LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 December 1915, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Included in th« recruits who rog.storod if or servico abroad at Masterton ■was a Syrian. A letter received iu Lhe i'aliiatua district from a non-com. at Gallipoli stated tliat General tiodley had iiiiormud tho men on parade tliat there was no chance oi' tlie war ending lor at least two years.

Special meetings will be hold in thi Gospel JLLall to-morrow Sunday) at / p.m., und on fuosday, Wednesday and I'riday next 21et, 22nd and 24tb inat., at 7 o'clock each evening. The meetings will ibe conducted! by Mr Bernard l<'ox, late oi : Scotland, who will speak''on matters ei ; great interest. All are invited.

Banana flour is being uaed as a food in the French base hospitals. The banana yields about a quarter of* its weight in aneal, and the cost of meal iu the West Indies is aibout 2d per lb; mixed with' wheat Hour excellent loaves

and cakes are obtained!, a'nd if wheat continues to advance we might well take a leaf out ol the German book and use another ingredient. This loaf is quite as nutritious as the wheaten, which is more than oan be said of the war bread.—The Colonial Journal.

The Meoararatu Herald hits out: "We desire to say that too much Sunclay drunkenness is apparent in Foxton of late, and we call the police authorises attention to it. It is time an example wae made of someone as tliis sort of tiling is becoming a public scandal." A telegram from Oarterton to-day states that a. suicide is reported from Tauherenikau; Private William Payne, ul the /fentli Reinforcements, meeting his death l'roin n self-inflicted rifleisHot wound; last night. Payne came from Dunedin. Henri Lissack's concert in Levin last night was enjoyed by all who attended The tad is a gifted violinist, and his playing of the king of instruments had a rare quality of tone as'well ?s expression. Ho was assisted by Madame Jones (pianist) and i\Ess 0. Remington, who sang several songs most pleasingly. Henri's four-year-old brother, Maurice acconiimiicd him on a miniature 'cello. For the ordinary middle-class buyer of clothes the sales furnish the chief opportunities of purchase., and at these •times well-made garments of good material can be had a,t small cost. 1 have been told by the head buyer in the under-linen department of one of the 'biggest West JOnd shops that the sales clear off what is left of garments sold in the ordinary -way at" more or lees, "fancy prices" to rich women diuring the greater part of the year. 'The night gown sold for two guineas for a- rich young woman's trousseau in May sells for (is 11 }<1 to a middle-class woman in July—the right price being, say, 18s 6d.—Ennis Richmond in tho Commonwealth. England needs more than ever today the unrestricted energies of all her. sincere and devoted souls, even -when their objective appears to be the opposite of war, but she cannot endure, and need not, the insincere, the*' slacker, the ipseudo-intelleotual, the suspicious, the selfish, those, who, like wens, draws from her the pure strengthshe needs and turns it to loathsome poison. No one is worthy of our -friendship who. thoughtless of self, is not through good or evil report doing his or her best for England now.— Albert Mansbridce. in The Highway. A recent military order states that arrangements have been "made with the treasury whereby remittances may bt bent by cable to members of the Expeditionary Force, through the paymaster with the troops. These remittances are to ibo limited to £10 for any one person, every other month, and the cost of the cable is to be borno bv the sender (about £l). The Group Office, in Rangitikel-street, Palmei-.s-Uμ, will deal with any applications that are mado through the Department.--tStandard. ' The excuse for this story is that it is true, and that it comes from"Dnnedin, In that town there is a city missionary who conducts the Bible instruction iu the State schools. Last week he was holding the last class before tho holidays, and concluded with a general prayer, which the children repeated after him. "God bless father, mother, teachers and scholars," he said, and dutifully the infante repeated it, "and) the soldiers on the battlefield," he went on ; "and the soldiers on tha battlefield," came the mechanical murmur of the children; "and tho army chaplains"; "and Charlie Chaplin," came the response unhesitatingly, and in perfect good faith.

The organizer for the Sew Zealand Fanners' Union (Mr 11. J. Kichards) lias returnotl to Levin from a succesaf jl tour of tho I'ahaufanui.Oliariii, Jolinsmivillo ;md Makara. district. At Pnhautanui lie su«:eededl in establishing a now Ijmnch with a mcMiibership of 3'i, and a new branch at Makara. with a membership of 39. Probably "a new branch will bo established m the Wainuiomata district very soon, the farmers in that, locality being in keen sympathy with the objects of the Farmers' Union. Mr Bichards met with only two refusals to join the union during a comprehensive canvass of the farmers in the Ohariu district.

TJie annual "break up ' and distribution of prizes To Miss McXicklo's music class took place in .St. Mary's schoolroom yesterday afternoon in the presence of a large number of the 1 pupils' parents and friends. The following program (much enjoyed by all present) was performed:—Piano solo, "Ked Rosea," Alice Hooper; piano duet, "Alpine Song," Violet Johnston and Annie O'Donoghue; song, "Th« Silver Lining," Una Bull; recitation. "Two Little Froggies," "musical interpretation of poem), Alberta Young; piano solo, "Memories." Lyndsay Moojier; piano solo "The Village Forge," Una Bull; piano duet, *Valsc Impromptu," Lyndsay and Alice Hooper. The distribution of prizes then took place. They were awarded as follow.s:—.Highoir division: Ist iprize, Alice Hooper; 2ndl, Elsie "Hall ELiinontary division: Ist, Alberta. Young; 2nd. Una Bull. Primary "division: Ist. Violet Johnston: 2nd, Doris Dempsey: 3rd, Annie O'Donoghue. A special prize was awarded to Lyndeay Hooper for perseverance in practice 'ni spite of the limited time at her disposal. Afternoon tea was then served ■ and brought the pleasant entertainment to a close.

The Public Service Commissioner lias increased tUi'e scale of salaries payable to female shorthand writers and typist in the Sorrico. The scale now is a? follows:—Junior £66 per year, rising Ik annual increments ot £12 to £90; seeond grade £96, rising to £120; iirst grade £132, rising to £156. Long service pay at the nato of £10 per year is payable after 15 years' The test for juniors is 80 words per minute, and for senior grades 119 words per minute. A candidate passing the senior test joins at .the second gradie rate, £96 per year. A girl appointed as a junior may rise to second grade on passing the higliM , efficient test.—Dominion.