LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2179, 21 September 1920, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Measles are si ill prevalent locally, ami Hie epidemic is interfering with the school attendance. J3oth sides of Paris is seen in “L’Apaclic," at the Town Hall on Wednesday. Prices Is .Id and Is 7d. Ah’ Koolli, at the Thames Court, to an olVemler: Intoxicated.' Prisoner: Little. Policeman; Very. Magistrate; Five shillings. Prisoner: Might. Take this trip with Dorothy Dalton from the happy haunts of the Boulevards to the murk of the Pache den. Sec ‘‘L’Apache,” Town Hitll, on Wednesday.® In LSIiS the delegates to the. Lamheth Conference totalled only 7(i. The present one just concluded was attended hy 27(i. Three coloured Bishops arc amongst the members. Crs. L. McKenzie and -I. (>. Shorland have resigned from the Wellington City Council owing to a difference of opinion about a payment connected with the Fvans Hay power-house site. At the Palmerston S. Al. Court yesterday, John Scales and Richardson Bros., charged with selling milk; not up (o the required standard, were prosecuted. The lit tier were lined £.lO and costs, and the former £2O and costs. Last season liTiti,-lr>‘) head of cattle, 4.058,870 sheep, .and 3,130.238 iambs were slaughtered at the various meat works in New Zealand. The increase, compared with the previous season’s ligures, were: Cattle 37,588, sheep 0(18,745, and lambs 203,825. Al Masterlon hist week a young .Maori returned soldier Wits fined £lO, in default 21 days' imprisonment, for cruelty to animals, lie allowed his cows ami it horse to die of starvation. The police sergeant commented that it was misplaced confidence to have given accused it soldier's farm. Fealherston cheese factory, with its output of 785 lotts, is now the largest individual factory in New Zealand, Hi vers dale factory, in Taranaki, occupied this position for many years, but last year its outpul was exceeded by Fealherston by it) tons, ]| is expected that the Fealherston factory will handle al least an increase of 100 tons this season over last.

A four-roomed house :i( Palmerston North, owned and occupied by Wilhelmina Schirnack, aged 83, was totally destroyed by tire at 1 o'clock on Sunday morning. The outbreak was discovered by a' neighbour, who rescued the occupant by breaking a window. The old woman was severely burnt about the neck and hands, and was removed to the hospital. The outbreak is attributed to a defective chimney. Some few days ago (says the Otago Daily Times) Mr Esplin, caretaker of (he Carisbrook (Jround, had his attention attracted by a, small ball of paper lying on the lioor in one of the dressing rooms. He picked up the paper, opened it, and to his surprise and pleasure found it was a. £lO Dank of New Zealand note, somewhat the Avor.se for Avear and .-lightly torn. Air Esplin then came into toAvn and handed the £lO note to the treasurer of the Otago Rugby Union, Avho, after carefully examining it, said he avus sure it Avas a clever photograph of a real note. To make absolutely certain, however, he said he avouUl present it to the bank for their examination, Avhen the note Avas definitely found to he counterfeit. The note was an excellent imitation, and but for the fact that it had been lorn, and consequently attracted closer scrutiny than Avould otherAvise have been the ease, could easily have been passed. How the note got into the dressing shed is a. mystery, and as a. matter of fact, it h, the only one that has come under the notice of the bank officials in Dunedin.

There is a likelihood of o motor service between Foxton :ind .Marion, to connect with the Main Trunk and other trains, bein'? started. The proposal is to run the service twice dailv.

The approximate number of the principal varieties of live stock, according to kites! statistics in the Dominion, is as under: Morses 344,248; dairy cattle, 882,854; total cattle,- 3,05!),445; sheep, 23,011,748: pigs, 25!),047. .Since 1008 the breeding of cattle in the Dominion has steadily increased. This, it is stated, is due to the development, to an appreciable extent, of dairy fanning. In 1908 rhe total number of cattle of all kinds in New Zealand was 1,773,320, and this year's figures disclose 1 an increase of approximately two million head.

