Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, NOVEMB. 20, 1917. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1754, 20 November 1917, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, NOVEMB. 20, 1917. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The proficiency examinations will take place at the local State school this week.

Potato Wight is reported to have made its appearance in some parts of Palmerston.

German statistics show that the number of criminals under the age of 18 years was four times greater in 1916 than in 1914.

Infantile paralysis has again made its appearance in Hawke’s Bay, the first victim this year being a child. The disease terminated fatally, the sufferer never rallying.

Mr and Mrs Freeman entertained the Palmerston performers prior to the concert last night, for which the company desire to express their appreciation. - The Rev. J. H. Brediu left for Dunedin yesterday to attend the annual Presbyterian' Assembly. His pulpit next Sabbath will be occupied by Mr Trerncwan, of Shannon.

The friends of Mrs Stevenson will be pleased to know that she is making satisfactory progress after her recent operation in a private hospital at Palmerston,

The men drawn this month will be medically examined during December, beginning about December 7th, and will be due to enter camp, after their twelve week’s leave, on April 2nd to 6th. The January men will be set down for concentration between April 30th and May 4th,

The Foxton-Levin road is in a bad condition. The Horowhenua County Council recently notified that their bank overdraft had nearly been wiped out. No doubt this accounts for the neglect of the road in the Whirokino riding. It is the ivorst piece of arterial road between Wellington and Pahnerston. FOR A WEAK STOMACH. Take Chamberlain’s Tablets for the stomach and liver. They enable the stomach to perform its functinaturally. For sale everywhere, —Advt.

Mr S. Easton, who 1 has been in camp, has been discharged from military service as unfit. The Queen of the South sailed for Wellington lust night with a cargo of hemp and wool. She is due back again on Friday with general.

Several local men were examined by the Medical Board at Palmerston yesterday. The Rev. Raine and Mr W. Renton and Mr Setter were classified for home service, and Mr Preston passed as fit for active service.

Among the New Zealand soldiers recently awarded the Military Medal is Private L. A. Kyle, brother of Mrs W. Robson, of Foxton. Private Kyle is only in his twentieth year. He left New Zealand with the Seventh Reinforcements.

One of the performers _ at last night’s concert scored a success as a humorist. One or two of his jokes, however, were not in good taste. We regret to be compelled to enter this protest, but' in a mixed audience questionable jokes should be eliminated. “I have been attacked in a Wellington newspaper,” said Professor Kirk, “for calling the fly a dirty insect, having it pointed out to me how cleanly it was and how it took pains to clean its legs and keep itself clean. Yes,” he continued — “clean in such a way as a man would bo clean who walked in all the filth he could fipd, then beat his shoes over the sugar basin.”

We recently made an appeal for subscriptions towards providing a piano for the entertainment of the old folk at the Awapuni Old People’s Home. our appeal resulted in one donation of a guinea from the Mayor. Anyhow, the old people are going to have a piano by Christmas, and we shall be pleased to receive any further donations from the Foxton public.

In connection with the Greymouth hold-up and murder, it transpires that Mr Hall, who was badly wounded, was the only one of the three men who was armed, and he refused to put up his hands. He fired four shots at the masked man, and feels confident that his aim was true. Ho believes the man wore armour of some kind beneath his clothes, otherwise he must have been wounded.

A new Order-in-Council authorises the Government Statistician to collect statistics regarding stocks and anticipated imports of kerosene, benzine, petrol, benzoline, gasoline, napthalene, and other oils customarily used for lighting or internal combustion purposes. Persons holding stocks of these oils, or expecting shipments, may be required at any time to furnish information to the Government Statistician on the prescribed forms.

The Examiner says: The first ballot. for the Second Division has hit Woodville hard. When it conies to seeing our bank manager, the secretary of two of our dairy companies, and the manager of one of our cheese factories, not to mention one of our business men and quite a, little bunch of farmers, all roped in by the very first cast of the military net, we may well ask what is the country coming to. It will moan readjustment, and again re-adjust-ment after that —that is all.

