LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1900, 7 November 1918, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

If was four years ago on Monday since Turkey’s entry into the war. The Mayor invites the citizens to meet him in the Council Chamber at 7 o’clock this evening to discuss a tilting programme to be observed when peace is declared, it is hoped there will be a large attendance.

Reports from Petrograd state that the Bolshevik Government has issued a Note to the Allies requesting pcaee negotiations. An earthquake, accompanied by a loud rumbling noise, was ex peri-* enced locally shortly after -1 o’clock’ this morning. Several minor shocks followed. It is believed to be certain, says the Post, that however short the session may be, Government will agree to a referendum on the liquor question. ‘‘Gome time in March” is mentioned for this voting. The Palmerston Borough Council has decided to procure 250 formalin ■candles for disinfecting purposes, and these will be distributed to citizens requiring them at. a moderate cost. There has been a considerable tint ter in (he property market around Marlon lately, stales a contemporary, several farms changing hands at prices ranging from £35 to £IOO per acre. A medical man has offered the suggestion that as a precautionary measure against influenza a gargle of permanganate of potash or other antiseptic should be used daily, and at the first signs of a sore throat or feverishness tlie patients should go to bed, and stay there until they are well. Guy Fawkes Bay (Tuesday last) was unobserved by local youngsters. Gome returned soldiers, however, celebrated the event in the evening by substituting an effigy of the Kaiser for the “Guy,” which they paraded through the streets, to the accompaniment of patriotic airs by the Band. They finally hung the effigy in Main Street, and honoured it with the “Dead March.” Mrs Freeman subsequently entertained the Band at Perreau’s. Mr Gain 'Mattar will entertain (he .Mayor and Councillors, returned soldiers and prominent citizens to ,\ dinner in the Town Ball supperroom to-morrow evening, at 8 o’clock, in honour of Turkey’s surrender. After the dinner the public is invited to use the room for dancing. The Borough Band has consented to play selections in honour of the celebration. During I lie absence of (lie occupants on Monday afternoon, a residence in Norhiton Bond was entered and a small sum of money stolen. An mil ranee was effected by means of a trap-door under the (loor of the wash-house. A purse and money box were emptied of their contents. A bottle of pickled cabbage was opened and sampled! The mailer has been placed in the hands of the police, A [let it ion of an unusual nature has been placed before Parliament in connection will) the GcmmcH’s Grossing tragedy. In April last a returned soldier named Onslow Mayhcw fatally shot a farmer named George Burke, seriously wounded Burke’s two sisters, and subsequently committed suicide. The widow of George Burke and (he injured women are now petitioning for compensation on the ground (lint Mayhcw was known to lie mentally afflicted, that his.mother had warned (lie Defence officers at Oamaru not to let him have 1 a. rille or ammunition, and that in the face of this warning the rille with which, the murder was committed was lent to him by Defence officers. The news has just been received from the High Commissioner of the deatti in action, on April Kith, KKB, of Lance-Corporal Alfred McCall, youngest son of .Mr and Mrs .1. W. McCall, late of Palmerston North, and now of llataitai. Wellington. It was reported some time ago that tho deceased soldier warn a prisoner of war, hut the report, as now disclosed, proved incorrect. The late soldier left New Zealand with the 32nd Reinforcement, being attached to the entrenching battalion. He avus in the post office at Foxton tor several years, and avus afterwards transferred to the Rotorua office, from which he entered camp. His brother Robert also made the supreme sacrifice at Gallipoli, Avhilc another brother is at present in England, having been Avounded at the Somme offensive in 1917. “What are avo going to do Avith the German subjects avc have interned Avhen the war is over?” avus a question asked at the Chambers of Commerce Conference in Wellington. Mr H. W. Hudson (Auckland) held that .