LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9476, 13 December 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Up to. B<..\)B£ember '30, 39.17 bonowr:-, and awards <of all sorts had been bestowed ou Nesv .Zealand soldiers, in--chiding' (> 'Victoria. Crosses, 4 knighthoods, .and 114 D.S.O.'s. In addition to the; .foregoing 152 foreign decorations were awarded. It/is a striking fact that iivo-Taran-aki blacksmiths hare recently sucou in lied to the epidemic (states an exchange). In every ease the smiths ■wuifered from heart-strain—a fatal weakness when pneumoaic-iii.tinenza actncks. . . '„ The Bishop of Birmingham, in x]i« diocesan magazine, says that the stipends of some (;u rates .recently licensed are. only. £150. He felt that'he iras almost doing wrong to encourage, what was, as things now stood, an almost starvation wage. Clergymen' tthuuftl begin on a cstipend on which i hey could manage,, and have a regular rise of .pay, ,so that after ten years, whether tlie.y 'obtained a benefice or i;ot, y they wonkl receive £250 a year. "1b has been said that the 1913 Act is a: dead letter," said 6lr' FraiKrrs Tiell, rei'eiTiYig, to the a^regation clauses of' the .Land Bill. "But that is not'a fact. A great deal of. inquiry ,has becvn made under that Act, though no land has been acquired. The Act has had a■■ great ■■■effect as a scare to aggregators, and the Minister of Lands i.s of opinion; that this measure willl have a- -similar effect. A man_ buys 'fond and he has 'the risk of having it tke.ii':.'iT«m, him some considerabte time aftenv^irci.s ,a;t the previous Government valuation, plus 10 per cent.' 1 ".■''Much discussion Has taken- place over the question whether or not the spread oi: the influenza epidemic is due to contact or atmospheric conditions, and opinion is equally' divided on the mattpr (says .yesterday's "North Otago Times"). It is therefore interesting to note that • the- Ot«kaiko Special School, which has : ' throughout^ preserved a strict quarantine, has lip to dato been absolutely free from the scourge. Including patients , and staff, the number resident at tho school is about 80''persons. ■'■ In view of the foregoing, -there is apparently strong I artrument in .support of the theory .of [ isolation.

Tho''wwiE-hor yesterday wa.s not all thai could hare befii desired for the official'open ing vi" St. Andrew's Tennis Club's dWenth season. ■ A southerly hrvx'VM throughout the afteriiitioJi, tuid ;UM)ut 4 o'clock • p'rocoo^ings were terminated by light showed of rain. How-ever, up •to that time n. mimbci: of "friendly games 'had been pla.yed. the <;ourfcs 3 which' were in' Rood order, being fully occupied. The President, : Jley. G. Miller, .delivered a -few r<!inavks ■in keeping with the occasion, and ia eonehuling he expressed his desire to sue the club prosper, and hoped the soa.stMi- would l>e even more successful than its prodecessors; The cl!ub's' Liicmborship is over 4.0. " ■:',

' Then 1 are savages in the heart, of Africa who' never laugh at all: they grin, that is all, and this lack of laughter is p- symptom of low mentality. The Chinese cannot laughWhen ho is delighted or amused, he just looks calm. The Frenchman has a reserved l&ngh, one which he hold? well in hand. The women there have a cultivated, musical laugh, which- is very attractive. The Gernifn's laugh is cavernous. It comes from far down. The laughter of the Irishman is,, upon the contrary, rather soprano—not even' a chest one, Imt a head one. The Enslish and American laugh is the heartiest. . ■ ■ .

The fn-st of a series of ppen : air concerts for the 1918-19 season was given by the Bth (South Canterbury) Regimental Band, ably conducted by Mr ,T. Aunand. from the rotunda last evening. Notwithstanding' the unfavourable weather there .was a large public attendance, and the music was greatly appreciated. The -items 1 contributed wore the .■marches.- ".Imperial Echoes,." "Holyrood," and "Our Defenders": overture, "Lampa"; waltz, ; "Oriana" ;.. concert waltz. "Spnge ; d'Aiitumne," with effects: and "a selection, "Minstrel Melodies." Tim band members were out; in force, and their playing of the various pieces was the subject of much favourable comment. A collection was taken in aid of the instrument fund.

