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Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 326, 30 January 1908, Page 4

The Collegiate School, Palmerston North, will re-open after the summer vacation on Monday next.

A Money-order and Savings-bank office has been opened at the Post Office, Terrace End.

The Government training ship Amoknra is to leave Wellington on a cruise to the north of Auckland.

Milk in Wellington goes up to 5d per quart from Saturday. Masterton is to be 4d.

Mr Hamilton, curator of the Domain Mnsenm, is to shortly seek huias with a view to their capture and removal for safety to the Island sanctuaries. Mr Hamilton thinks that there are not now more tlian 100 huias alive in New Zealand.

Joseph Manera, of Waitalia, was committed for trial at Hokitika yester day for having killed lour sheep and one heifer, the alleged property of another.

The delegates of local bodies to fix the weeky half-holiday at Wellington have retained Wednesday by three votes to two in favour of Saturday.

The annual excursion of the Terrace End School will leave for the Gorge siding by the 8.15 p.m. train on Friday. Children' tickets are 7d, senior scholar ts 2d, adult, Is sd.

At Dunedin Police Court yesterday Ah Hung, charged with having in his possession opium suitable for smoking, was fined five pounds and costs. Accused was fined in October last for a similar offence.

A number of Wellington residents Wfre before Court yesterday charged

with watering gardens with hoses,

Each was fined 40s and costs. The need for exercise of care in connec-

tion with thejjity water supply was emphasized.

The" late train to Greymouth last night ran into a young horse . which it cut to pieces and the second carri>age of the train was derailed and the

line damaged. Traffic was interrupted for some hours, hut there was no serious injury to plant £and the passengers were unhurt. Traffic was resumed as usual to-day.

A Blenheim telegram sayslt was recently stated in the leading papers

that a certain Southland rifle corps had won Sargood's Cup with some-

thing over 70 per cent of the possible. Blenheim Rifles made 290 hits out of a possible 820, equal to 90.6 per cent, and the latter is probably the winning score.

The late Mr Daniel O'Sullivan of Pleasant Point near Timaru lias

left a fund for the purpose of founding an "O*Sullivan Scholarship," of an annual value of £100, for medical students of the Roman Oatholic faith, the money to be kept distinct from the university funds, and for

that purpose to be placed in the hands of the Public Trustee."

Seventh Day Adventists are to open a large training school at Pukekura (Auckland) in February with accommodation for fifty students. A health food factory from which New Zealand will be supplied with nuts and cereal foods will be estab-

lished. The headquarters of the cult are at Battle Greek, Michigan, where there is a "sanitarium" (they object to "sanitorium") accommodating 3,000 patients. The advrntists have sanitaria in, Australia, and vegetarian cafes there as well as at Wellington, Oliristchurch, and Auckland, in New Zealand.

Our local contemporary chaffingly retorts to us that if it did scissor our leader without acknowledging it to us, we took a condensed version of a police court report from it the other day in the Waugh case. Of course we did, and told its reporter that we would have to rely on it as our police court reporter was ill, and ho courteously promised to notify us if any inaccuracy crept in so that we might not follow it. But there is a great difference between a matter of re-casting news which is equally available to either, aud appropriating without proper acknowledgment editorial or special matter which could only be got through the '' columns of origin." Such matter must naturally be acknowledged. Why in the same issue in which our contemporary points the linger of derision at our poor lamb of a police court report, it hasquiteauumberof paragraphs "condensed" from us none of which it acknowledges, and inchiding the presentation to Miss Dougherty at which (as was our case at the Waagh case hearing) it was unrepresented. And to the report of the presentation, its own words would admirably apply "scissored out by our contemporary and published with slight condensation and no acknowledgment whatever." Yet we have no complaint to make of that. We do it ourselves, and so do ail papers, but it is a bad shot to fire at a leader and hit only a police report. When wo are caught taking Standard leaders without acknowledging them we will willingly go to Uauossa.

The Mayor's meeting, to talro place to-uiglit, is attracting considerable attention.

At 3 o'clock this morning a st3ady rain had set in, giving promise of a much-needed downpour that would bo welcome throught the district.

