Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1918. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1887, 8 October 1918, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1918. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The ordinary meeting <d.' the Eox--lon Boronyh Council will be held on Monday, Till) Oclobcr, at 7.3 U p.m. Business: Ordinary.

The ullicial opening oi' the local tennis courts will take place on Saturday, lOlh inst. Bartieulai's will be advertised later.

The Lev. Howard Elliot!, Dominion organiser for the P.P.A., will deliver an address in the Town Hall, Euxton, towards the end of this month. According to what Mr .Hemingway said in Ids address to the Auckland accountants, more than half the great revenue raised from income lax is paid by companies. A fraternal visit will be paid by ollicers and brethren of Lodge Kuapehu (Marlon) to the local Masonic Lodge this evening. 11. Wor. Bros. Kessing. U.G.M., and D. MeFarJane, Prov. G.M., will also be in attendance. A meeting of all interested in the Eoxton Ladies Patriotic Guild’s proposal to arrange a big effort in aid of the State school equipment fund will be held in the Council Chamber at 3 p.ra. to-morrow. Every one interested in the welfare of the school are particularly invited to be present. COUGH IF YOU WANT TO. But remember it is very annoying to those around yon, and it is anything but polite when you ean get so ready an aid as, Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. A single dose will relieve an ordinary cough. Very often three doses will check an ordinary cold. For sale everywhere. —Advt.

The wholesale price of egg's is down lo Is Id per dozen in Wellington. *

The Patriotic Society invites all men leaving Tor camp to-morrow to assemble at (he Council Chamber at 1.15 o'clock, when they will lie accorded an oflicial send-off. Massed bands will play, and patriotic addresses suitable (o (he occasion will be delivered. Citizens are respectfully urged to observe a general half-holiday. Everybody is welcome.

The death has- occurred at To lloro of Mr Hihira Moroati (Pali), a well-known Native who resided for a great many years at Moutoa. The late Mr Moroati was much respected by all who knew him, for his straight dealing and kindly nature. He left Moutoa some time ago, and has since resided at To Horn. His health for some time prior to his death had not been good. Mr Jim Puti is a son of the deceased.

A pleasant little function took place in the Methodist Church last Sunday afternoon, when Mr Huntley, superintendent, on behalf of the Sunday School, presented Miss 1). Signal with a handsome set of carvers. In making the presentation, Mr Huntley referred to Miss Signal's long and faithful service in th.e Sunday school, and wished her every happeiness in her future life. It was a token of their love and appreciation, and each teacher and each scholar was represented in the gift. Miss Signal, who was visibly affected, suitably responded, A public ii!<juirv into the cause of the recent tire (hat destroyed the local Stale school will be held before Mr Alf Eraser, district coroner, at the Courthouse, Foxton, commencing at Id o’clock to-mor-row morning. Detective Quirke will represent the police, Messrs Meinlyre and Swangcr the 'Wanganui Education Board, and it is understood (he Fire Underwriters’ Association will also be rcprcscided. The following witnesses will give evidence: —Messrs L. J. Currie, H. I*’. Cabiles, J. McKuigbt, Harold Dimmer, Tin Carter, H. A. ingle, Constable Woods, Misses Brown and iMcMurray and Mrs MeKnighi.

AI hist night's School Committee meeting it was decided to arrange, it' possible, a eoni'erenee between the Commit tee, Board’s architect, and Secretary and leaching stall', re plans for the new building. The opinion was exposed that the erection should not be allowed to hang lire, but there should be a speeding up. The Chairman said llm archil eel, who was also the .Board’s foreman of works, was kept very busy, but there was a possibility that -oiue of the rooms now used as class-rooms would not be made available for an indefinite period. It was agreed that the new building should be pushed on as a work of urgency. The following motion was passed at a meeting of the Headmasters' Association held at Palmerston on Saturday: —‘‘That as (he publication of Bishop Averill's statement that he had had many opportunities of knowing where schools had become sources of moral danger and

even corruption, easts :i serious relleclion upon the morals of our Slate schools, (his Association would ask (hi! Bishop to make known (o the X.Z. Educational institute the facts upon which he grounded his charge or else withdraw it. it is evident (hat such statements can lie made use of in the agitation for the establishment of church schools, and such tactics are to be deprecated, as is also the implication that public school teachers cannot appeal to I lie highest motives in teaching morality.'’

Speaking- at the meeting of (be (.‘anlerbury Farmers’ Union on Wednesday on the question of the cost of living', Mr George Ghent said the conference he had recently had with the threshing-mill employees had proved (o him that the demands of labour were as much responsible for (he increased cos) of Jiving as any other cause, if the threshing-mill employees' demands were granted, if would a,dd almul 50 per cent, to the cost at' bread. While there were such unpractical leaders of labour, no amicable agreement could ever be arrived at between employers and employed. To agree to the demands of the threshing-mill employees would put the wheal-growing industry right out of business.

Prohibitiuii boosts Business! Canadian business men, who feared Prohibition have, since its operation, changed (heir minds and would now light any-proposal to revert to License. Of sixty leading Manitoba merchants canvassed last June. 58 said (hey were “most favourably'’ impressed with the results, and two said “favourably." Not one answered “Unfavourably."; The Kelai' Merchants ('(invention tn Winnipeg unanimously passed this resolution: —“We have main- evidences of the larger purchasing power and more prompt payment on the part of the public, particularly wage-earners. Old debts have been paid and cash business increased.” Now consider, if Manitoba and Ontario had opened State Drinking Places, would more money have gone to legitimate trade? Would bad debts diminish? Would cash business increase? Certainly not, except if less Alcohol were sold. Less Alcohol sold means less revenue, and if the revenue is to decrease why not have Prohibition right away and stop the whole nonsensical business of raising revenue from human debauchery ? 3(1 You couldn’t do better than buy your horse-covers at Walker & Furrie’s. Price only 32/- for the best.*

For Influenza take Woods’ Groat Peppermint Cure. Never fails, I/G

They have a delightfully simple way of arranging the meal supply in an ohl-fa.shioned village in Cambridgeshire (says a London newspaper). Once or twiec a week (he butcher sends his boy round to all his customers to take note of their wants, and if the requirements warrant it lie kills a sheep. If between them the customers cannot bespeak the entire animal, nobody gels anything, for the slice]) is not killed. The village either goes meatless, or falls back on bacon.

The death oeeurred at Levin of Mr John Hall, aged 88 years, who was (he earliest settler in Palliating The late Mr Hall, who was born in Cambridge, England, was married in Lincolnshire in the year 185 ti, and his wife later had the distinction of being the first white woman to settle in Paliialua. She died some little time ago. The couple came to New Zealand in 1877, and settled in the Waivarapa. They came to Pahiatua in .February, .1881, and Mr Hall was the first settler iu that district, being known as the “father of Pahiatua.” He settled on what is known as Hall’s Estate, which was at that lime a dense forest. About five years ago Mr and Mrs Hull left Pahiatua to take up their residence at Levin, the pioperty in Pahiatua being subdivided and sold in small allotments. Mr Hull was a member of the first Road Board in the Forty-mile Bush, and was also a member of the first Pahiatua 'County Council.