LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 75, 18 August 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Another German reservist ™< despatched by the local po lic o vZerston yesterday. iaimAlthough Large numbers of (Germans hav heen Rested in New Zealand a mo,t of ,(them will be released as soo-i as satisfactory guarantees have I,?°, timiwhed to the authorities that tltev arc not hkely to give any trouble. ' Tlie policy of the State Advances liepar ment m the new circumstance,\ e.ited by th 3 war has not yet been' de i- !™ /u l " nol:Med ' bia ' *'ft» Mi'nisl« old a reporter who questioned him on the sublet that the G-overnmenl going to close down altogether. An elderly woman, named Eiizabeth Oibson, wlio attempted to commit s.,icide some little time back, on bei,.,UschargeHl from the l, os|)ita | WB s brought -before Mr A. Oookc, SM., and on wed to come up f or sentence Mien n fa T% Sl '\ i™ also or,k!l '« 1 *» paj ±(> tor hospital expenses. Nome people find it impossibV to keen money ,„ their pockets.' An instant ot this was given on Saturday by a man who camo into town to make a payment ; b„t arrived at his destination ntter the oflicc was closed. He consoled himself by spending ,fch„ money i„ rfrink a luxury that cost him 20s at' the Polic--Court yesterday morning. l-pon his release from thie Terrace Oaolllenrv,Holland, editor «f the n. sentence for seditious speeches dining the Recent strike, was met by Messrs McConAs, Paym , an( , MM ., and subsequently entertained a* Bellamy*. Next .Sunday all ti£ £ Ic.i.mm •u-i.soners will be publi.ly Wel- « by mcm bers of tf/lX TOic Hawora Queen of the Carnival c ccfon concluded on Saturday, Mr" It kaka a Maori lady, topping the will" V.-IW, TO votes. The J],i*S Mi* Uairbnuu witli l:! V 77!» votes, and next in order camfe Mrs M. J. Goodson SoUi and Miss (Russell 8123. The total number ot votes recorded was li'jfloo ami tlw monetary .result was im which goes to the Uawcm Band. .Airs Itkakas election was celebrated by a big gathering in the Mhow buildings on •Wday night, cho proceedings lastim: .11 wfter midnight. The coronation » takes place m the Show building tomorrow (Wednesday). "-Deeds and actions imi-l- be tlr watchword of 'the Empire and New Ze-i" «iud m this crisis" said l„c Uight ]|„„. VV. I-. Massey, s])eaking at tin; New /eiiliuid Natives' Association concert in the Wellington Town Hall IM , Sund-iv -evening Tl,e Prime Minister went oe to say thai ho thought it was -i. ..rand thing to wee the -way-in wMi-h all "cl-iss-es ot the community had sunk their ,|iterences of opinion, and had responds to the call of the ,\loth«ila„d l'- IH,I. shoulder to shoulder for the lCninTre He said that there was no doubt that ■the map of Europe was goin■•■ to bchanged, and New Zealaudeis" were ",» ing to bave a hand in it. ( Vpplause ) •'One can't help feeling" proud of our Jimpire at the present time, anil especially of- New Zealand's uoik." said Jlr Mmssey in conclusion.

