LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2222, 4 January 1921, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dunedin detectives on Saturday arrested Thomas Potter and James Arthur Frost, on a charge of acting as bookmakers betyveen New Year’s Day and September Ist, 1920. John Angus, a first offending inebriate, arrested for drunkenness yesterday, was convicted and discharged by Mr Ilornblow, -J.P., at the local police court this morning. A wedding of local interest i.- to he celebrated to-morrow, the contracting parlies being Miss Betty, only daughter of Mr and Mrs E. T. Betty, and Mr Jackson, of fhc local branch of the Bank of New Zealand.

The temperature in Dunedin at. six o’clock on Sunday night was 80 in the shade, and 120 in the sun. On Monday morning at 7 o’clock the thermometer registered 7(5 in the shade, and 120'in the sun, and at 9 o’clock 85 in the shade and 125 in the sun. At noon there was a sharp shift of the wind to the west and south, and in ten minutes the tempera I lire dropped 14 degrees.

Sir Thoipas Mackenzie has not yet decided whether he will remain in New Zealand or return to England or America. When in the United States, Sir Thomas was offered an important position there. The Onmaru Mail, however,_understands Ilml lie has accepted a seat on the Board of Directors of (lie National Mortgage and Agency Co., Lid., the sittings of which arc held in Loudon.

There was a record number of. people at the local seaside on NewYear’s Day. The juvenile spoils on the river fores Imre, and the swimming events in the river, were much enjoyed. The Salvation Army Band,

assisted by local bondsmen, discoursed a programme of music during the day,'which was much appreciated. Hundreds of people enjoyed a dip in Ihe brinev. TJie sport - were carried out wit bout a luleli by an enthusiastic committee.

Stated to he the lirst operation of its kind, a cow’s fib, .14 inches long, has been substituted for part of the spine of Mr W. Cosgrove, a patient at the Lynn General Hospital, Massaelnisseis, United States. The New York Tribune says the operation was necessary ns the result of a kick from a horse resulting in partial paralysis. The cow’s rib was boiled for -18 hours, then eliillecUmd filed into shape. The surgeons say timl it will only be a few weeks before Cosgrove will be able to walk

W'licii .\laslerton went “dry” all sorts ol' horrible fates were forcasled for I lie metropolis of the Wairarapn, not the leasi of wliieli was borough decadence and consequent poverty. • The actual .facts are that within the past two years there have been only six bankruptcies in Maslerton, and during the year just ended the number of motor vehicles registered avus 219. Auolher sign of prosperity: Building permits to the value of over £BO.OOO were issued in Jlastcrton during the year, representing an increase of about £O,OOO over the building business of last vettr.

Id conversation wit 1 1 a medical man, we learn flint the ease of a well known Wanganui resident who died last week, and who had been unwell for many years pawl, is exciting considerable interest among' the dodoes (says the Maim wa Id Times). Alter his death it was discovered that in addition to the customary number of ribs remaining to (he share of the ordinary man ever since the creation of Eve, the patient had an extra vertical rib inside the others on the right side. This had pressed upon certain muscles, and had caused his long illness and eventual death.

The Triad’s continent on Philip Newbury’s singing in ‘‘The Beaut itudo," at Melbourne, which resulted in an action for libel and a* verdict for £SOO damages, was as follows: —“But the heavy artillery of blame should lie reserved for Mr Philip Newbury. His was the first solo voice heard in “The Bcautitude” at llic opening of the prologue. Here a determined and appalling sound suddenly broke upon the affrighted air with the words*“Night brooded there o’er the land.” The peculiar trussed turkey quality of his squawk is somewhat diflieult of analysis. At times his throat appears to possess the real ‘rigor mortis’ rigidity, and yet to be actively engaged in voice production of an excruciating and persistent nature."

What can only be looked upon as a most serious calamity is taking place in Fiji, writes the Suva correspondent of the Auckland Influenced by a determined propaganda, inspired by the Indian nationalists, the Indian coolies arc wideiv anxious to get out of Fiji and back to India. The Ganges lias already taken three cargoes, each equalling nearly !HH) adults, am) now the Toriila is loading 1,000 adults for Calcutta. Indians are selling land, houses and stock at immense sacrifices to get away, and hundreds are clamouring for plages daily. The regretable thingfis that no sooner do they, reach India and become acquainted with the conditions there, than the unfortunate people want to get back to Fiji, but are not allowed to leave unless - they have money to the extent 7>f £2O or more. The Indians in Suva are so fanatical that they refuse to believe that the propaganda is all lies. Meantime the plantations»are being seriouslv affected. s- . «

~ von Bothnia. n-llolliweg, ex- * d«wL The holiday tratlT 011 ,Ilf! rnilirays during Christmas "W 1 > T cw Year easily constituted a ree'ol ( i s^^ s Y ( ’ ar -

Tliree important amending* the law came into operation commencement of the new year.' Those are the Arms Act, the Shops and Offices Amendment Act, and the Health Act.

