LOCAL AND GENERAL

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 6 May 1921, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

.—- I At the Auckland Brick and Tile Company's works at Avondale 3 while the work was in full swing, a flywheel, weighing about 10 tons, burst, and the main flywheel, 12ft in diameter, followed on. The end of the building was : wrecked. Nb one was iniured.' | Overheard in the train the other day between Hawera and New Plymouth: "Welf, Jack, I sold those three old cows." "How muck-eKd you get for them?" "A couple of quid for ( three, and what do you think? When' I got back into Hawera I had to put another five bob to the three cows to buy a pair of boots."—Taranaki Herald. - . \ j "This liquor was intended for our own consumption, your Worship," complacently said accused in a sly-grog case heard at Wellington last week, surveying a vast array of bottles and glasses. . "Isn't this rather much for two men?" ' queried Sub-Inspector Willis, gazing at 1 the exhibit, which consisted of a couple lof dozen bottles and three jars. "Bless y§r, no," said accused airily. "My mate and me could finish this off in ten minutes!'' j ' A story with a moral was told by Mr It. «L Aldrich at the Hastings Returned Soldiers' Association meeting. \ A traveller in the "Never Never" in Australia came across a house in an isolated part, and at the gate there flew a Union Jack. He asked why it was there, and explained that no one ever came that way to see it. The old lady of the house replied: "But there's a war on." The traveller reiterated I that no one ever canie to look at the ! flag, whereupon the staunch patriot rei plied: ' 'We often come out and hare a look at it." i Mr. C. Mackley, Government Auditor, has received a letter from his brother, in England, who was recently engaged to take a German ship from London to Hamburg. .On the way the captain said that there would be another war soon, and that he would be going back to his old job. Mr. Mack- ! ley inquired s what that was, and the German replied, "I was captain of the Wolff, the raider, and I sank many j ships in the Pacific." Mr. Mackley then asked if he had ever seen the s.s. Franz Ferdinand. The German said, "Yes; I watched her come out of Bombay when six mixles off, but I could not get nearer owing to some chain mines I had just laid.'' The letter goes on to say: "You can imagine what I said when you know that my son was in command of the s.s. Franz Ferdinand, one of the Royal Indian marine steamers. 3' Mr. . Mackley's nephew was at the bombardment of the ' Dardanelles and several other engagements, and was afloat for five years without once having leave. The very large "three-high"' nvll for roilling plates, which has just been installed in a British steel work*, embodies many improvements introduced by its British makers. Tlrs mill is designed to roll plates frbm one-eighth of an inch up to LV inches in thickness to a length of 60 feet and a breadth of 81- feet. The maximum weight of the finished plate is five tons. An electric mould—also made in Great Britain— J capable of developing 4500 horse-power i -^drives the mill.'which is fitted with a | 45-fly wheel., so that a total driving • power of 11,500 horse-power is available for heavy work. All the movements of this m'fll, from the receipt of a slab ' to the discharge of a rolled nlate, are controlled electrically by two "operators ! in an elevated "nulpit" immediately over one side of the mill. Manual effort is entirely absent. A straight lease (no goodwill) f« advertised in this issue by W. H. and A ' McGarrv. * ' . " !

MONDAY TS WASH-DAY. Why rub, tear and rip your clothes on the wash-board or use injurious preparations—lt's costly in health and c-lotnes. Win-Heart, the new washing discovery, abolishes for ever rubbing blueing, and soakine. "Only Boil. ' and the largest washing is comrjlf-ted. JPocitivp'y harmless. Bp sure and ce+ it J ffcJc n- ee jr from your erooer—just try it —Advt.

