LOCAL AND GENERAL.
A westerly gale visited (his district yesterday and last nighl.
The .Matriculation examinations will commence in Palmerston North oh Tuesday next. * I’Vixlon, in common with other centres, is .-tdferirig from a shortage of houses. A number of local Std. VI. pupils have been awardcd'iheir proficiency ccrliticatcs as a result of (heir class work during the year. Oaf.-, arc selling in Christchurch at -Is (id per bushel for Cartons and -Js 9d for Cartons at country stations. The Defence Department advises that the Kuahine with Kciurning Draft No. 295 on board, is due to reach Auckland on or about 22nd December. The draft comprises (ISO of ail ranlcs. Venus continues to he conspicuous as a morning star, am! will be visible as such for a*few mouths. On Tuesday she reached her grimiest elongation of just over a half right angle from the sun. Rising as she does, almost due east, and nearly two hours before the sun, she may be seen to advantage by.the early riser. She is at present in Virgo, near the bright star Spica. The Prime Minister informed a reporter a! Cromwell lhal the position of the much-discussed bonus jo the postal officials was more complicated than it was possible for any one not dirccliy connected with it to understand. He was willing to refer the whole position,to (he Chief •ius(ice, or any oilier well-known man, (o enquire into, and abide by bis decision.
,A i oi|iu'sl that tln? 11;inii 11<>n Jioroiu;h Council should permit mixed • halliin.'-V ul Hie municipal halhs on Saturday afternoons was made to the conned by a deputation from the South Auckland swimmim; 1 centre, it was slated that, practically every other town permit ted-mixed balhiiisr, and that under the present conditions j(, was very han't that a man could not yo to ih.e baths with his wife, or teach his to swim.
The Inst Iranspor! lu leave Kurland with New Zealand troops will be (.he Ruapehu, which is sailing on December Js| wdli lad soldiers anti .130 wives. The Kikoina, with U 1 i soldiers ami Idit wives, left on November 20lh. I'iie balance, numbering 103, include the married personnel who are until (o (ravel, and who will be sent later as passengers.
All the aeeommodaUon id the local seaside is booked up for the Christmas and New Year holidays. Wonderful artistic taste was displayed by Madge Ale Coll in the children's decorative Hass at ..the recent Horticultural Show. 'This little girl of six summers annexed first prize for decorated (able without embellishments, out of eleven competitors.
A Cazeite contains Hie noliiieaImn Dial. I.lie. Ciovernor-Ceneral has approved of the appointment of Sir. ■lames Allen as (he first Minister of External Affairs, to have charge, of Samoa and other Islands under the administration of New Zealand. This- appointment was provided for by the External Affairs Act of: last session, which comes into operation on Deeemher Ist.
The Life-Saving Scolds received a visit on Wednesday last from Scout-master Hazel, of Taihape, who inspected the troop, which afterwards went for a march through the town. 'The Scoutmaster, after complimenting the hoys on their drill, deportment, etc., gave them an exceedingly interesting talk on his experiences on the Western Front, which was thoroughly enjoyed by all present.
Mr “Ben" Woods, brother oJ.' Constohie Woods, who was seriously wounded on flie Western front, is on a visit to Fuxton, Except for a stiffness in one arm, which will be permanent, “Ben” is not otherwise physically incapacitated. He lias secured a section in-the Bay of Islands, and intends to settle down to dairy farming. “Ben” is shortly to wed .Miss Salhcrley, of Boston, and their many friends will wish them every success. DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS particular care should he taken with young children, as they are subject to disorders of the bowels. Any unusual looseness of the bowels should have immediate attention, and for this no better medicine can be given than Chamberlahfs Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy, Not only is Chamberlain’s Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy prompt in its action, but it has such a pleasant taste that there is no trouble in getting children to* take it. Ear sale everywhere. —Ad.
Tbo Carlerion ratepayers have adopted rating: on unimproved values by ‘277 votes to 133..
A Masonic Church Service i.- io bo held in the local Presbyterian Church'next.:Sunday fortnight. A male choir will load the singing, and an appropriate sermon will he preached by Rev. Pro. Tlios. Halliday.
Little Miss Belle Pearson* entertained- the audience at the Show on Thursday evening with one or two docutiomu;y items, and was accorded a llatterinff reception. This little girl is a born elocutionist. The disease which has affected breeding ewes in the W-airarapa this season is causing considerable anxiety to farmers. Some are of opinion that it is contagious abortion. The symptoms certainly pointed in this direction.
A cablegram has been received by (he Prime. Minister from the Kew Zealand Government Agent in Melbourne intimating that the Federal Government has agreed to remove the embargo on (lie export of dried fruits in the case of bona tide contracts entered into before October, provided the lota! shipments do not exceed 400 tons.
