LOCAL km GENERAL NEWS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXII, Issue LXXII, 25 October 1916, Page 4

LOCAL km GENERAL NEWS.

Members of the Hawera Chamber of Commerce are reminded of th.c annual meeting to be held in the Borough Chambers to-night at 8 o'clock. A full attendance is desired. A meeting of • the congregation of the Hawera Presbyterian Church will be held .to-morrow evening, the business being to select a minister to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of the Rev. J. R. Shore.

As a .sequel to the raid on a "two-* up" school on Saturday, thirty-saven men appeared in the Auckland court yesteruay." The principals were fined £75 each, and all the others, 34 in number,. £3 and costs.—Press xlssoeiation. • The Minister for Defence .last week

received a cable, message stating that the founder of the Imperal Challenge Shield in the rifle shooting competition had announced that.an additional prize of £20 had been awarded to the New Plymouth High School.for its remarkable' performance in winning three of the prizes this year.

A lad named Cecil Bullot, son of Mr H. W. Bullot, of New Plymouth, was accidentally snot by another lad, aged 12, owing to the unexpected discharge or a pea nile on.: Saturday. The bullet lodged in .ballot's jaw. The boy was taken to the hospital, and his condition is described as serious. The erroneous impression that no Victoria Cross can be gamed by the Northumberland Fusiliers used to be an actual fact in the case of the Brigade of Guards: (states a London /daily). When the' medal was instituted it wife I'O't every where received in the' spirit intended. The Guards' officers decided that all the men in the brigade1 were equally brave; this crystallised into a tradition, with the result that no recommendations for the V.C. were ever forwarded to Headquarters from a Guards', regiment.' But with new men came, new manners, and now the Guards as well'as the "Fighting Fifth" stand an equal chance With the rest of ihe, Army. Remarkable directions regarding his funeral were left by Major Henry Ernest Baskerville Walton, late of the 4th Dragoon Guards, of Sussex Square, Brighton. He ordered that—No gloves, hatbands, scarves and cloaks or "other disgusting paraphernalia of the undertaker" were to be worn at his funeral, and the horses used were to be brown bay, grey or chestnut, and "not "the ■usual undertakers' slab-sided Belgian horses behind which no gentleman would care to be seen dead or alive." Major Walton, who left estate of the value of £102,225, made bequests to servants and charities. hisvrecent trip to Europe/ Mr C. J. Parr, M.P., told a New Zealand Herald reporter ;that he and the other Australasian members of Parliament visited General Godtey at headquarters. ' 'The/ idea, that. General Birdwood is in command of our boys is qTiite a mistake. I mention this because it seem's to be the general impression in Auckland. General Godley is still in supreme command, and he retains control over- all promotions andi recommendations. Everything has to *be referred to him, eyen mattgrg c.onnecte4 with omvrnen and hospitals in England. General Russell, of Hawke's BajyV an y onicer at the front who commands the .respect of every man in the New Zealand Army. He struck me as being a wideawake,, active soldier. General Kichardson-has charge in England, but both these officers are under General Godley. Generals Russell and Eichard- ; son impressed us all as being men who f? ew their job. men of firm will but of kindly hearts. They certainly get the best, out of our boys, and that is a good recommendation." In Buenos Aires there is a very handsome bronze statue of Sir Francis Bacon which adorns one of the principal squares of the Argentinian metropolis Just why "Lord Keeper Bacon/ to whom a certain number of people ascribe the authorship of Shakespeare's masterpieces; should be thus honored in the city of Bugnos Aires, of all .places m the worlff, requires an explanation, it has nothing to do with'his achievements m literature, in philosophy' in statecraft or jurisprudence. If Bacon has his statue ,in Buenos Aires, It is because he is looked upon as the inventor of -that method of preserving meat by the freezing prpejess, to which Argentina owes so much of her prosperity; so does New Zealand, but so tar no monument, has been erected to Bacon in the Dominion, nor do we suggest that there should be, for he is too great to need commemoration in that vvay. At the same time, it should be remembered that Bacon wag not only the discoverer of the freezing process but actually gave his life for it; that is to say, his enthusiasm in experimenting therewith brought about his death Driving in Highgate, in the outskirts ot London one day, he left his carriage to collect some snow with which to stuff a fowl in order to note the effect of cold on the preservation of its'flesh. In doing this he brought on an affection of the lungs, to which he succumbed in a few days. By the way, it is incorrect to speak of him as "Lord Bacon," an error which even many of his bg'ographers have made. He was first Sir Francis Bacon, afterward created Lord Verulam. and he died as Viscount St. Albans. But he was never styled "Lord Bacon." . White Marcella quilts in good variety have opened out at the Melbourne ex Delphic. Prices are as follows: Ten quarter size, lls 6d; twelve quarter, 15s 6d. Better qualities: Eleven quarteij, 15s 6d; twelve quarter, 18s 6d f These goods, having been bought before the recent heavy advances, now show a considerable saving over pre-sent-day prices. —-A'dvt. An everyday necessity in the home, ?^ e T^sh°P or factory is BEE OINTMENT. This honest, '. old-fashioned remedy soothes and 'heals Cuts Wounds, Bruises, Burns, Sores, Sprains *nd bwelhngs. It is composed only >r standard ingredients recognised by Dthcial medical text books. Is 6d buy's sufficient to last many weeks—Arlvt.' "The Hope or all who suffer." m , _, —Whittier. lo take Baxter's Lung Preserver is -he surest way to cure a cough or oold l^or over half a century this honest renedy has proved its efficacy in promptv breaking up a cold, whether it be in ne head, throat or chest. 'Baxter's" s also a wonderful tonic and strengthmilder. Keep 3t handy in your home, hop or office. To-day, get a big Is lOd Ad aUy clle?a&t or st<>rekeeper. '

