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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 41, 18 February 1922, Page 6

I .A wireless message has been received from H.M. sloop Veronica, en route fro_i Lyttelton to Auckland, stating that she uHI nyive here at eight o'clock to-tnor-j row night. On arrival she will probably I berth nt the Sheerlegs Wharf, and is to go into dock on Monday for periodical | overhaul. 11.M.5. Chatham arrived at Bluff yesterday in continuation of her | summer cruise of South Island ports. "Lists have been supplied by the courtesy of the Commissioner of Pensions and the Director General of Medical Services, containing the names, prewar address, domestic position, nature of disability ami pensions awarded to nearly r~~H) permanently disabled soldiers isays the annual report of the Wellington War Relief Association presented to tli.' annua! meeting the other day). Tin- info-n.i.:in:i has enabled returns to be prepared by the association, wherein the men are allocated to the societies responsible for them, with the object of enabling those societies to tis-es- their present liability in accordance with their financial resources respiting the number nf permanently disabled soldiers for whom they have to provide. At present, therefore, nearly five per cent of tlie N.Z.E.F. are in receipt of permanent pensions: but, as long lists -if transfers of temporary to permanent 'tensions are still being revived fro..i the Commissioner of Pensions, il seems highly probable that in the final result there will be from 6000 to 7500 ex-members of our forces in receipt of a permanent war pension. These figures do not include men suffering with tuberculosis, nearly all of whom at present are in receipt of temporary pensions only." A woman who allowed her enthusiasm to get the better of her during the hearing of a c:i--e ai the Magistrate's Court, Christchurch, before Mr. Wyvcrn XX'ilson. R.M., received a surprise when a stern-voiced Magistrate ordered her removal from the Court. A had been giving evidence a. to the peppery temper of thi' wife in the case. He was asked by th" crnps-exaininititf counsel what he would have done under certain circumstances. His reply was brief: "1 would spank her. T wouldn't allow her to carry on like that,'' lie said. "Oh! is that what you would do to your wife?'' "No, certainly not. She's got more sense." A woman at the rear of the court expressed her approval of this remark by applauding violently and stamping her feet. A silence descended (states the "Lyttelton Times"), and tbe Magistrate, glancing towards an uneasycourt orderly, said: "Remove that person. This is a i. it- of 'ir.. not an opera house." Tlie offender retired with as much grace as possible under the circumstances. Arising out of a diversity of opinion among a section of practising dentists, and,, apparently an appalling amount of ': ignorance on the part of parents in ' regard to tlie treatment of children, the I public Health Department has issued to medical and dental officers principles which should guide them in regard to j the treatment of deciduous or first | teeth. These are to the effect that ! every effort should be made to prevent j teeth from decaying, for when the body i is growing it is necessary that the masticatory- apparatus should be in its most efficient state, the presence of decaying | and suppurating teeth in the mouth at j that period of a child's life having its j maximum evil effect. Consequently it is : highly important that, in the event of! decay having begun in those teeth, an I effort should be made by immediate treatment to check it in its earliest I stages.

An instance of what sometime? occurs! in this modern city of Auckland was afforded when a woman appeared in the j dock at the Police Court this morningj She was of a refined appearance, and i could scarcely stand. Both her eyes I were blackened and closed until they were mero'-slits, and it was said her j husband had done this to her the night I he'fore la_t. Slip had gone out in desperation yesterday and got drunk. She was tottering along Khyber Puss, nnd I two little children were with her. Serj geant Kowell of the police told the I court that the husband had called to I see her in the cell last evening and had refused to bail hor out. The Salvation .Army had taken her under their wing, and the adjutant undertook to with her to her home and sec bow things were. She was convicted and discharged. I One of the candidates for the AurkI land Electric Power Boards is Br. S. I Irwin (,'rookes, consulting engineer, who I for many years has been a very keen | advocate for hydroelectric power. lie I has always done his utmost tn help i along any movement tending iv that | direct ion, and by request, has given i addresses on several occasions tv the i Industrial Association and the Chamber lof Commerce. He has al-.. been responsible for several large electrical undertakings. including the Whanjrarei works, and also Ihe Fertiliser Co.'s ! work-. Auckland, which were carried nut jby day labour, and involved an expenditure of more than £_~~.0~0. It is claimed for the Whangarei works that after pnv- | i~R -interest charees and working cxi penses. and supnlying electric current at la lower rate than the scale in operation in Auckland, a substantial balance is applied to tbe relief of rates in the borough nf Whangarei. : A case is reported by the Health ■ Department where a "dome" cape trap, with three entry holes, was set in ratinfested premises, "it was found," says the Department, "that a rat had actually burrowed under the trap and ex- | traded all the bait through tiie bottom j wires, although the three ordinary [openings would have permitted the rat to get to the bait much more quickly | and easily. It is such incidents as these : that show that man must sharpen his (witi. against those of the rat. li one 'method of attracting and securing the i pest is not successful, other means must be tried, it is obvious that the survival lof the cunning type will tend to the proI pagation of that type, which will be all I the harder to eradicate when the plague (arrives. Now is the time to make the i greatest efforts against the rat." I When a. learned English judge during la cose on.