Arrowtown, September 6, 1917- LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Lake County Press, Issue 2698, 6 September 1917, Page 4

A rrowtown, September 6, 1917LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr T. J. Cotter will hold a dealing sale at Malaghans on Wednesday, l'Jth .September, on account of Messrs Healy Bios, \vho have disposed of their farm. Full particular will be found in our advertising columns. The members of the Koman Catholic Church in Wakatipu have presented their ' new pastor (Father Corcoran) with a Ford runabout motor car. '• A few Arrow residents have had nasty falls during the past foitnighfc, but it has , nob been due, as alleged, to insuflicient street and road lighting. ( The appeal of the Scottish Highland ' League—submitted to the Arrow Borough < Council last week—is deserving of some- 1 thing more tangible than the mere expres- J sion of sympathy. There is an old saying that—"Sympathy without relief is like I mustaid without beef " There are perhaps few cultivators ef the soil in the wide world who are harder put to, to got a living than c the peasants of Scotland, Scotland, like s Ireland and Wales, needs Homo Rule, and 1 the Highland League is out to get it. We 1 hope they will get much pecuniary support I from the Scotch people of New X ml.iii I >vho havo had tlio good fortune to escape lrom < the hardships of thoir brethren in Scotland. < Perhaps most members of the Arrow IJorough Council did not quite understand the resolution which the Napier liorough J Council foi warded to them for their endorse- ' raent. The resolution in question runs as l follows :—" That having regard to the fact ' that even thing points to a further increase £ in the cist of living, this Council is of £ opinion that the time has arrived when, in the interests of tho people, tho Government J should take over the control of tho food ( supply of the country; and this Council ' urges all other local bodies to endorse this • resolution, and that copies of the same be < sent to every borough and ci y council 1 throughout tho dominion, and tint a copy ' bo als.o sent to every member of the <- Cabinet." Tho resolution might have been " better worded, so as to prevent mistaken ' interpretations; but we aio quite satisfied *- that the Napier Council had no intention ' of suggesting to tho (Jovernmont that they v should take the retail trade of the country ' into their own hands. Yet this the inter- t pretatiou which some readers of tho resolu- c tiou put upon it. As Cr Stevenson re- ' uiai'Kod, tlio Napier councillors simply :| desire Uovernuiont control of prieos, and - that is really what most people desire. Therefore we much regret that the resolu- \ - tion did not receive tho Council's most c cordial endorsement. d

Tho first contingent of 2000 of our soldiers now serving in Franco will leave for home on furlough shortly. They are expected to arrive in November. Castle Hill Station, part of Glenquoich block, Athol, has changed hands, Mr Geo. Collis having disposed of samo to Mr F. Blakely, Patearoa, Central Otago. Mr Collis is removing to Tarras—Mail. Many protests are being made against some of Sir Joseph Ward’s taxing proposals. Those who grumble least or not at all are tho sellers and consumers of beer and spirits. Tho taxes on these commodities have been increased, but there is not a murmur. Australia is one of tho greatest tea-drink-ing countries of the world. Tho annual consumption is no loss than 40,000,000 pounds, which works out at something over eight pounds per head. Nearly all this tea comes from Ceylon and India, and some from Java and China. South Island soldiers on leave have spent about ,£90,000 for steamer fares up to date, and tho expenditure involved by relatives going to Wellington to farewell South Islanders leaving for tho front is nearly a quarter of a million (according to the estimate of a Christchurch man). Tire Hon. G. W. Russell, Minister for Internal Affairs, wired to tho Mayor of "Arrowtown on Saturday suggesting the holding of a united service on Sunday, the 7th October." to pray to the God of our fathers for His blessing upon our arms and the arms of our Allies in tiro great war.” Tho Mail says that Mr Van Paine, who has so capably conducted Eichardt’s Hotel for close on three years as lessee, has now become the owner of this valuiblo hotel property, he having just concluded negotiations for its purchase from Mr Walter Searle, late of Queenstown and now of Southampton, England. An Arrow lady was making comments on clothing worn by some other ladies at church, when her husband remarked that “ the finest garment a woman enu wear is tho mantle of charity.” “ Yes,” snapped his wife, "and it is the only garment some husbands want their wives to wear, judging by the fuss they make over the bills.” The wheat grown in tho South Island this season will bo much greater than was expected. This announcement was made in the House of Representatives by Sir James Allen, who added that the statistics compiled by the Efficiency Board showed that there would bo sufficient wheat grown in tho South Island to fulfil all the country’s needs during the coming year. A novel but perhaps effective means of penalising the irresponsible people who supply prohibited persons with liquor was suggested in a law court the other day. It is this: That in addition to the usual fiue, tho “ supplier ” himself shall bo prohibited for twelve months as part of the punishment for helping another to break tho law.

