LOCAL AND GENERAL
Tho Secretary of. the G.P.O. advises as follows:—Owing Lo interruptions on tho European main line routes, and tho conseouent diversion of traffic for Africa, India, nnd the Far East to the cablo routes causing serious congestion, the Eastern Extension Cable Company are atpresent unable to accept any traffic from New Zealand for the United Kingdom. The Pacific Cablo Board notify that there is no delav on fully-paid traffic from New "Zealand to the United Kingdom. Deferred traffic is showing a delay, and the block is accumulating inward. Fullymid Iraffic is showing two days' dolay, and deferred traffic probably shows six to seven cays' delay.
"Tho Legislative Council is too august a body to allow siny women lo sit with them," said Dr. A. K. Newman at the New Century Hall last night. Any woman who is bora properly can be Queen of England, « woman con be elected President of the United Stntes— a very high office-a woman can «t on the Council of tho Nations to deal with Peace Treaties, but no woman in New. Zealand is fit to serve' in cur 'House of Lords.' So you see in what a Miserable Tir-fition ton ladies aro. Some day or other I iiope that women will obtain their right of entrance to that Chamber." "This.is a 6amplo of tho sort of man we like to deal' with," said Mr. C. W. Batten (Repatriation Officor) to a reporter yesterday. "A soldier who in civil lifo was a labourer camo back after four years' service, bringing ft wife with him. He did not take his leave, but applied for employment, which we found for him within 'two ctays. lie borrowed „C3O from the board to "buy furniture, and he rented a house. He was never in arrears with his payment of instalments on the loan, and the other day. after drawing his gratuity, ho came in and wiped out tho debt entirely."
The Repatriation Board Rt its Inst meeting dealt with applications as follow t— Loans for furniture. 13 granted (.representing about .£GSO), three declined, ami two deferred'; loans for tools of trade, only three applications, all of which were granted i loans for businesses. 11 granted (representing about J!3(10't). seven declined, and one deferred; unemployment sustennnco allowance, four grailteiT; subsidies, on vases, nine granted, three deferred; payments of l'eps, seven granted, one ("fcelined; training' allowances, five approved, one _ duferr?d; sustenance allowance to apprentices, three fronted. Mr. 0. Batten (Repatriation Officer) stated yesterday that one or two men were falling into arrears in the repayment of loans. The board had decided that where it had any reason tu susnret a defaulter of not ctiing his best to ieop up his instalment.? it must talcu action. "This is considered to be on!} just," said Mr. Batten, "in view of th» fact that tlio majority of the men "re mnkin? every effort lo repay their loans. Many have lately come in and paid ntT the whole loan unon receiving ' eir *ivntuitv. The vast majority have been found honr.-t n~d veliable in their dealings with the board.'"
;;■ -iis l •- files!ion at his nioelin/r :i|- Hi-' Century Hull last liijriil". 'if. V. Wu-niaii, Reform raml'date for, lh" WrTii'rtiin East scat, staled I ha l li' l'c<l -I'v. a - .-.- -iipijc'-tefl llit' Coiicil'alion ami Arbitration Act. The Act should It) all v.dil cis ami net l'i any one el:l'' : .
At the Upper ITnM Court yesterday, before .Mr. E. PaTe, fci-M.. Herbert Ifielinrd Brewer was found guilty of assaultin;; George .Samuel IMiilips, Public Worl; 1 -- raiV'er, at Kailoke, and was fined ,ta, with costs jCli 7k., half of the fine to l>-> paifl to tlio ranker. An i/iformah'on_ laid by Brewer against Philips was dismissed. Mr. Mazeiijra-'b appeared for Philips, and Jlr, P. Jacksou for Brewer.
Middle-aced and even elderly men present at Dr. Caroline Giescl's lecturo in tlm Concert Chambor must havo been considerably cheered ana' heartened by the manner in which tho lecturess declared that "you men are tho most important things on earth." In remarking how so many men became "down and miters" at i'ort.y-fivo, slio said that men did not really begin to live till then, for experienco was tho greatest and most valuable thing in lifo If one had an important lawsuit ono did not go to a i:nvver fresh l'rom college. Tho loao oi trouble was taken to n< lawyer who had had plenty of experience m such .eases. Similarly, if one felt very ill one did not go to a young doctor who had lust hoisted his plate. No, went to the man of experience. Did the audience know that when tiu power of Home was at its height 'iu m was allowed to become a member ( " Hie Sonato until ho was sixty years ol !-e. Rome wanted the quiet, matured judgment or experience, ana would have none of the voune hot-bloods, and so rose to great heights of power in the world. Did they know thac Verdi, the composer, composed liis finest opera after seventy years of age? Galliieo was sixtylive yeais of ace when he astonished the world with his astronomical discoveries, and some of the greatest pictures in the world,were painted bv men over sixty years of age. Fo there was li lot of life left for the midole-aged man. The trouble was that something had happened to the world, which prevented the advent of master minds—they were not beinx bred. •AH tho world v. as looking for tho great leader —but lie was not. In' sculpture where were the Michael Anjelos and Pheidiass. In paintine where'were the Raphaels, and RembraiKits, and. Mnrillos? In fiction where were the Dickens's and Hugos? In poetry the Shakespoares and Miltons? They simply did not' exist Pomethimr was wrong with the world that prevented tho dertlopment of sucli master mind?. They must see to it that dezenoracv was chccked, and Uio miodleaeed man must play his part.
