LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1841, 18 June 1918, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

As a result of the recent warm rains, feed for stock is reported to be plentiful throughout this district. At the local police court yesterday morning a prohibition order was granted against a local resident.

A wedding which is creating local interest will be celebrated at All Saints’ Church to-morrow. The contracting parties are Mr F. H, Crawlev and Miss Nora Robinson.

The local Girls’ Guild entertained their late secretary, Miss B. Fraser, at a social evening last evening, at the residence of Mr Hornblow, and made her the recipient of a neatlyengraved silver serviette ring, as a token of esteem and in recognition of her services to the Guild,

Pte. Collins (Foxfon) was among the roe on ( returned draft of wounded.

A meeting of the Moutoa Drainage Hoard will he held on Thursday, 20th inst., at 7.45 p.tu. Business, general. Mr Fenwick has been elected chairman, and Mr Fred Pirani secretary, of the Dominion press delegation which is to visit flic front.

Quite a number of changes are taking place in Bainessh district. Messrs Greenfield and Moore have disposed of their property to Mr A. H. Metcalfe; Mr Dench has sold to Mr Smith, and Mr Weir to Mr Stubbs. At Motuiti, Mr Woods has disposed of his farm to Mr G. Coley.

“I regret to say there is a very poor outlook for the teaching profession. ft is going to be a dying profession unless something is done to induce boys and girls to join. M e will not attain to that position among the nations to which we aspire until we make education our leading industry,” remarked Hon. J. A. Hanan, Minister of Education, at Palmerston North.

An Irishman who had walked a long distance and was feeling very thirsty, came across a milkman, whom he asked the price of milk. “Threepence,” replied the milkman. “Then give me a quart in pints,” said Pat. Pat, after drinking one pint, asked: “How do we stand now?” The milkman replied, “I owe ye a pint.” “And I owe you for one,” said Pat, “so we are quits.” ' Mr H. W. Bishop, S.M., Chairman of the Second Canterbury Military Sendee Board, recently answered an application for extended leave for a proprietor of a blouse-making factory by the comment, “That is not an essential industry.” “The ladies must have blouses, sir,” rejoined Mr J, A. Fletcher, counsel for the reservist. “They can revert to the old order of things,” was Mr Bishop's rejoinder. Evidence at the Inter-State Commission in Sydney shows that extravagant prices are paid by women in all grades of society in Australia for boots, particularly since the commencement of the war. The Sydney Sun says the limit in extravagance was met in Sydney the other day, when a woman was found purchasing material for a winter frock at 25s a yard on a time-pay-ment order!

A returned soldier expressed Ids disappointment, in strong terms at the meagre attendance at worship at a certain local church on Sunday evening. He informed a group of listeners that during the whole time he was at the front he never missed attending Divine service. He said at Gallipoli on one occasion the shells began to fall near-by where the service was being held, but he was proud to say they “carried on” the- service.

The decline of; the Coast! Four hotels in the Westland 'district did not apply for a renewal of their licenses at (he annual meeting’ of the Licensing’ Committee. Two of the hotels concerned are in Hokitika, one at Kumara, and (he other at: Dilman’s, the two last-named districts being among the most nourishing mining centres in the golden days of the Coast, says the Palmerston Standard.

The question of using slates in place of exercise hooks in the interests of economy was mentioned by Air A. \V. Sutton at the meeting of the Terrace End School Committee, Palmerston N. .Mr Sutton said the Committee should recommend the headmaster to reduce the use of exercise hooks as much as possible. Tins had been done at West End, and he believed its adoption would mean a big saving to parents. He moved (hat the headmaster be recommended accordingly, Air S. 11, Snell, in supporting the motion, said in some families the mist of exercise books amounted to Is (Id per week. The motion was carried. The Hon. ■). A. Ha nan staled to a meeting of members of School Committees and teachers at Palmerston Forth that, to be perfectly frank, he thought that primary education was of the first importance, and on it the superstructure of secondary odium l ion could he built. But he was glad to see that parents were realising the importance of secondary education in this country, as was shown by the increased attendance at secondary schools. Figures showed that successful men and women in skilled occupations came mostly from the ranks of those who had received secondary education.