Jack Wilson, the fat man of (he Dreamland Circus at Coney Island, whose weight was estimated in the neighbourhood of 40st., lias died following a paralytic stroke. Wilson was a great favour!le with (he other “freaks’' of the show, his especial chums being Eddie Masher, “the skskiluii dude,'’ ami Frank Lentini, the “three-legged man.”
Up to tin; present, the following donations have been promised towards a peace memorial in Otaki, which is to he.erected at a cost of from £5,000 to £O,OOO: —Byron Brown, £250; Mrs .Byron Brown, £250; Mrs Arthur Bright, £250; Bills and More, £100; L. St. George,
£100; Harold Cockrell, £SO; McDongall Bros.' and Co,, £SO; Crank Penn, £SO.
“Don’t cal! me Wcr Honour,’ " snapped Mr Marshall to a native witness at the Opunake Court. “Well,” replied the native, quite unabashed, “yon le biggest speaker of to lot, yon talk le big talk, and 1 think it all right I call yon le Honour. You seem to he le biggest sprniker amongst le lot of us,” Later he alluded to Mr Marshall as “Mr dear friend." —Opunake Times.
During a thunderstorm in the Ashburton district last week, a thunderbolt struck a slack on Mr it. S. Sham's farm, Carew. At (trsl there was a cloud of dust, which was followed by (lames, which quickly spread all over the slack, making it impossible to save any portion. The falling of the. boll was followed by a loud report, as of an explosion.. The storm at Carew was preceded by a hailstorm, the stones of which were of an exceptional size. Heavv and beneficial rains followed.
The consignments of American motor cars imported into (he Dominion seems to grow larger with each vessel that reaches port. Last week the Leitrim arrived at Auckland from Xcw York with about 300 motor cars for Xew Zealand. ,Of this number, 7-1 cuis, inr'lu*lmj.v live motor lorries, are for Auckland. She has brought also 28 motor cycles, and several cases of lyres and motor car repair parts for that port. In addition to these heavy consignments for the Dominion, (he vessel is carrying 800 cars of various makes for Australia.
Two King Country nurses came in for .an unexpected windfall a few days ago. It seems that when tlie influenza was raging Inst year they showed great patience in their treatment of an old lady, who proved a' somewhat trying patient. The lady in question Inis since died, and what was the surprise of the nurses to hear that the lady had thought of them to the extent of £2ol) for one nurse and Cl 50 for another in her bequests. Qnc of the fortunate nurses resides at present not fat from Taumaruhui.
Bast Sunday was IJie record day of the season for whitebait, fishermen (says the Grey River Argus). With the rise of the tide in the morning splendid shoals 01. the fish eame up the river, the banks of which were lined with between 70 and 100 wielders of the drag nets, and there vere very extensive catches. One buyer for the factories laid out £SO in purchasing tins of fish at Cl aniecc, running out of cash without being able to cope with the supply. Starting at Is fid a pint, the retail price soon became Is a-pint. The day’s take proved easily better tlnui the best last year. It is a satisfactory feature of the season to find that, although late in coining up, the whitebait supply is not lessening on the whole, as seemed the case earlier in the season.
A correspondent of the Lyttelton Times draws attention to the gambling that lakes place on Hie ferry boats plying bed ween Wellington and Lyttelton. He says: —“Recently on my trip from Wellington to Lyttelton gambling in its most barefaced form was permitted in the large dining saloon of the Manuka. A spurting of a large dining- table, spread a betting-mat thereon, a.ml in strongstentorian tones invited all and sundry to speculate on the red, green, and blue. Quite a large amount of money was gambled away by a number of dupes clustering around, and (his went on for several hours.” An Auckland resident who recently travelled in the Mararoa corroborates this. The Christchurch manager of the Union Company, to whom the matter was referred, states that masters and chief stewards have special instructions to cheek anything of the sort described.
The anniversary services in connection with the Methodist Sunday School are to be held early next month. The training 1 of the children
is in the capable hands of Mr K’. T v . Bc-itv.
Professor Hugh Mackenzie,- writing to the Wellington Post, says: What largely accounts for the exorbitant prices ruling now is that far too many hands are employed in connection with the various businesses concerned with The sale of the necessaries of life. Half the number of people engaged in retail businesses are really idle from half to two-thirds of the business day. All this is duo to the fact that there is practically no organisation proper in connection with our middleman business. Anybody can start a shop or business, and all (his, necessarily, conduces to an economic and business parasitism. If these
businesses are to thrive someone must pay. Is it not monstrous, for example, that the milk vendor should got as much for milk vending as the dairy farmer for “producing" Ti Is it not monstrous that the vendor (in almost all connect ions where (lie necessaries of life are concerned) should gel more “clear profit’’ out of the sale of a commodity than the actual “producer'-' of it ? There is, surely, something radically wrong when (his sod of thing is possible. All places of business should be licensed by (lie Government or the municipality, and I heir number limited, so that it should boar some fairly definite relation to Ihe number of the population.
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