Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1919. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 1975, 10 May 1919, Page 2

Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1919. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

This vear Ihe Birthday will ha celebrated on dune 3rd, and Empire Day, which used lo he on May 2-llh, will he observed on (ho same dav.

The weekly meeting of Ihe local Nursing Reserve will he held in Ihe Methodist Schoolroom instead of the Borough Council Chamber on Monday evening- next ai the usual lime.

In conneelion with (he Anx.ae celebrations nl Westport, trouble has apparently arisen over the conduct of certain returned men on parade. According to advices received in Christchurch,, the executive of the Westport Association, in consequence. resigned as a protest.

A writer in the Xew Zealand Times has the following to say: — “I was present at the last Anzae Day parade in Wellington, and I fell ashamed of the behaviour of the lead-swingers, very few of whom had ever been lo the front. They are the men that have the most to say, smoke and yell when on parade etc.’’

It has been brought under the notice of the Commonwealth Government that a quiet Italian invasion of Northern Queensland has been steadily progressing; and that the Italians are rapidly the British and Australian-horn sugar grower’s (says the Sydney Sun). In the Ingham district" it is stated that nearly all the hotels and the stores have passed into the hands of the Italian traders; that the farms are nearly all owned and worked by Italians; and that they are making satisfactory progress, especially as there is a singular freedom from the labour troubles which mark the adjoining district.-. The Italians have come from Northern Italy, and are spoken of as people of a fine "class...

Edward Walter Crockett, a lad of nine years of age, fell from a tree at Spreydon, Christchurch, on Tuesday, and on striking the ground ho hit a piece of broken'glass, which severed the main artery, causing him to bleed to death.

The lirst four candidates for the Volunteer Nursing Service organised hy the Palmerston North Hospital Hoard' commenced their course of training at the general hospital on the Ist of May. One of the candidates is a 'Foxton young lady.

At the Pharmaceutical Conference at Wellington the following resolution was carried: “That should prohibition become established at any future date orders from medical practitioners calling for intoxicating liquor be not supplied by chemists.”

Neighbours entered'the house of a settler named Beckmann, near Ballarat, and found the mother, daughter, and son dead from influenza. The father, who is totally blind, and is recovering from the epidemic, was unable to afford information beyond stating that he knew they were sick, hut had not heard them speak for some lime.

' The possibilities of using natural gas from I lie Kotuku oilfield area for the purpose of generating electric power for Daimevirke have not been lost sight of (stales the Dannevirke News), and it is expected that a report on the prospects will be submitted to the Borough Council within the next two or three weeks hy the company at present interested in the boring operations. At Thursday’s meeting of (he Palmerston North Hospital and Charitable Aid Board (he resignation <i|; Nurse Nora A. M. Neylon was accepted with regret. Nurse Neylon while nursing inlluenza patients at the hospital, was herself attacked, and as a result her health was seriously impaired. Her resignation is regretted by staff and patients, by whom she was held in high esteem.

Political ucl ion by returned soldiers was brietlv referred (o by Bri-gadier-Beneral B. S. Jtichahdson when in Auckland. It Avas a pity, he said, that discharged soldiers in Brea I Britain laid become divided into a number of organisations — the Silver Badge League, the Comrades of the Bread War. the Coderalion of Discharged Soldiers, and ■others. These bodies had taken on a political character. Personally, as a soldier,*he had no concern with politics; he,.was thinking only of the welfare of the men, and he fell that political development was likely to lead to great harm.

The discovery of a grave of considerable historic interest was made recently by lUiss K M. Statham, of Auckland, Inspector of Soldiers’ and Historical Braves, in the. course of a lour of inspection of cemeteries in the South island. In the Jnvercargill cemetery she found the grave, dated J8!)3, ‘‘William Augustus Bordon, son of Lieut.-Beneral Boi'don, K.A." That was (he sole inscription. I pon making inquiry, Miss Statham was informed by the Mayor of Invercargill that it. .was the grave of a brother of Beneral Bordon, of Khartoum. ■Arrangements for its renovation are now luring made.

