IMPORTANT TO ALL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1770, 29 December 1917, Page 2

IMPORTANT TO ALL.

Is there anything in all this world that is of more importance to you than good digestion? Food must he eaten to sustain life, and must I>e digested and converted into blood. When the digestion fails the whole body suffers. Cluunberhnn’s Tablets are a rational and reliable reliever of indigestion. They increase the flow of bile, purify the blood, strengthen the stomach, and tone up the whole digestive apparatus to a natural and healthy action. For sale everywhere.—Advt.

There will be no issue of the f ; •‘Herald’* on Tuesday next (New ' Year’s Day). Owing to the cloudy sky last night, the total eclipse of the moon , wits hof visible locally. The “No”'majority in the Apslra- ■// linn Referendum is now .184,078. The returns are not yet complete. The local storekeepers well observe close holidays on Tuesday . and Wednesday next, January Ist and 2nd. , -Mr Symes, manager’of the local branch of the Bunk of New Zealand, ‘ leaves Foxton on Monday on a foiV night’s leave. During his absence, Mr Dorrington, who arrived yesterday, will act as relieving officer. J Mr Arthur Hickson, who left New J Zealand with the Main Body, amt" - * who was recently invalided home ■ wounded, is at present in Foxton, Mr Hickson was discharged the Napier Hospital lust week, ' At the prize-giving ceremony the Waipawa District High fecln last week, Mr H. M. chairman of the committee, ireff fH| red to the fine record of Mb.s\\YU\?Jf fret! Harding. In 1914 she gained a junior national scholarship, in 1915 a senior free place, in 11116 public service entrance, senior national scholarship, matriculation, in-' eluding medical preliminary and solicitor's general knowledge, and in 1917 first college terms wit*h class honours in Latin* imd French. ‘ ( f Slip had h6erf recomWnddd'.for a •' higher ' leaVing' corticate; MissHarding is W daughter of,the Revi* and Mrs A. Harding, ot‘ Foxton.

A very pleasing little ceremony took place at' the residence of Miss Duncan last night, when a representative gathering of the members, of the Presbyterian choir and church met for the purpose of marking their appreciation of Miss Littlejohn’* services During her lit years’ residence in Foxton. Miss Duncan, on behalf of the choir and church members, made a presentation to Miss .Littlejohn of a dressing case, the recipient suitably responding. A number of musical and vocal items were contributed during the evening. Miss Littlejohn left Koxlon this morning, and intends taking up her residence in Pieton.

Mr Element Wragge stales that never in the course of long years of observation has he seen the sun so abnormally active as it is at present (says the Auckland Star). Ou Thursday he observed lift ecu storms raging in the solar photosphere. This unusual state of affairs, he states, is surely indicative • .*' meteorological and seismic dishitlmm-es in various parts of the world v I \' warns the public to watch the Wilile.. grams with regard In ivpffrled' .. srorms and other unusual occur- 1 e reiices; Tie slates that lie has reason to 'believe that the coming hurricane season with he more pronounced over (ho islands and alongy.,Queensland, likewise all the north- | west of Australia. Tie stales, further, that he has reason to believe { that the tropical disturbances will pass further south than is usual, I and'tfiut before April North Auek- p, hind may he more or less affected p thereby.

It is reported from the Aiuberley and surrounding districts that the caterpillar is making such inroads on the standing crops (hat farmers generally are culling oafs (piite green. The pest has travelled over large areas already, and is still journeying and ravaging the district, Tjto opinion is freely expressed (bat the-mild winter failed to restrict or keep down (he pest, its a, severe winter of frost and snow will invariably do, and the consequences are that Iho pest of some six or seven years ago is to be repeated. All oats have to be stocked, as the pest is even worse on sheaves on the, ground than when actually growing. Wheat hitherto has been able to withstand (he attack of the caterpillars, but this season the grubs are “in” early —before the turning of the straw —and are causing some concern. In many places the binder cannot be brought into action owing to the ground being wet and soft. Already 5} inches of min has been recorded this month, and there is every indication of more wet weather, The districts which are suffering most are Amherley, Broomlield, Omihi, Leithfield, Balcairn, and Sefton. In opening a bridge over the Pinko river last week, (he Prime Minister said the change for the hotter sineo fie last visited the district, four years ago, spoke volumes, not only for the quality of the soil, but also for the energy of the settlers. When the drainages of the plains was completed the district would be one of the most prosperous in the Dominion. The total sum expended by the Government on the development; of 40,000 acres on the JTauraki Plains was £243,000, and Jess than half the total area had so far been dealt with. Notwithstanding the difficulties resulting from the war, 3(i miles of drains and roads had been constructed last year. lie hoped that when the soldiers returned it would he possible to [dace no fewer than 5,000 of them on the land. He trusted that it would be, possible to set aside .10,000 acres of Hauraki Plains for this purpose, further demonstration of the fertility of. life plains was afforded later in the afternoon, when the Prime Minister and party journeyed from Ngatea by launch to the mouth of the Piako River, and thence to Thames. Land adjoining the river was stated to have changed hands at no less than £4O per acre. Why bother making cakes when there is such a good assortment at PerreauV _

