LOCAL AND GENERAL

Nelson Evening Mail, 28 September 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Relations and friends of soldiers are again invited to send to the Evening Mail notifications they may receive concerning them. We are anxious to give as many details as possible relating- to soldiers, especially those who have been casualtied. But in many instances this is extremely difficult unless we receive the assistance of relations and friends. In cases where a soldier has been wellknown publicly before his departure it is easy to obtain details, but in other instances it is very difficult. Therefore we invite the co-operation of relations and friends.

The following extract from a recent report of the E-N.A.S. was issued recently :—s)n July 15 one of our aeroplanes, a N'ieuport, patrolled 10 miles out to sea, and when approaching Osiend, at about 12,000 feet, encountered a .German seaplane —a single-engine tractor type—soo feet below Mm- The enenjy manoeuvred for a position behind arid below the 'Nieuport. 'both machines meanwhile executing a- steep glide. The British pilot thereupon looped/over the enemy, who passed underneath him.. He thus gained the desired position, -behind, and! opened fire into the seaplane at a range of 100 yard's. The German pilot, who. was evidently hit, made a "vertical nose dive. The machine was last seen in flames, falling headlong downwards.

That things are not always what they seem was illustrated; lira a. somewhat amusing manner in . Ghristchurch, A well-known ■solicitor-cricketer-patriot was sittine in Ms office taking- with a couple of bosoms friendls when he received a. telephone call. Putting the receiver to hr.-s ear he listened! for a few moments, and) then' said, -"Very well, I will take five bobs', worth." The two •friends sniffing a good) double, and knowing- their sporting- friendi was possessed of "inside inforrnariGa.' chipped' in< jhaTravedily, "We'll take five bob's worth, too ." —— (quickly_ dropping to the mistake) lost ; lio time in breathing into the transmitter,' "Are you there, ? You may send round! fifteen shillings' worth." Needless, to say lost no time an executing the order, and .in a few* mr'nutes"the three friends received a parcel) containing 15s worth of picture show, tickets for a benefit to the Riccarton" Cricket 'Club'. The two visitors parted! with their five shillings each, and, Being good sports, thought the joke was cheap at the money.

Astonishment was expressed' recently by the "Victorian. Premier (Sir Alexander 'Peacock), who is also Minister for LafoouT, when he was .given 1 'another'illustration of -the methods etopiloyed 'by Labour organisations which*are opposed ■to eon'soriptiioni. Sir Alexander Peacock was asked to accept the resignation of Mr O. J. Cowan as one of the representatives of! the employees ohi the Cigar Trade "Wages Board, because' of a motion 'adopltedl at a special meeting of the trad l ©, held on 12th September. Mr Cowan's letter to the Minister for/ Labour read as follows :—"I wish to tender my resignation) as aVepresentatiive of the emiployees on the 'Cigar Trade Waiges Board. My reason is that last night, at a special meeting- of the trade, a resolution wag passed that any officer holding an, opinion in favour of conscription, should be compelled .to .resign, and- as I have ; com[iniitted that unpardonable crime I would be very grateful,to you, to accept .the same." Commenting on the sarnie, Sir Alexander Peacock said he was astonished' at the alleged action of the union. He had implied) that he could not recbnwnenid) the Goveraior-itD-Counoil to acept the resignation of Mr Cowan as a meqnber of the Wages Board 1 for the reason) given.

Just wait 'til you see them! Away up North we've bagged another swag of Glorious Pure Silk PShbons—3 to 10 inches wide—in every conceivable Plain Colour and heavenly Stripe'di, -Checked, and Floral effects. AH to be handed out. at a Big ©ale next Thursday, at 6d yard. —Auckland Clothing and Drapery Co.*

.Heavy and' general rain continues throughout New South Wales, says a Sydney cable.

There'll-be wild' times next Thursday! Right then we'll commence a Huge .Sale of Summer Goods just bought up North, n:id we'll scramble Ladies 1 Bladk' Lisle Thread .Hose at 6d pair.—Auckland Clothing and : Drapery Co.*

Messrs Bisley (Bros, and Co. will hold an auction sale at- Rjai Valley on Tuesday next, at 1 o'clock.