-lie li men were a danger to the community. He knew there were some enemy subjects who !md played the game, and whose sons had died alongside their oavii on the battlefield, bill (hose Avho were now interned bad been so dealt wit li because they Avere dangerous. Were they going to be turned loose on the ('(immunity again? He trusted not. They could never have dealings with them, for they could never trust them again. How could they trust men who could sec no fault in their people in perpetrating all the horrors that lie at their doors —the shooting of Captain Fryatt, the sinking of the Lusitania, the murder of Nurse Cavell, and the nameless, shameless brutalities and crimes committed in Belgium and Northern France. The best thing- avoußl lie to ship them all back to their oavii country —repatriate them. They Avere not wanted here. The Avay to check a cough or cold Is knoAvledge Avorth much more than gold; So, as you’ll catch a cold some day Read, mark and learn the surest way. , Spread extra blankets on your bed, And just before you lay your head, Drink doAvn a steaming dose, be sure, Of Avell-slirml Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. 22

Members of the Presbyterian Ladies’ Social Guild were entertained at an afternoon by Mrs McMurray at her residence yesterday.The adjourned meeting of the local Stale School Committee will be held al 7 o’clock to-morrow night. A hearse joined iu the procession for a brief passage in Feilding on Monday afternoon. It represented the burial of Austria-Hungary. The public is reminded of the social to be held in the Presbyterian schoolroom this evening, at 8 o’clock. Apart: from vocal and instrunienlal items, Mr Gnbites will give a number of lightning sketches. The ladies of the congregation will provide supper. The German Government has 'energetically protested against the Hungarian Government seizing 20,000 tons of provisions, 500 locomotives, and 30,000 wagons bound to Germany ; also for -refusing transport for two German army corps from the Balkans. These will probably be disarmed. The ordinary monthly meeting oi the Borough Council will he held on Monday, 11th insl., at 7.30 p.m. Business: General, and.to consider notice of motion by Cr. Bryant re rescinding certain resolutions. The Finance Committee meets on Friday, Sth insi., at 7,30 p.m. The Library Committee meets on Monday, 1 Itli hist., at 7 p.m. Billy Sunday, the American revivalist, expresses in characteristic fashion his opinion of the type of young girl known as the flapper. He says: “I would give more for one good God-fearing, pant-patching, sock-darning, breadmaking, praying mother in Israel limn 1 wonKl for a whole (rainload of these little lizzie-headed sissies of our day.’’ For the information of ail reservists of Group (i drawn in the last ballot, and for all volunteers and re-examinations, it is no titled that for the meantime the medical boards have suspended operations. All concerned will receive-due notice when (he medical hoard will again commence, and the dates on which reservists will be required to attend for examination. .Whatever we non-combatants can do lor our soldiers seems trilling and futile beside, what these young heroes are doing for us. Tli:? most generously contributed non-combat-ant, when he's compared with the lighting soldier, is a good deal in the position of the lady visitor at the base hospital. “And so you’ve lost a leg?” the lady visitor said to a young patient. “Yes, ma’am.” he said. “Poor dear,” said the lady visitor; “have a chocolate.” The Military Service Boards are going on with the hearing of appeals, hut it can be safely assumed iu the circumstances that there will not be a rigorous hustling of men into camps, Meanwhile, the prevalence of influenza in the Auckland district and (he gradual spreading of the disease in other localities raise a hope that the Defence Department will release more of its medical men for urgently necessary work among the civilian population. —Post. During Tuesday's thunderstorm a house occupied by Mrs Mcllarric, at Rosedale, near Hamilton, was struck by lightning. The bolt entered a double chimney, and demolished one side of the structure, stripping off the bricks and the roof. Fortunately no one was in the sit-ting-room at the lime, but had the other Hue been entered there is every probability that serious results would have followed, as all the members of the household were in the room into which it led. There was a regrettable incident during the celebrations at New Plymouth on Monday afternoon, says the News. A large species of fireworks was thrown right into the