LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1532, 6 April 1916, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr J. M. Kelly leaves Foxton for England by the Turakina at an . early date to join the Imperial military forces, probably in the R.F.A. ► On Wednesday next Messrs : Mounsey and Co., will hold a : clearing sale of household furnii ture and effects on behalf of Mr J. M. Kelly, Norbiton Road. Full : particulars will appear next issue. ' The Foxton Ladles' Guild desire ; to thank Master Clifford Walker for a gift of a dozen pairs of socks. The socks are splendidly finished, and reflect credit upon the class of work this lad is turning out. William Henry Thomas Mardon, a clerk in the Public Works Office at Blenheim pleaded guilty to misappropriating 9s 4d, Government moneys. He was committed to the Supreme Coun for sentence. Sir Joseph Ward, questioned at Christchurch yesterday regarding a report that the Budget would disclose a surplus of over a million, said he could not say what the surplus would be, but it certainly would be large. New Zealand should be in a strong financial position at the end of the year. However, no matter how large the surplus might be, every shilling of it would be needed to meet requirements. The Presbyterian Ladies’ Guild were entertained by Mrs Simpson in the Sunday school yesterday afternoon. At the previous Guild afternoon, held at the residence of Mrs John Ross, Thynne Street, Miss M. Cooke was appointed guild treasurer, in place of Mrs Buglass, resigned. The coastal steamer, Waverley, has been sold by the Anchor Shipping Company to the Patea Co-operative Freezing Company, afad will in future run in the Wellington - Patea service. The Waverley was built at Auckland in 1883 and Is of 157 tons gross register. The conference between representatives of the Flaxmillers Association and exporters in connection with the freight difficulty is being held in Wellington to-day. Representations will be made to the shipping companies in connection with the matter, and the serious position that has arisen will also be brought under the notice of the Prime Minister. A number of members of the legal profession in Wellington have sent a cablegram to Flight Sub-Lieutenant Alfred de Bathe Brandon, son of Mr A. de B. Brandon, barrister* of Wellington, congratulating him upon having, as stated in cable messages from London, surmounted and bombed a Zeppelin on Friday night last. The young officer is a member of : the firm of Barndon, Hislop, and Brandon, solicitors.

The Premier estimates the war is costing New Zealand ,£BOO,OOO per month —or at the rate of a year. At the local police court this morning, before Mr Hornblow, J.P., Chas. Tomlinson, arrested "for drunkenness last night, was convicted and ordered to leave the town forthwith. The following new books have just been added to the shelves of our local library, viz : “A Chateau in Picardy,” by H, Sutcliffe ; ‘‘The Fortunes of Garin,” M. Johnston ; “Off Sandj r Hook,” R. Dehan ; “Merry Andrew,” K. Howard ; “The Landlopper,” H, Day ; and “The Son of his Father,” R. Cullum.

At a large dinner party in New Jersey the President of a Trust talked in such a rabid pro German manner that the English butler, unable to control bis feelings, emptied a dish of hot gravy over the offender’s head. So pleased was one of the guests with the action that he rose and shook hands with the butler.

“ Sequab,” the most famous itinerant “ quack ” of the last 30 years, who was reputed to have made and spent an enormous fortune, died penniless at the age of 72 in a hospital at Johannesburg. He was born in Cornwall, and he was at one time in the London Police Force, but he acquired his stock of knowledge in America. “ Sequah ” visited New Zealand about 30 years ago. Mr Massey states that only three local bodies out of 223 who have replied to the Recruiting Board have refused to assist in recruiting. Many complaints are heard of single men, sometimes of several in one family who refuse to assist by taking up arms, and shelter themselves behind the excuse that they are producers and that they are doing as useful work as if they were at the front. That is an excuse that cannot always be accepted. That there must be certain exemptions we all know but generally, no service can take the place of military service.

