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Grey River Argus, 9 December 1918, Page 2

and Blackbull name

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MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1918.

EPIDEMIC RELIEF,

COMING in the wake of the war so quickly, il is but natural that; the I worst .epidemic that has ever swept over this country should leave behind it a trail of trouble more serious thair it would at any other time have done, the demands of national defence have in the past four years * tapped so extensively the public purse that an adequate voluntary response to the needs of the new situation is scarcely to bo expected. Moreover, it is most improbable. , The nature of tlie visitation does not. completely' bring homo to each and all the full' extendi of the want that its ravages must create. A sudden calamity such as, an earthquake or a colliery explosion, makes a more distinct and vivid impression on the public 'mind than does an epidemic,, whose toll of lives may be greater, but is exacted in a slower and a gradual manner. These two aspects of the case would seem to place in a favourable light the representations that, arc made in favour of the Government treating the distress caused by the

scourge in a similar way to that in which it is meeting tlu: wants vi* those whom the ravages of war have placed in need of assistance. There is r of course, the point that to do so would be to estab.ish a precedent that might be invoked iv future much oftcner than were the practice limited 1o the case of war. But. where a. need like that which the epidemic has created, arises it seems wrong to fasten attention on I the cause, and -lo ignore the consequences. Tiie clement of reward may appear to be present, .side by side witli that of obligation, in the granting oi' war relief, but the element of obligation is the primary one. To contend that, in the case of the epidemic sullerers, the element of obligation lis absent, wotild.be to ignore the attitude of the very large section of the 'community who from the outset, stepped nobiy into the- breach to combat the scourge, and acted as if the . risking of their own .ives were a common obligation for the sake of their fellow man. Moreover, the promar call lor help comes from the ciiildren who have been orphaned by the loss ot their breadwinners and Irom their AvidoAved. mothers. The principle of the granting of pensions by the state is one. that is rapidly being extended, and there does not seem to be a more deserving case than that of those just mentioned. The individual has innumerable obligations to . the iilate, and even his life is at times at its call. The State must therefore recognise that Such ob.igatons mply corresponding ones on its part. The extent of the State obligations, like that of the individual, is not to be gauged merely by normal demands or by purely financial considerations, for it is in essence a moral obligation, and must not be ignored when ils discharge is most difficult.' Indeed such a call should merit the best possible response In this instance, there are several reasons why State action is preferab.e to an individual or local efioit. in the iirst place it Avill properly distribute j the burden. Then, the State has at its command machinery to co-ordinate 'relief measures much -more effectually than sectional or local institutions. The effects of the epidemic have been much more severe in some localities than in others, and if those that have fared worst have to shoulder a proportionally greater burden, and those that have sutiered least get off lightly, it is most probable that those in the worst distress will be the greatest sufferers of all. There are diner complications that also must be considered. Many who have lost one or more of their relatives are in circumstances that render them independent, of any relief measures that the needs of others may dimaud. This fact, might .lead to the deserving cases being overlooked, or, on the other hand, to an overestimate bewig made as to the amount of assistance that is required. The Govern-' iiioiit in. this, as otherwise, is in a better position" to satisfy all parties concerned than is any loca. institution. The objection so general to accepting anything bearing the stamp of charity "would be obviated, if a regular sysuni of relief were provided by the Government. Such relief would naturally take the form of sustained finacial assistance — or in other wurus a pension as by right.' . Eliminate, the objection as to creating a questionable precedent, and real y all would admit that this is the solution tjiat best meets the requirements of the situation. As to the objection itjself, we thiiik that it is paltry, and though it suggests cold calculation, it is really a hasty assumption. If another call such as tne present came soon again, it wou d bo unworthy of consideration, and such a call, it is the hope of one and all, will not come a "•»--.,

At Central Yards, ipreston Road, today, Mark Sprot and Co. will submit to auction 20 fat cattle and K'U fat sheep.

A whole fainTy of seven Maoris was Avipcd out through lhe influenza epidemic at Patea recently.

The Westport "News" says: "The Financial Budget is an insult to the Buller district. The least that can be expected is that Mr Covin will hand in his resignation as a protest against such scandalous treatment."

Reefton Jockey Club 's midsummer meeting- has been postponed to Jan vary 14th iyul 15th. A revised pro gramme Avi.l be issued .

On Friday Captain A. N. Oakey, M.C, formally, took possession of Ut. Saviour \s Orphanage for .Boys in Timaru on behalf of the Defence Department, Avho intend to use the building as an Orthopaedic Hospital for soldiers.

Some nice trout have been caught during the past few days. One of the 'largest landed locally for quite a while was caught by Mr J. MacTlae at Sawyer's Orteek, where it enters the lagoon, AA-eighting over eleven pounds, while Mr E. Milner lias had a good catch at the Teremakau, landing nine fish varying from 3 to 6'_lbs.

