LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 56, 29 November 1917, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Hie Excellency the Governor-General v ili review the Thirty-third Reinforcements at Trentham Camp this afternoon at 3 o'clock.

• The Base Records Offico notifies that advice has been received from Bmo Records Office, Melbourne, that 34.621 J. Hayden, of the Australian Imperial Forces, was killed in act,on on October in and that his nejt-of-km is Mr. Patrick Hayden (brother), Wellington. As the address is incomplete, the Postal officials have been unable to deliver the adviccs of death. Tho Fire Brigade received a call last night to a house occupied by Mrs. M. A. Eliff, at 82 Elizabeth Street. A small fire had occurred in a recess 111 the kitchen, but it was extinguished before tho arrival of tho brigade. Slight damage was done. A small man reached home from, work recently and found a big burglar in his liouso. "What did you say to him? the householder was asked in the Magistrate's Court yesterday. Tho miswer was of the "obvious _ sort: I snul. 'What are you <l oin E.! n my i Questioner: "What did you do then? Small householder: "I backed out first —lie was too big-" If th» candmirbocomes infectious there will bo a slump in amazing stories of desperate encounters between heroic little householders and giant burglars.

Sneak thieves got away with a sack of new potatoes from Messrs. Thompson Bros' mart in Blair Street yesterday morning, trundling it impudently 1 on one of tho market trucks. Beforo they could disposo of. it outS they were seen and the informaon was convoyed to tho market, but before anyone could secure a constable the thieves had decamped, leaving tho potatoes in the street. • Treating himself to whisky and soda at tho expense of a man whose house lm was burcliii" was credited to a man who appSd in the Magistrate's Court vesterday. At another bouso tho same S was preparing to cook himself a meal of eggs when tho man of the house camo homo from work.

feeams of pain mingled with sln-gs of laughter, were heard in Karate Way ffew days ago. Some had ntored luxuriously round to that me turesquo harbour-side spot to hunt for tho succulent paua, which clings to tbe rocks below low-water mark, and m at times plentiful in the ocahty mentioned The Maori feels for them witn nands and feet, using tho latter as a guide when tho water is too deepto dip down with tho bands. One Mao" was encased in feeling along tho roolca iK toes, when ho sud deny scream - «(] with agony not too deep for words. Wha ho Lid could not bo understood, as ho resorted to his native tonguo to vUuatcly exprees his feelings. His oe had been caught by a ppa-which closos liko a vice on anything that is inserted between, tho two sides of his clittering home. Tho Maori who had E1 his place in tho car roared 3>fighter, and told the sufferer to ™t hold of his submarine enemy. At fast ho did so, and in his fury smashed tho largest shol-fish in these waters, and is oaten with relish, both raw and cooked, by the Natives. TJndor tho War Funds Amendment Act it is illegal for anyone to give a concert, entertainment, or bazaar for S. purposes without, first obtains a permit from the appointed authorhf wL may be tho Mayor of a city, or &„ chairman of a county council or Ln'board, president or chainnan of a society controlling a war fund, or the upormtendent of police. .In tho reguations that are now being prepared under tho Act, it is proposed that tho und ehall bo nominated (from tho official list) which tho proceeds of tho onto ainmentaro to benefit tlmt only a certain percentage of tho tot »V?,' , bo allowable for 0 ! 18^-, 11, ' , ,,. 1 proper balanco-shcot shall bo furmslieil SXMayororohairnmnofthoMcwty controlling the fund coiicoruod withm . i. given timo after tho ollort. Two women inebriate) wor<; bnforo tho Magistrate's Court yo»U<r<lii.v. On.', vhTwn«, -according I" «■«•> M. i> hint offender, ankoil to l» aont to V«knU» Island, and her rcqiimit wim gnu. od So othor. who Imtl jiwl ««>«> -'«'; " II Tnihapo, »ml Uu.l ho «'«««*;«; to Wellington to Ktiiy lion. I. I Ut »<■ man It wa« n'i«nrk«l Iff ho P»lin spend so much of Uw limo l> I < hrwlmarnlwl Ui«. nima. I""'«yl< »'" ' Salvation Army will ml""!' '"" '» "■' homo for n whili'. Ai, a wi<ll-!il.loii<l<ml ol lu> A "v i. .1,1 in llik Tim i'ii » ti ,,1, - Ill) |,1m l'i>l-tll'itl»(S Wril.iiifi horn nii«. ttf lite \h t'jt-' u, iv ,.- "Olio .'ltd R"i'n«lv I' 1 "1 ! , Va«i i-Kt'-i - ; ri " r m TFm | , opH | n l w |n'll.lM»rttwltrtW.mHi|M „. '|,« killnl. Wlwl-jWtitM l!.| p»M «l U,i, ..m .M..;i.wi";l. "T^ roolinn ~..r.f.iinli.r.i.j n» I, l< j tlt thn Will , Willi M 'I" ,1 " ,1 '" U, ~ , mI " W |,,,n, ....Llilnif in l;i I." f|!«».l I'ttl> liro i« Imnl l"< I""'' , " Xil,io H . Tlior, n h1 ,.,1m«0v.j Htv, nnil Ukn IM-1 r 1 ,! "" n ; 'i , |, ; ,n in tlm irnmm r»m» < ' » . mid pvrry«m» Hci-mi'N'il-" 1 " I,l ' »"' "y , >' "hiiiß tli.il. rn 1,.-lor bin, ~ lumi.r ilono." T,n»l ovniiiiH! 1.h.» iMniliil. (Wh JMlhnll n c | lnW ' «/ ..iH..1.n..|,v. Ill" Hi' „(,„!(. llnil- "ft"' , b.;um 1.«'K.;.1 n| m \\w i-i-ll M'(!iirr»H imliilr.i"! '» iiillm-i----vioinil. b«linvi«iir, and lirolto bi." n>H»ij,nno Ho wiiH ronioviMl l.» Mi« llii.-ipi-tnl. '

