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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A Wellington message stated that there was a fair prospect of getting the Maori away to Lyttelton last night If it was impossible to get the Maori away the Monowai was expected to go south in her place. The Collector of Customs, Mr. R. B. G. Eyre, has received the following telegram: 'Warn all ships leaving your ports that a suspicious object, thought to be a floating object, was Righted at 3 p.m. yesterday in latitude 39.33 south, longitude 172.25 east" The Minister for Public Works stated to Mr. Vigor Brown on Monday evening that work would be resumed on the Napier end of the East Coast Railway as soon as twenty men were available, and as many more could be employed as were forthcoming. On the rising ground above the upper flake in Pukekura Park there was erected by his fellow-officers in the Bank of New South Wales a neat memorial to the memory of Mr. Wiggins, formerly of New Plymouth, who died on active ser- ! vice in South Africa. The marble column of this monument has been violently wrenched from Hs position and thrown down. In falling it smashed some of the iron railing and stanchions of the cpncxo±a .pedestal.

During April the value of building permits issued in Hawera totalled £4013. The Palmerston North police at present have no less than thirty unclaimed bicycles in their possession, most of these having been taken by irresponsible joy-riders, ridden a short distance, and ohen abandoned.

Owing to war conditions Japanese seagrass mats and squares are now planing nigs and carpets. These quaint Japanese floor coverings are very attractive and durable,' very easy to clean and cost about half the price of carpets. The Big Store, Waitara, tells you all about them on page four t Oatmeal, honest food that it is, without pretence or mischief, seems to be leading the way in keeping contact with the people at large. About the third week in March last the price charged by Dunedin millers was £29 per ton. Since then, inside of two months, the price has dropped to £27 and £25, and to-day it is at £24 per ton. At Hawera on Friday a branch of the Moderate League was formed at the conclusion of an address delivered by Mr. R. A Armstrong, Dominion secretary of the Moderate League. Mr. J. Gray was elected chairman, and the following an executive: Messrs Duckworth, A. Grant, H. Graves, B. Joll, F. Purser, G. Ryan, •W. 0. Williams, W. F. Ross, and' R. Winks.

A physical culture clas9 lias been formed in Hawera for the promotion of the physical and social welfare of the young men of the community. The committee elected were: President, Rev. H. B. Gray; vice-presidents (subject to their assent), Messrs L. A. Taylor, F, G. Spratt, A. Hunter, J. R. Corrigan, and Dr. McGhie; captain, Mr. A! C. Buist; vioe-oaptain, Mr. George Tajt; committee, Messrs G. Gray (secretary), A. Harrop, W. Gilbert, E. Jpnes, and A. Thomson, with power to add.

It is very rarely indeed .that people are so far forgetful of the respect due to a court of justice a3 to behave themselves in such a manner as to necessitate their being asked to leave the building. Such was ,the unique occurrence which took place in the Supreme Court on Saturday. During the hearing of an appeal case, in which a lot of evidence was taken relating to the domestic life of the chief parties in the action, and in which the alleged .treatment meted out by a man's children to their stepmother was the subject of a good deal of comment, three young people, who were indulging in grimacing and carrying on in a manner that attracted considerable attention, incurred Mr. Justice Hosking's displeasure, and he stopped the proceedings to say he would not have such behavior, and ordered the offenders out of court. J,t came to light a little later that they were some of the childrei! who, it had been alleged, had helped to make the life of .their stepmother so unbearable.

In connection with the restrospective separation allowance, Mr. S. G. Smith, M.P. for New Plymouth, has received the following reply from Sir James Allen. Minister for Defence: "It seems impossible to devis'c a scheme of gratuities that will remove every 1 objection. At present it is proposed to provide for gratuities for men who saw overseas service. If this is amended to include any who did not go overseas then' it opens the door to other men who were on home service." Mr. Smith is dissatisfied with his reply. He desires that those men who went into camp should receive retrospective separation allowance from that date, instead of date of embarkation, as those engaged as bakers, cooks, bootmakers, etc., may have been detained in camp for these duties several months before leaving the Dominion. The Member for Taranaki leaves for Wellington this morning on other business, and, while ift the southern city, will endeavor to get into .touch with the Minister for Defence in connection with this matter.

