LOCAL AND GENERAL

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 20 January 1931, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

It is stated that Mr Goo. Bailclon, who has been Mayor of Auckland for six years, will not seek re-election next May.

Following on a strong north-easterly wind which came up yesterday afternoon and blow throughout the night rain, set in soon after 9 o’clock this morning and continued intermittently all day. Tratlien’s sale to-morrow.*

There’ll be big doings on Friday when the dinkum sale 'starts; fur animals usually 5/11 to 16/6, all 1/6 and .2/11. — The Auckland Clothing and Drapery Co. Ltd.*

Improvement is continuing in the condition of Hugh Wells, who was admitted to the Public Hospital last Friday,suffering from a rifle wound.

Owing to rumours that the Wellington Band Contest was nob to be held, the secretary of the Nelson Regiment Band wired for information and has been advised by the committee that the contest will be held as arranged, from 23rd to 28th February. Seven A grade bands and 18 B grade hands will compete. The Regiment Band is practising hard for the contest, and its supporters are very hopeful that a good showing will be made.

The condition of the young man, Joe Coleman, who was admitted to the Public Hospital on Sunday suffering from an accidental rifle wound, was reported today to be satisfactory.

There is not much romance about a hotel meal as a rule, but those who ate their dinner at the Bush Inn last Sunday probably regard it as a memorable occasion, comments the Christchurch “Times.” The food had a history. Following the usual custom the cook had prepared the food the previous evening, and it was left overnight in the pantry. It did not rest there long, however, for a prowler climbed in through a window, gathered the food together and took it off with him. Later that night a constable saw a man coming from a right-of-way at the Royal Hotel, and accosting him. found that he carried a number of bottles. The constable arrested the man. the detectives took the matter in hand, and as a result, recovered the food which had been stolen from the Bush Inn. So the guests at the hotel had their dinner after all. The marauder had his in the lock-up.

Two Hawker Tomtit aeroplanes to be used for training New Zealand Air Force pilots have been shipped from England, and are due to arrive in New Zealand near the end of February. Two others are expected to be shipped at an early date. The Tomtit, which is highly thought- of in England as a training machine, is fitted with a 165 horsepower Armstrong-Siddelev (Mongoose engine. It will be found especially useful in the early training of members of aero clubs who have received commissions in the New Zealand Air Force and who have llown only Moths.

The Postal authorities advise that mails which left Auckland on 16th December, 1930, per R-.M.S. Aovangi via Vancouver, arrived in London on 18th January.

It is seldom that no result can be arrived at in a -tennis match, but on Saturday in the junior B grade competition the Addington and Te Whaka teams played from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m., and neither could claim a victory, reports the “Press.” It was one of those rare occasions on which sets and games worked out evenly on each side. To carry the scheme of scoring to its logical conclusion, the points should, in such a case, be added up, but even if accurate records were kept of each match, it would no doubt be difficult and cumbersome to decide matches upon figures that the best of cricket teams would envy. Curiously enough, four other matches on Saturday had to be decided on games, in one case the margin being one game, in another only three, and in another five. Every New Zealander has surely heard of the taniwha—that legendary sea serpent which at odd moments is supposed to come to the surface of dominion waters and display itself in several coils of body. No doubt some Maoris still believe that the taniwha actually exists, but the pakeha, ever ready to look at things from a material point of view, refuses to admit this interesting specimen into the realms of zoology. He seeks to explain Mr Taniwha into something tangible. A Dunedin man who has experienced the thrills of sword fishing at Mercury Bay advances a theory which, he considers, clears up the whole mystery (says the “Star”). His idea is that the taniwha is really a sword-fish, plus a shoal of trevalli. Trevalli make a dish to which tho swordfish is extremely partial; to swim into a shoal of them is his delight. In trying to spear the trevalli from below he often leaps right out of the water. This performance may be repeated until his appetite is appeased, and while the aquatic gyrations are in progress the frightened line of trevalli also jump out of the water. The fisherman states that' from a distance the display lias in effect a curious resemblance to a huge sea serpent splashing through the water with its back arched in several sections.