A press message from Timiaru states that the winter has been so fine and diy in tha district that fanMerg are short of food, and they arc asking the freezing companies to re-open, the works to save the stock. Miss Brandon, who has for the past year 'been lady editor on the New Zealand Times, is going as a nurse with the first war contingent. In returning thanks for the gift of a surgical ease, sjio said that she and her fellow-nurses had applied for active service, because they felt that New Zealand nurses would take so much more interest in their own men than if they had to be tended by strangers. The war is already having a .serious effect on the building trade in Wellington. One contractor (says the Dominion) states that pending contracts have almost without exception been shelved indefinitely, and that several persons who have given architects instruction to proceed with the work of getting out plans and specifications, have had the orders cancelled, not altogether for financial reasons, but owing to'the uncertainty wihich exists as to the arrival of building material. It is prbposed to publish in the next issue of the Labor Journal, the prices of various standard commodities in the cities and towns of the Dominion as on August Ist, just prior to the outbreak of the war. Most of the prices have been ascertained, and are slightly lower than those obtaining on March Ist last. Wellington, however, does not appear to have shared in the reduction. Flour rose from '3s to 3s 9d per' bag, sugar from ■9s 3d to 9s fid a 'bag. Oatmeal dropped slightly, from 4s 3d to 4s per bag. The crisis in Europe is already, having a bad effect oil the timber industry on account of the cancellation of all export orders (writes the Taihape correspondent of the Auckland Star). It is understood that one or two of the •Main Trunk mills will close down on Saturday, and that many others will close next week. If the war is a protracted one, practically every sawmill on the line will havo to close down. Goods trains arriving at Taihape from the milling centres are bringing down scarcely any timber, and most of the mills which, are at present working are completing orders and stocking the timber until it can be delivered. A great organisation for smuggling Chinamen into the United States has been unmasked at a trial in New York, resulting in sentences varying from six months to one year. In one ease Orientals were brought via Toronto from the Pacific coast 'by secret and devious ways, being hidden sometimes in forests, s.ometinies in barns,, sometimes in cellars, and taken from stage to stage 'by night. Several of them have been disguised as women. One of the witnesses, an automobile driver, swore that he drove a number of Chinese in a covered van for days. In one case a wealthy white woman, who was found to be concealing a young declared that she brought him into the States to be naturalised, becauses she wishes to marry him. She saw nina dive oil the deck of a vessel in mid-ocean to save a child who had fallen overboard, and so admired his noble courage that she cultivated an acquaintance, which' ripened into love. Commenting on the state ot the money market, the current issue of the Trade Review says:—"Conditions in the local money market remain fairly normal at present, and rates for money have not altered so far. As to .what'the future will be is very diflicult to say, and even those in the best position to know are loth to express an opinion. A great deal depends upon the trade routes being kept open, so that our produce can be got safely to oversea markets, and we can get goods here. Our dairy farmers will' be amongst the first to feel it if their- produce is delayed, as their shipping season is due to'start in the next few weeks, and oversea buyers are disinclined to make offers in the present state of affairs. It is also very doubtful what effect.the war will have on the prices for. our products, though London prices for foodstuffs are high. The war is bound to cause considerable dislocation of trade, but what the extent will be depends largely upon its duration, and the effect is far-reaching and difficult to estimate. We can only hope that it will be of short duration and that business will be able to go on normally before very long."

A (Jerman spy scarp lias eatiolit on in <!reymouth, says tin- Star. The town echoes with wars and .rumors of war. The sound of a iirebell is regarded as a sure indication tflat a hositle cruiser is taking the bar against the signals. Sketching is a particularly! dangerous amusement under the present condition of affairs. A gentleman of meek appearance made his way down towards the tip head on Monday and commenced to make a drawing of the. point Mocks on the railway line. A Harbor Hoard official watched the proceedings with a jealous eye, and interpreted the. act as a cunning design to locate the fortifications at the tip 'head, and the submarine mines at the bar. He seized the artist by the collar and took torn to the police .station, threatening to give him aa ounce of lead if lie olVered any resistance. The police authorities were rather sceptical, and refused to give any spy accommodation at the Government expense. They also pointed, out t uU the required particulars could be obtained by purchasing a Nautical Almanac and that the harbor official's precautions were very much like locking the stable when the horse had escaped. Considerable surprise was occasional in < ■liristchurch when it became, known that .Mr. 