The death took place at Palmerston on Saturday of Mrs L. G. West, after a long illness. The deceased lady, who was born at Christchurch 40 years ago, was the second wife of Mr L. G. West, and a daughter of the late Mr Wynn Greenwood, of Akaroa, and formerly of the Indian Civil Service. Besides her husband, a daughter, Miss Kay West, and two sisters, arc left to mourn their loss. The only son, Gunner Wynn West, died shortly after the commencement of the war whilst he was in camp at /Vwapuni,

It has been decided that there shall be no postponement of the next ballot, which will take place on Monday, November 20lh, About 5,000 names will be drawn from Class A of the Second Division, The Gazette containing the names of the selected men will be issued on Tuesday, December 4th, It will contain also the names of,. First Division men who have recently reached military age or who have become available in some other way. This ballot —the thirteenth —will leave about 5,000 men in Class A, and they will be called up en bloc in January.

A serious motor accident occurred at Longburn on Saturday evening, at about 10 o’clock, when Thomas Ellis Foss collided with a motor ear driven by Stephen Havill. It appears that the latter was returning to Palmerston from Rangiotu, and Mr Foss, who was cycling in the opposite direction, without a light, attempted to cross in front of the car. He was struck by it, and thrown heavily from his machine. Medical aid was at'once summoned, when it was found the unfortunate man had sustained a fracture of the base of the skull. He was removed to the hospital unconscious. Mr Foss is a married man, 39 years of age, and was employed as a blacksmith at the Longburn Freezing Works. BEAUTIFUL WOMEN, ■ .It has been observed that beautiful women always have good digestion. If your digestion is faulty, Chamberlain’s Tablets for the stomach and liver will correct it. They are easy to take, and most agreeable in effect. For sale everywhere.—Advt. Why bother making cakes when there is such a good assortment at Permtf’e 9 .

Owing to the small attendance the meeting convened for the purpose of forming n cricket club w r as adjourned until a later date.

A practical demonstration on handling bees, and advice generally, will be given at 2.30 o’clock to-mor-row afternoon, at Mr 6. A. Hobbs’ place, Union Street, by Mr F. A. Jacobsen, Government Apiary Instructor.

Maori recipe for ridding blankets of fleas, as published in an exchange: Get te werry hot day and hang te pranket in te sun. Bimeby te flea he-say, By Gorry, it te fine day; I think I go for te walk; and before he get pack you sneak out and pring te pranket in. Wen te night he come, te flea he tie of tc cold.

We acknowledge with thanks a box of strawberries, together with a sufficient supply of cream' and sugar, from Mr M. E. Perreau. Wo are “some” judges in this line, and can confidently recommend the strawberries as first quality, and the cream leaves nothing to be desired. During the season strawberries and cream will be included in the Allies’ Lounge menu. Professor Anderson, who appears in the Town Hall on Thursday night, gave a performance last night at Rongotea, to a large audience, which he captivated right from the start, keeping them in roars of laughter from start to finish. Prof. Anderson’s singing of “True Till

Death” was much applauded. Miss Anderson mystified all present with her powers. By special request, the company will pay a return visit to Rongotea on Monday next. Lord Plunket, in an article contributed to the Weekly Despatch, entitled “How'to Save Fifty Thousand Lives Yearly,” states that Dr, Truby King, the founder of the Royal New Zealand Society for the Health of Women and Children, has been granted leave by the Dominion and is due in England in February, to help on the infant welfare movement, whereof Lord Plunket is chairman. A baby’s hospital is being started outside of London, similar to Dr. Truby King’s. Mr Byron Brown, for many years a resident of Otaki, informed a Standard representative in Wellington the other day that he had definitely decided to contest the Otaki seat at next general election. Mr Brown says he will stand as a supporter of the Reform Party. It will be remembered that Mr Brown previously stood for Otaki electorate in the Reform interest, and at last election stood down in favour of Mr W. H. Field, so as not to split the party votes.

