LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1502, 27 January 1916, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Good soaking rain fell last night and to day throughout this district. The primary schools throughout this district will re open on Tuesday next. Tuesday and yesterday were the two hottest days experienced so far this summer.

Several men from the Rangiotu camp overstayed the leave granted to them to attend the first day’s races. Such defiance of discipline may mean that one or two will be discharged from the service. At a meeting of the Palmerston Chamber of Commerce this week Mr Clausen gave notice to move at the next meeting: “That the matter of establishing a wharf at Foxton Heads be dealt with at the next meeting of the Council.” A programme of exceptional merit has been arranged tor Saturday afternoon and evening at Fuller’s. A special feature will be a 2,000 ft. comedy entitled, “Charlie’s Elopement,” featuring our old friend Charlie Chaplin, This picture will be shown in addition to the usual programme.

The Palmerston Chamber of Commerce considered in committee the question of the Royal Commission on the Foxton wharf, and other matters in connection with it, and on the motion of Mr Eliott it was decided to hold a special meeting on Monday evening next to consider the matter.

Among the wireless recruits who go into camp at Trentham this week are two local boys viz., Messrs P. W. Jenks, son of Mr and Mrs F. W. Jenks, and Fred Robinson, son of Mr and Mrs Robinson, of Thynne Street. Both young men commenced their public service careers in the local post office. Included in the recent list of killed but previously reported missing, is the name ot Trooper Wilmot Frederick Powell, who, prior to his enlisting in the Mounted Rifles, was in the employ of Messrs Levin and Co. and in that capacity was well-known locally. The deceased was a popular young fellow and the deepest sympathy is felt locally for his parents and relatives. He was a brother of Mrs G. Y. Woodward.

“Out of the whole of our wool produce only 4 per cent, is manufactured into woollen goods in New Zealand. We should be able to manufacture half the wool of the country. If we did this we should have some two more towns of the size of Dunedin.” Thus said Mr J. B. Laurenson at the Industrial Conference at Christchurch. “The farmer,” he said, “has the best end every time. On machinery imported he pays only is yd per £ roo. Yet, were I to import a sheepskin or a bag of flour, I would have to pay heavy duty. And yet he says he is fighting the world’s market.” The patriotic shop was opened again last Saturday and was in charge oi Mrs Greig and Miss Ross. The receipts amounted to £8 15s 3d. Donations were sent by the following: Mr D. Whibley, Mr Hughes, Mrs G. Rough, Mr Bullard, Mrs A. Ross, Mrs King, Mrs Lyons, Mrs Speirs, Mrs W. Ross, Mr J, Ross, Mrs C. Symons, Mr C. Simmons, Mrs Moore, Mrs Greig, Horace Mitchell, Mrs KerrHislop, Mrs Murdock, Mrs F. Robinson, Miss Honore, Mr Hussey, Mrs Stevenson, Mrs Griffin and Walker and Furrie. The shop will be open next Saturday and will be in charge of Mrs Moore, and the public is again requested to send donations. Satisfactory progress is being made towards the fulfilment of the New Zealand Government’s undertaking to supply 15,000 tons of cheese, the value of which is estimated at .£1,050,000. for the Imperial authorities. The scheme was inaugurated on November 4th, and since then 3,685 tons have been shipped. The payments made up to last Friday amount to .£248,297. The shipments of frozen meat, since the inauguration of the Imperial meat supply on March 3rd to last Friday, amount to 429,258 quarters of beef, 2,312,309 carcases of mutton, and 3,322,923 carcases ot lamb. Fifty-eight steamers with meat cargoes have arrived at their destination, and ten are now en route.

A well-to-do farmer in his motor car was approached by a young lady who was selling apricots in order to augment the patriotic garden party receipts. “ How much are they ?” inquired the farmer. “ A penny each,” the damsel made reply. ‘‘l’ll take one,” the patriot decided, and produced the necessary coin. A little boy Who was also in the car expressed a desire to sample the fruit, and his generous ancestor, drawing from his pocket a handful of silver, selected another copper and so doubled the amount of his contribution to the patriotic funds. Another nail in Germany’s coffin ! Another spoke in Austria’s wheel! ! Another feather plucked from the Turk! ! ! Another bug In the Bulgarian’s ear! ! ! ! Marlborough Express.

