LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2319, 23 August 1921, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It. is anticipated that whitebait will be very plentiful this season, judging by present indications.

“No man who ha* been in the wax* and has seen the horror* ‘of it, ever wants more war.” —Major \V. Hardham, V.C., at the unveiling of a memorial at Wainui-o-mnta.

Show days at Barr and Tver’s are always attractive to ladies, and this week the new season, millinery and specially imported blouses will be exhibited in the showrooms. Needless to say, the firm extend to the ladies of Foxton and district a very cordial welcome to inspect the new fashions.

In tho divorce ea-c tithe Murska Amelia Rider v, John Neil Reardon Rider, petitioner was reported as having said: “Rider even sold my furniture.” Mrs Rider states that what, she stated in evidence was that “Mr Rider removed what- furniture belonged to him.”' He did not remove the furniture given her by her father.

The greatest of British productions, “Darby and Joan,” at the Royal on Thursday. Book your seat. —Advt.

• France lost several million .men during llm war. Professor Richard Strong, of Harvard, claims that it will take Framfc 70 years to bring her population back to normal. Which means that in the year 1991 Franco will have a population that will compare favourably with the population she had before August, 1914. •

Under his will, the late Mr Samuel Knock, a retired farmer at Winton (Otago), has left the whole of his estate to charity. Provision was made that half of th'e estate should be bequeathed to Dr. Barnardo’s Homes, and the remainder to the Methodist. Mission Society for foreign missions, Each of these organisations will' benefit to the extent of about £I,OOO.

“Wo are getting on to a too easily soluble food,” said Dr. Thacker, during the course of an address at the Christchurch Y.M.C.A. “I want to tell you to cut out all the sugar you can, and don’t eat hard-cooked foods. I also want you to cut out pastry and scones, and hot to take any gassy drinks, and also to avoid Having big drinks at meal times. These are some of (lie vicious things that, are causing goitre and bringing about nervous dyspepsia.”

“There arc public bodies throughout the length and breadth of the Dominion calling out for intelligent young men,” declared Captain J. A. Millar, of Hastings, at the annual smoke concert of “K” Squadron of the. Legion of Frontiersmen in Maslerton. There was hardly an election for a. local body when there was not considerable difficulty in obtaining sufficient, candidates. It was the duly of the younger men, lie said, to realise their responsibility regarding local body service.

The following bequests are made under Ibe will of the late Mr J. G. W. Aitkon: —£1,000 to St. John’s Presbyterian Church, £250 to the Ministers’ Widows and Orphans’ Fund of the Presbyterian Clmreh of New Zealand, £209 to the Wellington Society lor the Relief of Hit Aged and Needy. £250 to the Presbyterian Orphanage and Social Service Association, Wellington, £SOO to the home missions of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand, £250 to Presbyterian foreign missions.

A ■,trange incident occurred in a West Coast country church last week (says the Greymouth Star). Prior to a funeral, which was to take place .early in the afternoon, the cortege proceeded to the church whence (he coffin was conveyed. Friends and mourners assembled in the church, but owing to a mistake no clergyman put in an appearance. For an hour the occupants of the church remained with the corpse waiting. At last the clergyman, who through an oversight was not informed of the ceremony, was got in touch with, and the funeral proceeded.

Objection to children “going aImut town streets collecting” was made by Mr Justice Reed in the Supreme Court at \\ciidigtun dining the hearing of a case in which the Crown alleged indecent assault on a- little girl by a man to whose shop she had gone collecting in aid of church funds. “It is simply a temptation to men of a certain type to interfere with these children, said bio Jluueur. “1 do not think il;c practice should lie allowed certainly it should not be encouraged. The child’s mother was in court. “If you take my advie'e," -he was told by the Judge, “you will not allow your little girl to go out collecting money.”

The opportunity of securin': t] rape rv mid clothing at reduced prices will extend for only a very limited lime now, as with the completion of the half-yearly stocktaking throughout the trade, prices will rise to normal level. This fact should prompt, the public to secure then lepuiremenls from the sott goodtrade forthwith, and in this connection it is opportune to draw attention to the fact that A. X. Smith is advertising - a list ol Stocktaking Specials in his space to-day. Goods, have been heavily discounted, and the public should not miss this opportunity of securing reliable drapery and clothing at actual cost prices, and in many cases less. The work of R:\tana. the Maori healer, was referred to by "Dr. Thacker during his health lecture at the Y.M.C.A. at Christchurch. He said that he believed in the work which Katana-was doing. He had had given 1.0 him personal experiences of Katana’s cures by two people. One was a woman, who suffered from cancer in the breast, who had suffered for a long time, and now said she was greatly improved. "When asked how she had been improved, she said she had been communicating with Katana, and he had helped her. “He’s the wonder in New Zea’and to-day." said Dr. Thacker. “Jt may he .just faith, or it may be some telepathic business which he sends from himself. Katana may by means of telepathy he appealing to cells in the, brain which have never been used before, stirring those cells up, unknown to us, to greater activity. If you go back to the early Christian era, you find the great Master doing the same, saying, Tf you have faith you will be healed.’ Katana is doing the same."

