The Herald. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1914. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 4945, 19 September 1914, Page 4

The Herald. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1914. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A sum of £7713 12s Id was exjxindod by tho Masterton County Council List year in road maintenance. There are twenty-two reserves under control of tho Masterton County, ranging in area from twenty-four porches to eight acres. A conference of the VVairarapa ana Bush clergy will bo held at Masterton next week. The Rev. L. H. Eenn, of Pahiatuu, intends being pro. sent. Three first offenders for drunkenness, who did not uppoar, had tho amount of their bail, 10s each, estreated by Mr J. D. C. Crewe, J.P., at the Magistrate’s Court to-day. The wife of a run holder in the Albury district, South Canterbury, gave birth on Tuesday night to throe children—two girls and a boy. Tho family previously consisted of four children. The Mayor, who is an enthusiastic horticulturist, was a very successful exhibitor at the To Awamutu Bulb Show this week. He was award'd the championship for a narcissi bloom, and also gained several first and second prizes. The Hon. Jns. Allen visited Palm- 1 orator) North yesterday and inspected tho troops at the Awnpuni camp. Subsequently ho addressed tho men. 1 and informed them that the reason of his visit was to see whether they were properly equipped before leaving, lie left for Auckland during the afternoon, to inspect the camp there. What beautiful Summer Goods. - We claim to ha ve the best and choicest lot of now spring goods in Pahiatua. For instance, take "hats,” and visit Evans’ showroom. Use our "Champion” Water Glass Egg Preserver! It is only Is per bottle.—L. W. T/ongmore, Chemist (Veterinary Department), Pahiatun. ’Phono 47.

Mr John Hall, sen., of Levin, a former old resident of Pahiatua, is at present re-visiting the district. The annual meeting of the Mangatainoka Athletic Soeiey will be held in the Library Hall, Mangatainoka, on Saturday evening next. Advice has been received from London by the Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce that the Blackhorse salt strike is over. The postal authorities notify that the postage rates on mail matter for Samoa are now the some as within New Zealand, except that letters will be charged Id per ounce. The Wellington Hospital Board has decided that tenders be invited without further delay for a suitable property for the establishment of a dairy farm for the Hospital milk supply.” The Masterton County Council has at present a liability under the Local Bodies’ Loans Acte of £71,828 Is lid, and under the State Guarantee Advances Act of £4768 11s 6d. A total of 126 loans have been raised by the Council since its inception. The Senior Cadets of Pahiatua are working hard to ensure a successful social at the Drill Hall on Monday evening. The ltoor will receive special attention, the dance music will be of the best, and the supper will leave nothing to be desired. As the proceeds will be given to the Patriotic Fund a large attendance is expected. A sitting of the Conciliation Council was held in Wellington last night, to deal with the application of the Wellington Slaughtermens’ Union for a new award in connection with work at the municipal abattoir. After an hours’ discussion, the parties were unable to agree, and the hearing was postponed. The effect of this is to hang up the dispute for six months. A Makuri correspondent writes: On Wednesday night a “Surprise Party” was given to Mr and Mrs OLsen ,of Makuri, there being several visitors. A veiy enjoyable evening was spent, and dancing and games were included. At the break-up of the evening “Auld Lang Syne,” “For he’s a jolly good fellow',” and “God Save our King” were sung.

A farm labourer named Thomas I Carson, aged 39, who had developed some form of insanity on an up-ooun-try farm, and was taken to Timaru by his wife for examination, slipped l from his house on Thursday night, i and was found on Friday dying, with his throat cut in a gravel pit. At /the inquest a verdict was returned of suicide while of unsound mind. Marked progress has been shown by the members of the Pahiatua Rifle Defence Club since the company parades were instituted a fortnight ago. The proficiency of the riflemen is such that it has been decided to hold only one parade a week in future. The men were put through various evolutions last night by Captain Clifton. The next parade will be on Friday, the 25th inst. In the House of Representatives yesterday afternoon the Premier stated, in reply to Mr Colvin, that 1 he had received a report and remomendation from the Foodstuffs Commission as to the prioe at which wheat and flour should be sold in New Zealand. That report would be submitted to Cabinet on Saturday, or Monday at the latest. When Cabinet had considered it. it would come into operation at onoe. The representative of a Wellington firm asked the bankrupt at yesteiday's meeting of creditors the reason he filed in Pahiatua, declaring that the largest accounts were owing to Wellington creditors. The Assignee and bankrupt's solicitor explained that the Act laid it down that the petition in bankruptcy mus* be lodged with the Assignee nearest his place of business. | The milk supply at the Ballance I Hairy Company s Scarborough branch yesterday was 1051 gallons, approxij matoly 50 gallons in excess of the j supply delivered on the corresponding ; day of last season. Twenty-four sup- | pliers are now delivering milk, and the largest quantity delivered by an individual supplier yesterday was over 10001 b, while three hod loads of over 800 lbs each. The tests for the last testing period, which concluded on the 10th instant, were vorv satisfaotory, ranging from 3.5 to 4.2 per cent, of butter-fat. A Maori man of about 20 stone | avoirdupois was observed walking vigorously along the road between MasI ter ton and Carterton, clad in a heavy overcoat and a surplusage of other I clothing. Questioned as to why he was on tho month in such a condition on a hot day, he replied:— “All right. good the war. Tho Maori like to fight. 1 go training get the weight down. By-aud-by 1 join tho troops and go somewhere. Bv-and-by all right. 1 walk to Greytown. If he no good I walk round the world. I want to fight all tho same the white man."