NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2167, 24 August 1920, Page 1

NEWS AND NOTES.

“A. Catholic” writes to the Christchurch Sun: —As to Catholics not being loyal, they are more loyal than the people who are always trying to stall them in the buck. My five brothers went to the front —two are buried on Gallipoli, two in France, and the returned one is crippled — and there are three of us left yet who will fight for Britain when required'.

An unusual occurrence in New Zealand is stated to have been observed in a westerly direction from the Ml, Eden district on Saturday morning last. A resident of Mt. Eden, in describing the phenomenon, says that the contour of the hills near Waimaiiku, which lie far beyond and below the level of the Waitakere Ranges, was plainly visible above these ranges, at an apparent distance of ten or fifteen miles. Such phenomena are frequently observed in Australia, but only on rare occasions in this Dominion.

The acuteness of the newspaper situation in the Homeland is reflected in the statement that since the war the cost of paper has risen fivefold, while printing charges today approach a rise of 200 per cent. This has necessitated a largo increase in the price of many popular papers. The price of the Nation and of the Spectator has gone up from fid to od, whilst other weekly journals have been increased from (id to Is. The price of The Times has risen from Id to 3d, and of The Times Literary -Supplement from Id to tid. The Manchester Guardian has increased from Id to 2d, and (his example has been followed by a number of other daily papers. , “1 look upon ihe Prime Minister, a> 1 am sure ('very member of ibis House does, as a man of great capacity. physically and menially, but 1 say that there is no man living who can do justice to the many portfolios under the 1 control of the Prime Minister to-day.” —'Mr Veitch, in the House. Pml .Mr Veitch said some, other things, and no doubt Mr Massey had these other tilings in mind when he said (his to Mr Veitch a few minutes later. “I should like to say, in the kindest possible way —in a fraternal manner, speaking as an elder brother —that in my experience of this House, longer by some years than that of the honourable gentleman, a grumbler has never done any good for himself or for the country. And the honourable gentleman never gels on his feet w-lthoni a grumble,”