LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2938, 25 November 1916, Page 8

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Tho six followers of Rua arrested 011 tlio Coast are (says a Press Association telegram from Rotorua) to bo charged with perjury. Their nemos arc Taalm Hiriwanu, Tu Tewharau, Makarini, Tori Biddle, Tioke, ,an<l:Waho. A man who presented liinisolf for. enlistment in Group 0 (Wellington City and Suburbs) yesterday ' set an example to the laggards. Wlien the war began he was a reservist of tho Navy, and he responded to the mobilis-ation-call at once. He was drafted to a warship at Tilbury 011 August 7, 1914. Four months later ho took part, in the Falkland Islands battle, as a member of the crew of light cruiser Glasgow. lie plavcd_ his part in the destruction of Admiral von, Spec's cruiser squadron, and in the course of the engagement received a wound which necessitated the removal of his left eye. After a. period in hospital ho was discharged with a pension. But- he has discovered now tlin_t a man with a sound right eyo is eligible for" service, and so has enlisted in the New Zealand 'Expeditionary Force. He was offered a home service appointment, but insisted that he would prefer to "have another smack at the Germans" at close quarter*. He has passed the doctors, . and will enter camg at the first opportunity. Evidence of widespread cargo pillaging was discovered on the steamer Opawa, which arrived from Liverpool, via Sydney, 011 Thursday .(says a Press Association telegram l'rom Auckland). Customs' searchers 1 found broken cases in tho holds and elsewhere, and plantsof pillaged cargo, indicating an alarming amount of broaching. Two seamen h'avo been arrested, charged with pillaging. .- His Excellency the Governor has informed the officer in-charge of tlie New. Zealand .branch of tho British Red Cross and Order of St. John, Wellington, that he intends calling a. conference of delegates from the various centres at tho end of. this month. Duo notice of the meeting will be given. Medical inen 'are leading a strenuous lifo just -now, those who . have not gone to tho front undertaking not only their own work, but that of the absent, doctors. "The doctors' find it' difficult to cover the-whole of the ground, aiidl •patients do not always help them. A case occurred on Thursday where, according to a mcdical man, ten -doctors wero called ,to-a case-of sickness in a. distant suburb. In due course the whole ten' medical- men responded to the call, .having had to specially arrange their work to keep an engagement., which was in reality tho work' of only ono man. In connection with the reported arrest of two Y.M.C.A. secretaries by the Camp Police at Trent-ham for wearing military' uniforms, the Camp Commandant (Lieut.-Oolonel 11. R. Potter) states that tho incident end not occur at Trentham, where the Y.M.C.A; secretary wears mufti. Further inquiries show that the occurrence took place at Featherston camp, and was caused by the Camp Polico .heing .unacquainted with' the new uniform which tho Minister of Defence has authorised for the use of the Y.M.C.A. secretaries.. This consists of a t khaki suit, with Norfolk jacket and cap, and'the Association badges on cap audi collar. The riiatter is being inquired into by the Defence authorities. '■ i In'referring at the Presbyterian Assembly yesterday to the Presbyterian missionaries 'at' work-'in Canton,' Professor Hewitson, who.has returned recently from China, enlarged _on the great'esteem' and" regard in. ■yhich their New 'Zealand missionaries are held by tho missionary community. Missionary work had been going on for many years, and the community , was naturally a- large ,one, and he was gratified to find not only that they yore well , liked and respected, but that' their, status '"was 1 high- -among their fellowa. He happened to ask'how Dr. Edward Kirk, was-regarded : among -tV.o- rasdtaal: profession; and he was:Md that'iio w?.s considered-' t-o be the best surgeon in Canton. " . Although the past season was a poor one for-the collection of trout ovai the curator of tho Masterton fish hatcheries has been able t-o hatch and liberate in tho Wellington provincial district no fewer than 320,000 brown trout fry, 60,000 rainbow trout fry, .and 7000 brown trout yearlings. Speaking of the problems involved in missionary work among the Maoris, the Rev. R. E. Ward, one of the mis-' sionaries at the Presbyterian Assembly last evening, said that Indians were showing themselves among the Maoris in ever increasing numbers. They wero time-expired Indians from. Fiji. Ho on one occasion recently counted 25 Indians 011 tho streets of Taumarunui. He did not wish to say much; but lie would say that they must safeguard the Indians apd-. themselves, and at' tho same-timo do justice to the Maori. Here is a rather curious coincidence, or string of coincidences. Robert Frost and J. Lockwood . were in partnership for some -years as contractors in Northern Wairoa. One was on the road to Whangarei., His horso fell. He broke a leg and went to hospital. The other was on the same road on the same horse afterwards. The liorse fell at the same place. The rider.'s "same" leg was broken in the same place. The doctor who' attended the first also attended the second. ' The nursp who nursed the one nursed' the other. Both enlisted, one with the Reinforcements, the other with the Fifth. Botli were wounded. They met on the same boat, and came hack to- New Zealand. They both put in for ''land and drew sections in tho same ballot.