LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1741, 16 October 1917, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The following Poston “boys” recently embarked for the front: — R.. W. 11. Riddle, E. Westwood, W. Nye, W, Barber and S. Austin, An elderly Maori, named Harry Hughes, a resident of Awahuri, was struck by a motor while crossing the Street on Saturday. When picked up he was unconscious, and seriously injured. We have received a post card from Pte. J. Gillespie, from a port of call in- South Africa. Pte. Gillespie was in the best of health at the time of writing, and wishes to be remembered to Foxton friends.

“I am proud to think,” said Mr W. Walton at the reunion of the Christchurch High School Old Boys’ Association on Friday night in Christchurch, “that it was an old boy of the school that received the sword of the captain of the Emden upon that vessel’s surrender.” The Prcsbyeterian churches throughout the Dominion observed Sunday last as “Young People’s Day.” The service at the local church was appropriate to the occasion. Retiring collections at the close of each service were taken up in aid of the “Youth of the Church Fund.”

The organisers and assistants in connection with the local Catholic Bazaar, which opens to-day, were busy till past midnight, and early this morning, erecting stalls and decorating the interior of the Town Hall in readiness for to-day’s opening.

Questioned regarding the shipping supply for overseas, Mr Massey states that we cannot look far forward, but the shipping outlook between now and the middle of December is good. But for the fact that there are still large quantities of meat in store it could be regarded as very good indeed.

Among the first measures before the House this week will be the Sale of Liquor Restriction Act. It is understood that although the Government will agree to the postponement of early closing till the Ist De* cember, it is not disposed to ap.cept some other new features (inserted into the measure by the Council.

Wanted; Housewives to realise that it pays to purchase groceries and household requisites at Walker and Fume’s', ...

Large shoals of whitebait came up the river yesterday, and some big hauls were taken. The whitebait was selling locally at 2s per lb. One of the soldiers who appealed to the Wellington Military Service Board for leave said he was partowner of some land in Southland. “How much?” was asked. “Sixtyfive thousand acres.” It is stated that two cadets in the Christchurch office of the Tourist Department, who were receiving £6O a year each, have left the public service to take positions with local firms, who are.pajdng them £2OO a year each. For a line of onions from the Wellington district, Townsend and Paul on Saturday realised £93 6s 8d per ton in their Wellington auction rooms. Onions are selling at Is per lb. in the. shops, and are 4d per lb. dearer than the choicest apples, which are ticketed at 8d per lb. In a ballot held at Napier on Thursday for .sections in the Marakeke Settlement, Takapau, the following were successful: —201 acres (£72 4s 6d), R. McDermott, Pahiatua; 177 acres (£SB 19s),H. R. Graham, Palmerston North; 254 acres (£BO 11s), R. P. Fox, Waipukurau; 256 acres (£B3 18s 6d), Major M. MeDonell, Palmerston North. Old Father Time, assisted by flood waters, is bringing the Pohangina County into some of its own. At Saturday’s meeting the engineer reported that about 1,000 feet of jarrah —part of the old span of the Pohangina bridge —was protruding from under the slip, and could now be recovered. In view of the alterations to the boundaries of the Rangitikei and Manawatu electoral districts it is possible that Mr E. Newman, M.P. for Rangitikei, is likely to stand for the Manawatu seat at the next general election, Mr Newman is wellknown throughout the northern part of this electorate, and his candidature would be a popular one. The death has occurred at Whangarei of Mr Robert Samuel Lincoln, aged 88, who was described as the father of the Postal Service in Auckland. He was attached to the Post Office from 1863 to 1888 ,when he retired from the Public Service. The deceased leaves five children, 24 grandchildren, and 54 greatgrandchildren. Speaking at a welcome homo, Chaplain Blamircs, who has just returned after three years’ service, stated that the New Zealand soldiers were better fed than any other troops at the front. In this respect their conditions Avere infinitely better in France than they Avcrc in Gallipoli. The sanitation Avas excellent, and the general organisation Avas Avonderful. The lloroAvhcuua County Council on Saturday ratified the separation agreement with the Shannon Borough Council. The borough aIIoAVS the county £74 for plant taken over, an allocation of special loans is made betAveen the tAvo bodies, the county collects the rates to March 31st next, and makes disbursements of the hospital levy and the interest on loans, and in addition pays the borough the sum of £250 in .settlement of all its claims. The Palmerston Patriotic Society, in conjunction Avith the ladies’ patriotic organisation, entertained the returned soldiers in the Empire Hall last night at a concert, supper and dance. The Mayor, Mr J, A.- Nash, presided, and extended a hearty Avelcome to the returned men. Among those Avho contributed to the concert programme Avere the Foxton Maori, male quartette and Messrs Cronquest and Hornblow. Mr Maurice Cohen, at the conclusion of the concert, paid a fine tribute to the Maori items, and said it Avas fitting that our Maori brethren should participate in such functions, as they Avere nobly assisting the Empire in the present great crisis. At the Palmerston S.M. Court yesterday, James Cress, licensee of the Central Hotel, was charged Avith (1) permitting drunkenness on his licensed premises on September Ist, 1917, and (2) with keeping his premises open for the sale of liquor on Sunday, September 23rd, Avhen such premises Avere directed to be closed. His Worship convicted and fined defendant £lO and 7s costs on the first charge, and £5 and 7s costs on the second. William Owen, licensee of the Railway Hotel, pleaded guilty to employing a person in his bar who is under 21 years of age. Mr Oakley said the person was the licensee’s son, Avho was assisting temporarily. A fine of £2 and 7s costs was imposed. The circumstances connected with an arrest at Hamilton Avere discussed in the House of Representatives on Wednesday. A man Avas admitted to the Waikato Hospital, and his case Avas diagnosed by the medical superintendent as delirium tremens. He became violent, and as the Hospital’s padded cell was already occupied, the police were asked to remove him. In order that he might become liable to arrest, the Hospital authorities put him outside the institution and a constable at once arrested him on a charge of being drunk in a public place., While in police custody the man injured his head by his own violence, and became a jiopeless lunatig. His wife now appealed for relief. Several members urged that cases of this kind ought not to he placed in police hands at all. Sir John Findlay said there was an obvious Aveakness in the law, since a man could not be arrested even for his OAvn good unless he had committed an offence or Avas insane'. The man in the case under notice had only become liable to arrest by the action of the Hospital authorities,

The little boy, Claude Hurst, who was seriously injured at Rongotca recently, is progressing satisfaefo- , rily, and is on the way to recovery. While efforts are being made to preserve the beautiful Round Bush, near Fox ton, the large white pine trees, of which it is chiefly composed, are being ruthlessly cut down (says the Palmerston Standard), During the past week several truckloads of these forest giants have passed through Palmerston, on their way to the sawmills at Shannon. During the hearing of an application for interpretation of portions of the agreement existing between the Seamen’s Union at the Arbitration Court, at Wellington yesterday, his Honour Mr Justice Stringer, had occasion to express some surprise. “It seems to me to be extraordinary that rational beings cannot work under an agreement of this kind without these hair-splitting points ns to, say, three-quarters of an hour for dinner instead of a full hour under special circumstances, It is most extraordinary,”