-c exclaimed sharply. "Who is Moiitii- <;ilc~rist:" the uorld almost 1 r.-,-1.-d with surprise that there should j lie any person not acquainted with the I reputed stage luminary. At the Supreme Court yesterday a witness said that the accused when be entered the hotel bar called for "a bundle." Mr. Justice Stringer: "Is a handle a particular term for a particular drink?" The witness explained that a handle was a glass ot beer. It had a handle. Mr. A. Moody, counsel for accused, nvntinned that there was also such a thing as 'a half handle" —which lu-ld half a pint. The volunteered information quite amus.-d p.ople in c.-.tirt. I Statistics in connection with recruitI ing for the Xew Zealand Naval Forces I show marked differences in the number |of recruits who presented themselves in I the various recruiting districts. 'Die total number was 304 and as regards | districts Auckland heads the list with i SO, Christchurch is shown with 40. Inver. j cargill follows with 32, Dunedin 2S. PalI merston North 2fi. and Hawera '_.. In each of the remaining -six districts less than 20 candidates presented themselves. iln the Wellington district there were jl4 only. The number medically | examined was 20.7 while 11 were | rejected without meiliral examination, | being under the physical standard. The number finally entered was 111. This gives a proportion of two out of five or 140 per cent rejected on medical grounds. j The remainder were rejected on other I grounds. Combined action by t::c Whangarei A. ami P. Society Winter show Association and Whangarei branch of the New Zealand Farmers' l'nion luus resulted in a decision that Whangarei will be represented at the district courts competition, to be held in conjunction with the Auckland Winter Show. The matter wn~ considered at a meeting of delegates from the various bodies named when a provisional committee was set up to push ahead the project. It was decided to call a public meeting for next Wednesday to further elaborate the scheme, also to deal with the financial aspect. Sub-committees wore set up to arrange for fruit and wool exhibits, etc., in addition tn metallurgical exhibits, which_ will include all minerals. Provision for a kauri gum exhibit was also covered. At the last di-trict court competition, held in Auckland in IC.II VXhangarei won by a considerable margin of points. Four country districts competed on that occasion.' The prosecutions instituted a 4 -aiii-t a number of fruiterers by Mr.' f. T. Haynes, chief sanitary inspector for the Auckland City Council, and heard at the Police Court yesterday, were e.diotnred by Mr. J. W. Poynton. S.M . for a fortnight, in order to allow of more techmeal evidence being submitted both for | the prosecution and tlu de.'em-e As i was stated yesterday. the char'-e j against Ah i'hee was taken as a tc-t case for all. and Mr. .1. F. W. Dickson appearing for the defendant, sought to } prove that tlie section of the by Jaw , under which the charges were laid was j unreasonable. During the hearing of a case al the I Magistrate's Court, Christchurch, Xlr. |>- yyern. \\ ilson, S.M.. protested against I women witnesses wearing large hats in ! the box. He said that such hats obI scured the face and it was impossible jto note the effect of certain questions I upon a witness' face. A lot could be | gathered from a person's demeanour in J the box. and if the face could not be J seen, much, which was useful to him jin forming his opinion, was lost. I Several instances have been brought I under notice of late where farmers j since the rise in the price of store sheep j have been obliged to pay considerably i more for the latter than they received ; for their fats i says the 'Wanganui I "Herald). In one instance a farmer sold a line of 3000 fats, and immediately : they had changed hands the price went jup several shillings, in annther deal a ! farmer quitted his fats at 11/ per head. and a little later had to pay 13/6 for i stores. The average price * for store 1 sheep is now about If.'.

■Speaking at the Masterton A. and IP. Association's smoke concert the Hon. W. Xosworthy (Minister of Agriculture) j said that he thought that there would j -be a surplus of 1.000.000 bushels of ■ wheat in Xew Zealand this season. j Use McC Union's Colleen .'-nap and ; restore the soft skin of childhood. | Colleen Scrap is made from vegetable- oils and plant ash, 1/. Chemists, stores. J (Ad.) i

Good progress has been made with the j criminal session at the Supreme Court • this week, and when the Court resumes' on Monday only four cases will remain! on the list. This will leave Mr. Justice j Herdman free to commence the divorce and civil jury cases, of which there is . a heavy list. On Monday, too, bis! Honor will sentence a number of prison- ' ers. Mr. Justice Stringer will be on the bench during the hearing of the remaining criminal cases. j ' A ten-year-old hoy who ha-d stolen a • watch appeared before Mr. J. W - Poyrt- ; ton, S.M., in the Juvenile Court this morning, and was committed to the Auckland Probation Home. His mother said her husband was ill and would be so for some time. She had four children, and this one, the eldest, she could not control. Another instance of children being not* under proper control ■iiis a .iv.~on-h.