LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXVII, Issue LXXVII, 19 July 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

The following is a list of men entrainmsr at Hawera on July 31 for the Seventh Cl draft: H. Burrell, M. Doyle, J. Kerriskj W. O. Williams. A traveller from New Plymouth early this morn-ing states that snow was falling at Waipuku and Midhirst when he passed through. The s.s. Rarawa will be leaving Onehunga for New Plymouth on Sunday, 21st inst., at 3 p.m., in place of Monday, the 22nd, returning from New Plymouth on Tuesday, the 23rd, at her usual time. Private C. E. Holland is just now in Hawera, spending part of his final leave in seeing friends and settling up matters of business. He is in the machinegun section, undergoing training at Featherston. Though now on £nal leave, he is in a company which r.iobahly will have to put in some little time on special work before on.barkin#. His many fiiends in this district will be prlad to hear that he Js locking very well. Some thirty-five people who were of alien nationality, by birth or by marriage, came before Mr Wyvern Wilson, S.M., at Auckland on Monday, because they had failed to register within the time specified as aliens. Most of the defendants were women, and they were all convicted and discharged. In the case of two American citizens and of a Dane who had shown some degree of carelessness in circumstances when they might have been expected to have knowledge of the law, the defendants were fined each 10s and 9s costs. One point that cropped up during the hearing was that an alien who had been naturalised in New South Wales was still an alien in New Zealand or any other British State until the naturalisation papers were endorsed in that particular State. When Hon. Mr Russell was in Hawera a deputation pointed out the necessity fur :x new police station. The ; matter was passed on to Hon. Mr Wilfonl, Minister of Justice, and in a I memorandum to Mr Russell, which has i been forwarded to Mr Pearce, M.P. for the district, Mr Wilford says: "With reference to the representations ! made to you by a deputation at Haj wera on May 29 last, regarding the j necessity for a now police station at i Hawera, I beg to inform vo". that I : have made enquiries, and I find that ! the estimated cost of providing new ' police offices at Hawera is about ■ -£1000. It is recognised that the present building is quite inadequate, but 1 regret that there is no prospect at present of the necessary funds for the i erection of a new building becoming I available." • <>n"v 'Tie b:'.Ht ;s irood enough i'cr ynnr i'-iic-lv. '.'^o ''H'ldson's iva'.inou "•;>r<] " -1" ::!i:.a:luu!v os'.ro 'iakin* Powder.—Advt.

As an example of war prices, the Hon. T. M. Wilford remarked the other day that a quantity of linen, drill, and ether materials, which could have been bought for £1400 four years ago, cost £3460 to-day.

Recently at a market town in Cheshire there was offered for sale by auction half a cwt of barbed fencing wire. It was knocked down for the sum of £o Bs, or nt the rate cf £216 per ton.

Fifty-eight more concrete ships will be ordered by the "United States, Shipping Board at a cost of £8,400,000 as soon as the sites of the Government shipyards have been chosen. Many will be tank rhips of 7500 tons each, of which there is a scarcity for coastwise trade.

The Farmers' Union Executive met yesterday, when there were present: Messrs Dunn (president) in the chair, A. E. Washer, J. Swindlehurst, F. Mills, H. H. Hodge, J. L. Lucena, and the secretary. Ordinary routine business was transacted. A resolution was passed that, in view of the fact that members ci the executive have already been furnished with schedules of dates of meeting for the year, the usual practice of sending out monthly notices be dispensed with. Leave of absence was granted to all absent members.

A typical instance of the nature- of the British sailor in the moment of danger to his ship and shipmates was recounted by Mr C. A. Longhnaii.^at the complimentary social to Mr R. M. McKnight in Palmerston tne other evening (reports the Standard). Mr Loughnan said he had recently met a New Zealand naval officer, Captain Cliff McCuroch, who had been in the battle of Jutland, nnd th«> captain informed him that at the height of the action some cordiate became loose on the derk of a battleship, and fell through an opening into the interior of the fjup. The explosive caught fire and there was danger of it exploding the other ammunition until a seaman scrambled down, and there being nothing at hand to put out the- fire, he simply rolled on it until it was extinguished.

On the subject, of essential industries and exemption from military service, the following motion has been adopted by the Auckland Dairymen's Union: — "That this union reaffirms its previous attitude re military service and exemption for milkmen as embodied in the following resolution carried unanimously on April 12th, 1917: That this union strongly objects to any action of the ■Milk Vendors' Association applying for wholesale exemption of dairy employees from military service, as its members are prepared to take up their military duties when called on for service to the country. We further express our surprise and regret that several milkmen have been exempted on the ground of being essential. Certain owners and employees have been exempted on the plea of being essential, whilst employers have had their appeals dismissed. We further are of the opinion that the Auckland Efficiency Board should invite representation from this union to assiist in taking control of th-^ milk supply and delivery in the Auckland district. We definitely claim that an enormous amount of labor is wasted throurrh overlapping, both in obtaining supplies and distributing same. We claim that if it is an essential industry it ought to be removed from private, control and operated by public authority. Better service, better, quality, and lower nri-oes to the consumer would be given if the waste of labour and material were eliminated."

