LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 1956, 25 March 1919, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At the by-election for the North Londonderry seal, Mr Barrie (I’nionisl) polled Sl.ildd voles to .M'Gilligan's (Sinn Fein) 4,d011, a Fnionisl majority of mOOt).

There have been twenty thousand marriages of Canadian soldiers to Fnglish women during the war. .Marriages are still proceeding at the rale of d(K) a week.

An old couple living at llimalangi, and who for "years past have derived I lie best part of their living from bee-keeping, had their swarms and hives destroyed las) week by a depart mental oiheer owing to noncompliance with the regulations concerning bee-farming.

News from Kara tonga states that d()t) returned native soldiers broke into shops and stores, which were mure or Jess wrecked, and took away or damaged foods valued at r.l.()()(). A sergeant, of police quelled the disturbance with a revolver. The Flora was commandeered (o carry the soldiers to their homes on 1 he various islands.

The Minister oC Defence (Sir .lame- Allen) riven!ly cabled S' England in!iiualin,”’ llnil New Zen!:iihl would grant leave lo 10 per iiMii. of members /«L' I lie X.Z.E.F. in Egypt In go (n England n( lln 1 i)nmininn's expense if shipping were available. A reply has now been received to (lie effect (hat llie War (Iftice has arranged for (he leave as staled.

As (he result nf ,a police raid of a house in Mainiug Street, Wellington, (long - Kwong. the neenpier nf the premises, was lined at the police Court yesim'ihiy ,C4O juid costs for allowing‘fan tan to lie played. Thirty-seven other Chinese were arrested, and 22 were lined .I'd and costs each. Four others who pleaded not guilty were lined also, and the remaining - 11 were dismissed.

On Wednesday night (Ik* headmaster's odice id the Feilding District High School was broken into, and a slop-watch, a cheque for f!7. and some other articles taken away. Tim same thieves also visited the Feilding Technical School, leaving (here the watch taken from the other school, and hiking away some

,Cl2 odd, which was obtained by

breaking into the cupboard used by the instructor in cookery.

Speaking-in Auckland, Hie .Minister of Hallways (Mon. W. 11. Ilerries) sit id Unit the whole system of fares and rates was being inquired into, and would be altered entirely, though he could hardly hold any great hope that the two 10 per cent, increases which had been put on to meet war conditions would he taken off. All depended on the answer lie would give to railway servant- in the middle of April regarding the increase of their salaries.

Francis Edward Ward Mabey, an old Taonui resident, met bis death 'in a shocking 1 manner late on Saturday afternoon, when lie was run into by a goods (rain on a level crossing about halt a mile on the northern side of (he Taonui railway station, which lies between BunnyUiorpe and Feilding. The deceased, who .was aged 7(1 years, lived with his brother near The Taonui station, and it was about 4.30 p.m. when he was walking to Feilding that the fatality occurred. He was struck by the train, which was proceeding to Palmerston, while he was negotiating flic crossing, and it is assumed that he did not see the train until it was too late. He was noticed by a train official to run in front of the engine. The at once pulled up, but it was found that Mabey had been instantaneously killed, bis skull being fractured and his right thigh broken. Read Bauekham’s Price List today. *

Harvest: Thanksgiving services will be held in the local Presbyterian Church on Sundav next.

.Summonses have been issued against a number of Shannon residents for failing to deal with pests on their fruit trees. The eases will lie heard at the next silling of the Magistrate's Court in Levin.

A Pa tea scheme for a war memorial includes the formation of a new road from the sea coast to the town, the erection of an obelisk and a memorial gateway, and the formation of a children's playground, the total estimated cost being £1,500.

Not long since a piano in a school not twenty miles from Palmerston North was out of repair. .»The expert employed suggested that the instrument (of German manufacture) lie replaced by another second-hand instrument (also of German manufacture), and that the old instrument be taken as part payment. The committee agreed to this. This may interest certain members of the Education Board.

The determination of the amount to be paid to medical men for the services rendered by them at the time of the epidemic has not proved quite an easy matter. The fees demanded have, varied, it is understood, in different parts of the country. In Wellington the demand of the medical men avus for ten guineas a day. The question was before Qabind, and the .Minister of Public Health is to meet the doctors to discuss the fees with them.

