LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1892, 19 October 1918, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A meeting of the Fox ton Harbour Board will be field in Palmerston North on Tuesday next, at 2 o’clock.

The Aveather has been very changeable lately. This morning a hail storm passed over the district, followed 1)v sunshine.

All local business planes have decided to observe Thursday of next week, instead of Wednesday, as the weekly half-holiday, in view of the Fair lo be held on that dav.

The Queen of (he South, from Wellington with a cargo of benzine, is due to-morrow morning. She will sail again on Tuesday morning for Wellington, hemp laden.

Owing to (here being no business to transact, the monthly silling of (lie Magistrate's Court to have linen held locally yesterday Avas cancelled. The next silting was set down for November 15th.

A temporary structure lias been erected upon I lie site of Whyte's Hotel for ’dr Walls’ bakery business, and will be occupied as a shop as from to-day. The bakehouse behind trie building to be demolished will be kept in use.

The ollicial opening of the Levin croipiel lawn lakes place on Wednesday afternoon next, and an invitation to be present has been extended to local croquet, players. All ladies wishing to be present at the opening are requested to notify Mrs Woods, so that the necessary arrangements can be made.

A disastrous lire occurred at Mastcrtun on Thursday night, resulting in the destruction of the Mastertoii Printing Company’s works and the gutting of (he Wairarapa Age office. The cause of the outbreak is a mystery. The Age Company are heavy losers, the linotypes and machinery being destroyed. The damage is estimated at several thousands.

A rather dismal story of experiences with share-milkers was related before the Military Service Hoard at Mew Plymouth ou Thursday. The farmer who was appealing said that (he Jirst family of share-milkers he got left in six weeks —they found the work too hard. He got another fair.ily, hut the lirst time he (appellant) went to town the share-milk-ers broke into the house, and about the last time he saw them was when they appeared in the Waitara Magistrate's Court. Having a 'stout heart, the farmer engaged still more milkers on the same system, but this time there was a difference between the two parties about the manner in which the agreement was carried out, A fourth time the owner of the farm engaged share-milk-ers, and they went again before the end of the season. After this the farmer became discouraged, and when the hoard suggested that he should seek to put a family of sharomilkers on the farm while he went to the front, he was far from en t h us ia s tie. —Herald.

Why bother making cakes Avhen there is such a good assortment at Permtu’s ? *

Lionel R. ITayson, dork, aged 25, died in the Auckland hospital while under an anaesthetic daring an operation. The Coroner found that the operation was necessary, and performed with proper skill and care.

Word has been received that Lieut. Wilkinson, M.C., Croix dc Guerre, son of Air C. A. Wilkinson, member for Egmont, has died of pneumonia. Lieut. Wilkinson was in the Royal Hiving Corps, and was a visitor to the Dominion a few months back.

The Salvation Army Peilding Silver Band will visit Foxlon next week, and will give entertainments on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. There are thirty-six performers, and the Band will he worth hearing. A good part of the proceeds will be allocated to the assistance of the local corps.

At Monday night’s Council meeting the Town Clerk, Mr W. Waters, made application for a fortnight s leave of absence on account: of illhealth. The leave asked for was granted in lieu of animal holidays, and a motion was passed expressing the hope that Air Waters would return restored to health. Mr and Mrs Waters left for Paeroa todav.

Mr J. L. Heckler, who resides near Masterton, desiring to perpetuate (he memory of a brother killed in France, has offered to provide the capital monies for 14 years to provide .junior scholarships of two years’ tenure for the sons of fallen soldiers, the scholarships to lie held at Wellington College (of which Mr Heckler is an Old Boy), to bo open to all boys in the schools of the Wellington Education District, including Marlborough.

A deputation consisting of Messrs Eraser and Bruce, of (lie ’Wanganui Education Board, waited upon the Minisler for. Education, at Welliugtoa yesterday, and asked (lint (he Education gran! he increased (o .£{,000,0(H) per annum. The Minisler promised (o do wind ho could (o meet the national need. The Educational Institute urged this matter upon the Minister some months ago. and motions have been passed by organisations throughout the Dominion to the same effect.

As far as we can gather, nothing was done at Wednesday’s meeting of the Education Board re pushing on with the erection of the local Eta to school. It is useless for the Board to blame the Department for delay when it is not bestirring itself. Wo repeat that the present arrangements for housing the. children in the hot weather cannot continue, and it is hoped the board will treat the erection of the school building as a matter of urgency. At the September meeting of (he Borough Council it was decided to take steps (o form a Salvage Corps, and the Clerk was ins! meted to communicate with Captain Hugo, Inspector of Eire Brigades, and obtain information as to the procedure to be adopted, and also as to the powers of such corps. At Monday night’s meeting a reply was received, stating that (he proposal to organise a Salvage Corps in the absence of, or prior to the formation of a lire brigade was quite contrary to customary procedure. —The letter was received, and under (he circumstances no further steps will be taken in the matter. A Xew Zealand soldier, in a letter to a friend in Auckland, says: —One of the most impressive incidents 1 saw at the Cape was the “Midday-Pause,” and I think it would go well in N.Z. At midday all I rathe and business suddenly stops. Then from the balcony of the principal restaurant in the centre of Adderly Street a bugler plays “The Last Cost,” and all the men hare their heads. Then follows (wo minutes of silent prayer, and the “fall in” is sounded. Immediately traffic and business resumes, and ordinary routine goes on. The whole thing takes about three minutes, and is most impressive.

