LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue LXXIV, 27 October 1917, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

The members of the First Wellington Military Service Board left for Wanganui to-day.

The police require an owner for a racehorse found wandering about the Normanby township.

At a meeting of the Baths Committee of the Hawera Borough CounoJ last evening, Mr J. Mather was appointed custodian of the baths for the 1917-1918 season.

During the past week the First Wellington Military Service Board has dealt with over 2Q, appeals in Hawera, and approximately 90 at New Plymouth, in fouir days. The Board concluded the local sessions yesterday, and will return in three or four weeks.

At the meeting of the Hawera Chamber of Commerce last evening, letters were received from the Premier and Mr G. V. Pearce. M.P., acknowledging the Chambeir's resolution with reference to the retention of the Efficiency Board. Members expressed their satisfaction that the Government had been able to retain the services of this body, and it was resolved to forward a letter to the Premier and to the member for the district, conveying the pleasure of the Chamber that the Board had not been dispensed with.

A storekeeper from Whangamomona", giving evidence before the Military Service Board yesterday, (referred to the difficulty of carrying stores to the bush camps. These, he explained, had to be taken on pack horses, and this was arduous, and sometimes dangerous, work. It was not easy to retain men for this class of work owing to the rough nature of the country to be traversed.

Major Cox, group commander, has been advised of a re-arrangement in the departure of the current drafts of reinforcements. The December draft has been cancelled, and the men notified to concentrate for that month will not be mobilised until January. The November quota will be designated 35a and the February draft 36a reinforcements. The alterations have been made in order to fit in with the Christmas season. Something similar was carried out last year.

There were a number of visitors at Mr Hopkirk's foundry yesterday afternoon to witness a "run" from a smelting of iron, the pig in which was from the Taranaki Iron Sand Works. Several moulds for various castings were prepared, and into these the molten metal was run. Examined this morning the castings appeared to have turned out excellently j the grain was close and very even, and Mr Hopkirk expressed complete satisfaction with them. So far as he can judge he thinks the pig iron from the Taranaki Works equal, if not superior, to any other that he has used. There appears to be a hunger for this class of pig iron in nearly all the New Zealand foundries, and it is thought in some quarters that the Taranaki Company might make an effort bo supply the present abnormal demand.

Some time ago it was reported to the local council of the Chamber of Commerce that goods consigned to Hawera through New Plymouth were unnecessarily delayed at the New Plymouth station, when it was agreed to write to the authorities in regard to the matter. At the annual meeting of the Chamber last night Mr Osborne asked if a reply had been received to the Council's communication.. The secretary said that no reply had been received. Mr Osborne' pointed out that goods were still subject to long delays, and he instanoed a case in point, stating that a consignment of potatoes to his firm had remained in the New Plymouth station for a week. It was decided to write to the traffic manager, requesting that goods be railed to Hawera without unnecessary delay. New season's Suits, in all the latest styles for the little chaps just opened, in the ever popular Jersey style. We have a wide range. Be sure and see them. —Advt.

CURED BY RHEUMO. GOUT, SCIATICA, RHEUMATISM There are blood diseases, caused by excess uric acid in the system. To effect a lafct'fcjg cure you must purify the blood. Eliminate the po'i&nious acid— and you remove the cause %f the disease, and thus .the pain and ihnammation disappear. RHEUMO neutralises and expels the excess uric acid, removes the pain and reduces 'the swelling at the joints. Long standing cases yield as well as'bcc^wfehal attacks. Mr Francis McGuire. 'of Napier, writes: —"For two yeirs-i have been a martyr to Sciatica; have had a course of electric massage, ■besides going to Te Aroha for the baths. | 1 have now been in Napier 7 weeks, taking hot salt water baths, but all in vain. I had tried almost every supposed remedy until a friend persuaded me to try RHEUMO. I've taken only two "bottle 3, and the result is simply wonderful; can now walk and stoop with ease and feel sure that another two or four bottles will' make me as right as ever." Let RHEUMO cure you. 2/6 and 4/6. Bathing costumes for men or ladies will soon be required, as the weather is getting warm, and it is well to know that H. 8., Hawera, have been on the alert and have provided for Hawera bathers, so call and buy your costumes at. N.Z. Clothing Factory, OSatfera — Advt.

A small error crept into the report of the appeal of Herbert Rudkin. The land referred to was his father's farm, and not his.

Robert Horace Phillips, a reservist drawn in a recent ballot, who had failed to report to the Medical Board for examination, was arrested at Matau, North Taranaki, on Thursday. He was taken to Palmerston North this morning, where he will be dealt with by the military authorities.

The Loyal Temperance Legion held their meeting in Wesley Hall on Friday afternoon. There was a good attendance, Mrs Curtis being leader. Miss Maunder gave an instructive address on alcohol. Several of the children gave recitations, which proved very interesting and were much appreciated by all present.

The first ballot of members of the Second Division of the Expeditionary Forces Reserve is to be held, as previously announced, on Monday next, and the results of the ballot are to be gazetted on November 6th.

The last steamer that arrived in New Zealand from Australia brought 325 passengers, and many intending travellers who were caught in Australia by the recent strike were unable to secure berths.

At a meeting of .the board of directors of the Bank of New Zealand yesterday (says a Press Association message) it was decided to donate £5000 to the Red Cross funds ("Our Day"), to be equally apportioned among the Auckland, Wellington, Christehurch and Dunedin Red Cross Societies.

Mr Tyrer, headmaster of the Stratford District High School, giving evidence in an appeal case at yesterday's sitting of the Military Service Board, said that as a teacher of long experience among boys, he could speak as to the infhience a male master had with boys. It was necessary toTiave a male teacher in the secondary department of any large school so that he could take an interest in the sports of the boys. Much of the future of the boys depended on the training they received outside of the school.

