LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1873, 5 September 1918, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr \V. 11. Ferris, chief hemp grader, is at present: in Foxton.

Mr and Mrs Freeman and family, of Whyte’s Hotel, are staying with Mr and Mrs 8. J. Fas ton.

The conference between the miners and mine-owners will be held in Wellington on Tuesday next.

The Orwell Creek (West Coast) post office, which has been in existence for half a century, will be closed at the end of the year, owing to Jack of business.

To-morrow evening, in the Town Hall supper-room, another of the enjoyable socials under the auspices of SI. Mary’s Church will be held. Euchre, dancing, refreshments. Admission Is (id.

It is not often that a Government has a post office presented to it, but such is the case in regard to the new post office now being erected at Makoluku, near Ormondville. Mr Jonathan Holden, a well-known settler, has presented the land and an office, with quarters attached, to the Government.

Mr William Copeland, a West Coast pioneer, died last week. He was born in Shetland on Jane 3rd, 1837, and was therefore nearly 82 years of age. "He arrived on the Coast in 18(19, and had remained there sinec—the larger portion ul the lime being settled at Dnnganville.

In order to produce agricultural lime, the Thames Valley Dairy Company proposes to manufacture that article from sea shells at Miranda and Wailakaniru, opposite the town of Thames. The Auckland Land Hoard has granted a lease for three years, with right to an extension for 21 years, rent to be lixed by the Commissioner.

Speaking at a conference of-dir-ectors of Technical Schools in Wellington, Dr. Anderson, Director of education, said the Department was anxious to work in happy co-ordi-nation with the directors, as it regarded technical education as the question of the day. The presold system of payment was based on t he English system, and involved an enormous amount of clerical work and trouble, and the lime had now come for it to be reviewed. The Department had come in for a considerable share of adverse criticism, but lie gave an assurance that it was anxious to carry out all improvements to be needed.

Hawera, that prosperous town in the heart of the milk and butter country, Taranaki, is, according to the branch of the Plunked Society there, labouring under an unsatisfactory milk supply. The Society has written to the Hawcra Borough Council complaining’ that' the milk supply was unsatisfactory, and was handicapping them in their work of looking after the little strangers. It suggested as a remedy that the Council should establish a municipal supply, declaring that this was nut a luxury, but a necessity. The Borough Council considered the suggestion at a special meeting, and appointed a committee to meet the dairymen and those who- supply them with milk to see of the present system could be brought under stricter supervision; and to consider the advisability of the borough acquiring a suitable area of land for a borough dairy farm, and arrange for a distributing house, under borough control. SOMETHING RELIABLE. ‘‘Can he depended upon” is an expression we ail like to hear, and when it is used in connection with Chamberlain’s Colie and Diarrhoea Kemedy it means that it is a reliable medicine for diarrhoea, dysentery, or bowel complaints. It is pleasant to take and equally valuable for children and adults. For sale everywhere. —Advt.

The Bon Tons, comprising the Mi toys, the Gondoliers, and the Pretty Proteans, under the charge of Mr J. Rollinson, left Napier on Moiiday on their vacation tour ol the Manawatu district. They appear in Foxton on Tuesday next.

On Friday, the 13th instant, at Nye’s yards, Messrs Mounsey and Co. will offer by auction a freehold property in Purcell Street. The property comprises one acre of land with 5-roomed dwelling house, complete with all conveniences. Those desiring to purchase a home should not miss this exceptional opportunity.

At the Murton races yesterday Mr A. M. Wright’s Foeman finished first in the Hack Steeples, but was disqualified for having run inside one of the flags, and the stake awarded to the second horse, Gaekwar. Foeman was paying a good dividend, and was well supported by sports from tyis district, who are unfortunate in not collecting a dividend, as the horse won comfortably.

Yesterday afternoon Mrs 11. Evans, of Duncan Street, received a telegram from the Minister of Defence conveying the sad intelligence that her youngest sou, Private George R. Evans, had been killed in action on August 22m1. He was 20 years of age, and left New Zealand with the Thirty-third Reinforcements. Two brothers, Troopers John and William Evans, are .still on active service.

The Inspector of Police at Wanganui received a wire from Raetihi on Tuesday, stating that a returned soldier named John McLennan had been found dead on his section at Mangaporua Valley, having been killed by a falling tree. The accident appeared to have happened about a fortnight ago, but the body was not found till Sunday. The place is about 25 miles from Raelihi. Deceased had no relatives in New Zealand.

While running from Melbourne to the cattleyards, a stock train collided with a light engine near the Newmarket station last week. Very little damage was caused. From a wrecked (‘attic truck six bullocks escaped and charged wildly at the railway men, six of whom were injured, but in no case seriously. Mr J. Conlon, Metropolitan Superintendent, dodged one of the bullocks, but another sent him rolling down a bank. Three of the bullocks were so dangerous (hat they had to be shot by the police.

