LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, 25 September 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

The annual public meeting of the Eltham County Patriotic Committee will be held in the' Town Hall on VVsdnesday, at 8 p.m.

A farewell social will be tendered to the Rev. J. HA Shore and Mrs Snore in the Presbyterian Hail to-morrow evening at 7.45. Addresses wiil be delivered by the Rev. brant Cowen, the Rev. E. 0. Blamires, and his 'Worship the Mayor. Musical items will also be rendered.

It was before the war," has for some time been a Doouiar method oi' recalling dates botn \n the Supreme Court and other olaces. but a witness in some conspiracy charges heard in Auckland, when pressed for the ap-, pxo-ximate time wnen - a certain event happened, amused the court by rspi ■/- ing that it was before anti-shouting came into force. In a will case heard in the Supreme Court in- Welington, Mr A. Blair, one of the counsel engaged, said that one of the ', children of deceased followed the occupation of a jockey. He succumbed to the environments in which he was brought up and took to-drink. His Honor: ''But jockeys do not drink. They may indulge in gambling, but do not drink!" Sir John Findlay, K.C., wbo was also engaged in the case, stated, that jockeys were like bookmakers, and could not afford to drink. The1 Public Works Department is calling attention to the danger involved in the foolish practice qf many children, and some aoults, in endeavoring to remove stranded kites from overhead electric lines. Some of the public ar© apparently entirely ignorant of the grave risks they take in such efforts. Quite recently the officers of the Public Works Department in Christchurch discovered a man endeavoring to .null down a kite with the aid of a clothes nrop obviously unaware of the fact that the lines in which the kite was caught were carrying electric power at 11,000 volts. Other cases of equal foolhardiness have been brought under the notice of the department, and the department warns the public that this practice is highly dangerous, and migh'c result in fatal .consequences.

In Japan a new religious sect known as Kirozumism is maiung rather surprising headway. In that country and its provinces it is said to have 3,000,000 adherents, it is founded on the teachings .of Kirozumo Tadamune, .who died in 1850. The son of a priest, he early asserted claim to a heavenly mission. He became bedridden from consumption after the sudden deaths of his parents. Since grief, he argued, had brought him down, a cheerful optimism should lift him up. Cheering up he worshipped the grace and beauty of heaven. Next he worshipped the sun. Gradually he was cured. He did not regard it as a miracle, but a scientific result. He was fat-cheeked and rotund and looked his cheerful doctrine, and so won multitudes.

In commenting on trade and the money market the N.Z. Trade Review of the 22nd inst. says, inter alia: Our exports Continue to exhibit increase and show? a very big-surplus over imports, although the latter are increasing also owing to enhanced prices. The aggregate excess for the two years is over 20^ millions, and after allowing for payment of our outside obligations there is still some 16 millions left, co after .the raising of the loan there should still be ample funds for all ordinary business requirements for some time to come. Our export season is about to start now, and the prospects appear very favorable; the demand for all our staple products is still keen and prices appear likely to keep high. ''Practically the only serious trouble is the question of sufficient shipping to take the produce away.

\ A little tragi-comedy was enacted by the banks of the Avon shortly after the Christchurch quota for the 21st Reinforcements left the King Edward Barrack^ one evening last week. It was the-cold, old story of the way of a girl with a man—with two men. to be precise. A, returned soldier and a girl were sitting near _ the Cashel street bridge, and the soldier was murmuring sweet nothings into her willing ears, when the harsh tones of a man in civilian attire broke across th 6 billing and cooing. -Annoyed at the interruption, the soldier looked up, and found that the'civilian was abusing him and the girl. ' From the verbal onslaught he gleaned the stark fact that he was philandering with someone else's girl, and that the "someone" was the person who stood before him. Then there were mutual recriminations, until a policeman strolled along and stopped the altercation; When the uoficeman had gone, the soldier and the girl moved along toward the Montreal street bridg-3. But the other "man in the case" followed them, and presently words turned to blows. • Despite the soldier's protest that he had" a bad arm, and was in no condition for fighting, the civilian gave him something like a hiding. Even consolation for that was denied ths soldier, for the fickle girl went off with the civilian! We- say without fear of contradiction "No Rubbing Laundry Help" is a posi- I tive boon to housewives. Contains no-1 thing injurious to hands or finest fab-j rics; yet washes all clothes perfectly j clean. Local grocers. —Advt. j Atter thp theatre or party take a ?niff or two. of "NAZOL.' This wards I "^ chills and sore throats. Can be I oarned in pocket or pnrso. Get the