According to documents which were captured on the American front, the Germans were timed to reach Paris on 28th June. An intercepted order of Von Falkenhayn reads that the battles now being fought on the West front are “critical and decisive.” The Kaiser has ordered the High Command to take all measures to transport to the French front within a week the majority of the German forces now in White Russia, leaving only the smallest detachments necessary to maintain order. He had sent General von Eichoru to the Ukraine to take the strongest measures possible to stop sabotage on the part of the Russian railway officials.

Remember what has served you well, ' Remember all your friends to tell: Remember what to every test Has proved to he the very best. Ilemember, winter’s months are here,

There’s sore throats, cough and cold to fear; Remember treatment ever sure — Remember Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, 15

The meeting of shareholders of the Co-Operative store was held last Friday. The insertion of an advertisement in our last Saturday’s issue referred to that meeting.

Referring to New Zealand ferns at a meeting of the Canterbury Microscopical Society, Mr W. Martin said that the dominion possessed 200 distinct species, including umbrella ferns, tree ferns, kidney ferns, maiden-hair terns, bracken ferns, and moon-worts.

Nine hundred and ninety-seven cutting tools alone are required in manufacturing a modern rille, says the Popular Science Monthly. The twist drill is one of the busiest of these. To supply 1,000,000 ritles, 94,000,000 holes must be drilled. Shrapnel, torpedoes,'machine-guns, biplanes, motor trucks, and antiaircraft guns require from 70.t0 5,000 holes each.

A notable piece of ship surgery is reported to have been recently performed by the Robins Day Dock imd Repair Company at their Erie Basin establishment at New York (states Syren and Shipping). A steel ship of 2,300 tons entered the docks at 11 a.m. to be lengthened 52ft., and at 4 pan. the following afternoon she began to receive the additional matteiy the fore and aft sections having been cut apart and pulled in 29 hours.

“This man is a returned soldier who has lost a leg, and returned only a couple of days ago in a very weak state,” said Inspector Marsack, referring to a first offending inebriate, in the Wellington S.M. Court. “What liquor he had taken affected him so badly that it was thought advisable to release him on a nominal recognisance. It was not so much his fault as that of his alleged friends. It would be wise if soldiers’ friends of this type became conversant with recently gazetted regulations which prohibit the supplying of drink to returned men who are receiving medical treatment.”

Is it an Australasian record? Last Tuesday, in the Hauraki district, the Hon. D. H. Guthrie, Minister of Lands, received twentynine deputations (about roads, drains, and many other things). “Deputations by the dozen” is a phrase that has been used to indicate the waylaying of a Minister on tour —and Mr Guthrie, with his “bag” of two dozen and a-half in one day, has verified those words. In Seddonian times deputations nourished. This kind of personal calling, was encouraged by the great Liberal leader; but it is doubtful whether his tally of deputations in one day ever went to twentynine.

Mr Hughes, in a Press interview in London, said the behaviour of the American troops was excellent, and beyond reproach, and displayed an air of quiet confidence, typical of the spirit of America. They were going to the front imbued with the

resolute determination to destroy militarism, root and branch. Then to remember that there were literally millions such as these awaiting transport was to set at rest any doubts that America is in (ho war to the end. No German peace would satisfy her; no peace of any kind that does not bring justice and right to reign throughout the world, and assure all nations, great and small, that freedom which the Americans themselves possess, will he accepted.

A business man in Brisbane lias received a. letter from Ids son, who is in his fourth year of service. He. says: Paris is fairly full of A assies, Canadians, and Yankees.. The Tommies, of course, prefer to visit their own homes for their furlough. I think Paris leave is an extra only for the colonial troops. Tommies have to lake it instead of Blighty. We are still a bit of a. novelty to the people there. Some of them confuse us with the Yankees. When we pass in the street: the Yankees say, ‘‘Day, Bo!” and wc respond with, “How is it, Digger?” You may have heard the yarn that goes about. The Aussie invited the Yank to have a drink with him. When asked what he would have, the Yank said, “I guess I’ll have a champagne.” The Aussie replied; “Well, Digger, I guess you’d better guess again,” somcwheer about half a franc.” There is, however, a fair amount of goodfellowship between us, and we have high hopes of the Yankees in the coming struggle. “What strikes one in going through the country,” said Sir Robert Anderson, chairman of the Defence Expenditure Commission, “is its aboundiug prosperity. All that is to be feared is that the people who have been enjoying this prosperity for so many years may be prone to think that bad times may never come. When one ngticcs the high prices of land and the correspondingly high prices of all the primary products, one cannot but reflect upon the great dislocation of business and the consequent disorder and suffering which would follow a serious fall in these values. It must be hoped that such a reverse may not be experienced. In Australia, no matter how prosperous the country may. be, residents always have to keep in the back of their minds the possibility of seven lean years following seven years of plenty, but in New Zealand, with is regular seasons and abundance of rain, there seems to be a tendency to regard boom times as permanent. Let it be hoped that this view may not prove to be an illusory one!”

