LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1694, 3 April 1917, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Accounts amounting to £357 0s Kid were passed for payment at last night’s Borough' Council ingThe rainfall locally for the month of March was only .2(1 of an inch, .04 falling on the 23rd ultimo, and .22 on the 26th. Wanted Known: The store where quality and value lead is Walker and Fame’s. The best of everything^—always.

Measles are still prevalent in Foxton.

George Lloyd, 89 years of age, was found dead in his house at Methven on Sunday.

A well-known local llaxmiller intends to join the ranks of the Benedicts on Good Friday.

The price of beer in England lias been raised to 9d and lOd per pint, and Is 2d and Is 4d per pint bottled.

So far this year 102 dogs have been registered by the borough dog registrar, as compared with 151 during the whole of last year.

The vital statistics tor Foxton Lor the month of March were: — Births 9, deaths 3, marriage certificates issued 3.

Henry Nicholson, who was arrested at Moutoa on a charge of helpless drunkenness yesterday, was remanded for 24 hours by Mr M. H. Hamilton, J.P., this morning.

The annual concert under the auspices of the Hangiotu Presbyterian Church will be held in the Kangiotu Halt this evening. Several local performers arc taking part.

At the Palmerston Magistrate's Court yesterday, David Coley, charged with assaulting Thomas George Edward Montague at Shannon on March 4th, was convicted and fined £3 and costs 15s l()d.

There were present at last night’s Council meeting : The Mayor (Mr Alt'. Fraser) and Crs Thompson, Simmons, Stevenson, Bryant, McColl, Henderson and Freeman. An apology for absence was received from Cr Coley.

We are informed that a district farmer expressed dissatisfaction at the Taxation Department’s imposition of £SO. He proceeded to ’Wellington and discussed his affairs with tin* authorities, and as a result has now to pay £2OO.

An orphanage is shortly to be established in Masterton by the Methodist Church, to serve the whole of tile Wellington province, says a correspondent. It will be available for both boys and girls, and preference will be given to the children of soldiers who have fallen at the front.

Mr F. C. (roodenough, presiding' at the annual meeting of Barclay’s Bank in London, said he could not speak too highly of the way in which women clerks had done their work. “They have shown great zeal to do their best for the bank, and to acquire knowledge of the necessary details. We may have to call on them further in the future.”

Mrs Dalrymple, eldest daughter of the late Mr -John Stevens, has been mentioned in despatches by Sir Douglas Haig for long service and devotion as a nurse ot the front. Her husband, Major Dalrymple, is in charge of an ambulance train at the front. His three sons, Laurie, Ken and Burrell, are in the lighting line, whilst his three daughters are nursing in England.

Although the linancial year only closed on Saturday, the Town Clerk presented Ihe annual balance-sheet a I last night’s meet ing of the Borough Council. The Mayor said he would like to compliment Mr Waters on getting the balance-sheet out so expeditiously —it was a very creditable piece oh work, and something that was not usually experienced in local body offices. Extracts from the balance-sheet will appear next issue.

The tact that a young railway cadet had been seen drunk drew some caustic remarks, from the Child' Justice (Sir Robert Stout) at lhe Wellington Supreme Court, yesterday. “Some railway companies in America,” he said, “will dismiss instantly any of its servants found entering a saloon. It is a pity such a rule is not in force here. However, when the Efficiency Board gets to work it will probably decide that no man can be an efficient servant if he,gives way to drink. Perhaps the regulation will be introduced into A'ew Zealand then.”

In sentencing Herbert Lyndon Marcrofl, the railway cadet who committed a sbmewhat violent, assault on his superior officer at Whangamomoana recently, the Chief Justice, at Wellington yesterday, said it was very difficult; to know what to do with the prisoner. If not for his age and size he would not grant probation, and even if he did so he (his Honour) was probably stretching the Probation Act. Marcroft would be given probation for three years, during which time he would not be permitted to visit any township without the special permission of the probation officer. For the first two years he would have to remain indoors after 7 p.p». each day.

One distinct feature of the new railway management under the new conditions will he the employment of a number of women carriage cleaners. At Wellington about twenty will be so employed, and accommodation is already being provided for them at Thorndon. Women cleaners will also be employed at Auckland, Dunedin, Christchurch, Napier, and Greymouth. Their duty will be to sweep out the carriages, clean the windows, and generally to see that the cars are kept in a tidy condition. The work of engine-cleaning, of course, will still have to be done by men. The saving in man-power ■will be considerable, as the cleaning of the carriages is an important part of the operations, and women will be quite as competent at it, if not more so, than the men. For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, 1/6 and 2/6.

The Queen of the South, from Wellington with a cargo of general, is due to-morrow.

As has been the case for many years past, the whole of the rates levied by the local Borough Council for the year ended March 31st, 1917, have been collected.

During the month of March, 13 cows and six horses were impounded by the ranger, driving fees elev-

en shillings. Two horses and two cows were also “arrested,” and released to owners.