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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XL, Issue 11437, 30 November 1915, Page 4

During April, May and June 194,076 marriages were solemnised in England, which is a record. In connection with Saturday’s disturbances in Sydney, one soldier was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment, and seven were fined, and others were remanded.

Owing to tne darkened streets, the Leeds police on point duty carry a while light in front of a red light at the back. At the Magistrate’s Court yesterday, before Mr W. E. Haselden, S.M., Patrick M.cGrath, a milk vendor, residing on Durie Hill,’was lined £3O and £4 Os 6d costs, for selling milk containing 7 per cent of water added to it.

Messrs Lloyd’s, Ltd., desire to intimate to their lady patrons that they can only take a limited number of orders for their dressmaking, department previous to the Christmas holidays. To save disappointment all orders should be placed/ as/ early as possible. On page 1 will be found the firm’s advertisement relative to special values in gloves.*

• The Huddan Parker Company at ‘Sydney is notifying all intending passengers to New Zealand who are of military age that they most be 'armed with the necessary passport. Rangiotu Camp will be put into commission again on Thursday, when the Rifle Battalion, who have been, at May Morn, will take up their quarters there. About. 1200 men will go into camp.

Between 200 and 300 letters from the outward mails were discovered to he missing from the Pahiatua Post Office last night They were taken from the letter rack in the mail xoom, also from behind the counter. There is no trace yet. Mr E. Park, stock and station agent, Wanganui, advertises 1400 acres for sale, 10 miles from a township. He also has a number of town and country properties.for exchange. In order to effect certain adjustments on account of Mr S. E. Lewis joining the Expeditionary Forces,the firm of Lewis and Cameron, Martou, have decided to hold an extraordinary sale for fourteen days only, when a reduction of 10 to 25 per cent discount will be allowed on all cash purchases. Amongst tne latest contingent of wounded soldiers who have arrived at the Nottingham General Hospital, says the Nottingham Guardian, is a youth, who, now that he has come back injured in bis country’s service, admits that he is under sixteen years of age.

There was a fair attendance, at the Town Hall, Marten, last evening, when the Girl in the Taxi Opera Company performed J. C Williamson’s latest musical success, “The Girl in the Taxi. - ’ The cast of characters was a strong one and the piece went with a swing which was appreciated by the audience.

Witii this issue we circulate a very comprehensive list of bargains at George and Kersley’s grand ’Xmas Carnival, which commences to-morrow (Wednesday) at Wanganui ar 9 o’clock. It would he impossible to enumerate the thousand and one joys for young and old specified in the circular, but a pernsual of the bargains is recommended to our readers.

The official opening of Mr F. J. Mansell’s electric light installation will take place at the power house at Bulls on Friday, 3rd December, at 8 p.m., to which the public are cordially invited. Supper will he provided at the Town Hall, tickets for which can be obtained from any member of the Town Board. Speeches will be delivered by leading residents of the district, interspersed with musical items, etc.

Referring to the comments made on the appointment of the interpreter for Samoa, Mr Massey states that an inquiry shows that the man appointed is undoubtedly British by birth. The Government was not consulted in any way regarding the appointment, which was made by the receiver in charge of the affairs of the German • company in the Islands.

The Rev. J. A. Kempthorne, of Inglewood, stated, at a meeting of the vestry of the Anglican Church, that he had been offered, and had accepted, charge .of the parish of Taumaruuni, and expected to enter on bis new duties early in the New Year. The vestry decided to ask Archdeacon Evans to use bis influence with Bishop Averill with a view to Mr Kempthorne remaining at Inglewood. Writing from Egypt, a Taranaki officer says:—“The men cannot speak too highly of the Turks’ fighting, regular gentlemen, but they won’t stand the bayonet; wben we get within three or four yards.away they go or surrender. Old Fyffe couldn't stand a poor chap groaning in front of the trench, and after waving a white flag got out of the trench with his bearers. The Turks stopped firing, and a Turkish officer sat on his parapet and watched the proceedings. When Fyffe bad got the man m he turned round and saluted the Turk, and then stepped hack into the trench. The Turks are lighting pretty desperately just now. The submarines have completely cut off their communication with Constantinople by sea.”

