LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 258, 19 July 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

If tho amount can bo spared, <£200 is to be spont on war bonds by the Council of Asricultuiro. Tho following motion in reference to the death of tho Rev. Father Dore was carried at. a meeting of the executive of the Auckland Returned Soldiers' Association on Wednesday night :—"That this executive has hoard with deepest (regret of tho death of Captain Dore, lato chaplain to the Forces. As Captain Dore's sincere devotion to his duty and his sterling qualities aro known so well to all returned soldiers, we feol as an association that wo have lost a friend audi a comrade." Captain W. M.. Barclay, orgnniser of "New Zealand's Tribute to Franco," stated yesterday that the fund now in tho hands of tlio treasurers (Messrs. Watkins, Hull, Hunt, and Wheeler) had reached a total of .£2300, and that llio reports from other centres whore tho appeal to help the French was being fostered wore'entirely satisfactory. 'The committee was now making an appeal to tho business men of tho Dominion to help tlioso who at tho present moment wero smiting tho German hordes hip and thigh, and there was every reason io anticipate that the response would bo a genoroiß one. Since the war broke out the New Zealand Academy of Fino Arts has not offered any prizes to students for competitive work. At tho last.meeting of the council it was announced that Mr. T. Shailer Weston had generously donated .£5 for prizes, and these would lie offered Io student; during the year. A vote of thanks whs passed to Mr. Weston for tho donation. Babies over sis months old can be given no better food than Doctors' Cream CGroats. Nourishing and pure. All Grocors.—Advt,

Some weeks ago statements reflecting upon I ho conduct of New Zealand soldiers at Albany were made by Mrs. A. C. Oliver, the .Minister of Defence (Sir .lames Allen) wrote to the municipal authorities at Albany for information on the subject, and has received tho following reply from tho 'town Clerk of Albany:—"!! liavo the honour by direction to draw your attention to a report in a recent issue of the West Australian 'Daily News' of tho speech of Mrs. A. C. Oliver iu the Melbourne Town Hall, in which she made serious allegations about tho conduct of troops passing through Albany. I. am directed by my council to emphatically protest against tho incorrect statements of this lody. As vou are. aware, thousands of troops from 'New Zealand and the Eastern States have pawed through our town, and their conduct has been most exemplary. The Mavor has testified to this to yourself, to the New Zealand authorities, and to tho very many officers passing through. Wild and exaggerated statements of ttis kind are not warranted, and do the town great injury—injury which it certainly does not merit. The splendid conduct, of.tho troops at Albany is a byword throughout tho States."

A fire broke out in tho Clyde (Otago) Presbyterian Church on Sunclny afternoon during divine service. Shortly after Iho opening devotional exorcises the minister (tho Kcv. T. Slaiidring) and the congregation were startled by a sudden outburst of emokc and flame from around the alove and pipe passing through the wall. The building being of wood, the lire soon spread,'and for a time it looked serious. Willing helpers from tho congregation set to work, and while one party of them tore down the piping and removed the stove, another party applied water, which fortunately was near at; hand, and tho ftro was ultimately got under. After tho danger and excitement bad subsided the service was resumed. Investigation proved that the iiro was caused by rubbish from birds' nest? falling down from the eaves. between the outer wall and the inside lining on to tho stovo piping passing through.

An Otago soldier, writing to his relatives on May 17, expresses a- cheery confidence with respect to the outcome of the German offensive. "You will by the papers," he says, "what is doing. Well, let me tell you that even though 'Fritz' has gained a good bit of ground he has lost an incredible number of men, and the prisoners we take are generally utterlv demoralised. You people cannot realise what Ihia push means to 'Fritz' in what he is losing in men and transport. I saw a gun limber the other day that came across from 'Fritz,' and the drivers were speechless with terror. They say that our artillery is hell, that they aro promised all sorts of things— long rests, etc.—but never get them, that their losses are awful-divisions wiped out, and a terrible number of wounded —that our aeroplanes fly a few feet over their heads, and shoot them down by scores in their trenches and camps and on the roads, and that they are continually bombed at night. Taking it all round, this cannot last'; it must end soon. 'Fritz' is weakening every day. whilo we are gradually getting stronger." The' Wellington Returned Soldiers' Clubhouse Society acknowledges (he following subscriptions and donations received during the month of June:—Subscriptions—B.D., ill: Busy Bee Club, lfls.; C. C. Holmes, .£3; Smith and Smith, .01; Bristol Piano Co. employees, JEI; C. It. Smith, £Z: 6. Fitzgerald. £1 IDs.; V. Riddiford, J10; Mrs. Of. M. ■Scales. ,£3; Bell, Gully, Bell, and Myers, £5; Mrs. Mandel, £2. Donations-Col-onel .T. ,T. Esson, £1 la.; J. Myers and Co., Ltd., .65; Sir James Allen, i.10; A. Amies. £b; Hon. A. M. Myers, iilO 10s. Paul Cinqttovalli, whose death is re ported from London, had for the past twonty-fivo years been one of the topliners in the vaudeville world, and during that time had teen regarded as facile prmceps aa a juggler and equilibrist, both as a, performs' and an inventor. It has been said that tralf the jugglers and balancers of the world live on feats invented and perfected by Cinquevalli. He was born in Poland in 1859, and owing to his father being exiled for political reasons, the family took up their residence in Berlin, where, as a student, young Paul became a skilful and daring gymnast. As such he went upon the stage, heing featured as "The Little Flying Dovfl." An accident cut short his career as a gymnast, but, nothing daunted, he set out to qualify himself us a juggler and equilibrist, and '.ose meteor-like to the head of his profession. He first visited Wellington in 1902, when, under the management of the late Mr. P..11. D;x he appeared at the old Theatre lloyal in Johnston Street, where he attracted enormous audiences. Somo years later he n«ain visited New Zealand under engagement to the late Mr. Harry ltickards (of the Tivoli Theatres).

Quite a number of new words will be added to the dictionary ns a direct 'outcome of the war. W.g these is »Bjn,,"-a combination of bismuth, iodoform, and paraffin paste-the name given to one of the most important surgical discoveries of Mr. Rutherford Morrison, tho famous operative surgeon which exercises a strange charm upon tho treatment of dangerous wounds. By ihc new process the destroyed tissues ami infected areas aro excised, the parts thoronghlv drenched with pure soint, »««» ■"»<* the application of a thin layer of Bipp to tho wound surface it can m many cases be sown up immediately, with every prospect of primary union and no further distress to the patient. One of the most marvellous cases is recorded at a London military hospital. A piece of ; shell penetrated n soldiers chest and diaphragm, passing into the. abdominal cavity. These terrible injuries hea ed without subsequent ill consequences, tho track of tho missile being excised anil the wound sutured_ after a thorough application of "Bipp."