SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3062, 25 April 1917, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Helping the Cermans to Victory, A Wcsfcport fioldier in Franco, muting to his friends, says: "If tl.e labour peoplo liero or in England were to strike, they would stop tho ivar all right, hut it would) he a complete Gcr- , man victory. Almost as much depends . on tho labourers in England as on the I soldica-s here, and, so far, 1 think, they have dono splendidly. Hero everybody, is a soldier—women as well as men, unfit as well as fit. The Government practically runs everything. Franco is not a very strong country, but she has put her shoulder to it in this war hotter than any of the other Allies." Deceivers Ever. Many working men's wives must have asked themselves questions when they read that a'woman told the Willesden magistrate that from his income tax demand she found her husband earned £4 10. a week, but he allowed her 17s. 6d. only (states a writer in the "Daily Mail"). Among the many effects of the war has been a great adjustment of income figures between wives and husbands. The cashier of one firm of large.employers was embarrassed by quite a number of honest wives who returned a proportion of the first week's salary of their called-up husbands, sajang, "You liavo made a mistake and sent too

much." ' , '_ A married munition maker, discussing.this delicate science of what proportion of his income a husband should ) | divulge to his wife, spoke ddrniringk' of i a master of the art whom lie once know. "When my mate's wife," he remarked, "tackled him about the amount of loose '. silver that glio often noticed on the I mantelpiece, he always told her that, owing to his trustworthy and beloved character, it was the habit of his friends to mako him treasurer of any little funds they organised) for the widows and dependents oi departed workmates.- 'This three pounds, for instance,' ho told his wife, 'has been raised for the widow of poor old l Bill Staploton who passed away last week.' "Unhappily, though,''' said the man who told, tho story, "Bill Stapjeton called round for a smoke and a chat tho next- evening." The death occurred at Nelson of Mrs. W. Bethwaito, in her 78th year. Tho 'deceased lady came to Nelson in 1842 with her father, Mr. William Hough. With the exception of four or fivo years spent on the mission field in Taranaki, her wliob life was passed in Nelson. Mrs. Bothwaite w'as closely / identified with St. John's Methodist Church. Mr. and Mrs. Bethwaito celebrated their golden wedding four years ago. The sons and daughters resident in Nelson arc: Messrs. 11. W. and Frank Bethwaite, Mrs. H. Neale, Miss Bethwaito. Another son, Mr. W. R. Bethwaite, is with the New Zealand Forces in France. Mr. W. Jennings, M.P., at tho Anzac celebrations at Waitara, deprecated the grumbling and whining that was going on in New Zealand to-day over various matters, and askedl what was the inconvenionco of workers and men on the land compared with tho horrible tragedy our New Zealand boys had gone through in Gallipoli, where hunger, thirst, and death was their lot for 96 hours on a ' stretch. Monoy or convictions were not to be compared with the sufferings and misery our boys went through at Gallipoli. He hoped the rising generation .would never forget in the.future what our soldiers had done in this great war. Five Maori weddings were celebrated last Thursday in Mr, Hari Hemera s grounds at Otorohanga. There- were about 500 Maoris assembled, and a similar number of Europeans. _ After the ceremony tho guests were invited to tho wedding feast, held in a Inrgo marquee. The menu included pork, shark and eel, cooked in Maori fashion. Mr. and Mrs. H. Friedlander 1 (Ashburton) aro visiting Auckland. Tho hon. secretary for Lady Liverpool's and Mrs. Pomaro's. Maori Soldiers' Fund acknowledges the following donations:-Queen Victoria College, Auckland, 7 .pairs socks;' Karepoiua Maori Women's Committtee, £11 Gd • per Miss Williams, Hukarero School, 72 pairs socks, 38 mufflers; parcel from Palmerston North, 8 grey " pairs socks, canvas parcel, 4- muftlors, 7 pairs socks; Koputaroa Maori Women's Committee, .£2l 15s. 6d.; Mrs. K. M'Millan, £5 55.; K. Makitaruara, , RirLa Hiahia, Ruhia Poutu, Miss K. Makitaruara, P. AYakefield, W._ Bock, Aputu Thakara, £1 each; Rangialiuta, Tiki Aroua, N. C. Holdaway, Houie H., 10s. each; F. W. Gardes,' 10s. 6d.; Kercpa, Hokokhitu M'Groar, Mitanra, ' Arapata Taylor, A. K. Osborne, Paino, ) Pareuara Mohi, Te Hma Pmeaha, le Pae, Te Hana, P. Marsh, Mrs. Dooirvali, Mrs. D. Sciascia, ss. cachr •>. Taylor,' Pmeaha, T. Thurston, .Matm Winiata, Pikika Roweti, Ihakara M Millan, Whiti, L. Kingi, Stanley Koperu, Mrs. Cornish, Kahu, Pirilura, .1 apu, Tukorako, 2s. and 2s. Gd.-each; H. . M'Millan, £2 2s.