The Daily News. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1911. THE USEFUL SOCIALIST.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 40, 9 August 1911, Page 4

The Daily News. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1911. THE USEFUL SOCIALIST.

In Wellington the people have been f afforded a spectacle of a most amusing and useful kind. A young man who refused to register as a territorial soldier went to gaol, whence he emerged a very well-advertised "martyr," and was carefully labelled with a gold medal from a society having no standing of any importance and whose work is a splendid help to the Defence Department. The "Socialists" (save the mark!) must hold that it is wrong to be physically strong enough to defend one's country, and that, therefore, the country is not worth defending. It conceives that it is right for youths to defy the law, and that they are "heroes" and "martyrs" for so doing. We have been told that some young men have left the country because their "conscience" (again save the mark!) would not permit them to look after their grandmothers, their mothers, their sisters, their wives, their sweethearts, snd their own children. A reference to Charles j. in Wellington led one of the Socialist "heroes" to remark that George V. would lose his head, as had the earlier monarch. We regard it as a remarkably fortunate remark, for it spurred the young men who heard it to action. The screaming human absurdities who hurl their silly ideas from every platform in New Zealand are only lip-brave, and their work is emphatically useful in showing the people whom not to follow. That demonstration in Wellington was useful as showing that the antiImperial, anti-safety party is utterly insignificant. The ridiculous persons who the moment a system inculcating physical health, self-respect, respect for others and safety for all, is a system devised for the shedding of blood are provided by a beneficient Providence as an aid to Imperial schemes. They stir sentiment by stirring antagonism. -When you convince the men of New Zealand of the littleness of these extraordinary persons you establish a national and Imperial feeling. Whether it is to-day or in 50 years' time, New Zealand must inevitably show cause for her occupation of this easily won territory. She cannot do so without she possesses a national sentiment that impels her sons and daughters to live as long for her as they can and die for her if necessary. In those days—and they will inevitably come—what time will New Zealand have for the "heroes" who hate bloodshed, but desire the King's head, who detest fighting and howl for the other fellow's money?

A meeting of the Way Benefit Committee will be held in the Central Fire Brigade station this evening.

An inebriate who made a nuisance of himself in the streets on Monday was arrested by Constable Liston, and was fined 5s and costs at the S.M. Court yesterday.

A number of carp; caught by Mr. Thos. Partington when cleaning out the swamp in Hobson street, have been placed in the basin below tho fountain on Marsland Hill. Some protection against accidents, it is suggested, is required, for the hill is frequented by numbers of little children who may easily over-balance themselves on the edge of the basin.

Few people realise the vastness of the opefations of the New Zealand Post Office in money matters, apart from the question of letters, newspapers, etc. For instance, tho total money involved in the transactions for 1910 amounted to no less a sum tlmn £52,043,206, and of this £4,338,882 was for other departments of 5tate—£1,946,631 passing through for the Advances to Settlers Department aloie.

The alterations and additions to the courthouse and law library arc progressing, as those know too well who have business at the court. Yesterday the continued energetic hammering oi one of the cafpenters completely drowned the voice of one of the witnesses, and the Magistrate remarked that either the court must adjourn or the carpentering must stop. A polite remonstrance with the craftsmen followed, and they went on with some quieter work. At the Magistrate's Court yesterday morning judgment in the following cases was given by default: Bobert Barlow (Mr. Stan dish I v. Harry Eva, claim £B, and costs £1 5s 6d; J. W. West v. Sydney Ashton, claim £4 10s, and costs ss; A.B.C. Boot Co. (Mr. Hutchen) v. Kaho Heremia, claim £1 2s Od, costs 7s 6d; The Co-operative Transport and Agency Co., Ltd. (Mr. Quilliam) v. John Kirk wood, claim £5 Is lid, and costs £1 7s 6d. In the judgment summons case of H. R. Cattley (Mr. Hughes) r. Archibald Allen, of Inglewood, a debt of £5 16s, the debtor failed to appear and was ordered to pay the amount within seven days, in default seven days' imprisonment. A new industry is coming to New Zealand. After carrying out a series of investigations in the United States of America, Mr. J. W. Ellis, a prominent New Zealand timber merchant, is introducing into the country a complete plant for cutting veneers. He has applied to the Auckland Land Board for some 600 acres of timber in the Piopiotia surgery district, near Taumarunui, and if his application goes through will commence operations at the place mentioned. The veneered timber is useful in various ways, and the method of cutting it in thin sheets round the log shows up the beauty of the grain well, and it has been found that all New Zealand wood is capable of treatment by this process.

On her way back to Wellington after towing the barque Ermina to Lyttelton, the ferrj steamer Duchess sighted the carcase of a dead whale of big proportions. Having in view a substantial return for the trouble involved, the Duchess was steered about a mile out of her course to 'within a short distance of the deceased leviathan. These on hoard were greeted with an overpowering stench, and greatly to their disappointment, discovered that the carcase had already been stripped of the blubber ,by whalers. There was sufficient left on the bones to provide dainty picking for the countless army of seagulls that had taken posses-, sion. Porpoises to the number of several hundreds were also investigating matters. This would probably be the whale, which was stranded' on the beach at RaJiotu la?t month, and from which the bluibber was removed in the orthodox manner by two local men at, it is expected, considerable profit if not pleasure to themselves.

