PERSONAL.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXV, Issue 12983, 26 January 1910, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Messrs A. But-nett and lEWen CajnobeH left by-the ifaail yesterday to attend the frozen meat trade conference at Christchurch. : ’ " * - The days ran into weeks, the ■weeks -into months; nntQ thh'end of the snnmer season arrives, and them once again Its sale time at McGrner’a. We expect a big rush on Saturday. Why? became onr sale is genuine and every article ‘ln. special|y reduced. Our special fonr-pagef advertisement issued with Thnrs- i day night’s “Herald;” and* careful pern, sal of -its contents .will give some ides of the great bargain preparations we have Past; sttroesdes be totally eclipsed and sale .will completely outrival any sale ever held ,in this district.—MtGraer and Co.

Mr Andrew Gihnuuc, sottr., is in cluirgf '©(-Jihe'new waterworks Vfschemo for the Waitara Borough Council] now being carried' but by the Wanghnui Spiral Pipe Gduipany. • At the annual meeting of the GonvilleCastlebliii Tramway Board last evening, ' Messrs A. G. Bignell and F. Webb-Jones were re-elocted chairman and vice-chair-man respectively.' 1 The v»eather Bureau reports: —Light variable winds, but winds freshening after sixteen hours, expect unsettled and cloudy ■ weather and hazy, glass little moVement, tides good,' sea moderate. For riding a bicycle' without a light after dusk, Edward Whiting was to-day, by, Mr W. Kerr, S.M., fined 5s and costs 7s.' For riding a- horse ojn-the footpath in' Ball Street, Norman . Williams was, fined 10s and costs 9s. . • .

/ Messrs A. G. Bignerf (representing, -the Public Trustee) and Russell (of -Wellington, representing the associated insurance companies) commenced the work r C I hi morning of assessing the damage ,caused by the fire at the Rutland' Hotel oh Saturday night". , ■Volunteers and : those liable for service under the new Defence scheme, will'be interested to see, in another column, an outline'of the staff and organisation which a Home exchange'says will be' followed at local headquarters in the overseas Domihionsj under the Imperial \ General Staff proposals. ( " . Some 4000 bales of the .wool salved from the-Kaipara are being taken to London by the Swanky. The Stanley; is under charter to the New Zealand Shipping Company, and is due at Wellington on Saturday. The company's' steamers Wakaaui (now' at Auckland) And Whakatan will take to London the rejhainder of the undamaged cargo. ,l

It - should hot lie long now before shipmasters hear, the welcome news that the Jackson Hea^... light is a fixture and reliable, Ear so Wig, a period that its vagaries have bedoine proverbial, the old nuat: tended oil li|ht has been a source of annoyance and indirectly of considerable danger. Seine months ago it was decided to instal a Pintsch gas lamp at-the Head, arid-last week, after a number of delays, the Government steamer Hinemoa landed some men to erect the apparatus. The light, it Us asserted, will burn for long periods without attention. A point which should be known by owners of premises only partially destroyed by fire j-pthat the underwriters have power to require the closing of all gaps in the roof, by tpipaulins or some other means. As, in such cases, there are often large claims for water damage, as well as for destruction by fire, the leaving of gaps in the roof, when there ia a likelihood" of rain, may cause further damage by water apart from that caused at the time of the fire, thus ■ resulting in a. loss to the insurance com-‘-panies above what they are entitled to f pay. For this reason they require partiallydestroyed premises to be protected in the maimer referred to. A number of local residents, including an officer of the local police force, were charged before Mr W. Kerr, S.M., this morning, with using the borough water supply for gardening purposes after the prescribed hour, 7 p.m. Mr Treidwell, borough solicitor, prosecuted, but did not seek a heavy penalty. He said the informations had been laid for the purpose of showing the public that ■ the Council intended to enforce the by-law, which allowed for penalties up- to .£2O. His Worship remarked that the by-law was not for , revenue-raising purposes, but for protecting property.' It was essential that the supply of water should be kept to a certain. limit so as .to provide against fire. Each of the defendants was fined ss, with 7s Court costs, and 10s 6d solicitor’s fee, or 22s 6d each. Work on the various big building contracts in the business area 1 is proceeding satisfactorily. The walls of the new Druid’s Hall, opposite the Courthouse, are practically completed, and a, good start hp-s berin, made with the brick work of the -new premises for the Bank of New South Wales. The heavy foundation work of the new building for the Bank of Australasia, next the “Herald” office is -no w finished, and the walls should be rising in a few days. The strong room of this latter building' will be of exceptional strength, and) agood fire resister. The floor .will be acouple of feet of solid concrete, bedded in which will .be railway irons, about 15 inches apart, interlaced at ■right angles. The walls will be of similar construction, except that the irons will be 10 inches apart, also interlaced crosswise. As one of the workmen put it the other day, “the weakest part of the strong room will be the lock,” and that will be strong enough to baffle the most expert burglar.

At the Magistrate’s Court this morning, before Mr. W. Kerr,. S.M., a number of men were charged with being found in a common gaming house,, kept by one D. Eouxbouisson. Mr Hutchison, Mr Hogg, and Mr Mackay appeared for the defendants. Detective Siddella, who prosecuted, said the prosecutions had arisen out of a previous case. As it was only recently ascertained that the game- was illegal, he -would not, in the case;of a'conviction, seek 1 a heavy penal ty.ji 'He submitted that as the lessee Of' the premises ’ had bofeh convicted) of keeping a common gaming house, , that. conviction should stand: as evidence in’ these oases. His •.Worship said that was not so. but the prosecution could agafn. 'bring' forward' evidence to prove that the place was a common- gaming-house. Detective Sid- ' dells said- that, in that case, . he, would have to ask for an adjournment, as' One of his principal witnesses was away. The cases were accordingly adjourned ; till Monday next, 31st inst., at;! 10 o’clock;

, B&xter’s Lung Precwver drives laughs And colds out of tie system, and " out of the . house. Its famous because it cures quickly. British experts report that Bellona Baint; Pigments are a very fine quality ■for. the manufacture of high-grade paints ... and: enamels. Factory at Turbof .’and Cb/8, : 14, Maria Place. y ! '" To allow premises to come down WiltbnV'stock must be reduced. Comingdown prices as follows:—EServescing Sali- . ..cylates for rheumatism (2s 6d), now 2s; Sequah’s Oil (2s, 6d), • 2s; Chapoteaut’s Phosphoglycerate, 'of Lime,- for nervousness, anaemia and sciatica, 4s 6d, reduced to 3a. : You frlquently hear of Cases of chronic constipation—eases that have existed for years. In nine cases out of ten the trouble has become chronic through improper treatment. , The patient has formed the f;i hajbih of taking strong purgatives and has i ’Sbvwoakened the, bowels that they will not ; ; act. naturally. Chamberlain’s Tablets cure . constipation and cure it permanently, be- > ■„; cause, instead of doing the work of the .bowels for them Chamberlain’s Tablets ,' «imply : stimulate them- to perform their . ! owir functions.