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Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 1875, 20 March 1913, Page 4

The Manawatu Times will not be published to-morrow, but will be issued as usual on Monday. Special services will be held at All Saints' Church to-morrow. At mid-day the Three Hours Devotion service will be held. Mr M. Cohen, who has done such excellent work as a country representative of the Wellington Harbour Board, intends to contest the seat again at the coming election. Cable news received at Auckland from Suva, dated March 19, received yesterday at 8.30 p.m. states that advices from outside centres are reassuring. They show that the hurricane mainly affected Suva and Rewa. The banana planters are the chief losers. A well attended meeting of the Palmerston North Coursing Club was held last evening, when it wais decided to hold the next courting meeting on April 10th and 17th. Stakes amounting to £IOO will be raced for, in which it is anticipated 64 dogs will compete. The hares will be provided as formerly from Rangitata, and will arrive and be trained a week before the meeting. The coursing will extend over two days, and the programme will consist of a Maitien Stake, Open Sweepstake and Novice Stake. Mr Lloyd reported that a new club was being formed in Wanganui, and as Palmerston meeting would be held hefore Wanganui several dogs from there would compete. Beautiful Souvenir View Album of Palmerston North, containing 27 lovely photographs of the town and its garden* and public buildings at Bennett's, price ls.V

All the Pfilmerston banks will be closed on Friday, Saturday, Monday and Tuesday. Mrs H. Palmer was elected vicepresident of the Technical School Girls' Hockey Club, not Mrs A. J. Palmer, as previously stated. The Mongolia's New Zealand pasengers from Melbourne areMr Cotter, Mesdames Cotter, and Begg, Misses Cotter and Begg.

At a meeting of the Manawatu Winter Show committee yesterday five firms wrote offering trophies which were accepted and a vote of thanks was passed to the donors. It is expected from the replies received from various school teachers that Mr Hodder's scheme of admitting school children between the ages of five and fourteen free to the Winter Show will be largely availed of. Manawatu A. and P. Winter Show Committee met yesterday and appointed judges in place of other selected judges who had intimated they were unable to act. The latest additions to the telephone exchange are: —George Green, Karere, Primus Mill, Karere; P. R. Henry, Karere; Smith and Seifert, Lockwood; W. L. Orr, Karere. A fire at Messrs Beaney and Sons' foundry at Grey Lynn caused damage to the extent of about £(500. The loss was covered by insurance in the South British Office.

Messrs Mounsey and Co. held one of their most successful sales at Palmerston yesterday, when they disposed of the furniture of Mr W. L. Scott at his residence in Grey street. There was a large and keen attendance of buyers, and every line was sold at prices which were exceedingly satisfactory. Legislation is to be sought by the Wellington Harbour Board to ease the cust of the election of members. The net cost of the iast elections was £I3OO. Polls have to be held in all the electoral centres.

It is stated on reliable authority that a farmers' co-operative dairy company operating on this coast lost four shillings per cwt. on a consignment of butter sent Home this season through excessive moisture. At a meeting of the committee of Palmerston Wednesdav half-holiday supporters several substantial offers of guarantees to a fighting fund were received from several business men. It is understood that the amounts range from £5 up to one offer of £SO. At All Saints' Church to-morrow, Good Friday evening, Stainer's Crucifixion will be given by the choir assisted by vocalists. The work will be given under the baton of Mr A. Drew, late choir master, and Mr Naylor will preside at the organ. The soloists are Messrs S. Drew and J. Rodgers.

The Palmertsou North Gun Club hold their fourth annual field day at the club's grounds, Park Road," tomorrow. The shoot will commence at 10.30 a.m. Luncheon will be provided, and wives and lady friends of members are invited to attend.

About, fifty members of the Farmers' Union visited the State farm at Levin yesterday, when a number of experiments were carried out by the Government fields and experimental farms division.

There is more than a livelihood that before long the price of morning and afternoon teas will be raised by Wellington tea room proprietors. A proposal is also afoot to increase the price of luncheons, or else to reduce somewhat the quantity of food now obtainable for a shilling.

