THE HUNTLY PRESS PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT 1 P.M. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1915. Local and General.

Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume 4, 19 February 1915, Page 2

THE HUNTLY PRESS PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT 1 P.M. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1915. Local and General.

The Rev. J. L. A. Kayll will conduct a mission service in St. Paul’s Church oil Sunday evening next commencing at 7 p.m. An advertisement, calling tenders for the erection of a cottage at Pukemiro, appears in another column of this issue. Attention is drawn to an advertisement in another column, by Mrs O’Connor notifying the public that she has taken over the Kia Ora Boarding House. The posters for the Huntly Sports (in aid of, the Huntly Disaster Fund), to be lield on March 27th, are now out and athletes should lose no time in perusing the bill of fare. There are 20 events for competition on the programme, including a tug-of-war of ten men a-side. Attention is called to the advertisement calling for entries for events to be decided at the Sports Meeting to be held on Saturday, March 27tli, at the Recreation Ground. As the object of the meeting is so worthy, and considering the excellent bill of fare provided for runners of all classes, it is to be hoped that there will be a large entry. Entries close on March 10th and may be made either in Auckland or with the Secretary at Huntly. Every effort is being made to provide a good day’s sport, and we trust the public will give the meeting the support it deserves. Mr L. H. McCalman, who has been on the local Post Office staff for the last three years, left Huntly on Wednesday last for Trentham, where he is to take up duty at the Po t-Ofllce connected with the camp. During his stay in Huntly, Mr McCalman made many friends and general regret was expressed when it became known that he was about to leave,while the host of people who assembled at the Railway Station on Wednesday evening to say good-bye to him, gave eloquent testimony of the esteem in which he was held. Mr McOalman was a faithful and conscientious church-work-er, and a movement is on foot to make soma tangible recognition of the services he rendered. Particulars of this will be given in a future issue.

A French newspaper gives a very good test to determine the nationality of a man. Set before him a glass of beer with a fly in if. If he asks for a fresh glass he is an Englishman; if he removes the fly and drinks the beer he is a Frenchman; if he drinks the beer, fly and all, he is a German. This information may be used for spy-hunting. It may be of interest to some land owners to know that a New South Wales farmer has found paspalum grass to be an effective agent for the eradication of blackberry. He avers that its matting roots will choke the blackberry vines out, and give the runners no chance to grip. His system is to dig out a blackberry and in its place put a root of paspalum, with a little soil attached, pressing it down with the foot. The remedy is well worth a trial.

The constitutional position, of course is that a Cabinet which cannot command a majority must at once resign, and advise the Governor to send for some one else. If the man sent for (who will be Sir Joseph Ward), also cannot command a majority, be may ask for a dissolution. But the present Premier cannot constitutionally ask for it. Possibly we misjudge him, but on the face of it, what he seems anxious for is to hang on to the office as long as he can. —Wanganui “ Herald.” Taking all things into consideration it is quite safe to say that the first six months of the war have been decidedly in favour of the Entente Powers, and that their prospects for the future are much brighter than those of their enemies. The end is not yet in sight, but Britain and her allies are absolutely determined to see the struggle through, and they have every reason to await the result with the utmost confidence. —-Wellington “ Dominion.”

The Huntly Orchestra is presenting a series of benefit concerts, the first of which \Vill be held on Wednesday, March 10th, in the Miners’ Hall. The orchestra consists of 12 instruments, under the able baton of Mr Bert Favrimond, and they will be assisted by the Huntly Minstrel Troupe, a company of 15 singers, dancers, instrumentalists and coon impersonators With suoh an array of talent, people cf Huntly may feel assured that the bumper house which no doubt will greet the performers, will be thoroughly satisfied with their evening’s entertainment.