LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10817, 6 December 1902, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

o — — ' Several instances df double voting have been cjiscov^ed in .the Napier electorate. Mr Wood, M.H.R., for Palmefston, was entertained at a banquet there last "evening. There was an attendance of over 200 Liberals from all 1 parts of the district. Word has been received from the Registrar of the New Zealand University that Mr-T. B. Strong, M.A., B.Sc,, of the. Technical School, has passed -with credit the examination for the certificate of proficiency ih education. The examiners were Professor Salm'ond, for educational psychology; Professor Mackenzie, for history of education ; and ex-Ifispeetor Lee, for theory and practice. We heartily 'cony grntuhite Mr Strong on his success. A rather singular maritime, funeral took place at Sydney the other day. The interment, which was outside the .harbour, . was .that of John Rces (aged 72 years), who was a sailor of the old school. In Ins will he left the proviso, that he was to be buried at sea — face to the, east — for. the sailor, it is understood, 'after teing buried at sea/ will rise at the last dav — or before that time — facing the east. It a an old-time tradition, and - John I&ccs wished to follow it cloffely. .The next licensing question will be in March, when the electidn of licensing committees comes on.' The fixing of the date is left to thp returning officer. The rolla to be used .will be purged parliamentary rolls. Arrangements are already bsinj» made for the purging. The foundation of a now roll will be the names of the electors who voted at Hie recent election. Thon the registrar of electors will add thereto tile names of all who did nqt vote*, and therefore have to be stru.-k off, but now apply for reinstatement and prove thcic qualification. A Mapri named Kruera Wirihana (Edward Wilson), who 'enjoyed the distinction, of being the oldest native in the Peloru*; Sound district, died near Havelock on Sunday. The Pclorus Guardian states that the deceased had for about 32 ypars carried ou a store in the vicinity of Canvostown, and is reported to 'be close upon 95 years of age; certain it is that he was a young man when Rauparaha made his iVarful descent upon the Wai ran, Awatere, »nd Pclorus Valleys in 1828, for ho used to relate with -great gusto how- be managed to escape to the bush during the raid.

k The other x day Frank Pettiti. a boy of " 3 13 years, hanged himself at Brisbane over a door. , . At' Brisbanp, Frederick Tate, Vlio rode a woman, down and killed her' waf«. sent to * gaol for 12 months. v. ! " ' Confidence men at Brisbane ha^- 11 been j- -run to earth by the detectives after^hava ing fleeced several persons of considerable ° BUHIB. ' , 8 A ptoposal to connect Lake Evre'Vith > Spencer's Gulf, with the view of *influ«jica ing the climate of- Central Australia, bAs c been revived. ' .-- ' |j" A careful estimate of the locai" option poll for the whole colony gives the figures • •as follows: — For continuance, 14ti,900; c reduction, 133,63h; no license, 159,992. c When' the rolls arc completed it- is ans ticipated that there will be about 250.000 B female voters, as against 310,000 ma if vo- ■ ters, in the State of .New South Wales. t A married woman named Janet Wa.'den, of North Melbourne, threw herself under \ the wheels of a passing lorry,- loaded vith P- 3£ tons of flour,- and was killed instantly. At Urangeline, Wagga district, New , -South Wales, - during the past' few. days, 7000 sheep were destroyed, for which there was no feed, and they were skinned for ' the pelts. . (■ This 'time /last vestr wheat was only r worth 2s 8d per bushel An Sydaey, as , .against 5s 9d at tlie present time. Flour >v was worth £6 15s per ton 12 months ago,, and now it is at J>l2. , -' ' There is already some talk in Wellingj t ton of- an amending Licensing BilJ with a .-''view to granting compensation to publi- . ; cans and owners of hotels who are affected pj the carrying of prohibition. Owing to the bursting of a dam hear • mica, New York, 5,000,000 gallons of wall. rusned through the suburbs of ihe. i to^n, sweeping away houses, barns, and , » large quantity of live stock, -' Bering the whaling season which has just" closed at Norfolk Island eighteen big whales were captured. Six. boats tool-parT in' the , exciting <# work. The catch amouais to between 60 and 70 tons of .oil. An is at present in progress in Victoria for the formation of a social ' democratic party.