LOCAL & GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 June 1916, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL

An Opunialoe soldiers, writing tram "isomewhere in France," says that ''everything is very dear, except beer, which is Id per glass.' Ail along the railway lines he saw thousands of French soldiers on furlough. fhe French people gave the Now Zealandens an ■enthusiastic welcome.

Mr Rudiolph .Friedlander, of Ashburton, received news by iast mail that his son, Sergeant-Major Otto A. Friediander, who has been with the Field Engineers since landing at Gallipoli, and after the evacuation went, to Egypt and subsequently to finance has received his commission as lieutamant in the Royal Engineers, and is at present at Chatham. Mr FriedUandier's other eon. Captain Hugo R. Friecllainder, R.A.M.0., has t>een promoted to a casualty clearing elation in France.— Christehurch Star.

A speaker at the Ayrshire brooders meeting yesterday referred to the behaviour of some aliens in New Zealand. "It in quite a well-known fact." he asid, "that when the first news of the recent naval engagement came through and distressed us, somewhat before the full news became known, numbers of aliens in South Taranaki, tillegedlv of Swiss extraction, celebrated tile German victory with (hy®terical| jubilation. The Game thing happened wlien the death of Lord Kitchener was reported. The Ftiill goes on and no effort is "taken to check ft."—Standard.

A security witli peculiarities was discovered at a Paliiatua bankruptcy meeting last weak. It was asserted by some to be a sixth mortgage, but turned out to be perfectly safe. .Another feature elicited about it by one of tlie legal inquisitors was that no money passed under, through, above, or about it.

A theft of a despicable nature was perpetrated at the Lawtrence District High School last week. A collection had been taken up from f&e c.'iildreu in aildi of the Sailors' Dependants' Fund, and the money was put away by the respective teachers in their cupboards. The fact appearis to have been noted by several boys, who surreptitiously entered the school the same night, and abstracted nearly £1 in silver from two of the boxes. The culpirits were quickly found, and the bulk of the money was returned!. The matter was placed in the hancta of the police.

The Taranaki Herald .publishes an interesting letter irom Oapt Halsey, late of H. M. S. New Zeaiamd, but who is now in command of H. M. S. Iron Duke attached to tlio Grand Fleet in the North Sea. The letter was written to acknowledge a gift of cigarettes forwarded; by New flymouth ladies for distribution among the crew ol Captain Halsey's ship. Captain Halsey after expressing iiis gratitude for the kindi thought which prompted the gift to his men, writes: "1 well remember my day at New Plymouth, and' I hope when the war -s over I may have the oppotiuiity once more to visit your Dominion. How magnificently the sons of New Zealand have fought in this war. The Mother Country owes a great debt of gratitude to the Oversea Dominions for the josses they have .sustained for the King and Empire We wait with absolute confidence tor the day when the German Fleet will come out and challenge us tor supremacy of the sea. Though manv of us wiff not return to tell the tale, wo blkiU all know that we have done )Ur beat, and I have no fear of the ultimate result."

When inffiien:,a. is raginc t**Jrt* 'S sol.' Beat safeguard against > tt. Pviftpst r-'lipTPr to aufforere t ->r oolds, catarrh and pom »hront» slopping coughs and colds, sooth 'o;; »)'•«} throats and banishing inflne; *a Good for old and yonnx. Adrt.

It is stated that prominent dairymen in the Cambridge district have expressed tiie view that it behoves the Government to take into serious consideration tlie position oi the dairying industry. It appears that at present time the bo comment demands not less than 25 per cent, oi each company Co-operative Dairy Company .lie dillereiice between the price received irom the Government and that obtainable in the open market represents lor the season a loss of £'1000, or in other words, a direct average tax oi £27 per supplier. Mrs E. Cooper nas been appointed caretaker of the Levin district school. At its last meeting thp Levin School Committee expressed its complete confidence with the steps tattcn by the "Health Department to deal with the eases of scarlet fever in the district. The cases were extremely slight and there was no necessity tor closing tile school.

The good old days I A Ma&terton settlor showed an Age representative a receipit for six hundred culled ewes purchased by him in the year 1889. The price was £20 ,or 8d per head.

iSergt.-Major Daniels who has been for the last twelve months acting as group area officer for the distinct, leaves for camp on Tuesday morning, having been posted to 18th Keinforcements. Sergt.-Major Edwards, of the Headquarters Staff, Palmerteon North, who has been appointed as successor to Major (Daniels, arrived at Levin yesterday. Levin's quota ;or the 18th .Reinforcements are under orders to leave Levin on Monday 'morning lor Palmeiston, from whence they proceed to Trenfchain on Tuesday morning. The men leaving from here are Messrs C. O. Mudgway, G. H. Wood, A. Hj. Roes and 8. AV. Paddison. J-.-o iui sa.ej \y„ui. Una jjioeo vvoi <.■ Hoju at \v ehmguvTi yesteruay. Messrs AUranam and »vni'lams, i-*us.j report:—He offered :t .tuU catalogue or all isimils oi produce, including a lew bales oi wool.The main portion of our wool is ueing held lor th<- crutclniig sale on tui July. The n.arivet yesterday was tirm at last «aie* rates, witn the exception of cow hides, which showed an inciease ot about three-eighths to live eighths of a penny per pound. .Messrs. Dajgety and Company, Ltd., toport t:uu at their Bale there was goou competition lor all biases of produce, shetyiiiius ■showing a further advance ot albouit a farthing per pound, and goVl calfskins realising as high as lid. u ho' l.Touuce sodd well at late rates. * Ihe -Drench Labour journal ''La Jiatailie, ' protested against the suppression of an article bearing neither on military nor diplomatic questions; but dealing with the introduction of Chinese labour, and contracts regarding the same. "La Uataille'' jontends that employers wUU not suoceed in obtaining Chinese labour at the expense of the State and to the exclusion ot the French workman. It has been stated; that only a limited number ol 'Chinese are to be'emplojyefl in the State arsenals tor a limited time. Assurances have been given that representatives of French workmen will be heard on'these points by the Labor Minister and by the Interministorial ** Commission on Jb'oreign 'Afanual Labor.