LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1568, 24 June 1916, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tin' weather :' •> ■; with Hie :i11»-jhI;i ni-*> :a- imer--lull Show. Anioncr tii" hue-: I-••••;■• i.y are : Mt-uv W. M Me:-, mid H. Batighcii. T!u‘ iir-i ...f i he under ilu- ui Mary's Church. will In- held in rim Mr.-*i:u: Hall on Friday evening ilex:. The Queen of the Snutit. with general from Wellington, arrive.l thimorning. She will sail agahi for Wellington this evening with r< cargo of hemp. Advice was reeeived a; 11 o'clock lids morning from Woodville that the Mangatainoka river was rising, hut that the Mauawatu river was normal. The loeal management of Fuller's, Fid., announce a special treat for picture patrons on Monday and Tuesday, July ord and till, in the piclnrisalion of Alherr Chevalier's immortal work, "My Old Dutch," a special feature of the picture will he (he singing of the song, "My Old Dnl.ch," by tMr Hornblow during the screening of the Him. Another feature will he an orchestra of six instruments who have also been engaged for llie screening.

The Mayor (Air All'. Fraser) is anxious dial Foxtail should supply a. craniaplioiu 1 for ono of the hutments at Tronlham. ami up lo |ho present. Iho sum of .‘sss (id has boon voluntarily oontribulod. Tlu‘ amount oaoh borough is askod lo ooutribulo is .CIO. Air Frasi'd points out Unit, this form of entertainment is uiuoh appreciated by tin l mon durin>f thw ovoniii}’ , s. Faoh phone will belong to flic hutment., and will bo usod by ouch draff as they lake possession, and will be known by the borough donaliutf if. ,C 8 12s (id is yet, required. Will you help?

iMr -I. Vigor Brown, M.l*. lor Napier, speaking on Hie Budget, said I hill: il' sacrilicc were repaired, (.lit* pimple should he prepared (,o give I,he iilsl. shilling'. Whnl; was the use ol' growling about money it! il was Winded 1.0 help in winning I lie war -' It was only Justice to take prolil gained through the war. It the (Germans won the war some ot the members in the House would he brushing the German’s hoots. He was surprised to hear any loyal man growling about :i tew shillings’ taxation at such a time, as long as he eould get three meals a. day and a comfortable bed, which was a great deal more than the men in the trenches, who were lighting the country’s battle, were able to get. ’Why eould not Ihe Government do away with personal application for contributions to patriotic funds and provide taxation for the lot? He was “game” to go on the public platform and advocate the taking of every shilling of war profits. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, for Coughs and Colds, never fails. See cheap rates, front pages Laidlaw Leeds’ Wholesale Catalog. Buy wholesale from Laidlaw Leeds’ Catalog } it’s tree.

Smoked Fish may be purchased at Walker and Fume’s.* In the annual inter-college match, Wanganui v. Te Ante, played at Palmerston on Wednesday, Te Ante won by 14 points to 11. The record now is, Wanganui 10 wins, and one draw, Te Ante eight wins and one draw. The ease for the Crown in the trial of Rua, the Maori “prophet,” came to a ('(inclusion at the Supreme Court on Wednesday after occupying 11 days. There arc Ki native witnesses to ho called for the defence, and with all their evidence to he interpreted the case is expected to last, well into next week. The Whangarei High School Board decided to dispense with the services of Aliss E. Blumhardt on (he ground that she was a Herman, and that her nationality has a had effect on the discipline and efficiency of the school. The lady then tendered her resignation, and asked to be relieved of her duties at once. “The time is coming, and is not far distant, when New Zealand will not grow cmmgh wheat to supply its own rei|uiremenls, but will have to import it,” said the Hon K. Moore, in the Legislative Council a few days ago. Mr Moore staled that not nearly the same quantity of wheat would he smvn by Dominion farmers this year. At the W ellington Supreme Court on Thursday, the National Cash Register Company claimed from C. M. Ross and Co.. Palmerston N., the sum of ,C1,20(i for alleged breach of eontraid to complete the purchase of certain registers. After a lengthy hearing, the jury returned a verdict for fOOO. Leave wim granted for a new trial. The House of Commons has decided to erect a monument Vo Lord Kitchener, with an inscription expressing Parliament’s admiration of Ids illustrious career and gratitude for his services. Mr Asquith in moving the motion, finished his speech by saying he had known few men who had less reason to shrink from submit ting their lives to Hod’s judgment.

