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LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

The Otago : andrSouthland draft of the 28th Reinforcements left Dunedin for Wellington tofday., Dunedin, Milton, and., Jrivercargill groups contributed, 367. men.. : V"n Citizens ■" are invited to attend a meeting in tlie '..Council'.Chambers on Monday evening^ *' to make arrangements for the observance of Anzac Day. ■■■;■* ■-'■■:--, ?'<*?' ■■'. '.•■■■■■-

The Railway^Pepartment has commenced the W£>rk v < of demolishing the old station buildings in Picton. When this is completed the *ask of improving the foreshore will be put in hand by the Borough, Council.

Fullers' Country Picture Company is to_ make its iffrst trial at Ward this evening. It proposes visiting the' place regularly if sufficient inducement offers. ' Seddoh wi 11 be y i sited. to-mOrrow.' riigTit, jirid Renwick oh Saturday. .1 ''"■ /- V..'; . ■■.-.■■

' At the Magistrate's Court, Carterton, Gustav v>A;> Hir.seh.berg was charged with -having set fire 'td the, Longbush cheese.' factory. The aeicused pleaded not guilty, and reser T ,ved his defence. He was committed to, the ;Supfeihe:Court,, Wellirigtpn.,! for trial." ■' ' '■■ . '"■■'■ ,.'" ■ '. 7 V " ■■'.■■

Prior to the . departure, of the Pateeriia from,, Picton . on* Tuesday evening, the police arrested a-settler of the-Sound?...on a charge of the theft of a rairicpat and a sou; -wester, of the total value.; of £2 7sj the property of Lewis Holland. The accused pleaded not guilty to the charge before Mr Gordon''Maitland, J.P., tind, on the application of the police, was remanded to appear before the Magistrate on the 26th inst.

'The Wantwood, ' and Hillersden schools held a combined, patriotic picnic at Hillorsde^ .oii Kaster Monday. There was a laggo attendance, and great interest Wtwas taken in the various competitions '■■■,• and children's races'. •;; i ':The'-;m^iriagerie- race created great Txmusemeii't,, and was won by' Tony Rpberts's collie^ pup, With Miss Mera Murray's prize rooster a close second. The public were in a generous mood, and the Ladies'"'Patriotic Association will benefit' to the extentof about £30. A dance was held in the .evening, at- which; Messrs Ivan Fowler and P. Green, who are going to the front, were present,- and occa». sion was taken ,to wishf them godspeed and a safe retuin to the district. '•< ' : ■■••■.:■' ' . -■ ' '. . '

• "We s are taking ' ho more! probationary n.c.o.'s into camp now," said the Defence Minister1 on Tuesday r "All the men'are coming into camp equal,, and we are making the choice in camp of the men most, suitable for the special training class. The selection is to be made not on the recommendation of the Officer Commanding the district/.lbiit on the merit of the man himself. There are so few commissions being granted now in New Zealand owing to so--many being given to mert prompted'at. the. front, that we have come to the conclusion that it is best to britfg them all in and giyt* everybody ah equal chance,; balloted 'men find volunteers alike.' Merit will be the only deciding factor, and the man who can show to the training staff '"that he lias, capacity will get promotion."

Replying to a suggestion that the first division-would not be exhausted so soon if the nge for voluntary enlistment were reduced to 19, the Minister for Defence stated at Invercargill that if any lowering of the age limit took place it- would 'be at the other end. , Recruits would not knowingly be accepted under 20 and a man of if required to- be very fit before he' was passed. It was aiv easier matter, sjiid the Minister, to tiike young lads in the United Kingdom, from which the firing line was not very fax*,..distant,' but experience had proved that th^se had better not be taken from New, Zealand. Of course numbers of young boys of 18 and 19 and of older men up to 55 who had left with the forces had stood up to the life well, but there were others who became simnly. drags upon . the army, and the Department; considered that it had vfid^pted the wisest course iri fixing; the present age limits. ■'■ . "*

It is anticipated that the 'shortage of coal will necessitate the laying-up at an early date of the steamers engaged in the Blenheim-Wellington service.

The Territorial camp for the Nelson area of the 10th M.R, and the 12th Regiment commenced to-day at Tapawera. . The camp for the Marlborough a»ea will.be held at Marshlands, commencing on 2nd May.

Sir W. C. Buchanan remarked, at a meeting of farmers, Held in Masterton on Monday, that in Germany the authorities were encouraging potato growing in order to cope with tho shortage of wheat, etc. He wished to know r/hether it might not bo moro profitable tpggroww w potatoes than wheat. The Minister for Agriculture replied that he was obtaining a report from his Department on the subject of potato-growing. Iri growing potatoes the fact of the blight must not be lost sight of*. The iriore potatoes that were grown the lqss quantity of flour would be required.'; ,

