LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue LXXIV, 23 August 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

This morning a f|r6t offender for drunkenness was lined 10s, the amount of his bail deposited. Mr C. 0. Ekuahl, J.P., was on the Bench.

The Manaia school committee has invited Mr Bridge to become a candiclate for the Education Board in place of Mr Wilkinson, resigned, and he has promised to consider the matter.

A young man who w^as riding along Cuba street, Palmerston North a few days ago, was attacked by three dogs, which pulled him off his bicycle and fairly worried him. Before he was rescued he wras badly bitten on the legs.

The Government has decided to releas© the Jugo Slavs from any obligation to render further national service. These men have been compelled to work on the roads and railways under the Public Works Department, being paid the current rate of wages.

Advice has been received that the •xaminer for the Associated Board musical examinations this year will be Dr J. W. G. Hathaway. He has not previously been to New Zealand. Dr Hathaway is a composer of some note in England, and has written orchestral, chamber, organ and choral music.

A special address will be given at the Hawera Methodist Church on Sunday evening next by the Rev. A. Liversedge, on "Is the world getting worse?" Mr Anthony Salter (tenor) will sing, "Comfort Ye" and "E.very Valley," from the "Messiah." The choir will sing, "And the Glory."

A shout of laughter interrepupted Sir Joseph Ward for a few moments during the civic reception to Lord! Jelliceo at the Wellington Town Hall. "What I admire in Lord Jelliooe —and I want to say it in his presence, because I cannot say it on an occasion like this in his absence '' the Minister for Finance remarked. The "bull" delighted the audience.

A. Thames message states that a mob of cattle grazing in a paddock at Parawai broke on to the railway line ahead of a train that wras coming into Thames trom overland, about 150 stampeding on the railway bridge over the Kanaeranga River. The train wras held up for about an hour in order to remove the cattle. Some twenty beasts, ranging in value up to £16. were bogged and drowned in the deep mud and, water of the riverbed. Salvage operations are still in progress.

Dr. John Rusk, of Belfast, Ireland, an international bowler of repute, was accorded a social evening by the Wellington Centre on Wednesday evening. Speaking during the evening. Mr Rusk gave some interesting descriptions of bowl playing at Home. On the municipal greens played started at 11 a.m., and he had played an important tie as late at 10.20 at night. 'Chat gave a reasonable time for bowling —(laughter) —and one result was, that as many as possible formed private bowling clubs. The greens were 126 feet, and they never played a rink under 18 feet. For all special play they gave 21 feet. He did not understand how it wras that, in New Zealand they sometimes played with a 14 foot rink.

HmrnQ people in Wellington and America seem to have a very exaggerated idea of the prices which Christchurch citizens are prepared to pay for coal (says the Christchurch Sun). Incidentally, it would appear that the fame.of the Christchurch City Council's coal supply scheme has spread. The Wellington agents of an American firm have written to the Mayor of the city, forwarding a cablegram from their principals, in which is made an offer to sell 20,000 tons of American coal, of the United States Navy standard, which could be delivered in four shipments of 5000 tons each. But the price quoted is £7 4s 6d per ton c.i.f., New Zealand ports.

Lieut.-Colonel Weston, speaking at yesterday's conference of returned soldiers, replying to an assertion that some disabled men were walking the streets in search of employment, said he would like it to be known that the Repatriation Board considered this class of case first. The Board would teach a man a new trade if he was linable to follow his pre-war occupation, and give him £3 per' week until he learnt it. Speaking later on, the chairman of the conference. Mr WT P. Kirkwood, remarked that with the assistance of the War Relief Associations a_al the Repatriation Boards there was no reason whatever for a man to be out of employment. The Taranaki War Relief Association had always given its assistance in endeavoring to find employment for. returned men in need of work.