The approach of summer and the recollection of last year's outbieak of infantile paralysis should lead housenolders and others to insist on absolute cleanliness on their premises, and to see tiiat there is no stagnant water or mud puddles about. The present position of the cheese market is deemed to be most unsatisfactory by buyers and factory companies, and tney are anxiously awaiting an intimation from the Government as to its intentions (says the Southland Times;, lo has been reported that one factory was offered as nigh as lifu per lb for its output. The vVoodlaw company disposed of its output at d y-iotl per Id, f.o.b. The Bank of New Zealand has decided to issue a new design of one and five pound notes, ihe new one pound note is similar in size to the old one, but it is a rar more colored production, having at least seven different and distinct tints. It is also a much more presentable article than its predecessor. The back of the new note is almost as elaborate as the front, and is a fine sample of the engraver's art. The new five pound note is larger than the one the public has been accustomed to handle, and it is also a more pleasing article from the aesthetic viewpoint. The Munich Medical Weekly recently gave particulars of how fat can be extracted from the larvae of the bluebottle , The writer says that the larvae are found in decaying wood, and may be easily collected. The remains of meat or fish should be hung out in the sun. This attracts the flies, who soon cover it with their eggs. Within a few days these eggs hatch, and the grubs grow to an average length of one-third of an inch. The decayed food l should then be shaken in a wire reI ceptacle over another vessel, so that the grubs fall into the second vessel, the food in the wire/ container being then thrown away. The grubs are killed by being placed in boiling water, and are skimmed off the surface. They are then used to make ointments, soaps, and other products. Any residue may be given to pigs, ducks, and poultry. A case of child-slavery recently came under the notice of the Auckland Edu-

