LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXII, Issue LXXII, 26 May 1917, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

The total expenditure of the Wanga. nui Education Board for the year ending December 81st last was £117,699. Of this sum over £80,000 was expended in teachers' salaries. —Patea Press.

Sir James Allen statute that the num. ber of Hansards printed next session will have 'to be reduced owing to the shortage of paper.

At a public meeting held at Timaru a resolution was passed in favor of 6 o'clock closing, and steps were taken to organise a canvass for signatures to a petition.

In its annual report the Wellington Acclimatisation Society states that "reports from various parts of the district go to prove once more that eels, shags, and seagulls destroy large numbers of fish, and again all sportsmen are urged to exterminate these pests whenever and wherever possible."

A gentleman from Winiataj who was in Taihape on a recent afternoon, received something of a shock before leaving for home. Seeing a rolled-up hand, kerchief lying on the roadway he picked it up, and on making an examination he found that it con-tamed something over £650 in notes.

According to a Press Association telegram from Cb.ristch.urch, Sir James A Hen (in replying to a question, said: "I think it is intended that the men in the Jb'irst Division classed C 2 (home service) shall be re-examined. My own opinion is that every man in the First Division should be re-examined before the Second Division is called up."

The proprietors of London Punch notify in their issue of March 14, 1917, that —"In order to meet the national need for economy, they are compelled to reduce the number of its pages, but propose that, by condensation and compression, the amount of matter may be maintained. They have raised the price to sixpence, and allow no returns to agents. In consequence of the increase in price, the period of subscriptions paid in advance will be shortened, or the unexpired value will be proportionately refunded, if desired."

The policewomen in England are more than justifying their existence. Seven hundred applicants have presented themselves as ready to enrol, and about 200 have been selected as suitable for the training. For the first time barracks are being es+ablished, in which to house the policewomen, some of these having accommodation for as many as sixty, with a due staff of cooks and attendants. The Ministry of Munitions is giving all assistance on this important detail, and a member of the force can maintain herself in these quarters for £1 a week.

Speaking to a Christchurcli Sun reporter on the question of aviation, the Hon. G. W. Russell said: "I propose to submit to Cabinet a scheme for the drafting of a bill to come down in the approaching session, providing for the issue of permits, not only for the establishment of aviation grounds, but also for permits to persons before they are allowed to fly. I hardly need say that if it is considered desirable that a man should have a permit, as is the case in Christchurch, before he is allowed to drive a motor car, it is more necessary that there should be a permit or certificate of competency before he is allowed to take an aeroplane up."

Last Sunday afternoon (writes the Loadon co-respondent of The Post, under date March 7) Mr Massey was going to Walton-on-Thames, to visit the hospital, when he met with, a nasty mishap. He was accompanied in his Daimler car by Miss Massev, Colonel J. Hardie Neil, N.Z.M.C., and Mr F. D. Thomson (private secretary). As the car was going through Chelsea at a moderate speed, a small car driven by a lady suddenly emerged out of a cross street. In order to avoid a serious collision, the chauffeur of Mr Massey's car pulled right round on to the footpath, and crashed into the doorway of a butcher's shop, but not in time to avoid inflicting some damage to the small car. Mr Massey's Daimler was somewhat badly injured, and the front of the shop very much damaged. Fortunately all the occupants escaped without a scratch.

Sir Gerald Strickland was bidden a warm farewell by the people of Sydney, but it is safe to say that the parting which will linger longest in Mb memory is that which was accorded by a small wayside township in Tasmania. The local mayor in private i life followed the noblest of all callings —he sold newspapers—and the railway station, which stood on an island platform, was his busiest market, for there it was that he supplied travellers from Launceston with the Hobart papers. It happened that the Launceston train had just pulled up when that conveying the gubernatorial party hove in sicht on the other line. "Hold her, Bill," cried the mayor to the enginedriver, as he rushed from carriage to carriage unloading his bundle. It was quick work, but he had satisfied the final demand just as the Governor's train came to a standstill. The newsagent cast the unsold copies in a corner, straightened his ties, and dashed to the edge of the other platform, where he became the mayor. Still hot and perspiring, he drew from his breast pocket the address of welcome, and in a syncopated delivery assured Sir Gerald of the undying foyalty of the township and the poignant grief it suffered by his translation to a higher sphere*.

