The Manawatu Herald. Saturday, May 22, 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1401, 22 May 1915, Page 2

The Manawatu Herald. Saturday, May 22, 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Chairman of the Wanganui Education Board, at Wednesday’s meeting, congratulated Messrs E. Dixon (Hawera) and Alf. Fraser (Foxton) upon being elected Mayors of their respective towns, and they suitably replied. The local school wiil be represented L|t the Palmerston Winter Sho the physical drill competitions. The headteacher has decided to send a squad of boys who will be in charge of Mr Gabltes. The committee has decided to defray part of the boys’ expenses. We hope they will give a good account of themselves. The C. M. Rcss Company, Palmerston N., announce their comolete Winter Show of Ladies’ Coats, Costumes and Millinery, of which they invite inspection. NO COLD IS “NAZrOL” PROOF !

The services at All Saints’ Church to-morrow will be found in another column. There will be two celebrations of the Holy Communion, Special attention is drawn to an Empire Day service for men only, to be held in the afternoon. Every man is welcome. Throughout the day intercessions will be offered in connection with the war, A tennis tournament has just been concluded at the local State school, the competition proving of great interest to the pupils. The results were as follows : Girls, Rena Barber i, Stella Barber 2, E. Patterson 3 ; Boys. Cecil Lawton 1, Roy Bullard 2, Moritz Mandl 3. Tbe headteacher wishes to thank Mrs Teviotdale, Mrs Parkes and Mr Colder who kindly donated trophies. Mr Jackson states that some of the play was brilliant. Attention is drawn to the Children’s Fancy Dress Ball which is to be held in the Town Hall on Tuesday next. Prizes will be given for different costumes. This ball has been held annually for many years past, and this year the organisers—All Saints’ Ladies’ Guild—have decided to give half the net proceeds to the Belgian Relief Fund. It, in order to save one shilling on a few 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. PERREAU’S assorted fruit pies are delicious. Try them.*

The latest additions to the telephone list are Rev. W. Raine 37 and D. McCauley 64. In the House Mr Fisher, Federal Prime Minister, stated that Italy has declared war, and definitely ranged herself on the side of the Allies. From the Opunake Times — The Awatuua Dairy Company have paid out is 3d to the end of April, and the suppliers say they can see another threepence sticking out of the butter-fat. At the morning service in the Methodic Church to morrow the Rev. W, Rowe will preach, and Mr G. Huntley will conduct the evening service. The Queen of the South with general Irora Wellington, arrive! at 3 o’clo:k this morning. She sailed again this afternoon f 0 the she same port with hemp, and is clue hack on Tuesday. In consequence of the great length of programme, The Royal will- commence to-night at 7.45 prompt, and as the “ Trey o’ Hearts ” is attracting large audiences, patrons should be in good time so as to get a good seat. The bead teacher of the local State school has arranged an ap propriate programme for the celebration of Empire Day at the school next Monday, The ceremony will start at 1.30, and will include patriotic songs and recitation by the pupils. The public are cordially invited to be present. In another column will be found an invitation from Mrs Fraser to the young ladies of Foxton, asking them to meet her in the Mayor’s room on Monday night, at 8 o’clock, in order to arrange a working club to assist in supplying hospital clothing (or the wounded of the New Zealand lorces.

Taking into consideration the damage done and the goods looted during the anti-German riot at Wanganui last Saturday, Heinold represents his loss at considerably over ,£I,OOO. The Dresden Piano Company estimates the damage at their shop at ,£I,OOO. One of the reasons given for the hostile demonstrations against Heinold is that he would not allow his children attending school to sing the National Anthem. This he emphatically denied. “ 1 have heard some people say, when they read of the terrible effects of the war elsewhere, ‘ Thank God I’m in New Zealand! Thank God they’re in New Zealand 1 What right have they to thank God for that unless they have done something to help New Zealand and the Empire ? What right have they to thank God unless they are prepared to make a personal sacrifice—prepared to assist in replacing the lid of hell, which has been lifted by the Kaiser?” —Mr F. W. Mantou in an appeal in connection with the Queen Carnival, made before a meeting at the Commercial Travellers’ Club at Wellington. Mr HenrygWrigley, an old and highly-respected resident died at Newtown on Wednesday, in his eighty-ninth year. The deceased, who was a native of Yorkshire, came to New Zealand in 185 S, and after carrying on business in Wellington for several years be engaged in farming in the Sandou district. For the last twenty years he had resided in Wellington. He was probably the oldest member of the Methodist Church in New Zealand, having received his first ticket of membership in 1843, and continued in full connection with the Church ever since. The surviving members of his family are Mrs W. J. Helyer, of Wellington ; Mrs Herbert Sanson, Eastbourne ; and Mr S. H. Wrigley, of Messrs Eevin and Co.’s staff (late of Foxton). Reuter’s correspondent at Cairo reports that a thrilling duel took place between an Australian and a Turk, who were equally matched, on top of a cliff at Sari Bair. They first knocked the rifles out of each others hands. The Australian did not attempt to regain his weapon, but closed with the Turk, hoping to throw him over the cliff. The frantic struggle was intensified as the pair neared the edge of the cliff. The Turk clung to his opponent like grim death, and both fell into the sea, where the Australian gained the upper hand, He clutched the Turk by the throat, and held him under water until be was drowned. The Australian is now in Cairo, severely wounded.

