LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXII, Issue 4340, 9 November 1921, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A native named Thomas Murawai was arrested .a,t Paeroa by Constable McClinchy on Monday, on a 'charge of obtaining money under false pretences from Mr David Thomas Clotworthy, of The Wires, Maratolto. Ac-, cused was brought before the J.P Court and remanded. . Local sportsmen wPi be glad to learn that the Auckland Acclimatisa'i tion Society, of. which the Ohinemuri society is a branch, faVvU.s the liberation of red deer in the Lilly country in this district, whicn is particularly suitable. This year’s supply will come to Ohinemuri. “The psychology of a man that commits a crime does no.t always run ■along regular lines,” said Mr Justice Hosking in .the Suwreme Court, Wellington. It was not the first time that he had heard of a man coming back almost immediately after to the spot where the crime was committed very often it was done to disarm suspicion. On the other hand, it was not a fair deduction of innocence if he did come back. “Men have risked their liberty ffor less than nine shillings,” added His Honour, addressing himself to ’the charge before him.- “It depends on how hard-up they may be.” A well-known Australlian, writing from New York to a friend iijn Wellington, says: “The workmen here are accepting big reductions in salary, and are working 70 and 72 hours. I wonder if the working Then throughout the British Empire realise that they are going to be left in the lurch through their country being flooded with German goods via America, whiOe the British factories are out of business.”

The Auckland Acclimatisation Society has arranged for a'rout £l5O worth of game birds from India to be brought to New Zealand for liberation in various parts of tne society’s district.

The opening day of the Paeroa Tennis Club was very successful indeed last Saturday, there being a good muster of pllayers, including visitors from Turua, Kerepeehi, and other, centres. Aflternoon tea was dispensed by the ladies’ committee, the bowlers, about forty in number, attending by invitation, as did also the croquet players.

Otaki was one of the towns that recently changed its half-holiday from Wednesday to Saturday. A public meeting was held in that town last week, when aill present wer® in favour of reverting Ito Wednesday. A committee was appointed to endear our to have the change effected.

One of the best ways of recuperating jaded nerves is to walk bare-foot-ed over a long streltch. of sand. The nerves of the feet are slightly irri-. ta,ted by the sand grains, and the blood, being thus stimulated, circulates more freely. Doctors say that, apart from the physical effects, the mental powers are greatly invigorated by the exercise. The explanation is that the long stretches of sand, together with the absence of noise and other distractions, have a sodthing effect pn the mind, which quickly responds to the treatment.

In accordance with the request of His Majesty the Kling that a two minutes’ silence shall be observed throughout the Empire on Armistice Day, in honour of those who fell in the Great War, a short devotional service, lasting about a quarter of. an hour, will be held in St. Paul’- - : Church on Friday morning, a little before 11 o’clock. Prayers willl be offered for all those who made the supreme sacrifice, after which there will be a period fipr private prayer, covering the time of the two minutes’ universal silence, and followed oy the singing of the hymn “O God our help in ages past.” After this, prayers for a blessing on the International Disarmament Conference and for the League of Nations will be said, and the. sh'ort office will conclude with the Grace. AHI. are cordially invited to attend, and it is hoped that many will avail themselves of this opportunity of fittingly observing the tribute to the memory of) the brave dead. The bell of the church will ring at 10.30 and again at 10.45 a.m A shocking accident, with fatal revsuits, occurred at a privately-owned sawmill at Mangaiti at about eight o’clock on Monday morning. A youtn named Hubert. L. Wright, 19 years of age, was engaged in Oiling machinery when suddenly a portion of his clothing was caught by the shafting driven by a Pelton wheel. In a moment he was drawn into the machinery, 'and- whirfied round and found the shaft. His clothes were quickly torn .to shreds, and laTer the mangled remains of his bpdy werpi distributed amongst the machinery and on tne floor near the shafting. The deceased’s Barents reside at Mangaiti.

Dr. Selwyn Harrison, lecturing in Sydney upon the need of good feeding and fresh air for Hgfarifl, and the preventible mortality that was taking place amongst, the babies, said that in the last 10 years ( 35,000 babies under the age of one year had been sacrificed in New South Wales alone. “These,” continued the doctor, “are deplorable statistics, but even then they do not tell the whole story. The numbers killed in the battle for existence are but a fraction of those who are permanently damaged. Two years ago a prominent farmer of this district sent off five truckloads of bullocks to be exported to the London market (remarks tne Dannevirke “Evening News”). He ob ‘•taiined the usual advance against, the beef, and has received advice that the consignment had been sold at prices which require him to refund £2OO. In the period since that consignment went Home many more' have followed it, and the unfortunate consignor is. wondering what his total losses'are going to be.