Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1919. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 2001, 10 July 1919, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1919. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mrs William Hall, of Ngarnawahin, gave birth' to four sons one day last week. They are all healthy. •

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Eoxton Borough Council will be held on Monday ne.xl, at,7.JO p.m. Business: Appointment of Town Clerk; levying rales for year JOIO- - general.

The scow Alagic, from Wellington with :i cargo of ben/iue, is duo (omon'ow morning. She will sail again nn Satnarday morning for Sandy Bay lo load sand for Wellington.

The printing of legends of one kind and another as pari of Iho poslmark is now adoplod by most oounlries. Just now, for example, some of the Xow Zealand post ofHoes are using the post marie to appeal for subscriptions lo the war Joan, Letters received recently from Switzerland hear in the postmark a much more pathetic legend in French and German: “Spart Fieisch; Economises la vivand.” That is to say, eat less meat.

As an illustration of War Office waste, an Edinburgh correspondent declares that a staff of officers and 250 men are still employed there to watch the sky for enemy aircraft. The officers are at their wits end to find occupation for themselves and recreation for the men to keep them out of mischief, but though the absurdity of the maintenance of this anti-aircraft post has been pointed out over and over again, the authorities allow it to continue.

For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure# for Coughs and Golds, never fails.

Mr W. 11. Ferris, chief hemp grader, is at present in Foxton.

Large mobs of cattle and sheep are to be met daily on the roads between this district and Wanganui

Owing to the restricted" railway time-talile, motor traffic has considerably increased on the x’oads. The public are reminded that tonight, at 7.30 o’clock, in the Council Chambers, Captain Coffin will present his scheme for the inauguration and maintaining of a young men's institute in Foxton. The Mayor will preside, and all who are in sympathy with (he movement arc heartily invited to attend. Motorists state that the worst road between Wellington and New Plymouth is that from the top of the Wangaheu bill leading to Wanganui. It is a long continuation of ruts, which play havoc with the ears. Some bad ruts are also met with along the Himatangi road. The body of William Smith, head of the firm of Smith and Smith, painters and decorators, of Wellingfound floating in the harbour yesterday. Dec-eased has been missing since Saturday week. It is supposed that, he fell off the wharf when going to catch the steamer for Day’s Bay, where lie has been living for about six months. In eonneetion with the present* coal crisis, which is necessitating the stoppage of industries, the Mayor of Palmerston N. has convened a meeting of local bodies, chambers of commerce, and business men, to lie hold at the Council Chambers, Palmerston North, to-morrow, at 10.30 a.in., to consider I In- (picstion and if possible to arrive at some concrete ideas, with I lie object of pulling them before the Prime Minister, Minister of Minos. Minister of Railways, and others. Levin has developed <|iii!e a big ‘‘export” trade in firewood during the past few months, Wellington absorbing practically the whole output (;-ays (he Chronicle). Timber which was previously felled and. burnt is now converted into fuel at. very remunerative rates. Owners are receiving as high as fis per cord royally, and for the best classes of wood, cullers are gelling i'l. per cord for 2l'(. lengths. Many axemen can average a cord to a cord and a-lialf a day, and now and again the two-cord mark is-reached where the ending is good.

We nil (like a hand. The harbor cu(s. The grocer deals, and the old maid goes alone; she fries |o "el a ]).arltK-T, hid no one will prop, and she's euchred every lime. The hutelter plays rr-plrriTty "nine; ho plays for Ihe steak and never loses Ids hloek. A baker never plays for fan; he needs (he dough. The navvy plays with spades and Ihe policeman with clubs. The lover plays hearts, hut lie so often has to use diamonds In lake a trick. The ha by is a constant reminder of cards, lie’s the joker, and. his mother's (pieen of (rumps. If (he little joker plays a crook "ame the queen promptly takes him, raises (he right bower and tramps his ace.

Some excitement was caused at (he Tlioriidon (Wellingion) station about ,1. ]).m. Yesterday, through a Maori soldier who returned )>y (lie Riiahine, producing a revolver with the evident intention of using it on someone. Tl is slated (hat the man was in a half drunken state, and made a general nuisance of himself, and also used some very objectionable language. He was requested by (lie station officials to leave the platform, but declined to do so, despile the fact that the authoriies threatened to procure the assistance of the police. The Maori pulled (he revolver out of his pocket and stated that lie would get someone before anybody got him. Sergeant Wade and Constable Holmes arrived and disarmed the man, and removed him to the police station. One of the most disgraceful incidents in "Wanganui for a considerable time past occurred in the Avenue on Thursday, when a- constable endeavoured to arrest a returned Maori soldier who was refused admission to a hotel. The Maori forcibly resisted, and a big crowd, which included a number of other natives, quickly assembled. The constable (dung to his man, but was much hampered by a section of the crowd, which had the appearance of a human whirlpool eddying round the storm-centre. Another Maori, egged on by the crowd, rushed in and got Constable (VDonoghue by (be throat. The constable managed (o free himelf, and commandeered a private motor car, into which lie tried to put the .Maori. Appeals for assistance were unheeded for some lime, hut eventually a bystander came forward .and another const a hie arrived. A European in soldier's uniform mounted (lie footboard of the ear and threatened the driver with violence if he did not drive on, at (he same time a pleasant faced rotund Maori was trying to cut one of the hack tyres with a knife. The prisoner eventually was placed in the lock-up, and later on two other Maoris were lodged in fhe cells, charged with obstructing the police.