Ladies' White Muslin and Yoilc dresses from 12/6 to 45/- each. Also Summer Costumes in White, « Pink. Sky, etc., Coat and Skirt, only 45/---and 55/- each. At Walker's, Boundary Street. — Advt.

Early on Friday morning heavy ffusts of wind did some damage in town. A big door at Mark Sprot nnrt oi[i o;ni uAioiq sba\ sosi.ho.tc* s, -on middle of Mackay Street, and smashed while roofing iron was dislodged and carried quite a distance. Some shop windows also suffered. The weather altogether during the past few days has been exceptionally boisterous.

Up to Friday 1250 leave passes to men who had been ordered-.. t0 camp had been signed at Christchurch by Major Conway, O.C. Leave of absence without pay until further orders is being given by the military authorities to all men who Avere orderer to f.roeeed to. camp, men who have v been granted sine die adjournments on appeal, men whose appeals have not yet been heard, and* men who have n<>t been medically examined through no fault of their own.

Ladies' Underclothing some special lines, Camisoles from 2/11 to S/6 each. White longcloth Chemise 3/1 1 to 10/6 each. White longcloth Nightdresses 5/11 to 25/- each. Longcloth and Stockinette Combinations 4/1.1, 6/fi, 7/6, 8/11, 10/6 to 20/- per pair. At. Walker's, Boundary Street, Greymouth. — Advt. '

After a voyage of 67 days ' from San Francisco, the wooden barque D. S. Bryant berthed at. „ Bluff. Her cargo consisted of 16,000 cases of gasolene. The D. C. Bryant's is one of the old wind, jammers, and was bui't 40 years ago. It is fully 25 years since a true rigged barque sailed into Bluff, and her lofty sticks and spick and span appearance, created .a good deal of interest. The vessel will afterwards go to Wellington to cornplate her discharge.

The Union Company's freighter Wait onto lias arrived at Auckland from Calcutta via Singapore and Samara ng. The vessel brought a full shipment of Eastern merchandise for discharge at Auckland, Wellington. Lyttelton and Diiiiedin.

Tram fares have been raised on some of Sydney's suburban lines, causing complaints in all quarters. A Cbinaiuau, when asked for the extra fare, made the following remark, proving thai he was quite "conversant with the method of "passing it " on ? * : "All li; upee go tlanr lide to-day; npee go callot tO-ni<MTOW."

Men "s Neglige Shirts 5/0. 6/0, 7/0. Men's best quality Tussore Si.k shirts 21/- and 22/6. Men's Tennis Shirts, 7/0, 8/6, and 9/6. White and Tussore Silk Collars 1/3, 1/9, and 2s at McGruer and Co, Cash Drapeis, Greymonth. — Advt.

"It is really astonishing, and some would not believe how filthy some mothers ulloav their chiMrcn to become. I would not nave credited that such, a state of things existed if it had not been direct y brought under my notice, "said a voluntary nurse in Wellington. "Children have been brought, into the institution Avhere ' 1 am working Avith their clothing so stuck together Avith fifth and dirt that the garment's had to be cut off* their bodies."

There is to be an interesting develop ment ,at Jordans, the Avell-known Quaker centre in Buck's, England. An estate of about 100 acres has been bought, and it is proposed to lay this out as a model village, to be known ".Jordans Vilage. " The promoters of the scheme do not intend to sc.l any part of the estate, but to let plots on which "will be built cottages and ample accommodation for market gardening, beekeeping, and poultry keeping. A number of tenants have provisionally taken plots, and it is intended to begin the felling of timber aud planting of fruit trees this autumn.

"Cylkcel" a rel able hard wearing and washing material 32 inches wide, for Blouses, Dresses, M ens Shirts, pla n shades, checks, spot* and stripes. L'sual price 2/3 yard, special Price tip to Saturday December 14th 1/11* yd. Sample bunches noAV ready. Mc Gruer and Co., spofe cash Drapers, Greymouth. — Advt.

Nature Avas in an umvonted mood on Saturday night, .when there was a brilliant electrical display along the West Coast seaboard. The lightning flashed lengthily and most vividly, lighting up the streets from about 11 p.m. so clearly that people .- could plainly be distinguished at a surpr.singly long distance away. The disturbance, the centre of Avhich Avas evidently out at sea, lasted until after midnight, but was accompanied by little or no thunder. The blindTng flash es, mostly sheet lightning, were responsible for some humourous episodes in wliich the actors were pedestrians and cyclists who braved the elements One flash would reveal them on the footpath plodding along, and the next ofted proA-ed them to ha\'e lost their bearings and to have wandered into the middle of the road, and in some rases the kerbing brought them to grief.

