LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXX, Issue 146018, 22 July 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

About 140 miles of streets are lighted at night in Cbristclnirch.

A ''conscientious objector ' ! has given £'2r,0 to the Hawke's Bay War Fund.

Miss Gladys Bamford. of Wanganui, the other day collected £7 5s !>d on the train, bringing her total up to £458.

Two Balclutha, recruits have certified their willingness at the local Defence ofliee to join tho 25th Reinforcements.

The Masterton Silver Band will play a programme of music at the Mastertou Hospital to-morrow afternoon, commencing at 3 o'clock.

The Kaikorai Club (Otago) holds tho record for 11>c number of men on activo service, no loss than 3IS of the Club's players having answered the Empire's calf.

"If it were not for tho newspapers we would never suffer, except from what happens to us. As it is, with the help of the papers, we suffer pretty .steadily from what doesn't happen, , ' according to an American monthly.

Following on the issue of a writ for £2000 against Mr A. JO. Harding, president of the Kaipara Chamber of Commerce, by the- Parengarenga (Jam Company, for alleged libel in connection with the agitation against the proposed segregation of Austrian?, writs for £2000" and £.1000 have been issued by tbe Hiimo company against the North Auckland Times (Mr R. E. llornblow's paper) and Wairoa Bell respectively, for publication of alleged libellous matter.

On Thursday, shortly after noon, a sudden gust of wind was experienced in Featherston, and so violent was it for a few minutes that a brick wall in the course of erection collapsed. The wall was about 10ft high and about 60ft long, and was part of a. building being erected for a garage. Luckily the accident happened during tho dinner hour, otherwise there might have been fatalities recorded. The builders, Messrs Abbott and Duncan, will be considerable losers by this misfortune.

A remarkable accident occurred in Dennis street, Wavorley (Sydney), as ;i result of which Joyce Mason, a six-nioiiths-old infant, was killed. Mrs Mason was walking along -Dennis street with the child in her arms, and was opposite a blacksmith's shop, when a- pair of pinchers shot over the fence and struck the baby on the head. A man had thrown tho pinchers in the direction of a horse in the smithy. They hit the horse, but rebounded and How over the fence to the footpath, striking the child.

In the House of Representatives yesterday afternoon, the Speaker announced the result of the secoud conference with the managers of the Legislative Council on tho Military Service Bill. The Premier explained that the principal point agreed to by the conference was a provision under which religious objectors were compelled to do noncombatant service, not only in New Zealand, but beyond it if necessary. That was a most important amendment, as under it an objector would be compelled to go wherever he was sent. This raised ft lengthy discussion on the rights of religious objectors. The report of the conference was finally agreed to, on division, by 44 votes to IS.

The Masterton Miniature Riile Club fired a shoot last night. Tho following were tho scores: — J. Johnson 70, O. Donald 69, M. Carr 08, 11, Price 68, W. Winslade 67, A. V. Swanson 04, J. O'Toole 58. Four others competed. The following are the team to represent the M.M.E.C. iv a teams' match next Tuesday night:—A. V. Swanson, V. Donald, 11. Price, L. Walsh, M. Carr, D. MeLeay, J. - Johnson, J. Young , , 11. Johnson, W. Rosson, F. Hill, .7. McGregor, D. Davey, V. Pinknoy, J. O'Toole.

The Minister of Defence yesterday afternoon laid on the table of the House Colonel Heaton Rhodes's report on his official visit to' Egypt- Gallipoli and Malta. He moved that the report be printed. Mr T. M. Wilford spoke appreciatively of the work- done by Colonel Rhodes, saying that the information sent to New Zealand had been a great comfort to parents who, prior to his visit, were in grave doubt as to certain matters which Colonel Rhodes was able to sot right. The Minister, in reply, said a senior officer of the Postal Department was leaving shortly for France to take chargo of tho postal arrangements, lie spoke in the warmest terms of the Unselfish work dono by Colonel Rhodes, whoso report was a most valuablo document.

In a golf match played at the Kototawai links on Thursday, Kototawai defeated Grey town by six games to two.

■ "Mister,' *, enquired Dusty Ehoades, "would you contribute .a shilling to help beautify your thriving city?" <' What's the idea? " "A shilling would buy me a ticket to the next 'town. ,.

The failure of the Telegraph Department to properly notify the public of the introduction of " the urgent telephono ring system was the subject of comment at the Chamber of Commerce meeting yesterday.

At Palmerston yesterday, William Tosswill, solicitor, of Pahiatua, appeared on remand on a charge of the alleged theft of trust moneys. The police applied for and were granted a further remand till next Friday afternoon.

At Greytown yesterday an ex-soldier named C. W. Smith was charged with assaulting a young lady. He was fined 40s, or fourteen days , imprisonment. A further charge against him of attempting to commit suicide was adjourned until Wednesday next.