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The ballot of the “C” Class of the Seeond Division will be liberated for publication to-day, and local and district names will appear in our next issue.

A meeting of the commitieo which arranged details in connection with last week's presentation to Mr Ilennessy will be held in Mr Perreau’s rooms to-morrow night, at 7.30 <)’- clock. A full attendance is requested.

The-death is announced of .Mr Thomas Capper, who has been resident in Nelson for over fifty years. The late Mr Capper was an enthusiast in the volunteer movement, was a line marksman, and for years represented the Nelson City Riiles at the New Zealand Rifle Association’s meeting in various parts of the Dominion.

Referring to the arrival of parcels from New Zealand, a soldier in France said he was surprised that tins of condensed milk were sent, as it could be easily obtained from about Is 3d to Is Bd. Ho states, however, that tinned fruit is very dear, but does not appear to be often sent, although, it would not weigh much more than condensed milk.

A Hastings business man, who formerly resided at Feilding, says the Tribune, received a pleasant surprise the other morning. On opening a registered letter he found the contents contained £IOO, made up of a £SO, two £2o’s, and a £lO note. On a piece of paper was written the words “Conscience money.” There was no indication whatever of the sender.

Singleton (N.S.W.) has a centenarian named. William Ross. He was 102 years of age on June 2nd. The veteran says during his long life he has been free from any serious illness; but a crop of accidents, in the shape of broken limbs, has come his way. He says he has smoked a pipe and drunk rum since 11 years of age, and suffered no ill-effects; but adds, lugubriously, “good rum, is difficult to obtain nowadays, unless you get it from bond.” The veteran does not draw the old-age pension, and can still handle the scythe and lawn-mower with all the dexterity of a young man.

The funeral of the late Mr E. P. Osborne took place on Sunday afternoon. Among those who were present to pay their last tribute of respect to the deceased were the Mayor (Mr John Chrystall) and Crs Walker and Geo. C. Coley, and Mr A. S. Easton, the latter one of Eoxton’s oldest settlers. Members of the local Masonic Lodge were in attendance, and acted as pall bearers. The service at, the graveside was conducted by the Rev. Mr Harding (Methodist), after which Wor. Bros. Stevenson, Healey and Hornblow read the Masonic service over Hie remains. An appropriate hymn was sung at the conclusion. The coffin was covered with a number of beautiful floral tributes.

The Daily Chronicle refers to the many-sidedness of Great Britain’s s eontriimtion to the war. The paper mentions that Great Britain is clothing; the American troops in France, qnd providing' most of (heir armament, except artillery. Great Britain to December Ist, 1917, adcanced £1,18(1,000,000 to the allies, and £175,000,000 to (he Dominions. She transports a daily average of 7,000 men and 30,000 tons of military supplies to France. Her navy and merchantmen to the end of August, 1917, transported and protected across the sea 13,000,000 men, with the loss of only 35. The scale of (he navy’s work is too little appreciated. For instance, the Royal Dockyards since the beginning of the war have made 31,470 repairs to warships, exclusive of the repair of allied ships.

The shortage of dentists in New Zealand was mentioned by Mr A. M. Carter, a member, of the executive* of the New Zealand Dental Association, at (he silling of the Auckland Military Service Board, when appealing for the exemption of a number of dentists practising in various parts of New Zealand. Mr Carter stated that; owing to the large number of dentists who had been called to camp the shortage was now so acute that the association felt it would* be-necessary to make appeals where it was previously thought such action would be unnecessary. He also stated that the work at the local Dental Hospi-, tal was being carried on by one stipendiary dentist and one assistant, and they were quite unable to cope with the work required to be done for the children who attended tjie hospital.

