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LOCAL AND GENERAL

Sydney papers state that' it was unanimously decided at a recent conference of the United Commercial Travellers' Association of Australasia, that no bachelor eligible for military servico bo admitted as a member of tlio association or club connected with tho organisation throughout Australasia. ' A man named Lindsay was knocked down by a, tramcar yesterday. He was taken to tho Hospital, where his injuries, which proved not to be serious, ivero attended to. in tJie course of Ms remnrks at tint Anzac ceromony yesterday, Mr. It. Pay roch, headmaster of tho Rosenoath School, paid a tribute to tfie soldiers '>t all pnrU of England's Dominions. On the outbreak of the war tho Kaiser and his war lords expected dissension and discusiion in all parts of tho Empire, but they had been eoroly disappointed. One of the Indian princes had placed Ins whole of his resources nt the disposal of the Imperial Government. In adding his tribute to the Navy, ho quoted horn Jellicqo as saying, without going into ecstasies, that ho was convinced from what he knew that tho submarine campaign of the onomy would bo settled by August next. After tho last ehot had been fired on tho Western front tlie British Navy could lx> relied on to protect the frontiers of the Empire for twenty years. They heard very little of their own submarines, which woro all tlio time hunting down their legitimate, game, the German battleships and cruisers. Tho ceremony concluded by the mounding of tho "Last Post" by Bugler Neil Goldio.

The copra season just ended has been tho banner year of Tntnila in the number of tons produced (snys a Samoim paper). One thousand one hundred and ninety-five nnd a half tons have been cut on the island ef Tutuila; Ihe highest number of tons every cut before being 1093, in 1911. The season which is now beginning starts in record form, as the contract let on March 1, 1918, to John Rothschild and Co., of Sun Francisco, is for 130.92 dollnra per ton of 22401b.; the previous record nrice was '08.GG dollars in tho year 19lC Tho price to be paul the natives per pound when the copra is delivered at tho sheds is also a new record ; five cents per pound i? to be paid for each pound of 'opra delivered; the previous record price per pound lit tho time of delivery was * cento. With tho island's product brineinp: such a price, It-is honed Hint a still c;re»rer crop may be produced this season. The islands of the Manna prnnp have not Tirodiice<l any ronr.i. for sale fine.e the hurricane of mis. bnt it is exnee-ted that they may rjnl: n little this year.

A short sitHnnr of tho Magistrate's roiiH wns held ypitprdny niorninpr. Mr P 15. M'CarHiv, R.M., was nn the iVnch. nml dealt with Hie nolioo- eases. For inw>l)riery Annie Doeherry, awinst whom there was a nrpvious conviction, w/w filled 205.. in default spvpti <Uvs' imprienninent. and two first offenders were cadi fined 10s., with the nllornativc of 24 lion"' imprisonment. sonmnn named T.Hie London, who was ehnrcedwith de- ■ vrtinjr from his vessel, was oor.victetl and 1 ordered to be placed, on Ixwrd his ship. I A highly creditable record of service ' to his country is possessed by Privato .Tames Mulcahy, a New Zealand-born soldier, who has been fighting: with the Victorian forces since the outbreak of <ar JTo took part in tho Oallipoli landiiiir' «nd after seeing n great deal of j ; service on the Peninsula- ho went with ' iiig company to Franco. While in France he lias been onee wounded, has suffered from trench fever, and lias been ' resell. Hi s experiences of fightinc; have not been confined to the ""sent war, ns he also took part in the Mahbelc I rampaien ™l i" t,U! MT lvar - P rivate I Muleahy, who is 42 years of asre, has , written' to a. relative in New Zealand i statin , ' that after, being gassed he is j j a hout to be sent bnek to tho trenches, j j "I do not know." said Lord .Teilieoe I ! rccontlv, at the Working Men's Ciub al ■ Kow, London, "bow mnny limos I look I H, o Grand Fleet down the Holieolnnd ] Bisht, 'drugging our coat-tails' for the Germans to (read on. bnt ihey never came out. and never trod on our tails. I expected our men might get slack, but. (hero never was a sign of it. Tho Ihing (hat struck me most has been Iho spirit of eelf-sacrifice shown on every occasion ■■ nn which men's lives have been in dn"M r. Them has always been the desire lo let <he other follow be savwl and nn' yourself, and that is the spirit: ihsH '■= I "oing lo enrry us to victory. T think Uiat the Germans will remain in liar-; hour—not that he funks the business, for i Hip German seaman is a very gallant ; fellow — but the enemv knows he is mak- ■ iii!» our task very difficultly sfoppimr ! where ho is, because there is always Hie threat that he might ronie out, and thor" i<; no sitnntion more difficult I" ilnnl wit'.i than what is known ms naval defen«;von the part of a wen'cer onnonnnt. TT lory has shown time after time Ihn' whenever Ihe Navy has been nl: war am! l\ns had to meet n <lefensivo attitude o'i the part of the enemy, it has only ben» nn rare occasions that Hip enemy hut ; been temnfod out. TW Gprmnne nrp I wise enough to know this, nnd Hierefore T mil not n"finiiHtic ns lo Ihe eluinco of Hip Grand Fleet just yet. I have hopes that if "'ill ronie in lime, nnd when it docs cam" T Vmow f|iiile well what the result will he."

Prudery -still counts its followers by millions, mid those millions thould tnko to heart, the lesson contained in the powerful, picturo-'lrnina which will be showing at the TCing'e during the wool;, commoncing Saturday, 27tli. —Advt. Wm. Campbell, Ltd., for "NO RUBBlNfl" Laundry Help, "GOLDEN BULB" Soap, "GOLDEN RULE" Candies. Ideal coed/; {or ovory home.—Advt;

A fino record of service wns disclosed during tho hearing of an appeal before Iho Military Servico Board at Auckland. An application for extension of time was mado by Jlrs. M'llwen, Onchunga, on behalf of her husband, Richard I). iU'Kwen. Appellant stated that her husband, a casual employee- on the. railway, had livo brothers who, will) his father, woro all on nctive service. Her husband was also anxious lo roach Iho front, but ho worked otio and a half acres, on which ho raised vegetable seedlings, of which ho had n contract to supply 13,000 weekly. Ho would require four months in which to complete hie contract without loss. The board granted lcavo until August 15.

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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 186, 26 April 1918, Page 4

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LOCAL AND GENERAL Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 186, 26 April 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 186, 26 April 1918, Page 4

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