LOCAL & GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 30 March 1916, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL

T Mr H. A. Young, Stipendiary -Ving- -. istrate at Gore r has enlisted for ac- < tive service. ' Tho Pahiatua. Handicap, run at J P-ahiatua yesterday, was won by Discussian, Combustion being second iiid Despatch Carrier third. Mr H. O. Uarnett's Negative was iliircl in the !■' Hack Hurdles, while the same owner's Detroit (with W. Young m the saddle; ivon the Maiden Hack. The attendance was good at Paiiiatua races yesterday, and the totalisai" tc-r figures showed a substantial increase 011 last year s figures, the total Doing £9*>3l as against JUJSOO, an increase <sf £2731. 'J'lic I'nH Cuiifi. at Adelaide gave ail injunction prohibiting the .Sanation Army at Mount (jambier to indulge in hand-clapping and shouting as an a -adjunct to religious devotions, or ic hare b.mds playTng in services or as practice. The plaintiff's dwelling was only lit! feet i'roni the hall, am] Jie claimed .€SOO damages in addition to the injunction, on the score 01 propei ty depreciation. Only nominal damages were allowed. Tlie following appeal lias been sen I to the Wellington Post: —"May aw appeal through your eo-ipinms to tin generosity of your readers in tiie mat-ie-r of a supply of spare music 01 gramophone records for the use o. the troops Any kind of music wtl •jo most acceptable, and will be wil- '• iingly cabled for and collected if uot-i- ---" ficaticn is made to Sergt-.-Major, J> Company, 11th Reinforcements. Trent* hani Camp." ) The subject of dearer paper—newspaper, printing paper and stationery — has been occupying space in the press li r s.:me time past. 'The apprehension that lias thus found ex jii'es-.ion has solid foundation in f&ofc as lnorchants' invoices clearly show - Not only have prices gone up 50 pel cent in some lilties, but many jot jirmting lm:\s are .becoming more anc •nore difficult to procure at any price As iar as we (Waiinarino Call) cat tee. a rise in printers' prices is inevit able. J'iie store of Mr 11. L". Siio.iiy,okl. a: Oiiau. wa-i destroyed compk'trly ly fire ai- I o'clock tjiis morning. Till : .ile cii' tain'ng t:;e bo ks fi'itfetl *u .■'and the heat and tlm 1>1: o k-s wen ; !so de-.t-royed. Mr /SiieargoS l\s 'os.' ' .is lepoi'iel to run Frito hmu't ed.s o pound'-. The building was owned b\ -U.i' Fiaii'k Walkley. of Mnngat'ainoka .1 ile insurances as yet are uniknown. -Mr \V. (jr. Adkin, of Levin, lias received the sad news from h-'S ok Jiome in Leicestershire. When tin Herman airships flew over Englaiu ' fomo six or seven wekis ago, tJiej dropped bombs on Loughborough, quiet market, town of Leicestershire Amongst the victims were Mi - Adkin'! nephew (aged 27) and his bride, Dot! of whom were walking 111 tile streets » the town when the bombs feil. following on a report from Christchurch that the brother 01 one 01 tin children of the Oliau school had diet of a disease supposed to be iiifantih > paralysis the Health authorities order ed the school to be closed for disin lection. The school is therefore close;!, lor the three (lavs ending Friday. March 31st. It has since beet ascertained that the disease the youih - ma.ll died of was not infantile paral ysits, but cei ebro-spinat meningitis - a technically different disease Tin promptness of the health authorities is to be commended and will go a long way towards reassuring the public ii: tiic-e limes. a communication was received b\ Mr J. Vigor Brown, M.i'., on Saturday from the-"Minister ler DeTonce. tn J'eply to a ietter which the menn.iei for the ui~tikt recently wrote, inquir--1 mg :f t'iie addiitioniil separation aJiowaiues applnd to widows win se Husbands had lit en killed 111 action before tiie making of the announcement. '1 iie repiy w«s as fo.lows: -'•.•11 reply tu .your letter .of the -3rd instant, 1 > have 1 > inform you that- the payment of married a iowance is retrospective f. om Due Ist J",me, IDlo, and applies tn women- Avhcse husbands have been killed in the war before t-he announcement was made; also to the grant-in;.; to widows of soldiers'' additional allowances for children tip to the time ol their husband's death." According to official at Xgaruawahia regatta, Jioid on St. Patrick's 1 JJay, Lihere _ is~ a .iatiiger of the most popular' feature—the war canoe race nig abandoned. The reason giveu for this possibility its unit tlie oid canoe bui idlers arc dying out. i.nd the Maori of succeeding generations is neglecting to learn the art of cauoemak.ng. 