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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

New Zealanders often express surprise at the lack of knowledge among people in the Old Country and in America, who regard this Dominion as forming a portion of Australia. New Zealanders themselves, however, do not appear to be over-familiar with the geography of tlieir own country, as at yesterday’s meeting of the Egmont County Council a letter was received from a Wellington business house addressed to the Egmont City Council, Egmont Village.

The New Plymouth Harbour Board’s dredge Paritutu was only absent from New Plymouth, for annual overhaul, from April IS to April 30. The engineer reported that the hull, and, in fact, the whole of the vessel generally, was found to be in good condition, and the work necessarily carried out in Wellington was put through with reasonable celerity. The chairman of the board (Mr. (1 E. Bellringer) at yesterday’s meeting expressed pleasure at this satisfactory position, adding that the vessel was away a much shorter time than usual, whilst the cost of repairs was nothing like that anticipated.

In the New Plymouth Court, yesterday, John Martin and Alfred Lindsay appeared before Mr. T. Furlong, J.P., on the charge of attempting to break and enter the premises of Mr. Alexander Mclndoe, toll-gate keeper, at Puniho, on April 30, for which they had been arrested in New Plymouth on Monday. On the application of Detective-Sergeant Cooney, a remand .was granted until Thursday. An application was made for bail, whicn was fixed in the accused’s own bond of £5O, and one surety of £5O in each ease.

An incipient fire was detected in a house in Devon Street East at 3.30 yesterday morning, and it was extinguished by Mr. Morris and his nephew, the brigade’s services not being required. Some damage was done to the passage and two of the rooms. The building, which was occupied by Mrs. Gush, is the property of Mr. W. Bransgrove, and was insured for £250 in the Guardian office. The furniture was covered by a small policy in the London and Lancashire office. The origin of the fire was not known, but the damage was slight.

“The position regarding unemployment is becoming very acute in the district,” remarked Or. Tosland during a discussion at the meeting of the Egmont County Council yesterday. The discussion arose out of an application by a young married man with a wife and five children, aged from two to nine years, who desired work. Cr. Tosland said that he had had several applications from men out of work, and he thought the council should advertise and ask unemployed to forward their names. A list could then ’be forwarded to the Minister of Public Works, for employment on relief work. They had, he thought, made a mistake previously in not advertising. Members agreed to this. Cr. Green thought that the time was ripe to apply to the department for a loan, as they could point out that both the Prime Minister and Minister of Public Works had asked that public 'bodies should help as far as possible. A remarkable escape from serious injury was experienced by a boy named Stanley Hogarth, in Devon Street Central, New Plymouth, yesterday morning, when he was knocked off his cycle by a motor-car, and the machine passed right over him without touching his body. Hogarth, who is employed by the Red Post Furnishing Company, was riding a bicycle along the right-hand side of the stret, proceeding eastwards, and when opposite the Criterion Hotel a motor driven by one of the employees of the Imperial Meat Company swung across the street and turned to go up towards the Post Guice. The driver saw the cyclist, and tried to avoid striking him, but the collision was unavoidable, the boy being knocked off his bicycle. The car passed over him, and beyond a cut or two on the face as the result of the fall, he was not injured. He was taken into a chemists shop, where his abrasions were attended to, and ho was then able to proceed to his home.

The Victory Prohibition Campaign for 1.922 is getting under way. The forces of the ’N.Z. Alliance are organising. The Taranaki league has organised a provincial rally for Thursday next. May IL The afternoon will be devoted to ’matters affecting Dominion and local organisation. In the evening, at the Empire Theatre, the Dominion secretary (Pev. John Dawson) will speak on " vVorld-wide Prohibition.” This address, which has been attracting much notice, deals with the advance of the movement for prohibition in America, Europe, and other lands. The full particulars are in our advertising columns. The annual meeting of the New Plymouth branch of the St. John Ambulance Society will be held this (Wednesday) evening, at the Technical School, for election of officers and to arrange for the work of the ensuing session. It is hoped that there will be a good muster, including those who propose to join the’ instruction classes. His Worship the Mayor will preside, and certificates will be presented to last year’s successful candidates.

Professor Goodie, representing the Manchester Guardian (England), is now lecturing in New Zealand on conditions in Russia. Mr. Goodie was war correspondent for the Guardian during the Great War. He will visit New Plymouth shortly and. will lecture here.

Martin and Co., Devon Street, New Plymouth, report a very keen enquiry and demand for the big bargains offering at their sale of furniture and furnishings in all departments. Housewives and those desiring furniture at exceptionally reduced prices will find that Martin and Co.'s sale will fill the bill.

Carlson’s huge bankrupt sale continues to offer special attractions to patrons. In all departments the stocks are heavy, and at the marked down prices each purchase constitutes a bargain seldom met with. A glance at the cut prices appearing elsewhere will convince that this is a genuine bargain sale.

Entries for the New Plymouth Jersey breeds*’ siUe olase to-day.

“The day has long gone by,” declared Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., at the Wellington Magistrate’s Court, “when a man can object to his wife having friends, provided the latter uro respectable people.” During a discussion on imported birds at a meeting of the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society, Mr. E. F. Stead said, that the sexes of some finches, when the migratory instinct came on them, segregated themselves, members of one sex l starting out before members of the other sex. There was reason to believe that the true linnet failed in New Zealand because the iqj.roduced birds were caught on a migration. All, probably, were the same sex.

