LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2132, 25 May 1920, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

! “The Red Lantern,” will ho screened at the Town Hall shortly.

For using obscene language while intoxicated, in Wellington, a man was lined £5 or seven days’ imprisonment, and 10s for drunkenness.

Mr W. N. Anderson, engineer to the Buller County Council, has been appointed acting-engineer of (he Horowheuua County Council. There were 24 applicants.

The arrival of Barry at Sydney has caused a boom in'sculling circles. Besides the championship race, a number of other big rowingevents are in view, in which Felton, Barry, Paddon, Kemp, Arnst. ,McDevitt and other leading oarsmen are expected to take part.

In reply to a protest from the Auckland Education Board against national scholarships being tenable in private secondary schools, the Minister of Education (Hon. C. J, Parr) said the practice had been in force for some lime, and he was not going to give an opinion one way or (lie other, hut would bring the matter under the notice of Cabinet.

No had after-effects with WADE’S WORM FIGS. Pleasant, sure and certain-.

Yesterday was Empire Day, A cow was struck by lightning at Greytown on Thursday afternoon and killed.

The Coroner's verdict in connection with the death of Thomas, McCall, held at Otaki, was that “he met his death hy his own hand, after fatally stabbing his daughter.'’ A report of the inquest appears elsewhere in’this issue.

Writing from San Franeisco, a Napier man savs: “Paint and powder must he cheap here, judging by the amount one sees on the ladies’ faces. You in Xew Zealand do not know what a complexion is. Some of the ladies here look like ghosts, and others like sunsets gone mad.” Mrs J. W. Proctor, of ITokip, had the misfortune to break her right arm in a simple manner at a .dance a few evenings ago, says the Chronicle. She slipped on the tloor, and' put out her arm to break the fall. 'lhe limb, however, gave way, breaking just above the wrist.

Mr Keith Murdoch, in a wireless message front the Renown, slates that the ship, is plunging nhead towards Australia, through heavy seas and a strung westerly, the worst weather experienced since the Kenown started. Tin 1 ship picked up wireless messages from the Penmail Hills Station, conveying welcomes from Ihe Governor-General and a number of public bodies. Mr W. 11. Field, member for Otaki, has written to the Minister for Public Health, making empliatic protest against any attempt to close the Otaki Hospital. As a matter of fact, (he Hospital Board has not yet taken over the Otaki hospital, which is controlled hy the Health Department. The fate of the Otaki institution will he fully discussed and settled by (he Board within the next month or two.

Tiio desirability ol' dayliyld instruction in technical schools ol' youlhs who arc serving apprenticeships was commented upon by the, Minister for Education, the Hon. C. ■l. Parr. He said he believed trade unionists would help rallier Ilian obstruct Ihe movement. 'While lie had not reached the staye where he would allirm the principle, it was a fuel (hat workday people were largely in favour of its adoption. Por some time past Mr IT. Osborne has been yet tiny a number ol instrumentalists toy-other with the object of forming an orchestra. He has succeeded in onlisliny (he services of some ol: the best local talent, and Ihe public will be afforded an opportunity at an early date of appreciating its merits. In order to e(|iiip the orchestra with music, etc., funds are reipiired, and it is proposed to hold a concert with this end in view. As the services of the orchestra will he available for localpublic functions, we feel .sure (he public will accord it the necessary (inaucial assistance.

A Loudon (-able stales (bora is a wholesale fall in prices, beginning w’th foodstuffs, and extending to clothing, concurring with Iho Amci'iean slump. ..Many lines are already cheaper. Prices of commodia's are coming' down with a rush in America, and {hero is every indication of a further decline. Addressing I lie shareholders of the Fine Coil on PphuuTs’ Association in Alanches!er, Sir Herbert Dixon, chairman of I lie Hoard, likened the recenl speculative activity in the recapitalisation of the spinning trade in Lancashire to the South Sea 'Hubble. A day of reckoning, he said, would come, as surely as it did then. He held the view that a reduction of values, that would lead to tin* enforced writing flown of capital, with consequent serious loss to the present buyers, was inevitable.