A. weight-guessing competition was held at the combined schools and patriotic picnic at Hillersden on Easter Monday, a fat lamb presented by Mr F. Exel being used for the purpose. Tho exact weight was .841bs, Messrs Williams and Peters <tieing for first prize with a guess of 82|lbs. Mrs Williams won the ladies', competition with ;a guess of 821b8. The Jamb was afterwards sold by auction, and realised ' the sum of £10 ,-lls,' the following gentlemen buvirig and offering ib for sale again: —Messrs F. Bon■ningfcon,-. 8.-.-)VilliainSj Jas. Low, T. Fowler, J. McOaskey, T. Cliarters, D. Black, J. Fowler,'J. Martin, A. H. Roberts, W. Atkinson, H. Murray,, A. Johnston, J. Gifford, A. loms, M. Peters, and Jas. Atkinson. For1 influenza take Woods' Great Peppermint Crue. Ncv.er fails. Is 6d, 2s ad:—Advt. "There has been considerable talk lately about the running ..of race 'traipfl^.-stated the Hon. Wl D. S. MacDbnald at Mastcrton on Mionday last. ';:■; i|'W«§!!, I have been .'.racing for thirtyi-two yeajis. I own horses—in factj I was represented ;at the Tauherenikau meeting. I hay« not seen- my horses race for about two .yearsv Racing has never done me any injury or caused me loss. Efvit it is riot an'essential industry, riei^HW1 is it profitable to some. Evei-yone is of v; opinion that luxuries arid non-essen-tial industries must.go, and our^whole attention givon to the essential industries.'- Right, on top of the essential industries ar& , aotriculturai and pasitpral pursuits.' The Gbvei-iiment will organise labor' and help the producsrs." . ■.

At a meeting of the Executive of the Scottish Society, ,o£ Marlborotigh, held Isist evening, it was decided to apportion the ,profits/.of the: forthr. coming concert, to be held in His -Majesty's Theatre on. Tuesday/: Ist May, as follows;— 60 per cent, to the local Red Cross. Fund, 25.per cent." to purchase tickets in the local Art union for the benefit of wounded soldiers, and 25 per cent, to the Pipe Band"* Uniform Fund. TJioi local ScotSj like their kinsmen throughout the Empire, are doing their share, both in blood and in money, in the life-and-death Struggle in which the world is now engaged. The Society has ■ already contributed over £260 to various patriotic funds, and hopes ■that the coming effort will put the total;well over- £300. The best of talent has been engaged, and tlie concert promises to be the most successful; ever • held in the history of the Societv-.-

Private Harry Le Bas, who left with the 19th. Reinforcements, writing from Sling Camp, England, gives an interesting description of the life at the camp. He says, inter alia: "The snow has thawed and left us in mud up to our boot-tops. By the time 2000 men march .through it you can guess what it' is like, and we are paddling all day long. It is very adhesive, mud* You put 7'our foot doAvn, and it takes a good pull to get it up again. It is funny to hear what the instructors say to us. .We dare not laugh, or it is C.B. for us, but sometimes they go too far, and then there is trouble. The New, Zealand soldier can stand a lot, but i there is a limit. The Tommies take it all and say nothing. But all the same this is the place for real training. We get the real thing here. It is not play-time like it is in New Zealand. After what we get to do here it seems like a picnic that we] left,4n New Zealand. If any of us growl, we get: * Don't you know there is a war on? Think of your; mates in the trenches I They don't arrowl, and neither should you.' Anid they are perfectly right. To-morrow finishes ,our training, and then we go away to ' Somewhere in France.' . . . You would not 'Believe how men are needed here.- Every man that can. come should buckle to. We are going td help in the big push in the spring, and we are all determined : to do our bit for an Empire of which we. are all so proud." ■"Oh, Clarissa, my dear, cpme quickly here! ,

A gopd deal of building work has been carried out lately at Tauherenikau Camp, which has been in occupation by troops for some time past. Cook-houses and other buildings capable of providing for large numbers ,of men aiv> beiug erected, and it is understood that Taiiherenikan is likely to be used a* a "permanent temporary" camp to a considerable extent in the near future. As in the past, it will be a. subsidiary camp to the main camp at Featherston.

• It is notified that the publication of the Journal of the Department of Labor-will cease with the next issue. This step has been found necessary owing to the war, and its effect on the cost of l&bor and material. Certain information now included in the Journal will be embodied in other Government publications. Cost of living figures will appear in the government Statistician's monthly abstract of statistics, and certain industrial information will appear in the periodical issues of the Book of Awards.

During his address at "a banquet at Edendale, Southland, Sir James Allen said he did not think J;here were many eligible men in New Zealand who were deliberately shirking their military, duty. There were a few, and he did i?ot envy these men their consciences. .* When , the war was over they would, feel their position even more than now.- When they met the men whb'hod fought' for., them they must 'feel mean and Vcontemptible. They would be shunued by these brave fellows, and their lives in New Zealand would become, unbearable if they had the faintest spark of manly feeling. ' '. HEBE'S A SPLEMDID CORN . ■■•,■: ■.; ' cuiiei ■~■•/ ■

.' Pi'ogandra is a' successful corn cure ' because it is : a» corn remover-^d corn : removed can't trouble vo\i any longer! Simplytapply Progandra to a strip of calico and wrap it,round*the corn.. Do this six niglnte, soak the foot in vhot wateib, and the corn comes out. Pro- • gilirdr.i cures soft corns between the toes as Sjell as .hard ones. > Tj\y.; it! ■'Ohlyls'.'bbx at chemists and stores.-—; Advc,; '.;.:,;■■■"■" ,' ~'". ■•; '.■■■ ■.-.■.-,.: "■■'-1

More, effective than any mixture irt stoijping a cold is NAZOL. Penetrate ing and germ-killing. Keep it. handy in home, shop or office. ls6dbHys 60 doses.—Advt.

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Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 85, 12 April 1917, Page 4

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LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 85, 12 April 1917, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 85, 12 April 1917, Page 4

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