“ I notice that there has been a tendency to think that the Imperial Government is keeping back something in connection with the casualty lists from the Dardanelles,” remarked His Excellency the Governor at the annual meeting of the St. John Ambulance Association in Auckland. "I want to dispel that idea. lam in almost daily communications with the Imperial authorities, and so far as they know the position in the Dardanelles they have given it to me immediately. Whether there is anything more to come neither they nor I can say, but I do want to dispel the idea that everything is not being done to give you the true tact of the case. Everything that has come through you have had, and I only trust there is no bad news to come. I want to make it clear that everything the Imperial Government, the New Zealand Government, and I myself can do to give you news has been done.” A well assorted supply of English and colonial confectionery at Perreau’s.* SHARLAND’S absolutely is the Baking Powder. Purest, strongest and CHEAPEST. Sharland’s is bound to rise. Get it from your grocer.

The service;; in the Presbyterian Church to-morrow will be conducted by the minister, Rev J. M, Thomson, M.A., in the morning, and by Mr M. Hamilton in the evening. The children’s portion will be given in the morning as usual, and the Sabbath school will be held in the afternoon. At yeslerday’s meeting of the Variety Fair Committee, the Mayor referred to the fund being inaugurated for the relief of wounded New Zealanders. He said the effort now being made on behalf of the Belgian Fund would be tbe final, and when the present fair and ball was completed, he had a proposition to put before the public in aid of the New Zealand fund. At yesterday’s Belgian Fair Committee meeting the Mayor (Mr Alt. Fraser) said that the Foxtou public should stick to their local efforts on behalf of the various funds. Too little was heard outside of what Foxton was doing, and he urged the public to support all local effort firsts in order that Foxtou would receive full credit for what Foxton has done and intends to do. The social held in the Presbyterian school-room on Thursday night was a most successful function, the attendance being large, and the programme full and most excellent. A very interesting competition was also held, and the ladies dispensed refreshments at the close in their usual liberal manner. The Rev J. M. Thomson, M.A., presided, and the following contributed items, encores being the invariable order of the evening ;—Mesdames Boyes, Petrie and Patterson, Misses Signal, Rhyud and Sarah Henderson, Messrs Barr, Buglass, Collins, Altkeu, Henderson, Jeuks, and Master AHck Henderson. Miss Gladys Walls contributed an excellent pianoforte solo, and Mrs Boyes and Mr S. B. Collins acted as accompanists. The prize in the competition was won by Miss Bayley, after a draw with four others. During the course of a conversation between a Maori woman and a pakeha female on the Pal-merston-Foxton train the other evening, the subject of religion cropped up. The pakeha lady expressed surprise to learn that her dusky travelling companion was of tne Mormon faith, and expressed disapproval of poligamyTbe Maori did not agree and said the war was fulfilling the Mormon teaching that every man should have seven wives. “You look up the fourth chapter ot Isaiah, and the first verse, and you see what I say is true,” said the Maori in triumphant tones. The verse referred to reads: —“And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying. We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel : only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.” Got a Cold ? Don’t drug the stomach with mixtures. Let the soothing, healing properties of “NAZOL” give you relief. 1/6 buys sixty doses. SEE CHEAP RATES, FRONT PAGES LAIDLAW LEEDS’ WHOLESALE CATOLOG. A few good hardware lines that were not selling as fast as their value warranted have now been marked down to cost. They’re worth an inspection. Walker and Furrie. SHARLAND’S Baking Powder is bound to rise. That is why so many thousands use and praise it. Costs less than others. Farmers and flaxmlll employees are recommended our new special waterproof boots. We guarantee them. R. T, Betty.*