LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1859, 1 August 1918, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mv Marmaduke John Dixon, (he well-known Canterbury pastoralist, is dead. Mr W. Waters, town clerk, left Foxton this morning for the Cl camp. Mr A. Hawke, local postmaster, who has been away on annual leave, returned to Foxton on Monday night, and resumed his duties yesterday. Constable Woods left Foxton this morning for Knwa Kawa, to visit his mother, who is in a very indifferent state of health. During his absence Constable O’Donoghue will have charge.

The names of Messrs 0. Robinson, Geo. (,'oley and M. E. Perrean were inadvertently omitted from the list of donors to the Patriotic Shop effort on Saturday in aid of the Red Cross Copper Trail Fund.

The following soldiers have been found guilty by district courts-mar-tial held at Trentham Camp of disobeying the lawful commands of a superior officer,.and have been sent-* encod to two years’ hard labour:— 84227 Private A. Bradley, Details; 82011 Private W. G, Gray, Details; 21071 Private E. Hannan. Details; 81047 Private A. Beatson, Details.

On a remark made by the Minister of Marine at the Harbours Conference at Wellington, the public may base a hope that the pollution of harbours will be restricted. “This is a subject,” said Mr Wilford, “which requires to be very carefully dealt with in order to prevent offensive matter and silt going into harbours. If offensive matter from towns is allowed lo go in, it is liable to become a menace to public health, besides spoiling beaches which are used as a place of recreation by the public.”

The Minister of Justice (the Hon, 'l'. M. Wilford) inis in formed the Mayor of Palmerston that lie lias approved the constitution of a new police district with Palmerston X. as headquarters. 111 1 has also approved the making of a recommendation to the Governor-General for the promotion of Snli-Inspector M - Kinnoii to the rank of inspector a| trom Ist August. When this appointment is complete llii- ohicer will he placed in charge ol the new district at Palmerston Xorlh.

The Dominion says editorially:---Xew Zealand spends £33 a day on measures calculated to prevent disease and £2,000 a day in treating disease. Taking account of the enormous resources that modern science has made available for (he prevention of disease, these figures in themselves const it ule a strong indictment of our existing system of Public Health administration, and go far to explain why expenditure on our public hospitals is increasing by leaps and bounds.

Mr Alexander Hetrick, Wauganui’s most progressive merchant, died on Tuesday, aged (it). Deceased was well known throughout commercial circles in the Dominion, branches of his business extending all over the Xorlh Island. He was probably best known in connection with the opening up and advertising the AVanganui Hiver as a tourist route. He was Mayor for many years, and it was due to his foresight that the gasworks became municipal properly, the trams established, and many other important works carried out.

“A groat deal is said here about men being ‘unfit’ for active service,’ said Chaplain T. F. Taylor, in St Mark’s Schoolroom, Wellington. “I wonder what the medical boards would have said to the men who held the lines at Gallipoli for the three months before the evacuation. They were all unfit, but they would not go away. They were sick and weary and harassed. They were suffering from dysentery as well as the bullets of the Turks. Many of them had been so reduced in weight that they were mere phantoms. But they carried on. They were all brothers, and they were not going to desert one another.” CHAMBERLAIN'S PAIX BALM. This liniment will promptly relieve the pain of a burn or scald when applied as soon as tho acciuent takes place. For sale everywhere.— Advt.

The Postal Department advise* that there wore no Now Zealand

malls aboard (he. Justiem recently torpedoed and sunk.

The Westmere estate, to the east of Masterlon. is to by taken by (ho Government for (lie purposes of soldiers’ seel ions.

At last night's Thorough Connei: meeting Mrs .Jennings was appointed acling-Town Clerk and Borough Treasurer during tin 1 Town Clerk’s absence.

The talk by Sisters Kilgour and Me Lean on their experiences aboard a hospital ship will be given on the 14th hist., nol next Wednesday, as previously announeed. The Queen of the South, hemp laden, sailed for Wellington this morning, and is due Imek again on Saturday morning with a cargo of general.

News has been received that Private P. J. Kelly, son of Mr and Mrs J. Kelly, of Foxton, was wounded on the 10th instant, and admitted to hospital the following day.

After a Second Divisionisj in a township not many miles from Maslerton had been passed as “Fit A.” he candidly remarked, “I have taken enough dope to kill a horse, and yet it won’t act.”

The llaxmillers drawing their supplies of green leaf from the Montoa Estate, whose leases expired at the end of May, June entered into a fresh agreement for supplies for a further period of twelve months, and the swam]) was re-opened for llaxcutting to-day. Stripping operations will he in full swing within the next few da vs.

There is good authority for the statement that recruiting is excellent at the Narrow Neck Maori Camp, Auckland, and recruits are coming in in numbers from all over (his island (states the Star). The provinces of Wellington, Taranaki, and Hawke’s Bay are well represented, as are also the northern and southern districts of Auckland, apart from the Waikato, where compulsion is in force. There is every prospect of the future drafts being satisfactory in numbers.

At the Magistrate’s Court, Palmerston North, yesterday, Richard Harold Edwin Giles, who was arrested at Dunedin, was charged (1) with the theft of a bicycle, value £l3, the property of John Runciman, at Hastings; (2) with the theft at Foxton of £ls IDs in money and a pair of boots, of a total value of £l7, the property of Arthur Jays; and (3) with the theft at Foxton of a motor cycle, value £!)(), the property of William Trask. On the application of DetectiveSergeant Quirke, accused was remanded until 10-dav.

