LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1383, 8 April 1915, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At the local police court this morning, before Mr Hornblow J.P., Daniel Muir was convicted and fined 5s for drunkenness and Hugh Kinley for a second offence was convicted and fined 10s. SEE CHEAP RATES, FRONT PAGES LAIDLAW LEEDS’ WHOLESALE CATOLOG. For Chronic Chest Complaints Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, 1/6, 2/6.

It is rumoured that the Hon. H. D. Bell will succeed the Hon. Thomas Mackenzie as High Commissioner, and that the latter will return to New Zealand and become leader of the Upper House. A Southern paper states that owing to the loss in membership brought about by an attempt to iuflict fines for non-attendance, several lodges have under consideration the question of doing away with fines. During the action in which the Biucher was sunk, and also in the fight off Heligoland, Captain Halsey, of 11.M.5. New Zealand, wore the New Zealand greenstone tiki which the Maoris gave him during his visit to New Zealand. Writing on March 2, a London correspondent stated that Sir Joshua Williams was then iu a private hospital at Brighton, where he recently underwent an operation. He was miking a satisfactory though slow recovery.

Figures compiled by the Department of Labour make it'clear that the supply of domestic labour offering in New Zealand is not nearly equal to the demaud. 111 February, employers made 670 applications to the Department for women assistants, and the number of workers offering was only 375. Employment was found for nearly all of these workers.

A Hawera farmer brought to the Star office part of a fleece, iu which the grass could be seen growing among the wool. The .occurrence is not singular, but does not often happen. Apparently the damp, muggy weather some days ago caused the growth, which was amongst the wool taken from the sheep’s neck.

The Returning Officer notifies that an election will be held on Wednesday, the 28th day ot April, 1915, tor the purpose of electing a Mayor aud nine Councillors for the Borough of Foxton ; also two members to represent the Borough of Foxton on the Foxton Harbour Board. Nominations close on Tuesday, April 20th, at the Towu Clerk’s office.

Captain Geo. F. W. Hope, who is in command of the battleship Queen Elizabeth, which represents the latest word in naval architec ture, and is doing tremendous havoc just u)sw at the Dardanelles, is only just 45 years of age. It is interesting to recall that Captain Hope, as a midshipman, visited New Zealand in ISBB, when he was on board H.M.S. Opal, under Captain Bosauquet. Another midshipman on the Opal at that time was Captain Rudolf W. Bentinck, now of the battleship Superb. The discovery made by the local Superintendent of Telegraphs that a water bottle on his table had acted as a lens concentrating the sun’s rays and setting fire to the table created much interest in the city and district (says the Lyttelton Times). People saw in the occurrence a possible solution of many mysterious outbreaks of fire. More than one farmer told of fires being caused among dry grass by bottles or bits of glass focussing the sun’s rays, and one or two incipient fires have been traced to the same cause. A new interest has been added to trench digging practice in the vicinity of Heliopolis (writes a Cairo correspondent). During the week a New Zealand party dug into an ancient burying ground near the camp, supposed to be the last resting place ot Grecian mercenaries, and now the whole of the sand in the locality is being turned over in the search for scarabs, coins and beads, dating back to the time when this was the Land of Goshen. The spot has proved irresistibly attractive to the doctors of the Army Medical Corps, and already several almost complete skeletons have been built up. Some of these gruesome relics of the past have been brought into camp as garden decorations, and are used in association with rockeries, behind which, with careful watering, wheat, barley, and maize plots are gradually relieving the monotony of the desert with touches of green. A rather sensational accident occurred 011 the Wanganui wharf the other day, an infant narrowly escaping sudden death. Two ladies, each with a child and a perambulator, visited the wharf in the afternoon, and left their prams on the middle of a railway track, in a gap between two strings of trucks, while they commenced an interesting conversation, While this conversation was in progress, a shunting engine came along, aud commenced to push one lot of trucks towards the other. The fond mothers were blissfully unaware of the danger which their charges ran, until the warning was given by a seaman on one ot the boats. Immediately there was a rush to save the babies. One mother arrived in time to rescue the pram and contents, but the other was not so fortunate. She had the presence of mind, however, to push the child’s bead down as the buffers came together, and although some of the child’s clothing was caught on the coupling book of the moving truck, the child was uninjured. The hood of the pram was badly smashed.

Perreau’s assorted fruit pies are delicious. Try them.* Things often, in fact, are not what they may seem ; the hand may not grasp that on which the mind is intent. This truth will apply to the “catch-penny scheme your cash coupon is “value” when the penny is “spent.” Thomas Rimmer. For Influenza take Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. Never fails, 1/6, 2/6.

The Rev. and Mrs Raine are spending a holiday in Taranaki. Leonard Llewellyn Qraut, for betting in a Christchurch hotel, was fined £2O. Constable Donald Shaw, a single man, aged thirty eight, of the Napier force, has been missing since Thursday. Fears for his safety are entertained. Two very old-established Auckland brewing firms, Messrs Campbell and Ehrenfried and the Great Northern Brewery, have amalgamated under the title of the Lion Brewery, Limited. About two hundred territorials on leave returned from the Taranaki district to Trentham by Tuesday’s train. A finer looking set of young fellows it would be difficult to find —the very flower of our manhood. Their conduct was exemplary and called forth high encomiums from passengers. A railway shunter, a married man, named Alfred Henderson, aged thirty years, was injured in Linwood yard on Tuesday, while shunting. He had a forearm and thigh fractured, and when admitted to the hospital was only semi-conscious, Henderson never regained full consciousness, and died in the evening. The cash system is gradually replacing the credit system with business people throughout the Dominion, and iu many provincial towns, businesses are being conducted strictly on cash lines without distinction. Business people are beginning to break down the old conservative notion that credit is essential to success.'