'there is also a difficulty | experienced in , obtaining near the | liver in the Nigaruawahia district trees ' Jof sufficient size_for the purpose, b of building the war canoes which are about 75ft long, fashioned " out of a single log. The Tangitekiwi 3 (tlie linest war canoe m the regatta, ' was built seven years ago, and since then at every .\garuav aliia fixture, ' has bem the winniiig boat. On St. Patrick's Hay the canoe again carried " the victors. LIII fortunately, the i'angitekiwi is now in a rotting state, and -" it is probable that it will not be sound i enough.to appear in any further contests. It is believed that there is only one canoe-buiider in t-lie Xga.ruai wania district who could build a suci cesser to the victorious Tangitekiwi. He was a brave fighting Briton, rc--1 turned from the front, out with the ' handsome face with which he left EngI land permanently disfigured by the I cruel edges of shrapnel. She, to whom |he liad declared his love, and who awaited l his return for the marriage ' arranged, asked to meet liini on his - i .arrival. Hi', with infinite pity, beg- ' ged her net to do so. She, when tlicy j met, aghast at the sightless eye and 1 the mutilated fair face—declined to i marry him. He, months later, came ' into .i'SOUO a year. She. in a letter jof repentance and golden remorse, ! asked for forgiveness. He, in a word, ! responded that he was just as diisliguretl a.s 011 the date of her rejection. Oh, the pity of this true story.—The Gentlewoman. Paper bags are put to many uses and ! it lias been known lor inuk to bo suuplied 111 a paper bag. Within the last . few days another use of a pa.p'er bag ; has been amply demonstrated. The ' steamer Kauri, from the North I acilie coast of America, brought to i Port Chalmers a- larg ■ niiinVr of '■ motor ears, about 100. Some of these, '"owing to the press of Largo ollcring. | were carried 011 deck. j ne.v re-,'i\ esl. j as* naturally would- be expected, a-lter la. \\ inter passage, a severe wetting, i .However, on opening the cases at ! Duin.'din, it was found: inside the j ease each ear was wrapped in-ii waterproof paper envelop". all the seams being stitched toother with strong twin ■ by -machinery, ami after the cathad ocen put inside, the ends of the paper envelope were senled up. A.s a result' though puis ei water were found on top of the p 'pi'r lining, the cars on being taken out of the cusps were iouihl to be m periect order. .

.four cases of infantile parajjysis were reported yesterday in Wellington city and suburbs and six outside. inspector Sheehan and an armeci party of fifty men left Auckland by train for Rotorua yesterday morning te arrest llua, the Maori prophet, who is stijl'l refuging in the Urenveira counti-y. Two motor cyclists collided while nilmg their machines at JAjxlon yestuidiiy. One sustained serious injury to his liead and thigh, and had to be taken to i'ahnerstou Hospital. Word has been received at i'eildiiig tint Mr (i-o ;:'- .ilrv-tholomew, o. Iviuvbolton and Jj'eiidiin-g, ha,s been admitted to a hospital in Wellington, j-uifering from cerebrospinal meningitis, and that iittJe hope i<s entertainof his recovery. The many friends of ••Iγ Phil Tuoliy, who Ls an inmate 01 the Wellington J.l.ospitai, will do pleased to know tna Hα is making steady progress and is able to take outside exercise each day. The report that lie lias had a relapse is untrue. A young man named "Audrey Wilton, employed at the Bank of iNew Zealand. Hunterville, was cycling on .Sunday morning when he was run into ,by a motor car, which passed iiight over him. He did not appear to be badly injured; at tne time, but suddenly collapsed nnd died at ni ud.iy yesterday. Audrey Wilson was the son of Mr Frank Wilton, of Otaki. The Kohimii Co-operative Ootiipan.vs new cheese factory, at Pa-hu-tua, with contents, was totally destroyed by fire yesterday-" morning. The insurances amounted to £1001). •Settlors are heavy losers. The factory was one ol" the most up-to-dia.te in the district. It was impossible to save anything. l.tumoius current in "V\eVing<ton i..e last day or two that .the 9th Reinforcements suffered seriously . .in Kranci , arc :ofute-.l by t'.:e PreaiiVr who states that no news whatever'is to hand Jo suggest anything, of .'tne kind:. ■ A cable message from London says y that- .Major .Scott ykiiviu, a Sydne'yite. has won high tribute in surgical rircios for extracting a bullet from a (soldier's heart. The patient accepted ■no operation though warned that he had only one chance in a hundred, iic is progressing satistaetori\i\ A peculiar accident is reported by the Xekou Colonist. A—child in ' -Nelson was given a golf ball to play with, and after a time proceeded to find but. what it was. made of. A knife was used in the course .of die* toction, and when its point reached the centre of the ball there was a violent explosion. , Ihe ohikl was notinjured, but jjpiiic liquid which had lieen*cont;.