LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 June 1922, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Wiltshire inquiry opens at Auckland on Monday next, 19th inst.—Press Association. The Governor-General Lord Jellicoe, on Saturday laid the foundation stone of King’s College Chapel, erected by old boys as a memorial to those who fell in the war.—Frees Association. A member of the Wanganui Borough Council has resigned his seat as a protect against the Council agreeing to the reduction of labourers' wages, and IcavI ing untouched the salaries of the higherpaid officials. The growing popularity of football has been demonstrated by the large attendances at the cup matches in Taranaki tliis season. At the Tukapa-Patea match at New Plymouth on Saturday 1682 men and 1028 women and boys paid for admission. As a mark of appreciation of the help rendered to the settlers in the Omoana district during the distress caused by the recent cloudburst, votes of thanks were accorded, on the motion of Cr. A. McWilliam, at Saturday’s meeting of the Eltham County Council, to the Minister of Public Works, Mr. O. J. Hawken, M.P., and the Press. Cr. McWilliam spoke appreciatively of the help given in stressful times. employed on railway work in connection with the Stratford Main Trunk line last month totalled 124, 110 of whom were engaged on work at the east end and 14 at the west end. On the Opunake branch railway 58 were employed. Men working on road construction under the Public Works Department, Stratford, totalled 218 last month, which is a greater number than that employed at any other centre in the Dominion by the department. The New Plymouth Repatriation Committee met on Friday, there being present: Messrs. C. H. Weston (chairman), W. J. Chkney, T. Furlong, F. Hartnell and the secretary Mr. D. Le C. Morgan. Some 42 applications and other requests were dealt with. Seven applications for small loans for furniture amounting in all to- £3lO recommended by the executive were approved. Six other applications for loans amounting to £325 were allocated. Four applications for indulgence were brought under the notice of the committee by j the secretary, and in all cases the requests were granted. The secretary announced that since last meeting £llBO ! representing loans had been repaid. One soldier settler forwarded his last payment of £29 and at the same time expressed his thanks for assistance received.

The narrow escape of the loss of a settler’s home by fire is reported from Uruti, Mr. Addenbrokek, a farmer at Uruti, having this experience through the chimney catching on fire on "Wednesday night last. Mr. Addenbroke wiis~ away at the time, only his wife and baby being at home. Mrs. Addenbroke managed to attract the attention of lifer neighbour, Mr. Doug. Tate, who, with the assistance of Mr. Musker, Jun., turned out lightly clad on an extremely cold night and quickly extinguished the outbreak, but not before one wall had been considerably burned. Damage to the extent of about £5O was sustained.

“Another case of a man inflicting his own fine,” commented Mr. A. M. Mowlem, S.M., at the New Plymouth Magistrate’s Court on Saturday when a first offender, who was arrested for drunkenness in Devon Street on Friday afternoon, -failed to appear when called. Senior-Sergt. McCrorie stated the accused had been bailed in the sum of 10si and had gone away by the boat on Friday night. He was a stranger in the district. The Magistrate fined the man the amount of his bail.

A request for the elimination of the State control issue from the ballotpaper at the forthcoming licensing poll was made to the Prime Minister (the Right Hon. W. F. Massey) by a deputation at Dunedin. The Prime Minister, in reply, said the same points had been raised previously, and the answer was simply this: Cabinet decided some time ago—he would nut say that it was adefinite. decision —that there would be no Licensing Bill during the coming session. The deputation evidently did not know what a Licensing Bill meant in the last session of Parliament'. Nothing wa> more difficult to get passed into law. He would submit the deputation’s proposals to« Cabinet again. He said the same to a deputation at Invercargill the previous morning. He would give Cabinet another opportunity of dealing with Die matter. lie washed them to understand definitely that this was no party question. Every Licensing Bill was placed before the House, and every member could vote as he liked on it, and there would, be no exception to the rule if this Bill came before the House. Money can be saved by shopping at Hart’s store, Devon Street. Central. In toilet requisites, cutlery, fancy goods, crockery, dinner-ware, etc., Hart’s value stands out, while the large and wellchosen stocks are equal to those to be found in' the larger centres. It is good business to shop at Hart’s. The Department of Agriculture dressed part of a swede crop with pqjtash and nitrogen only producing a crop of IJJ tons per acre, while rows on. either side dressed witli phosphates only' yielded 30 tons per’ acre. It pays to use “Tui” phosphates, because ...phosphates are the ‘•limiting factor” in jpost local soils, as was demonstrated in above trial.' - Tui’’ B Phosphate at £7 17s (id is only £6 17s 6d cash with order, with “Tui” A priced '2os higher. Popular top-dressing with 2000 farmers. Hodder and Tolley, Ltd., Haw era. There is no better value than the best. You always get best value at C. G. Ward’s. Splendid 'quality white or unbleached sheetings, single.’ bed only 1/11;-extra heavy 2/11 yd; double bed. good quality, only 2/11 yd., best 4/11 yd.; 80in., 3/6 to 5/6. “Doctor” flannels, white 2/11, 3/6, 3/11, 4/6; dark grey. 3/3, 3/6, 3/11.

