LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2210, 2 December 1920, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

See “Speed,” the fastest comedy ever produced, at the Town Hall on Saturday.*

Frank Gold, the trick pianist and entertainer, who finished a highly successful season at the -Palace Theatre, Palmerston N., last even-f ing, lias been booked to appear at the. Town Hall on Wednesday nexf.

. Don’t forget the local Horticultural Show in the Town IJall 10-night aficl to-morrow afternoon and evening, See what Foxton soil can produce. Encourage the Show by your attendance.

Dr. Avcrill, Bishop of Auckland, who arrived at Sydney on the Cronies, said that reunion"was the one absorbing question. If it was not accomplished it would not be the fault of the Church of England. A great spirit of fellowship, in the shape of a united church, would be the greatest help to the League of Nations.

‘■jShud-.wilh■ l , ’iru, ,, : llie picture ’io be screened a I the Royal on Monday, was inspired by ihh lines., of Hie well-known bountiful “Bedouin's T.ovc Hong.”' It features WiiliamRussellA

Wo are informed that a poultry thief is operating in the Himataugi district. Several .settlers report that the night raider is particular in the selection of the birds he carries away.

“Sahara” is a story that tells of “fascinating Paris,” “enchanting Cairo,” a ‘.sun-blistered, palm-cov-ered oasis in the great Desert. No pen can describe its beauty, no tongue its worth describe. See it at (he Royal on Saturday.* At the Hamillon Police Court a man named .Joseph Devery.'was lined 10s and costs for failing to lonic out for. the engine when driving a van over a level crossing. The driver of the (rain slated that the van was driven over (lie crossing when (ho engine was about 50 to 70 yards a. way. The following unique advertisement appears in (he Pa tea .Press; — “Notice. —Any person found on ‘Mrs Rat ana's premises will be prosecuted. Quite welcome for anything required. Ask Mrs Poi or Airs R a tana. -Time of entering must not he after 8 p.m. Lots -of goods have been missing from these premises during (he night. —By Order.” Mr Leu. Smith, of Maungakaramca (Auckland), while disc harrowing his Held, fell in front of "the harrows, which passed over him. liis hips and other parts of his body were severely injured. He was picked up in a serious condition, and taken to the Wliangarei Hospital, where an operation was performed. The patient is reported to be doing well.

A warning has been issued by the Minder of .Justice that any members of (lie Police Force belling with bookmakers will be dismissed, regardless of rank. The Minister is now calling for strict enforcement of (lie new gaming law. So far only one charge lias been laid under the new Act. ll is a Cbristchurclrcase, and (I*5 # defendant has elected to be tried by a jury. Messrs K. McDonald and Co’s properly at Kopularoa, which has been the site of a (laxpiill for years pas!, lias now been* given over to dairying, and on Friday evening last Mrs Robinson, who has boon, caterer for the proprietary concern which milled "the flax, was entertained and 1 -resented with articles for herself, Mr Robinson, and her children. The (lax now on the property will be sent to Foxion for conversion into fibre.

During the war,period there was no heller band of workers in any community than the Fox ton Girls’ Guild. The members, of this splendid organisation arc being asked to once more lend a helping hand for an afternoon's effort on behalf of the Save the Children Fund. A meeting of all members and others who are willing to assist will be held in (bo “Herald” Office at 7 o'clock this evening.

It .is staled by Ike Glago Daily Times ilial informations have been laid against two Dunedin firms for alleged profiteering in connection with the sale of a piece of ladies' gostume cloth. It appears Ilia! the cloth was originally sold to a wellknown Dunedin firm, and subsequently resold by it to another lirm. and (hose two linns are both implicated in the charge of profiteering. The .facts a.re ‘that a woollen mill sold the doth for 7s a yard to a Dunedin wholesale lirm, which in turn disposed of it lo a retail house for ,12s (id a yard. The retail lirm then sold the doth for 21s per yard.

At one stage in the programme of entertainment of Their Excellencies Dol'd and Lady Jellieoe at Palmerston North'on Saturday, a surprise was given Lady Jellieoe when Mr L. 11. Collinson, who is well known in hunting circles, e asked Her Excellency’s acceptance of the hunter Punjab, a full brother to the wellknown steeplechaser Gaekwar. Lady •Jellieoe, who is a keen hmuswomaii, gladly accepted the gift, and warmly (hanked Mr Collinson, as did also His Excellency. Their Excellencies also promised to he present atjhe first meet of the Manawatu Club next season.

