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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9182, 5 April 1910, Page 4

It Is estimated that during the Easter holidays about £2000 a day. was spent, in Rotorua by visitors. The High School Board o£ Governors last night accordcd a hearty vote .01 thanks to Mr H. Billens for the giftof an oil painting to the school. ' Members of the-Feilding Fruitgrowers' Association havo abandoned their proposed visit to the Weroroa State Farm-, owing to the present time of the yearbeing unsuitable. Five tenders were received for..carting; bridpe material to Parson's Ford, Kimbolton. Mr D., Sinclair,, the engineer,, has accepted that of A. Ireland, of Fcilding, at 17s 6d per ton. "I am so accustomed to seeing balancesheets with tags on them," said Mr Crowe, of Pahiatua, at the meeting o£ the Masterton Hospital Loard, that L ! look upon one without & tag as a~ freak." A girl, nine years of age, daughter of Mr W. Gower, was charged by one of the deer on the Feilding racecourse on: Sunday and received injuries necessitating* mcdical attention. Numbers of owners of dogs in the borough failed to register their pets by March 31st, and consequently the registrar intends having a field day at the S.M. Court at an early date. Says a Blenheim paper:—One of theaspirants for Mayoral honours spoke M times at the Council meeting on Iriday" niaht. He covercd a wide range of subjects. Tho other candidate spoko 12 times. A sailor had just shown a lady over the. ship. In thanking him, she said,"I am sorry to see by the rules tips are forbidden on your ship." "Lor bles3 you, ma'am," replied the "so were apples in tho Garden of Eden." At the meeting of the Borough Council to-night a case of alleged overcharges preferred against a cabman will, be investigated. Cr. Palmer's notice of motion for the recision of the motion that the stock saleyards be concreted also comes up for discussion. Investors in Waihi shares who quitted! their stock recently when the market dropped will be surprised to hear that in addition to tho usual dividend of 4s ucr share, the directors have just decided to pay a bonus of ,2s per share. Tho past vear is reported to bo the most satisfactory in the history of the company. Palmerston Hospital holds a rccord. for administration, but in the matter of the current year's balance-sheet and audit its late secretary, Mr W. Rutherfurd has broken all Dominion records. The books closed at 5 o'clock on March 31st, and by 9 p.m. the same evening tho balancesheet was prepared, certified to as correct by tho Government Auditor, and posted to Wellington. This is a record that is likely to stand for some time. A Now Zealand newspaper man, whowas in Great Britain during the election ,remarks in the course of a letter to a Christehureh friend that he was • moro than astonished at some of the tactics employed. "'I never thought it of the English nation," ho writes. "Some porsonal gleanings of election incidents would scarcely bo believed in our enlightened country. English village life is as poor and scandalous as it is,, still, picturesque. It is an appropriate supplement to the oast of London." It is reported by the Taranaki Daily News that tho refuse oil from the bores at Moturoa is now finding its way into a creek from which tho Maoris resident on the beach draw their drinking water. The ?»laoris complain bitterly of this, and. • allege also that the oil is having the effect- of making tho shellfish a most unpalatable food. As showing the largo amount of oil deposited on the beach, it is reported that on Sunday evening the sand was set afire, and a big blaze resulted. One address was made to do duty for two presentations to his Excellency theGovernor, says the North Otago Times. In a township not one hundred miles from Oamaru Lord Plunket was presented with the usual address, and made the usual reply. After the formal proceedings the gentleman who had made the presentation asked his Excellency . toallow him to retain possession of the address, as he intended, to present it again the following day m a different part of the district. Lord 1 Plunket laughingly complied, and thus the address was twice presented and twice .replied to. The breeders of Hereford cattle are proving that they are very much alive to the interests of their Association, and are to be congratulated on the fact. They are forwarding for distribution at the Argentine forty copies of their herd book, in addition to such other literature as bears- on matters in connection with th<? Association. It is also proposed, if time will permit, to havo photographs taken of some of the best Hereford cattle in: New Zealand for distribution among the L estancieras of tho Argentine with a view,. • of course, to advertising this excellent " breed of cattle and establishing a trade l between that country and New Zealand. Now that Hallev's comet is about to ! illuminate our sties again, after _an excursion of seventy-five years into ! space, a few greybeards who can recol- ■ Ject the last appearance are entitled to draw upon their recollections (says the Auckland Obsorvor). One of these is . Arthur Edmonds, a nonagenarian resident at Kcri Keri, in tho Bay of Islands, who was a youngster in his-, 1 teens at the time of the 1835 visit. Mr Edmonds describes tho head as he re--members it resembling a ball of fire* about a foot in diameter, and its tail; as stretching about half way across the heavens and expanding to about two, chains in width at the extremity. And' as he saw it in the sky for some months; his impressions of the phenomenon are. fctill vivid. An executive committee meeting of the' Palmerston jVorth Baptist Mutual Im--provement Society was held last evening at tho rcsidenco of the President', Rev. F. McDonald, who occupied the chair. After the minutes of the vious meeting had been duly read and confirmed, tho secretary's, report was read, and groat satisfaction was expressed at the progress made by the Society in its first session; the report showed a membership of 38, with an average weekly attendance of 28. The treasurer's report was equally pleasing, showing a credit balance of lis after all the necessary heavy expenses attached to the start of such a Society had been fully met" this sum was unanimously voted, to the general fund of'tho church. The meeting desired to record its satisfaction with tho movement to form literary and debating clubs in this town, and hoped' that it would be taken up enthusiastically as its importance and value towards the development of independent-, thougm and reasoning* powers **s un doubted, -especially for the young men of the community. It was also moved" that the first general meeting of thp above Society be held on Monday next April 11, commencing at 7.3o—business'' election of officers for ensuing session-' and general. All and any interested arecord.aLy any,ted to attend. The meeting church! m ICCtUre room of'^ • v/ l i .