—-Napier "Telegraph." Mr. E. 0. Perry (Home Missioner), 6peaking at the - Presbyterian General Assembly-on-Thursday, referred to tho; wonderful growth of the. district of Hokianga and' in the Maungakakia district, to'the north'of Whangarei. "Many of you doubtless believe that there is a great deal of unsettled laud and a great deal of land not worth settling," said Mr. Perry. "I tell j;q.u that this great north country contains some of the richest country in New Zealand, and that in a comparatively short time it will carry a teeming population." A boy named William Moore,, aged eight vears,' son of Mr. W. Moore, in charge of the Blackball Coal Company's lnil!; Enterprise, was drowned in the vicinity'of the. Wanganui Town Wharf ' shortly after noon on Thursday. The Ijoy, in company with a younger bro-' tlier, was playing on tho deck of. the vessel, and fell into the river, while endeavouring to recover a stick he had dropped over tho side. Tho younger child called his mother, who rushed 011 deck in time to seo the unfortunate boy being carried down the stream. At the meeting of the Wanganui Education Board on Thursday it was stated that it was not fair to keep the certificated teachers in tho towns and send the uncertificated teachers to the 'country schools. The chairman said tho experience was that uncertificated teachers'had better facilities for studying in tho country. Tho Act provided that they could not keep an uncertificated teacher in a position when a certificated teacher was available. It did not follow that an uncertificated teacher was not a good teacher. It was not necessary that a teacher should attend the training college.in order to qualify. A cool head through Summer if you wear a straw from Geo. Fowlds, Ltd. Boaters, Bs. 6(1. to 15s. 6(1.; Panamas, 17e. Gd. to 45.1.—Advt. , Wo are having a busy time liandinp out Is. cartons, of No "Rubbing Laundry Help for washing clothes clean, without rubbing or injury to hands or .finest fabrics; .ElO. guarantee, with, .every package. Wardell Bros, and Co.—Aim.

Tito premises of Messrs. Cricliton and Newman, footivear importers, of Wanganui, were broken into on Thursday morning, and stock to the value of £50 stolen. Writing from tlie Somme front to his parents in Invercargill, a young officer of the New Zealand Forces says: —"In a great offensive -like this one must oxpeet to have tremendous casualties, but it is good to know that wo have Fritz absolutely whipped, and it's only a matter of time before the great -German rout will take place. We have superiority on the sea, in the air, and, most of all, our artillery fire is much superior to his. All the'men' are sure of victory, everyone is quilo confident, and the troops dash to the assault cheering wildly. We know now we are winning, but winter is coming on us. and-, we may-not finish this year. If not-/ next summer will, certainly see the' Germans driven back and completely crushed. At present their morale is very low and our men are. at their best." The Rev.. J., A. Asher, in referring to the effect of the war in a.s'piritual •sembly on Thursday, said that 110 war had ever been helpful to religion or tlio ever been helpful to religion or the Church, but had rather had a degeneratory influence 011 the nations engaged therein. That had been in the case of the Napoleonic Wars, and, later, in the caso of the Boer War; indeed, on all such occasions the effect of war had not been helpful to religion. He had only a few weeks ago spoken to a friend, who, in agreeing with him on tlio subject,; 6aid that the people did not. seem to care a' dump about the matter. The speaker also referred to the problem of impurity. On this vexed subject, the deadliest of the trinity of sins, lie was afraid that he could say nothing helpful, for to attack it might only mean to spread the evil further. The report lie was moving' at the time included the.'following paragraph J— "Your committee are of the opinion that increased attention should be given by the.Church to the new-discovered and awful pestilence of venereal disease that slays its tens of thousands, while tuberculosis is slaying its tens of' thousands, the form er' causing .immeasurably greater nersonal: and domesticjinhappiness and social havoc." Messrs. Baldwin and It ay ward. Patent Attorneys and Consulting Engineers,, of 215 Lamhton Quay, report that- recently they actcd ras .agei}ts in filing the following applications for Letters Patent of New Zealand:—S. R. Allwill, Auckland.,aeroplane engine; Campbell and Cn., Wanganui, side-ear; R. B. Sm»th,' Cleveland. stove; Drs. Quicroz. Brazil, preserving meat: N. .T. Daysh. Carterton, milking machine; A. E. Burcber, Auckland, enriching gas; Witcombn and Pym, Wellington, wheel gauge; Eclinse Printing Co.. Sydney, sales book: W. Liddell, .Cottesloe, gas producer;_ W. 8011. Sydney, coincontrolled device; .T, R"id, Auckland, collapsible crate; W. AVebb. Eltllam, horse cover; American Key Can Company. package; L. Smith, Auckland, barrel.