The Herald. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1916. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5349, 4 February 1916, Page 4

The Herald. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1916. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Miniature Rifle Club will roMimo shooting competitions at the Drill Hall this (Friday) evening.

Sydney reports that there has been much delay in cable news during the past few days duo t« line pressure and weather conditions.

The rainfall in Eketaliuna for flic month of January was 2.55 inches, rain falling on five days, and the maximum fall being 11 points on the 21st. in January of last year 2.89 inches of min fell on 12 days. The Yorkshire miners are subscribing sixpence a, week for fourteen weeks,, and so raising £35,000 to pur. chase motor ambulances. The South Wales miners contemplate a similar scheme, jointly with the coal owners.

Shipping companies engaged in the cargo service* between New Zealand and England have increased the rates <in all homeward bound cargo as from the 2nd of February. Wool freight has been ra.ise<i one-eighth of a penny Tier pound, and other classes have increased about fifU'en per cent. Tho rates (included war surcharge rates .for wool) are now: Dumped greasy 1 3-8 d per lb, slipe lid. washed 1 5-8 d with the usual i doxtra for undntnped wool. Despite the increases it is claimed the New Zealand rates are still lower than the Australian. Passenger rates remain tinehanged. It. is noticeable that di'spite the* war jais senger bookings from New Zealand are exceptionally good.

The Sydney wool sale closed with a j keen demand at full rates.

The price of best butter has been increased to 135 s4d Sydney. Cheese has been reduced tot 9Jd. The* Victorian Treasurer is refusing applications for the formation of amusement and kinema companiesi 4. Workers Anti-Liquor League has been formed in Sydney Membership is confined to Labour League members. The ordinary monthly meeting ot the Pahiatua County Council will be hold on the 12th inst. instead of tomorrow (Saturday). A squad of recruits will leave Pahiatua for camp on Monday. The men will partake of lunch at the 1 os fice Hotel. Measles are prevalent in Mangatainoka, and the attendance at the school in that district has been affected during the present week. CaLais-Paris express was derailed at St. Denis. Seven carriages took fire. Ten persons were killed, mostly in incineration, and twentyfive injured. Last rear the Victorian Agricultural show was abandoned owing to the fact that the ground was needed »otr military purposes. It is intended to hold the show this year.

\t the Palmerston rain fair yesterday stud Romneys offered by Mr J. E Hewitt, of Mangamaire, brought good prices. One sold at 31 guineas and two at 16 guineas each. The matron of the Pahiatua Public Hospital desires to acknowledge gifts of fruit and jam from Airs Matheson, Balia nee. and a donation of fruit from Mrs Kemp, Kumeroa. 'Hie show committee has decided to set apart a portion of the showgrounds on Friday next as a stand for the vehicles of members. Mr P Thomson has been appointed steward in charge.

Mr A. E. Hayden, manager for Hayden’s Pictures, is arranging to have a series of kinematograph views of the Pahiatua show screened on show' night, also views of Carnival Park and scenes in Main street. A meeting of the Pahiatua A. and P. Association will be held on Tuesday next, when several matters in connection with the forthcoming gathering will be dealt with. The latest registration at the local Defence Office for active service is that of Corporal Trevor Hughes, “Waireka,” Pahiatua. This recruit is attaclnd to ‘A” Company. 17th Regiment, and has enlisted lor the Infantry.

Mr A. Drew, of Palmerston North, has received a cable from his son Sidney. late of Pahiatua, who went with the Ninth Reinforcements, stating that he had “arrived safely’’ at an unnamed port. The Postmaster-General has received official notice from the New Zealand Base Army Post Office that on November 12th lasi 183 bags of New Zealand mails, chiefly parcels and containing 78 registered articles, were lost at sea. Parcels would be <my>ng those despatched ironi New Zealand on September 23rd last and re-ad-dressed parcels of earlier despatch.

A motor car accident occurred near Mr V. Mekalick's residence. Mangarainarama. a day or so ago. A wellknown resident of Pahiatua, and a Hinemoa settler wore seated in the car. which suddenly swerved into a creek, and overturned. The occupants extricated themselves without any injury. The wind screen and mud guard of the car w ere damaged, and a quantity of mud was stall clinging to the machine when it was towed into the garage for repairs. Some improvements are being effected to the Pakiatua gasworks. Throe new retort® have been put in i and their construction is an advance on the usual system, the Gibbons’ pattern, the design incorporating ideas ot the proprietors. Mossrs Atkinson Bros. Each retort weighs over half a ton, and is capable of carrying 4f ewt. of coal, or a half-hundred-weight more than with the old retorts. In

ail there are now five retorts in use. The new work was carried out by Mr M. H. Biggs, under the personal supervision of Mr H. J. Atkinson, managing director, and the cost is somewhere about £2OO.

Longmore’s hoadaclie wafer? arc onlv Is Gd per box. They are very efficient but not injurious.—l.. W . Ixmgmore. Chemist and Medallist. Pali iatu a.

Wholesale Bargains.—Khaki hankie* at tkl each : serviettes 4id; leather belts 6d each; ladies' vests 10id each.—Evans, The Centre