LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1746, 30 October 1917, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The estate of Mr Sydney Johnston, of Oi’ouawharo, Takapau, has been sworn in under £300,000.

Harry Lake, a dairyman, charged with selling milk containing 13 per cent, of water, was fined £25 at Wellington. Father Michael Tormey, in charge of the Ellerslic (Auckland) Parish Church, died suddenly in the street from a sudden heart seizure, while walking rapidly up a hill on Sunday. Mr Maekay, solicitor, Mayor of Wanganui, was last week fined £1 by Mr G. T. Hewitt, S.M., for contempt of Court for disobeying the latter’s orders to sit down. The decision of the District CourtMartial which tried Francis Joseph Carroll for desertion was announced at Palmerston on Saturday. The maximum sentence —two years’ imprisonment —was imposed.

From the Ist of November Stratford will only have one butcher in business in the town. The high prices of stock and scarcity of labour are given as reasons for the “knight of the cleaver” going out of the business.

A man named Thomas Anderson, aged seventy-five, a retired farmer, living at Grove street, Musselburgh, Dunedin, died suddenly on Sunday morning from heart failure, just after having a bath. Deceased was a married men. No inquest is considered necessary,

The United States Consul-Gen-eral at Auckland is instructed that every alien intending to visit or pass through the United States must have a passport vised by him, and make a declaration in person, at Auckland, a fortnight before his or her intended departure.

The Nottingham Chamber of Commerce has presented New Zealand Avith an aeroplane costing £2,000, The Duchess of Portland christened the machine at Nottingham, in the presence of a large gathering. Miss Mackenzie attached to the aeroplane a kiwi mascot. Sir James Mills accepted the gift on behalf of the Government,

The folloAving coastal steamers got aAvay from Wellington on Saturday, after being tied up for six weeks at that port The Invercargill, for Wanganui; Nikau, for Nelson and Motueka; Waverley, for Pa tea; Putiki, for Lyttelton; Queen of the South, for Foxton. The Wairan, which came across to Wellington from Blenheim last week, sailed for her destination, Blenheim,

SOUR STOMACH,

This is a mild form of indigestion. Eat slowly, masticate your food thoroughly, and take one of Chamberlain’s Tablets just after supper, and it may be avoided, For sale everywhere,—Advt,

The Catholic baza nr held at Shannon last Thursday and Friday is expected to nett £2OO.

Mr M, O’Brien, district health officer, was in Foxton yesterday. His visit was in connection with a local case of diphtheria. A youth named C. T. Adams, charged at Palmerston S.M. Court yesterday with representing himself to be 21 years of age in order to obtain liquor, was convicted and fined 20s and costs.

An Auckland telegram reports the death of Mr William Beehan, exM.L.G, from erysipelas, following poisoning caused by ah insect bite. Mr Beehan was born in Ireland in 1853, and came to the Dominion in 1874.

Fright at the sound of the guns during the recent raid on London resulted in Miss Ruby Rugg, of Rosebank Road, Hanwell, recovering her sight after being blind for four years. She complained of a terrible pain at the back of her head, and then, in her own words, “something seemed to snap,” and she rushed to her mother 1 , citing, “Oh, mother, I can see!”

A great scarcity of vegetables is being felt at Palmerston, says the Standard, and the prices at which the ordinary varieties are selling is placing them quite beyond the reach of many people. The high prices are partly accounted for by the fact that agents have been operating on behalf of Wellington buyers, as enquiries were received this week for two tons of carrots.

An accident of- a peculiar kind happened near Avondale, Auckland. A young man, Donald Cattanach, of Parnell, was riding in the side-car of a motor-cycle and carrying a loaded rifle, when the jolting of the ear caused the rifle to explode. The bullet went through the toe of one of the young man’s boots, injuring several toes so severely that he had to go to the Hospital to get the injuries attended to. An old trainer, whose son was just starting to ride in races, thought it well to give the budding champion some hints. “Never talk,” he said, with a wise waggle of his old head. “Never talk, I had to learn that. I was out clear of the field with another chap one day, and I said to him, friendly like, as we rounded the turn, ‘Don’t worry, I’m not trying.’ Whereupon he threw himself off. I won, and I lost a patron.” During the cross-examination of a witness in Court at Gisborne, counsel for defence said, “Do you habitually drive a car over a bridge at ten miles per hour?” “Yes,” was the reply. His Worship: “You should make it over six months ago, so as to outreach the by-law.” (Laughter).- Witness: “I have driven his Worship over the bridge at ten miles per hour.” (Laughter). “His Worship did not know that,” was the Magistrate’s prompt reply, amid some laughter. There was a large audience in the Opera House, at Wanganui on Saturday, when the Rev. Howard Elliott delivered an address on the objects of the Protestant Political Association. A resolution was unanimously carried expressing confidence in Mr Elliott as organiser, and supporting the prosecution of the Association’s objects. A resolution was also carried protesting against the action of members of the House who -voted in favour of the exemption of teachers from the operations of the Military Service Act.