We'll paralyse the drapery trade next Thursday ! On that day we'll commence a Huge Sale of Drapery, just bought up ■North ; and 1 we'll throw" out 100 pieces of splendid White Japanese Crepe—3o-inch —at 6-£ d yard. Worth 10^d. —Auckland Clothing and Drapery Co.*

The usual monthly meeting of directors of The C.D'.C, Ltd., will be held at their registered' office. 70 Bridge street, this evening, at '8 o'clock.* At our Own Price ! We've just bought, a wholesale stock of Drapery and Clothing up North. Next Thursday, at a Big Sale, " r e'U cause a riot by offering beautiful 26-inch Aillover 'Embroid'erv at is yard.—Auckland' Clothing and Drar p-n-y Co.*

i En route from London, the liner lonic advised Hobart by wireless that she expected to arrive there at 2 o'clock on Monday afternoon from Capetown. The Shaw-Savill office reports that the vessel should reach Auckland on TV.ejday next, and Wellington about a week later.

Shortly before 11 o'clock yesterday morning' the Japanese steamer Akita Maru left Wellington for Melbourne, en route to Japan, with the first cargo that has 'been taken direct to Japan from the Dominion without transhipping. The cargo consists of "wool, hemp, hoofs, bones, and a quantity of general cargo.

According to the latest mail advices from London the hopes of salvaging the Shaw, Savill. and Albion liner Matatua, which is badly ashore in St. Mary's Bay, Newfoundland, are by no means 'bright. It will be remembered that when loading for New Zealand in March last the Matatua- took tire at St. John's, and had to be scuttled. After being raised and partly repaired, she loaded a cargo of timber with a view to proceeding to England for reinsulation before loading again for New Zealand, but had the misfortune to run ashore in St. Mary's Bay, where she now lies.

"Oernran names are being erased' from: the map in all' directions, so why should! Queen Charlotte Sound suffer any longer with Dieffenbach. Point?" enquires the Marlbox-ouigb. Press. "The name comies from, a celebrated' German author anddoctor of science. Why not re-christeni it Kitchener Point?"

Reports received! from all centres by the Labour indicate (says the iD'ominion) that there is little or no unemployment anywhere in the country. Even in the cities the men who apply to the Government Labour Bureaux are readily placed. In Wellington last week work was foundi .for 24 men of the 28 who applied.

The following promotions in the Police Force have been announced:—Sergeants Edwin Murray (Gisborne), J. C. Willis (Taranaki-street), and J. M'Namara (Training Dejfot, Newtown) have Ibeen promoted to the rank of senior sergeant. Sergeant M'Namara's promotion is by way of special recognition of his services as instructor during the past five years. Constables M'Kelvie (Clyde Quay), Mathison (Havelock), O'Brien f(Kaitoke), and Mcßae (Raetihi) hay* been promoted to the rank of sergeant. -All the promotions date from the Ist of this month.

A prominent mam in the timiber trade, speaking to a representative of the Manawatu Daily Times, stated that it was exceedingly hard to obbadm capable (men for bush and) mrill work at the .present,time. He attributed l the shortage to tihe number of mem who ihadf enlisted!. Many of the infills were not 'by any means putting out their maximum), as the class of labour obtaining was far inferior to that obtaining in peace (times. Ini fact, a 'good! many mill-owners would not allow inexperienced men to work in l valuable bush). Another man interested in the trade stated that as a consequence of the latbour shortage, .orders for post® and battens -were accaimjulatdnig, ami. it was impossible to meet the demand. .

"The Government be asked to submit to the Imperial authorities, that will consider such matters when the time arrives, the question of high and coow. stantly increasing .rates ruling for shipping ■freights to and! from New Zealand.". This motion was adopted by the ■Council of the 'WelLingiton Central. Chamber of Commerce, says the Post, as a remit for the Chambers of Commerce Conference. Mr C Winder "suggested that ]it was about time that ,t>hey asked the Government to nationalise some of the shipping, with a view to controlling freights. The ;Chaarman (Mr O. M". Luke) saidi that the matter was a difficult one to deal with, as they might judge from the statement made recently by Mr Asquith. \Hlis hope was that they might be able to do something by working with associated Chambers in other parts of the Empire. r ~ -