.There is weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth among hundreds of children in Christchurch to-day (says the Sun of Saturday). These children are the disappointed ones who cannot get tickets of admission to the Children's Ball, which is to he Judd in King Edward Barracks lliievening. This morning, hundreds of children were looking for the Mayor of the city (Dr. H. T. 1. Thacker, AI.P.), or Tor anyone else who could provide them with tickets for the ball. But the .Mayor, like Brer Kalibit, “lay low." At 12.30 p.m. the ,-wvarm of children at the City Council’s office was turned out into the street, and then the Youngsters gave up hope. Efforts to get info communication .with the Alayor by telephone ladled. Even to the City Council's officers’ inquiries the exchange replied that no answers to telephone calls could l>e obtained from the Mayor’s house.

The futility of .re-opening the loco! State school yesterday morning was evidenced by the fact that only 157 children were in attendance out of a roii number ol 388, and several of the little ones .in attendance would have been better at home. Apart from the children, two of the teachers were absent on account of sickness, and the head teacher would have been justified in keeping within doors. Under the Public Health Act the Committee has power to close the school during an epidemic, but this step was not taken, although the Committee is the best judge of local condition.". Parents, Committee and staff are anxious that not one day's schooling should be lost unnecessarily in view of past set-backs, but to attempt to continue as things are at present will do more harm than good. A. telegram was forwarded to the Board yesterday morning, setting forth the facts, and stating that it was imperative to close for the week, which the Board agreed to.

For Bronchial Coughs take Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure/ 1/ ( J, 2/9.

Mr Fiona re Kailuui, ex-M.P., died on Friday, aged 65. Heart failure Avas the cause of death.

Seventy-four sacks of wheal wore stolen from a Hour mil! at Palmerston Forth on Friday night.

The Fritz Holland-Fron boxing contest at Wellington last night rvas won by Fren on points. The full fifteen rounds Avere fought.

Messrs A. and T. Burt, of Wellington, Avho carried out certain Avork in connection yilh the erection of the local State school, have donated a boll and mountings to the school, of a total value of £3l Pis (hi. The gift Avill be much appreciated bv the Committee.

As a result of the recent concert aiid donations, upwards of £3O has been raised and handed to a deserving local case of distress. Mr Peter Robinson, the prime mover in the effort, desires to thank all who contributed in cash, or avlio purchased tickets for the concert, eon! to those who. contributed to the programme. The Minister for Lands stales that the P)IS-1!) legislation against land aggregation had had the effect of causing large landholders to unload big estates. Only a feAV cast's of aggregation had been reported, and these were eases of endeavouring to accumulate laud by buying it in the names of various members of a. family. This device, however, was not ahvavs effective.

A Chris (vlmivli message si alas ihal a collision occurred on the Xew Brighton road on Saturday night, between a motor car find a tramcar, resulting in the dealh of William 1). Griffin, 3!), a widower, employed in life repair shop of flic* Inlernalional Harvester Company. 1C If. Forsythe, the oilier oeeupanl of Ihe car, was slightly injured. The molor car was hadlv smashed.

During the course of his sermon on Sunday slight, at the Presbyterian Church, the h’ev. Titos. Halliday said he was told on one occasion in another district by a non-church-goer, (hal he would attend service bill for the fact that so many hypocrites attended the church. “ Well," said the minister, “I' was wicked enough lo tell him that he should come alone; and make one more!" The minister was emphasising Ihe point that certain people judged the real by the counterfeit.

The Levin Chronicle says that a good story is being told in a neighbouring township just now. A canny settler thought he could gel the belter of the Kailway Department by put tint'' the carcases of two pip's jn a sack and consigning (hem to Wellington as one. He did so, but. on arrival lit their destination it was discovered that the contents were true to label. There was only one carcase in the sack! The other laid mysteriously disappeared en route. The settler is not puttin';' two pips in one sack now.

The Prince of Wales showed :i keen interest in the arrangements for (lie eonlridiing nml concenlrating of (lie school children nl. 1 lie nnmy cenlres which lie Inul visited, and in a message, on I lie eve of his departure, he offered his eongraiulalions to-ihe Seerelary for Fduealion, the Manager of Kaihvays, and I'nder-Seerelary for infernal Affairs. fie also complimented the schoolmasters and schoolmistresses on the evidences of careful I raining' and conind in the many displays given hy Ihe children.

