LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXIV, Issue 12882, 24 September 1909, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Amusement advertisements will "be foutuf on -page 3 of this issue. "Dredging and blasting' operations are being carried on by ttie Tyne Commissioners to deepen the Tyne channel between the piers to 35ft at low water, so that Dreadnoughts can enter at any state of the tide. Mr Thomson, M.P., referring to the recent opening of the Tattersaji o dim * i Wellington, said that during his election campaign he had refrained from making pledges, but he had pledged himself to do •al lhe could to fight against the spirit of gambling. Every man and woman ii\ the community had his or her work to do, and there was no room for parasites, who lived upon the, rest, lived upon their vices, in fact. When the Australian cricketers were in Edinburgh Messrs Layer, Whitty and Bardsley, Unknown to others, took part in a theatrical company's performance of "Sob Boy/ They were dressed as Highlanders, and their comrades, who were not in the secret,* failed to recognise them until the play was almost at an end, so well were they ' disguised. This little escapade caused no end of fun and sensation amongst the Australians. It is stated, on the authority of the New Zealand Government agent it Melbourne, that a reliable smoke ccxrsnmer has at last N apparently been devised. The inventor of the new appliance is a -onetiiiio resident of Invcrcargill, and tV system comprises v scientific combination of plates, bars, and elements in such positions, conditions, and proportions in. fcke furnace of the boiler as will manufacture what is commonly known as producer gas, which, in its turn causes perfect coinbusiion. ft is also said -to to- a. fuel ecoi>o- '. miser, rigid testa proving that by ft from 5 to 15 per cent, of fuel can be saved according to the conditions. A company has been formed, with a registered capital of ,£225.000, to work the invention, and patents have been taken out in 25 countries^ When we buy poods at specially low prices, we always give Ihe purchasing public the benefit and sel! equally as cheap. We have just received delivery of an English manufacturer's samples of ladies' washing Ir3ss?6. They have been bought at special sample discounts, and, the prices will prove to you thit we are selling them at- practically English prices. Plain and spotted Swis3 muslin dresses in all the latstyles, well made and finished in all the latent styles; prices range from 25s to Pss each. Cambric dresses, nicely trimmed xnV* embroidery, from 16s 6d to 37a &J. each. Being samples there is only one garment of eazh style, and .they require to be. seen to be thoroughly appreciated. — McGruer and Co,

It is stated that fully 80 per cent, of the lambs in the Wairarapa this season are of the black-faced breeds. In a" Sheffield case, it was stated that some of the children of the accused were found late at) night, tied together, sleeping on a mattress in a coal house. * A somewhat serious epidemic has been prevalent among horses in the Masterton district of late in the form of a swelling in the throats. It was thought at first to be a mild form of strangles, but it is stated^ now that it is quinsy. Samuel Meatyard again appeared before His Honor Mr Justice Edwards this morning, but as no instructions had yet been received from the Crown Law Department regarding the course to' be followed concerning the charges on which thejury disagreed, his Honor deferred passing sentence till 9.0 a.m. to-morrow. An argument took place yesterday on the racecourse between a bookmaker and a backer, the latter clinching matters by giving the layer of odds one straight from the shoulder. The blow landed fair on one of the "bookie's" eyes, and sent him reeling to the ground, where he laid some time in a dazed condition. Blood flowed freely from the gash caused by the blow, which was a very severe one. The recent flood in the river has had a detrimental effect en the bar channel, the leavy matter whicE the water carried in suspension, having caused a silting up of two feet. Soundings on the bar to-day garo a depth of 11 feet at 'high water springs, as compared with X 3 feet before the. flood occurred. It is expected, however — and in this opinion shipmasters concm? — that the return of the river to normal conditions will soon work the silt out, and that the previous depth will be obtained again 'before long. "We're getting too good altogether in Wellington these days," said Mr Charles Wilson, at Wednesday night's meeting <jf ' the "Victoria- College Council. Mr. Von Haast was suggesting- that the rule prohibiting betting in the gymnasium should be extended to forbid altogether the introduction of r-laying- cards, to the building, as no one^iknew what harm might be done, by undisciplined young men, fresh from school, playing with cards. Mr. Wilson urged Mr Ton Haast not to put hia suggestion in the form of a motion. "Surely we can rely on our students to exercise their commonsensc, and their knowledge of what is decent. We are not dealing with school boys or V.M.C.A. students." Mr Von Haast did not prefis the point.