LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1628, 24 October 1916, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

J!y a Royal decree the sale of brandy has been prohibited throughout Norway. The import of brandy, wines, beer, ete., Ims also been prohibit ed.

Tin* Salvation Army will bold a linal rally in aid of the Self-denial Fund in the Masonic Hall to-mor-row night. A really good programme has been arranged, and a! the conclusion of same a sale of #ork will lake place. The price of admission is one shilling, children half-price.

The animal liilnal i'nnle>l between Ihe Druids Lodges in No. ■< dislriel look place in llie .Masonic Hall lasl night. The I'mir Lodges in the district competed, and the judge, P.D.I’. Pro. Mullins (Wellington) gave his decision as follows: Shannon lot) points, Levin <>taki So, Koxion 7;‘>. The visiting brethren were afterwards entertained by the local Lodge.

The management of "Our Fie-

lures" announces a picture of exceptional merit for Wednesday evening, "The Warning." Prom the days of Kihm a woman’s power to sway mankind for good or evil has reigned potent and supreme. Her inllnence to raise to the heights or drag to the depths, however, has never been demons) rated with sindi Minding realism as in this powerful story, which strips the sham from human souls with a merciless hand.

The si riel ness with which the (!overniiieiii is interpreting ils rule that no change of surname will be permitted daring the period of the war. is illustrated by the experience of an Auckland family (says the Herald). Not long ago a lady resident in this district, who had children by her lirst marriage, entered into a second matrimonial contract. The children were legally adopted hy their stepfather, and infornmlion was sought from the Internal Affairs Department as to what steps should he tnken to enable them to assume their new father's mime. The .Minister has replied indicating emphatically that under present conditions the alterations desired cannot be made. "Not in any circumstances," be adds, “can the (ioveriinienl countenance the changing of a name during the war."

A graphic account of n visii in Hit' camp ol' tin 1 Miiuri soldiers “somewhere in l<V;inet'," in company with Sir .hunt's Carroll, was given hy Air ,1. ('. I'a it, AM'., in an address a I Auckland recently. The meeting ..I' Colonel I’. 11. Bark (Te llangihiroa) with Sir .lames, anti Ihe manner in which (hey embraced each other and rubbed noses in that lar-01l land, according to the custom nl their ancestors in their beloved Ao-lea-roa, was a. most striking incident- of the visit. Needless to say, "JI end’’ U s Sir James is af--1 eel innately known by his Maori brethren, received a ureal reception, in which the lines! .Maori war dance ever witnessed by the narralor, played a prominent purl. The inevitable “korero"’ followed, but as Mr Barr had another pressing engagement, he was unable to witness more than (he beginning' of this. It lasted three hours, Sir James Carroll addressing the natives for an hour and a-half, whilst Colonel Buck, not to be outdone in his oratorical effort, occupied the same time in his reply.

Last Saturday was (he 111th. anniversary of (he battle of Trafalgar. Mr fleorge Bohert Warren, of Kimbollon, was found dead on the road about two miles from the village. IL* had evidently fallen from his horse. A wife and small family survive. There has been presented to the Palmerston North Museum. |,y Mr I’o.vnton, president of (he local Philosophical Society, a specimen of swamp peal from the far north of Auckland, from which crude kauri gum oil is being extracted. A sample of this oil, with a piece of pitch from the oil, is included in the exhibit.

It is forty years since the Prime Minister saw the Old Country as a lad. He lias been hnmglil up in New /calami, ami looked forward to Ihe

sight of England as a si range, yet familiar spectacle —.-1 range to hi-

vision, but a place which has always iicea dear to hi- heart. The relatives lie left behind as a boy have disappeared one by one, until then* arc only an a mil and a few cottsins left to greet him.

Mr ('. d. Parr, M.P., of Auckland, was asked whether he could, a- the result of his visit to the New Zealand soldiers at the front, give any information as to the most suitable gifts to send to them. “Plenty of sock-, light woollen underclothing, and cigarettes," were mentioned by Mr Parr as the articles that the men said they were most in need of. He did not think there was much need to send anything to cal, a> tin* men were well supplied wilit good wholesome food.

Lloyd'-, the area I London in.-nr-anee institution, do not look for an early peace, a! lea .-I not much before t lie end of next year. This ishown hy the rater- quoted on "peace policies” m late-1 advicefrom the British capital. The Pall Mall Gazette ha- this to say on the .-nhjeci : ‘“Judging hy opinions expressed Jn.-t tow at Lloyd's, we may expect to have peace towards the close of next year. That, at least, i.- the impresr-ion <T underwriters, who are (plot jug Tlgiis, per cent, for •peace' policy extending to December Jlst. 11l 17." Auckland bu-ines- linn- concerned in the importation of '.ran goods from the Lnited State.- find that in some lines of trade it will he impossible to obtain the fiillilment of order- earlier than April of next year. Particular dillieulty is experienced in procuring' the supplies of fencing wire, so much required hy settlers in progressing districts, both as to plain and barbed wing Recent trade advices estimate' that as much as lit * million ton- of iron-manufactured goods are on order in America. One linn alone admits that it is behindhand in the fullilmenl of orders to the extent of six million tons.

