LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1609, 12 September 1916, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Men »of military age (1 wenty In forty-six years) should read earelully an advertisement in this issue setting out the obligations of Reservists under the Military Service Aet in refill'd to enrolment in (he Expeditionary Force Reserve, it ihey Imve not registered under (he National Registration Aet, or to notify their new address if their place of abode has changed since registration. Every man of mililary age who comes within the foregoing category has a duty under the Aet. Neglect or delay in this matter makes offenders liable to heavy penalties, including imprisonment. A Reservist who fails to report a change of abode may be charged with desertion. The employment of non-enrolled men or deserters is prohibited. A warning is given that onus of proof in every case under the Act is on defendant. Another important reminder is that it is safer I<> register than to attempt evasion of duty. Enrolled men have 1 the chance of the ballot; men who are not enrolled may he sent straight into earn]). Cards, forms, information, and assistance are obtainable at any post office.

Jeremiah Cochrane, aged sixtythree, attempted to commit suicide with a razor at Tinwald on Saturday afternoon. lie was (alum to the hospital, and is recovering. The hotelkeepers in Dunedin are (hiding their liar takings considerably reduced. They are prepared to go on a little longer and give the anli-shonting system a fair trial, lint if no help comes they will have' to consider the question of raising the price of spirits.

John M’Cann, an elderly man, well known as a farmer in the AVes(erlield district, was (hroAvn from a trap tit Ashburton on Saturday afternoon, lie was taken to the Hospital, and died on Saturday night.

Mrs Cal launch, of 1200 Tinakori Road, Wellington, was the Avinner of the third prize in the M’Hardy Art Union. Mrs Cattanach receives for her prize ,Cl 5(1. Curiously enough, says the Dominion, Mrs Cattanach was one of those who Avon 10s a little while ago Avhen Mr M’Hardy passed through -the streets of Wellington, and she invested the amount in tickets. It was one of these that won her the prize.

The lack of ventilation in some of (he class-rooms at the local Slate school has given the Committee some concern for some time past, and a good deal of correspondence has passed betAveen the Committee and Board on the subject. Minor improvements have been effected, but in hot Aveather certain of the rooms were stilling. Under them! conditions it was found almost impossible for the children to concentrate on their Avork. During this Aveek’s recess a double door has been erected on the outside Avail of Standards A 7, and AT. classroom, a single door in the same Avail for Standard IV., and a large double door in the infan) room. Broad concrete steps give easy access from the rooms to the playground, and fresh air will flush the rooms as desired. The work is being carried out by iMr Wilson, and the Board is providing half cost. The improvements will be greatly appreciated by the children and staff.

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The (Inals in the elocutionary competitions at the Show to-night will he taken at t) o’clock.

During the month of August, two head of cattle were impounded by the ranger, the driving fees being two shillings. lin? Queen of the South arrived Jrom Wellington this morning with a general cargo, and sails to-night, for Wellington hemp-laden.

The latest, addition to the telephone list is Mr H. Richmond, coachhuilder and undertaker, No. 80. Only a few more subscribers are wanted to give Foxton an 8. a.m. to 10 pan. telephone service. A fact! One hundred and Jiftytwo Keystone players were taken to hospital in three months. When you see “Crooked to the End,” to he shown at the Town Hall on Wednesday night, you’ll quite understand it.

'(’host 1 responsible for the An/.ac Art Union have been handsomely rewarded by the splendid financial results achieved. The tickets sold realised approximately £15.000, which means that something like .100,000 one shilling tickets were purchased by the public. The friends of Chaplain-Captain Father Do re will be pleased to learn that he is on his way out to New Zealand, and will arrive at Port Chalmers at the end of the month. It is feared that Chaplain-Captain Do re will not regain the use of one of his legs.

Two boys found the bodv of W illiam Ifoss, a retired -dorekeeper, of CastleclilT. in a plantation on St. John’s Hill, Wanganui on Sunday. He had been mi>sing some days, ft is believed that, being tired, Mr Ifoss sa( down in the plantation to rest, and .succumbed to heart failure. There will be no inquest.

The Hon. ( r. W. Ifussell intends to take the platform in a crusade against venereal diseases. He stilted at Christchurch that he is convinced that the subject can be discussed in public, and he is determined to see his scheme carried through. He will lecture in Christchurch.

