LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 1925, 11 January 1919, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The road (o (ho .seaside is gettin'r badly tad up, and requires attention.

Mrs Jus. Robinson is spending a holiday in (ho South Island.

A social is I• i be held in Ibe Methodist Church at the seaside towards (lie end of I lie month.

Several properties at the local seaside have recently changed bands.

A number of local sports proceeded to Keildiny to-day to attend the races there.

A seaside visitor says that the local ocean beach is one ol' the safest for surf bathing In New Zealand.

The Horoiicb Maud desire to thank Mr Currie for hospitality extended to (hem on New Year's Kve, and also all who pave cash donations to Ihe funds durin:;’ the Cbri-i----mas carolling.

The (lovernor-Ceneral has received a message from Sir Douglas llaiy conveying - ih.anks for Ihe in-.-.piriiu;' message on behalf of New Zealand. Sir Douglas Haig' refer,-; to (he magnificent manner in which New Zea.land troops fought at all limes, materially assisting (he successful termination of hoslililies.

The only successful war prophecy has been credited lo (lie Rev. Waller Wynn, an Kuglisb clergyman. who gave (he exact dale of the fail of Jerusalem three yea is- before it happened. He also predicted early la-! yea.)' (hat on or before October drd to October 1 -3! 1 1 , JIMS, Oermany would experience cither the irreparable defeat of her armies, or famine, or an internal revolution, or a yearnin*;' for an armistice.

Ail Auckland Slur reporter was informed I>v {lie railway officials that lin* holiday trallic, as far as Hu. railways arc concerned, has been markedly lighter (liait in previous years. The falling nil' is at(rilmk’il largely In Hie recenl epidemic scare. On the n(her hand it is pmhahle 11>; 1 1 many people decided In pnslpnne I rain journeying unt.il Faster, in the hope that by then excursion fares will lie restored. The Auckland Tourist Office reports a redaction in business Has season, lull a gradual increa.se is exported in the next few months now that the wards over and there is a sell lingdown in life's affairs. In (he meanlime local seaside and land resort.-, arc enjoying excellent patronage.

Referring in Hie lion. Air .Myers' proposal of a £IOO prize for a Might from Anekland to Wellington. Mr L. Walsh, managing director of the Anekland Flying School, said that siieh a flight had been projected for some time, but nothing could he done until a suitable machine had been built. Such a machine avus now nearing completion at the school, and it was hoped to haA'e it in readiness in time to lake advantage of .Mr Alyers' offer. This machine Arould be equipped with a 125-hor-e-power engine, and, it was hoped, would be capable of undertaking the journey. route had been mapped out yet, but it was certain that the trip Avouhl he made by avu.v of (ho West Coast. That Avonld mean an aggregate (light of approximately 400 miles.

Thus Mr Fred Piruni (a member of ihe New Zealand Press delegation to Great Britain) in the Feilding Star: —“.For years past smoking tobacco by women in aristocratic circles has been quite a common thing', although the habit has riot been (la,tinted so boldly as during late years, when it has become quite common at the expensive hotels to sec guests of the gentler sex pulling cigarettes in the diningrooms at breakfast time. Several times I saw respectable-looking women smoking cigarettes in London streets as they strolled along arm in arm with a. male companion. Mrs Bramwell Booth declared recently that ‘smoking among women had grotv'll so much that they had to put a room apart for smoking in their women’* shelter. If teas no longer a mere fashion, but a selfish habit. If it does not stop, I suppose we shall sec the mothers of the future putting cloud* of smoke into their babies’ faces.’ ”

By a singular coincidence, during the month of December the arrivals in New Zealand numbered 420 and the departures 420.

Arrangements are well in bain! for taking the licensing poll of New Zealand troops in England. Prance, and Egypt in April. Sir Thomas Mackenzie is forwarding to New Zealand the silk Hags which the battle-cruiser New Zealand bore in her various engagements, as war memorials.

At the local police court this morning, before Mr Hornblow. 4.1’.. Sam Singh, charged with drunkenness. was convndi‘d and lined 10s, in default 48 hours imprisonment.

