NEWS AND NOTES.

Hokitika Guardian, 5 December 1923, Page 3

NEWS AND NOTES.

A monster eel, weighing —i»li»., and measuring -*>Si. was brought into ( arlerl on in.-t week by Air Alex Gallon, o! Swamp Road, who caught it in a stream running through hi- property. -••Wuirarapa Age.” A veiling lady v.l-o vva- g'l'iug e\ldenee in the New Blyim iili Suptvme Court, was tt.-ked i! she vo-dd identify a man who had cashed a cheque in the s!ii>p in which slit- wu- < mployed. ami she replied: “The grotl.-nmn in Hie chick.’' ' ■Taranaki lln aid. Retail and wholesale grocery noii>o» are ri p-nliug in-lease,! i- tiviiy. ami tills cic-ditien i- likely t - lasi up L> Christmas '.says the Am-kland Star"). The warm sunshine c-f the la.-L few days, following the recent wet went Iter, has worked w onder- with the Imv crops : in i'ai-1. all crops are making rapid grovvt.ii. I in- keen cmnpetiH,m in won! and the recoin rise in Ha- Inner market, combined with the improved yield, is again placing t In* farmer- in a favourable position.

Surprise was e.xpre—ed at the b'.'t meeting of I lie M'angamu Hospital Board i - 11 vs ihe “( Tirniiicle” ), that Ihe coal hill for ihe M'aiiganui Hospital for the past, month vva- just on (.Toll. One member said that it worked out at C 5 a day, and aim! her mem-

ber pointed out that il wu- equivalent to If unis ol cmd a day u.-'-d. Seeing that the gas is also used at the institution the board decided to have inquiric.s made into the matter.

Napieiites have beeoine quite used to receiving lei ter- addressed "Napier. Australia.” and on somi/ occasions Hit* Iruatiou ol our city lias been given as America, lull the following is surely the limit. In lot-warding- a hu-ines- '. oinmuuieat ion a v. c!l-kn ev u London tirm addre.-.i-d a letter received lasi week hv Ales.-.r- M-•(!ruer ami to., as follows: —‘•Alessr- AloGruer and Co.. Drapery. Najiier, India.'* No doubi says the "Telegraph" , the Londoner has bien reading something about India and tin* hrilliant Engli-h general. Sir (liaries Napitr, the victor of Seiode

It is not often that a man forgets Ire names of hi- ehildren. hut. Mich (say- ihe "Boverty Bay Herald") was the ea -e w hen a man was purchasing

a hook ot 21 tickets in the art union being run hv the Boverty Bay Horticultural Society. He has ton children, and decided to take one ticket in hiwife's name, and two tickets in each child's name. After he had tilled m the ninth child's name he was stuck, as he could not remember the name of the tenth, so he decided to put down "the bahv of Ihe lainilv."

"Ii is (piife common for people to walk along the streets of China and pay two or three cents m have a pavement injection of morphia or cocaine.’’ A Customs official in the employ of the Chinese Government. Mr 11. Kcosache. made the above statement on arrival at Sydney D'oin the East by the steamer Taiyuan. "China is being overwhelmed by the drug traflic." continued Mr Koosache. "Not only is opium being Used, but other drugs are also being demanded. A familiar sight in tbi' streets of China is a person's naked arm smothered by small syringe punctures, and the limb swollen to the si/.o of a leg of mutton.’'

A|i- S. H. •stark, of the New South Wales Football Association. in a statement to the Svdney "Daily Alail said the profits of the whole Chinese tour probably amounted to 21->ofk of which £12!t!) would go to the New South Wales Association, and only 20 per cent, would go to private individuals. A loss was made on the Southern States tour. "And what about that syndicate in New Zealand:-'’ Mr Static was asked. “Well.” he replied, "they lost their money.” “They did all the spade work and volt pi imbed then* market. ' 1 hat trather blunt, hut 1 suppose it amounts to that." -aid Mr Siack. Air Stack aenmpanied the team as financial controller throughout the tour. He has been a Soccer identity tor a number of years. “The balance-sheet of

the tour, however, has yet to be published,” adds the "Mail.”