An Order-in-< Council has been gazetted prohibiting, the importation 01 goods manufactured or produced in enemy territory, whether before or after the declaration of war, exaept with the consent of the Min*ter of (Customs. "Enemy territory" includes for the purposes of this Order-in-Council all territory in the military occupation of an enemy State, but does not include enemy territory at present an the occupation of the British. It is declared that goods shall be deemed to be manufactured or produced in enemy territory if not less than onefourth of the fair market value has its source in enemy territory. '

What is termed the "abandoning" of a wrecked! or stranded vessel is surrounded with technicalities hard to.be understood by the lay mind (says the Otirago (Daily Times). The owners of the Antiope, acting on legal advice, , last Week; decided to notify 'the under writers of their intention to "abandon", the..vessel. The underwriters, howevei- held a' meeting on Friday to consider the question, when .they decided to rfefuse to accept abandonment of 'the shiv>. It ; is, therefore, understood that the owners will now have to restart salvaging operations. ' ' 4 .

A correspondent writes to a South African newspaper, the East. London Dispatch:—:"lt .may be of interest to clergymen who are arranging memorial services for the late Lord Kitchener to know tfra* a South African lady with whom lie was on very friendly terms during the, Anglo War (she was tnen a gia'l), managed to persuade him to fill up a page in her 'Book of Confessions.' 'One of the questions was, 'What .are, your favourite hymns?' Opposite this he wrote as fob" lows (and I give his.. answer exactly as he wrote'it)'.: '27, Abide, with me; 373/ God moves in a mysterious wayi; 423, The Saints of God., their conflicts past; 437, For all the Saints who from their labours rest.'. The numbers, of course, refer to 'Hymns, Ancient and Modern,' and it is perhaps typical of his unfailing grasp of detail that he should remember them."

In his lecture on poultry raising at the Auckland' Trades Hall recently, says the Herald, Mr JR.. J. 'Terry, late Commissioner for the Tasmania;! (Department of Agriculture, stated that he did not agree with the; popular opinion that poultry should "not be kept in back yards in the city. If certain conditions were observed, poultry could be successfully' raised in a very small space, without any objectionable odour or nuisance being- created. The essential conditions were that- the birds should be kept .in a small house and not allowed to run out on the ground. It was necessary.to keep the floor of the house perfectly dry and cover it with any dry litter to.a" depth of 4in. A few birdskept in this way and fed on household scraps might easily be made to produce eggs in the course of a year with a food value equivalent to five or six sheep.

Attention is dlrawn >to the advertisement of 'Mr A. R. Taffnelk plumber and tinsmith., of Richmond,'re tanks, on page 6 of this issue.

We'll plaster this little citv with R.ibbons next Thursday! Right then the Big S&le starts of' the wholesale stock just bought ud North, and we'll scatter the most glorious lot of Pure Silk R.ib■bons ever shown in Nelson —3 to 10 inches wide—T'lain Colours, Florals and Strines, at 6d Auckland Clothing and Drapery 'Co.* . ......' .. "Ijaiugh and the world 1 laughs with you, rub and you rub alone because "No Robbing 'liauiwiry, HeKp" -washes all clothes'"cleaTi ' without rubbing or injury.—Stewaii. and Co.*

A New Zealand casualty list reeeieVd) late this afternoon reports 28 soldiers killed in action, 15 deaths from wounds, and 347 soldiers wounded. The list will appear in to-morrow's issue. Freezinsr companies, it is reported, are already offering] £1 per head for this season's lambs in the Feilding district. It is stated that the mortality amongst ewes in the Wairarapa, due to antepartum paralysis, averages between 3 and 4 per cent, of the whole flocks. There are 14 workers' dwellings in the Kilbirnie districlt just approaching completion, almost ready' for occupation, and the Workers' Dwellings Board last week (the Dominion reports) approved of the construction of 20 more in the city of Wellington. The recent landslip art, Otira is reported to have -been almost- of mountainous dimensions, audi it is stated that no fewer than eight residents whose 'houses escaped but are considered to be in some future danger from further slips are contemplating the removal of the buildings to safer sites. The public school is m the dancer zone, .and' though it escaped unhurt inquiry is to be made with the view of securing! the safety of the building in the future. Railwaymen ere not altogether satisfied with the wav im wuidh'thew war bonus of a shillirug a day to the nonclerical division is being paid to _them. The Railway Review calls attention to what as described- as a strange departmental view of ■regarding it as wages, the official view isithat it is something and thus liable to the receipt duty. It quotes tihe report of a Wanganui correspondent, who states •that, in accordance with departmental) instructions, the men will have to arm themselves on pay-day -wi-tih, 2d' stamp, but what happens 1 to the imani who is stampsless on. the day is at present veiled! an mystery. Is the country so badly ra need! of money, asks this correspondent, that its administrators have to ask iiuem earning £3 a week or less to (hand, back some of their earnings? \ .

