LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, 6 August 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The secretary of "the I-lawera Friendly Society-was fined £lO and costs «at Wellington for failing. to render an znmual return of expenditure to the Commissioner of Taxes.

.\ll' I. V. Brown ,M.P. for Napier, has received an assurantze from the Ministe? of ;\gri(:ultul'e that “there is plenty of butter in the Dominion, and that it is all -2 question of dis'tribution_

_'When the liner A:dl‘i-artie was in port recently in. London the chief ofi"1cer ordered the men to paint the funnels. They declined on the ground that it was too cold. The delegate of their union on board was consulted, and he decided it was too cold.

“She was but a girl when she married,” said counsel to the magistrate (Mr E. Page) at the Wellington S.M. Court on Tuesday. “She was but 16 when she married the defendant,” he udded, “and she had four children by the time she was twenty years of age.” The woman had appiied for ‘:1 maintenance order, but this the magistrate refused, stating that she had a good home to go to. "‘ \ ‘

Four aeroplanes of the latest design are expected to arrive ‘by the Matatua at Auckland this week. The Minister for Defence, referring to the subject yesterday, said‘ that the Defence Department had been in connnunieation with the Canterbury Aviatioil ‘Company with regard to the use of the Sockburn aerodrome, but no definite arralngemellt had been made. The general question of aviation -policy, added Sir James, Allen, was being held over until the return of Mr Massey and Sir Josepr VVal‘d. The report alrezzcly received from Colonel Bettington was not that ofiieer’s final I'eport. The policy of the Government would have to be set tled before detailed arrangements. of any kind could be made. . I

The following vessels will be within wireless range to-night: Maori, Mararoa, Prinzcssin, VVanaka, an‘d Suifolk.

A bunch of keys, found about a fort. night ago, near the Fire Brigade sta. tion, are awaiting an owner at {his ofiice.

“My wife she says it ees, but it ees not,” said a defentiant, at WeHing_ ton on Thursday, in :1 case in which a Young wife sued for maintainenc efoyr herself and child. “Do you accuse. you}. wife of fclliffg deliberate lies); queried counsed for complainant_ uNO 110;” protested’ The erring husband: “but ees nofi so, but she—must bé heepnotise.” ~ .

Some «anxiety. has been caused to holders of season and annual tickets as to their position under the new regulation. The railway authorities state that holders of the classes -of tickets mentioned will be granted nae fierniite covering a period of one month, if it can be shown that their interests will be detrimentally affected if not allowed to make use of the railways.

A Masterton resident who was in Wellington when the curtailment of passenger traifie came into operation had the utmost dfficulty in convincing the railway officials that he desired to return to his home (says a Wairarapa exchange). He produced a certificate of identity firom a. Justice of the Peace, together with his cheque book. As he was banking in Wellington, however, the oflicials were sceptical. He had to produce a letter with a, credit note addressed by the bank to himself in the country. Even then he only just managed to squeeze tllrou~gll.

Sir James Allen stated on Saturday that the question of declaring Anzac Day a national holiday was going to be placed before :3? full meeting of Cabinet after the retufn to \Velilin«g—--ton of Mr Massey and Sir Joseph ‘Ward. The GOVCl’lllll.ellt- had received ua. great many representa.tions on /the _subje‘c.t, from the returned soldiers and others. The executive of ‘the Ro.tul‘_llC(l Soldiers’ Associafion asked the Government to make‘ Anzac [Day a'n:ltion:ll holiday by,St:altute, all places of amusement and liotels, tobe closed. Dr. Boxer; president: of the AssociaT‘Fon, suggested that Anzac Day might replace Dominion Day, which was a V 0137 much less important anniversary.

Speaking to an official of the Wellington Land Board, a Post reporter was informed that the number of applications received each month is steadily on the increase, and evershadows the ordinary land dealings, al-_ though this month’s applications by Crown tenants to transfer.‘ land were considera..-e. Each so'l’diel‘i’s application is the Subject of exhaustive ‘enquiry, and every precaution is taken to ensure that the aipplicant is hot. being exploited. Whenever it becomes necessary to refuse assistance, the reasons for the refusal are carefully explained to the applicant, who is encouraged to endeavour to obtain a farm on which he would have a better chance of success. The Boardiconsiders the time taken up in doing this is well spent. It gives the soldier settler a. fair start and a fighting cl‘ance.

There are_ a nuznber of things wrong with this congregatioii, relnark¥ ed Mr R. S. Blaick,‘.at the annual meet‘ing of the Roslyn Presbyterian Church, Dunedin. “The first thing is smug colllpl-aceiicy. We are too well-off and self-satisfied.” He went to to ask’ that the ladies of the congregatioii at their afternoon teas should give up gossiping about their neighbours, and start talking about the church. ‘He ho'ped his reinerrks would “get uhider the skin,” for he had heard of things said about hilnseli“f that had astonished him_ Mr Black -somewhat ‘took. the edge off his erit.i(-.111 reniarks, however, by explaining that he was merely anxious to waken the meeting up a little. “I hope I am not boring you,” he said, “but I wtult you to talk about me when you go home, and have given you sometliing to talk abollf'.—Otia.go Drily Times.

