LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIII, Issue 15000, 23 February 1899, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

- ,-*■- I Entries for the frthcoming regatta close with Mr. T. W. Perry, the honorary secretui'V, on Saturday next. The Woocis-Williamsou Dramatic Uumi)any have booked the Theatre (through Air. T. W. Ferry, the custodian), for the two Race nights in next month. Entries for events in connection with the New Zealand Rifle Association's meeting close with the secretary (Mr. Rodwefr) this afternoon. Since the New Year, ?0 persons have been convicted of drunkenness in the local Court, and seven pry libition orders have been made. A large increase on previous years. At the Police Court yesterday a man named .Stein was remanded until Monday next on a charge of forgery. Two offenders for drunkenness were also brought up « »nd remanded. • - I Two cases, one of alleged sly grog selling and another of illegally supplying a Maori woman with drink, will occupy the attention of the Court this morning. The alleged offences took place at ltaetiln. The council of 'the N.Z.R.A. meet on Friday evening, when they will be asked to interpret the rule that at present is keeping the Aramoho lUile Club from entering "a team for the Teams Match. Trooper Foster, of the Alexandria Mounted Rifles, has been appointed telegraph ordeily for the meeting. Amongst the visitors to the local Championship Meeting is Mr. W. A. Thomson, the well-known road rider, who is conuected with the D.1.C., Wellington, as agent for the Anglo-N.Z. Cycle Company. Mr. Thomson has brought up with him l.wo russet-browr. wheels, cue of which obtained a gold medal award at the Duncilin Exhibition and they will be placed on view at the local agent's neAV premises in the Avenue, Mr. H. Purser's. The premises lately occupied by Mr. H. Purser has been taken by My. A. J. Ciibb, tailor, who has just 'now h»nde:i his place of business over to Mr. Purser. Mr. W. R. Reiningtui has secured onehalf of the Ridgwny Street shop from \ Mr, C'ribb, where he will carry on the mercery business, and we should say that these (wo gentlemen should do a good business as tailor and mercer. We wish them success. ? Mr. T. 0. Stevenson, of Wellington, who was awarded first prize for the local Town Hall and Opera House designs, met the Opera House Committee of the Borough Council yesterday morning. A long consultation ensued, in the course of which a number of suggested alterations were discussed. The specifications, in accordance with Mr Stevenson's designs, have been prepared. Tenders arc now being called, and will be received up to 27th March. The oM man died and left his wealth to his three sons, but thinking that some Peter's pence might be neoeswiiy at the (iolden Gate, he stipulated th.vfc eacb son should deposit i)'2OO in his coi'.in. After the funeral, the "-eldest son said to the ••second brother, "Did you -put in the money" . "Yfijf," wrtji the response., Turning >.o the Benjamin of the family, he said, "And you?" "Not exactly," replied Benjamin ; "but I put in my cheque for £600, and took out the £400 ay change." A Yankee journal has the following : "If you have borrowed the paper you are tending! don't do it again. Subscribe. It isn't safe to borrow papers. Wo once knew a poor but honest man who borrowed a paper, innocently and inadvertently,' from a neighbour. Fatal act i That terrible contagion, the smallpox, was con-' veyed insidiously in the fibres of the sheet. Of that extensive ' and interesting iainily — n doting father, a fond wife, several intelligent and heroic sons, thirteen lovely daughters, two popular mothers-in-law, and three beautiful aunts — not one remains to tell the tale. The Home News- has come to an end with No. 1259, issued on December 30. It has been killed by the electric cable. , At one time, it is correctly stated in the ' valedictory article, the Home News was a boon to Australian newspapers, and to Australian readers. That was in the sixties, and up to the early seventies, when the mails arrived once a month, and there was a rush to hear what had happened in the Old World. Gradually, as the cable system was extended, the demand for the Home News (now a weekly publication) fell off, till latterly it could have only have been taken by a few offices in Australia, and had but ;i moderate sale in India, where -its circulation was once large. 1 A correspondent writes : "As an instance of red-tapeism, combined with 'piglieadeduess,' on the part of the 'powers that be,! how does this strike you? Mr. Keith is building a huge store at the corner of Uuyton and Wicksleed Streets, and applied to the Council for leave to have, a pV.ine-tiee shifted from the turner where the door of the shop was to be. This privilege, however, was refused. He then applied through his builder (Mr. Robt. Davis) for permission to erect a verandah round the shop. This was granted, and yesterday 3 noticed the tree partly cut down to allow of the iron being put on ! The said tree is now growing underneath the verandah, and will form it natural curiosity to anyone interested in paying the shop it visit." Says the Times : "A Hawke's Bay Herald representative has interviewed Captain Russell, who has stated that