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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLI, Issue 11648, 17 August 1916, Page 4

The Class in English and Arithmetic will not be held this evening. A remarkable 1,200 • miles motor car journey has been successfully carried through across North Africa. A French motorist, M. Garenne, drove from Tunis to Casablanca in 7 days '5 hours. This is the first occasion upon which a motor car has negotiated this part of Africa. At the Wellington Magistrate’s Court, Joseph Boucher was..charged with having, on July 22nd, shot at Arthur Stephen’Durling with intent to do grievous bodily harm. The affair arose out of disagreements in Boucher's house, where Durling boarded. Boucher was committed for trial. At Pahiatna yesterday Magistrate

Hewitt, imposed substantial penal-

ties on defaulting Territorials. Two civil servants whenever attended drill were fined £3 and £3 respectively. A farm hand, previously convicted, was fined £3. The magistrate said it was not fair to those doing their duty that others should escape.

Questioned by a Wellington reporter as. to the method to he adopted in regard to the payment of the war bonus to public seivants, a subject which is arousing a good deal of interest in Public Service circles just now, the Minister for Finance stated that the matter will come up for final settlement at a Cabinet meeting on Saturday next, and that an announcement will be made as soon as possible. The secretary of the Marton Brass Band wishes to acknowledge the following donations, which have been forwarded as a result of their circular appeal to the residents of Marton and district Mrs A. Arkwright, Overton, £2 2s; Mr C. P. Mather, _ Huutly School, £2 2s; Mr J. Hannan, £2 2s; Mr C. H. Rhodes, Rata, £1; Mr G. Morris. £1; Mr J. Hunter 10s; Mr H. F. Young 10s;LumKee 10s. Further donations will he acknowledged through the local column of this paper.

As showing the strenuous work which engineers have to undertake at times, the manager of a largo engineering firm, in giving evidence in the Arbitration Court in Auckland this week, gave the following amounts as having been earned by some of his employees in a fortnight:—£l7, £l3, £ls, £9 10s, £ll, £32, £ll, £l2, £ll, £l7, £l7. £l4, and £l6. His Honor; “They mast have worked a lot of overtime to earn that money.” Witness: “Yes.” His Honor: “A few fortnights like that would kill a man. ” The witness admitted that it was an exceptional period, but stated that he had had to work just as hard years ago, and did not receive anything like that remuneration.

Over fifty couples responded to the Marton footballers’ invitation to a social and dance tendered to Privates S. Oldfield and C. Henderson, who are leaving for camp. The Druids’ Hall was illuminated with Chinese lanterns, and the floor was perfect. The music by Messrs A. E. S. Crozier (piano) and L. Jones (violin) was of a high class standard, and much appreciated by the assemblage. During the evening Mr A, Way, on behalf of the footballers, in a few appropriate words, presented each young soldier with a silver wristlet watch, ;Missea M. Griffin and D. Pearse fastening the watches on the recipients’ wrists. Mr Kingsley Harrison as M.C., was most assiduous in Lis attention to the visitors.

An impressive ceremony was conducted at the conclusion of Colonel Gibbons’ address to the 16th Reinforcements at Treutham Gamp on Monday afternoon, when a courtmartial sentence was promulgated hy the Camp Adjutant, Captain Bell. The prisoner was a gunner in the 10th Reinforcements, who had been convicted by court-martial of escaping from confinement at Trentham in Decembei last, and of deserting from His Majesty’s Force, he having been found in civilian attire and engaged in civil employment at Kapiti Island during the present month. He was escorted by two military police into the centre of the hollow square formed by > the IGths, and when Captain Beil, mounted on horseback, commenced to read the proceedings the culprit had his hat forcibly removed. He stood there facing the whole draft, while Captain Bell, in clear-cut tones, read the charges and pronounced the sentence of 113 days’, The prisoner’s bat was ‘then replaced on his head, and he was marched off the ground in custody tojserve his time.