The Maslertnii Patriotic Shop, which was open lor a year or two, raised no less a sum than ,£1.1,02(5 11s 4d. The total expenses of the shop were £llO 15s Id. Danger from drifting mines in Cook Strait has now been considered very remote, and the Marine Department, acting under naval instructions, has notiJicd (lie various shipping companies aeeoi'dingly. At one camp hospital in Prance, Sir Frederick Treves asked where (lie nurses were from, and he was told New Zealand. “Oh,” he commented, “If yon have. New Zealand nurses it is all right—they are the best trained in the Avorld.” Mr J. Hose, erstwhile local (laxmiller, hut now dairy farming at Mangalainoka, is on a visit to '.'’oxton. Mr Bose was a victim ol: the iecent...epidemie, and for three days/ his life was despaired of. However, he pulled through, and is well on the road to normal health. The Government Mearner Hinemoa, which has just completed an unsuccessful search for the barque Aryan’s missing boat, is at present on her .way hack to "Wellington. Sho P steering in a zig-zag fashion in Ihe hope that something may he seen of the lifeboat. *The Hinemoa, which has on hoard the survivors of the disaster, is expected at Wellington to-morrow morning. Training at Awapuni Camp (New Zealand Medical Corps), which has been suspended during the holidays, was resumed this week. An advance guard arrived on Tuesday to prepare the camp for occupation, the remainder of the men, numbering 150, arrived on Wednesday. Tho Medical Corps men will he required to deal with the large number of invalided men who will he arriving in New Zealand shortly, having been evacuated from the hospitals in England. “One, result of the epidemic,’ said Mr T. Forsyth lo the Educational Institute, at Wellington, “has been the discovery of an antidote to the examination poison.’’ He Imped (hat this anti-toxin, now discovered, would always be used, and that the system adopted in an emergency of dropping the free-place examinations and requiring headmasters (o certify to the work of pupils would he continued and extended. Thus they would avoid the danger of a nervous pupil being pul cut of the free ednealion scheme earlier than was desirable.

Tin.' total losses of the world’* s-1 1 i 1 > 11 ino' suffered up till -iOth October (twelve duys before Hie armisliee) wtis 15,053,781) Puis, New construction rephieed 10,849,527 Puis, mid enemy shipping’ruptured added 2,392,075, so that on that date the net loss stood at only 1,8.11,584 tons. The figures for the British mereanlile marine were; Losses, 9,031,828 tons; gains, new construction in United Kingdom, ■1,342,290 tons; inircliased abroad, 530,000 tons; enemy tonnage captured, 710,520 tons; net loss, 3,443,012 tons.

An old and highly respected Palmersjoniau passed away on Thursday, in the person of Ur dames Blackwood Hides, at the advanced age of 83 years. The deceased, who was one of (he first settlors in (ho Main Street West district, where he had lived for the past 30 years, was hoi'n at Belfast (Ireland) in 1830, and arrived at Lyttelton hy the Queen of the Mersey in 1803. He was- farming for some years jn South Canterbury, and subseipiently was employed on the New Zealand railways. The late Mr Moles was held in high regard by a large circle of friends. lie is survived by a widow and four sons. “I have removed the human lung from the ebesl cavity, with forceps, tied its bleeding blood vessels, cleansed its outer surface, and, while still bolding il in my hands and manipulating it as you would a handkerchief, I have-run thin pieces of gauze up its tracts. Peeling my way carefully along its walls, 1 luivo removed a ballet or shell fragment. Then, after suturing the aperatnre, I have placed the respiratory organ back into the cavity of the chest. In two-thirds of the eases upon, which I have so operated the patient lived.” This was one of many amazing statements made to 1,200 medical officers of the American Army at Gamp Greenleaf, by Colonel Pierre Duval, of the French Reserve Medical Corps, early in November. Colonel Duval was on a visit to America with ten of the foremost surgeons of England, Prance, and Italy, to attend the Inter-Allied War Conference of Surgeons. BECAUSE There is an epidemic of influenza, there is no reason why you should he attacked. Keep a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy handy, and take an occasional dose. If you do this you will ward off influenza, for Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy has such a tonic effect on the respiratory organs that it strengthens them to resist the inlluenza gem. Fur sale everywhere, —Advt.

The medical report from Trontlmm camp yesterday stated that Private E. Beach, of Details, died from influenza, pneumonia, empyema, and heart failure. The deceased was 2!) years of age.

At a public meeting in Shannon it was decided to construct a public swimming bath and sheds. Jhe Borough Council will contribute £SO towards the cost.

The wot. season experienced this summer in this district, while relarding fruit crops, has been beneficial to potato growers. Some excellent crops f*f tubers arc reported ideally, minus the blight.

A Wairarapa visitor to the local seaside was astonished at the mag-’ iiilieenl oat crop growing on Mr P. Ixubinsdn’s property on the Beach Bond. He said the crop was one of the best he had seen for many years.

Mu \V. 11. Ferris, chief hemp grader, was a victim of the recent inlluenza epidemic. He afterwards contracted pleurisy, and later appendicitis, being confined to his home for two mouths. He is now about again, and was a visitor to Fox (on this week, leaving tills morning for Auckland.

The Kkelahuna paper reports that a man named John Edwards committed suicide by shooting himself with a shot-gun at a neighbour's place. Deceased was a widower, lifty-six years of age. Ho met with an accident some lime ago, and was for a period an inmate of the Masterlon Hospital.

