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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 2015, 14 August 1919, Page 2

George Bell, aged 11, a son of Mr R. P. Bell, journalist, and Lawrence Glover, aged 12, a son of Mr 11. L. Glover, dentist, went for a walk to the cliffs beyond St. Clair, at Dunedin one day this week. They failed to return in the evening, and a search party discovered them the following morning at the foot of the cliff, evidently having fallen over. George Bell was dead, but Lawrence Glover was not seriously injured. At the inquest on the body of James Keay, who died from injuries received during a recent boxing contest in Dunedin, the verdict was that death was due to a fall, the rcsut of a blow dealt by James McDonald. The coroner added that the contest had apparently been of a, most friendly character, and carried out in a fair and honourable manner, and no blame was attachable to McDonald.

At the conclusion of an affiliation case heard at the Auckland Magistrate's Court, the magistrate remai’ked on the likeness between the child and the defendant, who was being sued for maintenance. “You can see for youfselfj” said his Worship to the defending counsel. “But it has its mother’s eyes and eyebrows,” said the solicitor, “Oh, well, yon had better refer it to the gentlemen of the Press,” remarked the magistrate.

A Government that will make progress a real policy, instead of a name to conjure with, will receive support in all political quarters, and will be acclaimed by the non-partisan majority of the electorate that wishes to see something done. No Government, of course, can evade the pi’oblem of better social-economic distribution, but to make a start by doing things that will stimulate production is to tackle that problem at the right end. —Wellington Post. Mr W. J, Reeve, Clerk of the Court at Foilding, died on Saturday, in his G4th year. He was born in New Zealand, and had spent nearly 30 years in the Justice Department, having qualified to retire on his pension next year. Mr Reeve acted as Clerk of the Court at Rahiatua, Whangarei, Stratford, Rotorua, and Feilding. Mr and Mrs Reeve were hard hit by the Great War, losingthree sons and a son-in-law in the fighting. The only remaining son is chief officer on a ship trading to China. There are four daughters. “The country simply will neither tolerate nor submit to be governed by a combination of political parties whose policies and understandings have been arrived at behind closed doors as the outcome .of more or less sordid bargaining. The government of the country by means of War Regulations and all that that term connotes must be peremptorily ended now that a state of war has ceased, and there must; be an immediate return to sane methods of parliamentary government.”—Dunedin Star,

A Canadian soldier, Wilford G. Oakes, who returned home after a remarkable record of service in a Canadian artillery regiment, had (he experience near Cainhrai of viewing his own grave, with his name inscribed on a rude slab over the last resting-place. He took a snapshot of the grave as a souvenir. Oakes was severely wounded several times, In one battle, when he was wounded, he lost his identification card. His jaws were shot away, making it impossible for him to communicate his identity, and, as he was missing from his company, his death was finally reported. Some other soldier was buried under his name.

Isolation in the far-away Pacific does not always mean deprivation of the comforts of modern life, as a recent letter from that outpost of the Empire, the Island of Nauru, shows (says the Adelaide Advertiser). It is the richest island in the world, though a three-hours’ walk will take a pedestrian right round it. The highest point is but 200 ft., above sea-level, and the vegetation is extremely luxuriant. The mainstay of the island is the mining of phosphates, the basis of that valuable manure superphosphate. In this connection one of the greatest engineering enterprises of the world has been born. Out in the lonely Pacific, the island contains all the latest devices in the engineering world. The settlement is lighted by electricity, served by a complete sewage plant, the machinery of which supplies the residents with ice daily, and is, in fact, a miniature modern town in every way, with practically all an up-!o-date city’s advantages except perhaps places of amusement, such as theatres and picture shows.

Striking light on the relation between clean and noiseless streets and (he health of the community is shown by the figures in the possession of Mr W, D. Craven, an American road expert, at present visiting Dunedin. The figures concern New lork. In 1892, with a population of 1,030,000, that city registered 44,320 deaths, or an'nvcrage rale of 27 per 1,000. In 1914 the city had a population of 3,290,197. but registered only 43,253 deaths, or an average of 13 per 1,000. The health Department credits this remarkable decrease largely to the extension of smooth paving during the intervening years. In 1890 New York had only 27 miles of asphalt street, but in 1915 the total mileage asphalted was 982, Those 982 miles were all paved prior to 1890, but with stone blocks or brick, or some other type of paving that could not be kept so clean or so quiet as asphalt.

A sure and pleasant specific for removing worms is WADE’S WORM FIGS. Price 1/6,

Mr A. C. Hillier, the selected Lab- • our candidate for the Manawatu seal at the forthcoming general election, will be introduced to the pub- ' lie of Poxton at the picture ent« tainment to be held in the Town Ha'll to-night, under the auspices of the Foxton Branch of the New Zealand Labour Party. The proceeds the entertainment: are to be devoted i to the Election Campaign Fund. That the “permit” system is having its effect on at least some of the, s trains is shown in a letter received by an Auckland business house from one of its travellers. “The Thames train went out to-day,” he said, “with one passenger, two guards, and a ticket inspector. Guess they , would have a busy time punching tickets.”

An individual whose gait was unsteady failed to convince the railway officials at Marton Junction on a recent morning that his business was of sufficient urgency to justify him getting the privilege of travelling. “You carry beer, don’t you?” said the unsteady one. On being im; formed that there was provision ■under the restricted service for/"we carriage of refreshments of a liquid nature, he added: “Well, take me as beer. Pm full up to the neck with it.”

A settler having land by a tidal creek in the Whangarei Harbour, has fenced off a waste corner and planted 1,000 pinus insignis trees bought from the State Nursery at Whakarowamva at 25s per thousand. The optimistic settler radiantly discourses on the investment, picturing a good return in at least 25 to 30 years, when the timber wilHift full grown and doubtless, by that; time, very valuable (says the Advocate). Assuming that only half'of the trees grow, the expenditure will yield a handsome profit, not only personally, hut nationally. The settler remarked that hut one in a thousand realised that 1,200 trees can he planted on an acre allowing for a distance between each of six feet.

A few days ago, as Mr R. Drake was motor cycling to Manakau (•says the Otaki Mail), he was overtaken by a big motor car —believed to be one of the express which was travelling at a very great pace, estimated to be travelling at fully 40 miles an hour. Without any warning of the car’s approach, Mr Drake was struck on the leg by the passing ear. The injury was thought at first to be only slight, hut yesterday Mr Drake was compelled to seek medical advice. Scarcely a day passes but we hear complaints of reckless and furious driving by motorists, and the proposed a tion of stringent regulations governing the traffic should be hastened.

An old saying hath it that “14m law is a ‘bass’,” and according to the following the railway regulations governing the issue of permits for passengers should he placed in Ihe same category, but stronger language would better describe it if the story is correct, A Government auditor at: present on his rounds was in Eketahuna, and desired to visit Palmerston North 'fertile purpose of carrying out the inspect ion of local bodies accounts. His application for a permit to travel was refused on the ground that the proposed trip was not essential, as the books and accounts could be forwarded to. Wellington for audit. Result; The auditor, weighing about Ifcwt., was refused permission to travel, and the hooks and accounts, in two large cases, apd weighing no less than four ewt., were sent by rail to Wellingtn for audit purposes. This is efficiency, according to the Railway Department.