LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12145, 11 April 1908, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The-Star Boating Club's crews winch are to compete at the Wanganui regatta leave Wellington on Wednesday mornino;.

The Magistrate's Court will not sit. next Tuesday, St. Patrick's Day.

According t-o a Dunedin telegram, Miss Walker's bequest to the Dunedin Hospital was £10Q0.

Members of the Orchestral Club are reminded that their practice commences to-night.

Sheepowuers should take notice of the fact that the statutory period during winch sheep are to be dipped expires on March 31st.

Captain Edwin wired at 1 p.m. yestercay, as fellows:—Westerly strong winds to gale; glass rise slowly; tides high; sea heavy; rain probable.

agents of the s.s. Ilarawa advise that the steamer will not be leaving Onehunga for New Plymouth on Thursday, 12th msb, and therefore will not be leaving New Plymouth on the following day.

We remind owners and trainers that acceptances for all 'handicap events on the hrst day, and entries for the Hack blurry and Final Hack Flutter at the laranaki Jockey's Autumn, meeting close on Saturday, 14th March, at 9 p m.

The manufacure of cheese at the -Hapunui Factory has not been at all satisfactory this season: it was decided at a meeting of the dairy farmers in that district on Monday to return to the making of butter, this product beinofar more profitable.

_lhe Public Works Committee of the •ISapier Borough Council has resolved to recommend the Council to :;sk the ratepayers to sanction a loan of £40,----000 to carry out the drainage;"extension works .recommended by Mr Midolev Taylor. v "'.

An Auckland telegram states that consequent on continuous interruptions m the 'electric tram service, the City Council s tramway committee has deci.ced to take legal proceedings to as- ' certain whether the company has carri ed out its obligations. The committee ■was satisfied it could not accept the excuses made by the company any longer. The Parewanui v. Wanganui Polo match arranged to take place.at Fordell on Saturday has been abandoned for the presest, owing to an epidemic of influenza at Parewanui. The committee 'liave arranged for a match betu een the local A and B teams instead of the above fixtures. The teams will be as follows:-A Team: L. Strachan 1, A. Higgle 5> L. Higgie 3 and M. Hicgio 4. B Team: G. Jones 1, G. McLeod 2, F. H. Jones 3. and G. H. Burnett 4. Emergencies: Albert Higgie and J. Moore. Afternoon tea will be dispensed on the grounds, and all friends of the Club aie cordialy invited. n Two Maoiis zv the Police Court yesterday morning were charged -with* behaving in a disorderly manner in theAvenue on Monday evening. According to Costable Watts, the two offendeis were indulging in a quarrel with their fists,-while a largo crowd surrounded the pugilste, and urged them on to fight. The eller Maori, through the medium of an interpreter, explained that his 'nephew was trying to get him to visit a public house, and he did not want to go. N The nephew corroborated this statement, and was fined 10s and costs, amounting to 235. He similingly paid the fine, and, with a face wreathed in smiles, he remarked "kaipai"' as he sauntered out of the Court with his handis thrust deeply into his pockets. Early yesterday morning, a dead body gof a Maori was washed up on the beach at Castlecliff- Mr Rountree was informed of_JJie fact by a Maori who had seen the bedy, and he .immediately went to- the (spot, about [ a^mile;from the breakwater, and found ; the" body face downwards, on the shore clad in an oilskin cent, in addition to his ordinary clothes. The police were {iqmmunicated with, and the body couivoy'ed "to the morgue. The deceased has been identified as the Maori who "'walked 'into the river near -the Town Bridge last Thursday evening. An inquest will be held to-day at 12 o'clock.

A concert -will be given in the Ca.tiecliff Town Hall on Monday evening, the 23rd instant, in aid of the school funds. A good programme has been arranged, and the performers include some, of the best ©i our local talent. The price of admission will be one shilling, this includes the train, faro from town. A dance Avill ba held after the concert, for which an extra shiliing will be charged. The chairman (Mr A. Weekes) and the. secretary (Mr L. Winter) have the arrangements almost completed, and one may expect to enjoy a good concert on the date mentioned.