At a meeting of the Taranaki United Friendly Societies' Association at Stratford on Thursday, the president (Bro. , A. J. Tunbridge), in moving the adop- j tion of the report and balance-sheet, « said the finances of the association j were in a bad way. Actually they' had made a profit of £100.. but on taking office they found they had a debit of over £1200, a position they were not aware of at the last annual meeting. Regarding the liabilities to be met, the suggested levy of 6s, if made, should ' can-y the association over the present unfortunate position. They should stick together, and he felt sure the experience they had gained would be beneficial. The whole trouble was caused through, in the past, having an unlimited liability. Again, they had to contend with infectious cases, and if these cnntinupd the association would be ruined. Whole families seemed to go to the hospitals, and the association had to meet the obligation. He was glad to say the hospital boards had met them very fairly indeed. They had not received a reply from the Hawera Board, but should the Hawera Board grant the 25 per cent rebate, as i New Plymouth, Stratford, and Patea had done, with the loyal co-operation of the members contributing the association would survive. Some of the accounts had been incurred five years back. It was resolved to strike a* levy of 6s, and a resolution that any member seceding should be debarred from joining again during the succeeding twelve months was also carried. The election of officers resulted: President, Bro. A. J. Tur>briclo-<? (re-elected) • vicepresident, Bro. A. Cold we! I (re-elected1); executive, Bros. Sole, Brabant, Gilbert, and McNiven: secretary and treasurer, Bro. H. R. Cattley (reelected). A vote of symnnthv to relatives of members who had fallen at the front during the past year was carried in silence. —News. THE HOLY LAND Corpo/«u xz\ Pajrott. of the sth Wellington Mounted Rifles, writes from Palestine to a chum in New Zealand (Mr W. Chambers, of 14 Belfast St., Wellington), asking that two bottles of Fhienzol be posted to him. He says he always finds that Fluenzol keeps him well while on active service. Don't forget your soldier.—Advt The Melbourne Clothing Co. have a splendid assortment of men's and boys' j suits at extremely moderate prices. This firm stocks nothing but all-wool suits for men, therefore customers may rely on getting a serviceable article. Makers are chiefly Roslyn, Petone and Kaiapoi mills, therefore patrons are assured of first-class quality, together | with tailoring of the highest order Prices 52s 6d to 89s 6d.—Advt. For betier scones, for LeliU'i" pastry, for df-licious cv-k'--s, use ''Hudson's i J,;ilU)on !>ram!" Baking Powder. "Bound ro -VJ.P. " —Advt D. -and J. McCallum's Perfection Scotch is free from the smok- taste of ordinary Scotch, -and possesses body and distinctive smoothness of flavor that makes it a revelation to evan the connoisseur. Tt is pre-eminently the whisky for a r,<mtlema;i's buffet. 'Avoid imitations. Obtainable at all hotels — Advt. '•'Convict me of error and I will gladly change," —Marcvs Aurenus. Perhaps you neglect "just a cold" until it becomes severe, experimenting with an untried cough and cold remedy. Wouldn't ycv. gladly change if you knew of one that was prompt and certain. Baxter's Lung Preserver is the remedy for you. Tbo first dose jrives relief, invigorates constitution, .•rwivo, vibilitv. Certainly the most nnd trusty sneeific. Get big V- bottle to-day. Unequalled for 35 years. Chemists and Stores—Advt. Better than mixtures or svrnps is NAZOL—the money-saving remedy' for coughs and colds. P.oady for us© when bought, No cold is Nazol-proof.—Advt.

In dealing with conditions which were j likely to hold in the future, Mi- W. S. I La Trobtf, Director of the Wellington Technical School, an an address to»thePhilosophical Society, said that it was a question how far industry could be organised and at the same time allow ! democracy to be preserved. It was dif- j ficult to see the end of the organisa- ' tion of any indsutry. The fundamental object of the organisation of almost every industry was the utmost possible utilisation of natural resources with the least possible effort on the part of the workers, that is, efficiency. New ma.chines of all kinds were being devised to give the individual more power and to'make his work more simple. Consequently the tasks would become more monotonous by reason of their greater simplicity, while the work of those who guided the industry would become more complex. One result of this might be a sharp division betwaen the two classes, which could best be guarded against by a properly-conceived scheme of education. The child would remain at school longer than at present, especially at the j secondary school, and the period of apprenticeship would be shorter. In many trades, the speaker held, there was no real need for the long period of apprenticeship insisted upon, and he quoted the case of the women war workers, who. after a few weeks' training, had carried out the tasks of highly -skilled mechanics with complete success. The lono; term was a fence p^it round the trade. The amount of technical education to be given would depend largely upon the individual, and, except in the case of the older students» such technical education would be given during the day. Special attention would be pajd to the teaching of the duties of citizenship, but the teaching of civics, a subject beyond the capabilities of children, would be a matter for older students.