LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

Marlborough Express, Volume LIV, Issue 169, 19 July 1920, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

To-day is the anniversary of the ■ Teaee Celebrations. On Sunday morning the thermometer reported 8 degrees of frost. Tliis morning 6 degrees were registered. The programme of assembly dances arranged by the Returned Soldiers' Association will be continued in St. Patrick's Hall on Wednesday night. These functions have made a popular appeal. "The Great Love" will lift you out of yourself and make you proud of the^tufT humanity is made of.—Advt. The seismograph at Wellington indicated that tho double" earthquake felt early on Friday morning origmi ated about 30 or 40 miles from Weiin&ton. The record showed minute tremors some twelve hours earlier. Football, racing, tennis, boxing, and hockey reports will be found on page. 2 of'this issue. On page 3 are "Traffic in War Stores," and Commercial News; on page 0 "Beet Sugar." .md "Boy Scouts"; and on I'a tit- 7 "America Cup," Australian News and "News of the World." "The Groat Love" presents the same briliimt array of screen players as appeared in "The Birth of a Nation" and "Hearts of the World,'" rMvp-rted by the master of them all.— Advt. A Christchurch Press Association message states that at Lyttelton at midnight on Saturday, Albert Steele, of Auckland, completed one hundred hours' continuous piano playing, thus breaking, by one hour, the world's record, made by Albert Baker, of Sydney, receptly.

Our Christchurch correspondent telegraphs: Visitors \p Wellington races who returned yesterday declare that means will be found of getting North Island horses to Ricearton in ample time for the Grand National meeting. It is understood that Sir George Clifford will recross Cook Strait by motor-launch.

Resoived seats may ba obtained at Cartwrifht'-i for "The Great Lojve.'' —Advt.

The carnival spirit will be abroad locally during "Waterlea Fortnight." A programme of .atiractionrs. has been arranged,' and besides en'saving much '•untertainment for the general public it'will be a means of raising money for one of the most worthy causes, apart from patriotic funds, that has ever sought public assistance. The # full programme will be -published in *due course-, but in the' meantime special prominence is given to the plain and fancy-dress ball which will bo organised by the Returned Soldiers' Association. Friday, August 13th, lias been fixed as ti}o date for this function. Prominent citizens 'have donated substantial ■ prizes for originality of cost-am 3. ■

'"A real' blessing." Ladies everywhere find "Golden Rule Soap" a great' economy. It lathers freely and h.ns splendid cleansing power. Be sure you' get "Gcxlen Itule." Don't accept substitutes. —Advt. ■

"Good ,>rriting is the saving grace of any boy or t^irl," said the 'president, of the School Committees' AssooiatiQii's Conference (Mr A. G. Wallace) at Wellington. "Every advertisement for a clerk ends in 'apply in own handwriting.-' Boys and girla'learn to write in the primary schools, and the worst addressed envelopes we get are addressed by those who have passed through the secondary schools. The three R's, "readin', 'ritin',' 'rithmetic', still hold good."

Watson's No. 10 is a little dearer than most whiskys, but ;is worth the money.—'Advt. ■

London is threatened..with an outburst of grey or cream-colored bowler hats this .spring. The Outfitter declares that an attempt is being made to popularise these light^colored bowlei-s for the sunny days that are tj> come. A hat of this type may have a band to match, or the banil may be black. One specimen of the more funeral variety of this type of headgear has been seen with a black band and black edging to the brim. The West End has not yet reached the straw hat season—it is' always later than tho suburbs in taking to the straw hat. It is stated that while fine straws promise to be chief favorites, the pedal straw is likely to be more prominent than the coarser description that is often known, by the name of ''rustic."

The winskv of the wise—Watson's No. 10.—Advt.

A disposition is being shown by the trustees of some iwv relief funds to bring their work to an end with a distribution in lump sums of- the money in haaid (says the Dominion). 1 he unwisdom of such a course is demonstrated by the experiences of the Wellington Association. Men are still breaking down as the result of war'injuries and weaknesses. They vre likely to go on doing so, for many years to come. A great many think themselves more fit than they really are, but sooner or later some overstrain occurs and their old injuries make themselves felt. In the smaller provincial centres this aftermath of war disabilities may not be so noticeable, but none- is likely to escape it altogether. An early distribution of the funds in hand will simply moan the passing out. of nioney to men in no special need of it, and leave no provision against urgent and necessitous cases in the. future. Thr> trustees of ninny funds have given up a great deal of time gratuitously to the work,, and no doubt desire to bring their responsibilities to an end. but they will be wise to wait awhile.

