LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXV, Issue LXV, 22 December 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Star will not be published on Christmas Day or on Boxing Day.

It is rumored (says a, contemporary) that the member for Patea is straining every nerve to head the proposed railway from Opunake towards Patea, and also that the other Taranaki members are fighting for the interests of New Plymouth. It is also currently reported that Queen Anne is dead.

In Victoria there is a law or custom that anyone who has been a Minister of the Crown should, on retiring, be entitled to a free pass on the railways for the remainder of his life. The Elmslie Governemnt was in office for a week or so only, and never had a chance of getting a majority, being about twenty strong all told, but nevertheless all- the members of that short-lived Ministry will in future ride on the Victorfan railways free, and will also have some traditional claim for the recognition of their passes on the lines of other States.

Payments for butter-fat for the month of November, by companies having their offices in New Plymouth, are as under, the figures for 1912 being given in parenthesis: Mangorei, £4539 8s 6d (£3641 3s ?d); Warea, £2123 6s 6d (£1912 3s 7d); Rahotu,^ £2140 Os 9d (£1827 18s lOd); Oakura, £J777 5s 6d (£1603 4s 3d); Omata, £1236 3s 8d (£954 6s 4d); Tarurutangi, £789 4s lOd (£402 8s lid). In the Stratford district the Ngaere »airy Company paid out £3863, the Lowgarth Company £2854, and the Cardiff Company £2406.

'You will get, the inspector after you if you don't pull up," said one of the American athletes to the driver of a motor car which conveyed the: visitors to Riverton the other day. "In America we have a speed lihut of thirty -miles on country roads," he continued. •''Oh, we can go one better tiffin that;," said the local driver; "we have no limit at sAW And yet America is supposed to be a nation of hustlers (says the Southland; Daily News). At the request "of the High 'Commissioner for New Zealand, the \London Cotmty Council Education ■Committee decided recently! to take 'into their service, on the '^unattached" staff, for oneyear, lady teacher from the Dominion who wished tb'go to England for that periodi'and secufe^a'position in an infants' school. The committee agreedit^'pf'^fof^hW^eaff in view of the special circumstances— the usual'scale* being £60. Messrs Thos. Cook and Son have sent us a copy,of the seventh edition of their handbook, entitled '.'New Zealand ; as^ a tourist resort," revised to date. The information is given in a concise and readable form ''such' as is sought by,the tourist oi intending visitor to the''Dominion. -?As in'previous editions, .10,000..copies,are printed, and freely distributed to Tall enquirers through, the. rpf the firm's world-wide system, and' offices in Australasia, America, India, Africa, arid Europe—an indication of the work in one direction the firm -is doing in advertising "New Zealaiid^s"yaried scenic resort's. ■ ' ;■;■ ■■■'i'.s.j >•.:■.,,•■ Severe headache? Won't stop, nothing handy? Call at this nearest chemists' ; "Steams' i^a^aclie •? Gate, I please." One wafer gives 'almost* instant relief.—-Adyt, •; ■;-.;;'.;C..,;.;,,/-:.'-:'--/>--r : ■); Ask iw: ''-T^^tri^J^^t-^i^ ; impressed by rl»'excellent JqMaHtiest'hfvt' ■' vyou'll never use another polish; TANOli shines pp leather goods in great: styled-Liquid, ls^pli^^d.^^dvt; v:;'-ii; iyou*re married, look in Hialop's . window.—Advt. v ; y . ; ; " v ■ ; .;>,,.-U ''.- .'■•■./.

. The. passenger traftic on the railways is now becoming heavy; This morning there was quite an exodus of local people; by tne downward mail train, •which was packed when it arrived here. An extra carriage had to be put-on.; .

The Hawera Municipal Band played in the! King Edward Park rotunda on Sunday afternoon, and the music was enjoyed by the good number of the public present. A collection was-taken up in aid of funds for the Auckland contest. /

The '.Hawera Fire Brigade and the Hawera Municipal Band attended church parade at the Presbyterian Chitrchi on Sunday morning. The Rev. J. R. 'Shore preached an appropriate sermon.

The story of how a man, Lawrence Branooli, has survived the extraordinary experience of having his neck broken in two places by a fall comes from Sacramento, stated a recent mesr sage in the Sydney Sun. Eight days have elapsed since the accident occurred by which Braneoli might have been killed instantly, but the victim is still alive, and is able to eat and sleep. Brancoljr who is 45-years of age, does not feel any pain, and is in good spirits.

