LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXVII, Issue LXXVII, 3 August 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

m The anniversary of the declaration of war will be specially observed at the Hawera Methodist Church on Sunday next. There' will be intercessory petitions at each service, and the Rev. A. Liversedsre will speak on "The War as a Test of Christianity" at night. The rainfall in Patea for July was 4.91 inches, rain falling on 24 days, the heaviest fall being .71 inches from 9 a.m. on the 14th to 9 a.m. on the loth. In the latest hospital report the following Taranaki names are given : Removed from dangerously fill list, J. Shaw (New Plymouth). Seriously ill, F. Hannan (Oounake). Not severe ca*ses, P. C. Evetts (Inglewood) and P. J. Sim as (Kaponga;. Messrs W. B. Bailey, G. Bell. M.P., and J. Simpson, of Canada, arrived at Auckland from Vancouver by the Makura on Monday. They have come to New Zealand at the - invitation of the New Zealand Alliance, to assist in the forthcoming prohibition campaign. Normanby Methodists will celebrate their church anniversary to-morrow and Monday. Services will be held at 11 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 7 p.m. on August 4th, and the anniversary social will be held in the Town Hall on Monday, Aug. sth, at 8 p.m. Mr McCleflan, of Hawera, has arranged a concert programme, and refreshments will be provided. A Wellington message states that the Farmers' Union Conference received from Mr Massey on Friday tft c following reply to a cable message endorsing the attitude, of Mr Massey and Sir Joseph Ward respecting the captured German colonies:— "Thanks for i,he telegram. In my opinion, there need be no anxiety as far as the British Government is concerned, though there may be difficulty at the Peace Conference." Rifleman T. de Mey, writing from France to his brother, Mr E. de Mey, of Awatuna, states that he is O.K. and still going strong. He had had some very exciting times, and was feeling run down, but a change for sixteen days had completely restored him. Rifleman de Mey said he was looking forward to the day when he would be back in New Zealand. Ap- | parently Rifleman de Mey is not to be ! shaken in his admiration of the New Zealand girls. He writes: "The French women are very pretty, but I think our good old New Zealand girls will do me." Of the French soldiers he says: "I have seen a lot of the French soldiers, and they are fine fellows, full of fun, plenty of life in them, and they think .a lot of the New Zealanders. I have seen the Yanks, too; they are very keen stuff, and when the Germans feel their full force they will give up." Boots! Boots! Now ia the time to fit yourself out in Boots or Shoes, before the rise in prices appear. Come to the H.B. Hawera real sale. Women's boots, 25,'-; women's lace or strap •shoes, 19/6; boys' boots, 17/6 ; women's glace slippers. 12/6; men's farm shooters; men's Sunday boots, 28/6; women's black velvet shoes, 7/6; women's satin slippei\s, 5/6. All shades. Come and bring the family to the real sale at Hawera. —Advt. BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL. If neglected. Bronchitis becomes chronic, weakening the system and paving the way for serious attacks of lung trouble. No matter whether for child or adult there is no medicino for this complaint equal to Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Taken early it chocks the spread of inflammation and prevents the full development of the- dispasp. F.von fnilv ostabli'-'hod P.roT-ii'tis is promptly nrnu^t nnrVr font-i' hv the Tifis of Chmnborlnin'p C-mgh ' Remedy. Sold ovprywlierp.—Advt j

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The Shetland Times of April 6 states that over 6000 Islemen are serving with ! the colors out of a normal population of , 25,000, 15,000 of which are females. I Men of 80 and hoys of 14 years help ! to man the fishing fleets. School children throughout the islands pick .dry | and forward to the front spaghum moss, which is so much needed and used for the dressing of wounds. Girls collect and forward weekly fresh eggs to military hospitals; they also make, collect and forward smocks and sacks to their braves in the trenches, and on the ocean, hunting Hun sharks.. The women work the crons, and otherwise keep the home fires burning. ; "The -annual returns of our -association to hand,' 5 states the New Zealand Locomotive Engineers' Journal, "indicate that the membership for the year 1917-1918 has fallen by about 300 members. It has been the most serious inroad upon our membership since the war commenced, and the department has cleaned up the whole of the first division eligible for military service abroad. The fact is, that the members of our organisation represent the greatest percentage of physically fit men in any calling in New Zealand, as before entering the service they must be sound in all senses and bodily fit. For this reason our department has been hit hard by the present war, and it is also the reason for so many being on active service. During the year, a very fair percentage of our members have severed ; their connection with the Railway Serj vice and many more coming back from active service have not joined the service. Further, sad to say, many have ■been unable to take up their old duties '; again, and in this respect we are again the greatest sufferers due to the; war because the work demands that a man shall be sound in all senses and bodily fit. Many returning back lack these qualities. | An entertaining insight into the character and life of Hindenburg is given by Dr. Goldmann, a Berlin journalist of j marked ability, who very rightly writes of Hindenburg and Ludendom as if , they were a single person. The "firm" ! was so balanced in character, in friendship, and in duty, that the men worked .as one. Dr. Goldmann writes: "When one has marie the acquaintance of Hindenburg and Ludendorff, one is often ! asked whether they show clearly who they are. Certainly they do. Although an important man cannot always utter important words, there are moments in an informal conversation -when his per- ' sonality is a personality always. The great characteristic of Hindenburg and ; Ludendorff is that the moral effect which they produce is not less strong, or perhaps it is even stronger than the intellectual effect. There is really only one word which describes the impression which emanates from them. The word is 'confidence.' " Hindenburg and * Ludendorff had indeed to bg separated at table, because Goldmann, to his pepiiliarly great joy sat between them. They dined oft' hen-ings and potatoes; the herrings, however, "by their extra- ■, ordinary size and excellent flavor, being . ! worthy of being eaten at the Great Headquarters." They drank brandy ■ and beer. "How essentially different ■ was the simple room in which I met ■ General Joffre at work," remarks a L commentator, "with its few ornaments showing the artistic taste of a French ■ gentleman. The one was the workship

