LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2306, 23 July 1921, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

It is not generally known that the South African footballers have a mascot travelling with them. A little black kitten was born on the liner Aeneas when crossing, and the team formally adopted it, christening it Aeneas Collins Springbok, the second name being a compliment to the captain of the liner. ‘‘When people find a dead body or a body they think is dead —they .-lioitld always summon medical aid a! the earliest possible opportunity." said Mr Wyvern Wilson, Coroner, at Christchurch on Wednesday, during the hearing of an inquest*. He stated that a layman could never be sure whether death bad occurred.

During a speech of welcome to the Springboks a! Waitara last Sunday. Dr. Pomare regretted bis inability to give the Springboks is taste of s„mo of the old delicacies of the Maori race —frieas.se ol missionary was now out of date, and although shark was still on the bill ol fare, he could assure I hem that a little of it went a long way.

In the •Auckland Supreme Court .m Thursday. Mr Justice Adams made an order winding: up the Matain Limited, which is a company ol two persons, both directors, viz., Garrett P. Barry and David Robinson, application being made by the former and opposed by the latter. The company had acquired land til Kaipara for £13,350, of which .£ll,125 remained, on mortgage. J lie balance-sheet showed that the company lost £B2O in eleven months.

An illustration of the effect of slackness of trade on wholesale softgoods warehouses was given in the Supreme Court at Christchurch during the hearing of a petition asking that a mercer should be adjudged a bankrupt. In evidence, the local manager of a very large warehouse firm said: “What we made in five years we lost in six months.” Mr justice Ilerdman: “The public can look forward to a harvest, then. They have been waiting for it a long time.” A HOARSE COUGH.

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There was 10ft. of water on the bar when the Kennedy entered inwards yesterday. The comedy, “After the Bawl/’ in to-night’s programme at the Royal, is well described as a “rip-roar-ing comedy.’’—Advt. The local State School lifteen, in charge of Mr McDonell, journeyed to > Shannon. by motor lorry this morning to play the Shannon School team.

The weather yesterday was bitterly cold, with a northerly wind, which changed later to the southwest. A heavy gale was experienced last night. “And this Irishman sat still all the time,” said Mr F. K. Hunt, SAL, in tones of incredulity, when a witness in a case at Petone on Wednesday stated in evidence that a man named Peter Maloney, a hefty individual, had sat still after receiving two severe blows on the face without provocation. “He is the first Irishman 1 have known to take a thrashing without retaliation.”

“The fetish of the cold bath has caused quite a large number of deaths, and has mqiined quite a number «of people,” said Dr. G. J, Black more, of the Cashmere Sanatorium, in a lecture on child welfare before the Workers Educational Association in Christchurch. “If a warm glow succeeds the bath all is well,” he added. “But if not, and especially if blueness succeeds, harm has. been done.”

Like Mr Hughes and Mr Lloyd George, the Canadian Premier, Mr Meighen, has no parly of assured predominance in his country. A

Canadian correspondent of the Times states that in reply to a congratulatory message upon his elevation to the Premiership, In; is said to have declared that “he felt like a young clerk in a hook shop who was asked by an austere and venerable customer if be bad the ‘Life of Si. Paul,” and who answered that lie hadn’t the life of a dog, and meant to leave the d place on Saturday night.”

“Keen Observer" “writes to the New Zealand Times from Utiku deploring what she terms the scandalmongering habits of some of the ladies of lliat locality. The writer appeals for “the uplifting of their fellow-sisters, rather than the dragging of them down through malice.” The Utiku females have taken a long time to fall from grace. Perhaps it is the result of conventional afternoons. Anyhow, why attempt to spoil such intellectual exchanges?

“There are too many accidents in Christchurch,” said the Mayor (Dr. Thacker. .M.P.) on Monday evening. “High fences and large hedges a! street corners must be cut down. Dogs should not be allowed loose in the central area. Women with children, and particularly those who wheel children through the streets, should he informed of the risk —it great deal of hydatids is disseminated by dogs and cats. Another danger is from uncovered garbage tins.”

Mr Herbert (Jrinstead, of Palmerston North, writes as follows to the Pahialua paper: —“Yesterday al'ternoon-a young fellow was pul on the train at Pahiatua almost blind with drink, and just about as helpless. In addition to being full up with liquor, lie had a full bottle of whisky in his pocket. In a few minutes he was out on the platform of I lie train, and possibly, had he not been seen, would have paid the'forfeit with his life. A short time before arriving tit Masterlon he became so had that the passengers had all to clear into other carriages."

The Mercantile Gazette says: — “The imports for some time to come must show a very substantial shrinkage, and this will he reflected in the Customs revenue. The income tax must also he very much less, because, owing to the fall in prices of our primary products, the incomes of the farmers have shrunk, and they must necessarily pay less income lax. It is these facts that arc making the people call upon the Government to curtail expenditure and to economise in administrative •barges. The Government lias made i start with this, hut the effort is a feeble one."