The attention of wool growers is called to the meeting to be held at the A. and P. offices, Palmerston North, on Thursday next (Show Day) to elect a representative on tfo Board of "The Controller Department of Imperial Government Supplies." This'^Board is to be composed of six members to represent the wool growers' interests of the Dominion to sit with the Controller when required.

At yesterday's sitting of the Military Service Board a witness stated that while there might be many men ineligible for military service and yet capable of managing farms and engaging m agricultural work, they were not inclined to assume responsible positions. The chairman remarked that he knew of an instance in Wanganui where a retired farmer had stepped into the breach in order to allow of a reservist serving his country. Later Mr Cooper intimated that it was proposed to ask the Efficiency Boards to compile a list of persons, ineligible for military service, willing to undertake farm work, or any essential occupation. The names would be obtained -of persons who would be free to engage in the work mentioned.

"I have been attacked in a Wellington newspaper," said Professor Kirk at Gisborne, "for calling the fiy a dirty insect, having it pointed out to me how cleanly it was and how it took pains to clean its legs and keep itself clean." "Yes," he said, "clean in such a way as a man would be clean who walked in all the filth he could find, then beat his shoes over the sugar basin. To give the devil his due, however, flies are seldom the cause of disease. Th.ey are the transport and army service corps of epidemics."

Immediately after Thursday's great battle (wrote Captain Bean ; the Australian war correspondent, m a letter published in the Argus on September 25) some of us paid a last visit to the old Australian battle-ground at Pozieres in connection wUth the very complete war records' organisation which has been established for filling the great national Australian war museums, galleries, and historical research centres after the war. Since we were last there the British Graves' Itegistration Union has been through the field, and though thousands who made there the supreme sacrifice for Australia will never be traced, the whole summit, which is now waving with -deep grass and poppies, has been marker! with little white crosses amongst the green. Every famous trench, every great objective which in its own period last summer was the talk of the world, and which, when the story is told, will live in Australian history so long as an Australian is left to speak or read, was marked by a line of these crosses. We found the graves of famous Australians in some cases exactly where they fell. Looking at the place there came over everyone of us an overwhelming conviction that Australia should ask as a privilege from the French Republic to buy that battlefield, buy it from the "jumping-off" trench to the furthest lines from Pozieres Chalkpit to Mouquet Farm. That small quare mile is one great Australian burying ground today, and will be the goal of eternal pilgrimages to-morrow.

Men's light summer underwear at the Melbourne. Fine cotton singlets, full size, half sleeves, Is 3d; pants to match, Is 6d; brown cotton singlets, very strong, 2s 6d; pants to match, 2s lid; merino singlets, 3s lid; pants, 4s 6d; fine English-made natural singlets, i 4s 6d; pants to match, 4s lid; Cellular singlets. Is lid. —Advt. VIEWS OF MEDICAL MEN. "Fluenzol," being free from narcotics and syrups, is recognised by medical men as an ideal remedy for Croup, Whooping Cough, and children's feverish chills. Use warm "Fluezzol" as a nasal irrigant for treatment of adenoids and catarrh. Also invaluable in cases of diphtheria. Refuse substitutes. —Advt.

MOST DANGEROUS OF MINOR AIL-

MENTS.

Of the minor ailments a cold is by "far the most dangerous, not in itself, but the serious diseases it so often leads to. Pneumonia and consumption -&frvaye start with a cold. When you ha^'a cold you are much more likely to contract the infectious diseases such as diphtheria, scarlet fever and . cough. Colds are easily curbed; in fact. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy i 6 famoue for its cures of this most common ailment, and is pleasant rind safe to take. Why take such desperate chances when so reliable and trustworthy a medicine may be obtained for eighteenpence. Sold everywhere.—Advt.

HOW TO EASILY RID YOURSELF

OF PIMPLES

Blackheads and Pimples will quickly disappear, and unsightly complexions becicJtpfc clean, clear and velvety, and hair health and beauty are promoted by the regular use of Rexona Skin and Facial Soap, and an occasional application of Rexona, the Rapid Healer. The Rexona Remedies do their work easily, quickly, and at little cost, when even the most expensive cosmetics and complicated beauty preparations fail. Rexona Soap, 1/6. Obtainable everywhere. —Advt.

Cheerful, thrifty, winsome housewives have been quick to recognise the superiority of "No Rubbing, Laundry Helo for washing all clothes clean. 1/Dackets. Always in stock. — H. E. Harris.—Advt.

The annual meeting of the New Zealand Association of H'.s Majesty's Veterans was held at Wellington on Wednesday, when the following officers were elected: Vice-president, Colonel Porter; secretary and treasurer, Major Tregear; auditor, Captain Humphries; committee, Major Lomax, Captain Humphries, Messrs H. Arden, and R. Tingey. It was mentioned in the annual report, which was adopted, that "the rapid war developments and large unforseen increase in the numbers of returning soldiers and sailors who will now rank as veterans, necessitates that we should expand this association by reconstructioa of the constitution and rules. To organise and embrace in co-ordination all His Majesty's veterans of the Dominion, namely: Imperial naval and soldier war medallists, Maori war medallists, South African war medallists, and the Great War medallists, 1914-19—. 6teps should be at once taken to carry out the expansion, as the present membership is fast lessening by the passing of many members from the rolls at the call of the 'Last Post.' "

At the Haw^era Methodist Church to-morrow (Sunday), Rev. F. J. Parker will preach in the morning at 11 o'clock, and Rev. A. 0. Harris in the evening at 7 o'clock. The Normanby services will be taken by Mr R. H. Clement and Mr J. Yearbury.