LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1752, 28 August 1917, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Si it It 1 schools break up lor ;i week's term holidays on Friday next. A ('i;!7.cl I c lex ini ordinary announces (inil next season's woo! clip !neheen requisitioned ity his .Majesty the Kin” for Hie necessary purposes of war. In criler noi (e clnsli with ihe ihili'iolie Maori Fnlertninnicnt, (o he hold on Friday evening, the euchre parly which is usually held in (ho a!it'(die schoolroom on Friday evenings, will (his week lie held on Wednesday. The Weliingfon Hospital Hoard lias passed (he following resolution: “That this Board accepts the suggestion of (ho Horowhonua County Council in terms of its letter, subject to the Council taking over the entire control of the Olaki Hospital and (Sanatorium.” There was a ‘heavy fall of snow on the ranges on Sunday, and during' the same afternoon there was a hailstorm in this district. The weather was somewhat severe on young lambs. There was a stiff frost yes ■ torday morning. ■ To-day is ideal spring if eat her. A drowning fatality occurred in the Mangaone River, near Buanyth orpe, on Friday, by which Mr W . Sutherland, a drover, and a wellknown resident of Bunnythorpe, lost his life. The late Mr Sutherland lu,; resided in Bunnythorpe for the past 18 years, and leaves a wife and live of a family, one son being at the front,

The following prices will be charged for bread at Palmerston as from Saturday next: — At shops, over the counter, sd~ cash, 5Vi booked: retail delivered old cash, (Id booked.

A Christchurch paper, describing the drosses at the Grand National meeting, wickedly writes: “One lady shod her extremities in such gleaming, glossy, creascless boots,

and of such a length, that one was irresistibly reminded of the famous advertisement; ‘Wanted to sell, a piano by a lady "with varnished legs.’ ” *

On Friday last a small boa! containing a Maori named .Jim Toi capsized in the Porirua Harbour. Luckily Toi was a powerful swimmer, and lie managed to got ashore, somewbat bruised and battered by the rocks. Toi was employed on Mana Island, and was making for (he mainland when the mishap occurred.

Mr Geo. Golev informs n- that some time ago he offered his farm of about: GOO acres at Ifimatangi to the Land Purchase Boa.nl for soldier settlement purposes, but negotiations fell through, lie states he is still prepared to quit the properly for the purpose mentioned. The land is suitable for mixed .farming, and is alongside the main road and railway.

Aiiss Hare, a member of the local Stale school staff for the past eighteen months, has been transferred on promotion to (be Palca school, and finishes her duties here on Friday next. During her stay in Foxtail Miss Hare has been actively connected with All Saints’ Choir and Sunday school, and the Girls' Patriotic Guild. Her many friends will wish her continued success in Pa tea.

The police have so far been unable to identify Ihe body of a man round in the Wainhine River, near Carterton. A youth named Colin MT’hee discovered the body, which was held in the river by willows. Deceased Was about sixty years of age, six feet in height, am! strongly built. No one answering the description of the deceased had beer, reported as missing- from, tin' disI rich

la cornu ci ion with the charges againsf t wo railway employees of attempting to defraud Henry .Marlindale of .OTA, there have been somewhat sensational developments, Certain well-known business people in Wellington are implicated, and are being' sewed with summonses charging them with false pretences. Xo deiinile (I,ale-lias yet been fixed for the bearing of the ease, which is expected to present some unusually interesting features.

A sad fatality occurred at Dlaki on Saturday (‘veiling. A horse attached to a baker's earl took fright and hotted. The wheel of the vehicle appears (o have skidded on the railway, line, whieh caused the cart to swerve and unseat (he driver, Mr V. Liddicoal. The young fellow in his fall struck his head on Hie railway. and when picked up was unconscious. He was taken at one.'* to the 01 aid Hospital, hut died a few minutes later. He leaves a wife to mourn her loss.

The Minister for Railways stated in the House of Representatives last week that if was quite possible that the Government might have to still further reduce the railway services. The industrial 1 rouble in Australia made the coal supply uncertain, and the Department could not depend on the coal supply in Xew Zealand. When coal supplies wen* available in Australia the Australian Stales would naturally have to be supplied first. The whole matter was being considered by Cabinet. He therefore regretted that lie would have to ask' Cabinet not: to make any increase of railway services at the present moment.

At (he Palmerston Magistrate's Court yesterday, a young man named Wayward Frost . was charged with giving his wrong age in his military attestation paper. Major McDonnell, group commander, prosecuted, and Air J. P. limes appeared for defendant, who pleaded guilty. All' limes said defendant was a well-developed young man, and as some of his companions were in camp lie committed the pardonable sin of saying he was olden than lie was in order (hat he might get away to the front. Major McDonnell said he admired the spirit of the lad, but the Department had had considerable trouble and expense in regard to similar eases in (he past. The .Magistrate (Air Kennek) entered a conviction without a tine.

