LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1545, 2 May 1916, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A slight shook of earthquake was fell loeally at 10 o'eloek last; night. It was preceded by a low rumbling. Tile fojlowing are the vital statistics lor Pox-ton for (he month of April : Mirths 7, deaths 1, marriages nil. One additional ease of infantile paralysis was reported to the Wellington District Health Office yesterday, from Strat ford. Mr H. (I. Irwin, Poxton’s new Town Clerk, arrived by the 1.30 train this afternoon. lie will lake up his duties immediately. The next sittings of the Supreme Court at Palmerston .North will commence on the oth instant. His Honor Mr .Justice Kdwards will preside. The usual monthly meeting of (lit* Poxton Borough Council will be held in the Council Chambers on Monday next, May 8(h, at 7.30 p.m. Business : General.

The shoot in;;' season opened yesun’dny, and a large number of local sportsmon wore to be seen going oul with dog mid "iin. Generally, the “hill’s’’ reported, however, wore sniiill.

'file Awahou, with general from Wellington, arrived at 10 o’clock this morning, nnd is now discharging. She will snil iignin for Wellington to-night to loud general for Foxton.

Francis William Maney, aged 48, a sign writer, with a wife and family, who reside in Auckland, was found dead in a whare at Hastings yesterday. Tie had been dead two or three da vs.

Mr T. Salek, of Wellington, was elected Grand Master at the biennial movable conference of the New Zealand branch of the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows, which has ;jus( concluded at Grevmouth.

During the month of April rain fell locally on nine days, the maximum fall being on the Kith instant, when ,8(i was registered. The total 'for the month was 2.27 inches, compared with 1.88 for April, 1!)15. The date of the sitting of the Royal Commission set up in connection with (he proposed acquisition of the wharf by the Foxton Harbour Board has not yet been fixed, owing to the Railway Department not being ready with its evidence.

The death occurred suddenly at Ngaruawahia, Waikato, on Easter Monday, of Mr William Hounslow. The deceased was a member of the “Herald” staff about live years ago, and was lately employed on the staff of the North Auckland Times, Dargaville. At the time of his death he was on a trip to the Waikato.

A mooting of llaxinillers was hold at Palmerston North Yesterday to further consider the position that has arisen in connection with the industry owing to the shortage of shipping space. The result of their deliberations has not been made public.

While playing with some weight (says the Christchurch Press),

little hoy, eight years of age, John Klingenslein by name, who lives at New Brighton, accidentally swallowed a half-ounce weight. Ho was taken to the hospital, hut the X-ray treatment failed to locate the metal in his hodv.

At a meeting of the Recruiting Board at Wellington yesterday, it was decided that it he a recommendation to Cabinet that the separation allowance apply to families of live, instead of to families of four —3s (id a week for each child. The question of whether or not this decision, if passed, shall he retrospective has also to be considered bv Cabinet. •

One often- hears the expression, “mail on bowling,” when referring (o an enthusiastic follower of Drake's pastime, but it has been left to an Auckland bowling (dub to realise that (he inmates of a. certain mental hospital were no slouches at the game. A member of (he Club, writing 10-his brother at. Home says “You may be interested to know that though we took four fairly good teams of bowlers, the mental pafields gave us a good licking, and thoroughly deserved I heir victory.’ 'fhe fact was mentioned by the Hon (1. W. Bussell, Minister tor Public Health, to a deputation of members of the Plumbers' Federation in Wellington recently, that it had been deemed necessary, in the interests of public health, to insist Hipt returned enteric sojdier patients who on bacteriological examination were proved to be “carriers” of typhoid should be required to Jive in localities only where there is a thoroughly efficient drainage and water supply. This precaution was necessary in order to prevent typhoid spreading. Of the large number of returned enteric military patients, bacteriological examinations showed that only about twelve were “carriers.” For Children’s Hacking Cough W oods’ Great Peppermint Cure. Why pay dearly for Baking Powder when SHAKLANDbS —the best that can be produced—costs less than others Ask your grocer. I canna’ leave the old folks now, I’d better ’bide a wee, Dad’s got a cold, and Mum’s not well And pipes the ither e’e. I’ll gang doon to the corner store For Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, And Mum and Dad will “greet” no more; Aye—they’ll be richt for sure. I

Mr Jasper Kruger, nephew of ihe late Fresident Kruger, is now in training in England with the South Africans. As a result of (he inquiry into (he falling of Tlioolonii in the Auckland Welter Handicap at Ellcrslic on Easier Monday, the well-known horseman, R. Deeley, was suspended for three months for alleged interference. It is reported that the Sinn Fein revolt has collapsed, and I hat the leaders are surrendering. Great (ires are raging in various parts of Dublin, and lighting is still proceeding in isolated localities. Mr Birrell, Chief Secretary for Ireland, has made a statement concerning the rebellion and its origin, in which the Minister explicitly connects Sir Roger Casement and German machinations with the outbreak.

There is a good deal of discussion just now on the question of women working in the lields. A Riccarlon resident lately visited a friend, and (says the Christchurch News) one of the two daughters of the house told him she and her sister had just wade what to them was a small fortune. They pei’suaded their father to get a. field of about an acre ploughed up, and this, planted with potatoes, was tended by the two young women. The potatoes netted fair prices, and the two young ladies hold that agriculture can be as well carried out by women as by men. NO COLD IS NAZOL PROOF ! Nip that cold in the bud by treating it instantly with NAZOL. Taken on sugar or inhaled, Nazol never fails. GO doses costs Is (id.