LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1527, 25 March 1916, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

In response to a special call from the Military Hospital Guild, the local Ladies Guild forwarded to Wellington this week 24 cholera belts and 19 pairs of pyjamas.

The Queen of the South, with general irom arrived yesterday. She will sail again for Wellington to-night with a cargo of hemp. The Awahou, from Wellington, with a cargo of kerosene, arrived this afternoon. After discharging she will sail for Greymouth.

Mr W. E. Barber returned from a motor trip to Mokau, Taupo and Rotorua on Thursday night. He was accompanied by Mr Loughnan, of Palmerston North.

Mr and Mrs Kent-Johnston returned on Thursday night after spending an enjoyable holiday in the Akitio County. Mr KentJohnston informs us that feed for stock is plentiful on the East Coast and presents quite a contrast to the parched pastures on this coast. The roads, however, are very bad.

“This man came into town on Thursday, cashed his cheque and the same night was arrested helplessly drunk and penniless,” said Constable Woods at the local police court yesterday, when a man was charged with drunkenness before Mr Hornblow J.P. Being a second offender accused was fined 5s or 24 hours.

By general consent, the title of “Anzac Day” has been adopted for the anniversary ot the landing by the Australian and New Zealand troops on the Gallipoli Peninsula on April 25th of last year. The day will be fittingly celebrated throughout New Zealand.

The funeral took place at Featherston on Tuesday of Trooper Arthur George Tyler, a member of A Squadron of the 12th Mounted Rifles, who died at the Tauherenikau camp on Monday. The deceased, who was eighteen years of age, came from the Auckland district.

On Wednesday evening Mr and Mrs R. E. Hornblovv, of Mangaweka, were tendered a public farewell on their departure for Dargarville where Mr Hornblovv takes over the Times. Hon. Dr. McNab was among the speakers. Mrs Hornblow was presented with a silver casket of sovereigns and Mr Hornblow an illuminated address. The recipient is a brother of Mr Hornblow, of Foxton.

The Mayor of Palmerston telegraphed to Sir Joseph Ward on Thursday, asking it he would receive a deputation from the Borough Council when passing through Palmerston on his way from Auckland to Wellington. Sir Joseph replied : “Very glad to receive deputation if they get up early enough. Express passes through Palmerston 3.11 a.m. Saturday.” “We will be there,” telegraphed the Mayor, in response.

Auckland’s “ Sporting parson,” the Rev. Jasper Calder, when speaking at a recruiting meeting was asked by a man in the crowd, “ Why don’t you go yourself?” Mr Calder replied ; “ Eook here, old sport, I’m just breaking my neck to go. If you go to my bishop, even if you had to point a revolver at his head and make him agree to let me go, I will give you £ 5.” The answer was greeted with applause trom the crowd, even it it does lack that dignity of tone, which “ the man ot the world ” expects from “ the cloth,”

Private Burnard Osborne, sou of Mr E. Osborne, of Palmerston N., and grandson of Mr Osborne of Foxton, who has been invalided home from Egypt, arrived in Palmerston this week. Private Osborne joined the Australian Expeditionary force at the outbreak of the war, and was in the first landing on Gallipoli, remaining on the Peninsula for several months. He is still suffering from the effects of his illness, but hopes shortly to be fit to again take Iris place in the ranks.

Yesterday afternoon a Dane who had been on a visit to Palmerston was taken in hand by the police on a charge of drunkenness, says the Standard. On arrival at the police station it was found that he was in possession of over ,£SO in cash. He was charged with insobriety, at the Police Court when he met with the usual penalty, and on his money being restored to him, showed his gratitude by making a donation to the contribution box for the Sick and Wounded Soldiers’ Fund.

