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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10476, 11 October 1912, Page 4

Motor ’buses in Loudon have killed 118 people since the New Year. Electric trams have killed 31. There was a very heavy downpour of , raiu in Marton last night, one and a half inches being recorded.

As a result of the. benefit entertainment in Marton Opera House last night the Dickson Benefit Fund was swelled by £3O after paying all expenses.

Remember the Musical Parade of new fashions between 8 and 9 o’clock to-morrow evening at Messrs E. Lloyd & Co. ’s Broadway House, •Marton. *

The Diocesan Synod at Christchurch rejected a motion to favour allowing women to vote at parish meetings and in the election of synodsmeu. At a special meeting of Feiiding Borough Council it was resolved to raise a loan of £SOO, borough’s contribution towards Mcnzies’ Ford bridge. A rate of l-64th of a penny in the pound will be struck, extending * over a period of years.

Marton Borough Council notify in our advertising columns that they not be responsible for accidents to owners of vehicles oxhorses who travel through Broadway or Wellington Road dxxriug repairs to streets while the steam roller is working. It has been decided that an active canvass of Marton town and district is the £best method of procuring funds for the Senior Cadet Shooting Prize. The district has been cut up into sections which will be allotted to ladies willing to carry out this laudable object. Already £7 has been subscribed and subcsriptious from Is upwards will be asked for. In order to advertise Auckland Exhibition the Postmaster-General has consented to the request of the commissioners that three months before the opening of the Exhibition all letters posted in Auckland shall be marked with stamp cancelling marks announcing the date of the Exhibition, as was done in the case ox St. Louis Exhibition.

Ail old age pensioner was brought before Mr Kerr, S. M., at Mar ton Court, last evening charged with drunkenness. The Magistrate in sentencing him to 34 hours’ imprisonment, said that the State did not find money to purchase intoxicating liouor, and if accused came before the Court again his pension would be cancelled.

The attention of the public is drawn to the fact that entries for competitions, horses, cattle, sheep, pigs and dogs close on 11th inst. for the Manawatu Show. hate entries will be taken up till Friday, 18th inst. Entry forms and scheudles may be had free on application to the Secretary, Eos 85, Palmerston North.

At Feilding Borougli Council last evening a letter was read from the borough solicitor stating that Council could succeed in an action against a local auctioneer for selling meat (ham or bacon) within the borough, that had not been killed or inspected at an abattoir. The Mayor stated complaints had been made of a firm who were selling hams and bacon which had been farm cured, and not inspected. There could be no objection to farmers killing their own pigs, but they should be taken to the abattoirs for inspection if the cured article was to be sold, and it was necessary also that vendors should bo licensed. It should be remomi bered that the abattoirs had been built for the safety of the public. It was resolved that the auctioneer in question be informed that he must cease selling hams and bacon, which have not been inspected. Attention is directed to the new drapery nremises now occupied ■ by the Cash Drapery Supply ComS pany, corner of High Street and | Broadway, Marton, where they are | showing a most up-to-date display S of new imported' goods of endless | variety, the window displays being i quite an attraction to the ladies of I Marton. Crowds of enthusiastic buyers have favoured this house 1 with their patronage and went away delighted with the quality of the goods and prices charged, bent unou returning again along with their friends. No one is pressed to buy at this house where one and ail receive courteous and prompt attention. Your inspection is invited.*

Owing to slips on the line the Main Trunk express will not be able to get through to-day.

At Masteron Court James Mcßae was and £2O on charges of breaches of the Licensing Act. There was a sharp shock of earthquake at 5.30 this morning at Waihi, the direction being from east to west.

Invercargill Borough Council has been served with a claim for £SOOO damages 'in connection with the death of Frederick Smith, victim of the recent tram accident.

Mr Gillespie, of the firm of Prior & Gillespie, has been appointed solicitor for borough of Feilding, succeeding the late Mr Prior, who held the position for 26 years. A special feature of last evening’s concert at Marton was the violin playing of Mrs Taafe, which was exceptionally good and proved the lady*to be a skilful musician. Those present will certainly be attracted by her name on any future programme.

