LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12222, 22 September 1896, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The furniture and effects at the old Princa of Wales' Hotel will be sold by Mr Albert Barns at 1.30 o'clock to-day. The Bov G. Bond lectures on Peter McKonzie in tho Wesleyan Schoolroom on Tuesday, September 29th. On the man's own application Mr C. C. Kettle, S.U., issned a prohibition order against Mark bhorrin yesterday morning. The death is announced by cable of Madame Simonsen, the well-known operatio artiste. She was 61 yoira of age. The session of the Supreme Oonrt opens here this morning at 11 p'clock before his Honor the Chief Justice, Sir James Preudergast. There will ba a general meeting of the Wanganui Amateur Swimming Club on Monday next, at 7.30 p.m., in Messrs F. B. Jackson and Co.'s rooms. The third term at the Wanganui Girls' College commences to-morrow (Wednesday), new pupils and boarders assembling to-day. The Wirikino Eoai Board Offices have been burnt down. The building was a'so used as a Courthouse, and all the records have been destroyed. Penero'a " Sweet Livender " is to he staged at an early date, under the supervision of Mr Charles Owen, by the Upoaongaro Dramatic Club. Mr Malcolm Niccol,who had announced himself as a candidate for the Eden Seat, has definitely retired in favour of Mr Jackson Palmer, who stands in, the Go vemment interest. The t'lird of tbe free entertainments nnder the auspices of the Wanganui Temperance Societies will be held in the Oddfellows'^ Hall on Saturday next. Another attractive programme has been arranged. Tbe ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Wanganui Literary and Musical Society will be held on Thursday evening. Mr S. H. Drew will' give a paper on "Sea > Fights and Sia Yarns or Queen Elizabeth's Time." The Manchester co-operative delegates arrived at Dunedin on Saturday night , and are expected to arrive in Wellington on Thursday, when they will ba enier--1 tained at luncheon by the Chamber of Commerce and the Government. The names of Messrs A. Gray and W. B. Haßelden are mentioned as successors , to Mr G. M. MarCin as S.M, at Welling-,. ton. The first named has been offered* the position and lefused, but has been 1 aßked to reconsider bis determination. o i A uvshap happaned to the ma : l train i going South on Saturday, one of. the engine tubes bur sting at Turakiaa S Nation . An engine was at once ordered from Aramobo, but owing to the efforts of Driver Downey and bis fireman the 1 damage was made good and tbe train, after a delay of an hour and a half, was : enabled to proceed on its journey. The Naval Artilierj give their entertainment in the Drill Hall to nigh. The programme has been well selected, and includes a grand assault at arms and mueicil iteraß. Tha Garrison Band will play the overtures and instrumentation will be generjlly well rapreaentdd. _Mr E. N. Liffiton has received instructions from Mr E, Turner, who is leaving Waneanui, to sell by auction the whole of his valuable furniture and effects, including a piano by Bord, a first-claBS dogcart by Hamilton and horse and harness. The sale takes pl-:ce on Stturday next at the premises of tb.9 Bank of Au tralasia, Messrs Had field and Chapmaa direc* attention to the faot that the bicycl ß season has commenced, and state that tbera are no better or lighter machines in the mark<t than the Cleveland, Tribune and Viking patterns, iny of which will do equally well for road cr track. Tae firm also ketp3 the well known Ontlow Roadsters, The Wellington Chamber of Commerce has passed the following resolution; — " That in the opinion of this Council no material advantage will be derived by this colony from the presence of any Government expert on New Zealand flax in London or elsewhere, and that any expenditure in that direction would bo without beneficial result. Our Patea correspondent writes : —The annual tournament took place on Saturday and wa3 a great success. Altnoueh the weather was rather damp for epectators to attend in numbers great credit is due to the management and secretary for the success o£ the gathering. In the evening a concert and dance was held and was another succafcs. The result will no dou t considerably augment tho club's funds, The programme to be submitted at the Museum Conversazione to-night is interesting enough to attrict a large audience It will be a varied one, and papers by Mrs H. B. Williamson, Captain Collin?, and Messrs Murdock and Drew, are to be real. The musical portion of the entertainment is in tae hands cf Mesdames Kmpson, Minnie, Greenwood and Miss Moore, assisted by Messrs A. Thomson, Turner, Pinches, Byrne, Draw and B. Taylor, E6freEhments era to be provided, under the direction of Mrs H. T. Siijeant, the wife of the President. Many of our readers will lesrn with regret that Mrs Bonnar (wife of Mf Chas. Bonnar, chief c nicer of Ihe Wa'hi, and well known here and on the coast as the gonial captain of the Clyde, Tui and several other ttaamers) died in Wellington on Sunday last. Mrj Bonnar had been suffering for some time from oncer. During her residence in Wanganui she made miny warm friends, her kind hearted "disposition, always ready to render aseisiance ia cases cf sickness, &;., endeared hr to the hearti of many in Wanganui, Wellington and other puts of New Zealand where she had resided. We tender our deep sympathy to Captain Bonnar and the members of the family in their sad bereavement. The news cf Mrs Bonner's death waa received by Mr Tom Ferry by telegram from her daughter. The f'al^st t>n Army " self denial " week bears substantial fruit, bb the following ex'ract fhows :— '.'The " self J deniaj'' effmt of 1891 realised' a 6um of l .81874 and that of latt year brou'ghi in— as you will see by the accompanying article— £2Bß7 9a lOd," The Wanganui branch of the Army intend to ho}d a " self denial" week from October 17th (o 23rd, and among other places will visit EYrdell on tbe 24tb,and ho'.d a meeting in the tiriin 6:ore. Mosstown is to be I visited on the 28tb, the schoolhouse being i the place of meeting. Last year the 1 Army raised 490 during " sell! denial" I week, and hoped this year to reach .£125. I It is a good lyork ; #e wish them success, 1