'Karl Joosteu, German Consul "J that dtv, had been arrested with an alleged contract for the German Army In a statement to a reporter, Ah- Joosteu said that when he was arrested and taken to the police station >bv the detectives he was accused of having secured clothing contracts for the ,Germ-in army .Vlr Joosten continued:' ■■This, brought to my mind a transaction winch 1 had during the week (last week) in my husmess. when 1! was asked by a -North Island client to submit quotations lor a quantity of oil clothing which he .proposed to treat in a special wax On receipt of the letter asking for quo-' tations, ] approached several local makers of clothing for prices, and these had evidently given rise to the mistake." Mr ■rooste,, added that he w,,. s a [tritish Mibject and not under any military law ol Germany any longer, lie asked'to '.« released on that account, and in evidence -pro, ,iced his letters of „ nt „ rali _ .-at,on, eight years ago. This evidence was submitted to the department, and a er he paper, had bee,! cxami, d ! was released and his kevs returned. Mr ■<>"sten concluded that New Zealand w 50n,,,, ll(l neither (lerniany 1101 . ;un . otl.e M.ite would induce liim to do »»ytluiiK contrary to his country"* int<iehl„. Superintendent Dwvor who is m charge of the Christchtnch Police .l| '- the matte, : -«.\rr ,i 00 ., u . u i,,,,,,,,,,. to the police station on instructs,, "i sued iron, headquarters After lie «,<• suhieeTof" wa " f mt!X »■ 'lcsmptum of the clothing rcqnV < 1 by 1n,,, from local niamwartiii-ei- i, tary use?' M °- IIW Im T° SB »«ill-

At the High School Board meeting yesterday it was decided to postpone consideration of the question of changing the name'of the school until the end of the year. The quarterly meeting of the Motirroa Lodge, No. 19, U.A.0.D., was held in the lodge room, Robe street, last evening, when there was a fair attendance of members. The usual 'business was transacted, and a campaign for the enrolment of new members was brought forward for discussion and decided on. It is not often that a member of a public body makes such a strong protest against illegal expenditure as was voice.! by ex-Judge Eyre-Kenny at the High hc-lhool Board meeting yesterday. He was particularly severe on the pernicious system of covering up illegal expenditure by means of book-keeping entries. Butter in cool store at the ports mentioned on August 1.5 was:—Auckland ■JSIk> boxes, New Plymouth 2585, Patea laii, Wangamii nil, Wellington 5375,' Lyttclton 11-M, Dunedin 930: total, |lo.-11. The total on August 15. 191° ss.5 s . "'f? 3 , 110X °s. and on August 15, DJIJ, 4oW boxes.—Press Association. At the High School Baard meeting yesterday Dr. Fookcs brought up the question of obtaining funds for the , swimming bath, as the Old Boys' Associaturn did not feel inclined to hand over the .money they had in hand without some prospect of it s being utilised for the baths. After some discussion, it was deeded to ascertain whether the funds of the Board could be utilised for the purpose, and whether the Government would give a £1 for £1 subsidy on batb m ° nL>y ated for Ule swimming The usual weekly meeting of the Eminent Lodge, Sb. 112, 1.0. G.T., was held last evening in the lodge room of the Good Templar Hall, and fife usual business included the initiation of two new members, as well as reference being made and good wishes extended to the brothers •Hayden, members of. the Order, who have joined the expeditionary force T'"e programme included items by Sisters jßlanehard, Clarke, Hartnell and Way. ; Brothers Boulton, Welsh and Nelson, the latter giving a very interesting five minutes' address upon "The Origin of Good Templary." Sister Mrs. Legg provided refreshments,, which brought the i meeting to a very pleasant conclusion at 9.30 p.m. e,^Jn r,pißn 1 00 , kin S has been creating n deal of suspicion in local •circles during the- past few dam ££ night he hired a taxi and requested to 'be taken to Hastings, and on the jour'i ey out remarked to the driver that he ilesired to see the country, by nisrV Yesterday morning lie hired another wixi, this time remarking that he dc.fitfed; to see the road to Hastings by daylight. The taxi-driv.or fecami alanmed,. and notified the local police. Detective-Sergeant Kemp made investigations, and soon landed his man However, 'the fellow was intoxicated -wifflc liquor, and the official locked him up. A search of his papers revealed the fact that the man -was a captain in a. Surrey regiment. The victim of suspicion was convicted and discharged' at thecour; itiliSe- following day.