LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1822, 4 May 1918, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The by-election to fill two vacancies on the local Borough Council takes place on Monday next. The polling hours are from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., at the Council Chambers. As at present administered, the Railways Department is hopelessly out of touch with the public requirements. —Palmerston Standard. Word has been received that

Driver W. J. Lee has been awarded the Distinguished Conduct MedaJ for services in France. Driver Lee left with the Fourth Australian Light Horse, and is a brother of Mr A. H. Lee, of Foxton. A Wanganui resident, writing to a friend in the Ellham district, says: “A wharf lumper here earned last week for five days’ day and night work £l4 10s 9d. He was employed in loading a vessel outside tho Heads. —Argus. Already nature (helped by man, with grass-seed) is putting tints of green on the tracts of land in Raetihi, blackened recently by the great fire. The Minister of Lands, the Hon. D. H. Guthrie, who has just returned from the district, says that warm rains have been very beneficial.

The following Justices of the Peace have been appointed for the Wanganui and Manawatu districts, viz.;—John licit, Palmerston N.j George J. Bullock, Wanganui; Prodcrick W. Connell, Palmerston -N.; Charles P. Dempsy, Palmerston N.; Charles D. Dickie, Wavcrley; Alexander Iluvie, Okatuku; William IT. Watkins, Wavcrley; Walter W. Wiisher, Palmerston iN.

The Council of the Roman Catholic Union of Groat Britain has passed a resolution of regret at the action of the Irish Roman Catholic Bishops in resisting conscription, regarding with “serious misgiving” this “ecclesiastical interference in temporal and political questions.” The resolution will be forwarded to the Pope.

Mr C. Hunt will leave Boston next week for Ohau, where he lias accepted a position as farm manager. Mr Hunt has been a resident of Boston for the past eighteen years, and has taken a- keen interest in local public affairs. Mrs Hunt has officiated as librarian for some time past, which position she has tilled with credit. Mr and Mrs Hunt will carry away with them the best wishes of a large circle of Boston friends.

“It is rather amusing that lit men •should be left behind to produce butter which does not, reach the soldiers at the front or people in England,” said Major Conlan, during cross-examination of a dairy fanner who appealed for exemption on the ground of occupation. Dairy farmers may even have to reduce their production of butter in the near future. Banners who are growing wheat are, in my opinion, miieh more essential than butter producers.’ ’ At a meeting of the Maoriland Irish Society, at Wellington on Thursday night, a letter was received from Sir Joseph Ward explaining that he did not intend any offensive reference to Ireland in the War Loan poster map, about which the Society had complained. The meet-, ing did not consider the explanation satisfactory, and it was decided to issue a manifesto explaining the Society’s position in the matter. ■ Frank von Grotel, a Belgian, who left his residence on the May Morn Estate early on Tuesday, with the intention of going shooting, failed to return that day, or Wednesday (giving rise to' the fear that an accident had occurred), turned up on Wednesday night at Waihonga, sonle fifteen miles from the point where he entered the bush. His hands and legs were considerably swollen, and he was somewhat dazed. He is otherwise all right, and is being well cared for by Mr and Mrs Jepson, of the district. The search party consisted of Constables Satherley, Gregan and nine civilians. A SURE INDICATION. Hoarseness in a child subject to croup is a sure indication of the approach of the disease. If Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is given at once, or even after the eroupy cough has appeared, it will prevent the attack. Contains no poison. For sale everywhere.-— Advt.

The Queen of the Eolith is at present on the slip in Wellington, undergoing annual overhaul. She will, probably arrive in Foxton at the latter end of next week with a cargo of general. The Wanganui Herald says that it is understood that at a meeting of Wanganui merchants it was decided that the extra charge of Is 6d per ton for sortage made by the Railway Department would not be recognised.

At the next sitting of the Medical Board, 500 reservists from the local group area will come up for examination. The majority of these are Cl ass B men who were drawn in the recent ballot. The Board sits in Palmerston from May 13 to May 20, which allows for the examination of about 70 men per day.

The report of the New Zealand State Schools’ t Mission for the months of February'and May states that six missions have been concluded —at Foxton, Shannon, College Street, West End,. Kelvin Grove and Bunnythorpe. Two are proceeding—Terrace End and Campbell Street — and afterwards missions will be held at Dannevirke and Longburn. To date 148 talks to 2,330 children have been delivered. The voluntary attendances of the children aggregated 16,220. The talks were based upon Biblical object lessons illustrating the fundamental principles of the Christian faith. In Foxton, 220 children in five divisions were weekly taught by the local ministry. The finances of the mission are £25, the'gifts being mostly anonymous.

The Hastings police made a raid on a big “two-up” school on the Hastings racecourse on Sunday afternoon, and as a consequence some dozen of persons were arrested. It is understood that there were nearly 200 two-uppers present, and when the police arrived on the scene there was a wild scramble to evade capture. The crowd made off in all directions, and the tall iron feneo surrounding the course rattled like musketry with the noise made by the enemy retreating over it. Ono party arrived at the course by motor car, and scenting danger one of them was told off to give the warning to the others on the course. This man was captured, but the other occupants of the car, seeing a man in blue approaching, made off. Some amusing scenes were witnessed during the raid. Referring to the Wellington City Council’s determination not to appeal on behalf of any of their employees called up for military service, Cr A. R. Atkinson informed the Rost that he heartily concurred in the decision arrived at, realising that the efficiency of the council’s services were trivial in proportion to the peril of the Empire and to the Dominion. Never was there a time when it was more urgently required of every one of us to play the man. It appeared that a sort of moral rot had developed among certain sections of the people, and ’in the last few days some of the resolutions and proceedings associated with the Second Division League’s agitation had filled all lovers of their country with shame and disgust. Under these circumstances the reso-> lution of a public body which put the emphasis, where it really belonged, instead of embarrassing the Government and the Military Service Boards, would help them in their difficult task, and so be of real service.