LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1848, 4 July 1918, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

To-day is the American national fete day—the anniversary of the independence of the United States.

The total amount raised by tlu» sale of roses for patriotic purposes at Auckland last Friday was £2,136 10s 3d.

A sharp frost was experienced this morning'. Snow is well down on the ranges, making the air very keen.

The Crown Prince recently fired one of the German long-range guns which is located at its favourite distance from the danger /.one. The worst piece of road between Foxton and Palmerston is that between Motuiti and the Chinese, gardens. Another bad length is met with between Palmerston and Ashhurst.

Mr O’Brien, district heal ill o file or, visited Fox!on yesterday. Now that the Ilorowlionna County has boon added to the Palmerston Hospital dist riot, the officer is having a very strenuous time.

“We know from those who have worked it out that the purchasing power of the sovereign, as compared with pre-war times, is now only 13s fid,” said Sir .James Carroll, at Gisborne.

We regret to record the death, which look place to-day, of Mrs Elizabeth .Agnes Hill, wife of Mr Charles Hill, railway employee, of Poxton. Mr and Mrs Hill have resided in Foxton for the past three years. The deceased lady had been, ailing for some months. The funeral, which will be a private one, will take place at Palmerston North on Saturday morning. According to AVeddel’s Review, Great Britain imported in 1914 90,000 tons of butter from Denmark, 40,000 tons from .Siberia, 32,000 from Australia, and 10,000 tons from New Zealand. Owing to war conditions, the output in Denmark was greatly reduced, and only a very small proportion found its way to the British markets, and Siberia has ceased exporting altogether. It is, therefore,_ quite evident that Great Britain depends very largely on Australia, and New Zealand for supplies. The statistical position for butter for the next few years indicate exceedingly satisfactory x’cturns.

In last Wednesday’s issue of the New Zealand Herald appeared an open letter from John Brennan, administrator of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Auckland, to the Rev. Howard Elliott and the- executive of the P.P.A., challenging the latter to appear in a public tribunal in the Auckland Town Hall to prove the statements of the P.P.A. regarding the canons and tenets of the Homan Catholic Church. If the statements of the P.P.A. are proved correct the sum of £SOO is to be paid to the Red Cross Funds. The Rev. Howard Elliott, at a meeting held at Hamilton on Thursday, intimated that the challenge would be answered.

I used to be a martyr to bronchitis, A victim sad of winter ills and ails, Till I was told by chatty Mrs Rightis

Of a remedy that really never fails. The winter time now scarcely seems to try me, Tbo’ I sometimes get a twinge, you may be sure; But I always keep a large sized bottle by me Of Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. ' ■ 13

Tho Defence Minister lies been advised that the 38th-. Reinforcements have arrived at a port of call, ail well.

The Directors of the Hnddart Parker Co. have subscribed £I,OOO to the relief fund for the .sufferers by the Wimmera disaster.

A twin geyser, with orifices about seventy yards apart, has appeared iOn Frying-pan Plat, Vaimangu, throwing water and mud 50ft. to 150 ft. The geyser was remarkably 'active on Sunday, averaging a thousand shots per hour.

After 53 years’' useful service to the town, the Wanganui Volunteer Eire Brigade went out of existence at midnight on Sunday. According to an offer made by the members of the brigade to the Borough Council, they will continue to serve the public for three months as paid members. In tho meantime it is hoped the process of establishing a Eire Board will be completed. During the past three years 1,600 teachers have resigned. Of these, 700 are at the front, some of the women have resigned to be married. But the great majority have resigned to fill more lucrative positions (mainly in the Public Service), and the Education Department knows it. —A. speaker at a meeting of the teachers at Masterton.

Dr. A. G. Paterson, Medical Inspector of Schools, in the course of an address on “Backward and Mentally Defective Children,” at Wellington on Monday evening, mentioned that in New York enquiries showed that juvenile crime was most prevalent in those parts of the city in which there 'were no school playgrounds. The authorities set to work and provided playgrounds, and the result was a decrease of about 60 per cent, of juvenile crime. Reference was made by Dr. A. G. Paterson, Medical Inspector of Schools, in an address on Monday evening, at Wellington, to the good work being done at one of the schools in Auckland in the teaching of backward children. The younglady in charge, remarked the lecturer, was enthusiastic •in that selfimposed task, and, under the special course of instruction given, the children had improved wonderfully. The children took the keenest interest in their work, and the whole atmosphere of the school was healthy and happy. The Rt. Hon. W. F. Massey, Prime Minister of New Zealand, in a message to the Irish Recruiting Council, appeals to those Irishmen who have not yet risen to a sense of duty in the great struggle for civilisation. He says this is not a time to keep up sectional grievances and differences; it is a lime for all Irishmen to remember the honour of their country, and to remember their gallant countrymen who have made the supreme sacrifice, and urges them to join the ranks of the Allies. An inquest was held at Ashhurst on Monday touching the death of Mr A, Tremowan, who was drowned in the Manawatu Gorge as a result of a motor car overturning and falling into the river on Thursday night. Mr J. IT. Vincent, J.P. (Acting-Cor-oner) presided, and after hearing evidence, (he jury returned a verdict that the deceased met his death by being accidentally drowned in the river in the Manawatu Gorge on the night of June 27Th, 1018, through a motor car in which he was riding falling from the road into the river.