Harly M, Blackie, third engineer of the Imlay Freezing Works, appeared before the First Wellington Military Service Board at Wanganui last Friday. He appealed on the ground that he was a marine and refrigerating engineer, and a national asset. “You mean a Dominion asset,” suggested the board, and the claimant modified his claim to that extent. The appellant said he did not object to going on active service, but feelings of patriotism prompted him to remain at the works if they were to be kept going. An employers’, appeal was also entered, on the ground of shortage of engineers. The Chairman said it was time the freezing companies; went into the question of the supplying of refrigerating engineers, and adjourned the appeal to August. Ihe Wanganui Meat Freezing Company also appealed for one of their engineers, and were given time to find a substitute.

Cover your cow to-night, and in- 1 crease your milk supply. Best white duck covers 17/C, at Walker and Fume's.*

A young married woman named Amy Burling was charged in the. Magistrate’s Court at Master!on with a breach of the Infants’ Protection Act in having taken charge of a child in consideration of payment without being licensed. The defendant stated that she received no monetary payment. The child belonged to a friend of hers, and she had been promised a payment of 10s per week, but nothing had been paid. She was not aware that she had to be licensed. The defendant was convicted and discharged. The death took place at Dannevirke on Sunday of Mr Jas. McDowell. Deceased, who was 03 years of age, came to Palmerston 30 years ago, and was for many years engaged in the drapery business. He went to Dannevirke some years ago. lie was born in Omagh, Co. Tyrone, Ireland, and Mr J. Cunningbame, of Messrs Collinson and Cunningbame, is an old schoolmate. He was married soon after coming to this district to a daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Peek, of Foxton.

“Many people make a tremendous row about a rise in the price of bread,” said a speaker at the Farmers’ Union Conference at Christchurch, “but if you keep a tally you will find that the bread bill is the smallest necessary item in the housekeeping account. I find it is about half the size of my meat bill and butter bill.” “And about a quarter the size of your boot bill,” added another farmer. “We pay about 27 per cent, duty on our boots without a murmur, but grumble very much at a penny rise on the loaf,*

A two-a-side game of deck quoits for “the championship of thd Pacific" was played between the New Zealand and Australian delegates to the Imperial Conference during the trip of the steamer which conveyed Mr Massey and Sir Joseph Ward and Mr W. H. Hughes and Mr J. Cook to Canada. The match resulted in a win for Mr Massey and Sir Joseph Ward, who scored 90 points as against 71 points registered by the Australian representatives. The winners were heartily applauded by the New Zealanders on board.

In addition to the official Imperial history of the war, which will be presented under the authority of the Committee of Imperial Defence, the Government of New Zealand have decided to publish a special history of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, in which the deeds of our soldiers in the “far flung battle line" will be written, its is hoped, in a manner worthy of the theme, not from the point of view of the military critic, but with a sympathetic knowledge of the brave spirit m which they met the hardships and sufferings which they were called upon to face.

Tuesday last was the seventeenth anniversary of the landing of the present King and Queen, then the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, at Auckland, the first New Zealand port to be visited during the Royal tour of the colonies. The Royal yacht Ophir arrived in the harbour on Monday, 10th June, 190.1, and the landing took place at 2 o'clock on tho following afternoon. On Iho following Monday (17th June) the Royal party arrived at Veiling!on. The Duke and Duchess spoil seventeen days in New Zealand, the centres- visited being Auckland., Rotorua, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin. The Royal visitors left the colony on the evening of 27(1i Judo, Lyttelton being the port of departure.

A parly of commercial travellers, Avho had been "cooling (licit; heels” in Picion for nearly a week waiting for a steamer passage across the Strait, and seeing no immediate prospect of a settlement of the stokehold difficulty, decided to take mailers into their own hands. Arrangements were made with the little packet Blenheim, loading at Havelock for Wellington, to pick them up at Jackson Head, and the party left Pic ton by motor launch. How they fared in the cold, drenching rain, and in the turmoil of an unkindly sea, will be chronicled by the unfortunate ones concerned, but the one thing certain is that many prayers were offered up on the journey for the fireman who wiped his greasy boots on the Pateena’s new carpel—Marlborough Press.

