LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXIX, Issue LXIX, 24 May 1915, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

A send-off S6cial t& the men who have enlisted, for active service will be held in the Awatuiia Hall oil Wednesday. It has been suggested that one way of making Germany pay the penalty of the :a&fe'tardly crime of torpedoing the Lusitania would be to erect iii the towns signboards bearing the .words in large letters; "Jlemember the Lusitania," as a reminder to avoid trade in German gobd%. It is reported that the lack of meat in Vienna has become so serious that the horse-meat stalls, have been rushed, necessitating police interference. The price for horse meat is 8d per lb, and butchers «hav.e petitioned the WaiOffice to. send, them injured horses from the battlefield for food purposes. There has been fighting for food. At a recent meeting of the Waita'ki (North Otago) branch of the Acclimatisation Society, a member made a presentation to the society of a fallow deer's head of unicjue . interest. The head, which is albino in color,, is a curio of great rarity,. seldom , being found amongst herds. It was shot in 1.->O2, at the Blue.Mountains, Tapanui. It forms a valuable addition to the already valuable collection owned 'by the society. A message sent from Te JKuiti to the Stratford Evening Post states that considerable pernlexity has been caused through the Taumarunui electorate by the issue of a roll containing the erasures of names of persons alleged not to have voted at last election. Over two thousand are struck off, yet it has been abundantly proved that hundreds! of those struck off voted, and amongst, them are many deputy-returning officers. The fame of a good thing travels from mouth to mouth. That's why so many well-dressed men are wearing Melbourne Clothing Companj' suits and overcoats. And a good many are saving almost the price of a suit as against what they used to pay a custom tailor. —Advt. When Influenza is t . raging, take "NAZOL." Best safeguard against at r tack. Swiftest reliever to sufferers fioii colds, catarrh, and sore throat. —Advt.

lishjnan t^K^ fHends Jn Xondcn t}mt i wittteSßW;|^Mrtne^la^ai9g"ofc the New ZQala&d%np[2UQd theit^Jiquxrimenis.' He M^^^^^^J^^xl^ reei" p^ftst*>;^Wi^ynfitf tbat pQtild vcompare 'maxv#UQus ■■,> '-;;'"■ ,^A;^e<^|^|e!it>^%* i"hai in districts in-Korth 1 Canterbury the weather h stiji ftimost unbeacable^—dry, dry, d|s^ Jt-is jgbing to^be a difficult problem* this winter with the stock. There is a fair amount of fat sheep and lamfes about, and they ire «ating what w«» reserved for ewes, so that unless some farmers are relieved very coon, their fats will degenerate to stores. The rainfall for April was 43 points. Rain is badly wanted, to make the land work"abfe. Arbor Day has ben fixed as a Government holiday for the 14th of July. In order that the movement may be made as successful as possible, the Government has expressed the hope that the Mayors of various municipalities and chairmen of "local bodies will place the matter prominently before the people of the Dominion, and do all they can to encourage tho planting of public reserves and other available lands, both public and private, with trees suited to vhe locality. / i,The AucKland Herald, in referring editorially to -the alien, question, says: Those who break windows when they ought to be off to the front should be treated by the Magistrates as the worthless shirkers they are. They ought to w.alk shyly in the land Jhey have not the courage to defend, and might well respect :.\ the Prussians, who have drilled devastating horded! out of just such. ho2f>less material. Nothing whatever is Ito bjef; gained; by rioting,' >while;;much., is lost; of our, fietf-r,espec^i justi-e. ; , V. '■ ■■•'.■■■••:■'■■ ■■■';■■■- The Archbishop of York, preaching at Hull oh March 30, said many sacrifices were necessary if our cause was to be carried through. The hardest", seemeds to be the habit of drinking. It was unthinkable that the habit should be continued if it increased the dangers and possibly accomplished the deaths of men. defending us by land and sea. We were all our brothers' ke<3pers, and if it were so the blood of our brothers would cry out from the ground ,against those who had shed it. He was sorry vthere should.be compulsion, but if there was they should stand by the Government in whatever drastic sacrifice was necessary. . The recruting officer at the Auckland Drill Hall is often given good cause for a laugh at the expense of the would-be soldier (says the Star). The other day the officer was plying an apparently