LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXVIIII, Issue 12127, 15 May 1896, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

- • Members of the Wanganui Bowing Club are reminded of the annual smoke concert to be held in the ehed to n'ghfc. At the S.M. Court yesterday a first offender for drunkenness wai convicted and discharged. Messcb T. Bamber and 1 A. A. Browne were on the Bench, Mr Littlejohn's replace advertisement, which appiara in auctber column, ib, bb 6t»teß ' worthy of f ttention." Hia la'esfc ' shipment of winter goods are to hand, and, as will bo sjen by the quotations, ard ' being offered to the public at bargain price?. Chelm-ford Housp, under Mr P. Love- • day, ib rapidly making a name for itaelf ss a pace for cheap drap.iry and clothing. ' Ths wots'tr ca3h sa'e has, we are in--1 formed, baen a complete Buc:e3B, and ) those in want of roally good warm cloth- [ iog are advised td loose no time in paying this establishment a vieif. Datails of some of the line 3 offering will be found on ' our firßt page, ! The Native Land Court resumed busi- [ nesß yesterday morning, Judge Ward - presiding. Mr John Osmond, on behalf , of ihe native.", congratulated. Mr Ward ! upon his recovery, and hoped that he , would continue- to enjoy the health to ' wh'ch ho bad been restored. His Honor : thanked the natives for their kindly ex. ' presaioos, aftor which the Court prol ceaded to business, and ■invouigated a . number of succession c'aims and arranged the order of bußiuess for tho future sit- ' tinpa of the Court To day the Taonui ! and an adjoining block will be dealt with, i comprising nearly 15,000 acres It ia I likely tbat tha present sittings will coni. tinue through the winter. Wo may stato that Mr Edwardß is the Bitting BBses3or, ' and Mr Jones the clerk and interpreter to ' the Court as usual. One of tho best buainesa establishments ' of Wanganui is evidently the branch of ! the N.Z Clothing Factory. Tho biauch, ) during the whole of the 18 years or more • that it has been in existence, m\y be eaid to have accomplished the dual ohjact of ' satisfying lhe public and proprietors alike • —the former by supplying first-class gooda ■ at fair and reasonable prices, aud the , latter by suitably rewarding their enior- , prise. Au idea of the soundness and . 1 popularity of the establishment over which ' { Mr Blennerhaasett ao ably presides may ' be gleaned f.om tho fact tbafc the returns ' for the laab half year, notwithstanding the • increased competition, ehowed that the • business trar.Baoted had considerably exceeded that of any p-afc term. At the present time, the new wintar goods having ' been opened up, the stock is roplete in ■ evory particular, from the firao's lateßt i specialities in ready made clothing to the most faahionable bat?, ties, &c. The boot • aud Bhoe department ia also heavily ' stocked, and should well repay a visit. ' Another feature is the large variety of gentlemen's steel trunks, portmanteaux, , hat boxes, &o,

The Hon. A, J. Oidman intends to par- 1 / pona|ly inspect tho Aramoho Bridge this { mornirg. The Holi the Colonia 1 Tr»asu or ia to r address a public uijetin^ at the Oddfel'ows' Hall ihis evening. The Dunedin Star states that it hes good reatoa. for siying that it is highly improbable ih_b Mr Justice Buckley will n leaume his Beat on the Supreme Ccurt & Bench. It is underfed that his illneßS h of a serious character. d In view of theapproach of Iho p'aitiuj ," season : for 1896, Mr VV. T. Ben'fisld ) n notifies' * tliat his celebratsd Aramoho I - Nursery is ttill to the front. Ibe attention of. intending planters is directed to his largo jjt|d, varied assortment of geneial nursery Vtdck, iniludiog shelter and ornamental traei* .'flowering shrubs, hedge . plants, ki, and an exceptionally large i vaiiety of fruit .tree?, All orderß left i with Mr J. T. Sinc'air, seedsman, cf r . Taupo Quay, will receive prompt atten- i tion. Catalogues may be had on applica- i tion. A uieejin'g of the employeas of the Government Printing Office waß held on Wednesday night in the Exchange buildings to' consider what stops shoujd . ba [ taken iv reference to tbe d'smisFoA of Me3srs Carson, MoSamara and Jenkins The representatives of the prass were not admitted, and it was als) decided at tbe nwting that the decision arrived at , should not ba made public. It is understood, however, that it wa3 decided to present a petition to the Hon Mr HallJones in referonce to the matter. On Tuesday evening next the Rev Albert Agar, recently ' from Victoria, will dsliver a lectura in the Baptist Churcb, Ingejlre Street, ou "Tho F-Tl of a_ ' Empire," when he will givo an account of what, he saw on tho battlefio'd tf Sedan, and other iiicideuts of the Fr mc '-Garman war. At th* time of tin war Mr Agar was a c-ptn'-n-'of H.V. Artillery, bnd ob taining the Decescary leave was present in the Prussian lines at tho tvent'ul hattle. • The Asbburton Mai', rofairng to the reverend gentlemen's lecture at tbat placo, sajs that the lecturer gave a grephio account of his journey from Loudon to Antwerp, theace through Bouillon to Sedan, and on to* where t hei rench and Pi umans ware fighting at Mezzier-*, aud in the course of hia remarks referred to many places of interest in the c'ties and country surrounding ilißSn.ra ticularly describing the cathedral and art ga'lery, wherainare t> be found the masterpieces of Ruebens and other famous Flemish artists of past centuries. The horrors cf-;war wera vividly" depicted, eapjcially the position tf the Frenoh ' army penned up ■ in Sedan when the German artillery via. pHnted all round the city on the , heights, and trained right to it, while Napolron hsd only two hours in which to decide to cap tulate or have his army ' simply murdered bya terrific storm of ' sboc acd.shtll l'r.ira the accurate phy of thß G-Jimin: arUllery. Napoleon, as-his-tory records, wistly saved the liv^s of his 80,000 troops and 20,000 residents in the city by surrendering, lhe lecturer stated that he oftan used tbis t__ an lllustiation in pre idling the Go3p il that in like man* ncr man could ba saved from wrath to come by surrenderiog himself a captive to God's love, as shown in tbe Lord Jesus Christ. The lecture, which' was- listened to with'iatenso interest, elo3ed with' the benediction!' ' ■