LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3412, 17 February 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

-—~-——-aw-———_— It is notified in another column that all parades of the 7th Regiment (W-W-C-), ‘at the Taihape drill centre. are cancelled until furtlier notice. The Mokoia’s departure for Samoa has been postponed -till this afternoon owing to the vessel’s utilisation in the ferry service during the Weekend. Of the 123 legislators, the number -taking the Trip has -been I'ednced to ~10. ;

The new Roman Catholic College, st. Bed-e’s, at Papanui, Christchurch, was solemnly blessed and opened by His Grace Archbishop O’Shea, S.M., in the presence of a. distinguished gathering of -clergy from all parts of the Dominion, and a large concourse of the laity.

Just as a Labour meeting was breaking up, two ‘pretty girls met on the street and kissed each other. “There is another thing ewe must stop,” said one of fhe leaders. He pointed to the scene. “Women doing mensf work,” he replied.

' French gratitude for the help received from the British overska, Dominions during the war ha.s taken various forms. For instance, the ancient town of Le Quesnoy has incorporated in its arms the New Zeaiand fernleaf, in memory of the capture of the town from the Germain invaders in the last stage of the war by the New Zealand-

According to Mr Charles J. King, of Napier, who was in Germany at the outbreak of war, there was none in 1914 who was not overjoyed at the thought of the war. All, even women and children, stated they had been waiting for ‘it all their lives. There was no doubt of the result, the general opinion being that the end would come in two or three months.

They do things properly in India. A returned New Zealander tells of the 1913 niutriculation examination conducted by the University of éaicutta. The whole of the examination papers were published in a provincial newspaper the evening before the examination was due to begin. It was not a. journal with a wide circulation, -and the university authorities did not discover the truth until the papers been sent on for mrarking. There had to be 2. second examination. '-

The Lake Coleridge source of hydro electricity is’ proving short of the requirements of Christchurch, and, of that area in Canterbury, served by the installation. Additions for the Lake Coleridge plant are now on the way, but before the station can deliver its augmented: supply of current, the Christchurch tramwayg may have to run on its standcbey generating plant. Power boards have been formed for both North and South Otago. also for South Canterbury. The South}-and Power Board is now taking the tapproval of ratepayers with respect to the raising of the £1,000,000 at ...g per cent, which it was stated some months- ago, Sir Joseph Ward was able to arrange when he was in London.

Speaking to a New Zealand Times »reporter Mr E. Horne, M.P., for Guild*ford, in Surrey, who is at present in Wellington, said that he was chairman of the fingnce committee of the Stanley and Gorton Hospital of the ‘Red Cross for paralysed soldiers at Richmond in Surrey. During t-he war this hospital was generously supported by the people of New Zealand. “I was specially charged by Sir Arthur Stanley, chairman of the Red Cross Society;’ said Mr Horne, “to convey to the people of New Zealand Iris very great thanks. If anyone interested in this hospital during the war, writes to me, I will be pleased to show our gratitude, and detail the progress of this hospital.” Mr Horne is staying at the Grand Hotel.

! The Health Department has forEwarded to Hospital Boards a scale of gsalaries for nursing staffs of hospitals ;and training schools with the idea of ‘enabling eboards to review the matter [of salaries in all its various details, land to assist them to arrive at a satis‘factory -solution of the problem which ‘has caused a considerable amount of discussion in hospital cirlces in New Zealand during the past few years. The suggested scale for nursing staffs of ehosiptal training schools with a. daily average of 300 to 500‘ occupied beds -includes the following:—Matx-on £250 to £350, sub-matron £l5O to £2OO, night charge sister, home sister, theatre sister £125 to £175, sister of special department £l2O to £l5O, ward sister £IOO to £l2O, registered staff nurses £75 to £9O, probationer from £25 iii the first year to £45 in the third. For smaller hospitals there are different scales, but the salaries suggested for probationers are the same in every case.

As the New Soufh \Valcs State ol'Gh€s'ol‘3- will shortly finish its New Zealand four, ‘Dr. H. T. J. Thacker, M.P., Mayor of Christchurch, forwarded the follmving"telegra.m to the Prime l\linis'ter:———“Kindly do not let M. Henri. Vznlbrugghon away home withoutassuming his future organisation of a Dominion orclles‘cl*a._, you naming a good State Guarantee, You can’t lose.”

A 1303; resident ‘in Winiata, or thereabout is wanted to deliver the Taihape Daily Times, in Winiata, every day after school.

"A rabbit trapper who has been operating in the Ashburton County for some months, stated last week that his average return per wek amounted to £ll.

In connection with the police visit to the Masterton Club, two Wellington firms were fined £2 and costs (H. Brown and Co.), and £lO and costs (Johnston and Co).

“How .Alllel‘.iCa.llS kill each other in accidents. In the nineteen months Anlericans were fighting in France they lost over 50,000 men killed. In the same period 126,000 men, women and children were killed by ‘accidents in 'America.’’

Gaby Deslys’ will bequeaths ten nzillion francs to her mother and sister during their lives, and a.fter\val-dsé to the town of Mafrseilles for the assistance of the poor. Gaby’s jewels will be sold immediately for the poor and her house in Marseilles will be converted into a hospital for the poor.

Detective-Sergeant Mason, stationed I'osigllod from the police force with the object of obtaining a full inquiry into the circulnsta.nces which were developed during the 115'fi1‘i11g recently of :1 case of theft against two residents of Petonc, and in which there was a difference between the views held by himself and another detective.

A man named James Fogarty has been arrested at South Dunedin. He was armed, and had 200 rounds of ammunition in his possession. He had fired two shots in -the street just before arrest. He was evidentlyhent on “painting the town redf’ until the arrival of a constable in response to an urgent cal: but short his lawless impulse.

A cablegram has been received by the Prime Minister from the Australian Government stating that it is impossible at present to remove the prohiibsition of the export of s_uperphos—phafes: from the Commonwealth. The message, says a Press Association telegram from Wellington, mentions that ‘Australia. can supply some sulphate of ammonia, which is required by the freezing _factol-ies. 'of -the Dominion.

An American expert, who is iannout. to visit Australia, for the purpose of investigating the lignite deposits there, is to come on to New Zealand subsequently for a similar purpose. There are large deposits of lignite throughout the Dominion. and a VVaimate South Canterbury) resident has lately made a satisfactory test for el‘ectrica.l generative purposes of a ton of the substance obtained from Waihao Forks, near Waimate.

Messrs F. Ward and Co. notify in our sales columns that they have been f'a.voured with insfructions from Dr. R. J, Boyd to sell by auction the"-.»' whole of his furnitulve, motor car, as well as s,Cc’Eions"of land in Huia Street. The furniture is of the most desirable kind, and includes d‘raWing-room‘, dining room and bed room suites, all kitchen and garden requisites and accessories, and the goods will be on View at Dr_ Bovd’s residence on the preceding day.