The third instalment. £5.750, of the fund collected by the school children of Yew Zealand for the relief of the Belgian children was cabled to London on Saturday.’ The’ total sum cabled so tar is £l-I,Tot) —first instalment, £5.4011; second instillment, £3’,(ioo; third. £5.750; and there is a likelihood that the amount will reach £IO,OOO before the fund is closed.

What is New Zealand's man-pow-er for the work of war/ Where is it / This assessment is now the task of the Government Statistician, and heavy penalties may be suffered by ilny person- who hinders or obstructs the work. Every Reservist is under a statutory obligation to give correct information abont himself and his place of abode.

Hamlet was engaged in very serious converse with the ghost of his royal father at the Grand Opera House, Wellington, on Saturday, when a ribald female voice began to chatter irresponsibly at the back of the dress circle, says the Dominion. It seemed like sacrilige. Still the voice ambled on bibnlously, until nearly everybody turned indignantly round to note the soulless interrupter, who at that point burbled: “Him talkin' about Denmark! It's enough to make a cat laugh!” Then the ushers got to work, and silence was restored.

Many complaints have been made by j)al'onls of New Zealand soldiers killed in action that they have been unable to obtain the whole or part of the kit of their sons, though it was handed to tin* proper quarter for forwarding'. The matter now is lo receive a wider ventilation in the shape of an application for a Commission of Inquiry, ft is staled that a soldier killed in action at (fallipoli possessed among other effects an automatic pistol and a money-bag. Letters received by the parents from comrades state that these articles-were handed by them to the proper quarter for forwarding to New Zealand, but though the dead soldier’s other effects have long since reached here, these have failed to arrive.. The lad’s father is now making application for an inquiry.

Before Mr -J. W. Poynlon, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court at Palmerston North last week, the Manawalu Elaxmills Industrial Union of Workers proceeded against P. S. Easton, employer, and C. Collyer, contractor, on a claim to recover a penally of fit) for an alleged breach of Clause 7 of the Elaxmills Employees’ Award in that Collyer charged the employees of Easton IDs per week board on premises leased by Easton lo him. The premises where'the hands obtain board were leased by Easton to Collyer - , and the latter made an agreement with the employer to supply board lo th£ employees. The question arises as (r> whether under the circumstances the caterer was bound by the award, which stipulated that not, more than 17s (id per week could be charged. The defence was that there was no connection between the mill and the hoardinghouse, the latter being a separate business. Judgment was reserved. Mr P. J. OMvegan appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr J. P| limes for Hie defence.

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The prizewinners in the Anzao Art Union drawn at Palmerston North on Friday night included Messrs E. Wauklyn and S. V. Rockell; of Foxton, who secured one sheep each.

It has come to the knowledge of the Otago Daily Times that the first applicant at the Dunedin Post Office for war loan certificates was a Chinese market gardener, who invested the whole of his savings, amounting to £4O, in this way.

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Foxton Borough Council was held last night. Present ; The Mayor (Mr Alf. Fraser), and Crs Henderson, Whibley, McColl, Stevenson, Bryant, Freeman, Coley, Simmons and Thompson.

Rev. .). 11. Bredin left for Mangaweka and Taihape this morning, where, in conjunction with the Rev. Mr Calder, of Wanganui, he will undertake the triennial visitation of the Presbyterian charges of those districts.

A North Auckland Times representative recently met a settler from Northern Wairoa who proudh pointed to a pair of very superiorlooking stockings he was wearing. The sheep was shorn on his property, and the wool spun into yarn, after which his wife set to wort;, anil with industrious Ungers knitted the stockings.

A( :i meeting of (ho Foxton Shopkeepers’ Association held this mornin*’ 1 , it was unanimously decided to close local business pi’cmises at L-. 30 on Wednesdays, instead of 4 ]).m., as hitherto. The alteration will come into operation on the first Wednesda'y in October. (October -Ith).

An order has just been issued by the District Headquarters at Sydney to the effect that the terms of courtesy with which letters are often concluded are to be dropped, tit future, letters .are not to conclude, “I have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant.” but simply to end, ‘•Yours failhfullv."

.Mr Hennessy (Chairman of the Foxton Harbour Hoard) stilted at last night’s Council meeting’ that he had received advice that day from Mr W. H. Field, M.F., that Cabinet had accepted the Royal Commission’s (hiding in reference to the acquisition of the Foxton wharf by the Harbour Board.