From time to time the various borough and county councils throughout the Dominion have difficulty in securing men, and the difficulty seems to lie, not in getting the -men, but rather in the pay. At Hawe'ra the borough employees petitioned the council for an increased wage, and the engineer, in the course of his remarks, stated tha.t he had advertised for four men and received no replies, whereas at Mtham there was no difficulty in securing twenty-four workers. Further, he stated that the borough employees had been very pa,tient, tho last increase being made eighteen months back, and suggested that their wages should be increased from Is s<kl per hour to Is 7jd per hour worker. By granting the request, the standard wage would be 13s per day of eight hours, dry only; whereas, at El.tham it was 3s, wet or dry, Stratford were paying 12s, but the men wore dissatisfied, and petitioning for an increase. He suggested that the three neighboring borough should consider an arrangement as to standard local wages. After a brief discussion, the request was granted. J A soldier's opinion of the relative value of the various military decorations was expressed in Melbourne recently by the State Commandant (Bri-gadier-General Brand), who presented, at the Tivoli Theatre, on behalf of Mr H. 'D. Mcintosh, M.L.0., governing director of the Tivoli Theatres, Ltd., gold life passes for all the theatres' on the Tivoli circuit to three V.C. winnersCaptain W. Symons, Lieutenant Ruthven, and Sergeant Peeler. For a while, said General Brand, the D.S.O. held its value as the reward of valor, but later in the war "people in the back areas" began to ;;ct them, and 30 per cent, of the decorations lost their value. Tho Military Cross had a similar experience; (Laughter) The two decorations which' had kept their worth throughout were the VC. and D-C.M. (Cheers.) They had all been won in close touch with the enemy. A R.C.M. was a second-class V.C., and 95 out of every 100 Military Medals were third-class V.C.'s (Cheers.) Captain Symons, V.C., in making a modest response to .tbe ovation accorded him and to tho presentation, made a further reference to the subject; if every man who had won a V.C. had got it, he said, not all the boxes of all the Tivoli Theatres would hold them.

Attention is called to same splendid freehold properties situated on the Elliot Road, Frankley Road, etc.. now being offered for Rale. Full particulars can be had on application to Mr. S. N. Okey, Frankley Road. PLEDGES ALL BROKEN-DRINKO EFFECTS CURE. An Auckland wife writes: "I am pleased to state that the patient started on his fourth packet to-day. From the first powder he has not tasted drink. It is marvellous as he has been a heavy drinker. Pledges and promises were broken over and over again." Could anything be more convincing? We have do/ens of similar letters. Drinko can be given in any liquid or food and secretly if desired. Treatment is not expensive and will not harm anyone. Booklet with testimonials free in sealed envelope on request. State if Mr., Mrs, or Miss. Address in strictest confidence, Lady Manager, Drinko Proprietary, 212 A.C., Lambton Quay, Wellington. '

The best creamery cheque in the Waiuku district in a month of this season was over £SOO, issued by the Aka Aka, Cheese Company to Messw Loudon Bros., who milk nearly 200 cows on two farms. Another very fine return was a cheque for £33 17s to ,the owner of nine cows.

A town-planning conference takes place in Wellington from to-day to 24th inst. Included in the delegates from Taranaki are; His Worship the Mayor of Stratford (Mr. J. W. McMillan), Mr. K. Masters, Stratford (Chairman Taranaki Education Board), Mr. S. G. Smith, M.P., New Plymouth, representing the New Plymouth High School Board of Governors. \

The recital given by the Citizens' Band at the breakwater yesterday afternoon attracted a large attendance, the mildness of the weather and the fact that i<: is some time since the last recital was given, no doubt, being contributory causes, as well, of course, as the popularity of the band itself. Amongst the items played were the following:— Marches, "To Victory" (Hadley), "The Laurel Wreath" (Eimmer); suite, "Les Fleurs d'Australia" (Laski); cornet solo, "The Sunshine of Your Smile" (Bay), and also a number of well known hymn tunes. The collection was in the vicinity of £l4.

It will probably come as a surprise to many that a scientist of such standing as the Hon. G. M. Thomson classes belief in water-divining as one of the ignorant popular errors that persists merely for lack of a little scientific training. In the course of his presidential address ,to the Otago Institute, he remarked that he had even heard of hospital boards, "wisest, surely, of all ligneous structures," employing a water-diviner to locate a source of wa,ter for them. "This," he said, "is one of the hersies that dies hardest, yet it is as great a myth as the long-believed power of the moon to decompose fish or twist the facial muscles. Both are largely believed in still."

The question of wages was discussed at the Stratford County Council's meeting on Saturday. While a regular foreman receives 13s per day. it was stated. that casual hands had been paid as high as 15s. Cr. Maekay said he knew of boys who were not worth 8s per day and were receiving 12s. Cr. Baskin said he noticed that 25s had been paid for a horse and dray, while the scale of charges provided for £1 per day only. The engineer replied that the services of boys at 12s per day were not to be retained. The 25s had been paid for a horse and dray because one could not be obtained for a smaller amount. The chairman held that a hard and fast rule could not apply to casual hands. A resolution had been passed, in January by which wages are to be further considered at the May meeting. Cr. Maekay urged that it would pay the council to have all metal crushed by contract. He was satisfied that the work would be done much more satisfactorily. When they received a statement from the engineer showing what crashing cost by contract compared with day labor it would be an eyeopener to them.

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Taranaki Daily News, 19 May 1919, Page 4

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LOCAL AND GENERAL. Taranaki Daily News, 19 May 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL. Taranaki Daily News, 19 May 1919, Page 4

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