LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1594, 5 August 1916, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Thu Queen of llu 1 South, hemp l.iik'ii, soiled Cor Wellington yester<l;iy, :uid is due book again with general on Tuesday.

A loeal resident, of many years standing informs ns that llu* weather on Wednesday was Ihe coldest experienced since settling' in the dist rict.

Owing to the Hood in the river, llnxmilling' operations will be hampered, a number of the swamps being under water, which will stop llaxcnltbig until the water subsides.

The star lilm picture, “The Imposter,” m:is not screened :it Ihe Town Hal! last nigh I, owing 1o the hold-up of ihe railwajvs. Jl will bo screened this evening', together with other spoeial attractions.

An interesting item with regard to Lord Kitchener comes from the London Observer“Lin'd Kitchener’s eoat-of arms was a perfect menagerie, for it contained an elephant, a camel, a gnu, a stag, an eagle, a lion, and three bustards. The selection redacts his connection with Egypt, India, and South Africa; an orange tree and an Egyptian Hag art 1 other touches of local colour. 'flic niiilto, ‘Thorough,’ was perhaps the must, appropriate to its holder of any in Debrell.’’

It is our painful duly to record the death of the wife of Air W. 4. Bees, which look place at her residence, Maroliri, yesterday, at the comparatively early age of .4.4 years. The cause of death was pleurisy following an attack of bronchitis. Mrs Bees came to New Zealand from England with her husband ahoul three years ago. and previously lived for a short time at Wellington and Mauakau prior to Mr Bees' appointment as manager of the creamery at Maroliri. The late Mrs Bees was held in high esteem by till who knew her. A husband anil son (right years of age I are left to mourn their loss, Tim funeral will take pla<■<■ to-mor-row (Sunday). leaving Mr Bee-.' re

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be i r.m -Inpp.-.t <.n io ,i Uv.iy at tbe bridge and l>\ tin - mean-- I ravel tha balam-e ot tin- journey. When it elaken imo i-on.-iderat ton Dial. Die depth .'I water on Die road aver age-- from three to eve feei, and that in pla.-e- tin femes are no; visible, and so Dm! io keep on Die road is io a .-eriam extern a ease of guess work, n will he recognised Ibai Die journey ts no; ~ne Dial m likely Io bo nndeviaken for pleasure alone. I ins morning passengers for Shannon were taken from the bridge by boat, as Die depth of waii'r was thought to he ioo much for a horse and dray. The Hood now. however, is falling.

Be kind (o mother, when you were small She kissed and caressed y ou if you had a fall. .Nursed you in sickness, laughed at

your joy. She was your mother, you her dear

hoy. No friend could he kinder, uo

friend could he Inter Than mother—and Woods’ Peppermint Cure! It)

Sir linger Casement has been hangod.

The reports of! (lie loeal Tiiflo Defence Club :in(l Horticultural Society arc unavoidably crowded out of Ibis issue.

The collectors of the patriotic boxes are reminded that proceeds should be banded in as early as possible, and that Air E. Healey has kindly consented to act as receiving officer.

The Minister for Defence (the Hon. J. Allen) presented to the House a summary of expenditure on the war, which totals £8,015,315 up to March 31st last. The total to March 31st, 1915, was £2,207,257; and this rose to £5,808,058 for tin* year ended March 31st, 191(1.

The steamer Bril I aide (3,487 (oris), owned by \V. H. Cockerline and Co., has been sunk. She Avas unarmed. The tir.-l report of (his occurrence was interpreted to refer to the new While Star liner, which is the biggest vessel living the British Hag. The identity of the steamer stink is (ptile clear. It is not the big liner.

At the screening of “Britain Prepared,” at the Town Hail on Monday and Tuesday, appropriate music will he supplied by members of the Pox ton Orchestra, consisting of the following players: Mr H, O'Hara (Wanganui) and Miss Cook, Ist violins: Mr (labiles, 2nd violin; Mr B. Walls Ist cornet; Air Belly baritone; Airs Osborne, bass viol; Miss White, piano, and conductress.

Tin- remarkable series of filing cnllik'd “Britain Prepared," to he screened al Ihe Town lln 11 on Monday and Tuseday next, were taken wild the approval of the Admiralty. War Oflicc, and (he Minister of Munitions, and they {jive a wonderful insight into the extraordinary complete measures taken hy (treat Britain to huild up an army and keep the silent Navy supreme. In London the same series received the patronage of the King and (,)ueen; and the lion. A. J. Balfour addressed the audiences.

An old man, 72 years of age. charged with vagrancy at the Codding police court on Thursday, said he left a township on the .Main Trunk line with £(i in his possession, and since then he did not know what .had happened. It was subsequently ascertained that a few years ago he was worth £22,000, but had met with misfortune. The sympathetic justices, Messrs Pirani and Atkinson, decided to pay the man's fare to the town he came from out of their own pockets, the police undertaking to see he was taken care of! on arriving at his destination.

The gale at Shannon on Wednesday and Thursday was the most severe ever experienced in that locality, and the effects of same are observable in all directions, damaged fences, broken windows, upturned trees and damaged buildings giving evidence of the force of the wind. Several sheds wore practically razed to the ground, a large shed near the railway station was unroofed, a verandah blown from a shop for some distance down tlust reel, and portion of the roof of a new dwelling torn off. The seutchingshed of Air C. 11. Spoil's’ Jlaxmill is practically demolished, and I lie W'eka mill is minus part of the roof and walls, sheets of iron from same being blown for several chains. The fibre in the paddocks has been “blown up" in all direc--1 ions.

During I lie week heavy mins have been experienced in tin* country ahove (lie iUauawatu (lorge, with the result that the -Manawafu river is in hea\\ 11 oiu 1, (he low-lying country in (his district being covered with flood water. The river week, and was running' a "hanker" on Thursday, and still rising. On Thursday night the (loud waters inundated the low-lying- country, and yesterday the road from ihe bridge to within a (puu'ler of a mile of Shannon was covered; the depth of water being from three to live feel. The water also overflowed the slop banks near Walden's Corner, and the road there wa • covered for several chains. The llood. which is one of the higge-t experienced for some lime, was at its highest yesterday afternoon, and is now fallnig. a fall of two feel being reported from W'oodville at 5 o’clock ye-terdav afternoon.