The Wairarapa Patriotic Association j has assets amounting to £70,873 4s 4d. Last week (says the Poverty Bay ! Herald) Mr. E. C. Bolton, of Maka- I raka, shot a bird which had the body ! of a blackbird and the wings and beau of a minah. A Technical Education Conference will be held in Wellington on May 10, ' 11, and 12. The conference will be attended by representatives from practically every technical school in the Dominion. , "The development of hydro-electricity is not going to be curtailed as a re--' suit of the financial stress through which the Dominion is passing," said the Minister for Public Works (the Hon. J. G. Coates). He stated that whatever should happen this work would be pushed on at all speed. A Waipiro Bay correspondent of the Poverty Bay Herald writes: "A whale forty feet long and between sis and seven feet in diameter came ashore at Orange Bay, near Waipiro Bay. It had evidently been in misfortune, for it carried a, badly- twisted harpoon in its side. It was found by Mr. Paratene Waiti, and a party- of Maoris are busily turning the find into coin of the realm. The Canterbury College Board of ' Governors has decided that a full-time ] tutor be appointed to take charge of the Workers' Educational Association classes in the Westland district, his , salary to be. at the rate of £400 per ' annum, and travelling expenses to be j allowed, and that application be made i to the Minister of Education to en- . deavour to obtain free railway passes for Workers' Educational Association tutors. It was a matter for regret that the jvheavy snowfall of some three years ago \ i killed off nearly all the fantails in j Canterbury, says a correspondent to the Press. They are now getting (much more numerous. One has been making ! a daily visit to -the Rakaia. school for I a fortnight past. He makes a point of giving aeriaLdisplays in each-of the class-rooms, and lately he brought his wife along to assist. In the course of a recent lecture in Duuedin, Professor W. H. Pringle effectively quashed a persistent heckler, evidently one of Labour sympathies. The heckler, inter alia, said: "Would you kindly tell the audience the source of your knowledge re Russia;" 3 Professor Pringle: .iiussia is outside the scope of this lecture, but I will let you into one secret. I have no'communication, either direct or__ indirect, with Lenin or Trotsky. (Laughter and applause.) In "a by-law case at the Magistrate's Court at Christchurch,*the magistrate, Mr. V. G. Day, S.M., made some comment on the overcrowding of motorcars. VThe evidence showed that- three ! men had been carried on the front seat . of a taxi-car, in addition to the driver. I The magistrate said that it was absolutely necessary, in the interests of the public, for the driver to have suffiI cient room to exercise control of the ' car. As the charge- was the first one laid under the particular section of the by-law, the defendant was convicted and discharged. Under the auspices of the Otago and Southland Association, the first relunion of ex-Otago and Southland residents and friends will be held in the Winter Show hall to-night. The re-union function will be opened at 8 p.m. by the president, Dr. Thomson, and from 9 p.m. the evening will take the form of a dance. The hall has been tastefully decorated for the occasion, and the floor is in very. good condition. j The supper arrangements are in the' hands of Mr. Hoddle, and Fennell's : orchestra will supply the music") Visi- j ors are expected from all parts of the district, and a very enjoyable evening i is anticipated. I . A sure method of avoiding accidents^ at intersections of streets .was advo- I cated by Mr. Beauchamp Platts -who I . addressed the motorists of Gisborne. ! I The understanding on which most motorists proceed, he said, was to claim priority for the vehicle on the main roa_d, but discussion often arose as to which of the two roads was the main route. The best method of treating this matter was for each - vehicle when paSSA?S a comer > to ffive right of way to the. other approaching from the nght. By the general adoption of this idea the danger of accidents would be greatly minimised, Prejudice apparently dies hard—even .npres la guerre, states the Auckland Star". Last.we^k a young Australienne, a fine type'of robust womanhood, whose good character can be vouched for, wentv with a Scottish friend after two positions as waitress and housemaidwaitress. Yes, the gentleman would take a Scottish or English girl but he wouldn't have an Australian/ The young lady concerned was greatly distressed at this singular partiality, and was also highly'indignant. In reply to a suggestion later that she should .claim Scotland or England as her homeland (she .greatly resembles an Old Country girl in colour and build) she blankly refused to do any such thing. "I'm Australian," she said, "and Australian I stay if I starve."

The grey warbler, or riroriro (the latter name being Maori and oiwmatopeic), appears to be one of the native birds which will probably survive the clearing away of the original bush for its song may be heard in the Wellington Botanical Garden and in other parts of the city and suburbs where there is a varied plantation of trees and shrubs (says the Post). In an interesting article in the School Journal, Mr. Johannes C. Anderson draws attention to the remarkable fact that this sweet but plaintive songster seems to , have a different song in different places, though all can be recognised by the plaint.ye quality o f the note. A second difference between the riroriro and other native birds is that the song he sings around human dwellings is his* best song. The nest of the riroriro is dome- , shaped or pear-shaped. Two nests are made in the year, but in the second one the shining cuckoo usually lays an egg, which the riroriro hatches and rears the stranger-young, and its kindness of heart is so great that it has been known to feed other young cuckoos, not even reared by itself sim ply because they were crying for "food. ! HAVE YOU THE CONSTIPATION j HABIT? ! In too many cases constipation fs self- ; caused. The system gets out of* order ; and purgative pills or salts are taken '. lnese so weaken the bowels that constant dos:ng follows, and so the hab:t i* , rormed. Dr Cassell's Instant Relief cures because it strengthens the bowels , and ensures natural action.. Therivcure is lasting. Stocktaking reductions —The Economic announces special stocktaking reductions for a few weeks only. Dur- ■ ing this period the entire stock will I bear n special discount of 3s rifii every j nound for cash only. The Economic, Hawera.—Advt. ! Never attemnfto wash baker?, m--il- -{ tor* back miths and creamery workers l.ftothes without "No Rubbing" Laundry j help Is nneket does seven weekly , washings perfectly. R. T. Bullock, a<rent for "No Rubbing "—Alv-fc. Woods' Ciront Peppermint Curo f<r Coughs and Colds, never fails.--Advt.

