The Manawatu Herald. Saturday, January 29, 1916. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1503, 29 January 1916, Page 2

The Manawatu Herald. Saturday, January 29, 1916. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A Hastings fruitgrower this season has picked and sold iß,ooolb. of raspberries. The Foxton Ladies' Patriotic Guild desire to acknowledge 5s from Mrs Frank Proctor. The Queen ot the South with general from Wellington is due to-morrow, and the Awahou with coal from Westport via Wanganui, is expected on Tuesday. The following rink from the 1 local bowling club left for Pal- ! merston this afternoon, to play 1 the holders of the Manson and Barr Cup: F. Whibley, Nye, D. Whibley and Rimmer (s). Several fields of oats in the Lake district (Southland) are already in stook and next week harvesting will be general. Both wheat and oat crops have filled out well, and some good yields are expected. ! A meeting of the Foxton j Harbour Board is convened for : Tuesday, February Ist, at the Council Chambers, Palmerston N., at 1 p.m. The business of the meeting will be to consider evidence for the Commission on wharf, and general. A good performance was registered during shearing operations at Coronet Peak Station, Otago. In one day six men put through 1,296 sheep, an average of 2x6 per man. The highest tally was 239. TheJAshburton correspondent of the Christchurch Star writes that junany of the oat crops In the Seafield district, Ashburton County, ars so short that reaping is impossible, and a grass seed stripper has had to be used to gather the grain.'

Territorials of the Seventh Regiment C. Company are notified by advertisement that they will parade at Rangiotu at 7.30 p.m., and Foxton at 8 p.m., on Tuesday next, February rst, for the issue of clothing. The totalisator duty paid to the Government as a result of the recent local race meeting was tis id, plus £2l duty on stakes and 2s 6d dividend duty, making a total of ,£1,489 13s A representative of the Lyttelton Times Inquired of Mr Justice { Denniston whether there was any truth in the rumour that he is to succeed the late Sir Joshua Williams on the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. His Honour replied that so far as he knew there was no foundation ior the rumour. J. M, Kelly's price for flour should appeal to yoiU*“-25’ s > 3/9 ; 50’s 7/3 ; loo’s, 14/-.*

Two further shipments each of 500 horses are to be sent away from the Dominion shortly to the fighting line. This will make a total of about 20,000 that have left these shores since the outbreak of the war.

It is simply wonderful the vigour and stamina that some men maintain right up to very old age. Take for an instance a case in the Wairarapa, where the Mastertou Borough Council has a man in its employ who is 82 years of age. He is at present engaged in excavating work and few in the gang can do a better day’s toil.

The citv girl, spending her vacation in the country, was complaining to the farmer about the savage way the bull regarded her. “ Well,” said the farmer, ‘‘ It must be on account of that red blouse you’re wearing.” '•Dear me,” said the girl ; “ of course, I know it’s awfully out of fashion, but I had no idea a country bull would notice it.” Messrs V. Hibiya and S. Kawauashi, from Japan, who propose touring New Zealand, partly for pleasure and also with a view to advancing the wool trade between the Dominion and their own country, arrived at Auckland from Sydney by the Makura on Monday. The firm which Mr Hibiya represents has already established a depot for wool in Sydney.

Fine music and fine poultry were two things of which Ella’s father was very fond. Recently he bought a talking machine, and among other records was one of a very brilliant aria by a great coloratura soprano. The baby listened closely to the runs of the bewildering music until the singer struck some high arpeggios and trills at the close, when she exclaimed : “ Daddy, listen ! She’s laid an egg!”

A complaint has been made to the local police by a Toko resident, who appears next court day in Stratford as the accused on a charge of having committed a serious criminal offence, that some of his neighbours had taken the law into their own hands, and “tarred and feathered” him. Feeling is said to have run high in the district over the facts of the criminal charge, and the above is only one instance of the length to which some individuals will go. The police are duly enquiring into the circumstances of the complaint. —Stratford Post.

Mr W. H. Field, M.P., in moving a vote of thanks to the Premier (Hon. W. F. Massey) for opening the Levin Show on Wednesday, referring to local matters said a commission had been appointed to inquire into the matters of the Foxtou wharf and the Leviu-Greatford railway, and he hoped that the public of this district would get behind these and push them along. Another matter of much moment was the harnessing of the rivers along this coast for power and lighting purposes. Investigations at present were being carried out regarding the Mangahao river. By driving a short tunnel under a low saddle it would be possible to divert this stream and provide 24,000 to 25,000 horsepower for this coast. In this also the public should assist.

One effect of New Zealand’s part in the war (according to a Wellington man now in camp) is that many of the soldiers of to-day who formerly were in-door workers, will never go back to sedentary employment. In camp one meets pressmen, lawyers, labour secretaries, clerks, factory workers, and so on. All are fit and well, and few ot them have ever looked so healthy. The outdoor life and the regular hours have made a big difference in them, and they know it. The question is : Will they ’ever give up the open air life after the war. At least one opinion is to the effect that many of them will not.

The annual meeting of the Wanganui district of M.U., 1.0.0. F. will this year be held in Foxton taking place in the Masonic Hall on the roth Feb. About 22 delegates will be present representing the 12 lodges in the district. P.S. Bro. R. Johnstone will represent the local lodge. The main business ot the meeting will be to receive the annual report and balance sheet, report of book examiners on lodge books, to deal with matters in connection with members at the front, election of officers etc. The local lodge has nominated two members for office, one on the management committee and one for D.G.M. The delegates will arrive in Foxton by the 7 o’clocx train on the 9th, and will be entertained at a social by the local lodge in the Masonic Hall the same evening.