Regulations have been issued under the Customs Act applying to reexported British goods, the arrangement made by the Hon. W. Downie Stewart during his visit to Australia. Goods that are entitled to enter New Zealand under the Britieh preferential tariff, if they come here after first entering into the commerce of the Commonwealth of Australia, are still to be entitled to preferential duty. The Collector of Customs at the port of entry may require the production of a certificate, signed by a Customs officer in Australia, or may dispense with the certificate if he is satisfied with other evidence produced to him. A similar provision applies to goods manufactured in the United Kingdom and sent from New Zealand to Australia.

Mr. J. S. Jessep, deputy-chairman of the Meat Producers’ Board, who has been spending several days in Canterbury. was seen prior to his departure for Wellington to join the Tainui for England on important business connected with the board's operations. “It’s a big job I’m on,” Mr. Jessep remarked to a reporter, “and probably I will be much criticised. T hope to return as early as possible, as you know my interests are in the Dominion. At the same time, I am willing to remain as long as is necessary at the pleasure of the board. My present intention is to return to the Dominion via America.”

Writing from London, on March 31, Mr. Fraser Gange. the well-known English baritone, says: “Trade here has never “been so bad, and we are suffering to the extent of about 1,500,000 unemployed, with no ray of light on the horizon pointing to an early betterment of the position, whilst the rest of the public is roughly giving about four months of the year’s work to the State by way of taxation. Very many artists have just scraped through the year, but fortunately we have done very well indeed, and hope, in spite of poor conditions, to do better still .next winter. I think, in view of conditions here, New Zealanders can look upon themselvec as blessed in the very fullest sense. xt is absolutely tragic to see the fine class of men reduced to hawking in the streets matches and such small articles. The great majority of them passed through the war, too.”’ In the course of his letter Mr. Gange regrets the postponement of the musical festival in New Zealand, but mentions that several of the choral societies have had to abandon their programmes owing to the wretched outlook.

When New Zealand first took over the mandate for the civil administration pf Samoa, the maxkets for the produce of the islands were limited. Most of the copra went to the Pacific Coast of America, and Europe, a former good customer, was quite excluded. Arrangements have now been made to watch closely the markets in London, and to have this outlet for the produce fully developed. A special officer attached' to the New Zealand High Commissioners’ staff keeps in close touch with the tropical produce markets, and endeavors to assist in the profitable disposal of shipments. It is believed that this will shortly yield good results, especially in the disposal of cocoa beans. Samoa produces a 'high-grade bean, and the only obstacle to its profitable sale hitherto has been the absence of grading. It is hoped to overcome this difficulty, and to be able to take advantage of the best prices offered. Lately the market for cocoa beans has improved, and the price has been between £BO and £9O a ton, though the demand has not been keen.

“One of the effects of the restrictive hours on tea-rooms attached’ to shops/• stated Mr. Dustin at the Conciliation Council at Wellington, “is that supper at places like mine is a thing of the past.” Owing to not having a separate entrance, he had to close his tearooms at 9.30 p.m., and no one looked for supper at that hour. “And yet,” added Mr. Doherty, “Chinamen are allowed to put a notice in their windows that they don’t sell tobacco, and they may keep open outside shop hours.” Mr. Grenfell considered that it was a case of hasty legislation. The employers did not hear of the clause until it had been passed. Mr. O’Malley said they were in the same position. Mr. Grenfell ascribed the legislation to the Labor Department. Mr. O’Malley remarked that he went to get a cup of tea after hodrs at a tearoom, and directly the girls saw him they all ran away. “Probably they didn’t know what you came for, and the reason of their flight was a personal one,” jocularly remarked Mr. Grenfell, amidst laughter. “Well,” commented Mr. Dustin. “an inspector came to my place on April 1. the day the new provision came into force, and complained that when he asked for a cup of tea the girl said, “Go on—it’s the Ist of April.” Last Friday he had four girls in the tearoom at night and two customers were in before 9 p.m.

In emphasising the necessity for getting rid of impure air in the lungs, in the course of his lecture to senior cadets at the Community Club at Wellington, Dr. J .M. Mason gave an interesting illustration. “To give you an idea of the importance of this getting rid of the waste,” he said, “I remember when in Manahiki (a small coral island belonging to the Cook group), many years ago, the natives were good enough to give us an exhibition of shark catching. The reef surrounding the island is several miles wide, and the sharks sail in from the Pacific Ocean, with all its dangers, to lie in the hollows and caverns in the reef, sometimes 30ft., 40ft., or 50ft. deep. The shark lies head-in in the cavern, and through the clear water you can see his tail lazily waving from side to side. The fisher dives down, passes a noose under the tail of the shark, swims clear, and brings up the end of the line, and then the boat’s crew try to haul him up. The diver attached to our boat was a grey-haired old chap, who. all the time he was waiting for his signal to descend kept coughing out. I said to him in Maori: ‘You win never reach the fish with that cough.’ ‘l'm not coughing, I’m putting out the dirt,’ he replied. With that the old man slid into the water. We could see him working away, and his stay under was nearly two minutes! He had been getting rid of the bad air, *so that he could fill his lungs with clean, Xholwcrae ok.” .

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Taranaki Daily News, 10 May 1922, Page 4

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LOCAL AND GENERAL. Taranaki Daily News, 10 May 1922, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL. Taranaki Daily News, 10 May 1922, Page 4

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