LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 2011, 5 August 1919, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A frost was experienced in this district this morning. It is understood that Bishop Nevill has resigned the See of Dunedin, the resignation to take effect from 31st December.

The annual congregational meeting of the Foxton Presbyterian Church will be held to-morrow evening, at 7.30 o’clock, when the annual reports and balance sheet will be read, and steps taken to fill the vacancy.

Cr,. Coley waxed facetious at last night’s Council meeting. He made passing reference to a theft committed from a shop window, and said the children were blamed. “Funny children, whose ages are between 18 years and 20 years!’’ he remarked. He added that the police could not be everywhere, as they had so much to attend to. Whether Anzac Day shall be made a statutory holiday will be considered at a full Cabinet meeting on the return of the Leaders, said Sir James Allen in reply to the Returned Soldiers’ Association. Then the representatives of the association, together with many letters from others on the subject, will be considered.

When one of the Wellington municipal milk depot’s big ..motor lorries, loaded with empty milk cans, was travelling down the Paekakariki Hill road on Saturday, evening, it got out of control, and went over the bank. The vehicle struck a telegraph pole, which stopped its descent, and the lorry was not much damaged, while the three men who were on the vehicle were uninjured. ’ ’’ Von Hindenhurg, interviewed by an American correspondent, said ”if the trial of the ex-Kaiser was held i( would violalc international law and re-establish the ancient Roman precedent, that for the vanquished it is a crime to defend their own country. He did not believe that Marshals Foch, Sir Douglas Haig, and General Pershing supported the demand for the trial of the ex-Kai-ser, He thought that the German people will rise again, but not for a time. Hindenhurg said that only dreamers thought there would be no more wars. Thex - c will be wars as long as mankind exists, He said. Hindenhurg praised the part taken in the war by the United States.

What to do with the culled cow was a question that naturally arose on several occasions during the address by Mr Singleton to Levin dairymen on Wednesday, says the Chronicle. One dairyman said he did not think it a fair thing to put rejects on to other dairymen. By doing that they would get no further ahead, Mr Singleton admitted the question was a problem, and a good deal would have to be left to dairymen in overcoming it. There was no doubt' that a proportion of the culls could be fattened and disposed of, but careful breeding was gradually reducing the percentage of undesirables, and in a comparatively few years they could be reduced to a minimum.

“Farmers don’t know so much about their cows as they think they do,” said Mr Singleton, of the Dairy Division, in an address on herd testing to dairymen at Levin on Wednesday. He stated that in several eases after tests had been carried out by his Department the owners had been asked to pick out what they considered their • best eight cows. Very few had been able to do that. One farmer, when invited to select his best butterfat cow, picked out an animal that was not even among the first four, and when told that his highest fat producer was a cow with three teats which ho had passed over, he exclaimed in surprise: “What, who would have thought it, and her with only three teats!” It was only by testing, said Mr Singleton, that these things were discovered.

Rpferring to the expected arrival of four up-to-date aeroplanes by the Matatua at Auckland this week, the Minister of Defence (Sir James Allen) stated that the Defence Department had been in communication with the Canterbury Aviation Company regarding the use of the Sockbum aerodrome, but no definite arrangement had been made. The four aeroplanes had to be housed sbmewhere, and the accommodation was available at Sockburn. The Minister added that the general question of aviation policy was being held over until the return of Mr Massey and Sir Joseph Ward. The report already received from Colonel Bettington was not that officer’s final report. The policy of the Government would have to be settled before detailed arrangements of any kind Could be made. Sir Joseph Ward had gathered some information about aerial mails.

Why bother making cakes when there is such a good assortment at Perreau’sf*

For Children’s Hacking Cough, Woods Great Peppermint Cure.

At last night's meeting of the School Committee a hearty vote of thunks was passed to Mrs Frankland for the gift to. the school of a large atlas.

Some time on Sunday night, fruit and chocolates were stolen from the shop window of the local Chinese shop, next to Mr A, Osborne’s premises in Main Street. Portion of the shop was broken near the bottom, and this break was enlarged and a length gf galvanised hoopiron with a hooked end was used to pull the goods from the shelves to the opening.

Presentations have been the vogue in Foxton of late. At a social evening recently, befox’e the party broke up, a young lady said she had a pleasing ceremony., to perform. She then Eulogised one of the guests for his entertaining capabilities, and asked him to accept a slight token of esteem from those assembled. A neat parcel was then brought forth, and handed to the recipient. The contents included some well-grown seasonable vegetables V

Under the new railway restrictions only , those who obtain permits from the station-master can. travel. A number of Foxton folk were refused permits last week to travel to Palmerston, despite the fact that there was ample accommodation. It appears farcical that such restrictions should obtain between Foxton and Palmerston. We are informed that several have travelled on the tions. ■

There has been a scarcity of- butter locally during the past week. The storekeepei’s have done their best to meet the local demand, but have experienced difficulty in getting supplies. Whey butter has been sold as a substitute at Is 8d per lb., but many people prefer good beef fat as an alternative. Within the next four weeks it is anticipated that ample supplies will be on the market. •

During Sunday night four of the boax’ders at the Club Hotel, Palmerston North, wex*e x’elieved of money aggregating about £4O. One person lost £ls, one £l3, and two others £9- apiece. As none of the outside locks or window catches showed signs of having been tampered with, it is evident that the thief—or thieves—must have been in the hotel when the premises were locked up for the night. Those boarders who had locked their doors were not disturbed in any way, and if was only those who had neglected this precaution who were victimised. As only money was taken, the work of identifying the thieves will be a difficult task, says the Standard.

