LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1438, 19 August 1915, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The local Borough Council is paying the road overseer at the rale of nine shillings per day and the roadmen and any casual labourers eight shillings per day. At Monday night’s Council meeting a motion was tabled to increase the permanent employees’ wages to nine shillings, but the Mayor asked that the mailer be held over until next meeting as he bad the matter under consideration and intended to move that the rate of pay be : Overseer jos, roadmen ys and casual labourers <Ss. The motion was accordingly withdrawn. Speaking on matters concerning the gas works at Monday night’s meeting of the Borough Council, the manager (Mr Hamilton) said that it the local works were now the property of thej previous owners it would be sbowu that on last years returns, they would be paying handsomely. There were the requisite number of con.sumers to make a “ first hand ” works pay, but the trouble was the Council had purchased them subsequent to their erection at a pri'r e fticatly in excess of the cost of buying* and were consequently faceM’ - a . niucb heavier annual chargf &?!• interest and sinking fund. Quality pays always, and Walker and Furrie make it a point to give the best procurable at the price in every line. This has made their business the success it is to-dav. Cakes to make —scones to bake how easy, pleasant, and sure is tlae work when you use SHARLAND S Baking Powder.

Mr W. H, Ferris, chief hemp grader, is at present In Foxton. The Indies Guild acknowledge with thanks, a donation of from Mr H. Greig, Since July Ist one officer and 53 men from our reinforcements have succumbed to disease in Egypt Enteric fever is the chief cause of death. Good progress is being made with the levelling and top-dressing of the local bowling green, and when the season opens, both green and croquet lawns should be in excellent condition, A naturalised German was fined at Perth for saying ; "Australians ought to be shot. There are enough Germans in Australia to 1 beat them all. I ant a German, and always will be.’’ The number of enlistments at the Wellington office up to the end ot last week totalled over 5090, which is a vciy line record, i'lie great majority of the men who enlisted are single. Stripping operations were commenced at the recently erected four-stripper flaxmillat Rangitane this week. At present only three strippers are working, hut the remaining one will be started shortly. Several vocal items will he contributed at the benefit picture entertainment to he ire'd in lire Town Hall next. Thursday evening, under the auspices of the Girls' Guild, The proceeds of the entertainment are in aid of the Wounded Soldiers' Fund. The treasurer of theGirls’ Guild acknowledges receipt cf the sum of /,'?7 13s from the young men’s ('luh. The amount is made up of £lB 15s proceeds ot the recent dance and the balance represents two weeks' contributions from members of lire young men’s club. For orree the demand for strong general labourers has risen above the supply in Wellington, says the Post. Camp works have taken many, and there is room now for a certain number on railway works at Te Roti {Kltham), Raetihi and Gisborne. The work is heavy, and not all labourers can be sent to it. Included among the New Zealanders wounded at the Dardanelles appear the names of Private C, J. Maroni, brother ot the Misses Maroni, of Foxton, and nephew of Mr H. J. Berry, and Private John Harris, son of Mrs Harris of Cook .Street, Foxton, and an ex-pupil of the local Slate school. The exhibit of garments, etc., made air by the local Girls’ Guild for the wounded soldiers, on view in Messrs Walker and Furrie’s window Is attracting a good deal of interest and favourable criticism. The exhibit gives an idea of the self-sacrificing work being accomplished by our young ladies, and justifies assistance asked for on their behalf.

Michael Holly Malavey, teller at the Bank of New Zealand, Greymoulh, pleaded guilty to a charge of the theft of ,£95 from the Greymoutb branch. A shortage in the silver was discovered on the occasion of the bank's visiting officer's examination. Accused said he had taken ,£IOO to send to his mother, £5 of which had been repaid by him. He was committed for sentence.

