LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, 7 October 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

“If you saw .21 man fishing for ‘comcats with a, hook and line you would probably consi-der it cruelty,” remarked Mr H. H. S. Kyle in an address gt the annualmeeting of the Christchurch Cruelty to Animals, “yet it is not considered cruel to catch fish that way.”

Some excitement was caused on the G-isbcrne Waterfront the other morning when a loud crash was heard from the dredge. A boiler weighing about six tons was being lifted in to the -hull of the vessel, and when some seven feet 87DC'Ve the cradle, a portion of the sling B'3V'9 Way, the boiler falling into the hull. Litttie damage resulted beyond UlO 6101113113 Of the boiler and cradle.

The ‘lifting of the railway restrictions provedaboon to many businesses and must have been particularly beneficial to "those connected with the sawmilling and kindred industries. The Egmont Box Company has received f:housands of feet of timber during the pas‘: few days, and niaxly hnildC.l'S WllO had been delayed through lack of timber will now be able to proceed with their work.

A meeting of all those interested in athletics are invited to attend a meeting of the Taihape Athletic Club to be held. in Mr ‘A. M. Ryan‘,’s office on Friday, the 10th inst. During the‘period of the war the Athletic Club abandoned their regular» sports meetings and devoted their funds and the energies of the members to patriotic purposes. It is felt that now the usual gathering_..ca,n be reverted to in its original form and with this object the mcetingvmentionedzis to be held.

Mr F. P. Brady, of .Marton, notifies in another column, that he will be PL candidate at the forthcoming election fur the Rangitikei seat, in the inter-(-sts of Labour.

An-o'fher very severe cold snap was e3\'Del‘ienced over Canterbury on Fridfl.V night, and snow again fell on much of the hill country. Ewes and lambs will again suffer_ The seriousmess of this can be realised from the f~-01.. that in parts of North Canterbury farn’lel's have already lost from 25 to 45 per cent. of their lambs. .

3 According to a letter received by 3» C hl'iStChlll'Ch firm from Sydney the TIOO situation is more desperate now than it Was six months ago, and for the remainder of the year there is no likelihood of fresh supplies El‘l'l'i‘VJ°.llg except at an enormous price. “We ‘encies.\'0111'€d,’.’ says the writer, “to buy some abroad from the only market available, and the price worked out at about £75 De!‘ ton, c.i.f. Melbourne or ‘S5’-1119)’. This is, of course, out of reach.”

The New Zealand-oWnc'l horses racing at Randwick on Saturrlay failed to record a win, the defext of the champion Gloaming in the Spring’ Stakes being :2. big blow to backers. An Auckland—bl'ed ‘horse in Beltane won the Hurdle Race, while the Cantel'l;ury—owned Rossini and Gleaming ran second in the Trial and Spring Stakes respectively, while the ex-Auckland-owned Spanner was third in the Kensington Handicap with 10.2 in the saddle.

Somc little time. ago, Mayor Mackay of Wanganui had the misfortune to be run Over by a Illflk-C2ll't‘, and he is claiming; £IOO damages from Mr J. H_ Woodward, of Keith street, ‘Wanganui, the owner of the cart. In making the claim,» Mr: Mackay says: “Taking into consideration the length of time I have been suffering and the medical expenses and circumstances of the case, I think £loo‘ is a moderate amount to clailn.’.’i ;Mr Woodward differs from his Worship.‘ .. '-

The cablegram tells us that amongst those who came» out of -‘their; exclusiveness and rendered voluntary aidto the public -services during the railway strike at Home were members of the aristocr-a_cy——fljom dukes and ducliesses to bishops_ These are they whom the radicailism of the war is seeking to drive out of their exclusivc-ness and to deprive of their ancient privileges. There are 30 dukes, two archbishops and 24 bishops who are members of the House of Lords, and they are the Overlords of many broad acres and of rich livings for clerygmen.

A warning is contained‘ in the latest “New Zealand Gazette” from the Mar-

ine Departnient, Wellington, stating statin that the Admiralty have notified that mine-sweepers have completed the clearing of am Bass Strait minefield, and that the area is now Considered clear, but»advis_es_ 'nlal-iners to keep a. sharp look-out fox drifting mines, as all of those laid have not yet. been accounted for. It further states that, owing to the possibility of some of _the mines having‘ idraggied their moorings in unknown diz7”ections,o ships should give the minefiehld a, Wide’ berth by passing -twenty miles off Cape Everard for a. iyeéu-"'fi-0.111 the‘ present. T

A strict censorship‘ of the Press, I'ol‘ the professed object of preventing newspapers from publishing misleading‘ articles or distorting their news

services in the interests of privilege and monopoly, was advocated in the House of Representatives the other evening by Mr J. Payne (Grey Lynn). It was the newspapers, he declared, that were responsible for the great part of the party bickering in the COUIItI‘Y- Let the press, he said, be muzzled as a means of misguiding the people; then, and not till then, should We have a. chance of securing a House of Representatives that would be a real directorate for the country, in~ Sit‘-ad of wasting its time in party it-icl:ering_

The Premier of Tonga, in -his annu~ al report submitted to the Queen of the Island Kingdom, says, concerning the ‘._-.3-ta.tus of enemy aliens~:—"Are they to be allowed to trade here alongside friendly foreigners, and be allowed to take. up land, and retain what they have already got? I am of opinion that to allow them to do so Will not be beneficial to Tongf‘~- They have had protection here during the war yet they have not contributed in any way towards any charities in connection with the same. Their premises have not been touched, they have been allowed to rent their’ stores, and the business carried on by those who rented the premises will be beneficial to them should -they be allowed to trade hcre again_ In fact, their businesses have been kept for them, and the g_-;c.odwillot' their stores maintained. Should they be allowed to reap this benefit andco me into competition with friendly allies? Great Britain will decide, but I must say that I earnestly hope the decision will be that they be prevented from trading and occupying land for many years in Toga.” " .

