LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1287, 20 August 1914, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Dresden Piano Co. Ltd., have contributed to the British Patriotic Fund, at Dunedin, at Christchurch, and at Wellington—,£3oo in all.

The name of Miss F. Robinson should have appeared as a steward in the decorative class at the fortcoming Bulb Show, not Miss Fitzroberts as appeared in our last issue.

A subscriber asks us whether we can inform him of the cause for the rise in prices of magazines ? We do not know; and are not aware that the publishers have raised the prices of magazines and periodicals. A meeting of those interested is convened for the purpose of arranging a suitable send off to the Rev. Father Dore, who is to accompany the Expeditionary Force as one of the chaplains. The meeting is to be held in the Catholic Schoolroom to-worrow evening at 7.30 o’clock.

In the list of contributions to the Patriotic funds in our last issue, several donations were credited to the wrong funds. The amended lists appear in another column to-day, showing the whole of the local contributions to the various funds to date.

A benefit picture entertainment in aid ot the Helping Hand Fund (for the assistance of local cases of distress), will be held in the Coronation Hall on Wednesday, September 2nd. A special programme has been obtained for the occasion, and the gross takings will be donated to the fund, no deductions whatever to be made. The staff intend to give their services free.

A long-telt want! There is no need for cold feet this winter, as we have just landed a fine assortment of felt slippers for the cold weather, in sizes from baby’s to grandfather’s. Avoid colds by keeping your feet dry. RETTER Bros, sell boots which they guarantee will keep the wet out. An inspection is invited. Prices to suit all pockets.*

It is stated that the Flaxmillers’ Union, says the Shannon correspondent of the Horowhenua Chronicle, is going to submit a sproposal that the men are willing to work for wages that will turn the flax out at a cost of a ton for the actual labour. It is also said, on the other hand, that the men at Eevin and Co.’s mill have refused to work at the minimum wage under the arbitration award. By an inset with this issue the C. M. Ross Company Ltd., announce a 3 days’ gift sale of C. M. Ross and Co.'s stock. ■ Great bargains will be found in dress goods, silks, paletots, caracul and sealette coats, costumes, skirts and blouses and all show room goods, as well as many lines of useful household drapery. Buyers are recommended to be early for the pick of the bargains, doors open each day at 10 o’clock.*

Earl Kitchener, who is directing Britain’s military operations, is now 64. years old. His steady, passionless eyes, shaded by decisive brows, look out from a face which is harsh, and which neither appeals for affection nor stirs dislike. It has been well said, however, that neither age, nor figure, nor face, nor any accident of person, has any bearing on the essential Kitchener. He has no age but the prime of life, nobody but one to carry his mind, no face but one to keep bis brain behind. The brain and will are the essence and the whole of the man is a brain and a will so perfect in their workings that, in the face of extremest difficulty they never seem to know what struggle is. Of Kitchener it has been said: “ Other generals have been better loved ; none has been better trusted. Steadfast, cold, and inflexible, he is marble to sit still and fire to strike.”

Gentlemen I Next time you require a “best hat,” buy the “R. & G.” make—it will style and comfort give you. Apply local drapers.*

School committee meeting this evening.

A child’s purse, containing hankerchief and coppers await an owner at this office.

Two hockey sticks, found on the racecourse, await owners at this office.

There are 114 Germans detained on Soames Island, Wellington, most of them working men, some of them seamen. Mr Bollard retires from the Eden electorate, and Mr C. J. Parr. C.M.G., Mayor of Auckland, will contest the seat in the Reform interest.

Mr Massey stated yesterday that the following will be the ships to convey the Expeditionary Forces to England:—Maunganui, Tahiti, Arawa, Athenic, Waimana, Star of India, Hawke’s Bay, Ruapehu, Orari, Limerick. Field-Marshall Sir John French said to the French Governor on arrival of the British expeditionary force in France, “We are very glad to be here, but have you left us any place to fill ?” The Governor replied, “You will make your place quickly enough,”

Werner Tobin, a German, was charged at Invercargill on Tuesday with carrying loaded firearms. Witnesses stated that people in the district were afraid of accused. Tobin declared that he only kept the rifle for sport, but refused to state where it was. Accused was bound over to keep the peace ior six months, self *£ioo and two sureties of each. The local Horticultural Society’s fourth Bulb Show will be held in the Town Hall on Tuesday, Sept. Bth. Some handsome trophies and special prizes, besides the Society’s prizes have been donated in the various classes. Entry forms and catalogues may be obtained on application to the secretary. Entries close on Monday, Sept. 7th. It is quality that makes a bargain. This will be found in every pair of boots or shoes purchased at Retter Bros. Ladies, call and see the special line of 6dong welted sole shoes from 13s str. Boots and shoes of all makes and prices stocked. Don’t forget, we sell five tins of Nugget polish for is.*

Although rumour has made free with the destination of the First Expedition which left New Zealand at the end of last week, official reticence upon the subject is still maintained. The Prime Minister stated recently that the date of the departure of the main Expeditionary Force had not yet been determined. It would depend largely, he said, upon the Imperial authorities.

A number of settlers in the Matahiwi and Mikimiki districts, to the west of Masterton, allege that between 10 and 11 o’clock on Sunday night an airship, displaying three lights, one ot which appeared to be a searchlight, passed over the district in the direction of Palmerston North. Nobody in Masterton appears to have seen it, though it is staled that an officer in the Dannevirke camp had asserted that he had seen an airship.