A well equipped hearth is one of the distinctive touches that mark the well furnished room. If you are seeking anything in the way of Fenders, Fire Irons, etc., it will pay you to inspect our splendid range of artistic designs. Our value can’t be beaten. Walker and Furrie, Foxton. SEE CHEAP RATES, FRONT PAGES LAIDLAW LEEDS WHOLESALE CATOLOG. Hewlett and White’s famous English white shoes are now in stock at R, T. Betty’s. The best selection yet offered locally.*

The men in the Rangiotu Camp refer to the Foxton-Palmerston train as the “Whitebait express.” A special meeting of the Foxton Borough Council will be held in the Council Chambers on Friday evening next 28th January 1916, at 7.30 o’clock. Business:— To discuss matters re the LevinGreatford Railway.

A photograph of the late Captain Anthony Wilding, presented by the parents of the decked, was offered at auction at the Wairarapa lawn tennis tournament at Masterton in aid of the Wounded Soldiers Fund, and realised the sum of £ 525. “We are right up to date,” said the Defence Minister in regard to recruiting. ' “We have the men we require for the 12th Reinforcements, and the I3ths are well in hand. We shall hand over to the new Recruiting Board with every obligation fulfilled.”

A Maori child while crossing Main Street the other morning, when two dogs were fighting, went too close to the infuriated canines and one viciously bit the child's face causing a nasty gash which required skilled treatment. One or two young ladies assisted to make up a totalisator ticket on a horse which won a race at Monday’s local meeting. They entrusted their cash to a “soldier friend.” After the race the “friend” and dividend mysteriously disappeared.

yesterday’s heat buckled a rail on the line a short distance from Himatangi station which caused a delay of nearly an hour in the arrival of the 1.30 Palmerston train. The buckled rail was fortunately noticed before the train arrived at the locality thus preventing a more serious happening.

A lady ot 65 years sued her husband of 75 years in Auckland the other day for maintenance. They had been married five years and she had left him twice because, she said, it was a shame for a woman of 68 to be scandalised. The Magistrate refused to make an order.

A block of land about 15,000 acres, in the Tahora district, near Matawai, will be opened for selection shortly, reports a Gisborne paper. The land, which is in virgin forest, is described -as first-class sheep country. It is understood that after the initial 15,000 acres has been disposed of a further area will be cut up. An American was once boasting about the great heat experienced in South America. “Why,” he said, “ down there it is that hot that you can boil a kettle ot water by leaving it in the sun for about ten minutes.” “That’s nix,” said an Australian, who was listening. “In Central Australia it is so hot that you have to put a hen on ice to prevent her laying hard-boiled eggs.” Soldiers converted a peace meeting at Bishopsgate into a recruiting meeting. The peace speakers were heckled and greeted with a torrent of howls and hisses. Tumult followed, the soldiers calling for three cheers for the men in the trenches. Then a lancecorporal asked the chairman to appeal tor recruits, and the chairman acquiesced.

Miss Bessie Lumsden, an exFoxtou State School pupil and now of Wanganui Girls College, put up something in the nature of a record in swimming. Although comparatively a beginner she annexed the quarter-mile certificate and the half-mile the following day. She was anxious the following day to try the mile, but this did not meet with the approval of the swimming master. Referring to the failure of the operations in Gallipoli, “Trooper Bluegum” wrote to the Sydney Morning Herald: “I am convinced that the whole enterprise would have succeeded if the Australians had been given the Suvla Bay job instead of Kitchener’s men. Some of the Australian battalions were actually split up and put in the British brigades to' stiffen them. Yet our boys had less training than Kitchener’s army.” ,

Miss Bessie daughter of Mr and Mrs P. Fumsden of Foxton, and an ex-pupil of the Foxton State School, was among the successful five candidates who ' secured Board Scholarships in the Senior Scholarship examination. Miss Lumsden has been a pupil at the Wanganui Girls College for the past eighteen months. We tender our congratulations, and wish her success in her future studies.

Some months back, Mr and Mrs F. Robinson, of Beach Road, Foxton, were informed that their son, Sergt. Francis Nestor, was missing. A casualty list issued on Tuesday reports that a Court of Inquiry has reported that he was killed in action. The familyhave been buoyed up through the suspense by a gleam of hope, but now that official news has come through, the parents will have the heartfelt sympathy of the Foxton public. “Young Frank,” as he was familiarly called, was an only son, and his quiet and pleasant disposition made him a warm favourite with all who knew him He was keen to serve his KW and country from the outset. He did his duty, and his name is i a . scribed on the roll of honour among the heroes who fell at Gallipoli.

