LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1456, 7 October 1915, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Young Men’s Club will meet in the Council Chamber at 7.45 o’clock to-night.

On Saturday next the Ist and 2nd Battalions, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, and the 7th Reinforcements, will route march through Wellington.

Mounsey and Co. advertise a sale of a dwelling of three rooms and contents on behalf of Mr W. H. Cameron, on the PalmerstonFoxton road, near Himatangi, at 1 p.m. to-morrow. The sale is absolutely without reserve. BUY WHOLESALE FROM LAIDLAW LEEDS’ CATOLOG jT’S FREE.

Girdle scones and pikelets are all the rage. Perreau’s specialise ia. these lines.

The Foxton Girls’ Quild forwarded the following goods to-day to His Excellency the Governor for the hospital ship Marama : 9 pairs pyjamas, 5 under-vests, 15 day shirts, 7 pairs hand knitted bed socks, 6 pairs hand-knitted socks, 4 hand-knitted scarves, 10 dozen handkerchiefs, re balaclavas, t pair convalescent slippers, 2 face cloths, 100 roller bandages, 8 many-tailed bandages.

A resident located a few miles from Elthara was leaving his home recently, and when about to mount his horse was hooted and jeered at by a German and his wife. As the wife was an ally in the matter, this gentleman felt that he could not administer the “licking” which his naturally aroused auger prompted him to do. This indecent treatment was probably meted out to the gentleman in question because he was in uniform and indeed about to rejoin his regiment at Trent ham. The matter has been reported to the Patriotic Committee, who have resolved to take action. —Inglewood Record. A meeting of the committee of the Foxton Defence Rifle Club was held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday evening. Arrangements were made for the presentation of a memento from the club to Sergt.-Major Kirkley at a social to be held in Perrean’s room Ibis evening. It was resolved to re-fire last Saturday’s shoot as some of tqe members were not satisfied with their scores. The shoot will take place on Saturday next. It was decided not to sell any more of the club’s rifles at present. The committee has arranged to visit and inspect the range on Saturday next to decide as to the line for the telephones.

Two brothers had an unexpected, and, to one of them, painful, meeting in Balclutha the other day, says the Otago Daily Times, Mr Wm. S. Falconer was driving a delivery van and Mr Chas. Falconer was at the same time travelling from Dunedin to Owaka on a motor cycle. The delivery van and the motor cycle met at a corner. The motorist was hurled from his machine to the ground, and a wheel of the van passed over him. The horses, being frightened, galloped off, and when the van driver returned to assist the cyclist he found, on picking him up, that it was his own brother, who had been painfully bruised about the body, but, fortunately, no bones were broken.

A trooper, who has been invalided home from the front, tells the following remarkable story. Alter a week in the trenches near Ypres he was enjoying a few days’ rest in a village in die rear, when he struck up an acquaintance with a burly Canadian. “In conversation,” he states, I discovered that ray new friend’s native country was Yorkshire. “Why, that’s my country, too,” I said. “What town?” “Bradford,” he answered, to my surprise, for, I too, come Irora Bradford. “ You don’t happen to know any of my folk, do you ?” I asked, and I gave him ray name. “Why” that’s my name, too, he answered. “I am Tom , son of John , of Manningham.” “If that’s so, you must be my brother Tom, who went to Canada the year after I was born.” And so he was !

Another of the popular and enjoyable socials held under the auspices of All Saints’ Indies Guild took place in All Saints’ schoolroom on Tuesday night, when there was a good attendance and a most enjoyable time spent. Mr Boyes, vicar’s warden, presided and read the following letter (rom the vicar: “I am sorry not to be with you to night, but as it is the last night 1 shall have with the soldiers before they leave for the front, I feel I should be. with them. May I take this opportunity of thanking yon for the patience with which you have borne my absence from the parish for the last six weeks. I am conscious that the parish has been neglected—yet it is part of the sacrifice demanded by the war. It has been a joy >to me to see you Sunday by Sunday and also not to have heard one word of complaint, My first work is to prepare for a confirmation and I shall be glad to receive names as soon as possible.” Mr Betty’s orchestra rendered a pleasing overture. A new singer to a Foxtou audience in the person of Mrs Aitken, was accorded a very cordial reception and undeniable encore. Other contributors to the programme were: Mesdatnes Boyes, Raine, Misses Kemptou, Signal, Bryant, Messrs Claris, Horublow, Hollington, Jeoks, Simmons and Aitken. The accompaniments were played by Miss Jenks and Mr Collins. During an interval a presentation was made to Mr Hollington on behalf of the church. The presentation was made by Mr Boyes, who stated that Mr Hollington had offered his services for King and country and was shortly to go into camp. The recipient had been an active church member, as a lay preacher, in the Sunday school and as a member of the C.E.M.S. Their best wishes would go with him, and they wished him a safe return. Mr Hollington feelingly responded. Votes of thanks were accorded the performers and chairman.