The Rangitikei Advocate has some hard things to say regarding local bodies in Marlon, and included in ils leading article o.i' Tuesday is (he following: "The Tael of the mailer is that public bodies in Marlon. if I hey have vitality enough to be able lo do good work, (hey expend it all in mutual recrimination, and if they have not that amount, they croak awhile and die. Bor instance, the Ratepayers’ Association has died of inanition, the Chamber of Commerce is nearly ready tor burial, and the last hope of the -town, the Retailers’ Association, is a lamentable example of the prevailing vice of dissension, as instanced in the recent quarrelling over the holidav.”

A number of sehools in the Wellington district, at the request of (he Board, intend to supply hot cocoa to the children during the winter months. The scheme is also being taken up by other schools. It will be a great boon lo children living at a distance from the school to have a hot cup of cocoa with their luncheon. We understand a grant is to be made to committees by the Department for supplying hot drinks during winter months. When the local new school i> occupied it is possible that (he scheme will be adopted on proper lines. In the meantime we understand (hat hot cocoa will be prepared at (he Town Hall supper-room for pupils.

Attention was drawn hy Dr. E. Whitaker at Thursday's meeting of I lie Hospital Hoard to the tael that, in Canterbury, the authorities had already sarted inoculating persons with influenza serum. Personally he did not think that they-.should undertake this work at Palmerston until they had received advice front (he Ilea.ilh 'Department. H the Board did .commence the Avork ot: injecting - persons with this serum it would mean retaining’ a medical man for the purpose and making special arrangements which could not be made off hand. He therefore suggested, and the Board agreed, that the Minister he communicated with on Jlie subject. It was also decided to write to the Minister detailing the comprehensive arrangements ‘ that had .been made in conjunction with the Palmerston North Borough Council and othertlocal bodies for lighting the epidemic throughout the district should it recur.

Why bother making cakes when there is such a good assortment at Perreau’s?* - •

The statutory meeting of the Foxton Harbour Board for fho election of Chairman will he held at the office of the Board, .Foxl on, on Wednesday, 14th hist., at 12 noon, after which members will inspect the Board’s properties at the wharf and the heads.

It was stated at the meeting of the Wairarapa Hospital and Charitable Aid Board that the rateable value of the Fealherston County had increased from £3,853,993. in 1908 to about £8,000,000 in 1018. This was probably due to the influence of the military camps on adjacent properly. An indication of the great increase in trade between Canada and New Zealand, notwithstanding the war, is contained in the returns for the fiscal year ending March 31st, 1919, showing the year’s total imports from Canada to have been £1,085,224, an increase of £207,071 over the previous year. The exports from New Zealand were well over £1,000,000.

Foxton has produced an inventor whose name may become famous as a public .benefactor. For some time past he has been engaged upon, and has now perfected, an automatic apparatus as an attachment to lire arms, which will make accidental discharge through careless handling' or jarring practically impossible. The patent is being protected in all parts of the world. A full description of the patent will be published at a later date.

Yesterday Mr 8. Jickell, civil engineer, of Palmerston North, was in Foxton conferring with the Chairman and Foxton members of the Harbour Board in reference to (lie preparation of a general plan of the Board’s foreshore at (lie wharf, with the object of laying of sites for merchants for the erection of distributing warehouses, and a site for the Board's goods shed. After going over (he ground, Mr ,Jickell was instructed to proceed at once with the preparation of the plan.

“The nations have evidently decided that the lime is not yet opportune for thinking of a world peace. In fact, thoughts are ohvi-, ously trending in the opposite direction. Instead of a reduction of armaments there will he an increase. Even territorial training and Hagwaving make for war, as also do all demonstrations of alleged patriotism. The coming generation is living (rained in an environment of militarism, and until this environment is altered it is ahmird to prate of a world peace.” —Eltham Argus.

Another official scheme is afoot to ensure us having a plentiful supply of the right sort of horses if (hey are ever wanted again for a big army, says an English paper. There are 50,000 selected army horses to he loaned to anyone who will apply for them! .For these horses £7 10s per annum is to be paid by farmers and others, but this covers all veterinary attendance and veterinary medicines and appliances. The horses will lie delivered carriage free, and at (he. end of six years will become the property of the lessee. There is a condition that any horse so loaned may be required for sixteen days’ service in (he Armv manoeuvres even- vear.