The great advantage in coniinehere for your groceries is that prices are always the lowest high-grade goods, while stocks I always fresh. Prudent buyers win make a point of procuring theV groceries and provisions f r0 m Walker and Fume’s {the Relifw* Storekeepers) Foxton. Rafale

A sub-committee meeting of the local Harbour Board was held afternoon. The Moutoa Ladles’ Patriotic Guild desire to publicly acknowledge the sum of ,£io towards the funds, from Whitaunui Ltd. The Allies blockade of Germany is causing uneasiness in Scandinavian countries, and it is suggested that the restrictions are causing

Denmark to side against Britain. * After being delayed in the stream at Wellington for 24 hours owing to a shortage ot men in her stokehold the New Zealand Hospital Ship Maheno left Wellington at 5.30 last evening for Suez. Overheard in a train at Marton. “How did you do out of yonr wool this year?” “Better than I expected. Made a clear thousand more than I ever hoped to." The successful one was a young farmer of perhaps 28 years of age. “ I believe that we will have to give up the voluntary system, and. take on compulsion,’’ said Mr W. H. Field, M.P., at the Levin Show yesterday. “We should have done it long ago. If we had compulsion a year ago the war would have been over.” A Wairarapa farmer writes to the ■ treasurer of his local Patriotic Fund : “My wool returns for the season 1914-15 came to £2,700-, owing to the war, returns lor the season 1915-16 came to ,£3.200; balance in my favour, ,£SOO, for which please hnd cheque enclosed."

Summed up in a few words, the harvest will be about the worst recorded in the grain growing history of North Otago, states the Oamaru Mail. Though the areas sown with wheat and oats were both in advance of those of the previous year, the yields will be much smaller.

The time limit for reduced dog registration fee closes on Monday, 31st inst., after which date double fees will be imposed. To suit convenience of owners, Mr Read, registrar, notifies that he will be in attendance at the Town Hall supper-room on Saturday, from 3 to 5 p.m. and 6to 7 p.m. to receive fees.

At the Christchurch Magistrate’s Court Henry William Reynolds was charged on two informations of publishing matter likely to interfere with recruiting. The accused, who is a bootmaker, exhibited certain pictures and publications in his shop window. He pleaded guilty, and was fined £SO .

One of the members of the B Company, Rifle Brigade, from Rangiotu (says the Wanganui Herald) evidently comes of a patriotic fighting stock. He is an Irishman, by name Ward, and arrived in New Zealand about three years ago. His father is an officer in the British Navy, two of his elder brothers are warrant officers, a third is in the Worcesters, and was wounded in France, a younger brother is in the sth New Zealand Reinforcements and the youngest brother is in the Royal Marines. Thus all the boys in the family with their father are doing service for their King and country—a magnificent example of Irish loyalty and patriotism.

Mr William Rosser, a wellknown N.S.W. Labour leader, president of the Railway Workers and General Labourers' Association, has made a noteworthy statement as to the reasons why he has relinquished his union duties at the present time to enlist as a private. He states (says the Sydney Morning Herald) that it is war against war, “I do not want to see German hegemony of the Continent of Europe,” he says, “I am opposed to conscription,” but ‘‘to oppose conscription and yet not enlist Is the action of a trlfler and hypocrite. It will be too late to enlist it we are conquered.”

Trade generally continues remarkably good (says the Trade Review in discussing the state of the import market). On all hands an excellent Christmas trade was done, and generally the turnover has been well maintained since then. In some quarters it is reported that, though busy, the buying is on a somewhat smaller scale. The old difficulty in getting supplies still prevails, chiefly in metal goods. The freight question is becoming serious, both for imports and exports. There is considerable difficulty in obtaining sufficient space, and rates have been raised to an exorbitant figure. The rates from America are quoted at £S per ton on lines that used to rule at 25s to 30s, while rates from England rule jC3 to/a- Importers have been compelled to withhold their orders for many lines at present, owing to these high rates. J. M. Kelly’s price for flour should appeal to you—2s’s, 3/9 ; 50’s 7/3; 100’s, BUY WHOLESALE FROM LAIDLAW LEEDS’ CATOLOG. IT’S FREE.