Local and General

Gisborne Times, Volume LIX, Issue 9575, 28 July 1923, Page 4

Local and General

It js stated that the New South Wales Government lias sold two trawlers to a New Zealand purchaser. —L-R.A. Lady .Alloa presented Princess Mary witli a greenstone inkstand., the New Zealand women's wedding present. —A. and N.Z.C.A. The contract for the New Zealand pavilion 'at: the exhibition, costing £25.737. has been signed. The binding is to be completed by the beginning of January next. —A. and N.Z.C.A. Alter attending the Mandates meeting at: Geneva, Sir James Allen proceeds to Constantinople to confer with Sir Horace Pmnbeld and General Narington relative to the care of the Gallipoli cemeteries. Afterwards, in company with Colonel Hughes of the Graves Commission, Sir James Allen inspects the British cemeteries at Gallipoli, reporting thereon to the AYar Graves Commission. —A. and N.Z.C.A.

r ; In addition to being the soul of wit, brevity has other good qualities (remarks the Wanganui Chronicle). A doputationist who waited upon the "Wanganui County Council trained a request in ten words, and t.nen departed. The chairman subsequently explained that he saw the deputation prior to the mooting, and warned, him that if lie spoke for 15 minutes he would probably get nothing. It was an announcement that future deputation ist-s of loquacious bent should hear in mind.

A«k any resident of Ha worn how to make loot-paths, and the answer will be: ‘‘Don't use bitumen.’’ Owing to the oilv nature of the bitumen, on dewy mornings and in wet weather, water collects on the bitumen surface in little globules, instead of draining off evenly, as: in the ease of an ordinary asphalt surface, and the result is * extremely . discomforting to pedestrians. Thick soles or wot feet all the way to work is the. choice of many where bitumen is employed (says the Star), and seeing that,on almost every day there is either clew or rain the discomfort ,is generally present. Unforsccn predicaments and emergencies for winch we are unprepared sometimes follow on the death of a friend (remarks the Auckland • Star). •This was recently evidenced in the Auckland Police Court, when Mr J. J. Sullivan made an unusual application to Mr J. AV. Boynton, S.M. A young woman was committed to the Supromv Court ior trial at the next criminal session, on a charge of theft, apd, a friend coming forward with a, bond, she' was released on bail. But influenza gripped the bondsman, and a few. short hours afterwards the young woman’s friend had gone to his last rest. What counsel desired was an arrangement whereby, she might ho allowed to retain her liberty, since she had no other friend who tvould lodge a. bond. The police, still retained deceased’s .bond, said counsel, aild the estate was liable. His Worship allowed the young woman to retain her liberty providing she report- • ed ' daily to the police.

The Wellington City Council has de-. cided unanimously that by-laws be P l ® pared, providing that all pedestnan • traffic within the city should keep to the left of the footpaths. The Auckland City Council has come to a similar i - j cision.—P.A.

On a. charge, of being found drunk on the Park Racecourse, a man namca James John Smith was dealt ivitii. „ Air E. C. Levvey, S.M., m the Magistrate’s Court yesterday. ® en f; Sorgt. Fitzpatrick stated that " lendant had been bailed out for xy • Ho was lined the amount of his bail. A simple but practical glider is being manufactured in Europe u,Mc can be sold for £IOO. It is a In pla n A and the only mechanism is a lovei which moves to and iro and from side to side, and controls the tail an lateral steering apparatus. . this glider is described as being designe for those learning to glide. Its bes pel formaneo so far is rising to . a •height of 240 ft, and a flight of 4a nunduration.

•‘A horse that will be any good at all will cost at least £60,” declared Mr A. T. Smith, at a meeting ol the Christchurch Drainage .Board "’hen a request was put to him to buy a Imr.se for work at the sewerage iorm to replace one that was too old ioi further service. "The horses aie not in the country,” he added, “arid m a few months it will he impossible to get one for love or money. I.he otliei day 1 saw a horse put up lor sale by auction which I gave £l9 for 20 yeais ago, anil it fetched £35.”

