LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1566, 20 June 1916, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr K. A. Speirs. farmer, of Foxlon. is among those who have recently enlisted in litis district. Wain fell throughout this district last night, after a spell ol dry. frosty weather. Well over €I.OOO has been received in Bedding for the widows and orphans of tin* sailors who lost their live.- in the .hit land fiii'hl. I'p to December Hilt, IDS New Zealand journalists have been accepted for active service. Of these, eight had been hilled in action, one had died of wounds, one was missing, eighteen had been wounded, and six invalided. A Wairarapa farmer wrote to the treasurer of the local patriotic fund ; ‘‘.My wool returns for the season 1014-IA came to .C—,700 ; owing to Ihe war, relurns lor the season 11)15-11! came to ,€5,200 ; balance in my favour €SOO, for which please, find cheipie enclosed.” Sir Joseph Ward, in an interview at Christchurch, said he did not anticipate any dillicully in slating' what are war profits. lit* was confident that the (loverninent would be able, by legislation, to effectively carry out every proposal in the Budget. Machinery for doing this will be provided in taxing measures, which will be submitted to Parliament after the Budget has been discussed. A Wellington correspondent writes: —It is being whispered about the lobbies that; the Labour party are not a very happy family, at least one member contemplating severing his connection with the organisation in consequence of recent happenings, and it will not be surprising if another group of Progressives still owing allegiance to the Liberal Party, takes shape before the end of the session or early in the next recess. Unlike cough mixtures, NAZOL goes direct to the seat of trouble, and quickly soothes and relieves. No cold is Nazal proof.

Tli(> local School Committee meeting will Ih> held 1 his evening’. A. meeting' of the Horticultural Society CommiUeo will he held this evening. A full utlendunee is requested.

At Otnki on Saturday. £l2O 14s 2d was collected on behalf of (he fund in aid of the widows and orphans and dependants of the sailors

The card tournament between the railway and local friendly societies, to have taken place this week, has been postponed until next Thursdav week.

The Patriotic Shop was opened as usual on Saturday last, and was under the supervision of Misses Greig and Norah Robinson, who had a very successful day, the takings conlsiluting a record. Gifts are gratefully acknowledged from the following’ ; —SMesdames John Robinson, Harvey, (lias. Symons, das. If. Robinson, Ilea ley, A. lex. Ross, Raine. dohn Ross, Purcell, \\ . E. Barber, Hisses N. Robinson, 4. Ross, Greig, Speirs. .Messrs Hughes, Greig, Nye, Bullard, P. W. Brown, Buwe, and Whitaunui, Ltd. Next Saturday the shop will be in charge of Mesdames Mandl and Alex. Ross.

An instance of hardship due to (he war was mentioned in the Auckland Police Court on Saturday (says the Herald), whim an Austrian named John Groger was charged with vagrancy. Chlcf-Dctectivc M’.Ma lam explained that the defendant had presented himself at Ihe police station, and had said he had no money and no home. He had no place to go to, and no friends. He also said he had a hard row to hue on account of his nationality. The chief detective mentioned that Hu* Salvation Army had ottered to h»ok a Her the man until work could he found for him. The defendant was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon.

Many school committee members and ollters interesled in educational mailers will regret to learn that Mr Fred Cirani, who has given twenty .(■ears service on the Wanganui education Board, lias definitely decided to retire at the end of July. Mr Cirani has occupied llte position of chairman for the past ten years, having succeeded the late Mr Bridge in that capacity. It is mainly due to tin 1 energy and hard work put into the position by Mr Cirani —often at the sacrifice of In’s own business interests —that educational matters in tin* Wanganui district are on such a satisfactory basis. Messrs D. IF. Guthrie, M.C., G. FT. Benin*!t (Calmerston X.j, C. O’Dea and FL Dixon t flawera ). and F. Curnell (Martoii) are some other members of the Board that will not seek re-elociioii. Air Alt'. Fraser has decided to stand for re-election.

