LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1790, 16 February 1918, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Two Auckland bakers have been fined £5 each for selling shortweight bread. Steady rain commenced to fall throughout this district yesterday, which is much appreciated by the farming community, A special meeting of the Foxton Borough Council 1 will be held on Monday next, at 7.30 p.m. Business : Town Hall. Constable O’Donoghue, who has been on relieving duty in another district, has again taken up his duties locally. The death is announced at Vancouver of Sir C%nl Spring-Rice, late British Ambassador at Washington. During January, 11 cases of infectious diseases were notified and received attention in the Manawatu area, 10 being diphtheria and the other tuberculosis. Sir Joseph Ward states that Mr Henare Parata is the National Government candidate approved by the two leaders, Mr Massey and himself, for the Southern Maori seat. During the past month there has been one admission, no discharges, and no deaths at the Palmerston Hospital. At present there are six women and 27 men in the Old People’s Home. Driver Fraser, son of Mr and Mrs Alt'. Fraser, of Foxton, who was wounded last month, is suffering from severe wound in the arm and wounds in the knee and leg. He is in hospital in France. It has been decided that the time has arrived when it is not expedient to call up any more registered dentists for service as soldiers of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. The death is reported from Auckland of Mr J. T. Wilson, one of the few survivors of the party of settlers who arrived in Auckland from Scotland in the ships Jane Gifford, and the Duchess of Argyle over 75 years ago.

Arrangements for the function to he held in the Masbnic Hall next Wednesday are well in hand. The organisers make a confident appeal to the public for support. Remember the object: to build another hut for the boys in the tiring line. John Walters, 45 years of age, a married man, was killed by a Kelburn cable car, at Wellington on Thursday. Deceased was working on the track, and was struck while moving away as the car approached.

The local Horticultural Society’s Autumn Show will lie held in the Coronation Town Hall on the 7th and Bth of March next. Catalogues and entry forms may be obtained from the secretary, Mr H. C. Patterson.

In the divorce case heard at Wellington this week, Henry Edward Card v. Lilian Jane Card, petitioner also claimed £I,OOO damages from Robert Scott, co-re-spondent. The jury awarded £SOO damages.

The hotly of the unknown man found in the Manawatu River lust October, has, through the means of a tooth, found amongst the effects of a shepherd who disappeared from Pongaroa last July, been identitied as that of George Foley, a single man of 45.

A deputation from the Palmerston District Hospital Board, consisting of Messrs Sir James Wilson, Dr. Whitaker, Homhlow, and J. ANash, will wait: upon the Minister for Public Health at Wellington on Monday, in reference to the proposed building scheme and loan proposals.

Sumptuary law has at last struck a blow at women in Great Britain. From the beginning of this year no boots for women with uppers exceeding 7in. in height, it of leather, or Sin. in height if of any other material, from the seat of the heel to the highest point of the top of the upper may be manufactured or sold without a permit from the Director of Raw Materials.

The death occurred on Thursday afternoon of Mr Demitrie (Don) Lazaretto, who had been Hi for some time. The late Mr Lazaretto had been a resident of this district for many years. He is a brother of Mr A. Lazarette, of Harbour Street, The funeral will take place on Sunday afternoon, leaving his late residence, Harbour Street, at 2 o’clock for the Foxton cemetery.

Another important stage towards the erection of the Wanganui River bridge at Taumarunui was taken on Tuesday of last week, when the first pile was driven, after many weeks’ preliminary work in erecting staging, a monster derrick, and accessories, states the Wanganui Chronicle. The staging extends across the width of the river channel, and the work of pile-driving was commenced on the further side of the river. The piles are of Australian ironbark, and the donkey used for the driving weighs two and a half tons.

