LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Woodville Examiner, Volume XXII, Issue 3872, 11 May 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Floods in the Hunan province (China) caused great loss of life. Count Ignatieff has been assassinated at Kief. The Prince and Princess of Wales had an ovation at Portsmouth and London on their return from India.

Two sharp shocks of earthquake ar e reported from Inverness-shire and Connecticut.

Ladies’ Black Caracul Jackets 455, a the Economic.

Sir \V. Lyne says that in the Federal exams, the girls are beating the boys by two to one.

Though a large number of rats are incinerated in Sydney weekly, none showing signs of phigue have been seen for three weeks.

We regret to record the death of the mother of the Rev. S. D. Peryman, the well-known Methodist minister, which occurred at Tai Tapu, Canterbury. Luring bis studies Mr McWilliams, the blind barrister, translated the whole of Justinian’s Institutes of R umn law into the Braille system of writing. The Moroccan pretender repelled an attempt to force the passage of the Mulwya river, killing thirty and wounding many of the Suereolian army.

Mr Bennett Peterson is now in London prosecuting the claim of Thomas William She id .n. of Adelaide, to a fortune of half-rf-million left by Helen Biake, who died ime-t-Re in 1870. She is tile widow of the late General Robert Dudley Blake.

Messrs Houghton Bros, have splendid onions for sale at one penny per lb. Mrs W. G. Crawford w.nts ;i good general servant. Bread is selling in the Waikato at2jj-d per loaf cash and lid booked.

The sum of £BS was liken at the bazaar in aid of Hedy Trinity Church Ladies’ Guild.

The Stat" School at Alfred ion was totally destroyed by (ire on Wednesday evening. The cause is a mystery. The Management Committee of the Ruahine Rugby Union meets this evening in the Jockey Club room. The Woodville Juniors journeyed to Pahiatua on Wednesday afternoon and were defeated by the Swifts senior team by 0 to nil. Sir Frederick Lugard, High Commissioner of Northern Nigeria, has been summoned home to confer with Lord Elgin relative to punitive expeditions. Playing against Leicestershire, Kermode, a native of Sydney, took five wickets for twenty-one. He performed the hat trick.

The Portugese newspapers assert that a Boer plot has been discovered to seize Messamedes, in Portuguese West Africa, and established a republic.

The imports of Great Britain in April increased by £3,721,000; the exports increased by £2,894,000 as compared with the previous AprH. Towels lOd, Is, Is 31, Is 6d, Is lid per pair at the Economic. Entries for the Grinlinton Challenge Cup Competition close with the Secretary of the Woodville Rifle Volunteers on the 17th inst. The first competition will be held on the 24th May.

Vesuvius is emitting smoke, which is overspreading the mountain like an umbrella, accompanied by electric discharge s an 1 loud detonations. Sand and cinders are falling. For Children’s Hacking Cough at night Woods’ Great Peppermint Is Gd and 2s Gd per bottle. Owing to having another important engagement, the Mayor had to vacate the chair half way through last night’s meeting of the Council. Cr McKibbin admirably filled the position, the business being got through most expeditiously.

The transfer of the most important functions of the Central Conservative Association to the National Union Conservative Association is regarded as a fresh victory for Mr Chamberlain and the tariff reformers.

The Kaiser has expressed a wish to visit Emperor Francis Joseph at Sbhoenbruhn on the 6th June. This is attributed to Italy’s a leanings to the Western Powers and to the prospect of an Anglo-Russian entente.

A burglar shot Charles Speir, a leading member of the Standard Oil Company, through the heart in his house, on Staten Island (N.Y.) in the presence of his wife. Burglars blew open Joseph Leitoi’s safe »t Chicago and st de twenty thousand sterling worth of bonds. Football Jerseys cheaper than ever at the Economic.

The Acting-Minister of Railways has at last replied to the representations of a conference on railway matters held at Palmerston some time ago. His reply is to the effect that the requests were quite unreasonable and could not be entertained.

The Standing Committee ofthe House of Commons on the Workmen’s Compensation Bill has decided, against the Government, to reduce from seven to three days the period during which an employer will not be liable for injury to workmen.

£ Having failed to divert all the railway traffic into Palmerston, having failed to collar our Bacon Works, and with its Beautifying Society moribund, Palmerston is now agitating for a Home for Consumptives. Sic transit gloria mundi. Cash Discount of Is in the £ at the Economic.

The weight-guessing competition at the bazaar attracted a great number of entries. The correct weight was 128;jlbs. Miss McGonagle guessed and Mr F. Murray 128. These divided the prizes.

Tiie death occurred at Palmerston North yesterday of Mr J. L. Wiltshire, the well-known theatrical agent and town crier. Deceased was well-known in Woodville, having for the past two meetings disposed of race books for the Woodville District Jockey Club. The Japanese squadron has arrived at Melbourne, and was greeted withsalutes from the forts and warships. A great crowd assembled on the shores. The Governor officially welcomed and the Lord Mayor entertained the Admiral and officers at a banquet in the Town Hall.

