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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1251, 21 May 1918, Page 4

The Mayor acknowledges with thanks the following ' further donations to the Red .Tcrsev Appeal Fund:-Mr 0. 11. Stiles £lO, "Weflwisher" £l. Replying to a question in the Supremo Court "yesterday, a local trainer of racehorses 'stated that the cost of keeping a racehorse- including nomination and acceptance fees for races-was about L6UU per annum. "A racehorse seems to be something like a mining claim," said his [loner at the Supreme Court this morning; 'it leads you oM " The witness who was giving evidence gave il as his opinion that a rae« horse- was in this respect worse than a mining claim. There are some sneak thieves in the Egmont County, who, apparently, have no consideration for the safety oi the lives ol their fellows. A short time ago lamps set up to warn travellers of road repairs near Opunake were stolen, and last week three lamps were stolen from the. Otaki bridge, and one from the YVaitotoroa bridge, near Pungarehu.

Ai, the Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Mr Kcnrick, S.M., George I), llalford, (Mr Fletcher) sought to obtain maintenance from his wife, Maren rial ford (Mr limes), plaii.tiif said his wife owned a considerable amount of property, which brought her in about. £'i a week, lie found it hard to get work. He received 3s a day from his hoy at the trout, but had banked part, of the money, lie alleged that his wife had been taken' awav from him. Plaintiff was crossexamined 'at length by Mr times, after which his Worship dismissed the ease. Members of the Union Rifle Club held the sixth shooting competition last night, tor the trophies donated by Messrs A. Cmrgl and H. Alcers. The shooting was at chatties, the possible being eighteen, and the scores recorded were as follows: Riflemen F \eedham and W. Munro 18 each, J. Griffiths, J. Marshall. J. Freeman W. Ham dell, G Tremaine, W. Bali, T. hdwartls, A. Giorgi.'and C. Forrest 16 each. W. 'I hompboii and S. Tremame 14 each. 0. Page, It. Barlow. A. I). Markland, 0. Maikiaml. and I) Smillie 12 each, A- P. Stewart 10, I. Edlin 8.

J a the New York museum rests what is claimed to he the largest boulder of jade <ii- nephrite ever found. Its contents are 14 cubic feet. Mr 11. S. Nicholl, manager of the New Zealand Serpentine, Ltd., writes to the Grcymouth Star stating that at the company's works at Tuhua they have a boulder of nephrite, the dimensions of which are 4 x 2.6 x 1.6.. containing 15 cubic feet, one font more than the contents of the boulder in New York museum. The writer considers his company can justly claim to have the largest boulder ever found of jade or nephrite.

\ o-00.l storv is related regarding the late General Davie's. It appears tiiat the present King, when visiting New Zealand as Duke oi Cornwall, became acquainted with tinthen Colonel Davies. After Colonel Davies was stationed at Aldershot, the King frequently had a chat with him when visiting the camp. On one occasion His Majesty was riding a new horse, and lie asked the General his opinion of the steed, remarking that it was from New Zealand. The General said, "It would cost about £SO out there but I presume Your Majesty had to pay £2OO or £3OO for it here." "That was abend the cost," replied King George with a smile.

Details of the death of Captain Hill, of Dunedin, are thus recorded in a letter received by his parents from _ Lieutenant J. L Scouflar, now in a. hospital in England suffering from wounds received on April 9: "Last Sunday (March 3) the battalion was the victim of one of the worst tragedies in the history of the Expeditionary Force.. A man belonging to th c battalion, who in the past had always been a good worker, and mo of the most obliging of men in the battalion, got a lit of homicidal mama, ain't shot a man named M'Lean and Captain Jail; Dill, and then slut himself. '1 his man used to drive the officers' mess can, and consequently did all the. odd jobs in the way of transport for the officers, lie always seemed such a decent fellow, and always

poke in very high terms of his two victims. The medical theory that a homicidal tnanaic will turn on those he Jikes best is again borne out."

A Macquarrie island party which has arrived back at- Bluff reports a successful season, there being about 700 barrels of oil ready to ship. The vessel chartered to bring the oil up, however, was tillable 10 get oft' more than 57 barrels, owing to the very rough weather. There is no landing place, and the barrels have to be rolled out through the surf and rafted to the boat. While assisting in this work, the headman, "Otto Bowers," as he waa commonly called, became unwell, and was escorted to one of the huts by two members of the party, where ho said ho would have a rest. On returning some lime after to see how hi' was getting on, they were astonished to fmd that he was quite dead, and had been so for some time. His right name was p. Otto Gauer. and he was a German by birth, although he generally called himself "Otto Bowers." Deceased, who was 39 years of age, has been working at the Macquarries for sixteen seasons now. and on hi., last trip to the Dominion ho was married to a daughter of Mr J. Hatch, a prominent member of the Southern li-U? Exploitation Company, which holds the rights over the Macquarries.

