Mt. Benger Mail. Be just and fear not. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1919. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mt Benger Mail, 30 April 1919, Page 3

Mt. Benger Mail. Be just and fear not. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1919. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There returned to the district last Saturday two more of our local boys in the persons of Private W. Houston and Private H. White. Both lads look none the worse for the strenuous months they have put in on active service.

A social will be held in the Athenaeum Hall, Kxburgh, on Wednesday, 7th May, under the auspices of the Anglican Church Ladies' Guild.

The Cromwell Canning Company is having a steady run, and large consignments of rabbits are being handled daily. One day last week over 5000 rabbits were handled, producing an output of 4023 tins for the day. —Argus.

Harvest thanksgiving Services were held in the Anglican Church at Roxburgh and Millers Flat on Sunday, the 27th. The churches were tastefully decorated for the occasion by the ladies. The Rev. R. De Lambert, organising secretary for the Anglican Memorial Hme for Boys, was the preacher at both Churches. This no doubt accounted for the large congregations present at both Churches.

We draw the attention of our readers to an advertisement in this issue in reference to the Peace Day procession. It will be noticed that the committee is offering prizes for the best displays. This should lead to keen competition and the procession should benefit accordingly. Those taking part are requested to hand ; n their entries as early as possible so that places may be allotted to them. Lieutenant W. P. Morrin, D.C.M., M.M.. who went away with the Main of the N.Z.E.F., is expected to arrive home very shortly. Lieutenant Morrin who served on the Peninsula and aiso in France, has been wounded seven times and has also the honour of winnig two coveted dcorations. namely the Military Medal and the Distinguished Conduct Medal. We feel sure that the of Roxburgh will be proud to this battle-scarred hero homo once again. Mrs M. Laloli received word on Friday that her son, Sapper L. Laloli, had arrived at Auckland by the lonic. Sapper Laloli left with the Second Reinforcements of the Tunnelling Corp, was once wounded, and contracted trench fever, but is well on the road to recovery. His wife an dson are at present residing at Fielding in the North Island. The boys at the front are attending to the emigration quesion as far as the ladies are concerned, and it is up to the Government therefore to go in for an (ndgration policy not only to overcome tlio labour difficulty, but also to find husbands for the young ladies here." This Temark was made by a speaker at Whangamomona during the visit of Cabinet Ministers last week.

Anzac Day passed off very quietly in Roxburgh, there being no ceremony of any description held. The only sign to remind us of that fateful day, when so many of our brave lads perished on the Gallipoli Beach, was the closing of business premises from noon and the display of bunting from the public buildings and a few of the local residences

The weather since the holidays started has been anything but pleasant and as a consequence outdoor work of all descriptions is being kept back. The stone fruit in the district, which is usually finished by this time of the year, is still lagging on and until it is finished there will not be much chance for the fruit farmers to get on with their pruning. The fierce wind on Easter Sunday was responsible for a big fall of apples *nd pears, one of the local fruitgrowers informing us that as much as 50 per cent of the crop of some of the trees had been blown off on to the ground.

The Wanaganai Chronicle states that a focal resident has discovered, and proved he says, a sure cure for influenza. The cure is remarkably simple, the ingredients being in almost common use in every household, and yet it is so effective that a change in the worst cases can be effected in less than 20 minutes. The gentleman has offered his cure to the Government for the consideration of £SOOO. So sure is he of the efficacy that he welcomes the most stringent rests. Marshal Foch has acquired an English habit. The French do not smoke pipes. Day by day Marshal Foch saw Field Marshal Haig and other British generals in the vortex of the war calmly doing their work behind good big briar pipes. Foch asked Haig what was it like to smoke.a pipe. He bought an English one. He filled it under careful British Military instruction. He began the attempt with energy and purposeful determination, but at first smoked more matches than tobacco. * Now, however, he has mastered it, and thoroughly enjoys a good briar which J»e has brought from England.

j A rather peculiar domestic arrangement was mentioned in a maintenance case at Napier (says the Herald). A wife desired maintenance from her husband who was living at her house as a boarder, and paying £1 a week for board and £1 for maintenance. "Then you're not on such bad-terms after all," remarked the Magistrate. "If I make the order for £2 a week maintenance, will he continue as your boarder at £1 a week." Oh! he can please himself about that," replied the complainant, and the case was adjourned to enable the husband to give his version. The custom of convicting and discharging those who, being charged with drunkenness, are "first offenders," was referred to by Mr A. Crook, S.M., in the New Plymouth Magistate's Court. His Worship said he did not know why this should be done, that man should be let off because it was his first offence, or, more especially, because he was a "statutory first offender," through not having been convicted in the preceeding six months. The Magistrate said that in future he did not. intend not to fine an inebriate merely because he did not happen to have been convicted within the previous six months. If a man could afford to be drunk he could afford to pay a fine. A British officer who escaped from Germany tells that a fellow-prisoner of his had a remarkable experience. After being put into solitary confinement on account of two attempted escafes, he was transferred to another camp. Ho felt that death was better than further tortures, so, eluding his two guards, he jumped from the express train in which he was travelling. He escaped with nothing worse than a broken arm and severe bruises. Travelling chiefly by night, he started to walk through Germany, and was well on the way to the frontier when he heard bloodhounds on his track. He hid in a smamp, and was presently surrounded by a flock of sheep, who rushed up. terrified by the bloodhounds baying behind them. The officer had given up all hope of escape, but. providentially, the scent of the sheep misled the blood-hounds, and they dashed past without discovering his hiding-place. Later he was able to cross the frontier.

Though clad in leather, wool and fur. All airmen risk of cold incur, As flying high or flying low They flit their bi-planes to and fro ; Ther lugus and throats protection need When planing at abnormal speed, Protection which they all assure By taking Woods' Great Peppermint Cure.

The social held at Roxburgh on Easter Monday under the auspices of the Roman Cathoiic Congregation, proved as big a success as all previous ones held. The public turned out in large numbers and with the number of visitors in the district the hall was taxed to its utmost. Progressive euchre occupied the first half of the evening, after which supper was dispensed followed by the hall being cleared for dancing. Mr J. Lamb ably filling the position as M.C. The music as supplied by Miss Craig and Miss McMullin at the piano, and Mr Harry Vernon on the violin, and these able musicians kept the crowd dancing till the early hours of the morning. SIGHT WEAK? After a certain age the sight is not so good as in youth. The eye balls flatten, and help with glasses is imperative if one is to read and sew with comfort in succeeding years. I have a reputation for the careful scientific manner with which I examine weak eyes, and the accurate and well-fitting glasses I supply to clients. Preserve your eyesight if it shows the least signs of weakness. Don't put off. You'll endure subsequent discomfort for sure. HUGH NEILL. D.8.0.A., Glasgow Optical House, 249 George St., Dunedin.