At tho monthly meeting, of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society held last night it was stated that recently three sportsmen from Palmerston North desl.roved fortv-two shags at a 6haggery on tiw Pohaiieiiiii River. At a meeting of the Tirnarn section of the Post and Telegraph Officers Association on Tuesday mgjit,. Hteoluhons wero passed protesting teamst the action of the Government in referring tiie mattier of the payment of war bonus to a tribunal, considering tihat ample evidence had been produced to indicate that a definite promieo had been made <by Sir Joseph Ward, and expressing appreciation of the executive committees effort to secure an amendment in tne mht of appeal, and advocating that half pay be paid all officew of the 1. and T. who served with tilio Expeditionary Forces.—Press Assn.
Tho local Repatriation Board has from 55 to 60 men on its books at present awaiting employment. ( The quarterly meeting of the Petone Firs Board was held yesterday aiternoon, when there were presentline chairman (Mr. J. W. MEwau), and Messrs. Bews, Sutcliffe, Cooke, and Bedingficld. The Under-Secretary, Department of Internal Affairs, wrote stating that the board's request for an nmemlment of section ; 22 of the Fire Brigades Act,, 1908, relative to nil returns, had been noted for consideration when an amendment of tha Act .was being dealt with. Tibc superintendent s report showed that one call had been received during the quarter, that the plant and appliances wero in first-class order, and that the magneto for the dual ignition of the motor had been purchased. Tho British Medical Journal quotes tho review made by Surgeon-Lieutenant F. Temple Grey, R.N., M.B.Syd.. relative to tho influenza outbreak 111 Samoa, which lie said "arrived from .New Zealand on November 7, 1918, when-natives from different parte of the group lino assembled in Apia to meet friends 00min" from New Zealand; fihey ivcnt 011 board audi carried infection to tho innel distant part of the group/' "ho writer urges'the value of compulsory lnoculation.
Dr. Arnold Izard, who recently returned to New Zealand from service abroad, will leave Wellington next week in company with Dr. Chisholm to continue the psycho-therapeutic: treatment of shell-shock cases at Haumer. Dr. Izard had considerable experience in this new branch of science at Littlcwood, a place outside London, and speak-3 intcr.cstingly of the wonderful results achieved by tho scientific application of hypnosis and ■auto-suggestion,' the dumb being made to speak, the deaf to hear, and the imaginative lame niado to walk. The percentage of curcs was very high indeed, but hero and there relapses did occur. Dr. Izard relates, the curious psychological fact that a wounded luan never suffered from shell-shock. That was to .say, tat his mental condition on being wounded was one of satisfaction that ho had "done his bit" and so rendered him immune from brain trouble. There were, too, cases of shell chock in men who had never been in the lines, ■ attributable to their mental condition, aggravated perhaps by simple inoculation. These, cases were practically new <0 science, and tho cure lay in psveho-therapy.
Tho prize-giving ceremony of the M'olliugton Girls' College Trill be 'held in tho Onera Houso his afernoon, at 2,30 o'clock. Tho prizes will be presented by Mrs. W. F. Massey. Parents and friends of tße pupils and all former pupils aro invited to bo present.
Mr. Georgo Rutherford, of. Waitoln Peaks, North Canterbury, has sold, his station of 12,000 acres to the Government for soldier settlement. Mr. Butherford recently refused X 9 an aero for the property, and has now sold it for .EG 10s. per acre. As tho property is valued at J2lO per acre, tho prico at which it has been sold represents a gift of over £10,000.
"I do not care to have.another dream like it," said tho complainant) in an assault case heard at Upper Hutt yesterday, when counsel suggdsted that ho had dreamt that his assailant, at the time was wearing boots and had kicked him on tho face and head, as ho alleged.