Spealiing at Oxford, on “'l‘llc Industrial Outlook,” Mr J. R. Clynes, exFood (‘ontroller for B"ritain, said that it might be thought that SOIIIO Of the Labour Leaders were out of date, that i they had been too long away from the i workshop. and the mine. But who would say that Robert Smillie had not the qualities of effective leadership because hc had been out of the pit for more than 20 years? The fact was that the individu:-al \\'o‘:km:m could only see a very little part 01" :1 big pi-nb]em_ These questhms were not merely national. and it was Il(‘COSS'.‘.l‘_V that they should have competent leaders infol'med not merely upon imnlediate_ trade conditions, ‘but skilled men with some g9ller.a.l knowledge of industry: and of the social forces of the worldl at large. He appealed for loyalty, for‘ patience, and for confidence in the men who had shown themselves worthy of‘ the confidence which the rank and file had reposed in them. whether miners’ leaders or leaders in the great. milway service. "

Ladies’ All Wool Ribbea Hos}; in new Heather ‘Shades 6/11 per pair;Collinson and Gifford, Ltd.

There iarc movements :1: Labour circles in England and Australia, in order to circumvent the memy in the. midst that ought to be extended to New Zealand. The same trades unionists are breaking away from the Trades Councils, which have" been captured by the Bolsheviks, and are reorganising along new lines. If the Red Feds of New Zealand and the Direct Actionists of Australia were weeded out of the unions‘of skifled and huskilled workers, it would be found that their numbers were very small, and their influence Would then be down to zero.

The following story appears in the July number of ‘the “S.P.C.A. Gazette”. “In North Melbourne a kitten fell down the new ‘main flood drain in Errol Street, for for several days children fed it. At length a boy aged 11 years, named Norman Knowles, went to the surface opening of the underground drain, crawled under fie fiagstrone at ‘its entrance, squeezed down the ‘drainpipe, and made hit! way in the dark a distance Of 27 yards, dropped five feet down the shaft, and rescued the kitten, returning the way he had got in.”

An exciting incident which might have terniinateid §eriously,_.occurred on the Eilackball steamer Ngatoro, recently, when the vessel was near Onerahi, 92 miles north-west of Auckland. Shortly after the pilot had been taken aboard, the cry of “Man -overboard! ” was raised. The engines were im,mediaht.ely reversed, and the gig having been’ llowered, a rescue was eifected in eight minuates. The unfortunate man was the pilot, and it transpired that as he left the bridgeto get his overcoat, he was accidentally‘. precipated into the sea. He was none the Worse for his unexpected immersion. .

At a meeting of the Wanganui Branch of the A.S.R-.S. held on Wednesday last, the following motion was carried: “ That this branch cnlpha~tiCally protests against theoproposal to lease Borough land to the A. and P. Association: The;land in question '6O- - to the people, and councillors as -trustees» for the time being will, in our’ opinion, be fzalse to their trust if. they consent to the proposed lease.” Tlie opinion was expressed that to lease this land for 9. ‘term of 999 years at the nominal -rentolfered was_tantamount to-giving it away. It was held to be a highly dcbateable question whother the:Shows were of any value to the town, directly or indirectly, but there was no question as to the value of the property as a. borough asset. It was contended that there is plenty of land available for Show 'purposes, without intervering with public ondowments.

T-0 the stranger the Afghan displays a sort -of specious and deceptive. Oriental courtesy. 111 fact 3, national proverb is that “the man who shuts his door to :1. stranger is no Afghan.” But the stranger also would do well to know a” saying current. among the Hindus, “God‘slli.e_lrd you from the ven~ geance of an elephant, the cobra, and the Afghan;"”' For nrariy strangers lnwo found that upon provocation. to which the A.fgh;lll is extreniely sensitive, his disposition‘ ‘is vengeful, cruel and crafty.’ His desire for pillage, tlleft,, and deception also is apt. to get -the. best of him.‘ The Afghan is a swarthy, stvaggering, proud, and withal prepossessing sort of man every inch the warrior, while he keeps his turban on, but giving a faint. suggestion of 3 bewigged jurist of old English days when he removes it to disclose a head shaved from forehead to crown, with curly ringlets falling about his shoulders from the unshaved portions.

“Not a Child” writes to the We]-

lington Post: The General Manager for Railways stated he had only 9000 t-ons of coal in sight by the middle of lzkugust, yet the Hon. Mr Myers shows‘ that by the end of August there is ‘over 150,000 tons in sight, of which [GOYJOO ‘ens is for the railways. The ivision oi‘. the two gentlemen seems to the at variance and to require testing. It is for the public to do «the testing, and demand the resumption of ’Cl'=lin services if the Hon. Mr Myers’ version be correct. The vision of the General Manager for Railways is no doubt at fault, for his 9000 tons by the I middle of August has already been ex—i ceeded in Wellington alone. He has? reeeoved supplies from the Armagh”. Shropshire, Port Victor, and Prinzessen E from overseas, to say nothing of the; Coast supplies. The General Manager! for Railways stated that as soon as? :1. reasonable supply was in sight the: services would be restored. Let for; once the Department be CollSiSfent.‘.' and! at once restore the services. and show‘ prudent management by so doing, and} also building up the reserve withouti total cessation.