A feature of the forthcoming Spring Show under the auspices of the local Horticultural Society will bo the show of school work, for which upwards of 400 entries have been received. Campbell Street and College Street Schools, Palmerston N., arc responsible for 100 of these. The schedule, which is on the lines of that adopted by the Manawatu A. and P. Society, has been brought right up to date, so that the exhibition should be of particular interest to the public. Mr Wat kin, the Board’s supervisor in art subjects, has kindly consented to judge the work.

r Attention is called to an advertisement elsewhere, calling upon every alien to make application for registration in the prescribed form, under the “Registration of Aliens Act, 1917,” not later than December Ist next. Forms of application may he procured at every police station in New Zealand, On removing from one county or borough to another, a registered alien must notify his new place of abode within fourteen days. The penalty for failing to register is £SO, therefore aliens should take care to fulfil the conditions imposed.

A full-bloAvn seeoud-lieutenant Avas endeavouring to display his great knoAvledge of musketry. Sauntering up to the latest recruit, he said: “See here, my man, this thing is a rifle, this is the barrel, this is the butt, and this is where you put. the cartridge in.” The recruit seemed to be taking it all in, so the officer, continuing, said: “You put the weapon to your shoulder; these little things on the barrel are called sights; then to fire you pull this little thing, Avhich is called the trigger. Noav, smarten yourself up, and remember Avhat I have told you; and, by the Avay, Avhat trade did you folloav before you enlisted? A collier, I suppose!” “No, sir,” came the reply; “I only Averked as a gunsmith for the Government Small Arms Factory.”

A Post reporter' was informed yesterday that the representatives of two influential organisations had requested Colonel John Gethip Hughes, C.M.G., D. 5.0., to offer himself as a candidate for the Wellington North seat, which it is understood, will become vacant early in the New Year by the resignation of the Hon, A. L. Herdman, who will be appointed a judge of the Supreme Court. Colonel Hughes, who was born in the Dominion apout 50 years ago, is a man of wide popularity, very well known throughout the country. He saw active service with the New Zealand Forces in the South African War, and when the present war broke out he left with the Main Body. He was on active service in Egypt and on Gallipoli, and returned to New Zealand for medical reasons. He has resided at Island Bay, Wellington, for some time, and only recently was placed on the retired list by the Military Authorities. Colonel Hughes has promised to give his answer to the request in the course of the pest day or so,

Mr Hall, one of the victims of the recent West Coast tragedy, took a bad turn last night, and his condition is exceedingly precarious. At Palmerston North next Thui'sday, November, 22nd, the eases in connection'with the recent fiaxmill strike are to be heard. Some fifty summonses have been issued.

Yesterday morning Mr James Stewart, local hemp grader, received a telegram conveying the sad intelligence that his only son, Lieutenant James Douglas Stewart, was killed in action on the 14th instant. There-are a few millions of Syrians in the United States, and in New York they have a paper named Heidar, issued in their own language, A copy of .this, sent to Mr Gwpren Hannah, of Auckland, furnishes (says the Auckland Star) some interesting particulars of what is being done by Syrians at the present time. According to this paper there are at the present time 10,000 Syrians being trained in Egypt by British and French officers, and another 30,000 have enlisted in the United States, to he sent across and trained to fight for the liberation of their homeland from the rule of the followers of the Prophet. The Hawera Star reports that at a recent meeting of the Taranaki Provincial Executive of the Farmers’ Union, in the course of a discussion with reference to the exemption of shearers, Mr E. Maxwell mentioned that there were a number of men who were posing as shearers who had probably only shorn for a week or so in the year, and on that score they desired exemption from military service. People who naturally required shearers did not feel justified in being a party to an appeal on behalf of these men, who were really not regular shearers, whilst there were men engaged in essential industries —farm workers and dairy factory workers—all the year round who were unable to secure exemption.