LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXII, Issue 11485, 14 September 1889, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

; •„. i . . ■ ■* Mr J. H. Keesing will sell by public i auction to-day at his mart a quantity of ! household furniture &c. -without reserve. At the Feilding Magistrate's Court yesterday Daniel Philips was committed »' for '-rial for horse-stealing. ■ ' r . Ie subject of the Bey. Mr Dewsbury's leouire to-morrow evening will be " The J New Birth." " ; , \ Wo regret to, hear of the illness from , 'in'fluensa of Mrs Hoey, the mistress of the '. Infants' School, During her absence her 1 duties' are being taken by he*' daughter. ' The school attendance returns for last i month show an increase on the previous I period;'but the number of pupils attend- ■ is not what it should be. , . ' The social gathering which was to have 1 cQme off on'T.hursday at Manaia in connection with the Wosleyan Church, had, we ■ understand, to be postponed, Mr W. Trimble will hold his usual w.e^kly auction sale to-day, and will offer ■ a large assortment of rustic ware, as well as miscellaneous articles of furniture, &c. In » letter to the Post, Mr Travers.the ; well-known barrister, says that protection . is lying on its deathbed in the United [ States. , The annual general meeting of the ) Wanganui Bowling Club will be held at I the yictoria Hotel on Monday evening i next, when the presentation of last > season's prizes and the election of officers , will take place. i Since his recent trip through America Jlr T. L.-Travers charged his mind about i the San Francisco mail service. He now . approves of jt. Two or three years ago, ■ when chairman of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce, he publicly opposed it. The Koyal Humano Society's modaj which has been awarded to young Norman Andozson will be presented to him 1 pufeifoly at the Drill Hall, and the 1 scholars ft-o?j} the Collegiate and town 1 schools will in ail probability attend the ceremony. The fireman who our reporter wot in ' uniform on Thursday night, was out in his reckoning, when he informed us that the house 'oii fire was U/ifouoroomod cottage in Copeland-^treet. It turns out 'to Ji^ye been"a building lately occupied by Mrs M#£fregor, in Ball-street. The premises were, jusured for .£SO in the New Zealand insurance Company. ..When the fire : beli >?asg ,Q)jt on Thursday, night a worshipper of Bacchus ran oufc'of'a, certain house madly exclaiming, " ypiere is the fire ? " In his excitement; ho ran into a;policeman's arms, who very politely agree to take him to the scene of ifche fire, which the officer told him was in Bell-street, near the Court House. With reference to a paragraph appearing in our. local columns yesterday, calling attention to the yery unfinished state of Dublin and Wieksteed streets, we s^i.e informed by the Town Clerk that tho metalling of these roads is peovided for in the schedule passed by the Council and that the work will be done in the proper season. i Mr Soeling, the nightwatchman, being :«opfined to his bed his duties are being undertaken by Fireman James. Lieut. For y, of the Fire Brigade, is also very ill f i present suffering from an old complaint. We hope to see him recover shortly, as in case of a fire his services would be a great loss to his captain. Mr fluomas Bush is also laid up and unable to attend to business. At Mr LifQton's sale of Borough properties yesterday the following prices were realized ;— The lnsttfcjjtfe, full :j-acro section, sold for £QSO j part .section. 507, Plymouth-street, with dwelling aud sAuty, fetched .£IOO. A J-acre, from tho Avenue ia Wicksteed-street, with dwelling, passed: in at £1 60. Sections, part of sub-block 27, sold for Jg/O each, some being passed in at £60 each. The School Committee havo .decided to taie steps to enforce tho compulsory education, pauses of the Act. It has been noticed that ft, great many children who ought to be at school ai\e running about the sti'eofcs and their puvontft ftpppar to tako no steps U> enforce their j'egiji*!.* attendance. 'JL'o remedy this tho School Committee are considering the advisability of appointingti'uantinspoctorswho will be on the look out for children in the streets who ought to be attending school As an instance of how hard some of our young men syork on thoir farms, we give tho following as •$ was told to us : — A certain young man, who 3<<,d been foiling scrub all day on his own seotioi;, camo home yot-y tired, and after refreshing his inner man, immediately retired to his room, where his mate was already in bod. Before divesting himself fit his apparel, he devoutly knelt down to say his prayers, but the god of slumber was too strong for him, and at onco closed his eyos in sleep, from which he never woke until roused by his friend at daylight the nest ■ morning.