dense individual who was anxious to go to the front with the usual necessary questions as to name, age, next of kin, etc. In answer to the query, "What's the date of your birth, "lad?" the applicant returned the astonishing answer, "I; know I was born on a Friday." This recalls the story of the man who, in filling a form for life insurance, wrote opposite the printed line, "Father's age (if still living)," "129," adding, in explanation to the puzzled clerk, "Yes, that would be his age if he was still alive." Thefts committed by the German military in Belgium and France have been described in mild official terms by the perpetrators, but the looting is no better for the change of name. The thieves have various methods of using the plunder —and one way of disposal is in the auction r,oom. The Horticultural Ad/ertiser of 3Jst March gives the text of a German official notice proclaiming that at Mannheim, on a certain day, a quantity of clover, grass, turnip, and other vegetable seeds (stolen from a French firm) would be offered at auction. "It will be noted," comments the Advertiser, "that all enquiries respecting the sale and goods are to be addressed to the sth Army, so that there is no doubt as to the official character of the robbery." To-day is the least of "Our Lady, Help of Christians" in the Catholic Church. Dean Power reminded his congregation yesterday that this title was given by the Pope to the Blessed Virgin m gratitude for the signal victory which her intercession enabled the little band of Christions to gain over the Turks at Lepanto m 1571. To-day, said the Dean, our New Zealand Christian boys were fighting against the Turks, and he exhorted hia people to show their patriotism in the j most beautiful of all ways by offfering their Holy Communion' for those brayo young fellows, many of them their own parishioners, who were laying down their lives in a perilous and awful cr.isis. One hundred ane nine | received Holy Communion at the 6.30 Mass this morning. The correspondent of the Melbourne Argus with the troops in Egypt recently wrote: When it comes to a question of endurance i% would seem that the soldier recruited from the occupations which* require niore brain than muscle is able at least to hold his own with the man whose body lhase become toughened by hard work. On a recent long march enquiries made amongst the troops who turned back showed that all except one had previously earned his living by his hands, and the exception described himself as s a professional walker! Medical statistics taken in camp also lead i to the conclusion that those who develop sore feet are usually men accustomed to hardships in their ordinary callings. The young soldier who has played a little football, a little tennis, and can swim, seems to be equal to the best. He is cheerful when others are becoming irritated and in the final rush of an assault he is, as a rule, m the forefront Per- | haps the best volunteer of all is the I young farmer, who. does hot know the word "fatigue." He can ride all day, march all night, sleep anywhere. An exceptional instance of patriotism has, come to the knowledge ot the Au'ckjand Star. It. is supplied by Mr Thomas Jlunt, who, although seventy years of- 1 age, has left foi; Sydney, en route for England, with. the 'intention of getting to tlie front :if possible. If he cannot to the fighting line he will go to the ammunition works at Elswick, and" .try and get work there, so as to set .tree younger men for active service. He' has relatives in Morpeth, which is not a great way from Elswick. When war broke, out in South Africa Mr Hunt tried to enlist in New Zealand, but on account of advanced years—he was nearly sixty years then—he was not accepted ; he therefore . wont to Sydney and joined the Sydney Bushmen. He served as doctor's orderly for a good deal of the time, and was one of the party that was hemmed in by the Boers at Elands river. They were, surprised by the enemy, and had to dig themselves in under fire: losing a number, of their men and all their horses. For three weeks they were surrounded until relieved by the British, and during this time Mr Hunt won the D.S.M. for hoisting a flag {improvised out of a.red quilt) in the. shelter they were using as a hospital, being exposed to the fire of the. enemy all the. time. He was invalided home during the war, b"t on recovery he again went to tTm frojit, and joined a mounted corps. With the exception of being a little.lame, he enjoys very good health, and is very keen in serving },i R country in .the, .Present great crisis. His example should be a stimulus to younger "men.