. Conversing yesterday with a Manawatu farmer, a Times' representative learned that the present dairying season has proved highly satisfactory from a commercial point of view. Last season was an exceptionally wet one, but the majority of farmers were well prepared and brought their cows into profit in good condition and consequently reaped the benefit of a prolific year. A Gisborne visitor, who has returned from a tour of the North of Auckland, expressed surprise that nothing is b»ing done to preserve the historic relics connected with the early colonisation of New Zealand to be found in the neighbourhood of Russell. This old town, the first capital of New Zealand, he states, is fast falling into ruins. The historic church, which has so many hallowed traditions, has to be propped to prevent it falling into ruins, and there are old gravestones in the churchyard, well worthy of preservation, which are crumbling away. There is alt* at Pallia the first organ brought to New Zealand, and at Waitangi the first Government House in New Zealand, where the Treaty of Waitangi was signed. This building—a real landmark in New Zealand liistory—is being allowed to fall fast into ruins.—Auckland Herald.

A lament (says the Lyttelton Times) has arisen at every Reform rally during the present tour of the Prime Minister and, in fact, whereever two or three of the faithful have been gathered together, that Canterbury is represented by only two or, at most, two and a half Government members in Parliament. At a "non-party" dinner in Oxford on Saturday night, Mr W. Nosworthy. M.P., bemoaned, the fact, but cheerfully expressed the opinion that at the next election, "under improved conditions, " the province would return six or more Reform members. It has been suggested that Mr Nosworthy let slip a Cabinet secret, forecasting electoral reform in the next session. Whether it will be merely the repeal of the Second Ballot Act, proportional representation, or preferential voting, was not hinted at by the member.

The Royal Hotel furniture sale afforded rare interest during the last two davs to the residents of Palmer - ston and neighbouring towns and hamlets. There were buyers present from as far away as Dannevirke, Foxton, Feilding and Marton. It was adjudged to be probably the most successful sale of its kind ever held in Palmerston in regard to attendance, the prices, and the rapidity of the bidding. Mr Harry Palmer conducted the sale, instructed by Messrs Dawick Bros. The sale on the first day continued from 11 o'clock a.m. to 5.80 p.m., and yesterday from 11 a.m. till 5 p.m. In those 12 r ] .j hours Mr Palmer disposed of 2100 lots, which was at the rate of lk; lots per minute. The next stage in the proceedings will be the demolition of the hotel itself to make way for the new Bank of New Zealand. This will probably be begun within the next few weeks. London's latest fashions in ladies' coats, costumes and millinery are now on view at the Bon Marche, of which C.M. Ross and Co. invito inspection,*^™

xhe Government has acquirtd an area of land in the vicinity of Masterton. for the purpose of establishing workers' homes upon it.

The Manawatu Motor Cycle Club has received twenty-three entries for the reliability and petrol consumption trials to be held at Easter. The route chosen is from Palmerston to Wanganui and back.

At Palmerston Court yesterday Daniel Keane, a third offender ;; for drunkenness within six months wai fined 20s, in default seven days' imprisonment.

A deputation consisting of Messrs Stephenson, Yenn, and Richards waited oa the Wellington Hospital Board on Tuesday regarding the severance of the Wirokino riding of the Horowhenua County from the Wellington Hospital District and it* incorporation in the Palmerston North District. Mr B. R. Gardener introduced the deputation (says the Times), and pointed out that the Palmerston North Hospital was much nearer to the district than the Wellington Hospital, and that it wa» much cheaper and more convenient for patients to be taken there. The members of the deputation spoke on similar lines, and it was eventually decided that as far as the Board wa» concerned they had no objection to the severance.

Rev. J. J. North, now of Chris# church, is generally better left alone In criticising the Defence Act, recently he used the metaphor: "Flogging butterflies with a cart rope." The Dominion called this puny and unintelligent metaphor. Rev. North replied: '' May I interpret? My contention was that in stunting the mental development of certain children, the Government is punishingthe nation, since a nation's best asset is intelligent manhood. My "puny" metaphor hits oft' that situation. Who flogs butterflies with a cart rope flogs himself. " A motor party travelling front Wausranui to Palmerston in the early hours of Monday morning had an exciting experience at Newbury. The driver, by some means, got slightly off the track and ran into a small bridge, one of the side rails of which (a piece of timber 4ft long and (>in x 2in) pierced the radiator, dash board, and scuttle, and broke off when about f> inches from the body of the passenger sitting next the driver. The top rail (a much louger piece of timber of the same dimensions) ran right through the top of the hood. This rail missed the driver and the passenger who was sitting next to him by inchet only. The impact stopped the car, but luckily did no damage to the engine, aud after some delay the car was brought into town, and is now undergoing repairs at a local garage. The eternal question—- " When can we make your wedding cake." Dustin's, Ltd., The Square, Palmerston N