Local and General

Gisborne Times, Volume LVIII, Issue 9670, 17 April 1923, Page 4

Local and General

The annual meeting of the Plunket Society will ho held in the Y.W.C.A. .rooms on Monday, April 30, at 2.30 p.m.

Mr. Massey says the opening dote of the Otira "tunnel is uncertain; and ho cannot promise it for next month.—P.A.

Regarding the Imperial conference, Mr. Massey says it is not his intention to have a special session, and that the selection of a representative Will, be held in abeyance nntil the summonsing of Parliament.-—P.A.

The Auckland police raided a laundry and arrested a Chinese for allegIdey smoking: opium and another l awaiting a pipe.—P.A.

The Wanganui Hospital Board has accepted a tender for £6837 for the erection of a nurses’ home at Taihape.

The attention of exhibitors is called to the advertisement of the P.B. Horticultural Society in this issue, and as Mr. J. W. Anderson, of Napier, is to do the judging keen competition is expected. A Dunedin P.A. telegram states that in reply to questions by a reporter, Mr. Massey said the public accounts for the year ended March 31 would disclose a highly satisfactory state of affairs, but the actual figures were not available for a day or two. —P.A. The Orpheus Society opened its session last week with a good number of young members. This season the Society will present David's "The Desert,” said to be one of the finest works written for male voices. Unlike anything presented in the past, it has an orchestral accompaniment. Unusual disturbances of tides at Auckland indicating a subterranean disturbance took place on Saturday night. After reaching its height at 6.15 p.m. the tide commenced falling until 9.30, after which it ebbed and flowed in an erratic manner until 6.20 a.m. oh Sunday.—P.A. liemembering, when making his will that "small contributions are thankfully received” by churches, an Ashburton farmer, now deceased, bequeathed Iris pony (a rather valuable animal) to the local Anglican Church to be realised on for church work (states the Lyttelton Times).

As the result of a sale of cakes and flowers on the street on Saturday morning, the funds of St. Oswald troop of Boy Scouts menefited to the extent of £7 18s Gd. The thanks of the management are extended to all those who by donations of cakes, flowers, and cash, assisted to make the sale a success, and in particular to Mesdames Terry, Sparrow, and Shelton, who conducted tiie stall. The carting was done by Mr. W. Attwood free of charge.

Advice was received last evening by the .Commissioner of the Gisborne Land District that Messrs. A. J. Cameron (Gisborne), 11. R. Wiekstead (Bnatorea), and J. 11. Reid (Toa Toa) have been appointed Government nominees on the Gisborne Land Board. An election of a member to represent the Grown tenants will be held next month, nominations closing on April 30. The first meeting of the Board will be held on Thursdav next.

An amusing situation occurred during a game at the polo tournament at Claudelands (states the Waikato Times). A rising ball was caught in the hair of the tail of one of the horses in the Te Awamutu B team, which was defending at the time. Amid the exhortations of "Go for the goal,” the rider set his steed off at full gallop with Hamilton in hot pursuit. Half the field had been traversed before the ball dropped from its position. The spectators laughed heartily at this amusing and unexpected development from the customary incidents of the play.

It is said that your eyesight is affected by the place in which you live. To have really good sight you must reside ill a country where the land is fiat and unbroken. The people with the host sight are found in the neighborhood of the North Pole and at the Equator. In the first of these places there are frozen wastes: in the other there are vast deserts. An Eskimo can see a white fox against the snow at an incredible distance, and an Arab can name objects at a distance of five miles, in America these who live on the great plains have wonderful sight, since the country is without obstacles which shorten the range, of vision. In Europe the Norwegians are gifted with the best eyesight. A very pleasant function took place in the Girls' Emergency Club rooms last night, when the friends of Miss. Beryl Ada’rns gave her a farewell dance on the occasion of her approaching departure to be married. About 60 couples were present, and an enjoyable evening was spent. Music for the dancing was supplied by McMullen's orchestra. During the evening, Mr. L. Albrecht, in a brief speech, expressed (he general regret, felt by all at the prospect of parting .with their guest, and on their behalf wished her every success and happiness in her new sphere of life. The function came under the heading of a “kitchen evenins.” and Miss Adams was the recipient of a great variety of useful presents. •

Thus Mr. G. AJ.itcnelj, secretary of the Central Progress League (Wellington): “The Jiang ah ui> water-power scheme could never be considered a first-class scheme. It necessitated difficult tunnelling, and big dam construction on ground which Las proved very unsatisfactory, causing extensive excavations before u foundation could be found; in fact, further exploring and excavations must vet be made before the foundations ;or the Aripeti dam can be completed. The nature of the ground and foundations for the dam do not seem to have been pro.perly explored and tested be!ore the scheme was decided ««. Had proper tests been made, in the light of experience it is quite a mcot point if Mangahao would ere r have been •turfed.”

A few clays ago, and down the line from Wanganui (relates the Herald) a reverend gentleman was called upon to officiate at a wedding breakfast. The festivities were proceeding very nicely, but a lady thought she would infuse a little more lilt? in the minister, and like Sandy in the " Wee Scotch Nieht,” she slipped a " wee drappie ” in his glass unawares and camouflaged it with squash or some other concoction. The minister, _ut the. next toast, swallowed the mixture, evidently to -the lady’s approval, for slie lost no time in repeating the dose. From this out the minister took part in the festivities with rare vim tell all at once he hurriedly pulled out Ins watch and remarked, 'Hood gracious, I am due at a christening.'' As there was no possible chance of keeping the appointment on time, an apology was tendered, and no doubt the latter event was successfully carried out later.

“Women of 1923,’’ the newest American year book, reveals that driving lorries, cleaning .streets, and plumbing have become, during and since the war, “as much feminine occupations as playing the piano and sewing tine seams were generations ago.” Surveying the occupations of women throughout the .world, the year hook finds .that overalls, grease, and heavy manual labor no longer have any terrors for them, but that there may now be seen women “stevedores, dock laborers, sailors anc( deck hands.” Women, the year book notes, “are now successfully doing the work of blacksmiths, machinists, carpenters, brickmakers, tinsmiths, iVood choppers, and goods clerks on railways. They are also driving delivery lorries, keeping livery stables, cobbling shoes, and washing out boilers.” Side by side-with this Milcrease in the physical labors of women is chronicled the feminine invasion of the higher professions. There are now 173 S women lawyers, judges and magistrates; 1757 clergywomen, 16,617 women artists, 7219 women physicians, 1829 women dentists, 1117 women architects, and 41 women engineers. No fewer than 8,549,511 women are employed and paid in the United States, and of the 678 occupations -under review, only 33 do not yet boast of women recruits.

It . is a mistake to delay treatment for headache, sneezing, running at the nose, and full watery eyes. You should use Nazol freely and persistently, as it will give prompt relief.