“Take to the air, young man,” is the advice given to the youth of the Dominion by an ex-ofiicer of the Royal Air Force, who lias just passed through Dunedin. In conversation with a “Star” reporter, the visitor, who is now approaching middle age, expressed regret that he was not younger and able to start his flying career all over again. “For when I learned to fly,” said he, “I was already a fair age, and, generally speaking, I consider that to be a disadvantage. Nobody will take so naturally to aviation as the young fellow who has been born well within the age of aeroplanes; in these matters atmosphere counts for a good deal.” He went on to say that aviation was one of the great careers of the future, and when it was developed to a fuller extent it would be an important factor in the relieving of unemployment. A network of flying routes meant the establishment ot innumerable aerodromes and the consequent engagement of many mechanics and other types of workers. In these days the placing of young men was a matter of extreme difficulty, and the obvious thing to do was to direct the stream of young manhood into careers which had a future—such as aviation. Art silk hose 1/6 pair at the dinkum sale next Friday. Wait for the big ad. The Auckland Clothing and Drapery Co. Ltd.*

Beautiful clear complexion, bright eyes, rosy cheeks are not made by artifice or make-up. Women have discovered real beauty"result from "internal cleanliness.” The all-important regularity of the bowels is naturally promoted by taking Dr. Don’s Granules—small, safe ,and active. 1/6 box.—R. W. Martin, Chemist. Ask for Free Samples.* Gillette style razor blades 10 for 1/3 at the dinkum sale next Friday.—The Auckland Clothing and Drapery Co. Ltd.*

Wet or fine come at nine. Trat lien’s wonder bargain sale to-morrow.* McKay’s recommend “Ashdura” the superior wearing artificial silk lingerie fabric. Blue, helio, apricot shades, 1/9 yard at McKay’s.* Trnthen’s big sale see wonder bargain list full page 3.* End of season sees balance sleeveless fuji tennis frocks with flared skirts, usually worth 19/6, at special price 15/6 at McKay’s.* The flannel used in McKay’s College shirts is woven to stand extreme wear, and dyed fadeless.* Trathen’s sale to-morrow.*

McKay’s lingerie fabrics are unique for daintiness and wearing ability. British fugi in best shades, 1/3 yard.* Sensational sale bargains to-morrow at Trathen’s 9 sharp.* For tennis, for the head) —Sports blazers, in both plain and striped effects, 29/6 at McKay's.*

The Anchor Shipping Company announce that, owing to Thursday next, 22nd instant, being Anniversary Day at Wellington, the Arahura to-morrow will not accept cargo.

A head-on collision between cars driven by Dr. Arthur Thompson, of Christchurch, and Mr Coutts, occurred on a bend of the Mapua road yesterday afternoon. Dr. Thompson was accompanied by his wife and two daughters, and Mr Coutts by his wife and child. Fortunately all escaped injury with the exception of Dr. Thompson, who received a nasty cut on an arm caused by glass from a broken, wind screen. The cars were not very much damaged.

A correspondent writes complaining of rubbish being thrown into the harbour by certain residents in the vicinity, and draws attention to the Harbour Board’s by-law which prohibits the dumping of such material on the foreshore.

In the Warden’s Court yesterday afternoon Mr T. E. Maunsell, S.M., granted a license for a claim in the Howard district to Geo. G. McLennan, of Onehunga, and William F. G. Scott. The claim was named “Pliar Lap,” and the license carries sluicing rights for five years. An application by William F. G. Scott for a license for a water race at Louie erieek was objected to by Walter A. Tuck, and this with several other applications, was adjourned until 9th February.

“Traveller” writes to the Christchurch “Times” : Passing through Cass the other day I was reminded of the saying that artists see more than ordinary folk. A young Christchurch art student, spending his holidays there, was attracted by Mount Misery, the name of which amply describes reaction to its bare, scree-marked top, and tussocky flanks. He chose the afternoon light, when the tussock looks like fawn velvet, the screes take on a lavender tint, and the rocks at the top throw purple shadows. He had caught the inner meaning of the misnamed mountain, and even the dullest person could realise, after seeing the painting, that even in parts that would generally be described as “bleak,” New Zealand is full of beauty. While one may not have much confidence that a distinctly New Zealand school of painting wiil ever he developed, I mean in the way one speaks of the Dutch school or the Italian school, there is no doubt that there is a great future for the real artist to translate the distinctive beauty of New Zealand, and it was most encouraging to find this young Christchurch student working away up in this lonely spot among the hills.

