Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, SEPTEMB. 18, 1919. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 2030, 18 September 1919, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, SEPTEMB. 18, 1919. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A heavy fog hung over this dis tried this morning.

Oroua Downs sent away over 2U soldiers, and every one has come hark sate and well.

The Dorcas Society meets in the Council Chamber to-morrow afternoon. at 2.30 o'clock.

The monthly sitting of the local Magistrate’* Court will be held before Air J. L. Stout, S.AI., to-mor-row, commencing at 12 noon.

Wc are asked to remind the lady members of the .Presbyterian congregation that a meeting will lie held

in the schoolroom at 4.30 o’clock to-morrow afternoon.

The Eoxton-Shaimon road is now clear of the flood Craters. The water, however, is still over the Foxton-Levin road, but not to a sufficient depth to interfere with traffic.

A piece of electrica! machinery for Palmerston North look eighteen days to come -from the Pacific Coast to .Auckland. Prom Auckland, via Wellington, it has already taken Jive weeks on the journey, and has not arrived yet.

On Sunday moping a Scout parade will he held at the local Methodist Church, when the service will be conducted by' Chaplam-CapUtia Bladin, of the Salvation Army. Sanky hymn hooks will he used, and those possessing same are, asked to bring them. v. ' At t.he local Horticultural Society's Show last week there were two guessing competitions. Miss Mary O’Donnell won the competition for the nearest guess to the number of peas and beans in a bottle, with 212.1. the. correct number being 2288. The length of string for the other competition was 47 feet, the winner, Mr C. B. Gray, guessing 154 cards.

The Rev. Tints. Ilalliday will be inducted as minister of the Foxton Presbyterian charge, in the local chureh, at 7 o’clock to-morrow evening. The induction service will he conducted by the Revs. Alex. Douli, Thus. Miller, and Wheeklon. At the conclusion of the ceremony the Rev. Mr Ilalliday will be accorded a welcome social in the schoolroom, and the ladies of the congregation will provide supper. The public are cordially invited to the ceremony.

With reference "to the adverti.semenHvhich appeared in our issue of the 2Stli ultimo re mail service, lenders will be received until noon on Monday, 22nd inst., for the conveyance of mails for a period of one and two years. A list of services can be seen at any post office. “Padre’' Bladin is visiting Buxton this week-end, and will conduct three special services, .In the morning, at 11 o’clock, Scout and Guard church parade will be held in the Methodist Church, and in the afternoon at 3, and night, at 7, special services will be held in the supperroom of the Town Hall.

A quiet -wedding was celebrated at" Pahiatua yesterday, the contracting parties ~ being .Mr J. H. Thorp, of Buxton, who recently returned to New Zealand after three years’ service with the forces at the front, and Miss Emma Hose, fourth daughter of Mr J. B. Pose, of Manga tainoka. Mr and Mrs Thorpe will make their home in Buxton, and in common with their many friends we wish them long life, health and happiness.

Last week’s Hood in the ManaWatu river broke the recently-erect-cd slop bank near (he Shannon bridge, about two chains of same

; v;-.away. The we-h of the water over the road --scoured holes in (he metal, hut those are now receiving attention from the County roadman. The road right to Shannon is now clear of water, Iml the lower lying portions of some of the ■farm land near the bridge is still liooded, and a fair amount of silt Ims been left. The Whirokino road is now' under water for -some distance, but is not deep enough to stop traffic.

The recent deputation from the .Wellington Returned Soldiers’ Association to Parliament concerning war gratuities forms the subject of a telegram received by the Prime Minister from the president of the The message is as follows: —“Please accept my personal and official regret at; the attitude and action taken by the deputation of Wellington returned soldiers last week. .Such was in complete antagonism to the -spirit and decision of the Cliristchiirch Conference in June. The executive do not consider gratuities in any sense a demand, hut a gift from the country; and, therefore, Die matter is entirely in the hands of ami will) the good wishes of your Government. I would he obliged if yon would kind-ly-convey this expression of regret (o (lie members of your Cabinet. — (Signed) Ernest Boxer.’’

11l conversation with (lie local Kegislrar of Electors, wo learn that applications for enrolment arc coming to I land in fair numbers, but a great many so far received have been informal through Hie applicants not carefully following out I lie instructions when lilling in the forms. A frequent mistake made is in answering questions numheml 2 and 3 on (he enrolment claim. Question No, 2 is :Afo. yon a British subject by birth? and the next question: Are yon a British subject by naturalisation in New Zealand? Many persons making application for enrolment have answered, both (motions in the fidirmalive, when (heir own common sense should tell them (hat if they are British subJoels by birth they cannot also be British subjects by naturalisation. The (rouble seems ,to be that they do not read the directions carefully enough. An application for enrolment. can be witnessed by any elector of Ihe district, but before witnessing any signature a person should he sure that his or her name was on the roll for that particular electorate at Hie lime Hie signature was witnessed, otherwise the claim would ho informal.