the rumour circulating from Wellington that he was ibout to resign the leadership- of the Opposition is absolutely unfounded. The illness in his family will probably only delay the opening of his proposed campaign for two or three weeks.' The outbreak of typhoid on Captain Russell's estate, however, at Flaxmere, near Hastings, is much more serious than was at first supposed. i The Hastings standard yesterday says that in addition to Mr. Lionel Russell, who has contracted the disease, it is feared that two of the Misses Russell, who have been taken ill, have also fallen victims. It is just probable, then, that, through this regrettable circumstance, Captain Russell's campaign will be still further delayed.'' As an outcome of the steady and" continued progress that Wtingiinui* is making, it often happens that tradespeople have to wait for months before they can get , suitable and centrally situated* premises. This has been the case with Mr. H. Purser, "The M.'idem Furnisjier," who has had to utilise two tidings in different pails of the town, namely, Hie fmilorv on Titupo Quay and the large sluiwroowx in Ridgway Str?et, to cany oh his extensive ami ever increasing business. However, .this is now j>ot over, he having taken over the whole o f the premises l.itely in the occupation of Mr. Ciibb, an.l having a frontage to the Avenue of 10ft. The front portion of tha building is being rapidly fitted up as up-to-date showrooms, and specifications ate now being prepared for the budding of a large factory on the St. Hill Strtet frontage, where the large and complete machinery and engines for the turning out of the manifold ' types of general furniture, wire mattresses, etc., will be speedily in position Mr. Purser's aim and ambition is to make his establishment secaud ,tp none in the colony, ami he has selected W»n,?inui as the centre of these opemti.MS. He has proved that everything in his line can be turned out at ' a profit to himself, and at the same time rivalling the imported article 'n quality, B»iell, and price. It behoves everyone to heartily welcome the establishment of industries in Wttiipiumi, and to do their utmost to help these aUmg, and wo feel very sure that Mr. Purser will score a

Championship Cycling Sports on Cook's Gardens to-day. A record attendance expected. I iSoontf and gate-men engaged for today'x fs'poits are requested to muster nt ' 12.15 at the secretary's office, on the ' Sports Ground. The ollk'ial receptions of visitors to the Cycling Championship Meeting taVcs pliiue \ at the Borough Council Chambers at noon to-ilny. Visitors anil local competitor!, are requested to 'ittpnd The latest additions to the Telephone Exchange are— No. 201, Mr. T. F. Druminoud, private residence, Campbelltown ; I and No. 202, Wm. A:ken, Jun. , accouni.- , tint, Ridgway Street. ' slr. John Notman, secretary to the Wanganui Harbour Board, yesterday received a telegraphic communication from Mr. Glasgow, secretary of the Customs Department, stating that it was the wish of His Excellency the Governor that flags should be flown at half-mast on all public buildings itnd shipping to-day (Thursday), this being the day on which the funeral of IM. Faure, the late President of Francs, takes place at Paris. A musical treat of rare excellence is promised for Wanganui music lovers next week, when Miss Elsie Stanley Hall, the phenomenal pianist, will make ncr appearance upon a local concert platform. Her English, Australian, and New Zealand recitals have everywhere been received with great enthusiasm. Her performances recently in Wellington were listened to by large and critical alienees, who were not slow to recognise in Miss Hall .the possessor, in a marked degree, of all those faculties which combine in a pianist truly great. Her final Wellington programme on Sut urday night last included masterpieces by Greig, Paganini-Lisat, Schubert, Luszt, Urahms, Moszkowski, and Henselt. Only one recital can be given in Wanganui. Messrs. A. Hatrick and Co. announce a series of special up-river excursions. On Sunday a s>pucial till day excursion is tv be tendered to the visiting competitors at tbo- N.Z.R.A. meeting, at the" invita- I lion of Mr. Hatrick. The trip will be open to the public at the moderate return fare of 2s 6d per head. The Manuwai leaves Bett's Wharf at 9.30 a.m., returning about 5 p.m. The usual afternoon excursion will also.be run on Sun- ', Jay, the Wairere leaving Hatiick's Wharf ' at 2.30 p.m. On Tuesday and Friday, returning Wednesday and Saturday, ■ special Uips will be run. to IMpiriki, at the usual return fares, and no doubt a, good many ! of tho visitors who will be in town next week will take advantage of the opportunity afforded of getting a glimpse of the b°autiM scenery which abounds in the 1 upper waters of New Zealand's Rhine. The mail steamer Australia, which for many years ran to Sydney from San Fran- . c i«c<i, unter the auspices of the J'.i'.