, Since the supreme intelligence of the German shepherd dogs was brought to the notice of the police authorities in Berlin, eight years ago, 1956 - dogs have been attached to the department. Although there are so many of these dogs- in Germany it is difficult to purchase a good one, and an ordinary and not fully trained dog costs about ,£4O. There is also a feeling that it is somewhat unpatriotic to sell the best German dogs, since they are of great service to the police arid military. A postcard ."addressed "To the magistrates and detectives .of New Zealand " and bearing the inscription, "May it please Thee to bless and keep the magistrates and to maintain truth," written m red ink, was received at the central police station at Auckland on Wednesday. It is stated that the sender, who now lives in Guildford, England is a lady who at one time resided in' Ponsonby road. Since her departure from Auckland nine years ago she has never failed to send along a postcard of this Kind at Christmas time.

On December 19th Viscount Kelburn was to leave England for New Zealand travelling via Suez and the Orient line (writes the London correspondent of lhe Post). He is going out to take up the duties of his new appointment in New Zealand, namely, the command of the Pyramus. Lord Kelburn has just completed two years in command of the destroyer Acheron, belonging to the first flotilla of the First Fleet, on board which tessel he had the pleasure of entertaining as his guest for a considerable period Colonel Goring, who was on a visit from New Zealand. Lord; Kelburn looks forward with pleasure to his sojourn in the Dominion. He will be accompanied by Lady Kelburn. who will probably reside in Wellington or its vicinity.

The Public Service Commissioners, in reply to the representations of the New Zealand Public Service Association, have stated that there is no objection to an officer accumulating his annual leave for ten years. As the regulation now stands the right is discretionary, and the association is pressing for a regulation defining the rights of officers. The Commissioners propose to go into the whole matter at an early date with the executive. In response to representations, the Commissioner has informed Mr J. W. Macdonald, president of the Association, that scheduled holidays occurring in the course of in officer's annual leave period may- be allowed either as an addition to such leave or at 6ome other time. Tnis will be communicated to the Departments in tfme for the coming Christmas holidays.

The removal of several high French officers from 'their commands as a sequel to the autumn manoeuvres shows that the French are taking warfare quite as seriously as the Germans. With the latter blunders in Kriegspiel are punished as severely as if they were real war, and several years ago the Emperor summarily dismissed one of his corps commanders for his manoeuvre ineptitudes. In the time of the old Kaiser a foreign prince attending the manoeuvres drew his breath at the incredible spectacle of a regiment of cavalry charging down on an entrenched village. "Mon Dieu!" he exclaimed to his Prussian bear-leader, "that regiment is lost." "No," was the quiet rejoinder, "the regiment isn't, but its colonel certainly will be." And he was.

