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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 9394, 22 March 1898, Page 2

A public meeting of subscribers to the Waverley Biass Baud will be held in the Waverley Town Hall on Wednesday, March 30, at 8 p.m. Mr F. G. Carson has been elected secretary of the Board of Control Art Union Committee, vice Mr Harold Watt resigned. The puze list has been caiefully revised so as to bring the art union strictly within the Act. We give a final reminder of the Wegleyan Sunday School anniversary tea this evening at 6.30. At the after meeting the special hymns will be repeated, and addresses will be given by the Eevs. Bond, Ryburn and Peters The tyres of three bicycles, which were left in the Masonio Hotul, Napier, on Thursday, were maliciously cut by some person with a knife. There is a clue to the perpetrator, and the matter is to be jtihoroughly investigated. Des[s<jg theserious,lo<ss the Gore Meat Company bos sustained by its recent fire, ( arrangements have been made for rebuild- 1 ing the premises forthwith, nii'd it is expected that another start will be made in ' a fortnight's time. Mr G. Friend, the Clerk pf the House of Representatives, is seriously indisposed, ' haying recently submitted to two operaJfcjojjs for an affection of the throat. He is , at present jri the W^ellhigton Hospital. ' Sfr friend was ill most of last session. The crops ajf over ?aejri Plain— from ' Outran? to Allqnton, «q4 nqr£h of Mosgiel to Honely— present xjne vast niagnificent spectacle. Nothing finer, op even as fine, saya the Wyndham Farmer, has b,een known of such afruitful cereal increase of the present season for many years, A 60 to 70-bushel average will be quite a common return. New goods forall classes are announced as now obtainable at Messrs Eastwood and C'o.'s, and the prices quoted in many special lines are well worth perusing in the firm's business advertisement in another column. The dressmaking, roil, linery, drapery and clothing departments are replete with everything necessary for autumn and winter wear, and a visit to the well-known Victoria House will be repaid with profit by those wishing to secure seasonable bargains/ Attention is again drawn to tho important sale of JapaneßO goods and articles of vertn, consigned direct from Japan, and to be offered at public auction by Messrs Liffiton and Nixon to-morrow and ThursI day, The goods are now tastefully dig I played .airi §r Baddoley'B produce rooms, (wher,'e £he L s.als wH l ba held); and as re-i garde yar^etyi quapy an£ tha fanner in i why?h they£a,ye ppened up.'tihe'siUtimenti ia the 'best iho^ has arrived 'Mr A? 'The; esis coi»me»oes gach day at 2 p.mi-

On Saturday next the balance of the appeals undor the Railways Classification Act will be heard at. Wanganui befoie MesßrsEyro Kenny, S. M., Davidson and "Wilson— members of the Appeal Board. A press wire from Wellington states that a section of laud on Wellington Terrace, slightly nndrr an acre and a quarter, with a dwelling house sold for £4000. Members of the Kaierau Football Club are reminded of the Drill Hall practice tomoriow night. Those who intend going to Petone are particularly lequested to roll up. Tho Key. W. C. Woodward, the Grand Lodge Temperance lecturer of the Good Templars, has been thrown from his horse and broke \m arm above the elbow whilst working the Levin district. i A lad named Wright, ](i years of age, was found shot, lying over his mothei's grave, in the Heleusville (Auckland) cemetery on Saturday. The mother of tho boy died two years ago. A verdict of accidental death was returned. At the Canterbury Club's swimming races at Christchurch on Friday the 220 yards invitation scratch ruce between A. B. Truscott (lOOydB champion of N.Z) and H. Rich (quarter mile champion of N.Z) was won by the former by a yard and a half. Dr Martin lemarked at tho Medical Congress that he had observed that chronic drunkards were rarely caught by the influenza epidemic ; the moderate drinker was not severely attacked ; but the rank teetotaller snpplied the bulk of the patients who suffered most severely. —Post. The balance sheet of the Manawatu Eailway Company shows the gross earnings to be £92,973, some £2000 less than last year, which is put down to the competition of the Government lines. Besides the above, £15 909 was derived from the sale of land. The amount available for a dividend of 5 per-sant is £8339. Mr John Hutcheson, M.H.R., has definitely decided to deliver a political address in two or three weeks' time. It is understood (says theN.Z. Times) that he will confine his remarks to a resume of his actions during the time he has been in Parliament, and to an explanation of the actions taken by him in regard to the different matters which called forth his voice and vote. Major Madocks, Hon. Seoretary of the New Zealand Polo Association, has received the following entries for the tournament at Hastings next Wednesday : — Senior (Saville) Cup— Manawatu, Oroua Eangitikei, Napier, and Hawke's Bay (Hastings) Clubs. Junior Cup—Wellington, Te Arai, (Gisborne), Ruataniwha, (Hawkes Bay), Napier's socond, and Hawkes Buy's second and thiid teams. Mr J. G. Wilson