Local and General.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXXVII, Issue 11962, 4 June 1903, Page 4

Local and General.

A love letter of Robert Burns was sold in London a few days ago for £10. At Hunterville yesterday George Ross was sentenced to two months' imprisonment on a charge of assault. The Telegraph Office has received the following:—Fromt Pacific cable—"'Berne advises cable Assab Massouah interrupted. A new advertisement from Mr A. D. Willis appears torday, and ' we would oe^ll attention Ho ' the technical works listed, also the new games, and latest novels. Books of a special nature, and not generaly stock in the colonies will be procured to order fromi the publishers. The skeleton) of a man has'been discovered in a hollow of a, log at Hobartville, Queensland. The discovery was made by a stockman, andl an examination! disclosed that the skull liad bee©1 • perforated with shot, and it is plain that the man was murdered. A very large audience assembled' in the vicinity of the Post Office last/ evening, to listen to an open-air concert by the Garrison Band, under Conductor Crichton. An excellent programme was given and it must be very gratifying to the conductor and members to know that the publio appreciate their efforts to> maintain a high state of effieienoyi The conjtest selection "Satenella" was given with due regard to details, the organ like tone 01 the basses, and the cornet and solos being really fine. The descriptive fantasia "In Coonland" was responsible for loud and prolonged applause, the quaint negro melodies being heard to giteab ad/vantage. A veay successful concert concluded with the ever-popular fantasia "The Relief of Ekowe." The "Natal Mercury" cf April 4 contains an article warmly acknowledging the good work that has been done by Lord Milner in South Africa. After reviewing the contents of the last Blue Book on South African affairs, the article concludes as fol- / lows—"Lord Milner realises that he is here to watch over the interests, not of a section only, but of the whole people; and this Blue Book shows how firmly he adlheres to that jxrinoiple. It is difficult to realise, when reading these despatches, thiat this is the mam who is accused of being too much under the influence of the mining magnates, a-nd too neglectful of all interest® but theirs. Such a charge could never be made by one who has studied this record- of strenuous and successful work for the good of the country." The London correspondent of the "Evening Post," writing on April 18, says—Mr and Mrs Horace Wilson (Wanganui) arrived in London recently, having come by wayooff f the United States of America. Mrs Wilson, it will be remembered, was the lady champion! of New Zealand golf, and I hear that she intends trying her hand in this country, pitting herself againist the best British (players. Mr and Mrs Basil N. Lane (Rangitikei) and their daughter arrived in England on Wednesday, and are at present staying with Mr Lane'^ mother at the Manor House, Riverhead,.Sevenoaks, Kent. They intend shortly to travel about England, visiting other relatives and friends. Mr T. M. Wilford, M.H.R., and Mrs Wilford are still at the Grand Hotel, Trafalgar Square, where they arrived last night after an absence from London. I am vem- glad to be able to state that the grave apprehensions which had been entertained that Mr Wilford was suffering from cancer of the tongue have, proved to be wholly unfounded. Mr Wilford, on his arrival, placed himself in the hands of admittedly the finst specialist in that class of diseases, and after a most /patient and protracted examination the eminent specialist declared emphatically that there was not the slightest trace or* malignant disease. Mr Wilford is still under treatment for the complaint from which he actually suffers, but is making rapid improvement, and is fast recovering from the severe nervous depression caused! by his long-continued mental suffering from the apprehension of so terriuie a fate as that which seemed to menace him. He now looks quite a different man, as compared' with his appearance when he called on me before. Mr and Mrs Wilford expect to return to New Zealand in July.