LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 March 1910, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

0 Tin; Rev. H. A. Koiinofly, M.A., iino of the forerunners of tin? Anglican Mission, to lie held in September next, is to preach at St. Mary's, Levin, on 'Wednesday, March 2:1, at 7.H0 p.m . The death of Tom Browne, artist. Is a mum need from London, !>.v cable, to-day. lie was born iii Nottingham in 1872, and commenced work at the age of 17. When 2-1 years of age he exhibited pictures at the Royal Academy. The Government, according to the Evening Post, intends to reintroduce in Parliament next session the Bill providing that .absconding husbands who go to Australia may bo dealt with there instead of having to be brought back to New Zealand at the cost of the wife or her relatives. The Bill provides for reciprocal relations between the Dominion .and Commonwealth in regard to this question. About £30 was taken at the gate and in nominations at the St. Patrick's Day sports yesterday, at Weraroa. It is hoped that iionrly £20 will remain to credit after nayment of liabilities. This is regarded as very satisfactory.. The money will bo handed over to the Association's funds. If the energy and foresight displayed on the present occasion be continued in future years, the gathering will be likely to grow into o,no of the most important held in the North Island. There are two small Maori boys in Opunakc who are ah example not only to their own race, but a credit to New Zealand (says the Opuuake Times). They manage for their father a 30 or 40 acre farm, milk fifteen cows, get to the factory very regularly every morning in the lead of milk carts, cook their own meals, then attend school, and then find time in between to earn a few shillings exercising a racehorse. There is no fear for the future of the native race or the "Dominion while the country produces lads of this calibre.

Tho death is reported of Pokai lupe, chief of the Aravata pa, Caranaki. Pokai had been ailing or a long time. Railway excursion fares for the Easter holidays, available for return until the 2i>.n April, are advertised to-day by the Railway Department. Details of charge's are to be notified on posters and handbills, which will lie circulated at the railway station. Interviewed at Masterton on Monday morning, Mr A. AY. Hogg stated there was no foundation in the rumour that he intended to contest a seat in the Auckland, district in the interests of the Labour Party. He could not think of leaving a constituency like Masterton, which he looked upon as his political birth place, and where he had been returned every contested election. Tt would be most ungrateful to desert a constiutuency like that and he had no intentions of doing so. There is n writer on " The Press Hank" av-lio has a neat turn for satire. _ In commencing an article criticising . the criticisms of a Wellington newspaper, the "Hank" writer makes a most amusing reference to tho involved English used by the novelist, George Meredith. He says:—"AVo all have our pet romances, ranging from Hie übiquitous Nat Gould to the less frequent George Meredith, whose untimely end alone prevented him from writing a translation of his_ works into English, an act which would have (to coin a phrase) "supplied a long felt want." AThon the Government fixed 21 ?s the age limit for compulsory military service, it was shrewdly suspected that, the Government 'iropnsel stopped short at that age. because after that age the lads had -.-otes. AYhetber or not Lord 'Kitchener suspected this is a question difficult to answer, but if seems a coincidence that lie has recommended an extension of the age. Tlie Evening- Post of last night reports that Field-M'arshal Lord Kitchener impressed upon the Government the expediency of extending the age up to which compulsory '•ervice might be enforced n the Dominion to 25 years. No announcement has yet been made bv Hie Government on tho suhi-'-t, but it is intended to lnre n Cabinet meeting at an early date for discussion of the recommendation. Zealand mutton received some splendid advertisements during the political campaign in Great Britain, and this should result in ■in enormously increased demand. The. Free- Trader hit on the h.apnv 'den of holding exhibitions of the •dleged food supply to the working '•hisses in Protected countries .and Germany was singled out as the horrible example. Tn those exhibitions there were placed side bv r dde German horse flesh and potted dog which it was stated it sold in Berlin at lOd a pound. Side by 'lide with these delieatasses were pbced a real good leg of mutton and a quarter of Canterbury lamb, "old in England at fi\ a lb. The bnrse flesh stood for Protection and the- Canterbury lamb for Free Trade. Tn spite of the dismal condition of the. picture of our industries drawn by one political party tin* trade of this district is by no means deal (writes a special correspondent from Leeds.) AVe are still the Largest buyers of Now Zealand produce and at the last wool sales all the largest and best lots were brought o'n A'orkshireaccount. Our competitors, notwithstanding all their outcry, are still a long way behind where it "omcs to operations in raw wools. Manufacturers here state that they look forward with confidence to the future and they do not seem at all haunted by the fear that they will take a back seat in the near future. The- trade and commerce between New Zealand and Yorkshire is steadily increasing, as the Board of Trade returns fully prove. Doing a good turn, or succouring those in distress, especially women and children, is one of the. duties that the Boy Scout is pledged to perform. An instance of how this was done came under the Feilding Star's notice on AVedneshty. A little Maori boy left in charge of a horse and trap outside a Feilding shop was being annoyed bv a- number of children who will know better some day. They wei'e bigger than the little Maori. A lady who was passing took in the situation. Meeting a boy coming along the street, she said to him: "You are a Scout, aren't you?" "Yes, madam." he replied. "AYell pf-op th"se children from annoying the little Maori boy. will you?" The Scout saluted, and in another instant, without the exercise of any physical force and . with but few words, the urchins scattered to the winds and the little Maori left in grateful peace. Ofiicers w'..n met Lord Kitchener at the .Ji.hii'onvJlle camp are much impressed with his strong personality (writes a Hawera Star reporter) |)r De Lisle says that the photos of th:- yielfl-?lai--l!Ml give no idea of what the man is. He is a, big. tall, broad-shouldered. ,'.;p..cl'.c"led nii::u v-ith a florid face, kind eves, and a sweet smile. Mo walks with a. stride more like ,a naval officer than a soldier. He has a clear, rolling voice which can be heard a long way, and it, too. is more like a naval man's than a. field officer's. His whole appliance denotes energy, power, air determination, and there ;:; a look on his face, even when the yyilo is there, that compels subordinates ,to understand that it is to their interests to see tint his orders are implicitly carried out. 'Arc you in charge of those hoys?" he said to Dr De Lisle. "Yes, y]r and nice hoys they are," replied -the doctor. "Glad of it." smd the Field-Marshal, and tuning to one of his staff officers, remarked, "Nice workmanlike dress." Sixteen gallons of a high-class disinfectant for Is Gd .sounds a cheap proposition. " Yet that quantity can be prepared with a quart bottle of " Zotnl," one of the most powerful disinfecting fluids yet produced. Obtainable from C. b. Keodwell's Pharmacy.—Advt. 3 Frimley peaches at the Mart tomorrow, also apples ,pears and quinces.—Advt.