The weather during the holidays was variable, but this did not preclude large numbers of people from travelling. The excursion trains north and south Irom Thursday until yesterday, were crowded with holiday-makers. There was no local holiday attraction, but a large number of people patronised the Feilding races.

Jess Willard, the Mexican cowboy, wrested the heavy-weight championship Irom Jack Johnson, at Juarez, Mexico, on Easter Monday. Johnson was knocked out ia the 26th round. Fifteen thousand people witnessed' the fight. At the conclusion of the fight the crowd rushed the ring, and soldiers were needed to clear the mob and protect the fighters, Willard is 28 years of age and stands 6 ft. 7 in. high. It is surprising what a vast store ol knowledge some young fellows possess concerning “the sport of kings/’and how anxious they are to disseminate that knowledge if they can only get people to listen to them. A young fellow entered a first-class railway car this side of Patea aud entered into conversation with a friend. The talk was carried on at a pitch which was audible to all the occupants. He reeled oil incidents concerning horse pedigrees, slinters, sensational dividends, riots, personal losses aud gains, etc,, adnauseum. In fact it appeared that “the sport of kings’’ was bis all in all. Unfortunately, this young mau is a type of a growing percentage of our young fellows who are sacrificing fine intellectual qualities to a sport which is making for the deterioration of the race. Sport is alright in its place but the higher attributes should not he neglected. The total number of primary schools in the Wellington education district at the end of last year was 166, three less than in 1913. The total number of scholars on the school rolls was 19,691, showing a record Increase of 826 over the number at the end of the previous year, and of 1930 over the number in 1909. lu their annual report the inspectors stated that the inspection and examination reports showed the efficiency mark of 140 schools to range from satisfactory to very good, that of 19 to be fair, while seven were classed as distinctly inferior. The percentage of schools below satisfactory was somewhat larger than was the case the previous year,’ and though changes in the management had been made in the majority of these schools the difficulty of finding suitable teachers ior the remote and isolated localities in the district was still very great.

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Gentlemen I Next time you require a “best hat,” buy the “R. & G.” make—it will style and comfort give vou. Apply local drapers.* Having just landed an up-to-date supply of catering utensils from England. Mr M. Perreau is now in a position to specialise in catering, which will be undertaken in any part of the district.* The C. M. Ross Company, Palmerston N., announce their complete Winter Show of Ladies’ Coats, Costumes and Millinery, of which they invite inspection, I canna’ leave the auld folks now, I’d better ’bide a wee, Dad’s got a cold, and Mum’s not well. And pipes the ither e'e. I’ll gang doon to the corner store, For Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, And Mum and Dad will “greet” no more, Aye—they’ll be richt for sure. I

The Queen of the South with hemp sailed for Wellington this afternoon. The Kennedy from Picton with sheep is due tomorrow.

Mr Hornblow, of Foxton, was among those who assisted to entertain the Taranaki war veterans at a re-union held at New Plymouth on Easter Monday night. The installation of W.M. and investiture of officers in connection with the Rougotea Masonic Lodge took place last night. The visiting brethern were subsequently entertained at a .banquet.

Mr Hans Andereseu offers reward for iulormation that will lead to tbe conviction of the person or persons who set fire to the tow on bis property. Fuller 'Street.

There is now (says the Hawke’s Bay Tribune) a keen demand for stock in the Hawke’s Bay district, consequent on the restoration of the pastures. The growth of grass since the rain has been remarkable and there is now no anxiety concerning winter feed. Mr J. •L. Harvey, who left Foxton this morning en route for England, was the recipient of a presentation from the members of the local bowling club last evening. The presentation took the form of a pipe and case, and was made by Mr F. Woods, president of the club. In doing so, Mr Woods referred to the interest taken by Mr Harvey in bowling and the welfare of the club. He had been a member almost since the club’s formation, and last year very capably filled the position of secretary. This year be had been elected one of the club’s vice presidents. In view of the assistance given by Mr Harvey to bowling iu Foxton, the members desired on the eve of his departure to show some slight recognition ot his services. He assured the recipient that the whole of the members wished him a pleasant voyage and safe returu, and Mr Harvey suitably responded.

" I don’t know whether any of you are good on the praying act," said Mr F. S. Pope, of the Department of Agriculture, at the Poultrymeu’s Conference yesterday afternoon, "but if you are, I hope you will pray for the success of the Allies in capturing Constantinople. If they do this it will mean the release of those vast quantities of wheat at Odessa and other Russian pons. When we get through the Straits and open up the Black Sea, I leel quite certain that the price of wheat will take a jump in the right direction." Dr. C. J. Reakes, touching on the same subject a little later, said that the opening of the Dardanelles would very soon mean the lowering of the price of wheat, not only in this country, but iu other countries. SEE CHEAP RATES, FRONT PAGES LAIDLAW LEEDS’ WHOLESALE CATOLOG. If your order is required in 15 minutes —in halt an hour —before dinner —give us a call and it will be there. Walker and Fume.