LOCAL AND GENERAL

Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 57, 9 March 1922, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Trade with the East is a matter in which the Central Chamber of Commerce has interested it-self for some time past. At yesterday's meeting of the Chamber, the president, Mr. A. L. Hunt, moved, the adoption of a, majority report of a. committee, which suggested the following course :—(e) That' assistance be given in forming an export cor-; poration; (b) that the executive, of the associated Chambers be requested* to lend its support to the scheme; (c) that an experienced trade commissioner cr commissioners be sent to Eastern countries to secure trade, and report on every aspect of tbe same; (d) that the Government be asked, to furjfish credentials to tho commissioner of the corporation. Mr. Hunt mentioned that Mr. H. Hart, 'a. member of the committee, was not present at the meeting, had considered that tlia report went too far. In the first instance, Mi. Hs-H favoured the sending of a commissioner to the East to report upon trade possibilities for New Zealand products. It was decided that tho committee which' had drawn up the report should be constituted a "standing committee to keep the matter in view, and that Mr. H. H. Oxley, a member of the Chamber, who will be visiting the East in May, should bo asked to report upon the outlook for New Zealand, trade.

"We ought to be careful, before we endorse any scheme,." was the cautious attitude taken up by the Council of the CentraJ Chamber of Commerce yesterday, when the question of the Waks-i-apa railway deviation was under .consideration. On the motion of the president, Mr. A. L. Hunt, it was decide* : "That the Central Chamber is thoroughly in sympathy with early steps being taken to provide an alternative : route over the Rimutakns."

"I attend the Church of England myself, lout I look forward to the time when we will all be part of one big church," said Dr. A. K. 'Newman, M.P., last evening at the Methodist * Ohurch, amidst applause. "In the Great War all the Allied armies -were underg. different commanders, and .they/did riot do much good until they were united under one leader. The churches will hav^e a greater power for good if they will only unite." (Applau6e.) « .-■■,

Good progress continues'to jje made with the construction of the water tunnel at Orongorongo, and the range dividing the Orongorongo and Wainui Valleys has been penetrated over._loso feet- The country being penetrated is very hard, but the drills are now being driven. by power generated by the 'turbine erected neat 1 the Morton dam. A start lias been made with boring operations ,ori the eastern side of the range. Recent heavy rains caused damage to the road running alongside, the. Orongordngcj stream, and .repairs will take about another week to complete.

No.' pay, no play, was a rule decided upon at the annual meeting of the Wellington Football Association last evening, when delegates became. aware that several of the local clubs wore sadly behind in their payments of capitation.. When ,tho balance-sheet was- drawn up the arrears amounted to over £100, but a considerable part of the money .tyving has sinoe been collected. In future a> cliib which is not financial in the matt'jr will "stand on the bank" until its debt to the association is wiped off.

, For a long time the outlook as to the retention of "Association l*Ark as a play: ing area was somewhat doubtful, but it is -thoroughly' rosy at the present time. The president df the Wellington Football Association, Mr. W. Auld, mentioned at the annual meeting of the association last evening* that only £700 was now owing oh the ground, which was in very fair order. That fair order, he said, was largely the work.of Mr. Cblin Webster, who had taken the work on his shoulders and carried it through in excellent manner. Ways and means for the clearing up of the remainder of the debt will be considered by the incoming committee.

Opinions were sharply divided-—though there wfts a marked majority for-and buta few voices against—When a proposal was made at the annual meeting of the W.F.A, last night that Soccer clubs playing but. one senior team should be penalised, by means of heavier capitation, unless they saw that they, did their part in encouraging boys' and junior telmSi The proposal was ' that those clubs should be called'-upon to pay six guineas capitation, and that clubs playirjg only'one second division team,_ with no boys' teams, should pay. four guinea The, views of those who voted "No" were summed up in a, few words : "You will kill good football," but the voices in favour of encouraging football from the bottom up were too strong, and the proposal was adopted. Resolutions forwarded by the New Zealand Chamber of Commerce, favouring the adoption of world-wide commercial arbitration agreement® were considered at yesterday's meeting of the Cotitrnl Chamber of Commerce. -. It was mentioned that some years ago the Central/Chamber had inaugurated a. commercial defence scheme to deal with local commercial disputes) but tho machinery had been iised in jhly a few cases. Mr. A. Li Hunt, the president, stated that it would be in the interests of traders if there were means for arbitrating on commercial disputes that might arise between people, instead of allowing matters to drift into the law Courts. It was decided to approve of the principle of the New York plan, and to ask the Legislation Committee'to report fully upon it.

