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Timaru Herald, Volume CVI, Issue 16283, 10 July 1917, Page 7

Wool-classing at the Geraidiue Technical School commences on Thursday next.

A welcome home basket social to Sergeant D. Keay will be given in the Salvation Army Citadel this evening at 8 o'clock.

The. Waimate Plunket Nurse will, pay regular monthly visits to St. Andrews and Pareora East on the second Friday of each month, commencing next Friday.

The Timaru Reception Committee have decided to hold their nest social to returned men and members of the: next reinforcement on Wednesday, 18th insr.

The_ Telegraph Office informs us that the x-ac.uo Cable Hoard notifies that the .Atlantic Companies have suspended the acceptance on E.F.M. traffic from the United Kingdom to Australia and New Zealand. E.F.M. traffic is still accepted to the United Kingdom. (E.F.M. traffic is wounded sOidiers' rates, 8d per word.)

A public meeting will be held, in the Lyceum Theatre this evening under the auspices of the Second Division League. Mr E. R. Guinness, president of the League, will take the chair afc S o'clock, and short addresses will be given by Messrs East, Walton, Doull, Doyle and King. The' speakers will place decisions of the League to date before the public, and an opportunity will be given for the fullest criticism. There will Be no charge for adm'ssion, and ladies are specially invited.

'At a patriotic social at Cave last week the chairman, Mr C. E. Kerr, stated that they had an excellent oha,nce of cleaa-ing off the debt of £IOO on the hall, a generous offer of £SO been made by a gentleman on condition that a similar sum be raised. This was an opportunity not to be lost, and a_ special effort should be made to raise the necessary amount. The secretary of the hall .would bo pleased to receive donations. At the close of the evening nearly £3o' had been subscribed.

The fortnightly meeting of the Juvenile Court of Foresters was held last evening, Bro. T. A. Watt, P.C.R presiding over a fair attendance. The woodwards reported .that there we T<3 no members, on the sick list. A letter was received from Bro. C. E. Burford &W 1 10 18 now fighting for his , a iid country, thanking' the Court for the small token which he had received as third prize for obtaining most members during the preced„,of the'-adult oourt. who was in attendance, a hearty welcome on behalf of the Juvenile Court. The audihatf ™ and baJ ? nce sbeet the Fill 1 ? received and adopted, live candidates were Proposed for membership and duly amoved and one was initiated as a memben

A Press Association telegram from Hamilton reports that a, mysterious affair occurred at .Frankton. A returned soldier named Thomas Henderson was found lying in, a stable suffering great pam. He was removed to toe hospital, and examination, found a wound in his left side, under ' the lower rib, three inches deep, which penetrated the lung The man's depositions were taken. He stated that he belonged to Onelvunga. ,t He was a returned soldier and arrived in , the dis+rict a few weeks ago from Palmerston North. He had been drinking apd was unable to account for the wound. ; Examination of the clothing showed a round hole in the singlet, hut no corresponding hole in the vest, shirt or- coat/ indicating that- the man was not_ wearing these when the wound was inflicted. An operation has been, performed and the patient's condition is precarious.