Members of the locomotive branch of the railway service are stated to be so dissatisfied with their working conditions that many resignations have taken place, and others are likely to follow, says an exchange. Seven engine-drivers on the Auckland-Frankton run are said' to have resigned last month, the reasons given being insufficient pay, irregular hours, domestic inconvenience, and deprivation of social life. It is stated that all the men who have resigned are married men, some of whom have been in the service from thirteen to twenty years, and that while one or two have other postions to take up, the remainder intend taking their chance on the open labor market. Comparin_r the wages paid1 here with those in Australia; they point out th c rates of pay prevailing locally are from 4s to 8s per day lower than on the other side. Great bargains are the order of the day at the Economic, three special lines being as follows: Swiss embroidery worked on pure longcloth, 3/11. 4/11, 5/11 dozen yards, one to three inches wide; ladies' neckwear, in lace, net and pique, usually 1/4 to 3/6, now 1/- and 1/6; ladies' leather handbags, all good shapes, now half-prices, 3/11 and 6/6.— The Economic. Hawera. FOR RHEUMATISM SUFFERERS. Don't think your case is hopeless because you've had Rheumatism for years and have tried almost every "cure" without relief. Waste no more money on lotions and embrocations. Rheumatism is a blood disease, and all the external treatment in the world cannot purify your blood—permanent, relief must be effected internally—and RHEUMO is the remedy. The excess uric acid which settles at the joints, causing the painful swelling, is dissolved and eradicated by RHEUMO; the blood is purified, the swelling disappears, and thus relief is actually secured—often permanently. Thousands of New Zealanders can testify to the value of RHEUMO. A well-known resident of lemuka writes:—"For a long time 1 suffered from Rheumatics, using all kinds of remedies. Hearing of RHEUMO I tried it, and to-day can say that I have not felt better for the past 10 years." Tiy RHEUMO. It seldom fails to effect permanent relief. 2s 6d and 4s 6d bottle.—Advt. NO NEED TO BOTL OR RUB - , CLOTHES on washing day. Fairy Wonder Dry Soap enables you to dispense with the copper fire, the washboard and ordinary soap. It saves time and much labor, and always makes the clothes beautifully white! —Advt. "Forewarned is for&nrmed." Your best weapon against, i bad rold is "NA- 1 ZOL." It will quickly and easily rout < Tbn onpmv. Sold •'vepvwhere. Is 6d al' bottle.— Advt. " 1

One hears many complaints just now about the slowness of mails in arriving, but all ordinary instances of this i sort are easily put in the shade by the j record of a post-card which has just! reached Dunedin after a journey of over 13 years from Waimate (says the* Otago Daily Times). The card, which! now possesses rnuoii more than its' original interest, bears three clear postmarks on its face and one undecipherable one on the picture side pf it. The first mark shows that it was posted at Waimate on- May 14, 1906, perfectly clearly and correctly' addressed to "Master S. A. Park, 33 Manor Place, Dunedin." After disappearing from official view for 13 years the card made its next appearance in London, on May 17, 1919. London appears to have 'been a little hazy as to the difference between "Dunedin" and "Dublin," for the next mark records that the card was in Dublin on June 4. Dublin denied all knowledge of the owner, and offered the advice to "try Dunedin, NewZealand," with the result that Mr S. A. Park, who is now living in a home of his own, has at length the satisfaction of knowing that the friend from whom he parted in Dunedin in May, 1906, arrived safely in Waimate in due course.

A gentleman who has just returned to Auckland! by the Rarawa says that the motor trip from New Plymouth to Wellington is one of the most exhilarating experiences he has had for a long time (reports the Auckland Star). The motor left New Plymouth the day he went through with eight passena^rs. One got out at Wanganui, and the other seven continued the journey right through to Wellington. The chief thing that struck him was the way the car sped on and on, travelling over all kinds of steep grades and winding gorges at a rate of fully forty1 miles an hour. This pace was kept for mile after mile, and hour after hour. Speaking for himself, he says, that the speed is, in his opinion, just a little too quick to absolutely ensure the public safety. If an accident should happen, the result would be very disastrous, and as there are many level railway crossings to negotiate at sharp angles,'some limit should be put on cars carrying a lar<,e number of passengers. "I am a n expert driver myself." he says, "but those drivers between New Plymouth and Wellington, a'though reliable men,'take risks and <ro at -v rn':e which some day may >ad to something serious." The travelers a'.rn spoke of the harm the extra traffic is doing to the roads since the railway cut was made. It is jromg to be a serious problem for some of the local bodies.

