LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 312, 21 September 1918, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The lives of several Australians have been saved during the "last few days by the adoption throughout the Australian dressing, "stations 'of. a regular system of blood-transfusion (says'a London cable message to the 'Australian papers under date of September; 8). 3[auy woimded who''should otherwise have survived have died in the past owing to heavy loss of. Wood putting them in a condition in which they could not stand the strain of an operation. A system has now been ornahiscd'at'the Australian dressing stations whereby in such cases the, blqnd of another, .man can, immediately be injected) and an operation .'performed, where otherwise d.eath Would be certain. There is no difficulty whatever to find men to'volunteer to give.their blood to' a comrade. 'Slightly wounded men.with a cut foot.; ,a smaJl"bullet wound through the arm, or any.; .other small "blighty" wound readily .offer.' The 'Australian' Press : delegation.visited one dressing station, where the lives of men unnucßtioivibly were, saved in this .way, .while- the. lightly wounded, who gave - their- blood, walked out immediately after the operation, whistling; to light cigarettes.

"Really, •■ at • your time tff life, you are too old to start' playing Germans," remarked, Mr., F. V. Frnzer, 5.M.,-at: the Magistrate's Court yesterday, in a casein which three voung men, named S V. • Forsyth;-W. Thomas, ,'ar.d \B; Reinlwrdt,' were charged tjiation. Au-. gust 11, they wilfully .damaged'a.'whare' and. .content's-to. the extent. ■of £10.. The'whartv.was .situated at Pukerua,. and belonged to .'John. Harold. .'Pre-' Smith: . .Chief-Detective Boddam. said,the.'.case was a very' bad one of vandalism, .'On the.date of the information the three'.defendants broke into' the, whare . and wrecked.it and- its contents from floor to'ceiling. The place' .'generally was left in a filthy.condition. Detective-;Sprgeaiifc Andrews interviewed the defendants, who admitted doing the damage. To use the words ..of. De-. tective-Sergeant Andrews's . report: "The damage done would have dono credit Ho'a Hun-'reiding: party some-, where-in France." His Worship-said he could quite understand such damage beinn; done by schoolchildren, or- a raiding party of Germans,.but he could not- see why throe young meii should make lunatics of themselves. ...Each defendant would be fined £5. and ordered to make good in equal ..'proportions the amount of the damage done. "That will perhaps teach yon that this sort of thing, though-it might be popular in Belgium awl France, is not to, be,'"permitted hi y a country that- is in tile hands of civilised people," said Mr. Frazer. "The next time yon/go on a holiday, conduct yourselves in a reasonable and civilised manner."' '~'

A waterside worker named Neil Soronson,'3o years of age. Who resides in 'Hopper Street, was riding a bicycle in Jervois Quay yesterday aftornoon, 'when he was struck by a. lorry and knocked to the ground. Ono of the wheels of'the lorry passed over his stomach, and he received serious internal injuries which necessitated • his removal to the Hospital.

The state of roads on soldier settlements ,".was the.'subject of discussion and criticism at.a meeting of tlio Piako Comity Council. The county engineer stated' that the 12ft. roads which the Public Works Department was constructing in son;e .if the blocks to give access to the soldier settlements would be quite useless in the soft country iir winter, and would hecomo'a- serious embarrassment to the council when they were handed over for maintenance. The. chairman denounced such expenditure as a waste of public money.

On the ittforjnafion of the Inspector of" Factories, B. Semeloff was charged at the Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Mr. F. V. Frazer, S.M., with having failed to close his shop at 6 p.m., the time of closing of watchmakers' and jewellers' shops. Mr. C. W. Tanner, who appeared for the defendant,' contended that tho main portion of defendant's business was pawnbroking, therefore lie did not come within tile scope of the rwiuisitioii requiring jewellers' shops to ,closo at 0 o'clm-lc His Worship thought that the matter- could bo got over by defendant shutting off the. jewellery portion of -the business from the other part ok' the simp. ■ His Worship was satisfied that a breach of tho law had been committed. Ho entered a eon.vietion, but reserved tho question of penalty for a month in order that defendant might confer with' the Labour Department regarding structural.alterations which itmight be' -to miiko to Ihc premises,

I Mr. Milesi, on behalf of the'ltalian fishermen', of Wellington, apologises for I tin.- absence of £ freah-lish stall at the 'Italian Market iii the Town Hall. All - preparations had. been made in the hopo' of ..securing l a,, .big'.'"catch" tor Italia, .when up camo the big. southerly storm on' Wednesday, .bringing jvitli is a lieary sea which made fishing impossible that day awl on Thursday. The fishermen intend to make arrange- . m.ents to :carry out their compact with ■the-'public- and their country at the earliest date consistent with heavy nets.