Thieves are evidently at work in (his district (slates (he KangitifTci Advocate). About a fortnight ago (lie totalisalor lioiisc at the Marlon K’acccoui'so was broken into by means of; a window being smashed. Alt the drawers in I he building w,ere* ransacked, but as the goods in the building are valueless the thieves got very little I'm- their trouble. On a recent evening (be Marlon District High School was burglarised and fu taken from 1 he headmaster's desk.

Under the will of the late Mrs Isabella Sileman (widow of the late William -Jacob Sileman, of Wimbledon, Hawke’s Bay), who died al Dannevirke on March 18th, the resi-* due of her estate, approximately .CJ,500, is left in trust for the purpose of providing .assistance to young men and women, or boys and gilds desirous of attending and pro-.-ecuting their studies in any of the universities of Kew Zealand in the form of bursarie>, scholarships, or otherwise, as the trustees shall decide, to lie known as the Isabella Sileman Scholarships.” Several legacies have been left to Dannevirke residents.

In responding to the (oast of (be “New Zealand Expeditionary Force,” at a smoke concert of the Christchurch Field Artillery lieserve, Major Jv. Wiekens, D. 5.0., referred to the use of the term “digger'’ applied to members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. It arose, be said, mil of the fact I bat (be men were always digging. After two years of ibis digging they began to gel very tired, and one morning a, man attended ibe sick parade with a spade in bis band. “Well, my man,” said the medical ollicer, “W ind can I do for you/" “Well,” replied the digger, "I have got a >padc in my band, and 1 want you to cut il out.” (Laughter). “Yes, 1 can cut it out,” replied the doctor, "but I am afraid il will soon grow again.”

A correspondent writes to the Auckland Star. —“Daring the hearing of (he Anconia sheep-dip trial it was. stilled in evidence that (lie father of the accused was a lirstclass judge of horses, though blind. This recalled to me an incident Hint occurred to me in Melbourne (Vic.) about August. US!)-1. I had advertised a pony foKsale, mid aiming the people who came lo inspect it was a father and son. The fill her, who “inspected’’ the pony, was totally blind, lie went over every inch of (he animal, from nose to tail, with bis bands. Mxccpt fur an occasional grant, he never opened his mouth till be had finished his “inspection." lie then growled out “Stubborn little beast," got into bis (rap, and drove away. How be arrived at the temperament of (he animal 1 don’t know, Iml he was rjuile right.”

Tiie Wanganui Herald publishes ;i breezy incident which occurred nt* lasi Education Board huh.*!itijJT. between llie Chairman (Air I’irani) and .Messrs Bruce and Mein lyre. Mr Pirani bad been investigating certain mailers in conneetion with the Central Infant school, and reported to (lie Board instead of to the Commit lee. of which Air Bruce is chairman. Air Pirani was referred to as “Your august highness,” and was accused of making mountains out of molehills, and to know what he was talking about before posing as a public benefactor. Mr Pirani to Air Bruce: “Don’t talk to me about being a public benefactor, or 1 might talk about you.” This led to a verbal dual between the two speakers, both talking simultaneously to eaeli other across the table upon irrelevant mailers until it was moved that the next business be proceeded with.. Air Pi rani’s motion Hint his report be referred to Air Bruce was lost.

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Torrential rain fell throughout this district this morning. The County roadmen are making improvements to the ifimatangi road. The whereabouts of James Frederick Winter, formerly of Foxton,, are advertised for. A gazette extraordinary still further prorogues Parliament until 24th April next. A petition is to lie presented to the New Plymouth Borough Council asking that a poll be taken on the (piestion of rating on unimproved values. Mr Hodge, the Board’s architect, was in Foxton' yesterday, in connection with the erection of the school building, which is about to be proceeded with immediately.

