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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLV, Issue 11788, 22 March 1919, Page 4

" The services at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Marton, to-mor-row. will be conducted ilw the Rev. L. H. Hunt. The evening subject is “Broad Cast Upon the Waters.” S. Stephen’s, Marton, 7.30 a.m., Holy Communion; 11 a.m., Matins; 2. 30 p.m,, Sunday School; 7 p.m., Evensong. Cliff Road, 9.30 a.m., Holy Communion; 3 p.m., Evensong; Tutu Totara, II a m,, Matins. A photograph of considerable in- j tcrest to the Bulls residents lias been ! presented to the Bulls Public ] Library by Mr E. J. Mansell. The photograph is that of the members of the Bulls Brass Baud taken in July, | 1911. Several of the players have ' paid the supreme sacrifice in the I Great War, notably. Messrs A. | Brown. W. Clarke and Cbas. Carter. ; Harvest Thanksgiving Services will he held to-morrow ;in the Bulls • Presbyterian Church at 11 a.m. and . 7 p.m., and in the Parewanui Church at*2.3o p.m. Tho churches ‘will he • appro, rintely decorated. Special] hviuiis of praise and thanksgiving will he sung to the “LosJ. of the Harvest. ” and ‘ ‘ Harvest Home’ ’ sermons will be given. All are cordially invited to attend.* Messrs Lloyd's, Ltd., are offering for S'-ven days fifty floral voile dress bun;tbs for Ms. the usual price being 275. Tin* whole selection are the verv latest in design, and include the”well-known Grafton voiles. On the pi'sent value these beautiful voihs are worth fully 5s C.d per yard, you should see their special display in their No. 3 window this week.*" - k

It is reported that a clearing sale recently held in this district a quantity of fencing wire was purchased at £8 10s and re-sold immediately afterwards for £45. The funeral of the late Mrs Robert Butterworth will leave her late residence, Cliff Road, Marton, at 2.30 p.m. on Monday, for S. Stephen’s Cemetery, Mt. View. Constable Manley arrested a man named James Mahoney at Marton last evening for being drunk, disorderly, and using obscene language. Before Mr J. G. L. Hewitt, S. M. this morning he pleaded guilty ami was sentenced to three mouths’ imprisonment in Wollingtou^GuoJL^^ Bowlers of New Zealand are being appealed to to "raise £IO,OOO for the Trentham scliolarlship fond by direct doBa f ioua and special tournaments. All clubs are being communicated with. The question of tbe amount to be paid medical men for services rendered at the time of the epidemic was before Cabinet yesterday and the Minister of Health is to meat the doctors to discuss the fees with them. At the ■Wellington Magistrate’s Court A. J. Monro end J. Monro, licensee and manager respectively of the New Zealand Hotel were haed £2 each on charges of selling or permitting to be sold liquor during the epidemic period when the sale of liquor was prohibited. Though the biddy-biddy, or burr causes much annoyance when it comes in contact with one’s clothes, there is no doupt about its valuable medicinal properties, A farmer informed a Levin Chronicle ” representative that he knew of a case where a hard of 60 calves and all would probably have died but for tbe treatment with biddy-biddy. The plants were pulled and boiled ,aud about half-a-pint was given to each calf, with o similar quantity of milk. All the calves were saved but tbree. The plant is very well known to the natives for its medicinal properties. The Marton Piuuket Nurse Committee intend holding a street collection and Flower Day on Tuesday, April Ist. In view of the extension of their work to include new districts, the committee desire to increase their funds. They feel that the importance of their work lias only to be realised to bring a substantial response. To save the babies and give every one of them the best chance of growing up healthy, lias become a patriotic duty which no one should ignore. Gifts of flowers will be gratefully received either ou the afternoon of Monday, 81st March, or early ou Tuesday morning, at a depot to be advertised later.