LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 17075, 31 August 1917, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Members of the council of the Chamber of Commerce are reminded of the lftonthly meeting on Monday evening next, September 3 at 730

1, *i v d% sd\X a iat sh <*P, donated •) rTi ;, * M, ailsoll > was auctioned at Dalgety's sale-yards on behalf of War Baby fco. 41', and realised £14

i^ Gi? unec! ln exec«tive of the National VVeltare Association, adopted a resolution viewing with satisfaction the Premier s expressed willingness to hold the general election at the usual time, and to that end hopes the Government will support Mr. Witty. All individual members of Parliament are teino- circularised to support the Bill. **

Messrs. Lethbridge (chairman of the Kftngitilsei County Council), Sydney Mair (engineer), and H. -Richardson ■tcierk), motored to Taihape yesterday and upon reaching a point about a.mile rrom town on the return trip, they came to an overturned trap, and the previous occupants, Mr and Mrs Murphy, lying insensible. Mr Murphy became conscious before the party" left but Mrs Murphy, who was removed to a residence near-by, was still insensible. f

_ Special attention is'drawn to the visit of Jlr A. Varney. V.M.C.A. secietary; whn> has just returned from i-ra-nec an d England. Mr Varaey tas a wonderful story to tell of the enthusiasm of the women of England in -tueir eflorts on behalf of our soldier lads, and he desires to tell the women of this land, what their sisters across i\\e seas ;are doing.. A cordial invitation U given to all patriotic lady, workers, aud also the wives and mothers of our soldiers, to hear Mr Varney at the Op?.a House on Saturday afternoon at 3 c'cloeK The Mayoress (Mrs C. E. Macltay) will take the chair.

"They will make you. a colonel/ .interjected Dr. Thacker, M.P., in the course of Mr. W. A. Veitch's speech •in the House of Representatives on Wednesday night. "For God's sake, don t make m e a colonel," was the reply. " Make me a corporal, if you like, but not a colonel. (Laughter.) There are very few decent people left who are not colonels." (Laughter). No man, he contended, but a real soldier prepared to 'fight for his country should be allowed to wear khaki. (Hear, hear.-). They had far too many men who were not soldiers, in khaki;' and colonels here, colonels there—far too many colonels everywhere. (Hear hear, and laughter.)

The new freezing works at Kakariki are steadily shaping form, and travellers passing by train are astonished to find such large works going up. It is ■ confidently anticipated tliat the new works will be ready to commence working by the end of the year. The capacity of i,he works is 2000' sheep and 100 head, of cattle per day, with a storage equivalent to 90J000 carcases of 601b. The buildings are of brick and concrete, and practically indestructible. Owing to war conditions, difficulty has been experieiiced in procuring machinery, and portions of the plant, including the refrigerating macninery, will not be to hand for some time. Before starting the construction, however, the directors were satisfied that by an adjustment of surplus freezing power at present at Waterloo Quay and Ngahauranga, disappointments of this nature would not preclude a start for the new season..