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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1760, 4 December 1917, Page 2

> Tilt; monllily meeting of the local State School Committee, to have been held last night, lapsed fur want of a quorum. An old Maori named John Walker was sentenced at the Auckland Supreme Court to seven years’ hard labour for an unnatural offence at Whangaroa. After a lengthy hearing at Greymouth S.M. Court, P. W. Eggers was yesterday committed for trial on the charge of murdering John Coulthard. A dance will be‘held in the Masonic Hall to-morrow night. The music will be supplied by Messrs IV. Larkins and K. Pakf. Prices of admission; Gentlemen 2s, ladies Is. We desire to acknowledge with thanks a gil'l of French beans from St. 1W hoys of the local school. The beans were grown one of the school garden plots, and are, particularly early, and give evidence of careful cultivation. Another of Taranaki’s old identities passed away last week in the person of Mr W. P. Martin, of Fitzroy, who died at the ago of 71. Deceased arrived in Taranaki with his parents in 1857, and served throughout the Maori war as a member of the Taranaki-Rifle Volunteers. The loeal police arrested a man named Kosti Fa Italian, a Russian Finn, yesterday, a deserter from an overseas vessel at Auckland last March. The accused was taken to Palmerston this morning, where he will appear before the magistrate, Waltanan had been employed as a liax cutter at Moutoa. Last July a gentleman gave £IOO o the Christchurch hospital for the ' mrpose of special surgical instruiients, and he also promised to provide, after the conclusion of peace, he sum of £I,OOO for the provision »f special furnishings with a view to providing the maximum comfort to patients. The decision fo send M. Malvy—• Minister of the Inferior in a former French Cabinet —to trial is as sensational an item as has come from Paris since the battle of the Marne. Up is accused of the basest treach u cry; nothing less than keeping the memy fully informed of all diplomatic projects and military plans. Especial mention is made in this ■onnection of the attacks on the Chemin dcs Dames. One wonders if this was the reason of the failure of the'first great offensive in April to reach its full objective. If it was, the life of M. Malvy is not likely to be much longer. The question as to whether jric lure theatres in Auckland should he allowed to give entertainments on Christmas Day was (reports' Saturday’s New Zealand Herald) discussed by the Auckland City Council ast evening. Mr Phil. A. Hayward ivrote applying for, permission to .pen the Strand, Everybody’s, Lyric, Grand, Globe, and Palace Theatres on Christmas Day, the entertainment not to he commenced before 2 p.m. If deemed desirable the programme would he submitted the council for approval. In con-' ncclion with (he application, the. Auckland Musicians’ Union wrole'jrexpressing the hope that the request would be refused. Members of the union were playing every night through the year, with the exception of Sundays, and they would like Christinas Day aud Good Friday to lie kept sacred. In terms of the council’s policy decided when a similar application was before it last year, the Mayor moved that Mr Hayward’s application be granted. It was decided to inform the Musiyians’ Union that its request in respect to Good Friday would receive clue consideration when application was made by picture-theatre proprietors to give entertainments on that day'. Speaking of the value of swimming at the opening of the Palmerston municipal baths on Saturday last, Sir Joseph Ward saiiLit was a very good thing indeed, especially if one had to take sea voyages in these perilous times. He said op his recent trip hafk to New Zealand, he crossed the Atlaptic from England to Canada upop a 50,000-(op sjeainep. His cabip was f()4 water, and there were 3,700 hipnpps aboard wi(;h the knowledge that Gep* man submarines were operating ill the waters through which (he steamer was passing. The passengers had to wear life belts.night and day, and they were not allowed to go anywhere without their belts. Each was also provided with a. whistle, which was to he used if the vessel was sunk aud (ho passenger thrown into (he sen.- The whistle would indicate to the ship’s boats where passengers were so'that they might he picked up. On the voyage, -across the Atlantic, they passed a large British steamer quite- close, and within two or three hours they ceived a wireless to say that she had been submarined. On resuming their voyage across the Pacific, their steamer ran into a whale, broadside on. The impact: almost brought the great ship to a stands .still,, and for (lie moment gave the ; passengers all sorts of conjectures, r ‘<The.sc are jus); one or two little in- 1 ' eidenls, so allget ready apd' learn to swim.” was Sir Joseph’s advice, REASON ENTHRONE!}. 3i •4 Because metfts are' so tasty are consumed in great excess.*’ leads to stomach troubles, ‘bill ness and constipation. Revise diet, let reasop and not a pamp appetite contpolj (hep (fike a doses of Chamjieplpin’s Tablets, you will soon be well again, sale everywhere.—Adv(. Why bother piakipg cakes-i there is spah p good aszortwep PeTOu’g’