The Wellington Provincial Executive of the Farmers' Union and Hawke's Bay and Wairarapa delegates will consider the shearing question to-day.

Inclusive of £10 17s 6d collected by Mr G. Coley at Foxtou (a first instalment) the Hospital Day Fund this year is nearly £500—almost double that of last year.

As we anticipated, the rush for seats for "Brewster's Millions" continued yesterday and a very hearty welcome awaits Mr Kingston, Mrs Brough and the other members of Mr Williamson's fine company to-mor-row evening.

The Minister of Agriculture has consented to the pedigree stock at the Levin Experimental Farm being shown at the,Horowhenua Agricultural and Pastoral Society's Show at Levin on 21th February.

The committee of the Barratt Fund met in the Council Chamber at Levin, Mr Gardener, Mayor, presiding. The total of the lists to hand showed the amount of £193 4s 7d collected. There are three more lists to come in which will bring the total to about £250.

The result of the P.N.A.S.C.'s 75yds Handicap held yesterday atfernoon in the Swimming Baths is as followsUallanan, ,9secs. 1; Miller, 9secs,2 ; McGregor and Tait tied for 3rd place. The handicapping could not have been more even and resulted in a very exciting and close finish. Tait was unfortunate, being driven on to the side of the baths, and McGregor was bumped twice, causing him to lose a stroke. These were accidents caused by the narrowness of the baths, and had they not occurred it would have been difficult to pick the winner. Mr W. E. Bendall acted as judge and Mr H. K. Swallow as starter.

The Mayor, Grs. Clausen, Stubbs, Armstrong, Matheson, and Mr Jickell, borough engineer, accompanied by Mr Sanson, chairman of the Manawatu Drainage Board, and Trustee A E. Clausen yesterday inspected the deepening and widening of the Mangaone creek being carried out by the Manawatu Drainage Board to within the borough boundary. Three thousand pounds has already been expended, and it is stated that the Mangaone will have three times its present time carrying capacity. The assistance of the borough is asked. The councillors'also inspected the Kawau creek.

Two Manawatu Mounted Rifle teams have been entered for the Lloyd-Lindsay competitions at the Feilding and Marton Show. The Manawatu Oroua Master Painters' Association to cover the ditsricts from Levin to Turakina, was formed at a meeting held at St. David's Buffet, Mr Harford,Feilding, presiding. Modified by-laws of the Wellington Association were' adopted and it was decided to at once register the union. The following officers were elected Chairman, Mr Harford; vice-chairman, Mr Turner; ■secretary and treasurer, Mr Clarke y committee, Messrs G. P. Amor, Minor, Persou, Hancock, Blackbourn, Tingey, Chapman and Proctor, with power to add to their number.

At Ashhurst on Wedensday, Mr Albert E. Sanders was married to Miss Myrtle M. Smith. The bride wore a charming dress of white silk trimmed Paris lace and insertion, and a smart white silk net hat trimmed with flowers and satin ribbon. Miss Ivy Smith, as bridesmaid, was attired m a cream figured lustre trimmed Valenciennes lace and insertion, with a pretty cream hat of straw trimmed with white silk and pink roses. After the a reception was held at Ithe house of the bride's parents. The bridegroom's present to the bride was a gold neck chain, and to the pridesmaids, a gold brooch. The bride's present to the bridegroom was a gold charm. The happy couple were the recipients of many handsome and valuable presents.

We continue to receive complaints regarding the state of the streets, but especially of Fitzherbert street. The gentleman who originally gave ns an account of the overturning of a trap, with some ladies, through the up-rooting in fitzherbert street, a statement snbsqenently denied, informs us that the acident happened exactly as he described it, and that

the accident with which it was confounded further along the road,where a horse bolted with a trap, was quite distinct from it. A correspondent referring to the defence made to ns that the filling over the sewer will sink eighteen inches when rain comes, writes that the contractor should have been compelled to restore the surface of the street to its original condition, and that there is no excuse for filling that will sink with rain, as it should have been rammed in and set during the process with water and a hose. He asks

if there is to be a sinkage of eighteen inches, where is the filling to come from. Is it to be brought back from where it has been dumped into a hollow by Te Awe Awe street ?

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