LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXI, Issue 12189, 10 June 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A slight shock oi earthquake was experienced at Wellington about, 3 10 p.m. yesterday. * In the inter-ruiversity boat race, whick took vlve nl iicNomiie on .Saturday Sydney 'eat Vico'ia by three lengths, Adelaide a bad thud. The Waveiley Debating Society has accepted an invitation tor a debate, with the St. Paul's Young Men's Class, Wanganui. j An elderly man was fined .£2 and costs 7s at the Police Court this morning for procuring liquor during the currency of a prohibitiin order. The Minister of Lands Jbas written to Mr T. Mackenzie, M.H.R.T stating that the position of the State limekilns at Shsg Valley ia such that they will either h«ve to be sold or closed. • Mr Hanan, M.H,R-, is advised that Ike decision has been given in regard to the recent railway mishap at Waipahi. It is understood that tho driver nas been dismissed and the fireman re-instated. Mr J. T. Hogan, M.H.R., has received the following wires from the Hon. Dr. Findlay, Acting • Postmaster-General: — Aramoho Post Office plans are now complete. Specifications are being printed and the necessary documents will be ready for inviting tenders in a few days — J. G. Findlay. The Feilding Star of Saturday records the death of Mr G. Flyger, of Feilding. lie left Feilding on the Ist instant for Eltham. but died there ou Friday night. Deceased, who was 28 yeais of age, had been suffering from lung troubles. His remaims were to have been interred in the Wanganui cemetery to-day, alongside the remans oi' his mother. The Garrison Band journey np to the Jubilee Home yesterday atternon, wheu they gave a very enjoyable concert, which, was greatly appreciated by the inmates. and a large number ot the public who w«re present from the town and aeighbourhood. Amongst other fine items the band rendered Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus," which was played in a manner whioh delighted those present. At the conclusion of the programme Mr Allen, on behalf of the inmates, thanked Conductor Criehton and his Band for their kindness in favouring them with such a. treat. Mr C. Jefferson kindly conveyed the Band to and fro, aud the members desire to thank him for his thoufktfiaV ness. In addition to the ordinary busimees to be traiwaetd at the Borough Council meeting to-morrow night, Cr Spriggeni? is to move, ''That in the opinion of this Council it is desirable that the Eating Act, 1984, should be amended in the direction of giving local authorities power to rate all Government properties within their districts"; and further, "That this Council solicits the co-operation of the locaJ authorities within the colony in urging the Government to amend the Act in the manner indicated." Cr Han-is is to move, "That a bonus of not less than Jt's be offered to any of the Council's employees (heads of departments excepted) for any sugge&tion that shall be made direct te> the Council which on inquiry proven to be a saving of at least ten pounds per annum on the method then in use." Mr Poyntcr is to move, "That the by-laws reiating to motor cars be brought into tores, aud that the Borough solicitors be instructed to take the necessary stops to make the law operative." The inevitable result of marriage between European girls aud Chinamen wu brought botore the notice of Mr Bishop, S.M., at Clnistchui'L'h last week, when Ethel Lim Cheong charged her liusbaad. Lim Chcoug, nith having failed to provide her with adequate means ot maintenance. The complaint's story was that uh« had married the defendant in 1903 at the registry office. She was only seventeen years of ago at the time, but Cheong had stated to the registrar that she was twenty-one. In 19U4 she obtained a summary separation from him on account of hw cruelty, but a little later returned to him. He would not give her European food to eat, and she had had only two dresses since her marriage. Her husband spent a lot of money on gambling, and was connected with a pak-a-poo game. He had thrown her out of the house, saying that be, did not 'want her, and she had instituted these proceedings. After hearing the defendant's denial that he had ill-treated his wife or had refused to purchase her whatever she wished to cat, the Magistrate said it was. no good "sermonising" on the matter, but if girls made these foolish, undesirable, and unnatural marriages, Miev could only expect them to turn out badly. lie would order the defendant to ray IPs weekly towards the support of lm wific. "When a firm make up their travellers* sets ot samples, you may be sure that only the bent goods are selected. After these samples have travelled all over^he colony and are finished with they are sold at special sample discounts. We have just secured a sample set of Puritan collars in cambric and muslin embroidery and embroidered silk, a really choice selection and at sample prices, viz., 4d. 6d. 9d, aud li each. — McGruar aud Co. — Advt.

