LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1613, 21 September 1916, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Town Clerk notifies that the lease of the Target Reserve will be offered by auction on Monday, October 23rd.

The Patriotic Eh op will be open as usual ou Saturday, and will be in charge of Mesdumes Kerr-Hislop and Kellow. There will be a guessing competition for a lamb on Friday and Saturday.

Wanted Known. —“Sutal” is the tea with the delicious fragrance. Nothing to equal it for flavour and quality. Sole agents: Walker and Furrie.

Don’t nurse a cold —rout it quickly by taking NAZUL. Ready for use when bought—pleasant to take — always efficacious. Sixty doses for 1/(1.

The Tiisntiiniiiu Assembly, by 12 voles U> 4, passed the Daylight Saving Bill, which provides for pul ling' the eloek forward an hour at midnight on the first Sunday in October, and hack an hour on (he last Sunday in March.

The net proceeds of the Anzac Art Union, the prizes of sheep for which were provided by Mr P. McHardy, amounted to £15,300. Captain Eckford, (he winner of the 'first prize (1,000 sheep or £1,000) contributed £250 of (he amount towards the fund.

The importance of the success gained in last week’s battle on (lie Somme front is stressed in a lengthy despatch from Sir Douglas Haig. r fhe result, lie declares, is probably the most effective blow yet dealt the enemy, and it is noteworthy that the New Zealanders played a part, and played it well,-in the attack.

Anolher .curios old coin has come into the possession of a .Wellington resident through the medium of a tram conductor. It is a William 111. half-penny, bearing the date 1700, showing the profile of “(he Great ■ Deliverer” on the obverse, and the familiar figure of Britannia on the reverse. The coin is in good preservation.

Por some time past Levin has been asking that land in the vicinity shall be acquired for closer settlement purposes, and the member for the district (Mr W. 11. Field) has made representations to the Government on the subject from lime to lime, with the result that negotiations have been entered into for the purchase of portions of more than one large estate in the district.

At the Magistrate’s Court, Christchurch, yesterday, before Mr T. A. Ik Bailey, George Samuel Thomson wtis charged with a breach of duty imposed by the war regulations in failing to display a military poster handed him by a postman. Am-us-ed said he was an international Socialist, and president of the Conscription Repeal Society, .lie was cal short by the Magistrate, who fined him £SO.

Miners have been a diminishing 1 quantity in New Zealand for some time past, but the shortage of labour has not hitherto been acute in the mining auxiliary trade,-. Now it is reported that difficulty is being experienced in obtaining truckers, brakesmen, and others, whose assistance is essential to the carrying on of the industry, though their work does not demand the same degree of skill and experience as that of the miner.

The front path and assembly til the local State school needs asphalting, and the Committee lias had the matter in view for some lime, but the lack of funds has been the drawback. Mrs Austin-Johns) on luis kindly come to the Committee's assistance in the mailer, ,and has generously offered to defray half cost, which, with the £1 for £1 subsidy, will enable the work to be carried out.

A Christchurch resident has just received two postcards from a relative who has been a prisoner of war in Turkey since (he early part of August, 111.15. The postcards slate that the prisoners are well fed and are in good health, but a complaint is made that though every other unit among (he prisoners has bad money, sent to it at times, the New Zealanders have not received a penny since the time they were captured.

A matter which has been the subject of consideration for some considerable time has been a proposa to establish a fishing settlement at (he mouth of the Waikanae River, and also the construction of works to permanently divert tlic river's course straight out to sea. With this idea in view, Mr T. Ward, surveyor and engineer, under instructions from the Government, made an investigation and report, and more recently the Hon. Dr. McNab (Minister of Marine) and Mr W. If. .Field, M.P. for the district, made a personal inspection of (he locality, and con I erred with the fishermen and others interested in the proposal. The position has recently been rendered very acute bt* the movement of (he mouth of the liver further soul h, thus endangering cottages and other

buildings belonging to lishermen and settlers located (here*. Koine twenty years ago the course of the river at the mouth was practically at right angle's to the coasi, but it has gradually forced its way a mile or more to (he south, until now the mouth is in the vicinity of Kenakent Point, and if it is allowed to go further considerable destruction of properly is likely to result. The recent Hood and I In* strong gale and high tide's of last week have l reude'reel the position of the l lishermen still meire pree-ariems. A fortnight age), Mr Thompsein, Chief Drainage Engineer, was sent by the Government, at Mr Field’s request, with Mr T. Ward, te> e-emsider the latter’s proposals. A complete inspection was made, and a full report has been sent into the Government. In additiem te> the river works prepared, it survey has been made of a fishermen's township at the mouth e»f the river, and also of a new road to give access to the railway. The action of the sea south of the river hits had the effect of winning a considerable area of land, which will probably becemie Government property, and, if planted, afford some ( recompense to the Crown for the proposed expenditure. The season has now come for hot steak and kidney pies—a good meal for school children.—At Perreau’s.*

For Home Defence against; coughs, colds and sore throat get RAZOR Handy, efficacious and moneysaving. Sixty doses cost only 1/6,

An advertiser wants to rent ;i

furnished collage.

