LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1480, 2 December 1915, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Foxton Ladies Guild desire to thank Mr Richmond for tomato plants, sold at the show, and which realised 15s. The vital statistics for Foxton for the month of November were : Births 8, deaths nil. marriage certificates issued 6, marriages by Registrar 3. Messrs G. Fraser (Foxton) and Geo. Verner (Himatangi) of the artillery division of the nth Reinforcements, have been notified to proceed to Trentham on the 14th inst.

According to a cablegram, the Bth Reinforcements, on the trip from New Zealand, encountered very bad weather, but the conditions are now improving. There has been no sickness aboard. At the social to be held in the Presbyterian schoolroom tomorrow night, the programme will include a novel competition, vocal and instrumental items, and refreshments. Admission is is, children half-price. Eight pupils (five girls and three boys) from the local State school proceeded to Palmerston to-day to sit for the junior national scholarship examination, which is being held to-day and to-morrow. The meteorological particulars for Foxton for the past month are: —Rain tell on 15 days, the maximum fall, 2.48 inches, occuring on the 7th ; the total for the month was 7.80 inches. For November, 1914, the total rainfall was 2.42 inches. At the Auckland Magistrate’s Court on Monday, A. F. Williamson, licensee of the Wade Hotel, was fined £5 in two instances of selling liquor on Sunday and £5 for supplying liquor to be consumed off the premises, and his license endorsed. The endorsement of the license meant the loss of practically ,£r,ooo to the licensee, but the evidence proved that Sunday trading at the hotel had been very flagrant.

A recent returned wounded soldier, V. H. Fisher, of the Canterbury Infantry, with the Main body, in conversation with our representative on Tuesday, stated that a large number of wounded contract enteric fever and a virulent form of dysentery. He received a bayonet wound in the arm, but was able to fight on for a time. After the wound was treated dysentery gripped him, and for seven weeks his sole food was milk. Even now, he says, he has to be particularly careful with his diet, and the medical officers say it will be at least three months before he is fit to rejoin. His brother was killed by a bomb a few yards from him in the trenches. Prompt service is always extended to our customers, and if you are in need of any household requisites, kindly instruct us, and your orders will be executed expeditiously. Value, Quality, and Civility are what we give, so why trade elsewhere? Walker & Furrie, Foxton. Why give your children cold lunches when they can get a hot steak and kidney pie at Perreau s for threepence. Farmers and flaxmill employees are recommended our new special waterproof boots. We guarantee them. R. T= Betty.* Perreau’s 6d cakes are in great demand now eggs and butter are dear BUY WHOLESALE FROM LAIDLAW LEEDS’ CATOLOG IT’S FREE.

Nearly ,£300,000 has been raised by the Auckland carnival in aid of the patriotic funds. The recent wet weather has caused a prolific increase in the slug and snail pest. Tobacco dust is the best plant protection against the ravages of such pests.

The Queen of the South, with general from Wellington, arrived yesterday afternoon. She will sail again to-night for Wellington with hemp. The late arrival of the Palmerston train is now becoming quite a common occurrence. It is very unusual now for the train to arrive up to schedule time. Lord Liverpool has received information that the hospital ship Maheno left Egypt for this country ou November 25th, and should arrive on the 3rd or 4th January. The State School Committee desire to acknowledge two volumes from Mr and Mis Alf. Fraser, to be awarded as prizes at the end ot the year. The donors, for many years, have given similar annuals as prizes. With to-day’s issue the Manawatu Daily Times has passed under the management and editorial control of Mr Pierce C. Freeth, acting on behalf of a number of Palmerston citizens who have purchased the property from Mr W. H. Smith. Cabled advice has been received of the death at Lemnos from dysentery of Lieut.-Colonel Stewart, of Crookston, brother of the member for Dunedin West. Deceased was in charge of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles, and escaped when the transport Southland was torpedoed. The Archbishop of Canterbury officiated at Miss Violet Asquith’s marriage to Mr Bonham-Carter, which took place at St. Margaret's Church. Diplomatists, Cabinet Ministers, and members of both Houses ot Parliament attended. The interior of the church was beautifully decorated with orange blossoms. An immense crowd accorded an ovation to the bride and her father wheu they arrived at the church. The King and Queen gave the bride a brooch, with the Royal ciphers and crown.