Conscientious objectors and “shirkers” were the subject of some criticism by Sir Robert Stout during the coarse of an address delivered at Xapier recently. “A few on religions grounds object to war."

said the Chief .Justice, "i honour I In' Society of Friends for their consistency, for their philanthropy, and for the many services which titc\ have rendered to humanity, but unfortunately freedom would tanish from the world if erne! men or nations were allowed to dominate mankind, tmd we must defend onr lives and liberty by war. Some tell us that they tire loyal, but -ay that they are not prepared to leave New Zealand to light for their Motherkind or for the Empire. It is not on religions grounds they take up this attitude."

The spirll of economy is evidently carried out to the letter on the Met liven branch railway line, says I hi' Ashburton Guardian. On Wednesday (‘veiling, when tile train from Raktiii. to Melhven had passed La illusion station, the guard, mitered the lirst--class smoking carriage and politely asked (lie lliree occupants whether one lain]) would lie sullicienl. On receiving a reply in the a flirnm f ive. he turned out one of the lamps, and mentioned that there had hct'ii some talk at headquarters about llie consumption of gas on the train. After the guard had left, the subject of conversation naturally turned towards ecouoiuv, and a Met liven farmer suggested that if the same economy was extended further into the higher ranks of the Railway Depanmeat perhaps some practical saving would he made.

lirl(Triii”' to iho resolution pussmi at u “mass’ 7 meeting of llu* Mamiwulu l ,, laxmill Employees’ Union moot in”, calling upon members ol iln i I nion to go out on strike if I lie .Mililary Service Hill was passed. the Levin Uhroniele says : “'l’iie decision of the Mauawatu Elaxworkers’ Union I hat it will strike work as soon as the Compulsory Military Service Hill becomes law, is regrellable Today we are faced with the imperative need for sending forward New Zealand's share of men for the Empire's defence. By comparison with the Bel man Empire, it is an empire well worth savin” and if any leader amongst the flax-workers''of the Manawatu doubts this, he knows very little of the subjects he is supposed to give a lead upon. The union,as a whole, we feel sure, will not give active effect to the resolution it arrived at last week ; there is too strong a basis of fair judgment in (he average aggregation of meat to allow of so fatal a blow being struck at the basic principles of progress and self-defence in combination. 77 For Bronchial Coughs,, take Woods 7 Great Peppermint Cure. A livst-class selection of Prams and Pushcarts now await inspection at Walker and Furrie 7 s. Call and see the many ideal conveyances for baby's comfort, j

The funeral took place at Taihape on Friday of Air Archibald Ale Coll, brother-in-law of Air T. Henderson, of Eoxton. The late Air Ale Coll was one of the oldest and highest esteemed farmers of the Taihape district. He was accorded a Alasonic funeral, the cortege being one of the largest vet seen in Taihape. The Mayor is moving in the mat- a i lor of a H ording Foxtou an opportunity of doing something for the Navy Relief Fund. Already he has asked for a performance to provide an opportunity for the public in assist, and no doubt other steps will he taken to supplement the fund when it is opened, lost in ihe recent naval battle. Enlistment figures are of more than ordinary interest in a cosmopolitan country like Canada. Statistics recently to hand show that the people were divided into four classes —Canadians of English, Scotch, or Irish descent. FrenchCanadians, immigrants from the Ended Kingdom, and foreign-born people in Canada. The population of Canada is estimated at eight millions. Of these, SS,O(K) Englishspeaking Canadian-horn men enlisted, or 28 per cent, of the total enlistments. Canadian-horn French numbered 44b,000, a. total of 12,000 enlisting, or 41 per cent, of the total. British-born men from the United Kingdom numbered 307,000, and 180,000 enlisted, or 01 per cent, of the total. The foreign-born totalled 300,000, and of these 18,000 enlisted, or about (i per cent, of the total.