There are now jijoui Onfl private leii'-r bozM in use at the Wellington Gtneial Part Office. Of a million lmin H7l.2(i(S .ire .ilivc at 12 months old; ol boys, ;«).(tdt) fcwei •nmr». Japan is perhaps i he only country in which fashions lor ladies have not changed ■ ateiKilly lor 2500 years. Since the heginning of the year, and up till the present date, 24 persons have Ikvii convicted for drunkenness at the Ash burton Police Couit. Physician* are in great demand in Brazil. Tney are well paid, but their lite is a hard one, ac they oiteu have to ncle all day to reach a patient. The Cossacks rarely become merchants. Though they maintain 60,000 lighting iuea, and can muster 128.000 in an emergency, there are but a lew hundred ot their people engaged in business. The Now York Times has asked the opinion of the leading Republican ne\v.>papeis as to whether the Pre-ident - popularity is as great now as it was in 190-i. The 68 answers so far received are unanimously in the affirmative. Professor Retiring, speaking at Berlin on tuberculosis, said boiled milk was nor a suitable food for infants, and the boiling of water killed the elements therein imtended by Nature to make bone and *ine>r. ■\Vaitarji ia growing, says the Taran.'iki News. The population has outgrown the house aciomniodition, and houses are unobtainable. So acute is the situation that in some, cases two families are living in ;> tire-roomed cottage. The effect of allowing town drainage to discharge in^o the harbour is, we under stand, be-omiug plainly observable at Onehuuga, where a part of the main channel is becoming shoaled up by the accumulation of lubbish and drainage, which has been washed into it. It ie reported that there has been some poaching going ot. this year in the eatsern portion ot the North Otago red deer herd. J Ftaga have been shot out of season, seve- | ral Dodies, from which the heads had been removed, having been found when th« ! •talking begun on April Ist. On the Benmore- Run several »heep that have been shot have been found. Tbe latter matter h*t been placed in the hands of the police. The motor train constructed by the Bailw*j Department for the Kaipara line com weneed its running recently. The car pror ed very «atwlactory from the public point < J view, the seats being comfortab'e. nnd the carriage running smoothly and •ilentIt. The service between Auckland and Ilrndereon has been augmented by the _ running of the new train, and four additional trii,e aie now irade daily. — Auckland Star. Concrete telegraph poles are being installed by an American company. A skeleton framework of four corrugated iron rods is covered with ordinary concrete, the. mateial being "slushed" about the iramework while enclosed in a box-like mould. The pole i> octagonal infjshape, 50 feet long, and provided with mortices for cross arms, which are fastened in place by means of iroa bolts, and also mortices to be used by linesmen in climbing." The concrete pole*, it is declared, will be lasting, aa soil conditions do not affect them, and the cont ia •sid to be leas than pine poles. At a committee meeting.of the Wanganui Caledonian Society held on Friday t reniug. it ».as decided to hold the annual general meeting on Wednesday, the 10th July. It wag resolved that a circular •hould be drawn up* and sent out to all members nhose subscriptions are in arrears. It was decided that the patronage of the Society be extended to 1/Li Andrew Black's concert on the 18th inst. The annual concert was postponed till after the annual general meeting. Messrs W. G. Ileid and J. Hart were elected members of the society. Farming, «aid the Minister of Labour at the opening ceremony of the Dunedin Winter Snow, cannot now be carried on «uccesaiully in a haphazard way. Land is coating" anything from 30 per cent, more than it did, »ay six years ago. Our expenses are heavier in every way and farming is altogether a much more artificial business than it was in the earlier etagee of the colony's history, and il prices for produce were to drop from their present satisfactory level farmers would require all the assistance that science and poperly applied practice could give them, and tliii they are entitled at least to some extent to look for from the Government. Tho heavy log yesterday morning was responsible for the steamer Oreli getting on to the stone wall as she was on her way out. A temporary clearance of the ' fog occurring the captain determined to make an effort to get out, but the steamer had not proceeded Jar before a very thick bank of fog drifted across the river, and it was quite impossible to see the guiding lights at all. Suddenly the boat ran right on to the northern stone wall, and there she stuck until last eveuing'e tide, when she was floated off and proceeded on her way to Westport. Fortunately the steamer was empty, otherwise she might easily have sustained serious damage. Gems of thought from the Canterbury Farmers' Union Conference: — "A pair of •mall birds in five years will produce 550,000 descendants."