The Paten Press reports that quite a sensation has been Caused in the town over the mysterious disappearance of Mr Alex. McFarlane, engineer to the West Coast Refrigerating Company. He was last seen going to his work at five minutes past 6 on Thursday morning. He did not arrive at the works. Search parties were out on Thursday, and up to yesterday he had not been heard of. The local Inspector of Police has been advised of the disappearance, and from information received by him it appears that there is apparently no reason for the disappearance. Mr McFarlane was in good health. It was reported on Friday that a man had been seen wandering about a settlement about ten miles from Patea, and searchers have been sent out to investigate. Meanwhile, the search lias been continued vigorously in other directions, and up to midday no information had been received of the missing man.

BEGIN TREATMENT AT ONCE,

Wo regret to record the death of Mary Olivo, daughter of Mr and Mrs T. W. Smith, of Foxton, which took place at 9 o’clock on Sunday night. Deceased was aged four years and ten months. The funeral will take place to-morrow, leaving the parents’ residence, Easton Street, at 2 o’clock.

“Bonding, more reading, still more reading,” is the condition precedent which the new Minister for Lands (the Hon. D. H. Guthrie) attaches to the Bight. Hon. W. F. Massey’s slogan, “Settlement, more settlement, still more settlement.” Mr Guthrie holds that roads must come before settlement. He does not believe in banishing would-be settlers to “the roadless hackblocks.”

A conference, representative of municipal and other local authorities in the Midland, was held at Birmingham to consider the question of the utilisation of waste. The Lord Mayor, who presided, stated that in Birmingham 600 tons of old tins were collected annually by the refuse disposal department, and that the recovered tin was sold at £3OO per ton. The sum of £7,000 was obtained from the sale of recovered waste paper.

“Bring your own jam pots,” is the latest edict of London grocers. In some areas jam is among the rationed articles of food, and when the allowance works out at a pound and three-quarters, for instance, it his to be specially weighed out. Many people, however, do not appreciate the extra trouble involved, and when a grocer made the usual request to one woman she indignantly retorted: “I suppose the next thing will be that you will expect us to bring our own frying pans to carry home the bacon.”

The heads of two Sydney business firms believe that they have received strong indications that the millennium is at hand. One, a printer, received a cheque for £5 0s sd, in payment of an account for an advertisement in a calendar published in 1880 —£2 2s for the advertisement, and £2 18s 5d interest, at 5 per cent., for the period of 38 years. The other received from another debtor a cheque in payment of an account of £2l, due over 20 years ago, with interest, totalling £2B, added. The official return of the iftlfi census includes a table showing the number of females to 100 males in New Zealand at the last eight censuses. In 1881 the number was 81.72, in 1880 the ladies had increased their strength to 85.28, in 1891 there was a further advancq to 88.20, in 1890 the figure was 89.32. In 1901 the fair sex almost challenged the unfair with a showing of 90.33, in 1900 this advam-q received a check, the women’s proportion being 88.05, but it rose to 89.59 in 1911, and in 1910 the females for the first time had a clear majority of 100.84. But this excludes military sjnd internment camps. If they were taken in the number of females to 100 males in the Dominion would have been 99.25. Maoris are not included in anv of these figures.

When speaking on tho (tenth rato of children, at the Blanket Society meeting at Auckland last week, Bishop Avcrill dwelt upon the selfishness of mothers. He had only to go into any place of amusement, that evening, and he would see dozens of mere babies being kept there by I heir entirely sellish mothers in ati atmosphere that was ruinous to a constitution. The speaker said a great light should lie made against

the selfishness and ignorance of this class of young mother. The greatest self-sacrifice in the community was made by mothers, and it was only through ignorance that so many sinned against the health of the child and its moral welfare. Owing to the war the community would lie deprived of" a great part of its manhood, and any community that was doing its best for its children was doing its best for the Empire. “Two -thirds of the people of New Zealand do not get enough fruit,” said Mr J. Campbell, Assistant Director of the Horticultural Division of the Agricultural Department, in the course of an address at a meeting of the Centerbury Fruitgrowers’ Association on, Saturday night. In Wellington he was surprised to find how few business people, and people who could afford to buy fruit, knew where they could obtain it. Of course, they knew that fruit was to be had at the markets, and, in addition, the cost of carting the fruit from the markets often made the total cost prohibitive. Mr Campbell said that if the fruit markets were so organised that the public could obtain a good quality commodity easily and at a reasonable price, growers would find a very ready local sale for their fruit.