Lloyd's do not look for an early peace, at leas,t not much before the end of next year. This is shown by the rates quoted on "peace policies" in latest advices from the British capital. The Pall Mall Gazette has this to say on tJi* subject: "Judging by opinions expxesseu just now at i_iioya's, we may expect to have peace towards the close of next y.ear. That, at least, i s the impression of underwriters, who are quoting 30 guineas per cent, for a 'peace' policy, extending to December 31si>, 1917."

An account of a visit to the camp of Maori soldiers "somewhere in France," in company with Sir James Carroll,. was given by Mr Parr, M.P., in an address in Auckland. The meeting of Colonel Buck (Te Rangihiroa) with Sir James, and the affecting manner in which they embraced each other and rubbed noses in the far-off land, according to the custom of their ancestors in the beloved Aotea-roa, was a most striking incident of the visit. Needless to say, "Hemi," as Sir James is afectionately known by his Maori brethren, was given a great reception, in which the finest war dance ever witnessed by the narrator played a prominent part. The inevitable "iiorero" followed, lasting three hours, Sir James addressing the Natives for an hour and a-half, whilst Colonel Buck, not to be outdone in his oratorical effort,, occupied the same time in his reply.

Since the United States began acquiring overseas posseisions aner the Spanish-American War of eighteen years ago, the Republic has so considerably added to its responsibilities outside the 'American Continent that it now owns more than 8000 islands, with a population of some ten millions, and an import and export trade, mainly with America, of over 300,000,000 dollars annually. Of these 8000 and odd islands, rather more than 3000 are in the Philippine group, seven-eighths of which are iess tnan a square mile in arsa.

An . interesting story of a'father's patriotism was'revealed in England at Wimborne Tribunal, when an auctioneer's, pupil of 20 was granted exemption until .February next, when'he will have completed his articles as an auctioneer's articled pupil. It .was stated that the youth had tried to enlist early in the war, but- was 1 ejected on medical grounds, whereupon his: father, although over military age, contrived to enlist and was killed at the Battle of Loos. The son, being, the sole support of an invalid mother and two sisters, the Court granted temporary exemption. ~

