LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2278, 19 May 1921, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

From yesterday Palmerston reverted to Wednesday afternoon as the regular weekly closing day. The Musical Lubowskis, a talented family of five musicians, will appear at the Town Hall on Monday, in conjunction with the Town Hall Pictures.

At the Auckland Supreme Court this week, Mr Justice Stringer presiding. Claude Osmond Barker, who, at Easter, masqueraded as a clergyman and issued several valueless cheques, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment.

Mr Charles Lindegreen, for some years organiser for the Reform Party previous to-the defeat of the Mackenzie Government, has been appointed organiser of the Dominion Sportsmen's Association. This Association proposes to get a quarter of a million signatures in favour of the reepal of the Gaming Act in the interests of bookmakers.

Whilst on a visit to the East Coast districts Katana had cordial receptions at' Maori settlements, except at a village near Kahukura, where the Native clergyman, the Rev.'Kohcre, objected to the faithhealer’s visit. - Katana was greatly annoyed, and picked up his belongings. intending to leave immediately, but he was persuaded by some of the Natives to make a brief stay. It is significant that Katana was not invited to call at Waiomatitini, the most up-to-date Native settlement on the East, Coast. Katana has now gone to the Bay of Plenty.

Boaz Stuiga, the Solomon Island chief, speaking at the Methodist mission demonstration in the Opera House, Palmerston, on Sunday, said: “People think because we are black wo cannot understand whai they say, and we hear them asking if our black paint will come oil at nil when we wash. Well, my friends, it does not, hut we have noticed some people in Australia from whose faces something would come off if they washed.” When the huge audience rocked with laughter Boaz showed a set of gleaming white teeth as lie too enjoyed the little joke,

The Wellington Divorce Court will he very busy next week, tor 7,1 eases have been >el down for hearing, oi which 17 will be considered by a Judge and jury of twelve, and the remainder, in respect of which no defences have been died, by a Judge alone. This number is a record for (he Wellington Court, and applications are for the most part based upon the recently added clause respecting desertion “for a period of three years and upwards” as compared with the clause in the Act ot 1908, “for a period of live years and upwards.”

The “old soldier” still continues to be a problem for the patriotic societies. No fewer than 22 men who had imposed on funds were reported to a meeting of (lie Horowhenua Association by the Auckland Society. one by the Feilding Society, and one by the Wanganui Society. A typical “tourist’s” case might be mentioned. Since August last Ik had obtained grants totalling £44 from Auckland £l4, Te Kuiti £lO, Rotorua £4, Taihape £l, and Foxton £ls. On the oilier lmml it was a source of much satisfaction to the committee to know that in all cases where it had made loans the returned men were honourably endeavouring to fulfil their obligations.— Chronicle.

_At the Palmerston Supreme Court Francis Cassidy, a railway employee, who was, charged with theft of a quantity of woollen goods valued at £417 19s (id, the property of Macky, Logan, Caldwell, and Co., from a truck on the Awapuni siding, near Palmerston North, was found not guilty. Henry Levy Wolland, for the theft of woollen goods from a waggon at Awapuni siding, was sentenced to two years’ hard labour. Andrew Bezzant was found guilty, with a recommendation to leniency, on a manslaughter charge arising out of the recent Gorge fatality. He was sentenced to sis months’ imprisonment, the sentence to be concurrent with the previous sentence for theft of the cor that accused is serving,

Mrs Gibbs, accompanied by her daughter, Mrs Jno. Ross, left for Dunedin yesterday in response to a message concerning the health of a member of the family. Lord Jellicoe, in a recent statement, said that careful and prolonged tests showed that the shooting efficiency of the men of the Navy was 30 per cent, worse after the rum ration "than before.

The Right Hon. W. F. Massey and party were the guests-of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire at Government House, Ottawa. They attended Parliament as the guests of the Speaker of the House of Commons.

Mervyn Andrews, a student at the Dannevirke High School, son of the postmaster at Takapau, was ridiug a bicycle at Takapau on Saturday afternoon, when he was attacked by a bull, which badly gored him on the thigh, and tossed him over the fence'.

Mr McDowell, of the Avenue, waited upon us yesterday and asked that publicity be given to the need of a footpath in the Avenue. He stated that the present roadway was dangerous to pedestrians after dark, and that the Council should construct a footpath. “Even as Eve,” the picture to be screened on Saturday at the Royal, is taken from the hook, “The Shining Band,” by Robert W. Chambers. Harold Lloyd, who is said to be the funniest man on the screen, will also appear in “The Rajah,” assisted by •Jaeko, the human ape/ —Advt.

A comet may be observed in the eastern sky, between 4.30 and (i a.m., and when first viewed looks like a second moon in the sky. With a clear view, and especially with the aid of a telescope, it is seen to resemble a mushroom lying on its side. It remains visible until the dav breaks.

