LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1602, 24 August 1916, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The sum of £3O was stolen from a safe in the Paeroa railway station offices on Saturday night. At no less than IS polling centres in the Pahiatua electorate, Mr Maefarlane, the Labour candidate, failed to receive a single vote, says the Waipawa Mail.

The Palmerston High School Board has decided (,o plant an oak tree In the school grounds in memory of I lie old boys who have fallen at the front.

Major mill Mrs Toomor, of Palmerston NT., will conduct the local Salvation Army services on Sunda v next.

A resolution is to be passed by (lie Wellington City Council tonight adopting the bylaw prohibiting Sunday golf.

Messrs Wright. Stephenson and Co., Ltd., have subscribed £‘20,000 of the war loan. The A.M.P. Society has taken up £250,000.

M. Brinde s.jone des Monlinais, a French aviator who made a serif's of remarkable Mights over Fnropean capitals in 11)13, fell at Verdun and was killed.

Two members of the fiiris’ Guild will be in Mr Simmons’ shop on Saturday evening, from 7 till 8 o’clock, lo receive subscriptions from the young men who are still willing lo assist the Guild.

The monthly silling of the Magistrate’s Court will be held locally before Mr.l. W. I’ovnton, 5.. M., to-

morrow. Only civil cases arc set down for bearing, one being defend-

A a marl': of their appreciation of liis lira very. (In* directors of the National Hank have presented Cpl. (H. (I. Bassett (of their New Zealand staff), who was awarded the Victoria Cross, with a cheque for CtOO. Another N : ew Zealand officer of the Bank - who has distinguished himself in the field is Cpl. B. N. Tavender, D.C.M.

The following :ire tin 1 winners drawn in (he dirls' (Inild raffle mi Tuesday evening;— first prize, I'rained picture. Mrs Freeman; second prize, crochet (able centre, Mr IT Heath; (bird prize, patriotic hearthrug, Mr T>. (till; fourth prize, baby’s jacket', Mr F. Toogood: (iCili prize, pen painted cushion, Mr .1. K. Thomson. Tile amount realised from the rall'le was ,Cl 7 2s.

Tliere was trouble at the Maimers! on railway station on Tuesday when some lime before noon the fox ton (rain jumped the rails in the middle of! the station, thus completely blocking the main line. The incoming trains hail to use the third set of rails and this necessitated some slight delay. Tin* railway staff was ipiiekly at work, however, and after a good deal of arduous toil, soon had matters righted. It is somewhat unusual for our “express’ to indulge in aerobatics.

Petty (hefts have recently beet committed at the Town Hal and the lessee and caret a Ice. have been keeping' a watchful eyi on the promises. On Tuesday nigh after the picture entertainment, M Smith saw what appeared like ; shadow pass into the caretaker’; room. He went into the room am struck a match, but could not sei any one. He shut (lie door am made a closer investigation, am found a boy, who had partly 1m himself beneath some paper under neath a table. The boy’s explanation was that he wanted some wire

In terms of n statement made hy the 1 ’iline Minister as Chairman of Ilia Kecrnil ill u - Hoard recently, a re^ulation is lo Ik- ynzcliod immediately hy which tin* (ioverninent will lake power lo exhibit posters or oilier mat lev relalinif to military sendee in any place where j hey will he open lo public view, as. lor instanee, a shop window, wilh oj wilhoul tile consent ol’ Ihe ownei of Ihe premises. The (loverninent will also lake power to insist on tin project ion on ihe screen in pieture theatres of suitable slides hearing advertising matter relalino to military service. It is understood that the ree-ulalion will he a very drastic

A striking illustration of th harmful results of allowing (dtildre: to face the winter weather insnfliei (‘inly (dollied was j>'iven hy Dr h'di/.a helh Mae Donald in the course of ; lead tire to women on Saturday even inn. !n the inspection of l.llf school children, she had found 2: sidlVrine' Irom permanently affectci hearts. While they had not aeln ally had an attack of rheumatism the constant exposure to cold, am chilling of the body, had sown (lu seeds of serious trouble, from whirl they would suffer permanently Many of the children she had exam died wore nothinu 1 hut cotton oar menls. even iu the coldest weather a custom which could not he to( si ronc'ly condemned.

