Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 1918. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1803, 19 March 1918, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 1918. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Harry Lauder, the Scottish singing comedian, will re-visit the colonies next year. A watch and chain, lost on Saturday morning, on the road near the Marotiri creamery, is advertised for. Reward. It is reported that Mr J. K. Cottle, of Te Horo, has sold his farm at a price that works out as £OO an acre —probably a record for the district. Lieut. Ernest Wild, one of the ablest members of Shackleton’s Antarctic expedition, has been killed on a minesweeper in the Mediterranean. A sale of gifts will take place in the. Salvation Army Hall this evening. Prior to the sale a programme of musical and vocal items will be submitted. Admission free, every one welcome. A committee meeting of the local Horticultural Society will be held to-night, .at 7.30 o’clock. Business,: To pass 'accounts in connection with the recent Autumn Show, and general. Miss E. H. Mackie has been appointed to the position of pupil teacher at the local State school, in place of Miss Macmillan, who has declined to take up. the position. Miss Mackie will commence duty to-morrow.

In conversation with our representative on Saturday, in reply to a query as to whether he would visit Eoxton at some future date and deliver a public address, the Prime Minister said he would be pleased to do so.

Last night’s gale unroofed a shed belonging to Mr Geo, Coley, in Cook Street, .and deposited it on top of the gasometer in the adjoining property. A number of fences have been blown down in the neighbourhood, and other minor damage done. During his visit to the “Pound Bush” on Saturday, the Premier passed two horse teams on the road attached to libre carts. Mr Massey was struck with the fine appearance of the animals, and said, “they know how to look after their horses in these parts.” Mr R. Semple, organiser for the New Zealand Coal Miners’ Federation, visited Kaitangata, when he addressed a combined meeting of Kaitangata and Taratu miners. During the course of his address Mr Semple stated that at the next General Election there would be a Labour candidate to contest every electorate in the Dominion. .

“Although I have heard a good deal of Foxton in the House, this is the .first time I have visited your interesting town/’ said the Prime Minister at the eivie welcome on Saturday, which led”Mr Ed. Newman, M.P., to interject: “And you ought to he ashamed of yourself!” Mr Massey said that he had had a. strenuous and difficult time, and his presence was required at the centre of operations,

During the singing of the National Anthem at the conclusion of the civic welcome to the Prime Minister on Saturday, three men out of those assembled kept their heads covered. Probably the sun’s rays rather than disloyalty was responsible for the fixed “lids” during the singing of the Anthem. Included among the assemblage were a number of our Maori citizens, and when the Mayor announced that the National Anthem would be sung, their hats were immediately removed. The contrast was noticeable, SAFEGUARD THE CHILDREN. Notwithstanding all that is done by Boards of Health and charitably inclined persons, the death-rate amongst children is very high during the hot weather. There is probably not one case of bowel complaint in a hundred that could not have been checked by timely use of Chamberlain’s Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy. For sale everywhere.—Adyt.

Bain commenced to fall this afternoon, which has stopped the dust nuisance. It

If the present weather the State school picnic at the Round Bush to-morrow will have to be abandoned.

The Queen of the South sailed for Wellington on Friday night. Owing to the shortage of labour on the water front at Wellington, she has been delayed there, and will'not arrive buck here until midday tomorrow.

Southern Bombadiers still lead in Palmerston's Final Battle. Paddy’s Market is being well patronised, as folk realise more and more that patriotism is best spelled with a capital “Pay.” The Reveille is crowded nightly, and bookings made nights ahead. A Palmerston lady who has been selling art union tickets in connection with the Final Battle campaign says that the Foxton people are the “best sports ever.” They have responded most generously to every appeal made to them, and have got enough books of tickets to paper every house in the town. —Palmerston Times. One Eltham reservist has had a remarkable experience with the* Military Medical Boards (states the Argus). He has been up for examination on no fewer than eight occasions. In the first seven instances he was turned down, but on the eighth and last wont through with “flying colours.” In supporting a motion protesting against Samoa being allowed to revert back to Germany, Mr Kinross, White, at a meeting of the Hawke’s Bay County Council, said, “I have heard on good authority .that tho Kaiser is a shareholder in a very large commercial firm there.” "

It is understood that the Government intends to fix the maximum price for bread shortly. The price for the 41h. loaf at present varies from about 8d to lid in different towns of the Dominion. It is considered that those differences are not always justified by local conditions, hence the reason for the Government control. It is expected that the maximum prices will vary to meet the varying conditions, Nelson papers chronicle the death of Miss Marsden, a lady wellIcnown for her charitable donations to the Anglican Church in the Ndlson Diocese. Among her notable gifts were £O,OOO for the endowment of the Bishopric of Nelson, £5,000 to the Home Mission Fundj £5,000 for the endowment of a curacy for the Cathedral parish, and £I,OOO to the Marsden Centenary Fund. The Marsden Recreation, Ground at Stoke xvas the gift of the deceased Ihdy and her brother. A well-attended meeting of Irishmen in South Canterbury, held at Timaru on Sunday, carried a motion of sympathy with the son and relatives of the late Mr John Redmond, whose life had been one long service of devotion to the liberty of Ireland. A second resolution was addressed to Mr John Dillon, offering sympathy on the death of the late .brilliant and indomitable leadex*, and congratulations on Mr Dillon’s election to the exalted position of leader of the Irish race in the constitutional struggle for Home Rule in Ireland,

