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Manawatu Times, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 12910, 6 October 1914, Page 4

Waipawa reports that Harry Reid, a married man, dropped dead in the street at Onga Onga on Saturday. He was formerly a resident of Otago.

A Gazette Extraordinary issued, last night containar a proclamation by the Governor extending the period during which notes of banks doing business in New Zealand shall be legal tender up to and including January 7th, 1915.—Association.

A meeting of committee of Terrace End Bowling and Tennis Club, was held last evening, when the date of opening was fixed for "Saturday, October 24th. Invitations were extended to all members of bowling and tennis clubs to attend on that date.

An elderly Canterbury lady who is assisting with the sewing of clothes to be sent Home and to Belgium, also helped to sew for' those rendered destitute at the time of the Crimean War. The lady referred to is Mrs Roberston, mother of the schoolmistress at Fairview. A fire on Saturday-night at Greytown destroyed the residence owned and occupied by Samuel Feast. His girls had been to Wellington, and returned by an excursion train. They lighted a spirit lamp to heat some water, and the lamp exploded and set fire to the room. The other occupants escaped in their night attire. Everything was destroyed. The insurances are not available. The house was situated two miles from Greytown, and there was no fire brigade.

New Feather Neckwear at The Bon Marche. The season's smartest novelties now in full display. In Black and White, Natural and White, 48 inches long, tasselled ends, only 12s 6dL In SUver Grey and White, Black and White and Main Greys fastening with Bosette of Satin Kb* bon. Pries 13s 6d. In full range of styles, colours and qualities up to 425. See them early. The C. l»f. Ross Co., Ltd.*

A Worcestershire vicar iias recovered in the Lancashire Chancery Court a sum of £I4OO, representing the principal and compound interest on £220 deposited by his grandfather in.» bank in 1882 and forgotten.

On Sunday a party of Pahiatua picnickers went to Kakariki, about eigkteen miles distant. Shortly after lunch a four-year-old girl, Vera Yewen, daughter of Walter Yewen, carrier, was missed. Several big parties searched the bush and the river but found no traces. —Association.

Some time ago, the Gardeners' Union of Christchurch, through th* Conciliation Court, agreed to a neir award with the employers, which was to have come into force on October L Since then a ballot has been taken among the members as to suspending the new award on account of the war, and this course has been decided upon. The Union will now ask the Court to defer the award until March next. By taking this action the men are foregoing substantial increases in wages.

| John Alexander McKinnon, a young man who arrived at Wellington from j London under escort yesterday morn- : ing, was brought before the Magistrate 's Court on 82 charges, involving misappropriation of £3OOO at Christchurch. He was formally charged with the theft of £44, the property of i the New Zealand Express Company, ' and asked for bail. McKinnon was 1 remanded to appear in Christchurch j to-morrow. Bail was fixed at £500,. i with two sureties of £250 each.

Some Territorials who have bee* classed as medically unfit for the Expeditionary ftoree are under the impression that they are exempt from further sendee under the New Zealand

Defence Act. This, it is officially announced, is not so. The standard required for an expeditionary is far higher than that required for hom* defence. The New Zealand Defene# Act is only for home defence,, therefore the fact that they have been rejected for inclusion in the ary Force (which is purely voluntary) does not in any way affect their obligation to train for home defence.

Some Auckland firms have large interests in Papeete. All the important business houses are on the waterfront,, and they include a large concrete-

building ereeted by A. B. Donald and Co. three years ago at a cost of £7OOO. Almost adjoining it were the premisesof a German firm. Donald and Co. have some hope from the fact thai one building could not be bombarded without damaging Hhe other. Th» same firm are anxious regarding their schooner Tiare Taporo, built in Auckland about a year ago. She was dotto leave the Papeete group on a touting trip a day or two before the dat* of the bombardment.

During the hearing of the eas» against a loeal milk vendor yesterday in which the evidence was somewhat conflicting, Mr Oram suggested that the power of the Health Department might be a little more far reaching in. its instructions to milk vendors. Mr Poynton replied that for the sum of about Is 6d any milk vendor could' purchase a little instrument known a# , the "lactometer" which would giv»* them a very fair idea of how mueh water the milk contained. The Magistrate also added that there were-, numerous milkmen who were not acquainted with the regulations and • more especially did this apply in . respect to the sale of cream where th»bottles required to be labelled showing what per cent of butter fat thecream contained.