The Palmerston District Hospital Board held a special meeting on Tuesday for (he purpose of considering tenders for the erection of two new wards, kitchen, laundry, social hall, building for X-ray apparatus, and drainage wqrks. As the tenders were in excess of the amount of money available, Mr J. A. Nash was appointed lo interview tic; Minister for Public Health, vith a view lo obtaining his sanction to raising the additional money required, and Sir Janies Wilson and Mr Nash were appointed to make the necessary final arrangements.

A most unusual occurrence look place in Bridge Street, Eltham, on Thursday afternoon (says the Argus). A little girl named Josephine Pope, who,was in town with her parents from Matemateaonga, was walking' along the street, and when passing a horse standing by the roadside the animal seized her right ear in its teeth and bit off a large portion. The little girl, who is only about live years old, was considerably frightened, and found the injury most painful. She was hastened to Dr. Cooper’s, where the injured member was dressed.

Some rather interesting figures as to cost to consumers of electric current at Christchurch were given by Mr Stark, City Electric Engineer, in the course of a lecture at IVauganui on Tuesday night. He said that in (he suburb of St. Albans, for the month of September last 170 consumers jiaid less than 3s per month. There were three who paid 10s. There were 60 per cent, of all the consumers which paid Jess than 4s per month. “It makes due’s month water,” interjected a member of the audience. “It is a water proposition,” replied the lecturer, amid hearty laughter.

The value of cheap electrical power in the house was mentioned by Mr Stark, Christchurch City Electrical Engineer, in an address at Wanganui this week. He described (he electric stove, its advantages aptly illustrated by the remark; “Supposing you have mid-day dinner. At ten o’clock you put the dinner in the oven, set the clock to midday, put on your hat and go to the movies. Alien you return your dinner is cooked and ready. The costworked out at a fraction of a penny per hour. Then it had additional advantages in being clean and involving no hard work in cleaning. It was 85 per cent, cheaper, and used ,l-7th of the heat required for gas stoves, in a gas stove the oven had to be heated, and this naturally heated the room. In an elec-trie stove the heat was all in the oven and could not be used for heating the room. Then there were electricheaters and electric irons, both of which materially lightened the burden of the housewife. The way to check a cough or cold Is knowledge worth much more than gold; So, as you'll catch a cold some day Head, mark and learn the surest way. Spread extra blankets on your bed. And just before you lay your head, Drink down a steaming dose, be sure, Of well-stirred Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. 22

The Waipawa Mail says that sheep-stealing in rife in that district.

The Medical Board will sit in Palmerston from the 12th to 13th inst. for the examination of reservists drawn in the last ballot.

„ At the Marion races yesterday, Mr F. 8. Easton’s Moutoa Ivanova ran second in the Trial Plate. Mouton Ivanova is a full brother to Sasanof, winner of last year’s Melbourne Cup.

The telegraph messengers of Wellington are., it is understood, applying for an increase of live shillings a week on their present salary of 15s. The reason given is the “high cost of living.” The Department has decided to increase the salary of the boys doing night duty to £1 per week.

Some fifteen years ago the A. and F. Pears Company, of England, believing that their publicity had earned an unassailable position lor (heir product, and was no longer necessary—ceased advertising. For six months no Pears advertisement appeared, and in that period the company lost 35 per cent, of its business. It was estimated that it cost the company £1,300,000 over and above its regular publicity schedule to rectify its error and get back where it was before the experiment.

Tremendous damage was caused at Montreal on the afternoon of June ‘doth, when nearly 10 tons of dynamite exploded at the western portal of the Canadian Northern Railway tunnel at the north end of the city, the other side of Mount Royal. The shock of the explosion was felt ten miles away. Hundreds of thousands of windows were broken within a radius of two miles of (he scene, and the whole city was shaken lo such an extent that many people thought it was an earthquake. The explosion was caused by a broken wire firing a magazine where dynamite used for blasting the tunnel was stored. Fortunately no one was near at the time, which averted a loss of life, and none of the employees were injured. Th» property loss is heavy, and consists chiefly in injuries to buildings within the radius of (he concussion. A military .inquiry was immediately held, when it was decided that it was purely accidental.

The “general post” season has arrived in Taranaki (says the Eltham Argus). That is to say, the annual Hitting of farmers from one farm to another has arrived. This is one of the worst social features of Taranaki, and retards progress in an agricultural and pastoral sense. Where there is no sentiment of attachment to a farm there is not the desire to effect improvement. A man will not lake much trouble about tree planting or effecting other permanent improvements on a farm that is “in the market” —and most of the Taranaki farms are. In the South Island there is much more attachment to the • farms, more sentiment on the part of the owners, and not nearly so much of the speculative element. Buying and selling farms is a tempting method of making money easily, but does not advance the true agricultural, pastoral and social interests of a, district.

