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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 1019, 12 November 1917, Page 4

The outcome of a little discussion on the engineer's report at the Pohangina Countv Council meeting on Saturday served to show some of the difficulties a countv roadman has to contend with in country districts. A roadman wqs required for Tam-iki. hut it was stated that there was no school there for the use of a roadman's family, and at Pohangina. the nearest fownshin, there was n school hut no available dwelling, fn hil, renort to the council the engineer (Mr 11. Sinclair) mad« a good suegestion that th» council should erect dwellings for its roadmen in the different riilint's. which prop-is;,! din council ultimately adopt'l and which should prove a wise procedure.

An examination for finft appointment? to PommiS in the * hold in Palmerston North in Fcbruar}. , Tlio ranger to the. Pohangina County Council had a busy tune dunp*. Qctdl>er ™, fully appreciate the g.ramjg pities of the "long paddock in tho lotan 8 T sensational motor accident ; occurred>in Queen street. Masterton o^ ajternoon when a car, driven by a lads, omnett throueh an iron verandah, post at Watson andrfi' drapery emporium, and pulled .after badly 1 smashing the big P la Mg window. The car wa s damaged and he, ladydriver suffered .somewhat from .shock. Mr James Raynham. a veteran of tho Maori war, died at the Auckland Hospital on Wednesday last, aged 82 years. .Ha was born in Bury St. Edmunds Sussex, England, in 1854. and came to New Zealand when 29 years of age, as one of tho 43.(1 Regiment. Ho took part in various fights with the Maoris, including tho instone one at Gate Pa.

Fifteen acres of potatoes, in North Park are now being planted, and tho work of cutting up the tubers is being assisted by two women workers (says the Christchurch Star). In the South Park an area of_ six acres is being planted by the Now Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Association, which is finding everything at its own expense, and the crop will be sold for patriotic purposes.

A competent superior young woman has applied to the Women's Nationa.l Reserve for work from now to January, or longer The voting lady nrefers out-door work and could milk one'cow. She is willing to assist in the house with sewing or other light work ; could take charge of the home and one or- two children during the absence of the mistress. Anyone who can offer a position to the young woman in question is requested to communicate with Mrs Chaytor, president of the Women's Najonal Reserve, 80 Broad Street, Palmerston N.

The monthly meeting of the Farmers Cnion was held on Saturday, presided over by .Mr J. A. McLcuvev. Mr Uoijd reported that a branch had been formed at Rangiotu. and 18 members were i nrol <il at the hrr,t meeting. A discussion on noxious weedi took olace an<l fanners -.'.ere urged by every means in their power to keep down their growth. Votes of sympathy were passed with Mr Vile in his recent bcrctiv.emeiifc.aml with Mr Balsillie on account of his son, who i 3 reported missing, and also with other members who have suffered bereavement, through .the loss of their sons at the front.

It is pleasant to see about our street,! these tall, clean-cut soldiers of the Regular Army of the Unit d .States sojourning in this "country °n thi ii- way to die "tragic slopes of France, s:ns London Opinion. They resemble in many ways, and particularly in their lithe and smart appearance, the' lads who came froai New Zealand to light the battles of the Mother Country. Indeed, at first many people mistake them for New Zealanders since their hats aro practically the same. The brown cord on collars and cuffs Rives the first indication of distinctive difference—and when they open their mouths all doubt vanishes. .

The chairman (Or. Smart) sounded a. nota of warning regarding the Pohangina County finances at Saturday's meeting of the Council, lie said that it would not.ber advisable for the incoming Council to undertake any large works in the near future. The Council should ■confine itself, to as small an bur* lay"as would be consistent with an adequate maintenance of the county road.;, and bridges. T!.e engineer (Mr Sinclair) also touched oil the county finances in hi< uport, and stated that, owing to the very long and unexpected expenditure on roads during .thu past winter, it would be necessary for'the incoming council to study economy "as much as possible on account of the present" financial, position. • : In "John; Ayscough's" book. "French Windows," is given a Terrible picture of a French village from which the Germans had been expelled by the advancing Allied armies The author passed from one house to another "finding in each'the same ruin, havoc, spoiling, desecration, tilth ."and shame, you would say that bands of malevolent apes had been holding spiteful senseless, ingeniously destructive carnival there; as though long kept under by the superiority of man. they had seized, a moment of anarchy for revenge —not .revenge of an injury, but of man's hated ".superiority. So they had outraged man's-senso of decency and' reverence ; had marked for peculiar insult and desecration the things man holds sacred by nature—the privach 9 of his womenfolk, the play of his children, the shrine oi his hearth."'

As the effective work done by the C'aproni aeroplanes on the Italian front has so often been referred to in the cable messages, some particulars of these leviathans of the air will, no doubt, he interesting. If the Egures are startling they may bo accepted as authentic, for they are" supplied by Major Perfetti, the head of the Italian aeronautical mission to tho United States. The machines are triplanes, and the latest type can carry 25 passengers. They have a speed of -150 miles an hour. In a non-stop trial run one of them flew 920 miles in 10 hours. They have a useful weight-carrying- capacity of nearly five tons ("useful" hero is to be understood as referring for the most part to bombs), and they ho\d tho record for power also, for they are each fitted with three motors that have a collectivo output of 2100 horse power.

