LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIII, Issue 15000, 20 November 1899, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A'£s-notc lost on Saturday night- is advertised for. Fin-ler will be rewarded. Jurors summoned nre remn-led tl-at the. adjourned sittings of !-he District Court will commence at 11.30 ihis morning. t ' Mr. Murphy addresses ihe electors at j Mosstown to-morrow (Tuesday) evening, at 8 o'clock, not 7, as previously announced. Mr A. Hatrick was, on Saturday, nominated for the Mayoralty, the pioj.oser and seconder being respectively Mr George Caiman and Mr A. C. Lennard. ' Liedertafel practice to-night. Mcmi bers are particularly requested to attend, in view of the concert to be held next Mon- , day evening. A scientist of Rio cc Jantero states, as the result of protracted and patiert investigation, that the colour and seen', of flowers are dv« ro bacteria, and tl-at these germs are often of a kind that "ust be harmful to human fceiugs. Mr 0. W. Oldbaijp, the managing director of the rcce.ntly-fo'r'med freezing company at Patea, "has made satisfactory arrangements for shipping moat direct from Pntea to London. The cargo steamer" will be loaded in Patea roadstead ps js noM being done at Wanganui and Waitara. Wg beg to draw attention to tbe advertisement of the Presoyt.riim unr.uil Tea Meeting and Concert,, to be given in St. Paul's Hall on Wednesday, 22nd November at 6.30 p.m. The ladies of the congregation have beeu busy p -eparing for this function, and we anticipate a good gfttloring on tho occasion. The church Ciioir will also render selections duiing the evening. oX}e pf the happiest places in the world •is said to be Jopftted at Orsa, in Sweden. Tho community has, in course of a generation, sold nearly £1,030,000 worth of trees, and by judicious replanting has provided . for a similar income every thirty or forty year?. In consequence of this commercial wealth there are no taxes. Railway, telephones, etc., are free, and so are schoolhouses, teaching, dhd many other tuings Tho death is announced from Christchurch of Mr Cecil H. Lascelles, of Lake Hei - 9n station, formally partner '. Lascelles and Glen, jnevchants, who died suddenly yesterday, ' At the jn.quest the ev : dence showed that deceased broke his leg wh'ls indulging in horsepliy at tlje Christchurch Club. A week ago deceaegd wiis petting on veiy well, when he complained of « pain in tho heart, caused by a clot of blood finding its way there. The io _ lest ,vas adjourned. A pleasing little ceremony took place on Saturday morning, when JMr Ratph Scott, on behalf of the members of the Gaiety Company, presented Mr P. R Diy with a handsome gold pendant, suitably inscribed by Mr ,C. Voss. In making the presenta: 'ij.Qijj Mr Scott referred to the higi. estimation iii'wiiiph Mr Dix was hold, not only by his own company, J>ut by nu' brother professionals. .Mr Dix, bayiijj.,' returned thanks, a pleasant lictfe fvnc'lon was brought to a close. It is .ofkii said that proii.l/tion orders do not prohibit^' and that ]this is sometimes the case is shown by the ev'dcice gjven )n llio Lower Hutt Court on We*? esclay. Constables Cruicjjshinks an 1 Cox told of , cases where the pet-«oi>s prohibited were tho worse for liquor i.most diily, notwithstanding j>i'oiijbition ciders and several pro- i secutions." A peisi,n charged with taking 1 liquor to'the prohibited pei> » >s ji) question- 1 said, "Thero wasn't i-o need I'.r nic to tajkc * 'em my 'umble pint, for the£ had « barrel < pf be?r *im'e^e»oM£b to wnsn wpclf fo !" i

A halfpenny-in-lhe-^lot machine 1 as been designed for inflating", cycle tyres. It" is proposed t.o erect these machines a I. stated points, so that in vise of n?«d the cyclist can take his wheel to tne apparala«, drop in his coin, and havo .je pumping done for him. - .