I cannot smg the old sweet songs, Which I should sing to-night; I’ve lost my voice, and have no choice, Because of bronchial blight ; But very soon I’ll be in tune, And sing them all, be sure ; I’ll change my moans to dulcet tones With Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. 5 SEE CHEAP RATES, FRONT PAGES LAIDLAW LEEDS’ WHOLESALE CATOLOG.

The military hospital at Plymouth (England) was burned. It was full of sink and wounded soldiers. There were exciting scenes, but all escaped. Mr A. S. Walsh, of the Pampas Nursery, notifies that he now has seedlings of all varieties for sale, also Cape gooseberry, celery, marrow, cucumber, cauliflower and cabbage plants in large or small quantities. At the Lyttelton Magistrate’s Court, Herbert Aitken, licensee of the Wheatsheaf Hotel, Teddington, was charged with having on September 2nd (Sunday) sold liquor during prohibited hours, and was fined ,£lO and costs. There was a good attendance at Barton’s circus last night. Several new attractions have been added since the circus appeared here last and the buck jumping exhibition eliminated. The show was thoroughly appreciated by patrons. The Government has arranged to purchase about 1,500 acres of reclaimed swamp lands, part of the Mona vale estate, near Cambridge, from Mr R. Reynolds, for purposes of closer settlement. The land is especially suitable for cutting up into small areas for dairying. The wedding was celebrated at Ail Saints’ Church, Palmerston, on Tuesday afternoon of Lieut. Maurice Harding, late of “Siberia” Ashhurst, and now of the Eighth Reinforcements, and Alma, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Andrew Guy, of Palmerston. The bridegroom’s present to the bride was a motor car. Mr M. H. Walker has now for sale purebred Indian Runner ducks and purebred White Leghorn hens, all in full profit. Both ducks and hens are priced at 4s each. Also there may be had batches of ten hens with one-year-old cockrel at £2 ss. The laying qualities of birds from Mr Walker’s poultry farm is so well known as not to require any comment. A change advertisement will appear next issue. In another column is advertised for sale a recently erected fourroomed cottage, with bathroom and wash-house, together with about quarter-acre of laud. This property is centrally situated, and should command a ready sale, being in every way a desirable property. The terms offered are easy, the cash required being only with balance arranged. Harry Lauder has gone to the front. In an interview he said, “I am going out in my kilt, simly as Harry Lauder, and I don’t propose to sing any character songs. I shall sing T Love a Lassie,’ ‘Roamin’ in the Gioamin’ ’ and such like songs that have a chorus to them which the men can take up. My object in going is to try to bring a little of the brighter side of life to the men. They see quite enough of the tragic side. I shall sing in the hospitals and the camps and put in as much work as possible each day. While in France I hope to see my son, who is a lieutenant in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. He is back in the trenches again after having been wounded,” Harry’s son is the apple ot his eye and he would cheerfully sacrifice all his princely engagements to be alongside his laddie.

Mrs E. J. Langley, Mauawatu ‘Heads, has received a letter from her son, Herbert, an ex-pupil of the local State school, who at the time of writing (August 2nd) was ill in the Abbyssia Hospital, Egypt- He bad been ill for some four weeks, hut was making good progress towards recovery. Dealing with the landing of the troops he states: “We have not advanced roo yards since landing and are still just hanging on to the face of the cliff on the coast. . . . The

line is a little over 15 miles long altogether, English and French troops on the right and the Colonials on the left, the trenches being only about 25 yards apart in some places. We are holding the extreme left flank and have a rotten position. The Turks position in front overlooks us as they have higher ground. We have dug-outs in the lace of the hill just below our trenches and are fairly safe there except for an odd shell or two. If we want to go anywhere we have to travel in trenches.” Private Langley adds, “a terrible lot of our fellows have been shot just through carelessness.”

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The wodding took place at All Saints’ Church this afternoon, of Mr Perclval Charles Read, son of Mr and Mrs S. Read, of Foxton. to Miss May Gifford. The Rev. W. Raine conducted ceremony.

A very enjoyable afternoon was spent by members of the Presbyterian Ladie.s’ Guild at the residence ol Mrs Stevenson, Norbiton Road, yesterday. Mrs Bredin was elected president of the Guild. The Mayor, Mr Alf Fraser, has accepted the position of honorary recruiting officer for Foxton district, and he has already started on his recruiting campaign. All wishing to enroll can now do so at his office.

Potatoes have gone up with a bound in price, and it looks as if they will be dearer. On 30th September they could be bad in Canterbury for £6 per ton for prime table varieties. To-day £j 17s 6d to ,£8 is wanted, and it is reported that stocks are very short. Fancy prices in Australia is given as the cause of the rise.

A quantity of household furniture, picture mouldings, cabinetmakers’ tools, gents’ bicycle, garden tools, and other sundries are advertised for sale by Mrs Selleck, Whittaker street. The picture moulding consists of oak in various widths, and the wood-working tools are all in good order.

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