LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1735, 29 September 1917, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A meeting of the Flaxmillcrs ? Association was held at Palmerston on Thursday, when important business was transacted.

Mrs Lee Cowie will address the children of the combined Sunday schools in the Anglican schoolroom at 2.30 p.m. to-morrow. Edmund Davey, a returned soldier, was drowned on Wednesday night while fording the Ahuriri river on horseouck. He drew a section at Beumore some time since. He leaves a widow, but no children, The Head Teacher of the local State school acknowledges with thanks donations of £1 each, towards apparatus for organised games and the library fund, from Messrs James and John Robinson and A. Ross. Such donations carry a government subsidy of £ for £. Speaking in the House, the Minister for Defence said he was not able to say when the first class of the Second Division would be called up, but it would probably be in January. He hoped the war would end before it was necessary to call up the second class.

At the ‘Wellington Military Service Board the appeals of four Catholic theological students were dismissed, and the appellants recommended for service with the Medical Corps. The appeals of six Catholic priests were adjourned for a month. A balance-sheet submitted to the Wairarapa Patriotic Association on Wednesday showed a credit balance of £80,859 12s Id. Of this amount, £17,200 is invested on deposit, £42,500 in debentures, and £24,000 on mortgage. The accrued interest up till 30th June was £3,880. Mr J. Davey, of Himatangi, has received word that his son, Gnr. W. Davey, who was'admitted to the hospital some time ago, is now at the convalescent camp at Hornchurch, also that another son, who was admitted to the hospital in France with acute pneumonia, is now progressing favourably. Mrs Lee Cowie, the well-known temperance lecturer and organiser, will deliver an open-air address in Main Street to-night. She will also speak to the combined Sunday school scholars in All Saints’ schoolroom to-morrow afternoon, and will conduct the evening service in the Presbyterian Church.

At the Christchurch Magistrate’s Court, Alfred Ernest Craddock, land agent, of Christchurch, whose recent bankruptcy caused considerable public interest, was committed for trial on eight charges of theft and fraudulent conversion, involving £1,457 Is 9d. Bail was allowed, self in £SOO and two sureties of 1 £SOO each.

The Premier, in reply to a question from Mr Vigor Brown, M.P., informed (he House that the Government has full information in regard to the mysterious launch which had called at the Cook Islands, but he was not in a position lo make an official statement on the subject. Apparently (hero has been “something doing” at the Islands^

Extraordinarily high wages are now being paid by Swedish and Norwegian ship-owners lo the crews of vessels running the U-boat blockade of the British Isles. In steamers chartered to the north-east coast, port masters arc paid £OO a month, chief officers £4O, and second mates £3O, while even mcssvoom boys who attend on the engineers receive £2O monthly. An indication of Ihe very- strong support given to the 0 o’clock dosing movement by many in the business conimunily of Auckland is supplied (says (he Auckland Star) by the action of Mr J. W. Court, of the linn of John Court, Ltd., in handing his cheque for £I,OOO to (he Business Men’s Committee which organised the agitation for shorter hotel hours.

The Minister for Customs presented a return to Parliament showing the number of licensed breweries in the Dominion. The total number is 02, distributed as follows: — Auckland district, 0; Poverty Bay, 1) New Plymouth district, 2; 'Wanganui district, G; Wellington, 6; Napier, 5; Blenheim, 2; 5, Westport, 2; Grcymoutli, 3; Hokitika, 3; Christchurch, 0; Timaru, 1; Dunedin, 0; Invercargill, 5.

“T would like lo know,” indignantly remarked an Groan County farmer, “what the Premier means by saying there will shortly be a decrease in land values? Government valuers have just been through our country and increased the unimproved values by anything from £G an acre upwards. No sooner is that done than Mr Massey says the price of land will shortly come down with a run. Will the Government valuers come round again and reduce our valuations? Not a bit of it! Anyhow, I think Mr Massey does not know what he is talking about.”

Tonnage lo a limited amount is likely to be available for the Pacilic ' Coast( says the Post), but at very high rates. The steamer rate to San Francisco is up from the original £3 to £9 per ton, by vessels under the British flag, and sailing vessels at that, are asking more than steam, to say nothing of the extra insurance required on cargo shipped by sailer. Exporters who are anxious to do business direct with the States feel that the United Slat-' es Government, in its own interests, should regulate the Pacific freights per sailing ships. Fate r.arely grants us what we crave t Betwixt the cradle and the grave. Anticipating boons to come Makes phantom happiness for some; But when with croup a child lies sick Relief is always needed quick-*- 1 Wise parents such relief assure By purchasing Woods’ Peppermint Cure. 23

'Mr Fred. Martin will enter the district hospital on Monday for the purpose of undergoing a surgical operation.

