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Southland Times, Issue 18819, 12 May 1920, Page 4

It is stated that draught horses suitable for connin’ work are in great demand in the South Island.

The Post Office advises that the concession permitting the use of figures in deferred rate cable messages is now withdrawn.

Lord Brownlow’s Bridgewater estate in Shropshire, has been sold by auction. The property, which covers 400 acres, realised £190,000.

Open-air markets on the Continental plan are being established in the suburbs of Melbourne and in some country districts of Victoria.

A huge chestnut tree, about 40 years old, was skilfully removed recently from the garden of a Masterton resident to a garden at Lansdowne.

One fresh case of varioloid varicella—a disease which is a mild type of smallpox, and closely allied in some respects to chickenpox—was reported to the health authorities in Dunedin on Monday. The two earlier cases are both doing well.

The establishment of a city mission has been decided upon by the Diocesan Standing Committee of the Anglican Church in Auckland (states the New Zealand Herald), and the Rev. Jasper Calder has been appointed miafioner.

The prospects for the shooting season in the North Island, which opened on May 1, are reported to be good (says the New Zealand Herald), especially in the Auckland acclimatisation district. Pheasants and Californian quail are reported to be plentiful.

The roll of Palmerston North ratepayers on the proposal to borrow £IOO,OOO for the installation of electric power and light—in addition to £20,000 which had been previously authorised—resulted in 456 ratepayers voting for the loan and 70 against it.

What is claimed to be a record price for a fat bullock in the Ashburton County was obtained by Mr A. J. Keith, Ashburton Forks, for a six-year-old polled Angus bullock. The animal had been reared for show purposes, and the purchaser was Mr H. Hcilley, Scadown, at £l5O.

During the course of a few reminiscences of early Invercargill Mr R. W. Jones, now of Hawke’s Bay, spoke to a Times reporter of the necessity of raising the Post Office clock tower. He recalled the comment at the time of the erection of the building, when it was freely held that a tower of such a low altitude would not supply the citizens in various parts of the town with the easy view of the clock that was desirable. He was surprised that the old drawback still existed.

After a settlement extending over 40 years on his fertile little farm of 23 acres at Menziea Ferry, Mr Edward Todd, sen., has disposed of it as a going concern to his neighbour, Mrs Fairbaim. The Wyndham Farmer understands that the purchase money represented a record price per acre for Menzies Ferry land. Mr Todd is removing to Aparima, Riverton, where his eldest daughter, Mrs Albert (Nelly) Smith, and her husband are settled. By Mr Todd’s approaching departure Menzies Ferry loses its oldest settler.

When speaking at. the farewell to Matron Looney, Mr J. L. McG. Watson read the following from a letter, written by a visitor, whom he had shown over the home:— The Convalescent Home at Enwoori i.s one of the best equipped hostels in the Southern Hemisphere and reflects great credit on Invercargill and Southland for the excellent provision made for tending the wounded men. From the Matron down the internal economy and care taken to provide every comfort cannot be surpassed, while the excellent patriotic work performed by the staff of young ladies, in keeping the establishment clean and tidy and in a thoroughly sanitary condition is absolutely- beyond all praise.

A London correspondent states that Mr T. H. Hamar represents N.Z. on the Imperial Mineral Resources Bureau, which met during February to discuss the question of financial contributions to the funds to be made by the overseas Governments. The sum of £20,000 was, it is understood, mentioned as an amount that would go far towards carrying on operations. The bureau was set up about a year ago for the purpose of bringing together all the mineral resources of the Empire, and its governors number 14, with Earl Curzon as president. The central idea which inspired the formation of the bureau was that while the mineral resources of the Empire are sufficient to supply all the raw material it needs, machinery for co-ordinating and controlling their development has been wanting. The Imperial Mineral Resources Bureua is an outcome of the Imperial War Conference of 1917. There are vast fields of usefulness open to it.