Charged with tho theft v"of a gramophone, piano, and various articles valued at £69 10s, a young man'named Fredtrick William Dewhurst, who appeared before Mr. F. K. Hunt., S.M., yesterday afternoon, entered a plea of guilty,- and h e was committed to tho Supreme, Court for Sentence. According- to tho statement made by Chief-Detective Kemp, the accused had been living with his family at Stanley-street, Berhampore. About December last hs left home, and went to lodge at various places. In the meantime, the fwnily went to live at Oriental Bay, and- locked up the Stanley-street house. On 27th June, a brother of the accused visited the latter place, and, found the articles missing. All but the gramophone had'been recovered. In a statement made to the police, the accused said that ha had sold the article* in order to obtain food' and shelter for himsolf.- Tho Magistrate declined to make an order prohibiting publication of Dewhurst's name. Mr. J. F. B. Stevenson appeared for the accused.

Last year an attempt was made to ascend Girdlestone Peak on Mount Ruapehu for the purpose of placing a granite memorial on the peak to the memory of the late Hugh E. Girdlestone, after whom the peak was named, and who lost his life in France during the Great War. . The journey was only partially successful on this occasion, and the memorial stone had to be Jeft half way up the mountain owing to very ' bad weather intervening. Next Saturday a ■barty led by Messrs. Pete? Keller and Guy Gh'dlestone Will leave Ohakune with the object cf carrying the stone to the 'top 'of the, peak, where it will be set in concrete. 'JL'h.e lato Hugh Girdlestone, who before the war was a- surveyor in the Lands Department.-was well known throughout the Dominion as a mountaineer 'of darin<r and enterprise. 1 A great deal of information collected by him during his mountaineering exeiir.'■.iinis has been placed on permanent record, nnd has greatly assisted/the preparing of the topography of .the mountain'lands of tins country.

A reunion of ex-officers of the N.Z.E.F. .Artillery is. being held in Wellington to-day.' A proposal to form an association is being discussed this after-noon,-and there will bo a dinner this evening. This is,' the first reunion of artillery officers since the war, and it is being attended by officers from all parts of the Dominion.

A resolution o£ sympathy with the relatives of the late Mr. W. Pryor was carried at yesterday afternoon's meeting of the Central Chamber of Commerce. Mr. A. L. Hunt (president) and Mr. 0. M. Luke both paid high tributes to the valuable worii which Mr. Pryor carried out in his duties for the New Zealand Employers' Federation, and' his great tact and ability in handling industrial matters.

Cock-fighting,' a popular sport in the Philippine Islands, was the subject.of a strong indictment by Bishop Locke'during his lecture at the Taraualii-street 'Methodist Church la3t evening. The eport went on during the whole of the daylight hours, on the Sabbath, and, gambling was carried out in a very feverish manner. "It is a brutal business," said the Bishop, "and I left the place one Sunday nauseated and sick at heart. But should we blame the Filipinos altogether when we ourselves have such things as the Dempsey-Carpentier fight?"

One matter on which the Central Chamber of Commerce prides. itself is that it is a- live body. This idea must "have been in'the mind of Mr. J. R. gait, at yesterday's meeting of 'the "Chamber, when he remarked that it did nnt seem to bo' a good policy to send forward remits through the executive of the- Associated Chambers of Commerce. The Central Chamber might think that legislation was necessary on certain subjects, but nothing might be done because of the inactivity of the Associated Chambers. .

