LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1907, 26 November 1918, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The sclioojs in lln wire's May have hmi closed till after (he Yew Year. If circumstances permit, they will re-open on Tuesday, .January 21st.

i\!r W. Wood, junr., stales that his Cal her. i\Jr W. T. Wood, oxYJ.P., has decided to contest the I’ahiierslon seal in-the coming byelection.

Mr, Edward J. Marry, Mayor ol Ohaknne, who lias succumbed to the prevailing complaint, was probably Ihe youngest Mayor in Yew Zealand —only 21) years ol age.

Sir .James Allen stales (hat over 1,000 men have been already demobilised from camps. The Minister hopes to have them all out within a fortnight if Ihe weather is good.

Owing to the inlinen/,a epidemic, and on the advice of the Minister of Internal Affairs, the poll of (he ratepayers in (he Manawatn County on the question of rating on the unimproved value, to have been held to-morrow, lias been postponed until further notice.

The Eltlmm coimlahle had a strange experience lately. lie had arrested a deserter ami communicated will) ilia military authorities. They could not spare men i'or a guard lo escort I'm prisoner, ('mistalilc Townsend could not leave tin' (own; so (he prisoner was released, lo Im picked up on some other day. —A, runs.

Oji Saturday night (‘oiisfal.de Woods visited ;■ hmalilv in the borough where it was alleged that “Kill!* Country Whisky"’' was being manufactured and dispensed. The occupants of l!m house were in bed, and staled (had they were suffering .from iutiueura. Another place was. visited, and the two male occupants were found under the iidlneime of the vile concoction. A flask containin''' the Ihpiid was commandeered. From the smell, the liquor appeal’s to im methylated spirits.

In one house which (he health authorities in Auckland entered a few days ago the inmates — a married woman and her daughter—who were familiar (mures on the local racecourses, wen 1 discovered ill in bed. On a shelf were found medicines for persons suffering from inlluen/.a, hut none of them had been used. There was ulsu a valuable fur coat, expensive blouses, and stockings, etc., amongst Dm women's wardrobes. The home was (iltliy. The daughter had a bankbook showing that there was £I,OOO to her credit.

“There are thousands of acres of the best land in New Zealand, and thousands of the best homos, not being properly developed at present, because the owners are not prepared to take just any kind of outside labour inside their homes,” said Mr T. D. Burnell, chairman of the Canterbury Sheepowners’ Union. “Yet there are now thousands of women roaming about New Zealand drawing soldiers’ pay and living a life of idleness. There is something wrong with our social system when that state of affairs can exist.” Oh, what a 'blessing to possess Provision for each winter stress; A. well kept home where you obtain Snug shelter from the wind and rain. A coal fire always burning bright, To cheer you from the gale-swept night; And when you're siek with cold, are sure Of warmth and Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, 23.

High prices are being obtained in Dunedin for cauliflowers. 801110 were sold last week at 3s Gd each.

Two women were fined at W imho me (England) recently for throwing rice over a bride and bridegroom, thus causing 121 b. to be wasted.

Another mine was found on the beach on Sunday, about six miles north of the Manawalu river. /The authorities are taking the necessary steps to have it blown up. A number of.people motored out to sec it on Sunday.

Dr. Verdun, ' Koman Catholic Bishop, of Dunedin, died on Friday night of heart failure following bronchitis. He was educated in Ireland and at Rome, and was appointed headmaster of St. Patrick’s College, Manly (N.SAV.), in 18S0. He became Bishop of Dunedin in 1800.

The Channel ferry, which was as much talked of before the war as (he Channel tunnel, became an accomplished fuel during I lie war. Fulsome time past low-built ferry bouts have been running between one of the Channel ports and the French coast with (rucks taken direct from our railways. On (he other side of the Channel the waggons have been transferred from the ferry boats to the French lines, and so to their destination. The service is working under Government control without a hitch, and is proving of the greatest value. After the war it will be readily adaptable lo a service for passenger*, who will enter the train in London and remain in (heir carriage until (hey alight in Paris or Rome.