The railway connection between the Waipa Coal Mining Company's mine and the Main Trunk railway (5b miles) is; all but completed, and when that is ready there will be no obstacles in the way of making an early start with the actual, mining and marketing of coal. This will probably be commenced towards the end of January. In v.iew of the contemplated early start, the directors, having been ;taught a lesson by the recent industrial trouble, are determined that the miners employed by, the company shall, be registered under the "Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration. Act, whether ■ they ■be a sep%rate union or a branch of the Arbitration Union now forming at Huntly or not. As there is an open face of excellent coal ready to ertart on, there will-be no initial difficulties in connection with the hewing work, and by the end of the financial year it is anticipated that the mine will be in full swing. Referring to the attitude of the church toward social problems, the president of the South Australian Methodist Conference (the Rev. H. Howard) said that'it was a grave question as to whether dealing, with social disorders and palliative treatment of mere: symptoms had not diverted the mind of the church from the fact of sin, the real seat of the disease; whether the rery eagerness with which she had' thrown herself into movements -that j made for the mitigation of evil effects had not tended to distract her- attention from their evil causes, and whether in proportion to their success thse empirical methods had resulted in masking the real trouble, or, what was just; as fatal,: in inducing its toleration. ,Thus it came to pasfirthat the best-mr '^titioried efforts were found to. work disastrously and to neutralise the moral ends to which all human suffering had been divinely directed, so itHa't the chances of recovery were immeasurably •reduced or indefinitely postponed. >Thej;j must beware of being thus cleverly side^: tracked frdmthe; only permanent >way of moral recovery by the-devil's pointsmen. In all the work df that* mission :the objective would be the salvation of the human soul. - Nearly everybody knows what it is to worry over the question "What togive for Christmas.'' ;J. ,C. Gillett'a store offers many suggestions^-for useul. beautiful, and acceptable presents. Handbags, perfume, trinket boxes, fanev handkerchiefs, sunshades andJunibrellas,' - antimony , w^ar, ...glove,' and handkerchief satchel^, vases'^ /soap boxes, trays, pincushions, gloves, kneckwear, ai> the _JBusy-Pra,p.ers.-^—Adyt. The CKmttaas, Bargain Fwr.at the Economic,' annouftced. in €o<l ay^i: paper, <?omm,enees Saturday^ 13tB • -it^ajit ; 3argains in';^ and boys' clothing;and mei^)l7 dTe¥ses," rain <ioats,; and • jlaSies^ ; tindefclbtMng; ■ [ for ChristinaßHp.reßenl^, lliaTidkcirchiefij, ! gloves: hosli, ;aiid^fancyIlapel and ties. W. Sjle6te> 3Ec^om^^a^ertfl^ Advt. ". ■■'■:' y'li^:';'^. vy"'-^- ■-lcW i'-x^--'

■ The lending division of the Hawera Public Library will be closed on 25th, 26th. and 27th inst.,-in order to effect repairs. :

There was a good attendance at the Gospel Hall last night to listen to tne gospel address by Mr Henry Moffatt, evangelist. The preacher spoke from Matthew 27, dwelling especially on the fact £hat mankind to-day (as then) has no option but to choose either Christ or BarabbaSj and exhorted his hearens to become acquainted .with Christ "as Saviour. Other addresses will be announced later.

A French kinematograph. company is sending out the following circular to couples whose engagements are announced in the newspapers:—"Nuptial Kinema.—To engaged persons:' Do you wish to preserve a vivid, living recollection of the happiest day of your life 'r Have a film taken of the ceremony ot your wedding, and in after years you will be able to see yourself,on the screen—young;, loving, full of hope in the future. Prospectus on demand.''

M. Esnault Pelterie, one of the best known French aerial experts, is of opinion that the day will come when communication between the earth and the moon and stars. will -be possible in aeroplanes. Providing that radium is one day found in larger quantities, and that some way of/harnessing its energies is discovered by scientists, he calculates that an aeroplane weighing. a ton should be able to cover the 238,000 miles which separate the earth and moon in three hours and five minutes. About 8001b. of radium would be necessary to provide the fuel for the journey. At the current price about £2,000,000 V 000 worth would be required.

In some of the churches in. Hawera and district yesterday Christmas services were held, or references to the season were made by the ministers. At St. Mary's carols were sung by the" choir and appropriate hymns used. At' the Methodist Church the choir gave "And the Glory of the Lord" and ' Ihe Trumpet Shall Sound," from the Messiah, while Graces-male quartet safcg four items from the cantata "■The .Wise* men." Hie Rev.\Mr Shore preached a Christmas sermon ai the Presbyterian: Church in the evening, and suitable hymns were sung. At all the churches there were large oongregationSj morning »nd< evening. . :