Goldingham and Beckett, Lid., merchants, of Palmerston North, were charged in the Magistrate's Court in Him I (own on Monday with alleged breaches of the Sale 01. Food and Drugs Act, 1908. The charges arose out of a, sale of Libby's evaporated cream. When the manufacture was lirst introduced into New Zealand the Health Department Analyst staled it was nol cream hut milk, and it was released on condition thal Smith and Company, Auckland, Libby's agent, amended the label to read milk. Tt-was later found on analysis Unit the manufacture contained artificial colouring. Expert evidence {moved that the colour had been added through sterilising at a high temperature. The defence also showed that Goldingham and Beckett had purchased supplies from Libby’s direct, and not through.. Smith and .Co,, and therefore knew nothing of the arrangements for the amended label. The Magistrate dismissed both charge.-.

WILL SOOTHE THE PAIN. • If you have Rheumatism, bathe your joints with water as hot as can he borne, then rub in Chamberlain's Pain Balm. The first application will give relief. Repeat the bathing and rubbing several times during the day, and the pain will be so soothed that refreshing sleep will be possible. For sale everywhere. —Advt.

At a brief sitting of (lie Magistrate’s Court at Palmerston yesterday, Thomas Martin, who is alleged to have a!tempted to bribe a juryman in the reeent ease, .the King v. F. S. Easton, was admitted to bail, self £2OO, and two sureties of £2OO each.

The Prime Minister (the Right Hon. W. F. Massey) was present-at the consecration and dedication in Wellington of the new Masonic Lodge Renown. This lodge was in process of constitution at the time of the visit of the Prince of Wales, and His Royal Highness, at the request of the Prime Minister, suggested the name. Bishop Long severely criticised clergymen who absented themselves from the final session of the Balliursi Auglieau Synod, saying that if (hey were, giving the Kingdom of God second place to oilier interests il was obvious they were not the' men to do the work of God.

Writing from England to a friend in New Zealand, Mr M. Orchard, of Christchurch, slates that business in London‘is dull on account of the labour unrest, hut. that business (inns did not anticipate a fall in prices to any appreciable extent,, the tendency being to advance rather than decline. There were a few firms, however, who were hard-up, and in consequence were unloading I heir stocks at low prices, but it was only a “Hash in the pan,” and was not a true indication of the slate of the commercial market. A Business Talk with Business Men. —“'There is a vast difference between wishing and winning. Many a good man has failed because be had his wishbone where his backbone ought to have been.” Are you wishing for more business, but lack the winning? Advertising is a sure enough winner, but it needs backbone in the man directing it. Advertising doesn’t bring results with a jerk. The beginning is slight, but the pressure is constant, and increasing all the time. The open season for hunting business lasts all the year round, but just now the game is particularly well worth going after. The best ammunition is an anverfisement in “The Manawatu Herald.”*

The disease commonly known as bush sickness is aireding cattle ami sheep iu some hush districts in New Zealand. Cattle and 'sheep which are attacked by the disease, no matter if feed is plentiful "and good, gradually sink and die. It is thought that an insutlieiency of salt,in the herbage is the cause of the aiK meat, and a farm lias been established at Mamaku, near Rotorua, by the Agricultural Department, for tluj purpose of treating (lie disease and ascertaining it's cause. I)i> A. J. Kcakes, Director of Agriculture, wiio recently visited the farm, said the work was proceeding in a satisfactory manner. Medical treatment was being given to a Heeled animals, and the settlers were becoming interested and adopting the method of treatment.

The Hag down at Iho "Levin railway sialinn erf iho arrival of the Xew Plymouth itiitil yesterday morning, containing Iho Ministerial parly to visit (ho proposed LevinMarl on railway deviation, was a handsome piece of work, .and was conspicuous in the raising of patriotic funds in Christchurch during the late war. Jt was offered at auction at one of; the big woo! sales there, when representative buyers were present from .ill parts of iho world, who took an active part in bidding for the trophy. When an ( idler of £SOO was reached, it was knocked down to the late Mr Xidiolls, of Belfast, father of Mrs \V. Tubman,’ of Levin, to whom it was subsequently bequeathed. The Hag is a Union -lack, handsomely worked on a whip? ground.

The Prince of W ales In.is eoiiiq back to a different England from the gay, reckless, extravagant Homeland'that he left last March (writes Mr .John Sarnies to the Sydney Daily Telegraph. Already I lie shadow of the coming slump is over this* proud W curable suits of clothes are selling in Oxford Street- for £5 10s, mid in Sr. Paul’s Churchyard for £2 19s (id. Haw cotton has sagged heavily. The bottom has. fallen out .of the sugar market, and there are financial earthquakes in Amsterdam, Batavia and Cuba, in consequence. Copra is tumbling like a house of cards, and tin like the barometer before n hurricane. Consumers of manufactured articles cannot buy, owing to that “cursed lack of pence,” and in the absence of orders, supported by cash, manufacturers cannot manui acture. Hence the rapid decline in values of raw materials. The stoppage ol manui'actures spells unemployment in capital letters during the coming months.