assemblage of ..women and children, with the result that it landed right in the body of a perambulator, exploded before any of the bystanders could lay hand on it, and set fire to the wraps under which a child lay asleep. It was a narrow escape for the child. The hoodlum who threw the bom!) knew quite well what lie was doing, and may be marked oft’ for future care. “There is nothing to fear from (he British Government in regard to the Pacific islands,”, said Mr Massey, during an interview which he had with a deputation on Saturday. “Nobody knows except a few men on the Versailles Council what form (lie Peace Conference will take, but a great deal depends on it. But I think what we are interested in is all right. 1 trust the Paeitic Islands will not go back to Germany, but I want to make it perfectly dear that 1 will tight against dual control. It has been a failure the world over. Look at the New Hebrides.” “Stileli in Time” writes as follows to the Palmerston Standard: —“ln veiw of the spread of influenza, I have no doubt many of your readers would be pleased to hear of a' very good preventive of same. This prescription was copied from an English newspaper some ten years ago. It appealed so much to some persons that a New Zealand company was formed, and at the present time this remedy is being much impressed upon the public mind. The following is the proscription: —2ozs of glycerine, into which are dropped 24 drops of pure carbolic acid (Phenol), made up to Bozs with water (a dessert spoonful three times a day). A few drops of cochineal will give this mixture a professional colour, if desired.” ®A sure and pleasant specific for removing Worms is WADE’S WORM FIGS. Price 1/6.

The Address -in -Reply’ debit te coneliulcd iu the House last nights. Wo ere informed that noary hjull: of the students at the Palmorsjon High School are down wit h iniHuenza, and that the rector, Mr V'er--11011, is seriously ill. The school closed to-day. The Prime Minister staled in the House last night (hat neither the Governor-General or himself hud received news of Germany’s collapse . Immediately such nows reached the Government it will he given to the public at the earliest possible moment. Says to-day’s Palmerston Times: —The usual wild rumours were afloat last night that the ‘Mayors of Fox ton and Feilding had received confidential advice that Germany, had unconditionally surrendered, and our long-suffering and depleted stall' spent an unconscionable amount of time with its ears glued to the telephone answering foolish enquiries. The newspapers in ’Wellington had the same kind of luck. But . . . the lighting is still brisk mi the Western front! Complaint of lack of warmth in welcoming relumed soldiers was made at (lie meeting of (he Wellington City Council. The Mayor, Mr •1. P. Luke, M.P., replied Unit he had carried out receptions at the Town Hall as long as possible, hut neither men nor the public appeared to ho in sympathy with the movement, and sometimes out of a draft of 100 or 1.50 not more than a dozen men would respond to the invitation, as the men no doubt preferred to meet their friends at once. “What is a matter of greater regret to me,” he added, “is lack of .response to repeated atlempls to raise a cheer.” Mrs Jas. Robinson entertained Miss Edwards at a kitchen tea in honour of her approaching wedding, at her residence, Lady’s Mile, yes(erday afternoon. There were over fifty guests present. Games were indulged in on the lawn. An observation competition was won by Mrs Healey. Vocal items were contributed by Mrs Tcvmtdale end Misses Bryant and Littlejohn. Afternoon lea was dispensed, and (he gathering concluded with (he singing of “She’s a Jolly Good Fellow,” “Auld Lang Syne” and the National Anthem. The gills were mulicrous,' useful and varied. There is induced for residents of this district to scud out of the town for supplies of cordials, Imp beer, aerated waters and summer drinks of all descriptions. Mr A. Stevenson’s Fox ton Cordial Factory is thoroughly up-to-date, and he is iu a position to supply goods of first■class quality at the usual rates. The plant includes the latest aerated water manufacturing machine, which was on exhibition at the recent Auckland Exhibition. Nothing but the purest ingredients are used in the manufacture, and the water supply is pure artesian. Mr Stevenson is iu a position to promptly supply aerated waters, hop beer, cordials, etc., in large or small quantities. Trial orders solicited.