LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1638, 16 November 1916, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Opening entries tor the Himatangi stock sale to be held on Monday, appeal - in this issue. The Patriotic Shop will be open as usual on Saturday, and will bo in cbar (, e ol Mrs Baker and Miss Speirs. A meeting of the Commilte of the local Horticultural Society will be held to-morrow evening, at 7.30 o'clock. Racehorse owners and trainers are reminded that acceptances for ibe Bedding .loekey Clubs meeting dose 10-morrow night, at S.-50 o - (dock.

A London cable message states lhal Sir -Joseph Ward emphatically denies the report circulated in New Zealand that he is succeeding Sir Thomas Mackenzie as High Commissioner lor New Zealand.

The Military Appeal Board (Wellington distriel) will bear t lie first ;i ppea I at Wanganui to-morrow (Friday). Another appeal will be beard at ITawera on Monday of next week, and a third at Palmerston North on the following Wednesda V.

The Bluff Press recently offered a prize for 4lie most original answer lo the question: ‘‘What would you do to the Kaiser if you caught

him?" The winning answer proved to Ik l as follows; —“If I caught the Kaiser I would give him a Brit-i-h conscience and let him renew all rile deeds lie has done.' 7

A movement i.- on foot among Welling!on school teachers to prevent the summer holidays for schools commencing' before Decemiier 21st. The renson (snys the Dominion) is that il is considered advisable to have as much vacation as possible after Christmas. One big factor is the weather, and experience has shown that it is always more settled after Christmas limn before it.

At the Carter!on Magistrate's Court on Thursday, slates the

.Vows, a .Maori at the end of the heaving of a case against him, slated to the Magistrate, “I s.-ry, what about my expense? I borrow money to come here.” "I can’t help that,” replied the Magistrate: “you'll have to pay that back yourself." “Ob, -well!” came the resigned reply from the wily Xative, “there's no harm to ask; I jus' thought I might catch something.'”

There Mould lie much gratification in racing circles throughout the Dominion at the fact that a Xcm Zealand owned and bred horse hawon (he mucii-eoveted .Melbourne Cup, the biggest handicap race in the. Southern Hemisphere. Sasanof, the three-year-old ManianCkraine gelding, owned by Messrs Y\. G. Stead and Lull roll, won the Cup on Saturday, his neare-t attendants being Shepherd's King (winner of the Caulfield Cup). St. Spa.-a and Lingle.

The death occurred at Sydney on iho Ist ill't a lit of Mis Hubert Wallbutton. relict of the late Mr Robert \\ allbnttoji. Tile deceased ladv. who was i•> years of age. with her hnshand. were among the earliest sell lets ot this district, residing in Foxtail for many yea is. Her httsImnd predeceased her sixteen yea is ago. and shortly after his death the hue Mis WalllntUon left Foxlon for Sydney, and has since resided there with her daughter. The deceased leaves a family of three sons. William (Foxton), (ieorge (Hawke's Hay), and Arthur! Foxlon). and one dangluer. Mrs W. .1. (till (Sydney ).

Another at tempi is being made to 'olve tile mystery of the late I’reMdenl Kruger's gold, which is 'itoposed to liave been .'hipped in the 'inall sailing vessel Dorothea from Helagoa Hay in IS■ >7. Thi' i' the seventh expedition in search of the vessel, which was wrecked at Oape Vidal, on the coast of Zulnland. She carried bullion to the value of a million sterling, which it is alleged, wtis slowed in cemenl. The present sea miters’ plan is to construct a, caisson, which will enable them to penerato the accumulation of sand and ascertain detinitely whether the treasure exists. The wreck lies in a lonely spot on a heavily weatherbeaten coast.

According' lo the* lion, .hum's Alim. .Minister Tor Defence. who hits Jus) conducted ;i recruiting I’allv :i! Wanganui, Ihere were 8,00(1 Xew Zealand casual!ies during Ihe rec<'iit lighting on liu 1 Somme, in which 20,000 of (he Dotuinion’s braves! moil had horno the brunt of (In; huhtins'. L must he home in mind that very slight wounds indeed ore chissed amongst Iho casualties. Mr Parr, M.P., told an Auckland audience (he other day that one striking' result of the war had been the wave of prohibition that had swept over Canada, Kight of the nine provinces of Canada laid gone absolutely ‘hlry,’’ and there scented little doubt that the remaining province (Quebec) would shortly follow suit. It was worthy of note that in seven districts the State Parliaments, by direct statutes, had enacted prohibition, without reference to the people.

M anted -Known. —We believe in giving tiie utmost value for every penny expended in our store, and wo guarantee the best qualities always. Let us handle your next grocery order. Walker and Currie, Foxton.

Have you heard the latest? G. T. )\ oodroofe, our local hatcher, iias reduced tiie price of beef by LAd per lb., and mutton by Ad per II). for cash at the shop. By paying' cash and getting their meat from the shop I’esidents of Poston will be able to buy meat cheaper than in any other town in (he district, if meat is required to be delivered, a delivery charge of one penny a pound will be made.

A certain school teacher in the Taranaki education district received an unexpected visit recently from members of (he Board, put on an air of indignation on ac- * count of not being warned of the visit, says the Argus. Wo know these particular members of the. Board, and airs of indignation will cause no more disturbance to them than would the proverbial operati- " on of pouring water on a duck’s buck, as probably the aforesaid teacher has now discovered. The best thing for teachers in this district to do is to keep things in apple pie order and then surprise visits will not create for them any disi ress of mind.

A most cheering and refreshing story, which lias the added attraction of being true, has come my

way (says Lneia, in a southern exchange). Ii coneerns a professional man, who some litlle while ago began to steer his professional and domestic course straight for Ihe bow-wows, tic followed the joyous life with gay abandon, and only woke up when bis Honour murmured ‘•Decree nisi,' 7 and his brother pros, lore down his shingle. So he “weal for a sojer, 77 and camp life and (he hard and healthy training' worked regeneration. Coming down to Christchurch on leave, 1m met Ids divoreed wife in the street one day, and so gladdened was she with the way he had straightened up that she look him right, off to the registry oilier, and they were remarried . Now, isn’t that a charming litlle romance?