Edward Wilfred Jacobs, formerly in business as a pastry cook in Wellington, has been arrested in Sydney' on a charge of committing a breach of Zealand Baukruntcy Act. He has been wanted by* the police there for the past two years. $

Gisborne reports that at the Pastimes Club rooms last evening a young man, Harry O’Connor, who had indulged in a sparring bout during the evening, became suddenly giddy', eventually becoming unconscious. He was removed to the hospital suffering 'from concussion.

At Hokitika Magistrate’s Court, Mr Hewitt, S.M., inflicted a fine of £lO on the Westland Sawmilling Company for cutting milling timber on scenic reserves near Lake Mahinapua. For supplying liquor to a prohibited person a young man was fined £7.

Pahiatua Borough Council’ when the-Peace Society’s circular pame forward last night passed the following resolution unanimously;—“That no action he taken in the matter, Pahiatua not being an anti-military town, and so far as can be seen being in sympathy with the Defence scheme. ’ ’ £££;;

The several sums of money received from entertainments, etc., in connection with the Dickson Benefit are to be put into “one fund, and Messrs JW. H. Gomez and W. A. Ingle have gbeen empowered to operate on cheques. It is proposed to give Mrs Dickson 80s weekly till the fund is exhausted.

It was last night decided by Feildiug Borough Council that the Council as a whole should be a committee to favourably discuss electric lighting. A special meeting will be held, when Mr Tolley, an electrical engineer, will be asked to attend and give details of best method of installation.

Messrs Abel Bros., Hunterville, announce in a new advertisement that they have just opened up a large and varied assortment of new season’s goods hi all the latest styles. An up-to-date consignment of men's boaters and Panamas have also come to hand. Fit and style are guaranteed by the firm in their suits to measure ‘at prices ranging from £3 10s to £5. A speciality is made of box suits.

Members of Parliament who oppose the Wanganui Harbour Bill have decided that it shall not he allowed to proceed, as the area described in the*Bill is not the area described in the plan. At a conference between members and representatives of the Harbour Board there was a very warm discussion, and eventually the chairman declared the intention of calling a meeting of the Board on Tuesday next to discuss this matter. The Mayor of Wanganui declared that he would not, be a party to placing the ratepayers of Wanganui in the position of paying another shilling* in the rates. Apparently Waugauui wants Rangitikei to pay that other shilling. There is no public opinion in Txirkey (writes a Constantinople correspondent), but the peoples of the Hear East live by memory. Rentier an Ottoman a service, however slight, and he will never forget it; he will reiterate it and be your slave. This accounts for the reason why so many sigh regretfully over the Hamidiau times and hope for the return [of the “Red” Sultan. With all his selfish cruelty and brutality Abdul Hamid was capable, at times, of extraordinary fits of generosity. Many people remember this and would welcome him back, forgetting, in true servile Oriental fashion- the bloodshed of which he was the author.

“There is nothing of which the British nation is so prodigal as man-power, says the Pall Mall. “Over and over again wo have to lament the waste of good material —square pegs thrown away because no one has the ingenuity to invent a square hole for them, or men in full vigour of life ‘scrapped’ because they have reached an arbitrary age-limit. These reflections flow naturally from the announcement that Lord Fisher of Kilverstone is to he appointed to preside over a Royal Commission or Department Committee to inquire into matters vitally concerning the Navy. Lord Fisher at seventy-two has the mental and bodily vigour of a man of fifty, and, what is more, the abiding zeal to use them in the service of his country. ” Mr E. Short, who is putting down an artesian bore on his property, at Cheltenham, last night waited on Feilding Borough Council, accompanied by an artesian expert, with a suggestion that Couuucil should go halves in a bore which he intends putting down. A six-inch bore could be put down about 750 feet for £ll3O. The Mayor, when the deputation withdrew', said the flow, if obtained, would be of very great value to the borough. They had only 40 chain.; to go from where the bore was being put down to Council’s nines. He had been strongly in favour of an auxiliary supply from the Kiwitea stream, but many neonle objected to that water. An artesian flow' would insure a permanent supply, and they should not let the ■ opnortunity go by. He moved in the direction of contributing half cost. Cr Ougley did not think they had any right to expend £SOO on an experiment. They might not want an auxiliary supply for 30 years. Cr Say well thought the matter too big to be considered off band. Crs Richmond, Ougley, Harford and the Mayor were appointed a committee to confer with Mr Short, and agree to proposal if suitable conditions can be arranged, and report at.a special meeting.