At the Wellington Magistrate’s Court yesterday, Arthur Marryalt pleaded guilty to stealing between September Ist, 1920, and May 4th, 1921, the sum of £3,575 11s 3d, the property of the New Zealand Government Life Insurance Department. He was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence, bail being allowed in the sum of £I,OOO and two sureties of £750 each. The police said that'Marryalt had given them everv assistance.

In answer to a telephone message this morning, we were asked to “shake the Borough Council up about the unsatisfactory gas being manufactured.” Our informant said if the present stale of things continues he will have to go back to kerosene. A correspondent also sends in a protest, which is published elsewhere. We understand that other consumers are protesting to the Council, and it is hoped that steps will be taken to improve matters without delav.

A monument to the memory of Sir Arthur Guinness, Speaker of the House of Representatives for 10 years, has been erected at the main entrance of the Greymouth cemetery bv the electors of Grey, the constituency he represented for 29 years. The chief feature of the monument is a granite column 20ft. high. Sir Arthur Guinness died on June 10th, 1913, at the age of (57 years. A tablet lias also been placed on the monument in memory of Ladv Guinness, who died on January 12 th, 1920.

“We want to work when we work, md play when we play,” said the

native teacher, Boaz. in the Methodist mission demonstration at the Palmerston Opera House on Sunday, to a packed house. “We do not like the (day method-- of the Samoans, where whole villages of a hundred or a hundred and fifty take three week.-- or a month to play a cricket match because everyone has to go in. Both sides pray all the time for victory, and sometimes when a young fellow is batting his father will be praying for him with one eye open so that when his boy makes a hit the old man says, ‘O, Lord, make it a sixer.’ ” It was just these touches of humour mingled with his earnestness of the speaker that.made the audience realise the oneness of the great human family.

Discussing the subject of unemployment with a Palmerston Standard reporter on Saturday, the engineer of the Horowhenua County Council (Mr Anderson) stated that during the last six weeks the county had apparently become over-run with tramps and swaggers. Some of these were of the well-known “dead-beat” type, but many were comparatively young men, well set up, and genuinely looking for work. The last named seemed to be tramping round aimlessly, with no set destination in vie ; w, being willing to work anywhere for a small consideration-. In a number of cases he had found them in small parties, and he had noticed in the course of touring about the several ridings that they covered remarkable distances in a few hours, which seemed to prove that they really desired to work. Farmers on the main roads, he said, told much the same story, and these men were becoming quite a nuisance.

There’s at time for war! There’s a time for peace! A time to begin, and a time to cease, There’s a time for work, there’s a time for play, A time to go, and a time to stay. Man’s changing mood needs tight and share, For such is the mould in which man was made; And for coughs and colds he finds, be sure, A time for Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. —Advt, 6

'A number of local sports proceeded to Wanganui to-day by motor to attend the Wanganui, races.

The greatcoats to*-be issued to territorials ai’e to be branded with the mark of the broad arrow, to prevent them being worn privatejy. The question of whether Dr. Mannix should be allowed to land in Australia is being widely discussed in Sydney. There is a very strong feeling in some quarters against permission being granted in view of his recent utterances, and it is suggested that he should be treated similarly to Gratton Esmonde.

If you are interested in horseracing, if you are interested in sculling, if you are interested in boxing or aeroplane racing, you will be interested in “Silver Lining,” Bombardier Wells’ big sporting drama, at the Town Hall on Monday.—Advt.

54in. -Tweeds, 12/6 for 5/11. Navy Serge, 54im, 14/6 for 9/11. Gaberdines, 54in., were 15/6, now 7/11. All-wool Gaberdines, 21/for 10/6. Navy Prints, 1/3, 1/74. 1/11 and 2/3. These lines on offer at The C. M. Ross Coy.’s Sale are well worth your inspection.; —Advt. The Palmerston North Borough Council has appointed a committee, consisting of Councillors Jackson, Lancastei*, and Needham, to inquire into the advisableness of reorganising the various departments of the council, so as to effect any saving that might be found possible. Sales of surplus stores by the Defence Department have realised a sum of £104,000, which has been paid into the public account. The sales, which began in November last, are still proceeding, and it is stated that the stores are not being sold at a loss. Prices charged are intended to cover the cost price, also the cost of realisation.