In discussing the money market the New Zealand Trade Review says: "In the past twelve months the banks have been called on for twenty millions more in advances, with deposits slightly on the decrease. It will take some'months of very restricted importation and increased exports to right the. position, but we expect to see some improvement in a few months.'' Despite the financial stringency the bankruptcy returns for the Wellington district show no increase for the first u£ mP nths oi this year, as compareawith the corresponding period of 1920. In both ca.ses the number of bankruptc.es reported is three. There were no bankruptcies reported in April this year as against the one reported m April last year. An instance is reported where a station holder in Haw fee's Bay put u^ some sheep at a recent sale and was offered 2s tjd each. He found that the buyer was a young man, and he asked him if he was a returned soldier." The repiy was*in the affirmative, and the station holder replied: "Take them for nothing. They are no good to me l have never sold my sheep for 2s 6d yet 1 and ( l am not going to start now."/ >! "I like this country—it is a goahead, progressive little place," remarked Mr David Wilber (ConsulGeneral for the United States of America) to a Dominion reporter. "I knew I would like it when I first came here. At present I am afflicted with one of the pandemics that has struck this little Dominion, as well as the larger countries of the world. I can't get an office 3 and I can't get a house. But I'm hoping for the best!" As usual the winter has set in early in Roforuaj and some very heavy frosts have been experienced. Although the nights are intensely cold the last few days have been -delightfully warm and sunny. The tourist reason is almost j over, but there,are still many visitors in the town, and a gdod number are indulging in fishrnor with satisfactory re- | suits. Each year Rotorua becomes more popular as a winter resort for touri.-ts ' and thoaWfwho do not mind cold mornings enjoy their stay every bit as much the summer visitors. "I am of opinion that the Bubsidy of 24s per £ on voluntary contributions .should be reduced to the same average Yate of £ for.~£ as the subsidy for mainj tenance, thus removing the tempta- ! tion for hospital secretaries to return ! certain sums as voluntary contributions j with a view to obtaining the additional 4s per £ in the shape of subsidies," said the Director of Health (Dr. Valin- ; tine) in his evidence before the Hos--1 pitals Commission. As an example of I the abuse referred to, he stated that a board got a discount of £10 on a certain bill for instruments. The £10 was handed back to the board by the seller of the instruments, and the board claimed the 24s subsidy on that amount. An interesting disco\rery was mentioned at the. annual meeting of parish. ioners of St. Paul's Church at Wellington. The -vicar stated that set high under one of the windows of the church was a brass tablet, which until recently had not been cleaned for very many years. An examination had revealed the following inscription: "This window is erected by members *of the Wellington Veterans' Corps, No. 1 Wellington Rifles, and Porirua and Patea Rifle Companies, in memory of Cap- , tain George Buck and Lieutenant j Henry Charles Holland, Hastings, lat< of the Wellington Veterans' Corps, whe fell while gallantly serving with th« colonial forces in the attack on Ngutu-o-te-manu on the" 7th of September. 1868." • ._- An insight into Maori customs age j callousness was g.ven in a case in Bilen j heim recently, when Jerry Merangi wa: charged with having abandoned a chile | under fourteen years of age at Spring Creek on March 21 last so as to cause ii unnecessary... pain and suffering. Th< . age of the child was given a# sevei years; it was the grandchild of accused and a crippie. The father had beei something of a wastrel and the mothei had perished in a_whare'fire. The chile had been brought to accused ? and ; meeting had been held at the AY airau p; when, as it appeared, no Maori wouh take charge of it. The little boy hac l been abandoned on the road in the* hopi that a passer-by~ would adopt it. -- / pas er-by had done so —and Had alsa in formed the police. .. ", Net very fa<r from Auckland there i a small town which numbers amongs its few attractions a lake which in tun has attractions in the shape of bus! covered islands, a girl w ho has not quite passed the allotted span of napperdom and a young man^vho beyond a nabit o promiscuously, fading in love withoui much provocation has nothing much foi or against him. The gilrs' father, how ever, objected most strenuously toi th< young man, and to his daughter's in terest in him. One night the girl wem to bed'-■very early, and, as previously arranged, got out through the bedrocui window, a;nd departed with a moon light picnic party. Going to bed earn was her undoing, for her parent's sus picions-were aroused, and upon visitinj her room and finding her rnisiiing he fol lowed on another launch. He forcibly p:aced the romantic flapper on board his own-" launch, and her twin soul's at tempted interference resulted in thai ind.vKlual s vpiecipitatiori into severa feet of cold, moonlit, and almosi unimaginative water. Although Auckland has not as yel had to face any serious unemplorymem problem, there are indications that tht coming winter will be an unusually hard one for people who live always oi the border-line of poverty. In' th« opinion of prominent social workers there will be just as great, if nol greater, need for assistance durinw th« ccon.ng w.nter as at any time durin* the hard years of war. "One thin«- ] have noticed particularly during the lasi two or three weeks." said Sister Esthei on Saturday, "and that is the numbei of cases of young men and women out of work A little while ago it was almost unheard of for young folk to, be seek-ng posit.ons. Again, there hay« been ,seyera .instances of aWe-bodieci men or the labouring class who are unable to find work. One man I know oi has been out or n job for five weeks lins is the first indication since 1914 ol peon.'c 'able to and willing to work be-nr unable t o find it. and ft as teJ y Th *ISni°r th««PP«»ch:ti ff win . fn -" m aTe Ye/ 7 hard times a"«>° 2, m ~v poor people, and we urge.it!> need every bit of generous assistance the peop c of Auckland can offer ''- New Zealand Herald. nPT'l^ the increased cost of telegrams the telegraph service of the British Post Office lost £2,636,183 last year. THE ONLY THING ON HIS DESK!-. The other day I called at the office ol an important business man. He sat at a desk that had recently been cleared, the only thing within" his reach—bes:des the ink-stand—be;ng a, bottle of Baxter's Lung Preserver. His office girl had been to/d to tidy his de<k. but she evidently knew that "Baxter's" was too important to be put out of the way. j This incident is illustrative .of the j faith that people of experience and i good judgment have ;n Baxters' L'.ina Preserver. In fact, the great and in- ■ creasing popularity of this famous 71 -e----j medy is due to the gc?bd it is constantly do-ncr. Business people—executives i clerks and sentographers—and all who • '""Y^r's" invaluable for warding off coughs and colds.

