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Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 1882, 29 March 1913, Page 4

A man named lVter Jacobsen was burnt t<> death in a cottage at Featlierston vesterdav afternoon.

The Masteiion Chamber of Commerce passed a resolution yesterday in favour of a national poll on the question of a universal half holiday. Our FeiHing correspondent reports that an eleven-year-old boy, the son of Mr F. Usmar, of Feikling, while cycling at Beaconslield yesterday afternoon, had a spill and broke one of his arms.

The petition for a poll on the selection of the weekly half holiday has been handed in to the Borough Council. It bore 1000 signatures. The ballot paper will bear a' list of the workn g days of the week, and the voter will mark the dry he prefers for the holiday. It is therefore possible to vote for Monday, Tuesday, or any other day. The Prime Minister is arranging a scheme under which the agricultural and pastoral societies in both islands will be given representation on the Board of Agriculture which he proposes to set up. The other members of the Board will be appointed by the Government.

It was decided by the Coach builders' Association at Wellington to send fraternal greetings to Messrs James Robin, J. H. Rochfort, and John Bett, who had been pioneers in the trade. The conference passed a hearty vote of thanks to Mr John Bett, president, for the manner in which he had conducted the conference. It was decided to hold the next conference at Auckland.

Seventy-six carriers and seventyfour cab proprietors have applied for renewals of licenses in Palmerston. The applications are first referred to the Sup-inspector for a certificate of good character, and from then passed into the Council, who grant the renewals. A fire was discovered on Thursday night in the Northern Coal Company's hulk Terra Nora, which was anchored in Shoal Bay, Auckland. The fire float got to work and flooded the hold, and the vessel was towed into shallow water with her decks almost awash.

The borough employees' picnic at Plimmerton yesterday was so well attended that the amount paid for railway fares would have more than covered the cost of a special train, viz., £47. This happy experience will warrant the engagement of a special train next year when the time of departure can be made later than 7 a.m. and the time of arrival home" earlier than the late train from Wellington, which was the service used yesterday. The new gramaphone which Mr 0. Giorgi, of Palmerston North, has invented, every portion of which he manufactures himself, has became very popular as a pleasure giving instrument of music at public functions. Its tone, besides being remarkably pure, is so loud and full that it cau be heard ovei a wide area. One of these gramaphones, a "library grand bell canto" was engaged for the Linton sports yesterday and tne music was much enjoyed. Our Feilding correspondent reports that the Feilding Amateur Athletic Club celebrated the conclusion of its first season with a very successful social last evening. Iu the course of the proceedings, the chairman, Mr A. (3. Patterson, congratulated the club on its satisfactory financial position which was very creditable for a first year. He presented to Mr Thomas Hicks a handsome cup, which lie had won for most points, and complimented him on his achievement. At the Conference of Local Government Engineers at Wellington, Mr F. J. Williams referred to a clause in the Architects Bill, proposing to regulate the building of bridges. "I think it is a piece of audacity on the part of architects to attempt to dictate to properly qualified engineers how a bridge should be built." He moved "that it be an instruction to the council to oppose this clause to the best of its ability." It was this kind of thing that got into Bills without theii knowledge and did them harm.

While three men were engaged in overhauling the engine aboard the launch Tauranga at the Railway Wharf at Auckland a lighted candle fell into some bilge water on which benzine was floating. The spirit was at once ignited, and the flames spread over the engine room. Some sand which is kept handy for emergencies was thrown on the fire, and for a time it was thought that the outbreak had been extinguished, but by the time the fire brigade arrived the woodwork was again ablaze. After some difficulty the fire was got under control, and fortunately the damage was confined to the engine-room. Little damage was done to the engine itself, but it will take some time to repair the woodwork and other fittings. The launch is owned by Messrs Clark and Bertram, and runs between Auckland and Howick.

Ladies are respectfully invited to inspect the fashions of the moment at the Bon Marche to-day; several departments have been greatly enlarged to provide scope for the increasing trade at C. M. Ross & Co's. Ladies will find the show room has been greatly extended, so that selection of millinery, furs and costumes can be made with every comfort and convenience. Fur coats, fur sets and fur hats are the special feature of the display to-day.— C. M. Ross & Oo.V The eternal question—- " When can we make your wedding cake."

Dcstin's, Ltd., The Square, Palmerston N