“Salute” writes as follows to the Wellington Post : “Since writing you on the 15th inst., giving as my opinion that infantile paralysis was none other than sunstroke, the following forgotten case came to my mind, which further convinces me that the sun is the cause of the present trouble. Brieity, the facts are these : About fifteen months ago we became acquainted with a young man who had just recovered from the effects ot a severe sunstroke which he received while living in India about fifteen months previously. The sunstroke paralysed the right side of his body- His face was screwed up, his arm and leg were useless. Rather thau return to his own home in this helpless condition, and having to leave India owing to the heat, he decided to come to Australia, Dr. Flaschi, of Sydney,: rented him for nearly a year, at h e end of which lime he regained the full use of his limbs, and with t he exception of a slight puckering up of the mouth and eye, his face is normal. Does not this c ase tally with our infantile pa ralysis ? Our doctors are lookiu g for germs I ” • Househ old supplies! \ou cannot do better t han make up your mind to use ou ly the best groceries, inother words deal from Walker and Furrie who promise you genuine quality and good service at the lowest p rices. and White’s famous English wjiite shoes are now in stock at R. T, Betty’s. The best selection yet offered locally.*

The carcases of two horses, bogged near the creek on the Beach Road, are responsible for a stench in the locality. The carcases should be burnt or buried without delay.

A conference to elect two delegates from the Wellington district to the Patriotic Advisory Board was held at Palmerston yesterday. Mr L. O. H. Tripp (Wellington) and Mr Hope Gibbons (Wanganui) were chosen.

As was feared, Miss Constance Howan, who went for a bathe in a lake at Hamilton on Wednesday * morning last, and did not return, her clothes being found on the bank, was drowned. Her body was afterwards recovered, and was brought to Foxton to-day. The funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon, leaving the residence of Mr E. Howan, Norbiton Road, at 2 o’clock for the cemetery.

Since the inauguration of the scheme for supplying meat for Imperial Government purposes, the Imperial Government Supply Branch have shipped to date to the United Kingdom —54,503 quarters beef, 2,8r5,0t6 carcases of mutton, 3.985,789 carcases lamb, in addition to large quantities of pieces of mutton and packages of boneless beef. The payments to producers have now exceeded ,£8,000,000. No less than 87 big insulated steamers are concerned in the carriage of this meat., 71 of which have already arrived at their destination.

In' an article dealing with “ health and the school ” the Auckland Herald says : “The evil practice of keeping children In at recess time has absolutely nothing to justify it. If the recess has any significance, that significance is its effect upon health, and consequently to keep a child in at recess is to punish him at the expense of his health. A few such punishments may not harm a paticular individual child but a school that practices such a form of discipline is to that extent an inconsiderate and an unhealthy school. It the medical inspector will Impress this fact upon teachers he will deserve well of the state.”

In future patents desiring to get a sou under the age of 20 years out of the Expeditionary Force Reinforcements, must produce his birth certificate in support of their claim that he is under age. Moreover, either they or the son must pay for the cost of maintenance of the recruit at . the rate of 2s per day, cost of uniform, and refund the and steamer charges. There has been a certain amount of trouble with parents lately, and these regulations will be enforced rigidly m the future. It is a curious but none the less indisputable fact that some parents do not seem to know the ages of their own children.

Says the Sydney “Bulletin” : A voluntaryism which depends upon the abuse of individuals who do not volunteer, the shutting of them out from employment, the introduction of passports so that they may be prevented from leaving the country —that sort of voluntaryism is better spelled Coercion, It is an attempt to do by threats and cajolery, by underhand, backstairs means, what we ought to do Irankly and without apology. It is as un-Australian as it is un-British. For the voluntary system, honestly used, we might have some respect. For a voluntary system on to which these other things have been grafted no patriot can have anything but contempt. How long is our national self-respect to be thus dragged in the muck ?

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

SEE CHEAP RATES, FRONT PAGES LAIDLAW LEEDS WHOLESALE CATOLOG.

Quality is the keynote ot our grocery and provision stock and the importance of quality cannot be overlooked where the household food is concerned. You won’t ge a better grocery service anywhere in the district than at Walker' and Furrie’s, Foxton