When i see a motorist who 1 know won’t give way on the road. I always sway my ear to right and left across the road, and make him think I’m drunk ” said a member of the Wanganui Automobile Committee. When the laughter had died down, the member explained mat tin* ruse uns really very c-ifec-tive, in fact he had never known it to fail. "It seems a hit too much to send up in smoke.” remarked Air A. I'.. -Manning at a meeting, when suggesting a gigantic- lire-works display as a fitting eelehrati.ni for Hamilton's lonh-com-mg jubilee. “Anyway. I suppose.” he e-intinued. “it's iust a- food as -pending ii on a dinner." “I'd much rather spend it on the road-. mmarktd the .Mayor. A plain envelope addressed to tile manage r in c rude handwriting "" • handed into the “Southland Times” nflice mi Wed lie-day morning. It contained live fill note-, and the slip inside, mi which the writing was equally crude, stated that the foil was a donation from “Anonymous” to the "Cam-cr Research Fund.' It was obvious that tin* writing both mi the envelop-- and on the note en-elo-ed was disguised and the generous cunt nhiitor to the radium fund very siieet-.s.slullv emu-filled his identity.

A former Master!on resident now in Berlin, writing to a hu-iuess man in Alastertmi. stated that the big handicap in Berlin was the shortage of house-. A- lie was not resident in Germany during 1 lie war he was not due for a house for another three years. At the time of writing the mark had depreciated to Midi an extent tlial nine million marks purchased

cm- egg. and 111 million l-Klli of steak. Bailer money em-10.-ed, which a year ago would have lioughl a comlortnlile

residence and motor-car. was merely able to purchase a safely pin. The envelope covering the leiic-r was stamped vviiii all million marks*.

The editor of the ' M aluku News” is also the vicar of the Anglican Church ill that. town. At: the head of the local- in the last issue (says a contemporary), i- ihe following oddity : "A run.our has reached o- that the prosciit editor ol ilie “News” intended

Hiving up hi- pari-h and deeming all In- tiiih' to juiiniali-m. On tin■ host authority tvo learn llial litis is not true at all. Out editor took up tile editorship on ilia umlerstaiiiliiio that il would uol mleriero with his life

Till' Kit Klux Kl.m in A i:.~ l f;i I i:i will mil I:: 1 known under that mum', lull ns tin* A nulo-Sn xun (inn tin '-x----iijjf >. V ’;il>l;ii n-i.'li;ij• lin 'Alison, who appears v > lie lln- s|ionsoi of Urn niovcmi'iit. lifi-lni'fs that it will ho entirely constitutional in us methods. nod will he in lmnnony with iltf law. Tlio <!nu "ill oni'oivo it- «> eisiuns liy force ui numbers : ml moral suasion. Tin* iilontity of members wiil remain a scorot. tnni t;s n wliolf, the cian will remain tin invisible force. The clan did inn intend m resort t.o physioa! violence. The ■•British Sporiin ■. Cluh." which Used In conduct a s\i eep.st akc in the shape of Tn 11 .'l'saU's mi KiiLtlish races in IJr-nduyue and Bhu-kenherelie «15 1Jj;,mu). was raided !>y the V.elpiaii i">" bee (in Noi c mher l—i 1 1 -l! 1" nutler'says nil cv'lciiyri ih.n tlti- or-u-uii tui.ia has bee,; opera! no: by e |>! '- resp-indence in Australia mid -'ew Zealand. and the Belgian ' m'. eminent, advise that money which has been sent lor the ('ambrideeslure Slakes, n oil Manchester November llaminap. which lias heel, seiz'd hv the B"l----ejan p.liic, will he returned to the investors. •~t e animui sense and til" dc-iro |,js lV sical lit ness decide that conlrolersy. and the entile mition will henou' sniii Sir Herbert liarker. the • 'l'ai u, 1 niu'setter. in comment on the [bail or low heels controversy over | women's footwear. Sir Herbert said j he was profoundly interested i" l '" ; question, anil if it resulted in lew heels heenniiiu: the unckainsinp: tashimi. witn 1t,., aia.litii.il 111 the V-shaped me, the feminine section of the community v.- 1 ui Id he Ljeat earners in health as well ;i> iii departmental lieauty. "1 have examined many thousands of women's feet. -aid Sir llemeit. aad 1 do not iiesitiile to say that in HO per eem ui them I have found some skeletal defect, either sli.irht or ■■evere, breuulil: ahout entirely by the out f in;., limits and shoes that wonie’i weal, apparently .solely heeanse it is tl.e prevailing inode. It also seems to we criminal to place a child s peileet t. laid' into what are miiliniii more dual distort inn instruments of torture.’'