A young lady from Palmerston, while sitting on the lawn at the Marlon races on Saturday, sustained a slight sunstroke. She avus removed to a private hospital, but was sufficiently recovered to he. taken to her home vestertjav. savs the Times.

Captain ami Mrs McCullough, of Gisborne, are to succeed. Captain and Mrs Cl ford iu charge of the local Salvation Army corps, and will take up their duties towards the end of the week, Captain and Mrs Elford proceed temporarily to Ta'ilmpe.

A Kangiolu farmer lmd the misfortune to fracture a leg. He avus compelled to go to the hospital, but neighbouring farmers relieved him of any worries he might have had concerning the work of the farm by forming a working bee. Fully a dozen men were recently busily engaged cutting and slacking his hay, and doing general farm work, which iinclude}! the sowing of crops. Charles Sachs, a widower, 42, v qiiarryman at the Brick and Tile Company’s works at Tauimiranui, eominitled suicide by cutting his throat with a razor. Deceased lost his wife last October, and was left with four young children to care for. On Saturday he complained of feelin*;* unwell. Tli.< son, aged thirteen, found his father in the back yard early on Sunday with his jugular vein severed.

A suil drowning accident is reported by I lie' HuAvera Star. It appears tlml a party of some thirty boys went bathing in a poo] near the mouth of the Kaupokomii river, among them Claude Kilpatrick, aged about twelve veins. The party missed Kilpatrick, but thought that lie had gone down on to the beach at Otakeo. They wont down, but found no sign of him, and returned to the river, where, on diving, lliev found Kilpatrick’s body. It was some time before a doctor could be secured, and it is reported that he was of opinion that death was due to heart -failure.

•' There have been twelve serious motor accidents in Wellington since July, IDID, and seven people have been killed, reports the Post. In November and December of 1919 three were killed. There were three fatalities last year. In addition there’ were two serious collisions, one in June last, between two motor-, in Tasman Street, and one in October,between a motor and a gig on the fJutt road. The latest accident was the runaway motor affair on the night of the 15th December, whereby several people were injured. Three of the accidents (two of them fatal) occurred in Courtenay Place, two on Lanibton Quay, and one each on Jervois Quay, Street, Tasman Street. Uiddiford Street, Thorndon Quay, Cuba Street and t lie Hutl Road.

When lhe coastal steamer. Huia commenced discharging ber.carno at Wanganui on Christmas Eve, it ivis found that there were seven bottles missing from a ease of gin. It bad been noted that on the morning of the 21th the cook was scarcely sober enough to prepare meals for the ( rew. The reason was explained to Mr F. i\. Hunt. 8.M., in the Magistrate's Court subsequently. Hans Sormison, the cook, staled that on the morning in question the lirenum, Thomas Halford, who was charged with stealing a bottle of gin valued at 1 Os, gave him a pannikin of gin —three or four pannikins of gin. lle did not know where the gin came from. “This is a clear ease of car-go-broaching, they are all in it,” said His Worship, after hearing further evidence. “You are sentenced fo one month’s imprisonment with hard labour.”

The Bulletin summarises the Australian stewards’ dispute as follows: The regular Christinas stoppage in the shipping business has come about. The immediate trouble centres round the stewards. They are a fairly well-lipped race—* the only people on hoard ship whoso wages are not a sTire test of their earnings, for no one tips the captain, and the chief engineer scorns gratuities. They are, or were, working under an agreement which has another year to run. Various eoncessions were made, but the deadlock came over the question whether the eight hours comprising' the day’s work should he clone inside 13A hours (say between 8 a.m. and 9.30 p.ni.), or inside 15 hours (say between 7 a.m. and 10 p.in.). The difficulty of housing enough stewards and the practical certainty; that some other demand would follow almost immediately upon surrender, made surrender hardly worth while —with fewer passengers to give tips, their accommodation being limited by the space required for more crew, and with more stewards to divide the tips, new. trouble was certain.

MORE TO BE DREADED. Diarrhoea is more serious than many ailments' over which much fuss is made. It attacks all ages. Death from diarrhoea i's generally due to lack of proper treatment at the first stage of the disease. Chamberlain’s Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy is a reliable and effective medicine, and if given in time will prevent serious consequences. ' It is pleasant to take. For sale’.everywhere, —Advt,

The report of the-sports add concert tit the. Beach .on-'Now Year’s Day will appear in our next issue.