As a .result of conferences which have taken place at Dunedin during the past couple of days between, the marine superintendent of the Union Steam Ship Company ■ (Captain McDonald), Mr W. T. Young (general secretary of the Seamen's Union), and Mr W. Clarke (secretary of the Dunedin branch), an agreement has been obine to under which the company has decided to re-arrange and improve the accommodation for the men on 14 of the company's steamers. Some of the alterations, it is , understood, will be fairly ox tensive, states the " Otago Daily Times." The need of alterations oil other steamers, as far as the men's .Quarters are concerned, will be brought under the • company's notice in due time.

The; first wool valuation of the season for South Canterbury was concluded at Tiinaru. yesterday. The valuations fixed were, very satisfactory to growers, who will net in the aggregate-"as' a rei.siilfc. of it about £115,000. Prices were . as, follow :—Merino, super, up to 22d; good, to 20' id; medium, 17|d to 19d; super pieces, 17|d.to 18-Jd; first pieces, 16d to I7d; second pieces, 15§d; bellies, 14d; locks, 7^d; halfbred super, 21-Jd; good, IB£d to 19jd; medium, 17-Jd; super pieces, 17-Jd; first pieces, 16Jd; ■sijftoncl pieces, 14d to -I4§d; bellies. 13-} d"; looks, 7|d; three-quarterbred super, J,9d; good, 17d to.lߣd; medium, 16d to 17d;.' first pieces, 15£ d; second pieces, 13|d to 14d; bellies, 12-J~d to 13-J-d; locks, 7Jd; crossbred super, v\p to lSd; pood, KM to 17d; medium, 14* dto 15 3 t d/ -

Motor Trucks forSa.le.~-G. H.Carson lias for sale for immediate delivery two . J.evritt 1-ton to 30cwt. Truck attachments for converting 20 >or 30----h.p. Cars of any make into reliable Motor Trucks: The Jemtb Track unit has internal gear drive., which is the accepted best system amongst Truck builders: to-day..;' This unit attached to a _ Ford ■ Engine and Chassis 'is capable of talcing any hill road with one ton up. and it is very reliable in operation. The Jewitt attachments in stock are now being sold by Mr Carson for £110 each nefct. Coupled to a Ford Chassis and fitted with lorry body ready for the road, the price' is from £230. .Farmers and business men are invited to inspect' Hie Jewitfc Truck Chassis at Q. H. Carson's Garage, Tancred St.. Ashfoxirton.

Throo im-ntal patients, including tlie Li«o men who attempted to commit suicide on Wednesday morning, were removed 10-day irom the Ashburton CouniA' Flo>pital to rhe institution sit Mum","-;<U.

Preparation* for taking tho licensing Doll aJ-e already in hand, though the date is not fixed. A large amount of preliminary work is to be done, and it is uncertain how far this will be affected by the influenza epidemic.

The Diuiedin City Council has n scheme in hand to provide model workmen's homes, specially for returned soldiers. It has a site which can bo *-oi apart for the purpose free of co.it. Tt is estimated that £27.000 will provide for U home-j, con.-i^tiug of buildings of ihrVe, four, and fivo _ rooni«, each with ihe necessary eonvoniences.

A ivciuest was- made to Afliniral BeaLtv to provide a vessel to , enable tlie oflieei-rt' wives and families to sothe surrt'nder of the German slu'p'. fsav.° a ruble message to the Au«trali.m papers). TFe thought for a while, and replied: "Yes, they drowned our women and children. Lot tho women iihd childten see thorn.*'

\ Press Association telegram from "Wellington states that tho Crimes Act Amendmc nt Bill, dealing with tli.« right of apj)eal in criminal cases which passed ihe House of IlfpresentaLives, jiof lost after it reached the Legislative Council's Statutes Revision COlll--initteo. ITence it does> not appear in (he Staluto Book.

