LATE LOCALS.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXV, Issue 13023, 14 March 1910, Page 7

LATE LOCALS.

Tlie Weather, Bureau reports as follows: —Northerly winds, strong to gale, veering and freshening after ten hours to westerly, strong to gale; expect unteettled and cloudy weather; rain probable; river high; glass fall; tides high; ,sea considerable, sea increasing. , His Worship the Mayor will, at tomorrow’s garden party to the bands, present the certificates of merit awarded by the Royal Humane Society to Messrs Henry W. Martis, Eden H. Jones, Arthur W. Larsen, and Charles C. Cathro, for their plucky action at CastleclifE on the 6th December, in rescuing the crew of the Arawa, which capsized on the bar, from drowning. Mr M. Raymond Creagh, engineer to the Gonville-Castlecliff Tramway Board, arrived from Auckland on Friday, and has commenced the survey of the proposed tram route. The work will occupy a week or ten days, after which Mr Creagh will prepare the plans and specifications, which must be deposited in a public place for four weeks prior to the taking of the poll for a loan.

A feature of the Hospital and Chartable Aid Board elections, which are to take place on Wednesday next, is the number of women who are candidates. It is considered by many people that if there is one public position more than another for which women are eminently suited, it is in connection with Hospital matters and the dispensation of chariable aid. Those wlio are that way of thinking will neruse with interest an advertisement in another column from Mrs Stewart, who is a candidate for the local Board.

Owing to a difficulty in obtaining accommodation at one house for the whole band during the contest the bandsmen of the Feilding Band, who arrived to-day, have resolved to go into camp during their stay in Wanganui, and have made most complete arrangements in that direction, thanks to the kindness of Mr Geo. Boyd (for years a member of both the Feuding and the Wanganui Garrison Bands), who has generously placed a section adjoining his residence at Gonville suburb at the disposal of the men. The N.Z.F. Motor Company has given the use of their large marquee. An experienced chef has been engaged, and Mr J. Shore appointed manager of the camp. Mr L. Cohen, president of the Wanganui Amateur Athletic Club, was this morning presented by Mr E. Bond, on' behalf of the members of that institution, with a case of pipes, suitably inscribed, as a token of the high esteem in which he is held, and as a slight mark of appreciation of the very keen interest, he has always taken in the welfare of the club. While in England Mr Cohen intends witnessing the English amateur championship meeting, and will meet some of the leading officials of amateurism in the Old Country, to whom he goes armed with letters of introduction. He will also, while in the United States, meet Mr F. J. Sheridan, the president of the American A.A. Association, and .doubtless will gather much information which will be of value, to ail who take an interest in amateur athletics in the Dobiniou.

The case against Barns and Coakley was concluded this morning. In convicting the accused, the Magistrate said that Barns had attracted a very considerable amount of business by giving better odds than the other bookmakers present, and it would appear that he had never had any intention of paying his debts to those who had netted with him. Mr Kerr went further, and said that ho believed he was warranted in saying that Barns did not even intend to refund the money deposited with him, or else he would never have parted with the £4O he gave to Coakley to hold for him. As to Coakley, he must have known what Barns’s position was, and in taking away the _ £4O he aided Barns to defraud the public. Barns was sentenced to two months’ and Coakley to one month’s imprisonment in the New Plymouth gaol. Leave to appeal was granted, security being fixed at a bond of ,£SO and two sureties of .£25, or one of £SO, in each case.

Mr Louis Cohen left Wanganui by the 1.50 p.m. train to-day to catch the Main Trunk express at Marton for Auckland, which place he will leave on Wednesday next by the Mongolia, en route to England via the Suez Canal. A large number of Mr Cohen’s friends assembled at the station to wish him bon voyage and a safe return, and as the train steamed awaj. three hearty cheers were accorded the departing gentleman, who is one of Wanganui’s most popular citizens. Mr Cohen will travel in England, Ireland, and Scotland, and later on in leisurely manner on the Continent. Mr Cohen is the present sitting member of the University Senate of New Zealand, President of the Defence League, and is also interested in many other matters, but there is one scheme which has been his hobby for many years past, the establishment of a- Conservatorium of Music in connection with the University of New Zealand. With the object of perhaps attaining his hopes in this d rccticn, Mr Cohen will interview Mr Carnegie and endeavour to interest him in the project. ■ The return journey will be made through America, Mr Cohen having received a special invitation from Professor dtarr-Jordan, of the Leland Stanford Uni versify. The New Zealander will also have the opportunity of renewing his friendship with distinguished New Zealanders abroad, including Professor Rutherford, a contemporary at the University, Professor McLaurin, Professor Connell, Dean of Classics at Leeds 'University, a fellow student from Canterbury. By special arrangement an opportunity will be afforded Mr Cohen of travelling to Oberammagau, where the Passion Play is produced, in company with Mr Charles Harris. Mr Cohen is going Home well provided with letters to men of note in the world of letters and music in England, the Continent, and America. He has arranged to write a series of reviews and- impressions of art and miksic in the .several countries through. which he will travel, and the publication of these should form highly instructive as well as valuable reading.