LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1415, 24 June 1915, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr Bradley has disposed of his tailoring business to Mr A. Heasman and elsewhere in this issue inserts a notice to this effect. No good housewife can afford to be without SHARLAN D’S Baking Powder—the most economical compound on the market. There’s nothing to equal NAZOL for stopping coughs and colds, soothing sore throats, and banishing influenza. Good tor old and young. 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 strong welted sole shoes from 13s 6d. Boots and shoes of all makes and prices stocked. Don’t forget, we sell five tins of Nugget polish for is.*

Parliament was opened this afternoon. The arterial road between Fox* ton and Palmerston is very bad for motorists. Mr and Mrs C. F. Johnston are giving an invitation dance in the Masonic Hall this evening in aid of the Wounded Soldiers Fund. Mr and Mrs F. W. Frank land, who have been in England and America for some time past, are expected to return to Foxton next month. Eocal millers have been asked to submit tenders for a period of three years for flax cutting rights on the Moutoa Estate as from August Ist. The Prime Minister has decided that, in order to satisfy himself as to what are the stocks of wheat and flour and oats in the Dominion, a census shall be taken as on the 30th instant. Fifteen members of Eoclge Molua, Wanganui, visited the local Masonic brethren on Tuesday night. Alter the ceremony the visitors were entertained by the local brethren. The general meeting of members of the Young Men’s Club, to have been held this evening will eventuate to morrow eveuing at 7.30 o’clock. A full attendance of members is urgently requested. A special meeting of the Foxton Borough Council will be held in the Council Chambers on Wednesday, 30th inst., at 7,30 p.ra. The purpose of the meeting is to strike and levy the rates for the ensuing year, A man named Stahl, a German reservist, who declared that he saw guns on the Eusitania, has been indicted in New York for perjury. The Queen of the South, from Wellington with general, arrived at 5.30 o’clock last night. She will sail again for Wellington at 5 o’clock this afternoon with a cargo of hemp, wool, etc. The change of programme screened at the Town Hall last night was of the usual high standard, a special feature being, “In Tune with the Wild,” a thrilling drama in which wild beasts play an important part. Other items of interest constitute a really good programme which will be repeated to-night. The Horowheuua County Council has cut back the bank and widened the road at the bend on the Eevin side of the Whirokino bridge. The bend was considered, until the improvement, the most dangerous for motor and vehicular traffic on the road between here and Wellington, and the alteration is keenly appreciated by the travelling public. At the Royal last night, the patriotic film, “Tipperary,” was screened. The picture was a very good representation of Ireland’s patriotism in England’s hour of need, and of life at the battle front. Mr Aitken sang “Tipperary” during the screening of the film, and was accorded applause. The supporting programme Included a lengthy Essanay drama of considerable merit, and a topical film composed mostly ot interesting glimpses of military happenings at Home. In a letter published in an English journal, the Congregational Magazine, a soldier, nephew of a Wellington gentleman, says: ‘‘Our trenches are about 600 yards away from the German lines. On Monday night I was picked for one of the listening patrol. Three of us had to go about 130 yards in front of our trenches and lie prone on the ground. One of us held a piece ot striug, the other end of which was held by a sentry in the trench. If the Germans made an attack, we had to pull the striug three times and double back to our lines. We were out there two hours, and it was bitterly cold. There were plenty ot bullets flying over our heads, and I was very glad when our reltef came.” An unpatriotic remark concerning the men who left Auckland for Trentham last week •is stated to have had some unpleasant results for the man who made it (says the Star). Some time before the draft marched down Queen Street, a young man standing on the footpath in front of the General Post Office was heard to ask a friend, in a loud tone, whether he intended to “go and see the pigs off.” The remark was heard by a well-known coastal captain who has two sons serving in the Expeditionary Force. The captain immediately asked the young man to “say it again,” and when he did so, promptly knocked him over. The young man showed no inclination to carry the matter further, and the incident closed with a warning to him from the captain against unpatriotic conduct in public places.