“The Prince lias won his way into (lie hearts of the great mass of the people. A few disgruntled individuals may have looked askance at him, and commented, after the'fashion of the Pharisees of old. upon the expenditure of so mueh money, which, they would say. had been heller spent given to tin* poor, lull: we are glad to feel that (hey are the exception rather than the rule, and that they constitute a very small minority, for whom (he average man feels nothing hut contempt.”—Palmerston Standard.

Discussing’ trafficking in land al the annual conference of the Taranaki l , 'ai - mer>' Cnion, speakers ,-dated that they knew of eases where farms were saddled with eleven and even fourteen mortgages. The remedy suggested, which was approved hy the conference, was that legislation should lie provided that on a sade tailing place all existing mortgages he either paid off, or each reduced hy a minimum of 10 per cent, increasing"hy 1 per cent, for every 10 per cent, of-rise over previous sale.

Mysterious outbreaks of lire* occurred ;it Nurse Strang's privulc hospital at Carterton on Saturday night and Sunday. An alarm was' given at 10 p.m, on Saturday, and tin* brigade arrived to lind a medical dressing cupboard in which was a heap of kapoe allamc. Aflei' the danger had been averted, and all iiad retired, there was another outbreak, which was subdued without the aid of the brigade. Outbreaks occurred again on Sunday, and in all nine incipient tires were extinguished. The brigade was called down once more, when the diningroom curtains and blinds, were destroyed. The police are now making enquiries. THE COSTLY CO COIL The uneared for cough, the cough you lot go on, hoping it will cure itself, is tiie cosily cough. It is the cough that annoys you, keeps on hacking and tearing ihe delicate and sensitive membranes and tissues of the throat until it is almost impossible to get relief. Take cure of your cough now. Take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. You will he surprised how quickly it will soothe and relieve your cough. For sale everywhere.—Advt.

The Prince will land at Melbourne (o-morrow. Australia is providing great receptions for his Royal Highness. The united service Avill be held in (he Presbyterian Church this evening. The Rev. Thus. Halliday Avill he the preacher. The Wanrarapa was vi.-ited by a hoAvling gale on Saturday, and. a good deal of damage was done in the country districts. y General Birdwoud av i 11 arrive in Wellington from Sydney on Monday next. Tin' Mayor lias arranged to accord the distinguished officer a civic Avolcome in the Toavu Hall on Tuesday, -June Ist, probably at noon. A Avedding Avas celebrated at the Glen Oroua Presbyterian " Church litis morning by the Rev. Thus. Halliday. when Mr Kdgar Cornwall, of Feilding (a returned soldier), was united to Nellie, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs W. Farmer, of Glen ()roua.

The first united conference oil Taranaki members of Parliament for fourteen years was held til Stratford to discuss the most urgent needs of the province. It was unanimously decided to urge the Government to push on with the completion of the St ratford-Okahukura and Te Kuti-Motaroa raihvay lines; also to re-open the Ml. Fgmont quarries, and to bridge the Mokau River.

Many things happen in waves, find at present there seems, if one is to Judge by (he number of accidents, ;i wave of reckless motor driving, as well as a callous disregard by ;i certain few of the rights of other people. To say nothing of serious accidents in other parts, there has been a molor misadventure in this town for each ’of the last four days, find in each case the evidence poinls lo careless driving as the cause. The new by-laws are supposed to be framed to prevent this sort of thine', and it appears as if the authorities should detail more officials to enforce their observance, —Wanganui Herald.

The local Shopkeepers’ Association find business people in Main Street have decided to lake united fiction in respect, lo subscription lists, hr future all .appeals will be submitted to an executive committee, which will treat each case on it’s merits from a fund contributed for dial purpose. Convassers in future

will be referred to submit their case to the executive, instead of waiting on local business people, find each lirm will give proportionately. Business people have decided upon this course of action in order lo protect themselves against comparative individual giving. and to a fiord the genera! public an opportunity of contributin'’' to such appeals.

