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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 10108, 16 October 1917, Page 4

“Old Soldier” writes to say that it is throe years to-day since the Main Body troops left New Zealand. A message _ from Paris states that the French are using aeroplanes to transport soldiers wounded in the abdomen. The Palmerston hotelkeepers have decided to raise ilie price of “nips” and imported ales and stouts to 9d per glass as from to-morrow. Iho progress of ho Palmerston North High School is indicated by the fact that at la.it night’s meeting of the High School Board (he rector (Mr J, F. Vernon) reported that there wore 40 more pupils on the roll than was the case last year. A donation of £IOO was recently made by the Auckland Teachers’ Institute lor the purchase of wool to be made into clothes tor soldiers. 'J he wool was distributed among 33 city and suburban schools, and in tliroe months Iho children have made 600 pairs of socks, 200 mittens, and a large number of scarves and balaclava caps. It. is pleasing to hear, says the Dunedin .Star, that in Europe the New Zealand hospitals ships are classified as amongst the very best of their kind. At an American port at which one of these veseslo called, the officials inspected her and took plans of her fittings and equipment, she being regarded as a model hospital ship in these inspects. Speaking at Wanganui on Sunday night Chaplain Captain lilamires, who has just come, from the Western front, dealt with the question “When is the war going to end?” He -aid there was a strong conviction that wherever we decided to push we could win. The cost of rapid pushing was expensive, and our leaders were conserving their forces ami strength. “We have beaten the Germans on the West front." continued the preacher, “and the only question is. when will they acknowledge their defeat.” Pioccecling, Captain Blamires contrasted the conditions in Britain and France and in Germany. Last winter was one of the- severest experienced in Britain and Franco for many years, but the conditions in Germany were infinitely worse. Our men were better fed than the Germans, and if the lattei held out they wore going to have a bad winter. Without attempting anything in the nature of u definite prediction, he believed that the end of the northern summer, when America could lie ready to add her full weight to the strength of the Allies, would see the end of the lighting. Watson Bros., Ltd., recommend “No Rub l ing” Laundry Help, and “Golden Rule” soap for washing clothes clean without the rubbing slavery. Always in slock. —Advt, Among the recent arrivals at the “C.M.R.” are a very nobby range of “Rosco ’ suits for men. They are made of high grade all-wool fabrics, and when we tell you the price has been fixed at 65s you will want to sec them.—The C.M. Ross Co.. Ltd.—Advt. Mon who dislike shaving will find much of their trouble will disappear when a good razor is used, Tim famous “Bengali’" Js • one of the many good razors on view at Watson Iktw.—Ad'A

r i )„r P hern very plentiful alonff Crayfish nave j/ som( . hauls tne Wc-H Cua ' ' I i At Opnnnkc recently, hf,VO from a boat in the Opunake is no dilliculty in chsi>osin^ ew Plymouth r.nJ arc recorded at satire torv prices. ~ , The Mayoress l.as convened a meeting of i r hir Thursday afternoon, at <t.5D, :1 the (’onncil Chambers, to consider an at tnc i oui I Countess of Liverpool appeal from Countess . en ;U Wr3 i “ »Kero astatc.l 1000 retu^, work *'are* °ea r n est‘l y 1 U re q nested to attend. Shins of all descriptions is needed for women and children. The Feilding- motor accident, as reported in yesterdav’s -‘Standard,” ended fatally last evenin' 7 , at about 6 o'clock, when the in iurod man, a well-known Maori named If any Merritt; but better known as Harry Scs, succumbed at the Palmerston hospital, whitlicr he had been removed for treatment. It appears that, the debased was crossing a street m I eliding, "htn a motorist came along and ran him down. A doctor was quickly in attendance, and ho ordered 'he injured mans removal to tho Palmerston hospital, where he died, as stated. The recent decision of the A. and P. Association to secure the services of High School Lns to act as junior stewards at the forthcoming Spring Show met with hearty approval at last night s meeting of the High School Board. On Mr hj. 11. Grab!) s motion it was decided to thank the Association for the interest it was taking m tno school by affording the present opportunity to the pupils of acquiring such ■ valuable practical knowledge. The chairman (Mi Hodcler) said about 14 or lo boys would be required. The making of the necessary a'ran cements with tho Association was left in tho hands of the chairman to arrange. “I do not think the public realise the terrible dangers that lurk in impure milk. # said Hr. C. £. Maguire at the ‘ Baby Week meeting in Auckland. He quoted the results of experiments carried out in (New York lo show the marvellous rapidity with v. men milk can bo contaminated. The organisations dealing with infant life protection could do very little good, he said, unless he milk supply was purified. This was too wide a question for the Plunket i-OCiety. It was a matter for the Legislature and */■ municipality. He knew the City Counci was taking it up. To his mind it would no. be sufficient to have milk inspected as it came into the. city. Control and inspection should commence on the farms.