1 or civilisation, the other appeared to be j a cave of bloodthirsty barbarians. They ■ differ as electricity differs from the ele- , mental storm." « I It will be well for those who use' i glasses to aid their eyesight to take particular car e of them, as one of the effects of the war has been to make it extremely difficult to obtain supplies'oi lenses. An optician informed a. Christchurch Press reporter that prior to the ■■■ outbreak of war close, uoon four-fifths ,of the optical glass used in making spectacle lenses, was made in Germany or Austria. These countries, in addi>tion to exporting the finished lenses, also shipped large quantities of the I special glass used for lens grinding. , Supplies from Germany and Austria '■ have been cut off, and efforts made to get lenses from Geneva, Switzerland, : have _ not been very successful. An i American firm wrote recently that there were so many orders in the hands of (suppliers in Geneva that they had hot j forwarded the Christchureh, knowing that there was no likelihood of it being filled in reasonable time. During the , past two years and a half at least two ! large factories for grinding lenses have j-been established in the United States, ' and it has been upon these that New | Zealand opticians have depended for ; their supplies. Letters received recemt!ly state that the supply of optical glass is running out, and that labor is . in such a condition that New Zealand ican 'expect very ffetvv, if any more, j lenses, as the two firms referred to are j unable to cope with the requirements of the United States. Even at present, ordinary simple lenses which were previously imported in thousands, have had to be hand-ground in New Zealand, and as there are only about ten competent ; lens grinders in the Dominion, the out- , look, if the war lasts much longer, is j far from promising. j Fire! Fire! The cheapest insurance policy is the "Underwriters" automatic chemical fire etxinguisher—simple, safe, efficient, economical and absolutely reliable. Special quotations for quantities. Delays are fatal.—Manning Machinery Co., 188 Cashel Street, Christchurch.—Advt. DO YOU SUFFER FROM GOUT? Has Gout got you in its grip? Do you suffer from Rheumatism, Sciatica, Lumbago, or Rheumatic Gout? Perhaps you have bought liniments, plasters, and embrocations, largely advertised pills or cure-alls, which claim to cure every ailment, including Rheumatism, and found that although they brought temporary relief, the old trouble soon returned. Now, in fair- ! ness to yourself, give RHEUMO a trial. ! Rheumo will not cure any and every ' trouble, but it seldom fails to cure I Rheumatism, Gout, Sciatica, or Lum- j bago. All these diseases have the one cause —excess uric acid in the blood, j due to various reasons, of which the failure of the kidneys to do their work ! is one. You cannot be cured until the ' excess has be-on removed. Rheumo does so 3 and is the one medicine that ' usually cures quickly and effectually. J Chemists and stores, 2/6 and 46—: Advt. ' i Shun imitations oi TsAZOTr—the \ remedy that daily conquers thousands : of coughs and colds. To ensure satis- j faction genuine Nazol.—Advt. j Sir J. Gladden. K.C.M.G., etc., Tjieu- f tenant-Governor and Chief Justice of Victoria, when delivering judgment m a case in which an inferior substitute had been _ pushed ;i.s "i-.ist as good as the genuine _ Sander Eucalypti Extract, said : "Whenever an article is commended to the public by reason of its croud ! quality, it is not permissible to imitate any of its features." and he prohibited further substitution. When nsinrr a medicine it is "goo.i rjunlitv" thai yon wani. f.nd' Sander's Extract is always benefic'al. A trial will at once convince you that there is no "just as jroorl." I because Sander's Extract is the on!'-- j eucn.lnytus preparation prepared ex- j | ninf;vn|- ''•""! *V. V\'ive* ; it is pnrv-iory ' j •c-.'inc-:] bl.' Sander's processes. an.l con- ! ; r:iiu<: no iinr'-'t'l! liv-niwir.-T--:. 1;' ,•.-,-,, ; us-r- Snn'-l^r's Kxtrnct vnw will have gt<od • nnd Instinc effects—Advt. j

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