NEWS AND NOTES.

Hokitika Guardian, 21 February 1925, Page 4

NEWS AND NOTES.

— An Auckland correspondent says that some amusement was mused at a meeting at Otaliuliu addressed by the leader ol the Labour Rally, Mr 11. E. Holland, by the speaker assuming that In: was in an electorate represented by a 1 ahmi' limn, finally tile chairman intcricued to explain (lint Olalmliii wain ibe Franklin eb”. Icm at which was represented by a llclorm member, wlm was the Prime Minister. Mr Holland had been declaiming that wiieic the Labour Party held scats it would continue to bold on, and lie exhorted iiis audience to retain the sent tor the Labour Party, which bad secured the seat against great, odds. It was at Ibis point thill the chairman intervened. Mr Holland then explained that he thought lie was speaking in the Manukau electorate, the constituency of Mr W. •). ■Jordan.

An inmate of the Auckland Infirmary has reached the age of UK), lie entered the home last June, and lias been confined to bis bed ever since. I lie old man has retained all bis faculties, and he can hear, see, ami talk willi ease. His memory is a little uncertain and, strange to say, lie can recall events in the early stages of his life better than lie can recent happenings. Naturally, lie is physically weak, hut lie states he feels as well as ever. He was born in England in 1825, ten years after the Battle of AVaterloo, and in the reign of George IV. Little of the old man’s early life is known, but lie once belonged to the Royal Engineers. Jle lias been in New Zealand for sixty-two years, and in the early days fought in the Alaori Wars as a member of the irregular troops. Later, lie worked at gum digging and other occupations for ten or fifteen years. Before entering the infirmary he rseided in the Henderson district.

•♦While waterside workers were busily removing the cargo from all the holds of ait oversea- steamer that left here a few days ago, states a Dunedin correspondent, an interesting incident occurred. An engineer chased two refractory firemen down the ship’s gangway, and he "waved a revolver menacingly in the chase. The watersiders were amused, one of them calling out to lus mates, “stand l>v, boys, the picture show is a-coming.” This seemed to incense the engineer, and the “shooter” flashed more ominously. “Shoot ’em up, bo,” shouted a youthful waterside!-, who was evidently a reader ol popular fiction. The watersiders were not ini pres-ed, but they were practical. They called the captain and told him that work bad ceased until the engineer was disarmed. Compensation lor accidents did not include “movie” stunts. The captain acted with the traditional, promptitude of the British seaman, disarmament took place, and the discharging of the ship went on.

Canadian and Australian representatives (writes a London correspondent on January 1-ftli) have recently been over to lecture on their respective countries to the Army of Occupation on the Rhine. As many of the men will shortly be demobilised, and as their prospects in England are not good, the British Government has deemed it advisable that they should be interested in overseas settlement. Next week. Air F. T. Sandfprd, of the New Zealand Immigration Department, will visit Cologne to lecture on New Zealand. He will take with him a film illustrating all the primary industries of the Dominion, and two other scenic films,l in addition to a number of ordinary lantern slides,