cation Board's truant inspectors. It is stated that a butcher in Auckland City has been exacting from his eleven-year-old son about sixteen hours' toil every day. The little chap was scurried out at 5 a.m. to sell newspapers, and after breakfast was made to canvass a round for oders for meat. After a few hours' schooling he was sent, every afternoon, to the abattoirs for the shop supplies. Every Saturday he was kept employed in and about his father's shop, and on Sundays had to scrub out and thoroughly clean the premises. Now and then the public have heard about children in the backblocks being overworked, but apparently "there are cities that provide plenty of work for societies devoted to the ; protection of children. i • New Zealanders will yet remember the Seliar family who returned to England from the Dominion because thay cild not like the universal military training system in force there (writes the London correspondent of the Wellington Post under date 10th August) They came back to England for "freedom;" Frederick Seliar, the eldest son, was arrested the other day_as being an absentee under the Defence of the Realm Act, and was assigned to the 12th London Regiment. When taken to the headquarters in London he put on the uniform, when ordered to do so, bat declined to sign the papers. He was taken to camp at Salisbury. He has lately been engaged in printing. His brother, Harry Seliar, is in the civil prison at Winchester; he, too, came under the -Military Service Act, was arrested as an absentee, fined, and handed over to the London Rifles. For refusing to obey orders in camp at Salisbury, he was'confined to a Cell. I The French Government has just made public the results of an official in T . vestigation undertaken to ascertain the ex.-ent of the damage done to property in the invaded portions of France. This investigation—which relates solely to those parts of France that were subsequently evacuated by £nemy troops and to those regions within the field of actual, hostilities —covers only the damage don© to real property; and attributable to the war, in the departments of Nord7 Pas-de-Cakjis, Somme, Oise, Seine-et-Marne, Aisne, Marne, Aube, Meuse, Meurthe-et-Moselle, and Vosges. In brief, the data covers 754 towns and villages. Most of the communes wherein the investigation was conducted are predominantly agricultural. Briefly, 16,669 edifices were entirely destroyed and 25,----594 partially wrecked. In 148 communes more than 50 per cent, of the total edifices were destroyed. The damaged public buildings ' included 221 city halls, 379 schools, 331 churches, 306 other structures of a public or quasi-public nature, and sixty-six monuments or works of art. Of the destroyed buildings; fifty-six were^elassed as "historical edifices." Mr Joseph Kirton, a former member of the Legislative Assembly of Victoria, speaking at the recent conference of the Federal Master Bakers'. Association, said that labor conditions were so favorable to employers that there was less excuse for a strike in Australia than in any other part of the world, yet nowhere else were they so numerous. Adverse judgments of tribunals were treated with contempt. Unionists were the only class that defied law and authority. It was deplorable that Australian workers, who were at least possessed of average intelligence, should be like dumb-driven oattle in the hands of leaders conspicuous for intellectual poverty, and to whose machinations strikes were largely due. The strike, though bloodless, was as irrational and hurtful as war. Strikers were outlaws, added Mr Kirton. Arbitration, backed up, if necessary, by civil or military force, was the remedy for industrial warfare. During 1913-15 in Australia 903 industrial disputes occurred, directly affecting 133,571 workers, and indirectly affecting 69,053 more; also 2,297,148 working days and £1,138,600 in wages were lost. Our stock of ladies' hand b?^s is rapidly decreasing. The quality sells them. Don't delay, but procure \curs now, at Morris', Jeweller Havera.—Advt. About your new hat! The special line of ladies' spring millinery at the low price of 12/6 is selling rapidly. The .trimmed hats are worth from 17/6 to 20/- See them at Gillett's.— Advt. The man who wants a good-fitting, stylish suit at a moderate price cannot afford to overlook the offerings at the Melbourne, Ltd.. the premier house for men's and boys' apparel. Foremost among the men's suits is a line of Roslyn all-wool tweed boxed, at the remarkably low price of 37/6; indigo suitings are also orominent 'at 65K 69/6, and 75/-.—Advt. DON'T NEGLECT A COLD. If you fail to treat a cold you are certain to contract another before rid of it. This succession of colds leads to catarrh, pneumonia and consumption. That is why medical authorities say "Don't neglect a cold." Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is the most successful treatment for colds. Tt aids expectoration, hqiufies the touch mucus and enables the system to throw off the cokl v.'bamberlain's Cough Bemedv is pleasant and safe to-take nnd contains no narcotics. Sold by all Chemists and Storekeepers.—Advt.

The Government has declared ophthal-' mia neotorum a notifiable disease. It is ] one of the diseases affecting children at oirth. It is stated that during the last thirteen years the levies from local bodies in Hawke's Bay towards the Hospital Board have increased by about 12IX) per cent. In 1893 the levy on the County Council alone was about £500. Now it is over £6000. The migration of myriads of sea lice from the beach at Happy Valley on to the hilis at the back of the road was witnessed, says the Post, and is described by spectators as "most uncanny." The little insects are somewhat similar to the common wood lice, but are slightly bigger. They have ap-! parently been driven out of their usual haunts on the beach by the exception-1 ally high tiues, and have taken to the hills for refuge. Millions upon millions of the insects crossed the road, and the general effect on first sight was that the entire road was on the move. The sensation experienced by pedestrians crunching over the sea lice was decidedly unpleasant—probably more so for the lice than for the pedestrians. Many well-known women have chauffeuses instead of chauffeurs. Mrs Winston Churchill, great-granddaughter of the late Dowager Lady Stanley of Alder ly, who was the pioneer of the women's higher education movement, is driven by a woman. So, too, is Lady Forbes Robertson, who comes from what we used to call the New World, but which is now middle-aged, and who has always believed that of her ownj sex which is now being clearly proved by their capability and efficiency. Mr Lloyd George has a chauffeuse: and now women are being employed t>y the Government to drive officers to their various points of duty. The drivers have to parade, with cars ready, at 8 a.m., and are liable to be on duty until 8 p.m. Care is taken not to overtax their powers, and an artillery officer states that the girl drivers leave no room for fault-finding. The cars are practically new, and the women's mechanical powers are not being too severely tried as yet; they give promise, however, of being able to deal successfully with most emergencies.