A Wanganui resident who is going to reside m the Auckland district decided to take a buggy with him. He went to the Railway Department and inquired the cost .of railing the buggy, there, and was informed that it would be £9. Ho thought this too high, so interviewed a local firm of shipping agents, and they agreed to land the huggv at Auckland for 38s. Jftc people of Canterbury arc looking forward to the opening of Hie Otira tunnel to get cheaper sup jibes of timber and coal, hut it freights are m comparison with the instance above, it will pay 7 the Southerners to get their supplies brought round by boat.

No less an offence than that oi removing shingle from the Kaiti beach without the permission of the Harbor Board, was charged in the Alagistrate’s Court yesterday agaihst John Billings. Defendant pleaded guilty. Detective AleLeod said that. the Harbor Board by-law had come into operation in March of this year, prior to which people could remove shingle when they liked. The object of tiie Board was to conserve its shingle supplies for the purpose of building a harbor. They were only desirous of bringing the matter before the public and were not pressing for a penalty. —lTis Worship said that in that case it was desirable that the public should know it could cost them £2O for sticli aii offence. In this case, defendant would he convicted and discharged.

The officer in charge of the Salvation Army work at "Wanganui, in conversation with a Herald reporter, stated that about a month ago the unemployed problem, as far as he was concerned, wars worse than at present, due to a number of people drifting about. He had to deal with some teal eases of hardship locally, particularly in regard to old people, who felt the severity of the cold and did not have sufficient blankets or fuel. Some families were also found in distress, during the winter, and these were provided with clothing and other necessaries. The officer also mentioned that the real eases of distress are the hardest to locate, as Liie unfortunate people are too modest to state, until a ia*t resource, that, they arc in need of help.

Gravity can be overcome by the newly-discovered “odic ray.” says E. L. Hollingshead, scientist, wiio maintains private laboratories “hit Pasadena. The “odic ray” proves that electricity is an element., or substance. just as wood, with a definite, atomic speed, he maintained, saying he based’ hi? conclusions on twenty years of study. Ho declared that: By the use of the “odic ray" any metal can by made to have a lighter weight a about m any way changing its strength. Fit use or its radiation a photograph can be taken through 111 inches of solid lead and 54 inches of solid steel with five seconds’ exposure. "Tiie new ray.” he said, “is based on the i.lieo-y that electricity is an element or substance, with a definite atomic speed.”

The clause in tlu? Gaming Act which prohibits the newspapers ;rum puli-li-hing dividends, and even the starting price, of Papyrus in die English Derby, was referred to by the president of the Pacing Conference in ins annua! address. Sir George Clifford advocated a repeal of the prohibition : legislation in favor of the double totalise! or. and to permit money being wired to secretaries of clubs on race days was also advocated, no doubt in the hope that it would prove the knock-out blow to the bookmakers. Few will question the fact that legislation in accordance with Sir George's views would result m the bookmakers going out of business. However, the most important- of the proposals seems to be tlu 1 permission to send money for investment to club seerctaiios. Racing men are awaiting v-. i:h interest any signs of iegislat-on n; connect.on with their snort. "There are some diseases which public health authorities from time to time are urged to attack hut which for the time being at least are preferably left alone because of their relative harmiossness,” said Dr. M. hi. Watt., Director of the Public Hygiene division of die Health Department during an address to members of the \V< llihgtou Council's sanitary department. "1 refer now more particularly to chickonpox, German measles, and in maps, but there are others.

again, in which administrative measures might well be omitted, not because of the harmiossness of the disease, but because of the impracticability of control. Bader present conditions, amongst this group might be mentioned the infections of the respiratory tract, influenza, measles, w’.looping cough and the common cold. Bn til research, has withdrawn the veil which obscures the origin of those diseases, until we know fully, under what conditions they become epidemic, notification and isolation cannot- be expected to be of much avail.”

