LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1641, 23 November 1916, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Lily Williams, a married woman, died in the Auckland hospital from burns caused by bedroom curtains, catidling linn

At the Auckland Supreme Court, Thomas Francis Walsh, charged with indecent assault on a child at Gisborne, was sentenced to Iwo years in prison.

George Barnes, about oh years of age, a farmer at Seddon, escaped from Blenheim. Hospital, and was found hanging from a tree on the outskirts of the town. He was mentally defective.

Mr D. Munro, of the clerical staff at the local railway station, lias received notice of transfer to flawera, and Mr F. Xaughton, porter, has been promoted to shunter, and transferred to Auckland.

Under the Testator’s Family Maintenance Act the trustees of the estate of the late John Norton, newspaper proprietor, have been ordered to pay Mrs Norton £25 weekly and £1,380 for expenses since Norton’s death.

Lord Non hbourne, who a few years ago was so incensed at Mr Llody George’s Budget proposals that he publiely announeed that he would roast, a bulloek on his estate whenever Mr Lloyd George went out of ofliee, has now decided to present a bulloek to a forthcoming war charily miction as a. recognition of Mr Lloyd George’s great patriotic services.

Mr Williiiin Si cere, of Kaglan Parade, when walking along Shelly Boat'll yesterday (states the Warnambool Standard of the 13th Inst.) picked up a sealed bottle, which, when opened, was found to contain the following message: —“S.S. , Ist October, 1910. To whom it may concern. This was thrown overhoard in the Australian Bight, six days out from Wellington, X.Z., by the following Wellington boys; Privates Knight, Slack, Brown, Halley, Lance-Corporal Swelling, Privates Clementson, Gardiner, Henderson, Murray, Pugh, Piemming, Tremain. Please notify Wellington papers, and oblige.”

Mr Ole Larsen, a resident of Palmerston for 40 years, is dead.

A llaxmill in the Scoffs Gap district, Southland, lias elosed down, all the men having enlisted. The following' cablegram has been received at Defence Headquarters from Brigadier-General Chaytor. commanding the New Zealand Mounted Brigade: ‘‘Please inform friends of New Zealand Mounted Bides Brigade with reference in gifts nights cold (o March 31.” The Grey Wivcr Argus says that rumours an* afloat I hat trouble is browing in the coal-mining centres on the coast. It is understood there is a move to reduce the output from 1,000 to 700 tons daily, so as to slop any export to Australia. Another question under consideration is a minimum wage of 12s per day, and a hewing rate increase of 1< )M>r cent.

Good results uere again obtained at Trentham Cam;) last week through the use of the inhaling treatment for sore throats, etc. Of. 202 eases of sore throat- treated during the weelc, 151 were cured, 27 much improved, IS improved, and in six there was no change. Three inllueiiza cases were cured, two improved. and in two there was no change. During the week 33 c.s.m carriers were also treated, 2(i being cured and (wo much improved; in live cast's tile re was no change.

In the mu 11 or of physique, says ihe Tillies' correspondent ai the from, the surprise of die war —1 vhiiik we may say it frankly —is the Freneli soldier. Individually and in die mass lie is as magnificent lo look at as he has shown hiiiiself in lighting. 1 have seen no eolunm <d French troops on the road, no parly of them in their trenches. with their suns or anywhere —-and how many thousands 1 have seen! who would not have been conspicuously lino in anv armv in the world.

Prince George, fourth son ol the King, is now a cadet at Osborne, where lie will undergo training, and subsequently at Dart mouth, under the same conditions as a commander, thus following die footsteps of his elder brothers, the Prince of Wales and Prince Albert. Prince George will he 14 on December 20. He is a boy of robust, constitution, lo whom tin* routine of Osborne will he a sheer delight. The discipline at Osborne is thorough, and there is plenty of work to do.