"To ilu* l’an-( lennan (lie wln>li* world willi :iII its kingdoms, nations, empire-, .-tuie> ;inil principalities wa> ripe I'm- tin 1 eho.-en and superior met- in mustor, I" plunder jiiul in exploit. Liberty wa- meaningless, democracy ;i delu-ioti. international goodwill ;i mere pretence to iho Pan-Herman, win>. having lust his own liberty. betrayed his mvu denio-i-raoy ami found it profitable to out iho llirmif- nf his neighbour-, devoted him-elf with omhusiasm to

iho task of extending iho lord-lup nf tho Kai.-i-r over all iho imtiuiis of iho earth." —Auckland Ilorahi.

Apparomly the eailing in of artuiols and "authority to wear" js>uod to men who had been rojeotod lias boon the re.-nit of a misapprehension. llonoral Sir Alfred Kobin. when in Dunedin, said the armlets were .•'till to be worn by tho unlit men and the returned soldiers, Conlirtualion of thi- i- furnished in a lotlor rooeived from the Keeruiling Hoard in Wellington by an Auekland volunteer, who had written for delinito information ;—"No nisi motions have been issued by Dofonee Ileadipittrters in the di-lriet military authorities to roeall arm badges and ‘authority to wear' cards issued to men who have volunteered and have been rejected as unable to comply with defem-i requirements. Any man who has volunteered for. service is entitled to an arm badge, whether he is accepted or not."

Among tin 1 "commercials" present at the .-oldiers' farewell entertainment at Kakaia (says the W'airarapa Times) was Mr Norman Stephenson, n Canadian, in a short address. .Mr Stephenson stated that iMnuiloha, at the outset of the war, had given 1,000.(100 bushels of wheal to the Imperial (iovernuieui. The other provinces, not to be outdone, had also made large gifts of material. Saskatchewan gnve 7)0(1,1100 bushels of mils, British Columbia 500,000 boxes of salmon, mid Ontario AOO.OOO bushels of apples. As regards men, Canada had enlisted one out of every three men of military age. Mr Stephenson staled that he had come to New Zealand to sell Canadian made goods, but he tumid the market glutted with goods of "Imikee origin. As a Canadian, that angered him, as Canadians were debarred by tiie high tariff wall from selling in the United Stales; yet they had to compete with the States goods in a British colony. He hoped that when the present great struggle was over the several parts of the British Empire would unite, not merely to fraternise, but In foim a lasting commercial union fur the benefit uf the whole nation.

Wanted Known! Walker unci Fume's is the liriu for value in Household China. Call and see our splendid showing of choice patterns and colourings.

A rehearsal of all those taking port in the Patriotic Concert will lie lichl in the Town Hall at (i o’clock to-morrow evening. A full attendance is requested.

It is not the fuel that England started tin 1 war that enrages the Kaiser, hut the realisation that she is going to end it —Boston (C.S.A.) Transcript.

All the local business places were closed yesterday, Labour Day, and the town presented a deserted appearance. A number of people spent the holiday out of town and at the Beach.

A lady who was present at the "llicial opening of the Anzae Club at f eathersion on Monday was annoyed when she discovered that she could not enter the building without a ticket. “I have eight brothers at tile front,” she remarked to a small company of male visitors. “Take

mine, was the unanimous expression. and tile woman had Italf-a-do/ct! tickets thrust upon her.

A Scotsman who resided at (ho 'oot of a hill had a cow, hut was rather short of grass for her. The honest man. not knowing what to do with the cow. tethered her on the iop of the hill, where site got little or nothing to eat but heather. A neighbour, on seeing this, remarked to l ln* crofter: “Aeh, yer cow lias net king t„ eat on the lap o’ the hill.” “She Imsna muckle to eat, Iml has a gran' view," was the reply.

La-: week ;it Peilding when a marriage lonic place in one of (lie churches ii was deemed expedient hi restrain 1 lie materniy interest of "He of the spectators in the bridegroom iiy keeping her out of (lie i-hurei; (says the Advocate). She ■•laim- to he Ids mother (a (inre de-ltt-ion, thougii she appears to he

quite i!i!eiligen! in other matters) and lias often addressed him as I'Veddie. showing a motherly inter-

est in his concerns that was, to say tlie ieast. embarrassing. As to who site really is no one seems to know.

In a letter to a local resident, Klim. P. Petersen, of the Hide Brigade, writing from hospital, Walton on Thames, tinder date September oth. ~a\s he arrived at the hospital a few days previous, after duty in Prance since April sth. Klim. Petersen participated in the big advance. and suffered from eonens-■-ie.n. followed hy bronchitis. “I am wet line 1 well looked after here,” he write.-. "It is heaven after where I was. However, I think we are starting the finish of this struggle. It is a cruel thing, modern warfare. We are all expecting to see the end before the winter."

Keferring to the settlement and development of New Zealand in the course of his speech at the annual dinner of the Pnkekohe Chamber of Commerce, tin* Hon. (I. . Russell -aid Xew Zealand had an area of IHJ.IMK) square miles only, yet it stood tenth among the countries of the world so far as the number of sheep was concerned. Xew Zealand carried on an average 241 -heep to the square mile, including waste lands, lakes, and mountains, vet we had hardly begun to develop or cultivate the land. In Xew Zealand, especially the Xorth Island, the settlement of land must he the lir-l consideration of the Government of the day.