Wanganui’s complaint of shortage of Hour is met by a complaint of the Canterbury Steam Shipping Co. of the vexatious delays incidental lo working the port of Wanganui. To the Christchurch Sun the shipping company stated that, ‘‘although the trade of Wanganui has increased threefold or fourfold in recent; years, the pimt is still where it was

ten or even twenty years ago.” Wanganui alom 1 of all the ports, the company states, holds up a boat for want of shed accommodation, liesides, while their s.s. Calm'can get to Cnsllecliff fully laden, she can only navigale to the town wharf half loaded.

how long he will he away from New Zealand, lie stales that everything will depend upon eirenmslanees — (he progress of the business he has in hand, the demands of his friends, perhaps Ids health, and to some extent his inclinations. Sir -Joseph gives an emphalie denial to (lie rumour that In l is eontemplaling an excursion into Imperial polities, eitalilied at once by a recognition of the duly that lies upon every citizen of. Ihe Umpire. “A man might find himself at any moment,” he explained, '“confronted hy a set of eir-

cumsianees that would alter the whole course of his life and call bim to seine unexpected sphere of activity. That anylhing of lids sort is going to happen to me J have no •den al present, hut I can see no further than .other people ea.n into the fill are."

Sir Joseph Wai'd does mn know

Decently a movement was set on fool in Christchurch. lo start a' "Fight the Famine" Fund in the city, for the purpose of helping lo afford relied lo (he starving peoples of Central Furope (says the Sun). Having noticed Press reports of that movement, -Mr T. W. Davies, aeling-otlieer in charge of the ’Department of Internal Affairs, has written to the Mayor of Christchurch, pointing out that such an organisation is,unknown as a war fund in either New Zealand or Hngland. There is no desire on the De-

partmenlY pari' to prevent assistance being given to any people who are in distress, but it is pointed out that under existing legislation no collections may be made on behalf of any “fund of the nature proposed until the .Minister of Internal Affairs Jms approved the establishment of such a fund. Already £SOO has been diverted from available funds in New Zealand, witii the approval of the Minister, to the “Save the Children Fund,’’ London, the only organisation of the kind known to the Department. It: is considered undesirable to approve of further war funds until such time as it is seen what use has been made of the £5.000 already donated by Yew Zealand, All I hinges being well, adds Mr Davies, that donation may he duplicated without 'further appeal to the public.

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

The Auckland Education Board protested to the Minister of Education against picture theatre posters which were described as extremely objectionable in'characlcr, and frequently come into children's hands, it was stated that one man in particular in Wellington was responsible for this class of poster. Mr Parr expressed his entire l sympathy with the protest, and further suggested that a woman should he included on the proposed hoard of censorship. “And send me along the name of that man,” he added, “and f will see what can he done with him.”

Some amusing interpretation* of the various church hells winch are rung each Sunday were given by the Rev. Jasper Colder, who was recently asked to resign his position at St. Sepulchre’s, Auckland. He said the hells of S|. Andrew's Church pealed forth ‘TmmerAon, immersion”; the hells of St. John’s Methodist Church, Consonhy, “Prohibition, prohibition"; the hells of SI. JamcC Presbyterian Ciinrch, “Collection, collection”; the hells of a certain unnamed “select ;md elect" denomination, “We’re nil going to heaven, we’re all going to heaven”; the answering hells of o neighbouring church, “1 doubt it, I doubt it”; while the hells of St. Sepulchre sounded, “Out you go, Jasper! Out you go, Jasper!”

-No hope; is hold out fur tiio reeovory of Mr Kidman, who suffered u fracture of the huso of the skull in the Sanson motor smash. .Mr Kidman is (he proprietor of a well known private hotel in Wellington, and was on a holiday visit to Palmerston North. He was slaying with Mr •). Powell, who was also injured in the smash. Mr Powell is still oonlined to a private hospital in Palmerston North, and though hi> eondilion is still serious, is progressing as well as can he exported gimlet- I he eirenmstaneos. The major injury that Mr Powell, received was a deep pash across the forehead just over the eyes, and fears are entertained that il mav have a

damaging e flee I on ihe sight 'of one eye. The driver of Hie taxi, Mr - Warren Newth, is still sufferingfrom nervous shuck and Ibe effect of his injuries. His condition is reported to he favourable, and a speedy recovery is expected. ( Since the above was in print Mr Kidman lias succumbed..]