THE HUNTLY PRESS. PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT 1 P.M. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1914 Local and General.

Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume 3, 11 December 1914, Page 2

THE HUNTLY PRESS. PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT 1 P.M. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1914 Local and General.

A child of Mr and Mrs Thomas of Taupiri, is suffering from a severe attack of brochitis. The children of the Convent School have discarded their picnic for this year, and have collected between them the sum of £2 10s to be given to the Belgian Relief Fund. At the Supreme Court, Hamilton; on Tuesday, before Mr Justice Cooper, Stuart Dixon, late president of the Iluntly Industrial Miners, Union, against whom a private indictment was laid on a charge of appropriating a. portion of the Union funds, was formerly discharged from custody, the Grand Jury having returned no true bill against him. One of the finest instances of the sturdy self-reliance of oiu* race maybe read in the story of the officer who walking along the coast in the East of England saw a solitary sentry facing* the billows and asked him what his orders were. “To keep the enemy from landing, Sir. “And if they come in force how are you going to prevent them?” Biowed if I know, Sir, but I’ll have a good try.” On Friday, ihe 4th. I )ec a very enjoyable evening was spent at the residence of Mr. Gleeson, when some of the members of the Huntly Football League, presented Mr. Roy Gleeson with a handsome travel 1ing bag, and dressing case. Mr B. Devil,t in a few well chosen words, made the presentation, the recipient suitably responding-. Various other members eulogised the sterling qualities of “Mr Roy” in the football field, also as a citizen. In the Tyrol, when a bride is about to start for the church, her mother presents her with a handkerchief, or rather, as it is called —a “ tearkercliief. ” This is made of newly-spun linen, and is for the express purpose of drying the tears the girl sheds on leaving home. The ‘tearkercliief is never used after the weeding day but is folded and placed carefully away in the linen closet, where it remains till its owner’s death. An amusing incident occurred during the course of Sir Joseph Ward's address last week. Pompey,” the well known bulldog owned by Mr L. B. Harris, junr., took upon himself the position of mnscolte to the t»xPremier, and, after following him from the hotel to the Miners’ Hail,.to kup his position on the platform on the right hand side nj the speaker. Occasionally, when the Leader of the Opposition gave vent to his feelings by an extra flow of elocution, the clog would walk backward and forward in front of his feet. When the address Was concluded, the animal quietly put his head on Sir Joseph’s lap while the latter patted him affectionately. We take the following from an exchange, the young mail referred to being known to many of our readers : - " Surgeon-1 lieutenant Earnest J. H. Webb, of New Zealand Expeditionary Force* whose accidental death lias already been announced, was a native of Dunedin, and unmarried. Before passing his medical examinations he was on the geological surveys staff and was in charge of the parties enga get! for a considerable time in Westland and at Parapara. With tlie information which he then obtained lie was able to collaborate with Dr. J. Mackintosh Doll, then director of geological surveys, in bringing out a valuable volume on the mineral resources of those portions of the Dominion. He qualified at Otago University as Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery. His death was due to a fall, which caused injury to his spine, death intervening on the followng following day.