-ihc ! Mail Company's line, arrived at San Francisco recently after a, thrilling passngefvom Honolulu. Tho steamer was caught in the thick of a hurricane, :\n<i for a, time it appeared to those on board that the mI servos going to the bottom. After . *(ru«gling with the waves for two days, ' one big sea struck the steamer broadside mi and came near finishing her. A cr-at deluge of water boarded the steamer , y midships, and spread along the deck. Tho heavy rail was smashed as if it iuul b»en so much pipestem. Stanchions wero ' twisted out of shape, and the great flood 1 of water went pouring down below. lUe ! wtloon was flooded, tho lights m the en- ' trine-room were put out, and for a short : lime panic prevailed on <.he steamer. We wonder how Mr. Sed-lon would like \Ue minimum wages earned in the cooperative system to be quoted (re- . marks the Chrktehurch Press). He knowi. ' that in some districts as low as Is bet per Cay luis been all that luis been named by : ,/-mc gangs of men. As llgd per day is thought sufficient by Mr. Seddon to maintain a man of 65, we suppose he would not say this Is 6d. was too snuul ; but, if so why does he refer to what happened id 1887? LeUhim read, for the delectation ' of Ms audience, the wages earned by some co-operative workmen in some districts, and it will appear that lower wages have been mid in Y895, 1896, and 1897 than in 1887. We need not repeat that it was Mr. iseddon, and not a "Tory," that objected to unemployed" in 1887 making good wages out tof piece-work. The misleading statements Mr. Seddon is making on the platform point > to the need for the Opposition to take the platform, and show the' falsity of his reasoning and of his statements. We are informed that, aa an outcome of the difficulty which has existed for some ■ ihno between the Education Department j and Mother M. J. Aubert, with regard to eight Industrial School children board- <■(! out at the Home fit Jerusalem, the Minister for Education has requested Mrs. Williamson to inspect these children once a month. This service being entirely . son, Mr. Hatrick has generously of-fu-od her a free pass to aud from Jerusalem, in order that the expenses of tho trip should not foil on the Home. Mother Mary Joseph begs to offer the | warmest though inadequate expression of her deep and everlasting gratitude to Mrs. Williamson for this noble work of charity. She- also wishes to return her most sin- | cere thanks to Mr. Hatrick, not only for j the free pass offered to Mrs. Williamson, , but also for one he has, with equal kind--1 ness, offered to herself. Mother Mary Joseph desires also to acknowledge with many thanks the receipt of two sacks of clothes and toys very kindly sent for the children at the Home by Mrs. Ellis, Mrs. | Frere, and Mrs. Wilson, of Waverley. Tbj Ol.i'is>U.hnrr:h I'rcss, referring to the condition of the colony, says : "Oui finance iiu«' rests tv uiiiitinu£'A imiToving, though « o ware Mil in 1891 it was to rest on the surer foundation of economy anil self- j rtli'aucfl. And we a!V ufriid il will re.sl on borrowing in the London market as long as the foreign capitalist will give us money ii'ithunt much trouble. Whoever picture* what £2,000,000 a year interest— and it is j coming .soon to that — going to the foreign capitalist means? Fancy us sending 31,750,000 a year to London, or £1797 per ii;iy Do we r c;ili-se that all our frozen meat sent out of the colony does not pay our interest? We have sheep farmers struggling, and all others engaged in the frozen meat industry, and all their exertions do not satisfy the foreign money lender. If ire called them slaves of the foreijrn capitalist we mi^ht bs accused of overstating the financial position, but what is the colony doing but collecting money for Hie Foreign capitalist? Anil so we will go oil adding; loan to loan, till some crisis comes again, and then we rliall hive lc> renounce burrowing, nr.J be in the plough of depression for some years.'. 1 This is what >ye li ive been cii'le.ivjuriiiK '•■'> impress 011 Iho peoile for years, !.;t there is something enticing in the life of the prodigal— until it coiiipM to eating the husks that the swine revel in. ' The ordinary monthly meeting of the l'urua Road Board was hold at the County Otlices yesterday, there being present the chairman and Messrs. Pickup anil Chapr.lilll. After the minutes had been read and confirmed, the chairman reported that tho poundkeeper had informed him that Messrs. Reid and Wilson had put stock in tho Fordell Pound, and that they had broken the gate. The chairman said he had placed the matter in the hands of the Beard's solicitor, with instructions to ask that the pound he repaired. A letter from Messrs. Fitzherbert and Marshall was read concerning a letter from Mr. • Jno. Cameron, offering to pay for the damage done. The chairman's action was confirmed, and Messrs. Fitzherbert and Marshall were instructed to apply fnr the amount of the damage and their own costs. •Letter from Mr. C. E. Whiten, of Taihape, applying for office of ranger for Fordell district. Resolved that he be written to and informed that he is apparently under a misapprehension as to diit'iex. It was resolved that the poundkeeper be informed that he must keep the key in his possession, so that drovers cannot put stock in. The chairman reported that it had been arranged that the Warrengate ! Line contract was to be completed by Messrs. Malone Bros., and that the Hoard 1 :* foreman would superintend the work. Acconnts to the ttm.mnt of £56 2s 9d were passed for payment, mid the Board adjourned.