LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1730, 15 September 1917, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Among (he successful candidates at the recent Trinity College examinations, held at Palmerston North, Avas Master 1L A. Stevenson (Miss Honore), in the preparatory division, who obtained 71 marks, “In a journalistic career of approaching a half century avc have never hesitated, Avhere public duty demanded, to strike, but it has ever been fair and square and much closer to the brain than to the belt/’ says the IngleAvood Record. A petition for the abolition of the ’ Palmerston-Kairanga River Board has been signed by 1,388 ratepayers out of a total of 2,248. The petition is to be.forwarded through Mr D. Buiek, M.P., to the Minister of Inlenuil Affairs. Our Palmerston evening contemporary says Unit the chain-letter practice —indulged in by Aveakminded individuals —has been commenced in Palmerston again. A local resident, Ayho refused to assist the movement, Avas ilie recipient of an impudent letter this Aveek, the writer of Avbich Avas careful to bide his or her identity. One favourite form of speculation on the Wanganui-NeAV Plymouth train at present is counting dead lambs in the paddock's passed by. The mortality appears to have been fairly high in the strip of country betAveen Okehu and Waverley.— Wanganui Chronicle, There Avas a pathetic incident at the Dannevirke races this Aveek. After Mr P. Hunter’s gelding Settler had finished last in the Spring Handicap, he Avas ridden into the birdcage, and the riding-gear Avas taken off him. - Having completed his task to the full, the poor old animal laid doAvn and died. Among bequests in the estate of the late G. P, Donnelly are £IOO a year to Alexander O'Dowd (head shepherd), £IOO a year to Rota (another shepherd), £2OO to Miss Larsen (maid servant), £SO a year to Mrs Barry, £l5O a year to Annie Mary Allan, au.l £SO a year to Margaret Mary Allan.. Fresh supplies of Lettuce daily at Walker & Fume's,' 1 *

W. G. Trask, horse-trainer, of Levin, has been adjudged a bankrupt. The Premier informed the House yesterday that he hoped to finish the session well within next month. A six year old boy named Gordon Challis was killed as the result of being run over by a motor ear in Wellington yesterday. The Government has refused to grant the request for increased pensions made on behalf of South African war pensioners. A local resident who missed tlie train at Palmerston last night walked home. He covered the distance, 25 miles, in six and a-half hours. The High School boys defeated the local State school boys at rugbyon Thursday' afternoon by 13 points to nil. Mr Gabites controlled the game. At the Wellington S.M. Court yesterday, Fitzgerald and McWilliams were commit tod for trial, charged with conspiring to defraud bookmakers. Bail was allowed in each ease. It is quite clear from what has transpired in the House that bill as it now stands Avill compel Marist transpired in (he House that the bill as it now stands will compel Marist Brothers to go to the front. At (he Hokitika Supreme Court sittings yesterday, in a claim for damages for £250 for seduction of a daughter, It. King v, P. T. Kennedy 7 , the jury found for the plaintiff for £25. Costs were allowed on I he usual scale. Tho*Monowai made a quick run from Auckland to Wellington direct during the last week-end. She left Auckland at 7.18 pan. on Saturday, reaching Wellington at .12.(! pan. on Monday, the lime from “full speed” to “stop” being 40 hours 48 minutes. The average speed for the whole trip was 13.8. knots. A fact mentioned hy r Mr D. Tannock in his loclure on the culture of the potato is worth making a note of (says (lie Dunedin Star of Friday last). The first is that the socalled “Irish blight” originated in Germany-, and is another of the blessings for which the world is indebted to the Hun, Mr Buiek, M.P., lias given notice to ask the Minister for Public Works whether the Governmentis satisfied with the capabilities of the proposed Shannon hydro-electric power scheme to supply the needs of the Wellington-West Coast district, and the prospects of success of same; and, if so, will they 7 place a sum of money 7 on the estimates to enable the necessary preliminary works to he started as soon as the war is over' There is one farmer in the Waverley district (says the Patca Press) who is carrying on intensive farming on 42 acres of land.. He has 750 sheep, 0 acres in mangolds, and the remaining 33 acres in grass. Between 20 and 30 tons of mangolds are carted out and fed to the sheep each week. This has been carried on for six weeks, and he estimates he can go on for another six weeks. So far he has not lost a single sheep. In our advertising columns will he found particulars of a Paddy's Market, under the auspices of All Saint’s Ladies’ Guild, to he held in the Town Hall on Wednesday and Thursday 7 next. Among the stalls will he found the Guild stall, Idled with plain work; also cake, handkerchief, hag, sweets, produce and jumble stalls. Surprise packets will he found on the jumble stall. Mcsdaines W. E. Barber, L. Procter, and J. Newth are in charge of the tearooms. In connection with the seamen’s dispute at Wellington, a development on Thursday night was an arrangement for the sailing of (he Tluia for Wanganui and New Plymouth, and the Baden Powell for Lyltelton, and with extra men for the watches. Just as the Tluia was about to sail it was discovered flint the ship’s articles had been stolon, so the vessel was unable to sail, notwithstanding that all arrangements had been made for a crew and the extra man demanded by the Seamen’s Union. The death is announced of Mr George Stephen Bardlet Fowler, who passed away at Wanganui on Wednesday 7 , at the early 7 age of 33 years. Deceased, who was a native olAFoxton, was well-known on this coast, particularly in the Manawatu district. Some years ago he met with a cycle accident, one of his lungs being punctured by a broken piece of the machine. This lead to pthisis, to which he eventually succumbed. Deceased married a daughter of Mr Frank Cook. During his residence in Foxton, deceased took a keep interest in musical affairs. The sympathy of the Foxton public will he extended to his widow. Tire health Officer (Mr M. O’Brien) reported to the Hospital Board on Thursday that the summary of infectious cases in the health district for August was as follows: — Palmerston North; Diphtheria 15 cases, enteric one , and tuberculosis one; Foxton: Diphtheria one; Kairanga: Tuberculosis three; Pohangina; Diphtheria three; total 29. “The above, as you will see,” reported the Inspector, “is a very considerable decline when with the previous month. Of the tuberculosis eases, two werq, men by ilie Medical Board as unfit for service, and the third was a Maori girl. Visits and disinfection was carried out in all eases with the exception of the tuberculosis eases, who have not changed their residence. Inspection op the whole reveals the conditions satisfactory.”