The distress occasioned in Australia bv the present period of depression is illustrated by the following extract from a letter written by a. New Zealander, who has resided for many years in Queensland, to a friend in. Otago:—“To give you some idea of what the taxation here is, I may state that last year, and for some years previously, I paid £l7 16s a year in taxes. This year, on the same income, I am called on for £46 13s, and in addition to this we have all to contribute 3d in the £ of income for unemployment relief, besides Is a week for unemployment insurance, to which I am not entitled if I were unemployed to-morrow. IThere will be many who will go hungry in Australia this Christmas. While in Brisbane recently I saw some of the most pitiable sights that one could imagine, more especially among the women and children, while numbers of able-bodied men were begging from door to door asking that the scraps from the table be saved so that they could be taken by them for their families. Nearly all the awards are suspended to allow employers to put on more men at a reduced rate, as the employers, like the Government, cannot find money to employ any extra hands at award rates.”

An opportunity for New Zealand boys to qualify for a sea career at a small cost is offered by the cadetship scheme arranged bv the New Zealand Shipping Company. Four cadetships of the value of £SO a year, for a two years’ course on 11.M.5. Worcester, the training ship of the Thames Nautical Training College, off Grcenhithe, Kent, are granted bv the company. All candidates must be 15 years of "age and under 16, New Zealand born and of British parentage. Cadets who have been trained on the Worcester are indentured to the company free of premium, and special facilities are ottered for them to obtain the necessary sea service to qualify for certificates. Special officers and instructors are carried on the vessels set aside for apprentices and every opportunity is given for them to continue their studies. Cricket, football, aquatics and general sport are given every encouragement. In the selection of ofncers the company gives preference to its own apprentices and the opportunities for advancement are good. The Worcester, a ship of 4725 tons, formerly the Frederick William, was lent to the. committee of the college by the Admiralty. The cadets are taught all branches of practical seamanship, for which there is a complete staff of instructors, and on the scholastic side cadets are given instruction in navigation nautical astronomy, science and the elements of engineering, in addition to the subjects of a sound JMigiisn education.

“Whatever are one’s views on politics and on the much-discussed subject of fusion the speech of the Hon. Mr HallJones when he proposed the toast of Parliament at the dinner to Lord Bleclisloe must give food for thought (states the "Southland Times” editorially). “He made an appeal for the sinking, at this critical time, of all party differences and the institution of a National Government. This course was adopted during the Great War ,and there is no denying the fact that New Zealand is now facing a crisis which is in its magnitude comparable to that of the war. A national effort and national sacrifices are required to overcome the depression. Why, therefore, should not Parliament set the example by agreeing to a truce to all party warfare and intrigue so that the best brains of those in the Reform, United and Labour ranks could combine to lead the Dominion on to brighter and more prosperous days; Ibis is the plea for unity made by Mr HallJones. It may be that a National Cabinet is not as remote a possibility as many people think.”

In to-day’s issue the Railway Department draws attention to the issue of cheap fares from Glenhope and intermediate stations to Nelson every Thursday.

Half price Suits! Quarter price Frocks and flats! Trathen’s full page sale list page 3 provides good news.* Wait for Friday when the big dinkum sale starts: Floral dress voiles 9d yd. — The Auckland Clothing and Drapery Co. Ltd.*

For Chronic Constipation doctors recommend Lubrolax, a combination of Japanese Seaweed and Pure Paraffin Oil without habit-forming drugs.—Nees, Chemist, Ilardy-st.* The dinkum sale starts Friday. Tussore silk 10jd yard, fuji silk 1/- yard.— The Auckland Clothing and Drapery Co. Ltd.*

For greater beauty add just a touch to the lips with a Godet Perfumed Lipstick. Obtainable in 6 different shades from W. McKay and Sons, Ltd.* It starts on Friday, the great big dinkum sale of summep goods 38in fuji san the fast dye cotton fuji at yd. —The Auckland Clothing and Drapery Co. Ltd.*

The first of the season’s apples —Gravensteins—are now being picked. This particular variety will not be exported this year, so there will be only the New Zealand market to be supplied.