Mack Scnnetl, dircelor-iii-chic of Kcysionc Triangle Comedies, — H'ho has [»i'o)i;i b) v m;l(h‘ more |)(‘oj)h laugh Ilian iiny oilier mini in lln world —Itirin'd sadly away. “It’s ,• •serious business," he suid, with ;

si,oil, “lo make everybody laugh.' Then he opened u lelegram IVolu (hi’ I’.S.A Navy Heparlmenl, anlborising (he use of u submarine for one id' (lie biggest comedy liluis he hud ever direeled, uud things at (he Keystone olliees began (o hum. Now a submarine id' ilself isn't funny, bid when il gradually ami gently submerges while ils dignilied eommauder is pacing (lie deck in gold braid and a three-cornered ha I and especially when Ihe commander happens lo be Syd. Chaplin —in oilier words, when a submarine is “directed” by Mack Sennett, it is funny. You sit there and look at (he thing 1 and away down deep inside of you there starts a chuckle that gels inure and mure insistent till you shake all over with a kind of mirth you can’t keep down —and wouldn’t if you could. "A submarine Pirate” is a good example of the kind of picture that has made Triangle plays the talk of America from New York to Seattle. If by any chance you haven’t seen it, don’t delay. See it to-night at the Town Hull. Per Children’s Mucking Cough, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.

The lime for accepting applications for Wav Bonds is extended to Ist September, up to and ineluding: that date.

The I’atriolic Shop will lie open as usual on Saturday, and will be in charge of Mrs Baker and Miss Speirs. A special meeting of the Borough Council will be held in the Council Chandlers on Monday next, 28th inst., at 7.80 p.m. sharp. Business: Appointment of inspector, etc.

In summing up in a charge of manslaughter at the .Palmerston North Supreme Court sittings last week, the Chief .Justice said that 8,130 motor cars were imported into New Zealanil in the month of June.

An infant, LI months old, suffering from infantile paralysis, was removed to the district hospital on Tuesday. We are informed that the pa reals are recent arrivals in Foxlon.

The (juccii of the South, with general from Wellington, arrived last night. She will sail again tor Wellington to-morrow morning with a cargo of hemp. The Awahon. nm! laden, from Westport via Wanganui, is expected on Tuesday.

In letter to Mrs Cunningham, from France, under date July 12lh, Biflennm Peter Petersen says that tie had met the following local men at the front: —Pts. Alex. MeAlpine, Jim Connolly, Arthur Hickson, “Nobby” and Boh Jeffries. The writer was in good health at the time of writing, and desired to he remembered to Buxton friends.

Occupiers at land in boroughs, who have one acre or mure under cultivation, nr who own a horse,

row, ol- pijr ;i|'C ir<|liil'o(i l(> ;■ 11j)j> I_\' p;irl i<Miliirs of miiiii' in coti-nci-iidii wi; J i jin

grieull lira! re-

in rns compiled in eonneelion with ihe census to he taken shortly. The necessary forms were distributed in I'oxlon yesterday in connection with the inn Iter. Every economic housewife should make a point of purchasing a recipe at the Patriotic Shop on Saturday next for an eggless, bnrterle-s and milkless cake. Don't make any remarks about it until you try it. It is called the “Canadian War Cake." The recipes will be .-old at (id each by .Mrs Raker and Miss Spelrs. and the cost of the recipe will be saved on the first cake.

The most pleased man in Opiumke on Friday was the man who carried a cradle from the eahind maker's shop homewards. The remarks of the bystanders were; “Good on you- —-the country needs 'em." “Providing for tin 1 40th Reinforcements." .We do not know whether the cradle has yet arrived home, hut the pleased man had to make several stopping places as the congratulations were numerous. Opiumke Times.

The flood waters in the Manawatu river are slowly subsiding, the strong' westerly wind preventing it gelling iiviit as ijuickly as it otherwise would do. The Shannon road on the Shannon side of the bridge is still under water, as also is the Whirokino road. When the llood was at its highest the water was just running over the railway line in places above Rangiotu, but did not interfere with the railway service. Practically (he whole of the ilax swamps in the district are under water, and milling will he hampered for some little- linn l . Advice was received from Woodville at.

midday yesterday that the rive there was falling rapidly.