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To-morrow (Sunday), at 7 p.m., Evangelist Lukens will speak in the Orange Rail on the subject: "Do all roads lead to Heaven?"

"The Fool Controller states that . . . . 'Indian paper.' " Punch adds: "We had not heard of the appointment of this Minister, but it lias been made none too soon."

The headmaster of the Mangatoki school desires us to state that the school will be open next week, and will close for the winter holidays on Friday afternoon, June 1. Mangatoki residents are requested to note this fact.

The Wellington Racing Club's hospital ward at Trentham was formally opened yesterday in the presence •£ a. large gathering of soldiers and invited guests. The building contains three 8-bed wards, each 36ft. by 24fft., a Ibed ward, duty room, bath room, and lavatories. The hospital is on approved lines and cost £160U, of which the club contributed £1000. Th.c visitors were enid tamed at luncheon by the' Eacing Club.

The Minister for Public Health (the Hon. G. W. Russell), speaking at a meeting of the Ashburton Hospital Board this week, said it would be necessary to repair the ravages in the population made by the war. A great decrease had also taken place in childbirth in this country as the result of economic causes. A return which he had had prepared showed that if the rate of birth had been maintained as in 1885 New Zealand would have had 240,000 more population to-day. In this young country, when such a wastage was going on, it was the duty to encourage child-life in every possible way. The following Melbourne message appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald of May 17:—The Prim.c Minister (Mr Hughes) announced to-day the sale to the New Zealand Government of 1,500,000 bushels of wheat, with a, further option to the New Zealand Government of taking 1,000,000 bushels, at 5s 6d net f.o.b. The New Zealand Government has undertaken to provide shipping and pay for the wheat, whether delivered or not, by

the end of August. The ordinary price fixed by the Australian Wheat Board for wheat for New Zealand is at present os 7d a bushel, with an allowance of 1 per cent, commission to agent* who sell. The sale at 5s 6d net amounts to 5s 6 2-3 d a bushel if sold in the ordinary way. In view of the present shortage of shipping, the Board is extremely gratified at having been able to make so fine a pHq on behalf of the pool.

The Minister for Customs (the Hon. A. M. Myers) has brought under notice the following flagrant instance of an attempted evasion of the Order-in-Coun. cil prohibiting 'the importation of Ger-man-made goods from any destination. The Regal Post Card -Company, of O'Connell street, Sydney, N.S.W., recently attempted to get rid of their stocks of German cards by distributing Ithrough bundl.es of British-made cards certain others of German origin. Some of these latter had the words "Printed in Germany" stamped out wMi a large black arrow and were re-nam,ed "Arrow Brand." Other cards similarly distributed, had the ends cut off, but unhappily for the exporters, in a few cases the guillotine machine had only sliced off half of the lettering and it was still apparent that Germany was the country of origin. Apart f.rom the obliterated words, ffche general appearance of the cards was indicative of German make. The goods were % of course, detlained and will not go into consumption.

A paragraph appeared in the Herald one day last week (says the Timaru Herald) concerning a '"mixed" crew on board a vessel at Wellington. In conversation w,ith Mr James Strachan, of Timaru, it was ascertained that when he came out to Otago in 1857 he was the youngest apprentice on a "wind-jammer" ■•with a crew still more mixed than the one referred to at Wellington. This was the barque Strathmore, of Glasgow, 480 tons register, which carried 180 passengers and had a craw of 16, including an Irish captain, an Irish boy, a Scotch carpenter, a Scotch A.B.* and two Scotch apprentices, an English cook, an English boy, two Americans (second mat© and A.8.), one Danish A.8., one German 0.5., one Belgian steward, a West Indies nigger (who was an A.8.), one Malay A.B. 3 and one Chinaman.

