LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2079, 17 January 1920, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At a meeting of shareholders of the West Coast Steamship and Trading Co. (in liquidation), held in the Masonic Hall, Buxton, yesterday afternoon, Mr Dempsey, D.0.A., Palmerston, was appointed liquidator, vice Mr R. McMurray resigned. “Little thing are sent to try us,” remarked a councillor at last Saturday’s meeting of the W aimarino County Council. The “little things” consisted of the resignation of the County engineer, the - road foreman, the ranger and dog tax collector, and to cap the lot one of the Council’s surfacemen had attempted to commit suicide that morning. The Tutrimuri block, which has been acquired from Messrs RiddE ford Bros, by the Government for soldier settlement,-is to be thrown 0)3011 for selection in February. The land, which is situated about sixteen miles from Martinborough, has been cut up into eleven holdings, ranging in area from 350 to 000 acres. The Minister of Finance (Sir James Allen) stated that the amount raised for the .New Zealand Victory Loan has been increased to £8,800,000, while there are other considerable amounts to come in under the compulsory clauses. Even although these, do not make up the whole of the loan, it is nevertheless guaranteed us perfectly safe, THE IMPORTANCE OF DIGESTION. To have good health it is important to have good digestion. To sustain life, the food youjmt must be digested, and converted into blood., When the digestion fails, the whole body suffers. Take Chamberlain’s Tablets, and stimulate your digestion. They pupfy the blood, strengthen the stomach, and tone up the whole digestive apparatus to a natural and healthy action. Try Chamberlain’s Tablets to-day, and test our assertions. .For sale everywhere. —Advl.

There was; a heavy tail of snow on the ranges on Thursday night—quite an unusual oeeurronee for this time of the year. A public meeting is to be called at Feilding to consider a scheme for the erection of a memorial to Feildmg's fallen soldiers. A visifor from "Wellington, the holder of a considerable amount of property, who spent a few days in Tc Kuiti, has said that if ever ho went baok there it would be at this season of the year. The quietness of the town made the statement seem a little curious, so he was asked the reason. ‘‘Well, all the land agent? seem to he away,'’ was the reply. ' For some years the tallest and most powerful man in the New Zealand Police Force was Mr Thomas M’Chesney, who has just died in Invercargill, where' he had, carried on a grocery busing. since 1807. When he w,as a young man Mr M’Chesney distinguished himself as an athlete, and on one occasion during the time he was a policeman his great strength enabled him to master a refractory prisoner whom three other constables together were powerless to handle. Dairying- prospects for next season are stated to be better than ever. A prominent dairyman informed an Eltham Argus representative on Saturday that it is certain that the prices of both butter and cheese w ill show an advance on any previous rates. It is anticipated that even if the 1 Imperial , Government purchases the 1 produce there must be a substantial increase, while if the factories sell on the open market there will be a big jump in the price obtained.

“You young’ Indies nre well dressed, in fact, too well dressed,’’ comluonted Mr'S. E. McCarthy, S.M., at llie Christchurch , Magistrate's Court, when three sisters wore charged with various thefts from the ' Christchurch Hospital, ■where (hey had been employed, “There,are many women in this town in much better positions than you, who cannot afford to dress as you do with the present: prices of drapery and soft goods. You deserve to he taught a severe lesson.” The three accused were not imprisoned, but restrictions were placed on their liberty for over twelve months.

A writer in the Irish Statesman, published in Dublin, says that ho was greatly impressed hy a conversation that he had with two dairying authorities from Yew Zealand, who had been visiting many countries to exchange views on their special industry. “They told me,” he says, “among other things, that in their country margarine was an unknown food; a population of a million people consumes more limn fourteen thousand, tons of butter in a year — which means {hat the average family of live persons gets ITom two and a-half to three pounds per week, in addition to a ration of wholesome milk. This does not prevent Them from placing, on the English market (also the Irish) an equal amount of butler, as well as a vast supply of cheese. New Zealand is one of the most remote countries in the world, but. in technical skill and contentment. of living 1 fancy that it conies second to none. One of the details which - go to make up this pleasant, picture is very significant; every national school in New Zealand, urban as well as rural, has its own garden attached to it for the purpose of practical training, and prizes are, given annually for . the schools whose gardens are best kept and must successful. There nre a. few schools in Ireland —in rural districts —which have such gardens, and there is plenty of evidence that they have produced marked effect on farming practice in their neighbourhood. Cannot wc I darn a lesson from Antipodes, and-convert the casual,exception into a general rule 1 The introduction into New- Zealand of poppy seeds from the Somme Valley has' given rise to considerable comment in agricultural circles (telegraphs (lie Post’s Auckland correspondent). The Curator of the Christchurch Botanical Gardens last week received a quantity of seeds from Miss Ettie A, Kout, with a request that. they he planted, and the seeds of.the harvest distributed to relatives of New Zealand soldiers who fell on the battlefields of the Somme. The opinion expressed hy many in Auckland, is, that while (he .sentimental value is slight, the danger of the weed spreading is a real one, and ought to be combated. A returned Auckland officer, who has many years’ experience of Hie land, stales that when ho was in the Somme Valley last summer i{ was a wilderness of poppies from one end to the other, so quickly did they spread. It is anticipated by the officials of the Department of Agriculture that the seed will, prove a, greater nuisance in New Zealand Hum it has been in the Old Country. By way of illustration, they point to the blackberry, sweet briar, and gorse, all of .which when introduced increased multiplied beyond all expectations, s,oon becoming pests of the worst sort. ? CHAAIBERLAIN’S COLIC AND DIARRHOEA REMEDY. The extreme summer heat, together with the sudden and violent changes of temperature, often give rise to bowel complaints, the most common being dysentery. There .is no medicine, that is safer or more sure for this complaint than Chamberlain’s Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy. Given at the first 'unnatural looseness of the bowels it will prevent the attack. For sale everywhere. —Advt.

