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Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 657, 5 March 1909, Page 4

Tho following is the lateßt addition to the telophono exoliauge: No, 120, S, Santos, Rising Sun Oafe, The Square. The plans for the new Tec|inioal School are expected to oome to hand any day now, and tenders will be at once called by the High School Board, In February, there were 87patients in the hospital, During the month 2 were admitted and 40 disoharged, leaving 39 in the institution on Maroh Ist. A series of fortnightly dances was oomm'enoed in the Jaokoyfcown Hall on Wednesday night. The danoe mußio was supplied by Mr Apatari, and the M. 'sO. were Messrs Riohardson and Flyger. Mr Fowler, who is organising and collecting subscriptions on behalf of the Fanners' Union, is at prosont in the Feilding district, and is meeting with fair success. Later he will probably visit the Rongotea distriot. Nominations for the Manawatn Lioensing Committee are:—Messrs Bowater, William Thomas, Feilding Road; Hornblow, John Knowles, Foxtou; Lethbridge, Bennett, Perry, Tnrakina; Perry, Alfred Oorin, Eongotea; Pnrnell, Fred, Marton; Simpson, Robert Kirkpatrjck, Marton; Sutoljffe, Harry, Marton. Regulations are gazetted providing for the following payments as expenses to witnesses other than medioal witnesses at Coroner's inquests: —For every day's attendance at an inquest or necossary absence from usual place of abode six shillings, and, in addition thereto, for every night's necessary absenco from such place of abode four shillings. •

The Public Library lias been augmented by the addition of the following boobs:—My Afrioan Journey, by Winston Ohurohill; Mystery of Mayfair, John S. Winter ;'Annt Jane and Unole James, Dorothea Oonyers; The London Plot, Carlton Dawe; Flowers of Fire, Q. B. Bergin; Togethor, Robert Herriok; The Web of Time, Robert E. Knowles; Finn tho Wolfhound, A, J, Dawson; The Quest of. Quosney, Booth Tarkington; The Old Home House, Joseph G. Lincoln; R.J.'a Mother, Margaret Deland; Trail of the Lonesomo Pino, John Fox, junr.; By Wild Waves Tossedj Captain Jack Brand; Myrtle Baldwin, Charles Clark; Munn; Heart of the Red Firs, A. W. Anderson ; Sorle's Seoret, Florence Warden; Gay La wliss, Helen Mathers; The Prime Minister, Orme Angus; Fennel's Tower, Louis Traoy; The Long Arm,[P. Oppenheim. Special Display of Latest Millinery and Dreas Goods to-day at The Bon Maroho, which you are cordially invited to inspect.

A column on page 7is devoted to yesterday's shooting at the Trentham rifle meeting, other tolegraphio and oable news will be found on pages 2 and 7. Feilding and Oheltenam news appears on page 6, commercial, oriokofc, and report of yesterday's meeting of the Manawutu Drainage Board on page 3. The Auckland express yesterday was again crowded with fire brigade men for the conference and competitions. Oapt. Preeoe, the lion, looal representative of the Art Union of London, has received intimation that the pipture this year is to be "The Gleanors" etohed bv Malcolm Osborne, A.R.K after the painting by F.Morgan. Last year Major Dunk and Mr Daniel here got prizes, and 10 per cent of the wholo prizes came to New Zealand. At last evening's meeting of the Loyal Mauawatu Lodge, MU., 1.0.0. F., an offer was received from the Oroua Lodge to form a combined working bee to make alterations to tlie sapper loom, and it was accepted with thanks. The next meeting of the Lodge will be the quarterly summoned meeting to elect a hall and building committee and general. A Press Association wire from Hastings states that a sharp earthquake shook was felt at five minutes past''one yesterday morning. No damage was done. A similar wire from Feilding states "There was a smart shock of earthquake at four minutes past one this morning " We did not hear of the shock in Palmerston.

The following is the finanoial statement.of Norman Campbell, saw miller, Waikanae, who has been adjudged bankrupt on the petition, of his creditors :-Unseoured creditors £978 4b, seoured creditors nil, total amount of debts £1)78 4s. Amongst the unsecured creditors are: -Palmerston, Abraham and Williams £130; Manukau, Swainson and Bevan £1 10s; Feilding, Barry and Co., £2B.