There are not many men in Dunedin who refrain from raising their hats when “God Save the King ” is being played or sung (says the Otago Daily Times). Three of this class, who were present at the band concert at the Gardens recently, had cause to regret their breach of good manners and lack of patriotism. Amidst a sea of uncovered heads the three hats were very conspicuous. They were observed by a returned sbldier from Gallipoli, who was leaning on a stick as the result of honourable wounds. His hand was observed by a bystander to be shaking, his nerves not having fully recovered from the racking they received in the trenches, and this evidence of disloyalty or forgetfulness was too much for him. He leaned forward, and with his stick knocked off the hats from the offenders’ heads, his action being loudly applauded by those who witnessed it.

A writer in the Wellington Post says :. “If there are people in the community who seriously object to raising a few hundred thousand pounds for what all admit is a good purpose, because the principle of chance, luck, good fortune, or gambling enters into the matter, why have we not heard from them before this phase of gambling started ? Nobody disputes that the reason for increased value of our primary products owes nothing at all to the energy or foresight of those who will benefit by enhanced prices, but was merely the beneficiaries’ luck in holding a proprietary interest in such products when extraneous events sent the price up 25 to 50 per cent. If those who object to the element of chance as a principle were sincere, the first agitation we would have heard from them would bd an appeal to Parliament to take from the lucky holders all increased values given by Prussian ambition. But they will still fire at the old targets, for they are familiar, while broadminded men smile at the real enemy escaping with his rich booty.” The Rev H. Mason, vicar of the Anglican Church at Otahuhu, has sent the following letter to Bishop Cleary: “My Lord Bishop. I have just received a letter from my eldest son, Bombardier F. W. H. Mason, who writes from the military hospital, Fulham, London, and therein he speaks in enthusiastic terms of a priest of your Church, a military chaplain at Alexandria. My boy was desperately ill there, and this priest (whom, unfortunately, he omits to name), by his devoted attention to him, rendered such service that, as my boy says, ‘he saved my life.’ It is with &• heart full of gratitude that I make this acknowledgment to you as the head of the Church in your diocese, and the debt which toy wife and myself owe to this (to mej unknown priest, though unrepayable, will never be forgotten. You are quite at liberty to use this letter in any way you think fit, as showing the unselfish and truly Catholic spirit of your chaplain.” Purity and Quality are the two main features of Walker and Furrie’s business. Value combined with the above brings success to our store We are still in business to treat and serve you well. Come now and shop at our store. Walker & Furrie, Foxton. SEE CHEAP RATES, FRONT PAGES LAID LAW LEEDS WHOLESALE CATOLOG,

A special Gazette issued yesterday provides that no person shall bring or send, or cause to be brought or send, any intoxicating liquor into a camp, or have any intoxicating liquor in his possession in a camp. Any military officer or constable may seize and destroy any intoxicating liquor which he finds in a camp. The term “camp” means any land occupied or used, or in course of preparation for occupation or use, as a place tor the training or exercise of members of an expeditionary force under the Expeditionary Forces Act, 1915. Among those recently honoured by receiving the Distinguished Conduct Medal for distinguished service in the field is Lance-Cor-poral H.D. Skinner, junior master of the Palmerston High School. Lance-Corporal Skinner offered his services early in the campaign, and was granted leave of absence by the High School Board to go on active service. He has been through some of the very hottest fighting. He had a promising college career at the Nelsou College, where he studied from the year 1901 to 1905, and iu the latter year won the Junior Cup (Barnicoat prize) for the best essay. The barve deed which brought the Lance Corporal his medal was that of delivering an important message under heavy fire whilst seriously wounded. The news of his decoration will be received with pride and plesaure by the Lance Corporal’s many friends, and not the least by the staff and pupils of the local High School. A cheque for as a donation to the patriotic funds, has been given by Messrs Lissaman Bros., of Waireka, Marlborough. In a covering letter Mr H. Lissaman says;—“We surely can afford to give a little of our money, especially when that money is being made out of the war. We will take wool as an example. If there had been no war we should be now getting one third less for our wool than we are getting today ; therefore, one-third of the money we are getting is the direct result of the war. I suggest that all men, not only the big sheep farmers, but all who have wool for sale, should give 5 per cent, of their wool cheque to the war funds. That amount will not hurt anyone when we consider the price we are getting. As deeds are better than words, to start the ball rolling we have much pleasure in handing you a cheque for uow, and will forward the balance wheu we get our returns, as we are shipping Home, and consequently do not know how much our wool will realise.”