By the last English mail Mi:^ land received a letter trom lim ueasurer of Dr Barnardo's Homes, acknowledging the receipt oi: £5 coiio<ied »n the Library penny box, being <i motions ■by subscribers and other kii^l sympathisers. Good progress has been made with the work of substituting iron j^es for the wooden pipes which were criminally laid down in .reticulating the town of ■Rotorua in connection with, the water supply system (states the Herald). Already nearly nine miles of piping has been put d#wn, leaving 151 ch;u:.s still to be laid. The change is a very great improvement on the old system, as the wooden pipes were continually bailing, necessitating very heavy,.expenditure in; repairs. Apparently, says the New Zealand Times, Mr. Thomas Wilford, tli-.- leader of th"c Liberal Party, was very gratified at the defeat of Mr. J. Vigor Brown for the mayoralty of Nnoie;. because he was one of the first 1.0 wire his warm congratulations to Jir. J. B. Andrew, the successful candidate. And yet Mr. J. Vigor Brown. hn-> been a loyal member of the Liberal Party tor many years, and more loyal than Mr. Wilford himself on the occ'asa-n of a! certain memorable party,crisis. but he* would not consent to follow the- leader-j ship of Mr. Wilford. The point of this episode lies in the fact that Mr. Andrew, to whom Mr. Wilford hurried his congratulations1, is not even a Liberal. A distinctly novel point was raised in the Magistrate's Court at Gisborne in connection with a case heard under | the Housing Act and its amendments. Mr. Dunlop, who appeared for defendant, said that-the use of the word "was' 3 in the Housing Act limited the i section to an application, to houses let I prior to the passing of the Act. He said that the Bible and prayer book were standards of correct English, and he challenged anyone to show the word "was" used otherwise than to indicate something past, in either of these volumes. The magistrate (Mr. J. S. Barton) immediately requisitioned the court copy of the Bible'and turned up John xvii., 12, "While I was with them in the world" —a reference to the disciples. Mr. Dunlop admitted that his knowledge of the Scriptures was unfortunately " not equal to carrying the point any further. An interesting «idel:ght in connection with the municipal elections at Birkenhead and. Northcote© (Auckland), on Thursday, revealing- how./the" views 'of of parents are ' absorbed.. bj their children, was given at the North; cote District School in the afternoon. The headmaster (Mr W. J. Wernham). 11 order to educate the children in civics and the conduct of polls, held an "election" among 320 scholars, ranging froir eight years upwards to the s:xth standard, the ballot being secret, and in every way the same methods employee as in official polls.^ The children's vot ing coincided exactly with the results announced by the official returning officer' in the eveiv'ng. The scholars verdict indicated an easy victory for Mi jJ. W. -Court for the Brkenheac j Mayoralty, and a much c'oser lead foi IMr W. E. Richardson as Ncrthcote'i

