The Manawatu Herald. Tuesday, January 4, 1916. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1492, 4 January 1916, Page 2

The Manawatu Herald. Tuesday, January 4, 1916. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Palmerston North High School will re-open on Monday, February 7th. Full particulars may be obtained on application to the secretary (Mr W. Hunter), or to the rector after January 20th. Rain fell locally on five days during last month, the maximum fall being on Christmrs Day, when •48 inch was recorded. The total rainfall for the month was 1.38 inches. The rainfall for the year was 34.10 inches, as against 26.96 inches for 1914.

The following are the vital statistics for Foxton for the month of December, and for the quarter ended December 31st Births : December 8, quarter 22 : deaths : December 1, quarter 2 ; marriages; December 3,; quarter 14. The figures for the year ended December 31st, 1915, are as follows, the figures tor 1914 being given in parenthesis ; Births 97 (86), deaths 15 (22), marriages 31 (23). “Now, I am going to tell you a tale,” said a teacher in a certain Taranaki school to a very juvenile class. “Can any of you children tell me what a tale is ?” “Please, sir, I know,” said an eager juvenile. “Well, what is a tale ?” “Please, sir, it is a thing that people wear behind them” —and the cute little chap wondered at the roar of laughter that filled the schoolroom.

The shortage of feed is causing the Akaroa sheepfarmers great concern at the prospects ahead (says the correspondent of the Lyttelton Times). In many paddocks lying to the sun not a green blade is to be found. Fortunately in the high country the springs have held out well. The dairy managers report a continuous fall the milk supply. Why’ give y° ur children cold unches when they can get a hot steak and kidney pie at Perreau’s for threepence. BUY WHOLESALE FROM LAIDLAW LEEDS’ CATOLOG. IT’S FREE.

The takings at the Patriotic Shop on Saturday amounted to os 3d. Mr Howau, one of Foxton’s early settlers, and who is now residing in Wellington, is at present on a brief visit to Foxton.

There was a very large crowd of visitors at the beach on New Year’s Day, the majority of those who arrived by the special trains on that day spending the holiday at the seaside. Several of the flaxmills in the district re-commenced operations after the holidays yesterday, a number started stripping to-day, and the balance will be in full swing by to morrow. Messrs N. H. Nash, S. Dixon, F. J. Tasker and J. A. Nash who won last year’s bowling tournament at Auckland leave on Friday to represent Palmerston at the South Island tournament at Christchurch.

Now that the holidays are over, active training will again be resumed at the Rangiotu camp, and yesterday’s trains from north and south were packed with men who had come back from their homes after a few days’ leave. New Year’s Eve passed off very quietly in Foxton there being an absence of the larrikinism that is usually displayed at this time of the year and the local police report a very orderly time, not even a “drunk” being belore the court during the New Year holidays. A deplorable case of misfortune befel a resident of Woolongong, New South Wales, last month, when John Wilson, a young married man, suddenly lost the sight of both eyes. He arose to go to his work, and said he felt a dizziness. A lew minutes afterwards he was unable to see. His wife sought the advice of a specialist, and was informed that it was an almost hopeless case, as a bloodvessel had broken at the back of the eyes. A wrong telephone connection sometimes brings about unexpected results, here is one of them : “Hello, are you there ?” “Yes.” “What the has become of those sheep ?” “I don’t know anything about any sheep.” “Don’t talk nonsense. If the sheep don’t come to hand there’ll be a of a row.” “Who is speaking ?” “This is -’s, New Plymouth.” “Well, this is the vicarage, Eltham.” “Oh, Lord, I’m on on the wrong number. Ring off.” —Eltham Argus. The following instance of Turkish gratitude is related by Corporal Marmaru Te Au, of Colac Bay: “The morning after the last attack I found a Turk lying in his dug-out, wounded through the calf of his leg. I took his rifle and revolver from him, and then set about to bandage his leg. The man actually cried, tears streaming down his face like rain, and when he saw me fumbling for my water bottle to give him a drink be simply bellowed like a child, He refused it at first, but 1 made him drink. I saw him next afternoon being brought down by our stretcherbearers, and be grabbed my hand and clung to it, talking doubledutch at a great rate. When the bearers went off with him he kissed my hands.” A pleasing example of eagerness to learn has been brought under the notice of the Victorian Minister for Education. A girl, aged fourteen years, who attended a State school at Collingwood, Melbourne, obtained domestic employment in her spare time, and earned to pay the fees for attendance at a high-school next year. The girl was unaware that there was a regulation in force which enables the Minister to remit fees in circumstances such as hers. However, the Minister has determined to remit the lees, and the girl will be enrolled at the Melbourne High School. According to information which had reached him, the girl had not been absent from school once in seven years, and, besides being awarded the attendance certificate, had passed the examination for the merit certificate.

An exposition of Italy's war policy is thus given by Signor Romolo Murri in the contemporary Review: —“We are against Austria, against Turkey—but above all against German imperialism. We are making ours the alms of England in the present conflict. And we know that it is not merely a question of our conquering the enemy opposed to us, but that we may give England time to win. Our war could not go on, nor the war of France, nor that of Russia, without England’s war. Our victory could never be secure or complete without her victory. We cannot conceive our place in the world unless we first make a world in. which there is really space for the Italian race united within her seas and her natural boundaries, autonomous and peaceful, and this is the world of liberty and justice which ‘shall come from the sea’—that sea which the powerful fleets of England are guarding while the Continent is in a terrible convulsion ot war.” SEE CHEAP RATES, FRONT PAGES LAIDLAW LEEDS WHOLESALE CATOLOG. Practical gifts for ’Xmas are becoming more and more the vogue ! Why not give something for the home ? Something “the wife” would appreciate ? You will find in our stock an assortment of useful gifts which will at once meet with entire approval. Call and see what we have to offer you. Walker and Furrie, Foxton. J. M. Kelly’s price for flour should appeal to you —25’s, 3/9 ; 50’ s 7/3 ; 100’s, 14/-.*

The latest reliable estimate of the wheat crop in South Australia is thirty million bushels.