A fatal accident occurred at Terrace End, Palmerston X., yesterday. A lad named Percy Thomas, seven years old, son of Mr and Mrs G. Thomas, of Church Street, was returning from school, and was waiting to cross the line at Terrace Street, and was watching a train coming up from Palmerston. While so engaged the train from Waipukurau came down the line and struck him. lie was badly injured about the bead-and legs, and was unconscious. He was immediately taken to tbe hospital, where lie succumbed to bis injuries. The crossing at Terrace Street is a particularly dangerous one, more especially on account of its proximity to tbe school.

The Liquor Control Board of Great Britain has not instituted what is called in New Zealand “Stale Control.” The License system still prevails, hut hours of sale and output of spirits and beer have been reduced to Jess than half, and (he reduction of drunkenness by 00 per coni, is due to this. But this is not State Purchase or State Management. It is movement towards Prohibition. At Annan the Control Board experimented in operating Public Houses, but enforced Saturday night closing, in addition to the restrictions in hours of sale. An investigation revealed, drunkenness to be no less than in other parts of England where License still obtained. Therefore any reductions in drinking at Annan are due to restrictive measures (or partial Prohibition) and not to the change from private to State ownership. A recent vote among Trades Unions in Annan resulted in a 3 to 1 verdict in favour of Prohibition. 41

The Rev. Howard Elliott, Dominion organiser for the P.P.A., will deliver a public address in the Town Hall on Tuesday evening. Tickets for admission may be obtained at the hall door, or from members of committee..

11 was mentioned at the Education Board meeting at Wanganui that there had been nine inquests on lires at Fox ton of late, and each one had proved vosnltlcss, says the Palmerston Times. The Board’s informant is drawing on his imagination.. MmThe name of Miss Katherine Williams (Poston Convent) appears among the successful pupils in the Higher Division results of the musical examinations held by the Associated Board of the R.A.M. and U.M.C., London.

Mr T. Sowersby, Kopaki, has had a unique experience on his farm (reports the Te Kuiti Chronicle). A cow gave birth to a calf, and despite all efforts made no milk could he secured from the eow for a period of 17 days, when the same eow gave birth to another ealf, since when a good supply of milk is being secured.

Special meetings in connection with (he Self-denial appeal will be held to-morrow in the Salvation Army Hall. In (he morning an - Altar Service will be held, when the members of (he corps bring in their personal offerings. In (he afternoon a Thanksgiving Service and launching of young people’s appeal: in (he evening, special prayers for onr nation and soldiers. All are welcome. A controversy is raging in Germany as to the real life purposes of the stinging nettle. Whereas the farmers consider it as fodder for cattle, and people of an adventurous (urn of mind regard it as a vegetable, a decree of the Minister for War has forbidden its use for v

such purposes, and has determined that it is to be used solely as a substitute .for cotton. A variety of fairly satisfactory fabrics have been spun from nettle libre. The price of nettles has been tixed at lbs per cwl.

Tiie Levin Chronicle says that Captain llall-Thouipson, accompanied by a petty officer, made a special visit on Tuesday from Wellington for the pinpose of inspecting and destroying the mine washed up on the beach. After some of the sand had been removed from under the mine, a charge of guncotton was laid. To this was attached a length of fuse, and after lighting it the parly retired a distance of about a quarter of a mile. The explosion which followed was preceded by a sheet of black smoke which shot into the air to a great height, together

with lons of sand. It was found Hull: 1 lie explosion Inul lorn a hole in the ground from ten (o twelve feet deep, and about eighteen feet in diameter, but all that remained of the mine were a few small pieces of twisted metal

In Die matter of air raids the Gorman is distinctly of (he opinion that it is bettor to give than to receive. The Berlin Lokal Anzeiger waxes ])athelic on (his subject: “Night by night British airmen bomb Bruges and Oslend,” says this paper. Alter a sympathetic reference to the sufferings of the inhabitants-, it advances an eminently characteristic explanation of this nightly visitation. To know (he German, it seems, is to love him; hence, despite rumours to the contrary. the Fleming has become an enthusiastic pro-Hun. This has so enraged the British that they drop bombs on the (owns in question, merely (o terrorise the inhabitants 1

Mr Harry Lauder, in acknowledging a wdcume home l»y .the London Robert- Burns Club, said that in Ids American tour he had travelled 30,000 miles, visited 98 cities, and addressed 2,990,00(1 people. lie bad collected £20,000 for the- Harry Lauder Fund for Scottish soldiers. He understood that pacilists were arranging a procession through London, “if the Governmenl don’t stop it," he exclaimed, “let us do it. These people ought to bo run into the Thames. To cut their throats would be too quick for them. We are lighting a desperate war, and desperate measures must be taken against this sort of thing.'' 1