The Canadian authorities, acting on information from the Secret Service Department, arrested Dr. Patrick McCarten upon his arrival at Halifax. McCarten was travelling with a fraudulent seaman’s passport, McCarton enjoyed the title of Ambassador of the Irish Republic to the United States. It has been commonly reported that German agents have been busy in Ireland attempting to stir up a second outbreak, and that German cargo submarines had landed machine guns and ammunition in lonely inlets of the Irish Sea.

“The Prime Minister bias invited members to give him any instances of exploitation—here is one,” remarked Mr J. M’Combs (Labour M.P. for Lyttelton), as a preliminary to reading a telegram from a number of Lyttelton fishermen and commercial workers protesting against the exorbitant price of distillate, and stating that if the present prices continued they would lie unable to continue their work. That, stated Mr McCombs, would have a serious effect upon the price of fish in Christchurch. The Prime Minister replied that he would be glad to have the matter looked into. The Board of Trade had been a fortnight in the South Island, and had just returned to Wellington. If anything in the way of profiteering were prevalent it would be stopped, for ther.e was no reason why exorbitant prices should be charged for mineral oils.

HOW IS YOUE BOILER ?

It has been stated that a man’s stomach is his boiler, his body is his engine, and his mouth the ike-box. Is your boiler (stomach) in good working order, or is ij; so weak that it will not stand a full load and not able to supply the needed energy to your engine (body) % If you have any trouble with your stomach, Chamberlain’s Tablets will do you good. They strengthen and invigorate thfi stomach and enable it do to its work naturally. Many very remarkable cures of stomach trouble have been effected by them. For sale everywhere.—Advt. Fresh supplies of Lettuce daily at Walker & Fume’s,*

James Burr, son of Mr and Mrs John Burr, met with a very painful accident last week through a fall from his bicycle, sustaining two severe gashes in the knee, which necessitated medical attention. As a result he will only be able to get about on crutches for some weeks. Fifty years ago 70 bales of hemp were exported to England from Auckland. The Auckland Herald of October 27th, 1867, comments on the fact as follows: “It must be borne in mind that should the experiment now being made with New Zealand flax prove successful there will be a vast increase in the article as an export.” To-day the export of hemp represents something in the vicinity of 150,000 bales per annum. It has been stated that the division in the House for the exemption of teachers followed the old party lines. If that is so, how comes it that Mr W. H. Field, returned by this constituency to support the Reform Party, hived off with Sir Joseph Ward and those who supported the exemption of teachers from military service? We really believe our esteemed member would be happier as a free lance. Two shots were fired at the express from Auckland to Wellington on Thursday night, when it was approaching Frankton. The driver thought a stone had been thrown, but a small hole perforated in the glass showed that it had been made by a bullet. A passenger had a linger grazed, and a bullet-mark was also found in another carriage. In*i quiry is being made, but the pro-, bable explanation is thought to be that it was the work of mischievous boys. Death has claimed another old resident of New Zealand, in the person of Mr Daniel Desmond, late of Awahuri, where he had lived for many years, at the age of 71 years. He had been ill for many months, and died in Feilding on Sunday. Mr Desmond was born at sea on the way out to New Zealand from the Old Country, and he was identified with the Maori wars in Taranaki and Poverty Bay. He was a widower, with no family. Referring to the question of “the last man. on the farm,” Mr G. Witty (Rieearton) asked the Minister for Defence in the House of Representatives whether he would give instructions that all this class of men in camp or at the front be sent home again. Sir James Allen said no instructions had been given to Military Service Boards. If a man in camp was required on a farm he had the right to apply to a Military Service Board, which could give him leave to go back to his farm, and very often this was done. The depositing of rubbish in the letter box at the corner of Avenue Road and Johnston Street has been causing the postal officials some annoyance of late, and the matter was placed in the hands of the police, who promised to bring the offenders before the Magistrate if they could be traced. Definite information is now available as to identification of the culprits, but the Magistrate will not be asked to adjudicate. A pair of starlings considered the box an ideal nesting place, and were making their arrangements accordingly. Appellants who come before the Military Service Board in Hawera frequently state that their only assistance is that given by a boy. At Monday’s sitting an appellant mentioned that he was assisted by a boy. Pressed as to the boy’s age, the appellant blandly replied “twen-ty-five,” much to the amusement of A the Board and those in Court. It transpired at Wednesday’s sessional that there was another “boy” on farm whose age was given as “There appears to be a number orH old 'boys’ in this district,” remarked a member of the Board. —Star. ™ The 400th anniversary of the Re- ! formation was commemorated at, the local Presbyterian Church on Sunday. The Reformation was. long in preparation, but Protestants have fixed on October 31st as the actual day for commemoration, On that day Martin Luther, in the year 1517, posted on the door of the Church of All Saints’ at Wittenberg, his famous 95 theses relating to the doctrine and certain practices of the Western Roman Catholic Church. The preacher, Rev. J. H.; Bredin, delivered an appropriate address, touching on the vital points of Luther’s life.

