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Mataura Ensign, 3 May 1919, Page 4

Areard iug lo evidonee ipvcn Ik (“ore the Parliamentary Industries Committee. the poetic dream of marble halls misfit readily tie brought to actual realisation in New Zealand by the provision of (iovernment aid for marble quarrying at. Tnkakn. Nelson, says the New Zealand ‘Herald.’ Replying to a piles turn from one member as to whether marble- was not really a ‘'luxury" building material, a witness said the cost of timber was going up, timber was getting scarcer, and he had no doubt thru if marble could be produced at marketable, prices it would come into wide general use, not only tor public buildings, but for residential bungalows. These were now erected largely in cement and brick, which, under present conditions, was cl»#awr than marble, but it was Imped the latter mitfht, bo produced so as to compete siil isfoet.orlly with cement ami brick. Marble was a material which stood for all time, with no cost .of either maintenance or repair. VUthout assistance, however, tho trade would Kill have to i-ely on the old luxury basis,

The prospects for a good. Shooting season art* particularly bright, says an Auckland paper. Largo hatches qf duck- were cop n weeks ago on. the AVailea to If Ivor, and reports from the- King Country confirm earlier reports that they abound in plentiful numbers in these quarters, while pheasants are also plentiful.

A local grocer states that he has never known the demand for fresh eggs to be so keen in Ashburton as has been the case during the, past few weeks. The supply has fallen far short of the demand, this being due to the scarcity at this particular season of the year, and the fact that eggs are being sent in large .numbers to Christchurch.

The Rev. Tl. S. T. Gahan. the British chaplain at Brussels, who administered Communion to Nurse. Onvell before her execution, .speaking at Norwich, said; "Home of the simple-hearted Tommies whom she helped to escape, actually wrote postcards to her afterwards saying they had Rot safely back home. Those cards came through the Brussels post, which was then in German hands. Poor fellows, they did not know, but t was enough.”

“The New Zealanders are-champion horsemen,” said Lieutenant-Colonel G. C. Powies, C.M.G., D.5.0., speaking in Wellington. “They said daring the South African War that the Colonial could ride, but that he was no horse master. I can tell you that the Colonial is the finest horseman in the world. Wo had English yeomanry, French and Indian cavalry in the Sinai-Palestine campaign, but none of them could last out the way the Australians and 1 New Zealand boys did. There is no doubt that we. did look after our horses better than any of them, and that is what carried us through. We were never out of the firing line.” Earlier in his address Golonel Powies said the*Anzae Mounted Division was only enabled, to do what it did in. Palestine and across the Jordan. Valley by what the men discovered iu the deserts of Sinai, It. was there they learned file secret of lire desert — how to look after their horses.

Cabled reports (says the Melbourne 'Age’) during the last few weeks hay© indicated that the British authorities are now beginning to dispatch transports overseas at an unusually rapid rate, iu some eases ships leaving at the rate of two or three, a. day. This will mean that.in the very near future the quarantine authorities in Australia will find themselves compelled to hand!©, vessels arriving from overseas in abnqi’inally rapid succession, each one containing some hundreds of troops, and thus requiring, particularly careful inspection. As thje -aftermath of the war,-quarantine officers ate pre-. pared to deal for the Pest year of two with outbreaks of various epidemics, altogether apart from pneumonic iudhieuza, and already oases of small-pox | and measles have been reported on im coming ships. The vapid succession of vessels arriving will throw large demands both on the medical -staffs ami on the quarantine-accommodation.-par-ticularly in AA'estern Australia. Already quarantine doctors are being worked in two shifts, and preparations are being made, wherever possible, to make provision for increased numbers of .quarantined passengers. One suggestion made was that wooden buildings (now at the disused internment camp site near the Federal capital site might be shipped to the various ports for extra accommodation, but investigation showed that the expense of moving (would be too great. Probably it will ibe necessary in some cases to erect new accommodation at the quarantine stations.

Attention is drawn to the advertisement in this issue announcing the visit to Mataura and Gore of i\fr Douglas Porter, a member of the Egypt Genera,! Mission. Mr Porter, who has hoCn convalesing in Australia, has spent some years doing missionary work iff Lower" Egypt and has ah interesting story to tell.

Bazaar, Waikaka, loth iust. Church services announced. J. A. Bahlc.v returns thans. Social, Parish Hall, Tuesday. Dancing class on Wednesday. .Meeting; Pioneer F.C., Monday, Vacancies for teachPrs notified. '•'Pictures;' Piiiicess Theatre, to-night. Clear ins sale near Wyndham Thursday.