Writing from London on August 18th, the correspondent of a contemporary says:—"My impression is that the war will last another year at least. This is, of course, mere guesswork, for to say when the war will conclude is impossible. So much depends upon the condition of internal Germany, and about this no one seems to have any certain information. There is no doubt, however, that the Allies are beginning to put the screw upon Germany for the first time in the history of this war. The Kaiser and his advisers are in an extremely anxious frame of mind. They have lost the initiative. They realise now, that they cannot win the war, and the German people are also beginning to realise this sombre fact. How long the extraordinary discipline and submissivenesg of the Teuton temperament will enable them to go on fighting is just a question, f<sf~fhere is no doubt they are pretty sick, and if they could^ get off with terms that would save tneir faces, they would make peace without delay. Britain, however is determined to go on until Germany is soundly thrashed, and only in that way lies future saffcy." In conversation with an Auckland Star reoorter, Dr. Valintine (the Chief Health Officer) said that he considered the increase of cancer in New Zealand to be more apparent than real. "The fact is," he added, "that people are most susceptible to cancer in old age, and as we are prolonging lives of our people we are discovering more cases of cancer. I think I am right in putting the case that way." Dr. Valintine said that the Department of Public Health was in" communication with the various branches of the British Medical Association for the purpose of procuring data which will enable steps to be taken for dealing with the disease. Further than this, the Department has almost completed the 'preparation of a pamphlet which contains common sense advice for the oeople as a whole. Copies of this will be"largely distributed, and i if this method does not suffice arrans;emehts will :be ; made forlectures to give further instruction to tbe public."" Tke pamphlet is comprehensive^ without being too expansive, and it gives valuable i hints concerning the necessity for taking care" of apparently harmless sore* and otherwise attending to common dangers in the incipient stages. i The Orepuki correspondent of the Southland Times gives a graphic description of a hard fight for life which Mr R. Cargill has just passed through *n an endeavor to traverse the over- ! land track from Puysegur Point. Mr Cargill was a member of the Main Body of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, and returned from Anzac. He was sent down six weeks ago, t in indifferent' health, and was returning to offer his services again. He states that he never had sucn a fight for life [•■-—not even <m G&llipbli—as he has hadto pass through lately. Mr Cargill left the lighthouse on the sth inst. with five days' food, which under ordinary circumstance® is ample. All went well the first day, and he was rejoicing in the walk and- th* splendid track, which was much improved by the Government last summer. That I night snow came on, making it impossible to start for a couple' of days,and then, when he did starts wfisft a1 scene met his eyes! The bush was down everywherej the track absolutely covered up, and the telephone line? down from end to end. He plugged! on for days, and after his food wasi done, which was several days before | reaching Big River, Mr Cargill seems ! to have only a hazy idea of what hapi pened. It' was continual climbing over' logs, and finding means to cross swollen creeks which had all become raging torrents. His sufferings were severe, and he has not much 'recollection of anything until found by Linesmen Donaldson and Smith. At tb» time of his rescue he was "done," but he had managed to get within about fifteen miles of open country at Blue Cliff. THEHTC TS 'ONLY ONE SANDER EXTRACT, and that is why the people insist on it, and why they reject the many interior and frequently harmful substitute* and "just as good." The GENUINE SANDER EXTRACT is free from the objectionable qualities of the common eucalytpus oile and the so-called "extracts." SANDER'S EXTRACT is the most powerful antiseptic and healing remedy that can be u-sed with safety; it prevents and cures all infectious diseases; inriuenza, colds, fevers, small-pox, diphtheria, flatulence, diarrhoea, and kidney troubles. SANDER'S EXTRACT, applied to ulcers, burns, sprains, cuts, inflamed skin, gives instant relief and cures permanently. Reliability, effectiveness, and safety are the great attributes of SANDER'S EXTRACT E r'ery home can afford to drink Desert Gold, the Queen of Teas. Family blend. 1/9. Special grades, 1/10 and 2.'-. —Advt. A NEW TORPEDO. Did you read that the United States Mavy has a new type of torpeae— probably perfected after studying naval Rffairs in this war? If you have a war invention, s^e us about it. We enn have au informative chat about patenting and possibilities. Hom-y Hughes, Ltd., 157 Featherston Street. WeiiingTOTT.—Advt. Tea-time h the happiest time of the day where Desert Gnlr] is enjoyed. Delicious thvm , superb quality.—Advt.