The following vessels will be within

wireless range to-night: Mararoa, Manuka, Maheno. In range of Chath. ams Port Victor, Opawa, and Port Nicholson.

“All Officers who are 65 years of age and over have beexr retired or given notice of retirement by the end of the financial year, with the exception'*of six officers whose cases have not yet been settled,” states the Prime Minister in reply to a question by Mr G. Witty (Riccarton).

l Attention is drawn to an advertiselment in another column; in connection with 3. “Soldiol‘s’ Memorial Fund," Apparently :1 misundcrstandillg has arisen as to the real purpose of this fund. Although commenced by the Maoris of this district, the memorial is to be erected in honour of all soldiers, and it is the intention that the names of all Soldiers from this district shall be inscriibed thereon. We trust the appeal will meet with heartiest public response.

Mr T. M. Wilford (Hutt) has given notice to ask the P.ri«me Minister whether he is aware that phosphates from Nauru Island have in the past ‘been shipped to Australia and Japan for the purpose of preparing the same by scientific process for the use of the public; and whether he cloes not think that the time has arrived for the State to prepare at once for the receipt of phosphates from Nauru and establish an industry whereby those requiring the finished product may receive the same from the State direct, without having to pay the added cost of shipping such phosphates first to Japan or Australia. and back to New Zealand after the preparation. f

“One of the reasons for the present. gicat demand for copra, which bids fair to continue so for a long time," says the “Samoan Times,’‘’ is the fact that there is a strong and'gl-owing desire on the part of England and the Continent to .deal~mol-e extensively in margarine.» ‘ I\lal-gai-inc, prior to the War», ‘had not“ caught: on, owing. tonits lfieculiar nutty flavour,‘ but‘.nev.el-the"-ICSs“it had a Wide sale,‘ which. .-has since been further aided byi'the~hardships of the war and food difficulties. Experiments towards making it a. real butter substitute have brought margarine into wide ‘English and C'ontincn--tal use,.so much so. that it has’ ousted butter from the strong pofition it hoid previously.” - A ‘ ' '

3 Mr P_ C. Webb, éx-—M.P. for Grey, who recently conlpletcd the term of inq,risonnlent imposed on him for 1-0-‘Tusing to don the 111i1itary uniform when he Was called up for service under the Military Sex-vidc Act, was accorded an enthusiastic reception by

the Labour Party on his arrival in Greymouth on the evening of September 27. He was met at the railway station by a large crowd of people, and carried shoulder high to the Opera House, Wll_el‘g several speeches were made. In the course‘ of hislremarks Mr Webb said that’ “as far as :.I’~.r.- war was ‘concerned he 'Would'hai’e liked to ‘have seen it end id" 21 draw; as by‘ that he was "convinc‘ed‘i€ worild have 'sho'w‘n: the fufiiity of Settling internatie'n'al'”probl‘e’ms by“ war.” . A ‘

The Japan Society Bulletin stal:es:—. The police of Japan do .not~. like to see kissing in-public‘, and, ‘therefore, film stars are not »pernl.itted tozsosculateion the screen. In six months up to March 1,; the police censors re-moved 5320 kisses from films. Only one kiss was :I]lowedlto remain. It wasthe kiss granted to Columbus by Queen Isabella, and was shown in Tokio only, as the censors decided it before permitting the photoplay “Columbus” to appear‘ in the provinces. Three hundred and fiftythree eln.bra.ces were -omitted from films, states the Far East. The titles of 2144 photo-plays were altered by the censors, and 127 murder scenes were excised. Reels entirely prohibited numbered 57. Most films shown in Japan are i"7'":'vl America, and a. large p_ropo.rtion of them originally contain a little kiss 01' so, showing the standards between the East and West.

The London Board of Trade has I€~ ceived a communication"f‘rom the officer in charge in New‘Zealand du-ring Mr Dalton’s absence, relative to the possibility of utilising New Zealand shells in the manufacture of buttons. Samples of the shells, which vary considerably in size, are ‘on View in the Department. It is explained that the rcugh part on the back of the shell can be removed by a solution of oxalic acid, after which the outside of the Shell appears equal in beauty to the inside. The shellsare pawa (Haliotis iris) and toitoi. (Astraea Asulcata). It is stated that they have never been gathered for commercial purposes, and therefore there is no Way of ascertaining tlxeir cost, but they are very easily pxocurable at low’ tide. The pawa shell, of course, was much used by the Maoris in ornamenting canoes and carving_ ' '

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