Tho Budget is vigorously denounced by Mr McCombs, tho member for Lyttelton, and tho Maoriland Worker as “a rich man’s budget.” It is contended that a much larger part of the war expenditure should be met by direct taxation, which is less than i“0,000,000. If the war goes on one or two more years there is sure to bo a very great increase in direct taxation.

An Arrowtown resident has received a letter from a Christchurch clergyman, the Rev. Mr Chappie, who has been lecturing on the need for a Labor daily paper. Mr Chappie says—“Tho times are dead ripe for a paper devoted to Democracy as against Imperialism, for international ideals in Contra to tho hidebound nationalism.” To nm a Labor daily paper a very large capital would bo required, and the advertisement receipts would probably not amount to one quarter of the expenditure. Canterbury churchmen possibly less than a dozen—have issued a manifesto in which they advocate appropriation of the unearned increment in the value of land, abolition of the Customs Tariff and substitution of the bonus system to enable our manufacturers to compete with imported manufactured goods, municipal trading, abolition of the liquor traffic, a State bank, control of coastal and oversets shipping, one legislative chamber, and proportional representation.

A meeting of the Upper Clutha Expan aion League was held at Pembroke on Thursday last, when the following resolutions were adopted .-—That each branch organise a public meeting with the object of raising funds in support of the Otago Patriotic Association ; that the Otago Expansion League be asked to advocate the abolition of the present National endowment, comprising chiefly pistoral country; that all p storal country, at the expiration of the present term, be subdivided and relet with the option of the freehold ; that this meeting is firmly of the opinion that the welfare of Otago is bound up with this option of securing the freehold in limited areas. They open Parliament with a prayer,” said Mr R. A. Wright, M.P., at the opening of the new Salvation Army Hoys’ Home at Island Hay on Thursday, “and a very fine prayer it is. Thore,is a strangers’ gallery there, where ladies and gentlemen come to listen to the eloquence of members. Strange to say, they only allow the ladies in to listen Lo the prayer. The men are not allowed in until afterwards, which is quite the reverse it Bellamy's, which has a sign up ‘ No ladies idmittod.’ Evidently Parliament thinks ihat the ladies of New Zealand are more in leed of prayer than the men.” (Laughter.^ A story with a Gilbertian flavor was told it a meeting of the Wanganui Chamber of Commerce. One member said ho had sent i consignment of oats to a buyer at Port ihuriri, and the grower was paid according to the weight on the railway weighbridge it Palmerston North. The buyer, however, nsisted on paying according to the weight in the railway weighbridge at Port Almriri, in 1, as events turned out, there was a big liscrepancy in his favor. The seller applied to the Railway Department, and isked which weighbridge was accurate. Lftur a considerable lapse of time ho got i bewildering reply that both wore correct. —Star.

A writer in the Christchurch Press, in commenting upon the supplies of garments sent to England from this country, mentions the fact that each garment we send to England is worth more than four timos its value by the time it is civ m -ait to a convalescent. This will surprise m i , lint it is in reality quite easy to undei.-tan.l. It is entirely a question of labor; s > m uiy of the women of England who were IT d Cross workers at the beginning of the war have had to take up men’s work in order to release men for the Army, audit is extremely difficult to procure Labor for making up garments. Also the price paid for it is almost prohibitive, and more than one fun Is could stand i'oi any length of time.

At a meeting of the Clutha branch of the Fanners’ Union the chairman (Mr J. Christie) said it w ml i surprise most people to learn that a s.-ni -r Magistrate received XSOO per year from the Government for his ordinary work. Several of them occupied positions as chairmen of the Military Appeal Hoards, and la- this a not her XtU'U was received. I hen them were liberal travelling allowances, running into JttfOO or X3st). 1 hey really received more than a Supremo Com t Judge. Such a state of all Airs was tho cause of in luslrial unrest. Pilings were too good lor the men who remained at home and to) hard for those who went to tho front. Mr Johnston : - Will they receive the war b, Jims y" (Laughter.) .Members expressed their surprise at the large amount of money netted by tho Ma -titrates Stir.

