Mt. Benger Mail. BE JUST AND FEAR NOT. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1914. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mt Benger Mail, 4 March 1914, Page 2

Mt. Benger Mail. BE JUST AND FEAR NOT. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1914. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Harvest thanksgiving services will be conducted in the Presbyterian (Jkurch on Sunday, loth mst., when gifts of produce will be gladly received.

Dr (Jilniour left last week ior *>n extended holiday, his brother Dr Gihnour acting as locum tenens. Jhe Earl and I ountess aud Lady Sybil Grey are passengers by the ilaunganui horn Hobart ur >tw 2t-&-A»nd. i,

The Duuedm star underetaads that ilr Win. iielcher ha* decided net to contest the City Mayoralty, but that as previously .stated he will in all piouabiluy be a candidate lor Duneuin A ortft at the next General Elections.

The D.I. (J. have an alteration of advertisement im this issue which ifi oi cousiueraole interest to all members oi uie tair sex. They are at presvJw specialising in blousings for aiming and winter wear. A

The lit"-1 monthly meeting in connection with the local branch oi the fnmiiet iSociety will ta<ie place in tne tresbyteiian Sunday bcliooi room on inuay, otn at 1 p.m. Miss (Jlarfc will tfiAe an address on " The aims ol the I'lunn.! t society. All ladies are cordiady invited. the raiuiuli for the month ol February, as gauged uy Dr (jiiniaur, was i.iiia distnuuted over seven days. iue kigUest registration was .otiin On tiie Ist. ior Uie corresponding perioa last year the rainiall was 2.<Mw, over a peuoJ ot dgnt days, tiie highest registration being i.1./in on the 2utn. Another of the early band of pioneers has crossed tne great divide, quite a giooni being cast over the town vviiem it became »npwn tnat Jar w. Mercer, seur., had parsed away somewhat suddenly at an early hour on Sunday morning. Mr Meroer was a highly respected citizen and will be niucn missed from his- usual place behind tne counter. An ooituary will appear in next issue.

The Press states that Dr Ihacaer i»a* been approached by the Social Democratic i arty to uecoine its candidate for the Mayoralty ol Lhristcuurch at •lie coming election. Dr IhacKer promised to gi\e a reply in tne course of a lew days. Mr Holland, the I resent Mayor, lias also been asKed to stand again.

m commenting on the fact uisciosed in the case ot a prisoner wno came up lur sentence that a young gill had bought a Uc&et in L'attersaii's sweep with her lather's consent, his Honor the thief .Justice lemarKed this morning that he cud not understand what the country was coming to. liare was a ease in whicn a father bad encouraged las daughter to gamble •. Un Friday evening we are to be favoured with another visit from the popular Massey'B lectures. This company always gives a good show, thereoy sharing the commence ot the pubhe. Ihey Deing a complete change of programme with them consisting of •eemc, educational, dramatic and comic pictures, and no douut a bumper House will greet tnem as the prices are right. It is the urm's iuteutiou to maKe periodical visits to this district during the ii»e weather season when they hope to receive the same, if not better, patronage as in the past. Advertisements appear in this issue to the eiiect that examinations for mine managers and battery auperiutecdents' certificates win be held on Tuesday, iMih March, at the 'ihames, Wami, ifeefton, a nd l>unedin, and examinations fori dredgeinasters' certificates will be held at Greymouth and Uyde on luesday, 31st March. \ll applications accompanied by the necessary certificates must be in the hands of the secretary of Board of Examinei«, Wellington (from whom all information may be obtained) not later than <Hk March.-See advt.

