LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 16824, 30 November 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Wanganui Fresh Food and Ice Company paid . out about £4,000 for butter rat supplied during October.

The Bank of New South Wales' report shows a half-yearly profit of ,£248,443. A dividenu oi 10 per cent, has been declared.

A special service of intercession will he held at the Trinity Methodist Church at 7-30 this (Thursday) evening. The public are invited to attend.

Owing to (1) an increase in wages granted und,er a new agreement, (2) increase in. cost of materials owing to war conditions, and (3) the increased cost of electric current, the Napier Municipal tramways are not paying their way. c

Those interested in functions being held in connection with the present Methodist Synod, in Wanganui, are reminded of the Synod garden party to be held to-day at the residence of Mrs. . Webb-Jones, Gonville Avenue, at 3 p.m.

A pure-bred Shorthorn bull, imported by the Hon. Dr. R. McNab, arrived in Auckland by the Athenic from London on Sunday. The bull, which is a splendid animal, arrived in first-class condition, and Dr. 'McNab, who inspected his purchase on arrival, declared that hg, was more than satisfied with it. The bull is going to Di\ McNab's property in Otago.

"I went to a: fair in Edinburgh," writes Gunner "Bob"' Cooper to friends in Masterton, "and I saw milch cows, just carved, sold up to £50. Fat wethers and black-faced sheep, with horns übout six inches long, sold from £4 to £5, according to quality. There were some o]d ewes you woul3 not think of feeding your dogs on, went up to £2. Two-and-a-half-year steers fetched £40."

lhe Kai Iwi railway bridge was discovered by Mr. Hawkins, stationniastex, yesterday morning, to have suffered by lire, all the woodwork of one of the central piers having been destroyed. The engineering staff were immediately communicated with and temporary fepairs were effected during the day. Traffic was not interfered with, but trains were only allowed to pass over the bridge at a very much reduced rate of speed.

Good,results have recently been obtained at Trenthem through the use1 of the inhaling treatment for sore throats, ete._ Of 202 cases of sore throat treated in one week, 15J. were cured ,27 much improved, 18 improved, and in 'Six cases there" was no change. Three influenza cases were cured, two improved, and in two there was no alteration. .During the week 33 c.s.nx. carriers were also treated, 26 being cured and two much improved, but in five cases *,here was no change.

A movement is on foot in Auckland to secure, the appointment of a Women's Christian Association secretory to devote ail her time to the girls wHo work in factories, and to bring1 them under the influence'of the association (reports an Auckland paper.) Similar appointments have been made in Asutialian cities witii conspicuous success, and Mrs. M'K. Geddes, president of the Auckland branch, 'has already interested a number of factory owners and business men in the suggestion. They have expressed willingness to contribute to the salary'of such a worker.

A noteworthy machine shearing tally was made recently at the .Puna Tiho Tiko shed (Poverty Bay), by several Maoris, the day's work lasting eight and a half hours. The greater portion or the sheep were big wethers, the lemmder being large ewes. The shearers put through 1801 sheep during the day, tlie individual tallies of the men being as follows: — Heriwene liapana '270, Peta liapana 268, Wainui Te&pa 249, Hum Stevens 232, Hata Stevens 212 Hoera Kewa 196, J. Grant 190, A. Curtis 184.

Owing, to the dearth of bushmen, says the Taumarmiui (King Country) correspondent of the "New Zealand Herald," sawmiiling companies have found it extremely difficult to keep up their supply of logs. Middle-aged and elderly men cannot stand the arduous work of bushfelling, and most of the young men have volunteered. The consequence is that many yardmen have been dispensed with and existing operations have been restricted, while, projected schemes of exploiting further timber areas have been deferred indeiinitely. In spite of this the 'growth of farming has \?nox« than made vp the balance both in population and in th eoutput of produce. Schools grow in attendance, new houses are built, ana old ones are improved.

Th© use of ammonia in dealing with the plague of slugs and snails is being tried in Nelson with great success (says the "Mail.") It is stated that if the ammorifa is watered in a little distance from rows of vegetables, slugs and snails will not pass the line. The ammonia, it should he noted, has to be diluted, for if it touches plants at too great a strength it will burn them. An additional advantage gained by the use of ammonia is that a very powerful stimulant is added to the soil in the form of nitrogen. The ammonia as saved at the Nelson gas works is not of full strength being already diluted with drainage water. Mi- Neil says that, used in the proportion of one part of ammonia to eight parts of water ft has proved effective in daefing wifti slugs and snails, and at that strength will not injure foliage should any of the liquid touch it.

The "Hawke's Bay Herald" says:---Four of the ten successful returned soldier applicants in the Kaiwaka block ballot recently held, left Crissoge last ounday with 15 pack-saddle horses to proceed to their various sections, to commence the work of preparing posts tor fencing. The party stopped at 1 ctane. when 'Mr. F. Lopdell provided them with, suitable accommodation for the night and treated the men in a most hospitable manner. The horses ware also attended to and "paddocked" by the host. It is understood that the work or splitting the posts for fencing will taKe som© considerable time. it is not known how this work will be aone, whether conjointly or whether each man will attend to his own fencing. Tho returned men showed a determination to make the most of their cfmnces

The following was addressed to the Maori brethren at the Methodist Synod by the chairman of the district, who is also superintendent $f the West Coast Maori Mission: "I greet you, my children; you are my children and my grandchildren. I address you first because you are the Mataniua (firstborn). My ancestors came here only a hundred years ago; your ancestors came here hundreds of y<?ars ago. They brought with them many possessions, the sacred Te Awhiorangi'Te Kura and the knowledge of the Mouri. But these things did not enable you to liv.c in peace, together. (My ancestors brought one important possession, the Gospel' of Jesus Christ, and then you learned that you were brethren, and it i$ that possession that enables us to meet here to-day os brethren. I hope that you will realise the same spirit of Jove and power that has rested upon us "

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