The Manawatu Herald. Saturday, November 6, 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1469, 6 November 1915, Page 2

The Manawatu Herald. Saturday, November 6, 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The price of bread is to be reduced in Wellington from Monday next to 4a the 2lb loaf.

There is only a few days left in which to fill in and return the National registration forms.

Private Monyhan, of Shannon, recently Invalided from the Dardanelles, is to be sent to Rotorua for treatment.

Messrs Hughie McDonald and Claude Vaughan, of Whitaunui, have joined the expeditionary forces, the former in the ambulance and the latter in the artillery.

The following item appears in the Auckland Church Gazette (Anglican), under the heading Parochial News :— ‘‘ Corporal Bassett, V.C. —We naturally feel a little family pride that the first V.C- in the New Zealand troops in the present war should fall to an old St. Sepulchre’s boy. Corporal Bassett was formerly a choir boy and a scholar in the Sunday School, and our congratulations are given to him for his gallant achievement.”

We were shown a picture postcard by Mr Boyes of some of the Foxton boys in the Maymotn camp, including Clarke, White, Hollington, O’Callaghau and Oliver, of the Bth platoon, B Coy., 4111 Battalion, N.Z.R.B. . The men look in good fettle and their tent, dressed for Sunday inspection, stands out in detail. The boys have been commended on parade for possessing the best kept tent in the company since in camp. They are all well and wish to be remembered to Foxton friends.

The following contributed to the pet lamb sale at Himataugl last Monday. The lamb was donated by Kathleen Turner, daughter of Mr A. Turner, of Himatangi, for the Christmas Tobacco Fund ;—H. M. Ries ss, Mr Priest ss, H. G. Hammond 10s, G. T. Woodroofe ss, R. Mercer ss, W. Kllsby ss, Wm. Renton ss. Geo. Farmer ss, H. Turner ss, F. Hutchison ss, G. Coley I2S, W. Mollatt ss, P. Brady ss, P. Lumsden 2s 6d, Mrs Gardes 2s fid, Mr Hamilton 2s fid, J. Ahern is, Mr Wilson ss, L. Freeman 10s, T. East is. Kathleen’s lamb totalled £5 is fid, which amount will provide a considerable number of our boys at the front with tobacco at Chistmas. The lamb was bought in by Mr Geo. Coley. Well done, Kathleen !

An inspiring story of the perseverance and invincible enthusiasm of a Napier young man is related by a local paper. The young soldier offered himself for medical examination in the first instance, and was informed that he was ineligible, as his teeth were defective, so he at once had them put in order, at a cost of £lO, and be presented himself again. This time his teeth were passed, but he was told that his chest measurement was too small. Nothing daunted, he sought the assistance of a physical culture expert, under whose treatment he developed the necessary inches. With full confidence he presented himself for a third examination with expanded chest, when the conscientious medical expert discovered that one of his toes overlapped, and, stiu undismayed, the young man has gone into hospital to have the toe amputated. Farmers and flaxmill employees are recommended our new special waterproof boots. W e S uarantee them. R. T= Betty.

Visitors to Palmerston North Show are invited to take the opportunitv to become acquainted with prices at Rimmer’s Cash Store.

A phenomenal electrical storm broke over this district at an early hour this morning. Almost continuous flashes of sheet lightening vividly lit up the landscape. Copious rain fell, A Johannesburg cable says the Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church seriously debated whether Freemasons are Christians and eligible lor membership. By no votes to 10S it was decided not to interfere.

The Liverpool Mercury publishes s story of the capture of a German super-submarine, 250 feet in length, 20 feet beam, and carrying four guns. She was launched a fortnight ago, and within a few hours of leaving her home station was caught in a British trap.

At Wellington on Thursday, James Foster Adams, master plumber, formerly Lieutenant in the Fite Brigade and ex-president ol the Working Men’s Club, was found dead at his workshop in Mulgrave Street with a bullet wound in tire head. He had been worried by business affairs and the state of Ins health.

The London Daily Mail’s Christchurch correspondent says it is felt in the Dominions that Mr Asquith is unfitted temperamentally to guide Britain through the great war, but it is recognised that Government must be trusted. Who is this irresponsible correspondent who dares to speak on behalf of the British Dominions beyond the seas as to the fitness temperamentally of Great Britain’s Prime Minister ?

