LOCAL AND GENERAL

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 116, 20 May 1925, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

His Excellency the Governor-General, bir Charles Fergusson. has accepted the position of patron of the Wellington branch of the Navy League: That there was something more than the game itself in the"" playing of matches was a point made by Mr. ft O Martin, manager of the Sydney University Rugby football team, at'the civic' i-eception yesterday afternoon. "We feel," he said t '"that these tours do a tremendous amount of good. :> The players were given a broader outlook, and they became better citizens, while the links of the Empire were bound more closely together.

The general health and sanitary condition of all the islands of the Cook group has been well maintained during the past year,, staleh Dr. R. S. Trotter, Chief Medical Officer, in a recent report. He adds that there have been no deadly epidemics. The typhoid problem in Mangaia and leprosy in two islands in the northern group arc the greatest troubles at present. He points out that it is difficult to deal thoroughly with _ health matters under existing conditions of intercommunication among the widely-scattered islands ' included in the Cook group. -'

'I am pleased toreay that the building up of character has not been overlooked in the school curriculum, which includes instruction in the ideals of tlio bamoan boy movement, called Fe'tu :o Samoa, to which all pupils belon» " states the Administrator of Samoa °in a recent report. "I am indebted to several local citizens who havo'voluntarily given their time to hold technical classes of instruction in plumbing, electricity, carpentry, and wireless operating for the boys of the Government school at Malifa, tile excellent work produced by some :of. these pupils is proof of what the Samoan is capable of when properly taught."

The advantages offered by participation in sport to young men passing from tne schools and universities to business life were touched upon by the Mayor (Mr. C. B. Norwood) in the course' of his address of welcome to the Sydney University footballers yesterday afternoon. Through sport closer associations were made, and by interchanges of visits the sportsmen of different countries came to know oiie another better. Good sportsmanship was reflected m business, and shown on sueli«a tour as that which the Sydney University players were mailing it Was going to be for the good of both countries. "I canndt imagine anything better than emerging from school life with some knowledge o£ brethren over the seas," the Mayor added, ''and I trust that these interchanges of visits will leavp lasting impressions on the minds of the player's."

The extent to Which Rugby football had benefited in New South Wales last year through the visit of the New Zealand team was indicated by Mr. ft. 0. Martin, manager of the Sydripy University team, in the course of his remarks at the civic reception yesterday afternoon. Tho New South' Wales" Rugby Union, .he said, was sincerely; grateful to Now Zealand for sending the learn over, last year, arid through that visit the Rugby Union was iii a much stronger position, and tho game Was coming back to its own. The players were improving, and generally the outlook was Very bright. With the further help from. N6w Zealand in. sending another team this season it was hoped that the Rugby Union ganie in New South Wades would be on the crest of the wave by the end of this season. Mr. Martin expressed pleasure at seeing Mr. Cos. Badeley, of last year's New Zealand team, at the function, and he also referred to the recognition in New South Wales, of the wonderful record which had boon put up by that team.

When speaking sis a guest bf the Palmerston North Citizens' Lmicti Club yesterday, Mr. A. T. Markmau, Secretary of Iho Post and Telegraph Department, h'mdu the surprise announcement that tlio town had been constituted a chief post office, says a Press Association message. •In quoting figures to show the phenomenal lincrease of the departmental activities at Palmerstbn North, Mr. Markmau said the postal business represented 1| per cent., which, on a population basis, would average 1^ per cent. The telegraph and telephone business was greatly in excess of the average, while last year one million sterling was deposited in the Savings Dank. Extensive alterations and additions to the post office buildings are to be undertaken at an early date. The boundaries of the G.P.O. district of which Palmerston North will be the centre will be Manakau in the south to Greatford and Bulls, up the Eangitikei River to the Buahinc ranges, arid across to lJannevirkc, inclusivo, and taking in Pa-' hiattmi on .the North Wajrarapa boundary.