It is stated that some 4000 motor lorries were used in the French defence of Verdun. When it became apparent that a great assault was to be made upon this important point, the French Command, realising the inadequacy of the railway communication, organised a complete system of motor-transport, for the purposes of which roads were completely closed to other traffic. The abovementioned fleet of motors carried out the special duties of supplying . the Verdun armies with munitions and reserves. These motor lorries, running each about 100 miles „.a day, maintained a constant and reliable flow of supplies tor the divisions at tue front, and also for the auxiliary services such as those of the engineers and of the medical staff. The special British correspondent with the French armies wrote that never had the value of motor-transport been more brilliantly demonstrated. On the average about 2000 lorries serving Verdun passed each day in either direction. One may visualise the resultant muddle bad these machines not been in a high degree reliable.

For Children’s Hacking v>ougfa Woods’ Great Peppermint Cura.

The Marton Brass Band will ren» der a first class programme of music outside Jfth'B Town Hall this evening, commencing at 7.30. The Auckland Licensed Victuallers have decided to raise the price of spirits by the method of reducing the amount given for ■ a sixpenny drink. Spurious half-crowns and florins are being circulated iu Auckland. They are supposed to he made of pewter metal and may be detected by dull appearance and lack of ring. A lad named Leo McSweeuey met with a painful accident yesterday at Rofe and Walker’s garage in Marton. In-attempting to start a motor car the engine back-fired, with the result that the lad sustained a- broken wrist. There seems no probability; of the price of butter being reduced for some time to come. The Inglewood Dairy Company has just refused an offer of 17d f.o.b. trucks at railway station, or its next three months’ butter. An offer of 17%d has been accepted for one month’s butter. At a recent meeting of the Lepperton Dairy 7 Company, the chairman stated that the company had sold its local butter at i 7,J£d iu New Plymouth.

It was mentioned by the'Chief Justice iu his summing up at the Palmerston Supreme Court yesterday iu the manslaughter case that during the month of June no fewer than 3131 motor cars were imported into the Dominion. There were, he pointed out, 3000 odd cars of about a quarter of a million sterling. This was a big thing, and if these cars were not going to be properly driven and managed what was going to Imppen ? Reports from agents on the Home markets anticipate an excellent season for both butter and cheese. It appears that the supply of Danish butter will' be very much less than it was last year; the export of Siberian butter has been prohibited, and these two factors have caused a remarkable demand to 'arise in Britain and France, which is likely to continue tor many months to come. The consequent scarcity has naturally caused prices to advance, and the result is that the .New Zealand dairy farmer is going to obtain better prices for his produce than ever before. Already prices have been paid that were not dreamt Of previously, as higll - as is 5d having been paid for August-September butler, f.o b. Danish butter is quoted to-day in Loudon at 194 s per cwt., and when a figure like this is reached just after the flush of.the season in the Old Country, dairy, producers in this country are justified in looking forward to an excellent Home market for at least the nlxt four or five months. • The distinction of being the first New Zealander to enter the German trenches is attacehd to Lient. Alan G.; McGregor, of Auckland, who was wounded some weeks ago, by Captain D. K, Kirker, an officer commanding the company with which he was serving. In a short letter to Mr Malcolm McGregor, Lieut. McGregor’s uncle,' Captain Kirker writes—•'At the present time Lieut. McGregor is laysng-slightly wounded iu a hospital, but I have j not yet been able to see him. On the nigh ot the 16th June a raiding party was organised. Alan was one of the officers selected for it. Ail of the officers were wounded, and your nephew took charge, leading the party into the German trenches. Two officers have since died, and the other is not expected to live. I cannot give you exact details, but the fact remains that .-.iau is the first New Zealander to have entered the German trenches, and the men who went with him speak of him and his work very highly indeed. I am sorry I cannot give any details at present, but no doubt yon will get these , s in good time.” Lient. McGregor’s mother resides at Auckland . Sow Sutton’s seeds to have the very best flowers and vegetabl es None to compare.* 1