LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1734, 25 September 1917, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A number of local sports attended the Otaki race meeting yesterday.

During the course of his remarks at the State school yesterday', Mr Hornblow said be would like to arrange an excursion to Kapiti Island for the elder scholars, at some future date.

We acknowledge with thanks from the secretary, Mr S. Morgrave, a schedule of the Horowhe-

nua Horticultural and Industrial Society’s next Spring and Autumn Shows, to be held on November 22nd and March 14th respectively. Tackle coughs and colds by using NAZOL, That’s the sensible and cheapest way. NAZOL is pepetrating, germ-killing —and most economical. 60 doses 1/6.

Dominion Day, in its Mondaised form, was observed locally as a close holiday by the local brauch N of the Bank of N.Z. An identification disc bearing the name and number of C. Burgess, of the N.Z.R.8., found locally, has been handed to us. Probably the disc was lost by the owner when in Foxton on his final leave. * An outbreak of typhoid fever,* resulting in the death of two natives, is reported from the native settlement of Jerusalem, on the Wanganui river. Up to the present eight cases have been reported. Trooper F. W. Francis, of the Gth Reinforcements, previously reported wounded, is now reported killed in action on July 31st, in Flanders. Deceased was the eldest son of Mr and Mrs W. Francis, Palmerston X., and brother of Mrs J.P. Reay, of Marotiri. In connection with the coastal steamship trouble, Mr W. T. Young, general secretary, and Mr P. Howell, assistant-secretary of the Seamen’s Union, were served on Saturday with summonses charging them separately under the War Regulations with inciting a seditious strike, Mrs Lee-Cowie, the well-known temperance lecturer,-will visit Foxton this week end. She will deliver an open-air address in Main Street on Saturday evening, and will speak in All Saints’ schoolroom on Sunday afternoon, and in. the local Presbyterian Church on Sunday evening. The stage at which a man may bo said to bo drunk was being seriously discussed by a Sub-Inspector, counsel, and a witness in the New Plymouth Magistrate’s Court. The i witness had the final word. Ho remarked: “When a man goes lo the pump to light his pipe, I should say he is drunk.” “Although our buiter-fat payment has increased 7LI, do you think I am any better off, with the increased cost of everything else,” said a shareholder at a factory meeting in Wairarapa recently, when protesting against increased expenditure. “I am quite certain you are,” retorted the chairman. The theory that more hoy hahies than girls are born in war time has been revived in the report of thd British Rcgistrar-Cloncral for 1015. The births registered in the year numbered 814,014. Males numbered 415,205, and females being’ 1,040 lo 1,000, while ordinarily a slight excess of female births is recorded. The dairy season has opened exceptionally well in the Rougotca district so far as the milk supply is concerned. The output at the Rongolea factory for August was a record for the first mouth of the season, boating the previous record by over four tons oft butter. The factory is paying Is fid net to the suppliers for August butter. Jan Piclorse, the Dutch seaman belonging to Hie Port Kcmhla, who was arrested at Nelson on a charge of making disloyal utterances, appeared before Mr S. E. M’Carthy, S.M., in the Wellington Magistrate’s Court, yesterday. When charged at Nelson, Pieterso intimated his intention of pleading guilty. Chief Detective Boddam, who appeared for Die. prosecution, a steed for, and was granted, a remand for one week. There is an acute shortage of fat cattle in the Ashburton county at the present time, states the correspondent of the Lyttelton Times, and butchers arc experiencing considerable difficulty in obtaining supplies. At the last sale at the Ashburton yards, only two fat cows were submitted to auction, and those realised the substantial price of £lO 12s Od each. A few months ago the same class of cows could have been purchased for about £l2 a head. The knowledge which harbourmasters and pilots should have of a harbour was referred to in the Admiralty Court at Wellington on Saturday. The Chief Justice said that each of them should know every rock in the harbour; in fact, at one time certificates would not he issued unless they did so. Mr Will'ord; Does your Honour remember the story of the Irish captain who boasted that lie knew every rock on the coast. One day he struck, and exclaimed to his mate: “Bogorra, that’s wan of 1 him.” (.Laughter). An episode of the Crimea related by General Sir George Iligginson’s “A. Guardsman’s Life,” tells .of a strange contrast with present-day practice. A petty officer of H.M.S. St. Jean d’Arc had undertaken to blow up the Russian Jlagship lying in the inner harbour of Sevastopol, and had proved his ability to do so by going through the performance in dummy against the British flagship. He was not allowed to make the attempt, because the Admiral considered “it was not cricket.” The nice- distinction between “surprised” and “astonished” was once drawn by a famous English lexicographer. One morning the man of many words preceded his better-half to the breakfast room. Coming suddenly on the pretty serving maid, he forgot discretion, and kissed her. At that particular moment his wife arrived on the scene most inopportunely, and witnessed the osculatory performance. “Noah,” she said, “I am much surprised!” “No, my dear,” was his answer, “I am surprised; you are astonished!” Eighteenpence spent on NAZOL will keep you free from colds this winter. Take on sugar or inhale. Sixty doses* 1/6. Get NAZOL today. Fresh supplies of Lettuce daily at Walker & Furrie’s,*