At the Wellington Supreme Court on Tuesday, William Forbes was charged with forging and theft, and was sentenced to four months’ imprisonment with hard labour. It was explained that prisoner had previously borne a good character. He had served in the South African war, and had subsequently entered the New Zealand Police Force. He then joined the A.M.P. Society, and was the Society’s representative in Taranaki at a salary between ,£7OO and Plunging on the racecourse, counsel stated, had been the cause of his downfall.

Mr Austin, of the local Bank of New Zealand staff, received a message on Tuesday night to the effect that his sister had been accidentally shot at Napier. From a press message it appears the Misses Iris and Gladys Austin found a revolver in a drawer at a friend’s house. Gladys, thinking it was unloaded, playfully pointed it at her sister, but the weapon did not go off. Then Mrs Broad pointed it at Gladys, pulled the trigger, and the revolver fired, the bullet penetrating the young woman’s skull. The unfortunate young lady subsequently succumbed to the injuries received. The big broad-shouldered Britishers made a great impression on the French people when the expeditionary force arrived on French soil, though they were in no mood for the noisy demonstrations, remembering that their relatives were already fighting. The “Tommies” quickly fraternised with the few French soldiers in the district where the English were quartered. Sir John French had an uproarious reception in Paris. There were cries of Vive L’Angleterre !” and his motor car was pelted with flowers m the streets. Later on he visited President Poincare.

T. M. Kelly is offering a special blend of loose tea K brand at i/2 lb. get a trial lb. you can t do better.

Wanted-The peopte of Foxton and the surrounding districts to know that A. de Luen, tailor, of Palmerston North, will call on anyone with samples upon the recapt of a postcard. Costumes from ±4 4s, Suits from 10s.

Loud rolls the drum, with a rum-tum-tum, . , . The bugles blare, but our boy s not there; He is home in bed, With an aching head ; He did not parade, (By the ‘flu’ delayed)— Big musters assure, With Woods’ Peppermint Cure. 2

The Kennedy, coal laden, from Greymoutb, and the Queen of the South, with a general cargo from Wellington, are due to-morrow. A meeting of the Lady Liverpool Fund and Helping Hand Committees will be held in the Council Chambers to-morrow evening (Friday 1 ), at 7 o’clock. Business: —To receive report re collections, etc.

The vacancy in the local circuit of the Catholic Arch-diocese, caused through Father Dore join- 1$ mg the Expeditionary Force as a chaplain, will be filled by Father | Cronin, of Feilding. It is under- J stood that Father Cronin will * arrive in Foxton next week. It is freely rumoured that New Zealand’s first Expeditionary f Force is on the way to Samoa, , half of which island is owned by Germany and the other by the United States. The island is 1 situated in the thick of British island possessions in the South Pacific and is about seven to eight days steam from Wellington. The gross takings at the picture entertainment at the-

Royal to-night are to be handed over to the local reliet fund, so there will, no doubt, be a bumper house. Mr Hamer has obtained a special programme for the occasion, and patrons in addition to the satisfaction ot knowing that by their attendance they are assisting a good cause, will also get get good value for their money in - the way of entertainment.

A class in a Timaru public school on Friday last refused to

sing “The Watch on the Rhine,”

a musical selection they had been practising for a concert. The master thereupon said be thought this was carrying patriotism a little bit too far, and once more called on the class to rise and sing. This time the class rose en masse, and as the master raised his baton he was surprised beyond measure to hear the voices ring out with no uncertain sound, “ Rule Britannia ! Britannia Rules the Waves!”

Needless to say “ The Watch on the Rhine” has had to “ go by the board.”

The Hastings Borough Council office was the seat ot a war in which the combatants were the Mayor (Mr W. Hart) and Cr.

McKibbin. It is stated that a difference of opinion over some municipal matter led to an exchange of compliments, and without any delay for an official declaration, war started in real earnest- It is alleged that Coun- ; cillor McKibbin struck the Mayor a severe blow on the face, and his Worship retaliated. The battle raged fiercely for some minutes (says the Tribune), and ultimately the rival forces agreed upon an armistice—leaving the floor of the Council Chamber the replica of a blood-stained battlefield. The office staff observed strict neutrality. This latest outbreak was the sole topic of conversation in the town, and quite overshadowed the crisis in Europe. We have been asked to explain why local grocers have raised the price of cream of tartar from is 4d to as 6d per lb. We have made enquiries from the local grocers and , it are informed that the wholesale *»♦ price of this household commodity * has risen from to 2s per lb., v* hence the retail rise. Supplies of cream of tartar are principally . drawn from Austria. Are the merchants justified, however, in, whipping on the prices for stocks \ in hand ? We are also supplied '1 with the local retail prices of other commodities which have gone J up:—Colman’s starch (slbs.) 23 gd, Cream of Tartar 2s 6d, bak- V ing powder is 2d, coffee essence ' is 6d, Prices candles gd, s. raisins 7d, Neaves food is 3d, gold dust is 6d and is gd, herrings in sauce iod, currants 6d, mustard 7d, is id and 2S, cocoa is 2d, 2s and 3s gd,

c. flour 5d and Bd, starch 3s and 2s 6d (colonial), Melins food 2s

and 3s 6d, A. and H, foods is 6d and 2s 3d, sultanas 7d. Golden Bee Jam made by Kirkpatrick’s 3 tins for 1/- at J. M. Kelly’s* Perreau’s dare scones are a very popular dish for afternoon tea. Fresh daily.* Our goods are the best, our prices are the lowest, our trade is the most extensive. Satisfaction guaranteed, Thomas Rimmer.