In the House of Commons, in reply to Sir A. B. Markham as to whether Mr Asquith would notify the German Government that German capital in Britain at the end of war would be utilised to pay indemnities for air raids and compensation to dependents of those killed, Mr Asquith said he was not prepared at present to notify Germany beforehand of the procedure Britain would adopt.

A message to New York from Turin says :—“A despatch from Rome to the Gazette el Popolo declares that the German Crown Prince is dead. The correspondent asserts that an accredited diplomat at the Vatican informed him that the news was received by the Papal Secretary of State from the Papal Nuncio at Vienna. Further details have been refused, but the correspondent has been assured that the story is authentic.”

One of the Maoris on the train conveying the wounded soldiers which pulled up at the Mangaweka station on Tuesday evening happened to knock against the carriage railing and re-open an old wound on his hand. His attention was called to the mishap. ‘‘That’s noting, Py gorry you should be at the front, I come pack for te Christmas, and when I go pack again I give te Turk and te German fellow hell !” —■ Mangaweka Settler. At Christchurch Klleu Young, charged with stealing a Savings Bank Book and operating thereon, was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon ; Fred. Anderson, charged with robbery with violence, was sentenced to twelve months’ imprisonment ; Harry Natham, on seven charges of issuing valueless cheques, was admitted to twelve months’ probation on one charge, and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon on the other.

The soldier was telling the workman about a battle that he bad once been in that had lasted from 6 o’clock in the morning until 7 o’clock at night. His description was most graphic, and he became very enthusiastic as he lived through the stirring scenes again. “There’s one thing I can t understand about the story,” said the workman, slowly, when he had finished. “You say that the battle began at 6 o’clock in the morning and lasted until 7 o’clock at night ?” “Yes, that is so,” was the reply. “Well,” retorted the workman, “the unions wouldn’t stand for such long hours nowadays.” In narrating incidents of encounters at close quarters in the trenches during the fight for Knoll 60 in Gallipoli on August 27, Mr Malcolm Ross, the New Zealand official war correspondent, writes : “ One young New Zealand officer had a haud-to baud fight with a sturdy Turk, who, before he was finally disposed of, succeeded in wounding the New Zealander. The officer had had his rifle shot away and the Turk, on his entering the first trench, bayoneted him in the leg. Then they fell upon one another. The Turk using a sharp-pointed table-knife, wounded the officer in the arm. Meantime the latter was feeling for his revolver, but, the case being a new one, he had some difficulty in getting it out quickly. Alter a little more of the knife and the rough-and-tumble the revolver was unholstered, and then—‘mefeesh’ the Turk ! The officer carried on for several hours, and then his leg gave out.” In referring to another incident the correspondent says: —“ A stalwart Australian who was minus his rifle and bayonet, had a Turk jatnbed up in a corner and was sailing into him with bis fists in truly orthodox style. Needless to say it was the Turk who eventually went under, be also being minus rifle and bayonet.” Girdle scones and pikelets are all the rage. Perreau’s specialise in these lines.

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On the fourth page of this issue will be fouud the provisions of the War Pensions Bill.

The police are in possession of a bicycle and some clothing, which can be obtained on identification of same.

At Stratford on Tuesday, some high prices were realised for stock, as high as ,£lB 10s being obtained for milch cows of no particular merit as far as pedigree is concerned.

Foxton presented a very deserted appearance yesterday. All the business premises were closed. A large number of residents attended the show at Palmerston, while others spent the day at the seaside.

Two little lads, Claude and Everard Cunningham, collected 10s 6d yesterday with the aid of a wounded soldier effigy, instead of a “guy.” The amount has been handed to the Mayor with a request that the money be forwarded to the Belgian children’s fund. The Foxton Girls’Guild desires to acknowledge the receipt of two walking sticks from Mr J. Gillespie for the use of wounded soldiers. The guild would be obliged to those intending to donate walking sticks if they would do so before Saturday next, as they have to send them on to Wellington. They may be left at Mr Fraser’s office or given to any member of the guild.