At last night's Council meeting a letter was received from Mr W. Petrie, pointing out that the boxing of the Council’s drain running under his mill had collapsed, and the water was interfering with the foundations on which the engine and stripper were erected. He asked that the drain be diverted, and offered to provide a man to assist in connection with same. The Mayor said the drain, in question was the outlet of the Reeve Street drain, and formerly was open, but had been boxed in by Mr Rose, the previous owner of the mills, for his own convenience, and later a mill had been built over the boxed-in drain. After some discussion it was decided, on the motion of the Mayor, seconded by Cr Coley, (hat owing to Mr Rose constructing an engine bed over the Council’s outlet to Reeve Street drain without any permission, (he Council cannot recommend any help towards diverting (he outlet, but does not raise any objection to Mr Petrie carrying out the work til bin own expense, not less than nine-inch concrete pipes to be used, which the Council is willing to supply at cost? price.

That oft-heard phrase, “after (he war,” has no friend in Dr. Whitaker, from the viewpoint of health. “To talk about what we are going to do ‘after (be war' is one kind of vanity," he states in a letter to a Wellington paper. “In the meantime the children of our country are not gelling a fair deal. To go from a (dean home in the morning info an overcrowded, ea I arrhally-infected schoolroom is not a fair deal. To buy disease in shops and secondhand sales, to inhale it from public towels, or receive it from a hagridden accommodation house, is not a fair deal. To spoon-feed medical students with a bursary in the vain hope that in a nebulous future they may give some aid, may give some people consolation; but it does not prevent infections disease. Hospital boards all over the country are not doing their plain duty in this matter. They are responsible for the outlay and provision of accommodation for the increasing numbers of preventable diseases. They are the only elected representatives of the people who have a direct say in public health matters. It appears that local bodies have begun to wake up about these things. It is in their power to revolutionise the preventive measures against disease in this country. The Minister, we believe, will listen to them in this matter,” With feet soaked in a mustard bath, Poor Grandpa crouched beside the hearth, And gasped so hard and looked so glum, Despite three lots of steaming rum. That Grandma, anxious grown for him, Exclaimed at last to Uncle Jim — “This timid suspense I can’t endure. I’ll send for Woods’ Gma Peppermint Cure.”

Pain fell locally on 10 days during July, the maximum fall being .00 on the 10(h. The total for (he month was 2.88 inches. The following are the vital statistics for Cox ton for the month of July:—Births 15, deaths 2, marriage cert ideates issued 1. A hospital ship (the second) which left New Zealand about three weeks ago, has reached a port, of call, “all well.” Mr T. Rowe, Marotiri, notifies that if two horses straying on bis property are not claimed within seven <lays they will be sold to defray expenses. Aucklanders announce that they have advanced their line to Taumarumii, a distance of 2!) miles in a week, in the Copper Trail contest. Wellington in the same time advanced only four miles, and now has reached Otaki —a total of -lb miles, compared with Auckland’s 175 miles. Within a fortnight Auckland has (-( mtrilmted 427,000 for (he Red Jersey campaign also.

Instancing how profiteering is being carried on in New Zealand at the present day, Captain Colheek (Morrinsville), at the Farmers’ Union Conference at Wellington yesterday, spoke of a cargo of benzine which arrived in Auckland, valued, at, say, .€IO,OOO. .V small syndicate of Auckland business men went to the owners and said: “We will give you £12,000 for (he cargo riught out.” Tim offer was accented, and the benzine was passed on to the public at about £20,000. This was the sort of thing the union should be out to slop, and it was quite a different thing from controlling prices in the ordinary sense.

“1 am at present considering the question of recommending legislation dealing with the inspection of products exported,” said the Hon. T. M. Milford, at the Harbours Conference at Wellington yesterday. “The only products about the inspection of which we have dealt, with so far are flax and tow. The recommendations of the Commission on this subject have just reached me, and will be considered as soon as possible, although I do not expect any definite announcement to be made on- this point until after the return of the Right Hon. the Premier and the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Ward.”

Before the Stipendiary Magistrate at Hamilton, Ismael Wright St. Clair was charged with assaulting Jan Pavich, an alien, and ws fined £2 and £1 costs. The evidence showed that the assault was entirely unprovoked. The Magistrate (Mr Rawson) commented as follows;—“Some young fellows think it a line thing to bail foreigners; but it is cowardly, as they are at a decided disadvantage in a foreign country. Foreigners are entitled to protection as long as they conduct themselves well. A recent commission paid a tribute to the law-abiding character of the Dalmatians. ever your private feelings may be in regard to these men, that does not entitle you to assault them. This sort of thing is hoodlumism. which will no be permitted, as it may lead to serious consequences."

A special meeting ci 1‘ (lie Fuxloii H«iroue’ll Council was held last night (o consider the carting contract recently entered into with Mi’ A. Smith, and general. There were; present: The; Mayor (Mr dolm I'livyslall) and Crs. Coley, Henderson, Bryant, Hurley, and MeMuri’ay. An apology Tor absence was received from Cr. Hannah. A letter was received I'roin Mr Smith, slating that he had been called up ip the ballot, and ordered to parade lor camp in October. In consequence he had now disposed of his business, and as the new proprietor would not lake over the carting contract, considering I ha( the price was 100 low, he asked the Council to ( anccl same. He considered he had already losl ,C2b on the conlracl, mainly through the metal not eommg to hand in a satisfactory manner. Mr Smith was also in attendance at the meeting', and answered a number of questions pul by Councillors. It was pointed out that 270 yards out of a total of 000 yards had been carted. After some discussion il was decided, on the motion of Crs. Hurley and Bryant, that owing to Mr Smith being called into camp, his contract for carting metal be annulled, and fresh alternate tenders (by Hie day and by the yard) be called for carting 1 the balance of the metal.