Mount Ida Chronicle FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1917.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 29 June 1917, Page 2

Mount Ida Chronicle FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1917.

The death took place on Sunday, at his residence, of Mr Charles Brown, of Oturehua, aged 80. Ha was one of the oldest settlers of the district, his residence dating, from pra-mining days. During his 1 long stay he was highly respected. The funeral took place on , Wednesday and was largely attended by friends from all parts of the district. The service was con-, ducted by the Rev. Mr M'Lean, assisted by the Rev. G. D. Falconer. He leaves a widow and growD up j family pf. four sons an.d two daughters, j

We draw attention to the advertisementof the County Council prohibiting hanging rabbits, etc., on'fence s adjoining roadlines. The prohibition is necessary owing to complaints that nave been received. • . . Mr W. W. Smith asks as to' correct a report that his brother Lieut. R. J. K Smith is on his way home.- The last letter received from him by the family stated that he and Bruce were on a visit to Scotland, and did | not hint at returning. Other sources or information conveyed the news that i Lieut. Smith had been wounded in the u g iL Last wee k's casualty list shows that Maniototo, like other places, has had to contribute towards the prjce of the victory gained by the ■NewZealandersat Messines. Among t ?°~ d £ are -—Privates H. A Jacob, H. Hore, W m . James Jack, T M Namara, and Sergeant H. Jacob M. A Jacob, H. Hors and T. M*Namara are classed among the severe cases Ihis week's list of wounded includes the name of Wm. Edward Strode and Edwin George has died from wounds. MrH. Young has received advice that his cousin, Mr Mattb-ew Young (who spent a few months in Naseby a couple of years ago) has been Killed. Tfaos Provan was wounded on the 7tb hot after a few days in the hospital' was able to return to the trenches Yesterday's list contained the names - Bathans) and, Albert 0 Kerr arid E. Gordon (Oturehua), all vrounded. '

Regulations issued define the position of men passed as fit for home service only. They provide, for the es- • tabhsbment of a home service branch of the Expeditionary Force, and reservists posted to this branch may be employed on duties connected with the war within the dominion. They also provide for the transfer of recruits and reservists from one branch to the other in cases where a later medical examination justifies. If a borne ser- , vice man is found by a later examina- | tun to ba fit for active service, he may be transferred to the foreign service bratjeh and put into training until the; Minister of Defence might otherwise direct. Soldiers in the home' • service branch, required ior active service will be called from those only who volunteer for such actual home service. They will serve under tbfi same 1 conditions as the foreign service. As the foreign service branch regulations are now clear, the home service- men are at the disposal of the military autho'rffc ties. '.31 For Chronic Chest comp#mts Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Is 6d.* 2s 6d. ■'.:■.

Mr G. Bell informs os that he estimates his loss through the recent fire at from £350 to £4OO over the insurance. The insarances (£l5O on the buildings and £375 on the stock, tools and machinery) were in the' Australian Alliance Assurance Co. The safe was unlocked and when it fell tte hooks f II oat and were destroyed with several cheques. At 11 p.m. on the night before the fire a couple of citizens passed the premises and Constable Bandy at 12, and there arereno signs of fire then. Mr and Mrs Bells' absence was due to their attending the funeral in Dunedin of Mrs Bell's sister Mr Bell's temporary premises are next Dalgety's buildings He intends to rebuild.

What makes a sboep fit to become a member of the Jockey Club?—He is bred on the turf, gambols (gambles) in his youth, associates with blacklegs, and is fleeced at last

Does it not seem pretty hard that a- strong, healthy youDg man of 22 Should be exempted from military duty m these times for the. purpose of sticking pigs?' asked Captain Walker at the Military Service Board at Wellington of an empoyer who was appealing. The witness stated that the man in question was an expert, to which the chairman, Mr D. 6 A Cooper, replied: "vVTell, an expert pig-sticker might be better employed at the front."