The vicar of Tenui, Wairarapa, devoted his Easter offerings one year to the purchase of a bath and articles of furniture for the vicarage. He subsequently proceeded on active service, and the vestry purchased the bath and had it installed. On his return he found that the vicuraire had been sold, but lie resided there until the dale arrived for giving up po.-se>sion, when he wanted to lake his bath and other articles with him, but the purchaser refused. After hearing both stories, the Magistrate ordered the return of (he vicar’s bath within 44 days, or its equivalent in cash. The gross output of coal from the Stale mines during the year ended March 31 si. 1920. was 1511.281) tons, as compared with 214,919 tons for the previous year, a decrease of 58,(1!) 1. tons. Point: Elizabeth Colliery produced 33,553 tons of marketable coal, a decrease of 48,49!) tons on the production of the previous year. Liverpool Colliery produced 115,(>o0 tons of marketable coal, a decrease of 9,;>79 tons on the previous year's production. The miners employed were only slightly fewer than during the preceding year. Americans are not all thin-skin-ned when the joke is on themselves, as the following paragraph in a New York; paper will prove; —“Have you any friends boastfully pointing out (he American success in the yacht race 1 , remarking on the superiority of the great and glorious nativeborn American's victory, and the great American yacht Resolute. If so, point out to them that the entire crew of the victorious American yacht consisted of 22 Norwegians, seven Swedes and one Dane. Tell that to the people who say that we ought to stop immigration and keep out (he undesirable foreigner.’’ Serious damage lia> been done to the wheal crop this season by the grass grub, says the Christchurch Sun. According to growers, hundreds of acres in crop will have to he ploughed in. The trouble is bad in the Ellesmere district. The attack on the wheat by the grub is quite a new development, its ravages having hitherto been largely contined to the pasture. Mr R. E. Alexander, Director of the Agricultural College at Lincoln, informed a Sun representative that he had verified the damage done to (lit 1 crop by the grub. It had attacked the crop on three acres, recently acquired by the college. In his- opinion, the trouble is due to growers allowing the soil to became impoverished. Owing to the high price of manures, fanners art 1 economising. In consequence, the plants do not get a healthy start, and tali victims to the grul). Healthy plants should resist it.

It is seldom that a motor ear containin';' six persons could lake a dive over a bank and somersault to the bottom, about one hundred feet below, without any of the occnpauls being injured. This is what happened at Taihape early on Sunday mommy. A taxi-driver named \V. .Johnston was conveying a party of two ladies and three men from Wainui to Taihape, and in frying to avoid a vehicle on I lie top of the Ilautapu iiiver bank, the ear crashed through the protective railin'.; at the top of the cliff, and rolled to the bottom, about one hundred feet: below the road. The ear swerved on striking; the ground, and then somersaulted, the passengers being thrown clear. The car then made another somersault, whim the driver was thrown clear, and the car continued its wild career backwards until stopped by some lives. The whole of the parly regained (lie road in safety, and the car was brought up on Monday.

“The AJmiyhly nude a cow >o 1 hat she must he milked every day, and so men pmsl work in dairy factories on Sunday,” said Mr d, Nathan, when ”-ivinyy evidence at the

Arbitration Court at Auckland. “If yon do not milk a cow on a Sunday she will soon cease to pive milk," remarked Mr Justice Si rinyer. “Do you think man is also made to work on seven days a week?” returned Mr J, I*. John, the union secretary, “Is not a man entitled to a day off, even if it entails the installation of more machinery?” The witness retorted that the fact that the men seemed content to work there for many years spoke for itsedf. Mis Honour said the union representative seemed to lose siydit of the fact that the men worked at the trade voluntarily, and were evidently compensated for their .Sunday work. The secretary continued to emphasise the hardships the men were subjected to, and (died cases of men who left to worlc o)i the j'umlields, whereupon his Honour remarked: “Don't preach a sermon to the witness; ask him questions, but don’t detail those facts to him.”

Sure and certain, WADE’S WORM FIGS. Children like them.

The headmaster of the State School desires to acknowledge with thanks gifts for the school nuts;,'--,' tun from .Messrs R. I’arkes and AVV Xve senr.

.Messrs J. E. llenrys, A. Keith and J. Cameron have been re-appo-inted as handicapper, starter, and judge, respectively, for the Foxton. Racing Club.

The .following new members were elected at a meeting of the Committee of the Fox ton Racing Club, held last night: —Messrs C. Massey, Roy Coley, F. Stubbins, \V. Sapsford, Delphin P.owe, P. E. Baldwin, and Leslie Robinson.

One thousand persons took part in the making of (he gigantic scene in William Fox's super-production, "A Tale of Two Cities,'’ in which the French Bastile is demolished. It required live weeks of hard work to erect (he set, hut when the extras were turned loose on it the structure came down in less than live hours. "A Tale of Two Cities” will be screened at the Royal Theatre to-morrow night only.