A little incident which occurred at. the court ball given in honor of the Kaiser lias just come to light in London, and has caused much amusement at the expense of Lord Kitchener. That gallant soldier, who cares very little about etiquette, and who is not a carpet knight, appeared at the ball wearing semi-mili-tary trousers, strapped down over the shoes. He had not been in the ballroom more than ten minutes when a courtroom official approached and whispered: "I am afraid I must inform you, my lord, that you are improperly dressed. It must not occur again." Lord Kitchener then learned that court etiquette required that all Held marshals must appear at all State functions in full dress, that is. in buckskin breeches and top boots. Lord Kitchener was so annoyed that he got away as soon as possible without his early departure being noticed. King (!eorgc, who has an immense admiration for Lord Kitchener, would have passed over the mistake jf he had noticed it, but he did not. The duties of a bailiff are not always of a pleasant nature, and at times he has 'to take a. firm stand if tlicy are to bo properly discharged. An instance in point was furnished on Monday last (says the News), when the Invercargill baliff was dispatched to the Bluff armed with three writs of arrest, two against | Southland residents and' the other against a passenger by the 'Melbourne Iwat, which he joined in. the north. All were on their way to Australia and their creditors, apparently of the opinion that they were not likely to return, had the law set in motion. The claim against one was for .CifMl, and it was not without difficulty that lie succeeded in financing the matter. Another, who was leav- [ ing a debt of £ll 10s behind, assured I the official that lie had not the money, but after being warned of the pains and penalties should it not be forthcoming, Ihe reluctantly parted with it. The third, who owed £l2. 10s anxiously inquired the consequences of non-payment, and, being informed, readily opened his purse as it was important he should not miss the boat.

That old enemy of I,lie human raceconsumption still dainis its victims, and in increasing numbers. A cold neglected —that is always the start—always. It seems inconceivable that persons who know perfectly well that a neglected cold will cause the sufferer to find a consumptive's grave persist in neglecting themselves. Don't lot a cold get a start —stop it right at the beginning with TUSSIC'URA—a truly marvellous throat and lung tonic. INFLUENZA COLDS. nillXS AND NASAL CATARRH. The Speediest Remedy is TL'SS 10URA. A household cough and cold remedy used by thousands of New Zealand people, who arc dally testifying to its curative effects. During the severe influenza epidemic of last year 110 remedy was more uniformly successful than TUSSIC[TRA; and doctors, nurses, scientists, and people of position everywhere are unanimous in their opinion that this medicine is the safest and most reliable ever produced for Coughs, Colds, Influenza, Bronchitis, Asthma, Jfasa) Catarrh, and all chest and Lung Troubles. TUSSIC'URA (Wild Cherry Balm) is procurable from all chemists throughout the Dominion. Price, 2s (id and 4s (id per bottle. For children's hacking cough at nipht, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure- is M and 2s M.

iSomft strange stories come from time to time from Bochum, in Germany. The latest ia that of an enterprising cafetier, who Teeently announced that, beginning on the following Sundjiy, all his patrons would) be attended by ladies in the jupeculotte style of skirt. All went well, the cafe was crowded, and the cafetier iwas pleased with his idea, but he lias not had the last laugh. This was the privilege of the municipal authorities, for they have mulcted him in a theatrical license for giving public performances.

The French War Minister, who was killed at Issy-les-Molineaux, was a generous man. The story of his charities would All a large volume. He gave away thousands where others gave hundreds. He inherited a fortune from his father, and tripled it himself. He was in politico a Socialist, but it is well known that many of M. Berteaux's electors voted for the man rather than for his political opinions, and a remark of Ctomenceau about him is historic. "Berteaux," he said, "will always be in poweT when he likes. He is elected not for political reasons, but because he is a good man, a brave man, a clever man, and, above all, a good fellow.' An extraordinary mistake was made at Werribee (Victoria) last week (nays the Sydney Morning Jlerald). Patrick Boylan, an elderly man, informed some friends at Moonee Ponds that his wife ha'd died during the morning at their residence at Werribee. He afterwards visited an undertaker, and ordered a coffin, and also gave instructions that the death notice was to be inserted in each of the three metropolitan papers. The d'eath was advertised in the evening paper. The undertaker was astounded in the evening when Boylan rang him up and informed him that on reaching homt he had found his wife alive, and sitting up in bed. Arrangements for the funeral were immediately stopped, and steps taken to prevent the insertion of the death notices in the morning newspapers. The Melbourne Argus reports that during the hearing in the St. Kilda Police Court of a charge against a young man, the marriage certificates of both the women concerned in the case were produced. At the conclusion of the case, one of the certificates could not be found, notwithstanding that a keen search was made <>y justices, police and court officials. After a lapse of some time, Mr Smithwick, J.P., holding up the fragments of an official-looking document, gleefully exclaimed, "Here it is. Mr Hennessy has torn it up." Mr Hennessy, J.P., however had left the Court before the conclusion of the case, and, doubtless, was unaware of the importance of the document, which, it was presumed, he had absentmindedly torn up. The police succeeded in piecing together the torn certificate, which they gummed 011 to a sheet of foolscap.