Youth and vigour in the crowd have mighty little sympathy with the frailty of age (says the Sun). On Saturday night an old and crippled woman stood for hoars on the Lyttelton wharf, lost amid the turmoil of (lie hurried departure of holiday-makers. She wanted to go to Wellington, but couldn't get on board the .Maori. And in all the crowd there wasn't one who would risk bis chance of gelling away by giving a little help to this old woman. Her occasional appeals merely seemed to keep her struggling tinder her burden of parcels from one gangway to another. Filially the Maori sailed, and the old lady was still wailing despairingly on the wharf. She endeavoured to gel on I lie Monowai, but was unsuccessful, until Captain Drewette became a wart 1 of her plight. Then the captain on the Monowai saw to it that all tin 1 race followers in (lie world were not going to stop a neglected old woman from getting a passage on bis ship.

The t ri';i 1 inciil tor the after ofreels of infant ile paralysis inivoilueed by Nurse Heviiai|Ua. Hie specialist who w;is brought from Australia lo ins(fuel Xow Zealand nnr is reported I o 1)0 most sneeessl'ul. Olio ease is given of a child who had not been able to move her log for 2S years, although she had roooived every kind of treatment whioh has hilhorla obtained favour in (he euro of paralysis. The patient had roooived partionlarlv (dose care and attention, being the near relative of a doctor, but tlio ease remained obstinate. After four days of Bevilaqua s treatment, the muscle- commenced to move. The leg was first rested in splints, which allowed the defective muscles to relax, and then the work of “educating’’ or “exercising” then commenced. Rest and education are the main features of the treatment. The cure is sometimes slow. Miss Millar, a Chris tehnreh nurse, has had letters from fellow students in Dunedin, written after Kur.se Bevilaqua’s departure, telling her of many remarkable results, and she expressed herself as ful{y convinced of its beneficial nature.

The money order department at the local post office will he open from 8 till 10 o'clock on Saturday night for savings bank business and the sale of War Loan certificates.

The engagement is announced of Miss Dorothy Taylor, eldest daughter of (he late Mr T. K. Taylor and Mrs Taylor, of Cashmere Hills, Christchurch, to Sergeant-Major F. Luke, fourth son of the Hon. C. M. Luke, of Wellington.

“About half the tin manufactured in (formally is made from the tins recovered from the scrap heaps of other countries,” staled Professor Fastertiehl in (ho course of an address to the Industrial Association in Wellington.

Cue local lady resident, is corresponding with twelve men nt the front, and judging by the replies, i be Idlers are keenly appreciated by the men, many of whom would far rather receive a chatty, cheery Idler than a parcel of niciiaes. Tin- Kev. D. C. Hales wires as follows at noon to-day: —Indications are for southerly moderate to strong winds, xpially at limes; the weather will probably lie cool and changeable, with scattered showers: the night will probably lie very cold. Barometer rising tendency. Sea heavy, tides good swell.

The English i’rizc Court bus :i\v:i rdcd £1,(1114 In the A leanfra and Andes for destroying' the raider '{net; £1.410 to ElO tor sinking the light cruiser t'ndine in the Baltic, and .02,Kid to the warships which --ank tiic Scharnhorse, Oneisonan, and Xnrnimrg in the Falkland Islands hat 1 lc.

h is ii]) t') people id see if they

• ■an help ns to slop this barefaced robbery," remarked :i London agent writing to In's (inn in Wellington. I’his remark is prefaced by the statement that freights were about to he raised from ,C 5 2s (id to £(i 2s •ill, and the assertion that one wellknown line had .just netted a profit of over a million sterling.

•tin- effect of the war has been n reduction in the export of apples to South America, through' lack of transport. Mr T. Horton, the wellknown orchardist of Hastings, is confident thaf very soon after the clu.-e of the war, trade with South America will reach big ligures. His own firm has an order for 200,000 cases at (Is (id f.o.b. Wellington, and for 3,000 eases at 8s (id.