THE FIRST DOSE of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy will take the rough corners off that harsh, rasping cough, and one bottle will leave you so you will forget what your cough was like. Every time you cough you strain your entire system, inflame your throat, and weaken your vocal cords. You owe it to yourself to get rid of that cough as quickly as you can, and for this you can take nothing better than Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. For sale everywhere.—Advt.

Mrs Furrie, of Palmerston North, received a cable on, Tuesday from her .husband, Rifleman Kenneth Furrie, stating he was leaving by the transport Mamari on the 4th inst., for Auckland.

At its meeting on Thursday night, the Levin branch of the Labour Party nominated Mr J. Robertson, formerly M.P. for. this electorate, as a candidate for the Otaki seat at the coming general election. It is stated that there are other prospective Labour nominees. Final choice rests with the branches of the Party within the electorate. —Levin Chronicle.

An Ashburton resident complained to a bootmaker that the new soles on his boots bad lasted less than two months, and had cost 8s 6d for repairs. The bootmaker, in explaining the low quality of repair leather, said that nowadays the hides were prepared by chemical process in a few weeks, whereas the oldtime tanning processes had extended over a period of years. The present process was as unsatisfactory as (lie prices for its product, he added. Leather had formerly cost Is 3d per lb., but now was priced at 4s 9d, in spite of the saving of time in production.-

The United .States Department of Agriculture's estimate for May placed the production of winter wheat at, 899,915,000 bushels, an increase of 02,000,000 bushels over the. April forecast, and (ho greatest crop ever produced. At the Government's guaranteed price (his crop would he worth 2,034,000,000 dollars. Prospective rye production was forecasted at 1.22,94(5,000 bushels, an increase of almost 22,000,000 bushels over (be April forecast. The Bureau of Crop Estimat - es slates that (lie present condition of 100.5 per cent, is (lie highest on record for winter wheal on May Ist. Tlk> returns show a loss of only LI per cent, in acreage of killing, overflow, and other causes. This insignificant abandonment results in an acreage of winter wheat for harvest of -18,933,000, which is onethird greater than last year, and (52 per cent., or nearly two-thirds, aliove the pre-war five-year average of about 30,000,000 acres. ■

Reports regarding honey crop prospects hiivo iioon rooeivod Ity the Doporlincut oT Agriculture (Horticultural Division) 'from tlit* apiary instructors ns follows: —Auckland: r l Ik* weather has lioon oo]<l find showery, (nil seasonable. Prices renniin unchanged. Beeswax is in demand n( from 2s (o 2s 3d por 1!). Bulk - honey is asked for al from 7d lo lid, wholesale. Wellington: 'flic export of Inst season’s prop is proceeding rapidly, mid (lie grading' stores of (ho Dominion present a Imsy appearance. The quality of (ho crop is all that could he desired, and (ho quantity is likely to exceed that of other years. Sellers on (ho local market quote !M per Ih. in small hulk. Comb honey unprocurable. Beeswax 2s 3d. Christchurch and Dunedin; Export lines still continue to come forward. Prices are (inn. Pal honey is in strong demand; beeswax is scarce.

While • on a visit to Dunedin recently, a resident of Oamaru had his overcoat stolen, and since his return he had been ■watching the expresses in the hope that he might recognise his coat on the back of some traveller. His patience was rewarded last week (says the Times), for while (he owner of the missing coat was walking up and down (he station platform, keeping a watchful eye on the passengers by the express from the south, his overcoat, with a stranger inside of it, came into view. The wearer of (he coat stood in front of the owner for some time, blissfully unconscious of the fact that he was being so closely scrutinised, until a plain-clothes policeman walked up to him and earnestly requested him to step to one side to discuss clothes —particularly overcoats. I’lie upshot of (he conversation was (hat (he traveller broke his journey at Oamaru, despite his earlier intention of going further on, and the owner of the coal received back the garment from which he had parted for some weeks.

We are in receipt of a copy of a souvenir welcome song, 5 ' composed by (he Rev. J. M, Thomson,Jaie of Eoxton, with the patriotic purpose of furnishing some vehicle for expression of gratitude to our soldiers, and to assist in suitably welcoming them on (heir return to New Zealand. The composition is warmly commended InMr Robert Parker, of Wellington, who has harmonised this song for publication. The song supplies a felt want in connection with welcoming functions, and should find a prominent place in (ho Peace celebrations. lending itself specially to production by massed choirs, hands, and schools, as well as by soloists, ft has a taking melody and good swinging chorus, with strong Leal colour and effective Maori flavourin’- The cover design forms a very suitable souvenir of flic heroic part played by the N.Z, Division in (he great war. The work is produced by Messrs Whitcomhe and Tombs, in (heir usual excellent style. The retail price is 2s, and the song may he obtained from all music sellers throughout the Dominion.