LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1511, 17 February 1916, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There are two big ruts on the road near the Rope Works which require filling it a serious accident in the locality is to be avoided. The decking of the Whirokino bridge is in a very bad state and unless loose and projecting timber is removed the controlling authority may be called upon to face heavy damages as the result of a serious mishap.

Members of the Foxton Girls’ Guild willing to assist the Radies’ Patriotic Guild in reference to the holding of a garden fete next month, are invited to meet with the Radies’ Guild in the Council Chambers, at 7 o’clock this evening. Mr R. Angell is making a house to house canvass booking orders for what is considered by leading literary men throughout the Umpire as the most comprehensive English work on the Great European War. The author is Mr W. Stanley Macbean Knight, assisted by eminent military and naval authorities. The publishers are the Caxton Publishing Co,, Rondon. We confidently recommend this work to the citizens of Foxton. In fact every loyal student subject should obtain a copy.

Included in the Gisborne draft of the 13th Reinforcements (says a Gisborne paper) was a recruit 6ft. gin. in height and weighing 16. stone. He was the tallest man in Government employ in Poverty Bay, and will be the tallest soldier in the New Zealand Army. On Monday night he walked along the Parade with two fellow recruits, both tall men but' small in comparisod, and amused himself by plucking small branches from the boughs of the pine trees eight or nine feet high. “Baby,” as he is familiarly dubbed by his comrades, was at one time sergeant in the West Coast (Hokitika) Mouuteds, and by trade is a locomotive driver. He hopes to induce the military authorities to make use of his abilities in this connection.

The following articles were forwarded yesterday by the Foxton Girls’ Guild to the St. John’s Ambulance, Wellington :95 roller bandages, 10 many-tailed bandages, 134 swabs, 51 handkerchiefs, 5 operation gowns, xo pair pyjamas, 8 balaclavas, 4 pair mittens, 5 pair hand-knitted socks, 3 knitted chest protectors, 4 face washers, one knitted scarf, one waistcoat, 5 bed jackets, 2 pair shorts, one wounded foot cover, 4 nightingales, one hand-knitted knee cover.

With this issue Mounsey and Co., Auctioneers, advertise particulars of the unreserved auction sale of household furniture and effects, which they are to conduct on behalf of Mrs A. Munro, Clyde Street on Wednesday next, 23rd Feb., commencing at 1 p.m. This sale affords those who are furnishing or replenishing their homes an excellent opportunity to do so at their own prices, as everything will be sold to the highest bidder. A perusal of the list advertised on page 3. will give you an idea of the contents of this sale.

The following story told by Lord Charles Beresford says : “ There was once a captain on the China station, he says, who asked the Admiralty for a baulk of timber because his mainyard had been carried away. Whereupon the Admiralty officially desired to be informed who had carried it away, where to, and why.” Of course the story is only a sailor’s yarn; the Admiralty is not composed of such a pack of idiots as the genial, hot-headed Beresford would have people believe. Such yarns are not difficult to invent. Here is a specimen of a reporter’s yarn that went through the press many years ago. The manager of a big sheep run in Australia cabled to his principal in London that the ewes were now lambing, but owing to inclement weather immense numbers of the lambs were dying. Promptly came the cabled reply,‘‘Stop the lambing at once.” There is as much truth u this yarn as in Beresford’s.

Goods of unquestionable quality, backed up by sound value and prompt delivery, that’s what we give every housewife who buys here. \ou practise true economy by dealing at Walker and Furrie’s, Foxton.

Owing to the breaking of the crank shaft of the engine, the Awahou flaxmill will be idle for some time, and until the breakage is remedied a night shift will be worked at the Ora mill. A start with the night shift was made on Tuesday night. The following announcement has been issued from the Federal Government House The Government having called for all available assistance, and being in need of all the money the country can spare, the Governor-General will no longer attend race or other meetings, which, it may be held, would tend to dissipate energy and divert funds from the service of the war.

Owing to a slight mishap to the generating plant at Fuller’s Pictures last night, there was a short stop in the picture pro gramme. The gap was filled in with musical selections by Miss White, who kept the audience well entertained. Popular choruses were aFo sung by the audience, and the mishap was converted into a pleasant it improvised extra.

General Godiey, writing to the Defence Minister just prior to the Gallipoli evacuation, said : “I have written to the Turkish commander, who will come in when we leave, asking him to lake steps to preserve the graves of our men. I feel sure this will be effected, as the Turks have been most honourable during the eight months we have been fighting them, and twill not do anything to desecrate our heroes’ resting places.” The Foxton Ladies Guild have decided to abandon picture entertainments in future as a means of raising funds to assist them in their work for the wounded soldiers. The response of the public in chis connection has been very , disappointing of late. The Guild desire to publicly thank Mr Hamer for his kindness in putting these entertainments on, and for the financial assistance so rendered which is keenly appreciated by the guild. Household supplies ! You cannot do better than make up your mind to use only the best groceries. In other words deal from Walker and Furrie who promise you genuine quality and good service at the lowest prices. Hewlett and White’s famous English white shoes are now in stock at R, T. Betty’s. The best selection yet offered locally.*