The "Bread Fund" lists we supposed to have been returned to the oommittee yesterday. The amount of those returned is*£76 12a including £2l4a 6d from the Post Office staff, £8 5s 3d from the Cuba street Methodist Sunday School, and 18s 6d as the lesolt of the sale of soap by the Manawatu Auctioneering Company on behalf of Mr Kelsey. It is requested that the lists not yet returned be sent in by Monday. A meeting of the committee will probably be held on Monday night. The Druids gave a nomplimentaiy conversazione to the members of the Palraerston Fire Brigade competition team in the Oddfellows' Hall. Over 80 couples were presont. A progressive euohre tournament was first held, Miss Lowiß winning the ladies' and Mr Hill the men's prize. Tho music for the dance was supplied by Mr P. 0. Hanley, and Bros. J. A. Nash and G. Langford .contributed extras. Miss Pyoroft and Mr Clement contributed several songs, and Master MoDowall danced a Highland Ming during the evening.

Drunkenness was responsible for a number of appeal ances at the Magistrate's Court yesterday morning, when Messrs W, Beok and G. Woodroofo ocoupied the Bench. A first offonder who was found' drunk in Broad street on the previous night was fined 7s Cd and costs 12s Gd. A woman, who was an old offender, was fined 12a for being in a similar condition in London street. Olaude Watson was fined £2, in default seven days' imprisonment, for having been drunk aud demonstrative in Broad street. The official results of the looal option poll taken last November were gazetted last night. The number of ■' eleotors on the 101 l was 587,003, and' the' number of valid votes recorded was 414,292; The number of votes... for oontinuanoo (including tho votes for restoration of licenses in previ- ( ous no-license districts) was 188,140, for reduotion 102,562 and for nolicense (including votes against re* storation in previous no-lioense distriots), 221,471. The verdiots in the sixty-eight licensing districts were as follow For continnanoe ' 15, no proposal 84, no-license 6, reduction 7, no-lioense retained 6.

The two most serionß offences dealt with at the Magistrate's Oonrt yes* terday morning were gross indeoenoy and theft. Wm., Joyce, who was oonvioted of having oommitted the former offence in the Square, pleaded that he was drunk. His sentence was six months' imprisonment. Edw&rd Thos. Gridley admitted the theft of a suit of clothes valued qt £5 10s from a man named Baker at Anderson's boarding-house. There were previous oonviotions against him and he was sentenced to three months' imprisonment.

The Poßt understands chat "as a result of tho recent oonferenoe of managers of the insurance companies, representations have been made to the Government with the view of'having an adjustment made (involving inoroases in of risk) in tiie sohednle of rates, The companies urge, it is stated, that profitable business cannot be donebn the present basis. The Premier has stated that if examination showed that business could not be oarried on under the present conditions witiiout a loss, the State Firo Office would have to increase its oharges on some lines. The State Fire Offioe made a loss last year. As, however, it is understood that its present position is muoh more satisfactory, it is considered doubtful whether Cabinet will agree at the present time, at any rate, to the suggestion of the companies. The question will probably be considered by Cabinet next week.''

For an initial meeting very good entries have been reoeived for the gaslight sports on Wednesday next. The entries aro very representative, about 12 being from the Manawatu and the remainder from outside dis* dots, 0. Morris, Wellington, the piesont-day champio'n sprinter of New Zealand ;-C. Woodger, the Wellington ohampion; D. Sanson, Dunedin; and J. R. Simpson, Auokland, will be amongst the competitors. Aooording to the present entries there will be about 20 raoes. The entrieß are: 0. Morris, D. Sanson, W. 0. Woodger, V. Taylor, P. Guff, H, E. Murray, N. L, Hearst, W. Shields, V. O'Neill, J. O'Neill, D. Egan, H. Harvey, D. Shean, J. R. Simpson, J. MoOoy, K. Eglinton, S. Hearle, J. Barry, R. Jones, 0. Jones, L, Moxted, D. Park, M. Broadbent, F. Brown, W. Martin, W. Collins, A. Best, J. Hubner, J. Berry, V. Penman, J. MoEwen, J. MoNougne, J. Jensen, W. Hughes. W. Bevan, D. James. Toys of all deßOriptions—Extra value on the 6d and Is tables, at Park's Xmas Bazaar,