An impressive warning to his fellow workers was given by Mr T. Richards, M.P., general secretary of the South Wales Miners’ Federation in a recent speech. He said the working classes were daily growing more powerful, and there was a temptation to use that power; in other words to resort to measures they condemned during the war, that might was right. Pacificists who during the war would not shed the blood of a German because they held that fighting was wrong, were to-day heading a movement calculated to end in revolution and create bloodshed among our kith and kin. Direct action talk was fostered by those so-called pacificists. He did not call them pacificists, but hypocrites. Let them compare the British constitution with what they liked; it was the finest, most glorious, and best the workl had ever seen. “Boys, it’s worth saving,” said Mr Richards. “Take America, if you like, and compare it. Take any other nation, and still the British working man, with all his grumbles, is the freest subject under God’s sun.”

The membership of the Auckland Returned Soldiers’ Association has been augmented by the admission of 301 new members. The membership is now 11,705.

There is at present a splendid selection of early chrysanthemums on view in the windows of Mr T. Daniels, Dee street. These blooms, which were grown by Mr W. Sampson, Bowmont street, grew outside in petrol tins until the buds began to form. They were then taken into the greenhouse. They comprise a splendid selection of both double and single blooms.

The meeting of the Repatriation Committee yesterday was attended by Messrs M. Thompson (chairman), A. McKenzie, W. D. Burns, J. Alsweiler, L. S. Graham, J. Taylor, J. S. Baxter and C. E. Borne. Apologies were received from Messrs C. S. Longuet and R. A. Anderson. Furniture loans granted totalled £925. Four business grants amounting to £4OO were allowed, and one worker was subsidised. Tuition fees were granted in the case of one man.

.Inspired by a motherly impulse, a very old lady stepping forward from the crowd in Feilding, and shaking hands with the Prince of Wales, said; ''How do you do, my dear; aren’t you tired of being called ‘Your Highness,?” The tone of his acknowledgment must have convinced her that she had guessed rightly (observes the paper responsible for the story).

The best traditions of the ancient patriarchs were kept up by Thomas Arthur Bailey, a Tasmanian pioneer, who died lately, aged 100. He was twice married (his second wife surviving him, and was the father of 23 children, 19 of whom are living. His grandchildren number 112, and his great-grandchildren between 80 and 100. The old man was in full possession of all his faculties until the day before his death.

The Y.M.C.A. advertise in another column of this issue the hours of their gymnasium and boxing classes and the fees. Mr J. Page has been secured to fill the position of instructor to the gymnasium classes rendered vacant by the impending departure of Mr Howard Foster for Wellington, and the boxing classes will be conducted by Mr F. Padget, as honorary instructor. The fees appear to be very moderate, and with the able class leadership afforded should attract all young men in need of body building work and recreation.

A report on the value of “toothbrush drill” in the schools was submitted to the Auckland Education Board by Dr. H. A. Davies, medical inspector. It is intended (states the New Zealand Herald) to establish “toothbrush drill” in every State school throughout the Dominion, also a tooth wash in conjunction with the brushing, and headmasters are being circularised accordingly. The report was adopted, the board also deciding that the Department be asked to defray the cost of the requisite articles.

The pet abomination of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales is confetti, and a certain way to drive the characteristic smile from the face of our Royal visitor is to shower confetti on him (states the Dominion). Those in close touch with the Prince know his strong dislike of confetti and have made it known during the Wellington visit. While the practice is well meant and may give pleasure to the thrower, it is most disagreeable to the Prince, and has robbed many of his public appearances of a good deal of pleasure.

A rather unusual incident has occurred in connection with the formation of the new body to be called the Whakaronga Land Drainage Board (states the Manawatu Standard). Nominations were invited for five candidates to fill the position of trustees, but no nominations have been received, and, as the election of the five members was to take place on Thursday, a rather awkward situation has arisen. It has not. yet been decided what course shall be taken by the returning officer.

Dairy producers will no doubt be interested to know (says the Manawatu Times) that another buying institution will be wooing them for their produce when the commandeer ceases. Representatives of English and Scottish wholesale co-opera-tive societies will arrive in New Zealand in a week or so, with a view of making arrangements for supplies of both butter and cheese for these huge institutions, the capital of which approximates £.80,000,000, It may be of interest to know that they could sell the whole of the New Zealand butter in their own stores, and over 50 per cent of the cheese output.