The meeting of members of the local amateur sports clubs, convened by Mr A. J, Kellow on Thursday night, for the purpose of inaugurating a scheme for the collection of funds locally for the Christmas Shilling Gift from the amateur sports of New Zealand to the troops at the Dardanelles and Samoa, was very poorly attended. It was decided that subscription lists be distributed to secretaries of local clubs and also left at the various stores in town. This fund closes on the 20tb instant and all lists and money are to be returned to Mr Kedow by that date.

Differences over the' European war have resulted in Mrs Fredericka Schroder asking a divorce from Christian Schroder, a stockbroker of San Francisco and New York. Extreme cruelty is charged. Mrs Schroder is of French descent and her husband’s progenitors were Germans. All the battles and skirmishes which take place in Europe are restaged in the Schroder home, it is alleged. Mrs Schroder is at all times with the Allies, and her husband represents the forces of the Kaiser. The only ammunition used is words —but there is never a shortage. A tragedy happened on board the Moeraki on the run up from Lyttelton on Wednesday night. A passenger named Miss Anderson was found weeping by the stewardess at about 9 p.m. on Wednesday, and she was given a cup of tea and other comforts. Later on Miss Anderson was found to be missing, and on investigation being made it was seen that a box, which had been handy, had been used as a step to the porthole, and it is surmised that Miss Anderson managed to get through the porthole and over the side of the vessel.

Some straight talk was indulged in by Mr D. G. A. Cooper, S.M., at the Wellington Magistrate’s Court yesterday in dealing with John Carroll, a sturdily-built man, apparently about 35 years of age, charged with assaulting William Morran. Morran is totally blind, Carroll forced his helpless victim to the floor, and almost choked him- “ Well, what have you got to say for yourself,’' said Mr Cooper to accused, who bad pleaded not guilty. “I did not know he was blind,” was the reply, “ or I wouldn’t have hit him.” His Worship: “What nonsense. Anybody could see he was blind. You’re not blind, are you.” Accused: “No, and I didn’t know he was.” His Worship : “Do you ’ expect me to believe that ? I think you’re nothing but a low down cowardly brute. You are fined £5, with the alternative of one mouth's hard labour. If you pay the fine, £2 is to go to Morran.”

From a platform in the cattle pavilion at the Palmerston Show on Thursday, says the Post, Mr D. M’Earen (of Wellington), on behalf of the Wellington Patriotic Society, addressed an appeal to assembled farmers for recruits. Around him, tethered in their stalls, were some of the finest specimens of cattle in the Dominion, many of them beef aristocrats with pedigress dating back centuries, progeny of imported sires and dams which had wandered proudly over the pastures of Great Britain. Warming to his work in an excellent speech, Mr M’Eaien cried at length to his audience ; —“You realise what it means to the British Empire, to the world, if the Germans win. Shall we Britishers let them win ? Shall we ?” A thunderous roar from a ponderous Shorthorn bull, a magnificent representative of the great famous beef strain of Old England, was the convincing reply to the challenge, and it shook the rafters of the pavilion.

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Why give your children cold lunches when they can get a hot steak and kidney pie at Perreau’s for threepence.

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Mr ami Mrs G. O. Barber intend to take up their residence in Auckland.

The takings at the Patriotic Fair on the Palmerston Showgrounds for the first two days amounted to ,£499 —£146 on the first day and ,£353 on the second day.

The Lord Mayor of London is appealing to the peoples of the Empire for three millions sixpences, to enable three million destitute Belgians in Belgium to be fed on King Albert’s fete day on the 15th inst. The war and the weather had their effect on the attendance at the Palmerston Show this year. The total takings at the gates and stands amounted to 8s as compared with 6s last year. The gate receipts fell off ,£l6O, and the stands

The Governor has been advised that the hospital ship Maheno left Southhampton on 30th October. She calls at Malta, Egypt, Colombo, and Albany and is due in Wellington on 20th December. You ought to know where to obtain your grocery or ironmongery needs by now. Walker and Furrie offer good quality at special values. Wanted Known Walker and Furrie have a splendid range of crockery ware which awaits your inspection. Come early.