LOCAL AND GENERAL

Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 79, 30 September 1918, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

' In reply to a statement of the Defence Department that some papers had com-, ■plained that they had not received the casualty list' of the 40th Reinforcements (stricken by. a deadly epidemic),, it is mentioned that no blame is attachable to the Press Association. : The names were aent out by the association to all papers which receive' casualty lists by thus agency. No complaints; have been received by the association's head office from any paper which has this-service. The Telegraph Department also despatched the list in the customary way.to all districts with' a special, request that newspapers' should be aslced to publish th.c names. . '■'■"..'; , " .

The annual conference of the New Zealand Post and Telegraph Officers' Association will 1 be held in Wellington on the 29th October.

A correspondent^ "N.S. Wales," lias asked for th 6 meaning of Te Ore 'Ore, fcho •name of a; place near Mtisterton. The single word Ore means to bore, probe, or search out. The duplicate Ore Ore/ used as a verb, meana to incite, to alarm. tovEliake, or to quiver; V.Tfhe compound has been used adjectively with the meaning of alarmed. Mr. Elsdon Best,£ayi that, lacking local traditions in asso.cia-/ tion with the name, it would be- inipossiblo to state definitely what theoriginal namer of the place had in mind.

A growing practice of converting into tenement houses-, dwellings .that; were originally designed for single families has been noted in Auckland, and' is now under consideration by the Works Committee of the': City iCouncil. '' The City Engineer brought the matter under the notice ■of the authorities as being contrary to the interests of tb'e community.'

In the Tasmanian Letter in the. August issue of, the; Australasian Insurance and Banking Record .is the following paragraph, which will be read with great interest by fruitgrowers in New Zear. land: —"The difficulty of disposing,of the fruit crop has, to a great' sxtent, been overcome; 300,000 cases of: fruit have been evaporated; the balance .has been disposed of on the Australian market at a profitable' price., It is apparent that to hold the market in future the quality of the: fruit exported must be improved,Vand; to secure this a Bill will be introduced for. tho standardisation of apples." '■ ' '.;'.'■:•' ' ; -'■ ..',:;

•A service in memory of the late. Rifleman. Thomas Mitchell Abernethy was held in the Wesley Church, Island Bay, last evening. The pulpit was draped with' the Union Jack, and many friend* of the deceased were presenVto do honour to the memory of .the dead soldier.. The Rev. Dr. Pinfold was;the preacher/and Sir. H. F. Clarke also spoke on behalf of the Sunday School, 'of which Mr. Abernethy had been the superintendent. The choir .under Mr. Burd rendered suitable music, Mr. Sloman presiding at the organ.' . ■ ■.:■-. ;•■" ■.■■. „ ' „•','.' - '■'■'

" Visitors to Mr. ■■ Clement,, Wragge's. lovely: tropical gardens at'.Waiata/, Bifkenhead, have recently enjoyed ' eating ripe and luscious Fijian bariaiias/ pluck; ed direct from the trees. This—in September in the Auckland .Province, '• and after what has been regarded as an unusually cold winter—is surely an experi-' ence quite unique in the ; horticultural annals of the Dominion. It proves;what can be done by scientific methods,, and: a study' of the local climate not only of theatmosphere,: but of the very soil itself; and ■■ by applying the principles -of'deep cultivation and adequate drainage.:;.J

A correspondent writes, as. follows to the Auckland Star:—'The seed of tho New Guinea bean was planted in November. One plant was trained over a trellis and one allowed- to trail on the\ ground like a marrow. The one on, the trellis did not set fruit well. The one al-: lowed to trail did very Avell, some scores iof ; beans maturing^ , The blossom is a pretty white; flower, male and- female, produced in profusion: The \ first" bean was cut 17th, jMarch;, length lft Uin; girth 12inj weight:9lb. .'Flesh'very' solid and showing no signs of seed.' Flavour. when cooked, good.'•:■■ Cultivation,v-'eani-; lar to that of marrow, but requiring more ■ room. I allowed twa beans to mature: for. seed; they measured 3ft in 'length; -! girth lft 6in; weight 211b;each.":a..;. ;■ r