- It takes*, the shape practically ©|-a reorganisation of th.c Victorian Socialists' League, which was formed about five -yeaA' ago. . ' , A" case 6f "fatal potato poisoning occurred • recently inVßristol, England. A- child had . eaten some* potato peelings," and fhese • when the tiijber has begun to germinate and shrivel, contain a prison which produces 'symptoms similar to those caused :>ystry- . chnine. . ; $. • r A The New Sc^rfli Wales Commissioner 'of Publio Health-^* at present investigating a nmtter'which^has been reported to -him, and which is of grave interest — namely, the suspected' fe&iidness of children, and oven animals, ,~W the Cairns district ihroagh* eating %s&t is commonly known as finger cherries*" This is a wiUT fruit of a bright red colour, and about as long as a child's thumb. . A Southern pap(.-r,says that one of the Hon. C. 11 . Mills' -lady admirers was bo pleased with the tvay -he dealt with- large quedtions at a recent Karoinilri meeting.. ,j, jyi^fc vhs >hsa\:«i a, ftigfe bouquet ' at the' »:Mh**»ter. lhe-'bi)nque^ did not- hit the ' tnmwte?" it sitaek tUft- hig' oil lamp suspended over his head! 1 ,an<i - wrecked it. As iio more oil 'was avjtfjuble, a vote of * thanks to the candidate -wits passed in the dalle, and the meeting c|pSed. The Feilding Chamber oC'^Commerce has decided to request the Bsvhvay Department to run the evening xitin from Wellington" right through to'.lfangairui instead of stopping, at Palm^rj|fon. It was decided to request the --o-opsfcation of the Wanganui Chamber ot Commerce in' the matter. The Chamber also^idecided to communicate with the Snrvejf'^epartment in connection -witli -tlxe snlarvejr,-*"*-- tH& route of* the proposed Kimbolton-ApifSv'railway. Leon Dander, son of the gr*e^ French novelist, advocates tlie enactment- of a law ior&idding the sale of all ration t$ women andfhildren on the gs^e*',pkiiiuifi^e that morphine and also cigarettes\*re forbidden in certain places. Daiidetsays a . morbid app*etite for romance is responsible jv, lor most unhappiness and dissatisfaction, < 5 which in turn breeds crime. He, pliers Hhat future generations -will scorn ' jubvelas a deliberate and low fqjm of intoxication. * .'« vtt ' is doubtful if Mr Krugcr's Memoirs (says the Literary World) will prove ,y<#ry interesting^ for his familiarity with Sfcfipture'has been a bane rather than a blsss-ing-'to him in most of. his public utjteramccp/ It is said; "bjowever, that they a*e ready for the press, and that there hasbceu lively Competition among publishers for . tl\e x right of production- and translation. TJie Murchener- Allegemeine Zeitnng . is to publish the memoirs, according to report. " A terrible result of a surgical mistake is ' reported from Cleveland, Ohio, on <-'ctober ' 9th. Mr r Frank Buettner" a i leading' resident of th,»t city, believed that he had swallowed «j «et of false teeth. The' Tsur- ' geons made,., an examination with the- Xrs»y3, whi(&, they declared showed .the teeth iv th&toCsoph'agufc, and an operation was immediately periotmed. v After the oesophagus liajT been opened its entire length a memSar of the family rusted into the operating *oom with the missing teetU, . which had be&j 'found under Mr ,Buettner's bed. tt.nfiiS then learned that Mr Buettner was siuj'&ring frpm. acute laryngitis, and the pttinin his throat i.ad led ■ him to believe tKat jie had swallowed -the- , teeth. ' He died iffdm the effects of the operation next moi;n£ii2. The following retaarkable anecdote of a Ghoorka is told -inihe^Scotsman by a correspbndent, to whonlit was related by the surgeon of the regiment who wa's presejojfc on the occasion: — "lji;d&ys before the mutiny the commandant df irregular regiments had great authority over their men, and one- of them, whose regiment was a. ' Ghoorka regiment, stanp.necl in the hills, used often to take" th"e>n\-6ut with him when he went tiger-sboqling. On one occasion, his officers, aiid a^xisitor wete out tiger»Bhooting on. elephanf^y ", accompanied as usSial by a number dlU^n <ta foot. They' raised a tiger, ■whicawußhed away down a ste6p ravipe,, •whq?