LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2188, 12 October 1920, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Owing to our staff being short handed a quantity of reading mutter is unavoidably held over.

The friends of Mr Chas. Symons will he pleased to know that'he is now able to take a walk- abroad after his recent serious operation. The recent rains have brought on a splendid growth of grass throughout this district, with an Increasing milk supply.

A proposal for rating on the unimproved value was rejected by the ratepayers of Taurauga by 295 voles to 117.

A local High School hoy essayed to try out his sprinting powers against the train one morning recently. He thought the wait at Hangiotu would he a fair handicap to enable him_to cover the distance and catch lire train at Taikitahuna. But for an obliging official the lad

would have had to cover the distance to Palmerston by some-'other means than the train.

‘‘That there is a. strong .and resolute body of men in Great Britain determined to overthrow' the existing order ot civilisation is certain,” states the Rev. Dr. Gibb. ''‘And yet, in spite ol‘ this and all the other tokens of unrest, 1 do nor think matters will bo pushed to an extremity. There is an ■■ underlying sanity—conservatism if you will — iu tlie British mind that will make Bolshevist communism for ever imposible.” '

The “Mercantile Gazette,'’ in an editorial article asks: “Does anyone really believe that the dairying' indusry is really unprofitable? Its unprofitable character has beer, voiced again and again , for years past, and it is so unprofitable that annually thousands of acres have been turned over to dairying anil the industry has grown in a remarkable way. We are asked to believe that 'this growth and this expansion is due to its unprofitable character. A truly wonderful indust rv.

.Mr •). ITebley, of Greylown, has for years interested himself in Irving to discover gold reefs in (lie Tararnas and in oilier places in the Wairarapa. Many people when they have come across an outcrop of quartz have brought specimens to him. for his opinion. Some two years ago a person brought him a piece of quartz (Mr Ilebley has forgotten his name but he thinks lie hailed from Matar-awa), bar this was laid to one side and forgotten. Coming across ii again recently Mr ilebley remembered ' the circumstances of its being left with him, and on inspection and subsequent: analysis found that it was good payable gold bearing v quar!:z. Tie is flow trying to get into touch with Hie man who brought il In him as 1 lie reef is not known to Mr Ilebley.— Wairarapa News.

■ Foch was asked one thing on one of his rccon l- visits to England that yv/oukl interest .students of! groat men who are called upon to make tremendous decisions. There were phases in the culminating operations of 19.18 when Foch alone could utter the “Yea or Nay” whcli meant the sending of thousands of men to the attack, when non-success if it came would be complete in its disastrousness. An inquirer sought to probe into the great soldiers personal thoughts and feelings at those precise moments. Did he feel any lack of confidence? l T put my entire trust in my training,” said the Marshal simply. “1 knew that I haul given my whole thoughts to my I raining, particularly to the first: seven years of it. it is the thoroughness of knowledge that comes from complete training that can give the power of command.’’

“So iiir as Scotland was concerned I was .struck by the extraordinary falling off in the attendance of the people at the churches,” remarked the Kev. Dr. Gibb, when interviewed on his return to 'Wellington, “bul-1 do not think that in Scotland you can say' that there was any general feeling of hostility to the Church. Probably even the Socialists in, Scotland have a kindlier feeling for the Church because of the part it has played in the history of the nation, than they have in other parts of the world, but their service to the Church at present is only a lip service at the most. "This fact, however, is to be noted; There is no lack of heart on the part of those who are really in things Jm Scotland. The Church is facing its problems in a very manful spirit and trying to suit itself to the needs of the moment; and the wisest men among its members, while admitting that things have been in a very bad way, are of opinion that better days are coming.’ Dr. Gibb added that the same condition of things was to be noted in Emgland. “Quid Pro Quo,” translated pat, Merely means- —give this for that, And the glad content we feel When we get an honest deal. When the thing for.which we pay Does not coniidence betray, That satisfaction, we assure, When using Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure,- —Advt, 18