^. ou ' °f. the latest creations • in model millinery is now on disnhv in the d fi W t 0 f tK. Bon Mfl rche. ..., this is the first full display of tho ■ r-eason, it will not fail to interest con templating buyers.—Advt. " Pr?4 ari a e n/°P 191 ° at warehouse. si hs» • Ca°rcls. etft—Ad vt." 6 ' ~ are 'J in T lte ? *0 send their r to ,?• J Curtis and hou'J S g ' Forwarding and CustoraS„ A S 3 ; Customhouse Quay, WelV Thl ® , firm do your C-ustoms ■ correctly 3-n' forward p -xh promotiv-—Aovt P { ar ' J>s I .warehouse splendid assortTW,I °4 Lad,o t " p eggy" Bags, Pocket Books. Purses, Letter Cases, Fitted Dressing Cases. Cricket, Croquet and Tennis / goods.—Advt-

The members of tho Leamington Fund Committee will meet at Mr Bott's shop this evening at 7.30. Tho long- drawn-out Passey-Pearce case again occupied tho attention of the Magistrate's Court to-day, and was still proceeding when we went to press. The Ground Committeo of the A. and P. Association has accepted the tender of A. Turner for painting the front of the Association's offices. Rangitikjji County Council on Saturday passed a motion that Government be asked to declare .hares vermin within the meaning .'of the Act in Rangitikei County, and to remove the restrictions against killing them. Two boys (one of them recently committed from Palmerston) have escaped from tho Weraroa training farm. From f appearances it would seem that someone jk <H3 been obtaining cheap lodging in the Racing Club's grandstand at Awapuni, and probably tho escapees from the industrial farm arc copying Powelka's exploits on a reduced scale. The Otaki Maoris at present are showing a deal of activity, and tho graves of the old warriors are being concreted and fenced with iron railing. Many of the tombstones bear dates as far back as 1837. Among the graves being improved is that of Tamihana to Raupahara. tho great fighting chieftain, and son of the famous chief. To Rauparaha. When the Melbourne police raided a "two-up school" on the Yarra bank near Richmond recently, they guarded ail means of escape except on the river side. Some of the gamblers boldly plunged into the river and swam to the other side. Others jumped into a boat that had been kept for such an emergency, but in their haste they upset tho craft, and a number of them fell into the hands of the police. When the roll of the survivors of the battle of Waircka was called at New Plymouth on Monday week the following said "Hero!": Captain J. S. McKellar, R. C. Hamerton, J. Bay ley, D. McKellar, J. Black, W. F. Humphries, Newland, Lieutenant Free, Colour-Sergeant F. Stevans, Sergeants J. Crozier, W. Pearn, T. Veale, T. Langman. J. B Haigh, E. Bullott, J. Pearn, W. Webster, W. KirtJj and G. x Tunnicliffe A trespass case was heard -<it tho Magistrate's Court yesterday before Mr A. D. Thomson, S.M., when R. E. Cresswell, of Wirokino, proceeded against J. R. McDonald for allowing two bulls over the age of nine months to wander on to his property. The parties were neighbours, and plaintiff alleged that defendant's cattle frequently came on to his property. Defendant was fined £1 and costs and plaintiff was also allowed £5 trespass rates. Mr IL, R. Cooper appeared for plaintiff and Mr J. P. Innes for defendant. The proposal to form a Citizens' Literary and Debating Society in Palmerston North is being well supported, and Mr Geo. Wilson, who is promoting the scheme, is losing no time in interviewing all classes of the community. In order to give everyone an opportunity to join the Society, Messrs Andrew Millar, G. H. Bennett, and Bert Pratt, shopkeepers in the Square, have consented to receive the name of intending members. The inaugural meeting will be announced by advertisement, within the next few days, and it is expected that the opening social will take place during the 'first week in May. An inquest touching tho death of James O'Brien, who died suddenly at his residence, Albert street, yesterday morning, was held before tho Coroner, Mr. A. D. Thomson, S.M., this morning. Dr. Putnam, who conducted the post mortem examination, stated that deceased had died from fatty degeneration of tho heart and heart failure. Deceased had been in a poor state of health for the past twelve months, and had lived with nis wife and daughter. On Sunday, the 3rd April, he complained of pairiS in tho head and went to bed, and on the following morning died. A verdict was returned in accordance with tho medical evidence. The harvest festival services at the Broad Street Methodist Church were concluded last evening with a short concert held in the schoolroom, followed by refreshments and a sale of produce. The vocalists and instrumentalists at the musical portion of the social were Misses Caity, Spooner, and Hodges, Rev. T. T. Thomas, and Messrs J. Rogers, G. Bennett, and A. Tregurtha. Mrs Rogers and Mrs Ross played the accompaniments with sympathy and expression. The meeting was presided over by the Rev. J. J. Spence. A jumble stall was in charge of the junior young men's class, a vegetable stall in charge of Mr Hall, while the young ladies' class had a very busy time with the refreshment room. The social was in every way a great success. A cable message received from Melbourne last week stated that the Victorian Attorney-General proposed to introduce a Bill to abolish capital punishment, and it is expected that Victoria will fall into line with certain other countries in doing away with the death penalty,. There have-been no executions in Holland since 1860, none in Roumania since 1864, none in Belgium since 1863 and none in Switzerland since 1874. In 1870-79 eight hundred persons were sentenced to death in Austria, but only sixteen were executed : thirty-two in Swe- , den and three executed; two hundred and forty-nine.in Bavaria and seven executed. In 1867-78, four hundred and eighty-four were condemned to die in North Germany and .only one was executed. In Great Britain to-day only two crimes ivre punishable by death —murder and high treason. l-ssa«~-