A supposed clue to the fate of the monoplane Ao-tea-roa, and its pilots, George Hood and J. R. Moncrieff, in the form of a message found in a bottle on the beach at Waimari on Friday afternoon, may be definitely described as a hoax. Two sons of Mr L. W. Beattie, of North Beach, with their cousin, Sydney Woods, and a friend, .Tack Nelson, were on their way up the beach to the Waimakariri rivermouth on Friday, when they found the bottle floating in a few inches of water. When the bottle was .broken a piece of paper was found in side, upon which was written: “All hope gone, ’plane fulling fast, mid-Tasman. (Signed) Hood.” Squadron-Leader J. L. Findlay, officer in charge of Wigrain Aerodrome, said that lie had merely seen the reproduction of the message in the newspaper photographs, but the handwriting was not that of Hood, specimens of which the aerodrome officials have. Even if that were not sufficient proof that the message was not what it proclaimed itself to be, be was certain that the message itself, its wording and meaning was palpably weak, and would not have been written by the pilot. Hood and Moncrieff, flying the Ryan monoplane, Ao-tea-roa, made the first attempt to fly the Tasman, and failed, on 9th January, 1928. Under the Music Teachers’ Registration Act, 1928, provision was made for the registration of music teachers without diploma qualifications who had been in practice for some time prior to the passing of the Act. The teachers affected have now had their last opportunity of registering. It is stated that at the meeting of the Registration Board in Christchurch on 26th January over 500 applications for registration will be considered. This is an abnormal number for any one meeting. The applications received by the hoard to date total about 1400.

After reproving Mr Coates, Leader of the Opposition, for throwing cold-water on the fusion of parties, the “Otago Daily Times,” a supporter of the Reform Party, says: “Those who are opposed to the formation of a National Government magnify the differences between these two parties. But. despite what Mr Coates says, the differences that do exist are surely not so pronounced and not so vital that they cannot be reconciled, and in view of the national emergency that has to be effectively confronted they must appear to most people to represent harriers for the maintenance of which there is insufficient reason. Mr Coates derides the notion of a ‘hotch-potch?’ And why should it ‘inevitably suffer from internal weakness and dissensions that would render it helpless’? There can be nothing more helpless than a minority Government in a three-party Parliament. A National Government would at least command the support of a majority in Parliament, and would possess the authority which that support would bestow upoii it. The United Government does not possess the strength in Parliament or the country to enable it to make other than feeble efforts to deal with the difficult problems of the hour. More and more weight attaches in the circumstances to the consideration that a Government effected by a fusion of parties and commanding the support of a majority of members of Parliament and of a majority of the electors would be in a position of strength contrasting in a very marked degree with the position of weakness occupied by the present Government.”

A number of provincial newspapers in England refer to the gifts sent from New Zealand by the branches of the Navy League for distribution among the children and orphans of sailors. “This year,” it is mentioned, “a particularly generous gift is just to hand to' be shared by sailors’ children of Newcastle, Bristol, Hull, Grimsby, Swansea, Cardiff, and other seaport centres. Many of the garments are the work of children in the schools of New Zealand. Since the 1 New Zealanders inaugurated this scheme, after the war, thousands of Empire friendships have been made. The little wei'kers in New Zealand very often place a tiny note in the pockets of the garments they have made, stating their names and addresses. These notes have been answered by the recipients of the clothes, and hundreds of Empire children in the Old Country and New Zealand are now fast friends through regular exchanges of letters. Altogether, the scheme represents a charming sentiment.”

The Wanganui Automobile Association has decided to give free legal defence to its members in any motor bylaw cases brought against them. The scheme, which is to be given a six months’ trial, will extend to financial members’ wives and minors, provided they hold licenses to drive. Piles? Take Dr. Don’s Granules. 1/6 box. —Hodgson’s Stores, Wakefield, Motupiko and Alurchison.*