The following new books have been received at the Hawera Public Library:l Keren of Lowbole, by Silberrad; The Iron Trail, by Rex Beach; Desert Gold, by Zane Grey; Lv of the Ranges, by E. Mordaunt; The Gay Rebellion, by Chambers; .Yonder, by E. H. Young*; Molyneux of May fair, by " Duncan Schwann; A Dream of Blue Rosesf, by Mrs H. Barclay; The Department Store, by M, Bohmej In Desert and Wilderness, by Sienkiewicz; The Sixtyfirst Second, by Owen Johnson; Joyful Heatherby, by Payne Erskine; The Common Chord, by Phyllis Bottome; The Drummer of the Dawn; by Ray. : mond Paton; The Way of Ambition, by R/ Hichens^ The Penalty, by Gov. Morris; The Hidden Road, by Joan Sutherland; The Path to Rome, by H. Belloc; The Real South Africa, by Airbrose Pratt; The Secret of the I acific," by C. R. Enock: Child's Guide to Living Things, by E. T, Brewster;, The Garden of Ignorance, by W. D. Cran; The Great Acceptance, by Guy! Thorne; Be Good to Yourself, by 0. S. Harden; The Frontiers of the Heart, by Victor Margueritte; General John Regan, by G. A. Birmingham; The Passionate Friends, by H. G. Wells; The Sun's Babies, by' Edith Howes; The Devil's Wind, %P. Wentworth; Thorley Weil, by E. F. Benson; Bond or Free, by David Lyall. Color music . was discovered simul? taneously by Mr A. B. Hector, ;of Sydney, and Professor Remington, of London, and a month or two ago they met in England and discussed the fact. Mr Hector, who has returned to Australia, explained that he saw also a number of scientists, who were intensely interested. The discovery harmonises color and sound, and this is brought about by electrically connecting the keys of an organ or a piano with a scale of color. "There is a definite correlation between sound and color," said Mr Hector, "and the discovery will so revolutionise music that in the concert of the future people will ask for color simultaneously with sound just as readily aS they now,-ask for jelly oh top of a piece of cake; It will be of great benefit; as it wilj give si new interest to music, a new beauty to it, and it will give a means of certain persons to enjoy music who have hitherto not enjoyed it. > They will be able more or less to visualise it, and will see the rhythmic movement of it." Mr Hector has made the'scheme1 his, hobby, and when he has sufficient spare time he intends to demonstrate the charm of it. ....... Speaking at the closing ceremony of the Children's Welfare Exhibition in Melbourne last week the Victorian Chief Secretary (Mr Murray) said that the efforts of the various societies which had banded together for the amelioration of . the 'ot of unfortunate little «hildren t appealed to everyone. M.my families, however, could afford to adopt a child without any extra burden being placed upon them. Jf every well-to-do family were to adopt a chilo. the future of many thousa>ids of children would he provided for. He had a woman friend who he believed would keep on adopting children until she was \n her grave. This woman had had a family of her own, but she had not 3Tet 'finished adopting children. The work done by the various associations in the direct tion of assisting children saved the State a tre nendous amount of money. By the eareHhe various societies bestowed upon > waifs during infancy'and childhood, the State.was saved a large expenditure of money in maintaining institutions. . .-.'-'■ According to the Labor Journal for December there is a better prospect*:for women workers than for men air the present time. Auckland reports Va-1 brisk demand for all kinds of domestics work-~ ersv-and girls arriving from other parts have been quickly placed. Domestie'help still continues to be a problemYitt*WelItngton, the supply still'being «TnJejq[ual to the demand. A large-number of en-1 gagements have had to :be divided amongst twehty-four day workers owing to the 'scarcity .of Dressmakers are still exceedingly hard to obtain in Nj^St,; ; Employers state that they have endeavored ;to 4 ,get them from other parts of the' Dominion^ but have been unsuccessful in securing.any appreciable number.' ThereI'is als^p;" a demand!for;women* workers in jam -and cbnfecti^ijery factories. >; The season .for sman-'frbit anjd pea-picking :isvwell ad■vaiftaed, but owing, to tlie present {industrial trouble there has • not' been the usual ■ keen demand for picEers. No doiibt' hop-pickers •■. :' will be wanted later on. Christchnrch reiterates the complaint of very great hardship experienced by employers in town and cburi-, try in not being: able to procure domestic helpi In Dune^in urgent demands are still being made for domestic workers, especially from country employers. THE SIMPLER THE INVENTIOIS the more chance it has of success. "'A' 1 vice to Inventors" /contains a list ot simple suggestions. Are you -inveiitiye 'r Send for this Booklet; 'it's free. Henry Haehes, Ltdi, 157.^Peatherston .Sjfcreet, WelUttgtoii.-4Adyt.: ; ' -' It'hMi'takfen'manT" yearsi to bnild wp reptt^ion L -.jSf-;'% (Dalf biit at last iraerit is Tewarded, and ' this *oocl cointfs into* its bwp. The ''Gil-' f^T^JCfalf Vffi^W ft#w shirked hv alstorekeeper in the Domtp* lOTl.T^kdvt. ■■:/ '■■"■"■ ■".-■■....;. vX: ■ ..:■- 4--«