Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1920. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2094, 24 February 1920, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1920. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Brigadier-General Hart, C. 8., 0.M.G., D.5.,0., °f Master ton, has been awarded the French Croix de Guerre. A cable message states that Sir* Thomas Mackenzie relinquishes the High Commissionership on July 31st, and expects to return to New Zealand in August. There are on view in .Messrs Watson Bros.' window, Palmerston N., 14 potatoes, weighing lOlbs., which have been dug from one root grown by Mr Gluts. Spring, of Foxton.

At the next .meeting of the local Retailers’ Association (he subject of subscription lists will he discussed. .The proposal is to refer all appeals to the Association, which will decide (he levy to he made upon members in connection with same.

The Paparoa coal mine is closed. having 1 been declared “black” by Jhe men, who have divided the side and accident funds, jiold the hall and piano, and left the district. -There Iza.s been discontent at the mine for some time. There were eight disputes last year.

That' tli6 forged National Bank of New Zealand notes are still in cir■eolation is shown by the fact that' one of them was passed to a local hotelkeeper last week, says the Palmerston Standard. The hotelkeeper in question received another of the bogus notes a short time previously, and declares that in future he will carefully watch every note that passes through his hands. ■■■ . . The delegates who have been chosen to represent the New Zealand Press' at- the Press Conference in Canada are Messrs P. Selig, ■Christchurch. Press; T. W. Leys, Auckland Star; E. A. Jones, Southland News; W. J. Penn, Taranaki Herald; J. Hutchison, Otago Daily Times; J. Parker, Wellington Post; H. Horton, N.Z. Herald.” Sir Geo. Fenwick did not offer .himself, standing aside in favour of Mr Hutchison. • - At last night’s School Committee meeting, a committeeman stated that after the last school picnic held at Ash hurst, his children ha/i complained that they had not been given sufficient - to eat, . Messrs Hornblow and Coley pointed out that the children had been amply provided for on the occasion—-in fact, they were given three meals, and they could help themselves if they felt hungry. This was the first complaint that had been heard.

A meeting' of (ho Fuxton Volunteer Fire Brigade will be held in (ho Town Hall at 2.30 o’clock to-morrow afternoon. • • , A Official advice im* been received by the Government that January 10th, 1020, shall be treated as the date of (he termination of the war with Germany. The flaxcutters at the Miranui flax«mill, Shannon, have resumed work after about a week’s idleness, during which time efforts were being made to arrive at an increased rate of pay. An agreement has now been come to. - '

Mr J. S. Moir, of Messrs Levin and Company’s shipping department, has been transferred to Poxton to manage the company's local branch. Mr.ivellow has been transferred to Feilding as /snh-nmmigei: of the branch there. H.M.S. Renown, carrying the Prince of Wales, will depart from Portsmouth on March 9th. The battleship will arrive at Barbadoes on March 19jh, Colon on the 23rd, Panama on the 24th, San Diego bn the 31st, Honolulu on April 6th, Fiji.on the 13th, and Auckland on the 17th. A statement issued by the Defence Department shows that the exneucliture from the war expenses account from the beginning of- the war until the 31st of December, 1919, was £71,680,118 Is Id. For the quarter ending 31st December the expenditure ammountod to £G,949,043 11s 3d. . A ii extraordinary Gazette proclaims January 10th of this year as the date of the termination of the wav with Germany, and directs that for the purposes of all Acts passed since Aifgust 4th, 1914, and referring to the termination of the war, it shall bo deemed to have ended on the date named. Under the will of the 'late Mrs Balira, of Mawhiraiti, West Coast, after giving certain legacies to friends, orphanages, and hospitals, she directs that the residue of her which will be considerable, shall be divided equally amongst Anglican, Presbyterian, and Roman Catholic Churches of Reefton. John Ira Fraser, solicitor, of Nnseby, was fined £5() last week for not having his trust accounts audited within (he proper time. Mr'Bartholomew, S.M., said there appeared to be nothing but dihrtorincss on the defendant’s part, but he had no option but to,, indict the minimum penalty. “We nearly fell in over the fixing of the statutory half-holiday by the •Borough Council this year,” was the remark of a member of'the local Retailers’ Association yesterday. The feeling of’the meeting was that the Association wouldjiave to bestir itself next year, otherwise a day not suitable to the retailers might ho fixed. The Minister of Public. Health has

approved .the- extension 'of free maternity treatment to wives of >!ew Zealanders who iiave been on active service with the Australian or Imperial Forces if admission to a St. Helens hospital or the maternity ward of a general hospital takes place within twelve months of a soldier's return to New Zealand. ’

A shortage of benzine is being experienced in various parts oi New Zealand. When the subject; was mentioned to him, (tie Prime Minisler said the shortage had been accentuated by the loss of .43,000 cases through the recent sinking of a New Zealand-bound vessel in the Panama Canal. The Board of Trade was confining supplies largely to essentia! industries, but he anticipated that things would be normal in the course of two or three weeks. - The following telegram was received by the Prime Minister from Major Pattiek, Commanding (lie armed force sent from New Zealand to Fiji in connection with tho. strike there: —“Situation considerably quieter since the 13th, when a small riot occurred and was quelled by (.he polled and local forces. A few shots were fired hr support 01, the police, who were attacked with sticks. Fifteen rioters were woundeel. Indians are resuming work, All is quiet in all districts at pre-> sent.” <