"I hope later on," said Sir Joseph Ward in the FTouso of Representative <vi Tuesday nieht. "that we shall find ,(ho Minister of Defence utilising lho 'transport-, returning to the Old Coiui-u-v to lian 1 the members of Parliament, so there too, and utilising the traii'<nr.rts aUo io convoy the fathers and mother* of soldiers at cheap raton I" those noTer-to-be-forgorten fields wh<-?*" their sons liav« fought. And why should (hey not ? It was not such a Treat disfance-, and they had senr fOD.OOO men on ilu* journey— a performance though impossible before."

Vn «\ ( iijjli ot th nrnii^r in winch cm< ot ill' h ulinp: lioieK m New Zc i hud rhi >:<<? xlv tvho wtr, s*iu 'v d< sMi wiLii iniluenza hi^ Ixhmi bimmhi md r oiu notue (s-n^ t,lu (,i.'mi.).ili 'St'i'J V fn j month jisidiii ulio We's st3>i'ig in Chn«-r t huii h liimt '11 witu )iinue'i7i iml mnbli id li ue hi^ irom He took rio i»idniii\ medln but was charged '2^ md <\ i - iti"v tray that went to ln>room ) l tontents of the ti ry wer^ p imipilJi 'His'-ps, ot tulk In iddi lion h< in<l \o pay Its per doy lor his mo n

TI j fouiuil of t1 l. Cantcibuix Auto milt Vs'-omhon met last mifht ai flirNtihurdi Tno AshburUm ( oimt\ tounul wrote di.n\m{» that Uu i.n 1), il the Ashbntm traffic bnd?< m 1-, v id to me lease the funds of tJit council \ leport from the m^pictoi ut^ mcirMil in \\lik3i ho claimed to dill with motorists lenientK Thi littn \\di handtd to tho B% \uvs CommitUe to reply to Tlu Fpp< i Ashhmtou Roid Bond lsked tor i> don tio i lo\\aids placinc; wot-er rac< bridge" in the centre oi tke road lettei w is uicired to lik Roads Corn mictoi tj bimj; up a report

Chip! im "M nor W]l°on in «> lecture jit Vund.ilt (Now South Wale-,) n few rti\-> uo >-iid tho elements of r< \olu ti in <\i->i<d ir lust-tin and unit \m p (omi'-iK r'tovailed, civil «ir aid Mwo^lud would insult He hid n conth Inured AiT.tr' 1 i md the signurre uniiusUkable One piece oi fluell «. >ult lit t was th aHomptcd On Bia Union scheme A Urge action o1 {lie people hid taken up a hostile liti ■tiide to the best interests of the Em plro, and were openly priding themselves on their Bolshevism, I.W'.'W.,' and - other equally harmful principles. - The position was continually ..girowinc in seriousness, and the time: had arrived for the Federal Government to thkfi a strong stand in the matter.

The, Germah: Press gave lis fuli approval to the. :v liolc^ale murdft s of the Russian terrorists "In '•pite ot their radical way of doing things, Lenin and, Trotsky aro men of high intellectual attainments and standing," says one paper. "In giving the droid fur order to execute 500 of their opponents in cold blood thoy must therefore lvii.ye fclfc that they ha\e to gi\d an •effective 1 answer to a plot of nefanousncs.s of '■which justified any and ever} moans of repression. We loam that 40 Englishmen were included among the 500 nut to death. Although this news is as yet unconfirmed, wo think it must be true, for justice cried aloud ■that the English, a^ instigators of the crime, should be the first to suffer toi ifc.", ■ •