The bankruptcy returns in Palmerston district for the quarter ending September 30 are as follows:—Bankruptcies unclosed at end of preceding, quarter in which final accounts havenot yet been forwarded to AuditorGeneral, 27; bankruptcies closed during quarter, nil; balance in hand, 2Tp bankruptcies during quarter, 3; total* in hand on September 30th, 30; On. July 1, cash in hand, £1725 14s 3d;, total assets realised, £IO3B 18s sdf paid dividends, £95 lis 6d; preferen- % tial claims for rents, £69 8s 3d; Go- . vernment commission, £2B 18s 9d; wages paid while business carried o4 by D.0.A., £142 5s lid; interest paid on mortgage, £33 6s; paid to bailiff foar rent, £9; general costs of administration, £37 12s Id; debtors' solicitors* charges, £4O 12s; D.OJL's solicitor,, £l6 9s 7d; in hand, £2291 8s 7d.

The National Provident Fund" Amendment (No. 3) Bill introduced in;. the House of Representatives makes-' special provision for contributors who' are members of the Expeditionary Force. Section 19 of tjie principal Act, provides that no contributor. be - entitled to any benefit if he absentshimself from, the Dominion for more - than two years, and the Amending. - . Bill provides that the absence of a. contributor who is- a member of any — Expeditionary Force shall not bfr counted as an abserfce for the purposes of the Act. Such contributor, during his absence, and for six months afterwards, shall be required to pay only 1 half the usual contributions. Power is also given to the National Provident Fund Board to reduce, if it thinks fit, th« contributions of any volunteer who ii serving in New Zealand. The Bill still does not show how anyone withoii children under 14 years of age can possibly receive any - benefit. EXTRAORDINARY. The public triveiling by trains art • notified that they have time for refreshments it Dustin's (opposite Railway Station), P ilmerston North.*

The Tainui arrived at Wellington at 6 o 'clock yesterday morning. The Nursing Guild Committee meets in the Mayor's room at 2.30 this afternoon. Twenty survivors of the oil-carrier steamer Elsinore have arrived at Guayaquil after being fifteen days on Galapagos Island (730 miles west of Ecuador). A Press Association telegram from Wellington states that Mary Parman, widow, aged 60, was discovered dead in bed in the room she occupied in Abel Smith street yesterday afternoon. ~ The following notice Has been placed over the Berlitz School of Languages in Paris by an American art student:—"Closed- Germans need not apply to teacn, as German will be tne most popular language in hell for trermore." , The Operatic Society held their nsual practice last night ;;nd are making great progress and everything bids fair that the performance of Les Cloches de Corneville will be a pronounced success and that the Patriotic Fund will benefit to a large extent. "Daffodil Day," held at Invercargill last Saturday, will result in a total approaching £6OO being raised for the Belgian relief fund. Included in the total is a donation of £IOB from railway employees of Southland. —Press Association. The final rehearsal for the Orchestral concert to-morrow night will be held in the Opera House t r > night. One •f the most enjoyable concerts yet given by the Society can be looked forward to. The soloists are of high order and will all appear in Palmerston North for the first time. Mrs Symes has a full rich contralto voice, which greatly pleased and surprised Mdlle. Dolores on her recent trip to New Zealand. Mdlle. predicted a great future for Mrs Symcs. Mr James Sago is reported to be tLe most prominent gentleman vocalist in the South Island and much may be anticipated •of him. Mr Buckley, New Zealand's premier pianist, will render two solos which it may safely be said will be in themselves features of the programme. Box plan it Park's. The art of stopping a runaway horse and, trap is not generally understood. The, most popular way is to run out in front of the oncoming steed, ware your arms like a maddened semaphore, and vociferate "Whoa!" This may stop the horse, but it may merely amuse him, and in some cases the person giving vent to the ejaculation has been himself stopped. At Christchurch (says the Sun) an example was give* •f what to active and skilful driver can do. The bolter was careering full speed down the road, and threatened to run into a dray driven by a young man named Whitaker. Whitaker drew quickly to the side of the road, and lifted a youngster oat of his cart to save him from the consequences of a possible collision. The bolter flashed by, but quick as thought Whitaker jumped from the back of the cart. He got possession of the reins, and soon had the animal subdued. Whitaker was heartily congratulated on his prompt and effective action. Opinions vary as to ths quality of the present fishing season at Palmerston. Some anglers have told stories of good catches of fish and described the proportions of their individual captures in terms of unusual dimensions. In contrast with those fish stories eome the cynical reports of onlookers down the riverside on Sunday, when the several anglers nnder observation are said, like certain good men of old, to have toilefl all day and caught nothing. In the Dannevirke district it is said fish are fairly plentiful and several good bags were reported as the result of operations on Saturday and Sunday. The local paper assures its readers that three visitors from Hastings caught between 30 and 40 fine trout/the biggest being just on three pounds weight. They intend returning lat'.i? on, bringing their friends with them, as they arO quite satisfied with tb? sport they obtained. 1

