LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1445, 11 September 1915, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mrs Fraser desire to acknowledge 5s each from Mrs Langley senr. and Mrs Langley junr., towards the waistcoat fund.

Mr C. Kent Johnston received a cable message from his son this morning sent from Gallipoli, on the 30th inst., stating that the trio (Messrs Roy Robinson, Jack Hornblow and self) were well.

A special sitting of the Magistrate’s Court will be • held on Monday morning, before Mr [. W. Poyuton, S.M., to deal with a number of cases under the “Weights and Measures Act.”

Rifleman Kric Varnham St. George, of the Earl of Liverpool's Own, aged 20, died at Trenthara on Thursday from cerebro spinal meningitis following measles,

The friends of Mr and Mrs R. G, Gower, will regret to learn their Hi tie daughter, Bertha, will have to undergo special treatment for hip trouble for a period of about two years. Swarms of large brown beetles were on the wing last night,-and were attracted by the glare of the electric lights at the Town Hall. Thousands tell and littered the pavement in the locality. Owing to Mrs Grover declining appointment at the local State school to replace Miss McMardie, Miss Watts will take up the position of relieving teacher until a permanent teacher is appointed. The Methodist choir last night made sympathetic reference to Corpl. A. Rimmer, who is listed among the missing, and it was decided to convey a message re same to his parents. “Alick” was a valued member of the Methodist choir.

Although the Otaki bowling green will not be officially opened until the first Wednesday in October, members have already commenced playing, the first practices taking place last Wednesday,

Mr and Mrs A. J. Kellow returned to Foxtou on Thursday night, from a month’s visit to Australia. They had a most enjoyable time sight-seeing, and from a health point of view the trip was very beneficial.

Mrs Fraser forwarded to Mrs Cuke to-day the sum of 16S towards the leather waistcoat fund. This amount represents 95 waistcoats and is over. Foxtou, it will be seen, has done remarkably well in response to the appeal for waistcoats.

The Rev. J, H. Bredin will be inducted as minister of the local Presbyterian Church on Wednesday next, at 3 p.m. At 8 o’clock the same evening he will be accorded a welcome in the Masonic Hall. The public are cordially invited to both functions.

At the inquest into the death of Percy Edward Stichbury, who was found hanging from a rafter in a room at his, residence, at Auckland, a verdict of suicide as the result of ill-health was returned. Deceased had been an invalid for some years and had been unable to work.

Among the list of casualties issued yesterday appears the name of another local man, namely. 10/1727 Private M. Armstrong, who is reported to be “missing—believed to be killed.’ Deceased has resided in Foxton fora number of years and was well-known throughout this district. He left New Zealand with the fourth reinforcements.

At a meeting of the committee of the local bowling club, held yesterday afternoon, Mr H. Webb was appointed caretaker, and will take up his duties on the 20th inst. In the past it has been the practice to appoint a ground committee of three, hut the committee decided yesterday that the ground be controlled by one member only, and Mr F. Woods was appointed. It was decided to ask Mr F. Symes to again accept the position ot auditor. It is anticipated that the green will be officially opened about the middle of October, the exact date to be decided upon at the next meeting of the committee.

Mr Thomas Bowe, of Marotiri, has received a letter from his son. Driver “ Bob ” Bowe, who is a Member of the Filth Reinforcements. The letter is written from Egypt and dated July 25th, the “ Fifths ” having then just arrived in camp. In the course ot the letter Driver Bowe states that the infantry portion of the Fifth Reinforcements were to be sent to the Dardanelles on July 28th, thus having only five days in camp, but that the rest were to have two months training in Egypt prior to being sent to the south of France. “ I have become a fatalist since I have been up there,” is the remark made by a soldier in reviewing his experiences in a letter written from a Cairo hospital. “ The majority of the men are, too, and one simply cannot help it. You will see one man expose himself all day long and bullets seem unable to hit him, yet another man will shew his head for just an instant and it is the finish. One shell will kill a couple of men and leave another man standing between them untouched. I know fellows who have come out of several fights and then been hit by stray bullets while wandering round their bivouacs. If you are to be hit, you will be hit, is the way most of them put it.”

Why give your children cold lunches when they can get a hot steak and kidney pie at Perreau’s for threepence. For Influenza take Vv oods’ Great Peppermint Cure. Never fa : ls, i/C 2/6.