Strange that the genius of the British race has not developed something more appropriate as a toasting song than ‘Tie’s a Jolly Good Bellow” (writes “Mercuito” in the New Zealand Herald). On all sorts of occasions the commonplace jingle is dragged in. In point of fact, nothing else seems to .be used in glorification of the person or the institution meant to be complimented. Even if it be “The Ladies” who are toasted, they are musically de-c-hired to be “jolly good fellows” though such a hearty old song as “Here’s to the Maiden” is equally available and would be much more suitable. But the depth of pathos was surely plumbed at the official dinner to the local Consuls last week. After the Mayor had given the toast of “The Allies of Great Britain,” someone struck up the oldworn melody, and the company raised its voice to proclaim its opinion that the civilised nations of the world were “jolly good fellows.” Th possibility of building wooden ships in New Zealand to help to relieve the present and future shortage of tonnage, was discussed by the committee of the Auckland branch of the Navy League this week. At the annual meeting of the branch two months ago it was decided on the motion of Mr C. J. Parr, M.P., to approach the-Admi-ralty authorities in Australia to obtain information as to the shipbuilding programme of the Commonwealth. In response to this, blueprint plans of the type of ship which is being built by the Commonwealth Government were received and submitted. It was stated that xVustralia had let contracts for the building of 2(i ships of the kind, the tonnage being 2,600 tons, and the approximate cost of each £60,000, Australian timbers were being used, and the structural steel was made in Australia. They would be under sail, hut would have an auxiliary power installation. The feeling iff the meeting was that New Zealand was not behind Australia in .shipbuilding. The necessary kind of timber was sawn* in New Zealand, and it was thought that labour could he found, if the Government took the matter up. The opinion was expressed that there was no reason why ships of the Australian type should not he built in Now Zealand ports almost immediately, and it was decided to forward the plans to the Acting-Prime Minister, with a recommendation that serious consideration should be given to the matter.

New Zealand has 79 meat works, 600 dairy factories, and 700,000 dairy cows. A start has been made to clear the debris from the scene of Saturday night’s lire. A dairy herd, sold at Newman, averaged £l9 6s when auctioned — claimed to be a record for the Eketahuna district. Mrs Freeman offers-a reward for the recovery ot jewellery lost on night of lire. The Queen of the South, hemp laden, sailed for Wellington at 8 o’clock yesterday morning, and is due back again with general tomorrow. Advice has been received locally that Sergeant Con. Burgess has been killed in action. Prior to leaving New Zealand with the Expeditionary Forces, Sergeant Burgess was on the staff of the local State School. “I have not been to school in my life, and 1 have got on in the world all right,” said Alfred Bradley, at the Juvenile Court in Wellington, when he was charged with having failed to send his son to school. Mr F. V. Fraser, S.M., remarked that had he attended a school he would probably now hold a better position than driving a cart. Mr C. Kilsby, of Otaki, has leased his small farm at Otaki Railway —recently purchased by him from Mr M. Carkeek at £125 per acre — to Mr P. Russ, who is paying at the rate of £7 per acre per annum for the lease. How is this for a record? A few years ago £1 per acre was considered a good rent for dairying land. Mr Russ will use the farm for dairying, and will supply the Raimi Co-op. Dairy Company’s factory. —Otaki Mail. At the quarterly sitting of the Thames Licensing Committee on Tuesday applications were made by the licensees and owners of the Ballarat and the Tramway Hotels, Coromandel, for permission to (dose the holds for business under the conditions of the 1917 Act, owing to the present decrease in the population of the district and the impossibility of carrying-on hsincss profitably. Evidence was given in both cases showing that the number of men who had left the distriet for the front had materially after-led the trade, and had made the temporary closing of these hotels necessary. Both applications were granted. Niekolai Lenin, the Bolshevik Prime Minister of Russia, who is reported as having been shot by a woman Social Revolutionary, has' been, since the fall of Kerensky, the principal political ligure in Russia, and shares with his Foreign Minister and chief lieutenant, Trotsky, the odium of having made the peace of Brest Litovsk, by which Russia signed away her liberty to Germany upon Germany's terms. He took over the reins of Government when Kerensky had failed to steer the revolution along orderly lines, and failed to prevent matters reaching a chaotic condition. He was a revolutionary all his life, and comes of. a family of rebels. He was about 45; his real name was UlianoJT, and he was born at Simhrisk, in the Volga region. He readied prominence as a Socialist, about 1895, as the result of publishing a vigorous hook on Socialism, and shortly afterwards had to emigrate and conduct his propaganda from outside Russia. He was in Cracow when the war broke out, and was for a time interned, and on being released returned to Franco and Switzerland. When, the Russian Revolution broke out he seems to have been permitted to travel to Kimsia through Germany, and he has often been accused of being in German pay.