It is said that in London the betting, is 3 to 1 that peace wdl be declared by December 31, 1917, but only 10 to 9 that it wiil be declared by December 31, 1916.

An Auckland dairyman was excused from service as juror in the Supreme Court the other day (says the Herald.) "L suppose," remarked his Honor Mr Justice Hosking, "you are one of those men who ge& up very early in the morning, and are usually very sleepy when tne time arrives for the court to meet?"' Tne dairyman smilingly replied that that was the exact position.

The Waitara correspondent of the Taranaki Herald writes: "I made a careful examination of the message from the sea which was found by MissN. Baneyman on the Waitara beach a. few days ago. I have no intention ot discrediting its authenticity, but there is no doubt that the letter and all the signatures are written by one hand. Tne possibility is that it was written on board by one of the 13th, whosigned the names of those by whom he was immediately surrounded. The document would certainly have been more satisfactory and interesting had the signatures been genuine."

With reference to the Hon. G. W„ Russell's strictures on the cost of running the Anzac Art Union, Mr ±J. Sutherland, who was Wellington representative of the organisers, made the following statement to a New Zealand ii.i-cs reporter. "I asked the Minister cr ixi-ternal Affairs, when he granted tiie to fix a limit on expendiuuro— not to allow expenditure to excel 10 per cent of the takings. He would not do so. When Mr McHardy cxad myself interviewed Sir Joseptt. \vaid in reference to the art union, t again asked that a 10 per cent limit of the takings be placed on the expenditure. Sir Joseph agreed that 10 per cent for expenditure was reasonable, but the Minister for Internal Affairs refused to accept my suggestion." Last month, Mr Balfour, in addressing a delegation which had been on sa

visit to _ the Fleet and bases, said: — "There is. not a man in this room who has been in this delegation who has not seen a great deal more than any Minister of the Crown. I have bean lirst Lord of the Admiralty for over fourteen months, and I have not visited Rosyth since I have occupied that position. I have never seen munition works. I. have not been over the Tyne or the Clyde under war conditions, and I have not, since I have have been in office, been at the front. You; genftiemen,. have seen all those things. I wish I had been in your place."

In referring to his recent visit toWestland, to the future of that part of the Dominion, and the effect which the completion of the Otira tunnel would have upon it, Mr J. Craigie, M.P., predicted a great future for the. district. On the one side, he said, there was a great land hunger, and farmers' sons with money would take up land, arid in. a few years bring about a development of farming not dreamt of previously. The Coast oould supply what was needed, to the mutual advantage of bofh the Coast and Canterbury.

Definite rules have been adopted regarding the pay of New Zealand soldiers held as v prisoners of war. While a man is a prisoner his pay must, of course, accumulate. If he rejoins his unit it is not given to him until it has been decided whether a Court of Inquiry shall be held. If an inquiry is held, and the judgment is that the man was captured through his own. neglect or misconduct, the man wilt draw none of his unissued pay. If the Court finds him guiltless^ he gets hi* back pay. Allotments of pay will be paid until the man is found by the Court to have been captured by Ki* own neglect or. misconduct. Separation allowances will be paid until the man is discharged from the Expeditionary Force, whatever the decision of the Court.