At Wanga, New South Wales, James Kalor, mine manager, a grandson of Peter Lalor, of Kureka Stockade fame, was remanded on a charge of making a statement likely to prejudice recruiting. The information alleged that accused used in a hotel the words : “This war is a capitalist war. The King should he shot, and the Queen have her throat cut.” Prosecuting counsel, in securing a remand, said he was considering whether accused should not be arraigned on the more serious charge of seditions utterances. Another grandson of Peter Cnlor was recently killed fighting at the front. A meeting of flic local Patriotic Committee was held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday afternoon. The Mayor presided, and outlined the details of the proposed jumble sale. It was decided to hold the sale in the Town Hall on Friday, 27th inst., afternoon and evening. It was decided to circularise the public soliciting gifts for the sale. All goods are to he left at the Town Hall not later than 10 o'clock on the morning of sale. It was decided to engage the services of a carrier to convey any roods of a heavy nature to the hall. At least one soldier in Wellington has a good word to say for some of the Turks. “At the commencement of hostilities at the Dardanelles,” he says, “many of our wounded were undoubtedly shot, and in some cases mutilated by the enemy. One day, seeing a Turkish soldier stooping over a wounded comrade, I, unfortunately, jumped to the too hasty conclusion that he was in the act of dispatching him. I immediately ‘potted’ him. to find later, to my everlasting regret, that I had killed a Turkish ambulance soldier who had been in the humane act of binding up the wound of a disabled colonel.” An advertiser offers a Rudge motor bike tor sale cheap. Perreau’s 6d cakes are in great demand now eggs and butter are de r For Chronic Chest Complaints Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure i/o 2/6 A new replace advertisement an nouncing the opening display of Spring Millinery is made in to-day s paper by Messrs Stiles and Mathe son.

The Young Men’s Club meets this evening, at 7.45 o’clock. Mr Aitken, ot the local State school staff, joins the ranks of the benedicts on Monday. Mr G. W. Morgan is acting as local agent for Messrs Levin and Co. during Mr Kellow’s absence. Mr F. Peterson, of Hawke’s Ray, and erstwhile accountant for Messrs Wm, Ross and Son, is a visitor to Foxton,

Miss McHardie has accepted a position on the Pahiatua High School staff and will take up her duties in about a month’s time. Mr P. Pirani was last night reelected chairman of the Wanganui Education Board and chairman of the Wanganui Girls’College Board of Governors.

The Presbytery Commission, which visited the Foxton Presbyterian charge in respect to the proposed alteration of boundaries, has reported that the charge should remain as at present. Further congregational meetings will be called to consider the question at an early dale. "What have yon got to say in defence ?" asked Mr Cooper, S.M., of a lad named James Banks, at Petone, yesterday, when he was charged with failing to attend drill. ‘‘Nothing,’’ answered the defendant. “Yon appear to consider the mallei as a joke," said the magistrate, “but when I have lined yon, probably yon will think otherwise. Yon are fined 40s, with costs 7s, in default 7 days’ military detention.’’ It is just twelve months since the call for men for active service was made throughout New Zealand, and In that year the response in Wellington City and suburbs has been so gteat that the enlistment is equal to sixty-six per cent, of the single men of military age in that area, and getting on for 40 per cent, of them are at the front, in training, or waiting to be called up next week. ‘T have found that whilst there is full credit to be given to some men of large means who have contributed in a right spirit to the patriotic funds, and whilst the mass ol the people of small means are contributing freely, there is still a large proportion of the people who possess considerable means who are not contributing to the extent that they ought to contribute,” said Mr I). M’Laren to a Post reporter yesterday, after an organising tour of the North Island. “Special efforts,” he added, “are being made to induce those people to recognise their responsibilities, and in conversation with very large numbers of people I have heard the views expressed that it is time the Government imposed taxation on those who really are shirkers, in that they are contributing neither themselves nor their money to the national needs, whilst they are receiving ample protection, and many of them are benefiting considerably.” The Hamburger Nachrichten publishes an article expressive of its astonishment that Germans are so very unpopular in foreign countries. The paper admits no national characteristics which might explain the dislike ot other peoples. Germans may have “sharp corners,” may be deficient in practicing the amenities of life, may be often guilty ot tactlessness in the expression of their “honest simple-hearted convictions,” and may have heterodox views about dress and the dining table, but all this is no reason for unpopularity. No, says the paper, the real reason is the defamation to which the race has been subjected for more than a generation. There has been a systematic campaign of vilification carried on by France and England, but with special bitterness and persistence by England, and this campaign has had the effect of causing other nations to regard the German people as beings outside the pale of civilised society. The dislike shown to Germans is one of the most remarkable examples of “suggestion” in the history of society. Added to this is the tendency, which individuals as well as nations show, to be jealous and envious of those who surpass them in the great works of civilisation, and who are either marching ahead of them or so close behind that their close pressure is unpleasantly felt. When this war is over, says the Nachrichtou, Germany will make short work of the defumers ami slanderers, and will see that the world learns the true character of the great and noble Fatherland. We are showing a splendid line of ladies “Equity” snoes, guaranteed quality, latest style. Betty’s Boot Emporium.* For Children’s Hacking Cough at night, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, 1/6, 2/6. BUY WHOLESALE FROM LAIDLAW LEEDS’ CATOLOG; IT’S FREE. Heasemau, Foxton’s Premier Tailor, specialises in gents, riding breeches. Inspect my stock of English and Colonial suitings. Fit, style and workmanship guaranteed.* For Influenza take Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. Never fails, 1/6, 2/6. BUY WHOLESALE FROM LAIDLAW LEEDS’ CATOLOG; IT’S FREE. IF THEY HAVE THE SNUFFLES.