A man over seventy years of age told the Military Service Appeal Board in Mastertpn that nothing would delight him more than to get away and have a bang at the Germans.

• At the Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning, before Mr W. G. K. Keuriek, S.M., W. 11. Hart, Lance Andrew and William Fmcll, admitted riding bicycles without lights, and were each lined ss, with 2s costs.

The Defence Department advises that-58206 Private Francis Henry Gillon, 3-Ath Mounted Rilles, died in Featherston Military Hospital on Thursday, the certified capse of death being cerebro-spinal meningitis.

At Palmerston North on Thursday, Arthur Parkinson, alias Hill, alias Thompson, pleaded guilty in the Magistrate’s Court to a series of charges of forgery, and was committed to the Wellington Supreme Court fqr sentence.

A middle-aged labourer named William Berry shot himself through the mouth with a shot gun yesterday at Turakina. Ho was in a precarious condition, and was removed to the Wanganui Hospital. The cause is attributed to financial worries. There is little hope of his recovery. Berry has a wife and nine children. The Minister for Defence said that the first draft of the Second Division would not go away before next June, or perhaps August. By then he hoped we would be able to see how things were going on, and who would win the war. He expressed the hope that only the first class of the Second Division would lie called up —perhaps not even (hat.

Sir James Allen stated in the House on Thursday, in reply to Mr Poole, that the Government had not received any official report concerning the railway accident outside Plymouth (England), in which nine New Zealand soldiers were killed. The High Commissioner had undertaken to send particulars at the earliest moment.

Mr Massey stated in the House yesterday that the reconstitution of (he National Efficiency Board had been practically completed, and that the Board would probably get to work next week and continue the useful efforts already made. It has already been announced that Mr Massey and Sir Joseph Ward are going to sit upon the Board, and it is understood that Mr William Ferguson has consented to retain the chairmanship. Complaints are made that jobs vacated by men called up for military purposes are being filled by Australians. The chairman of the Second Division League said undoubtedly the position was most, serious. Australia had turned down conscription while we had accepted it cheerfully. Were our positions, he asked, to be taken and filled by men belonging to a. country which was not doing its share for the Empire? Nothing, however, is 'being done in the matter.

“For ways (hat arc dark and tricks that arc vain, (lie heal lion Chinee is peculiar.” “.Didn’t know the law? You can tell (hat to the marines/” said Mr S. E. M’Carthy, in response to a plea, “me not know the law,” of a Chinese charged at Wellington with selling' cigarettes after hours. A penally of .€5, with costs, or, in defaut, a month’s imprisonment, was (lie penalty. The same penalty, for a similar offence, was also made again, st another Celestial. , The Minister for Lands was asked the following question in the House of Representatives on Thursday by Mr W. 11. Field (Otaki) ; Whether the Government will, without delay—this session, if possible —devise and bring down a measure which will provide a fairer and .more effective method of checking the speculative traffic in land, said to be rife in this country, than the taxation of land without exemption of mortgages recently imposed by Parliament? The death is announced at Stockbridge of Mr Tom Cannon, sen., the veteran trainer of horses and oldtime jockey. He was 73 years of age, His first big win was on Isoline, in 18G3, in the Manchester Cup, and 17 years later he won the same race on the mare's grandson, Isonomy. In 1882 Cannon won the Derby, and he rode as fir.-/ jockey for Mr Abington Baird, pt the princely retaining fee of £15,000 a year. On four occasions Cannon won the French Derby.

By (he death of Mrs Agues Ada Kockell at Auckland last week, Wanganui loses another of its old identities. Mrs Kuekell was the eldest daughter of the late Mr George Gower, of Wanganui, and came out to New Zealand with her parents in the early ’fifties, on the ship Star of the South. As a young woman she was always closely as - sociated with all the musical societies of Wanganui. She married Air Martin Kockell, sometime subeditor of the Wanganui Herald, and afterwards of the Newsletter of Alusterton, who died some years ago. For some time / past Airs Kockell resided in Turakina, where she taught music. She was greatly esteemed by all her pupils and friends, both European and Afaori. She leaves a daughter and two grand: children.

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A distressing scene was witnessed locally (yesterday, a man wearing the King’s uniform helplessly drunk.

The public arc in for a musical treat to-night and to-morrow, by reason of the visit of the Feilding Salvation Army Silver Band.

Mr James Thorn, after serving nine months imprisonment at Mt. Eden for sedition, was given a welcome at Palmerston on Thursday evening. Speeches were made by Messrs R. Ross and Semple.

Writing to the Southland Times on the habits of whitebait, Mr E. J. Fleming says; Some time ago, at Christchurch, the question was de-; bated as to whether whitebait are young smelts. To settle the mat ter, a resident of Opawa placed a quantity of live whitebait in one of his fish ponds, and they eventually grew; into smelts, thus deciding the ques-: tion.