The rainfall registered locally up till nine o’clock this morning was 84 peints. Warm rains commenced to fall throughout this, district last night,and continued to-day. The weather is very muggy. Mr G, W. Watt, chief engineer of the ill-fa ted'Port Kcmhla, who is at present in Wellington, is a survivor of the Port Adelaide, sunk early this year. Death has removed an old resident of the Colyton district in the person of Mrs M. Mcnzies, at the age of 80-years. Her husband predeceased her seven years ago. Mr James Thorn was liberated from prison at Auckland on Saturday, after serving a sentence of 12 months’ imprisonment on a charge of sedition. The Wanganui Trotting Club’s new course at Wanganui East was visited on Friday by the GovernorGeneral, Lord Liverpool. The property has been named Liverpool Park, 'and during the proceedings His Excellency planted an oak tree. An amending Military Service Act enabling the Government Statistician to take all the remaining members of the First Division, numbering about 9,000, without a ballot, was introduced as an urgent measure and put through the House last night. There is on view in Mr Betty’s shop window a-fra mod picture of King Albert, of Belgium. This is be-: ing disposed of at the forthcoming Catholic Bazaar by means of an art union, tickets for which are, now on sale. The social and dance to be held to-night in the Catholic schoolroom is in aid of the Belgian Stall at the forthcoming Catholic Bazaar. The ladies have been busy decorating the hall in the Belgian colours, and miniatures of lids heroic little nation’s Hag will he in evidence in all 1 parts of the building. The prices of admission will be as usual.. A New Plymouth lady had a peculiar experience. One morning she visited the auction mart, and made some purchases. Arriving home later, she discovered she had lost a 10s note. Some hours later she was again at the mart, and was agreeably surprised to see the note lying on the lloor. Six hours ufc least had elapsed between her two visits to the mart. The Sydney Suns says: “With the loss of the Cumberland and Port Kcmhla evidence has accumulated that Germany, with secret agents, is carrying out plots for the destruction of ships in this and other parts of the globe. The directors of the Sun, therefore, offer £I,OOO reward for the detection of such a conspiracy in the Commouwealthjgißßi| conviction of the chief Mr W. A. Voiteh; Wanganui exchange), communication with the Defence, endeavouring to secun|BHl Wanganui one of the captured on the occasion of the aW ward of the Victoria Cross to Cor*| poral Andrews, and has received all reply that a cable has been de- jl spatched to Headquarters, NewJ Zealand Expeditionary Force, London, enquiring whether the request can possibly be met. ( | Mr Herdman (Attorney-General) read a statement in Parliament showing that from August, 1915, to August, 1910 (the period in which the anti-shouting regulation had operated) there was a (decrease ofjl 2,779 convictions for drunkenness™ in New Zealand. The next night iB Herdman voted for the aholitionßHJ anti-shouting. Does this monlll 1 Well, what does it menJW naively asks the Palmers,ton TiuflH Gorman children living near fill frontier are being taught the genjJHl art of smuggling. The Dutch palHI ers are commenting on the incro.ilHl ing number of German children wISHI “stray” across the frontier and reBI turn home heavily laden with foodstuffs. Most of them are quite-, youug, as, unless they are unde'ffll thirteen they will he held up by tWfll Dutch sentries. Many fry to mflH lead the sentries by wearing checM] od gingham aprons like the Dufilll children. It is a noticeable fact*! that they seldom wear leather shoes or (dogs, bat are shod with many odd varieties of fell and cloth homemade footwear. A fine record of service stands to the credit of Lieut. A. Orr, of Balfour, Southland, who relumed to Now Zealand by the hospital ship which reached Port Chalmers today (says the Dunedin Star of Thursday). He was a member of the main body of the, Otago Mounted Rifles. After being Gallipoli ho returned to New land. He left again with the iHII Reinforcements. He was wounSH a second time at Ploegstreelo, after treatment in a French hofll tal, returned (o the front for BB third time, and took part in Messines battle, where he reeei\4|P a wound in the arm. Empire Day was fittingly celebrated at the loeal State school yesterday, in accordance with the pro- J gramme outlined by the Education* Department, and the flag was saint-1 ed, Mr Hornblow, chairman of H Committee, addressed the children <i of the upper standards on certain i phases of early Maori history along; the coast. lie dealt with the inva? sion of these parts by the Ngati-f toas, Ngatiawas, and other tribes under Te Rauparaha and Te Pehi, and gave a character sketch of the former. He also referred to histric spots along this coast. The address was listened to with marked attention by the scholars, and the speaker was accorded the usual compliment. / , , ij3