The Wanganui Fire Brigade rooial j wil be held this evening. D:incing will ' commence at 8 o'clock. Soveral letters to the editor a r e unavoidably held over, but will appaar in a I day or two. Notwithstinding his late serious accident, Driver Giblin was yesterday able to resume his duty. Bumours of the discovery of gold in the Pohingina valley are current, but nobody has seen " the colour." Messrs 8.-l 1 , Esau and Co., tbe new drapery firm, open their prcmises.opposite Chavannos' Hotel, on Friday evening at 7.30 o'olock, when they will have a grand illuminate! display and promenade exposition of the latest fashions. A public trial of Messrs P. and D. Duncan's Spring-time Cultivator is tob9 held at Mr W. Ritchie's firm on Thursday next at 1p m. The machine will ba on exhibition to morrow, oppos'ta Mr W. Armstrong's, Bidgway street. Says tbe Mercury :— " Oonsidu-able sensat'on was caussd in town on Saturday afternoon when it became- known that a popuHr and highly esteemed bank official in Marton had disappeared from view. As evening came on the matter was eag-rlydiecutsed, and all sorts of suggestions were made as to the cause of the vanishment. Among the visitors at presont in Wanganui is Mr Peter Oliphant, the wellknown Aucklind solioitor and barrister, who is' travelling for his health. Mr Oliphant jb surprised and disappointed to find it impossible to reach the lake district from here owing to the etite of the Pipiriki Boad. Findinghis stock altogether too large, Mr F. Lovediy has decided to offer the big discount of 2j in the pound. A replace advertisement appears in this issue, in which he announces that, in order to reduce his very heavy stock and also to encourage the cash Bystom of trade, the above discount will be allowed on all parcelß of the value of 18s and upwards paid for at the time of the purchase. Toe t committee of the Wanganui Childrens' Home desire to thank the following annual subscriber to tie Home: —Mrs Babbagp, £1 Is ; Mrs Stewart, £1 ; Mm White, £i; Mrs Cremer, 10s; Mrs Emp-on, M Is ; Mr Stewart, £\ ; Mr Sarjesnt, XI. Presents oE vegetables or any garden or farm produce will be thankfully accepted at the home. Those who did not hear the firat parformance of Coward's " Magna Oharta" will be given a final opportunity to-mor-row (Wednesday) evening, when the papular work will be repeated. Previous to its rendition a short programme of mußical iten s 'will be submitted, and thosa taking part will include Misse3 Basso tt, Austin and Byres, and Messrs Lennard, A, MoFarlane, Atmor.) and Imp6tt. The programme appears in another part of our issue. A busbfallar named Thoinis Eowo, employed by Mr W. Strang, at Gladstone, near Carterton, was Btruok by a tree whilst bushfelling on ThnMday, snd his laft leg and thigh wore shattered, the bones piercing through the siin. He managad to crawl to his home, a distance of 200 yards. Dr Johnston, cf Carterton, was telegraphed fcr, and went oui and dressed his wounds. He lingered on in great agony until Sunday night, when he succumbed to the shock. He wa3 a single man, over 60 years of age, and had lived long in the district. *• The usual serenity of the House was disturbed on Friday night by an earpiercing shriek from the member for Egmont (Mr McGuire), who appeared to be considerably terrified at the contents of an envelope which bad been handed to him. The House for a moment looked surprised, but immediately afterwards burst into perfeot roars of laughter when they realifed that Mr McGuire'a bogey was a toyinouse, which he had imagined to be reill Wi'.h difficulty quiet was restored and Mr McGuire retired to another seat, where he rested his hand on his bead an£ appearad to p inder or the old faniil'ar eaying " Things are not what they seem.'' Mr Carson had a vory good meeting aj Cast'ecliff last night. There was a capital attendance, which included several ladies, and the audience were friendly and sympathetic. Mr John Milh was voted to the chair, and introduced the candidate in a few appropriate remarks. Mr Carffon, $ [who said he would deliver a public political address at a later period, spoko briefly on a few points affecting his can-' didatura, and expressed his willingness to answer any questions that the elector might like to ask him. Several questions were then submitted, and answered apparently to tha satisfaction of- the maetin?, after which a hearty vote of think! was tendered to the speaker, on the motion of Mr Mills, seconded by Mr Sjot 1 '. A committee was then firmed, and tie meeting broke up after the cuetomsry vote of Ihank3 to the chairman f r presiding. • Our correspondent writes :— " I visited the Kai Iwi Hotel yesterday, ar.d found it wonderfully improved under the new management. Mr Tawse, the new licensee, has bad all the house well furnished, the dining room boing most comfortable. There is a nice spicious drawing room, and suites can be secured by honeymoon couples. Tnero is a nicely fitted . bathroom, with an unfailing supply of water supplied by a hydraulic pump. The grounds - too, have been done up, and every accommodation will be found by pbnio and aftjrnoon tsa parties from town. Mr Tawse has also turned his attention ti the stables, whhh are renovated and suitable forall requirements. Let me add that the cuisine under the diract supervision of Mrs Tawse is second to none on the cc ast. The Kai Iwi Hotel is now one of the most comfortable in tbe district." ' A Melbourne publican was oharged the other day with permitting drunkenneis in his lioenssi premises. The evidenos showed that there warn fifteen men in one part of the hotel, all under the influence of liquor, three of them being very drunk In another bar theie were about forty sailors, all more or hn under the icfluenco drink. In a bar parlour there were fire mora under tbe influence of drink, but not quite drunkj; and in the piano-room there were eloven men, five of whom were druuk. There wore about seventy men altogether, all more or lets drunk. Fined £2.