At the Police Court this morning, before Mr W. G. K. Kcnrick, S.M., John Greenwood, with a string of aliases, was charged with drunkenness, using obscene language, and with procuring liquor during the ourrcnev of a prohibition order. His Worship said that defendant had thirteen convictions against him for drunkenness since 1912, and during the present year had charges of theft and bad language recorded against him. Ho would be convicted and sentenced to seven days' bar*) labour on the charge of obscene language, and convicted and discharged on the other charges, am going to stop bad language being us:ed in the streets.” said his Worship. “It may do in the bush, but it in tho streets when children arc about.” A novel war relic from the battlefield of Mcssines has reached New Zcahmd. It consists of a German copy of Dickon's “Barnabv Rudge,” published at Leipsic in 1815, and therefore in all probability, one, of the'fir.-t edition. Tlie book was taken from a German officer’s dugout, and although 72 years old, and much worn iwth reading, is in good- condition. Ihe illustrations are reproductions from the original English drawings bv “Phi/.,” and the type is: clear and the printing'good. It is bound in stilt brown paper boards—worn at the corners, covered with light spotted [taper, and has a black cloth back, on which, in gilt, are tho letters “H.o/; Barnabv -• Rudge.” It is divided into four parts, and a few pages ar.o missing at the end. At last night’s meeting- of the Technical School Board the chairman .(Mr T.,H. Hodder) reported-that since last meeting, in company with some of the other members, he had visited the school during voilcing hours, and all had been thoroughly satisfied with what they had seen,' The visit had given the members a better idea of the work that was being accomplished at .tho school, and. served to keep them better in touch with what the director and teachers were doing, and he thought tliat more of such visits should bo made. Messrs Barni(oat and Monrad also spoke in support of the chairman’s remarks, and the value of the work being carried on fit the school, tho chairman adding that next year more frequent visits should be arranged.

“Who discovered New Zealand ?” asked Rev. Mr I’acke of the school children assembled at the C’ook anniversary celebrations in Gisborne the other day. “Captain Cook,” replied a chorus of juvenile voices, the children being evidently under the influence of the reason of the celebration. A few gave the correct answer, “Tasman.” The speaker wont on to say that they were pregent to pay a tribute to a great man who landed in a very groat harbor. (Laughter.) Fvcn 148 years after the bringing in of food supplies was sometimes a little hampered. It was because Captain Cook could not. get supplies for the inner man from the natives' in the Bay that he christened it “Poverty Bay,” “but,” remarked the speaker, “judging from the faces before me, ho one can say that now.” Mr Ben Fuller and his brother John are exercising their energies in many directions. There is scarcely a branch of the theatrical business that they have not exploited. At present, for instance, there is a Grand Opera Company headed by Capped! singing under their direction, a sensational London submarine play in “Seven Days Leave” playing for them, a, stock melodramatic companies both in Melbourne and New Zealand, two huge pantomimes about to astonish and delight—The Bunyip in New Zealand and Robinson Crusoe in Sydney. Seven revue companies are playing under their management, and innumerable vaudeville artists imoprted from the world’s biggest music halls and circuses. In addition, they have several musical comedies in the Ivox waiting for a suitable opportunity for production, and contracts signed and scaled with the' world’s greatest magician.

hat will Ik> the fate of (he huge private interests of the Kaiser, the Kaiserin, god the other members of the German floral harmlv in the United States? asks Mr Havden Church, in the Sunday Times. All told, those amount to many millions sterling, and the question of what will become of them now that the United States has declared '' L ar ', s °l lO that may well be keeping the War Lord and his fellow royalties awake at night, oven granting, what ’is improbable, that any one of them was previously able to defy insomnia. The Kaiser also had. until the beginning of the present war, extensive landed interests .in Canada, especially in the Western provinces of the Dominion—being, indeed, one of the largest landowners there. .These lands were naturally not hold in his name, but in those of certain Germans who secured Canadian naturalisation.

A police sergeant ( solemnly entered tho mam entrance at Parliament ary Buildings recently. lie had two pieces of blue paper in Ins hand, and fie looked very soMn. He wanted to know if there weru two such persons as William Ferguson Mas- ■ A.v and Joseph George Ward in the building, us lie desired to see them. William i iguson Mi W se .V and Joseph George Ward duly appoaied. and it might have been mystification, or perhaps guilt, which apeared on their faces, as they were served with the. blue papers. There was no violence handcutTs, not even the kindlv ado tome quietly”; merely the format ! t * ,! t ° l)lue Paper. When Mr i>i'rver J k ,r Joseph Ward perused tho m. u 'r um,crsk >°d. They had been •it "iVo *° a PP<'ar as witnesses will) ’ ’ as ' sfcrat V Court in connection "ith a case hoard there.

“'l7;at fly!” Keep “that flv” off your *■ 01 n , nsinjj New Zealand’s newest inven- , ™,' l , National Collapsible meat safe 1 <i tilted . Made of perforated sheet mdal with a. door that closer positively flvproof. bitted with hooks inside, and a wirehamrer on top Solid top to keep out rain. ( and folds up to store awav at anv w‘; *| zcs - at Collin ion and Son s; 15s 6d, 21s 6d, 25s 6d.—Advt. Donegal has long been famed for its \ bllt to 7 a y can produce very little , d ir War sWtagc. Nevertheless, Mesms Lollmson and Cunninjrhame, Ltd., have 3 f;lr , n T lor3 s 5J»t? tbig ISoz untearable 1 Unequalled for outdoor wear, vet W ! f, l r ” ls nn*ss wear if need lie. ■ i ral 1 loriesal Collinghamn suits are 'howinq m window number 5. windows'! tl , displayedvt'*' C ' ol,in * lll,ule suit wee!;

Private Oscar George Rowe (33rd Specialists) was found dead by the roadside three miles from Featherston Military Camp on Saturday. Tiro certified cause of death was' degeneration of tiro heart.

A rather startling announcement was made by Mr T. M. Wilford, M.P., in his lecture on the. war at the Wellington Town Hall last night. Ho said that facts had ectne under Ids notice recently which showed that, in 1912 and 1913 the German* had bought up all the s ahadilla crops in Mexico am | Venezuela. This product is what they have been using for _ the production of tlie deadly gas winch, in the first stages of tire war, so overcame our troops. The nauseous character of this particular plant may ho judged from the fact that in gathering it the agricultural labourers had to wear masks to protect their eyes and nostrils.