LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Woodville Examiner, Volume XXII, Issue 3874, 16 May 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A reward is offered for the recovery, of a lost pup. Diphtheria is prevalent in Palmerston North just now. A special meeting of the Borough Council will be held this evening to deal with the tenders for the gasworks. Trespassers on Mr J. B. Cunningham’s property on Pinfold Eoad will be prosecuted. The census return of the Borough of Woodville gives the total population as 1110, being an increase of 184, Splendid rain is falling in Victoria, and the fear of a bad , grain season has been-removed. • 4 ■

A fashionable wedding is to take place . in Woodville on Empire Day (24th May) when two of our most popular' residents will be married.

Mr Smythe, Premier of Natal, has accepted a gift from. Natal residents in London of twenty new Rexer guns, firing , three hundred shots "perminuteV The following are the members .of the Committee of the A. and P. Association who retire this year, that isMessrs Berkabn, Goldfinch, Harris, Nicholson, G. Peebles, Stace, and Falloon. L Tbe Railway Refreshment Rooms were entered by burglars on Monday night, but luckily nothing of any importance was taken. Tbe police suspect some undesirable- looking characters who have been loafing about Woodville for the past day or two. At the Police Court this manning a man named-Edward Lawson was convicted of being illegally on . the Club Stables and refusing to leave. He was sentenced to 14 days’ hard labour in Napier goal. Messrs Burnett and Kenney were the presiding justices. Mr Williamson, Government Fruit Expert, is at present in the district on a visit of inspection to tbe various orchards. He proceeded to Kumeroa to-day to inspect Mr Paltison’s orchard. Anyone requiring advice or assistance should avail themselves of the opportunity offered -by the expert’s visit. Mr Williamson will remain in the district for. a fortnight, and can communicated , with at the Central Hotel.

I At the Police Court yesterday, John McKay was charged with' Stealing a bundle of shirts, valued at 15s, from outside Messrs McKibbin & Co’s shop. Messrs Burnett and Kenney, Js.P., were on the Bench, and gave accused 7 days’ hard labor hi Napier gaol. About 100 Maoris are camped at Awaroa Bay, Waikare-Moamu The‘ lprophet” Kua foretells the coming of Christ and King Edward on June 25. He has taken ihe spell off the lake, which is always going to be fine and smooth. Most of the natives come from Whakatane ami Opotiki. The sensation caused in the Bay of Plenty district by the Maori tohunga Rua has been accentuated by the appearance of a Maori prophetess who is credited with some marvellous cures of sick people. Her panacea for all ills appears to be liberal doses of j brandy, with the result that there has | been an enormous run on hotel stock. < / We have had a special opportunity of 1 purchasing 15 Men’s Tweed Suits. These 1 are made from nil wool colonial tweed, 1 aud will be offered for ten days only Jat One Guinea each with cash.—D. G McKibbin & Co.

A Minister closed his sermon the other

day with these words ; "We would bo 1 pleased, moreover, to have the young man who is now standing outside the door coins in and make certain whether she is here or not. That would be a great; deal better than opening the door half an inch and exposing the pesple in the last row of seats to a draught.”

Mr A. G. Riches has returned from a trip to Tamnaranui. He says the country round there promises well. Mr W. Remnant, Manga-atua Valley, has splendid onions for sale at 8s per cwt. These will be sold in quantities from Is worth upwards. Trespassers on Mr W. Remnant’s property in the Manga-atua Valley will be prosecuted. Several Woodville men were dragged away to Pahiatua to-day to serve as jurymen at tbe District Court. The Lands Department gives notice of lenses in the Mahupuku and Hikawera settlements open for selection.

Nominations for the Kumeroa Racing Club’s annual meeting close with the Secretary, Mr F. H. Stanhope, on Saturday. The ranger paid a surprise visit to Kumeroa this morning before daylight, and made a good haul, about a dozen cattle and a couple of horses being bagged.

“Mr. Greaves has disposed of bis lease of Mr Murphy’s farm on Nopier Road to Mr J. Fletcher, who for some years has managed Mr Veale’s Oxford Road farm. Mr Greaves is anticipating a ) couple of week’s worry from land agents anxious to sell him another,farm.

As usual, the Secretary of the Poultry Association refrained from notifying us that there was a meeting called for Monday evening. Result, no quorum present, no meeting. A local in The Examiner would have made all the difference.

We go from home to hear news. “The School Cadets,’’ says the Woodville correspondent of the H. B. Herald, “ are in high glee" oyer the new? that they "are to go to the International Exhibition at Christchurch, word having been received from the powers that be that such is to be the cas?.” Mr Stevenson and his staff have heard nothing of this, and have not seen any evidences of high glee among the cadets. We are authorised to emphatically contradict the assertion.

