LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2130, 20 May 1920, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

If you waul a real hearly laugh, go and see “.Johnny Bladder' 1 at Hie Benelil Concert iu Hie Town Hall to-morrow night.

The niouHily silling ol‘ Hie Magistrate's Court will lie held lie Co re Mr .]. L. Stout, S.M., to-morrow. The eases set down for hearing ineludo two eharges of breaking and entering and iholt against hoys, two charges against an hotelkeeper of alleged Preaches of Hie Licensing Act, nine cases for being illegally on licensed promises, four by-law cases, and a number of civil cases.

"! would suggest to the Melfare League, which is composed of char-itably-minded, very wealthy people, that it should donate a challenge cup, open to the whole of the world, for the worst slum,'' slated Air J. .McKenzie at Wednesday night's housing demonstration. “That cup \youid never leave New Zealand. I recently visited the slums of Dublin, and I thought they were had enough, but there was nothing in England, Scotland or Ireland to equal the slums of Wellington.” Evening Post.

For .some reason that seems obxnu'e to “Ihe man in the street,' 7 woollen goods are extremely searee at the present time, and there is no indieation just now Jbat the scarcity will not i)oeome mure acute. In view of this fact, the public should make a point- of semiring as soon as possible their requirements in winter underwear while such.goods are still obtainable. A. N. Smith advertises to-day a tine range of underwear for men at prices that are cheap at these limes.

As a result of the continued representations made to the Commonwealth -authorities by the Prime Minister, permits have been granted for the shipment of a further considerable supply of superphosphates to the merchants in the Dominion. A cable message received by Mr Massey slates- that the latest permits granted are for a quantity totalling 2,300 lons. This will prove a material factor in assisting to overcome, the difficulty producers have experienced in obtaining their necessary supplies of this fertiliser, and it is hoped that facilities for prompt shipment from Australia will be a\ailable. Inquiries are being made on this point.

A screen epic of the turf —“Sporting Life,'* to be screened at the Town Hall on Saturday.

Empire Day is to be celebrated on Thursday, June 3rd, the King's birthday, which will be a Government holiday throughout New Zealand.

For the two weeks ended May 11th, the values of the principal exports of New Zealand produce from the Dominion were as follows': — Butter £270,253, cheese £105,400, frozen meats £511,847, hides and skins £157,484, tallow £OO,OOO, wool £018.530.

When the Prince of Wales visited the Otago Medical School at Dunedin on Tuesday 300 medical students armed with leg and arm bones and other grisly reminder. their chosen profession, gave his Royal Highness a typical students’ welcome at the school's gales. The performance aroused keen delight.

The N.Z. Shipping Coy. have now made Jamaica one of the ports of call for steamers en route from the United Kingdom, via Panama, to New Zealand and Australia.' We are in receipt of a little booklet from the local agent of tin 1 Company, entitled “A Day in Jamaica." It contains a number of illustrations depicting beauty spots and other places of interest which may be visited by the tourist, with explanatory notes.

The belief on Tuesday mommy for six sections in (lie Akitio block, sol aside for soldier resulted: —Section 1, 55!) acres, B. (1. Boss, Porangahau; section 2, 557' acres, H. .). Taltersall, Palmerston North; section 3, 551 acres, Daniel Mclveeman, Palmerston North; section 5, (13(1 acres, Michael McGrath, Lower Tint 1, Wellington; section (i, 583 acres, J. IT. .Ford and IV. .). Luxton, Wellington (tenants in common) ; section 7, 3G5 acres, .). Cox, Ha warden, Canterbury.

An inquest into the death of George Black, a shunter, who was fatally injured at the Erankton railway station on May 7th, was con-cluded-by Mr H. A. Young, S.M., at Hamilton on Saturday. The coroner found that the deceased died from injuries accidentally received while shunting. He added: —“It appears from the* evidence that the deceased did not have suflicient experience lo carry out. with any degree of safely, the work of shunter. It is not clear whether he could have refused to do this work without affecting his position in the service. The evidence shows a shortage of experienced shunters at Frankton, but it does not disclose .what this is due to, or whether it could reasonably have been prevented. No blame is attachable to those taking part, with (he deceased in the shunting operations."

A lire resulting in the loss of one life occurred at the residence of Thomas Barker, at Waihi, on Sunday. At the lime of (he outbreak airs Barker was attending to a sick neighbour, while the husband and

Iho two (ddes! children were in the township, Ihe four younger having gone to bed. The eldest oh these — .James, aged 12 years —was awakened by smoke and fire, and succeeded in getting his two little brothers out through the bedroom window. Afterwards he attempted to reach his little sister Iris (between two and three years old), who was in the front bedroom, and whom he heard crying out. lie was,'however, forced back by (lames in-the passageway. and although he lost no time in raising the alarm, the little one had been burned to death before assistance could be found.

"With Sir Albert Spicer as chairman, a commission of (he laymen of the Congregational Union of England and Wales has been considering the question of tin* stipends of ministers. In their report they say that a large number of ministers are receiving stipends loss than the wages now paid to manual workers, and the situation has become acute. “They can pay their way only by the severest economy, and even by foregoing wind, lo men in (heir position, tire some of the necessaries of life. They cannot do Justice to the education of their children. They have little access to literature for I lie feeding of their minds. They can make no provision for old age. They live under a constant strain of anxiety as to ways and means." The commission urges this pressing matter upon the attention of the churches and their leaders, hoping (hat an earnest effort may be made lo give ministers such increase of salary as shall compensate for the higher cost of living.