Private* James Robertson, son of Mr James Robertson, of ilimatangi, who returned to Xcw Zealand with the last contingent of wounded and invalided soldiers, was accorded a welcome homo at Oroua Downs on. Saturday. Private Robertson was wounded in (he battle of the Somme in September last, and since then has been in hospital in England. He is still only able to gel about on crutches. lie arrived at Ilimatangi by the mid-day train on Saturday, and was met there by the residents of the district and escorted to jfr Hammond's Hall, where he was officially welcomed. Father Corley delivered an address, and on behalf of the ladies of the Red Cross Guild made a presentation of a purse of sovereigns. The .stajo of Private Robert ■.on’s heal|h would not permit itf his returning thanks, and Mr F. W Hills thanked the residents for the very cordial welcome on his behalf.

Wanted Known: You can get better groceries for the same money at Walker and Furrie's.

The next Military Appeal Board at Palmerston will take place in about three week's time. At the Opni mill to-night a farewell social is being tendered Private j.i Bryant, an ox-employee, who loaves New Zealand with the 30th Reinforcemeats. Private Bryant is to be presented with a wristlet watch. Good progress is being made with (he grounds improvement scheme in connect ion with the Catholic Church property, and on Saturday Father Curley had another large “hoe" at work. In the evening the workers were entertained at dinner in the Presbytery,'the menu ing a largo turkey, presented by Mr ~ T. Bowe, of Maroliri. “Serious trouble is on in Australia —how serious nobody knows—although some of us have an idea, Nbeeausc wo can gel information out- ' side of the Government." Tins remark, made by Mr Milford in 1 louse of Representatives on Friday night, was followed by the statement that the Government should lake over complete control of (he coal areas. The price of gas is to be raised I.Od per thousand feet in Dannevirke as from the ls| September. If is announced that at least two hundred awards have been conferred on New Zealanders in connection with the splendid part played by'them at the taking' of'the Mes-, sines Ridge. The awards are for acts of individual bravery. Mr John Russell, who died in Pal-' incision North last week, was born at the Mull sixty years ago, being a son of (he late Mr .Joint Russell, of Nai Mai, one of Wellington’s earliest sdtiers. He went to the Maltawatu district 3b years ago, and for many years followed farming pursuits at Gillespie's Line, just outside the borough, retiring some • years ago ami making his home at * 1 fokowiiilu. Mr Russell married a daughter of the" late Mr Samuel Weston, also of the lln ft, who survives him, A large and repr. sent a live (Icon- j lat ion of women met Mr I). 11. ' Guthrie, M.P., at Feiiduig, and asked him to support six o'clock chewing of hotels. He replied Unit ho favoured fixing the hours at 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. He said that Sir .lames Allen favoured temperance, .but if the hotels were (dosed at six o’clock the military authorities would bring pressure to bear for a wet canteen at Trcnlbam, and Sir dames .Mien would sooner resign than grant that. The deputation asked, as an alternative, tor a referendum. Mr Guthrie declined to alter his mind. Mr William Lam', editor of the New Zealand Herald, one of the best - known journalists in An.-tra-iasia, aged SG, died at Auckland, yesterday. His characteristic work* under the pen name “Tolmnga” showed a commanding, vigorous and flexible style, rellecling a virile personality and a wide, keen, yet sympathetic knowledge of humanity. He is survived by Mrs Lane and live daughters. One is married to Lieut. M. D. Rowan (now on scrvice), nral one son. The latter; is on Ids way to the front. The eVneT son, Corporal Donald Lane, was lulled a. I the Gallipoli landing. ... Says the Dunedin Star: —“In an American romance entitled' Lot and Company,’ hy Will Covington Comfort, wo read some sentences which give a queer idea about shcop('ariiiing in Xew Zealand. ‘Olga’s father and mother, and the other children’ (note ‘the other children’) “lived in a low house by the open road that led to Hamilton, lie I'aised sheep on the rolling pasture, lands near the Waikato River. Her mother made the stranger very welcome. For (heir supper there' was golden butler, and (lie dark bread that is the life of the peasants, a pitcher (j,f fresh milk, and a bite of that cheese which is brought forth only on Sundays and holidays.” and. so on, in the nature of an appeal the readers’ sympathy on behalf of the distressed sheep-fanners of this bard-np Dominion. If (his hook is read and credited, we may ha vii American money coining in to give them sustenance!” Says a correspondent of tho Christchurch Dress: 1 am remimM ed of an incident at one of Mr Lloyd George's political meetings in a provincial town in Fngland Mime years ago. The chairman of the meeting, in introducing the speaker, said, among other things, that probably the audience, having heard so much about Mr Lloyd George, would be disappointed at not seeing a bigger man. Air Lloyd George, in acknowledging the ini rqdnetioiij spoke something like this: “Our worthy chairman's reference to my height makes it clear to me that in these parts yon-have a different standard of measurement from whieh we have in Wales. You apparently measure a man from (ho V chin downwards, but where I cone) from we measure him from thewfin upwards,”