LOCAL AND GENERAL.
A Palmerston North telegram says that Mr. Lawrence, victim of Monday's fire, died yesterday. ' Corporal Len Ford, one of the canvassers for the Tnranaki County Council, has gathered in 23 recruits in a week His two colleagues have enli6ted seven others.
Writing to a relative in Wanganui from the Old Land, a correspondent states that in some of the stores in England the women folk refuse to be served by men whom they think should De at the front. The writer suggests that the idea is worth adopting generally.
The Prime Minister addressed four recruiting meetings in the Wairarapa district yesterday, and concluded with a vigorous appeal in the Municpal Hall at Masterton. Mr. "I H. Wilford, M.P., also spoke in the hall and in the open air.—Press Association
By the noon express 32 mounted riflemen left Auckland for Featherston and by special train yesterday afternoon 275 infantry left for'Trentham. The country quota will join the train en rout* The men dispatched from Auckland City are 47 in excess of the number required. —Press Association.
At the Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Mr. A. Crooke, S.M., judgment was given for plaintiff in default of defendant in the following cases: Beath and Co., Ltd. (Mr. H. R. Billing) v. Reginald Lang £2 10s (10s); Herbert Donald (Mr. H. R. Billing) v. Victor Corkill £3 Ps (£5 8s Sd); L. A. Nolan and Co. (Mr. A. Bennett), v. Frederick Nieholls £0 3s 9d (£1 3s Od). The newspaper proprietors of Rotorua. having arrived at the conclusion that one local journal is sufficient for the town (states an Auckland exchange), the proprietor of the Chronicle has purchased the Times, which is now incorporated with the Chronicle. The Chronicle is published as a daily, and gives promise of being a credit both to the owner and to the township. The Chronicle in political matters is independent of party ties. The following new books have been added to the Carnegie library:—"The Surgeon's Log," J. J, Abraham; "Quicksands," B. M. Crocker; "The Temple in the Tope," S. Foskett; "The One Girl in the World," Charles Garvice; "C.0.D.," N. S. Lincoln; "The Quarry," John A. Moroso; "The Game of Liberty," E. P. Oppenheim; "An Astounding Match," Stanclift'e; "Queen Anne is Dead," Patricia Wentworth; "The Money Master," Glbert Parker; "The Dust of Life," Joseph Hocking. The Patea Farmers' Co-operative Freezing Company, Ltd., are having a busy time. Up to the end of March last there were 10.550 sheep and lambs, 1064 cattle, and 444 veal killed more than during the same period last year and ; that year was a record in the history of the Company. Altogether to date 41,038 sheep and lambs or 4248 more than were killed during the whole of last season have been killed; 5045 head of cattle have also been killed to date The pre i sent indications ure tlmt tho season's [total of these will exceed last year's i record figures when 11,000 head were put th rough.—Press. At the Magistrate's Court yesterday, before .Mr. A. Crooke, S.M., the Inspector" of Awards (Mr. J. F. Arnold) proceeded against John McKean, licensee of the Criterion Hotel, for a breach of the hotel employees' award, the defendant failing to exhibit a time-table setting forth the working houra of each employee in some convoniont ploco in the hotel Mr. H. R. Billing appeared for defendant, and plondod tho otuc was not one for a heavy penalty, Mr, Arnold said he had twice- warned tho defendant to comply with the award, but lie thought tho failure wbb due ta careless new, A fine of £1 WAN iflflietod..
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A mysterious disease broke out among the cats at Witham, Essex, in January, which caused over 100 deaths that month. A curious feature of the disease is that all the known cases proved fatal, there having been no recoveries when once the cats had been affected.
An excellent record in patriotic service has been established by Gladys Bamford, of Wangaehu. Since the outbreak of this war this school girl has travelled daily through the slow trains running between Marton and Wangaelm, collecting money for the patriotic funds. She has paid in, as a result of her work, an average of £lO per week (frays the Dominion).
In the course of life address to the departing recruits at Hawera on Monday, Mr. W. E. Haselden, S.M.. said: "My advice to you is: Don't grouch; take things as they come; keep away from drink, because it unfits you for doing your best, and when the time comes for you to get into grips with the enemy, fight like the devil, and trust in God."
Another Biirvival of the old custom of making the sign of the cross to ward off malign influences, is to be found in the housewife's'device to make the fire draw by placing a poker across the bars of the grate It was believed that by thus 'making the cross" all evil spirits would be banished from the hearth and home.
A very narrow escape of a smash-up occurred on the Henui Hill on Saturday, when a baker's cart came full speed down the sloj leading from Mr. Connett's residence to the main road. A tram was just passing at the time, and the motorman promptly applied the brake, while the driver of the cart pulled the horse up on its haunches. There was only a fraction of margin between the shafts and the car.
The total population of Canada is estimated at 8,000,000. Of these 3,000,000 are not of English, Irish or Scotch origin, and a large proportion habitually speak other languages. Even many Germans in the older provinces have enlisted, and Berlin, the centre of German settlement in Ontario, has contributed more freely to Red Cross and patriotic funds, according to population, than any other community in the province, A Southland farmer, in an interview with a Southland Times reporter, said that he regarded the estimates of the grain yields very much the same as the average man regards fishing stories. The 100-busliel crop of oats in Southland this year will be few and far between, the 60-bushel ones common, and the 40bushel one 3 much more so. Government statistics on this particular product will, he maintained, continue to be absolutely valueless until there is some system of threshing-mill returns adopted. A bear escaped from tbe;Aramoho Zoo the other evening and was subsequently shot. It was a young animal, under three feet high, and a pet, and crawled through the bars of its cage. Another young Malay bear at the Zoo was wilfully' poisoned by someone. Added to thq loss of a kangaroo and about a dozen monkeys, which died of the cold last winter, the death of the two bears considerably depletes the Zoo, B ays a local paper.
A New Zealander now resident in England who for many years was closely associated with the public life of the Dominion,, writing to a friend in Wellington, says: "I note what you say in connection with the National Cabinet, and hope it may be a success from an Imperial point of view. I have not much faith in coalitions; they leave no alternative in the event of work being badly done. After the war is over, no doubt there will be a sifting, and further lines will be formed. When one sees the difference between the progressive management of New Zealand and the system of the Old Country, one feels that no matter what Government may be in power in the Dominion, it is excellent compared with the slow methods and the hide-bound officialdom of this country." It is interesting to learn from a private correspondent that the "League for Marrying Broken Heroes" was put down by the authorities (says a Melbourne correspondent). The mistaken idea was mooted in England, and several misguided English ladies and gentlemen banded themselves together with the object of securing wives for the permanently wounded soldiers. The two clergymen on the committee, as well as the other members, were forced to resign, and (he wounded heroes are to be allowed to bo?- their sorrows without any ndditii'vn] one* thrust upon them. The commit!ee of such a league as that of "The Broken Heroes" threatened to be, could never hope for success. As someone unknown to the writer once wrote, "Only those men and women who mind their **Wi> easiness »•■<•*»<>(•_,and that is becaimo. turns ihaw so little competition!"
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