An Italian soldier, who was blinded and lost his speech in the battle of the Carso Plateau, two years ago, now sees and hears again as a result of having accidentally met hissweetheart in a street of the Italian section of New York last month. This soldier is Antonio Spinelli, who was struck by an Austrian grenade. The effect produced by the shock greatly puzzled the physicians of (he Italian Military Hospital. Surgeons in Koine, Milan, and Florence examined him, but, for reasons which it was impossible to determine, he could neither see nor speak. Mustered out of the Service, Antonio was sent back to the United States, and liis sweetheart and her mother came to New York to tind him. While the two women Avere on their way to church, they met Antonio lapping his avu.v along with a slick. “Antonio!’’ cried Margherita; “Margherita!’’ cried the soldier. He raised his head. and. hulking into the dark eyes which confronted him, in a trembling voice he said, “1 see! I see!’’ Sight and speech had returned to Antonio.

Speaking to a Post reporter, Hilleman Philip King, of the New Zealand Kille Brigade, who returned by the Alhenic, staled that at a largely attended meeting of the married men on that troopship in the third class, the hollowing motion was carried unanimously; —"That strong exception is taken to the paragraph which appeared in the Evening Post on HMh March relating to the valuable service rendered to the mothers and children by the self-sacrificing sisters and nurses.” The resolution was signed by !)S soldiers, many oi' whom had been on active service tor years. The complaint generally was that neither the medical men on board nor Hie nurses had given the women in the third class anything like sufficient attention. At the same time special praise was given to Sister Butler and Mrs Heath, the stewardess, without whose assistance, said h’illeman King, many women would have died. In conversation with Pte. Podmore, one of the local boys who. went away with (he Main Body, and who returned Avith his wife on the Athcnic, we were informed that had the soldiers who brought back wives known what privations the women and children were to be subjected to mi the steamer they would not have brought them out. The women were so cramped that babies bad to be washed in the alley ways, lie also endorses Kitleman King's remarks to our contemporary.

It is evident that: the British authorities are determined that Ihe valuable eual tar dye industry shall no longer he a monopoly' of Bormany, as it was before the war. Up (o August, I!>J 1, the great Berman dye works, must elaborately staffed and built up with all the improvements that seieime could suggest, supplied the greater part of the world's coal tar dyes, and practically had a monopoly of lids valuable trade as far as Britain was ’coni cerned, thanks to the latter country's free-trade system. After hostilities broke old, British scientists set to work to discover (he German secrets, and as a result huge dye in-* dustries have already been built up. These are to be protected rigorously against foreign competition, both in .the Umpire ami Britain itself. The federal Minister of Customs, for example (reports (he Melbourne Age), announced that advice had been received from the Imperial authorities that, except under license, the importation into (he United Kingdom of coal tar dyes had been prohibited. The actual list of the articles thus dealt with comprises all derivatives of coal tar, capable of being usd a- dyes)nil’s or of being modified or further manufactured into dyestuffs, and all direct cotton colours, colour bases, and numerous o|her yolonrs. .Australia has Already forbidden the importation into the Commonwealth of other than British dyes without special permission, in accordance with the policy of Imperial preference, the action of the Imperial authorities shows their determination to protect and develop an industry developed out of war-time needs which will undoubtedly ho of immense value to the eonntrv. ,

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Ilr Harry Groi<r paid a brief visit to Eoxton on Saturday. The following vessels will be within wireless range of Wellington to- • night;—Maori, Marnroa, Patccna, Moeraki, Riverina, Navua, and Mono'va*‘ { “It is rumoured in well-informed circles/’ says the Otago Daily Times, .“that Mr C. A. Wilkinson, the Reform M.P. for Egmont, has a good chance of becoming the leader of the new political yarty formed in Wellington last week. Air Wilkinson at present occupies the position of chairman of the Industries Commission.” Mr S. •licked, Borough Engineer at Palmerston, lias resigned his position to practice privately. The council unanimously decided to pay him a returning fee of £l5O per annum as Consulting Engineer to Palmerston Borough. Mr Jickell has been fifteen years in Palmerston N.,. and prior to that was employed at Petone. The present liquor system was a iL queer example of State common sense, said Professor Nicholls, at Palmerston last night. They licensed a man to manufacture alcoholic drink, they licensed a man to sell it, and when an individual got drunk on it they sent him to gaol to be fed and maintained bv the (State. What was the man’s crime.' Simply the crime of being too good a customer of the man licensed to sell what another man was licensed to manufacture. Sell liquor under any conditions, and its effects must be the same, demoralising to the community and destructive to the home.