Discussing the position of.-, the money market, the Trade Review mentions that the exports of JSfew Zealand continue to exhibit an increase and show,a very big surplus over imports, although the latter are increasing, also owing to enhanced prices. For the two years ended August 31st. the aggregate excess of exports over imports was 204 millions, says the Review, and "after allowing for payment of our outside obligations there is still some 16 millions left, so after the raising of the loan there should still be ample funds for all ordinary 'business rerquirements for some time to come. Our export season is. about; to .start now, and the prospeots "appear very favourable.; the demand for all our staple products is still keen and prices appear likely to keep high. Practically the only serious trouble is the question of' sufficient shipping to take the.produce away- . :

. The ... Whangarei electric . _.ligh'tihg' sdheme, which, is-supplied' from.the Waj.rau Falls; was formally turned on in the town on Friday evening (states the Auckland 'Herald), by tiie v Mayor, Mr IX \YJack, in the presence'of an interested; gathering of townspeople. The Mayor elx; pressed pleasure' at the progressive step taken, and congratulated residents. He then turned on all the street lamps. Mr Harrison, chairman of the Electric Lighting Committee, turned! on the household supply. JBverythdrig. worked .without a nitc'ft, and! the inauguration was thoroughly satisfactory. Mr. Irwin. iCro6k.es, consulting engineer, also, congratulated, the town, and paid'a, tribute to the' constructing engineer, Mr Dawson, stating that the supply of current reached the town without, a single (break in the insulation throughout the whole distance of 25 miles. ... , - .-.'.' : '

Writing* from Lpndtoni .ooi-July. 27th; Sister -Flower, of had received orders' that she .was to«px<*-' ceedto France in the near future, .She also ttnientioned; that : there was' a: great shortage of nurses"in England at the time of writing. Tib© British. troops were engaged) in their "big advarice.and "wpunai. edrwere /pominig into EroglaiiiJ'. 'Jlie\War Office was . adverfcisiniff extensi-yely', for ; trained! nucrses.. .and) '.Sister- 'Flower^ "re-. markes tihat', ''it looks as, if., it ,might become comipcdsory 'for innrses ' to' - serve . in the war before at is as isui&h a lot of "the 'girls, are down ■■_ through. oSrerworkC" ' ( . The .letter cpnvcludes: "We are staying- at, the jQueen Mary Hospital', 1 " a■ free ."place for "war nurses and especiailly 'openi 'to 'oyeirseas nurses. It de a to stajj . at. It is run/lby the' Society ankl has quite a ihiiuhiber •: of influential folk at the head of it." The; Qufeieni, is a .patroness and).-'dßfe was here .last week, and was talking quite a time "with the New Zealanders who are here."' ...

I The unusual sight of. eight smiling ' chattering children riding. in" the "Ibc.aJ ambulance van might have been seen in Napier on Saturday (says the Herald). The children looked decidedly healthy and happy, causing neople who saw theni to stand and view the vehicle"with hiy'stificatidh! As the ambulance.drove along the principal streets the children waved to "their playmates, who eyed the . "joy riders" with evident envy. The ambulance proceeded straight on to the Napier Hospital, where the children alighted' and were inarched to a.separate portion of the building. They will spend a- holiday there, the duration of which will depend on the" health authorities. In medical phraseology .. these children are known as "carriers.'' They were,, discdyer ed' in one of the local schools by the District Health Inspector, arid immediately ordered to the hospital. Were j they allowed. at liberty, there would be the verv likely -possibility, that., .they would transmit the ' diphtheria germs ,the carry to other children. Strange to say, however, although "carriers," they do not suffer from the disease them- : selves. . ■