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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9504, 3 May 1911, Page 4

. On page 2: "Tho Week in Wellington." Uni.pago 3: cables and telegrams. On page 6: Bible Tercentenary meeting, Oil i page 7: Manawatu County Council, gen- . cral. % •,-■ . , ..,■' A. ■■tender (£357) lias been accepted for: the. building of the * gymnasium for' St. : Andrew's Young Men's Bible Class, for which Mr C. T. Natiisch is the architect. ■ The' "Sportsman'' : states that .Sullivan is'willing to back Arnst. against' Barry f or £SOO aside on the .Thames,, and Uo give Barry . £2OO ' expenses. A Woodvillo settlor, .who was fined for haying: blackberry on .his property';::;has- ' intimated his intention : . of' bringing.. an action. .for. perjury in. connection with ■ the- prosecution. " . ■•■ ■ .. Professor David, the well-known An- ,. larclic authority, is. of opinion that the fact.that tho Japanese got so far south in their shin at. so late a date is. rather, 'la.;■remarkable performance. ~' ■■■'■;■■■;.■, '; < A Timaru farmer,:' while 'motoring ; out of, town on Saturday ■night/; swerved off the road to avoid a;cart. The car van up. a. bank and capsized. lie had both. . legs broken, and a lady with him had : ribs broken. - vV : At Woodville yesterday, afternoon, a. :. man. named ■ Jack Keegan. employed . as . billiard marker at the Club Hotel] drop- ■: ped down dead at the Commercial ]lo-\ ■ tol. The deceased is well-known in the .- .'Wairaraip'a.'''■'.'■' 5; The monthly meet'ing:pf the Makerua , Drainago Board, to have lioen held at, .Tokomartt yesterday i"' has been postponed for a week. The Oroua Drainage Board : ■ has. also postponed its meeting to ■Satur-' day. next at Glen Oroua. ' ; . At a meeting of : tho Young Me'ii's .So'-,' 'cial,'. Club last evening further "' arrange-' ments .were made for the social, to be ■heldvon May 4. Final details will he ■. arranged to-night-. Tho' social "promises' to be very successful. .'■"■ v'*:; A Palmerston resident had three fouii-. | tain", pons sent to his sons as presente 1 . bv a relative in the Old Country. The I ; goods.:,were held up by the Customs.; De : .. ■ partment and 6s had to be paid, by the .recipients. The Palmerstonian has changed . his' views concerning reciprocity. .(■■■■The.Manawatu County Council isusiiig: . "Pomeilised" sleepers on its. tramway,; 'and .- yesterday Cr McKcnzie asl.od how they were standing the wear and -tea!': 'The '. overseer (Mr Hickford) replied ' that,' they; woro lasting : very .well, proving sound/even on the .curves. . ■ Tho - executive conunittoe of- t.h.< Pal-, _nioreton .North Fire. Board ..was'held this morning, ..there boing present. Messrs J. A. ■ Nash, K J. Armstrong,' and Super- ■ :,intehdent Warrior. ■'.Tlie only .business on tho order paper was the accounts, and these were pa&scd for payment.' . The creciion of the uelv hall at the A, and P. Association's grounds, which is :to.. ho I,clothe: ; .dairy produce and fruit ex- . ,h ; ibits.::')it. tho: National, Dairy Show, is being pushed ahead at a very satisfae- , tory rate. -The wooden framework is ■ 'practically finished and a start is being .n.iadfi. .with; the 'iron work to-day. The building is to have a wdoden floor and should be : a considerable acquisition to , that end of tho town for public functions. . Two coaches leave Rongotea for Awa: lniri by the Awahuri road every morning,•'■■'andat is suggested that one of them ; should go by the Waitohi road and deliver a mail and parcels on the way, the ; deviation only being about a mile extra, The idea is a good one and wo feel ture that.it has only to be brought under the ■notice of the energetic M.P. for the ■ district, Mr E. Newman, to be placed before the authorities in the most favourable light. ■ The Manawatu County Council yesterday. passed the following resolution:— "■That this Council regrots that through a misunderstanding, no steps were taken . to elect a member for the County on the Foxton Harbour Board, and respectfully requests the Governor to nominate Mr W. E. Barber to represent the county on the harbour board," The following tenders were accepted: Contract