Clip your nails and trim your whiskers! “Brush-up” smart and show your breed, Hold vour own among “fine fri&k-

ors, If you don’t- you’ll “run to seed!” Wear no garments antiquated,

Ail old-fashioned fade abjure. For colds refuse all dopes out-

dated, Insist on Woods’.Great Peppermint Cure’.

The local Stale School breaks up for the mid-winter holidays on Fri-

day n'ext

The ordinary meetings of the Retailers' Association will be held in future on the second Wednesday in each month, at 10.30 a.m.

The Methodist Church authorities have decided to remove the church building from the seaside to the Foxton church site, and to use the building as a Sunday school and social hall.

During the course of his sermon on Sunday night, at the Presbyterian Church, the Rev. Thos. Halliday made touching reference to the life, and Christian character of the.lata Hon. J, G. W. Ait ken.

The s.s. Kennedy, with a load of coal from Westport, arrived in port on Sunday morning, after being stuck in the river for twenty-four hours. She left last night for Wellington, with a cargo of hemp. An interesting wedding took place at the local Presbyterian Church this afternoon, the contracting parties being Mr Brian Leslie Everton, to Nean, daughter of Mr and Mrs George Rough, of Foxton. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Thos. Halliday. Those present at last night's Council meeting were his'worship the Mayor (John Chrystall, Esq.), and Councillors Bryant, Whibley, Smith, Ross, Martin, Walker and Coley. Apologies were received from Councillors Rand and Thompson. Mr Murray, borough engineer, was also in attendance.

An excellent instrumental, vocal and elocutionary programme has been arranged for the Methodist Anniversary Concert, in (he Masonic Halt on Thursday evening. Judging by the ready sale of tickets, there should be a large attendance, while a glance at the items suggests a most popular evening’s entertainment.

At a meeting of the Manuovatu sub-provincial branch of the'Fa mini's’ Union, held at Palmerston on Saturday, a remit, from the Foxton branch, “That while highly appreciating tho good work done by the personnel of the provincial executive, this branch suggests that the provincial executive should be abolished, as the present system is lacking in efficiency,” was held over for 12 months.

The Foxton Auctioneering Company report a very successful sale at the mart on Saturday afternoon. Some of the prices realised were as follows : — Fowls 2/t) each, roosters 5s each, potatoes 13s per sack, onions 14s per ewt, swedes (is per cu t, Entries of live and dead stock, furniture, etc., are invited for next Saturday's sale. Particulars of entries should he furnished early, so that same can be advertised.

A very enjoyable evening was spent at the Masonic Tlall last evening by the friends of Mr Doug. Gray, of the local Post Office staff, who has been transferred from Poxton. At a suitable juncture, Mr Claude Bryant presented Mr Gray with a gold-mounted tobacco pound) as a small token of esteem. Mr Gray suitably acknowledged the gift and expressions of goodwill. F. Young, who was found in the Botanical Gardens at Nelson suffering from a cerebral seizure, died in the hospital on Sunday. Deceased, who is elderly, was admitted to I lie Nelson hospital in a grave eondilion, suffering from a cerebral seizure. He spent- a night in the botanical gardens in the open air, his illness being mistaken for drunkenness by. some, passers-by. He formerly resided at Hastings. The Methodist Sunday school was favoured with a visit from an old ex-superintendent of the school, in the person of Mr Edmund Osbqrnc, of Palmerston North, on Sunday last. Mr Osborne was superintendr,nt for many years, prior to leaving Paxton about- seventeen years ago. Among other things,- he informed I he hoys that they behaved and sang far better than their fathers used to do. The school officials were much cheered by Mr Osborne’s remarks, ancLthc fact that he still retains his lojje and interest in the work of the Poxton Methodist Sunday school.

The Beach road is in need of immediate attention by the County authorities, unless they wish to allow the present ruts to be converted into deep cavities. The entrance through the cutting to the river foreshore also requires attention. In fact, many motorists prefer to park their ears on the roadside rather than run the risks of breakages in an endeavour to negotiate the cutting. We understand that the seaside Improvement, Committee have funds in hand to concrete the cutting, as soon as gravel is available from the county. A broken culvert across the road about. 10 chains past Mr Pearce’s bouse requires immediate attention, otherwise a serious accident, may result.

A liquid that renders llesh invisible or transparent has been invented. If a hand or arm is immersed in this liquid its flesh will disappear almost entirely from view; the bones, however, will be visible, as under X-rays. The mixture makes the flesh of your hands transparent because it, has the same index of light refraction as the flesh. The light, rays passing through the liquid are not bent, or refracted, when they pass through the flesh, though they are bent by the bones, which have a different index of refraction. Different, parts of the body have different indices of refraction, any-part of, which can be made to disappear by submerging it in the proper liquid. But not all parts at once, so the magic cloak ol invisibility is still to be discovered.