LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXII, 24 October 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

A London cable states that Dominion troops will participate in the Lord Mayor's procession.

A Wellington telegram states that Private George Herbert Ashworth, of F Company, 21st Reinforcements, died yesterday morning at Trentham hospital from broncho-pneumonia following measles.

The Gisborne Licensing Bench decided not to grant a conditional license for the Turf Club's races, the chairman remarking that members wished to follow the example set by the King, and tkought it not desirable to grant any more licenses during the currency of the war.

A new industry is being developed in Tasmania. The first unit of the sulphur extraction plant at Mount Lyell mines is nearing completion, arid it is generally understood that the experimental work of the expert chemist brought specially from America has proved to be successful, and that the problem of the extraction of sulphur from pyrites before it is smelted has been satisfactorily solved from a commercial standpoint.

A number of local soldiers of the] Nineteenth Eeiufoicemencs, who have j been on their final leave, returned to 1 camp this morning. They were given i a hearty cheer as they left. A deputation from the Manawatu Flaxmihers' Association waited on Hon. \V. D. S. Mac Donald, Minister for Agriculture, on Monday regarding shipping space for the- coining season's output of liax. Mr MacDonaid said that during "the present week he would look into tne whole matter to discover exactty what tonnage would be available, and after cabling to the Premier on the subject h*j -would let the deputation know the result. A.plucky act was pea-formed the other day by Captain Corbett at Biuft' in connection witJi the Antiope's salvage operations (says the Southland News;". Mr. E. Parson's launch was towing a lower iron topsail spar buoyed by an upper wooden topsail spar__ when the iron spar commenced to fill Nand sink. The line fouled the propeller, puling the launch down until her gunwale was under water. Captain Corbett dived overboard and cut the line, and undoubtedly saved the launch from sinking. It was a plucky act performed at a moment when everything seemed lost. A proposal made by Dr H. M. Levinge, of Northern "Wairoa, to produce a supply of the valuable fertilising agent, potash, from sawmill waste has been before the Auckland Provincial Industrial Association for some time The New Zealand Herald says that tne suggestion has been made by Dr Levinge in view of the cessation of imports of potash, the supply of which has in the p&st been obtained almost solely from Germany. Reports in regard to the practicability of the proposal have been received from several quarters. Writing to a lady resident of Gore, a prominent London business man states : "Though the wastage is awful and England is full up of wounded men the organisation is perfect. Men wounded on the battlefield in. the morning are s-enerajly in an English hospital here within 18 hours. At last we have got the lead and are blowing the German defences to smithereens. I Am told on' good authority that each of our army corps has got 950 cannon of large calibre, to 601b to some hundredAveight, and are raining on the Huns 500,000 shells a day. Tell the New Zealand folks that w,e are not the least bib frightened or depressed, and if we had a better Government all would be much better." Ujiji , on lake Tanganyika, which has been captured by the Belgians, is noted by Lionel. Decle as the home of "the most elegant women of Africa." These are the wives of the Arabs, mostly Manyema women taken as slaves when very young. They_ are dusl^y yellow in colour and weaiT one ivory or silver button in the left nostril and five in either ear. Their cheeks are decorated with half a dozen bluish marks like ink-stains, made with fruit juice. Mr. Decle describes their remarkably ambitious headdress — their hair divided into a dozen tresses most ;carefully plaited, with a long strip of stuff hanging below the-knees like a pigtail—and their elaborate costume, including silk trousers and silver anklets ; and pays them the higli compliment that they are "the onlj clean' women in Africa.' J

An .embargo on line export of wool to America is a serious menace'to a large portion of Australia's greatest industry, and might mean- a loss of over £10,000,000 on this season's clip, according to a deputation of Victorian woolgrowers' who waited on the Premier of Victoria (Sir Al.ex. Peacock) 'the other day. It was stated that 'last season America purchased nearly onethirdof the total wool clip of Australia. The wool of South Africa was not subject to an embargo, and in consequence American buyers and ships were being diverted to that market. The Premier was asked to send a cable message to the Imperial Government urging it to withdraw the request to the Commonwealth Government that an embargo should be placed on shipments of wool to America. The woolgrowers had seen the Prime Minister (Mr: Hughes), who had cabled Home twice, but had, as far as they knew, received no reply. The Premier said he would comply with the request of the ri^outation, and would also consult the Premiers of (New South Wales and South Australia, who were in Melbourne, with a view to united action.