Tho introduction of chamois to NewZealand was primarily due to Admiral Hitter von Hoehnel, of the Austrian Navy. They were the gift of the late Emperor of Austria, who warmly approved tho Admiral's suggestion. The animals arrived in Wellington in 1907, and were liberated in the Southern Alps shortly afterwards. Here they appear to have done well. Chief Guido P. Graham, writing to the general manager of the Touristand Health Resort 3 (Mr B. Wilson) as recently as October 28, said: "I have pleasure in reporting that when the guiding stuff were working on the Hall hut track Guide Lippe saw eighteen of the chamois on the track near tho Blue Lake stream. He had quite a near view of them, and all appeared to bo in splendid condition. When at the Ball hut a few days ogj} I also saw quite a number of frrsh footprints round and near the Bill hutt. The marks wero quite fresh, and they hid apparently been there that morning;.''

Mr Rodger Babson, tho enwnenfc ttati*tician of Wellesley College, lioston, haa gathered the following interesting figures from a dose study of war casualties: Under present conditions, where man-power is being saved, no more than one in 30 ii killed. Only one in 500 loses a limb—a chance no greater than in hazardous conditions at home. Mr Babson's. conclusions are based on the mortality' figures of the French Army for the full three years of war. Attention is called to .the fact that present fighting is not claiming anywhere the number of dead recorded for the first two years. lie says: "Most of the'wound* sustained in the trenches are clean cut and are of a- nature that a few -weeks'in tho hospital makes the subject fit as ever. But 300.000 French soldiers have' been discharged oh account of wounds during the threo years of war. Most of the wounds received in the trenches are on top of the head, simply scalp wounds. Practically speaking" a wound is either fatal or slight, with but few in between these two extremes.

T.irantullo was specially designed fop dainty underwear, and stands unequalled at the price to-day. Made in 40in widths, it cuts to advantage. In throe weights; standard Is 3d, fine Is 6d, and superfino Is 9d a yard. From the same looms as Tobralco. Call in or write for pattern.? to Collinson and Cunrringharue, Ltd., Broadway, Palmerston North.—Advt. Get after the flies these early summer days ! One fly in November becomes the ancestor of half a million in the succeeding six months. Kill one today and you kill half a million prospectiv-i flics! Daisy fly kiliors last for months, Is 3d each. Fly powder sprinkled about the room kills and disperses flies, Is packet. Balloon fly traps will catch thousands. Is 9J each at Collinson and Son's, Broadwav. — Advt.

Brisk demand continues for "Thinker" writing tablets and "Thinker" school exercise books. Parents encourage storekeepers to stock "Thinker" brand for the nation's Rood! Goldingham and Beckett, Ltd., and Barraud and Abraham, Ltd., wholesale agents for "Thinker", brand.—Advt. Buy your dinner sets now and savo money; all the latest shapes and patterns just arrived. For prices see our udvt. Watson Bros, P.N.-'Ai'-*,

The new special tobacco for the outdoor or indoor man is High Admiral. In. and aromatic, plug or cut.—Advt.

Bir> James Allen, according to a Press Association message received this morning from Auckland, states that as a result of the reduction in the reinforcements, one draft will bo dropped in December, and probably another later on.

A cable message from Sydney received tins morning states that at the Gloucester by-election, Mr R. A. Price, who was expelled from the House recently for making unfounded charges against Mr Ashford, the New South Wales Minister for Lands, was re-elected. Two Palmerston boys were reported missing on Saturday. One, William Smith, 10 years of age, left a local boarding house nt 3 p.m., and the other, Wilfred Woolf, 8i years, was in Waldegrave street at 4 p.m. The police had not received information as to their whereabouts at noon to-day'. Two accidents occurred at Danncvirko during the week-end. On Saturday night a five-year-old child of Mrs Sullivan was run over" by a motorcar, sustaining a broken collar-bone a.nd other injuries, which necessitated her removal to the hospital. Yesterday Miss L. Cullinane, of Dannevirke, was thrown from the back of a motor-cycle and sustained a' broken collar-bone. A short sitting of the Magistrate's Court was held this morning. Mr \V. G. K. Kenrick, S.M., presiding. Marshall Knight, who pleaded guilty to driving his motor car with. out having a tail light attached, was fined 10s and 2s costs. Borif Collinson for encumbering a public place by leaving his motor car therein, was lined 10s and 12s costs. On the information of the Kairanga County ranger. J. Baigent was charged with allowing stock to wander on the Palmerston N.Foxton Line. A fine of 40s and 7s costs was inflicted.

The Palmerston North Swimming Club will open its season in the High School baths on Wednesday morning at 6 o'clock. Club members will be admitted for the nominal charge of Is for the term at the High School baths. A silver challenge cup has been presented to the club by Mr F. do J. Clere. In order to teach children to swim,' teaching cradles have been installed in the primary schools with the club membcra as instructors. Eight boys from each school have been invited to the High School baths between 6 and 7 a.m. and 5 and 7 p.m., in order that a team of four may be selected for the jewellers' relay team shield. Club members are requested to obtain thir tickets from the secretary before Wednesday next. Mr G. Craw, of Linton, is again a candidate for the Kairanga County Council at the annual election. Mr (.'raw is one of the most' progressive residents of the county, and ho is possessed of definite ideas in regard to the construction rnd maintenance of roads. He has. over a series of years. gone to considerable double to study the problem, and has obtained information on the subject frcm both England and America, Ho advocates improved methods on the grounds of ccononiv and efficiency, and lie has certainly produced valuable information in support of his ideas. In a manifesto published elsewhere Mr Craw asks the electors of his riding to record their votes for or against him at the poll, as he wishes to have their mandate. His re-election will mean his continued advocacy of improved reads according to modem' ideas, as by these methods alone can road maintenance be economical and at the same time give the best results. The electors would do well to study Mr Craw's manifesto.