has consented to become one of the umpiros. Word was received in town this morning of tho death- of another old chief named Harihona Wareta, aged 81 at Galatea. The sons of deceased brought ; the news of tho death of their father and instructed Mr W. Caiman to make the coffin and the necessary arrangements for burial. In order to avoid a repetition of last week's incident in connection with Haimona, at the request of a number of natives in town messengers have been dospatohed up-river to confirm the news of Harihona's death. Death ha 3 claimed a well-known and much respected settlor at Fordell — Mr Eobert McNicol, who succumbed yesterday to an attack of bronchitis. The deceased for some years earned on the business of flour-milling at Fordell, where he settled some 15 years since, and whore he made many fiionds. He leaves a widow and four sons and three daughters to mourn their loss. Deceased, who was G3 years of age, had a bad fall four months ago, since which he had been in failing health. Wo tender our sincere condolence to Ilia sorrowing family. A window display on an extensive scale is advertised in this issue to take placo on Friday evening next from 7 to i) p.m. ut Messis J.Paul and Co.'s liv go drapery and clothing establishment. The firm's importations are unusually heavy this season in every department \ spocial mention may be made of the magnificent assortment of dross materials rivalling anything of the kind to ba seen in the largo cities, As usual, tho stock of men's silk scarves is unique, in fact in this connection, the firm pride thomsalves on keepiug the best class of goods in New Zealand, having customers in almost every town from Dunedin to Auckland, The display on Friday evening will no doubt be very attractive. At one o'clock to-morrow, Mr J. 11. Kee.iing will sell by public auction at Forguson's Booms, Taupo Quay, the whole of tho bankrupt stock of W. J. Paul, plumber, etc, Particulars of the stock are given in our auction columns, and it will bo noticed that it will be put up in lots to suit purchasers. Previous to tho above sale, starting at 12 o'clock, Mr ICeosing will submit at the same place a quantity of bedsteads, mattresses, etc., also a bagatelle table. On Thursday, at 2.30 p.m., on the premises, Bivor Bank, Mr Keesing will sell that desirable freehold section, with beautifully-built house, near the point where Glasgow Street joins the Btver Bank, Quite a pleasurable surprise awaited Mr Jas. Oriohtou at tho conclusion of the band praotico last ovomng, when Bandmaster Biohardson, on behalf of the baud, thanked him for hie untiring efforts in bringing tho band to the state of efficiency it attained at tho late contest at Napier, and asked him to accept as a memento and token of esteem and appreciation of his valuable services a gold albert and pendant. Mr Crichton, who was quite taken by surprise, thanked Mr Eichardson for his kind remarks, and the band for their hearty appreciation of his humble seivioos in assisting them at the contest. He wished the mombers every success and hoped that In the next contost the band would be in a better position than at the last. In conclusion he also thanked the members for their valuable and handsome gift, and said he would always wear it with pleasure. Mr Orioh ton's health was honored in bumpers, tho members pioviug that thoy could siug as well as play by bringing tho proceedings to a close with tho ever popular "For He's a Jolly Good Follow." Thependant, which bore tho inscription — "Presented to J. Crichton, Conductor by the Garrison, Band, Wanganni, 1898," was mnde to order at Mr S. H. Drew's establishment, where the albeit was also procured. There was a full muster of tho members of the Alexandra Cavalry at tho annual meeting of the troop at Chavannes' Hotel on Saturday night, Captain James Watt presiding. Tho report showed the company to be in a thoroughly sound financial position, there being acredit balance at the Bank of £186 4s lOd, which, with further amounts to come in, would bring the total credit to over £300. The assets amounted to £337 19a 4d, and the liabilities nil. The chairman pointed out (hat a good portion of the credit balance would be required for the purchase of now uniforms. Reference was made to the troop being honoured by heing represented at the Queen's Jubilee and in the Bisley team. It was suggested that three monthly drills might be held in place of six occasional parades ds at present. ' Tlie loss of Sergeant Blair, who lias gone to the Klondyke, was regretted, and the captain stated that tho troop was also about to lose their Sergeant-Major, who had been promoted to the position of Battalion Sergeant-Major. Captain Watt regretted the apathy displayed in the shooting for'the troop tidphies, and attributed the Jow 'average of fli'e troop jn tho, volley-firing to' this causV. They 1 had ' several prizes to be competed for, viz., J Quarter-Master Sergeant Chavannes' prize of £10,, Mr James Higgie's (their late Lieijt^'iiant), and his own prize of £5, and the iGoijnpif would fix upon a date for the tournament a,nd other competions. The election of ofeera'rgsiiftb'd' as follows:— Sergeant, Corporal Morrison j Qorpqrals, Troopers Low and Montgomeriq j £anseCorpcral, Troopov It, Bvyce j Hon, Sao,, Trooper Selby Morton (re-elected) ; Counoil, Sergeant-Major Morgau, Sergeants Morrison and Sommerville, Corporals Eice aud Montgornerie, Trooper Eussell. It was unanimously deoided that the. troop attend the Easter camp at Easter ; that monthly parades be held in June, July and August, and the annual training in September j that the annual ball be held on Ist July ; and that fines be inflicted on those troopers who absented thomselyes from camp without showing sufficient cause,

