LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1796, 2 March 1918, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Four ounces of meat wasted daily in each house in New Zealand represents 300,000 fat wethers every ■year.

The Executive Council has decided that the death sentence on the Runangu murderer, Frederick TVm. Eggers, shall be carried out. The average waste in each of tin] 200,000 New Zealand homes would feed our whole Expeditionary Force free of all cost. ‘

The vital statistics for Foxton for the month 0$ February are <as follow: —Births 8, deaths 1, marriage certificates issued 2. The offertories at All Saints’ Church to-morrow will be given to help the work of the Melanesian Mission. The,. Minister for Defence has received advice that a New Zealand hospital ship which left the Dominion some weeks ago has reached a port of call, all well.

In referring to the use of poison-* ous gas by the Germans, Captain W. Walker, in a lecture at Dunedin, said that so successfully had the British coped with this death-deal-ing agency that it was now considered very much a man’s if he got gassed. A man named Josiah Swiggs, alleged to be a bookmaker, was brought before the Pahiatua Magistrate’s Court on charges of betting on the Pahiatua Racecourse during' the recent meeting, and with laying totalisator odds. A tine of £2O was imposed on the first 'charge, and the second charge was withdrawn. Wreckage has been picked up on Waihi beach, including a mast supposed to have belonged to the launch Pearl, used by the German escapees from Motuihi, The mast is fitted with a hinge, and it had broken off at this point. A piece of timber presumably belonging to the scow Moa was also found on the beach.

At the Dunedin Police Court yesterday, Thomas Frances Hall, who Ims been posing as a returned soldi-: er, and receiving alms, was convicted of being an incorrigible rogue, and sentenced to twelve

months’ imprisonment, and ordered to be detained for reformative treatment for a period not exceeding three years. The Borough Band will render a programme, of music in Mein Street to-night, commencing at 7 o’clock. A collection will be taken up in aid of the Band funds. We believe that the Band is rehearsing very diligently, and learn that it is the intention to augment the Band to its full strength of 30 instruments, and to give Foxton the benefit of having a good band of its own, equal to the volume and harmony of the larger bands that sometimes visit Foxton.

The dairy companies have, as from yesterday, advanced the wholesale price of butter to Is fid per lb. net, freight extra. The price at Wellington is Is 5d net, but this is bulk butter, and to pound it and pay freight would bring the local price above Is fid. The butter factories can charge the retailer up to Is 8d per lb., but the retailer cannot charge his customers beyond Is Bd. The grocer will not wax fat on butter profits. But there’s something wrong somewhere.

Mr Samuel Cook, senr., a very old resident of Otaki, died on Wednesday,Vhile dressing, as the result of a heart attack. He was the son of the late Thomas Cook, one of the old whalers who settled at Foxton in the very early days, and reared a large family. Many years ago the late Mr Sam. Cook was editor of tho Maori portion of the local paper, then known as the West Coast Mail; His three sons are now on active service.

Herewini \V;tkarua, oi.‘ Waitolara, son of Iwiora Wakarua, was killed on the French front about a month ago. When Hercwini decided to go to the front he and his father talked the matter over, and the latter said that as, in the ordinary course of events he had fewer years to live than the son, and as the son had just completed a very good education, it would be better for Iwiora to go. This proposal, however, was not acceptable to the son, who persuaded the father to let him go, the father promising that if the son were killed he would go to take his place. True to his word, Iwiora left) for camp on Friday, where he is now in training to take his place in the Great Fight.—Hawera Star. A deserter from camp was arrested by Constable M’lntosh in the back country of Mackenzie County, and was brought to Timaru on Monday last, says the Herald. He was placed under military guard, and sent to Wellington by the express. The deserter was to have returned to camp three weeks ago, but failed to do so, and missed the boat by which his contingent left. He adopted a very cunning method to avoid detection. Considering that he would be safer in the Mackenzie than in Timaru, he took the train for Fairlie on Wednesday last, with the object of securing a position on a wayback run. He arrived at Fairlie with a green shade over one eye, a pronounced limp in one leg, and generally bore the appearance of having been so cruelly handled by the war machine as lo' excite tho sympathy of all who saw him. By the time he reached his destination however, the invigorating air of the Mackenzie had caused his ailments to disappear as by a miracle, -and when arrested he was sans eyeshade, sans limp, and sans everything save the appearance of a well man who had never been touched by sword ov bullet. Even tho coach-driver who brought him down did not recognise in him the same man that he had taken up a few days previously, EVERYBODY KNOWS.

Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy is to-day the bestknown medicine in use for the relief of bowel complaints. It is especially good for griping, diarrhoea, dysentery, and pains iu the stomach, and should be taken at the first unnatural looseness of the bowels. For sale every where. —Advt. .

The raeteorologieaUparticulars for Foxton for the ".month of February are as follow: —Bain fell on eigh'i days, the maximum fall, 1-26 inch, occurring on 15th. The total rainfall was 1.94 inch.

A returned soldier, Private Frank Samuel Marshall/ was fouud hangirig by the neck dead in the Union boat-shed at Wanganui on Thursday. He is believed to have enlisted in Dunedin, and served on Gallipoli.

Intending exhibitors at the forthcoming Horticultural Show are reminded that entries close at 9 o’clock on Tuesday evening. The prizes for decorative tables in the adult class are, first 7s 6d, and second ss. Children’s work in the decorative class must be done in the hall. *

A strong plea for the advancement of education, even among those of adult years, was made by Sir Robert Stout in,the course of an address at Palmerston on Thursday evening. He referred to the fact that quite recently there had been started what was known as the Workers’ Educational Association, and advocated the forming of reading circles. This was done by a number of young men employed in work, say in Palmerston and suburbs, forming a circle. They could meet twice a week, and get a tutor to meet and help them to understand some branch of learning. Mr McDonald, Public Trustee, on his way to New Plymouth, stayed at Foxton last night. He was motored down to the seaside this morning, in company with the chairman. and secretary of the Harbour Board. He expressed surprise and pleasure in seeing such settlement and up-to-date dwellings at the seaside, and so line a seaside resort; He remarked on the progress Foxton had made since lw« last visitation, and expressed the opinion that the acquisition and control of the port by the Board would give an impetus to the prosperity of the (own and district.

As a result of the earthquake last week, part of the road between the Waitakanui and Hatepe rivers, on the eastern shorfe of Lake Taupo, has subsided, and a large crack, extending for some hundreds of yards along and across the road, has appeared (states the Auckland Herald). On the same day a motor ear, with a party of fishermen, proceeding to the Hatepe river, got into difficulties at this place, but with the timely arrival of another party the car was rescued from the soft pumice. Whilst the party were at work a further small subsidence occurred. This road is the now disused Taupo-Tokaanu track, and has had little or no upkeep for vears.

The editor of the Feilding Star lias been trying- to steer a middle course between the P.P.A. and Catholic opposition. He has been smacked by both parties. The Stau publishes the following amusing letter, and produces its phraseology and spelling exactly as written: —■' “It is plane to everybody to see you are in favour of Howard Eliots, am) symphises with him some so those letters printed in pour paper is of a pro German aduatuade. If ever there should be sivel war brought on, you are one of the first to bo shot.- Howard Eliot is paid by the Kiser. The letter enclosed is a disgrace for any edictor to put in print. I can tell you you are doing yourself a lot of harm, Deasant people ant going to paternise a paper throwing slurs at New Zealand Catholicks or at Protestants either. One can see plane enough the side you the hitting hard. Goo(l deasant Protestants are ashamed of you. Your office is run be a pack of Salvation dudes. No wonder people call your paper a rag. lam myself a real good faithful New Zealand Catholic.” The editor intends to continue to play bowls until “sivel war” is declared.

The meeting held in the Palmerston Opera House on Thursday night was probably one of the most orderly that the Rev. Howard Elliott has addressed for some time past, says the Standard. The reception he received was a very cordial one, and there was no disturbance of any description. After the meeting a large number of people waited outside the Opera House, but when the Rev. Elliott came out shortly afterwards there was no demonstration of any kind, and he quietly took his departure in a motor car. A motor cyclist, however, subsequently followed the car up, with the evident intention of ascertaining Mr Elliott’s domicile for the night, and a sort of strategic /light became necessary to avoid the toopersistent curiosity of the pursuing motor cyclist, the car proceeding up and down various streets having no connection with its destination, but being invariably closely followed. Finally, the car returned to the Square, and through the good offices of Sub-Inspector MacKinnon, obtained the services of a constable, who accompanied Mr Elliott in the car, and the cyclist, in view of thd reinforcement thus obtained, discreetly vanished. It may be of interest to add that, as a result of the chase, Mr Elliott spent about an hour in accomplishing what, at the outside, would be a seven minutes drive froin the Opera House. Wo understand there is a clue to the identity of the motor cyclist, which may lead to interesting developments in the near future, „• 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 saye everywhere.—Advt,