The extraordinary advances made in wireless telephony du.’ing Iho hist year or uvo is indicated by the 15i’il is}) Department of Overseas Trade in an official bulletin. Commercial wireless telephony can now be effective over considerable distances, and the Marconi Company is producing' portable wireless telephone sets with a guaranteed range, of 150 miles, this range being half the maximum obtainable in favourable circumstances. For fixed stations, sets with a guaranteed range of over 1,000 miles are on the market, A feature of the wireless telephone is the absence of the distraction found in the ordinary ■ telephone; life sound is short and sharp. Wireless telephony has been adopted as a regular means of communication for the London-Paris airplane service. A traveller by airplane can maintain conversation with a land station .150 miles away, and miniature telephone exchanges can be established on airplanes so that they may talk to one another as well as to land stations. A calling device has been evolved, so Unit continuous attendance at the receiver is not necessary.

Mr and Mrs F. Robinson insert a (hanks notice in this issue. A (‘old snap is being experienced locally. Colds and mild influenza are very prevalent locally. /'A There is still a shortage of sugar •V* locally. Small ouantities of sugar are obtainable. • $ ■ The Royal have secured a special feature, starring Fanny Ward, for Saturday next.

The (irsl reproduction, faithful in every detail, of a groat international prize light, in “Sporting Life.” To he screened at the Town Hall, on Saturday evening.

The unveiling ceremony of the Fallen Soldiers’ memorial will probably take place on Empire Day. Tiie Mayor will perform the ceremony, and short speeches will bo made by other prominent citizens.

During a bull-tight at Talavcra, a bull disembowelled ■ the greatest bull-fighter of the day. Joselito. The tragedy lias caused a national senmi tion, for Joselito was a popular boro. He entered the ring in lt)12, and since then lias killed 1,430 bulls. He earned £40,000 a year.

The opening of the Foxton session of the Workers’ Educational Assoi ialioii will lake place in the Council Chamber to-morrow night, when Mr 1). Seymour, Dominion organiser, will deliver an address on the aims and objects of the Association. All interested arc invited to attend.

In the course of an address to farmers at Carterton, Mr Elgar, chairman of the Wellington Meat Export Co., in referring to the congestion of meat at Home, characterised the positibn as a muddle. ‘‘What brought it about . I cannot say,’’ said the speaker, “but they are in a great muddle."

There are 43 cases its divorce to be; hoard during the present session of the Wtdlipgton Supreme Court. In 20 cases\amiltery is set down as the cause fop&ile application, and in 20 others the’’reason is desertion. One case is based on alleged habitual drunkenness, and the remaining one is an application for nullity.

The Palmerston Times ’Wanganui correspondent says that Darcy ('resswe.ll, who was shot by Charles •Alackay, is making satisfactory progress .in the hospital. The accused 1 man is also more (-(imposed and <• cheerful. Cresswell's version of the occurrence has been placed on record, and is now in the hands of the police. The case will be called on at the Magistrate’s Court next Monday, and will probably be again remanded.

Speaking .at the Manawatu Subprovincial. Farmers’ Union meeting

al Palmerston North on Saturday, Mr H. Vile (president) sajd that by adopting the sliding scale of subscriptions the income of the Fox ton branch had increased by £4O. Decently three new members had been obtained, and they were all £5 mem-

hers, the km it <;i:‘ Pm amount of subscript inns under the sliding scale scheiiu 1 . Tiie secrelary slated that, (lie increased revenue oi.' the whole of the hvanclies under the Sup-pro-vincial Union would lie £248 18s 7d hy adopting the sliding' scale.

The person responsible for the breaking of Mr C!. (1. Kelly’s shop window and the theft of a pea-rifle, revolver and cartridges, has been apprehended, and (urns out to be a thirteen-year old hoy. The hoy has confessed to the crime, and the firearms have been recovered, somewhat (he worse for exposure to the weather, having been hidden by the boy in some'lupins. It appears that the boy had been to the pictures on the Saturday night, and afterwards Availed about the street until all the shops had been closed and every (dace was in darkness, and then got a stone and broke the shop window, pul ting his arm through (he hide and obtaining (he lirearms, which he said he stole for the purpose of shooting rabbits. He will be brought before the Magistrate at tomorrow's silting of the Magistrate’s Court.

Mrd-’arkinson, one of the deputation of teachers which wailed on the .Minister for Education at Wellington on Saturday, said the tear Iters’ watchword was a national system, nationally controlled and locally administered. Not only were men and women in oilier branches of the Service belter paid, hut they followed a Jess exacting and wearing-out occupation. Mr Parkinson said that no more than 50 per cent, of the teachers got more than £2OO, only one in twelve could reach £350, and only one in sixty could reach £450. As to' the technical school teachers, they were just about in (he condition the members of the institute were in before the Dominion scale came in. A Dominion scale was earnestly requested fur technical teach-

During his stay in Wellington the Prince of Wales held his first Privy Council meeting at Government House, those present being the Prince himself, Mr Massey and Sir Joseph Ward. The Prince desired to hold the meeting for the purpose of the formal introduction of the Governor-General (the Earl of Liv- . erpool) as a member of the Privy Council. The Earl of Liverpool was appointed some lime ago, but had never actually been admitted. Two oaths were administered to the Earl of Liverpool—the oath of allegiance and the special oath for members of the Privy Council. Having taken the oat Its prescribed, the Earl of Liverpool kissed the hand of the Prince, who then declared him a 3 Privy Councillor. A .similar ceremony will, according to Mr J, Sands, the special representative of the Argus, be held in Melbourne.

Mr E. R. B. Holben lias boon reappointed as the Government Representative on the Foxton Harbour Board. The period of the appointment is three veers from April 28th last. '*