LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1731, 28 June 1917, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr \V. JI. Collingwood, Palmerslon's Town Clerk, is seriously ill.

The monthly silling of the Magistrate's Court will be held before Mr \V. (I. Keuriek, S.M., to-morrow.

The latest casually list includes amongst those killed in action the name of Private J. lieid, son of Mrs A. lieid, of Foxton. The Patriotic Shop will he open as usual on Saturday, and will he in charge of Mrs C. F. liohinson. The takings for the day are to be devoted to the Y.M.C.A. war fund.

The petitions in favour of (i o'clock (dosing of hotel bars, which are now in circulation in (his electorate, will he presented to Mr W. 11. Field, M.P., at,Levin on .Monday afternoon next.

Headers aye reminded of the euchre party and dance to be held in All Saints' schoolroom to-night. Admission: euchre* party one shilling, dance sixpence extra. .Refreshments provided-..

Seven sons of Mr -1. -1. Doyle, of Palmerston North, who for some years resided in Foxlon, have donned khaki during the war. One has been killed, and two wounded. The seventh is in camp at the present time, one is returning, and the others are at the front.

All voluntary recruiting l’(>r the Firs! Division closed on Stitardily lust, men of: I lie Second Division mid boys on attaining , their 201 h birthday may still enlist, provided, in the case oi' the latter, they do so within one.month of coming to military age.

A settler who owns a block of land at Xel.herlon, applied to the Paeroa Assessment Court for a reduction of his valuation. In urging his claim, he stated that he had not seen (i()0 acres of Ids land for nine months, on account of the tlood ■Witters covering it.

Harbour Board advertises its intention to introduce in the House of Representatives during the coming session of Parliament a local Bill to empower it to purchase from the Government part of the Nelson railway reserve, with the .wharves and buildings thereon. The Taranaki Daily News says that “the time has come when the Government should take the public more into its confidence and say definitely what its intentions are in respect to maintaining the reinforcements, and what its obligations are in this respect.” As the possibility of levying upon the Second Division draws nigh both Press and people are beginning to recognise the appalling seriousness of the position.

At the lor;al police "oiirl this morning, before the Mayor (Mr John Chrystall), Thomas Branton, on a charge of being found drunk in Main Street, was convicted and lined ten shillings; and John Blom(juist, found drunk in Avenue Road, and Timothy Driscoll, found in a similar condition in Clyde Street, were convicted and discharged.

■ A recent issue of the Public Service Journal gives the latest classification list of the general service (outside the Postal and Railway Department), as containing Mime 5,900 names. Of this number 45 per cent, receive salaries not exceeding £1(55 per annum, 73 per cent, do not exceed £220, 83 per cent, do not exceed £315, whilst (he remaining 10 per cent, are more fortunate. Tins group includes permanent heads of departments, technical exports, and professional men in the Stale service.

Two Canterbury gilds have made a patriotic oiler to Mr J. A. Froslick, of Ihe National Fllieiency Bottl'd. One lias written as follows: —“As the time is fast approaching for the Second .Division to lie called up .and men arc scarce, my sister and i have decided to offer our services to you to (ill the place of men who tire wanlmg !o gel away to Fee front.. We are both strong, healthy girls, and will he prepared to do men's work, cither in town or country. The only eondition is that wo wish to gel work together, as we are sisters, and have never before work ■ed away from our home, doing housework.”

Speaking at the civic luncheon, in Auckland, Mr .Massey said lhal great political changes would lake place at the heart of the F.mpire after tin 1 war, hut anyone who imagined that there was any prospect of a revolution in (Ireal Britain was much mistaken. People were perfectly satisfied with their present (loverumenlal conditions, and were not asking for a republic, knowing

as 11 icy did that they had I h(' frees), most democratic, and most progressive Constitution the world had ever -een. The same loyalty prevails in India, although it had been supposed by the enemy to be seething with sedi! ion.

Xcxi week ihe* Foxlon iJt■;i«• Is improvement Coinmillce cxpecls (o make ;i shirt with live planting at the beach. .Mr B. 11. Just Ims do--11:• tf■ < 1 Co wurlh ul' trees, Mr C, ('nicy has iilsii donated KIO trci's, which arc must acceptable, uiiil the following geiillciucu luivc promised liiid given : (!. Langley (labour), \V. Turner 11., 11. Hurl ley 11, ('. I'. Flyger 10s. J. 11. Watt' 11, J. Hopwood ,S 1 Is, F. A. Feu ruiey 10s, W. A. Browning 11 Is, IT. Baker 11 Is, W. Kirk Cl, W. Lewis os. J. Bell 11, lv. Woodrool'e 11, J. Watehorn Ids, J. Linklater £5, Perrin’s eslale Ids, J. B, Sicily Ids, T. 0. Sloekwidl Ids, J. Harwood ss, J, Jameson Ids, W. I). Devine Ids, A. M. Burgess 11 Is, J. Wahvorlh 7s (Id, Allred Seilerl 12 2s, P. Dapiell (labour). The secretary still has other promises ‘(lending.