Or. J. M. Creed, W.1.C., -writes to (he Sydney Daily Telegraph of a re • cent ditto: ‘‘From information received from Europe and America, it would appear that Spanish In I hi-i-nz;i is .not the result of infection by file same germ its (bat of ISSP. which has hitherto been the most serious outbreak in Australia. I think, however, (hat treatment, similar to what 1 used then, is probably the one most likely lo he successful a.s a preventive now. Medical practitioners appear to agree with my theory adopted many years ago, thiit the germs of this disease in feel through the mucous membrane of the nose, month and throat, and that when these parts are sterilised infection is prevented or destroyed. This means i have, always used is (he applicalion of boric acid in lino powder as a snuff. This kills the genus, and gives great relief' to the dogged nostrils, producing eleav breathing through them. Constitutional treatment may he neeessary, if the prophylactic has been delayed, but it is difficult to deal with this ■diase except by personal inspection. At the Magistrate's Court, Wni(ara. on Wednesday, an elderly married couple who have been residents of Waitara district for many years, passing under the name of Stewart, were charged with failing to register as aliens. The husband admitted that he had read the notice, hut I bought it did not apply to him ,as he claimed he had been naturalised in England in 18(18, Both defendants were horn in Cermany, and had left that country while under age, living in different parts of the British Empire, The police staled that except for an accent in the husband's speech ther was nothing about cither defendant to raise t\ doubt that thy were not loyal British subjects by birth. Some two months ago they had sold a chest of drawers, which had been purchased by a returned soldier, and he, examining his purchase at home, found two papers that had slipped into a space in the woodwork. These were handed lo the police, and led lo the proceedings which resulted in a line of £2 for the husband and 10s fo:j the wife.

The death occurred on Sunday of one of the oldest and most respected residents of Palmerston North, in the person of Mr George William Shailer, at the age of 71 years, after a long and painful illness. The late Mr Shailer, Avho Avas a slater and stonemason by’trade, Avas born in Brentford, Middelsex, England, and landed in Wellington wit It his wife and four daughters from the sailing ship Ocean Mail on February 2nd, 1871. Later he travelled from Fo.vton to Palmerston by tram, which in those days was drawn by horses, and put up at the corporation barracks, at Terrace End, afterwards proceeding to Feihling by dray, (he members of the party having to take Government tents with (hem to provide accommodation. At Feihling Mr Shailer engaged in contracting for the erection of houses, some of the lirst buildings in Feilding being eroded 'by him, Avhile he and three shipmates felled and cleared the bush and bridged Warwick street. Me later was farming at Makino, and (hen engaged in photographic business. After relinquishing this he took up fruit growing as a hobby, with Avhich lie was connected up to the time of his death, lie loaves a widow, and six sons and six daughters, among Avhom are Mrs 0. T. Woodroofo, of Eoxton, and Messrs C. 11., W. J., and 11, J. Shailer, of Oroua Downs. REMEMBER THE NAME. Yon may have an attack of diarrhoea, dysentery or pains in the stomach one of those days, and it Avill he avcll to remember the name of a medicine that will give you prompt relief. Say it .slowly—Chamberlain’s Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy. Wliat would be still better, would be to buy a bottle to-day, it would be eighteen pence well invested. For sale everywhere.—Advt.

It is notified by advertisement (hat all meetings of the local Oddfellows Lodge have been postponed until farther notice.

Good'weather is again facilitating (he clearance of the military camps, but transport continues to be a diflm cully. With fair average luck and favourable weather, (he authorities hope to complete the demobilisation l)v (lie end of this week.

A remarkable coincidence in the experience of two returned soldiers is reported. The two soldiers I ought together in the battle of Messiues, in which both were wounded, each losing a limb as a result. Alter a time in hospital in France, they became separated. Their next meeting was brought about as a result of the epidemic in Auckland, as the (wo comrades in arms occupied adjoining beds in the Technical College temporary hospital.

