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Manawatu Times, Volume XL, Issue 13209, 28 September 1915, Page 4

The cable news this morning should convince even the most despondent pessimist that, as the Parisians are saying ' 1 Things are going well.'' And they are going well at all points. The £7l 5s handed to the Patriotic Society by Madame Harris as the proceeds of the concert, included £5 2s 4%d thrown on the stage and £1 for the flag sectioned. A new announcement from Messrs R. P. Edwards and Son, ironmongers, calling special attention to their large stock of garden tools will appear tomorrow. The following Palmerston recruits handed in their names at the Patriotic Recruiting Office yesterday: G. N. Black, A. W. Chapman, E. C. Day, T. Preston, G. S. Bright. The Defence Minister has received information that the Tofua, with 446 invalids, left Suez for New Zealand on September 83rd, and is expected to arrive at Port Chalmers on October 26th. The Willochra, with 550 invalids, left Sutfz on September 25th. and is timed to arrive on October 30th. Bartou Brothers' Circus will be located during Palmerston season in Mr W. Devine's paddock, Main Street. A free exhibition will be given outside the tent on Thursday evening, when Mr Victor Dentine will perform a daring and sensational slide from the top of the tent, a distance of 200 feet, suspended only by his teeth. A mild epidemic of measles has broken out at Kimbolton. The school was closed by the Health Inspector yesterday afternon for disinfecting. In the musical examinations conducted in Palmerston on Wednesday and Thursday last by Dr Shine, examiner for the Royal Aeademy and Royal Oolleg.- of Music, the folloiwng pupils of Miss E. Rawlin's gained distinction: Intermediate, Ethel Robertson 133; Elementary, Irene Small 135, Hazel Bowater 134. In the Intermediate Division, Mis*» Doris Hopkirk scored 109 marks. A pair of Military Hair Brushes would be just the thing to send your friend at the front for a Christmas gift. The C. ML Ross Co., Ltd, has a g<hhl tine in ebony finish, with good quality l>ri-it.l<>M, at ?</W per pair. They have a n'«- (collection of Hair and Clothes Brushes moderate prices. 1

London reports the death of Mr Eeir Hardie, the well-known Socialist. A letter to the Editor is held over together with a number of items. [ Palmerston bowlers have been invited to attend the Feilding Bowling Club's official opening on Saturday next.% | The bookings for Palmerston Opera House to the end of October are as follows: —September 29th, Orpheus Society; Thursday, Sept. 30, Patriotic I concert; October 2nd and 4th Kinemacolour; October 13th and 16th J. C. Williamson Co.; October 29th, Concert by Miss Fraser's pupils. At Palmerston Court yesterday before Mr Poynton S.M., John Stevenson, with several aliases, was sentenc|ed to one month's imprisonment with hard labour for theft of two purses containing 4s 8d from the residence of [Mr Eickard, Andrew Young Street. [ A first offender for drunkenness was i fined 5s and ordered to pay 2s cab hire. I The sum of £7l 5s is acknowledged by Manawatu Patriotic Society, being proceeds of Madame Harris's concert i in aid of the Sick and Wounded fund. 'Madame Harris and her pupils very kindly paid the cost of printing, cos- , tumes, and incidental expenses as a donation to the funds. The Society j'also acknowledges gifts of pigeons : from Master Beadnall and sponge bag from Miss Nora Grant for stalls at All Nations Fair.

The body of Corporal Comyns, a man just returned invalided from the Dardanelles, was found on the railway line near Okoia eary yesterday morning. It is supposed deceased must have fallen from the train on Saturday night unnoticed and_was probably killed instantly. Deceased left with the main body and was invalided on account of deafness. He was wellknown and very popular, and his terrible end caused a great shock.

I In describing the return of wounded soldiers to Sydney, the Sun says: "What a woman can do under stress jof excitement was shown when the cars were under way. A young woman I who had vainly searched for her husband saw him in a car which was travelling at the rate of about five miles an hour. Without waiting for the motor to stop she made a running jump and sprang clean into the body lof the car, and smothered the astonished husband with kisses. It was .the spectacular event of the day." ■ Birmingham is the latest important 1 city to decide on women tramcar conI ductors —this mainly because of the dearth of male labour. The women are to be paid at the ordinary rate per 1 hour, and will undertake the same work as men, but their hours of duty will not exceed seven hours per day on the average. Uniforms, consisting • of a tunic, skirt and cap, are provid{ed, and notice has been given that j preference will be given to unmarried 1 women between 25 and 35 years of age. Then in several towns in the i provinces, and in some of the districts round London, women are now being employed in the door-to-door delivery lof letters. In Italy, however, there ' are altogether six millions of women j now at work—three millions in connec- ! tion with agriculture, and three millions in factories.

That the Maoris are by no means such bad business men as some people would like to make out is proved by an incident which occurred in Gisborne. A prominent sheep farmer was negotiating witn the head of a gang of Maori shearers to have his sheep shorn in Ehe early spring. The pair strolled into the office of a licensed interpreter: to complete the agreement. The sheep farmer was desirous that the Maoris should shear his sheep at the same rate as last year. "No," said the Maori scornfully. "Last year you get 6d for your wool, this year you get Is 3d. Last year you get 12s 6d for your sheep, this year you get 255. We want £2 a 100 to shear your sheep this time." All efforts at conciliation on the part of the interpreter were unavailing, the conference broke up without either side budging an inch.

An amusing story is being told of a ticket which did not stay in its right place. The comedy was enaeted in a »New Plymouth shop window, in which fvas exhibited a leather waistcoat with a small ticket attached indicating that five thousand of these were needed for our representatives at the front. Needless to say, the waistcoat was a source of great interest to relatives and friends of soldiers; but even so, the attention it attracted was nothing to the consternation the elusive ticket caused later in the day. By some means it was displaced and fell on to some feminine garments of a flimsy nature, and for some hours a delicate article of clothing which shall be nameless 'it was white and had j pretty lace trimmings) bore the proud I announcement: "Five thousand of j these wanted for our soldiers!'' As far back as 1882 British military authorities, in their foresight, knew that war with Germany was certain in the days to come. An extraordinary prophecy of General "Chinese" Gordon is recalled by Captain J. R. j Pardy, who was acting as aide to him 'in June, 1882. General Gordon was reviewing some troops at Dordrecht, i in the Cape Colony, when he uttered the following words: "So far as En- : gland is concerned, she need not, for the next quarter of a century, be under any apprehension of serious diffi- ! culties arising with any of her European neighbours; but in 1910, or thereabouts, there will have arisen a naval power which may prove mightier than she, and should she (Germany) gain the supremacy, England will become extinct, both as a sea and land Power, and all her dependencies, including India, will fall into Germany's clutches. You may live to see this. I j shall not, but when that time comes, remember my words.'' The time has come, and the prophecy to that extent has been fulfilled. But General Gordon's misgivings as to England and India falling into Germany's clutches are groundless, as we "who have lived" have seen. i There is only one SANDER EXTRACT, and that is why the people reject the many inferior and harmful substitutes and just as goods. SANDER'S EXTRACT is free from the objectionable qualities of the common j eucalyptus. Sander's Extract cures all infectious diseases, all winter ailments, ulcers, burns, sprains, eczema, etc. Insist on the GENUINE SANDER'S. "GOOD WINE NEEDS NO BUSH," but life In the bush sometimes needs good Brandy. Have a little Marten by you in ease of emergency. Advt.