LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Times, Volume XL, Issue 13524, 7 October 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

In connection with the list of casualties published to-day we have made enquiries in Wellington, and find that most of them were sustained in the lighting on the Somme between September 15 and 25.

The Driuds' will hold their usual dance to-night. Mr E. Martin, barrister, of Auckland, is in Palmerston settling up matterw in connection with the late Dr. •Martin's estate.

Good taste is a matter of natural gift or long cultivation. But nearly it very woman has keen judgment in the matter of embroideries, and the display at the C. M. Ross Co., Ltd., will please everyone who appreciates fine beauty and dainty design. A choice assortment in 18-inch Nainsook and Mußlin Flouncings at 2/3 to 3/11.* . .

Kaifanga Road, between Chelwood Street and Featherston Street, is temporarily closed to all traffic until the bridge is repaired.

The next parcel mail .for the Expeditionary Forces closes on Tuesday at (i p.m. The letter and paper mail fo,r the Expeditionary Forces closes on Wednesday at 2.45 p.m.

An officers' and non-commissioned officers' class will commence a course o.f fourteen days' training at the Palmerston Show Grounds on Monday next. It is expected that 200 men will be in attendance.

A Palmerston soldier, writing from Sling Camp, says that 40,000 soldiers are being employed in Great Britain for harvesting. They are getting 4s a day besides thier pay. A large number of Colonials .volunteered for the .work.

A Christchurch manufacturer who said to a Japanese trade commissioner that in ordering goods from Japan the possibility of tariff cnanges had to be considered, received the reply: '' There will be no increase in tariff by New Zealand against Japan." The following is Mr Bates's weather forecast:—Present indications are for strong easterly winds backing to northerly. . The weather will be cloudy and unsettled, conditions with rain will follow. Generally the barometer has a falling tendency everywhere. To-day is flower day and a bevy of charming maidens wil'U endeavour to extract the nimble sixpence from passers-by in Palmerston's streets in aid of a worty patriotic object. A feature will be a donkey cart filled with the -ffowers that bloom in the spring.

. Motorists will find -plenty of exhibits at the Carterton Show on the 25th and 26th October next to inter est them. Space has been booked by quite a number of agents and the exhibits of motors and motor requisites will exceed anything previously seen at this Show.' Two firms are making exhibits, the value of whieh will run into nearly £IO,OOO. Considerable improvement in the sanitary arrangements of the Camp- ' bell Street School have been made during the past month, and the "grounds and outhouses are now thoroughly cleaned up. Concrete has replaced wood in the wail >f the urinal, the water pressure has been increased, admitting of a ready and full flow, and spouting has been placed along the eaves of the shelter shed. Paper and rubbish is destroyed in a large .copper. The request by producers and merchants re advance in the wholesale price of butter for local consumption is still under consideration says the "Post." Reports, and recommendations by the Board of Trade have been [considered by the Government and referred again to the Board for information on certain matters. When this has been obtained Cabinet will consider the matter further. It is expected, that a final decision will shortly be arrived at.

Whata Rua, a son of the Prophet was acquitted yesterday at Auckland o>n a charge of intent to disable or do grevious bodily harm to two constables, by means of* an axe at

Maunga Pohatu on April 2. Wisen the case for the Crown had closed and accused had givou evidence the foreman of the jury conveyed to His. Honour the practical intimation that enough had been heard and after retiring for a quarter of an hour a verdict of acquittal was returned. Superphosphate has a harsh effect

on land unless stock is runniig on it, said Mr Freeman in his address at Eketahuna on Saturday. Bonedust, on the other hand, improves the land. If land was to produce maximum yields it is essential that it contains a favourable amount of decayed vegetable matter. This has been the best crop fertiliser since the beginning of time. It supplies all food necessary for food crop production. It also improves the mechanical condition of soils making them easier and less expensive of cultivation.

A remarkable case of transmission of*earmarks by a bull to his progeny is reported by Mr W. B. Hingston, Injector of Stock, Gisborne (reports the ''Journal of Agriculture.") The animal in question is a purebred Jersey, was calved at Ruakura in 1911, and was earmarked with, "tip off right ear." His progeny has been born as f 0 ll ows: Eight heifers (now two-year-olds) with tips off both ears, two heifers (now yearlings) with tip off right ear only, a calf (this season) with tip off both ears, and another calf with the marks on the ears in the nature of what is known as a "fork." The bull is owned by Mr James Hankins, of Manutuke near Gisborne. The necessity for some connecting link between the North and South Islands was recently demonstrated by the dislocation of telegraphic communication. Of the many schemes proposed to avoid a repetition of the trouble, the one suggested by Dr. Thackcr, M.P., that a low-powered Wireless plant should be installed at Godley Head was thought the most feasible. The matter wtis receatly brought under- the notice of the Harbour Improvement Committee of the Lyttelton Harbour Board, and at its last meeting the board unanimously decided that the Government should be urgeu to erect a plant at the entrance to the Lyttelton Harbour.

Says the "Wairarapa Age"*—A correspondent puts a poser to us. He wants to know why, if freezing companies can sell their beef to the Government at 4i per pound, the butchers cannot sell at*si per pound. W"« frankly confess that we cannot say, unless it be that a penny per pound is unsufficient to pay rent- and horsefeed, and provide against bad debts. The freezing companies sell practically for cash, and their money is sure, it might bo a good thing if the butchers were to combine and insist upon the payment of cash, ami were also to confine their deliveries to those prepared to pay for the same. The retailers should then be able to sell at a penny pound per profit, or thereabouts, to those who bought off the block.

The poisoning of 30 girls in a Melbourne factory by Eucalyptus lollies which were made srrom the common eucalyptus oil points out forcibly the importance of using only the Genuine Sander Eucalypti Extract internally. Sander's Extract, 3 drops on sugar, is a sure and safe protection from menefficient.*

Don't say to your chemist "I want something for a cold." Ask for "NAZOL"—and make sure it is "NAZOL" you get. Look for the name "NAZOL.,,

A case of alleged attempt to trade, with a Continental firm without a license 'will be preferred against & well-known. Palmerston resident at tne Magistrate's Court on Monday.

It is stated that there is considerable trouble at Trentham by reason. of the decision of the Defence authorities to transfer a number of artillery men to the infantry. In answers toprotests those concerned were informed that they must either.join up with the infantry or take the chance in' the ballot when the Military Service Bill comes into operation.

The deputation from the Manawatu A. & P. Association which waited on. the Minister of Railways asking for ;i special train to leave Wellington, at. 7.45 a.m." o.n People's Day of the Spring Show, returning at 4.45. p.m., has received a deliuite assurance that :i trial train will be run as a guidance for future Shows.

It is said that a meat-buying iirm in. New Zealand suspected of having, American affiliations have been taking. advantage of a mysterious early-door tip about the rise in the price of meat, and have been buying lambs right and left. It is said that they have mopped up between forty and fifty thousand lambs in the Rangitikei. district.

The only RAILWAY REFRESHMENT ROOM at Palmerston North, and that is situated on the Platform, and is still conducted by J. H. FLETCHER. The public, as formerly, will get the best attention. Try our Hot Luncheons and Light Refreshments.*