The. Foxton Racing Club are endeavouring to provide accommodation for visitors to (ho forthcoming meeting', in private liomes. Persons v.'illing to afford such acconimodati-' i,u are requested to communicate with the secretary. The tariff is 2s -a(round. Loosehoxes for horses, and small paddocks, are also required. The transport Maungauai arrived at Auckland on Thursday from Liverpool, via Panama, with 870 returned sick and wounded soldiers. The -ship had rough weather during (he first two weeks of the passage, but after then tine weather prevailed to port. The Tahiti, with-an-other draft, is expected at Port Chalmers to-morrow (Sunday). The custom of having appropriate mottoes on public buildings seems a sensible one, says Mr F, Pirani. On the public library at Torquay (England) is the axiom; "Head wisely, for a good hook is a faithful friend,” and on the Town Hall, “The four pillars of government are Religion, Counsel, Justice, and Treasure.” On the New York Post Ofliee is the legend: “Neither hail nor storm nor the gloom of night slay these swift couriers from their accustomed rounds.” An unusual ease was before the Feilding Court rj.ii Thursday, when Emil dairies NolTke, of Halcombe, / was charged with obtaining food to the value of 30s from the Feilding Health Committee by means of false pretences. Nof'fke had gone to the committee during the influenza epidemic and represented himself as a married man with live children, all down with inlluen/.a, thereby getting food. Afterwards it transpired that N'oJ'fke was a single man, with no responsibilities. Messrs Clapham and Penny, J's.P., lined Noilke £5, or in default one month’s imprisonment. The executive of the New Zealand Education Institute expresses its view of “art unions” in the following terms; —“While recognising the laudible intentions of those who have organised art unions for patriotic purposes, we cannot but'express the opinion that from the educational, which is the national point of view, the method is a bad one, and its effects will be bad. It is the duty of the Elate, a duty it is well able to perform, to see to it that (ho children of our soldiers are properly eared for, and that their welfare should not lie allowed-(o depend on such an agency as this.” A Levin motorist had a narrow, escape from a serious accident a few evenings ago, says the Chronicle. He was entering his yard at a good pace with (he lights low, when he came in contact with a wire which had been placed across the entrance. The wire caught him across the throat, and but for the protection of a linen collar he would have been seriously lacerated. As it was, the collar was cult through and the skin broken and bruised, and the speed the ear had on forced the driver’s head right over (he hack of the ear. Although bleeding profusely, the. wounds, luckily, were not serious.

bat does the Tiki signify ? My Fiaie Ilongi, of the Native .Department, \\ ellington, oilers the explanation, through the Polynesian Journal, that “Tiki, or i u ± u ll Tanc Tiki, is mythologically the first man. lane is the Lord of Light, whose symbol is the sun. Tiki means to bring forth/’ The eidograph of the liki is that of the original production and reproduction of man. As woman is the bearer of man, it is proper that women only should wear the Tiki. In the emblem of the Tiki/ Mi Hare Ilongi sees enshrined the story of the first human pair, names ly, Tiki and Hineahu, or the Adam and Eve story, without the forbidden fruit. From the earth life was brought forth by the piercing rays 1 of the sun. AN ACHING BACK. An aching back is instantly relieved by an application of Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. If well rubbed mit penetrates through the \ skin, relieves congestion, and gives permanent us well as temporary re-, kef. For sgle everywhere.—Advt,

Mr Bears, the Sinn I'einer, has been sentenced to six months’ imprisonment for delivering a speech inciting his audience to shoot the authorities when the occasion arose. A poll was taken -at Olaki on Wednesday for the purpose of electing a commissioner on (lie Town Board, the vacancy being caused by the death of Mr E. Horton Bright. Mr It. M. B. d’Aih was returned, defeating Mr Charles Kilsby by 32 votes. The special hoax’d for dealing with the citizenship rights of defaulters under the .Military Service Act will, it is anticipated, be appointed shortly. Under the Expeditionary Forces Amendment Act of last session, it is provided that a defaulters' list shall be issued containing Hie, names of all reservists who have refused or evaded military service since (he principal Act came into operation, and that the men whose names appear on the list shall be deprived of 1 heir civil rights for ten years. The Act, however, provides that it the Defence Minister is satisfied that any man convicted by court-martial as a defaulter was so convicted because of his bona fide religions objections lo military .service, he shall not he listed as a defaulter. It will lie the duty of the Special Board which is to he set up to advise (he Minister iii regard to such cases. Mr C. E. Matthews, Under-Secretary for Justice, and Mr-M. J. Mack, formerly a member (if the Third Wellington Military Service Board, are mentioned as likely members of the board, and it is expected that the third member will he an Expeditionary Force chaplain, with considerable service at the front to his credit.