LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12765, 19 June 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

I kvunk nun whilhlinhi " porieiiced hero at :) o'clock yesterday j .morning. * ' :i: ' By advertisement in another column * it is notified that all goods shetls ana i wharves -will be closed on Coronation i Day, Juno 22. .. , . ~ The latest additions to the Telephono Exchange are: No. 626, Messrs London, •Goss and Co., real estate and general "commission agents, Taupo Quay. "The treasurer of the Seamen's Mis- ■ sion wishes to acknowledge the sum i ot JBlj collected ftif a seamen's rest by Nurse.' Adams, making the total to ' date £14, A meeting of all interested in the mission ivill be held next week. : Mr Mariow's dramatic company will • . -nake . their appearance in, the Opera ' House, Wanganui, on Friday and Sat- | urday; Jitly 14 and 15 3 when "The Bad , Girl of the Family" and "His Real • "Wife" will be produced. • Members of • the Wangauui Rowing I Club and their friends are reminded , i that the Club's annual dinner and , i presentation >of trophies takes place '■■ at Dustin's, Ltd., on Wednesday, at 1 7 p.m ' The dates for the Egmont Agricul'j, tural and Pastoral Association's next • ' spring show hav.e been fixed for Weap nesday and' Thursday, November 8 and

I The Christchurch-fimaru cycling road i race has been Arranged' this year for , September 7. The race will start at j Christchurch instead of finishing there, as in r'previous years. j Thejsteamer Gertie, laden with 200 tons pf'cbal.. is ashore on the South i Spit iat. tfre^Manawatu Heads. It is j expected that a large portion of the 'coal "will ha*e to bo jettisoned before 1 sho floats M. Tlie-^i^Tjgh Council has decided to apply, 'teM©; Government for a subsidy | towatH^ the' Erection of ( a Coronation I niemo^jai.^'aiidstand at Lake Virginia j«resefire;>;'6n "condition that the people ! of St.: John's Hill contribute £50 to- ' nards it. - - ; j At Taihape on Friday the three meu who -were charged with assault ,<in connection with the case of the man . who was brought in with a broken jaw and other /injuries to the . Wanganui Hospital) were committed for trial at the Supreme Court. *

A lad named Cecil. Jones, aged about lo years, was taken to the hospital on Saturday suffering fro.m the of carbolic acid poisoning. The boy, \yho .works at the Sashvand Door Factory, apparently mistook ijhe poison for toothache cure. He is progressing very satisfactorily under medical treatment. The lease of the section-on the Catholic Church property in Maria Place, known as "Spfingman's corner," has been /secured by a local syndicate, whicll intends to erect shops and offices, as well as v a theatre, There are rumours that other picture theatres are to bo opened shortly, , A Raurirau resident was fined £1 and costs on Wednesday, for shooting a couple of pheasants, cock and hen. The man sent a letter of excuse, saying that he shot the"? lieh ,by accident, as she was lying hidden by her mate. / The magistrate said that he deserved to be fined for shooting a sitting bird "... ' - •; In connection with the Coronation Day celebrations, Lieutenant Huniw, District,. Adjutant, jhcis boon advisea that^ free railway passes will be granted to Veterans within a. radius of 15 miles from local centres to enable them to attend the ceremonies. Applications for passes should be made to Lieut. Hume, Drill Hall, Wanganui. Mr D Carmody, Inspector of Factories, has addressed tho following memorandum to occupiers of factories -in Wanganui re payment for holidays to boys under 18 years and -women: In reference to the Factories Amendment Act, li>lo. section 38 (2), there appears to bo some misapprehension /on the part of occupiers and others in respect to the necessity for the payment for holidays provided for in section 36 of the principal Act. It should bo clearly understood that this amendment necessitates the payment for any holidays an addition to the statutory holidays) given by factory occupiers to tho employees referred to, whether the 6ame> bo publif. holidays, like Boxing Day, or roctra- days, such as the 27th December, Raster Saturday, and so on. The Castlecliff beach was well patronised by the public yesterday, tue stranded barquentirie Pelotas being the source of attraction. iSomemembers or tho Surf Bathing Club ran out the lifeline and visited the vessel. The senhas for the last two days been very cal"Mß* ld the Pelotas has suffered no damage; except what she received before she took the beach. The local agents are advertising to-day for tenders for the discharge of the car&o nf sleepers, all apparatus on the vessel, being at.the disposal of the tenderers. Tho Collector of Customs has boen conducting his preliminary examination, and it is expected that a nautical inquiry will be held this week. An acho of the Taumarunui love tragedy was heard at Taumarunui Magistrate's Court on Tuesday. The members of the deceased girl's tribe from Otorohanga camp down recently to demand "utu" from the Wanganui tribe, jseyeral valuable greenstones and other heirlooms were handed over in Batis--1 action and also two horses. The latter were left tied to a fence for four days without food or water. The pplrco.. prosecuted the Otorohanga nalives .for cruelty, and they were fined Lo and costs. They declared that they had1 not taken over the beasts. The. ioeal tribo on being asked why they 'lid -not-.feed and water the animal's said they dared not touch them, as i hey were tapu. _ The Coronation number of "The YVoekly Press," a copy of which we liavo received from the publishers, is an altogether admirable and appropriate publication. The publishers have- spj.red no pains in collecting an extensive aeries of historical illustra--tions, picturing past coronations and scones and personages incidental thereto, and presenting a complete gallery }f Jioyalty and Court celebrities Kin'"jeorgo and Queen Mary are, of coursJ^ =ho predominating characters, and, in addition to quite a number of interesting Made and white pictures illustrating their respective careers from childhood to tho present time, there nro two very fine full-pago chrome portraits, well worth framing, and a landsome coloured supplement showing ;hem m tlieir robes of State. Memories >f their Majesties' visit to Now Zeaand as the Duke and Duchess of York ire revived by a iudioious reproduc;ion of photographs taken on tho ocension of that historic tour. A striking ;over design in gold and purple, beaiiafully printed, affords a faithful indication of the excellence of the conof what is undoubtedly a. very ittractive souvenir of the Coronation.