Men hi . civil,Jtifc 'pY^beedming' Ithjirf clothed j' re r paper. Time was,' ,vas a hi unarkoT money. earmarked >et for a new suit IsHed to the Warand the' wellwas given an exammonia sponge?' this little voluntas to have lapsed,, h' not encouraged t to keep on with ltd so numbers of ■dy visits to -their,, a ,on' their lips, if l-for-theheeessity |at, on Maori father ap-, bwn children. Thd re that the child|te, /the mother Ived'to a mental iierf who hqd the Kldren, desired to _ jft| /control, and ad°pt‘Mpncn pointed out an order of might* 64 made, the result to terdninate all the rights of the mother, ha*! neon of K,Ker ovnij Chihli on, and the t/oun - was not Ihe desire fcj the application wa- a’dother way out of the diffknilhe Syren says that the number ihips making the transit of the aina Canal during the fiscal year sd June ,30th in sen-going trafwas 1876. In the fiscal year li the total was 787; in 1915 it 1,088. The aggregate gross and tonnage of the 187(i ships in the r 1917, according.to the rules of suremeni for the Panama Canal, o 8,580,121 and 6,000,8/58 tons respectively. The cargo carried i .through the Canal amounted, to ‘ 7,220,255 tons of 2,2-10 / pounds; Ships making Hie passage of the Canal without cargo, including naval ships ami pleasure craft, as as merchant ships in ballast, aggregate-284. Of these 187 were B in transit from (lie Atlantic to the Pacific, and 97 from the Pacific to the Atlantic; net tonnages were 574,881 ami 210,017 respectively. The average net tonnage of all ships was 3,203 tons. The average net tonnage of the ships carrying cargo L was 3,275 tons. The average loadW ing of the ships with cargo was F 4,541 long tons. A militar.v \serter named Cliar'les Htnrroc was arrested Constable O’Shea at Port Chalmers on Monday afternoon. He was brought to Dunedin ami handed ovei to the military authorities to be dealt with. A warrant had been out for Ramsey's apprehension for some time past on a charge of deserting from Eeathcrston Camp about three months ago (says the Dunedin Star). He had given the police a great deal of trouble, and although every effort had been made to find him, he had managed to evade arrest until Monday, When arrested, Rumsey, who presented a ragged appearance, at first stoutly denied liis identity. lie said his name was Turnbull, ami in support of this statement produced a seaman’s discharge bearing that name. When asked to sign the property sheet at the police station Rumsey seemed to hesitate, and then wrote the word “Turnbull.” The police, however, „ were confident that he was the man Avanted, and after a time he admitted that his name was Rumsey. The man appears to have lived a lonely life during Ihe past three months. He had existed by camping out, and sleeping in empty houses on various parts of the Peninsula, visiting Port Chalmers occasionally to obtain food. After his arrest the police found a large sum of money in Rumsey’s possession. The arrested man is about 35 years of age, and belongs to Dunedin. Remarkable disclosures were made during the hearing of a case at the State Children’s Court at Adelaide recently, when a boy and girl, 8 and 12 years respectively, were alleged to bo under the unfit guardianship of their mother. A female departmental officer gave evidence that when she visited the dwelling there were thirteen cats in the kitchen, which was in a filthy condition. Under the table a large pig lay asleep, and a number of j dogs and fowls were also in the room. There were heaps, of rubbish lying about. In the front bedroom were a dirty mattress and some bedding, and rubbish of various descriptions was strewn about. The little girl was scarify clad, and' the boy when spoken to rolled his eyes, and appeared unable to speak. When questioned, the mother stated that the cats were her sister’s hobby, and that she herself bred. dogs. Her husband had deserted her nine years ago, but she was not sorry, as he had practically existed on whisky. Her children had never been educated, as they were abnormal. Witness was told that a large pig, which approached, was used as a watchdog. A police constable said that when he inspected the dwelling there were about 20 eats under the kitchen table, and other animals were in the other rooms. Some of the animals .appeared to be diseased. Mrs Edwards told the Court ! that she had been for many years I under the impression that an EngI lishman’s home was his castle. Lati. tcrly, however, she had learned difK' ferently. 'The Court committed the L children to the care of the State lilH dueitrial School.

-e 'rather 'startling i been -ent of'German e. Alexandra "Palace. While the n. laWarge was‘being urged to exercise the strictest cconomyin food, the interned Germans were receiving such liberal rations’that one of them elected as kitchen manager by his fellow prisoners, .was able to' accumulate three-quarters of a'ton of rice and a large .quantity of tea. With the eo- operation of the English storekeeper to whom surplus rations were s.old, the prisoners were able to buy all sorts of foods and drinks—whisky and wine, asparagus, ’ olives, strawberries, bloaters, eggs, bacon, potatoes, etc; Large quantities of potatoes, it is stated, were smuggled into the camps at a time when none could be obtained by the British public outside.