LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1375, 18 March 1915, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The School committee meet this evening.

A committee meeting of the Horticultural Society will be held this evening, at 7.30 o'clock. The secretary of a cricket club at Dunedin was fined £2 and costs, for promoting a guessing competition.

Mr T. P. Henderson, pianoforte tuner, will visit Foxton on Monday next. Orders left at this' office will be promptly attended to.* The Awahou, hemp laden, sai'ed for Wellington at 10 ofelock last night, and the Oueen of the South, from Wellington, with general arrived this morning. That Foxton soil can produce prolific crops of potatoes has been demonstrated again and again. We have received some mammoth tubers of the white skin variety grown by Mr A Jonson, of the Avenue.

Thos. Brantou, an employee at Mr Alex. Saunders flaxmill, met with a painful accident on Tuesday. While cleaning a stripper he had the forefinger ot bis right hand taken off. About two years ago Brantou lost the forefinger of the left hand, while engaged in similar work at another mill.

At a public meeting held at Shannon this week to consider what steps should be taken to assist the Belgian Relief Fund, Mr Hennessy suggested that dairy and sheep farmers should contribute in proportion to their productions which had gained by the war. The meeting decided upon a monthly subscription scheme.

The settlers of the Heatherlea .Settlement are steadily improving their sections, and good substantial houses are now being erected on many ot them. Twenty-seven homes have been built, or are building, up to the present. The areas under different crops are small this season, but all look well, and several of the settlers have fine of potatoes. The maize looks much better in this settlement than in other parts of the district.-—Levin Chronicle,

We like the R. and G. brand of hats and caps very much, they are so comfortable, light in weight, perfect in style and very durable. Ask your local clothier for the R. and Gbrand everytime.*

For Children’s Hacking Cough at night, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, 1/6, 2/6.

If, in order to save one shilling on a tew noticeable lines, you pay more for very many others, and then lose 5 per cent, cash coupons on the total amount of your month’s account you are money out of pocket on your month’s trading. Try Thomas Rimmer.

A well assorted supply of English and colonial confectionery at Perreau’s.*

Mr P. A. McHardy, of Palmerston N., has contributed /jiooo to the Belgian Relief Fund. Germany Is greatly distressed at the Dresden flying the white flag before going down. For gambling on the railway, two men named Fuller and Short were each fined and Burke and Lynch ,£3O each at the Napier S.M. Court. The British light cruiser Amethyst braved the mine area in the Dardanelles, and advanced to Nagara, three miles beyond “ the Narrows.” Three shells struck her.

Mr C. J. Kent Johnston, town clerk, returned from a holiday tour to Auckland, and resumed duty to day.

Count von Bernstoff has officially notified the American Government that British warships sunk the Dresden within neutral waters, and he asks for investigation.

Replying to a deputatiou at Auckland, the Hon. J. Allen said he had already given an assurance that no wet canteen would be established at Treutham. Legislation would not allow it, although, if he were prepared to do so, there was a possibility of getting round the law, but he knew the effecs of lipuor in camps, and did not intend to alter existing arrangements.

“Father,” inquired the little brain-twister of the family, “when will our little baby be able to talk?’’ “Ob, when he's about three, Mary.” “Why can’t be talk now, lather ?” “He’s only a baby yet, Mary; babies can’t talk.” “Oh, yes they can, father,” insisted Mary, “for Job could talk when he was a baby.” “Job? What do you mean?” “Yes,” said Mary, “Nurse was telling us to-day that it says in the Bible, ‘Job cuised the day he was born,’ ”

Influenza Is ri f e in Wellington and Auckland. An Auckland dec tor has informed the New Zealand Herald that the disease, as in the past, was bringing a number of ear, nose, and throat trouble into prominence. The coming cf influenza from Siberia over twenty years ago, he explained, had the effect of bringing the ear, nose, and throat specialists into promi nence, In its present form in Auckland the epidemic was causing abdominal troubles, and it was known with certainty that many cases of appendicitis followed outbreaks or influenza. When it first appeared in England the disease swept away thousands, especially those with a tendency to bronchitis.

They’re all doing it, all along the line—worrying the post officials ringing up number nine. 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 N ugget polish for is.* We strive to give value and satisfaction, not in a few special lines only, but right through in all our dealings. Try us for a month. Thomas Rimraer.

Gentlemen! JNext time you require a ‘‘best hat,” buy the ‘‘R. & G.” make—it will style and comfort give vou. Apply local draoers.* Perreau’s assorted fruit pies are delicious. Try them.*