The necessities of life demanded that a citizen should have a knowledge of history, remarked Mr F. IT. Bakewoll, M.A., Chief Inspector of Schools, in an address to teachers, at Masterton. Children should he taught to appreciate the development of the country, the growth of its institutions, and the progress of the people, and should he made to feel patriotic pride in their native land. For a right perspective general history should he taught. The matter selected should have logical sequence, and should embrace facts that have a hearing upon subsequent events. Matter should ho presented with the object of making the children tliink. The dry facts of history did not appeal to the children, hut if clothed in local colour they would possibly be appreciated, as were the fables of early history. There was no golden rule to make history an easy subject. Students of history were invariably the best teachers of history, and more particularly those who were enthusiasts.

In the course of a lecture at Masterton, Mr F. H. Bakewell, M.A., Chief Inspector of Schools, outlined a history lesson that had been actually given in a German school in the presence of a United States teacher. The engendering of implicit obedience to the Kaiser (“the father”) and ardent love for the Fatherland were the end and aim of the German teacher’s lesson. Little was attempted, but that little was thoroughly taught with a distinct end in view. In New Zealand, Mr Bakewell thought the teacher attempted to teach too much history. He seemed to think it a criminal offence to omit a reign. What, for example, was to be gained by teaching children the history of the reigns of Egbert, of Stephen, or of Charles II.? The teacher required to get a broader conception of his subject by wider reading before attempting to teach it, and to have a distinct aim in view when drawing up his scheme of work. No inspiration could be secured or given by a rigid adherence to a text book.

For children’s coughs and colds the best remedy is NAZOL. Agreeable and safe. More economical' than mixtures or syrups. (iO doses 1/U Kefuse substitutes,

Mr Oxley, local grocer, has just been re-examined, and placed in the C2 list —home service.

The Rev. W. Raino is at present in Wellington attending a session of the Anglican Synod. The Queen of the Soul!.,sailed for Wellington yesterday afternoon, and is due haek again with avcargo of general on Saturday morning. ‘T can easily understand why the Chinamen lie re will pay 21s or more for a sovereign,'’ said Mr John Myers to a Post reporter, speaking ahnut his recent trip to the East. "During my slay at Hongkong several passeifgers from the ship ;

changed sovereigns and received 27s 4d in English money, i believe the Chinamen use tho sovereigns for making jewellery.”

The week-end was marked by several tragic events (says the Wanganui Chronicle). Yesterday the. body of a man was found at Waitotara Heads, and although identification was difficult, it is believed |o lie that of Mr M’Farlane, the late engineer at the Patea Freezing Works, who has been missing for some time. A tragedy was reported from Waverley yesterday, a man named O’Reilly, who was recently called up for military service and classed C2, being found with his throat cut. On Saturday morning, the death occurred suddenly, at Aramoho, of Mr Carlton Hair. The deceased, who was well known about Wanganui, was crippled. His death was due to concussion of the brain, and it is supposed the injury was sustained by a fall.

There was a heavy fall of snow in the Ashburton County on Tuesday night. Reports from the back country state that 17 inches fell at Springburn, and 12 inches at Mothven. The fall was not so heavy in the low-lying country. It is feared there will be a heavy loss of stock on the back country runs, where it is still snowing. One effect of the rough weather was the breakdown of the Lake Coleridge electric current supply. Much inconvenience was caused at houses

and other buildings dependent on the electric supply. The Christchurch Tramway Board came to their assistance, and is supplying light and power where it is urgently required. Telegraph lines, are down. Gangs of men are busy repairing the damage.

The shareholders of the Cambridge Co-operative Dairy Company met recently, when a report was received from the company’s raan-i ager, Mr Petersen, who has just returned from a visit to America, where he investigated the dried milk manufacturing The report favoured the spray process as against the roller system. Mr Petersen ascertained that high prices are being supplied for butterfat. supplied to dried milk factories, and stated, from his observations and information received, there is a tremendous field opening up for the dried milk industry. He was of opinion that the necessary machinery could lie easily secured. It was decided to creed two dried milk - factories at the earliest possible moment. The necessary guarantee of 33,000 cows was forthcoming in the room. A correspondent writes as follows to the Palmerston Standard: —“Will you please answer The following questions as a guide to committeemen in recording their votes for candidates at the forthcoming education Board election: —(1) Is a committee bound to support a candidate who asked, for and received nomination from such committee prior to the announcement of any other candidate? (2) Can a chairman of committee record the voles-of committeemen, or must; each member of committee receive a voting paper and record his own vote?” The editorial reply is as follows; —“Members of the Education Board are elected by a majority vote of committeemen, therefore individual members of committees have the right to record their votes for any candidate they prefer. Voting papers are only valid when used by each individual member of committee. Chairmen of committees eanriot record the votes of committeemen.”

“It is painful to have to say it, but to a New Zealander it is.heartbreaking to see the thousands attending practically every day’s racing in and around Sydney —thousands of eligible and desirable young men, when the battalions of Australia in France are being scrapped because of the depletion of their ranks for lack of just such men,” stated Hon. A. L. Fraser, who has just returned from Auckland. He said that a, few weeks ago it was notorious that a clergyman was preaching the most wicked and disloyal views with regard to the war and the Empire. He refused to doff his hat to the National Anthem, paraded the fact that he would not allow his children to do it, and stigmatised the war as “ a war of lust and greed, a profiteering war.” The authorities ignored his utterances J but at last the snapping point came, the returned soldiers entered his church, pulled him from the pulpij and hurled him and his followers through the windows and doors. The Government officials say, “There will have to be an inquiry into this/’ But no inquiry has yet been held. The clergyman has not been prosecuted, and is free to continue his propaganda.

Why bother making cakes when there is such a good assortment at Perreau’s ? T '

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