Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1919. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 1941, 18 February 1919, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1919. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

I’rivnle H. 11. Podmore. of Ko.v- ---( Mil, is T('| M >rl < J (I mi flu.' sick lis!. Isol serious. I’te. Ilnmi.T^.son ol' Mr ami Mrs W. limner, v-’lio lins been In hospital J'or sonic lime, is among those short I v to arrive home.

Patrick, a Canterbury representative cricketer, scored 222 for Sydenham against West Christchurch on Saturday.

Mrs Rymes wishes lo slate that it was the Cirls’ Guild who entertained their president, and that she very gladly lent them her house for that occasion.

Th many friends of Mr (). Rohin*on will regret lo learn that he found it necessary to enter a private hospital in Palmerston yesterday. We hope he may soon he restored to his wonted health.

A message received at Wellington stales that work lias been resumed at the State coal mines. It has been arranged that the medical officer in charge of the Greymouth Hospital will attend to the needs of the district.

Long-tailed cuckoos, mold mold (or hell-hird), kawakawas and pigeons are now fairly plentiful on the ranges at the hack of Otaki. Wild pigs are also numerous, while tine specimens of goats have recently been seen. Deer, however, appear scarce.

A young married man named Robert Mathieson, of Granity, went fishing on the beach on Sunday morning, and lias not been seen since. It is considered likely that he has fallen from a rock apd taken by the under-current to sea. Search parties are scouring the beach.

Why bother making cakes when there is such a good assortment at Perreau’sl*

The average cost of putting metal on the Master!on County roads is 14s 8d per yard. The garden party to have been held at Mr and Mrs F. Robinson's residence, Beach Road, on Friday next, lias been postponed to a date winch will he notified later.

The Marlon Fire Brigade has decided to give the Borough Council notice that unless its demands for various improvements to the station and plant are met by Friday, 14th March, the brigade will resign in a body. The brigade has made repeated application for a motor reel and other equipment, but without success. Forceful measures are now to be adopted.

What has become of the antisliquling law f It is notorious that it is openly broken every day throughout the length and breadth of the Dominion. The public know, the police know, and the no-license party must know. If circumstances have altered eases, and it is no longer desired in enforce the law, why is not an official statement made? Candor is preferable to (lie present, farce. —Auckland Herald.

Mr E. Walker (late of the linn of Walker and Furrie) has accepted a lucrative position with a Wanganui business firm, and will leave Foxlon to-morrow. Mr Walker hasspent the whole of his life in Foxton, where he is highly esteemed. For some years he has been an of-fice-bearer in the local Methodist Church, and is a prominent bowler. He will carry away with him the best wishes of the Foxton public for his future.

The Presbyterian Sunday school picnic was hold in Mr 0. Robinson’s property, situated in the Lady’s Mile, on Saturday. Upwards of: one hundred children, together with parents, teachers, and friends, spent a most enjoyable time. The belt of: pine frees afforded ample shelter. Games and races were indulged in, while there was an abundances of refreshments, including fruit. Mr Stevenson, proprietor of the local cordial factory, donated a plentiful supply of soft drinks and cordials, which were nluch appreciated by the little ones. The school desires to thank all who donated cash and edibles for the outing.

It would appear that even in Dunedin, whose women have been credited with the possession of; perhaps a little more than (lie average amount of sound common sense, there are instances of the love 01. linery overshadowing every other consideration. The workers at the Central Bureau who have been visiting cases ol distress brought aboiu by the inllueii/.a epidemic report ijuito a number of cases where the absence of proper bul linen ami un-der-linen is most marked, while hanging in the wardrobe are cosily tvs and linery of all descriptions. It is scandalous that help should, need to be asked in such cases, bul the necessity exists and iiui-T be met.

.Much interest is being evinced m connect ion with the forthcoming visit of the JMinistof of Public Works and the Chief Electrical Engineer (Mr K. Parry) to the site of the projected Mangahao hydro-elec-tric works at Shannon. Mr 1 any writes as follows to the Mayor o! .Palmerston North“As you aie already aware, work is to he commenced on extending the siuvo,\s and making the roads and approaches for Mangahao development, •ind in connection therewith the Minister has arranged to visit the site on Friday, the 28th February, and would he pleased to meet yourself and other representatives there., j propose, if convenient, to address the members ol (he League in 1. almerston on Thursday night, 27th February, when I would explain the nature of the development of the Mangahao, illustrated by cartoons and lantern slides, it you can airange for a lantern." The Mayor has already written to the Minister slating that ft was proposed to entertain him and Mr Furry at a banquet'to be held at Shannon on the ('veiling of February 28lli, and asking his acceptance of the invitation.