A man named William Dow died at the Manchester Boardinghouse on Sunday morning from influenza. He was a stranger in the district, having arrived in Foxtou front Frank!on Junction on the evening of Thursday, the 14th instant, and put up at Manchester Boardinghouse. Next morning lie was found lo lie suffering from inlluenza. and was medically attended. ’ Nothing was known of the deceased locally, except that he staled that he had been engaged on bush work at Taumarunui. It is not known if he has any relatives. The funeral look place on Sunday afternoon, the Rev. 4. H. Bredin officiating at the graveside.

A Wellington medical man, referring to the Ihu'tualions in the number oi - eases reported by the district organisation, said a peculiarity of the intliicn/.a epidemic would be noticed in periods of violent activity, and short intervals of a few days of comparative inactivity. it would be as the waves of the ocean

after u storm, each wave would, after (ho crisis, become less and less, until dually the calm would ensue, and the epidemic would become a mailer of liisloiy. Wellington was probably now experiencing (he worst of the epidemic, hut some weeks would elapse before it would he able to show a clean bill of health.

Mr Nathan and Police-Inspector McKinnon motored to Eoxlon on Sunday to enquire how things urc progressing in our midst. They were not here long. Onr Palmerston evening contemporary says: “They report that'everything is progressing very well indeed. At Kangiotu there had been one death (a little girl), Himitangi was all (dear, i’hey (hen went to the pah at Motuili, and (here found Mr E. liobinson, who was formerly an orderly in a Malaria and Enteric Ward in South Africa during (he Boer War. lie is doing great work with the Maoris, and has had the houses and yards cleaned up and disinfected. There are a few serious eases, hut the rest are doing well. It is very fort unale that Mr Robinson's services were available. They next visited Eoxloii, and had a consultation with Mr E. Woods, (he local constable, in reference to (he Maoris in (he district, A ret|uesl: was made for fruit for (lie natives at Mutuiti, and the Mayor is arranging to send a supply to Mr Robinson to-day.’’ The report is very good a.s far as it goes, but it is conspicuous by the absence of much more important data.

The closing of hotels apparently has not iuul the effect of ensuring absolute prohibition (says an Auckland paper), for a badly inebriated man was seen vainly Irving to induce a landlady to let him enter an hotel by a side door. The wife of the licensee, however, steadily barred the way, and was heard to remark: “1 do not know where you got the liquor, but you are not coming in here.’’ Men will go to great lengthq to get a drink. During the Waikato Avar the soldiers would pay 20s for a bottle of Avhisky, although they had a daily allowance of grog. Oil one occasion an officer who came to loAvn took a sergeant with him in order to bring back a small keg of whisky for the men. On the way up to Ngaruawahia, either the officer or the sergeant sat on that keg. Upon arrival, Avhen the sergeant lifted the keg to carry it ashore it was empty. Someone had bored a hole through the deck and the bottom of the keg, and secured the whole of the whisky. The officer is still alive and hearty, though now well over eighty years of age, but he laughs heartily when he relates how clever-, ly he Avas fooled on that occasion.

It is learned on good authority (say* the Melbourne Argil.') Unit over -JOjUOl) lull's ol' wheal, or more than 500,000 bags, will be shipped fn/m Fremantle to ports on the Mediterranean shortly by a Heel of steamers which are now on their way to Australia. That the wheat is urgently needed to relieve the famine conditions now threatening some of the Europan peoples is demonstrated by the composition of the fleet which will move it, and also by the fact that none of the steamers will come farther east than Fremantle. The vessels have been hastily diverted from other important trade routes, their nearness to Australia, being the chief factor governing their inclusion in the southward bound group. Among them are freighters belonging to the British-In-dia Steam Navigation Company, and detached from service in Indian * waters to make the trip; two Gorman steamers, which were requisitioned by the British Government on the outbreak of war; a steamer (lying the flag of the Tatem S.N, Company of Cardiff, and cargo-ear, riers of the International and Ellerman and BucknaJl lines respectively.