No. 122, R. P. Jensen; No. 123, J. D. S. Cooksley; No. 124 R, P. Jensen. • The first monthly medal matches of tho season in ladies' golf were played yesterday on the Hokowhitu links. In the senior A grade match. Miss N. Moore 1 secured first place with 94 net. Mrs L. Seifert came a close second with '95 net. < Mrs L. A. Abraham and Mrs Mcßae tied ( for third place with 101 net. The senior j B match was won by Mrs Strang with j 79 net, Mrs Adams being second with So ] net, Mrs Moore and Mrs Cohen tied for j third placo with 89 net. In the junior c match Mrs Tripe was successful in H'Ctir- . ing first placo with 99 net. Mesdaines . Beale, Jounneaux. and Misses Tripe and W.ylds all tied for second place with , 100 net each, j. Tho functions this winter are bound to be moro numerous than last, year be- f cause of tho Coronation. The evening functions will call for elaborate toilettes: ladies will find a remarkably fine assortment available for selection at the Bnn P Marche.—Advt. " Bride cake boxes, confetti for _ wed- 0 ' dings; very fine and large selection of f , new writing pads and papers; ladies' ij bags; footballs, etc. Wm. Park, sta- J,' doner—Advt.. • i_

; Tho population of tho borough of Bleu- , heim is 3772, not $72, as previously announced. Blenheim and suburbs have a ■ total of 4877. A South Island stock buyer, who was • in Palmerston yesterday, states that the pastoral outlook is far from encouraging, ! and turnips are at a premium already. ' .It was thirty years ago last Friday • sinco the steamer Tararua was lost at , Waipapa Point, when there was a mournful loss of life. A three-year-lpldi ntitivo Ghild got " kicked in the chest by a horse on Sunday i; tit Omahu, near Thames, and subsequent. . ly succumbed to her injuries. , Two Napier motor-car drivers are to - be prosecuted for neglecting to sound ' their horns when rounding the corner ■ of a. street, their cars having come intocollision through the neglect. Included in the large attendance at 3 the Tercentenary'colebrations at the Mu- .'" nicipal Hall last night were the members of tho recently elected Borough i Council, .who had received a special invitation to ' vbo' present. Out-of about 500 cadets who wore 1 , l.inedically examined for servico in the o' Wollongong area (N.S.W.), only fouri teen, were refused, One of tho lads pase 'ml' is 6ft 3in in height, though only sixteen years of age. f> 'Tho Wanderers made their final apj. pearanco at tho Opera liouso last night, when there was again-a very satisfactory " attendance. New items were presented, 0 and elicited loud applause. Tho company (1 left for tho East Coast to-day, 1 Tho Mayor of Timaru (Mr Craige) kw adopted a course that might well du"; foi-" lowed by other chief magistrates. 110 0 has announced that instead of tho 'usual; banquet in connection with the 'nstalla-. y tion ho will spend the money on books i- for the public library. f Mr T. 15. Sedgwick, who brought out I' tho fifty hoys to New Zealand, is (juito convinced that when the attractions of t life in New Zealand aro better known at |l Home the immigration of farm labourers and of women and girls for domestic serf) vice will bo greatly increased. 1 The following team will represent tho e Hibernians in tho lirst round of tho card iournamcrit to be held in tho Foresters' Hall to-inorrow evening:—J. Gleeson, T. t O'Reilly, J. Hurley, A. Max, M. O'Reilly, B P.' O'Neil, Z. Maree, T. Norris, T. J. „ Oakley,. I. ,J. Fake, 11. F. McLean, and \ L. W. Ilanlon. . At. the Police Court this morning, fcce fore Mr 11. J. Canton, J.P., William McI, ••Carthy,\who\\m : ;last;.-woek-:charged with • ' drunkenness, and remanded -for' medical treatment,,' appeared, and was ordeied •j.< to pay £1 14s ■'.6 d medical expenses, . in default, seven days' imprisonment. £ A strong commentary':.on ...Government.' =' work was made by tho Overseer, of the s Manawatu County Council in his report K at Yesterday's meeting. In reference to a, bridge on tlm Mangawhaka road, in the. Government settlement, near Mr Kendalls house, Mr Hickford said it had been built of rimu a fow years ago, and' ' was' now completely rotten. ■ In the course of a graphic description - J of the ravages of the plaguo in Manv churia, and tho terrible aftermath, written by « New Zealand lady at Daircn, Manchuria, to'.her. sister in Otago, the • : "writer-says:—l'may just add that not'. ' one single case of • recovery from this. i pneumonic plague is kno« 4 n,- It is j 'estimated that "at least there have been . 