LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXV, Issue 12984, 27 January 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The weather was fire for Ihe Auniversary holiday at Sydney yest-crday. W Then' was ;i clean sheet at tlic I'oli'-o ' Court this morning. Sumo, interesting notes on tlic Championship llegatta appear on page 7. 'Hie latest addition to the Telephone Exchange is- No. G63, Mr A. Q. DickieV, residence, Wanganui K-.st. Tin- Weaaher Bureau rt ports a- follows: —Southerly motkrate lfl s-trong wjndH prevailing, chradv and hazy wealher, plans rise slowly; tiSes good, tea moderate. It was stated at the Education Board meeting last nL'ht that it c<*4 the Board ahoiit t:ir>(i annually for telegrams and po-lag.. In the latent Gazette is a notification prohibiting the transmission of "cut-out" envelopes—namely, cord's having an aperture in the front to allow the address oi the enclosure to be read. A scaled handicap motor lioat raw will eventuate on Saturday aitenipon nest. All the boats will leave the groin (near Masonic Hotel) at :', o'clock sharp, and ihe race will Ue from the groin down river to a l.uoy at Castlecliff, and hack 1o tlje town bridge. The successful home missionary, sayw Bishop NYligan, must he a rn.m of parts. A strong man, a welMTained man, and a "entleman he rarust !*>, hut at the Mine time "he must not he too proud to help the mother in the kitchen to wash up Ihe dishes, or to play with the kids in Ihe mud while dinner is being got ready." 'The many friends of Mr W. K. Olds will ! regnt to hear that he ha* been confined to his Ikxl tor some time past undergoing a serious and painful illness. Idr Old*, however, lias now made sufficient progress I towards' recoveiy io enable him to take j outdoor exercise* though he is sliil under medical care. , The chairman of the Education Board"-| last night *f.-iled that it cost between £(* m and £7<K«t annually to publish the School Journal. He rjuoU'd this in explanation of his contention that necessary expenditures were being: curtailed, while money was being extravagantly M.fnt in other directions.

The Wanganui Education Board last right declined to distribute free school l>ook.s until the Department either seat the money or guaranteed payment. It appears that the Board has not yet lx‘en paid for last year's distribution, and as the bank oveidraft is at present .£3OW, the Board thought it best not to increase : i more than could be helped. In order that the Fire Brigade should not be hampered by inquiries during the progress of a fire, the local telephone opera tots have been instructed to answer enquiries concerning the locality and progress of such fires. Any of the puldic desiring such information should ask at the Exchange instead of ringing up the Fire Brigade Station. A Eussian cavalry officer recently accomplished a remarkable ride of 2<*<b* kilometres (Sk’An miles) from Unpin. in lln* government of Plozk. to St. Petersburg. He covered an average of nearly TO kilometres <44 miles) daily, and in the last fn-o days he rode lot) kilometres (80 miles) and ltd khilometres (->0 miles) respectively. His horse was about twenty years old. The officer lost Clb ip weight and his Jjoise l.Mb.

A lemonade cart was smashed to pieces at Aramoho yesterday 1 owing to being struck by a track which was being shunted. It appears that the horse had made off on its own account arid got on to the railway line just as the truck reached the spot. Hie cart was knocked down and run over I bv the truck, lieing badly smashed. For- A Innately the. horse got clear, and escaped without injury, but there was a big Leap of broken bottles, tic., after the trash, and much lemonade was spilt. Mr and Mrs Atkinson returned ■yesterday from a year’s holiday in Europe, much benefited by the change. We understand that they are very much pleased with the new building which has been erected for their new school during their absence, and that they are looking forward to t carrying bn their work] under much improved conditions at Ur* atwplace. Mr Atkinson wi-hes it to be known that the school for tfic future vfd.ll be known as llur.uiilh School. ;

Wc understand that there is likely to I* an early revival of the agitation to connect the various townships on th« W»j. irnatc Plains with H.-iwera by means of a -tramway. Those behind tLV movement are hopeful of swing a tramway ftefore’ very long, as it seems to be recognised t bpl its cost will be less than the present heavy expenditure in maintaining the roads, due to heavy traffic and the want of good metal?*'lt is slated that the chief obstacle to be "overcome in the matter is the “sit light attitude of the Uawera Borough Council, bat it is hoped that before: long this- will I»p abandoned.

The days run into weeks, the weeks into months, until the end of the summer season arrives, and then once again its sale time at McGruer’s. Wc expect a big rush on Saturday. Why? because our sale is genuine and everv article is specially reduced. Our special four-page advertisement will be, issued with Thursday night s ‘Herald,” and a careful pern- f s sal of its contents will" give some idea of the great bargain preparations wc have made. Past successes -are to be totally eclipsed and sale will completely outrival any sale ever held in this: district.—McGrner .and Co.

British experts report that BeQcma Paint Figments are a Tery fine. quality for the--manufacture of high-grade paints and enamels. - ." Factory at Turner twd