"While speaking at the Empire Club in London, Mr Massey said that with regard to the Western front that some people who professed to be authorities thought that many of them, himself included, were much more optimistic than they ought to be, and that the retirement of the Germans was simply what was called a "strategic movement to the rear." But there was one point that could not be disputed, and that was that if the Germans had been able to hold the ground from which they were retiring they would have done so. He was not able to say that the end of the war was within measurable distance, but he believed that things were much better than they had been for some little time. They had put their hands to the plough, and they were not going to look back until they had completed the contract upon which they had entered in 1914.

There was some plain speaking by Mr G. J. Anderson, Si.P., at a weloomo home at Ferndale, Mataura district, last week to Rifleman J. A. Cameron. Referring to the working of the Milictary Service Act, Mr Anderson said (reports the Mataura Ensign) all knew i that certain men who had come under Clause 35 of the Act had disappeared. He referred more particularly to several members of a well-known Southland family, but there were many others. The Act had been passed by the Parliamentary representatives of a pure democracy, in which every man and woman had a vote. That being the case, those who did not obey the call were deserving of the severest punishmenft. It was the duty of the public as well as of the Government to ccc that these people were brought to answer for their actions. No doubt they would come back when everything was smooth, with (the intiention of claiming their pro. perty; but even then the long arm of the law would hold them accountable. After they had suffered th.c punishment which would be meted outi ito them by , the State the speaker trusted that tne ! people in the Mataura Valley would consider whether .they should not ostra- j cisc them, as their property had be«n ; defended by others. ■ '

Mr Harry Smith will be the preacher at the Gospel Hall to-morrow evening. The Hawera Methodist Church services to-morrow in celeb rats oh •? "Church Day" will be conducted 1^Rev. E. 0. Blamiree. Sermons in harmony with the Whitsuntide season will be preached. At night Mr Bryan Williams (Trentham) will sing a solo. At Normanby Mr McClellan and Mr Clements will conduct the services. "I know my remedy."—Shakespeare. Those who are suffering from a cough or cold have a splendid remedy in ! Baxter's Lung Preserver. It will assist ; to throw off bronchial complaints *s nothing else will. It heals the sore throat, relieves ''tickling" and coughing, and promotes the health of the bronchial passage and lungs. This is the preparation everyone needs. You cannot afford to take the risk of having a bad cold, but you can afford 1/10 for a big bottle of Baxter's Lung Preserver, which will help to keep you well. Get a bottle to-day.—Advt.

The Feathorston Racing Club recently roted £500 to the Salvation Army Solliers' Relatives Hostel and £100 to the Red Cross. i The Masterton Borough Council has,! after considerable discussion, decided to j grant a war bonus of 10 per cent, to the men under the control of the" borough ! engineer. j The memorial in Christchurch to j Captain Scott, of Antarctic fame, is to be taken over by the City Council, which proposes to illuminate it by electricity at night time. The Auckland provincial district has raised £612,000 for various patriotic purposes, including £396,000 for the provincial patriotic funds and other j objects of a general character, i £126,000 for Belgian relief, £90,000 j for the Navy League funds, and j £8000 for the Red Cross fund. i The proposal of the Inspector-General | of Hospitals (Dr. Valintine) that the; charge for the maintenance of paitients j at Te "Waikato Sanatorium should be , increased, is opposed by the Auckland j Hospital and Charitable Aid Board on the ground that all patients sent by the Board to the sanatorium are charitable aid cases, and that the extra charge would create a hardship. Reuters correspondent at Copenhagen says that the state of mind of even the'educated classes in Germany is shown by an article in the review Woche, by the well-known Professor Flamm, urging harsher treatment ot neutral ships, to force them to remain in their home ports. He remarked: "Too many of the crews are at presentsaved. It would be best if neutral ships disappeared without leaving a trace. Then terror would keep them away from the blockaded zone.