LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIII, Issue 15000, 21 November 1899, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Last week 494- persons visited the JMuseum. ' • Mr J. M. Murphy addresses the elector? afc Mosstown this evening. v " TJie . Wairere leaves at 7 o'clock J: this morning fpr Pipiriki. The usual montflly meeting of the Wanganui Philatelic Society will- be held this (Tuesday) evening at 8 o'clock. A full at-, tendance of members is requested,' Lieut. -Colonel Newall Will hold a bat- |- talion parade at the camp at 7 o'clock, this evening, when a full attendance . i? re-' ■ quested. Absentees will be mulcted in a i fine of 10s per. head.. Mr H. N. Abbott, - the well-known theatrical manager who came down from Auck- . land a few weeks ago tf) undergo an operation for failing eyesight, <J?&<J at gunedia . on Sunday 1 of difi' -tog. ' J In connection with the '\ anniversary tea meeting and .concert to" be held in. Sfc. Paul's Hall to-morrow evening, tea willr ■ be on- the tables at 6 o'clock. An enjoyable evening's entertainment is promised. . At the A. and P. Show there -rill be an interesting exhibition of'artistic and fancy woilc, uj w.cpl'and silk, done by the "Em press" Needle JJacJiine. For' this machine it is claimed hy expert? that in one hour it can do ag' much n» was ihnje hy the old method in 20 hours. " " . At the District Court yesterday morning the. following jurors were exempt from service':'— W.H.. Churton, and R. B. Pynqcnt-, ill-health ; 0. A. Kruse and A. Moosem'Kn, members of the Fire Brigade ; 3- Sewell and R. iM-iller, foremen on Government Railways. The attention of intending exhibitors at the Wanganui ' ' JL# %}iltural Society's Spring Show is. drawp. to" the fopf ,that all entries ciosfc with the secretary/ Mf (Cecil Wray, at 9 p.m. on Tuesday, the 28th inst. Entry forms" anil catalogues can be ' obtained from the secretary. Mrs McKenzie held a birthday party- on Saturday at.-Mrs- Haywood's Tea Gardens, When a large-number of her friends 1 werfe present, Tbe Jady expressed her§^f ps f.iflefighted wjitji the grounds,- and wasjlqud in her prajsesi n/l Mf* Haywood's efforts to ensure the comfort .convenience bf all present, „ Attention is drawn to the advertisement of Mrs Sparke's excellent boardinghouse, Wellington House, Ridgway Street, one of the best-placed and longest-established in the city. With the increase in the town end the likelihood of the railway station, fcefcig jjjpved into its near proximity, the , business -poseijftjjties of the. site are greatly ; enhanced, , ' Yesterday, information -was .received by 1 the police that tbe body of an elderly man i —tall and stout— had been found near the J ' mouth of the Wangaehu River. Constable j 1 Campbell was immediately despatched to j where the body had been recovered, and it was identified as that of Mr William Melody, who has been, missing from Wanganni for the last few weeks. The body was taken to the Wangaehu Hotel, and most likely will be brought into town to-day for Mr Lett, hon. sec. of the Wanganui . Pigeon i'lying ,o!ub, has received the foilowing letter, wihiob speaks for itself: — , "Dear Sir,— Seeing foyi.the Field that you -* have started a .Homing Society, and beiug an old fancier, I w.ill be able, and pleube-1, , to present your club with 'three pairs pi young birds from well-known long-distance „ flyers for first, second and third prizes in J an interval a-ace from Petone "(or Welling- ® jten) to Wanganui. It mus'fc be' left to the club to decide whether old or young birds ,: <or both) of n#t less than five lofts are £ eligible to compete. £ shall also be willing Ir to give attention to auy bix'At in training ! coming to Wellington or Petone. jl may *■ say that my "loft" includes a large number ■* of flyers from Wanganui, Hawera, New Plymouth, Napier, Gisborne, Nelson, and the Rakaia ; also Derby and Hawera lust }| year, Yours truly, T. J. Leighton, Pre- ' gident Petone Hwaing Club." cl

The usual weekly rehearsal of "Triul by* Jury" will be hed this evening, in the • remplars' Hall, at 8 o'clock sharp. | Constable Buttimore has been transferred i-om Wanganui to New Plymouth, nis place raing taken by Constable Coulston. Mr J. Huthceson, M.H.R; for Weiiington, will address the electors at the Theatre Royal, Palmerston, on Thursday next. Mr Carson announoes that having changed the date of Ms J!orde!l meeting, he wi'l iddress the electors of -astlecliff on Thurs- ' lay night next, afc 7.30 o'clock. . 'T6'-duy, at one o'clock, Mr J. H. Keesing liolds a sale of household furniture and effects,at. the residence of Mrs Marshall Wicksteed Street, '.'he whole will bo sold without reserve. We are requested to state '.hat the General Committee of the AVanganui Horticultural Society will meet this (Tucsdayl afternoon at Messrs Jackson and Co.'s rooms, at ' 4.45. 