-Sec the window display of Ladies' huedc Fabrii; Uloves with petal gauntlets. This is, a snappy little glove in several' smart colourings and is specially pficfid at. 4s GtJ a pair. Kirkealdie and gUiaa 2 l-.tii— Adv^

According to a Press Association message, the Wangaaui City Council last evening decided to reduce the general rate from 5s 'to 4s* 10a.

The Auckland City Council has decided to contribute £1000 'towards the cost of the Auckland provincial court at the Dunedin Exhibition, states n Press Association message.

A motion to the effect that steps he taken to have the preference clause to unions in all awards made absolute "was adopted unanimously at the recent annual conference 61 the New Zealand Labour Party.

A party /of .twenty-nine ItaUan men arrived at Wellington yesterday by the Moeraki from Sydriey. They were mostly young men-, only a few approaching middle-age. The new arrivals are bound for Various-parts .of the dominion, to Ko farming or fishing.

The constitution of the New Zealand Labour Party is to be amended, by decision of the re'efeht annual conference to provide that candidates for selection ballots must be members of the patty for at least two years. The alteration will not apply to this year's elections

.The new transfers for motor ■ windscreens, which are to take the place of the red paper discs issued last year to payers of Hutt road fees, are available to-day at .the .^traffic Inspectors 1 Office or at the City Treasury counter. The transfers are Quickly, amied^ a matter of a few/seconds. A hew 'design or tlie same design ill ne\v 'colours Will be issued each year.

On.being welcomed back to his place ori .the Winter Show committee by the chairman (Mr. J. Myers) on Monday, oir John Luke referred to the death of ■ the Prime.Minister, and said that wher- i e"ver he (Sir John) went on his .trip | abroad he found that the name of the ate Mr. Massey stood high. He had heard high tribute paid to him as a statesman and Imperialist.

. The quality - and quantity of timber I in an old building now being demolished ' at Gisborne, states tiro "Poverty Bay ; limes," have been responsible far a coiisiqefable amount of comment, fhrou^liout nothing but heart of kauri had bleh used, the joists being only fifteen indies | apart and nine inch by three inch tini- I bei- utilised. The ceiling boards -were I of 18-inch by 1-inch timber, and the other material in the building was in : proportionate size. j

After hearing the completion •of the cake, Williahi Sheard v. Henry Brett Baylis, claiming removal of sand, repairs to a fence, and an injunction covering an .Island Bay property, as well as £50 damages, Mr. Justice Ostler yesterday gave decision in the Supreme Court for £25 for past and future damages to the fence. The injunction was refused, and his Honour found that little or no damage has' been caused by escaping sand. At the hearing, Mr. O. H. M. Moir represented plaintiff, 1 and Messrs. J. A.. Tripe and C. H. Haine appeared for defendant.

'Just a phase of student exuberance," said •; membel- of the Auckland University College Council when the matter of the students' recent burlesque procession in Queen street was under discussion at Mdhday'is meeting. A letter explaining the affair was received from the president of the Students' Association, stating it had come to their knowledge that.certain citizens felt aggrieved at their burlesque, and that the students themselves, so far from desiring to offend. any section-, of . the. public, .with regard to the civic sqllafe pfoject, were themselves really x ßupportev» of the scheme (states the "New Zealand Herald"). "The explanation was accepted by the council,- t - several /members expressing the conviction that the studeftts had not meant to, give any cause for offence, their only object having been the advertisenieilt of their p/ay.

It is not expected that normal traffic will be possible oh the Awakino Valley road, connecting New Plymouth and Te Kttiti, during Hie next two weeks. In some places oil the Valley road the ■whole formation of the road had slipped away and shot into the river below, necessitating the whole Of that portion of the road being rebuilt. There is one section (about two miles) which it is estimated may take up to three weeks before the road will bo in proper order again. Between Te Kuiti and Pio Pio, about one 'and a half miles of the road follows the Mokau River, -which,, in becoming silted up, had overflowed its banks and covered the road to a depth varying from six inches to four feetCars were, however, able to pass this point dn Monday- afternoon; At Pic Pio 7.18 inches of rain fell iii 52 hours, one resident of many years stating that it was the heaviest rainfall of his experience in the district. One ni°-ht there were 13 Cars stranded in the towilship, not being able to get one wav or the bther. .

