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Southland Times, Issue 18854, 21 June 1920, Page 4

No less than €2OO has already been subscribed (says the Samoa Times) towards the gift of a motor car to Bishop Darnand,

Six counties and 23 boroughs have endorsed the Stratford Borough Council’s resolution in favourof a stutory Saturday halfholiday.

£3OO profit out of a £430 “lottery” on the Waterloo Cup brought an English bookmaker info close conflict with the police, who thought this "margin” just a little bit “over the odds.”

A travelling school on board ship is conceived by the Education Committee of Bradford (England I as the best solution of an enormously-increased demand for secondary education.

A fine example of practical help is reported from the Hautapa district (says (he Wanganui Chronicle). A party of settlers invaded a returned soldiers’ holding the other clay, ploughed his fields-, erected fences, dug drains, and did innumerable small jobs.

“I believe that the Repatriation Act in New Zealand has been more successful than in any other country in the world,” said a member of the Returned Soldiers’ Association recently. “This little country of ours has done well under the Repatriation Act.”

In the City of London Court a while hack a slip was made by the second mate of a steam hopper who was giving evidence in a collision dispute. In repeating the words of the oath, instead of saying “I swear by the Almighty God,” he said, “I swear by the Admiralty.”

On Saturday Senior-Sergeant Eccles and Constable Burke arrested two brothers at Tokanui on a charge of committing a serious offence against a woman. They, along with two other brothers arrested at South Invercargill on Saturday night on a charge of using obscene language, will appear before the Court this morning.

A movement is on foot among civil engineers by examination to promote a Bill for consideration next session of Parliament, with a view to ensuring that only properlyqualified persons shall have the right to describe themselves as members of the profession.

Mr A. P. Bradley expresses the opinion in a letter to the Manawatu Times that when a horse is disqualified owing to the dishonest riding of a jockey, totalisator investors should be entitled to a refund. He thinks the Government has no right to take a'commission through the totalisator on a dishonest practice.

At a meeting of delegates from the Whangarei Borough and County Councils to discuss submitted plans for a war memorial at Anzac Parade, it was decided to endorse the proposed erection of a memorial to lake the form of an exact replica of Cleopatra's needle, as at present standing on the Thames Embankment in London, standing from base to summit 6Sft.

A prominent doctor in Chicago, writing to a friend in Dunedin, says;--“I think we are agreed that conditions everywhere could be greatly improved at this time. I personally feel that the United States has missed a great opportunity to be of great humanitarian service to all the world. Conditions here are the outgrowth of the war, and it will be some time before we will be back to normal. Financial conditions are very uneasy. Eveybody is over-living, and conditions generally are highly inflated. There is a general feeling among the big business men that the next month will see a decided deflation on all sides, and that will serve to stabilise matters. My only hope is that the break downward comes slowly and not in the form of a mad tumble and panic.”

Questioned as to the cost of living in America, Mr C. W. Sandstrum, a Dunedin resident who has just returned from a visit to the United States, was emphatic that New Zealand is the finest little country in the world. “Make a special point of that,” he said. Much as in other countries. the hardest hit men in America by the cost- of living are the clerks and middle men. The labouring classes have gained very considerable increases in their pay, but not so the clerks. In many cases their wages are very little higher than they are here. Many a clerk is working in New York and trying to support a family on £5 a week. What that means may be gathered from a statement about the price of rents, which are perhaps the most excessive of all the charges to be faced. For tiny box rooms in poor buildings the rent of 100 dollars is paid, with the result that two or three men try to crowd in together in each little compartment. Food is also very dear. A good meal in an hotel costs three to four dollars, and it is impossible to get a meal of any sort under a dollar. The cafetarias are, of course, very - good, chiefly in the Western cities. Prices that he \>oted in London, Ontario, at the beginning of April were—butter, 73 cents per lb; eggs, GO cents a dozen; milk, 16 cents a quart; potatoes, 3 dollars 60 cents a bushel.

Mr Angus McDiarmid, who died in Dunedin I recently, left £SO" to the Presbyterian Old J People’s Home at North-East Valley, and ' a like sum to the Presbyterian Orphanage ■ at Anderson’s Bay.

I A Press Association message from Napier says that an aeroplane proceeding from Gisborne to .Hastings passed over Napier at j 10 a.m. yesterday.

! The tribunal appointed under the Board i of Trade Act to investigate complaints as !to profiteering, will sit at the Supreme j Court, Invercargill, on Wednesday and I Thursday.

I The Hibernian Band contributed a very | enjoyable concert in No. 2 Gardens yesteri clay aitecnoon in the presence of a large . gathering. The programme, which was , mo-t favourably commented on, was of a ; very suitable length.

Torrential rain on Saturday afternoon necessitated the postponement of the League match, Auckland v the Rest of the Dominion as the Domain ground was a sheet of water. For about an hour or two the sew- , ers were unable to carry away the water in j Lower Queen street, which was flooded, the | water entering the cellars. No damage j was done.—Press Association.

At the Police Court on Saturday before Mr G. Oruickshank, S.M., Archibald Morrison was charged with that he did wilfully and. without colour of right, but. not so as to be guilty of theft, take a bicycle. After hearuig the evidence the Magistrate said he thought the defendant had taken the bicycle in mistake and dismissed the case. Defendant was ordered to pay 10s witnesses’ expenses.

According to a Press Association message from Westport a Parliamentary party mace a tour of the Deuniston and Seddonviils coalfields on Saturday and the members were greatly impressed with all they saw, as their impression had been that the coalfields were nearly worked out. In the evening the members were th guests of the Buller Progress League at a dinner. On Sunday afternoon they inspected the harbour works and on Monday morning they leave for Nelson en route to Wellington.

