LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1701, 21 April 1917, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Monday next being St. (ieorge’s Day, will be a bank holiday. The annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Freemasons, to have been held at Invercargill on May 2nd and 3rd, has been postponed, owing to the coal strike.

There were present at the special meeting of the Borough Council last night: The Mayor (Mr A If. Fraser), and Os Coley, Freeman, Bryant, Simmons, Stevenson, McColi, Henderson and Thompson. Dr. E. ('. Barnett, of Palmerston 'North, who some time ago offered his services with the Expeditionary Forces abroad, has been accepted by the Defence authorities, and has passed, the medical test. Tie expects io leave New Zealand towards the end of May.

Mrs A. Munro, late of Foxton, but now of Wanganui, has received a cable that her son, Second-Lieu-tenant R. N. (Roddy) Munro, of the Royal Flying Corps, was wounded while on active service in France, lie is a Wanganui boy, having served his apprenticeship with Stewart Bros., of Bell Street, as motor and general engineer, afterwards going into partnership with his brother-in-law, Mr Buglass, of Foxton. The latest cable received says that Lieut. Munro is doing well and has been sent to England.

While acting as Master of Ceremonies in St. Mary’s Cathedral at Sale, Gippsland, Victoria, on the evening of 4th April, in the office of Tenebrae, Very Rev. Father O’Brien, administrator of the Cathedral was seized with an apoplectic fit. He was removed to the bishop’s sacristy, where he received the last sacraments of the Church. Dr. Hagenauer on arrivalpronpuneed life extinct. Subsequently Bishop Phelan announced Father O’Brien’s death to a large congregation, who were deeply moved- It being holy week, all the priests of the diocese' were in attendance, including deceased’s brother.

Suits made to measure, 72/-. Special offer for one month. 25 allwool Tweed Suitings to choose from, and we guarantee you a good fit. Don’t miss this opportunity at J. M. Barr’s Big Bargain Stores.*

The flag was flown at the local Post Office to-d ay in honour of America Day.

Mr F. Pout, proprietor* of the Poxton-Shannon motor service, lias removed to the dwelling in Avenue Road opposite the bowling green, where orders should now be left.

The Rev. A. Harding will conduct his first services as minister in charge of the Foxton Methodist Circuit to-morrow, and will preach in Foxton at 11 a.m., and Shannon at 7 p.m.

In order to economise coal, offices and warehouses "'ill close in Wellington at 4.30 p.m., and shops at 5.30 p.m. Street lighting will be cut off at midnight, and tram traffic will be cut down. In Auckland and other cities similar measures are being taken. Aiizac Day will be observed locally on Wednesday next, 25th inst. A combined religious service will be held in the Town Hall at 3 p.m. The local Territorials and cadets are to be asked to parade, and Mr Betty will conduct the combined choirs. Further particulars will appear in Tuesday’s issue.

Two applications for the position of road foreman and two for the position of assistant roadman were received at last night’s Council meeting. They were dealt with in committee, and on resuming in open council the following motion was passed: Proposed by the Mayor, seconded by Cr Henderson, that Mr A. G. Huntley be appointed foreman, and Mr J. Parker roadman.

A Commission 'consisting of Mr J. W. Poynlou, S.M., Mr McClure, Commissioner of Crown Lands, Wellington, and Mr Mackey, district land valuer, sat at Shannon last Tuesday. The business of the Commission was to hear objections, if any, to the proposed formation of a borough at Shannon. Mr P. W. Goldsmith, County Clerk, on behalf of the Horowhenua County Council, intimated that the council, as the controlling body at present, had no objection to the formation of a. Borough at Shannon! Mr Martin, the Shannon postmaster, who was census enumerator for the county, deposed that the population of Shannon was in excess of the minimum required for the formation of a borough. There were 3,018 inhabitants exclusive of Maoris —who numbered fifty or sixty. This completed the evidence, and the Commission then adjourned.

The restriction of the railway service between Poxton and Palmerston to three days a week as from next Monday, will indict a good deal of hardship on dairy farmers who use the service for the conveyance of milk and cream to the factories en route. It will also interfere with the attendance of scholars from (his district to the Palmerston High School. Instead of attending school on live days of the week, (hey will only be able to attend on Mondays and Wednesdays. This will retard their studies. It has been suggested that the authorities could have economised the coal supply equally as well had they arranged for the running of one train daily to Palmerston instead of (wo trains three times per week. Isolating Poxton 'on three days while retaining two services on the other three days, seems absurd.