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Manawatu Times, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 12804, 30 May 1914, Page 4

A golf club has ben formed at Marton and the links will be officially opened this afternoon. laranaki circular road race round Mt. tgmont has been fixed this year for October Ist.—Association. The school football match, Campbell street v. West End. which was played yesterday, resulted in a win for the former by 78 to nil. Mr E. Nash refereed. A Chinaman named Ah Maw, alias .To Maw, was arrested at Christchurch last night on a charge of selling opium. An opium out lit was found on. accused 's premises and also a quantity of the drug.—Association.

A false alarm of fire was sounded at Palmerston last evening at 10. Evidently smoke seen issuing from a bacon-curing factory in Grey street caused the person who gave the alarm to think that the building was on tire. After four years' service in the shorthand and typing classes at Palmerston Technical School, Mr Baker who applied for an increase in salary which was refused, has resigned. Wo understand he intends starting classes on his own.

Dorothy Aukett, the child who was injured by the railway accident at Otahuhu which caused the death of her grandmother died at Auckland hospital yesterday. At Palmerston Police Court yesterday, before Mr W. Park, J.P., a first offender for drunkenness was fined 5s the amount, of his bail.

A euchre party and dance held in the Orient Hall last evening in aid of Miss Harris 's candidature for Carnival Queen passed off most successfully, there being a good attendance and a liberal sale of tickets.

The Argentine Budget reveals continued prosperity, on increase of 3,000,000 cultivated acres and 35,000 miles of railways.

Fifty third year medical students were fined £2 each at Sydney for singing under the windows of the professors during Commemoration Week. One was reprimanded for firing crackers in the lecture room.

Henri and Kobert do Neufville, bankers, have been arrested at Faria for using clients' stock as security for their own transactions. Their liabilities total £500,000 and their assets are £175,000.

As a sequel to the triumphal return of the famous Finnish runner Koleh-mai-nen from America the Russian Government has decreed that Finns will not be allowed to participate in the Olympic games in future as Russians. The Finnish Olympic Committee will probably be dissolved.

Robert Ingersoll, a ,watch manufacturer of New York, discovering that his niece, aged eighteen, had secretly married his chauffeur, issued an ultimatum: "If you want to remain a member of our family you must give up your husband." The girl replied: 1 'Never.''

The fire on the Waimatc has been extinguished. The hemp was much damaged. Fifty bales of wool were scorched and a quantity of worthless cargo was jettisoned. She proceeds on her voyage to-day. A resident of Sunbury, England, has secured an injunction against a neighbouring market gardener for stacking manure and causing an invasion of flies, thus necessitating gauze coverings for the windows, and preventing the enjoyment of his garden.

A parade of all arms is to be hold in Palmerston on dune 3rd. The troops will fall in at 9 a.m. at Coleman Place. Veterans, cadets and bandsmen aro invited to attend. Lieut.-Col. Pringle will have charge of the parade. By accident early yesterday morning the main heading of the Times was smashed, and until a new one is procurable we are compelled to print from the one formerly in use. In the course of a few days we hope to be in possession of the new block which is being made in' Wellington. The other day a letter from Naples addressed merely il Palmerston North" reached its destination safely, showing that for once the postal officials were not confused. Eecently another letter addressed to Palmerston North went to Palmerston, North Queensland, and another went to Palmerston in the South Island. A married man named Alexander Simoiulson, a resident of Masterton, who was engaged as a platelayer, was following his occupation on the railway line, wear Fernside, yesterday, when he dropped dead. Deceased had not complained of feeling ill. He was well-known in Masterton, and was greatly respected. He was about 3'5 years of age, and leaves a widow and several children.

An aged Chinaman while watching a train passing at Palmerston Tost Office crossing yesterday afternoon did not notice, an approaching mail van and was struck by the shaft and knocked down, the wheel passing over his legs. He was considerably shaken and bruised, but no bones were broken. First aid was lent by one of the railway employees and the injured man was afterwards taken to a doctor. Evidently the driver of the van did not notice the accident as he drove on.

Commencing on Monday, June ]st, telegrams which hitherto have been taken in at the bookstall on the Palmerston Railway Station will be accepted at the Railway Mail Room, where an officer will be in attendance .in the arrival and departure of trains between the hours of a.m. and 5 p.m. rhe new office is situated at the south ?nd of the railway platform. A notice joard is hung directly in front of the )ffiee.

T.adies who have neon waitng for a. Bargain Snip in Winter Coats have their opportunity this week at The Bon Ma re ho. Isot a very big selection. but big enough to give plenty of choice of assortment and to enthuse any woman with the remarkable bargain attractiveness of their prices. We are not going to describe them, but we tell you they are exceptionally good and worth coming a long way to see. The whole line will be cleared at; 29s (hi. Come quickly. C. M. Ross and Co.*

Mr T. \Y. Whitson's r.ine-roomed residence in George street. Dunedin. was practically destroyed by fire yesterday morning. The furniture was badly damaged. A valuable librarv was saved. Some of the occupants had a narrow escape. lb" house was insured for £5()0 and the contents for £(i()i). The sleeping car attendant on the midnight Main Trunk express to Aimklan i was missed at Feilding. Enquiries were made at P; Imerston and search parties went do.vn the line to i.ongburn. Later information reached Palmerston that he was found at Hunterville in a horse wagon on the same train. At an inquest at Auckland on a newly-born child, the mother, Mary Agnes Brown, put in a statement that she was a single woman of 25 years. She gave birth to the child: it was dead and she put it in a dress basket. The verdict was death from hemorrhage or exposure owing to absence of skilled assistance. Subsequently Mary Brown was arrested and remanded on l.ail of £25 charged with concealment of birth. Palmerston North High School Oi l Girls' dance which was held in the Municipal Hall last evening was highly successful socially and financially. There were 120 couples present and also the Mayor (Mr J. A. Is a sin and Mr Buick, M.P. The committee consisted of Misses Ivoehler .(secretary), Billens, Kerslake. Permain. Fowler, Fairbrother, Archer, West and Collinson, and the chaperones were Mesdames Vernon, Brennand, Durward, Hodder, Buick, Bennett and Nash. The M's.C., Messrs Hardie, Kuhtze, Vernon and West, bad a busy evening and carried out their duties capably. The supper arrangements which were in the hands of the committee left nothing to be desired. The music was provided by Mr Small's full orchestra and extras were played by Miss Kerslake and Messrs Rutherfurd, Nash, Bennett and Hardie. .- .£: i/!i.<; gjjjk RAILWAY NOTICE. Travellers to Wellington are notified that they have Time for Refreshments at DUSTIN'S, opposite southern end entrance to Railway Station. P.X. '' A. Bird is Known by its tune, Rleti a man by his reputation." J. Fitt, Watchmaker, Jeweller and Opticirfa, Main street West, claims to have a reputation second to none for fulfilling all requirements. Call and inBpect his large assortment of Engagement Rings, Clocks, etc. No troubl# to show goods.—Advt.