An interesting fact concerning the four New Zealand candidates of this year's Rhodes Scholarship is that one of them entered Trentliam camp as a Territorial officer, while the otherthieft went in as n.c.o.'s, nnd, after undergoing tho, usual examinations, were I'iven commissions. This was before

they had been selected as Rhodes Scholarship candidates, and it is regarded us an indication that tho system of promoting n.c.o.'s to cuinniisBions, as followed in the camp, is a just one. Tho four young soldier students, Lieut. H. A. Mackenzie, 2nd Lient. N. A. Jory, Lieut. H. R. Richard, and Lieut. J. \V. Hinton, were comrades together in camp. Last year's Rhodes Scholar, Lieut. Hudson, Kinco killed in action, also enU-'ied camp as a n.e.0., and qualified for a commission whilo there.

It has been, stated in some of the newspapers in other pnrts of «cw Zealand that the town of Dannevirke has been completely destroyed by the recent fire which burned out a section of the best of the business portion of the town, nnd that the place can never recover, at any rate for a lonrr time, from the effects of the disaster. It is quito true that the town did suffer every severely, . but it is not true that nothing is to bo done-to repair the damage. I radically the whole of the damaged portion is to ho rebuilt almost at once. Tenders are to he let immediately tor tho rebuilding of the burned down premises in better and more permanent shape than that in which they existed before the fire. There is .to bo no stagnation in Dannevirke, wliicli has for several years past been a town of rapid growth and development. In the article published yesterday morning regarding the Kitchener Scholarships, tho establishment of which has been mado possible- by the generosity of Colonel 11. Heaton Rhodes, "rather less than justice was dono to Colonel Rhodes. It was stated that Colonel Rhodes had been given an amount of £1000 to defray his expenses on his mission to Egypt ana Gnllipoli, and that-ho had foregone this payment, and with it provided the fund for the establishment of these Kitchener Memorial Scholarships. !no fact is that Colonel Rhodes was given a vote of £500 for his expenses, and that he supplemented this sum by a contribution from his own purse- ol £500, making a total of £1000. .In addition, Mrs. Heaton Rhodes is giving ii donation to the fund of £250 more.

Mr. Christio (chairman of the Clutha branch of tho New Zealand Farmers' Union), speaking at tho monthly meeting of tho union, brought up tho mottor of utilising tho available boy labour from various Otago schools during the summer vacation. Tho farmers would bo doing a good turn both to themselves and tho hoys by getting thorn interested in farm work. In las opinion the farmer had to pay all the taxes, and tho more farmers there were in tho future tho lighter would.be the burden of taxation. No applications had been received for tho available boys in Tosoonso to the advertisements. Hβ (tho speaker) was going to invite at least one boy out and show him something. The problem was worth the farmers' consideration, and ho hoped the Clutha farmers at least would use their endeavours to initiate tho lads into farm work. Tho country was always crying out about the shortage of labour, and if the labour that was available was not secured it would bo .1 reflection on therdistrict. These boys, if they could bo brought from tho towns," would be tho futuro backbone of the country. Farming was different from all othor work. Tho more farmers there were tho higher wcro the prices realised, and the more prosperous they all became. The boys from tho schools wore willing, and now wns tho time to cultivate in them a tasto for agriculture. "Wo want thousands of boys," concluded tho speaker.