— Mr Witte. "T have brought dowa as many tin 80 or 90 sma'l birds in one shot, through a hole in the bam door.' — Mr Ryan. "If you etart aud pay the Leader of the Opposition & salary a« such, the Government will want to appoint him."— Mr Wilfred Hall. "We often complain of the taxes we have to pay, but the lous to farmers from small birds ia greater than the cost of all our taxes put together." — -Mr D. Jones. "If farmers failed to poison rabbits between the Selwyn and the Rakivia lor ten years, there would not be a single sheep left in that area." — Mr G. Sheat. The greatest event of the season in the English motor world is the Tourist Trophy race held annually in the Isle of Man. The island, is particularly adapted for such an event, owing to its formation of flat and hilly country, giving a splendid teat for a real touring car. The race is organised by the Royal Automobile Club of Great Britain and Ireland, to thoroughly test and find the most suitable and durable car for actual touring purposes. The test is a very severe one — c<us to do 25 miles per one gallon of petrol, to average a certain speed per hour for a distance of 240 miles, no adjustments to be made during the run, and everything to be mechanically perfect. Thr tot is not so much one of speed, but one to demonstrate the touring qualities and the durability of the various cars on the world's market. There is a great deal of I money expended by the various makers in ! designing and testing the cars that will fulfil all the conditions, hence the event means a great deal to the makers and de•igiiers of the winning car, and buyers I throughout the world await the result of this great event. The Bover Cycle and Mo tor Company, of Coventry, England, ha* won the "Tourist Trophy Race of 1907. No Ice* than 32 cars competed. It id impossible to look your beat unless | you have a well-fitting dress. Dressmaking is a science that very few can undertake I with any satisfaction to themselves. Tou | must gel a specialist to do it well. Miae j Callister, who nor/ has charge of LittleJohn's dressmaking room, can be recom- j iru>ud«d to give every satisfaction both ip fit aud style. Prices moderate.

Cj.i'ii.i'i I'lwm wii'd .a I .">"> pin. today .IS JolloU^ ModcJ.ltc t() S-1lO})«-noithci Iv w md> <x\a^- (.ill tides Diodci.ite, sea nmdci.ite. IVdiP <l pi IV. id 1 Miiiipi' we leal il 1 Il.it there ■•< .1 great do.il ol sly-grog celling going on along tiie Mokait River, and we un- ! dersiaud the «mt hoi ituw .ue to be asked to f.ike .ution in Ihc nutter. The (io\ eminent aimourer will be in town during this week to inspect the arms on issue U> tho local corps, and it- is> incuinliciit on all volunteers to s?nd the s.une in for examination without delay. The atmosphere was remarkably clear yesterday, and in addition to splendid Aiglits of Mounts Fjgmont and Rnapehu, Kapiti and D'Urville Islands, aud the mountains of the South Island mainland were plainly visible. A hirsre number of natives are at piespnt in town attending the gifting of the Native Land Couit. Sevoial airivetl i'rom \Yaitotara this uini'iung in connection with tho proceedings re the Whitanga Block, while otheirf are in town to receive their share ol' the rent* received iroin European lesicos. The public arc notified in our, wa:ited coin mile that would-be purchasers ought to take a cab to Brandon'* Buildings at Ngaio Range. The buildings arc now open for public inspection, and in addition to their construction the decorative work is said to be worth seeing. Gas consumers complain that not only has the gas supplied been of an inferior quality recently, hut that as a result apparently of having to uso more in consequence their gas bills are bigger than they should be. The aggregate balance-sheet of the Bank ot New South Wales appears in our advertising columns. Profit and loss account shows v balance of JB29,;>U 7s after allowing for a dividend of 10 per cent. (■L'lOOJOOO) and augmenting the "Buckland" Fund by 425,000. Altogether the balancesheet is one of which the directors may well feel proud. The w>ll-known hostelry, Fostcr'a Hotel, celebrated