Antho-? ttv is at the back of an assertion lMat'influenza- subjugates diph-theria-—‘now or why we do not know, but the statement is seriously made, and facts known to the Dunedin Hospital staff -seem to support it (says the •Star). Here are the facts: At the time wlioi: influenza, was coming to its worst, in 1918, the official medical authorities had under control, for observation purposes and for the safeguarding ot* the public, 18 diphtheria "carriers.’' To have the care of such a number became quite a source el anxiety. Y\ hat eoiil.l be done .with them?' Wore these to be "carriers’' to the end of their days? Not so. Nature, provided the escape. Sixteen of the eighteen were stricken with influenza, and lo and behold! tho.v -vere ‘‘cleaned up” straightaway, lor on recovering . from the influenza, they were bacteriologically proved to have ceased to he “carriers” of diphtheria. The immediate action was that the two “carriers” who did not catch the influenza infection did their best to become sb infected They were willing to take their chances with the common complaint rather than continue to bounder what seemed hketinue to be under what seemed lilceriers” of diphtheria.

Hoarseness, sore throat, sneezing, running at the nose and eyes—indicate germ infection. Immediately these symptoms api ear an atmosphere of NAZOL should be createdA by free inhalation of Na-zol, which destroys! genn infection. *5 Children like WADE’S WORM FIGS. Wonderful • .worm worriers

A Melbourne cable states that, until the necessary legislation is passed, which will be done as early as possible, the present postage rates will remain in force. — U.P.A. Yesterday the commercial travellers of Dunedin made a big appeal to asHst the unemployed and tne Salvation Army. Tiie'effort was most successful, ) 21,500 ” bags at one shilling each being sold. —Dress Assn. £ meeting of the Dominion Farmers-’ Union executive at Wellington yesterday passed a resolution ‘that tins meetiim representing oUO financial members, omnhatieally approves the principle of the Dairy Control Bill/’ It was decided to appoint Air. Cobbe as delegate to <dve evidence for the Union before the° Agricultural, Pastoral and Stock Committee of the House of Representatives. —.’Press Assn.

The second day of the Gisborne Racin .j ’club's steeplechase meeting will be° continued at the Park racecourse to-day and, given fine weather, tnere should he another large attendance. ■V contiuous taxi-service will be run from town and special trains will leave the railwav station, the tat 11.15 a in. With fair fields and the c-oum-j„ g oo d order patrons are assured of a good day’s spoit. The chairman oi the Te Baraka District High School OummiUee ...AH. W. Bridge) has received advice from tue Hawke’s Bay Education Board that the Department’'has made a grant towards the erection of temporary accommodation for tire secondary classes. li.o provision of the increased accommodation is very necessary, as for somethinpast conditions have not been the host, neither for the teachers or the pupils, f Two members of the Bay .-£ Plenty* Hospital Board, Messrs. J. W. Fumm.-r and H. R. Hogg, ceased membership at Thursday's meeting of the Board owin'- to the fact that they are directors of the Kangitikei and. Opotiki Dairv Companies respectively, and their companies have been supplying butter to the hospitals at "Whakatane and Opotiki at .wholesale rate-;. The absurdity of the position was commented on at the meeting- . A resolution was passed asking the Government to amend the law to meet such ea-e-. Press Assn.

Air. Robert Stewart, who lias severed his connection with Air.. Allen Sutton, is opening up in the cycling bu-imy- on his own account in premises lately occupied by Air. Geo. Wood in Peel St., opposite the Times office. Air. Stewart lias been for the last three years chief cvcle builder for Air. Sutton, and had the distinction of building the cycle which won the Timaru to Christcburch road race, also the cycle ridden by Doleman in ail N.Z. champicnships. Air. Stewart, before coming to New Zealand, had 13 years’ experience with Queensland firms, and built cycles let some of the leading Australian champions. Air. Stewart is carrying a ;u;I stock of all cycle accessories and is in a position to quote for any type of cyie-. It is his intention to build ail cycles on the premise' and s. vracesman with his experience should nave no difficulty in suiting the me-t fastidious. It is Air. Stewart’s intention, to offer a fir.-t-class article at r. mum price and he will be piea-cd to meet aii eld friends and new kv-." 7