LOCAL AND GENERAL
Tlie: school of ' 23 -whales which came ashore on-the- westcoast" of the Northern Peninsula last week .is not the largest liumber of whales that has been stranded at one ; time on this coast... A writer.in. the - ."Northland Age" states that on a previous occasion about 150 blackfish, a mediumsized member of the whale family* were stranded on the Ninety-mile Beach, their length varying from about 15ft. to 30ft. and upwards. The fish were all lying within a radius of about three miles from To Arai Bluff. The discovery was made fty a Maori boy, and a number of Natives with primitive appliances obtained a considerable quantity of oil from the whales. _ The inaccessible nature of tho locality made the taking of a good trying-out plant to tho spot impracticable.
The District Health Office, Wellington, reports that during February scarlet fever showed a marked drop from 38 for the month of January to 18 for February. Nelson Hospital district contributed an ■ undue proportion-' of this eases. Diphtheria was again on the increase, there being 41 more notifications for the month than during the month of January. While widespread throughout the health district, it is noticeable thaty tho Hawera Hospital district- contributes-, a proportionately greater-share than it should on a population basis.
' During the' presentation to" Mr'; ' G. B. Cornrdot at the Thorridon car-elean-ing yards', Mr. Dawson, stntionmaster, mentioned that since the inception of the system of employment of women for- the purpose of relieving men for active service just a year ago, the women had cleaned the interiors i of 13,416 cars without a mishap, and the work had.been .undertaken with creditby the' woinetr' concerned; The extension of .the scheme involved difficulty, a£ the work bad to be corifincd to suitable yards clear of shunting tracks, as the Department insisted upon entire safety for the women workers. Shy: Joseph. Ward, Postmaster- . General, announces that-, -advice has been received from the Eastern Extension Telegraph' Company ■ and : the Pacific Cable Board respectively that owing to congestion on the cables the only cable messages to England that can be accepted at present for transmission "via Eastern" are _ full-rate messages, and for transmission "via Pacific" full-rate and E.F.M. (soldiers' weok-end) messages This means that in the meantime "deferred" messages to England cannot be sent by either 1 route, and that E.F.M. messages to England cannot be sent "via Eastern." The E.F.M. and deferred services from the United Kingdom to New Zealand aro suspended by both routes. Free messages of inquiry regarding the condition of wounded soldiers are still accepted. They are sent "via Pacific" onlyi !>"d are liable to considerable delay. An elderly man, John Paaske, was found dead in his house at Wadestown yesterday. Deceased was married, but. lived alone, and it is understood.- that his wife resides in tho Wairarapa. Ho recently returned from a visit to Christchurch, where, he said, he/caught a severe cold, lie was last- seeii about on Wednesday. The newly-elected Grand Master for New Zealand of" the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows (Bro. F. Watt) and the members of the board of directors called upon the Mayor (Mr. J. P. Luke, M.P.) yesterday, to officially express their appreciation of tho hearty welcome which he bad accorded- tlieni,' and .for . the many iittie courtesies shown them during the week they had been in conference. Tlie Te Kuiti branch of the Farmers' Union have resolved "That- tiie Government be urgently requested to legislate to allow farmers to make their own commercial alcohol for use on their farms." Mr. Finnis, the mover of tlie motion, explained that commercial alconol,could be made on a farmat. a cost of Gd. per gallon, against four or. five shillings charged for benzine. The two firemen, Fred Elliott -and Henry Denham,.who were arrested on Thursday, appeared in the Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Mr. S. E. M'Carthy, S.M., charged with stealing from tho dwelling of Agnes 'Turner a cash box containing £31 lis. Id., five Savings Bank books, threo War Loan Certificates, three insurance ' books, three life insurance policies, and lease of premises, of tho total value of £35; the property of Agnes Turner, On tlie application' of Inspector Marsack both tho accused were remauded to April 10. ■Mr. Holman (Premier of New South Wales) has received from the Apostolic' Delegate an; exact reproduction of the plan of -the ccinotcries at' Gallipoli, together with some explanatory tables which-Mousignor Dolci. Apostolic-Dele-gate in Constantinople, was able to prepare and forward to Pope Benedict XV. "You will be pleased, lam sure," writes Archbishop Cattaneo, •'to receive these dobuments, which are a further evidence of the desite of the Holy Father to bring to sorrowing families the consolation of detailed information about the burial places of their dear dead ones. At present, it is not possible to obtain anything more from- tho military authorities in Turkey; but should a favourable opportunity present itself Monsignor Dolci will not fail to continue inquiries." The Premier, in thanking the Apostolic Delegate, wrote that Monsignor Dolci 'had placed the whole Australian community under, a deep debt of gratitude to him for this humanitarian, work, carried out under extremely difficult, and. embarrassing, circumstances.
