LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1547, 6 May 1916, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Three cases id' scarlet fever are reported in the Sanson district.

.The funeral of the late Mrs A. S. Walsh will take place to-morrow, leaving (he Methodist Church for the Koxton Cemetery at 2.30 p.m.

There is at present on view in Mr 11. C. Patterson’s window portion of a German shell that was picked up on the battlefield at Loos and forwarded by a friend to Mr IT. Signal.

Commencing with the ilemuera sailing from New Zealand next month, and the Itotorna sailing from London for New Zealand, the New Zealand Shipping Company’s liners will sail via the Panama Canal.

The recruiting officer Tor the Manawaln County, Mr Hurt ley, a returned soldier, who was wounded at (iallipoli, worked the Mouloa disIrief on Thursday, and as a result of his efforts a nmnher signed on, and will shortly don khaljti.

Mr If. Miyazaki, a eonnnereial representative .from Japan, is visiting New Zealand with a view to open in}? up business. IT is object- is to buy wool and hemp here, and import from Japan silks, cotton goods, and hardware.

Kvery preparation is being made in Parliament Buildings for the opening of the session on Tuesday next. So far, however, no members have marked off Ilnur seats in the House —a quite unusual feature of pre-session days. The opening of Parliament will be carried out with the usual ceremony.

Speaking at 1 he? meeting of dairy company delegates at Ha.wcra on Saturday, Mr Powdrell stressed the advisability of erecting suitable cottages for the accommodation of families, with a view to enabling companies to lake advantage of suitable female assistance when such offered, as the shortage of men would be probably severely fell; before very long.

Three cases of infantile paralysis were reported in the Wellington Health District on Tuesday. Two of them came from Masterton, and one from Wellington. Since January 31, when the first notification of the disease in the "Wellington Health District came from New Plymouth. 325 cases have been reported. The worst outbreak in the Wellington district was at (lisborne, where there have been 31. ease's in the town itself.

Thill moving pictures excite the emotions of people susceptible to soul-stirring incidents 1 was demonstrated :il the Nurse Cuvell picture ul ;i certain theatre in the North. In one of the scenes a Merman ollicer seizes a one-legged soldier, and violently hurls the cripple to the (loor. A yon no- lady sitting with ;i soldier friend in the audience, on observing the inanil'estalion of Merman “kultur." excitedly clutched her < ompanion by (he shoulder and exclaimed ; “.Hell into ’em, Bob, when yon gel there.” Bob nodded his assent with a much embarrassing smile l .

Some time ago Air Charles Leech, of the Cam Khixinill. Kangiora, included in a bale of (lax fibre which he exported to London, a letter addressed to the purchaser of the libre, containing an inquiry as to whether his libre might he improved in any way. The bale was eventually purchased by the Minnesota Stati 1 Prison, and Air Leech recently received a reply to his hater from the warden of the prison. The interesting point which is evidenced in the letter is (hat this prison, which contains about 1,100 prisoners, carries on several industries. manufacturing hinder twine, and farm implements. Last year the output of hinder twine was *12,000,0001b., in the making of which about 400 men are employed. To quote the letter : “This is a new prison, and is claimed to be the lines! in tin 1 world, with an enclosure of 2‘J acres buildings all modern ; besides the (wine industry, we manufacture farm machinery. This mill was started in 1895, to light the trusts, and has been successful in keeping (ho prices within reason.” The prison also prints its own newspaper, which it calls “The Mirror,” with the motto of “It is never 100 late to mend.” Air Leech received a copy dated March 101 h, 19.10, which contains much interesting matter, and is surprisingly free from war news.

Lower cost extra goodness these are the secrets of the wonderful popularity of SHALL AND S Baking Powder. Your grocer sells it.

Mi 1 E. Newman, M.P., was a visitor to Foxton to-dav.

Mr J. G. Coates, tlie member for Kaipara, lias enlisted for native servieo.

Of 403 patients in the Auckland Hospital, 112 are suffering from scarlet fever.

Two fresh cases of infantile paralysis were reported at Masterton on Thursday.

The attendance shield at the State school was won this week by Standard IV., with an average attendance of 94.1 per cent.

A married man, Frederick Arnold, employed in the Telegraph Department, was killed at Auckland yesterday by being thrown from a motor-bicycle as the result of colliding with a stationary express.

Wellington reports a very great scarcity of fresh eggs, and a keen demand. Guaranteed quality fetch 2s (id per dozen. Preserved eggs are in fair demand at Is 7d to Is Sd per dozen. An epidemic of diphtheria is causing the health authorities some trouble in the Hawke’s Bay district. A total of 34 cases have been reported in the Hastings borough, and 13 in Napier. Six of the cases have ended fatally.

Through an accident at the patent sliji at Wellington on Thursday afternoon, Mr Brigden, chief ollicer of the Queen of the South, had the misfortune to break his leg. He will be incapacitated for about three months.

It is estimated that throughout the Northern Wairoa district there art* only 300 men permanently engaged in digging kauri gum. The

”iim won weekly approximates 15 tons, averaging oik* cwt. to eeah man, the average local value of such being £2 IDs. The Mayor of Auckland, Mr 4. 11. (iunson, intimated at a meeting of the Auckland City Council a fortnight ago that he intended this year to forego the honorarium (£400) attached to the office, hut on the unanimous wish of the Council, lias now decided to accept same, hut will use it to benefit and relieve citizens who, through no fault of their own, might he in need of assistance during the year.

We regret to record the death of Mrs R. Leask, which took place on Thursday night. The deceased, who was 74 years of age, had been ill for some weeks. The late Mrs Leask was one of New Zealand’s early settlors, having arrived in Lyttelton about til years ago. Together with her husband, who predeceased her by three years, she came to Foxton from Hunterville about ten years ago. The deceased leaves a family of two sons, one residing in Dannevirke and the other at Auckland, and one daughter, who is living in the Taranaki district. The funeral took place this afternoon, the Kev. W. Haim* conducting the service at the graveside. The bulletin issued by (he Commonwealth Statistician (Mr (i. 11. Knibbs) shows that during the last, quarter of i!)15 there was a general improvement in industrial conditions throughout the Commonwealth, resulting in a decrease of unemployment. The general level of wholesale prices shows a decrease of 15.5 per cent, in the quarter, compared with the immediately preceding quarter. The result for the whole of the year shows that there has been an increase of 39.9 per cent, since 11) 14. The total number of industrial disputes beginning during the quarter was .14!), compared with 91. in the preceding quarter. The number of days lost in these disputes was 238,504, and the total estimated loss in wages £120,409. These figures are the highest recorded since the second quarter of 1914.

The Victorian Education Department has a number of old sins to atom* for (writes (he Bulletin). It was wont to grant audacious Herman demands for un-English educational facilities, as, for instance, when it allowed Hun residents in the Horsham-Nalimuk district to build their own school, where a Herman teacher could train up their offspring in the way.l hey should think, tile foreign school was established, the children of local British stock had to go miles away to get educated as young Australians. “Thissystem Of Hermanisiag the natives was cloaked with sectarian pretence, the “naturalised' and unnaturalised aliens getting permission to build •Lutheran’ schools. This paper does not know whether the schools produced any Lutherans or not. it knows that they produced plenty of virulent anti-Aus-tralians.”