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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11615, 14 August 1918, Page 4

Oroua Oounuty Council notifies that on and after 20th August all rates outstanding will be sued for. The monthly meeting of the Kiwitea Oouny Council will be held at Kimbolton on Saturday next at lu a m.

At the social and dance to be held in the Sandou Town Hail on Friday evening, in aid of the Copper Trail Anpeal, a.welcome home will be extended to Private Cyril Henson.

Yon can’t go wrong by giving Barrington’s vegetable-seeds a trial this season. All seeds are tested in my garden before being made into packets.—J. B. Barrington, Marton, Phone SOL*

A Dunedin telegram stales that Garnet Tregonniug, sheep farmer, at Lee Stream, was found dead in a gully behind his residence He is believed to have siiot himself. Deceased wi»s married, with three young children.

There is almost a firewood famine in Nelson, and at the present time (says the Mail) - the quantity that can bo procured at one time is a shilling’s w»rth —for kindling purposes. Amongst the causes of the shortage are the scarcity of labour and the continued wet weather which prevents the getting out of supplies. It will probably be five or sis weeks before firewood will again be plentiful in the city-.

Referring to a' telegram from Christchurch on Saturday. Sir James Allen says that a report as published might have given the impression that the Government had been cnsidering the matter ;>of taking over all co d mines However, that proposal 'has not been in Pis mind. When re (dying to the Christchurch Union he was referring only to possible help by the Government in arranging for a conference between representatives of the miners and owners.

A story of the Prince of Wales comes to a London paper from a unimpeachable quarter. Recently, while home on leave the Prince was motoring up Constitution Hill when he espied walking through Green Park, an officer.pal, himself, todhe Prince’s surprise, in town as well. Tne Prince pulled up, called to his friend, and learned that he was home to get married and enjoy a very brief honeymoon. “Got a car?” aksed the Prince. “No,” replied his friend mournfully. “Well, you shall have mine.” said the Prince. And that explains why a certain subaltern in the Guards had a motoring honeymoon in Blighty not long ago. Many people were inclined to ridicule rhe report made by a Car rington Road resident, says the Taranaki Herald, that he had seen a bright light, which he thought must be a signal or an aeroplane, at the ranges one night recently. A Yog?l----to.wn resident, however, states that on Sunday night ha saw a very bright white light in the direction of the ranges, about-Ik miles away. The light was stationary, and after about 15 minutes changed to red. and then to blci sh green. fie watched the light with his wife, and saw it go up and down and swing from side to side. At least a third resident of Yegeltowu also stw the phenomenon, They are at a loss to account for it, and think that it might easily be meant as a signal for anyone at sea. The liabt, they state, seemed very powerful.

On page one will be found Messrs Lloyd’s Ltd., special replace advertisement, drawing attention to their exceptional values in house hold drapery. Their stock is exceptionally large and is without s doubt the very best money saving proposition in the district.*

wiTi h ?«i- n p n «ii“ 1 ° f Mrs ° tfco Ber s en will take ph CG un Tlinrsday> h„¥bsm r " ot Wellington. . • appointed 1° the MagisWesfc dQ( I will be stationed on the * Coast.

- A specia' meeting of the Marten farmers’ Union will be held in the ( Uoi'ouatiou Hall at 2 p.m. on Saturday next. Mr If. Newman , M.P., will address the meeting on the matter of the wool surplus. The High Commissioner cables from Loncloiivthat English and imported butter prices have been revised. and are now quoted : Wholesale 233 s4d per cwt. ; retail 2s 4d per lb

A suitable site Unis been tentatively secured lor a High School for Feilding, the price of which is £IOOO, and an appeal is to be made to local public bodies for funds. At the Feilding Court yesterday, before Messrs J. W, Brain well and A. H. Atkinson, Justices, George (Dr.) Phillips, who pleaded guilty to the charge of allowing his motor car to remain standing for more than 15 minutes in Manchester Street, was lined 10s and 7s costs. Leonard True, for permitting his chimney to catch the, was convicted and fined 5s and 2s cos;s.

It is with a feeling of heartfelt regret and sorrow that wa announce to her friends and relatives the death of Mrs Otto Bergen, who died on August 13th after a severe 'paralytic stroke, at the nge of 35 ye«rs and 10 months. On Sunday, August 11th, the deceased seemed m perfect health, and attended|Divine service in the morning. While friends and relatives weie departing from Church she walked across the road with her infant child of live mouths in her arms, to visit her mother, Mrs G. Yoelkerling, who was slightly indisposed with a cold. On entering the bedroom of her mother sbe suddenly staggered and collapsed. Medical aid was ately procured, but Ithe deceased never regained consciousness, gradually sinking until she expired at 1.30 p.m. on August 13th. Deceased was the wife of Mr Otto Bergen, of Makirikiri South, and fourth daughter of Mr and Mrs G. Voelkerliug, of Pukepapa mad. She was boni at Mt. Curl in 1882, and leaves her husband and live children to mourn her loss.

Scotland lias once more beaten England in giving. Some time ago, It will bo remembered, Glasgow beat every re cord in patriotic liberality by subscribing fourteen millions during its "tank week.” Then England had a ‘‘Business men’s week,” in which every town and village in the country subscribed most lavishly, under the guise of baying munitions, from battlecruisers to machine-guns. Scotland followed suit with ‘‘War Weapons’ Week.” The sum aimed at was ten millions, and over eighteen millions was subscribed, an amount more than sufficient to break England’s record of £4 per head. Many places subscribed double, or more than double the amounts they had promised to raise. Edinburgh’s contribution was £2,393,000, Glasgow’s more than £3,000,000 Aberdeen gave £418,054, Dundee £381,204, Inverness £200.000, Kilmarnock £230,000, Leith £352,081, Falkirk £223,071. Some of the little towns and villages gave magnificently. The Scotsman mentions particularly Stroma, a bleak little island in the Pentlaud Firth, with a total population, including children of all ages, of 85 Stroma set out to provioe the cost of a machine-gun, but before it had finished, it had subscribed no less than £1489, or £5 4s 6d per head, which may well be described as another nail in the coffin of the dying belief in Scottish stinginess. For groceries Hodder and Tolley still cater well for your needs with spot cash prices pa red down to the lowest limit possbible. No canvassing for orders, no costly delivery, no booking, and, in consequence, no bad debts to7be shared out among those who pay. These are some reasons tor our big values. We buy for cash and sell for cash.