Robert Ewart, carrier, of Shannon, died at the Palmerston Hospital at 0 o'clock on Sunday night as the result of injuries received through a cart passing over him at Shannon on Saturday. It appears that deceased was opening a gate, when his horse became restive. He tried to stop it, and fell under the wheels. Mr Ewart was a married man with four children.

When the Australian cruiser Sydney sank the notorious commerce raider, the Hmden, Mr J. B. A’Deane, of Taka pan, cabled a good remittance to the gallant heroes who had done so well. The amount was sufficient tor a good “blow out” for 400 men,' which the remitter fully expected would happen, but to his delight the Sydney's men decided to procure mementoes of that memorable event. The ollices of the Yew Zealand Minister of Defence were secured, and Mr A’Deane increased the cheque, and in due course, every man on the Sydney will receive a pendant shaped artistically to resemble the typical Xew Zealand weapon, the mere. On a gold-en-circling band will be inscribed the dale of the Emden’s fare, and the name “H.M.A.S. Svdnev.’’

At last night’s Council meeting', .Mr Ilenuessy asked if the washhouse at the rear of the dwelling owned by him in Clyde .Street, which was_ destroyed by the recent lire, and was in the brick area, could be re-erected in iron or wood. It, was only a small building about Bft. by 10ft. He did not intend to immediately proceed with the re-building of 1 he* sheds destroyed, and when he did so would probably arrange to have the brick wall between his property and that of Mr Perreau continued to (he back boundary.—CT McC'oll moved, and Cr Henderson seconded, (hat Mr Hennessy’s application be granted. As an amendment, Cr Whibley moved, and Cr Thompson seconded, that Mr Ilennessy. be granted a permit to erect a temporary building in Clyde Street, such building to be removed in nine months. The amendment was carried.

mpa ft from strong" sentimental reasons, French people want to got their lost provinces of Al-sace-Lorraine hack because of their actual value. The provinces contain some of the greatest potash mines in the world. These mines alone yield £4,000,000. worth of potash every year. Naturally, while the Germans have owned them they have made many millions out of them, supplying the world with potash, and with fertilisers from the rock salt which is mixed up with the potash beds. Another fact about Lorraine which will surprise most people is that it has half the world’s supply of iron ore, as well as huge untapped coal deposits. For the coal alone. France would like Lorraine, for she is short of coal, and lias to import It),000,000 tons a M year. Altogether the return of Al- ■ sace-Lorraine will increase France’s annual income by some £10,000,000, so there is a business side as well as a sentimental one to the recapture of the lost»pro vinces.

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The latest enlistments include Mr X. AY. Pearson, clerk, Foxton. Mr J. Stewart, local hemp grader, is at present away and is being relieved by Mr AV. Petrie.

“That all rales unpaid on October Ist be sued for without further notice.”—Resolution passed at last night’s meeting - of the Borough Council.

Arrangements are being made to reproduce the recent patriotic concert on behalf of the Otaki lied Cross Guild at Otaki on the 22nd instant.

The Rev. D. Ci Bates wires at noon to-day as follows: Southerly winds moderate to strong prevailing, with passing showers. Barometer rising temporarily. Sea considerable, tides good swell.

It was decided at last night’s Council meeting, on the motion of Cr Henderson, seconded by Cr MeColl, that Cr Stevenson ho appointed to inspect occasionally all gas engines belonging to the Council and report on anything that may come under his notice.

The Mayor stated at last night’s Council meeting'.that Mr Andrew 7 Jonson had signified his intention of presenting the gun from the old Hyderabad to the Council to lie placed in the Triangle at the Northern end of Main Street. —Mr Jonson was accorded a hearty vote of thanks for same.

A letter was read at last night’s Council meeting from Messrs 11. M. Ries and Son, complaining that the drain through the reserve leased by Mr D. Purcell required cleaning. — It was decided that. Mr Purcell bo requested to a I onee attend to the cleaning of the drain and removal of noxious weeds on section leased by him from the Council.

Airs Fraser has received a letter from Airs Alaekay, Alayoress of Wanganui, asking for the co-opera-tion of the Foxton ladies in the Silver Thimble Fund. Any old silver thimbles or other trinkets for which ladies have no further use are accepted to provide a fund to assist disabled sailors. Several thousands of pounds have already been raised in England by this means, and have afforded relief to our wounded soldiers and sailors. Further particulars will be supplied on application to Airs Fraser.