The Freedom of Edinburgh has been eomferred on Mr Massey (says fit cable). In returning (hanks Mr Massey said that he was prepared to accept an Imperial Council as a preliminary to a fuller Imperial Parliament, the Council to meet yearly in London or in one of the dominions. Taxation without representation was wrong. When the Dominions had given 750,000 of (heir best manhood and much treasure the argument was all the stronger. He added: “If the Dominions had previously had a voice in Imperial affairs we would not have been caught in a stale of military unpreparedness in 1014.”

‘‘Your Arbitration Courts notwithstanding,” said Ah 1 Andrew Doer, at the Wellington Y.M.C.A., “it would seem I lint the mnn from his chin ilownwnrds is worth about 8s a day. But from his chin upwards—ox*, rather, from Ins mouth upwards, Tor some work their mouths too much —he is worth anything he likes to make himself worth by developing his ability, his reliability, his endurance and his activity.*’ (Applause). “The number of men who can measure up lo a £3OO or TdoO a year job is fairly large,” he said, “but the number who can measure up to £I,OOO or £l,llOO a year is small; and there is room for a great many more in that class in this and in every other country.”

The present industrial stress) the big coal strike) was referred to by Archbishop Kelly on Sunday, the 12th insl., at Woolwich (Sydney). “You see.” In* said, ‘what strength the democratic Government has. None at all. It must have the people at its hack, otherwise it cannot curry out its duties. The first duty of the members of any society is observance of the law." The Archbishop went on to say that if they did not keep a careful watch their unions would become tvrauts. Let them have men ot sound principles al the head of (heir unions, otherwise they would become like a wild beast seeking Us own destruction. Let them avoid any desire to push mailers lo an ext rente, for no one would sillier more I ban the wageearners and their families.

Wanganui railway men (stall's a correspondent of iiu> Railway Review) arc 11 1 opinion that the consumers of this country should toll the producers that the limit of high prices has been more than readied. "The fact should he gently whispered to them that without (he aid of the great body of manual workers not a box of butter, not a side of beef, could leave New Zealand; and in that ease the exeat producer would be only able to gel a reasonable price for his products, and the children of the consumers (the general public) would perhaps get sullicient of the necessaries of life. .As organisation is necessary to that end, and our council is in the position to give a lead, the following motion is to be forwarded: Unit the executive council be requested to convene a conference of transport workers to consider the best means of combating the cost of living, the decisions of the conference to be immediately placed before the Government. ’

Why bother making cakes when there is such a good assortment at Perx-eau’s * ... . . -

The Emperor Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary is dead, aged 80 years. Mr W. H. Ferris, chief hemp grader, is at present in Foxton, relieving Mr J. Stewart, who is grading at Napier. The British Government is considering the advisability of making it compulsory to eat wholemeal bread and prohibiting white bread.

The State schools in the Wellington educational district will "break up” for the Christmas and New Year holidays on Friday, 15th December. The vacation will extend to Tuesday, 30th January. The schools in the. Wanganui district break up on December 20th.

The following resignations have been received by the Wanganui Education Board: Mr J. F,. Thompson ( Pnkckaha), Mrs A. Kennedy (Malaroa). Miss A. D. Weed (Campbell Street). Miss i. Loekwood (Waiata). Mr A. hi Tomlinson (Spur road), Miss M. .Milligan (Crofton), Mi >s Fowlin' (College street), Miss Fairbrother (Campbell Street).

.\t the Town Hail on Saturday night, "Our Pictures'' will M-reen a specially attractive programme, including a 2,000 ft. Keystone comedy, the world farm'd Kalem drama. “The Straight and Narrow Path,” the departure of the Second Maori Weinforcements. and a brisk and exliibra!mg comedy-drama featuring the m-reen idol, little "Mary Bickford, in “How Marv Fixed It."

The particulars of stock slaughtered at the Palmerston abattoirs during the past month are as follow; —(Vows, ISM; bullocks, 34; heifers, .102; ewes. 051; wethers, 20!); iambs, 14(5; calves, 3(5; pigs, {>4. One hall'-cl: and three cows were eondeiimed. With butter at such a. high price it seems strange that so many cows should have been slaughtered during’ the month. And yet the price of beef is the same whether sliced from an old cow or prime bullock.