The teller in one of the Dunedin city banks recently received a surprise when ho found included in a sum of money which' was being paid over the counter a £1. note, inscribed "Commercial Bank of New Zealand, January 2, 1865." The note, which was in a capital state of preservation, was signed by J. Reid Mackenzie, chief manager, and counter-signed by A. J. BuissonTlt W36 apparently one of tho earliest notes issued by the bank, as the number was 3000 odd. Excellent' progress is being made with the duplication of the tramway track in Cuba Street. A start was made from the lngestre Street junction, and tho advance gang, -which is tearing up the woodblocks, were Jialf-way down between Ghuznee and Dixon Streets yesterday ■ afternoon. " The most arduous work in . connection ..with the work is the breaking up of the oight inches of concrete which was the foundation of the wood-blocking work. This has to be accoihplished with cold chisel, and hammer. The rails that are being 951b. steel vails from America, with a seven-inoh base. The council has been fortunate enough t<> secure 100 tens of these rails, and has more on order. They are being laid on-rein-forced'".concrete sleepers, ■ laid eight feet apart, the wholo being concreted in, and finally the centre of the track is being filled in with concrete in lieu of wood-blocks. The whole length of Cuba Street should be double-tracked by the end of next week if the weather holds good. Some time ago the City Corporation purchased the property at the junction of lngestre and Cuba Streets (opposite Yeitch. and Allan's) with tho object of easing the corner for. tramway and general traffic. It is such an acute angle that of the whole system this is the one point where two cars cannot pass one another without touching. This is a-fault in the system,; but the Mayor. (Mr. J. P. Luke) states'that it is not proposed to rectify it until the-international atmosphere is clearer than it. is -to-day..' Another corner that will have.to be.eased some day is the corner of Luxford and Puintoul Streets (on the Island' Bay line), whilst track duplicating .is- urgently required in Adelaide Road (South) and Oiiepu Road (Lyall Bay-line). One ■ speaker -at the- recent Poultry Conference, commenting on; the shortage of feed in his district,' stated,that chickens Wore dying'of starvation and had to be sent to the nuption rooms. Another delegate. stated that he had done well' at poultry-keeping;, and had made enough to keep "him" if he died to-morrow.
The Rev. J. J. North, Christchurch, has received a remarkable letter -fro'fuono of the men on the 1101 l of Honour of'the Oxford' Terrace Baptist Church; It is in acknowledgment of the receipt of a Christmas parcel from the church. The writer says Your kind lotier 'of October 3 duly reached me. I have been unable to answer it before. It is winter hero now, and you will forgive me if the black ; clouds at times seem fell. .there's a beacon light ahead, and I follow the gleam. Christmas Day I had an operation—my eighth. I was unconscious from 8 p.m. till 2 o'clock next morning. Never have I been nearer the gates of heaven. Mortification had set in. let for the second time since being here I have been literally dragged back to-life again, surely for some better purpose. . . Eight of my wounds are nicely healed,'but two-re-main a, source ■ of perpetual annoyance, and, of course, the smashed-up leg is anything- hut iccognisable. ' T have been on my hack five months now in bed. still I have only one regret and. that is that. I. fear'l shall never again -'join mv beloved "comrades ,in the fight. for freedom and'.right.- Not that I am in love with fighting, or long for another winter onYbe Somme, but where men are needed I want to he. I? we can smile through suffering, anguish, and tears, you must. Keen the dear home folk smiline, that is-all we .need. God bless-awHiwiv you' rillv —Gratefnllv'yours:'-W. Y: Rule'.'- P;S,;—My, .ninth operation is to-morroW:' Oipero.