“The people, or that section of them who have not recently come from Australia, also know and realise the powerful influences that were arrayed against Liberalism when it came into office. In every country, the pace of legislative reform is necessarily measured, being controlled by the power of the opposition, and in New Zealand the opposition that faced Grey and Ballance and Seddon and Ward was powerful and well-organised. There were long and strenuous sessions in those days, every foot of progress being stubbornly contested, buffnevertheless there was a bountiful harvest of reform from every session. The rate of progress did not suit Mr Semple and the other Red Feds. Ignoring the fact that New Zealand was in the van of democratic reform, in comparison with the rest of the world, they set' out to create industrial and social chaos in the unsophisticated expectation that something better would automatically evolve itself from the ruins, and incidentally place them in power with ample emolument. The only thing that has been evolved so far with Mr Semple’s turbulent aid, js a Government of Tories and land monopolists, with Mr Massey and Sir James Allen at their head.”—N.Z, Times.

From the bark of the eucalyptus trees, which cover millions of acres of Australia, can be produced a fibre which, it is claimed, will make the Commonwealth independent of Indian jute goods and New Zealand flax, save millions of pounds annually from being sent overseas, and create employment for thousands of Australian workmen, while at the same time supplying the consumers with goods at less cost than, but of equal quality to, the imported article. The originator of this proposition's an Australian in the prime of life, Mr W. M. Billings, whose researches and experiments of the past fifteen years on his farm and workshop at Wonga Park have now passed the stage of theory and entered the zone "of practical economics. At his model factory on the banks of the Saltwater River, at Footscray, Mx* Billings exhibited to a representative of the Age samples of twine, rope, and sacking made from eucalyptus fibre, together with sundry marketable by-products of the industry, which themselves possess potentialities hardly less in magnitude than the primary product of the bark, Mr Billings has offered the process and other rights to the Returned Soldiers’ League for development solely in the interests of the returned soldiers, Should the inventor’s claims justify themselves under rigid investigation and exhaustive trial, and should it be able to persuade the" Minister to give his an industry could be inaugurated which would be capable of great expansion and would largely help to solve the unemployed soldier problem.

There's nothing to "equal NAZOL for stopping coughs- and colds, soothing sore throats, and banishing influenza. Good for old and young.

The death occurred in the Waihi Hospital on Sunday, from, heart failure, of Colonel Stuart Newall, C. 8., aged 76. At last night’s special meeting of the Borough Council, the Mayor said that no tenders had been rece-' ived for the lease of the Town Hall. He added that the leasing o i the hall would therefore be left over until the expiry of the ‘present lease. “Pelorous Jack,” a brindled bulldog, has been the mascot and wardroom pet on H.M.S. New Zealand for some four years past. He served through the Battle of Jutland. He knows what is happening so well that when “stations” is sounded he seeks refuge, and when the guns begin to roar he has a rest.down below..

The Rev. Halliday, of Lansdownc, Masterton, conducted the services at the local Presbyterian Church, and in the outfield, on Sunday. It is understood that a call is to be forwarded to the Rev. Mr Halliday to fill the vacancy caused by the removal of the Rev. Mr Bredin to Maraekakaho. ;

At last night’s Borough Council meeting, Cr. Coley said steps should be taken to prevent people from ringing the fire bell. He said some people had a “rat” on ringing the bell. Too much latitude was allowed in this connection. Cr. Bryant said it was an offence to ring the bell, and the police ,should take action. The matter was then allowed to drop.

“We must have more teachers and better teachers; we must have more farmers' and better There the University has a message,” said Professor Gabbatt, when addressing the Canterbury College Board of Governors. The speaker added that we wanted teachers by tiie grace of God, and not by accident, as sometimes happened when a smart country boy earned a scholarship and took a course of study at the University,witii no definite object in view. The Professor might have added that many engaged in the teaching profession are more fitted for farming pursuits, but that’s the fault of our educational system. The teaching UPS* fession gathers in any boy or independent of natural qualifications and scientific preparation for such profession. Juvenile recruits should be bax’red, and teachers selected from the higher schools of learning.