Over 45 signatures, representing about 90 votes, have been secured to the petition in regard to constituting a portion of the Feathcrston County—embracing parts of Tauherenikau, South Featherston, Kaiwaiwai and Kahutara road —a special rating area for an electric light, and power service. The area is not as large as that over which a poll was taken. a

At the meeting of the Mastertou Chamber of Commerce yesterday it was decided, on the motion of Mr Summerell, that the postmaster be written to, asking what has been done in regard to the Chamber's letter in reference to urgent telephone rings, and further, at what intervals the telephone "Bets are revised, and if ami. when "subscribers are 'notified of additions to' the lists.

In reply to a question by Mr J. C. Thomson in the House of Representatives yesterday afternoon, the Minister of Defence said an arrangement had been made with the Dental Association to attend to the dental requirements of recruits on a basis of reduced prices. In a general way the services of members of the Association were obtained, but there was no bar to the employmentof any qaulified dentist who is outside the Association.

Tho monthly mooting of directors of the Wairarapa, Caledonian Society was held last night, Mr T. S. Amis (president) occupying the chair. Accounts amounting to £49 Is lid were passed for payment. A very hearty vote of thanks was passed to the ladies' committee for the very excellent supper arrangements in connection with the recent Inglcside, and to all other members who so willingly assisted to make the gathering the success it was.

A popular idea in the Dominion lor some years has been that there are more women in the country than .men. This idee is exploded on reference to the last census, taken in 1911, when it was shown that there were 531,010 males-and 47(5,y5S females, or a proportion of females to each 100 males of 80.57. The birth-rate, on referring to last Year Book for 3 914, shows that there were 14,5:15 hoy babies born to ].'»,SO3 females, or a proportion to each 100 of the latter of 105.3.

Last night the Citizens' Defence Corps fired their second competition. The following were the results:—W. Winslade (scr) til), .1. E. Calwell (scr) OS, P. ,1. Hunn (handicap 4) GS, ,1. Compton (5) 6K. .11. R. .Trice (scr) 157, A. Lewin (-) l>7, IT. E. Moore. (2) (57, .1. V. Gordon (4) (57, A. Faulknor (scr) <j(», C Hyde (scr) (5(5, At Caselberg (12) OO'. IT. Wellington (2) (>(>, L. Hopkins (<>) (5(5, F. Wells (0) (5(5, H. Perry (scr) (i.l, E.Bell (.!) (54, 11. L. Price (4) (5.1, F. Wellington (5) (31, A. Hoar (2) 60.

''I'm afraid the military people do not work in with the railway authorities in regard to the soldiers' trains,'-' said Mr C. I'J. Daniell at the meeting of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday. '"It is not the .soldiers' choice that they go to Wellington instead of Masterton. The military and the Wellington commercial interests are pulling the strings in connection with the soldiers' trains. I am sure that the railway people would like to accede to jVlasterton's request in the matter of soldiers' trains. If the community will deal with the military and not let there be so much of tho Prussian business some good might result."

Captain Bean, the Australian war co-respondent, in a cable dated July (sth, states: —"On the way back from the battle of the Somme I visited certain of the most famous British troops. They had made a. glorious 'attempt to roach the Gorman trenches in the northern part of the line of battle. But they had had four hundred yards of NoMan 's-Land to cross, and before they crossed it the .Germans had their machine guns on the parapet. The fire rose in constant crescendo until the attack simply withered. I do not know whether the Germans were touched by their gallantry, but they did what was un-

precedented in this theatre of war — helped the British earr\ r in their wounded.

Messrs Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., have been instructed by Mr Otto Smith (-who has purchased an hotel at Havelock) to sell by auction his 400----aero farm, situated at Atea (ten miles from Eketahuna, on the Nireaha road), on Wednesday, August 2nd. The property consists of 200 acres L.I.P. and 200 acres freehold. There is a nineroomed house with all necessary outbuildings for a complete farm. On the same date Messrs Wright, Stephensou and Co., Ltd., will hold an unreserved clearing sale of the whole of M) , Smith's live and dead stock, also the furniture of the nine-roomed residence (including a new SO-guinea piano). Amongst the stock are 43 picked dairy cows, "which are due to come to profit at factory dates. Particulars of both sales are advertised on page 8.

Messrs A. Henderson and Co. ask in their advertisement on pa go 7: Are you compelled to take your glasses off every time you raise your eyes from the paper in order to look across the room or at a distant scene? If so, you require bi-focal lenses. You .no longer need to put up with the inconvenience of constantly removing and replacing glasses, "or of straining your eyes when you look through reading glasses at distant objects. Messrs Henderson and Co. fit bi-focal lenses that combine near and far sight correctly in one frame. The lower part gives the necessary correction for close vision, while the upper part is adapted for natural vision. Yet the bi-focal lenses are absolutely free from line' or blur —their appearance cannot be distinguished from ordinary lonscs. •

The expenses in connection yrith thO "Jngleside held last week by the Wairaxapa Caledonian Society for the entertainment of Soldiers amounted to £29 7ft 7d. " . ■. . ' ■■• •■,.■;" ":,

The following ladies will act aa hostesses at the soldiers' entertainment on Wednesday evening next:—-Mob-dames M. Meredith, N. Beetham, F. Evans, H. Drew, O'ConneJl, W..JLainb, Foley, W. .7ago, .E. Hcffer, N.-.James, Francis and Carey.

