LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1555, 25 May 1916, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Queen of ihe South, with ;i cargo of hemp for Wellington, :md (he Kennedy for Nelson, sailed yesterday. The Queen of the South is due haek with general to-morrow aft ernoon.

The local management, of Fullers’ Ltd., announce a picture of exceptional merit for Monday and Tuesday, 2!)th and 30th instants, “The Prisoner of Zenda,” the most lavishly mounted and elaborately sI aged photoplay ever produced in the United Kingdom, featuring the distinguished and popular artists, Henry Ainley and Jane dale, who will he remembered in the “Fringe of War,” “The .Middleman,’' etc.

Some unusual importations of Oregon timber have recently been landed, and betoken (hat the sawmilling industry of the district is approaching its end. The timber in fpieslion, says the Dargaville correspondent of (he Auckland Herald, was wholly of long lengths, for wide building spans, now unobtainable in kauri. Ail the seven district sawmills are in full swing, and a plentiful supply of logs is now assured for the remainder of the year. During the months of January, February, and March the exports of sawn timber from Kaipara were valued at £ 11,571). For (he week ended May 2nd, (he exports were valued at £!),I3S.

Sir Robert Stout sounded a note of warning at Tuesday's sitting of the Levin-Greatford railway deviation Commission when evidence was being heard on land values in the Rangilikei district. Sir Robert said he had seen three land booms in New Zealand since he first came here. Property which was bought at a certain figure only realised half its value when submitted to auction six months later. He said at the presold time there was a liability to over valuation. People wore estimating land values on the price of produce. This was absurd, and people should be careful that such a practice did not lead to disastrous results. —Standard.

An interesting point respecting the amount of furniture which may be retained by a debtor under the Bankruptcy Act was brought forward by the ollicial assignee, Mr W. S. Fisher, at a meeting of creditors at Auckland this week. Mr Fisher stated (hat (he Bankruptcy Act. which provided that a debtor might keep .Cdf) worth of furniture, was over 30 years old ; and tin* provision in (|Uestion was made at a time when the price of goods in Fiew Zealand was much lower than now. This fact had been recognised tinder the Distress Act, an amendment placing the value of furniture which might be retained by a debtor under the Act at £SO. A similar amendment, he said, should have been made to the Bankruptcy Act, but no alteration bait been made, and on that account he was fairly liberal in dealing with the furniture allowance to debtors under that Act.

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The monthly sitting of the Magistrate’s Court will be held locally before Mr J. W. Poynton, S.M., tomorrow. The only indication Foxton gave that it was Empire Hay yesterday was the flying of the flag at the post olllce. Mrs J. Vile senr., of Pahiatua, who celebrated her 09 th birthday on Sunday last, has had the unique experience of seeing no less than five general ions of the family.

It is estimated that pensions to soldiers will reach an annual charge of £200,000, and it is- expected that a further-£IOO,OOO will be utilised in a similar way every year by patriotic societies.

The second of the series ot dances organised by Messrs Morals and Longney will be held in the Masonic Hall to-morrow night. The music will be supplied by Mr R. Healey. The prices of admission are : gentlemen Is (id, ladies Is.

A number of Main Street ratepayers who objected to the recent valuation, met the Government valuer in conference at the Borough Council office yesterday to fry and arrange the values on a more equitable basis. After a good deal of discussion, the owners, with one exception, agreed to a reduction of 33 per cent.

Sir Robert Stout, Chief Justice, has consented to write to the “Herald,” giving his impressions of Foxton and some things he thinks it needs. Sir Robert knows a good deal of what has been accomplished in France by tree-planting in the “Landes,” and will no doubt touch on this (pies(ion, which is of importance to sand drift counlrv.

Although only six members turned up yeslerdny afternoon to assist in (lie work of top-dressing the local bowling green, fairly good progress was made. The work is now practically half done, and it is hoped, with the assistance of members, to complete same within the next few days. Any members able to assist are asked to put in an appearance at the green whenever possible.

The death occurred on Tuesday in Woodville, of one of the oldest and most highly respected journalists in (he North island, in the person of Mr John (irant, for twenty years proprietor of the Woodville Examiner. The late Mr Grant, who was (J 5 years of age, was a man of most genial temperament, and made many friends both in newspaper circles and among the general public, and his familiar figure will be missed from Woodville and adjacent towns. He had been in ill-health for some lime. lie leaves a widow and family of eight children to mourn their loss. Two sons are on active service, one is in Africa, and one in Napier, while four daughters are in Woodville. ft will be remembered (hat some months ago a clever German trick against Britain was being played on American public opinion by a manipulated special edition of London Bunch. It was issued in New York by the German-American organisation there which was responsible for the planning of the bomb and slapping outrages. A representative of the Bunch proprietors, fortunately, who was in New York when this cumiing publication was placed ‘‘on sale,” succeeded in securing the withdrawal of the issue from circulation (under threat of legal action) and the banding over of all the copies printed. We are in receipt from the proprietors of Bunch of a copy of one of those 1 handed over by the enemy. The issue comprises a reprint of very old cartoons from Bunch, cunn mg! y texted to arouse American feeling against Britain.

In an interview in the Sydney Morning Herald a few days ago, the Premier of South Australia (Mr Crawford Vaughan) slated that South Australia had established the lies! recruiting record so far, according to the official ligure>. Yet they had not got all the men required for the new divisions and the reinforcements. With a view to stimulating recruiting a special recruiting train had been run recently, and'this had been so successful that a second train had .just been sent to the south and south - eastern di-'.ricts. These trains were decorated, and carried a military hand and a number of speakers. On the lirst trip an average of seven meetings a day had been held, and on the second the average was live. The train stopped at all important centres along the line, and the meetings were held in the vicinity of the railway stations. local committees making all the necessary arrangements. The results had been most encouraging. If the voluntary system was to continue, he thought the recruiting trains would be found to be one of Ihe best means for creating the desired patriotic enthusiasm. “Every one of us, of course.” Mr Vaughan continued, “prefers the voluntary system if it will supply the quota of men, but if it will not we must adopt conscription ; and it seems to me, at the present rate of enlistment, we are not likely to get all the men we need tinder the voluntary system. The imperative thing' is to win the war, and to accomplish that end we must have the men, whether it means compulsion or not.” “Worth live times its price,” is what everyone says who tries XAZOL for bad colds and sore throats. Prove tiiis to be true. (JO doses cost 1/0. See cheap rates, front pages Laidlaw Leeds’ Wholesale Catalog. Year after year brings increasing proof of the superiority of SHAK LAND’S Baking Powder. Costs less than others —worth more! For Bronchial Coughs, take Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.