1 The members of the peace delegation —Mr Massey , and Sir Joseph Ward — went on board the Remueia last evening:. The . member? of tho party are Mr Massey, Mrs Maascy, and Miss Massey; Sir Joseph Ward, Lady Watd, and Mr Pat Ward; Mr F I>. Thomson, private secretary to Mr Massej , Miss , Alice Saundcrs, private secretary to Sir Joseph ' Ward, and Mr Robert llilny, publicity secretary to the paity It is generally understood that M i Massey and Sir Joseph Waid, at all events, would join a British c ruiser, to continue their voyage by the shortest possible route. Whether'the ladies of the party were destined to travel on the cruiser after leaving the Remuera, was not public property, but in any case tho experience would not be a new one for Lady Ward, who had the pleasure of being; a passenger on a warship some time ago.

Il<»Forrin;4 to the Board of Trade, Mr Grayudler, gonoral secretary of the Agricultural and Pastoral Workers' Union, states that it is the most^ridkulous body over established in New Zealand. "'So far from rendering any assistance in the matter of the high prices charged for shearers' requisites, it hn.s done nothing whatever," said Mr Grayndler, "except to take up my ■time and put, the A.P.U. to iinwecre;sary expense. For instance, weeks ago tlie Board of Trade was furnished with evidence that 15s was- being charged for shea ring-machine combs, and 6s (M for cutters, articles which, before the war, wero sold at 3s 3d a,qd 3,0 d respectively, and which I have 'purchased ;mdcau sell to-day at 4s .^d arid Is 3d. Again, hand-shears, which I purchased 1 from Britain only a few months' apx>, wero poH at as a pair postage paid, whereas dealers were charging, and are now charging, up to 12s 6d a-pair. Still, the Board cannot, or does not know how to prevent this undue exploitation. ,

_ Advertising is not a lucky bag • it is simply a matter of common sense and square dealing; it pays when the ''Guardian," with its valuable circulation, is used.

One f-aie of scarlet lever iv tht district wan reported to nJbje'Hospital Board to-day. ' .' |j ■II At the Christchurch Court to-daj-Leslie J. Mullnnpy, <•»':"•-ed vith the I theft of C2O from tho JJornby Druids' 'Lodge, of which ho wus {-ecrc'tary,,wok ioommittcd for trial.—Press Association. , 1! i n under.si-oocl Couj-l j)j-occcdings are pending against a lotal schoo]- ' ma'-ter for holding certain classes- ! coiurnry to the regulations in conncc--'tion with the recent iniluenzu epidonur. !u the County JJo:-pital yesterday ' one' influenza patient was adimctod and jtv, o di-chai-ged, leaving 11 in the in[stitulioiJ. At Methvon thero were 17 i patients to-day, none being ndmit'teri, a;id none dischar^l'^Frivaco V,"illiiim Watt, an employco at the Longboach Kstalo, was killed ,in iu-iion on October 2-1, 191 S. After ! paying Jegucies, tlu* iosiciu,> of hit) estate, amounting from , i; 300 ki tLOO. wa.-, left to tho Ashburkm. , County War Koliof Fund for the relief !of wounded soldiers and their de~ , pfndunts.. Complaints have been recived Irora ti'v'doniv of Waknniu lioau concerning i the. activitjcs of disciple^ of "Peeping ' Tom." Last night a youth was discovered in ihp act by a resident who v.as eniorLiining friends. This gentleman was content to admonish his uaiinvitod guest and warn him against ■ furthei" spring habits.

The Dominion Meteorologist's forecast for vo-day was as' follows: —Tho indications are for .southerly winds, ' mcdci"itt Jo strong, decreasing and barking by \iost to north, then frpshen.inu :i<iiiu. There is-a project of fair wearlier, bur with increasing haze and cloudiness for an unfavourable change in the weather. Tho barometer has » rising tendency, but falling again, afire* about mx hour?. '

