Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1924 LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2817, 29 November 1924, Page 2

Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1924 LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Members of the Choral Society please note every member must be in attendance next Monday at 7.3 d p.m. Bandsmen are asked to assemble ia front of: Mr MeMarray's residence, Park St., for a military church parade to-morrow at 10.30. The friends of Mr K. T. Bell will learn with regret that he is at present lying seriously ill in a private hospital in Palmerston X. Mr J. B. Merrett, editor of the N.Z. Poultry Journal, who is enjoying a holiday tour, was in Poxton on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. Mr Merrett was accompanied by Mrs .M < rret t and aNo '>} Mr Mcnett senr. Visits were paid to the leading poultry farms in the dm triet. 1 he,party proceeded to Naf ii:i' yesterday, an 1 w i continue their tom- via the Wairoaia on their return journey to (',■) i-tchurch. Given line weatlnr to-morrow, there should be a record ahiet.dance at the Methodist Sunday Shhooi anniversary. The scholars and other friends have been practising assidously the anniversary hymns for some time past and under the baton of Mr Betty these will be worth going a long way t" hear. Ihe choir is also assisting. I lev. P. McDonald will be the preacher in the morning and Rev. S. Peryman will conduct tin* afternoon and evening services.

The Tni Entertainers put on a good performance at the Town Hall hist- evening in aid of the funds of the Sports Queen Committee. The attendance was good, and the. varied programme submitted was well received. The orchestral numbers were vociferously applauded, and many of the other items occasioned recalls.

fix recounting hi.s personal experientries while on a visit to the United Slates, Mr -J. B. Moirett described the town of Petaluma, in California, which was remarkable for the fact that almost the whole ot its 6.000 inhabitants were interested in the poultry industry. The civic offices were open only to persons who were connected with the poultry industry, and the Mayor was the owner of one of the largest poultry farms in the locality. To become a member of the poultry association of Petaluma, a person has to own a minimum of 3,000 laying birds. This, said the speaker, obviates the possibility of persons only casually interested in the industry holding office for the purpose of “getting in (lie limelight.” lie deprecated persons “owning six liens and a roos|r," and who earned live pounds a week in other employment, being admitted to membership of any association, as their heart and interests were not in the movement, and consequently, the industry did no) receive the whole-hearted direction that it required.

“If men would only give camp life a trial,” said Colonel Powles to our representative on Thursday, “1 ; im satisfied that there would be very few conscientious objectors. They seem to think that going into camp means that they are going to be knocked about.” In support of his contention, the Colonel said that

a battery in Palmerston N. had an objector among its number, who had paid line after line and still refused to drill. On the night before the battery left for. Fox ton he was ordered, as an “extra parade,” to assist with shifting the gear from the barracks to the railway station. Evidently lie found driving horses round quite good fun and when volun tee is .were called for to make up I lie requisite number to go into camp, he astonished everyone by volunteering. He was ordered to be at the drill hall the following morning at 8 o’clock. His netely-acquired military ardour got the best of lurry however, and he presented himself at 6 a.m.! That day he rode the horses down to Fox ton. When in televiewed at the camp on Thursday, he said “he wouldn’t have missed the camp for anything” and wanted to ,-iiiy on for another week without pay! Colonel Powles said lie was one of the best drivers the camp possessed. , - .

The anniversary concert in con nection with (he Methodist Sunday school will he held on Tuesday, December 9th. This concert is usually held the week following the anniversary services, but has been postponed on this occasion owing to other fixtures intervening.

In speaking of the development of the poultry industry in New Zealand in his lecture on Thursday night, Mr Merrett paid a tribute to the pioneers of trade and industry. The speaker said that a country owned a debt of gratitude to its commercial men for without the development. of its trade and commerce no. country could hope to succeed. Tic contended that no man could he better employed than in promoting the commerce of his coiintrv.