The Board of Trade has decided It; take action against four wholesale linns in Wellington on information alleging profiteering in respect of the sale of colonial and imported tweeds ami other sottgoods. There hits recently been considerable dissatisfaction at the high prices charged for tweeds, especially colonial tweeds, and the cases, it is expected, will determine whether these complaints are justified by the tacts. The cases are set down for hearing on September 291 h. A lady visitor from Invercargill had a rather unpleasant, experience at Queenstown. Taking an morning dip, she had been in the water only a few minutes, and was enjoying her swim, when she felt something seize and cling to her left ear. She screamed loudly, and a passer-by hurried to her assistance. To his amazement he found a large trout clinging to the young woman's ear. The fish, evidently frightened by the advent of the rescuer, released its hold, and the .-wimmer was carried to the shore in a fainting condition. A Business Talk with Business Men. —“There is a vast difference between wishing and winning. Many a good man has failed because he had his wishbone where his backbone ought to have been.” Are you wishing tor more business, but lack the winning ? Advertising is a sure enough winner, but it needs backbone in. the man directing it. Advertising doesn’t bring results with a jerk. The beginning is slight, but the pressure is constant, and increasing all the time. The open season for hunting business lasts all the year round, but just now the game is particularly well worth going after. The best ammunition is an anvertiseiuent in “The Manuwatu Herald.”*

Ripe strawberries in .September are a luxury very rarely met with in Auckland, but the receipt of a couple of chips full by a fruit auctioneering firm last week (says the Herald) proves that very unusual things are possible in a climate so variable, and sometimes so kindly as during the last few days. The fruit, which came from Avondale, was well grown and of good colour and Jlavour. Tin; prospects for a heavy strawberry season arc- considered to be unusually good. It is estimated that fully twice as many plants have been put in (his year, totalling about four million for the whole of the Auckland district.

Says the Waikato Independent: —One hoars a great deal of comment at times about various Cambridge institutions. Things start off with a flourish of trumpets, and three months later are forgotten except by the inevitable faithful few. Some lime ago a movement to found a trotting club was started, but now no one hears anything übout it. The Hunt, Club has passed its own town by for the race meeting, and no one cares. The Chamber of Commerce is only kept alive by about six members, who take the trouble and make the effort to attend. Mven the Orphans’ Club is waning, the attendances dwindling unlit the enthusiasts are losing heart. The Beautifying Society had to be merged into the Borough Council, and so the story of dull apathy, lisluessness and disinterest goes on. Why is it that other towns have vigorous institutions which grow steadily all the lime and Cambridge lags wearily behind? The cost of living in this country is far higher than it. need be, and were it properly dealt with we would tie belter placed than we already are. -New Zealand produces far more food than her population cun eat, and her stores are bursting with it. Yet in the midst of plenty, food can be obtained only at an unreasonably high price. One of the causes of the high'price —there are several —it may be mentioned, is the soaring cost of land and the considerably higher interest land buyers have to pay on their mortgages. But with a Government so kind to the land speculator and the Jiuaneiar as the present Government is, nothing else is to he expected. If it was, then the evil would have been put down long before. As it is, the present prices are "providing a tine opportunity for the agitator.’’ Abolish the causes that produce the agitator, and the necessity fur him, and he will soon disappear. .Neglect to do so, and hundreds mure will spring up to assist him. —Wanganui Herald.

For Children's Hacking Cough, Woods Great Peppermint Cure.

“Are the Maoris so unscrupulous in their land dealings,” asked Mr Justice Edwards of Mr 8. J. Mor-

an. in the Supreme Court at Master! on. “My experience is that, if they sell a piece of land, and another European comes alone; and oilers them a higher price, they will often try to "el out of the first deal,” was the reply. “The old Maoris in days gone by had more honourable habits than that,” remarked his Honour. “Yes, I think the Maoris must be assimilating' the bad habits of the Europeans,” smilingly rejoined Mr Moran.

Air Ben Puller, Hie well-known Australasian theatrical manager, returned to New Zealand by the Tofua from San Prancisco, recently, and to a Post representative Mr Puller said, going through Germany, lie was convinced (hat “we need Avaste no sympathy on thorn." There were new concrete and steel works going up everywhere, said Mr 'Puller, Germany avus at work again, ami industrious as ever. By the way, he put it as a question which he could not answer, was it wise for Australia and Ncav Zealand to refrain from trade with Germany? He could not say; hut this he Avould say, that goods marked “Made in Germany” Avore to be bought in England, and, especially, in Brussels, as he bought some there, unwittingly of course.

Barry, in coming to Australia to row Eelton for the Avorld’s sculling championship, was inspired (according to a contributor to (be Sydney Sun), not by a longing for glory, lint, sheer desire for I lie ease to be gained by winning the stake. The excessive air attacks during the Avar, of Avhich the Barry family had full experience, so shattered the nerves of the youngest and brightest of Barry’s little girls that she lost the use of her legs, and Avben her father returned from the Avar she was a. confirmed invalid. To give her the treatment and musing she needed was beyond his means, so lie decided to try again for the sculling championship and the slake attached to it. His Avin recently avus due in part to the fact that be Avas rowing for the child’s life.