A Rangitikei settler received, an urgent call from a y neighbour a week or two back. He had a hay crop out, and it must be garnered. Could he get th'e ; use of a man ? This was agreed to, and the man went on to the job. Shortly afterwards the latter saw a limousine travelling quickly along an adjoining road. “Who’s that chap?” he asked of a fellow-haymaker. “Oh, that’s the boss, he’s oil to the races!” AVas the astounding reply. “Well, if that’s the way he’s winning the Avar, he can’t have me,” said the newcomer, and he Avalked off the job shortly after and forgot to come back. ... We regret to record the death of Eileen Ro,sella (Dolly) Levett, the fourteen-year-old daughter of Mr and Mrs William Levett, of Union Street, Foxlon,. which look place at an early hour yesterday morning. The deceased was in her usual health on Saturday/ but avus taken ill at night Avith pleurisy and pneumonia, and passed away at five o’clock yesterday morning. Much sympathy is felt for the bereaved parents. The funeral Avill take place (o-morroAv afternoon, leaving the residence, Union Street, at 2 o’clock for the Foxton cemetery.

A local authority has been busy demonstrating to citizens this morning that Xgaruahoe is erupting. His .demonstration is "carried out Inst riking a match and calling attention to a blue flame surrounding the light. The blue tin me he attributes to the tine particles of sulphur in the atmosphere wafted from the volcanic cone, and he says the sulphur is also causing people’s eyes to water. The trouble is to convince certain people of the accuracy of this demonstration, as some matches refuse to give forth the necessary blue flame, and ordinary smoke minus sulphur causes the eyes to water, DO YOU WANT RELIEF? Are you frequently hoarse? Do you have that annoying tickling in your throat? Does your cough annoy you at night, and do you raise mucus in the morning? T)ou you want relief? If so, take C&aSflberlain’s Cough Eebmedy, and you will be pleased. For sale everywhere.— Advt. Why bother making cakes when there is such a good assortment at Perreau’s*

Mr C. H. Podmbre, blacksmith, etc., advertises ; that his business will be temporarily closed until further notice..

A correspondent writing on Mr Webb's case says he ascertained during a visit to Taranaki that the contention that no one else could take the place of an elected M.P. has been disproved to the complete satisfaction of a constituency up that way. A member of Parliament is now in the fighting line, and during his absence his wife has been very active in communicating with various Departments, on behalf of some of her husband’s constituents. The effect, so it is said, is magical. In that district now-a-days one never hears that “the matter will be kept steadily in view.” On the other hand, a most commendable promptitude is displayed by the authorities, “Possibly,” says the correspondent, “the hint may be taken by Mr Webb, Moral: In some instances a married M.P. is worth two bachelor ones.” Perhaps some enthusiastic suffragette will say there is another moral, which may be pushed home when next election comes round. Potato-growers complain (says the Lyttelton Times) that the 'ravages' of various pests, but more particularly blight, have caused great destruction in all parts of the province, and serious fears are entertained that the yield will be distinctly disappointing. In the early part of the season the majority of crops gave promise of prolific, returns, particularly after the January rains had stimulated growth. The weather conditions, however, proved' favourable for the development o£ numerous diseases, especially blight, which has already made serious inroads. Only in isolated instances has much digging yet been done, the season not being sufficiently advanced, hut where digging operations have taken place the returns have been far from satisfactory, the proportion of tubers unfit for use in many instances running up to 90 per cent. This condition can be attributed chiefly to the wea-j ther conditions of the last six weeks. Says the Wanganui Chronicle:—» The huia, one of the rarest of native birds, and extremely prized by old-time Maori chiefs for its tail feathers, is almost extinct. Some years ago search was made in the bush on the Ruahine and Kaimanawara‘ranges for specimens to place in the bird sanctuaries at Kapiti and Little Barrier Islands, Tho search, however, was unsuccessful. For several years past it has been believed that huias still existed in the more remote spots in the bush country about the head waters of the Wanganui river, and confirmation of the opinion is now to hand. Last week, while motoring over the Okahukura hill from Matierc, Mr B. A. Beattie, stock agent for Delgety and Co., saw two huias. Natives in the Pipiriki district state that the huia disappeared from that locality about eighteen years ago; when there was a big demand for the black, white-tipped feathers for headgear decorative purposes in connection with the visit of the present King and Queen to the Dominion. •