| A meeting of members of the Ladies’ Croquet Club was held on , Wednesday afternoon. There were J present: Mesdames Perrcau (in the chair), Reny, Ball, Bryant, McCoII, Parkes and Woods. All present | were elected a committee for the ensuing year, 'with Mrs Woods ns secretary. The following new members were elected: Mesdames Stevenson and Alexander, and Miss Rough. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded Mr W. Nye for the presentation of a trophy for competition. Various details in connection with the coming season were ai>., ranged, and the meeting terminated. Cries of “Order! Order!” were heard in all parts of the House when Mr J. Payne, M.P. for Grey Lynn, began to give notice of a question in the following terms: “Is it a fact that the Governor-General is allowed to poke his nose in When (lie erics of “Order!” ceased, Sir, Speaker said; “The lion, member must discontinue this. I will not al- "t low the question to he road further until I have seen it.” Mr Payne: “There is nothing further of that nature.” “Then the. lion, member must resume Ids seat.” Mr Payne complied; hut a moment later ho asked: “Is (here any objection to my putting it this way?” Mr Speaker, however, declined to hear the al-. (ernative form, instructing the lion, member to submit the question for Ids consideration privately. A Proclamation has been issucyl by the Imperial Government prohibiting the importation to the United Kingdom, except under license of the Board of Trade, of the undermentioned goods:—All machinery driven by power and suitable for use in cutting, working, or operating ou wood, including sawing machines of ail descriptions, general joiners’ mortise, tenon, and boring machines, lathes and rounding machines, box and cask making machines, and \ all machines necessary (hereto, ~ scraping and sandpapering machines, wheelwright machinery, lire-, \ wood making and bundling machinery; Avood-wool, wood-fibre, and wood-pulp machinery; saw sharpening and setting machines, saw; stretchers and grazing apparatus; all machines for grinding plauingirons or .moulding-irons; electric motors up (o one-half horse-power; bacon, hams, and lard other than lard from neutral countries. Mr W. 11. Field (Otaki) has given notice to ask the Minister for Defence (1) whether the Government , will, before it is too late, take definite action to save the last man—in many cases the last remaining - son of a widow or aged parents—from being taken from the farms of this country while there still remains large numbers of men who have evaded registration or have failed ■ to respond to the ballot; and, if it isMhc intentiton of the Government ‘to allow Military Service Boards a free hand to deplete farms of all ■ heir labour, and in many eases the last .son constitutes the parents’ - only really efficient labour, by which ’ moans the farmers are expected t 0... . maintain their production sufficiently to meet our taxation and other obligations? (2) Whether strenuous measures are being taken to call the law-breakers above tioned to account? (3) Whether it is true, as reported, that there are men living in the hush in varim;)? 1 * parts of the Dominion for the purpose of escaping their military sponsihilities? While walking on the Stratford railway station on Monday morning, just before the express train left for Wellington, a well-known resident was alleged to have been subjected to considerable annoyance by mill-' tary police. The gentleman was wearing a khaki coat, which he had purchased over four years ago, and was suddenly confronted by the military police. “Whore did you get that coat?” asked one policeman, in a tone of voice, so it was alleged, .that was extremely discourteous. The accosted man informed his enquirer (hat the coat was made at a f certain mill, and showed him the tab with the name on it. The “red-cap” said he did not care where the coat was made, but demanded to know how the owner became possessed of • it. A crowd commenced to gather, and a friend of the resident (old the police I hat lie was a Justice of tluv Peace, and could guarantee that owner of the coat had it for over four years to Ins knowledge. Ticslates that he was (hereupon informed (lull he was liable to prose-, enlion for interfering with the police, and, being mindful of (he War Regulations, held his peace. Before leaving, the police informed the possessor of the coat that he would he, prosecuted. r .