A total of 20,085 bales of wool were exported from, * Wanganui during, the last four months, as compared with the corresponding four months of the 1966----7 season.t The exports show a satisfactory increase of 1551 bales. Of the above total 13,613 bales were shipped from tho town -wharf, and 6472 balt>s were taken by t>3 Home vessels in the Roadstead. Thft figures for the previous year were 12,384 and 6150 respectively. The monthly shipments were as follows, those braketed being for the 1906-7 season: November 1987 (1898) balesDumber 6276 (5847) bales; Janu.iry 6'!93 (4970) bales; February 5329 (5819) bjles.

Members and intending members of the Christ Chiu-h Young Men's Club are notified of the annual meeting to be held tomorrow (Tluusday) at 8 p.m. in the club room behind1 the Anglican Church. During the past year the club has made great headway, the different branches now including young men's Bible cliss, amatsiir and1 athletic swimming, draughts, cards, billiards, boxing, fencing, debating, dramatic and other amusements suitable for winter evenings. It is intended1 to rim a Thursday and Saturday hockey team also a ladies' hockey team in connection with the club this year. We ask all who intend playing hockey this season and have not joined any club to eommunicats with the secretary.

Offers of ten shillings.for a standing place at the Rev Jy Flanagan's-lecture, were^made in Dunedin.,Those who have bear I- him pieaoh have- ,gained _.some faint idea of what he is' as a. lecturer^ but the half has not.yet, boen told. Whilst many are theorising, •en social problems, Mr Flanagan has done something towards their solution.' His,experiences in South East London, are said to bo worth v library of books on social reform by mere theorists. We are confident that the Opera, House will, ba crowded on' Thursday "evening., .when this great preacher will lecture or>, ""Fourteen^ Years in Darkest London;" H's WersHp the Mayor will pros de. Reserved seats may bo booked1 at Messrs H: I. Jones and Son's, and tickets may bo obtained at Messrs Bubb, Upton", and Ferguson, as well as from the various church officers. Mr Flanagan will address a meeting for men only on Sunday next on "How I Won Jack the Linden Burg-lar to Jesus Chri t." The mission continues this evening at 8 o'cilork. We should' advise thos^ intending to be present to arrive early. A 'bus leaves Aramoho each evening at 7.15.

.t Tl m- classes meet at the 'Technical School this evening :_Typi™ "tSctiS*' dressi"akin^ ™<*m« co£ £SpfiKg! y- f* joh^- ■* All interested in the study of En.cr. hsh literature are invited to join the class which meets at the Technical work" 1 ? n fThU!" Sday Cr enin^- BiSS study *° 6n dl° Sen as a 6P°«al

At the Methodist Conference, at Auckland, winch concluded last night a resolution was carried affirming the Pimcpile of; Bible reading in soto K It -was decided that the next conference should meet in Wellington commencing on February 12, 1909. ' Third-class, or elementary certificates, came to hand yesterday from Sir " Isaac Pitman and Sons, London for SnrW 0'"'11^?^^ 111 local students:-H.lda Wood' Cecil Hay , Evelyn Beaumont, Ivev F A TiVv ' Emily Sullivan, Mad,ae* Gordoii, El£l. beth Clark, and M. Gore Martin Tenders, addressed to Mr Robert H ■Reaney, J>.strict Eoad Engineer Wan" gaum, and marked, on the oi,Se Wangaehu River Bridge Contract! Uaitangi will be received up to noon of Saturday, the 14th Mardi S tor the construction of a truss' bridge of one span-of 60 feet,1 on concrete » er% across the Wangaehu Riv^^ nS^at

FTW w en,iUS at t7-3^ P'm- the Key l\. \Y. Herberzer, Lutheran City missionary from «t, Louis, will l lo ld a Fet tore in the. Spring Vale School Hall He mar le the beginning of the Lutheran City mission in St. Louis-after 17 •years successful work in various dis-tricts-and for the past nine yeais hashad many eventrul expereiences.through whioh he has allowed to labour richly

The Wanganui Amateur Sivimmin ff li f :° h^ ldl% r the"- annual swimming sport, in the Corporation Baths next Monday night, commencing at 8 o'clock and oOyds, handicap swimming races dmng comretitioiK, and iioveltv^eveiits' also a relay race for teams of 4. Intend! ing competitors are notified that ©ntri-s m a5-1 Yen, te '11050I 1050 with th& secretary (R. Richardson) on Friday next at 6