At the Central Police Court, Sydney, recently, Catherine King, 66, of Lily^ field, pleaded guilty to having, at Sydney on 22nd June, wilfully made a fake statement when applying foi* an oid-age pension. In 1914 defendant applied for a pension, and when asked if she had money in a bank or ■ other financial institution she said that she had only a small amoiint. It was afterwards ascertained that she had money in several banks, and also money in trust for ■ her daughters. Mr. Mason, who appeared for the prosecution, asked for the infliction of a heavy penalty. He, said that the defendant when she made the statement had €2179 to her credit in banks, including £1923 on fixed deposit; She also owned the house in wMch she lived. Mr. Penny, who appeared for defendant, said that as late as Tuesday week she stoutly protested that she had no money. He had to take her to "She bank that morning and prove to her that she had money deposited there. He could only attribute her statements to temporary mental aberration. The Magistrate fined the. defendant £100, with costs.

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Tailored Suits are a feature of the H. 8., Hawera. Our new range of samples are here, and we can guarantee a perfect fitting suit at 69s 6d. Orders are pouring in; if you cannot call send for our assistant to measure you. -N.Z. Clothing Factory, Hawera. Advt.

annual meeting of the Waimate' Soriicukural Society will be held in) ?he Town Hull, Manaia, on Thursday, tfc 8 p.m. American motor-cars are pouring into Australia in thousands, says Dunlop's weekly report, and it is to be a big question as to how the agents are to find buyers. War taxes must effect sales during the next year or so. In New South Wales alone there are said to be in bond and in garages over 3600 unsold cars, and th»t is in one State only. Some feeling has been raised in parts of the Taiimarunui electorate owing to the frequency of German-made articles being obtained. Two instances have been brought under the notice of Mr W. T. Jennings, M.P., and would present a ludicrous aspect, were tne matter not serious. At a patriotic gathering in one place there was a '•patriotic tree." Purchasers were astoanded to find the toys, etc., were all branded "Made in Germany." A mother had a son killed in tke Somme fighting, and a letter of condolence was sent- to her from a patriotic society with a memorial card, in the corner of winch, in antique type, were the words "Printed in Germany." In urging that cricket be kept going Mr F. n-aii, at the annual meeting of the Auckland Cricket Association, said tlie piayers had a sacred duty to keep up tne game. Cricketers should not worry too much over the ■ sorrows and horrors of war and let the game go back. If possible players should pay more for tneir criciset". It was very difficult for^ the executives of clubs, particularly those with private grounds, to keep the clubs in existence unless 'they had good support. It was essential to get money to keep the game going. Ax> the last annual meeting the delegates considered whether they should prohibit players of military age. lie was in favor of such a course. at one time, but now he was of the opinion that it was not the duty of the committee to pry into the motives of a man who did ,not enlist. There might be some motive which could not be publicly explained. Matters were different now, and it couid safely be left to the Government to Seal with players who ought to, bat • did not, enlist. In referring to the paragraphs which have appeared in the Star about the ! number of men who. nave volunteered I from certain boardinghouses. a corres- ! pondent writes concerning the men ; who have, with the same object, left the Public "Works Department staif engaged on the Opunak'e railway work. IHe adds: These men have left the survey party of the Te Roti-Gpunake-Motorua railway. On the first call for recruits 50 per cent, of the party left I the job, all of whom have, worse luck, ' figured in the casualty lists, one (Mr Newton) being killed. Up to date 70 1 per cent, of the men employed have ' joined, and at present the party contains two men who offered, but were ■ refused, one after being in Trentham 1 for a week or so, when his age was discovered to be rather great. The men enlisted are as folldws: —Assistant > Engineers G. C. Calvert and H. New- ; ton (killed), Engineering-Cadets R. R. > Dawber (wounded) and W. F. Tcmlin- * son, Draughtsman G. G. Lowe (twice 1 wounded), Chainmen W. A. Wasley t (wounded) and L. R. Haworth, Survey ' Hands F. Jones (wounded), W. Quayle, H. Starrock, S. Collins, T. Butler, and Kimbell, Cook H. Lambert. We have received from Ii odder and Stoughton, of London, a <_opy of "Co-00-ee," the title given t an.interesting little story on the effect the war had on a wayback town in the hinterland of Australia. Sejverad striking characters appear in' the working out of the adventures of six young settlers in the district, practically the only local men eligible for service. They are all of the bes.t type to make soluiers, and, being hard as nails, easily adapt themselves to ,the hard, strenuous life of the camp, and afterwards take an honorable part y in the Gallipoli landing, helping most worthily in "taking the name and fame of the Anzaes. Martin Hickgord, the innkeeper, is a most original and well drawn character. His comments on the German settlers, naturalised or not^ sure very caustic and pointed. He has no faith in them, and would accept none of them, except for internment camps. The story is strikingly told, and is well worth reading. Knitting Wool for Soldiers' Socks.— The famous English Woodbine 3-ply Wheeling wool stocked by J. C. Gillett is unequalled for comfort," warmth and durability. This is the best Wheeling wool on the market, and the price is 7/3 a head.—Advt,

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