A special meeting of the Foxlkju Borough Council will be held in the Council Chambers on Monday next, at 7.30 pan. Business : General.

.Air K. .Mather, hairdresser and tobacconist, notifies that he will

commence business in premises lately occupied by the late Air Al. Littlejohn, on Saturday next.

At the New Zealand Miners’ Conference, which has been silting in Wellington, a resolution was adopted condemning the National Government for inactivity in regard to the cost of living.

The other day a Alastertonian caught an eel in the Wainguwa river weighing I2lbs, in the inside of which were discovered three

trout, each measuring !) inches

The Gueen of the South, hempladen, sailed for Wellington yesterday afternoon, but stuck at the Fishermen’s point, and is still there. The Awahou, coal-laden from Westport, is expected next Thursda v.

Those who are backward in paying their debts and are subjected to the gentle persuasion of court proceedings are to be given a change in the colour of their summonses. In future these will be white, instead of blue, as in the past.

Tin* town clerk of Dargaville has received a telegraphic direction from the Solicitor-General (says the Auckland Herald) that Alfred Gregory, a member of the Borough Council, who was the other day convicted and fined for refusing to exhibit a military service notice on his business premises, has forfeited his seat on the Council. The forfeiture is brought about by the fact, that the Military Service Act provides for a penalty of 12 months’ imprisonment as an alternative to a line.

The New York Journal of Comim,i,c(‘. America’s leading business [>; ij editorially declares that some of the recent utterances of (lie Kaiser raise the question whether his mind is not seriously unbalanced. The journal declares that there may he nothing strange in the Kaiser's oft-expressed claim of divine authority, lint when he tells his soldiers that Britain brought on the

war to destroy Germany, “the most peaceful and peace-loving people in the world," no conclusion is possible hardly except that his utterances are the product of a hopelesslv unbalanced mind.

A block of seventy-two acres of land at Waikanae, the property of Mr \V. H. Field. AI.F., was offered for sale in three 2-f-acre lots in the Chamber of Commerce, Wellington, on Friday afternoon, but as the owner's reserve was not reached, the land was not sold. A further block comprising l(i acres, was offered in two-acre lots, three of which were sold, the purchaser being Mr 0. Bamsbolham. a returned soldier. The price realised for the land was fldt) pur acre. The X.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., conducted the sale, the auctioneer being Mr IT. G. George. —Dominion.

Snys tin 1 Otaki Mail; —"II is quite a loii”- time since we had a* first - class concert at Otaki, therefore (he entertainment to ho given by the Foxton Concert Company on Friday night next should he heartily welcomed hy the music-loving public. The whole of the entertainment will he provided hy the visitors — who number no less (Inin 41 performers. The-programme comprises orchestral items, songs, duets, choruses, humorous songs, musical sketches, etc., and the costumes and mounting- of the performance will he special features. There is much musical talent at Fox-ton, and as this concert, when recently given in that town, was characterised as one of the brightest and best affairs ever staged there, all who attend on Friday night should he assured of a pleasant evening.

The Huai reliear.suls of the Patriotic Concert party which is to proceed to Otaki to-morrow, have been held, and everything points to an even more .successful affair than was held locally. Only four or live are unable to make the trip. The means of transit has caused Mr Aitkeu and Mrs Freeman a good deal of hard thinking, and not a little worry. However, some publicspirited car owners have come to the assistance of those responsible and il is anticipated that the transport diHit'll 11y- will he solved. Among- those who have placed their cars at the disposal of the party arc: Mrs Anslin-.Johnslon, Mr Signal, Mr Nishctt, Mr W. E. Barber, Air Howell (Shannon), Air Alex. Ross, Air .1. Buglass, Air W. Nye, Air Harper, to whom special thanks is due. The cars will leave the Town Hall at 4 p.m. sharp to-mor-

row. All interested may rest assured (hat the sacrifices they are making' on behalf of our sick and wounded hoys at the front is worth while and keenly appreciated.

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