'Tis most absurd! Ido declare There's funny people everywhere: 1 Cranks who harbor "ticks" and "rata," And freaks who wear old-fashioned hats; But most amusing of them all Are those who, when bad colds befall, Obsolete nostrums still endure, Whilat needing Woods 'Peppermint Care. DEFECTIVE EYESIGH CAUSES NEURASTHENIA. When a child suffers from that defect in eyesight called Astigmatism, ne or she suffers from headache. Hence comes inaptness in work <md study, which is frequently associated with; a tram of nervous symptoms. " If your child is suffering from constant headaches, get his or her eye 3 tested at once. You may avert years of subsequent trouble. HUGH NEILt, D.8.0.A.. Glasgow Optical House, 249 George St., Dunedin. At a meeting of the Kyeburri and Kokonga Fatriotic Committee which was held on Saturday evening, it was decided to hold a hare shoot on Saturday, 30th inst., starting at 10 a.m., below Mr A. Campbell's farm, and going down the eastern side of the Kyeburn River and finishing at the Swinburn. All sport« are welcome, the hares being for the wounded boys at the front.

A vs ell-attended social was held at Hyde en Wednesday evening of last week to bid farewell to Private Frank Kinney, wbu is leaving for active service. The chairman of the Patriotic Committee, on behalf of the Hyd» residents, presented him with a wristlet watch, suitably inscribed, and said that Private Kinney bora an inestimable character and could be depended upon to do his part. The hare drive on Saturday by residents of Waipiata, Pukapouri, and >■ Patearoa (near Waipiata). resulted in a bag of about 150 hares, which are to be sent to trie freezing works to be frozen and sent home to the hospitals in England. Tbe bares are plentiful, and it is the intention to bold another drive later on, when ifc is hoped there will be more guna. J Voluntary enlistments from thft dis i trict of late have been few, but among Ithe final lot of men offering under thin method of enlistment appears the name of Robert Anthony Peterson, Wsipiata.

Mr Robert Glendining, of Ros3 and Glendining, one of Dunedin's best known and most highly esteemed citizens, died en Saturday mornJßg at the ajje of 76. He was the donor of the Winter Garden (Botanical Gardens) to the city, and also built Knox Church Sunday School, and built apd largely maintained the Presbyterian Orphanage at Anderson's Bay; His money was made in the retail drapery, and latterly, the wholesale drapery and manufacturing business. He leavea a widow and two sons and two daughters.

Officially rabbits are a pest in Australia. Squatters, settlers, and various other citizens are in agreement that the title is well deserved. There is however, another side of the question, and according to a man in the rabbit export trade bunny has become a great asset. A Sydney Evenipg News reporter was informed that in 1902 New South Wales sent to England 9,750 crates containing about 224,000 rabbit*. The 1917 estimate for export is 1,260,000 crates representing 2.500,000 dozen or thirty million rabbits. These are intended for the United Kingdom and will go forward if the ship 3pace is available. In money it is claimud that these rabbits alone are worth a million sterling to New South Wales. Rabbitskins is another industry representing an additional quarter of a million. In the course of an interview at Auckland on Monday, Sir Joseph Ward said: "Some idea of the very serious view of the position in Britain may be gathered when I say that for months in England the very strictest economy has been oaed in regard to feed supplies. Especially does this apply to articles that have to be brought from ■ overseas. In our own case we were limited to half a slice of bread per faeaa par meal; to 2oz of meat, \ and a very small lump of sugar; in fact, the piece of sugar apportioned was a-third the size of an ordinary lamp of loaf scgar; and those who ordinarily took sugar with their porridge had to raake the same piece of sugar suffice both for tea or coffee and porridge as well. I mention this merely to give some indication of the alertness of the Home authorities in their fixed determination £ to prevent deliberate starvation of tie ->-J3rj»ffi Isles by the sinking of merchanWahipa by the enemy.

For Influenza takes Wooda' Great Peppermint Cure, 1b 6d, 2a 6tL

The power of the Government to collect arrears of taxation " to the extent of treble" was referred to by Mr W. H. Hemingway in the course of an address at the meeting of accountants at Auckland on Wednesday evening:— "I have it on very good authority," he said, "that there are surprises in store for shirkers as soon as the staff of the department is relieved of the present pressure of work. I know of several cases in which taxpayers found themselves confronted with ascertaining their standard income they somehow discovered that-in a previous period they had under-estimated their true income, and so had paid too little tax in j pre-war years. To inform the commis- ! sioner of this was to run the risk of a j penal tax; yet, even that migbtbe better than paying 45 per cent on the excess profits which would otherwise be shown."

The ice being sufficiently strong, curling was commenced on the MtIda Club's dam on Wednesday, and skaters have also had opportunities to indulge in the pastime.

At a meeting of the Dunstan Presbytery at Waipiata on Tuesday, it was decided to purchase a bouse for a manse at Waipiata, the scheme for the erection of one being impracticable owing to war conditions.