At the last meeting of tbo Raglan County Council. Campbell Johnstone. speaking on the subject of recruiting, said that he considered the time -had come when no %ugle men eligible to go to tho wont should be employed by the The Council should endorse the Government’s action in the matter. Even if the dismissal of single men seriously affected county work, which he did not think would he the case, the Council should, in the present circumstances, bear the brunt. The motion was carried unanimously. It was agreed that discrimination should be exercised in cases where one or more male members of a family bad enlisted and it could be proved that the remaining single members were required to provide for dependents. It was dedecided that married men should be paid 2s a day more than single men.

The Governor has received information that the hospital ship Maheno left Egypt for this country on Nov. 25th, and should arrive on the 3rd or 4th of January. The Imperial Government notify that they greatly appreciate the action of the New Zealand Government in placing both the Marama and the Maheno unreservedly at their disposal, and will see that the best interests of the New Zealand troops are. provided for. The Impereial authorities had under consideration a programme whereby two Australian and two New Zealand hospital ship will be employed on the Australian and New Zealand routes respectively. This will not interfere with the employment of vessels in the Mediterranean. Experience has shown that it is essential to have two personnels available for each ship, relieving one another approximately every six months. The Governor has received many appreciate messages regarding the work of the Maheno. CURE FOR RHEUMATISM. This is not a patent medicine, it is a prescription of an eminent English specialists, For years I had been a sufferer from chronic rheumatism. One year ago I consulted one of the leading specialist or the Dominion (now deceased). Un receipt of postage stamps, money order, postal notes for 4s Gd, I will post twelve doses of. the remedy, which this specialist declared to he the only thing known to science as a cure for this painful, disease. F. Greville, Editor N.Z. Dairyman, Box 503, Wellington—Advt.

Owing tb the breaking of the ice at Killamarsh, Derbyshire, near Sheffield, six girls were drowned.

On page 2, interesting article on the terrible suffering entailed by being “Gassed”; page 6, “Britain’s New Fleet,” and page 7, our Halccmhe correspondent’s weekly letter.

A special reminder is given to the sale of household furniture and effect* on account of Mr J. Mehnens to be held by Messrs Stevens and Urquhart to-morrow. The furniture is all practically new and in firstclass order and as Mr Mehrtens is the district, *the whole must be sold.

A remarkable scene has occurred at a Zermatt hotel, which in normal times is full of English alpinists, but in which to-day there are only Englishwomen and a few elderly men. One evening after dinner three young Englishmen, who had just made a difficult ascent, were discussing the climb, when an elderly colonel rebuked them in rather strong language for being in Switzerland at all,' Turning towards the ladies, the colonel said: “Ladies, you should boycott these slackers. They should not be climbing mountains, but climbing out of trenches, like my two sons.” The officer was cheered, and the three Englishmen, after standing out against an icy silence for two days, left the hotel for* London., -

“I wish the day would come when they would go hack to blade shearing again, for then we could shear with greater safety,” declared Mr J. C. Field yesterday, when referring to the mortality amongst sheep if there happens to he a cold snap at shearing time. He said his sheep that died on Sunday night were ewes in good condition, which had been shorn on the Saturday. This experience, he explained, just hears out what he has contended all along as regards machine shearing, that the risk is far greater as compared to blade shearing. “It- would pay us much better,” he stated, “to give 5s a hundred more to get the sheep shorn by blades. Nothing of this kind was known of in the old days.” Mr Field pointed out that the machine took every vestige of wool off the sheep, whereas the blade left on practically half an inch of wool. It was a singular thing, too, that it was the high-conditioned sheep that suffered most; more than the sheep in moderate condition. He did not kuow why. It was not only the risk of so little wool being left on by machines, but the sharp combs that were used injured the pelts by scoring. If a sheep was killed within three weeks of being shorn the pelts in the majority of cases were found to be seriously injured. “So,’ ho added, “this is a case where machinery is not a blessing.” Mr Field added that he believed some farmers in Australia were going back to the blade shearing again.-—Poverty Bay Herald.

Spence and Spence’s 15 days spot cash sale is now in full operation. Already three bumper busy days have passed, and only twelve remain. Those wishing to take advantage of the great savings to be effected should not delay. All goods in all departments are being subject to drastic price cutting reductions during the remaining 12 days at the Bon Marche, Feilding.*

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