"New .Zealand to-day is producing more than over," remarked Sir. J. R. Salt, a' member of the council of the Central, Chamber of Commerce, at a meeting of .(^he council yesterday. "As operations Leeome more'intensive we will have morz production. To counteract the effects of over-production, wo have to create consumption." Mr. Salt thought the Central Chamber could not hurry ..too milch in pushing on trade de-. velopmett with the Enst, which would' provide an outlet for New Zealand productions,

An admission that he had stolen two sums of money, totalling £90, from the firm of Brown arid Dureau, Auckland, was made by a man named Reginald Ffeernan when lie Was charged before Mt. F. K. ; Hunt, S.M., at the Magistrate's Court yesterday afternoon. Air. W. E. Leicester prosecuted oil behalf of Brown and Dtireati; and Mr. P. W, Jacksdn represented the accused. Freeman was employed a.s manager of the firm at' Auckland, and. in October last a Mr.. Harold Shacklefofd, commission agent and broker, had lodged an order for two tons of Belgian steel. Shackleford paid Freeman £47 for this .order, but the Money had nol'been received by Brown and Dureau. Another < order for £43 -worth of "steel had been placed, and the money had met with a similar fate. The accused was committed to~ the Supreme Court for sentence."

A very interesting instruction issued to New Zealand- troops on OallipoH in regard to the capture of Tuikisn prisoners has been presented to the Chri'stchiirch Museum. The instruction stai-e.3, among other i:—"Expefieiice in othel' fields of the war against Turkey lias shown us that many Turkish soldiers are serving under compulsion, and are anxious to give themselves'up at 'the first opportunity. 'A . , Consequently, facilities should be given for as. many surrenders as possible. Turkish soldiers as a. l'U^e manifest their . desire to cur* render by holding their .rifle butt upward, and by Waving clothes Or rags of any colour. An actual white flag should be regarded with the utmost^ suspicion, as the Turkish soldier is unlikely to possess anything of v th'dt colour. Then follow Turkish phrases, such as "Throw down yoiir 1 arms" (sillahltirehene brak) and "Advance slowly' 1 (yawash gel). The instruction is part of a collection comprising airplane 1 photographs, a panorama of Messiries ridge, arid ..field sketches' and maps presented to th le Museum by Major H, S. Ealtry, D.S.O.

' A high tribute of praise, was paid by Mr. A; F. Roberts and Mrs. Darling at yesterday's meeting of the Navy League to the whole-hearted assistance which the teacheis, in the public and private schools of, the Wellington' district have always given to the woi'lc of the league. Many of the committee recounted that in visiting the schools they had not only.been warmly welcomed, but that most of the head teachers had gone to • considerable trouble to make the visit a patriotic function,, with the object, cf more strongly impressing upon the children the loyal and patriotic objects and aims' of the league. This work has been carried on in Wellington schools for twenty years, and the fact that "the financial school membership for 1920 exceeded 7000 sDoke for itself. There never was a tim 4in the- history 01. the Empire when the work of the Navy League was of greater importance in British communities* and at the end of last.year 1 the hon. secretary received from the secretary ,of the Wellington Echicatioii Board an official letter reaffirming the board's approval, of the league's activities in the schools. . * ■

In a lecture on "Foreign Correspondence" to-students of journalism at Lon; don University, Dr. Harold Williams (formerly a well-known rTew Zealnnder) gave some very valuable advice (writes -fho Post's London correspondent). Dr. Williams has had so much experience in European capitals, that what he told, his audience should be of the utmost 'benefit, He is now on the staff of The Tinies in London. Describing the wolfk of a foreign correspondent, he indicated its particular importance at the present stage in the world's history, .when pea.cc depended on mutual knowledge and sympathy among nations. The ,students of the course were to be congratulated that they were able to gettrained for their work. Most journalists up till now had to learn in-'Hie hard school of experience, and hadl had! to profit by their own mistakes. The chief requisites for a foreign correspondent were knowledge, including the knowledge of the written and spoken language of the country to which he was appointed 1, and a knowledge, not only of politics, but of the social forces' that made and' explained politics, art, literature, .'and economics. The correspondent tnudt not confine his knowledge to the capital or to any ofle class, but must have a broad view of the various classes Who lived in the country. Knowledge was useless without sympathy that made just interpretation possible, and knowledge and sympathy were both of little avail unless .a correspondent were able to form an independent judgment, mid to express his individuality in his ' work. Finally, apart from tho responsibility of the work, it offered, in itself, great interest' and frequently adventure and romance.