Tlia Annual report submitted to the meeting of Manawatu Hunt on Saturday contained the following:—"As members are aware, the 'pack 1 in past years has not been kept under the most favourable circumstances during the off season, and at the beginning of the present Reason it was found impossible to secure kennels anywhere near Palmerston, with the result that the huntsman had to get accommodation for the hounds and himself at Levin, this leading to expense and inconvenience in getting over the country which had to be covered for the various bunts. Your committee, therefore, thought it advisable to endeavour to secure a property of our own in the vicinity of Palmerston, where proper kennels could be erected, and the hounds kept together as a'pack under better conditions. We have been fortunate in securing a property in a most suitable locality at Awapuni on favourable terms. This comprises seven acres, with cottage and outbuildings, and the huntsman and hounds have been located there. Since taking possession of the property improvements have been mad® by adding two rooms to the cottage, and fixing up comfortable quarters for the kounds. To enable thf committee to secure the property, Meiiri H« D. Bnchanan, D. B. McEwen, L. H. CollixiOK, the President as A Secretary k»T« become guarantor! at the Bank of New Zealand for tk« amount required for the purchase."

Intimation lias been received in Wellington from the Salvation Army International Headquarters, London, that Commissioner W. J, Richards, who is under orders to transfer to Canada in succession to the late Commissioner Rees, will himself be succeeded as territorial commander in New Zealand by Commissioner Henry C. Hodder, who has for several years been in command of the Salvation Army in Japan, but is at present in England. Commissioner Hodder is an officer of thirty-two years' standing, and has come up through the ranks like Commissioner Richards. Described as being a fine capable man, with an equally capable wife, they will be loyally received by all Salvationists. The exact date of the arrival of the new Commissioner will be notified later. Commissioner and Mrs Richards are' to say "farewell' at Wellington on Sunday and Monday, October 25th and 26th. —Press Association.

New Zealand is evidently not th-i only place where rumours were flying around in respect to the loss of ship 3 sustained by Germany during tflj naval engagement off Heligoland. Th 11 Sydney Bulletin sums up the positioa in Melbourne at the time in the following paragraph: "Consider the w*r

report, how it grows. Happened to be |in a friend'a car in Melbourne eit) I when the news of the nav* 1 scrap oh 1 Heligoland eame through The cable ■aid that four German b',»ts had beet, sunk, but that nothing British worth mentioning was submerged to any great extent. We travelled south at; rate of about 20 miles an hour. At St. Kilda hotel, where we stopped for re freshments, we were confidently informed that there had beo i a grea. naval battle, and nine German ship 3 had been sent to the bottom. There w#s another pause for lubrication at Brighton, where we received tiding 6i great joy—a. fierce maritime engage meat; 21 German warships sunk. At Black Boek 30 German ships were accounted for. At Mordialloe, the whole blooming German navy whs pulverised. It was useless to go further, so we started baek and gathered up broken skips, and drowned Germans all the way."

Linton Rifle Club members will be interested to know that defunct rifle clubs are now being resuscitated at many centres in the southern portion of the Island. The greatest activity appears to be displayed in Taranaki and Wairarapa, where several clubs, numerically strong and for practical purposes highly efficient in the volunteering regime, but which have become imbued with lack of interest and control during the past three years, are about to take new leases of life. One probable hindrance to the expeditious working has been the subject of much conjecture and discussion. In many quarters it is considered quite probable that the Government will limit the members of rifle clubs, as, in order to conserve a safe supply of rifles of the modern pattern, the military stores will have to curtail the issue of the familiar Lee-Enfield rifle. It has been pointed out to the defence authorities, however, that the rifles could be issued on trust to new rifle clubmen, and recalled if occasion warrants, instead of the Department selling the weapons to the riflemen, as has been the practice. Naturally, the defence authorities are reticent on the number of: arms in store, but the suggestion offered appears to contain the essence of a workable and satisfactory procedure.