Throe moro pupils of tho Aviation School Lave passed their flying tests (says the Lyttclton "Times"). They wore J. Templeton (Spreydon), Maurice Chapman ,Papamii), and Harold Dalwood (Christcnurch), wlio all passed with credit. 'Die examiner was Colonel Chaffey. Templeton, in tho course of his tests, was actually flying at ono timo over his father's farm, which adjoins the aviation ground, and the circumstance was quite novel for hoth pupil and instructor. Nienteen pupils havo now gained their certificates, and it is cortain that several more will pass beforo Christmas. Although it is considered that the average courso is six weeks, the later candidates havo been put through in little more than a month.

Recently a man who was wandering aimlessly about at Palmenston wus taken into custody by the local constable, the reason being that lie was supposed to have written a letter in which lie statod that it was his desiro to poison all peoplo over 50 years of age. Hβ is a man about sft. GJm. in height, well dressed,' and apparently, iiidging from his handwriting and composition, of good education. The remarkable point about this person is that ho arrived" in Sydney about six months n«o from Vancouver, and then came on to Auckland, from which place ho went Us Wellington, and thence to Lytteltou and Fiilmerston, but ho has no recollection of having been in Sydney or an/ of the other placos. His eyesight is defective, nnd ho has- almost lost Ins speech; in fact, his speech is most moohoronfc. Anion? tho few articles in his possession are somo documents which indicato that ho left his home in Vancouver for Sydney on a health repriiilinp trip.' TTo stayed at a, house in (ilPiimoro Road, Sydney. His father is supposed (o bo a builder in Vancouver, ~,,,1 „. resident in one of the suburbs of that town. Pomlins: inquiries this person has boon placed '" » n»™ tn { ,M>itnl. In a loiter in llio hands of tho polioo (ho unfortunate man says that, if \W conM only Rot *"»« M ' l >" H11 ;,, m ho would bo nil ripht, and lie (ho eousUblo at Palmorston \o (j'ivo him mi <;vdi<r to procure some from n local I'liomist. \ ...mtrihntor to l.lio London "Daily N,-i«-.i " of September 1-1. in describing i . v,.|-i of London, writos: "But (hero Vl , ,;,,o Iviv that. Wi»n to movgo ~,, ~-„,•„;„■,., uwro definite, than nnv ,„,,.. II wn* tho Now '/oalander. 1 ;„, , h , m ,| t aliko bv tho constancy o lint Ivw niul bv its ftUraoivonoss. It ;:l,l\o mo tho ~u* oMho basket. Tli» iionl., trim lUuivo. wthor on tho hhi.rt siil.'. It" tuuiilino now, firm mouth. huiall chin. wMm'* oyo*. full of iii- ( a Hifi.,n W .wor.»»»ohmiv«r.vincolm«o»«,.*'.rf tho Now /.eaWudor lint 1 >'- .„« U. pot. OM-itod. Horo. 1 tlioiinlil.. htliomUMhniwmhly»ndum-nr.vm!xly ti'iiulnli lv|i» 1 havo sii'il it i-nmos , U Ml- IwWlnMo snot on KU'IH.. If ovorthowni-omkaiul I t,MVo r-W l.> siwvo (which »s oxtvpmeIv «nlik<'lv> I'D m'whV it- W «" ~nt lrt.mWf.il Ihoimht it, is. bu on . ,| 1,, 11,0 Innri llwl is Hiosh I, , imb.,l. ..iviliscl. C all..it-foM'.nv vouiu- Kt.»lislunon mi the other side of tl,o wrM. , •IV Wnirnrajm WNeeuhve rS Iho IferinM-K , Vninn lis« asked the Maslor- ,, CoiiuLv Council to relax H.o law UlriHinr" tl,o >isc of llio voh.lr on Sninhivi for t.h« onrtmir of wool ami ~11,,.,. j,ro,liiee. The council has express- ,.,| .v,,"»Mlhy will, Hio request, oml ul ; M | Umt'it will lakono .-et.ion in 11,,, ,-vonl, of carting being done on Sundays. Vivorv (MIKVnOI.KT Motor-cur cn.inys Oik piiblic Rood-will in abroad >vay. Tim iirnvcn tlu'.v linvo performed tlioir tasks with tho 'unqualified approval of tlio world- a plfii'iiU' prpsppct. to welcome tin. ~..«■ rIIMVHOI.KT modol "FourN nn V." now offorod hx tho DOMINION M0T01! VRITICUiS, LTD., G5 Courlonay Plnco.-Advt.