Giving evidence before the. Interstate Commission- in Sydney the otlier day, an estate agent stated that in that city there were many houses without 'baths. He had spoken- to one mau Avho owned a large number of houses, and he stated that he would not put baths in houses "fintil he knew that the tenants would not knock them about. This houseowuer said that in his experience tenants sometimes used the baths for other purposes than for bathing themselves. Among other purposes they were used tor storing wood and coal.' "The health authorities should insist that, baths should be in every house," added the estate agent. "And there should be a heavy penalty imposed upon tenants who destroyed "them." Mr. Morby (a member of the" commission): ' ' Have you ever known the bath to be used for breeding canaries?" (Laughter.

Ladies avlio require a very* handsome Costume made for the Summer at a. reasonable price should place their order with C. Smith, Ltd., the wholesale drapers and clothiers. All the newest and latest designs in Costume Fabrics are bow ir stock in all the most lovely shades for the coming season. The latest and most exclusive i.olouriiiAta are »t" C. Smith's. — -A«lvt-

It is learned on good authority (says the Melbourne "Argus") that over 45,000 tons of wheat, or more than half a million bags, will be shipped from Fremantle to ports on the Mediterranean shortly by a fleet of steamers which are now on their way to Australia. That the- wheat is urgently needed to relieve the famine 'conditions now threatening some of the European peoples is demonstrated by the composition of the fleet which will move it, and also by the fact that none of the steamers Avill come farther east than Fremantle. The vessels have been hastily diverted from, other* important trade routes, their nearness to Australia being the chief factor governing their inclusion in the south-ward-bound group. 'Among th«n -arc freighters belonging to the BritishIndia Steam Navigation Company, and detached from service in Indian waters to make the tripjtwo German steamers which -were requisitioned- by the British Government on the outbreak of the war; a steamer flying the flag of the Tateiri S.N. Company of Cardiff, and. cargo carriers o '* , c International and Ellermann aim ~t»CK.nall lines respectively.

' ' I will recommend you to my friends, the lit could not be better, and I am sure it would be impossible for me to get more for my money anywhere." A few lines typical of many received by John H. Glasson Cashel Street Christchurch from dozens of men all over the Coast when he has tailored _by mail. For your information we "mention a few particulars. When you write for patterns you have at least fifty to choose from. A simple measurement chart is given you to measure yourself with, enabling- you to do it as easyas any tailor, and at the same time give details that he would not trouble about, but wait for a "try on" to put straight,. You take no risk. Cloth fit and fhake niust'please you, or demand an instant, refund of your cash. The suit will be made exactly as you like, and the prices no more thhii you would pay for a readymade. Do as other wideawake men are doing and write for patterns at 75s 80s Sss 95s and 105 ; s. You will be smartly clad and save at least a coupe of sovereigns. These are a few reasons why we recommend you to get. in touch wijth John H. Glasson Cashel St, Christchurch before purchasing your. new suit. If you want, a pair of working trousers, all sizes 8/6 and 13/6, money back i£ not satisfied, they wear like wire. 8/6 and 13/6.— Advt*. ' ■' ' ■ _

A Bill is now before Parliament to piovidiv ior the manufacture of spirits for scientilic or industrial purposes wthiu is'ew Zealand. The law ol .New Zea and at present is that no spirits may be distilled in this country. .The new Bill provides that spirits may be distilled, but they must b- '"ethyiateu •<r -tinctured, which moan.- fliat they must not be in potable form.

The American forces not needed in Germany are going home litis month, or as soon as possible, and on Thursday last Mr Pearec suggested that the Minister. of Defence cable Home, asking that our troops should be sent home without. They had been longer at the front than the Americans, stud' the shipping could be provided to return them to the Dv.miiiH.ji. Sir James. Allen replied +hat he had a* ready asked that our troops should be brought back' A\'ithout delay, and he would be pleased to cable again.

The Agricultural Committee of the Canterbury Education Board, in its re^ port to the Board on Friday, stated that the Canterbury Pholosophica! Institute, ou behalf of the New Zealand Institute, had Avritten stating it Avas endeavouring to get a**_ Hie Avorkers in agricultural science in iVy Zea;and to attend the Science Tigress lo be held in Christ church at the beginning of February next, and asking that facilities be given to the Board's agricultural instructors to enable them 10 attend the Congress. It was decided to agree to the request.

