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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLI, Issue 11698, 19 October 1916, Page 4

The Waverley-Waitotara Racing (Jlub invites all returned soldiers to attend its meeting on Labour Day. Tickets can be obtained at the Patriotic Association’s office at Wanganui.

A cribbage match between Marton Friendly Societies (Druids and Foresters) and the Cosmopolitan Clnb was played at the Druids’ Hall last evening, th£ former being victorious by 16 games to 14. At meeting of the Waugauui Hospital Board it was decided to enlarge the Taihape Hospital by the addition of an isolation ward and nurses’ quarters. It is expected that the extensions will cost between £IOOO and £I2OO. The question of ways and means was referred to the Finance Committee.

A favourable report has been received by the Wanganui Education Board from the chief inspector (Mr T. B. Strong) on the schools taken over from the Auckland Board. He considered Wanganui would lose nothing in average efficiency by the addition. He was impressed by the devotion of the and the bearing of the children. * All ifae schools had gardens, at two instruction was being given in dairying, and at one school a model orchard and plots of grasses and clover had been put down. For some time past a rumour has been in circulation in Christchurch that the remaining members at the front of tbe Mam Expeditionary Force are to be granted sufficient furlough to enable them to return to New Zealand for a short while. The rumour was brought under the notice of the Hon. Jams Allen yesterday, and Mr alien replied that there was no truth in it; the only furlough being granted, he stated, was a week or ten days in England, which was being given to every member of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force at tbe front, m rotation.

The Threshing Machine Owners’ Association at Christchurch yester - day unanimously agreed “That this meeting recommend the committees of the different districts to make an advance on the present rates of threshing of per bushel, or 5s per hour, and that a war bonus be paid to men of 2s per thousand, or 2d per hour when threshing by the bour, this resolution to remain in operatiou during the continuation of the year and for six mouths afterwards.” Last season Id per hour above the award rate (Is 3d) was paid, or Is 4d per hour, so that the war bonus moans that the men will receive Is 6 per hour. A recommendation was made by the Chief Inspection (Mr T. B. Strong) to the Wanganui Education Board last night, that with a view to fostering the vocational side of the secondary instruction given in the District High School and the Technical College, the Board should issue certificates to pupils who have completed satisfactorily a course of instruction for at’least two years in the secondary classes. This year the department has deprived secondary pupils of the chance of being nominated for intermediate certificates and by regulation now compels all who want these certificates to sit for the Public Service examinations. That meant pupils are encouraged to take the literary or examination course of instruction, and not the rural or domestic course. The proposed certificates would encourage pupils to take the vocational course, and at the same time assure the parents that the pupils’ time had been well spent. It was decided that the Chief Inspector and Mr Watkiu should confer and decide upon a suitable certificate.

No one will gainsay the ingenuity of the American in inventing time and labour-saving devices. The latest illustration of this is a novel means of sowing seeds. Making drills and sowing seed by hand In the usual manner are not only tedious and back-breaking operation, but they are also wasteful, because far mers seeds than are necessaryare planted, involving thinning out at a later date, when the seedlings havo attained a certain growth. In the latest American idea the seed is sold already spaced and imbedded in a tape. This tape is composed of a special fertilising material which, decomposing and associating with the soil immediately contiguous to the seed, assists its germination and growth. The tape is sold in coils up to 40 or 50 feet long, but it can, ot course, be cut to the length required. All that it is necessary to do is to plant the tape in accoi’dance with the directions given. Sowing in this manner can be carried out rapidly and with the minimum' of physical exertion. Provided that each.seed is fertile, and that the ravages of birds and other pests are overcome, the seedlings will appear in due course a regular distance apart. Not only is thinning out avoided, but economical nsO of seed is assured, 110 more being sown than is actually required.

Our prices always leave yon a little over for other tilings—that is why wo always making (and keeping) customers. Buying groceries for cash eliminates’ bookkeeping and bad debts, and eliminating canvassing and delivery coats also keeps onr prices consistently lower than others.—-Hodder and Tolley’s grocery section, Marton.

-As the resalt of a police inspection at Pahiatua, two small hotelkeepers, Edward John Knapmann and Frederick Paget Jones were each fined £2O, the minimum penalty for having certain labels on whisky bottles not containing that particular brand. Defendants pleaded guilty and were allowed a month to pay the fine.

The parade of the 18th Reinforcements in Auckland takes pride of place in the illustrations in this week’s issue of the Sporting and Dramatic Review, and should make a big appeal to relatives and friends. Nearly 150 portraits of wounded soldiers arc comprised in the Roll of Honour. The war is represented in views of the Russians’ capture of Dubno, the Servians’ evacuation of Corfu, the Italian advance in Gorizia, interesting scenes from Salonika, etc., etc. Photographs of “Peg O’ My Heart” principals and a miscellaneous selection covering a diversity of subjects makes up an exceptionally attractive number.

The death is - announced to-day of Mrs E. F, Precklington, widow of John Precklington, of Ffecklington’s Line, Ohakea. Mrs Frecklingon with her family carried on the work of the farm until about years ago, when she moved to Feeding, leaving the management of the farm to her son Bert. Mrs Frecklington was only 50 years of age, and of apparently good constitution, but lately was suffering from an internal complaint. The news of her death will cause much sorrow to the people of Ohakea, where she so well and favourably known. She leaves five children— Mrs Poppe, Marton ; Horace, Yera and Nina, at Feiiding: and Bert at Ohakea. A notice in reference to the catering for the Manawatu Show is inserted by the secretar}' of the Town and Country Patriotic Women Workers, who have undertaken the whole of the catering at the Show. It is hoped that a substantial sum will be raised by this moans for the sick and wounded soldiers, to which the proceeds are to be devoted. Each district will participate in this arrangement, and the money.wiil be allocated according to the value received from each district. Marten ladies have been and are still busy canvassing, and if anyone is anxious to help and has not been approached personally, contributions can be left at the Red Cross Depot at Marton on Tuesday, October 31st. Meat, cake, pickels, sausage rolls, bread, plum pudding, and potatoes are required. Messrs Lloyd’s Ltd, have jnst landed a beautiful selection of the daintiest of underwear. Every lady is specially invited to inspect the charming variety, which is now on exhibition in their underclothing department.