The Railway Department, presumably acting under the advice of some one, devised ,a time-table tor the Poxton service which is without a parallel in New Zealand. So irregularly are the departures timed that the “morning” train leaves on different days at 10.5 a.m., 11.33 a.m., or 4.40 p.m., and the after-' noon train at 5.35 or 8.35. There are, by the Any, two trains only; but these require live columns of the guide.hook,.,with numerous “explanations” as to their movements.—. Palmerston Times.

Advice has been received by the Palmerston North Band from the trustees of the Rifle Brigade, N.Z. E.F., that they have presented to the town of Palmerston North a full set of silver band instruments in re-v cognition of services rendered during the war. The instruments, which are marked “Class A/’ will bo entrusted to the care of the Municipal Band shortly. The trustees regret that owing to the. lack of shipping. facilities and other transport difficulties it has been impossible to ■forward the instruments in time for the Municipal Band to use them in the forthcoming contest in Dunedin. It is therefore proposed that an official presentation will be made to the Mayor on behalf of Palmerston North citizens at. an early date, by Colonel C. W. Melville, C.M.G., D.5.0.,.as a commanding officer of the Rifld Brigade, N.Z.E.F.

Why bother making cakes when, there is such a good assortment at Pprreau’s'P

Levin poultvymen received 3s per dozen ’ for eggs on the Wellington market last week. "Competitions (id an entry, and art gallery (id, at to-morrow’s Garden Party at “Pi Kotuku.” At the Palmerston ■ S.M. Court yesterday, William Forbes (Shannon) was fined £2 and costs 7s for having been on licensed premises, namely, the Albion Hotel, Shannon,after hotu's. A rahbiter in the district who.recently started trapping has cleared £ls weekly by tho sale of skins, which are readily bought by Palmerston North merchants at an average of one shilling per skin. The railway time-table in connect tion with the State school picnic at Ashhurst on Wednesday, March 3rd, is as follows-Foxton, dep. 7.50 a.mi,, arrive Ashhurst about 10 a.m. Ashhurst depart, 4.-15 p.m., Foxton arrive 7.15 p.m. Wo are asked to announce that the united church service which was to have been held to-morrow night in the Methodist Church, lias been postponed until a later date, which will he duly notified. "When the question'of appointing a delegate to represent the local Chamber at the forthcoming conference of Chambers of Commerce was under discussion, at last night’s meeting, several names were mentioned, but they’ could not make it. convenient to attend, and an oulsido representative was suggested. This did not meet with the views of one member, who exclaimed.: Send' a local delegate, and lot outsiders know that, we are hot dead! 1 ’ Ami a local delegate will be in attendance. At a meeting of: the Shannon Borough. Council on Friday night,-Cr. A. C. -Hilliei; tendered his resignation owing to his removing to Foxton shortly, and in doing so thanked the Mayor ami his fellow councillors for the courtesy extended to him during the time he had been on Ilia Council. The- Mayor said lie and tho Councillors regretted f Cr. Hillier’s resignation, as he had always taken an active and intelligent interest in (ho welfare’ of; the town.

At the Mastei'ton AFa gis Irate’s Co.url last week, before Mr Page, S.M., P. C. Watford was charged with keeping liquor for sale at (he 'Mastertou Club. The ease was dismissed. 11. M. Boddington, seeretary of the <dub, and Watford, who is the eustodiau, were charged with Inking part in the-care and management and control of a club in a nolicense district (Mastertou), which was used as a place of resort for the consumption of liquor, and with storing liquor in a club for other persons. In both cases the Magistrate said he would give a written decision.

At a meeting of the Palmerston North branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants held on Saturday, - the following resolution was carried; “That the Executive Council of the Society he requested to draw-the Prime Minister’s .attention to. the hoarding of hides throughout; the Dominion, thereby causing inflated prices for hoots and hoot repairs, amLlhat the Government he requested to take immediate, steps such as will cause the release of the I si! ties so hoarded, as providing this is done, we Can assure the Prime' Minister that it will he the moans of preventing an industrial upheaval within the near future/'’ ,

At last night’s Selloo 1 Committee meeting Mr Kellow tendered his resignation. He said owing to his leaving the district tins was necessary. He would liked to have finished 'the term, as-there was a great deal’ v of work to he dohe at”l.hc\ school. He thanked the Committee for their hearty co-operation, and hoped they - would accomplish all that was necessary in regard to improvements. The head teacher thanked Mr Kellow on behalf of the staff for the. interest he had evinced in the school. On the, motion of Mr Parkin, Mr Kellow’s resignation was removed with regret, and appreeia--1 ion of his services he recorded on the minutes.