LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1579, 20 July 1916, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A reliable man for baker’s cart is advertised for. Wbitaunui, Ltd., lias contributed ,fIS and Dr. Wall, of Wanganui, .Ci), towards the Hayes Fund at Shannon. K. Cochrane, a feeder employed at the Whitaunni mill, had two of his lingers badly crushed in the stripper on Monday. One of the lingers was subespuenl ly amputated at the lirst joint. The following is an extract from a letter received by a member of the local tlirls’ Guild from a member of the sth Reinforcements “somewhere in France’-’: “I can tell you that the hoys out. hero are very pleased with the way tho Foxtori Girls’ Guild are carrying on their work. I have seen a lot of clothing (hat you have sent; in fact, I have 1 received some of them myself, so know what they are like. The shirts I had lasted well for the work 1 had to do.”

The Legislative Council Amendment Bill, read a first time in the Council yesterday afternoon, proposes to flet'er until Ist January, 1020, the operation of the Act passed in 1014, providing 1 for the election of Councillors on a system of proportional representation. The Rill further makes provision that members appointed after the passing of iho Act and prior to 1920 (instead of Ist January, .1017) shall retain their seats until Ist January, 1924, instead of Ist July, 1921.

The possihililies of a well-estab-lished system in the United States, the selling of debentures of local bodies to provide funds to build roads and also bridges, were touched upon by Councillor Allan Robinson at the Wanganui County Council meeting recently. The system is one which has sprung up with the advent of the most desirable of all highways —the reinforced concrete road, which costs 4s 3d per square yard, or £2890 per mile. Councillor Robinson pointed out that if the system were in vogue, settlers could buy debentures if they wanted a road.

in the Supreme Court at Wellington on Tuesday, the Registrar, Mr W. A. Hawkins, read the reserved judgment of his Honour Mr Justice Hosking in the case recently heard by way of originating summons, to determine the right of (In* i’ukekohe Borough Council to pay off its overdraft out of loan raised by the authority of a poll of the ratepayers; also, having paid off the overdraft, was the borough entitled to take advantage of the section of the Municipal Corporations Act which provides that the amount borrowed by way of overdraft shall not exceed the amount of income received from rates levied in any one year. His Honour held that such must be (ho limit of the borough’s borrowing from its bank, but the bank, acting in good faith, was not under a duty of making enquiry whether the advances it was requested to make would lead to a breach of the section of the statute referred to.

The congregation of St. Patrick’s Church. Palmerston North, was addressed on Sunday night (reports the Standard) by Messrs Johnson and Walsh, of Wellington, who are representatives of the Diocesan Council. After thanking the Rev. Pat her M’Manus for his welcome on their arrival, the speakers urged the Catholics of Palmerston North to strongly support the federation in its endeavours to obtain the subsidising of Catholic schools by the State. As a means to this end, Catholics were urged to support the proportional representation movement, because Catholics comprised one-seventh of the population of the Dominion, and with a representation of that capacity it is considered that a fairer deal will be given to Catholic schools by the State. The enormous amount of money paid by Catholics towards the upkeep of State schools in the year 1915-1(1, with education costing 29s 3d per head, was emphasised. The work already accomplished by the federation, such as the suppression of immoral literature from public sale, and the* elimination of text books offensive to Catholics in State schools, etc., was also dwelt on by the speakers.

W hy let a cough trouble you when NAZOL will give you relief"/ Pleasant and soothing. Children like it. AVonderfullv cheap —00 doses for 1/6.

Sow “Yates’ ” Seeds and satisfactory results are ; inevitable. Eresh supplies of Vegetable and Elower Seeds just to hand. Call on Walker and Eurrie, Eoxton.

Eor Bronchial Coughs, take Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.

Cons! a Mo Woods visited Wellington yesterday to give evidence at tlie Magistrate’s Court in the charge of alleged murder against Ernest Devoin. He returned to Foxton toda v.

The Queen of the South, with hemp, sailed for Wellington yesterday. She is expected hack with a cargo of general to-morrow afternoon, and will again load hemp for Wellington.

Two members of the committee of the Girls’ Guild will he at Mr C. Simmons’ shop from 7 to 8 o’clock on Saturday night to receive subscriptions from the young men who have signified their willingness to help the Guild. The following new books have just been received at the Library:— “Zent ley’s Conscience” (Paul Trent), “ Love in Fellers ” (Richard Marsh), “The Money Master ” (Gilbert Parker), “The Borderer” (Harold Bindless), L nre.-t (Warwick Deeping), Ncwholdl).

There is on view in Mr Golder’s window a handsome solid silver challenge cup, presented for drill competition by Captain G. C. Hamilton, Brigadier-Major of the Grenadier Guards, Wellington, and won by the C Company, which comprise men from the Foxton Infantry. Mr McMurray is the officer in charge of C. Company.

At the Magistrate’s Court at Wellington yesterday, Ernest Devoin was committed for trial on a charge of murder as a sequel to the deatli of Louisa White, who died as the result of a wound from a revolver allegedly tired by Devoiu on (lie night of March 27(h, in Nairn Street reserve. Devoin had previously been charged with attempted murder, hut (he woman was so critically ill then that the trial was adjourned in view of the possibility of a more serious charge.