The Herald. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1914. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 4944, 18 September 1914, Page 4

The Herald. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1914. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Government has decided to erect 100 workers’ homes during the current year.

The House of Lords passed the Government's suspensory Hill through all its stages.

A social club for young men has been formed at Woodville, with a large membership.

Fry’s magazine is suspending publication. It announces that this is not the time for sport. The staff is joining Kitchener’s second army. The representative football match, Wairarapa v. Otago, played at CarteTton yesterday, resulted in a win for Wairarapa by 17 points to 8.

It is reported that the French Government has ordonod 50 tons of Glaxo, Messrs Nathan Rnd Company’s woE-known diried milk preparation.

The German Minister of Education has dismissed all alien enemv teachers from the schools, and has excluded the children of alien enemies from tuition.

The simple expedient of removing the braces from German prisoners has been adopted at Lyons, to prevent their escape. This means at least one hand must be kept in the trousers pocket while exercising.

The London Jockey Club has agreed that it is desirable to continue racing when practicable, at Newmarket and elsewhere, in the interests of the largo numbers who are dependent on racing.

In the House of Representatives yesterday Mr G. Hunter gave notice to ask the Postmaster-General whether hi> would favourably consider the application of the'settlers of the ptawnao Block for a rural mail servioe.

What beautiful Summer Goods. AVe claim to lmvo the best and choicest lot of now spring goods in Pahintua. For instance, take “hats,” and visit Evans’ showroom.

The German names of many British ships are being altered. The Department of Trade estimates that the Canadian wheat production will be 159,660,000 bushels, and oats 327,732,000 bushels. Blenheim reports that an elderly man, AVilliam Mackersey, a resident of Seddon, had his neck broken near Pelorus bridge by being thrown from hi 3 trap. The cheese factory at Brunswick (Wanganui), owned by the AVestmere Proprietary Dairy Company, was destroyed by fire late on Wednesday night. George Manson, aged 45, a widower, committed suicide at Pipp-iki (AVanganui river) by cutting his throat. He had been drinking heavily and was in delirium tremens. The official opening of the Martinborough electric installation took place on Tuesday. Representatives were present from the Eketahuna, Masterton, Carterton, and Featherston Borough Councils. The Bishop of AVellington will be the preacher at all services at the Anglican Church on Sunday, and also at Tane on Sunday afternoon. At Pahiatua in the evening he will conduct a confirmation service. On a charge of drunkenness, a labourer named James Moore was convicted and discharged at the Magistrate’s Court to-day on condition that |he left the town. Mr A. Ross, J.P., presided. The erection of the telephone party I line connecting several of the Makar |ro settlers with the Pahiatua TeleI phone Bureau has been delayed somej what owing to shortage of material. | The line, however, is expected to be completed shortly. I The local Registrar of Electors is now very busy revising and compiling the Pahiatua electoral roll. Those ! persons eligible to vote in the Pahiatua electorate whose names do 'not I appear on the roll should attend to the matter without delay. Postal officers are now emjxiwered to enrol electors. At the sitting of the Supreme Court in Masterton next week, the licensee of the Kumerua Hotel will apply for a mandamus to compel the | Pahiatua Licensing .Committee to cancel its decision to deprive him of bis licensee. The Committee decided |to cancel the license consequent on j improvements ordered not being et--1 fected. , Cheese buyers were in conference with the directors of the Rexdale Cooperative Dairy Comapny all yesterday afternoon, when the latter considered the various offers made foi i the disposal of the season’s output of cheese. The directors will meet I again on Saturday morning, when negotiations will be continued, aim a definite decision is then expected to be arrived at. The Hack and Hunters' Steeplechase Cup, won at Dannevirke last week by Air J. McCardle, with his well-known steeplechaser, Tyrannic, is at present on view at Mr F. Hedges' jewellery establishment. The cup, which is a particularly valuable and ornamental one, and has been engraved by Mr Hedges, was presented to the Dannevirke Racing , Club by Mr J. Armstrong, of that town.

Major Norton stated at Palmerston North that when the war was over there would be unlimited possibilities for exporting produce from the colony to France and Germany. Hitherto Germany o ifered no market for New Zealand or Australian meat, although the demand was there. Soon the position would be altered, and agood market would be found on the Continent. Private advices from London state that, with a view to combating the persistent German efforts to conserve shipping connections ,the Australian Merchants’ Association and the Australian Chamber of Commerce, have passed resolutions strongly recommending members, together with Australasian exporters and importers to confine their shipments exclusively to New A ork representatives of British i shipowners. I The second series of addresses on i Physiognomy was given by Mr O. E. Hugo at the Presbyterian school- | room last evening. There was a crowded attendance and much interl est was taken in the subject “Noses jand Foreheads." A demonstration of I character reading was given by Mr Hugo, several you no; men and women iH'ing the subjects, and the delineai tions caused considerable amusement. I The third lecture, that on “Eyes." I l** given on Monday evening. I The milk supply at. the MmigataiI noka cheese factory yeste.rdav was 1421 gallons, exactly 100 gallons in | excess of the corresponding day's | supply of last year. The number of suppliers has now increased to 56. I ’I he tests, ns is usual at this period of the season, are on the low' side. 1 one being down to 3.0 jK>r cent, of butter-fat on last testing day, while I as high as 4.4. The tests of the majority are in the vicinity of 3.1). It is expected to commence the separation of the whey on Monday. The company has decided to forward the season’s output to the Home markets on ojien consignment through Messrs Ootzos and Gerritsen. It is not often that the mouthpieces of Labour have a. good word to say for any member of the pro sent. Government (says the Press), hut there was an exception at Tuosda. s meeting of the unemploved. Mr It. J. Howard remarked that.' though ; lie Knew that there was a tendency to use what w;i.s said bv Labour moil tor political purposes, vet lie bolioved m saying what was true. 110 behoved that the sympathies of Mr r l aser, Minister of Public Works, wore with the working man at the present time. “That is a big st-ato-inont tor one you may call a Socialist to make,” ho continued, “regard- ' mg a. capitalist Minister and a Oon- , servative Minister, but I holivo Air eraser is one out of a number of exceedingly honest fellows who ,SVIII- 1 pathiso with the workers. <)n,e 'Mr 1 Fraser realised the truth of the pusi- ’ tion ho got something going.” . j Patronise Pahiatun Patriotically.— i AVe are unito optimistic about the" fu- I tmi', and arc ready fur a big sum- ! mor’s trade, so may wo have the i pleasure of seeing you shortly P— | 1 Yours truly, Evans. j ]

The Government printing office is feeling the shortage of paper so seriously that the annual domain report to loeal bodies cannot be printed. A circular to that effect lias been received by the County Council in this district. The Nireaha Domain is about to be ploughed up, well levelled, and laid down in grass. Twenty-one acres of scenic reserve adjoining the Domain has been gazetted as part of the Domain. A Wairarapa butcher states that the price of fat bullocks is now just double what it was ten years ago. The price of beef will from now on show a continued increase in price, as there is a scarcity of cattle all over the world. On the other hand, there is every probability that lamb 1 will be cheaper this season than it I was last year.