One of the English brides who reached Australia recently, carrying a baby, called on a Melbourne lady and announced that she. had married the lady's son (says a Melbourne paper). To support her assertion she produced her maiiiage certificate. The high society dame was dumbfounded. She had been In constant communication with her boy, yet he had never mentioned one word of marriage; in fact, he was engaged to a Melbourne lady. However, everything seemed alright, so she resolved to make (he best of it. The supposed daughter-in-law was brought inside, and made very welcome. The family album produced and his photo, displayed. ‘‘That is not the man 1 married," gasped the Englishwoman; “he was a different type altogether.’' She was positive on the point, and the lady was just as certain that it was a photo, of) her son. The photo was a recent one, and the likeness was good, yet I lie woman was sure it was not tier husband. Evidently some unscrupulous soldier had imposed on the poor woman, and had supplied tier with the address of another man's relatives in Australia. Now she is alone in a strange land, and does not know to whom she is married, nor who is the father of her babe. BRONCHITIS.

Bronchitis is a very common ailment among children, and among those subject to it the least little exposure brings it on —that is, if the child is not given Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy at the first wheezing or hoarseness. For sale ; everywhere. —Advt.

Mr W. Murdock, Mayor of Shannon, was a visitor to Foxtou to-day.

The Rev.'J. 11. Brediu left Foxton yesterday for Christchurch, to attend the Presbyterian Assembly, which opens there this week.

• The Hon. 6. W. Russell states that Cabinet cannot approve of sending 50 nurses to Australia, but 25 are to leave by the Mocraki today to assist in the epidemic light. We have received a letter, too late for this issue, from Mr McMurray, in reply to “International.” “international’s” reply to the letter, when published, will conclude (his correspondence. In respect to the recent baptisms with water from the River -lordan, which we chronicled in our last issue, the Rev. Mr Harding, local Methodist minister,, informs us that, several years ago, he baptised two of the Rev. Mr Beecrofl’s children with water brought from (he River -Jordan by the Rev. Beecrofl. lie also states that water from the -Jordan was used in the baptismal services in connection with several Hawke’s Buy families.

“I have been considering the question of differential penalties for sundry ‘drunks,’ ” stated Mr F. V. Frazer, 8.M., at the Wellington Magistrate’s Court yesterday. “1 think it only right that a man arrested after, say, 10 o’clock on Sunday morning on a charge of drunkenness should be charged double rates. That will be my practice in the future.” Mr Frazer put his decision into effect yesterday.

No trace has been found of a motor car .that was stolen from the race course on Balm-day (says the Lyttelton Times). The car, which belonged to Mr T. Mercer, of Christchurch, was a Ford Kvo-seat-or. Mr Mercer had the switch-key in his pocket while absent* from the car, and consequently he was greatly surprised to find that it had disappeared. The tracks showed that it had been driven south from the racecourse. /

Mr William Morrison, an old and respected resident of.' the Rangitikei district, passed away, at i'\;rn Flats* Marton, last week. He was born in Domic, Perthshire, Scotland, in 1853, and came to New Zealand Avilh his parents in 1857. For many years he was engaged in farming, and was an enthusiastic rifle shot and bowler. He is survived by his widow and four soils, one of the latter being at present with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in Egypt. ’ At the Palmerston Supreme Court yesterday, John Duncan Mdvor, charged with theft, was ordered to come up for sentence when called upon. His Honour remarked that he hail endeavoured to overlook the previous conviction, because it was reported that he Avas not' wilfully dishonest, but only gave way to crime when under the influence of liquor. He avus really in the position of a prisoner at large. If he misbehaved himsel 1! he would bo sent to gaol. His Honour also made an order requiring the prisoner to pay £3 towards the cost of the prosecution.

An astounding Bolshevist marriage proclamation Ims been posted in Mas! Russia, and carried out at Ekaterinburg, it commences: “Hu compliance with the decision of the Kronstadt Soviet, the private possession of women is abolished. Social inequalities and legitimate marriages have passed. They have served as instruments by Avhich all the most beautiful Avomen have become the property of the bourgooise, and the proper continuation, of thq human race prevented. Accordingly, after March Ist, (he right to possess Avomen between the ages of seventeen and thirty-two is abolished, and they are proclaimed the properly of the whole nation. The decree does not affect women having live children.”

"1 have been in Christchurch for sixty years, have been married twice, and have had twenty children, and there will lie another one very shortly,” avus the statement which caused Mr S. E. McCarthy, S.M., at the Magistrate’s Court, to look curiously in the direction of the elderly man who occupied the dock, says the Lyttelton Times. “If you Jet me off this time,” continued the accused, “1 promise that I’ll never clime before you again.” “You must have said that pretty often,” replied the Magistrate; “have a look at (lie record sheet." “1 know that,” responded the accused, “but I’m an old man, and also very Aveak.” The Magistrate Avas not greatly impressed by the plea, but the penally Avas a mild one.

An extraordinary burglary incident lias been reported to the Palmerston police, says the Wanganui Chronicle’s sporting contributor. The story goes that a Turf enthusiast had had the odds laid to him by a local bookmaker, and got the worst of (he deal in a way that made him sad. He decided to get his own back in quite an original manner. He invaded whal he thought was the “bookie’s’’ house in (he wee sum’ hours, and came away with a substantial haul of jewellery and a small amount of money. Later he made the discovery that he had entered the wrong house. Nothing daunted, he returned to the domicile on the following night, replaced the jewellery, and expressed his remorse in a polite letter in which he expressed his intention of using the money to redeem his fortunes on the turf. The police are now trying to link up the threads of this moving incident.

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