A trap aeeidont happened at Hukariui on Wednesday, and as a result aa infant boy sustained a fractured thigh. Mrs Garland, with three children, - were thrown out of the vehicle through the horse shying. AH escaped serious injury with the exception of the one boy, the wheel of the trap passing over'him.

The Auckland representatives of the Advisory Board of the Patriotic Association have been authorised to bring under the notice of the Minister for Internal Affairs the question of the advisableness of presidents or chairmen of patriotic committees being given power to issue permits for the collection of war funds.

The medical statistics from Trentham and Featherston camps show that for the past six months the sickness in each camp has not reached 3 per cent in any one month. At Trentham the highest percentage was , shown, duringJanuary aud February (2.5), whilst "at Featheraton camp there was more sick-, ness in June (2.2) than during the preceding five months of the year.

Injuries .sustained by Harry Ryder, an electric lineman who was knocked down by a train in the Lainbton station, yard (Wellington) on Thursday ing, led to his death at the public hospital last night. He was 57 years of age, and unmarried. Since 1911 he had been employed by the Railway Department, aud was assisting at the sfwitehes in the station yard just before he was struck by the train. A brother of 'deceased is in camp at Trenthain.

A team of ten will be picked from the following members of the Citizens* Defence Corps to fire on Tuosday evening next in a match against tho Mas.tertoii Miniature Rifle Club. Any members unable to attend are asked to notify the secretary {Mr "W. Winslade) on Monday:—X. J. King, G. Hyde, M. Mc.lntosh," 11. Perry, A, Faulknor, H. L. Price, R. 11. Price, IT. Wellington, R Wellington, A. Lewin, E. Bell, H. C. Jones, H. E. Moore, J. C. Caldwel), A. Hoar and J. Y. Gordon.

Mr W. 11. Tradgeon has a groj gelding for sale. Mr Eli Smith has an ideal ehee-j> ' farm for sale.

Board and residence, or furnished room, is required by a young lady iv business.

A competent person is advertised for to take charge of the house and several children during mother's absence.

Mr Eli Smith advertises on. page S brief particulars of a, desirable farm property he has on his books for sale.

Messrs C. C. Koss and Co., on page? 8, advertise particulars of a 374-<i< i .ye property they have for sale, 'which ia suitable for dairying or fattening.

Mr V. L. Fairbrolher advertises :&. sale of furniture to be held on Wednesday next, at .1.30 p.m., on account, of Mr McCarthy, who is leaving Masterton. The sale will take place at the residence. 101 Bannister street, and particulars will be advertised later. ;

Bedding manufactured by tho Scoullar Co., Ltd., is guaranteed thoroughly pure and hygienic, as it is made under ideal conditions. The firm's advertisement on page '•> refers to this subject.

Those requiring a good winter over- jjj ci.at should pay a visit to the "Big Barirains" Sale now in full swing at Meesrj J. L. Murray's, Ltd. Tho firm ;.re of.'eniig a splendid range of men's and boys' warm tweed overcoats and T*iu~ coats at genuinely reduced prices.

Mr A. L. Fairbrother has a preliminary announcement of the salo of the whole of the furniture of tho Prinfe of Wales Hotel, which will take place on August 2nd and ."rd. Acting under instructions from Mr S. Allen, who is closing down, the whole of the furniture of the 50 rooms is to bo sold.

Messrs Wright, Stephenson and Co., 'Ltd., have received instructions from Mr 10. L. Wright (who has cold his property), to sell at the homestead, Woraiti, on Monday, July 31st, the wholo of his live and dead stock, comprising twenty-two cows, due factory dates, four cows in milk, eight heifers, duo factory dates, milking machine, motor engine, etc Particulars will bo found on page 8. j A novelty for the use of soldiers is on sale at Messrs McLeod and Young's. This takes the form of a mirror and bullet do/lector. Glass as a mirror for soldiers is useless, being so easily broken. This mirror is made of aa electro- <*A plated stool plate. It makes a wonder- ™ fully good mirror, and, being of stout metal, is guaranteed to turn a bullet. The price of the article is 2e 6d, and must appeal as a gift to a soldier friend.

Messrs Hood Bros, announce that; their record-breaking sale Trill finisit next Saturday, July"29th. For the remaining days, goods will be offered at final prices. You have only to look at Hood's windows to see the remarkable reductions in all lines. Samplo towels at the Manchester counter aro beiug "snapped up"; smart millinery is being almost given away in the showroom; while at the blouse counter really useful, well cut blouses are being sold at les sthan cost price. Don't neglect this opportunity to get splendid value for your money.

There .arc still five infantile paralysis patients in the Masterton Hospital. There were no enlistments at the Masterton Defence Office this morning. Twenty-eight patients are at present under treatment at the Masterton Hos- - ipital. At— Messrs Murray, Roberts and Co. have £100 to the Navy League sailors' dependents' fund. Arrangements have not yet been fompletod for the members of the 15th Reinforcements to parade through the streets of Wellington. The Masterton Chamber of Commerce decided yesterday to again urge upon .tho authorities the need of instituting Saturday troop trains to Masterton. The Camp Commandant is to be approached -on the subject.