Extract from a Feilding Star editorial:—There are throughout New Zealand men in Labour union circles who during the whole period of our industrial unrest —and that ,is a matter of two decades —have managed all the time to avoid the manual labour of the men who. have kept them in softness, in the purple and fine linen of office. The ladies of the local Catholic Church who are appointed to take charge of the various stalls at the forthcoming bazaar, have been, and arc, holding weekly socials in aid of their respective stalls. Another of the series is to be held in St, Mary’s schoolroom this evening, and a “long night” social will be held 1n aid of the produce stall, on Friday evening. Air Buick protested in the House last night against so many young fellows being .allowed to shirk their military service. He had overheard a conversation between two strapping young fellows, one of whom declared: “I’m not going.” He then explained to Ills companion how ho dodged service by the aid of a friendly chemist, who told him how much strychnine to lake to affect the heart during (ho medical examination. This man got off. An extraordinary rumour, which gained ready credence, flow through "Wellington yesterday morning to the effect that a well-known lawyer and member of Parliament had been killed in a motor accident, says the Dominion. The matter was discussed on street corners, telephone inquiries were numerous, and the police were advised of the alleged fatality from several quarters. Fortunately Dame Rumour proved a lying jade. The “dead” man was subsequently the recipient of numerous c ongra tid a t ions. The death occurred at Foxlon on Saturday afternoon of Mr William Naesmith, of Invercargill. The deceased, accompanied by a daughter, was on a holiday visit to another daughter, Airs C. Hill, of wharf Street, wife of Mr C. Hill, railway ganger, and had been in Foxlon about a fortnight. He contracted pneumonia about ten days ago, and passed away on Saturday afternoon. The late Mr Naesmith was a master baker, of Invercargill, and was 63 years of age. lie leaves a family of live daughters and throe sons, one of whom is at the front. The body was taken to Invercargill yesterday for burial. Romo strong statements were made by witnesses called in the Supreme Court at Wanganui in support of an application hy Air Murray, a Gonville resident, for an injunction against the Now Zealand Refrigerating Company, regarding an alleged nuisance from the company’s Imlay work's. One resident stated that owing to I he smell from works the fiy nuisance was a ■kic, and it was found necessary the dinner table with mosHRto netting and lift it up to gel a p>ito to eat. Another witness said the fly pest was awful, and when his children were sleeping he had to cover thorn over with mosquito netting and put fiy papers on top of the netting. An idea of Urn magnitude of the great September offensive on the Western front last year is given hy a New Zealand soldier who participated, in a letter to his sister in Wellington. Such an offensive, lie says, “is nothing to talk about; you want to see to believe; and no artist can paiid it. Kaiser Bill is hard to knock bade, .but back be must go, and the Allies will sacrifice many more lives to bring this war to a mighty and glorious victory. Let me say the people of Now Zealand, or, I should say, the majority, do not realise there is a war on, and you arc all lucky to be in New Zealand. My word, there arc splendid women in Old England, and they treat the soldiers well. Let me tell yon that the women of England arc doing their Lit as well as the men in numerous ways.” An ini cresting doseription of Chinese domestic customs is given in a letter recently received from a New Zealand missionary now in Pekin, particular reference being made to the city “erics.” The writer says: —“The strangeness of our surroundings helped to keep aAvay sleep the firs I night, and also the fact that at regular intervals someone passed our place shouting something in Chinese. AVe thought it must he a night-watchman, but wo could hear others in the distance, and sometimes the call would lie different. AVe discovered next morning that salesmen come around until 2 o’clock in the morning with all kinds of wares for sale, and the “songs of Ike night” came from these gentlemen. Some of the calls hare very weird, and worse than all the Tish-ohs/ ‘wild rabbit/ and ‘morning papers’ that ever were heard in the homeland!” Gunner Harry-Selby, of Masterton, explains In a letter how he and another secured a war honour; —“I suppose yon know by now that Charlie Gillespie has been awarded the Military Cross, and that your humble got the Military Medal, AVe helped to put out a fire in an ammunition dump, that Fritz set alight with a shell. It was a fire, so I had to be there. I attended a big parade on Monday last (9th July), and was decorated with a bit of ribbon by Sir A. J. Godley; I also had the honour of shaking hands with him. Lieut. Gillespie took sick and dodged the business. I am writing this in a hole in the ground. . You can dodge shell splinters that way. I will finish my three years’ service in about five weeks’ time, and I hope to get back to New Zealand for a trip, but do not think it will come 9ftv ? . ,