The New Year ushered in the legislation closing the hotels in Tasmania at ten and restricting gambling to the rotalisators. The decomposed body of a soldier was found floating off Miramar wharf yesterday. In one pocket was a camp pass bearing the name, “F. T. Patterson, N.Z. Rifles.”

The usual monthly meeting of the Foxton Borough Council will be held in the Council Chambers on Monday, January 10th. iqx6, at 7.30 p.m. Business : —General.

The statutory special meeting of the Foxton Borough Council will be held in the Council Chambers on Monday, January 10th, 1916, at 7.15 p.m. Business :—Appointment of statutory half holiday for ensuing year. As loyal colonists of a French dependency, the inhabitants of New Caledonia are liable to service in the armies of the Republic, and since the outbreak of the war they have sent something like 1000 soldiers to the front.

The Attorney-General (the Hon. A. h. Herdman) and the Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout) are mentioned as probable successors to Sir Joshua Williams as representative of the New Zealand Judiciary on the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. The drawing for the pair of oil paintings, raffled by the Young Men’s Club, took place in the Council Chambers on Thursday night. The winning ticket is numbered 145 and bears the name of Mr Fred Dudson. Moutoa. The ticket holder is now entitled tot.be pictures and application for same should be made to the secretary.

The latest news from Panama states that it will probably be not less than six months before the Canal will be open to regular traffic again. It is intended to cut a temporary channel through the slide to pass through a tew vessels which have been waiting since the Canal closed. After six months’ time it is believed that danger of slides will be definitely overcome.

Corporal R. R. Hornblow, nephew ot Mr Hornblow, of Foxton, late of the Evening Post literary staff, and now in training at Rangiotu, yesterday was the recipient of a gift from his confreres at The Post. The presentation was made by Mr Gresley Eukin, who referred to Corporal Hornblow’s excellent qualities, and wished him a safe return to New Zealand and his position on The Post staff. Corporal Hornblow responded, and he was heartily cheered at the conclusion of the gathering. “The Million Dollar Mystery,” Thanhauser’s magnificent serial picture, will make its initial appearance at the Town Hall on Wednesday, January 12th, This wonderful production, which is no less than nine miles In length, and will be shown for 23 consecutive weeks, is undoubtedly the finest serial picture ever produced. There will be a special matinee on the opening date, when the first episode, “The Airship In the Night,” will be screened. There will be no advance in prices.

It is said there was a case of “ringing in’’ at a sports meeting held on New Year’s Day not a hundred miles from Foxton. One of the items on the programme was a race for married men, and a fair number of duly qualified contestants of various ages and sizes faced the starter. One competitor showed great anxiety to get away, and after being penalised for “breaking,” eventually beat the pistol, and never left the issue in doubt, breasting the tape well ahead of the second man. Before enquiries could be made he collected the prize, and it was found when too late that he was not qualified to compete in the race, being still a single man. A Sydney lady has been saying some hard things to her husband, the cause of which is explained as followsAt Balmain a man and his wife were awakened by a cat outside the bedroom window. The husband reached for a boot and the howling ceased. Two bright spots glistened in the darkness at the foot of the bed. The wife whispered to her husband to make certain to hit the wretched thing. “Sure,” he said, and let fly. The yell that followed was human, not feline. The glistening spots disappeared as the occupant of the bed drew up her feet. Whatever may have been the wile’s appreciation of her husband as a marksman, she had other things to say regarding his intelligence, and the mental attitude of the male species generally. The astonished hubby then discovered that the cat’s eyes were his wife’s protruding toes, two of which had been rubbed by a phosphorescent corn cure! A lost gold-stone charm is advertised for. Hewlett and White’s famous English white shoes are now in stock at R. X. Betty’s. The best selection yet oSered locally.* Always at your service 1 Walker and Furrie, Foxton, are ready to receive ’Xmas grocery orders, which they will carry out promptly and accurately supplying you with highgrade groceries, ’Xmas haras and other specials to your entire satisfaction. Order early! Walker and Furrie, Foxton. ’Xmas gift seekers will find hosts of suggestions both »useful and practical at Walker and Fume’s Foxton. A visit now will be time well spent for early selection is a wise course—it means satisfaction to all ! We offer special holiday value to all purchasers.

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A serious disturbance occurred ;■ in Walker Street, Dunedin, dm 1 New Year’s Eve. It was caase!d\J in the first place by some circus-;';' hands insulting a Syrian woman, and resulted in four circus eni* plpyees appearing iu the police court yesterday on charges'll., eluding assault .and the use &4 obscene language. The. - charge against one man was-dismissed-' The other time each receive i three months’ Mr Bartholomew. S M„ characterised their conduGtvas-W*ekguardly.-Private Vi/lUfaai Dixon, of the 9th Reinforcements, r = came from 'Daaedir,." • emnaiiucu suicide at the Trenthdm Hospital on Sunday. He was admitted av. few days ago .suffering from a&, „ apoplectic fit, and while his attendant was getting >*a for him he hanged himself. Jim "Inquest • was held, and the Coroner- returned a verdict of suicide while temporarily insane, no. blame being attachable to anyone.