--d case, in which the father had been drinking and doing no work. A report upon the progress of the famiiv since the case was first heard last July showed that while the children were not vet under complete control, they appeared to he healthy and well-cared for. The father was working and had given up drink, and the ' mother appeared to be .satisfied that he was doing- his best. Under the circumstances the case was-adjourned for a further period of six months. I A strong healthy boy of about thirteen summers was stricken with infantile paralysis and spent more than six months at the Public Hospital. Lately he recovered sufficiently to return to his parents' home in Devonport. and with the aid of crutches he is able to get about. He has given a fine lesson' i on optimism during the past week when 1 the tides have been abnormally high, and when the waters of the harbour have washed the boundary line of his father's property abutting on to Shoal Bay to the Eastern end of the Stanley Bay park wall. A boat lying there was able to iloat out into the deep water, and getting into it, he rigged sail, and then sat down at the tiller and for hours sailed backwards and forwards over long distances as happy as a king and only yesterday he was whistling as loudly as he could, as he brought his craft about to catch the breeze, "Britons Never Never Shall be Slaves." A boy with such a spirit deserves to recover, and we hope he soon will. A pleasing function took place at the Chelsea Sugar Refinery yesterday, when . Mr. Patrick Donahoe, foreman of the | warehouse, was presented with a I wallet of bank notes from the employees on the eve of his retirement ■ on superannuation after oveT 32 years' I service at the works. The manager at Chelsea of the Colonial Sugar Re-lining Company, Mr. Ashley Campbell, in handing Mr. Donahoe this token of their regard, referred to the high estimate of his worth entertained by the management and workers alike. They all earnestly wished that the evening of his life would be cast in pleasant places, I and that long life, good health, and I happiness would be enjoyed by both ! himself and Mrs. Donahoe. The recipient suitably responded. I In connection with a case reported m I Thursday's issue where a man was sen- | teneed at the Supreme Court for receivI ing a watch that had been stolen, the j fact was not made clear that the ivitI nossiii who were at tea in the restaurant had not refused to for the meai. Tlie trouble occurred through a vendor trying to sell a bottle of oysters, which they declined to purchase. A special Bible lecture will be given to-morrow evening under the auspices ot the International Bible Students' Association in the Concert Chamber by Mr. Kdxvard Nelson. Tbe topic is -'Millions Now Living Will Never Die." described as "tho greatest hope message to this generation." base.', upon the interpretation of the Divine premises. Bible students are now preaching it all over the world. During the last week's bowling tournament at Rotorua a very fine open-air concert was organised for charity purpives. Over 2000 people were present, .anil the collection included 511 threeI penny pieces, 251> shillings. 30 halfI pennies, and one "twiddly wink." j The Hon. Downie Stewart. Minister of i Customs, sails for Australia on March 3 i' for the purpose of negotiating a reciprocal Customs tariff with the CommonI wealth. Any agreement reached will be ! subject to ratification by Parliament.- '] (Press Association.) i A fire broke out in Barton's boot manufactory. Commercial lload. Kingsland, about two o'clock this afternoon. The Mount Albert l-'ire Hrigade was summoned, and the outbreak was extinguished without much damage bein«----i caused. Mr. W. ,T. Hokl-sworth, chairman of ' the Electricity and Tramways C-oiumit- : tee, has been nominated by the Hon. ,iGco. Fowlds nnd Mr. T. if. Macky as a candidate for the Auckand Hydroelectric Power Board. j Thousands of mothers know the value j to their children of Sharland'a Magnesia, : especially during the '..ot weather. Given ! dnily it helps to correct acidity and flatulence —and keeps the digestive | organs working regularly.— (Ad.) j Stews, soups, gravies are all the ta.ticr I for a dash of Sharland's Tomato Sauce ; which is made from the finest tomatoes' ' and purest spices.— (Ad.) Ladies' "Burberry" raincoats in the men's section; 12 guineas, sale price S guineas. Milne and Choyce, Ltd. (Ad. Sharland's Tomato makes a good addition to soups and gravies. It makes them richer and more apbetigin" 7 Ad.) "Belba," or other makes, in travelling . wardrobes, clearing this month at _l) per cent discount. -Milne and C'hovc-Ltd.-i Ad.) I A dainty dish or cold meat. fi.sh or I fowl : s all the daintier and more appe- ' Using with a dash of Sharland's Tomato Sauce. __tc you tried it? — (Ad.) Men's high-grade Kngli-h tailored dinner suits, all sizes, at sale prices. Milne and Choyce, Ltd. — (Ad.) I Rich red luscious tomatoes give Sharland's Tomato Sauce that true flavour which is so appreciated. Have you tried •it!— (Ad.) The run is on No Rubbing laundryhelp. Golden Rule soap, and Keep .Smiling boot polish. Exceptional merit 1 —that's tlie reason why.—Yours truly, Auckland Grocers.—(Ad.) Ladies' boots, with 7/ i n the £ dis count, for a short time. High-grade American make at Fowlds' Pale?— (Ad.) Barbed wire at -'2~ per ton sound? like a pre-war quotation. This quotation is now being made by a local dairy company, and it indicates that the price of this commodity is rapidly coming into line with the drastic reductions that the farmer has to face when disposing of his products. In August. I'.n, this ,-ame eire would have cost £ii.", per ton landed Auckland.—(Ad.) Buy your winter wear now at lower prices. Men's all-wool so_, cut from 4 0 to 2/6. —Firm of Fowlds.—(Ad.)