4(J,000. deaths in' Manchuria. ) . The Central Troop of Boy Scouts met jn All Saints' Schoolroom last evening.. r - for the of discussing whether • j', thoy should form themselves into Senior j Scout: Cadets. - Scoutmaster Paltridgo' |. explained that under the new military regulations they could not remain us ...theyiwcre, ;-Scouts, and would have to- '.. .'disband or; form, the proposed company.. ' It was 'finally agreed that they, should .- | /form a cadet company, as proposed. ■' Miss Drury, of Featherston'street, met '■ ■ with a serious accident shortly after six hist evening.;. She ' was walking up ■' j Terrace street, in order to catch tho' jihospital. 'bus, when;,., sho .. was knocked • down by a cyclist-.who came scorching ; .-down the- footpath. without even ■ a light. ■ .; She. became unoonscious, and received "'a ,'nasty, gash across , the back-of the head. : .Medical assistance was summoned, and'. the lady was'conveyed;-to her home.. The 'cyclist, wo .. are informed, did not stop -. io ascertain if tho lady was injured by ■ the collision, but continued on his way V iis'\if nothing' had -happened. The prac-;.-. j. tice of. cyclists.using footpaths at night, f is a dangerous one, and should be stop- ...-. The executive of the Irish Home Rulo. . committee- met,'in'<'tho'■ Empire Hall last' j- evening. Thero-weie'preeont: Messrs E.- : : o._Hurley (in chair),.--Kennedy, O'Connor, , O'Reilly, aiid. Dev'ine.-- (secretary). Apolo- , gies were received from Messrs D. Buick, '} M.l',, R. McXah, and Rev. Father Cos- 1 '■; ;eilo. The secretary reported that tho aim of £SO was' already in hand, having been collected by tho members. As yet no .word had been received as to. the cxac-t date of tho visit of the delegates to Palmerston. Messrs Loughnan, Broad-and-.Hoben'wero elected members of the executive. Another, meeting will ■ be. held on Friday next at 8 p.m. in tho ■ ; Empire Hotel. A New Zealander, while travelling by : train from Jenolan caves to Sydney the other day, heard a retort which proved most discomforting to the person for whom it was meant. An urchin was having a heated argument with an el- , dorly lady at, a country railway station ' when a young man put his head out, of a carriago window and in grandmotherly style commenced a lecture to the lad. The latter looked up quite innocently and, in a voice loud enough for -the passengers to hear, remarked: "Ah, yes, you'eo the one your mother forgot to drown!'■ The situation, for tho young man, was extremely painful, and while the passen- - gers were busy suppressing their laugh- ; t.cr, the victim of the retort made haste to hide his crimson face behind a news- • paper. There was an excellent attendance of both pupils and parents at the High School last evening when Mr R. McNab . lectured on Egypt. Tho speaker, aided . with lantern slides, pointed out and explained all tho various places of prominence and interest in the country, describing in detail each picturo as it was V screened. The ancient temples and '; obelisks, of huge size, wore excellently Mr McNab explaining in all cases, whoro possible, the hieroglyphics - : of the anciont Egyptians inscribed thereon. After tho lecture a short enter- : tainment was. contributed by the girl ' pupils, tho programme boing as follows:—Songs, Misses N. Perrin. N. ' Piatt, and I. McKenzic; vocal duet, ■ Misses I. and M. McKcnzio; pianoforte 'J; mlos, Misses C. McSherry and ■M. Gilchrist; violin solo, Miss Harris; _ club swinging, four of the pupils. Votes of thanks were passed to Mr McNab for so kindly . offering his services as lecturer, and to Miss_ Ironsido for taking in hand and . working up the entertainment. The ... proceeds of the evening are for the purchasing of the piano for the school. The "Surplice" is the latest and best value kerosene lamp on tho market. It has many