Some alterations havo been made m j thu weekly itinerary of. the thoroughbred horse Louis dOr, which will travel dvring the season as far as Turakina (fto. 1 Line) on Mondays, returning home by way of Nos. 2 and 3 Lines on Tuesdays. On Wednesdays h<s will be at Mr J. B; Wilson's stables in the Avenue, leaving thoro on Thursdays for Kai Iwi, Maxwelltown and Waitotara,and returning to Kai Iwi, on Fridays, whence he will come home again on Saturdays. The Fire Brigade competition for Mr Friend's prize was concluded on Thurßday night. The two men competition was run off first, James and Paul taking 39 sees., and Kitchen and Saunders 30J s'ecs*.""Tliis" left the two latter in it,' and they ran off a rather awkward event (run 50yds carrying a length of hose, standpipe and branch, fix all throe and place ready for turning the water on), Saunders taking 64 sees., and Kitchen 54secs. The Druids social dance, which was' held at the Fire Brigade Hall last night, was a great success, the number of those accepting the Committee's invitation being fairly large, arid a most enjoyable evening was spent. {During the evening songs were given "by several ladies and gentlemen; Mr J. Coakley presiding at tho piano. Refreshments were provided by the Committee, who did all in their power to make their guests comfortable. Messrs J. Laird and J. Johnston acted as M.C.'s and carried out their duties most thoroughly, looking after the wants of those present in a quiet \inobtrusive manner. Great credit is due to the Committee for the manner in which they . carried , out all. the arrangements, which, tended greatly to the comfort of those present. : The Ladies' Working Guild in connection with Christ Church had another of their social " gatherings, in the schoolroom attached to the church, last night. That these gatherings are becomingpopular with the congregation is proved by the fact of the increased number of those attending. Last night the building was packed and it was hard to find sitting accomodation for everyone^ The musical programme provided was above the! average on thase occasions, several,of the singers 'being now, to Wanganui and their selections were all of a kind pleasing to listen to. During the interval refreshment, provided by the ladies, were handed jr^und and general conversation indulged in. ' These meetings, as we have boforo said, should be the means of binding the members of the congregation together and inciting them to work in harmony in the cause of their parish church. r The following are tho names of those who assisted in the ' programme during the evening:— Miss Iveson, piano solo ; Mrs Fleetwood, song ; Mr Hogg, recitaticm; Miss Enderby and Rev. J. Chapman, duet ; Mrs Cattell, song ; Mrs Pinches, song; tho Misses Handley, piano duot ; Mr Downes, song ; Mrs Fahlborg, 'song; 'Mr Harvey, song; aud Rev. J. W. Chapman, song, MrT! A: Burmingham,representingtho £_iv of Messrs Burrows and Co., of Christchurch, is at present in town and is prepared to receive orders for Keen's patont unbreakable saddles. Tho invention is purely colonial, boing that of Mr A. W. M. Keen of Tasmania, and presents marked improvements on the old saddle. The main feature is the substitution of a metal tree for the wooden one. This tree consists of a rim of tho finest Bessemer steel running round the panel and joined by three curved bars over the pommel. Besides adding immensely to comfort of both horse and rider, the tree is practically unbreakable. The latter quality has been frequently tested. A waggon laden with bricks has been driven over the saddh? without further result than cutting the leather. At the last Gr^nd National, Presto rolled over with one of the light saddles without affecting it. Wo hav,e no hesitation in saying that for appearance, lightness, and strength it is a long way ahead of the saddle now in use, and as it gives health and comfort to the rider the patent should have a ready sale. Mr Burmingham may be consulted at the 'Victoria Hotel, where he will be pleased to show samples, At (ii« «)eej;ing of the School Committee last night, all the members were present except Mr T. Bush, -whq sent an apology foi absence through illness. The minutes of the previous ordinary lifeetin:*, a.s well as those of tho specail meeting, were rea^l and confirmed. The reports of the Visiting and Wopks Com-mittee-wore received and adopted. The sub-Committee appointed, reported on the state of the offices at the Infant and Girls' Schools, which they considered quite unsuitable and recommend entirely new and more convenient ones being built at tho Infant School. The Committee also recommend an alteration in the system of tho offices "at the Grids' School. Resolved that the Secretary for-wayd the report to the Board of Education. The Secretary was instructed to notify the teachers that, for the future, the schools should' set independently of each other with regard to working double on rainy clays. Tho Secretary was also instructed to write to teachers and inform them, that the Committee wished it. to,, be understood that' the time for opening and closing tho schools as pro/iously settled, by the committee should b. c adhered to. Messrs Austin and Drew were "appointed a visiting committee for the month. The attendance returns wwoveadi and accounts amounting to £5 14s 9d were passed for payment, Tho Committee then adjourned. A meeting of the Executive Committee of the Education Board was held yesterday. It was resolved to forward tho Messrs Chalmers and McDonald for the ifa.rfc.Qtt assistanfcmastership, vice Miss MdCay resigaed, Mjss Igglesden's resignation from Porewa was peqeived, and at'hor request.it was agreed to keep her name on the list; tho inspector to be asked to name spine junior assistants and past, pupil teachers for the Porewa appointment. Mr Ligertwood's resignajj' jn as master. of Stony Creek School was I'eceiv.ed, l)ut it was resolved that the CiQHju;itte.e £c irifoumod that tho resignation must bo for warfo/i' "direct by the master to the Board, The Beaoonsfie}d Committee wreto asking that applications be forwarded to them for the position of teacher vacated by the appointment of Mr Strombom to Kohi. Tho secretary was instructed to inform tho Committee that, by tho returns, Beaconsfield had dropped down to tho position of an aided seftool, ftnd that consequently the Comaiiti is niust apjjojnt their own teacher subject to tho approval of ftfi Board. A letter was received, from Mr Bijpkler, of Canterbury, accepting appointment as relieivng teacher, and stating that ho will bo prepared to commence duty early in October. Letter from Mr Victor, of the 3satarawa School, stating that tho school js " gaffifftS on we^' k u * la * several scholars We iqft, and that his salary has consequently fallen" so tovythat j le desires removal to a bettor school, Referred £0 , the Board Letter from Normanby, r« improvements to infants' gallery; referred to the inspector for his comments thereon. Letter from Blr Blair stating that ha proposed to hold drawing classes at Hawera for ten Saturdays ; resolved that tho Committee be asked to allow tho rise- of the schoolroom for Mr Blair's puvMOSiea, ' Letter from tho Hawera Gom.mittos "re «2qiondjture by the Committee in re roofing closets 4«i referred to £ho Board. Letter from Mi' Waldggrave, pf Palmorston North, agreeing to soil tho site fronting Campbell-street, and to extend the latter street to Featherstonstreet, provided the Board pledge themselves to build on the sito ; resolved to reply that the letter will be referred to tho Board, but that Mr Waldegrave bo meauvhjla informed that tho Board has no otfier 'object jn proposing to buy the site than to erodt a suhoyj thereon. A number of accounts we're passed for i^ayr nient and other routine business done and the Committee adjourned. The reports of trouble over the building of the Nicaragua Canal caused a great rejoicing in Paris,