At a recent meeting of the Hastings branch of the New Zealand Farmers' Union, the reading of a letter from Mr. Massey covering a Parliamentary paper dealing with, the matter of meat purchases by th y e Imperial Supply Department opened'a discussion on the subject of profits made by .middle-men at Home on comii^ahdeared frozen meat sent from New Zealand. Mr. Davis Canning said that mutton which the New Zealand Government paid. 8-fd ncr lb for was sold at Home for as much as Is l|d, and lamb for which the producer here got 9±d £>er lb was sola for as much as Is 3d, which looked "pretty solid," to say the least. What they wanted to know was the price at which the Imperial Government'sold the meat to the dealer. The farmers did not want any mpre, but they aid. i.ot want the middle-man to get huge profits at the expense of the consumer. .Mr.1 Van A-3ch moved : "That in view 'of direct evidence that the middle-man at Home is making considerable profit, at the expense of the producer in the colony (who is not askinug for a higher price) and the consumer at Home, rhis meeting urges on the Government the necessity for preventing this and of taking steps to secure such excess j? ofits (if. any) for the .benefit of -the Government or consumer." The n-otic-ii wsa seconded by Mr. Raymond and carried.

Referring to a visit by Mr. Hughes, Premier of Australia, to Tasmania, the Hobart- correspondent of the Australasian says; : The Hobart meeting is likely to be remembered for many years. . . . The speech itself' was a masterpiece,; so much is ®V, cn-.k,7.:pcoPic. who began and, remainea in fierce and bitter antagonism to him as to the views which he expressed. What added much to the effect was the evident triumph of the spirit over mere physical qondition/3. Here was a thin wisp of a man, hollowed-eyed, whose clothes seemed to hang on him. with the appearance of one in a condition of extreme physical exhaustion, all whose corporeal conditions might have appealed rather to the sympathy than to the imagination of the crowd. And yet, as lie warmed to the subject, and unfolded his theme in the simplest words,, but with striking phrases, and an earnestness almost terrifying, the ungainly, the ill-fitting clothes, all the petty physical attributes which may count for so much in an orator, faded out of sight and there was a Hughes whom none before had seen or had known. Those who have read Heine's wonderful description of the effect, of PaganiniV playing of the violin, may get the idea of this vision of an unearthly .Hughes. Those who heard him may agree or disagree with his conclusions, but they will not readily forget him.

"We all recognise here • (recently wrote a soldier from the trenches in France) that most of the people in New Zealand are doing their little bit in one way or other, but until this question of excluding German commerce for all times has been thouroughly fixed up, you all have not done your bit completely. Here we are losing our best pals and friends. On Gallinoli and in France we have lost many of ths best and bravest fellows of New Zealand, and no doubt we must be prepared to lose more in the future.' They have been killed or maimed for life, indirectly or directly by Germans. Do you think we or those who come through safely aould deal with the Germans, or in German goods_in ths future ? The Germans, in our life-time at least, must never be trusted again. The mothers, fathers, and friends of these boys who have fallen, are they going to trade directly or indirectly, with the people who were responsible for their loss"? Surely they wilf never lower themselves to that extent. Make the people realise this— make them understand" all the cruel devices they have invented for giving oi:r boys and others the most tiuel death possible. I refer to gas, liouid fire, and other tortures. If they only think a moment they will never deal "with Germans or in German goods." The writer had fallen in battle ere his letter reached his friends in Wellington (says the Post). He served as a private in Gallipoli and then proceeded to France. He was well educated and had ample means, and need not have volunteered as a private or at all, when he went at the first call. He threw up a lucrative career to go. He was a Jew.

Sufferers Know to their sorrow that Rheumatism is "more than skin deep." That is why lotions so often fail to cure this painful complainj. Since Rheumatism is caused by excess uric acid in the blood, it stands to reason that lotions applied to "the skin raußt be ineffective. Rhenmo seldom fails to accomplish a sure, lasting cure, for it attacks the seat of_ the trouble. It goes to the affected joints and muscles,' dissolves the uric acid and expels it from the system. Rheumo cures from within—enters the blood and penetrates the spot where the excess acid —the cause of. Gout, Lumbago, Rheumatism, Sciatica —has settled. Commence the cure now—get Rheumo from the nearest chemist or store. 2s 6d and 4s 6d bottle. 140

J. S. TOSLAND