The- soloists selected by the Choral Union for its performance of Hande s "Messiah" on December 10 will bo Madame Elsie Davies, Miss Mina Co - (low, Mr. Ernest Drake, and Mr. .I , rank Charlton.

From America comes tlie idea of a" electric newspaper. Any evening now in Chicago (says an exchange) yon can look skyward and read, one after another, flaming messages to the general public. On top of n tall sky-scraper, behind the signboard, men fire punchin" keys in an immense keyboard, setting lip in electric type the news of the day. The sign is divided off into squares called •'letter-blocks," each the size of an ordinary letter and having fiftv-thrco lamps scattered over its surface in such a way that by picking out the right lamps in a given instance anv letter in the alphabet may bo made to'appear in that space at will, ine letter-Mocks am arranged in long lines, and it is possible to spell out words and phrases .simply by causing the individual letter-blocks to _ show the character desired. Changes m the wording of the sign are effected as fast as the operators can work the keyboardone man devoting his entire attention to a single line. A message is made to (lash on tlio sign very much as type is set up on a linotype machine. J.n the linotype case the printer punches proper keys to spell out one line, strikes a lover, and the matrices pass on into the machine,, to mould the typo while he is busying himself with the next line. Iγ. the same way, the operators of the new sign punch proper keys to spell out a given, message, strike a lever, and the message flashes on the sign. While people are reading it the men set the keys for the next com. miliiication,' which appears instantly. Bowlers of Wellington and district, their wives, daughters, sisters, trends, have prepared to score well for the Citizens' Christmas Gift Fund with their stall at the Bank of New Zealand corner to-morrow. From clubs far and near satisfactory reports of progress have come to the honorary secretary, Mr J. J- Roberts. Cakes are coming from Thnrndon and Newtown; produce and groceries from Wellington, Victoria, and To Hiwi; sweets and bran tub articles from Seatoun and Hataitai; jumble stall goods from Eastbourne, Karori, Lyall Bay, Rbandallah and Johnsonville. A rare fla-sh of flowers will brighten this busy corner. Roses red and roses white, roses pink and roses golden—aristocrats of wellknown gardens-will give a summer greeting to the public. The flowers will be supplied free by the best grow-ers-all prize winners-of the Hutt Valley and the city, as the following names show: Hutt Valley. Mrs Ewen, Messrs. G. Chapman, Webster, J. Charlesworth. T. C. Damon C. tori, E J Hill. E. Dimock, \. Riddiford, and Mitchell and Mason's Gardens; ci"y, Messrs. W. M. Muir A. Laurenson. G. Jeffery, 6. Itemincton and C Hill. The valley blooms will be brought in a special van to be provided free by the Railway Department (by tho train which leaves Lower Hutt at ».*> to-morrow morning). The prizes for raffles will include a .lady's dressinggown, a Burberry rainproof <**\J Stetson felt hat, a Panama hat, a K«slvn travelling-rug, a pair of Petonc fianketa, a suit length of Weed, and a picture-all on view to-day in C Hills shon, Lambton Quay. Mr C. Parata, M P and bis children, will be on a ferry bT the stall dancing. hakae and j S Maori songs and stones. Bowl&Z who are members of » M Travellers' Club, headed by Mr. M. Carr! will push' the sale of surpr.se packets. Tlie main committees, all tenuous workers, (Advisorv), Mesdamcs R. J. Collins A. Wvlie E E. Stonebanks, and F. J. Fvans' M"n's Committee, Messrs. E. ? ffili, Dimock, Evans, Underwood, Ma?m.s, andTownsend. Theflowm will" oe arranged by Messrs. A Law enson, G. Jeffery, and E. Fountain. Thes all will be erected by Messrs A. Lawson, H. Bauson, and Richards.