The police admit that 100,000 men have struck in Pans for an eight-hour day. The Unionist authorities estimate the number idle at 165,000 men. Gold has been stolen from the Golden Pole Mine at Kalgoorlie for some months past. At least 500 ounces were missed, and the gold is said to have been lodged in a bank. The perpetrators are undiscovered.

Young Poison, who was accidentally shot ip the thigh some time ago by a snider rifle, while pig-shooting in the Martinborough district, has had the limb amputated in the Greytown Hospital. Madame Curie, widow of Professor Curie, the discoverer of radium, lias been appointed to her husband,s positian in the University ofLaSorborne. Toe appointment is regarded as a triumph for feminism.

One thousand yards Japanese silk, in all the leading Colors, just received direct-from Japanese agents, twenty-one inches wide, all lo go at la, per yard, usual price Is 6d, at the Bon Marche. — C. Sandford & Co.

For Bronchial Coughs and Colds Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, Is 6 ' Representatives of the South Australian Produce Export Department left on May I for New Zealand to study the methods of,the freezing works and produce export depots. The Outlook reports that a South Canterbury farmer has ; promised £SOO towards a Presbyterian residential college ; erection fund. Six others donors are required before the £SOO : promised by Mr Bullen can be claimed.

Towels lOd, Is, Is 3d, Is 6d, Is 11 per pair at the Economic. There are strong"" complaints in the Prussian Diet as to tbe intolerant police expulsion of Russian refugees. The Government admitted ordering the expulsion of all not possessing passports, and political suspects, and promised to sea that their orders were not exceeded.

Great Britain, in a note to China, demands a satisfactory assurance that the recent appointments will not affect the administration of the customs whereon 1500 Europeans, under Sir Robert Hart, are engaged. The Times Paris correspondent confirms the establishment of a coaling station at Fulu Laut, an Island in the , China Sea, near Dutch Borneo, by a -German firm. A vest depot will .shortly be established there, and ere long it will be at the disposal of the German fleet as a revictualling station and a point of observation for the flagship Fuerst Bismarck, which for some time has been in a Javan port and is now near Laut. Football Jerseys cheaper than ever at the Economic.

A quietly cynical person told a carious anecdote on Mosgiel railway station on Wednesday (says the Otago Daily Times) There was, be said, a . man trespassing on the line at Burnside, and as two local trains came along the trespassers was caught between the two sets of rails. He threw himself on bis face, intending to get up and depart when the trains had passed. When that happened, he was picked up dead. He had died of starvation.-

The>jnanager of the Atlas Assurance Company at Sydney has received official information from London as to fire losses of various companies in San Francisco. The Atlas Company loses a quarter of a million, the Liverpool, London and Globe a million, the Loudon and Lancashire a million and'seventy-eight thousand, the Royal a million and a quarter. • The crew of the ship Illawarra, arrived, at Melbourne reports that on March 13 about 500 miles from Tristan D’Acunha they saw a barque on fire and bore down, but owing to contrary winds it took seven hours to reach the spot. By that time the vessel was a smouldering mass. There was nothing to indicate the name of the barque, which was forsaken by the crew, of whom nothing was discovered.

Cash Discount of Is in the £ at the Economic.

Following King Edward’s example in 187.6, the Prince of Wales desired a thanksgiving service in the Abbey for bis safe return. King Edward, the Prince and Princess of Wales, and all the royalties in London, two hundred and fifty bluejackets from the Renown and Terrible, a draft of the Marine Infantry, Lord Tweedmouth, First Lord of the Admiralty, and many others were present. The Dean’s seimon dwelt on India's appreciation of her great Emperor’s beneficent rule and personal care of her welfare. MR WOLLAND’S TESTIMONY.

Mr W. Welland, butcher, Tory Street, Wellington, is another who bears testimony to the marvellous powers of Eheumo in curing rheumatism. He writes :—“ 1 suffered severely from rheumatism until I tried your Eheumo. Since that I have recommended it to many, with very good results.” Eheumo if given a fair trial, will cure you of rheumatism, gout, sciatica, lumbago, and kindred diseases. It neutralises and drives out the uric acid, which is the real cause of the disease. Try it. Sold everywhere 2s Gd and 4s Gd a bottle. 6 WEATHER EEPOET. Capt. Edwin telegraphed to-day Strong winds to gale from between northwest and west and south-west. Glass rise but fall after 1G hours from now. Bain probably heavy.