.A consignment of 40,0(10 of •. benzine from .Vancouver arrived Auckland by the steamer Wainma on Thursday., > The ■ Government "ill soon be in • .the position of Paoolais, whose will Alg consisted of this sentence; “I nothing, I owe much, and the rest * i I leave to the poor.” —Mr Herbert, Samuel. v-i Soldiers who were in Feathorston - c;im]> would hardly recognise it how ( i as (he same place. All the tlowcrplots, <ii carefully tendered by fatigue parlies, are overgrown with weeds, and the while-washed stones are scattered aVmt in all directions by cattle. During - the month oi. December, .11)11), the arrivals in the Dominion numbered .3,405 (as against 421) ior December, 1918, and the departures 2,442 (as against 420 for December, 11)18). The largest number of the arrivals last month came irohi , Australia (2,574), and .1,843 went 1 fo the same country. It has been found that the poison of the bee is an almost infallible test as to whether a person is likely to succumb under an anaesthetic. ; If a person suffered- from' nervous weakness a'bee sting on the hand would cause a large 'swelling, and affect the glands of the body.' -The person should not be operated upon. In reply to an invitation to visit Westport to investigate the difllculties caused by the shortage of coal ahd other matters, the Prime Minister stated that he would very much like to go to Westport.as suggested. It was, however, , quite impossible for him to go to the West Coast at present, as urgent business requir-, ed his attention in Wellington. ' A resident of;Dimatangi informed ‘ the Palmerston Standard that on ■ (Sunday night about half-past nine o’clock 13 rockets were observed to go up qff the coast.. A man riding ; a motor bicycle from Foxton saw live of the rockets go first of all followed by the others at intervals. They were powerful rockets, and made a loud noise, giving brilliant Hashes of light on explosion. Nothing is known locally of the pyrotechnic display. , - -

Through the generosity of many well-wishers, the. children of All Sain Is’ Home, Palmerston North, to t he number of 27, under I lie charge of the Home Matron, are spending the next two or three weeks at the | local beach. The Matron will' be glad, to receive gifts, of vegetables and oilier goods to help in-feeding such a large family. Gifts may be left at Mrs Walls’ Main Street, ■ from whence they will be taken to the Beach by Mr Reeve. A memorial to -soldiers of both j, -y races of the Opotiki County, killed} in the great war, is to be erected in the main street of Opotiki. The design, which has been prepared by Mr E. Rupert Morton, architect, depicts an imposing .monument -rising to a height of 43ft., approached on all sides by a liighl of wide steps. The names of the, fallen will be inseribed on handsome bronze tablets fixed on each side of a massive moulded and carved base, surmounted by a Corinthian column 25ft. high. The work will, be executed iu a suitable New Zealand stone. A peculiar-ease was dealt with in the Police Court at Hamilton on Saturday. It appears that a young woman with. a. child' approached a constable in. Victoria Street and asked to be locked up, saying that she had no money and could not get a bed. The constable told her that he‘could not take her into custody as there was no charge against her. She thereupon produced a bottle and hurled it through a window of the Commercial,Hotel. She, was convicted and discharged on condition that she went forthwith to relations in an outlying district, and made good the damage. “A friend of mine,” says Mr Harlold Boatichamp, “placed an order for a Rolls-Royce in England for 1921 delivery. This was booked at. the minimum price of £3,100. "Within a week he was advised »that the price had advanced by £250, and ■ when notifying him the raannfae- 1 turn* gave the. buyer the 'option of cancelling his order. He elected to hike the car on the supplier’s terms.” ’’ The Prime Minister, ■ speaking, ut Levin on Thursday, said that there was a good deal of misapprehension amongst wool-growers* as, to the. position of the excess profits from the sale of wool in England. He ex’peeled in the course of a few days to he able to make an announcement on the matter, and from the information he bad already received he believed that the final settlement would result in a very substantial amount being returned to the dock owners of this country. ( ’ What is described as the most successful and largest, attended • function held at Ohakea took‘place at Ohakea Town Hall one evening last week, when settlers, ami children gathered to say farewell to Air ami Mrs Gahites and family, and to make several presentations. Mr Gahitcs ha- been head teacher of the school for 15 years, and has.-,, been promoted to the head leather-/ ship "i the I'nrakina school. ' w TvT|T"* J. A. Bailey, “the, father of the dis-A tvid,” pre-ented a Inmd-ome dock ami well-filled pur-c of sovereigns to the gues)-, and the sdnmi children were nut to, lie deft token of e..teem in the duipe of ! volume-. Mr- Bailey -poke of the , guests’,,,,,many •good' y m -clioo! ami out, ami of how in the lime of -ickne-s* and trouble they were ever ready to fend a hdpitlg hand. Air Gahites is a „on of Mr E. Gahites, of Eoxton, and brother of Air H. P. Gahites, first assistant at the local State seJjooi,