CURE FOR RHEUMATISM. This is not a patent medicine, it is a prescription of an eminent English specialist. For years I had been a sufferer from chronic rheumatism. One year ago I consulted one of the leading specialists of the Dominion (now deceased). On receipt of postage stamps, money order, or postal notes for 4s 6d, I will post twelve doses of the remedy, which this specialist declared to be the only thing known to science as a cure for this painful disease. F. Greville, Editor N.Z. Dairyman, Box 502, Wellington.—\dvt. BE PREPARED. Nothing is more effective for colic diarrhoea, and all bowel troubles than Chamberlain’s Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy, Every family should keep it at hand in case of emergency and thus save a fruitless journey to a closed chemist’s shop or absent physician. You cannot procure a better remedy. Buy it now and be prepared for an emergency. For sale everywhere.— Adyt.

Dr. A. A. Martin leaves with the Field Ambulance for Auckland by next Tuesday’s express. He has been appointed Surgeon-Major in the Expeditionary Force.

The Government has commandeered a portion of Niven and Co.’s works at Napier for the overhauling of freezing machinery and the making of ammonia coils, this firm being on the Admiralty and War list. The works are working two shifts daily to get the work through. A special committee of the Foxton Harbour Board, consisting of Messrs Hennessy (chairman), Jenks and Nash met at Foxton on Thursday afternoon to deal with certain matters which had been referred to the committee for consideration by the Board at its last meeting. Their report will be submitted at Tuesday’s meeting of the Board. The committee also discussed matters in connection with the Royal Commission set up to deal with the wharf acquisition question and the proposed order of reference dealing with same will also be submitted to members of the Board at Tuesday’s meeting. The Foxton Ladies’ Patriotic Guild desire to acknowledge cakes from the undermentioned for the men in camp. The cakes will be forwarded by this afternoon’s train: —Mrs L. Proctor, Mrs P. Robinson, Mrs F, Proctor, Mis John Robinson (2), Mrs John Ross, Mrs Kent-Johnston, Mrs Pigott, Mrs Rowe, Mrs Munro, Miss Edlin, Mrs C, Robinson, Mrs Hawke, Mrs A. Ross, Mrs Lyons, Mrs W. Ross (2), Mrs Moore, Mrs Speirs, Mrs Mandl, Mrs F. Robinson (2), Mrs Rough, Mrs King, Miss Littlejohn, Mrs Hornblow, Mrs C. Rand, Mr Spring senr., Mr J. H. Robinson, Mrs Walls, Mrs J. Barber, Mrs Harvey, Miss Eileen Robinson and three without names.

Speaking at the Mansion House, Father Vaughan said if Prussianised Germans would play the game according to the rules of international law, she might command the respect of Englishmen, but she had failed to play the game, and the business of Britishers was to keep on killing Germans. Referring to the atrocities, he was sometimes told that the newspapers exaggerated. His answer was that if the Germans had not done the things with which they were charged, they were failing to carry out the directions of the War Lords “to leave the women and children nothing but their eyes to weep with.”

A meeting of local girls and boys interested in the Young People’s League connected with Dr Baruardo’s Homes will be held in the Council Chambers next Wednesday afternoon, at 3 o’clock. Some time ago a Young ■Helpers’ League was formed locally, which promised to contribute per year to this fund, and boxes for contributions were taken by members. Mrs F, Robinson accepted the position ol President, Mrs Barber secretary, and Mr Hornblow treasurer, and their official appointments have been sanctioned by headquarters. All interested —not only the children, but others —are invited to attend Wednesday afternoon’s meeting.

Says the Japan Times : The Government is credited with a scheme of encouraging the rearing of sheep as a side line for farmers in view of the ever-increasing import of wool from overseas. According to the plan alleged to have been decided upon, a new item is created in the Budget, subject to the approval of the Diet, for appropriation of expenses, which are roughly estimated at 20.000 yen a year. When the approval of the Diet is formally obtained 3000 breeders will be secured and reared at the Tsukisabu yard, Hokkaido which is under the control of the Agricultural and Commerce Department. Part of the breeders will be brought from England, and on the strength of experiments being carried out at present in the Oita Experimental Yard, others will be imported irom New Zealand. At present the line is quite undeveloped, so much so that only 4000 head are found scattered all through the country, and no appreciable amount of wool is supplied. The breeders Increased under the Government control will be distributed to all preferable rearers.

The Government had spent money in exhibiting at the Panama Inhibition, said Mr Massey at the Levin Show, and the Dominion had practically swept the board in the Agricultural classes, and had gained more prizes than any other country, taking a total of 457 Prizes, and this advertisement would do a tremendous amount of good to the country. The President of the United States Woolgrowers’ Association said that America would have to take a back seat in wool, and they (the woolgrowers ot the U.S.A.) ought to be ashamed to exhibit in the same class as New Zealand. They would have to follow on the lines of the latter country if they wished to succeed. Regarding the production of fruit Mr Massey said that in 1909, 161 cases of fruit were exported from the Dominion and in 1916 the quantity exported had increased to 62,164 cases. The export was still going on because they had the market, and he was confident that fruit would be one of the most important exports ot the country, and one in which this district would participate largely. BUY WHOLESALE FROM LAID LAW LEEDS’ CATOLOG . IT’S FREE.