\in«cl in the hall bespattered i the ceiling and walls or the room, where the alarming occurrence took place. ".Now," said* 31 r Wilford, to a witness yi the Supreme Lourt at Masterton (says the Age). ".I am going to ask you a psychological question. Supposing you had tried at two hotels on a Suudiay to get beer. One publican had refused yoiT, and Jie, oilier had supplied you. If the «olice caught you with the beer, which man were you most likely to put away as having served you with the beerV Would it not be the publican who had refnsed?" "That's not-' a'psychological question, Mr Wilford," said His Honour. "Is it not, your i.Louour: asked Mr Wilford, seriously. ''No, that's an, enigma 1" replied His Honour, amid laughter. Added to the effects of the dry season which has been experienced, Fanners in the Featheiston district are at present suffering from a serious inconvenience by reason of tine fact that their dogs are deserting uieir training in lire—that of heeling-up the cattle, or rounding-up sheep—lor the much easier and chummier occupatfoii of 'ollowing at the heels ol soldiers in the Featherston camp, the "faithful" cant ine having changed what affection he, had tor his owner to almost abject devotion to a wearer of tne khaki; and ■ angry farmers are daily to be seen rounding-up "deserters" irom the dog camp. The men, it is saidi, do their best to "shoo" the dogs away, but in few cases are their efforts successful. Some people at the races at AVefctport an Saturday, with a knowledge of each ■ horse's performances and what it should he able to do. and not to dio, Here struggling all the afternon to get rich quick but failed. Here "3 how Rome others fared. One man went up to the tote and asked lor a ticket. "What number? ,, asked tie ticket seller. "Any of them," the reply. The 'tote man gave inn the lirst on the machine. Result: nearly ten "quddlote" in the "any of them" man's pocket. L,ater, in the day another man asked for a ticket; goifc a. ticket he did not want, but decidedi to retain it. iiesult: Aibout £'35 in liis pocket. And neither o» the men were Chinamen.—Westport .News. J n connectiiou with the lUkokiu.'S iS'how last week, writes the Auckland Herald'.s corespondent, a I'atfier aniusing incident occCTi'ed which is worthy of mention. One of tne farmers from the Gwavas • Smith—drove over in the evening with his family to attend the show. He travelled live'-'miles—-coming ana going back—aud crossed a very rough creek bed. Judge hie surprise <n his return to find that his fowls were all comfortably percnVd oh the bacn. jixle. TJiey had #ono to roost be lore he left home, and had trayell-Hl over to Tikokino and baclf without their piesence being known to the occupants of the vehicle. The strautrest part of all is that they were al lowed to remain there"while in TikoJuno, for light 'lingers were at wo.-K among the motor cars as well as inside the hall that evening. Users of what is known in the trade as i\raft" paper—"the brown sed tor wrapping up parcels, will require to pay i! 4 per ton extra ior the next lot purchased. This' fact has been notified by the X.Z. Paiper Mills L*td. The present rise is due to the inoreaKid cost of wood pulp, which, strange to say, lias to be brought a7?_ the way trom Sweden and Norway, as hithorlo it Jias not been found possible to gel quotations for wood pulp from Canadian mills. It may be assumed tihis is due to the fact that the Canadian millers prefer to sell the manufactured paper,vrather than pulp to encourage iJie industry in another country, frior. to the war' ( |Kraft" paper was quoted at 23s per ton. Since then it has advanced £8 per ton as the_freigutw have increased enormously, ~a"sf well as the cost of wood pulp. "What tho limit in price is upwards cannot be estimated while the war lasts, a« cable advice was received recently in Auckland that the~ quotations for "Kraft" paper in London had advan-. rod to £40 j)cr ton. With wicli high ligurcfi ruling in a market close at i and difficulty in a market , - o«»se at Kupplies of wood pulp at like a reasonable price in NeHv Zcalan.l.