A Christchurch Press Association message says that the coroner held an enquiry into the death of Hector King, aged 24, which occurred at the Christchurch Hospital. Dr Widdowson, who made the post mortem examination of the body, said that proximate of the right little finger had been amputated. The skin and the muscles were gangerous. Death was due to pericarditis, following septic infection to the finger. He could find nothing by the septic finger to account for deceased’s condition. A verdict was returned in accordance with the medical testimony.

Mr C. W. Sandstrum, of .Dunedin, was in America 10 years ago, and has just returned from a visit to that country, says that he noticed a great difference in the people this time. The feeling was much more friendly towards England, and they seemed to realise to a great extent what Britain had i/lnc during the war. Of course, they were not slow to take credit to themselves, but on the whole they grasped the position fairly. The Hearst papers were a notable exception, and were no doubt doing a great deal of damage with their anti-British propaganda.

A general meeting of superannuated railway men will be held in the Railway Library, Forth street, on Monday, the 21st ir.st., at 2 p.m. As the business is important a full attendance is requested.— (Advt.)

An interesting sale of Gladstone property is reported, Mr James King having purchased the residence of Mr E. G. Foster, Duke street. The sale was effected through the agency of Messrs Colin McDonald, R. B. Caws and Co.

HATS for men, youths, and boys—a fine shewing of all the popular stvles and value prices. UNDRILL'S, opp. P.O.—(Advt.J

Home-made Handbags have an added touch of smartness when the handles receive proper consideration. Hyndman’s, Dee street, are showing just the right lines for utility and appearance. Round cane handles, 1/- pair; round nickel plated, 3/11 pair; round coloured ivaroid, 3/- and 3/6 pair; folding chain handles 1/6 each. Start bag-making!

Cheaper Living.—Stop paying for booking, clerical expenses, ledgers, and bad debts, but save your money by buying your Groceries for ready cash from BAXTER’S. (Advt.)

By consistently supplying a good class of Apparel and General Drapery, PRICE <t BuLLEID, Ltd., find the demand yearly greatly increasing for their “Red Ticketed” lines at Sale time. The present “Colosvsal” now in its first week of progress promises to enormously eclipse any previous effort. They have been generously favoured by buyers from all points of the compass, many journeying many miles by rail or road to participate in the benefits offering.— (Advt.)

“Ladies who want to preserve their stylish figure” must abandon the toil of rubbing the weekly washing and instead, Jet “NO RUBBING LAUNDRY HELP” do the hard work.— (Advt.)

A lovely range of Ripple and Nap Cloths for dressing gowns have just been opened at THOMSON <k BEATTIE’S. These are in excellent qualities and the range of colours include cream, saxe, pale blue, pale pink, vieuse rose, brown, scarlet and marone; 44 inches wide; price, 5/6 and 8/6 yard. Also splendid ranges of fine cream English Flannel for children’s wear. Lace Curtains, Towels, Quilts, Old Bleach Table Cloths, anil Serviettes, and a full range of their well-known qualities in white and unbleached Sheetings.—- (Advt.)

“What muddle superfluous preparation makes.”—Stauus. Certainly be prepared, for wise preparation means also the battle half won; but superfluous preparation is ill-advised. Always be prepared during winter time, which to the unprepared is chronic cough and cold time. Baxter’s Lung Preserver is ample preparation, for this sterling remedy is a sure, safe, and prompt remedy. It nips the trouble in the bud and fortifies against the return visit. The home that knows “Baxter's” is cough and cold proof. Get large bottle of this 54-year old specific to-day. 2/6 at chemist and store. — (Advt.) It’s Sale Time at SMITH’S. Our huge Reliability Sale is in full swing. All departments are aglow with piles of tempting values. See these specials: 20 pieces Curtain Net, 40in to 50in wide, usual price 1/11 to 2/6—to clear 1/-. 1 piece only in black to clear, 6d yard. 50 pieces fancy Voile and Nett Casement Cloths, with or without borders, double width, Sale price 1/11, 2/3, to 3/11. All our Cretonnes going regardless of cost, Sale price 1/6, 1/11, 2/ 6, 3/6. Wadded Quilts for single beds, Sale price 19/6 to 22/6. Wadded Quilts for double beds, Sale price 29/6, 32/6 to 37/6. Real Down Quilts, all large sizes, Sale price 45/- to 95/-. 50 pieces best quality silk-finished Velveteens, 24in wide, all shades. Sale prices 4/6. A large consignment of Horrocks’s famous Sheetings, in all widths, Sale price 5/6 to 7/11, Inspection invited at H. & .1, SMITH, Ltd., Progressive Stores, Invercargill, and Gore.(Advt.) RAPID FIRST AID. By promptly rubbing Q-TOL into a cut burn or bruise, all dangers of inflammation or festering wounds are avoided.—(Advt.) MASTERb. i ll)., were the originate-s >f me 10 per cent, discount to returned soldiers. Other storekeepers have copied u* and we now go one better. We now invite all discharged soldiers and those waiting discharge to have their military hats reblccked. free of all cost, by the only hatter in Southland. We still give a 10 per cent, reduction -to all returned soldiers.— MASTERS. LTD.. Dee stieet.—(Advt i

A Special Display of Exclusive Evening Frocks. Silk Dress Skirts and Blouses, now being made at THE “ECONOMIC.” Ladies’ Outfitters. Prices exceedingly reasonable. lAdvt.l Keep the kiddies well. “NAZOL” is sura protection against coughs and colds. Sprinkle baby’s pillow. Older children can take it on sugar. 60 doses 1/6.—(Advt.i