Mr and Mrs Tuili McDonald, f manager and secretary of the Koputaroa Maori Concert Party, desire to (hank the Foxtou Band, Messrs F. Rout and Petersen, and Eoxton European friends for assistance rendered in connection with the concert held at Shannon on Thursday evening. The concert parly intend to visit Palmerston N. on October Bth, and Feilding on the Dili, and will probably give a repeat performance in Foxtou on the 12thj

The Local Bills Committc recoin-; momlcd to the House of Representatives yesterday that the Manawatu County Loan and Empowering Bill be allowed to proceed subject to certain amendments made. The do - linitiou “tramway” has been altered to mean the tramway from Himatangi to Pukenui under the control of the. Manawatu County Council. The precedent consent of the Gov-ornor-General-in-Council is also required by the Council before it may raise a special loan. Mr E. Newman, M.P., has charge of (ho Bill.

At the Magistrate’s Court, yesterday, judgment for plaintiff; was given in the case Foxlon Borough Council v. Mrs Elsie Webster (separate estate), claim £2 3s 9d, costs 11s. •In (he judgment summons ease, Mrs K. Symons v. Frederick Robinson, there was no appearance of judgment debtor, and he was ordered to pay £1 Kis forthwith, in default seven days’ imprisonment in Wellington prison. A similar order against the same defendant in favour of Mrs Symons for the payment of a further £1 2s Od

James Arness, aged 20, was struck by lightning last May, and lost the power of speech. Four months’ treatment in hospital proving useless, he . was discharged. Last weelc he met with a cycling accident, and cried “Oh!” as he fell. His speech is now quite normal. “In this case,” writes a medical , correspondent to the London Daily Mail, “the man had probably recovered the power of speech some time before, but had not the strength of will to put his vocal organs in action. The stimulus of the fall produced the- necessary effect. A man who had not spoken for six months shouted when thrown out of punt into the Thames. It has been noticed in the X-ray examination that he had no ‘wind’ to drive the vocal organs. Another speechless soldier was told by a ward eompaii- x ion that he had talked in his sleep. He was so surprised that he said, “I don’t believe you.” At the old settlers’ reunion at Wellington this week, Archbishop Redwood (old of the first peach tree grown in Nelson, and of the excitement caused by the first ripe peach his family had seen, “My father brought it inside to us,” he said. “We had to make it go all round, and we each had a little bit of it. We thought it delicious. We saved the stone, and, after a few years, it grew up and gave us tons of peaches. Then the first apple came. We ate that and saved the pips, planted (hem, and they grew up, so after a time we had ample fruit. But there was no blights, and you all know what trouble they have caused since.” Archbishop Redwood also referred to the intense heat of the Nelson plains in the early days—s hotter days than ever (hey are now, he said. “We grew grapes in the open air, and they ripened perfectly. I defy anybody to do that in the same places now.” The Archbishop thought that the uncultivated ground had something to do with the extra heat.

Mr William T. Hawick, one of Palmerston’s best known men, died suddenly at Ids residence on Thursday night. He left hime early in (he evening to consult a doctor, and, after visiting his chemist, retired to bed about 10 o’clock. His wife was awakened a few minutes afterwards by his falling out of bed. The doctor on arrival could only pronounce life extinct. Mr Dawick, the eldest son of the late Mr Samuel Dawick, was born in Wellington 53 years ago, and arrived in Palmerston a-

bout the year 1873, where his parents established a boardinghouse. The late Mr Dawick took an enthusiastic interest in friendly society matters, and was also a prominent Freemason. He spent a fair amount of his time at the loeal seaside, when he erected a well-appointed residence. He halves a widow and family of six sons and two daughters to mourn the 10.-s of an affectionate husband and father, and to whom is extended (he sympathy of a ku’ge circle of friends, both here and in Palmerston. The funeral takes, place to-morrow.

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It is \mderstood that for some time past a feeling of discontent has been evident at the Otaki Na- - five College, and on Wednesdity night the senior boys left the institution as a sign of protest. On Thursday the Bishop of Wellington had boon communicated with. Members of the staff are reported t > have left, or arc leaving. Members of the local Masonic Lodge entertained their wives, daughters, and sisters at a very enjoyable social in (he Masonic Hall last night. The W.M., Bro. J. W. Stevenson, welcomed the ladies in a short and appropriate speech. Pro-gres-ive euchre, hook title competition, and dancing, interspersed with , vocal items, made the time pass quit kly and pleasantly. Among those present were several brethren from sister lodges. The ladies provided a very nice supper, and every \ one thoroughly enjoyed themselves.