Mr Payne. At.l’., i- an impulsive and somewhal rabid individual. In the House the oilier night he made one of his characteristic interjections. and was promptly told to "-hut up" by Dr Foma re (Native .Mini-ten. Mr Payne s : ijd that he did not take order- from a nigger, 'hi leaving tin- chamber he was followed hy Dr Poim-rc. when it i- ■ _■ 1 eneoum- . : _• - .A - ... - il :: Dr. M‘lt do, -n. : . on. ; t a. .. ..-n ii> .;nown -.ha: a police odder can iv;use to when gavmg evidence on oath, the ~ ittvc," of his information. A ,-a-e in point occurred reocntly in the Magi-tratc'- Court, tii-horne. w hen a Maori wa- the defendant against a claim of t'lo. the value of a hulled; alleged to have been soldi by him. The ni-e was nrevior.-lv bet ore the eriuuua! four!, when Detective M'l.eod gave ,-eriain evidence, lie gave similar evidence in the ,-ivil ease, but refused to answer Mr Dunlop's (counsel for defendant 1 ipiery .m to when* he got most ot his information. "Mr Barton. SAL. upheld Detediu* M'l.eod. and said that an otlicer was not hound to divulge the sources of his information as it might defeat I lie end. of justice.

The Stratford Dost, states a grne--ome. yet interesting, relic of the Oallipoli campaign. Ins been received by Mr Campbell Jackson, ot Stratford. from Lieutenant IL Wood, in the shape of a ‘‘kukri,’ and its sheath. Tins is the useful instrument which invested the doings of |lie Ohurkas with so much interest. It is in the form of an ordinary pruning hook, a weighty, ugly looking customer to run up against.in (he hands of the lighting (ihurkas. The gruesomeness ot the relic is in (he appearance of the blade, which is thickly crusted iwth Mood. Tiie blade was in use a moment before being I omul, the Ohurka owner having been fatally shot. The hml her sheath for the “kukri” has pockets for a small knife and other held accoutrements.

The dTccl ..I* tlu‘ shortage of paper in I lie OKI Country is apparent ini ho size* of some of the London newspapers arriving- by late mails. Mows is condensed to its utmost. Tin l Times of April 21st was down (o ton pages, and the Daily Telegraph, another of the penny journals, was similarly curtailed. The ease of the halfpenny papers, which of course, have to deal with huge circulations, is even more striking, for the Daily News was brought down to six pages and even to four pages for one issue, and the Daily Chronicle to six. According to private advices, advertisment rates have been advancing persistently, and an indication of the tendency is ■ given in the domestic notice column of the Times, which was charging 7s (id for four lines, and is now charging I Os (id for three lines, and half-a-crown for every additional line. I

The Now Zealand Slot Machines Company have just installed their confection machines in the Royal Theatre, and patrons will be able to obtain confections whilst viewing the pictures by simply putting a penny in the slot. A slide will be thrown on the screen showing how the machines are used.

Mr William Mowbray, one of the most respected residents of Lower Hull, died on Wednesday morning from heart failure. Deceased, who who was 81 years of age, was bom in Leicester, England, lie arrived in Wellington in the ship Midlothian in 18511, and conducted the school, which eventually became known as the Thorndon School, with great success, and when it was taken over by the Board of Edueatiou he was retained as its headmaster.

The Shannon Dairy Company were successful in winning the Lovell and Christmas Cup, valued at ei guineas, and two 3rd prizes, at I lie reeent Taranaki Winter Show, also one Ist prize at the Waikato Dairy Show, and a '2nd at the National Dairy Show at Palmerston. It is gratifying that the* local company can compete successfully at these shows, and the popular manager, Mr Aim, is to he congratulated on his success.

A Napier recruit recently found himself face to face with a difficult problem which lie soon solved to his own entire satisfaction. When ho reached Trentham, he was asked to nominate his next-of-kin, hut failed to do so. “Have you not got some relative?’’ asked the recording officer. “No,” he replied. “Not a friend ?” The recruit, on being pressed to name somebody as a “prospective friend," reluctantly added : ”Dh, put down Vigor Brown: he’ll be good enough for me.” The name of the member of Parliament for Napier was thereupon recorded.