The s.s. Kennedy sailed for Wellington yesterday afternoon with a cargo of wool. She is due back with general-on Tuesday. . The local storekeepers will close at noon on Thursday and Friday next (race days). 'Hie hutehers will close all day on Thursday, and at 10 a.m, on Friday. The shops will remain upon until 5.30 o’clock on Wednesday afternoon. The sugar shortage is causing housewives throughout the Dominion a great deal of inconvenience, and Foxtpn is no exception, local grocers experiencing great difficulty in getting supplies. As in other towns, Foxton storekeepers are practically rationing sugar, a few pounds only being supplied to each customer. In our report in * Tuesday’s issue of the discussion at Monday night’s Council meeting in reference to the Borough Bund, Cr Bryant was reported to have’said “that the Borough Band had loaned the Salvalion Array Baud some of their instruments. Both hands had done" what they could to help each oilier. He had heard that Captain Goffm would he leaving Foxton shortly, and if that were so the Salvation Army Band, would be in the sailin' position as the Borough Band for want of a bandmaster.”’ These statements were made by Cr. Rand, not by Cr. Bryant. The recent tarring operations in Main Street has led to many complaints from business people and householders, owing to the tar being carried into private ami-busi-ness premises. It appears-that the trouble lias arisen owing to the tar not being boated before it is spread. The Council is endeavouring lo procure the necessary heating, apparatus, and we would suggest that operations cease until the boiler is procured. The shortage of sugar serves as a reminder that a few mouths ami there were 4,009 tons of it in a f ■' Zealand port. However, at 1 . •particular moment- the waletsid nwere not in working mood. Tc.-’y declined to unload the sugar, a-o it was passed on lo Australia. Wh a Labour lashes out in Indusfr a.' matters it hits up its own grade society .good and hard. Many working men’s children will have to go short of jam this year. Of i-oursc, the loss of the 4,000 tons was not the whole cause of the scarcity, but it was a contributing factor. The formation of a Farmer,-' Party in Parliament: was mentioned by the president of the Auckland Farmers’ Union, Mr’J, Buddie, at an executive meeting. He stated that be bad discussed the question ■ with a very prominent farmer, who was now a member of the House, and the latter had promised to obtain the opinion of other members at the earliest possible opportunity. ‘He, however, was afraid that as many of the farmers in the House ■were pledged to support the Reform 'Party the Government might not approve of the suggestion. In order to economise the gas works coal supply, the borough street lamps have not been lit for several months, and as a result pedestrians in their nocturnal walks abroad have encountered many experiences, humorous and otherwise. There is, however, a serious side to the question, as several narrow escapes from serious accidents have been reported, which would not otherwise have happened bad the street lamps been alight. -When gas light economy jeopardises public safely it is time to enter a protest, and the Council would be well advised to reconsider the street lighting question. Mr J. P. Iline is no longer an ALP., but bo is still Minister of Internal Allairs. Not much fuss is being' made about the anomalous position. But how different was the state of affairs when Sir Joseph Ward was Prime Minister and was defeated. There was actually a howl set up by (he leading Reform newspapers because Sir Joseph had not immediately vacated the Ministerial residence, a howl that was re-echoed in the House by one of the Reform Party. Tills’ was one of the meanest incidents that has happened in New Zealand pulitipal life. However, the paltry complaint was not approved of by Mr Massey and the decent members of bis party. —Ellham Argus.

’ A problem which is common to all local bodies along this coast, is the obtaining of an' adequate supply of cheap good road metal. At the recent meeting of the 'Wailotara County Council, Cr. Burnet suggested that all local'bodies on the West Coast should combine to erect a crushing plant ' at Kapiti, where there was an abundant supply of excellent rook. A scow could he obtained to carry flic metal across, and lie considered that a much belter mid cheaper ..apply could be obtained. He was sure the Government would not object io local bodies obtaining metal from the island. It was pointed uui by some of the ■ Atnciijors that such a scheme vow mean that the metal would be ha a - ed more than at present, and j: > nably the co,-t would not be less C o: at prescni. ■ R F LIEVKS BQEEN EBB. , Soreness of the unmeie-,. whet mu' due to violent exorcise or injury, is 'quickly relieved by Chamberlains Pain Balm. For muscular rlieumac tism, pains in the side and chest, nothing gives such quick relief as Chamberlain’s Pain Balia. For sale everywhere. —Advt. Why bother making cakes when there is such a good assortment at <iv.ua l t J ' U5.,*,..,