The South Invercargill branch of the W.C.T.U. held their monthly meeting in the vestry of the Teviot. street Church when the president presided over a good attendance of members. Correspondence was read and discussed. Satisfaction was expressed at the return of three ladies to the South School Committee. A committee of four ladies was appointed to arrange for afternoon tea at the Victoria Home sale of work in June. Mr Baxter, the delegate to the convention held at Wellington, gave an interesting account of the business discussed there. On the motion of the president a hearty- vote of thanks was accorded Mr Baxter for his report.

Now that Wellington’s open-air functions in connection with the visit of the Prince of Wales are over, a few observations on them may be of value to the cities and towns in the South, whose turn is yet to come (says the Dominion). Several times in Wellington our demonstrations have been marred by the public crowding in on spaces that should have been kept clear. This not oily spoils the spectacle for the great mass of those present, but must be decidedly unpleasant and embarrassing for the Prince and his staff. At Newtown Park swift action by one man at the outset would probably have sufficed to prevent what for a time threatened to be a swamping of the whole proceedings by the crowd. Again, the Pei-one pageant yesterday was overrun by the spectators, with the result that nobody save those in the front row in the immediate vicinity could really see what was going on. An energetic and well-organised body of stewards would have made the pageant a different affair from what it was. The moral for centres yet unvisited is, keep your crowds well in hand. Their loyalty and enthusiasm and desire to see as much of the Prince as they can are only too likely to make them overstep bounds. New Zealand has a reputation for sturdy patriotism, and it is worth a little trouble to maintain one for good manners as well. Another wise move would be for the municipalities to make a corner in confetti until the Prince’s visit is over, and prevent the silly practice of confetti-throwing.

The Commonwealth immigration laws, as they relate to the entry of aliens into Australia, are to be tightened up very considerably in the near future (says Melbourne Age). The Federal Government introduced a bill for this purpose in the last Parliament, but, owing to the dissolution, the measure lapsed. On Friday, April 23, however, the bill was reintroduced, and read a first time in the Senate. It provides that every alien already resident in the Commonwealth shall, unless otherwise exempted, register as an alien, in accordance with the Act. The penalty for non-compliance with this provision is fixed at £IOO, or in default six months’ imprisonment. Every alien who enters the Commonwealth as a passenger in, or as a member of the crew of, any vessel, will be required to register immediately after arrival of the vessel at the first port of call in the Commonwealth, while every child of an alien registered in the Commonwealth, who is not by birth a natural-bom British subject, must register under the Act within one month after attaining the age of 16 years. Aliens will be required to report immediately any change in their place of abode, and will not be allowed to change their names without first notifying the authorities. Ail hotelkeepers and boarding-house-keepers will be required to keep a register giving particulars of all aliens using their premises, the date of their arrival, time of departure and destination on departure. Employers will also be required to keep a register showing the names of all aliens in their employ.

In the course of some remarks at the annual meeting of the Wanganui Acclimatisation Society, the secretary, Mr T. H. Jones, deplored the evidence of unsportemanship amongst a few shootists, who never put away their guns in season or out of it, who shot at everything they come across with wings, and boasted about it!* Ho urged that every endeavour be made to inculcate in shootists the principles of true British sportsmanship.

The slenderness of the fund for maintenance purposes evidently sharpens the wits of some school committeemen (ob J serves the Auckland Star). At a meeting in the vicinity of Hamilton on Monday, when improvement of the school grounds was under discussion, a number of householders proffered contributions of work. It was then pointed out that if this work were charged for, and the money paid back as a contribution to the school funds, it would carry a subsidy, and the fund would benefit to that extent. This aspect of the question had not evidently been thought of previously, but it will possibly receive practical demonstration when the programme of improvements to the school grounds is put into active operation.

Superstitious sports are inclined to look upon any change of a team’s colours as an ill-omen, and their belief was once again supported at the Royal football match in the Capital, when Wellington representatives donned white jerseys. But there was another aspect. Fortune favoured the local men during the time that the Prince was present, eight points standing to their credit, as against their nil. Immediately the Royal visitor took his departure the tables turned, and thereafter Wellington did not add to their tally, nor could they prevent the Army representatives from rattling on a respectable total of twenty-three points.

Everybody! “The Prince!” Here’s how we assist Invercargill to make the welcome as warm as the visit is short. “Welcome Pennants,” each on stick, with the word “Welcome” in white letters on red and blue grounds, 6d each. Red, white and blue tricolour paper rolls, 1/6 each. Streamers with seven Allied flags, 1/6 set. Small silk flags, 3d and 6d each. Other flags up to 2/6 each. At Hyndman’s, Dee street.

On Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week you can view one of the best displays of Drapery and Wearing Apparel that THOMSON & BEATTIE have ever had the pleasure of showing. Every Department will have its novelties and specials attractively and pleasingly displayed, and a very pleasant hour can be spent viewing the latest novelties from all parts of the world. Everyone welcomed; no one asked to buy. (Advt.)

WHEAT-—Superior line of excellent fowl wheat, 36/- per bag. Supply limited. At BAXTER’S, Dee street. — (Advt.)

Winter Coats. —You will be well advised to view the range of Ladies’ Tweed Coats as stocked by Messrs PRICE & BULLEID, Ltd. The Coats are not low-priced low grade goods, but moderately priced; good quality; stylish garments; made and finished in a superior manner. The sizes vary from small to O.S. women’s sizes, and the colours are good and well assorted.—— (Advt.)

“Chance will not do the work.” (Scott). —No one can afford to take chances with health. Yet how many during the Winter when coughs and colds are so dangerous, experiment with preparation after preparation. Take BAXTER’S Lung Preserver immediately and be sure. Mr Baxter did ah. the experimenting 64 years ago and now you can promptly remedy cough, cold, sore throat, chest and bronchial troubles. Thig sterling specific is quick in its action, permanent in its relief. Get large 2/6 bottle to-day from chemist or store. — (Advt.) A friend for you! “NAZOL” instantly relieves coughs and colds. Get a Nazoi Inhaler. — (Advt.) Keep the kiddies well. “NAZOL” is sure protection against coughs and colds. Sprinkle baby’s pillow. Older children can take it on sugar. 60 doses 1/6. — (Advt.) A Lovely Display.—Have you seen the Progressive Store’s splendid display of Winter goods. See windows and all departments for special offerings. We are well prepared for a big rush. Over 1000 pieces of Flannelette in stripes and white; for quality and value they simply stand without a rival. White Nursery Flannelettes, 27in wide, 14/9 dozen yards. A host of other makes in stripes in endless variety, dark and light patterns, very suitable for Shirts and Pyjamas, etc.. Sale prices 1/3, 1/6, 1/9, 1/11, 2/3, 2/6, 2/11, 3/6; White Flannelette, 1/11, 2/3, 2/6, 2/11 yard. Bargains in Wadded Quilts to suit all comers, for single beds, 19/6 to 29/6; for double beds, 29/6 to 52/6. Best makes in real Down Quilts, double stitched and ventilated, large size, 45/- to 105/-. Exceptional value in Men’s and Boys’ Underclothing, etc. Also you have the pleasure of knowing every 2/- in the £ you spend this week goes to help the 6d Clothing Club. Drop in and let us show you our goods. H. & J. SMITH, LTD., Progressive Drapers, Tay street, Invercargill; and Main street, Gore.— (Advt.)

MASTERS, LTD., were the originators of the 10 per cent, discount to returned soldiers. Other storekeepers have copied ua and we now go one better. We now invite all discharged soldiers and those waiting discharge to have their military hate reblocked, free of all cost, by the only hattei in Southland. We still give a 10 per cent, reduction to all returned soldiers.—* MASTERS, LTD.. Dee street.— (Advt.) MOTORING IN HOT WEATHER. An American lady touring N.Z. cozeiden Q-TOL indispensably as a skin emollient. Prevents skin becoming ingrained with dirt. (Advt.) A Special Display of Exclusive Evening Frocks, Silk Dress Skirts and Blouses, now being made at THE “ECONOMIC," Ladietf Outfitters. Prices exceedingly reasonable. (.Advt.) Don’t wear out your fine Lingerie and Cotton things by rubbing in the weekly wash! Use “NO RUBBING LAUNDRY HELP,” it revolutionises the washing abolishing rubbing! 1/- packets. AH store* keepers.—(Advt.) Healthful Hygienic and Cool Underwear a fine ranine —4/- to 15/- a garment at UNDRHjL’S, opp. P.O, Dee street.— (AdvLfc Ready for instant use, “NAZOL” is sure protection against coughs and colds. 60 doses 1/6. — (Advt.)