“Have we the price of admission?” This is the topic of a big article in the March issue of Everybody’s Magazine, in which America’s chance of world trade after the war is irankly discussed. There is spiritual uplift in a thoughtful article, “ From Doomsday to Kingdom Come,” reviewing movements for the good of humanity. “ Seven Super-Pens ” deals with U.S.A’s. leading editors. “ The Nation tolls Foreign-born ” is a timely appeal, poetically put, “Keep Posted ” is an unusual editorial section. The whole issue is beautifully illustrated, and the fiction is good and gripping. “This cartridge saved a Foxton boy’s life by stopping a Turkish bullet!” The above notice is attached to a cartridge which is being shown in Mr Osborne’s window, near the railway station, Palmerston N. The Foxton boy (Pte. Bernard Osborne, son of Mr Edmund Osborne, Palmerston N.), was, as is usual in the trenches, carrying his cartridges on his breast, when the Turkish bullet entered the cartridge, protruding through the other side about halt an inch. The cartridge is still fully charged—and with the intruding bullet we might say is overcharged—and will be one of the curios from Gallipoli. Fined a penny and given a month in which to pay it ! In the Central Summons Court at Sydney last week a man named William I R. Wallace was proceeded against | by the City Council’s inspector on a charge ot hawking in the city streets without a license. The Magistrate, on hearing the circumstances, thought the case should be withdrawn, but the inspector thought the opposite. His Worship thereupon turned to the defendant and said, “You are fined one penny ; in default a minute’s bard labour. I’ll allow you any reasonable time to pay—a month, if you like. • How long do you require?” Wallace : “If your Worship pleases—a month.” The Magistrate; “Very well, you are allowed a month to pay. I must reduce it to an absurdity.” Reference was mads by Chap-lain-Captain Blamires, in an address at Hamilton on Friday, to the article published in the Outlook, In which the men of the New Zealand Main Body were vlliified as having rushed straight into vice on arrival in Cairo. The article was the same as was read by the Rev. A. Gow, Presbyterian minister of Hamilton, on a recent Sunday, when Sergeant-Major Purdon (a returned soldierj rose in church and protested against the manner of the reverend gentleman’s references, and his acceptance of the accusations contained in the .article as facts. The Auckland Star reports that ChaplainCaptain Blamires gave the article the lie direct, and said he could unhesitatingly say that not onefifth of the men of the Main Body fell victims to the temptations which beset them. There were in the ranks, he said, men of criminal tendencies, who would have followed criminal careers wherever they were ; while there were others easy-going and curious to know what life in an eastern city was like. There were still others who were naturally weak, but of all these, the majority—the very great majority—withstood the trial with great courag e and nobility of soul and mind, and were nobler, cleaner, and purer men as the result. The speaker’s remarks were greeted by loud and prolonged applause,. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure for Coughs and Colds. Never fails. For Children’s Hacking Cough W oods’ Great Peppermint Cure.

An outbreak of diphtheria is reported in the Napier district, and at Shannon.

Mr Ed. Newman, M.P. for Rangitikei, visited Foxton this afternoon.

The ordinary meeting of the local School Committee will be held this evening, at 8 o’clock. Out of fifty applications for the position of Town Clerk of Otahuhu, Mr C. J, Kent-Johnston, Foxton’s Town Clerk, has been finally selected and will take up his duties there at the end of the present month. In tendering his resignation to the Mayor, Mr Kent-Johnston asks that the local vacancy be filled as expeditiously as possible and that the AuditorGeneral allow an audit inspector to visit Foxton and audit the books right up-to-date. A special meeting of the Council will be held to-morrow night at 7.30 o’clock to deal with the matter.

A big gathering of natives is being held at Waikanae and Otaki, where a large band of visiting natives, some two or three hundred in number, are assembled. The visitors hail from the Gisborne district, and are largely composed of the Ngatiporou tribe. Tney are making a tour of the various places of importance to the Natives in the North Island, and will be away from their homes for a lengthy period. It is understood that their journey is for the purpose of continuing the tangi in connection with the late Wi Pere, ex-Member of Parliament,

Notwithstanding the far-reaching effect of the present appalling war we have managed to secure the bulk of our requirements for the winter serson. On our part we shall spare no effort to give the best possible value and the utmost satisiaction. We can commend these goods to you with confident assurance that they will give entire satisfaction and merit the approval ot the most discriminating buyers. F. Gabites,