LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12585, 15 August 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Two "drunks" were locked up on Saturday night They were admitted to bail vesterdny morning.

The Amalgamated Society of Engineers of Southland are urging: the selection o? a Labour candidate for next Parliamentary election.

It is stated, .that about 50 per cent, of the sheepowners in the Wairarapa have booked^ shearers for the coming season at the rate of about £1 per 100.

Burnett and Mcßeth is the latest firm >of solicitors !in Wanganlui, Mr Donald Mcßeth having joined Mr C Burnett (of the late firm of Messrs Burnett and Gordon).

An important sale of town property took place in Timaru this week, when two shops in the centre of the town, with a frontage of 30ft., were sold for £6,000, or £200 per foot frontage.

The estimated population of New Zealand as at 30th June last -was 1,036,----007, including 47,731 Maoris. If the Cook Islanders be taken ill the total for administrative purposes is 1,048,347.

The captain of the steamer Muniara. which has arrived at Sydney, states that the Gilbert Islands are suffering severely ,from a long drought. The Government is supplying the rations, with stores.

The Maheno, which left Sydney on August 10, has on board Australian •nails, United Kingdom via Suez mails, and also United Kingdom and American mails via Vancouver. The Wanganui portion of the 'mail iviil reach hero by the Main Trunk express this afternoon.

Deserters from the British Army, who in:iy happen to be in New Zealand will find a reference in the "Gazette" to the clemency of King George on bis accession-, which may interest them. Pardons, -as already mentioned in the cables, are granted under certain conditions.

We regret to bear that Mr John McFarlane, the well-known ship's chandler, had the misfortune to break a leg on Saturday evening, 6th inst. Just before closing time he had occasion to rrount a step ladder to obtain some goods for a customer, ■when he slipped and fell, breaking a leg in two places. He was removed to his home, where ho is progressivng slowly. We hope soon to see Mr McFarlane about again.

The practice of tying narrow strips of some red material around a- horse's neck as a means of soaring away the bot fly is largely pursued in Australia. It is claimed' that the fly, which generally ,strikes up between! ihe librae's front legs and. ( settles on its chest, will not do so while the red band is there. A piece of red ribbon was used effectively last summer in by several horseowners.

At a recent horse sale at Hawera a horse changed. ownership at Is, and another for 7s 6d. The S.M.. on Satiirday convicted and discharged a man arrested for drunkenness. ; , St. Paul's Band of Hope meeting this evening ■will take the form of a magic lantern entertainment. A hundred and eighteen cyclist competitors started from Milan on May 18 on a great race round Italy, a distance'of nearly 2009 miles. The race was broken up' into ten stages, the halting places being Udine 3 Bologna, Teramo, Naples, Rome, Florence, Genoa, Mondovi, and Turin. Thence back to Milan, the . last day for reaching which was to l>e Sunday, June 5. Besides a variety of tempting prizes for first-comers, the champion cyclist will receive over £2000. A while ago Wanganui did a considerable trade in exporting white pine, but during "the last year or so the trade has been dead, as the business did not pay the say/millers on the Main Trunk line. Tho trade, however, is again lookng up, for a contract at a favourable figure has been made by a Sydney buyer for two years for "the purchso of 1,000,000 ft. of white pine a year. Tine jUriion Box Company, of Sydney, has now a competitor ill the field, in the form of a co-operative association, whose Sydney buyer has chartered the lima (now in port here) and the Alexa to carry the timber. Messrs D. R. Walker and Co. are the local agents.

The attempt made by Mr Godfrey Copley, of "Wanganui, 'to break the wiorlds record for .endurance piar/oplaying came to an end between six and seven o'clock on Saturday evening. The player-.had been going well till Saturday, when he began to show signs which caused uneasiness to his1 attendants. About noon 'he had a somewhat bad turn, but passed the crisis, and went on "well until the* matinee was over, Then he began to experience brain weariness and sickness, which gradually.increased. However, he pluckily kept at the piano until he played himself to a standstill, and completely collapsed, having to be taken to his home in a cnb. He played for 59hr. 25min., and much sympathy is felt for him that the goal (64 hours) should have been so-near .and-y-st so

*»"•. We understand that Mr Copley 11 'tl>yt° ' ™ avg S tlT^Otngo Daily Times" :-A trial "by the manager (Mr' Henry Symes) of his improved car-brake in connection with, trailer cars, worked by the gripma» from the d2mTZZ car, was held last evening on the Mormngton tramline> w ith remarkably efficient results. On the steepest part of the line, with the cars travelling at about eight miles Per hour, on /the daira" grade, the Jj^^jJ^^i^HiS! Mit stopping the dummy, and the trailer was brought to a standstill, the other car proceeliug on its way; the leadi? g car was subsequently stopped, and the trailer was lowered down by the h{Uld brafces niul ago i n : coupled up. With this brake the gripman has perfect control, not only of his own car, but also of any desired number of trail • ers, on either up or down journeys. It . g ' licted by l en g ineer8 J that' there j g a w ; c i e scope f or th e apulication of this brake for electrically-driven cars, and also for trains not provided with the 'Westinghouse brake. Tn connection with the -visit of Mr lWiln. f^e English draughts champio^ Wa nganui, it has been decided o i naa gurate a big town and country match, to take place, if possible, on the night the champion arriVes in ™[. = !"ot m itt e e, with power to add to their number, to get together a town team, and for the country team the following %s%&,?&£.•s&£ Svi^U . East: Messrs Keegar. an d' Walker: Kaitoke: Messrs N. Garner and E. R. Morgan: Mosstown : V. Stcbert. Westmere: _ Messrs R. Laird MorriLSnt wick . j^; esgrs j. Campbell and R. Anderson. Marton: Messrs D. Gilison and R. Caroy. Mr J. .Anderson will act as —o^'tV £*»%&& SSSi p i a^ec |. 140 drawn, one loss (to Mr Hillikei'- Diinedin), the balance being .won. __'