Mr W. Ogle, of Bell Block, has a cow in his milking herd that must surely take some beating as a milker, considering that she is not specially bred, nor specially fed, being a Jersey-Shorthorn cross treated no differently from the rest of the herd (states the Taranaki News). The cow, an aged one, completed twelve months continuous milking on January 24th, during which time she yielded 4 tons lOcwt, 231bs of milk, producing 473 Ills, of butter-fat, and she is still giving' 201 b. of milk daily with a'4.9 test,

For the 24 hours up to 9 o’clock this morning, If inches of rain was registered locally. The total receipts of the Foxton Patriotic Society to, date amount to £3,701 4s sd. A detailed statement will appear in our next issue. The Queen of the South sailed for Wellington on Thursday morning with a cargo of hemp, and is due back again on Tuesday with general. * The Australian Commonwealth Statistician disagrees with the widely-held belief that boy babies predominate in Avar time. Statistics investigations show that there is not the slightest sign of any increase in masculine babies as the result of the war. Some interesting trophies were captured with the Germans wlmgot away from Motuihi Island in December. Among them was a sextant, made by one of the prisoners while he was in camp on the island. This instrument, which is said to be a wonder of ingenuity and skill in construction, is to be sent by the Defence authorities to the Dominion Museum. Some weeks ago (says the Christchurch Sun) Mr E. 0. M’Cullough, owner of His Lordship’s Hotel, issued writs against the Canterbury Licensed Victuallers’ Association, members of the Defence Committee of the licensed victuallers and brewers, and Mr E, Nordon, secretary to the association, claiming £I,OOO as damages for alleged stoppage of supplies of local beer, ales and stout. The case, however, will not come (o trial, as a friendly settlement has been arrived at, and all legal action discontinued. Speaking at a public reception at Queenstown to three returned soldiers, Dr. Alex. Stewart made, some pointed references in regal’d to the working of the Pensions Act. He said: “If I were on orator 1 would stump the country and show up flie meanness of (he pensions system in such a way that no Government man would dare to show his face. They have not been ashamed to make use of my profession to persuade crippled soldiers that they are only partially' disabled, when as a fact they are totally disabled.”

The weakness of the conscientious objector to military service is that there is always the alternative of medical service. He need not. embroil his hands in blood; he may don the Red Cross and go on an errand of mercy. Individuals avlio are idealists theoretically, but who will neither tight nor serve, are not State assets, but they are splendid material for politicians out for votes, and who are looking for an opening to stampede the mob in their direction. —Palmerston Times. The last Mercantile Gazette contains the following particulars of the registration of the Kumara Flaxmilling Co., Ltd., a private company, with its office in Christchurch; —Capital, £1,200, into 1,200 shares of £1 each. Subscribers ; S. H. Maddren, J. Maddren, W. E. Best, W. S. Newburgh, 75 shares each, E. J. Davis 150, J. E. Rough 200, Dorothy Rough 100, E. Rough 100, Wm. Rough 100, A. 6, Rough 100, Chas. Maddren 75, Richard Maddren 75. Objects; To carry on the business of tiaxmillers and manufacturers, etc.

Among those who recently received the decoration of the D.S.O. was Major R. D. Hardie, of Palmerston, who forwards an interesting account of his visit to Buckingham Palace to have this war honour conferred upon him. “While I was on leave,” he states, “I received a command to attend at Buckingham Palace, to be invested by H.M. the King. I left the hotel at which I was staying, and motored to the palace. Before, when I had been there. I had only been a spectator outside the gates. To-day I was amongst thoseto enter, and before I realised what was happening, I was driving past the crowd at the gates, through the palace yard, and drew up at the foot of the steps leading to the main reception halls, where two footmen ushered me into the royal palace. I was then ushered through an entrance hall into a large reception hall, where I was met by military officers of the King’s Bodyguard, who checked my name and took me into a smaller room, where I met more officers to he presented, Shortly after an officer announced that the King had arrived. I then went with the other officers to the audience hall, a small kind of throne roof, where I could see the King standing at the far end, before a raised dias. He was standing on the floor talking (o an officer who had just been presented. Before I knew where I was, I was on the threshold of the audience chamber, nud my full rank and name was being called out by another officer standing behind the King. I automatically advanced into the centre of. the room, bowed, and advanced to the King, who smiled, and shook hands, and said: “New Zealand has done very well in this war. I am very glad to present you with the D. 5.0.” He then decorated me, shook hands, and I retired. Other officers followed, and received their decorations. The ceremony was a very simple one. The King was in uniform, and looked extremely well, . and was very pleasant. He looked j at everyone thoroughly as they advanced towards him, and then placed them at their ease at once.” DESPONDENCY Is often caused by indigestion and constipation, and quickly disappears when Chamberlain’s Tablets are taken. For sale everywhere.—; Advt. , . _