lii some ,of the trade unions, says the secretary of the Alliailce of Labour in an article in the "New Zealand Worker," there are workers -who seem to tliink that if there was one national organisation of labour in New iZealand the very first thing the executive Would do after it was established would be to call a strike of all the workers engaged in " every 'industry. The writer remarks that these beliefs arc principally due to a lack of knowledge of tho irtdustnal labour movement. "The dxediitivo or council controlling the business of a national organisation have a very responsible business to carry 6h. What good purpose would be served by calling all the wbfkers. 6Ut on strike? Why should it be done? What would b> the ultimate gain? And last, but not least, why should they call the. workers oiit on strike unless the workers demand it? If these good people would only reflect fota moment they would see that the national organisation cannot take drastic action as suggested by them unless it is by the direct will of the workers." The writer asks the workers whether they are going to remain a half-starved subjected lot of working men and women or whether they were going to demand their rights through an organisation which could speak and act on their behalf.

llie fact that a narrow open space, with a. car track running along ib and leading from one street to another street in convenient fashion, appears to be a roadway and is used as finch by a largo _ number of drivers, is no pi'oof that it is a roadway, has been exemplified by the barricading 1 of a short cut from Clydo quay to Chaffers and Cable streets.* on To Aro reclamation. Drivers who wish to reach the reclamation from Louftenay place must now run on past the Corporation depot] almost to the Clyde Quay Wharf entrance, and round an extra corner or two before reaching Cable street. The reclamation will hg more easily reached When the short connecting sti'eets are driven from Wakeheld to Cable street, though even then uhe way. will not be so direct or convenient as through the short cut now closed. Apparently this convenient access was never an actual roadway, tram track and odd pieces of road metal notwithstanding, some question of land titles being in the way. "As the lay-out 01 the reclamation as a whole is thoroughly incouvemenfc, and is likely to remain' so uhlil (lie City Council* and lhA Harbour Board get together and decide upon a morn sensible arrangement ol street lines and. buildings." remarked ono motorist \vlio had 14 turn baok this morning, "perhaps it is rust as well thai the access should also be made as in- , ccuvaiieat ac is cQflrenitntiX £<sa&ifc]£,"

The statement 6f finance Submitted' to the Wellington Education Board this morning showed the following figures : Payments .from Ist January to 30th April, £121,891 9s Bd) credit balance at 31st December, .£3549 Os 2d, receipts over period, £114,561 10s lid; debit balance, £1380 18s 7,d. Deposit acS^sSr 1 credita aegre^ing

Mi-. Walter. F. Boyle has been appointed American Consul at "Auckland to succeed Mr. Karl de G. MacVitty, recently transferred to Teheran, Persia. He will arrive by the Niagara next week. Mr. Btfyle has been in the United States Foreign Service for the last ten years, and comes to Auckland from San Luis Potosi,! Mexico, where he has been -stationed for two years.

"How much would a lady's hair growin two months?" asked, counsel of a witness id the 7 Auckland 'Supremo Court on Monday. "I really could not say, replied the witness, Who was a doctor, "i have never let my hair.grow for so long." Later in. the 'case a female witness, employed as a hair specialist, said that haL grew half an inch in one monthj and an inch and a half in six months. ■'. ■

Councillor T. Bloodworth, a Labour member, who .topped -the poll at the Auckland City Council election, was proposed by^Ctfuncillor E. Phclari, the only other Labour member, for the position of -Deputy Jiaydr at last night's meeting of the council, stales a Press Association message. It lias generally been the custom to appoint the councillor topping the poll, as Deputy-Mayor, but 'Mr Fhelan s motion failed to find a sec-' onder, and Mr. J. A. Warnock was then appointed. -

_ Ihe Railway Department is considering the question of speeding, up Hie -h raln.. services, in Marlborough. \lthough the Marlborough connection nf the South Island Main Trunk raiway is not likely to.be completed for y, airs years.to come-, judging by present .r.O*cations at any rate, tlic BepiuM-?;-,; • anxious to provide facilities, for a ' ... Ijifled tail iitid motor jouriie \ ••-..; view to enabling the joiirnt:. , Christchurch and Blenheim". • .