The Cheltenham D:,iry Company is reported to be now ir.nking some 11001 bnf butter daily at its factory. The supply of milk received at the creameries te nearly 700 gallons • each day from 25 suppliers at Kimbolton, 1000 gallons at Tnouui, and 1100 at Colyt'on from 26 suppliers while tho supply at Cheltenham is IflOO gallons. "Don't. waste your time .lopping ofi the branches,"- said the woodman' to his son "but lay your axo at the root o£ tJ c tree." And the young man, being a- duff-. 1 ami obedient son, did exactly as his father bade him, and then went out fishing, and enjoyed himself. Thus virtue was reworded —until he met his father again. If Oom Paul could uave se?n last week the counterfeit presentments of himself "on tho glorious fifth," toted round the pubs for coppers he would have coniandeered every Guy Fawkes in the city. One youngster, after raking in the coppers on, "President Kruger," filled the oM man', innards witb crackers and blew nim up.— Observer. ' While strolling along the .-hor.; during the time the Himitaigi wassheltpiing under Cape Campbell, Mr fraser, mate of the vessel, picked up a' hurcin skuli, apparently much worn by the action of the waves,, for pieces if bone co.ild pa'.-'y be taken- apart with the fingers. There are two sound back teeth 1 in the jaws. It is thought -that the skull is that o;-a Maori. The delegates to the Baptist Conference and their friends spent a, most enjoyable day up the river on Saturday. The Manuwai had' been chartered, and was more or less crowded by a large number of people bent; on thoroughly enjoying themselves. Thu J trip extended some 15 miles up the river, and ■ the delegates expressed themselves very gratified at the entertainment afforded them. Tho large firebeli rang out an alarm last evening about 7 o'clock for a reported outbreak at the Wanganui Collegiate School. A crowd, of large dimensions soon assembled, but the boys who were in chapel were not allowed to be disturbed, and it was soon found that there was little cause for alarm. Some paper had been accidentally ignited, but was, soon put out, -and little or nd damage was" done. There were many willing hands at once on the scene, and the two Volunteer companies doubled over. from the JRecreation Ground in order to assist. ' We are glad to find that the affair was not serious. Mfss Constance Ba'.nicoat, who oificiated as Private Secretaiy to Mr W. T. Stead during his Peace Crusade throughout England: and on the Continent, and also during the sitting of the Hague Confelence, has continued to act in that capacity . for him since their return *-o England. But in the intervals of her secretarial duties, Miss Barnicoat has found opportun. ly to Uo some journalistic work, which is of so high a character, that Mr .Stead ha<j predicted for her a very successful career W she should decide ultimately to devote "herself entirely to this profession. Meanwhile he is evidently anxious to retain her services as long ijs; possible. She is certainly a younc lady of remarkable capacity.- London cor° respondent Post. A "mild sensation has been caused am ongst cyclists at Home through tbe recent performances established on the Bricknell Gear, which" adopted tbe princip!- of utilising the arm powr as we aa the leg. The new gear is affixed to the handles, which, work as levers and p'-e no- nccted with the front wheel, the gearing hot interfering in any way with the s-teering. A very-jsimilar gear- to this was patented in Brisbane a few years back, a.rl was exploited by a local syndicate, who paid W. Martin a good snm to accomplish certain records on the Brisbane track, amon-^-t them being the one hour record. Martin put up new times, and the syndicate was going to do wonders, but nothing has since been heard of the gear, until the Bricknell Gear is now placed on the market with .-. great flourish of trumpets.

• Mr G. Joachim, President, referring to the 23rd annual exhibition of pictures by the Otago Art Society, says :— "Manv goo • drawings were sent in this year to compete for the Society's medals, nearly all the Schools of Art in the colony competing, witli^the marked . exception of Dunedin Schom, from which none. were. sent. The medals for landscape nnd drawing from the antique are all taken by Mr Proctor, of Christchurch, and that for geometrical drawing by Miss Claudia Price, of Wanganui, ' . TJiefg were also three studies from the antique sent from Wanganui, but they werei not accepted. This is the first occasion !of Wanganui competing away from home,- and the result is most creditable to the young lady referred to, and also to the Technical School, w litre she has fualified to compete so successfully.