| l^the elephants could not follow,, end they "h^ftHo go up to its head in order to cross it.'* Qm?-of the . men, however, followed the SIB 6*6 * on *°. ot " down the rrfvine and up to.itfte opposite side, and when he reached thpi,sth> levelled his rifle to lire. The visitor «Py 'this', and said ta the commandant: 'Tare's that man going to fire' The oomihandant shouted acrpss the ravine fKecoycir arms,' which the man immediately did, and stood ■ .like a statue for about half an l\,our, till the elephants having rounded thtf head 'of iho ravine, came up to him. *W&at" were going to fire at?' said the commandant. 'The tiger,, sir.' 'Where is it?' .shore,' aaVl the, man, pointing to a bush v «bout twqntjfc yards off. The officer was gr.e&tly put\ont at Jinding that he had exposqdolus ma^to such imminent risk for such a^ong tinted so he got -down from his. elephant and s%>)od beside him to share the danger. "Where is it?' *aid he to .the man: 'There, said tfie man, pointing to the same b»sa. The officer lokcl into iln bush for a^bjng', time, \M could not sec ii, so at last he y said to Ifte man 'You fire. The mart fired, and shot iV.e ti.frur dead." v The sort of JJicycle you want is Britain's Beat— that I *^ our sort,* the RTJDGE-WHIT-WOKTH.-^eynolds arid Co., Agents.

Of .200 boys attending one school al; Dover j England, 100 -learned to swim last winter at the' corporation baths'. The Hon. the Native Minister (Mr James Carroll) arriyed by v 'the 11.35 train from Palmerston this morning, and speaks on native < affairs at Putiki this afternoon..' ■Captain Edwin, telegraphs at 112.45:1 12.45: — Moderate to strong winds • from between south and east and north-east. Glass rise; poor tides. ? ,(i ' All those desirous of becoming honorary members of the Wanganui Amateur Swimming Club would do well to hand in their . names to the secretary as soon. as possible, | J as the club intend holding ' holding ( their '\ sports 1 - on the 13th inst. . The irrepressible John Burke O'Brien wai charged at the Polico Court this morn- " inff' with and was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence when called^ upon. 'He politely thanked, the Magistrate for his- leniency, and treated' the Court to '^a piece of "poetry (probably composed by, him- in the police cells), setting foiitih the "beauties of Wanganui and palling foxtli tho blessings of the Creator on the. Magistrate. . It is understood that Mr F. Pirani has . disposed of lii» interest in the Manawatti" Standard to Mr Jones, part proprietor of ' the Hastings Standard, and a son of the Hon. Geo. Jones,- M.L.C. M* Pirani is not severing his connection with journal--ism, but will shortly wield the editorial pe.ii of the Hutfe and Petone Chronicle, which paper he'is stated to have purchased. , , At the inquest this morning a witness referred to the -fact of a person being drank at Aramoho on election • day, and the Coroner (Mt G. C. Kettle) stated that he saw beer runnig through the'doOr of a building 1 not far < from the bridge about 5 p.m.. Constable Cooper stated that he was on. the River -Bank from 9 i,pi., to 8, p.m., and saw no signs' of drunkenness. The Coroner said it, was not a creditable state of affairs. There appeared* to ba a row in the 'room, -and people passing on, the' River Bank* could smell beer. ' t He was surprised that there was no polite supervision,* and that such a thing ' shpuld be allowed: I Inspector Kiely said,', the constable was required at the polling booth, and could -■ not very ' well divide himself. Constable Cooper said >he understood t,he beer was in one 'of the; member's commit-tee-rooms. Inspector Kiely remarked' that he understood there were refreshments of a like nature in most of*, trfe committeerooms. . One of the 'witnesses was questioner by the Coroner as jtlo whether he saw the beer in, the room referred to, and whether he knew wfcere it' came 'from, at which one of thojurymen (Mr J. R. Foster) asked if "the pooth had' anything to do with the inquest." 1 The' Coroner retorted that no one said it" was /a booth* and the matter then dropped. .' . '