VRrsay to be completed ill ciii xi;--.'. v A constable's opinions' of Wonr.-n :l „■ Jrivcrs relieved the monotony ol a J-- :i ; j;what tedious case arising out of a n\,l ,r TOllision heard by. Mi. H. A - ■ Yvj^W' S.M., in the. Hamilton Magistott^ Court on Monday. Oile of the defei-d----ants, the driver 'of one of the cars "u-.is a Woman, and .tire consiaWe appeaivd to hold the. opinion, 'tliat ■she Was mainly responsible for the accident. \Vh«n cross-examined by counsel on the m?tter he rem"arked 4 with a tote of finality Well, m my opinion, aad I never change it, whenever" a woman "driver gets into a tight place she is bound to lose her head and blimp something. She cant help it." (laughter.) The-same witness was cross-examined as to whether he had forced the same defendant iii<o making a statement (reports the "JS^w Zealand Herald"). He replied that lie had not used any force in the matter He did not think he had used his usually elective powers of persuasion. The uses and production of margarine were described to the Auckland Rotary Club oh Tuesday by Mr. G. H. -Abel The Truth About MaVgarirtb'^ • (report' the "New Zealand Herald*'). Them was _a_ great prejudice against hiargarihe. itt New Zealand, said Mr. Alel. ' Here manufacturer*. were '. prohibited from using ■ milk or colouring' materials' 'iiv^ts production, because it, was feared" it would compete With butter on the market. England had" no prejudices, wnd- , iast...year imported 65,000 trtfls-. of' hVarganne and 800.000 tons of vecetaWo matter for its production. -India aiic Onnn dealt largely in the,(.omihoditv onina alone exported 35,000 tons "of pßanut -"Oil last yeai', arid 1,250,000 tons of nutsj which was e'qlial to .about hrlf that 'amount of-.oil.- Margarine in Kew Zealand was made from b«ef faf.s> speclaUy prepared by an exhaustive process -Margarine.was not a substitute for butl tel'. To illustrate its popularity abroad, the speaker declared that last year Holland imported 400,000 tons of oils and B?l^ tnl 330 '000 tffl's * surplus of 70^000 tons. Holland w5 a butter country, and yet shipped vast quantities Of margaHne to England.

For the purpose •of extending tin municipal housing scheme, the Christ.churcli City Council has applied to the Government for a large grant. The Mayor (Mr. J. K. Archer) stated at "the meeting of the council on Monday nitt'it rhaMi-° n«» 8? 1 P, rilthe £ ouncil aPPlled to tne btate Advances Department for a loan .of. £20,000 for the erection of porkers' dwellings. A reply had since been received to the effect that the deuiaiid made bh tlm funds had precluded at present the entertaining of the. coUn. tit s application. On 15th May Councilor , Sullivan .. interviewed the Prime Minister, Sir Francis Sell, and asked that the.Department should lend the council .-850,000 for the purpose, and tne Prime Minister promised to see what could be done in the matter The Major added that he believed the council would be able to secure a Substantial loan Councillor D. G. Sullivan said ttwould be just as well to proceed as' quickly as possible. Sir Francis- Bell >Ms only Prime Minister for Ihfe time being, and in his SVvii words was the leader of a Lady Jane Ministry, awaiting execution. Sir Francis Bell, however, was favourably -.inclined- t6 the councils application, and it would therefore be better to make immediate application for the loan. He moved that mi T dr!,^?^Pl ifcattea b^ ffiade for a-tear of £50 000 for housing purposes i n Ghristchnrch (reports the -Sun"). Tho niotibh was seconded by Councillor F R Cooke, who said the present time was most opportune to make die application when the Government was about to wbb the electors. The motion was car ned. ' , .