Messrs Horne & Co. have just out two handsome vehicles. One is for Mr J. Murphy, of Tay Street, and the other for Mr Jas. Galloway, of Maharabara. Both are executed in that finished style which characterises all workturned out from Messrs Horne & Go’s establishment.

At last night’s meeting of the Councih Cr Horne expressed the opinion that a formal expression of protest against the award of the Gorge Commission should be given by the Council. He considers the allocation was against the weight of evidence. After a little discussion, the matter was allowed to stand over till the special meeting next Wednesday. At Manly, near Sydney, on Monday a man named William Rookes shot his wife and then shot himself. He was drawing to fire on the police when he dropped dead of his self-inflicted wound. Mrs Rookes was employed as a barmaid and Rookes called on her to bid her goodbye, stating he was going to New Zealand. When her back was turned he shot her, and she died yesterday. In the House of Commons, speaking on the Education Bill, MrLloyd-George declared the democratic section of the people had come to the conclusion that clericalism was an enemy. The old sectarian differences between Protestants had become largely artificial. It was the State’s business to train and' discipline the children’s consciences on the basis of Christian morality. Startling reports are current in Vienna regarding the health of the infant heir to the throne of Russia, whose birth was signalled by the booming of [many guns and much national rejoicings. According to these reports, the Tsarewitz is both deaf and dumb. Other reports describe him as suffering from microsepholous. That bis mental condition is such that he can never ascend the ( throne of Russia and rule, is a court' secret that is just leaking out, and is j startling the monarchs of Europe, who had believed that the child of the Tsar was healthy. His physical health, as I well as the mental condition, is, by rumour, said to be such that he may not 1 survive many months. The reports | have caused a sensation in Russia, and may affect revolutionary movements. Little drops of Peppermint Made by Mr Wood, . Don’t they do a b>'dy Such a world ol g iod. j Little (imps of Peppermint Cure i Malic you well again, I Drive away that hacking cough, I And every ache and pain, 7

The Dutch troops attacked a native stronghold at Bontoe, in the Celebes Islands, but were repulsed, twelve being killed and twenty-four injured. A Bangkok resident keeps a goose which acts as a watchdog. He has trained the bird to give a creditable imitation of a motor car hooter whenever a stranger approaches.

The German steamer Soernboya, which was engaged in gun-running to Vladivostok in the late war, has been found encased in ice on Nikolaiefsh Island. The crew were frozen to death. Ladies’ Blann alette Blouses 3s 9d, at the Economic

American society is astonished at the renort that Mrs McDonald, of Indianapolis, the seventy-five-ycar-old widow of a foimor United States senator, is to be married. Mrs McDonald was in her time, the most famous belle at Washington, Ti.e late Matthew Arnold declared her to be “ the most beautiful woman in the whole world," and even now at her advanced age slfe looks like a matron of under fifty, withoutj a blemish on her fine face.

Cr Brook complained last evening that large numbers of boys were visiting the reading room of an evening, and were monopolising all the illustrated papers, preventing adults from getting a look at them. The Council considered the matter was one for the Library Committee, and took no action. We should say the “ offence” of the boys was one to bo encouraged rather than deprecated. There is not much attraction for growing boys of an evening in Woodville. and, for ourselves, we are glad to find they are freely patronising the reading room. For Colds in the Head and Influenza Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, Is fid and 2s fid per bottle. English saddle-tweed trousers, 7s fid Colonial ditto 8s fid. Youths’ and girls jereys in cardinal and navy, with polo and roll collars. Bloomers, Golfblouses, everything of the latest. Everything at the right price. Bush rugs in unusua variety and A 1 value. Colonial Blanl kets at the right price. At LondoHouse. Special purchase of ladies’ trimmeg hats and toques. There are 12 rangind from 13s fid to 22s fid, all to be sold for 12s fid each. Customers would do well to call early and get the pick.—C. Sandford, & Co., the Bon Marche. The most remarkable feature of the new giant Japanese battleship building at Kure is a return to yards and sails. She will carry two tall masts, fitted with light steel fire-control platforms. On each of these can bo spread topsails, topgallant sails, and lower courses. It will be difficult to the British naval mind to reconcile the very questionable uti ity of tacks and sheets to a modern battleship with the manifest disadvantages of so much additional tophamper to deal with in clearing for action. The new vessel is to have a displacement of 19,000 tons, and a sea speed of twenty-one knots is being aimed at. It is known that she is to embody all the lessons of the late war, This undoubtedly means that she will have a record preponderance of heavy gunfire and very massive armour. In appearance this gigantic Japanesebattlesfiip will mark a striking departure. Not only has the ram been omitted from her design, but she has a " schooner bow.” The overhang of the bows to the cut water is expected to keep the fore part of the ship comparatively dry in a heavy sea. WEATHER. REPORT. Capt. Edwin telegraphed to-day:— Moderate to strong westerly wind. Glass rise, and probably frost to-night.