45 p.m. A full attendance is requested, as important business concerning the forthcoming Spring Show is to be "transacted. In this morning's i<:uc Mr J. .'I. Keesing has two preliminary notices, one bring of a sale he is to hold of Mr J. Forbes' furniture Rt the residence, River Bank, on Tuesdavj 28th inst., and tho other of Mr H. Sarjeant's sale, which has been fixed for Wednesday, tho 29th inst. Mr Keesing to-day sells the furniture of Mrs Marshall, Wicksteed Street commencing at ono o'clock. , Next Thursday being the Agricultural and Pastoral Society's Show day, I'Mu-Car-son has been requested by a number , bt his friends at Fordell to postpone the delivery Of : his public address at that place to another night. In deference to the wish thus expressed, Mr Carson has postponed his meeting to a later date, which will be duly announced. . Mr John Bates, desires ns to draw the attention of tenderers for the property in Victoria Avenue advertised by him for sale to tho fact that, owing to a mistake in the measurement, il has been found to have a frontage of 24 instead of 22 feet as advertised. Also that the purchaser and his tenants have the use of the right-of way of 'four foot frontage to the Avenue to the full depth of the section between <he said property and Mr Purser's warehouse for 17 years. At a committee meeting of those interested in the forthcoming Floral Fete, held last evening, it was unanimously decided that, owing to the. announcement that th? general election will take place on or about | December 7th next, that the Fete be post-poned-until the following week, December. 14th. This will obviate the necessity of asking for two hau-ho'idays ih one week, i We understand that this arrangement will tend to make the Fete more ufliyeiaally popular, because there is .a- probability of the Governor, Lord Ranfurly;'tTenic'present on Thursday, De'cemfier^M'tb/'fttet. The Budget of New lore City .for the coming year proposes an" increase of expenditure of no less than twenty-seven million dollars over that of the current year. The Tammany Ring means to make the most of its control of the city contracts while in power. In one of the departments — that of roads and highways — the increase for- repairing, etc., is three times over that of the current year, the figures being six and a half million dollars- ior 1899. These enormous sums are lavished through contracts to the Tammany .party supporters, who in turn contribute to the party purse. , The mid-day trip of the Tainui on Saturday from Auckland to Devonport was marked by a rather sensational incident. When lhe steamer was half-way across the harbour, a man handed some letters and pap.ers to. the captain and turned'iaftd:- walked over the top paddle-box into the water. A life-belt was thrown' 1 to him.lbut the wind and tide carried' it.beyonddiis reach. A boat was lowered and the man 'rescued. In explanation he said he thought the steamer was alongside the wharf.' ■ When the steamer reached Devonport he went ashore, and nothing more was seen of him. A first-class testimonial has come to hand from Rangitikei to Allison's Patent Stock Lick. A breeder of pure-bred stock had the misfortune to have one of his most valuable calves attacked with the black scours "and passing blood. Much concerned about the animal, he at once set to work with the "Lick," and the first two doses had the apparent effect of making the animal much worse. Still persevering, however, he administered five more doses, with, a complete recovery as tbe result, and to-day the beast is a standing monument to the efficacy of the. "Lick." He therefore!! wishes his experience known to breeders, and states that the quantity of Lick used cost about lid. The first place in the United Kingdom to be illuminated with the bright white light electroid gas is Hunmanby, n Yorkshire village near Scarborough. This new illuminant, is composed of acetylene with the admixture of inert ma.tter and' a proportion of oxygen. Its manufacture is of the simplest nature. The gas can be delivered through any ordinary gas main at the ordinary pressure, measured by means of gas meters, and charged for in the same Way as is. the custom where ordinary coal gas is used. The light is perfectlyand is equal to 250 candle-power, as against I the average severfieen candle-power of coal gas. The ancient, little town of Hunmanby, near which Lord William Cecal tiveS in Hunmanby Hall; for the first tfamerin its history jis noSy -i^liantly lighted. - The | light has also been installed in the church and at tjjg Jjall, and Mr T. G. Marsh, whu | introduced the penny-in-the-slot system, is arranging for a supply of the new gas to smaller consumers on this principle. The Scarborough District Lighting Company (Limited) is eager for more, business in lighting up dark places of rural Yorkshire. The company expect to do business also with the neighbouring mansions, of which many badly supplied with light abound in th§.sjstript proposed to be covered by the company. -