A Bill dealing with the subject of venereal disease will Ik; placed beI'orc' Parliament ;iI ;in early stage of (lie session. The Minister ('or Publie llenltli, I lie lion. G. W. Pussell, spiled j'eeenliy I hat he had given ;i great de.*il of attention to the problem. which w;is recognised (o be of pressing importanee. The Bill that had been drafted dealt with the subject very thoroughly, and be hoped thill its provisions would be tin 1 means of reducing the dimensions of a very grave evil. lie had been able to consult the most re-, cent legislation of Great Britain and of V ictoria, where a very complete measure bad been passed by the Legislature.

Although suffering one of the most serious'afflictions which can befall a soldier—Unit, of blindness —Trooper Glutba Mackenzie, who spoke of ids (,’allipoli experiences ;it the Opera House, Palmerston, bears his loss wilh heroic spirit, and in fact extract.- some grim humour from (he situations which sometimes arise from bis unfortunate condition, says the Standard. He relates (hat on one occasion he was entering a London station with his sister, and held the two railway tickets out as he passed along so that they could be taken by the collector. L'nlorlunalely this oflicial was verv diminutive, and before be could take the tickets the trooper had put them into his mouth. This, and other similar incidents, kept the audience highly Amused, and .-bowed the irrepressive spirit which dominates the soldier, in spile of his sight less condition.

A meeting of managers of the lo- > a! .Presbyterian Church was held in the schoolroom last night. Present ; .Messrs Kcv. J. 11, Gredin (moderator), Alex, Speirs, Hornlilow, Parr, Claris, Jno. Ross, Jus. Ross, Thos. Henderson and Parke-. Correspondence was read from the Ladies’ Social Guild, offering to expend a sum of money on manse ground improvements. The Guild's oiler was favourably commented upon, and a sub-committee consisting of Messrs Claris, Jno. Loss and Alex. Speirs was set up to confer with the Guild and secure an estimate of the work, the same committee to carry out certain work in connection with river bank protection. -Mr Hornblow reported that he had met with liberal response in donations for debt liquidation. It was resolved to hold the next social of the series,in the schoolroom on Wednesday evening next, Messrs Claris and Barr being appointed to arrange programme for same. Other minor matter were dealt with, and the meeting rose.

======== In one of the training camps recently an officer instructed one of the men to go and fetch some'empty , sacks. On the soldiers return, em-pty-handed, he was asked if lie had found any. “No," was the reply to the oflicer. “No what ?” (he officer asked, sharply. “No sacks,’’ was the complacent answer. Much public interest has been directed to the treatment given at Croydon Military Hospital, which specialises in cases of injured limbs. The head of the hospital, Colonel Deane, is a skilful gymnast, and in the system he has adopted he makes use of all the apparatus usual for the development of muscle. The wounded soldiers arb put through a* rigorous course of training, and in a surprisingly short space of time crooked limbs have been made strai- (' ght, and wrists and lingers seemed past curing have been pnty in good working order again. The men always seem to get a great deal of pleasure and exhiliralion out of the exercises, Private Oliver Fruish, who will he remembered as one of the Pcild- - ing..Bowling Chib's crack players, had a rare experience whilst his contingent of reinforcements was at Capetown. He visited the Capetown green, and, of course, was asked to have a game. Would lie skip 1 ? Well, he didn’t mind giving it a go! He struck form with ids lirst howl —and iiis rink won its game. He was the lirst Australasian soldier to play on the green, and the howlers tint only gave him a smoke concert in mark the occasion, but also presented him with *the chili's gold badge-—the lirst overseas bowler to he so honoured. Pie. Fruish went into hospital jm-t before Ids ship readied Fngland. and at the time of writing was expecting to undergo an iperalion in a London hospital. ‘ >ne of tin- tasks Mr Massey undertook when he left New Zealand was a thorough investigation of the operations and machinations, of (he . Meat Trust in Britain. At that time ~ i he Meal Tnr-i was a corporation belonging to a country with whose neutrality many people were out of patience, iynv that country is a, powerful and whole-hearted ally, • iml Mr Massey did not say all that no thinks about the trust, lie will have'i,i -ay it in Parliament, but he is not for (be present offering any remark on what he learned about iln*.workings of the trust, Mr Massey did say, however, that lie found that (he trust controls all the Argentine meal and that it has some hold over New Zealand. In addition to ids remarks on the shipping problem, Mr Massey admits that the dairy industry is likely to he seriously affect ml, and especially the butler industry.