Decently an inquest was held concerning the death of a man named William Gellerby Brown, at Tuporoa, near Gisborne, and medical evidence was given to show that death was accelerated by the use of three headache wafers. The ing rider was added to the verdict^

—“ln view of the doctor’s evidence, the public should be warned against

the indiscriminate use of headache Wafers, and we suggest that some steps should be taken to regulate the sale of such headache wafers.” The evidence has been sent on to the Minister of Justice, by Mr J. S. Barton, S.M., with a recommendation that it he passed on to the Minister of Public Health. After the evidence bad been taken, the headache wafer’s wex’e weighed, and were found to vary from two to four grains, showing the lack of uniformity in the doses. The persistency with which the number 13 kept turning up during the Crown lands ballot at Auckland last week, for sections ifi three soldier settlements, would appeal to superstitious people as being uncanny. Under the procedure adopted three soldiers were selected by ballot from those applying for each section. Twelve times No. 13 applicant drew a place in the trio. At the thirteenth drawing No. 13 applicant drew No. 13 section, and the coincidence went further, for it transpired that there were 13 letters in this man’s name, and 13 in his address. It was freely stated that he had drawn one of the best sections offered. Owing to the peculiar circumstances referred to many of those present at the ballot were driven to the conclusion that the word “unlucky” as applied to the number 13 is, after all, a misnomer.

Observance of the Sabbath was. , discussed at the meeting of the ’ Wanganui Borough Council on Tuesday. The appointment of a time for the councillors to inspect the.’ borough reserves was under consideration. The Mayor had suggested a Sunday morning. Cr. Green protested,,not because he was a strict Sabbatarian, he said, but because this was a Christian community, and they should respect the ’ wishes of those who believed that the Sabbath should not be used for business purposes. The Mayor: “Our Lord walked through the fields v ; on the Sabbath,” Cr. Thompson confessed that on fine Sunday mornings he had obtained many sermons from Nature, The Mayor re-, marked that he had gained much benefit by a walk on a Sunday morning. Cr. Richardson said he had religious scruples about the use of the Sabbath. Cr. Donaldson thought that as the councillors dealt with the town’s business on- ‘ six days of the week, they should leave it alone on the seventh. It was finally agreed that the" inspection should take place on'some day other than a Sunday. “The boy stood on the burning. deck,” Defying pain and dread — JL-Point-blank refused to leave the r ’ wreck, Though all but he had fled. i But, oh, how stubborn and obtuse I * . He served no good, be sure; ’ If bad with cold, he’d not refuse, . His Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure,

Yesterday was the anniversary of Great Britain’s declaration of war against Germany.

The Marton Junction branch of the railwayman has decided to ask the Department to purchase, if possible, the boots held in store by the Defence Department, and distribute them at cost price amongst railwaymen, giving preference to surfacemen and shunters. “This is on excellent suggestion (thinks the Railway Review), embodying a principle which could be extended to other important articles in general use. The boots made for our soldiers were sound and durable, and no doubt there are many thousands of pairs in store. Even if the Government does not adopt a policy of wholesale buying for the supply of its employees, it should, as a matter of good business, turn over its stocks before they depreciate.” At a meeting of the Christchurch School Committees’ Association last week, the following resolution was carried: “That, in view of the altered conditions of traffic generally, the committee recommends the Education Department to introduce a provision in the syllabus for the teaching of children in elementary rules governing safety in the use of streets and footpaths.” The following remits were adppted for the forthcoming conference of school committees’ associations in Wellington: “That the Government be asked to do all in its power to facilitate the holding of open-air classes in connection with schools. That, with a view to promoting the general efficiency of primary education in the Dominion, the Government be urged to increase the annual education grant to at* least £3,000,000. That no concessions or subsidies be granted to any private schools. That if any educational legislation in that direction is contemplated, the conference strongly protests against any system of centralisation or other alteration of the Education Act whereby the present functions of school committees will be curtailed. That a federation of school committees’ associations be formed, to be called the Federated School Committees’ Associations of New Zealand.”

The following telegram has been sent from Hamilton by Mr J. A. Young, M.P., to the Minister for Railways:—“As a practical farmer and a Minister of the Crown, you will be interested to learn that on Saturday two railway track-loads of beer arrived at Hamilton while some dairy cows, the pick of New Zealand, with records of 400 lb. for butter-fat, in a mob of average value of not less than £25 each, now being driven from Taranaki to Paeroa, were lying in a state of collapse within a few miles of Hamilton, all because railage was refused by your Department. Would it be possible to immediately truck the remains of these cows from Morrinsville to Paeroa? Of the original 104 which set out from Eltham on the 9th inst., several havfe died on the road. Others dropped calves to die, and 20 head —starved, footsore, and broken down —were left at Otorohanga unable to travel further. The cattle herein mentioned are the property of two young farmers from Taranaki, who settled at Ngatea 12 months ago. I put the case before the district traffic manager last Friday. May I again impress upon you the urgency and importance of providing railage now for dairy cattle in readiness for the new season; also the propriety of diverting a portion of your coal from some of its present uses to railway work more in keeping with aiding the health and wealth-pro-ducing power of the people?” From the Minister the following reply has been received: — “Have received your telegram asking that cattle be railed from Morrinsville to Paeroa, lam having the matter looked into with a view to seeing if it is possible to meet the case.”