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A committee meeting of the local Horticultural Society will be held to-morrow evening at 7.30 0 clock. A sharp frost was experienced throughout this district this morning. The district health officer visUed Foxton yesterday in connection with two cases of diphtheria, A case is also reported at Himatangi. Mr Hugh Beet'ham, of Brancepetb, added to his already large contributions to the War Fund by providing a machine gun for use at the Dardanelles. At the New South Wales Alliance demonstration at Sydney in favour of six o’clock closing of hotels, a feature was the unveiling of a petition two miles long containing 143,000 signatures. A Sydney Domain orator named Quinton was sentenced to six weeks’ imprisonment on a charge of making statements prejudicial to recruiting, and ordered to find sureties of .£IOO to refrain from similar statements during the war. We remind, the public of_ the concert to he held in All Saints’ schoolroom this evening. A capital programme has been arranged and will Include an item by a vocalist new to Foxton. The items arc of a varied nature, and the ladies will provide refreshments. At Monday night’s Council meeting, Cr Whihley moved and Cr Stevenson, seconded “ that a copy of committee reports he sent to all Councillors at least three days before the meeting, at which they are to he considered.” The motion on being put was lost, councillors generally being of opinion that the benefit to ire derived would not justify the extra office work that would he entailed. , In Wellington the interesting discovery has been made that the train milk van that brings in to the city the Sunday evening supply of milk also brings live men, dead rabbits, and the rabbit hunters’ dogs. This is a nice conglomeration to convey in a van containing milk. No wonder there are complaints concerning the milk. It is taking a long time for people to learn that nothing absorbs nauseous odours so quickly as milk, says an exchange. At the special meeting of the Borough Council an Monday night, the gas works manager (Mr Hamilton) in a general statement concerning the works, said that although the amount of gas manufactured last year was less than the previous j ear, the amount sold was considerably more. This was mainly due to the smaller amount used in the works lately, only 268,800 ft. being consumed last year as against 349,000 ft. for the previous year. Referring to the route march of Sixth Reinforcements, which ■Vtrjk place on Saturday, the Post saj'S : “The troops who passed through the streets of Wellington to-day have chosen at great personal sacrifices to fight for humanity, and when they return, as the nation trusts the majority of them will, they will reap the great reward of being able to say for the rest of their lives that when the fate of their country and civilisation was at stake they voluntarily did their part. Like their gallant comrades who are fighting in the Dardanelles, and like their countrymen who have fallen, they have set a noble example lor other New Zealanders physically fir and of military age to follow. They are going to fill up the depleted ranks. It remains for those left behind to prepare to go and do likewise. That there will he no falling in this supreme duty we have no doubt, but witji 12,000 men required to be called up by December next there is an evident need for all men, who are able, to register and not to wait; until they are compelled to do so.” Don't go home to-night without ‘NAZOL”—that wonderful remedy for coughs and colds. Thousands praise it—so will yon. 1/6 buys 60 doses. The famous Roslyn Writing Pads obtainable from all stationers and storekeepers at 6d and is each.*