LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1052, 4 June 1912, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

If still controlling the affairs of the country when the Dominion Dreadnought visits New Zealand, the Hon. T. Mackenzie will endeavour to so organise and arrange matters that every boy and girl in New Zealand will have an opportunity of seeing her.

Thanks notices are inserted in this issue by Mesdames Henderson and Cunninghame, Knewstub, Miss Newth and Messrs Retter Bros., Littlejohn, Barber, Bradley, Woodroofe, Betty, Perreau, Bullard, and Healey. Mother is always on the look-out for something strong fojr her girl’s school dresses. The Rough and Ready Serges advertised by C. M. Ross and Co., Palmerston North, to-day should just meet the case. Patterns ought to be obtained at once.*

Read Rimraer’s advertisement.* For children’s hacking cough at night, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, is 6d, 2s 6d.

Mrs Nye desires us to state that she will re-open her bookselling, news agency and stationery business in temporary premises within a tew days, full particulars of which will appear in a later issue. On Saturday afternoon a whare on Mr Cresswell’s property at Whirokino was struck by lightning. The flash broke open the door of the building, cut off the top of the chimney, split a barrel containing water that was standing alongside the whare, and shattered a post to splinters. A correspondent, signing himself Superintendent of the Fire Brigade, asks how it is that the debris from one of the buildings destroyed by fire is still allowed to remain on the footpath, whilst in every other case the owners paid to have it removed. The damaged iron and other rubbish obstructs the footpath and our correspondent suggests that the Inspector of Nuisances should take steps to force the owner to have same removed without delay. A party of local residents who left by motor yesterday morning for the Otaki races, had a narrow escape from a serious accident. Whilst rounding a rather sharp turn between Manakau and Otaki the steering gear broke and the car ran into a bank at the side of the road. The occupants escaped without any injury whatever, but were forced to complete their journey to the racecourse on “shanks’ pany.’’ “If all the capitalists in New Zealand were to die to-night, and go to Heaven—of course there would be no difficulty in that —it would make no difference to the work of New Zealand ; the workers would go on with their work just as usual. If all the workers in New Zealand died tonight, who would do the work tomorrow ? —Alderman Hartley, of the Bradford Town Council, Yorkshire, speaking at Nelson. We may add that it would be interesting to know who would pay the workers. —Nelson Mail.

A new departure made by the Postal Department from June i, in the issue of money orders payable at the payee’s address by letter-carrier. The domestic money order, as it is called, is designed for the convenience of persons whose duties lie in the home. It will obvince journeys to post offices for the cashing of orders. The senior will merely ask for a domestic order, for which special forms have been printed, and, having posted it, the transaction, vvil be virtually completed, as the letter-carrie for the address named will be provided with advice regarding the order and sufficient cash to pay it. The orders will be issued by any money order office, but will only be drawn on offices where there is a letter-carrier delivery. The limit will be ,£5. and the fee 4d, in place of the charge of 3d fixed for ordinary orders.