The annual distribution of prizes in connection with Banks Collego will take plnco on Fridny next at 3 p.m. The orizes will bp presented by LieutenantColonel J. L. Sleeman, I.G.S.
Owing to pressure on space caused by the election campaign we are unable to renroduce the 'school prize lists usually minted at this season of the year.
"It is the irony of fate," says a minister, wlio has just returned to Auckland from tho Assembly meeting in' the far soutli of the Dominion, "that while the people in tho north aro crying out for rain, tho people in tho south are having heavy rains day after day, which are hampering tho ordinary work of tho farm, ami throwing back, as it were, tho season into a very late one, although that docs not mean that the fruits and crops gathered at this time of the year will not be prolific."—Auckland "Star..
The passengers on die Dutch steamer Van Cloon, which called at Auckland on Saturday, are a most cosmopolitan crowd (states the N.Z. "Herald"). They number about 40, of whom 15 are Germans, 2 Austrians, 2 Swiss,-2 British, 2 Chinese, 1 Russian, and the remainder Dutchmen. The German and Austrian passengers joined tho vessel at Sydney, and aro nearly all naturalised British subjects. They are'going to South America for busineiis reasons, and have passports, allowing them to travel at will.
]t is raid thnt: nil the timber mills in the Southland district are gradually gettini; Ixiek to pre-war conditions, and the railways will t=oon be hard pushed to lift the timber; in fuel, even now the Dcpartinpnt cannot carry it a way in MifiN eienl niianlities to.kepp tho milljJ elear. Tho demand far exceeds the supply, and orders are being refused daily.
The members of St. Mary of the Angels' CJiojr held a social and dancn in St. Peter's Hall, fihuznee Street, on Monday evening, which was organised as an apprceiation of the work of. their conductor, Mr. E. J. llealy. A larae number of members and friends were tjr;sent, and tho dances were interspersed with musical items-. Immediately before supper, Mi l . 1 ]?ev. Father Maliony, on behalf of the choir, presented Mr. ( llealy with a handsome golf'Mnoiiulcd ' baton, suitably inscribed. Mr. \V. .M'Lmwhlin, organist, also received a ease of pipe?. HoHi recipient responded, after which all present fan? "For They Are .lolly Good Fellows/' Items we're given by Deauclmmp, .Misses .Taiisen and Fenton, Misses Tuoliy, Mclvin, and Gregory. Mr. Lcn. Green was chairman, and Mr. Leo iCarroll acted as eeoretary,
While cranking up liis motor-car at Gernldino (South Canterbury), the Rcr. A. T. Thompson, Now-Zealand reprorontative of tho Briiish and Foreign Biblo Society, _ met witl' a painful accident Tho engine gack-fircd, with the result that Mr. Thompson's ara was broken.
A point about custody of llio children of divorced [eoplo was raised by Mr. Justice Cooper ji the Supreme' Court in Auckland. Ilis Honour stated that lie liad directed tho repistrar that no decr?« nisi be sealed unless it followed tlic form jfiven in Mr. Justicp Sim's recent book on tho Divorce and Matrimonial Caused Act. This form provided that tho children of the marriagi (if any) should not be removed from tin jurisdiction of tho Court (i.f., taken tilt of New Zealand) without the consent, of the Court. Ilis Honour added that ,t was advisable I hat the same proviso slould be included in decrees absolute, the Court haying statutory power to retail the children of divorced people undei its protection. Ho had recently had a case at Hamilton m which such a provis) was actually neccssarv. Mr. A. Moodt, who wns.m Court, remarked that in al', cases where he had had any reason for, expecting that the children would bo removed out of Row Zealand; lie bad mentioned the matter in open court. Two decrees absolute, under consideration iat the time, were made by His Honpur in the form he had referred to. M The Auckland demand for nco is estimated 'by wholesale merchants to liavo fallen bv »bout'. half since the price increased from- 2jd. to Bd. per lb. (says the "HeralA"). It is considered that vermicelli and tapioca are being used instead of rice; thus the market, although, very low, is not absolutely bare. J lie Maneiio brought 1700 bags of rice on Monday, and this will considerably relievo the position. Thejwliolesale prico lias increased by £a a ton during tho last weeks, but this intrease hns no been passed on to the ptfilic. An interesting point in connection with. the rice famine, mentioned by an Auc'dand> merchant, J that it is greatly increasing the demand for peanuts, which are being used tor food "bv natives of Java 'ind Batavia, instead of rice; as a result 'lie price ot tins email and popular nut hat lately increased byalbout 30 per cent.
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