LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 1959, 1 April 1919, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

To-day is All Fools’ Day, and local children have taken the usual license-in fooling their elders.

Mrs T. L Mills, of Feilding, is on a. health recruiting visit to Foxton. She is accompanied by Miss Mills.

Mr and Mrs .1. M. Harr Jeff this morning for a foil night’s holiday in the Auckland district.

All workers in Conner I ion with the influenza epidemic are invited to meet in the “Herald” Ollier at 7.110 o'clock this evening, to decide* re certificates and the formation of a nursing reserve. A full ■attendance is requested.

The funeral of the late Mr Procter sour, look place on ( Sunday afternoon. The body was conveyed to All Saints’ Church, and thence for Interment to the local cemetery. A large. number of mourners paid their hist tribute of respect to the deceased, and the casket was covered with lloral tributes. The ceremony at the graveside was conducted by the Rev, W. Raine.

A diversion was created in front of Mr Pmuckham's business premises on Saturday evening by two Maoris who attempted to settle a wordy difference in a willing bout. A crowd soon collected, and watched the encounter until (he police arrived on the scene and placed the (wo men under arrest. At the local police court yesterday morning, before Mr liornblow, d.P., Hare Potahi and Potaka Hoterene pleaded guilty to creating a breach of the peace. Polaka's face bore marks of the encounter, and both, men said (hey were muter the influence of Ii<luo.r at the lime. They were each ('imd JJ‘J. Constable Woods prosecuted on behalf of the police. A remarkable speed performance warn pul up by (he Piclon launch Cachalot, on Sunday, says (he Post. With Messrs H. Nat trass of the Nallrass and Harris Motor Co., C. Perano, and H, Thomas on board, she left Piclon at 2.30 p.m., and arrived at the wharf at Wellington at 5.31) p.m. The little launch did -S knots per hour coming across the. Straits, and on entering Wellington Harbour caused quite a stir amongsl the shipping. The object of her visit was to firing .Mr Nat trass across to Wellinglom owing to an important business engagement. The Cachalot's trip is probably the fasC est on record from Piclon to Wellington, a distance of 51. miles. There have been numerous cast's where soldiers have sold their farms and other properties in order to go into camp, and having returned from the war. or been rejected after spending some time in camp,' have desired to re-purchase (heir properties or acquire others to take the place of the ones sold. Stamp duty at the rate of .Cl per Cloo of purchase money is payable on all transfers, and in the cases mentioned the duly has, of course, to be paid twice, that is. on the first sale, and on the subsequent re-purchase, in addition to legal expenses. Mr W. H. Pield, M.P., has been endeavouring to secure the remission of the duty on re-purchases by soldiers so situated, but Cabinet lias intimated to him that no action can be taken to amend the law as requested.

•A I the P;i liik'jslon Magisjrale's Court yesterday, before .Mr K. Page S.M., three juveniles were charged willi i)ie thel'l at Shannon of vari-i ous articles of ;i total value of £2 11s lid, the property of Harold Pd-, ward Hook. According to the evidence of Deteclive-Sergt. Quirke, the three lads escaped from Weraroa on 23rd ins)., and some lime during' the night (hey arrived in Shannon. There they broke a window with a hammer, and stole a number of articles, including three metal watches, a razor and an electric torch, besides entering several dwellings to obtain food. There were previous convictions against the lads, one of them having been before (he Courts on three other occasions, His Worship ordered that the youngest boy be relumed to Weraroa, while (he others were each sentenced to one year's reformative treatment, the boys to be returned to Weraroa after the expiry of that term.

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Pte. Sian. Barber, son of Mr and Mrs W. E. Barber, is anion# Lhoso fo arrive back in New Zealand on Die 171li iiisl.-

Constable O’Donoghue left Fo\xton (his morning for Shannon, where he will net as relieving officer for a lew days.

Rain fell on (! days last month, the maximum fall 1.70 inch, occurring on the 15th. The total for the month was 2.31 inches.

The vital statistics for Foxton for the month of March were: — Births (i, death.s 2, marriage certificates issued nil.

Mr ami Mrs Geo. Coley have received advice that their son Trooper Percy Coley, who left with the 251 ii Reinforcements, will arrive back in New Zealand on the 17th inslant.

Mr Tims. Rimmer, who has disposed of his business to the Colonial Farmers’ Co-op. Trading Co., intends to engage in farming pursuits in the Bav of Plenty district.

Harvest thanksgiving services were held in the local Presbyterian and Methodist Churches on Sunday. The services a.ml decorations were in keeping with the occasion. Last night the gifts were disposed of.

A court-martial was held in Christchurch on Saturday to try Private Arthur Massey, charged with failing to report to parade- for medical examination at Timaru when ordered to do so by a Ga/.elto notice. The prisoner was found guilty.

Horace -Raynor, the murderer of William Wink-ley in London on .January, 1907, has been released on the ground of ili-heallh. Raynor, who was then 2!) years of age, was sentenced to death,, but the sentence was commuted to one of penal servitude for life.

A painful and distressing accident, which it is feared will end fatally, occurred near Wanganui a few days ago. A man named Stevens, who was walking homewards after work, was accosted hv the driver of

a horse and spring cart, and asked if he would have a “lift.” Mr Stevens accepted the offer, and while getting into the vehicle fell heavily, sustaining a fracture of the spine. He was afterwards conveyed to the hospital, where.he now lies in a precarious state. • The accident is all the more deplorable in (hat the victim is the father of a very largo family, seven of whom arc under twelve years ’ol' age.