Some amusement was caused at the Military Service Board sitting at Te Aroha, when an appellant was being questioned as to his interest in horse-racing and his attendance at race meetings. Appellant said he was last at Trentham races in July, 1916. “That’s correct,” stated ap-i pellant’s counsel, “for I saw him there myself.” ”What, do you go to Trentham races, too?” incredulously queried the chairman, “Oh, I didn’t go down solely to see thecae es,” smilingly explained counsel, “That’s what they all say!” interpolated Mr Hockly. “Yes,.” drily re-, marked the chairman, “I hayp hgd occasion to interview clients there; myself at times!”

The ownership of the lakes of New Zealand is a question that has been exciting considerable interest for some time, inasmuch as the right and title to the lakes i,s claimed by the Maoris, The general question as to whether the ownership of the lakes lies with the Crown, or with the natives, is to be decided by thq full bench of the Native Land Court Judges at, Wellington in January next. If the Maoris are adjudged to be the owners of the lakes, the question of apportioning the interests of the various tribes in ent lakes will subsequently be eided by Native Land Court Judged in the various districts. ,w

Mr George N. Wood, one of Shannon’s oldest residents, passed away on Sunday evening, aged 77 years, Don’t miss the entertainment in the Town Hall to-night, You will regret it if you do. Thursday being All Saints’ Day, there will be a celebration of the Holy Communion in All Saints’ Church at 10.30 a.ra. The sura of £l4O was collected by the Foxton Salvation Army Corp for self-denial purposes. The total collected throughout New Zealand was £38,444. Local boys are reminded that the Horticultural Society are offering prizes (donated by Mr B. G. Gower) to be paid out pro rata, for collection of blackbirds’, thrushes’, and sparrows’ eggs. Members of the local Druids’ Lodge are requested to meet at the Lodge room at 2 o’clock to-morrow afternoon, prior to attending the funeral of the late Bro. A. E. B. Turner, which will leave All Saints’ Church at 2.30 o’clock for the Foxton cemetery. The local police yesterday arrested a military deserter named R. S. Allerby, w'ho was handed over to the military authorities to-day. They also arrested a man named James D. Boyle, who was wanted on a charge of alleged indecency at Shannon. The public are reminded of the entertainment to be given in the Town Hall to : night by Palmerston’s Popular Performers. This company of entertainers have given performances in a number of places, and have received excellent reports. The programme to be submitted is a varied one, and should appeal to all tastes. Popular prices are being charged. A somewhat unusual case of forgery came before the Auckland Police Court on Wednesday, when David C. de Rungs was charged with forging a birth certificate and a certificate of proficiency by altering them so as to make it appear that he was 15 years of age, instead of IG. The evidence showed that the youth made the alterations and sent the certificate to the Railway Department, so as to obtain a position as an apprentice fitter. He pleaded guilty, and was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence, bail in one surety of £lO being allowed, ' Tono Brown Kowiti, who distinguished himself by winning the Military Medal during the recent fighting in France, is a descendant of a line of warriors. He is the great grandson on both sides of the old warrior, Wawiti of Ruapekapeka Pa fame, Brown being added when Sir Gore Brown was Governor of New Zealand. He has been on active service over a year, having joined the Expeditionary Forces early in 1916. His home is at Kaiomo, near Kawakawa, and the Ruapekapeka Pa overlooks the Maori settlement there. There are still some shirkers keeping carefully out of sight in this district, according to the story told by a bushman to a local resident yesterday. He stated that he knows of four eligible men who have not yet been called, and who are avoiding all chance of such. A day oxtwo ago, however, they had to come to town to receive their cheques for a contract, but made record time back to the bush as soon as they had drawn their money. The same man says that, a day or two ago, he saw in Wanganui a deserter whom the authorities have been searching for for some time, and he was actually standing close by a policeman, who was evidently, of course, unaware of his identity.—Wanganui Chronicle. Mrs John Vile died at Pahiiatua on Sunday. The deceased passed her one hundredth year a few months ago, and retained her faculties to the last. The deceased lady was a colonist of many years standing. In 185 G Mr and Mrs Vile and family came to New Zealand in the ship Anne Wilson, the voyage occupying 121 days. On arrival in Wellington they settled at the Hutt, but the flood of 1858 influenced them in leaving that district for Carterton, then known as “Three-mile Bush.” Subsequently they acquired land at Te Purupuru, adjacent to Carterton, and devoted themselves to fanning pursuits for 15 years. In later years the family removed to Pahiatua, The late Mr Job Vile, at one time member for Manawatu, ■was a son of deceased, who, it is interesting to note, had the distinction of living under six British sovereigns. Mr William Vile, at present a resident at the local seaside, is also a son of the deceased.