Messrs il'hane, dentists, of Alcxan hi a, will pay Hear next protessioual visit to Koxburgh on the L3ih inst., and to M illers I lat on the I ttli nisi up to U p.m. Ihe second Dell match oi the Roxburgh Ueten i> Rillc ( lub will i e held on the dub s range on Saturdax u xt, the instate'.- i>tany -i'l' and <iw yards. Llarves Ln.-iDksgiving services- will be lieiit 111 M. ..;imc- I ti'aivh on Mindav next. sth msi.. v\ hen I lie \ii ar { the S lie\. -i. t'cmin.-i will conduct services at il a.m. and . p.m. at Roxburgh ano at '■'• p.m. at Millers flat. Ihe v aluat ion t.si lor tee Do ough ot Koxburgh is now upon lor uj.rection .at the iown ( IcrK s uIJ e. A sitting oi the local Assess n-.-ni > ouri will be held before 1.. '•>. t.urvou, Fsq., S.M., on IhursJay, I'JL.i ;\i£nh, at U o'clock, iit ihe ijceJ t u.. house lor the purpose of hearing ; n.. oilermining all objections aguut u-.- said \ uluation list. All objections must be lodged at the Assessment L'uint en or befoie the l-th .March, and u c»p) of said obje Lions must i.e led. m the Town i lerk's olhce at least iwo days before the sitting of in- snide ml. During i ii<- progre&s >t tie i aski i social given by the Fuunliy l.ni-. ployeos on Fridav evening a iuaien"ptinle ii-.-l w ;i< perlormed i-v st ut. lie why evidently thought in; «a. aoing a great strode, b ortunat ;lj btti* inconvenience was. caused, b 1 i ihat tac* does not detract from the meanness oil the act. it is to be r«*g e! d limt we ha..- such a mischievous i lUHiit m oiXyniiust and that it :anaot be i bjjßUgtll to mm.., il UUS UliV a wick ago llial AC nad .o reier to an act something similar wi.. ! soap was put in the water which v»us being boded tor lea at a so-:ial u: the ball. .-Mit-iv those thitt .■!'.- '•:! | led to do lho6e things can .- c mat tin re i- no g.orv attached Lo such a-is, and it is to be hoped thai «j will not have occasion to efer to sich in the future, A youtu named Samuel S* i.'Lgleton, a laborer, aged tweuty-jtev'cu, *Lohad come into the place Lo look far v oik, wa.- tbov.li.-d in a hole in Deck's (.'reek whilst bathing last Friday. A lad John Charles iiie imuioicwa and ran foi assistance, bit v.aa too late. * onstable ioung, >f St. Bathand, discovered the body in >ix feet ot water next day. An inquest wus held before Mr Nicholson, a.l'., and jury, and a verdict acid--dally ui.vii.d while bathing was letuvnei, > custuiblcß Mackenzie and Young gavec\i denee. Deceased is i.ud .j i. iv. te atives in Dunedin. Ihe uci'M'liumlc young man will be r luenin-'. dus wording ai.out Koxoucgh t.'>... 0 mocibs ago.

The tactics adopted by i, '.-rbpera which exist merely lo exto. party tre truly amazing [saya tne Herald, L«.rd KauiurL in a ailly speech, in which he advocated armed resistance by llhter should Home Rule leiom.- ;ii"i a vv of Britain, made some n iereuce to the anxiety Mr lilassey ns an I'iSU'i man felt about th situation This has actually been picked :»p and nuuJe a peg whereon to hang a demand that Mr Massey should explain. Surelj papers whose editors dish up such drivel as that are hard up lor legitimate criticism. Mr Massey has, proved where iie would stand in a ease where any section of the people delied ill law. and he it in no way called upon to explain what some misguided aristocratic Red fed chooses to say about him in Ireland. ihe bus .el social promoted by the Tevio: Molyneux Foundry employees and held on Friday evening, proved a v rrv successful function, there being a I large number present. The Uoor was (in excellent order and the music provided by Miss MeMulliu (piano) and Mr 11. Vernon (violin) left nothing to be desired. During the course of the evening gongs were rendered by Mcs-rs Gilchrist, McLean, and and a plentiful supply of edibles wero handed round. The management desired to tender their thanks to the public for thir patronage. The United Labor Party has adopttd a novel way of raiting iui.ds for general and municipal election expenses (says the Dominion). A " One Hundred Thousand Pence fun 1 ' has been opened, and members buve been entrusted with books of penuy tickets, 'flies' will be issued av tne rate ol ten thousand a mouth, up to the election, and the proceeds ,ir ; siug from the sale of the tickets will be tued in putting forward Labour candidates at (he elections.

Counsel fot; Jeiendant in a reparation case ;i ' the L'nrist -h'lrch Magistrate's Court on Tuesdaj said mat thg eltcet ot these cases was that liiree o 1 tour times a week he had >o turn away from his ollice women who wanted a separation order i on) their husband-, because so-and-so Mad got one, and was get'.ing i~ a a■■ U manleuaiiee. Domestic duties i-o been placed on a very low plane. I liumnly wish myself," he went on to say, " that these women would m • i urge their duties as the wives ol '.iciking m. n shuiid, and .her,- would be fewer j cases ol aileged cruelty."