A large number of local sports Avere present at the Marlon races yesterday.

wsjfhe vital statistics fur ♦Vxlon for the npnth of December afe: — Births 8^1 eall »s 2, marriage certificates issueiHfc»*_ The total rainfall ditMi month .of December was 1.54 iiicln The total rainfall for the year 1920 was 37.71 inches, compared with 22.31 for 1919. The average yearly fall for the past seven years is 31.17 inches.

A Maori, who had been visiting ‘the “miracle man” at Katana, joined the morning train oil Saturday, on route for Marlon races. He amused the occupants of the carriage by remarking: “By carry, he tegood fellow! F have te sore leg, and he (ix me iiji in a few minutes, Then I link I ask him te winner of te Marlon Cup. Ten 1 say to myself, Klmt no cood.’ You know he might make my leg bad again, and 1 no see te blooming cup at all!”

Our attention lias been dnnvn to the fact that the Railway-authori-ties intend to erect .several wooden workmen’s cottages -in the Main Street, and within the brick area, The sites are the old post, office section and next the-present post office, Wo would suggest that the Borough

Council make enquiry as jo whether the building by-laws are to he observed, and further, Avhethev sires for this purpose could liot he secured outside the business thoroughfare.

The Arms Licensing Act is now in force. A point that is likely to be overlooked is that all possessors of firearms must lmvc them registered, Automatic pistols will, with the exception of those owned as trophies bv returned soldiers, who are to receive special permits upon application, be regarded as unlawful weapons, bill ordinarv revolvers will be alloAved to be retained by the granting of police registration. The carrying of firearms about the person is prohibited unless a special license has been received from the police.

Reports from' the country districts of the Auckland Province stale that the growth of pasture this season lias been phenomenally,good. There was a great Hush of grass in the spring months, and very fine crops of hay were harvested. In many localities feed lias been so abundant that farmers are able to save a second crop of hay. As a result there should be no lack of feed for the coming Avinter, particularly as the season is remarkably good for the groAvfh of root crops. “

On Friday morning the members of (he Oiaki Mail staff gathered

“round the stone" and made a handsome presentation to their employer (Mr Frank J’enn), who i< about to leave for Cambridge. Air Penn, in reply, heartily thanked the speakers for their kind remarks and handsome presents. Messrs Billons and Kerslnke, proprietors of the Iforowhonua Chronicle, have taken over the Midi. We wish them every success in their new venture.

“The Man They Could Not Hung, which is to be presented iff the Royal Theatre, is one of the tew pictures that have been founded on actual facts. The author ofjho “Idle Story of John Lee’ had no occasion to depart from facts, for the poignant reason that no fiction ever afforded half the melodramatic possibilities that arc offered in 1 lie life of the martyr of the Babbaeonbe tragedy.*

Thirty-seven years ago a prisoner at the-Mount Cook gaol relieved ihe tedium of briekmaking by neatly inscribing one brick: “In memory of J.H.C., who departed this gaol without a tear. 30th •Tune, 1883.” East June, while the big kiln chimney stack was being taken down, brick by brick, another prisoner discovered the “memorial," and handed it over to the gaol officials. Ollier bricks from the stack have been placed on the gaol office mantelpiece. J.H.C.. apparently, departed and did not return, for the police records contain no reference to him after his discharge in June, 1883.

The Governor-General lias been advised that His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased on the occasion of the New Year to confei the following honours for distinguished services rendered in New Zealand: Knight Bachelor: Honourable TheophiJus Cooper, Judge of the Supremo Court; Mr George Hunter, M.P. for Waipnwn. Companion of Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.) : Doctor Ernest Augustus Boxer, president New Zealand Returned Soldiers’ Association; Mr Gavin Macaulay Hamilton, formerly private secretary to the Earl of Liverpool, as Governor-General of New Zealand.

Says Jhe Auckland ' Star:— “We regret to have to -make the announcement that owing to the tremendous increase in the cost of. paper front £5 a ton last July to £(JS Ss to-day, we have found il necessary to increase the rates of advertising from the first of the New Year. The Star, which is now sold to subscribers at Is per week, shows a loss of one halfpenny per copy. The policy of increasing the pric‘d to 3d per copy was considered, but we think advertisers would prefer to pay a little more so that our extensive circulation may be maintained. The proprietors hope that conditions will be more favourable at the end of 1921, and that the tariff may again he lowered.”