At the annual meeting of the. Worsen Bay Swimming Club,' held in" tlie club shed at Worser Bay, Mr. W,: H."Greeii,, who occupied the chair in the absence of-Mr. -:J,'. Brodie, said thatl jt,was a. matter, for regret that a morp 'suitable: building in which the club's .business could! be transacted. had not yet been obtained.".- The'^club's.: finances vnow: amounted to" £180/ and ,he thought' it was high; time that a step was takentin.' an endeavour to get a .suitable^.building erected: The present' buiHing.'■ was quite inadequate, both from the pointof acebm-j mc-datiqn and privacy .There should Jbe. a separate building for. senior members. The- need- for this was becoming more acute as the ■ suburb progressed. It was decided that the committee , should ;in--vestigate the: matter," and < submit: a- report at the he^.meetiDg. ... s; ;■;,-_ ? :.:.;■

When the ferry steamer; Maori was about one and a-half hours': steam from Lyttelton on Saturday:night.one of 'the blades 1 dropped off -,' the" centre propeller, and the violent tremor ■which followed this mishap caused some 'excitement on board./. A ilarge number of the'passengers had retired to', their bunks, and' these being suddenly awakened, were inclined to believe that the ..-vessel.-.had. been mined. They were : :'agi; sured, however, that such .was not the case, .and soon retunied to .their;bunks.' As the Maori ihas. three 'propellers ,the accident did. not delay the vessel to 'any great extent; and she arrived here yesterday morning at 9.25:0'c10ck. It will be necessary to'dock "the. vessel at' Lyttelton to-morrow, and for this reason she took no cargo for the Soutli to-day.,lt is expected,that the Maori will leave Lyttelton for Wellington at her usual'time, to-morrow. '„■■'■ .... .'.!'.■ -.

, A letter, signed by 34 patients at the King George V Hospital in Rotorua}" regarding the remarks made' by Miss Murray at the last meeting of the Red Cross Society at Auckland, has been received. "The,remarks made by Miss Murray," they' write, ''are rather ...sweeping; and apt to mislead. -In the ■first case, there are not;sqldiera «who have been here ' for several: years.' .The soldier population, of Rotorua. is transitory, and the,ayerkge term for a patient: at King;' George V. Hospital. 'is probably under three months.". .After detailing the'provision for recreation'/; the writers' continue:—; '' We realise that the Red Cross Society is earnest in its work/and we have benefited thereby very: largely. . Miss Murray, too, we agree, meant well, but We feel that she has been either misinformed,or meta few ' grousers.' .-■': who would be the last to take advantage of : workshops, etc. These remarks are made in fairness to: the 'authorities here, who: are ' popular : with the men,', to. the lady workers, and to the Salvation Army and Church of England' institutes. ; The Government, we feel sure, has in, hand a comprehensive scheme that will' provide, all and more than the public realise, and when the 1000. men, are here Miss Murray will find them busy at gardening, saddlery, carpentering, book-keeping,, bas-, ket-making, arts; and crafts/ and many other occupations that:will keep.them busy until they return to their.ordinary civil employment. It is debatable whether .they will stick to;the basketmaking, etc., then. ',We hope that our good friends of the Red Cross,' Society will take our, remarks in good part, and realise that' there are two, sides to the story.", , : -; .'_";.-,...'./ ..:' ■) ■. ' > ■__ :■; :

In a number of- the city churches yesterday special collections were taken .up in aid of the Red Cross appeal. ;, ,

From the-'letter of an Australian soldier fighting with the Egyptian forces: "We were in. the trenches the other day, and the weather being blanky: hot, there was a beer issue on. In the middle of the"operation Jacko made an attack—a solid one—and we had to fall back. We counterattacked and captured the beerrit was inside 400 prisoners." ...

A young married woman named Fanny Mary Allison M'Kenzie appeared at the Magistrate's' Court in Nelson oil :Fri'day, charged with haying, at Wellington on 11th-September unlawfully abandoned a child under two years. - She was remanded to appear in Wellington on Wednesday'next. ■. . ';,. ;."_.