LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXVII, Issue LXXVII, 22 May 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

It has been decided to erect a me-i inorial! to the Victims of the Runanga murder. At a public meeting at Runanga (says an exchange) it was decided1 that a deputation wait on tne Gray City Council and the Runanga Borough Council with reference to the dedication as a road reserve of that portion of the road, where the murder took place and kmwra as "Eggera 1 Lookout, as a site for the memorial. It was decided that, if th e sanction of the tiwo bodies be obtained, that the memorial shall take the form of an obelisk of red Aberdeen granite, erected on a, suitable i base and surrounded with iron railings and with a flight of steps leading up from the road level. p Five swords of honor a*-e to be presented, with the Fu-eedom of the City, by the Mayor and corporation of the City of London to Admiral the Right Hon. Viscount Jellicoe of Scaroa i G.C.8., 0.M., G.C.V.0., Admiral Sir gavid Beatty, G.C.8., G.C*V.O., D.S.O. Field Marshal the Right Hen Viscount French of Ypres X P S^-?Vf V l * G- c -v.0., e?.c.m.g:: Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig R T G.C.8., G.C.V.0., bK.0.1.E7 ™« General Sir Edmund H. H Allenbv G.C.B G.C.M.G. The designing and manufacture of the swords have been entrusted to the Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company, of 112 Regent street They are to be of 18 carat gold, the, designs being symbolical of the war services of the recipients, and expressive of th e yalue of those services in particular to the City of London. They will be decorated in relief, and the designs enriched by the use of enamel and precious stomes. ' The Melbourne Ltd.'s special line of Horrockses Ideal cloth, 36 inches wide | so eminent% suitable for ladies' night^ dresses, is selling rapidly, and customers will be well advised to make their purchases soon, as the material will be shortly sold out. Besides, future shipments will require t o be sold at 3s 6d per yard. Present price is 2s lid — Advt. To prevent a cold "getting hold of you "/take "NAZOL" on sugar, or inhale it at intervals. Its ejects are simply marvellous.—Advt. INFLUENZA BACILLI. The influenza microbe (Pfeiffer's Bacillus) takes two days to fully develop in the human system. A dose of gei-m-destroying "Fluenzol" every second day is therefore necessary to insure immunity from the dread disease. | A Is 6d bottle of "Fluenzol" contains j32 doses. Firmly refuse substitutes.— Advt. A delicious dish—C.M.C. Tongues, lhey are now low in cost and high in quality. Recently C.M.C. Tongues were considerably reduced in price, but the cm c high, nutritious quality has been maintained. C.M.C. Tongues require no cooking and take but a minute to serve ; they are tasty and delicious for lunches, picnics and teas. Try them I—Advt.

It is proposed to start a racing club I at Eltham. The Patea Press reports that a little girl, the daughter ot Mr and Mrs Mather, of Kakaramea, was riding home from the post office when the horse shied at a motor cycle by the side of the road, with the result that she was thrown, striking her head on the kerb. She was found to be suffering from concussion and shock, but is doing as well as can be expected. General Richardson was accorded a civic reception yesterday in Christchurch (states a Press Association telegram). In reply to .questions, General Richardson said h e felt confident that soldiers would not be disappointed when the final pronouncement was made by the Government in regard to gratuities. Dr Martin, of Ngaruawahia, Avas urgently summoned to Ruakawai settlement, Raglan harbor, a few days ago, and upon arrival found fourteen persons suffering from poisoning, caused by eating bush honey. Some of them were in a serious state. Drastic remedial measures were immediately applied, and all the patients are now convalescent, though some will be affected for some time. Eighteen persons partook of the honey, four apparently not being affected. Among the victims were a family of eight, named Hadfield, of florotiu, who were spending a holiday at Ruakawai. » The number of volunteers who went into camp during the war was 83,024. In addition there were 720 volunteers waiting to be taken into camp when the armistice was signed, so that the total number of fit volunteers was 83,744. The Defence records do not show exa"tly how many men volunteered. The number of volunteers registered between August, 1914, and September, 1916, when the Military Service Act came into operation, was 104,467, but many men had registered several times in the same group or in other groups; Some men even made amendments in their names in order to have additional chances of "beating the doctors," and one man may appear in the records as several separate volunteers. It is estimated that there were no fewer than 85,000 actual volunteers up to September, 1916. There were 24,105 volunteers subsequently, so that the grand total of volunteers during the war was in the