LOCAL AND GENERAL

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 48, 25 August 1925, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Amongst the many messages of sympathy received by Mr. T. M. Wilford m his recent breakdown in health is the following, received yesterday from Rotorua from Mr. Tai Mitchell:—"After a week of entertaining the fleet, both here and Auckland, Arawas returned home Saturday. They asked me to send you their arohonui (hearty good wishes), and K6pes of an early recovery."

Earl Jellicoe, who, during his term as Governor-General of New Zealand, proved himself to be one of the warmest friends' of the Jubilee Inetltute for the Blind, is still maintaining a .keen interest in it. The trustees ol the Institute have just received a letter from him stating that he has secured from the Admiralty for use at the Institute two ship's bells which saw much service during the war, states the "New Zealand' Herald.' With his never-failing generosity, he is giving one of the bells as a personal gift from himself. The bells are being sent to New Zealand in H.M.S. Diomede.

A habit of mock facetiousness possesses mefnbers of the Empire Press party, and it leads to much merriment (states "The Post's" Auckland correspondent). When they /Were "doing" the thermal sights a voice was heard moving "that a small committee be set. up to inquire into this." "This" was ( a boiling cauldron that acted with machine I like persistency. Later, at a hematite ' pool, someone was accorded the "order I of the hematite, Becond-cl.asss," while at the geyser display a suggestion was gravely made that a member of the party ought reftlly to Say a few words to mark the occasion. One man was inspired; amid steam, to make a limerick of merit. The name of Waitomo was instantly seized upon. .A -wagcalled it "wait a mo"; and one delegate, trying to' remember Te Kuiti, manufactured "Tay mac watty." While a New Zealander of English origin claim* a United States sailor of similar origin as his Amerioan cousin, it seems (says "The Post's" Auckland correspondent) that a Maori, too, has an American cousin on board the visiting ships. A "Jackie" who visited Pukekohe on Saturday not only quickly' chummed up with the local Natives, bu,t had all the appearance of a JJaori/ so much so that passers-by presumed that in him there must be at least one true "Native" of New Zealand in the United States navy. However, inquiry elicit-' ed the information that he was a Hawaiian, which explained the mystery, Hawaiians and Maoris being closely related branches of the great Polynesian family. This particular Hawaiian belongs to U.S.S. Tennessee. In the course of his address at the annual meeting of shareholders of the Wellington Woollen Company yesterday, the chairman quoted the following interesting figures given by a writer in the "Australasian Manufacturer" with reference to the progress of the United States since the passing of the M'Kinley tariff :—"That was. the turning point in the career of the United Statns. Since then, the tariff policy of the United States has been uniformly Ironclad Pro-, tection, and the result is seeii to-da.y in o, nation of 105,700,000, with ah export trade of £1,414,802,306, giving the United Stated a credit balance of £795,----626,989. over the imports. The increase niiiee 1890 is tlfe iiiost wonderful demonstration of the eHicacy of Protection. Consider the figures : In 29 years, increase iv population fifty-four millions seven hundred thousand (54,700,000), 107 per cent. Increase in imports, four hundred- and sixty-one millions three hundred and thirteen thousand pounds (±W5T,313,000), 292 per cent. ' .Increase In exports, one llionsand two hundred arid forty-three millions two hundrprl and iliirl.y-rls IhtnwiM ijuiimU {U\,MZM&>, 000), 721 up* cent.'-

A meeting of boating men held at Dunedin last evening decided to hold a yachting, motor-boating, and rowing regatta on Otago Harbour during the Exhibition period, stateß a Press Association message. A provisional com* mittee was appointed to investigate and report to a meeting on 7th September. t Another party oi 268 immigrants arrived at Wellington yesterday afternoon by the Shaw, Savill liner Tainui from Home. They were booked for the various ports of the Dominion as follows, the figures for men being mentioned first, then those for women and children i —Auckland, 50, 33, 25—108; Napier, 3, 1, o—4; New Plymouth, 2, 3, o—s} Wanganui, 4, 2, I—7; Wellington, 33, 37, 11—81; Nelson, 2, 2, o—4; Westport, 4, 3, 1—8; Greymouth, 0, 1, 0—1; Lyttelton, 13, 13, 2—28; Dunedin, 7, 6, 2—15; Bluff, 2 3, 2-^-7. Totals are : Men 120, women 104, children~44. Aggregate 268. Included in the party Were 38 domestic servants. '.. "The girl is seventeen years old, and lias been working in a Chinese laundry depot at Mount Eden from 7.30 a.m. until-7.30 p.m. for 30s a week," said Chief-Detective Cummings in the Auckland Police Court on Thursday, when a young woman, whose name was ordered to be suppressed, pleaded guilty to stealing 17s from, Fong Foo Lip. "It is most undersirablo that she should remain in the shop," said Sir. Cummings. He added that accused was induced to take the position. She had worked long hours and had succumbed to temptation, reports the'"New Zealand Herald," The girl was admitted to probation for one year. Tile different attitudes adopted V local bodies toward requests for financial assistance for the Auckland display in the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition in Dunedin were remarked upon at a meeting of the Auckland Provincial Court on Friday. Many bodies had voted considerably less than their assessment, and some had refused to give anything at all. The organiser reported, however, that when he visited the Waitomo County Council there was lying on the table an account for £7000 for flood damage. In spite of this fact £100 had been voted. The Hokianga County Council had given £116, which was more than twice its assessment, and the money had already been paid. A correspondent (T. E. Fyffe) writes to "The Post" as follows:—"May I trespass on your space to congratulate the Government Publicity Department on the excellent manner in which it seized the opportunity of advertising the Dominion through the officers aiid men of the U.S. navy ? On inquiries among the naval authorities themselves I learn that no Country hitherto visited has given them such. Complete information per medium of cinema film, booklets, »nd: photographs as was afforded locally. The Chief Publicity Officer (Mr. ftlessenger) is to be congratulated on the manner in which he organised this highly important work. The results are likely to have widely beneficial effects on our future tourists traffic." While a mother was' nursing her three-weeks-old baby at Whangarei a week ago a pin dropped from her clothing into the baby's mouth; It rested on the palate and the mother tried to recover it. She was unsuccessful, and was horrified to see it slip head first down the throat, writes a correspondent. The infant . was taken immediately to the Whangarei Hospital, where during four days the medical authorities observed by X-rays its progress through the baby's ; body. Had it lodged a ticklish operation on so young a child would, have been necessary, but that operation wasnot re--, quiwd, and the pin, after travelling an estimated distance of 26ft, was recovered in the ordinary natural manner. So far as the local medical fraternity are' con : cerned such an occurrence was unique. People have been known to feel dizzy when looking over the parapet of Grafton Bridge> Auckland, but to walk along the top with a surface of only two inches requires no small amount of skill and nerve. A sailor from one of the visiting battleships (states "The Post's" Auckjand correspondent) demonstrated on Sunday night thkfc he possessedany amount of both. To many pedple crossing the bridge shortly alter 6 o'clock the' sight of a sailor walking the parapet caused a distinct stir. He was as steady as a rock, and moved with perfect ease, but when he reached the centre of' the bridge and stood . and looked into the depths, many a heart stood still. The venturesome one then continued his promenade, and upon arriving at the end of the bridge was persuaded by a policeman to descend.to a saner level. *