LOCAL AMD GENERAL.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12185, 29 March 1909, Page 4

LOCAL AMD GENERAL.

The latest addition to the Telephone Exchange is No. 470, Mr G. F. Day's residence, No. 2 Line.

Mr C. E. Mackay has removed to temporary offices, next the National Bank, Ridgway Street.

A sale of work in connection with the Presbyterian Church at Eastbroo"k is to be held on Thursday afternoon and evening next.

A public meeting at Feilding on Friday night decided to recommend the Government to introduce universal training. - ,

A sharp shock of earthquake was felt at Waipawa at 25 minutes to 9 on Friday night. A shock, lasting* nearly half a minute, was felt at Waitangi at ( 1 o'clock on Friday, and a slight shock at 8:40 on Friday night. «<lf ■•■:■-

The Chief Postmaster at Auckland, informed a "Star" reporter tt-.it the conveyance of American and English mails via Tahiti has been in existence for three months past. Outward mails would be forwarded from Wellington. The Naxitical Court at Dimedin found the Maheno (a launch) responsible for the collision with the Matariki near Rattray Street wharf, and ordered the Maheno's people to pay 21 guineas costs. The adjourned meeting of those, interested in the formation of a co-opera-tive dairy factory company has been further postponed till April 7th.

The " Mangaweka Settler " says :— Business people and others here should be careful in handling five pound bank notes given them to change, as, we understand several Taihape folk, have fallen in through cashing some cleverly altered cancelled ones, the latter evidently having found their way up from the Empire City.

The Supreme Court was occupied on Saturday hearing the case of Hohepa and others (Mr Hutchison) v. Broude and others (Mr Treadwell), The case was unfinished. We were in error in stating oh Saturday that plaintiff in the case of Koromatua v. Abbott and others was non-suited. As a matter of fact argument in that and the other two Maori cases which have been before the Court will be taken together, the three cases being similar.

Members who are interested in Rugby football will be pleased to learn that the Rugby Union laws have been so amended as to allow a junior team to be entered for the cup, without the" club having to play a senior team. Therefore a meeting will be held in Tuesday evening, commencing at 7.30 sharp, to discuss the formation of a junior Rugby team. Every intending member should make a point of coming along, or send in his name to the secretary.

Just before 7 o'clock last evening an open-air meeting was being held outside the Rutland Hotel. The speaker was a Mr McKay, one of the local wharf em-r ployees. He was discussing Socialism in general, aud, in support of his arguments that the working classes were being downtrodden by the capitalist, referred to the Arbitration Court. "We can't expect fair play from that Court because the judge is drawn from the governing class. He is bound to decide m favour of his class. If they were to put one of .us -in the same position undoubtedly the employers would not. get a square deal from us. See?"

At the Courthouse on Saturday afternoon an inquest was held concerning the death of the late Mr William Hodge, whoso body was found floating in the river on Friday last. The evidence went to show that the deceased, who had been employed as a carter by Turnbull and Co., went up to Kaiwhaike on the Saturday of the previous week to spend the week-end at Mr Caine's residence. He left early on the Saturday morning, before the household arose, and was not seen again^ his body being eventually found in the river. There was no evidenco to show how deceased, who was a quiet, steady, respected man, got into the water. A verdict of found drowned Mas returned..