its jubilee to-lday, when the MJth annual licon.se was granted to the building. The first license was granted in 1857, when it wa* known as the York Hotel, the name being afterwards changed to the Steam Packet Hotel, and finally to the present appellation. To-day's is the 22nd licence granted to the present licensee, Mr W. H. G. Foster, he having taken possession in 1885. Unclaimed letters are laying at the Post Office addressed to the following: — A. \.. \tkins, M. J. Cassidy, Eric H. Clarke (2), John Chapman, A. Oooke, Jno. S. Dnwer, Mrs Bartlett Day, Mrs M. F. Faw.ett (2) F.. S. Few, R. W. Garrick (V. E. Gilshnan, G. Gordon, J. Gordon, H. O reaves. r Jeo. Gummerson, G. Hall, ilre Ilardley, Mrs Hislop, P. A. Holemberg, Mrs M. Haselden, L. Jenkins, Miss L. Lebrox (fi), F. Lindsay, Mr McDonald, A. McGregorMarmtis, "H. Mote (3), Joseph Pett-erson, Claude Rolfe, W. J. Sampson, A. A. Shaw (2), Roland Shearman, Jno Webster. A wharf labourer at Onehunga had a very narrow escape from suffocation laet week. Just before tea time he got into a butter van, and by 6om© means the door was slammed to on him making him a prisoner. Becoming hungry as time went on he endeavoured to satisfy his hung-er with j. few oats which had been accidentally spilled on the floor, but these did not prove very sustaining. Shortly after,, however, he became aware of a more serious danger, for the van being completely airtight, the supply of oxygen became lessened, and realising hie peril he banged frantically on the walls of his prison and shouted for help at the top of his voice-. Fortunately a passing shunter heard his cries, and came to hio rescue, pulling him out of the van when he was on the point of collapse. Preliminary work at Castlecliff in connection with the new works which the Wanganui Harbour Board U alwit to embark upon ia proceeding apace. The Board's foreman now lias a gang of men at work making the excavation along 'he face of the cliff in front of the Pilot Station, between the wharf and the breakwater. A tramway line will be laid upon the shelf so mado to supply stone to the mole, and it is expected everything will he ready for laying the rails in about three months. The present wharf will be extended down stream for 100 feet, and era nets will he erected on the new portion in order to facilitate the handling of btcmo. Aa regards harbour improvements in other directions, work on the South Spitt wall has been somewhat delayed by t the non-arrival of piles. These, however, are expected any day, and meanwhile fascine work is being gome on with as fast as shingle can be delivered from the dredge. The latter is now working at the lower end of the flats, widening the cut there by 100 feet. Tho mission which, for the past three weeks, has been conducted in St. Mary'n Church by the Revs. Fathers Clune and Lowham, of the Rcdemptorist Order, was brought to a close last evening, when the building' was taxed to its utmost capacity to accommodate the great congregation which attended. During the period of the mission both the morning and evening services have been attended by people of nil classes and creeds, the eloquence of t-lic reverend gentlemen conducting the mission being undoubtedly the meana of awakening a great interest in their work. Father Lowhain, in his farewell sermon last evening, kept the attention of his hearers riveted during a powerful discourse of an hour and a halt. In asking the prayers of the congregation tor himself and his" co-adjutor, he reminded them that priests also had souls to save, adding that it was a remarkable fact that nearly all the members of the Rcdemptorist Order died suddenly aud that their average duration of life was but 36 ye,irs, owing to the severe and arduous nature of their labours. Both himself and Father Clune had already passed this epan and would probably soon have to follow those who had gone before them. He promised to remember them all in his prayers, and the congregation wa« evidently much moved when he alluded to the certainty of death, and though he might never meet them in life again they could hope to meet in a better land, when time was no more. The reverend father also made kindly allusion to the help given the missioners by Dean Grogan and the Rev. Father Mahoney, the former by his generous hcwpitality, and the latter by assisting the missioners in their visits to the stray sheep of tho flock. Father Lowham further remarked thai thin was an age of records, and he could truly say that on tho present occasion all previous spiritual records had been surpassed.