Speaking of the devastation wrought by the Germans in Northern' France, Sir Joseph Ward, in the course of a chat with, a Christiehurch Press reporter, cited the cases of Rheims and Soissons. In both cities there, is practically not one stone left on another, the havoc and destruction being most complete. Much the same applied to the town of Albeit—there are hardly any trates left of what was once a flourishing centre. "You want to see the whole thing in order to really form an idea of the tremendous destruction and the widespread nature of it," Sir Joseph added. There was not only the reparation for cities destroyed, he went on to say, but also for large areas of agricultural and pastoral land made unfit for use. At one place, 100 miles from Paris, he and his party were prevented from going on by French soldiers. In a quarter of an hour there was a tremendous upheaval caused by the explosion of bombs and shells which bad not gone off when fired by tlie enemy, and which had been gathered in a heap and fired for safety. They had been taken from ground that was about to be ploughed. There were thousands of such "duds^," and men and women in France who returned to" their farms were killej by them. France had been "bled white" not only as regards men, but also a.s regards buildings. As to reparation, the only regrettable thing about it was that to secure it Germany must be given an opportunity to trade with the countries with which she was at war recently. "It is a sad commentary on our achievement as victors/ commented Sir Joseph, "but it is a hard fact all the same.''

5 In its reply to the Alliance of Labor - deputation which waited upon Cabinet: 1 last week the Government states.— i "The miners, by their organisation. . made representations to the miners of • Australia, which prevented the Gov--3 eminent proceeding with its efforts to 3 procure labor for the mines from that I i source The Government is unable toi • agree that the statements of the Near i Zealand Labor organisation to the AusI tralian organisation with respect to eon- [ ditions of mining work in New Zealand were justified. The condition that any : addition to the number of miners must ► be of unionists is admitted, but there ■ . must be addition to the number of mm. I L ers to enable the new development to which reference has been made. Even j tho State is unable to enter upon tlie I enterprise of opening new mines and , providing necessary facilities for that . purpose,. because it could only obtain labor necessary for that purpose by re- . ducing the production of existing mines. ' The Government invite the deputation to state frankly the position of its or-| \ ganisation upon this subject, and to! meet the Government fairly in some ar- [ rangement to insure such addition to the number of miners engaged in the,' coal industry as will enable the Dos inion in the near future to rely tipon its own supplies of coal tor the purposes of its growing industries." The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., Stratford, wish to draw attention to the sale by auction of 2200 acres freehold land, which they are holding at their sale rooms, Broadway, Stratford, on Tuesday. .September 16th, at 12 noon Full particulars oiTpage 8 of this issue. The Melbourne's great end-of-season sale continues to boom with irresistible < bargains. Boys' serve "shorts" (sizes 1 to 11), 3s lid j boys' washing ties, 3d ; children's striped flannelette sleeping combinations, 3s 6d; boys' and youths' pyjama. suits, 5s lid; men's pyjamas, 9s 6d; men's tussore silk 'tennis and neglige shirts, 17s 6d.—Advt. Factory outfits for aeason 1919 are now open at the H.B.—Bib overalls, working trousers, factory boots, factory singlets, factory -socks, factory aprons, sleeping suits. The H.B. factory output is the best wearer. Call at N.Z. Clothing Factory, Hawera, and get your outfit.—Advt. CHAMBERLAIN'S TABLETS. To soothe and invigorate the intestines, make them strong and active, and have a beneficial influence on the stomach and liver, take Chamberlain's Tablets. They relieve constipation, remove the cause, and by strengthening the bowels to act naturally never create the necessity for the regular use of iaxatives. Sold everywhere — Advt. Machinery wanted f We have en- i quiries for every description, n ew and * good used. Send us full particulars of < any you wish to sell. Also let us have < your enquiries. Manning Machinery j Co 188 Cashel street, Christchurch— i Advt. i No more grinding of leeth wit i WADE'S WORM FIGS. Price, Is od —Advt. - The most common of ills is probably the ordinary cold, and the most »uo?_?™S f cures for this eomraon ill is s "NAZOL " In bottles of 60 doses for' c is 6d — Advt. f