LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 September 1915, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Word has been received by Mr "W. G. Trice, of Cambridge street, that his son Gunner H. G. Price was wounded in the fighting on Gallipoli Peninsula on .Sept. Ist.

The .Spring Handicap at AVangamii races yesterday, was won by Square Deal, with Peroneal second and Maniaroa third. Tho sum of £22,231 was put through the totalisa'fcor as against. £19,053 for the corresponding day o? last year.

The Government having intimated that Trentham racecourse will bo available for the Wellington Racing Club's meeting on October 23rd and 25th, tho club has decided to hold its meeting on those dates.

David Dayius the "gentle shepherd of Dartmoor." is again in the hands of the police. Ho was remanded at Shrewsbury on a charge of sacrilege by attempting to break open the poorbox in St. George's Church. It was stilted that he was cau&fi't with" his hand on the poor-box, and the police Fonml in his possession a chisel and other implements and nearly £5 ; n. cash.

A bill to regulate the importation of eggs to New Zealand, and make it compulsory to brand them, was introduced in the House of Representatives th ; s week. The following civil oases were dealt with by Mr J. W. Poynton, S.M., at the Levin S.M. Court, yesterday morning Taana ll'ona v. William Mills, chum for £5 2s od, judgment by default for plaintiff with costs £2 2s; J JJ. -Hotter v. G. Grumwald, a claim for £1 10s sd, judgment lor plaintiff by default, costs 10s; R. L. Greig v. Ota-.ti Dairy Company, a claim for £-15 Bs, judgment for plaintiff by default, costs £2 Ms America's attitude in regard to the war may not bo so dillieult to understand when it is remembered that Germans constitute a largo proportion oi the population. Aii interesting extract in a letter received from San Francisco by Mr M. J. Shcahan, of Auckland, reads as follows:—"The Exposition is still drawing crowds—never less (hat 60,000 per clay attendance. Last week was 'German week' at the Exposition, .and one day 35,000 Germans marched from the city. That will give you an idea of the number there are here." Writing to a brother in Gisborne, an Australian station manager hats the following to say: Y\ e are having a dry time, and for a good while now iat stock have been bringing big prices for thewio who have any bullocks. Primu bullocks have brought up to £•10 10s at Eleniington, but the.se were exceptional, and were lit for show bullocks, but any amount bring £30. •Sheep also are big prices, and choice meat' about Is per lb.—Gisborne Times. Gloom of an excessive nature has characterised developments of recent da hi in the London coffee centre. 'I'he decision of the -Netherlands Oversea Trust a little time back not to obtain further supplies from the London market' led to quite a disorganised state of affairs, which has culminated in exporters here being brought face to ''ace with a very extraordinary condition m!' business. The devastation caused bi'Js fair to become more accentuated unless something drastic takes place, as cables to hand from the Brazils show that active trading has been effected on account of Holland and other Northern European countries, all available freight having been secured up to the end of September, while the hitherto important London centre apparently is to receive next to nothing.

A quiet wedding was solemized on Wednesday, Sept. 22nd. at the Methodist Church, Levin, by the the Row •>lr Cottom, of Otak'i. The contracting parties were Mr I'. L. Cunlili'e, youngest son of the late Michael Cuuliil'o, of Manchester, England, to Mi*. Mary K Jjoulton. eldest daughter ol Mr and Mrs J. \V. Roulton, of Weraroa. Miss Emma Uoulton. sister of the bride, was bridesmaid, and Mr •Sydney Hooper groomsman. The wedding breakfast was held afterwards in Mr A. Williams's tea-rooms. The happy couple left by the New Plymouth mail for Wellington for their honeymoon. The dance organised by Messrs Ferris and Jiignall and held in "the Wora-i-oa Hall last night in aid of the Wounded Soldiers' Fund was attended by a great number and proved most successful. The perfect condition of the floor for dancing and the excellent music played by Mr J. Rose ensured everyone spending the evening happily. Extra music was played by Mr C. Mudgway and Mr L. Ferris was M.C. The first-class supper provided was much aippreciated. Financially, the result of the dance Avill be an addition to the Wounded Soldiers' Fund, and it. is the intention of the promoters to hold another dance on -he night of the races. Messrs Dean and Raws-on and W. Scott supplied light drinks (free of charge) to the executive Other citizens lent hunting, and Mr Levett gave the hall free of charge.

Assuming the role ol Samaritan to air the imaginary father of a stricken girl, John Keinzi, a Los Angeles merchant, suddenly was confronted by a revolver In the hands of the young woman, who forced him to give up 125 dollars. Rienzi reported to the police that he was met by the girl at the mouth of an alley, near his place ot business. She told him her father was dying, and pleaded lor help. She led the man down the alley and, as they reached the father end of it. she produced the revolver and sternly demanded the money which the more-hint was taking to his shop.

One of the remarkable phenomena of tliu present war, from the medical point of view, is the blindness that often follows the explosion of shells— the result, apparently, not of direct injury, but of concussion. According to a writer in the "Lancet," a soldier, after more or less prolonged fatigue induced by marching and exposure in the tiencEes, is stunned by the explosion of a shell. When he recovers consciousness, he hnds for a time that he is blind. Alter a few days, however, he finds that lie can distinguish fight from darkness, and that he can grope about without stumbling against objects in his path. In tho end he -wholly recovers his sight. An oculist who lias studied these cases calls them "examples ol injuries or •wounds to consciousness." The problem is psychological; as a result of the sudden severe shock, the conscious mind, with its attributes of will and control, is thrown out of action. Then a "block" occurs between the ocular mechanism and that part of the brain Mi at is conscious of sight, somewhat like the block a man sometimes notices while reading an uninteresting book, when, although he sees the words clearly, nothing is conveyed to his mind. iP'i'-'-j'.'n'jjji"""! iim