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Captain Edwin wires : — Barometer fall ; sea heavy, tides high ; northerly gales may be expected. The barometer at 2 p.m. to-day registered 29.95. The thermometer inßide was 64°, and outside in the sun, 05° At tho Police Court this morning, before Messis E. N. Liffiton and J. Paul, J.'sP., W. Cassidy was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, with hard labour, for obtaining £3 from Arthur Ellis by means of false pretences. Mr H. R. Woon, secretary of the Wanganui Cash Cycling Club, is at present visiting Dnnedin at the invitation of Mr Kesteven, secretary of the League, in connection with the championship meeting to be held on the 24th and 2Gth inst. Mr Samuel Adams, of Bell-street, wi ites stating that he is not the person of that name who gave evidence in the S.M. Court and was censured by the S.M. for giving money to procure drink foraperson already suffering therefrom. Lieut-Colonel Newell, officer commanding the district, together with Captain J. P Watt, held an officers' examination in the Drill Hall to-dny. Those under examination were Lieut Hooker, of the Taranaki Eifles, and Lieut Mounsey, of the Pnlmorston North Rifles. Colonel Newall leaves here to-morrow. At a meeting of the Board of Control of Cook's Gardens last evening, it was ■decided to eliminate the cycling events from the Easter Monday sports programme, and to add a quarter-mile dash to the Lengue events. It was also decided to extend the time for receiving nominations till the 30th of March. The Economic Building Society held a very successful appropriation by sale last night. An unusually large number of tenders were received, which must be taken as indicative of the growing popularity of the Society's terms. The money available was all disposed of at prices averaging nearly £30 per £150. Our attention has been called to a slight error in our local on Monday last as to Miss Hastie's proposed trip to the Pacific Islands. Mr F. M. Russell, who is to form one of the party, is a guest of Miss Hastie, and is not going in the capacity of a medical man. Thirty-six line large lockers have been put iv the dres9ing-shed on Cook's Gardens, and are now available for those desiring them. The charge has been fixed at 5s per year, but as so much of the present season has expired, anyone taking a locker now will be entitled to retain it until July, 1899. Keys may be obtained from the secretary, Mr A. D. Thomson. In tho District Court in Bankruptcy yesterday, before His Honor District Judge Kettle, in re James Weathorall, the debtor was examined at considerable length by the Deputy Official Assignee (Mr John Notman) and His Honor. The debtor denied having stated that he had in London £1000 which he could not draw for three years. The public examination was declared closed. MissDoran, matron of the Wostport Hospital, successfully brought an action for damages against Andrew Anderson, then headman in the Hospital, for writing a letter to tho Duller Hospital Board atatmg she had been guilty of bouts of intemperance. Now, each member of the Hospital Boaid is to be proceeded against for £50 damages for allowing tho damaging statement to be published. We were shown to-day an old cartouche box found on the island of Moutoa, where the celebrated fight occurred between the Hau Hsius and the friendly natives in 1884. The box contained a couple of ball cartridges, in which were wrappers composed of pieces of the London Times of that period, one of whioh contained a paragraph anent the late Princo Imperial of Fuince, who, it stated, was going through his lmhtai y training by deputy, a substitute pel forming tho youthful soldier's military duties. A largo gtilh&i ing ot Maoris was held on tho Maiket Squiuo this morning, amongst those present being Major Kemp. Mr John Walker (of Avamoho) being tho holder of tho flag flown by him on tho memorable day of the Moutoa fight, preBented tho same to Mr John Dates, as Chairman of Committee in connection with the Maori races at the reoent Wanganui Regatta. Mr Walker expiessed his pleasure at the admirable manner in which the canoe events had been managed, and thought that tho flag with its historical traditions, would bo the best souvenir ho could offer on tho occasion. Amidst applause, Mr Bates leceived the flag and said ho would trousure it and when the time arrived he would hand it over to his sucoes&or. Iv the meantime it would occupy a promintnt position in his office, and it would always be viewed with pride and pleasure by Maoris mid Europeans alike. Tlaee hearty cheers were then given for Mr Walker.