Lessons for Arbor Day are contained in the latest issues of the New Zealand School Journal, For the younger children there is a talk about tree- and their great age, with a reminder that there should plenty to replace the giants of the forest which are cut down. For the upper standards there are other interesting articles, telling of the* forests of New Zealand, and of other lands. These descriptions should arouse the interest of the children, who are told also of the great importance of forest preservation. Extracts from the writings of Buskin and Oliver Wepdell Holmes on trees are added.

Papers on Maori string games, and on Maori song and music were read by Air J. C. Andersen at a meeting of the historical section of the Philosophical Society, at Wellington this week. The string games described were—“collected” by Air Andersen• during a visit to the Wanganui River district recently. In a short introduction to Maori song and music, Mr Andersen mentioned that it was"impossible to say if the Maori possessed a scale, but •he produced several Alaori flutes, and, by playing different notes op these, showed that if they did, it was a different scale from the one we knew. In regard to their music, he stated that in' some cases rhythm counted for more than the words or material.

The lad Joseph Neame, reported as missing from Baines.se, returned to his home on Thursday. The great special.feature, “Kathleen Mnvourneen,” lias been booked by the Royal for screening shortly. A popular local singer has kindly consented to sing the song.—^.dvt.

A'good number of people were attracted to the wharf yesterday morning to see the s.s. Kennedy berth. She arrived from Westport with a load of coal, the first coal cargo for Foxton for some years. She is leaving for Wellington with a cargo of hemp to-day. At the Wellington Supreme Court yesterday, Trevor Burwood Cargill pleaded guilty to the theft of three sums, totalling £022, tlie property of his employer, the Union Bank of Australia, Ltd., Kelson, and was sentenced to two years’ hard labour on each charge, the sentences to lie concurrent.

The ordinary order of service will be varied at Hie Methodist Church to-iuorrow evening, a special musical service being substituted. An extra number of hymns will be used, all old favourites. In place of die customary address, there will be related Ibe story of the writing of the various hymns, and the saving effect, these hymns have had upon men. All arc cordially invited to attend.

The Wellington-Springboks match will commence on the Athletic Park at Wellington at 2.30 to-day. The result of the match will give a good indicat ion of the strengt h of Ihe visitors, and (heir prospects of success in the test matches. Wellington is probably the nippiest rep. (earn in New Zealand, and the Springboks will he fully extended. The result of the match, which should be available at about 4.30, will be awaited with interest. W<( would not be surprised if Wellington, carries-, nil' the laurels with a few points to the good. The death took place at Hokitika yesterday morning of Mr Joseph Mandl, father of Dr. Mandl, of Foxlon. The late Mr Mandl, whose father was a doctor, was born in 1830. He emigrated to Australia about: 1800, ami afterwards came over to Xgw Zealand, ultimately seating up in business in Blue Spur and Hokitika. He became a member of the Hokitika Borough Council, and was several times Mayor of the borough, occupying that position al one time for a number of years in succession. He was thrice chairman of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. Deceased had sutlered from a long illness.

Responding to the civic welcome accorded tlie Sprinkboks'at Wellington yesterday, Mr Biunett, manager, said they had had a most wonderful reception everywhere. Everybody in New Zealand seemed to have played football at one line' or another, and been prominent in the game—to a far greater extent than in South Africa. They had come here not only as a football team to study the game, but also to see the country, to study the methods of agricult tire, and other things, and they hoped to go back to South Africa with many lessons, which they could apply in their own country. They had already recognised limit New Zealand could teach them a great deal, and they hoped to imbibe lessons which would result in benelit to South Africa. (Applause.) “You have a wonderful country,’ he said, in conclusion, “and we are much impressed with it. It is u really beautiful country. They were all having a great time, lie added, and they would carry away many pleasant memories of the good people thev lmd met. 'Loud applause.)

The Auckland Star gives an interesting account of the welcome accorded Katana at Orakei. “Like the knights of old, who always carried their arms on a shield, each notable Maori movement or remarkable tierson has a distinguishing insignia. In the Native ease it is a flag as a rule. Katana’s ensign is a large white one, with a star and crescent over the Union Jack next the stall, and tlie words ‘God the Father; God the Son, the Holy Ghost, and the Holy Angels,’ in Maori and English covering the whole of the flag. This was carried in front of the visitor and his entourage as they walked up the wharf and along to the marac (village square). The customary erics of welcome were set up by the Orakei people, and a rather striking effect was made by each Native waving a handkerchief in cither hand, raising and lowering them in unison. The well-known words of the huka were chanted when the slow-marching strangers reached the square; but there was none of the wild dancing that one secs at the more worldly gatherings of Iho Maoris. Katana himself, in his long black frock coat, black trousers, and black Horn berg hat, suggests the parsoli —in fact, lie s rather like the Rev. Bennett, of: Rotorua —and the reception was subdued and seemly in sympathy, and there was no suggestion of that hilarity which is always associated with a fluti.”’ “Happiness lies in health.”—. Curtis.

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