In both, cases he was unsuccessful. Bankrupt states that while at "Hikurangi his stipend was considerably in arrears, and that his-.income -was-less-rthan ' £75 The arrears amounted -to -about dBiOO. 'bot when he sued for this amount andybther moneys -said to '-be due to him, lie ; was - nonsuited. The liabilities: shoWii as£24s, and assets at £140,. leaving a deficiency df £106. .

■ George Hackenschmidt, the wrestler -- during his recent tour of South Africa' made it a practice to train every . morning on the -stage at the theatre in "which he was appearing. At one of the towns , he visited, a well-known local sportsman brought along a huige Zulu of fully 20st, and asked Hackenschmidt -if he would.: wrestle the big black, who had. an idea rW^ aS 4°°, stroi }B'- . :f or. the champion to . down. Hackenschmidt consented, and the u , the | At word ."wrestle h? s v 'mSf C^n f C went for ' a . ncl ' taking no chances, lifted? K? clean off the mat and brought and wifh" both , sil °uWers touching, hk airly knocked". WWi Jir - SP 1 - ' Whoa -the Zulu picked* e3midfc P Jn e >f^ >nd » azedat Hacka wlPf ; bewilderment. Then, with- ¥ the orchestral 'V H. ' and fle d the theatre. Subsequently he was found amone a g-roup of .his countrymen, who he had fully convinced that a "white devil" had* seized and thrown him right put of th« theatre. During the rest of the season no Zulu could be inducod'- to go 1 within a mile of the theatre. ° witnm

State-owned freezing works in Victoria have resulted in a loss of £7000 for the past year.. ( The Terrace End School Committee -will meet to-morrow evening at 7,30 p.m. ' A cable from Sydney 6ays that the Moeraki sailed on Saturday with the Australian cricketers on board. Fitzsimmons, the ex-champion boxer, Mrs Fitzsimmons, and othor members of Mr Harry' Rickards' Company now in New Zealand, will perform at the Ptflmerston Opera House on March 8.

The barley and wheat crops on the Flaxbourne Estate, Marlborough, are reported to be rather disappointing this year. The settlers are said to have had a good deal of troublo with caterpillars. A drover had the. misfortune to lose a valuable bull a.t Fitzherbert yesterday. The animal was one of a mob of cattle that was being driven to Palmerston, when it fell down a bank, receiving fatal injuries. The general adoption of sheep-shearing machines throughout the larger sheds of the Poverty Bay district has had tho somewhat singular effect of causing quite a dearth of hiirid-shearers. As a result the smaller 6hcop-farmere have been compelled to instal machines extensively this season.

A boy named Albert Petersen, aged 16 years, was before the Juvenile Court this morning charged with stealing a. Rudge-Whitworth bicycle on Friday, and also with having no fixed place of abode and no visible means of subsistence. Ho was committed to the Weraroa Industrial Farm by Mr A. D. Thomson, S.M. "There will be no more coal strikes in New South Wales for a while, for the miners have found that the public can manage to scramble along without them," remarked Mr John Murray, a former New Zealand resident now living in Sydney, and spending a holiday in the Dominion. He assured a New Zealand Times representative that the State was rolling in wealth, with fine harvest prospects, and the coal strike had not appreciably affected the general prosperity.

Thos. Stokes, 'who was convicted last Monday of drunkenness, was again be fore Mr A. D. Thomson, - S.M., this morning for being drunk on Saturday. He was fined 12s, in default 48 hours. A first offender was fined the usual 7s, while, another, Samuel Kane, for being drunk yesterday (Sunday) was fined 10s, in default 48 hours. William Smith, who had been in gaol for a week ■ recovering from an attack of "helpless drunkenness' at Feilding, was convicted and discharged.

A middle-aged man, whose name is supposed to be Holland, collapsed and died while preaching in Prince Alfred Park, Sydney, on Sunday afternoon. Someone in the crowd interjected, and the man became very excited while replying to the interrupter. Then he paused, as if seized with pain, adding, "Gentlemen, I have to be 'careful." His lips moved as if he was trying to say something further, but he suddenly collapsed. as if in a fit. Before a doctor arrived he was dead. In the pockets of the deceased was a quantity of papers and bills in the name of Holland.