Mr Laurence Birks, who lias just succeeded Mr Parry as Chief Electrical Expert for 1 lie Government, on Thursday visiU'd Eeihling and Rongotea. He is tilling one of Jus lirst official acts, lo gain some idea of the town and dislricCs electrical requirements. He staled to a Eeilding Star representative that everything that could he done wa-s being done to push on with the development of (he Maugahao scheme. The men were ready on the site. Within a few months the necessary road work, to enable a start to be made on the work of erecting dams, and building tunnels, would be completed. Three years was a reasonable time to allow for the completion of the scheme, which would develop 2-1,000 horse-power—sufficient to serve the whole of the district for some time.

The matter of epidemic pensions was referred to by tin 1 chairman, Sir James Wilson, at Thursday’s meeting of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. The Board was, he stated, paying out over £3OO per month on this score on account of the Health Department, and if there was a recrudescence of the epidemic, then, according to the Minister, the whole matter would lie thrown on the Board. It must, therefore, be quite clear to members that the Board could not continue payment of these pensions in that event. Any future casualties could not look to the Board for pensions, as the Board would have finite enough to do to finance (he general epidemic expenditure, should there be another outbreak.

Mention was made by Mr Bra 111well, at Thursday’s meeting of the Hospital Board, that the Bedding Ladies’ Red Cross Society was desirous of regularly supplying the soldiers’ ward at the hospital, Palmerston North, with hot-water hotties and other comforts and necessaries, The society desired the permission of the matron for some of its members to pay regular visits to the soldiers’ ward, with the object of getting in(o touch with the men’s requirements. The ladies wanted to he in a position to help the soldiers during their sojourn at the institution, and, where needed, after, their discharge. The chairman of the Board (Sir-lames Wilson) accepted the offer with thanks on behalf of the Board,*and undertook to sec the matron relative to obtaining the desired permission to visit the soldiers’ ward. ' T

A meeting of footballers and all interested in the game will be held in Mr Perreau’s rooms on Tuesday evening next, at 8 o’clock.

Petitions in Foxton are becoming commonplace. Another petition re the householders’ meeting is in course of circulation. The only consolation to a worried public, is that these documents are not subscription lists.

Another of Poxton’s old residents, in- the person ot Mr Henry Aldridge, passed away yesterday morning. The deceased, who was 7(5 years of age, had been in indifferent health for some time past. The funeral will take place to-mor-row afternoon, leaving his late residence. Baker Street, at 2 o’clock.

The teachers of the infant classes in connection with the local Stale school arranged an Autumn Parly for the pupils in the Gospel Hall yesterday afternoon. The little ones brought Ilowers, leaves, ele., with which to decorate the interior of the room. They were subsequently regaled with light refreshments, and altogether enjoyed the innovation.

“The great catchword of the present day is ‘efficiency,’ remarked Miss N. Jobson, 31. A., principal of Queen Margaret Presbyterian College for Girls, at the opening ceremony, at ’Wellington oil Thursday (says the Dominion). “What is the present day conception of efficiency.’ It is evidently not efficiency that abolishes the liquor trade. It is not efficiency that puts character first and money second. It is efficiency that enables us to compete in l lie world’s markets. That seems to he the present meaning of the. term. I consider that the great troubles of (he day—the great labour troubles arise from two things; One is the inability of man. to think independently, to think for himself, so that he is led by the nose by any demagogue who has a fluent longue: and, also, the growing desire for pleasure of the wrong kind. We want to do nothing nowadays Iml that which will give ns money to go to (lie pictures or (he comic opera, enable ns to wear fur coals and silk stockings, or do something (hat really is not a very high aim after all. We are in danger of cultivating the very spirit (hat has ruined Germany, and we must watch against it. AVc can only watch it by (raining our children to aim at higher ideals. That is what I hope to do with (hem here.”