LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 January 1915, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Writes a. London correspondent:— "Some of the Lancashire cotton mills which have 'experienced slack times since the war broke out, are now going on full time again, according to advices received locally. The necessity to employ large bodies of troops in Egypt and in the region of tlie Suez Canal Has occasioned a large demand by the Army authorities for cotton khaki as being lighter and infinitely cooler than the woollen fabric, with ■which many of them nave been equipped. Tlie Territorial battalions in Great .Britain are now divided into Home ' and Foreign Service men. The former are mostly composed of married men. eome over the regulation age (35) for service battalions, whilst the foreigu men are, (generally speaking, the younger members. A sham fight between the two sections of a famous regiment quartered in Herts, recently, showed the old soldiers to advantage. They managed to surround the "Service" section, and' the urn- '. pire decided , that the latter were out of action. The Home men were rather jubilant over their "victory," as some of the "Service" men are apt to chaff them because they have not volunteered for foreign service. ! That peas grown in New Zealand ■ are returned from England as seed ( will not be believed by many people, 1 but it ie true nevertheless. The prodluction of pea. and bean seed has , reached the dignity of an industry 'n , Not Zealand. The Journal of Agriculture states that a considerable pro- * portion of the supply of British pea and , bean seed is produced in the provinces , of Marlborough and Canterbury, where j the work of seed production finds a , most congenial environment. Lastt \ I year New Zealand exported 340,000 j j. buehele of these seeds. i No. PlO5. -A 5s holiday parcei ' hands and neck: Pair elbow-lengtn lisle gloves, all shades; pair 2-d*me , lisle ' gloves, all shades; tucked net yoke, Paris ana ehade; 2 tueked ne ] sleeves to match; 3 hair-nets (state i shade) glove mender. Post free for ' cash with order. Satisfaction or jx>ur i meney back. Ooilineon and Cunning- t k&me, Palmereton North. —Ad7t, "i

In the cricket match for the Plunkefc Shield at Wellington, Canterbury defeated Wellington by 92 runs.. In our report of the meeting of Saturday's Horowhenua A. and P. Society's general meeting we inadvertently omitted the name of Mr H. E. Lodge from the gates committee. A muoh-needed improvement at Weraroa, the tanring and sanding of the footpath on the railway side of the road to the station, is a present being i carried out by the Borough Council, and should be completed in a day or two. By announcement on page 3 it will be seen that Collinson and Cunninghame's colossal sale starts on Tuesday, January 19th. It is to last for 14 days. In a few days' time details of values offered will be given. The Commission set up to allocate the 39 additional totalisator permits authorised by the Act of last session left Wellington for New Plymouth to-day to consider .applications from Waitara Hunt Club on Thursday, from Kawhia, Racing Club, EgmOnt and) Waverley Hunt Clubs on Friday and Marton Hiu-nt Club on Saturday. Occosionally white feathers are posted to single men who are eligible for service at the front, buit prefer to stay at home. A Christchurch paper saye one young man, was a a loss to understand the reason the feather had been posted to him, and asked a friend what it had been sent for. "I expect it is because they reckon you are a Dlt of a cocktail," remarked the more enlightened one drily. The contractor for the asphalting at Hie' Levin District School, Mr R. Channings, is making good progress with the work and' some 350 square yards of the total. 900 has been ISfifl down, while the asphalt for the remainder is on the ground, and will be laid during the week. The asphalt Is being put down two inches in thickness and is being thoroughly rolled. When surface-dressed in another -week oo so it will be a first-class job and one of the best improvements to the grounds that could have been done. So far the work has taken 50 yards of ehingle and three and a quarter tons of tar. In view of the fact that the reinforcements camp at Trentham is to h* continued throughout the war, the Defence authorities are now considennn , the question of erecting permanent huts for the men in place of tho f. resent tents. Such, it is consider*!; wil! not"only provide greatly improved con:fovt for the men, but will prove more economical, as with the winds thaVTTo«" at Trentham the cost of repairs to i Intents is rendered abnormal. The management of the King's is to be congratulated on its eiiterx>rise in showing such fine pictures and no doubt will be rewarded by a. full house to-night. The "star" feature film will be Asta. Neilsen as "Woman of the People," a great military special photoplay. Miss Neilsen is seen at her best and organises several ballroom scenes in this feature film which opens with an aeroplane flight and pourtrays many wonderful scenes in Copenhagen, the splendid capital ot Denmark, beautiful to behold. The audience will be held spell-bound from start to finish. The latest addition to the cost of l living is in the form of increase in the price of footwear. It is announced that a fortnight hence prices of all ordinary boots will be raised froom 10 to 17J per cent. This, according to the merchants, is an outcome of the war, and.it will affect the whole of Australasia, and probably Canada and United States. Also ail grades of footwear . will be affected', the higher classes par- . ticularly. The reason given is that ow- ' ing to the abnormal demands for leather at Home on account of the military needs a serious scarcity for ordinary trade purposes has been caused. Shoddy boots have been for some years an article of trade in New Zealand. In. appearance they are difficult for any one not in the trade to tell from the genuine all-leather article. - .Even their price is not always so low as to raise a suspicion. It is a rainy day that brings out the truth. Prom . January Ist the shoddy boot .will have to \ declare itself by bearing a legible label " or stamp setting forth the materials by which it is made. The genuine leather js-ole upper and other parts of the boots will not be required to <b& branded with the factory. The penalty for a breach of the exceeding penalty for a breach, of the regulations < is a fine not exceeding £10, so far as i stamping is concerned', tout to sell ! boots with shoddy soles unstamped an'd a.s leather soles, the retailer runs a risk of being fined £20. A British aviator said to a London , Standard correspondent: "The , ', most trying part of our work is something that would never occur to you. | We don't mind the chances of a bullet hitting us. A fight with an enemy's i aeroplane is fine sport, and the Germans t cannot lick us at that. But when , they get their high angle guns at work \ on ue the disturbance of the air is so ; great that it is as much as ever you < can do to control your machine. It : plunges up and down and rolls sideways so that, do what you will it nearly j turns over. You hardly know whether you're upside down or not. Iv'e been , in plenty of bad weather at sea. and < it's worse than anything I ever suffered ' in a boat. It makes me downright i sick—just like a bad attack of sea- ; sickness." The reported gold find at Whanga- ] mata is said to be a- new reef with assaye up to £20 per ton. Wellington and Nelson people are said to be interested. The reef is where a coal deposit was found some time back. The traditional costume of the Scottish soldiers is somewhat modified by the war. They do not wear the short jacket, ornamented with a multitude of t bulfons, or their plaid carried round s them like a scarf, but a khaki tunic, r close-fitting at the waist; the national t kill has a light khaki cover; their woollen stockinge turned down below the knee, which is left nude, are held in position by a blue ribbon with drooping ends; their gaiters are of unbleached cloth. ° .«£!■—--■••■ - - ;