"In spite of all the advice given io people about fresh air, and tne practical example set by the official institutions and the trains," said Dr. diessou on Friday, "one still sees house.-, where the Avindow appears to be herenitically sealed. Why is it thai peop c arc so frightened of fresh air-/ Another bogey which stems to be firmly estiA lished in their n..ads is that referring to 'night atr." I never

naA'e ami never shall understand what difference there is between night and day. It is to be hoped that the public Avill learn a lesson t>y the epidemic, and partake more freeiy of the fresh air which Mature has provided so bountifully. ' '

Regarding the date of re-opening schols in Canterbury district, the Education Bvw id 's Appointments Committee has recomended tut- iioard to arrange for schools to re-assemble on .1 miliary 27th ; the customary date. In connexion with this mater it was pointed out that a large number of the teachers were now, or had been, engaged .011 work in connexion Avitli the epidemic; that many parents would probably be absent during th<. greater part of January, and that in any case if. the schools should re-open before the usual date a full attendance could hardly be expected. The recommendation, was adopted.

Dresses. — We ha\*c just opened up .mother range , of ll.iral voiles double width from 3/11 per yard. All tht daintiest, shades in plain voiles 3/11 per yard. Tymons' and Co., UreyI'ainui Street. — Advt.

In less than a fortnight another New Zealand batch of .invalided soldiers will reach Wellington on tbe Climaroa. She has on board 40 olii-. cers and nurses and 752 men. The Ayrshire, due at Auckland ou the 22nd inst., is bringing. 3o officers and

nurses and 803 men; and the Tofua, due to arrive at Port Chalmers on the 22ndt.inst., has on board 22 officers ana nurses and 428 men. Iv the three draughts due this month there will, therefore, arrive 117 officers and nurses and 1983 rank and file. The names of the home-comers are not yet available. The Ulimaroa arrives next •Friday Avcek.

The late Duke of Grafton, whose death Avas reported a few days ago. bore the name of Augustus. Clmrles Lennox Fitzroy, K.G, C.8.. D.L., He was born on June 22nd, 1821, 'and Avas therefore 97 years of age. He was a son of the fifth Duke of Grafton, and succeded his brother in 1882. He was educated at Harrow, and entered the bOth Rifles in 1837, and the Coldstrcam"""Guards in 1839. He s'ervcxl in the Crimean War, and Avas severely Avounded at the Battle of Inkermann. He was equerry to Queen Victoria from 1549 to'lSS2, hon. equerry since ISS2 to the late King Edward VII., and King George V". His heir is lijs son, the Earl of Euston, ,A\iio wa3 born in 1850.

The Canterbuiy Education Board's Building Committee has recommended the Board to inform the Jj "inrtment that the Board did not <"!_*__3i__etr the allowance of 10 sq. feet of floor space per- chid in the schools as suflicient, and that in the interests of the health of the children and teachers the allowance should be increased to 12 sq. ft. per child. The reduction to 10 sq. ft. was to take effect during the currency of the war, aud now that the Avar was virtually over, the Department Avas asked to^ revert as early as possible to the old .allowance of 12ft The recommendation of the inspectors that the »e.np*h of the desks be increased mane the increasing of the floor space more urgent, The recommendation Avas adopteu.

Among candidates to be returnee, unopposed for the British House* of Commons, are: Mr A. J. Balfour anil Mr J. R. Clynes ■•(Mgtne'r— "':). Mr Austen Chamber'ain (Birmingham.. Mr AY. Brace (Glamorgan), Mr W. v L. A.' B. Burdett-Coutts ' (Westminster^, Mr Will Crooks (Woolwich),. Mr V. P. Kennedy (Cavan), Mr Jones, Mr Wilson), Mr G. R. Lane Fox (Barkston Ash) the Speaker, Mr J. W. Lowther ( Penrith) ,' M. T. P. O 'Connor ( Sept-, land* Division oi Liverpool), Colonel John Ward (Stoke), Mr Wardle, Mr S. L. Hughes (Stockport), Major J.C Wedgwood (Newcastle-under-Lvme >, Sir J. H. .Dab.iol (Kirlcea'dy). M_- W, Abraham ■' (Rhondda), Mr Do Valeva (Sinn Fciner), Count Plunkett (Sinn Feiner). M. T. Richards (Monmouth)* and Colonel C. E. Yate (Melton.)

At Ross (says the Hokitika Guardian) in the limestone quawy, the bones of some large bird have been discovered eight feet under the surface, iv a crevice. Apparently at one time the hill had slipped and filled in the ho'low. The local opinion is that the bones arc those of the - extinct moa. though perhaps the bird or birds were not full grown, as there seems to be more than one bird covered up by the land slice. Three large, shank bones have been recovered, a<* : also a pelvis and a small wing, with the smaller claws of a younger bird. One shank is of the size, of' a calffs.

A few ribs were also discovered these being of the size of a lamb 's or sheeps. It will eb a couple of months or so before further discoveries can be made, as it will be that time > before another bench* of stone is .taken out. Meantime, tho relics recovered are being v cared for, and measures for complete identification will be" taken after the full discovery is made. .