advantage's to recommend it. : These lamps arc fitted with an enamel shade and a glass illuminator, which completely does away with tho ordinary ' : . : chimney or glass, which is a big saving in tho lamp_ glass account. Fifty candlepower hanging lamp, 22s 6d; 30 candle- [ power hanging lamp, 12s 6d; 30 candle- ■■ j power table lamp, 10s 9d. All extras in Coilinson and Son, where hardware costs less, Palmerston North Ativfc. . At Park's, stationer, large selection of. Fountain pens by' tho world's-.best, mfc kers, self-fitting, from 7s 6d— Aclvt. For Chronic Chests Complaints,'. Woods'. . G'oat Peppermint Cure. Is 6d,-2s 6d.~ . Advt. When .the customs duty was a -uniform percentage ad. valorem, the ■■■passing of the entries was quite oasy. 'Nowadays it takes a brainv man to run..the gauntlet of the many different tariffs','.-' Merchants fan save both time and worry by getting thwir Customs work done by J. J. Curtis and Co., Customhouse o'Wellington. -Advt.

Rev. D. C. Bates wired to-tlawEast-erly winds, moderate to 6trong; weather probably cool and changeable, ram P">' bablo; gJusß hiile Movement, piobtibiy very cold night. A cable to-day says that Inman and George Gray have been matched tor baM aside for a game of billiards, 16,000 up, level, with cryst-alato balls. The matcli takes place on the sth June. A Sydney cable to-day states that already a largo increase is noticeable an postal matter since the inauguration of penny postago. Latest news from .'.delaide is to the effect- that the strike in the implement trade shows signs of collapsing, some, thirteen of the strikers have returned to work. Five electorates in New South Wales supported the referenda and twenty-two voted against it; tho latter including twelve that have returned Labour members. The present Kaiser is firmly convinced that he will die by the hand of an ai- ' sas% This has been predicted to him several times—twice as a young man. _by Hungarian gipsies when he wa6 visiting his friend the la to Crown Prince of Austria at Galicia; and it is said that this I conviction forms a constant topic of con. t versation between the Emperor and his friends. The funeral of the late Basil ForsterPratt took place this afternoon, and was largely attended by relatives and friends of the family. Tho ceremony was conducted by the Rev H. G. Roslier, both at All Saints' Church, whence the mortal remains of deceased were taken, and also ' St the graveside. Tho very greatest sympathy has been expressed for Mr and Mrs Forster-Pratt in tho sad loss they have sustained, and with which we join. An accident, which fortunately was not attended with very serious consequences, occurred just before noon to-day, in King Street. A number of men were engaged 4 in "jacking" into position a building that had been shifted_ through from Broad Street, when the jacks got out of plumb and the building tilted, crushing W. Breon's right leg. Brecn, who is a married man, was taken to his home in David Street, As far- as is known at present, no bones arc broken, but the limb is considerably bruised. At a. special meeting of the Manawatu ' County Council, held yesterday, Cr. Masters stated that he had met the ratepayers of Sanson township on the previous meeting, and discussed recommendations for the improvements and upkeep of 6trect6. The following resolution was carried, proposed by Mr Wallace, seconded by Mr Palkin: "That this meeting of ratepayers of Sanson township recommend the Council to strike a separate rate of -i|d in the £ for the purpose of carrying out necessary works in the township, and that Messrs J. Cockburn, R. C. Andrew, and-J. Anderson be a committee to confer with Cr. Masters - and the overseer as to the work's to bo executed." At the 6ame special meeting it was decided to strike a special rate of |d in the £ for the purpose of maintenance of roads and bridges, and draw V in that portion of tho Awahou riding known as Whirokino sub-division, and to authorise the raising of a lQan of £1250, being Council's share of the cost of construction of Beach road, loxton The Kawa Ka-wa general rate, referred to in the report on page 7 should be Id, not &d as stated in the report.