The Herald. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1918. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 6080, 29 June 1918, Page 4

The Herald. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1918. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Firewood which could bo purchased in Paliiatua twenty or thirty years up;') at from ton to twelve shillings |H-r cord, is now selling at as hijj;h as L'2 10s jicr cord. Tin* furnish.inji of the Returned Soldiers’ Club in Masterton, which was entrusted to the W.F.C.A., has boon practically completed, and the clul> will lie ready for opening in the course of a few days. A war change is to take place at Unnnevirke in the removal of Mr .1. Todd, of the stall oT the Hawke’s Ray Farmers’ produce department, to Pnliintua, where he is yoiny to take charui' of the farm of his brother-in-law, Mr Hewitt, who has been called to the colours. ’I he Wellington City Council ismsidored the tpiest ion of pay for soldier employees and resolved tint any employee who was in the Count d’s service prior Pi January, 1!I15, who may bo called up, or may enlist for active service, shall receive from 111" CorIKiration in addition to his n ilitary pay and allowances, a sum that will equalise his salary in the service, to not exivedinp, iJffOO per annum, and tliai till' Finaneo (Committee be empowered to deal with any anomaly which ma.v arise.

! A meeting of the Ladies’ Patriotic Committee will be held on Tuesday afternoon. j Mr F. Roach has disposed of his interests in the Post Office Hotel to Mr Edward O’Sullivan. | Sixty dozen eggs were railed to Wellington this week by the local Egg Circle, and the price obtained was 2s 5d per dozen. There is a likelihood of a new I cheese factory being erected at Balia nee by a company of settlers. The factory will be a two-vat one and a ’ manager is being advertised for. , i It is reported that the Larkin Brothers, formerly of Masterton, who deserted from Trentham Camp some i months ago under somewhat sensational circumstances, have been captured by military officers. ' A married man named Robert Thompson, about 45 years of age, employed on railway construction works between Clyde and Cromwell, was killed yesterday afternoon by a fall of gravel. Death was practically instantaneous. A Sydney cable message states that a women’s demonstration in the Domain resolved to urge the Government to further restrict racing and the sale of intoxicants in order to conserve the national efficiency for Servian. ! The Wellington Hospital and Cliaiitable Aid Board has passed a resolution urging legislation making the j dental treatment of State school chil- ! dren compulsory and free in cases j where parents are not in receipt of !£ 1 per week, contingent upon the State bearing the cost. I The Makambo’s passengers have arrived at Sydney. They state that Miss Reardon was transferring to a surf boat, when she slipped on the gangway. A sailor caught her dress, which gave way, and her head struck the boat when falling, .and she disappeared in the water immediately. Trooper Mick Galvin, son of Mr M. Galvin, had a very lucky escape during a r<*ceiit engagement in Palestine. His horse was shot from under him, an dthe young soldier escaped unhurt. Soon after, however, he was hit in the hand, and at latest advice* from Egypt had practically recovered. During this particular engagement the brigade suffered very heavy casualties. A meeting of the retail dairymen was held at Christchurch to discuss a proposal of the wholesalers to increase the prioe of milk. It was resolved: "That this meeting of retail dairymen greatly resents the attempt made by a few wholesale dairymen to raise the price of milk, and decides that, no such increase will be paid, and that the retail price of milk shall remain at fivepence per quart.” It was further decided to wait on the Board of Trade and request it to fix a wholesale and retail price for milk. In view of the fact that one paper was allowed to publish the loss of tlie Wimmera on Thursday morning, for tin* second time it may be noted the same paper has been permitted to publish news denied to anyone else. It is necessary to state that jH-nnis-sion was jxjsitively refused bv the censorship to the Press Association and various individual papers t : ll late on Thursday, although repeated applications were made and the facts were known early the previous evening. Permission was withheld till mid-day. and then it had to be wrenched out of the censor.—Wellington Press message. A deputation from Greytown waited upon the Wnirnrapa Hospital and Charitable Aid Board yesterday in supjiort of the request that old age pensioners should receive an allowance from their pensions as jxK-ket money. There was considerable discussion. Mr S. Bolton agreed that the old should be treated well. He thought, however, that consideration should bo given to those in receipt of charitable aid who were not in the old men's homes. Unless they increases! the whole, they should' allow matters to remain as they were. A motion, making a grant of 2s per week to the inmates of the old men's hom«*s. was carried on the voices. 1 It is interesting to know that j the immense demand for Cooper’s seeds make it necessary for the firm to plant about 4000 acres in New Zealand alone each season exclusively for s.xxl pur|x*x>s This firm handles the largest quan- : ti tv of vegetable and farm M>»’d< (exclusive of grass seeds! in Australasia. A sjx'cial feature of their business is the splendid system of ooinparatir*. 1 vegetable and farm crops These are the most extensive trials conducted by any private firm in the Southern Hemisphere. Being large planters themselves upon their own farms tboy arc constantly working in ( the_ direction of an improvement of their stocks, the selection of the' most lit and the elimination of the "unfit " I in fat. ‘ A deputation from the labour ; Council waited on Sir .lames Allen in i reforciuv to ilic alk'g.xl ill-treatment , ol consciontlous objectors at TVangu j nui. The deputation asked for an | °! H ' n enquiry concerning the cons, lcnI tions objectors imprisoned at Waiiga nui and that the men .•oiicenuxl have the right of representation by counsel without restriction in the way of catting tor witnesses. Sir .lames Allen ; said the Government proposed to u« IHunt a magistrate to hold the fullest investigation. lie could not -««■ how the course of justice would bo helped by a. public enquirv. and lie could not six' his wav to alter hi- | opinion on that point. The nation , of representation by counsel would be relent'd to the magistral holdin and if counsel was coif sidered desirable, the matter eould Uarranged. If the officers of his Depart mant had ht'finv.xl iinproix'rtv. said, they would lx. punished The Minister assured the deputation th.rr. was no danger of victimisation. When you buy a motor oar von want something more than four wheels mid an engine-- something more than n mere means ,»t tram.iH.ratam. L, u want a ear that vou Van he proud of —,n external a.ppenrnn<xin ruling comfort in performnn.v :l n,l ht '"'"’" k r nll “ MU.

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