Sir Walter Davidson, Governor of New South Wales, entered the Conservaton'um Hall one night recently to preside over the annual meeting of (he Industrial Blind Institute (says the Sydney Daily Telegraph) the while a blind boy scholar, standing at the grand piano, played the National Anthem. With the minds of the big audience thus brought intimately in touch with the matters that were to be placed before their notice, the State Governor rose to open the meeting. His Excellency began in dramatic fashion. ; 'l am nearly blind myself," he said. "It has always been a great disadvantage to me that I have been so extremely short-sighted. It has never interfered with my being able to serve as an amateur soldier, but I fear that as a

result of it I have been excluded from active service.'' [lis Kxeellency went on to sneak of two of his nephews who answered the call from the ends of the earth. One was as short-sighted as lie himself. He passed hi| eye test with the assistance of a friendly sergeant, who stood at his hack and read out the test-card for him, thus "milking the examination a little easier. . Both boys have died,' - lie concluded.

"You can't, judge the value of a horso from a sale," said a witness at the Supreme Court yesterday, adding that Bobrikoff, one of the most noted performers on the turf in Australasia, had at one time been passed iti tit a sale for £3O.

An effective shield for machine-gunners is warned by the War Office, and a safe and accurate means of communication from front trenches has yet to be invented—these and other apparently small matters nre engaging so much attention at present that some local enthusiasts have called a meeting for Wed uesdav evening to discuss the matter. Inventors and mechanics are particularly invited. Tito meeting will be held in .Mr W. McKoim'e's rooms, Cuba street, at 7.30. Mr L. 11. Collinson has been asked to preside. Few- articles of a woman's attire are so >pen jo wrong selection as a '-orsot. vol it is surprising how little real c.ire i-> taken in the choosing. Ladies visiling nnr corset section will get real service in the wav of expert advice, bettor corsets and a lit that will enure tli" maximum of stvle and comfort. — lite 0. M. Ross and Co.! Ltd.- Advt. "Your pushcarts are far too cheap ni "9s 6(1." said a traveller to us this week, adding: Do voii know wo are selling the very -ante pushcart wholesale in Wellington for 85s? "\'ow. Mrs Customer, if they are 85s wholn d'- in Wellington, what should tht-v bo ret.il hire. When you've figured tin's problem out please compare the price with ours. Collinson ami Son, Broadway.—Advt,

"The winning of races is largely a mattcr of training, is it not? was a quosti >ii nsked by counsel of a horse trainer at the .Supreme" Court yesterday. The wit*. ness agreed that this was so, but added That luck was an important factor.

Mr \ K Russell, of FrUherbert East, hn'« rlnm'tpil" £llO to the Manawatu Church Wn/viliu Fund. Only £B2 is no, rem.iroj to make up the total amount o £SOO to S»". collected in this district, and Rev Blackburne will bo pleased to receive („,(!>« r donations as early as possible. The poll in connection with the Foxton Harbour Hoard loan proposals is being taken to-dav in Palmcrston and throughout the Manawatu districts Up to noon the number of votes recorded locally wn* not largo, but during the afternoon voting brightened up considerably. The Medical-Board which concluded its sitting in Palmerston to-day has examined a total of 440 men during the past week. Of 400 .Second Division reservists examined, 138 were passed A lit, 256 C2, and 401 Out of 40 First Division men examined, 27 were classed A, eleven 02, one 01 one D.

\n Auckland Press Association message states that in the Supreme Court a jury awarded William Edgar Phillips £6Bl damages against the Auckland Tramway Oo in an action for damages for injury caused bv a collision between a tramcar and a lorry. The company intimated that it intended to move for a new trial on the ground that the verdict was against the weight of evidence.

For the first time in the history of NewYork "eoo-ees" echoed amongst the skyscrapers of the city as a body of Australian troops marched up Broadway on May 4, states a cable message to the Commonwealth newspapers. The Australians, who Imd all seen service and were diverted to America to assist in the Liberty Loan campaign, were commanded by Colonel W. K. Fethers, D.5.0., of Melbourne, ;.i. i were greeted by tremendous cheering art they entered the city. They were greeted by the Mayor of New York. The Australians were given the freedom of the principal theatres, and a full round of entertainments was arranged to fil] in the time available before their early departure for England. Tiny invaded Wall Street in order to aid the Liberty Loan, and some of the officers spoke, being received with the wildest enthusiasm. Xew York newspapers devote columns to descriptions interviews, photographs and appreciations of the. Australian soldiers. The New York Tribune, in u leading article with the heading, "Hail to the Anzacs," says: "As we see the brave Anzaes inarching up Broadway there is a tug at our •■motion such as this city has not known before. No wonder the crowds cheered so lustily. We recognise these frontiersmen of Australia as our own brothers. We are proud of their deathless record in th- fight for until and righteous-

When the war broke out there wore about 30,000 medical men in Great Hritain and only about 1,500 medical women, but lately there has been an enormous increase of women students at the medical schools, and in the opinion of the leading female member of the medical profession, the women will very likely outnumber the men in about 20 years' time. Even in five years' time, when the students now under training will have finished their course, there will In l a considerable influx of women doctors into private practice.