LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Times, Volume XL, Issue 13501, 11 September 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

"The greatest erime in this world is not going astray, but leading another astray,'' observed the Eev. Macdonald Aspland at. a church function yesterday. '

Messrs Leary and Co. have handed £3 5s over to the Patriotic Society, a percentage of the proceeds of the recitals of Greek plays given by Miss Dorothea Spinney. At Hopping's sale on Wednesday last the purebred cow "Countess of Maplehurst" WP3 secured by Mr A. R. McNae of Apiti. This cpw was former champion senior four-year-old. The price paid by Mr McNae was 55 guineas.

Mr McHardy has asked us to say that the Anzac Art Union Committee much appreciated the efforts made by Mr C. H. Warden and the pupils of Campbell Street School. Organised efforts by these workers produced a very substantial sum from the sale of tickets.

Procrastination may give a careless man some time in prison. Under the Military Setvice Act a Reservist who does not send by registered letter to the Government Statistician a timely notice of change of address may make himself liable to a charge of desertion. Any post-office will supply the necessary forms, cards, information, and help. \ Eobert Ewaot, carrier of Shannon, died at the Palmerston Hospital at 6 o'clock last night as the result of injuries received through a cart passing over him at Shannon on Saturday. It appears that deceased was opening a gate when his horse became restive. He tried to stop it and fell under the wheels. It is understood that Mr Ewart was a married man with four children.

When the Crown takes a ease to Court in the ordinary way, the onus of proof is on the prosecutor. An exception has been made by Parliament for procedure under the Military Service Act. In every case under this statute the onus of proof is on the defendant. If he is to -save himself from conviction on a charge' brought by the Crown, he has to, prove —to the satisfaction of the Court — that his case is not one for penalty. At the Council meeting on Saturday the engineer stated .hat he was unable to get the roads open owing to the scarcity of labour. In the Tamaki Eiding one settler was completely isolated as the result of slips. Up to the present he hal been unable to get these removed ?:id stated that in this riding alone there was sufficient work to keep two men going for months. In another portion of this locality Maori labour might be available, but he thought it unadvisable to put them on day work and his dilemma was that if placed on contract they wanted paying for five feet if they shifted one.

All that is new and neat in Ready-to-Wear Hats is to be found at The C. M. Ross Co.'s. There is a "big choice —hats to suit every taste. The fashionable shades of Putty Pink and Cyclamen are strongly in evidence in dainty trims. The prices are reasonable, ranging from 5/11 to 21/-. Panamas, which are much in favour, are also shown in grpat variety.*

STRENGTH OP THE DAYTON MOTOR CYCL?

| In the construction of the Dayton ' Motor Cycle great strength is a very prominent feature. The fact that your safety is thus so carefully considered is still another reason why your choice of a mount should fall on the Dayton. In making the frame, the highest grade 14 gauge steel tubing is used and reinforced with double "D" section tubing. Another potent factor in making the Dayton intensely strong is the liberal use of forgings—a forging being used at every point where it will improve the construction. And we might mention tuat these forgings are out of extra hardened steel and are machined and finished in the big Dayton factory. A. A. WOODS, Dayton Motor Garage, Main Street West, Palmerston North.*