LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 7466, 3 July 1902, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

T. Griggs was the successful ten- j t.tiit-i- ioi- Mr R. ■-'■. Abraham's new residence ac JtTitiSiifiburfc.. j I isl wotrk's Wairoa Guardian states : ■ —iY5> AY. l'\ Sinclair, of Gisborne, lett yc.-tonUyj Aitli a mob of 7S horses for .Paltnir.vuju North sales. At a meeting of sawmillers at Dannevirke it was.decided to resume operations as the Hawko's Bay Sawmillnrs' A.ssociation a3 from the Ist of July. Mr and Mrs "W. G> llubiusou and Miss Robinson, of Eoxton, leave for Etthatu this week. Prior to their departure they received a number of presentations. Beceotly at Ohiwa the second steward of the ss. Glenelg had a very narrow escsps. Th : hold of the steamer was occupied by a number of bullocks, and the steward accidentally fell down the bold amongst the aninrils. In bis fall he struck the centre rail, and from that he came down on top o£ a bullock. The bullock charged him, and inflicted a nasty gash on one of his legs. He repealed the operation three times, when fortunately Captain Faulkner arrived ou ths scone and extricated the man from his dangerous position. The question or the amounts for which Royal personages are insured is particularly interestir-'T at the present moment. The King is insured for about three-quarters of a million^ sterling, whilst the Prmce oE Wales is contented with half-a-mi!lion. The Czar is insured for £300,000, and his eldest daughter, the Grand Duchess Olga, for £500,000 ; while the Czarina's policies amount to just a quarter of a million. The most heavily insured monarch was the late Ein2 Humbert, whose life was valued by himself at one and a half millions, so tbat the many insurance companies ' among whom the risks were divided were ve;y hard hit by his assassination. The. German Em'pei.'Ox's insurance also runs into six figures. At a meeting yesterciav of the subcommittee appointed at the last general meeting or. the Chambers of Commerce to devise steps to be taken in connection, with the proposed action of the Government concerning the Wellington and Manawatu railway it was resolved to form an influential deputation consisting of the President of the Chamber, the Mayor, representatives of the local .bodit.s leading industries, A; and P. Assoclaiioa, Farmers' Union, and-mem-bers of Parliament to interview Sir Joseph Ward at an early date with a view of obtaining from the Government esact information as to their plans, and | if the reply be: unsatisfactory to take ! further action and use every known remedy to prevent Government acting to the detriment of the district. Mr M. | Cohen, President of the Chamber, preI sided.