Mayor. Likewise the successful and unsuccessful candiiates for the council elections were correctly selected. The housing problem seems to be no easier in Duneuin. if the testimony of

witnesses in the Magistrate's Court may be taken as a fair indication of the ox-

isting state of affairs (says the 0ta& 0 Daily Times). The stringency of the money market, resulting in fewer sales cseeans to be forcmg property owners into the market with-Smfsos to' let, but the rents in most cases are very high. The defendant in a tenancy case described how one land agent laughed in his face when he inquired for a house to let, and offered to sell him any number. Subsequently the man was offered two fourroomed notices in George and "Ca.st'e streets, but at the substantial rent of 30s a week. A four-roomed house wlrch he inspected in Frederick street wW damp, and full of borer, and snails crawled about the kitchen floor A! surprising offer came from Kaikoroi Valley W the use of .a four-roomed house, rent free for 12 months, arid thereafter at a rent of 6s a week - on i condition that man put the place -n order The house, however, turned out to be a tumble-down shanty whidh no one could live in," and so-the offer was refused. - Mr Robert G. Struthers, w'i\t:ng from . Onehunga. to the New Zealand Herald, says: "Last week an ulderly person called at my residence a£ Onehunga, and displayed a large assortment "of books and pamphlets, and laid .special I emphasis on my purchasing copies of "Red Europe" and "The Communist! Programme of Won'd Revolution." In, the course of the interview, he stated ■' that he found no difficulty .in disposal"' of large ""quantities of ' revo'.ntbjKirv works, including the above books md was prepared to take the risk of pro-1 seeution, as -certain individuals sympathet'c to l'evolut'onarv propaganda and organ'feations throughout New Zealand were prepared to subscribe whatever fines and penalties misrht be inflicted. Ths inforniatk.'n I think is very d;sQuieti.ng, as it shows widespread activity and orgairsation, and has a ten- •' dency to bring our laws into d'sreputa ; and desuetude. 1 ,procui:ed saniDles of i the widely varied )kt of nr'nted mat-! ter_. among othere being-publications-of ! the American I.W.W. * Syndicalist Anarchist. English Communist parties . and the Russian Bolsbeviki, and I have no hesitation ;n stating that in mv opinion the whole lot is highly ininrcal to the peace and good order of our socia.l system."

In these dayjj, when there is apparently more inclination in many parts of. the world—not excluding New Zealand—for thieves to break in and steal than ever before, the man with valuables takes all sorts of precautions to prevent being unwillingly parted rrom them. One man—a jeweller, it must be explained—has lost all confidence in his bank as a safe place to m-ge Avaluables (sa-vs the Otago Daily Times). By a stroke of^vhat to him at the time appeared to be great good tortune he managed to secure 125 sovereigns at a premium of 2s 6d per sovereign. Visions of having them stolen from him were not absent, and the bank appeared safer than the ofnce safe. But before handing them over to the bank the jeweller obtained a promise—not not a written promise —that he could get them again whenever be wanted them. Alas, he will probably never see them again. The bank officials simply declined to return them when he called round at an interval of a few days. They have t edited him with £125, however Such he can have in' notes if he dees, but one does not have to pay 2s bd premium per . pound for notes. Many sovereigns have gone into the jewellers' melting pots since the war j but it is an illegal thing to thus7destroy a coin of the realm. !

THE CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE : AN INTERESTING STATEMENT. Indigestion, Diarrhoea and Kidney Weakness often go together. ar;s:ng out of a wenk state of the stomach and nerves, Dr Ramsey Colles. J.P.. City of Dublin, recommends Dr Cassell's Tablets as the safest and mos+ satisfactory treatment: it is summing how efficiently they act. 'Pr^e* in "N"—' J/o and 4/-. All Chemists and Stoic? - Advt.