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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XL, Issue 11438, 1 December 1915, Page 4

Women farm labourers, mail carriers, porters, conductors, chauffeurs and munition factory workers garbed in regulation trousers, are setting a style which suffraggettes throughout England are advocating for universal adoption. 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.*

Sydney reports the death of Mr W. A. ' Long, the well known racing breeder and owner.

The escaped prisoner, Kangi Phillips, was caught at Reparoa, 33 miles from Rotorua, yesterday afternoon.

Information has reached Wellington that the P. and O. liner Socotra has gone ashore near Start Point, on the south coast of England. Mr Alex. Harris, M.P. for Waitemata, has been accepted tor service in the relief force at Samoa. He is a qualified wireless operator, and will serve in that capacity. The Colonial Sugar Company notifies that owing to the effects of the drought on the Queensland crop, the company has been compelled to restrict orders to a similar extent as during the recent shortage. A cahlegx-am which has reached the Government states that the transports conveying'the Bth Reinforcements encountered very bad weather after leaving New Zealand, but the conditions are now improving, and the men are getting their “sea legs,” and recovering from seasickness. There is no illness onboard.

While attempting to cross Willis street in Wellington, last night, a seafaring man, Donald McNeill, was caught between two tram cars and crushed so badly that when extricated from under one of the cars he was found to he dead. Apparently he tried to avoid one approahing car and did not notice another coming from the opposite direction and thus was caught. The Minister of Defence said that recruiting for tne Infantry ot tne 11th Reinforcement was 600 short and was causing some anxiety ‘I have,” he said, “telegraphed to the Mayors of Auckland, Christchurch and Dunedin, telling them ot this and asking them to do what they can to make up the deficiency, also asking them to put themselves in touch with the officer commanding the districts to assist in every way they can. ”

A startling experience befel Canon Curzon-Siggers in Dunedin one night last week. He was sitting in his study when a pea rifle was fired from the pavement opposite the vicarage. The bullet passed through the study window and embedded itself in the wall opposite. Just as the rifie was fired Canon CurzonSiggers happened to move his head slightly, and to this he probably owes his life, for, as it was, the bullet missed his head by the fraction of an inen.

“The arrangement for supply of cheese to the Imperial authorities is working well,” said the Premier,“l have received communications on the subject from factories in all parts of the Dominion, and in every case the new scheme under which onethird of the total output is to be requisitioned for Imperial purposes at a fixed price has been accepted in good spirit. No objection has been raised in any quarter. The people connected with the cheese industry have shown a very patriotic spirit.”

A trial was carried out last week at the Redcliffs rifle range, Christchurch before the military authorities of a new periscope rifle, invented and made by Mr E. Moss, of Dallington, the inventor of the postal stamping machine. The conditions under which the trial was carried out were by no means favorable, as a strong nor’-west wind made it extremely difficult to obtain accurate shooting, even by the most experienced shots, says a Christchurch paper. In spite of the unfavourable conditions the shooting bad to he acknowledged as extremely good. Those present expressed satisfaction with the device, and were of the opinion that they would rather fight with the periscope than in the usual way, as both eyes can he used for the purpose.

The excursion to Europe which is being organised by American pacifists finds no favour with Mr Massey, who says “My own opinion is that the visit of the American delegates to Europe in connnection with the proposed peace negotiations will not have the slightest effect,” said Mr Massey. “When an Anglo-French Commission visited the United States some little time ago to float the loan for the Allies, Mr Henry Ford, according to the newspapers, was bitterly hostile. While I admit that I have a friendly feeling for that great section of the American people which is not pro-Gorman, I cannot help thinking that this visit of Ford and his friends and their proposals, taking them together, are both impudent and impertinent. I for one hope there will be no peace until the terms are dictated by the Allies and until the Gorman armies are driven back on to German soil. The Allies have a duty to their brave soldiers who have fallen in the war. It is to see that the lives which have been lost shall no have been thrown away, and that is what peace would mean under existing circumstances.

Selection has been made of the following nurses for the Hospital ship MaramaMiss M. Broun, Auckland Hospital; Miss A, Rudd, Auckland Hospital; Miss Ruth Gilmer, Wellington Hospital; Miss M. A. Smith, Southead Hospital; Miss K. Mctrye, Riverton Hospital; Miss E. Jeigs* Christchurch Hospital ; Miss M. Mills, Christchurch Hospital: Miss W. E. White, Auckland Hospital; Miss McLoghry, Wanganui Hospital; Miss E. O’Loughlin, Palmerston Hospital ; Miss E. Richardson, Timaru Hospital ; Miss K. Macgregor, Wellington Hospital; Miss V. Barker, Wellington Hospital; Miss E. Young, Dunedin Hospital; Miss Lever, Auckland Hospital; Miss R. Smith, Auckland Hospital; Miss E. Swayne, Hamilton Hospital; Miss Mcßae, Nelson Hospital; Miss A. Pattrick, Christchurch Hospital; Miss ,M. Jamieson, Waikato Hosdital; Miss Arrowsmith, Wellington Hospital. Half of the third new contingent of nurses (which consists of 100) are to leave by tiie Marama,

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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). On receipt of postage stamps, money order, postal notes for 4s Gel, Twill post twelve doses of the remedy, which this specialist declared to be the only thing known to science as a cure for this painful disease, F. Greville, Editor N.Z. Dairyman, Box 503, Wellington—-Advt.

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Christchurch reports the death of Mr W. O. .Rutherford, aged 72, of Montrose, North Canterbury, a well-known station owner. An Ashburton telegram states that Edward Shirley, a farmer of Lauriston, his wife and their 6-year-old child were motoring home from a concert at Lauriston in the early hours of Tuesday morning, when the car ran over loose shingle and skidded and capsized. The child was flung clear but husband and wife were pinned under the vehicle, and Mrs Shirley was killed and Shirley was badly bruised and cut.

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.*