The .following, is a motion to lie considered at' tlio Auckland . Provincial Conference of. tli.o .Farmers';. Union "That the-.conference.'views with.alarm the number of First Division reservists lvlio , are evadintt ■miliV , nV': c ervice, and . expresses the opinion -.tbiHr the .property of sucli deserters should he confiscated, nnd the proceeds nooled for the benefit of returned soldiers." Secrecy has been observed in connection with the departure of Mr. 1 F. Anstey, M.H.R., wlio left Australia recently, ostensibly 011 a visit to his invalid mother in England _ (says a Sydney paper). That this is one of the objects of his mission is undoubted, but it is believed that he also proposes to go to Russia in order to learn something about conditions in that country ii\. the interests of the. Socialists in Mr. Anstey has gone as a seaman. Deer-stalking engaged tho attention of several Levin "sports" and visitors during the holiday (says the Leiin "Chronicle"). Mr. If. George, in his maiden effort, secured ir ten-pointer.-A party consisting of Colonel Holmes (who has just- returned from, tlie front); Mr. Blyth (of Vaugamii), and Mr. Bould (Levin) visited Parapanrtimu and had good sport. : Colonel Holmes was successful in,.securing a ten-pointer, while a fifteen-pointer fell to Mr. Bo'uld. . The prospects for tho season are said to be very good. Tho• Tramway: Military - -.Band will ■play selections at Newtown Park, to-' morrow at 3 o'clock. i The Dunedin School of Art has been for some years conducting classes *oii architectural history .and design, under the auspices of 'the New Zealand' Institute of Architects (says a Dunedin papor). In no other profession has tho country's call been heard and responded to more nobly than by you'ng architects, so that, with the exception of olio returned Gallipoli hero and two deferred aspirants, articled pupils have vanished from the offices of our local architects. It is now proposed to throw open the classes to young women. ... A Dunedin merchant, speaking to a Dunedin "Times" reporter, stated that while tho Government had, in a number .of instances, fixed the price ;at which the producer must sell his commodities, it had not followed the system right through to what would be considered lits logical conclusion, by fixing the price for the consumer. For instance, the Government has named the price at which the farmer, must sell his wheat,, and the* price at which the miller must sell the.-flour gristed from tho wheat; It lias only recently, however,- decided,, more : or less tentatively, the prico' the baker can-charge the consumer for bread. Similarly the Board of Trade has'arranged, the, price to he paid to the farmer for, fowl wheat, and the price at which sufch wheat may be sold by the wholesale buyer, but no provision is made, for the price tlio retailer : can charge.' Then; again, oatmeal is one of the staple food commodities of the Dominion. But the Board of Trade has so far taken no steps to arrange, the . prices of oats. the present time the oats market is/very firm, and prices are, if anything, on the up grade. Some of tho merchants hold ..the .opinion iliiit there, .will 1)0 a Ghortago.this year. in. tlio quantity garnered in the Dominion, and that the quality is disappointing. Oil the other hand some reports state that there are enough oats to carry on till next year, and that the quality—more especially in the south—is of a more Hum averago high '■ -grado. ■ A' Considerable amount of speculative'buying is going 011, and if it continues values must become higher than they are to-day— 4s. 2d. to.4s!-.3d. on country and' the prico of oatmeal will advanco. ill sympathy. The current quotation, is £22 .per ton.for 2o'.s- This .time last year it'was-£2O per.. ton/ ' ;
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