The justices of South Australia are now among the agitators for pay. Why not have the best—demand Wa,tson's No. 10.—Advt. About 169 appeals will be heard by the Teachers' Grading Appeal Board at its sitting in Auckland this week. For the ten days during the Prince of Wales' s visit to iSydney over 9,000,000 passengers were carried by tho tramway servieo. A special stud merino .ram from the Anama Stud, Clare, South Australia^ was recently .sold in Sydney for 1;700 guineas. Motor-car painting, for style, qualitl, and finish; estimates free. — Wintringham and Mitchell. —Advt. The preparations of lawns and grandstands to seat 5000 in connection with the Davis Cup matches next summer, was approved by the Auckland City Council. We are still past masters in the art of mattress making. Our stocks are made of the best material procurable. —Geo. Gibson.—Advt. General Booth has selected StaffCaptain C. M. R-ixon, for the past I six years editor of the New Zealand War Cry, for a similar position in Sydney. ! Be on the favorite and ask for Watson's No. 10.—Advt. As showing the heavy rates of exchange still operating with America, a Gisborne business man last Wednesday forwarded an amount of 9s 3d' to New York at a cost of 3s 4d, whereas he despatched £2o to London at a cost of only 2s lOd. "Lawyers are extraordinary men," said Mr Isitt (Christchurch North) in the House- of Representatives. "During ten yoaya I have never heard a legal question brought up in this House without half the lawyers being cm one side and half on the other side." "There have been no further cases of smallpox in Invercargill since last reporting," stated the medical superintendent of the Southland Hospital in his report of 10th July, "but one case from Edendale and one from Gore were admitted. It is ten days since the last ease was admitted." Our oount/y clients have the same concessions as our town ones. No order too small. We give it our personal attention.—Geo. Gibson. — Adrt Ur. K. Compton Parsons, of Kniapoij has beem appointed Superintendent of the Ministry of Pensions Hospital, at Cannock Cliasa, Staffordshire. This is a large .hospital for military pensioners, accommodating 700 patients, over whom Lieut.Colon^l Parsons has complete control, as well as over the staff. We are all iti the same boat, some peace loving, and some otherwise. Tho Maxwell is a peace loving car. ' Join the Maxwell band and motor to the merry hum of the reliable Maxwell engine. Life is too short to worry, or quarrel. Our; motto is: Live and let live. F. J. Thurston will see you through. Maxwell expert; High Street, Blenheim.—Advt. "Drop some of c<ur little side railways, which are not railway feeders, but railway.bleeders/ was,the advice of Dr. New:nan to tho Minister for Public Works. Ho w.:s deprecating the past policy "of coriimeiicing; too many works at the same time. The KingV Highway found it "no exaggeration. to say that New Overland 4 will be regarded by very largo numbers of ■' economically minded motorists as one of the most interesting exhibits at Olympia. The Overland car is an extraordinary example of American design produced to give the finest possible service^ and the practical way in which economies of manufacture have been obtained is admirable." —Advt. ■ The question of the Hawke's Bay County Council erecting certain toll gates has not been approved by the Public Works Department, which suggested that if the Council still desires to go on with the proposal, the proposed scale of fees should be advertised in order to get an expression of opinion from the public. N Reasoning from averages is always a more or less futile proceeding, but the average reasoning man never ksas sight of the road that is smooth to his feet. This is why lie finds his way to the shop of C. Tunnicliffe and Son in Grove Road. It may not be much he wants, or it may be a very great deal, but he know's, from the experience of his friends or from his own experience, that if he wants a horse shod, if his plough or any other instrument that worries the soil is out of order, if liis farm dray needs doing up, or. in fact, anything an i up-to-date smithy can do, the place to go to is C. Tunnicliffe and Son's in Grove Road.—Advt.

Referring to the refusal of the firemen of the Mokoia to carry Sir George Clifford, the Auckland Herald remarks that the seamen and wators:de workers are playing with fire. and sooner or later they will bum their fingers. As common carriers shipping companies are under legal obligations to accept passengers and goods without discrimination. As servants of the public they are under a moral obligation to resist the stupid jmd tyrannical boycott imposed by their employees. They cannot continue, indefinitely to ignore this double obligation. A boycott of this sort is immoral, and should be illegal, because it threatens the liberties of all classes. Transport workers should clearly recognise that they are ohallengin.ee the community, and that in self-defence the community must ultimately a,ooept the challenge regardless of consequences.

"Somo folks are wise, some are otherwise." If you are wise-you'll insure against coughs, cmkfe, and lung troubles by availing yoursolf of ttha.t curative agent—Baxter's Lung Preserve.'. Baxter's not only overcomes coughs and qoMs quickly, but it invigorates the whole system, and gives new life to those who are "out of sort"?." Ensure tho immunity of your family from winter complaints. Ptirohasi* a largo 2s Gd bottCo to-day. — Advt,