Pin ite J E, (< )) Shewiy, Tuanaki'j ihimpon n\iiian and alscv holder of tho woild s r himpionsbjp, who is now with tho >uu Zealand C"ul-,t Pittalion )i i^i been iwarded the Mihl ir\ Judil lor woik in the field Put ate Shown kft vibh tbf Twehth KtinJror'emenU md wa^ ftounded and passed "While at tho !>iv> last Chri'-tnus he £>;iXTe saonil chopping and miwui/ exhibition* '

with Sim X ri'cdy, \ Jio h'^ '-inc^beei.i killed

rlh< n \h i<- a jio'vl t tti (idauco ol I um< md diiltJ 5-. in i in tntiy oi )|)|jir>\ttii4tclv 1000 hoid «>t stock, jfc i)n» -.per il cattle tale comiiu v d bj the As>oi 11 \< d *uc fcioneoi s a l tho Imv aM >,uds to J,'T The bulk of tJii jardmff foiw-ttd of Vrf»rc= for win li there was i u'i I nnted demand, the m ijoritj' of Jin p» ns bt ng pissed Tin lat lineb

\w to (ompo-cd thicfK oi pk dmm-sized c utlf ol quihtv I]) till noon h< [lets lealj^od hem U l 10-> to Ull 17s 6d from -iv 10-> to Lls, anil nmi horn £J I 10s to ill 7s 6d

Tlu < ihcu nc\ ot tlu Gtiman "boot^ tji uirinit nt ' in stiippjua; St Quoutin. ih in ke pin,; witli the ti iMition estab Uslud m 1870, with \\luc!\ must, people"

ue Lumbar Lahouchcu wa^ gie.itlj unmoved hs the mcthidn.il manner 10 which Gumm officers bit lboufc then nilferiPK V.s mxmi as i "Prussian tutouirterod m < hous« hi records be toi i b-o\ ,uid vtnm, carefully mtked up the diik Mid othu Qruamcnt«s, md dfspafcohfa th«*ni ioitliUith, to hi-> home Sonximus ho tieated all tlu fuinifcuic in llh^ \\,\.\ , almost i!«j\s he b<. Tiu hume tlk pi uio

Soini 1 cl-iC^ have an^-tn in uho Mapt^rton dibti^b during the epidemic which go io domoustiaxo that tho Maoris are cither incapable ot putting up a decent fight for hie oi that they fiet themselves to death on healing of rho demise of a ulatne (states tho "Ago"). "Ho just simply laid down and Pidve up t>>o ghost on hearing thct his wife was dead,' 1 Kiid an attendant at tlie hospital when icfemng to the death ot a Maori. The fact that whole families have been almost *u»ed out tends to bear out the assumption thai Maoris die of broken hearts rathei than trom fright and natuial causes.

Much interest is bi-tn, taken m tbe appioacinng T,i&it ol Piofc-soi Baraaden, who opci^ avn on o[ t\\ ro mgb.t& m the Thoaiio Royal on Monday and Tuesday next Piuic-soi lUuadon had a groat Mvoption in Chi i>t church, the la it soison bong Cup wick foi -seven niirht^ when he -na^ initimg people away nightly Tin Pit-.* spoke vii glowing terms of ki- ptilt nnance, and ■-a%is lint " One luiis* laugh at tlra antu^ ol the locpl men nm'ei his m-flue-'no " Oi Mond.n foiune no\t .i, Jos al ivsidenc i-s to bo plated in JJ hypnotic sleep in full Mew of the audioncx 1, and \u'l remain and b( opera ir> pubic inspection daj and night until hiosday e\emn£, v hen he "n ill bo awakened ot tlio comiwncement of tb© performance Piofo-soi Hiruiden'is fucf->( ioit )•• one- bi<i, '■en 1111 A biZ featuu on "Monl.iv e\cniu,j; w 11 bo "Tlu \<hbiutw Cu,>," under hvonotism. Vac! siib|<Kt is pn'Mi mi nnaemary lui-o nul toR iho> n^ fiie it lockeys, I'd ibeir intiL» <iii bmond dpseription The Box P'.in i> nnv, 'open at the Bnstoil, iuo-io boini; vo txirj fc^

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