neighborhood of 109,000, or, roughly, 10 per cent of the population. During the past few months there has been a good deal of promiscuous ] criticism as to why the postal authorities in London do not take greater ad- I vantage of vessels earning out to New j Zealand via Panama to carry His Majesty's mails, and similarly why the postal authorities he%e do not" make more extended use of the vessels traversing Homeward via the Panama j Canal. Mr A. P. Dryden (Chief Post- I master at Wellington) pointed out to a reporter a few days ago that the Vancouver and San Francisco routes ! were still quicker than the Panama route, providing there was a reasonably good connection at New York, A more cogent reason, however, and one which appears to/have been lost sight of, is the one of cost. Both the San Francisco and the Vancouver services {maintained by the Union S.S. Co.) -were heavily subsidised by the Government for the conveyance of our mails. Why, in that case, should they send the mails via Panama and pay poundage -rates (even if the vessel were timed to arrive in England two or three days ahead of the Vancouver or 'Frisco-routed mails) when they had their own steamers running regularly ? Moreover, such subsidies ensured as far as possible a regular service, and had a bearing (in the public interest) ' on passenger and freight rates. The English postal, authorities had also been blamed for not utilising more generally i the transports as mail steamers. The ' -chances were that they were paying ' subsidies to Atlantic lines for the carriage of the1 mails, and saw no reasoa why they should, in addition, incur poundage rates as well. After all, J there was a limit to the expense incurred in the conveyance of mails, and it was the duty of the authorities to curtail expense a.§ niuch, as possible without loss of efficiency. , l In a footnote to a letter written by Mr P. Eraser, M.P. for Wellington Central, a summary of which appeared in our local columns on Tuesday, the Auckland Star points out that Mr Fraser was not correct in referring to "cablegrams announcing that tho Soviet Government of Russia passed and published a monstrous decree for the nationalisation of women. 1' The Star presumes he refers to the decree summarised in a message published on February 18. That message did not say that the decree was the work of the Soviet Government of 1 Russia. The decree was described as "an astounding Bolshevik marriage proclamation posted in East Russia," and it wag stated that the orders contained in it were made "in compliance with tha decision of the Kronstadt Soviet." Some people may have taken this a« a proclamation of the Central Government, but it must have occurred to others that it was a local production. It is admitted in the passage Mr Fraser quotes that such a decree was published. In the evidence given before the. American Senate Committee that has been investigating Bolshevism . are references to such decrees. Mr R. E. Simmons, who represented the Department of Commerce an Russia, read the text of two such decrees, one of which is apparently identical with that cabled to us in February. One of these decrees, he said, had been issued by the Soviet of Saratov, and the other by the Soviet of the City of Vladimir. This second decree stated that it had been based on the "excellent example of similar decrees already issued at Luga, Kolpin, etc." Mr Simmons also stated that a similar project had been published in the Local Gazette of the Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies in Hvelirsk. We do not advance these statements as implicating the Central Government, but as reasons for believing that there have been local attempts by the ruling class to nationalise women. HE SENT 2000 MILES FOR BAXTER'S LUNG PRESERVER! A man had so much faith in the unrivalled merits of Baxter's Lung Preserver that he sent from Western Australia to New Zealand for this famous medicine. He wrote: —"Enclosed find £1. Please send me some bottles of your Lung Preserver. Kindly send as soon as possible as I have a rather bad cough, and your Lung Preserver cared me of .asthma when I was in New Zealand 14 years ago." You can obtain Baxter's Lung Preserver by calling at the nearest grocer or \ chemist. You will find it the best remedy for coughs, colds and bronchial troubles. Its soothing, healing effects are immediate, even with deep-seated colds and chronic coughs. In addition, it builds up strength and vitality. Good for children—and for their grandparents. Don't take risks with coughs and colds when "Baxter's" is able to keep them at bay. Get a bottle to-day—keep it handy—take a dose regularly yourself, and give it to th e little ones. 2s 6d spent on a big bottle is the best investment you can make.—Advt. "STICK TO YOTJR GUNS." When entering a shop to buy "Fluenzol" insist on having what you want, and do not accept any cheap or shoddy substitute. "Fluenzol" is a scientific remedy to eliminate microbes. Comk mended by medical authorities. Obtainable every where, at Is Gd and 2s 6il - Advt.