•, Messrs. J. and N. 'fait have definitely arranged with Mr. Harry Lauder, the Scotch comedian, to pay his second visit to Australia next year. Mr. Lauder's activities of. late, have been, chiefly in .the'.'.'direction, of war work. The! fund .'fori the benefit of Disabled Scotch Soldier's aiid Sailors has benefited to the extent of over £20,000 .through Mr. Lauder's efforts in the United. States. ".'. , -

, For.-the first .time in its' history the seaivnrd side of the road in, Oriental Parade (Oriental Bay) is being given a solid (foundation. A greater part of what is now-road" was a couple of years ago crumbling clay banks, above highwater'murk, and when the beach was enclosed with a sea-wall and the space between'.the'old road awl the wall was filled in ;tlie'road .was .just .levelled off to.mcct'tlie .demands of traffic for. the time beiug,. /Now, however, this road .H i)cin'g : solidly- formed,' with;a, foundation of "boulders," on which will.be laid layers nit smaller metal, and finally the road will be blinded under-pressure-making a. firm iiatfhdain road, which the residents hope will cue day be faced with tarred macadam or concrete.

Mr., J. M'Combs, M.P.: informed a Dominion reporter yesterday that the 'New Zealand Alliance had - received a telegram from West Coast:minors asking if it was true that the'alliance and Protestant Political Association ■ were "riiiiniiig" Mr. Mack, tho Independent Labour candidate for the Wellington Central-seat.-. : The. Rev. 8.. S. Gray, the- alliance's organiser,; -.-.stated Mr. M'Combs, at: once telegraphed ;tn emphatic and positive-denial. ',- .. , • '"'•The honorary- treasurer' of the Wellington branch bt the '-British Bed •Cross'-'and Order of St. John acknowledges receipt; of 'the-" fallowing' additional contribution's:—'.'Wairarapa Subcentre" of the British Redv Cross Society, £3100*; Wellington Red Cross Sho'i). £1000: New-Plymouth "Copper Trail" Fund, £610"; Hunterville Count-ess'-ofl Liverpool Fund and Red Cross Guild, £125 10s.*; Wnverley Patriotic League, £113'18s. 6d.*; Hunterville Countess of Liverpool. Fund and Bed ■Cross' Guild, £S0;. Wellington .Savage .CJuh; "£lp*, proceeds. W,aar,-per Miss Clisliv, Government"'-.Printing ; : Office, .£lO Os.'fitL*;" Stratford Red Cross-Guild, £10';' New Plymouth-Sub-Ceii'trcs"-British' Bed - Crass; ' £10;. Newman schoolcinldren. "£l.lis:* ,'The amounts marked with' * are contributions to Our Day Copper Trail.- '

The railway Department announce that in order.to-prevent''through pas : surgers by mail, trains being-.; inconveuTencedj' on Monday, September. 23, the Wellington-New Plymouth and Wel-lington-Napier- mail -trains;.-, up.* 1 and down, will not stop at Tc Hpro, Otaky or Manakau. .-. ■ .'- . '.--.-. . -

Since Ilia entry of America into the,, war. several lines of foodstuffs formerly imported into New Zealand in large quantities have-been cut off.' their ex-, port having,'been prohibited by.the ' United-StiftesiGovernment. -;' Foremost'among these ai-ecanned'.!■ vegetables, particularly- corn and tomatoes-,' which 'formerly -had' a* very, large: sale,- and which are now being conserved for the home supply and for'the'use of American, troops at home and abroad. The export of prunes and dried peaches has also-been prohibited, and. supplies of; confectionery have been very much tailed owing to- the United States' authorities' having reduced tho supply of sugar to confectioners by about 50 per y pent. :' There has- been'; no-;restriction on the export -of canned-fruit, however, but owing to the increased cost due to shipping-.charges-,,etc.,; Australian -fruit is : now- being sold in much larger, quantities than ever-before. 'According to-an Auckland merchant Cali-fcrnian-canned ifrui.t,' until-quite recently, 'bad an almost complete monopoly of the trade, for it could be'im-' ported at' lower cost than Australian-: grown fruit; states the ."Herald:"-. Now that the price of the American article, has increased, canved fruit' from'Australia'is able to compete in' the New Zealand- trade, and large quantifies are being received-. With regard to the local canning industry, it is stated that ■••very if ew/vegetables are: being put up;, while • fniitr preserve :ihg. is: mostly, confined-,to. pie fruits,; the' amount of; 'dessert -fruit -canned being comparatively small. .■-■•-.■:■ : "-',•