'“You’re a Scotchman, aren’t you?'’’ inquired counsel of a witness in the Wellington Magistrate’s Court. “Surely, then, you can tell us the difference between a dazed man and one that has had too much whisky.” An inebriate removed from & picture theatre at Taumaruvui by the police was found to have half a bottle of methylated spirits in his pocket. Apparently the drinking of this destructive beverage is oh the increase. In connection with the contest for the Kaiapoi seat at the next general election, Mr. T. M. W T ilford, the leader of the United Party, states that the Hon. D. Buddo has -been chosen, and has consented to contest the seat against the sitting member, Mr. D. Jones. At the •previous election Mr. Buddo was only beaten by a few votes. The manner in which land valiies have fluctuated is well illustrated by the history of a property of 1500 acres some distance south of Hamilton. Three years ago it was bought for £45 an acre, the price when it was brought from the Government 12 years before being £1 an acre, but it was then quite unimproved. Three months ago the owners offered the mortgagee £lO,OOO to “let them out.” He replied by offering to reduce the mortgage by £13,000 to “stay in.” Seven men who tramped the soles off their boots in search of work are now caanped in a secluded spot on the outskirts of Palmerston North (says the Manawatu Times). The exact locality is not mentioned, or the law would chaijjgc these honest men with being “rogues and vagabonds,” such being the absurd words of the statute. Their only good suppjy is firewood. Each morning they search the city for any kind of work, and their average success .is one day each per week. With the proceeds of this they buy bread and meat, to share with their mates. Previous to this community of interest scheme, they had. each tramped hundreds of weary iniles. » The significant inroads made upon the Canadian markets by butter imported from' New Zealand still continue to cause severe heartburning among certain agricultural experts of Canada, and renew.ed efforts are being initiated with a view’ to Canada regaining its lost prestige in some of the world’s markets already captured by the astute buttermakers of New Zealand. As a result of this educative campaign, which is now being industriously waged in Canada, the Ontario butter-makers are being strongly advised to inquire diligently into the successful methods in vogue in New Zealand with a view to emulating the tactics of the Southern Dominion, and ‘thereby lessening the margin existing between the two countries in dairying competition.

The Prime Minister (the Right Hon. W. F. Massey) showed a Times representative a most interesting souvenir, which he has just received from Mr. Lloyd George, of “Chequers,” the country home of the British Prime Minister. This is a gold mo tinted walking-stick, suitably engraved and dated July, 1921. The stick’s chief interest lies in the fact that it is made from a branch taken from one of the famous clumps of yews planted compulsorily by landowners in the “good old days” when the strength of the array depended very largely on 1 its bowmen. The yews were planted to ensure a plentiful supply o-f bows. Noavadays the yews at “Chequers,” as Mr. Massey has found on various occasions, make a pleasing canopy under which to dine in the summer months. Interesting illustrations of the difference between conditions about 100 years ago and those of today were given by Mr. J. W. Poynton, S.M., in a lecture, "Th Good Old Times,” at Auckland last week. Quoting from English State trials, he showed that in 1793 four men had a conversation on the subject of voting and the right of the people to change its constitution if the majority favoured it. One of them, Froet, was sent to Newgate for six months, and fined £500; another, a solicitor, Avas fined £lOO, sent -to Newgate for five years, and struck off the roll; and a third, Thomas Brallat, received 12 months in Newgate. Another man, Muir, was Availed on by a meeting which desired' representation in Parliament. He Avas prosecuted. It was interesting, said Mr. Poynton, to read what t]ie Judge- said: “Mr. Muir might ' have known that no attention could be paid to such a rabble. What right had they to representation? ... A Government in every country should be like a corporation, and, in this country it was made up of the landed interest, which alone liad a right to representation. As for the rabble who had nothing but personal property, what hold had the nation on them?” Muir Avas sentenced to 14 years’ transportation. The issuing of bogus Tatt’s tickets is the essence of the offence alleged against a young man, named George i Joseph Silva, who was arrested at Auckland on Wednesday on charges of having obtained the sum of 5s 4d from each of five different people by false pretences. The' allegation against accused is that he had printed a number cf tickets approximating in style the well known Tatt’s 'tickets, and setting forth on the face of them that they were tickets on the Caulfield Cup, first, prize £3OOO, second £lBOO, third £lOOO, and a number of other prizes. One block of these tickets found on the accused Avas numbered up to 700, and each ticket was sold, it is alleged, for 5s 4d, It is |believed that a considerable number of the tickets have been circulated at that price, for there is reason to believe that at least one man had been engaged to sell the tickets on commission. Silva, who is 23 years of age, came before Mr. J. W. Poyton, S.M., and was remanded till Friday of this Aveek, by which time it is anticipated inquiries will have very much increased the number of charges. A hardy annuel at the conferences of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers’ Association for some years .past has been the question of Asiatic immigration. The Dominion council of the association has once more expressed its alarm at the continued admission of such immigrants in the following resolution, which was carried unanimously:— “This council is of the opinion that the influx of Asiatics to this Dominion under the present legislation is—and increasingly will he—a serious menace to the country, and, has become highly prejudicial to the moral standard of this Dominion. In view of the fact that their mode of living makes it possible for them to enter into unfair competition with returned soldiers and workers of this country, we urge the Government to take immediate steps to prohibit any further influx of these undesirable immigrants, by ceasing to issue any further permits for their admission.” On cold nights heat the bed Avith a “Unique” Hot Water Bottle just before retiring—warmth assured all night. • Sold by all dealers.