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There is £70,000,000 of British property in Germany, as against £130,000,000 of German property in Great Britain. A banker’s secret in regard to the way to get rich—a secret sold many timos for £1 is, “ Never spend a shilling till you have made half-a-crown.” The Minister for Internal Atfnirs favour the proposal to provide a National War Museum of trophies and mementoes that have been gathered by our toops. The Prime Minister says bo has recently received information from a very high authority i;i London to the effect that the war is going to end sooner than most people expect. Mon are making fortunes every 2-t hours in Oklahoma. The discovery of oil is the cause of all this, and already a number of Indians, blacks, and whites are in the millionaire class. The Prime Minister, replying to his critics in Parliament who have been clamouring for a general election, informed them that they may get it sooner than they expect. Wie King lias instituted two now Orders of Chivalry, which are open to both sexes. Already some women have received the distinction for splendid services to their country. A big sale of cattle has just been made from Mr Donald Macdonald’s Edeudale Estate, a line of 215 bullocks having been disposed of to a Christchurch butcher at £27 a head, or a total of £5805. NAZOL is not a mixture or syrup—but a breathabb remedy. Tackles coughs and co'ds by direct action. No co'd is NAZOLproof, 00 doses 1/0. The last half mile of bottom heading in the Otira tunnel was entered on last week. If the rate of progress is maintained the bill is expected to be pierced in months from now. Progress at the Bealoy end is slow on account of water. « For choice jewellery, wedding and birthday presents, latest in watches, optical goods and silverware. If you wish to get your watches thoroughly repaired, and desire everything of tho best send to the most reliable watchmaker, Peter Dick, jeweller and certificated optician, A9O, Moray Place, Dunedin (established 1889). What is probably a world’s record in lambing is reported from Mr W. Perry’s Penrose property (says tho Fielding Star). Thu first six of Mr Perry’s stud ewes to lamb on Thursday produced a total of 19 one producing four sturdy lambs and each of the other five being responsible for three. Ono of the most profitable birds we have heard of is a cockerel belonging to Mr F. Fyson, of Warboys (Eng.), which was recently offered by auction by the Countess of Sandwich at a sale for war funds at Huntingdon, and was. knocked down seventy-three times, realising £SO in all. This remarkable bird has been attending Red Cross sabs for over a year, in the course of which it has travelled over 2,000 miles. In all it his.been “sold” 1,003 times, has raised £2,109, and has still many engagements to fulfil. He was a bachelor, as bald as a billiard ball, and 50. She was a widow, fair, fat, and forty. He had been a life-long friend of her husband, Robin Macarty, and tonight be was to offer her his hand and heart. She knew it, and her soul went out in song. Seating herself at the piano, she sang to him that dear old song, •' Robin Adair,” winding up with “ Ro-o-ob-in Ad-air.” Gently he rose from his seat, and as he reached for His hat he said : “ Madam, is there any necessity to remind me of the fact H I know it. Robin did have hair; I shall never forget his curly locks. But why taunt me with it ?” And thus two lives were blighted.

A disaster, the novelty and singularly inopportune occurrence of which but adds to its seriousness, was sprung upon residents at Tisbury at about II o’clock in the forenoon of Tuesday of last week (states the Southland Times). A five-roomed house, the property of Mr J. Hall, had just been thoroughly renovated inside and out in anticipation of the occupation cf Mr Hall’s sou, who was to have on Wednesday taken his stand in the ranks of the benedicts. On Monday the young bride-to-be and her prospective sister-in-law scrubbed the place out and saw to the laying of the linoleums, while the furniture was being moved in and the various other little finishing touches attended to. On Tuesday at the hour mentioned the new home was complete in the interior, save for a cart-load of odds and ends, and the exterior was receiving its farewell brightening at the hands of an elderly gentleman, who was painting the verandah. Probably that same house artist has never had a job terminated so abruptly. Of a sudden the dwelling rose, bulged outwards, lingered for a moment, and crashed to earth in a sickening ruin. Houses 300 yards away shook, and the commotion in the school just across the road from the exploded house must have been more than ordinary. The painter was taken home in a state of collapse. It has been ascertained , that a quantity of gelignite, intended for j stumping purposes, was stored in the | house.