LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 2788, 9 August 1915, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

GOOD NEWS. , Wo aro informed to-day that butter is down again to Is 5d per lb. STIRRING THEM UP. A largo deputation of Auckland mothers interviewed Mayor Guneon. and urged inimodiato improvement in tho system of notifying casualties and tho progress of wounded soldiers in hospital. Cases were quoted, showing tho inadequacy of the present arrangomonts, and complaints wore made- of the non-doli vory of parcels sont to soldiers. Tho Mayor states that he has been overwhelmed with complaints of all kinds arising out of the interests of tho men abroad. In his opinion, tho whole system requires reuraiiging. Air Griinson has telegraphed to tho Minister for Dofence on tho subjeqt. A SHOW FOR THE CITY. Tho aimi of £100 was guaranteed •iv a few minutes at the Fruitgrowers' Conference towards the- expense*; of tho first National Fruit Show, to bo held in Wellington in May, 1916. Tho officers of the Department of Agriculture madu a substantial contribution to tho guarautco fund. GET ONE. It is not generally known that tho Department of Agriculturo issues certificates to men who show that they are x'roficieut in tho work of pruning and spraying orchards. NO NEED FOR UNEASINESS. "1 do not want you to go away with the idea that wo aro going to have lmuiingritis cases on troopships that leave from hero>" said the Hon. James Allen to a Wellington deputation. "You cannot know tho extraordinary care that wo are taking with regard to meningitis. Nothing like tho same precautions havo been taken anywhere else." FIFTY POUND FINE PAID. .Tommy Howe, an elderly Chinaman, charged mt the/ Police Court sit Duiiodin on Saturday with 'haying opiium in his possession, was lined £50, which lie paid on tho bpot. IN THE ISLANDS. Reports received by tho mission steamer Southern Cross, which has arrived at Auckland, show that the natives on the island of Mataita, in tho Solomon Group, have been vory belUgtfrenit lntely. Thero has been much inter-tribal fighting for some timo recently. i'ho natives shot a white man employed by tho Malalita Copra Company, and wounded him in the shoulder. There appeared to bo no reason for tho shooting, except tho desire to kill a whi|tc man. The Government police recently left Mala ita. Ifc is estimated that on the average one white man is killed every year on the island. The war is supposed to have stimulated /tho normal belligerence of the natives. THE EIGHTH REINFORCEMENTS Spoaking on the subject of Trentham Camp, tho Hon. James Allen said there was no desire not intention to unduly hurry the Eighth Reinforcements into camp. It had been expected that they would bo taken into camp on August 17, 18, and 19, but on account of a delay in getting the gravel into the camp, through a flood in the river, the road works now proceeding would not be completed by tho 17th. It was desired to complete the streets before bring'ng the men into tho camp, and the probable date of the arrival of the men wimld now be August 23, 24, and 25. CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE. At the suggestion of the Wellington Central Chamber it was resolved at the Congress in Wellington : "That in the opinion of this conference it is desirable that each Chamber of Commerce throughout the Dominion should establish a commercial defence fund for the fololwing purposes: (a) To bring or defend, or assist in bringing or defending, legal actions in matters of general commercial interest; (b) to obtain legal opinions on masters of general commercial interest; (c) to bring back or assist in bringing back to the Dominion absconding debtors.' . Officers for the newly-created Association of Chambers of Commerce were elected as follows: President, Mr James Macintosh (Wellington); Vice-Presidents, Messrs Robert B.urns (Auckland) and T. F. Gibson (Christchurch); executive, Messrs Walter Gow (Dunedin), C. M. Luke (Wellington Central), and F. J. Nathan (Palinerston," N.). GIRLS AT HOCKEY. On Saturday two hockey teams came to Feilding from Wanganui Girls' College. They were hospitably treated by tho local girls, both on and -off the field. The College second team played the High School girls in the morning, and won by one goal to nil. Ln the afternoon tho Hinekoa team accorded very generous treatment to tho College firsts, to whom they gave a handsome victory. REV. GIBSON SMITH'S LECTURE. "Records in Prose and Rhyme of a Voyage Round the World"" is the title of the lecture to be given by tho Rev. Gibson Smith in St. Paul's Hall tomorrow night. This locture is one of tho series being conducted by the Feilding Technical School. BEN ALL A AFIKE AGAIN. A Capetown cablegram says a fresh outbreak of fire was discovered in tho bunkers of tho Benalla, which recently had a narrow escape from de-str-uctiou by fire. Three casualty lists issued since we want to press on Saturday will be found on page 1. Premier Massey has promised to lay tho foundation stone of the Taihape freezing works, early next month. Mrs L. 11. Bryant, of Piriu street, Palmerston, passed away at her residence on Saturday morning, 55 years of age. The~ Turkish cruiser Medjidieh, which was sunk recently by.a uiiuo off Odessa, was refloated and brought into thait port. She has been placed in dry dock to be repaired,, and will then become part of Russia's Black Sea fleet. The "Britannia and Her Daughters" Company is to appear in Bulls next Wednesday evening and at Marton on Thursday. The company goes to Marton by traiin, and will return by motor service, for which tho Martonians have made all arrangements. On the occasion of the centenary of the battle of Belle Alliance the Governor-Gwieral oi Brussels, Baron yon Bissing, addressing officers, officials, and soldiers, concluded with a vow that the German people would stand by tho Kaiser until the enemies of the onipire again found thoir Waterloo. Some details Avhich were omitted from the first list of Ministers and portfolios aro: The Hon. G. W. Russell takes control of Public Health and Hospitals, Sir Joseph Ward will have charge of/the Land and Income Tax Department and Public Trust Office, the Hon. R. McNab will be the Minister in charge of the Tourist Department. A London paper of a recent date says: J. E. H. Zimmerman was sentenced to six months' imprisonment at the Westminster Police Court for suspicious conducit on the London 'Brighton and South Coast Railway at Grosvenor road bridge. He is one of the best known lawn tennis players round about London, and frequently appeared on the Wimbledon Courts.