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King Country Chronicle Saturday, Nov. 21st, 1914.

Earl Kitchener has sanctioned the formation of a new battalion known as the bantams, the heights in which will range from Bit to sft 3in. Only about half the flax mills in the Mannwatu are working at present,. eaya the Manawatu Standard. Meßsrs A. iand L. Seifret closed their large Mrinnui mill at Makerua, at which 170 nr 180 men wer« em ployed, on Saturday. It is their intention to open again at the New Year, but ihe present action hps boen necessary throught he slump int he hemp marr ket since the outbrcii- of war. , \, ■'.

In view of the granting of the loan of £2OOO, and the subsidy voted by the Government for the rivet protection works at Te Kuiti, the Borough Council will held a special meeting on Monday evening next to consider a scheme of expenditure. The weather this spring is still causing some anxiety among the dairy farmers. The continued dry spell has prevented the grass from coming away as well as is uiual and recurring frosts have had a bad effect. Last week a heavy frost cut down the growth in the Pio Pio and Mapara districts, and on Thursday night there was a further cold snap which culminated in a frost on Friayd morning. Referring to the suggestion that another lorce should be sent from New Zealand to the front, the Prime Minister stated at Christchurch on Tuesday tffat it must not be forgotten that there was, first of all, the duty of the country to keep up the present force to its fu!l strength. It was very important that the additional soldiers sent should be thoroughly trained, and he felt sure that the men who were going forward in due course would add to the efficiency of the present force. At the present time, he coula not definitely state that a fresh force, outside of Jhe reinforcements, would be sent; but if there was an argent call, he was satisfied that New Zealandsrs could do their full duty. The committee of the Auckland Agricultural and Pastoral Association, in August last, decided that the net profit from the show should bs donated to the Patriotic Fund for the puposes of local relief. Since then Belgium has bean invaded, and great distress caused among the inhabitants. The committee, therefore, thought it was justified in varying the resolution, and at a sDecial m°etin<* held on Tuesday 't was decided that 50 per cent, should be devoted l to the purpose originally intended, and the balance to the Belgium Relief Fund. In reply to a telegram sent by Mr G Loveday, of Ohura, from a public meeting held in the Ohura Town Hall to consider the deviation of toe railway from the Ohura township the fjllowing reply has been forwarded by the Prime Minister:—"With reference to your recent telegram, I have just returned to Wellington. You can assure the Ohura people that the railway deviation will go through Ohura, and does not go to Tokirima. Any statement to the contrary is without foundation,—W. h. Massey."

At the Wellington Supreme Court eriminal sessions on Thursday William Amos Mullins, who created a sensation at 102, Clyde Quay, on the night of August 13tb, by attempting to murder his wife and commit suicide was sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour for the term of his nat-u-«l life on the charge of attempted murder. On the charge of attempted BU'cide ha was ordered to come up for sentence when called upon. His Honour remarked that to let prisoner go would be to risk the life ei the community. The sacredness of human life was the basis of civilisation and if it lost this it would go to perdition.

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King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 723, 21 November 1914, Page 4

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King Country Chronicle Saturday, Nov. 21st, 1914. King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 723, 21 November 1914, Page 4

King Country Chronicle Saturday, Nov. 21st, 1914. King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 723, 21 November 1914, Page 4

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