At Saturday’s meeting of the Horowhenua County Council a letter was received from Messrs W. 11. Smith, A. 11. Upton, M. Moynihan, F .Bryant and L. Pigott, drawing attention to the dangerous state of the road between the Shannon boundary and the Foxlon-Shannon bridge, and asked the Council to effect repairs before an accident happened. The Engineer stated that the road was cut up by carters taking gravel to the Manawatu county over the bridge. The road was not so bad as was made out. Cr. Whyte said the same matter cropped up twelve months ago, and the Manawatu county said they would repair the road after they had finished carting. It was their duty to do so again. Cr. Broadbelt considered that they should do nothing until the Manawatu Council finished carting. It was decided that the Engineer attend to the matter. Two additional officers are to be appointed to the Dental Hygiene Division of the Health Department. The scheme for dental inspection and treatment has already yielded good results, but many thousands of children yet require treatment. One of the officers now to be appointed will take charge of a town denial clinic, and the other will travel through the baekbloeks districts with a motor ambulance,' equipped as a travelling denial clinic, so as to give country children the opportunity of obtaining treatment.

When the Supreme Court adjourned for luncheon in Wellington on Friday, counsel for the prisoner whose case was under consideration, requested the Court to allow the prisoner to., leave the building to lake lunch elsewhere. Mr Justice Husking said the application was certainly unusual, but lie called the prisoner before him that lie might give his recognisance that lie would return to the Court at 2 p.m. Ilis Honour changed his mind, however, and added: “It might bo that you would find yourself in the same luncheon room as members of the jury; 1 think you had better take the' lunch which the Grown will provide. I am sorry.”

A narrow escape from a big conflagration occurred at Palmerston North on Saturday night, about 9 o’clock, when (lames were noticed issuing from the big auction room of the Kairauga Auctioneering Company, in which were displayed large quantities'of furniture and bedding. As tiie premises are almost next door to the Fire Station, the brigade soon had the tire under, but not before some hundreds of pounds’ worth of damage had been done. The lire originated in a stack of kapoe mattresses, and as the premises had been closed at about 1 p.m., it is surmised that the fire must have originated before that, and had smouldered during the remainder of the day before breaking out.

“The Spiritual and Mental Concepts of the Maori" was the subject of a paper read before the Historical Section of the Philosophical Society, at Wellington recently, by the president of the section, Mr Elsdon Best. The speaker said that the topic shared primacy of interest with the ancient skill of the Maoris as deep-sea navigators, and with their religion and mythology. All things, living or inanimate, were credited by the Maori with possessing souls or spirits, and the Natives held that the spirits of the dead took the form of' certain moths, which, being without material bodies, were visible only to seers. This belief resembled the Polynesian theory that the spirit left the body in the shape of a butterfly. Mr Best described a number of interesting spiritual ideas entertained by the Maori people, and illustrated his discourse with curious anecdotes.

For Influenza, take Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.*

The Lyttelton Times argues that New Zealand should join with the Australian Commonwealth Govern-, ment in its State shipping enterprise, and form one great Australahian Line, backed up with the financial and moral support of over | six million people. We offer this week, at our Great Stock Realisation and Fire Salvage Sale, a range of Youths’ Colonial Tweed Overcoats, sizes 7 to 15, prices 46/6 to 57/6— Clearing Price, 29/6. Any size.—The C. M. Ross Coy., Ltd., where the genuine bargains are. —Advt.

“To my mind Parliament should pass an Act to deport any person who is not prepared to swear allegiance to the Crown and country,” stated Mr J. M. Johnston, treasurer of the Manawatu A. and P. Association, in his report, to the annual meeting. “They should be deported to some other country, and not allowed to return to this one. An Act like this hanging over the heads of the agitators would make them reflect before they disorganise the whole industrial system of the Empire.” •

At a meeting of the Horowhenua County Council on Saturday a letter was read from the Kairanga County Council asking the Horowhenua. Council to support its resolution that the Ilutt County Council be asked to approach the Government; to make use of unemployed labour in improving Paekakariki Hill road. The Kairanga Council asked that, if the resolution were endorsed, the Ilutt body be notified of Horowhenua’s support. The chairman said that no harm could be done by supporting the resolution. Cr. Ha fitness was of the same opinion, and accordingly the l’esolution was endorsed. The Pohangina County Council at its meeting on Saturday gave its support to the project, but decided to point out that Paekakariki Hill road was a national work, and in the council's opinion other ■national woi'ks should also be used to utilise surplus labour. “Trifles often change us.” —Thomas Bracken.

A cheerful disposition is sometimes changed into a peevish one by a cough or cold. Chest and bronchial troubles often follow. All are quickly relieved by Baxter’s Lung Preserver. “Baxter’s” offers the surest and shortest way to regain health and protection from further illness. Thousands gratefully testify to its exceptional merits. Insist on Baxter's Lung Preserver. Get a big 2s fid bottle of this sterling tonic and remedy to-day. All chemists und stores. —Advt. 1

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 oxxglit to have been.” Are you wishing for 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 anvertisement in “The Manawatu Herald.”*