Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1920. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2171, 2 September 1920, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1920. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It is reported that, Mr IV M. Hughes, Premier of the Commonwealth of Australia, will proceed Home shortly to take up the duties of High Commissioner for Australia in London.

From yesterday,Jhe Magistrate’s Court fees have been substantially increased. The increase in , some poises will be 50 per cent., and the average will be about 33 1-3 per cent.

As there is no sugar in the factory, and little chance of obtaining any for some time, Aulsebrook and Co., Christchurch, arc gradually closing down their big confectionery works. I! is expected that by the end of the week nearly -100 hands will be thrown out of employment.

A deputation from Kaikoura to the Prime. Minister received a shuck when Air Massey informed the deputation that Kaikoura was the most unprogressive place in the Dominion. “You have no loans, yon have a credit balance of £2,000, and only levy a rate of Id in the £. Unless you are prepared to help yourselves, I will not assist you.” A Wanganui retailer stales that this is (he lirsf- season during" his experience in business that such an extensive demand has been made for packets of vegetable seeds.'* He considers this is an indication of the pinch of the high cost of living being fell, particularly in regard to the jvtail prices of vegetables during' the winter months, and a desire to counteract it by householders cultivating their own garden patches.

The Post’s epitome; The higher (he price of halter and milk, the less milk ami butler for the people, especially for the young people, to whom a milk did is essential if New Zealand is to continue to build up a sturdy population on which to draw —us in the recent past —for the defence of I lie country, for the defence of its pastures and properly, and for keeping open those sea routes without which our flutter is not worth 0d per lb.

The present winter has been particularly hard on old folk in Auckland, a.m! within the last live weeks no fewer than 00 deaths of people over 70 years of age liavc been noli(ied. Of these, 32 were-men ami 28 women. The longevity was much greater among the latter, ot whom foils* were over (>0 and Id over 80. Of the men, two were nonagenarian,-;, and ten had passed their eightieth* bin Inlay.

A Baris message to the London papers of duly Oth slates: Ihe paper famine has killed the 118-year-old “Memorial des Bprenee*." a journal well known to many Ban (South France) visitors. The “Nouvelimte,” of Bordeaux, a leading Conservative paper, with its own Paris wing has also disappeared, if a Baris report to-day is correct, a number of other papers, including* ai least mu* Baris daily, will “fall like (he leaves" Ibis autumn.

u is staled I lint recently two farmers in Hie Manaia distnel, on kindness bent, put in a day topdressing a field for a neighbour who was unfortunately laid up in hospital, obtaining the manure—as .they (bought—-from the farmer’s barn. All appeared well until the owner of the farm was discharged from hospital, when lie discovered he was minus six bags of cement, and the manure was still in the shed and cement is scarce. Witness.

In a discussion on experimental farms, in the House of Representatives, one of the most valuable contributions to the debate was air Hawklm’s speech, says a contemporary. lie expressed quite delink tely his opinion that Hie experimental farm scheme is most expensive, and not a very efficient method for Hie Government to follow. He told of work being done in Taranaki by farmers themselves. Two associations had been formed by groups of farmers, one at Stratford and one at Manaia, and these associations had acquired, and they now directed, irmdel dairy farms. By this means, ,1m claimed, they were able to do educative work of high value aiming (he farmers and the farmers’ sons. He had something to say also of the importance of the work that might be'done with experimental plots. Unusual interest attached to the vovage from Panama by the Ayrshire and Suffolk, which arrived in Auckland on Sunday last, owing to the fact that the two vessels left the Canal port within 40 minutes of one another, the Ayrshire having the start. The two steamers kept fairly near one another during the voyage, and exchanged messages by wireless daily. The Suffolk called at Pitcairn Islands, to land mails, which delayed her about an hour. The Ayrshire, on the other hand, had a slight mishap to her machinery, and had to slow down for about six hours; Despite the delay, however, the Ayrshire was able to reach Auckland about four hours ahead of the Suffolk, anchoring in the stream at 7.30 a.m. Both vessels experienced very heavy weather during the last four days of their trip. The Ayrshire also encountered an electrical storm, lasting for six hours “after leaving Newport News. . A

A parly of 22 Chinese arrived at Auckland from Sydney on Tuesday by the Maheno. Of these, only 16 applied for admission into the Dominion, and were allowed to land here. The remaining- six were through passengers for Tahiti, and will leave for their destination by the Talune on September lllh. The total number of Chinese who have landed at Auckland since the beginning of the year is now 581.

Local cheese factory directors are receiving very high oilers for the;*' factory outputs (says the Pahiatua Herald). It is estimated that factories which have already sold are in a position to practically guarantee as much ns 2s lid per lb. for lids season’s butler fat. Even those factories which ns’Ually adopt the open consignment policy must be I cm] bed to depart from their principles in view of the very line prospects opened up by the extremely high prices which are being offered. A remarkable strike is reported from Whakatane. The members of the lire brigade, who had been holding a series of dances, presumably in aid of (he brigade funds, became so annoyed at the poor attendance at the socifil functions and (he general lack of interest in lire brigade matters generally, that they struck, and nine members have gone oil.duly permanently. Probably the local authority will now sit up and take notice of the lire hria-ade.

At a meeting- of the South Dunedin Licensing Committee a conditional license was granted for inside and outside booths at the Dunedin Jockey Club’s spring meeting at Wingalui on October 15th and Kith next. The conditions are that the hours of opening are to tie between 12.30 and 5 p.m., and no liquor is to be sold in bottles tor consumption outside the booths, which are to be conducted in a quiet and orderly manner, so that (here shall be no drunkennes or disorderly conduct. The granting of (lie application is really in (he way of an experiment, this being the tivst conditional license granted there for many years.

t'mler iin article headedC'Where Workers Work," a Canadian journal says; “If there is any ono country heller than any other to live in at the present time, (hat country would appear to be New Zealand. There the workers work as in days of yore, ami are minium* from the terrors of what is known elsewhere as the High Cots of Living! ?) Everything that can be produced there, and this includes pretty much all the necessaries of life, is. produced in generous quant dies, and consequently the cost of Jiving is low. The spirit of the New Zealander at work has -apparently remained unchanged from that-of the same individual at war. This is the spirit which the entire world needs 10-day."

“Where is (ruth? (says lieynold’s Newspaper, London, of a recent date) : “It seems utterly impossible to gel at anything like truth in the reports of what happens over in the East. The Bussians assert that the Coles deliberately destroyed the cathedral at Kioff; and this, after .--ome delay, is totally denied by the Foies. Somebody is lolling a thumping lie. To make things worse, the Polish news-spreaders tell a tale of how the Bolshevists burned a hospital and, killed 00(1 I’olish wounded. This is the sort of material that the ordinary Britisher gets to enable him to arrive at the truth. Probably nine-tenths of it is sheer lying. Cbiiy (hey call it propa;jnnda.’ J

The Church of England authorities are evidently not going to bo behindhand in attending to the needs of immigrants arriving in the Dominion. The Dunedin Star hears, on good authority, I bat a eommiltee of churchmen have purchased a large hole! in Welling!on. which is being fitted out to provide up-to-date accommodation for immigrants who make that city the lirst port of call. An agent lias also been appointed who will -meet all boats when they reach the Panama Canal, and give nil passengers on route for New Zealand full particulars in regard to the land they are hound for. Arrangements have also been completed in Dunedin for the reception and accommodation of new arrivals. The- church authorities are .to he congratulated on such a practical move in the interests of the strangers who are coming among us. Some years ago Dr. Chilton sent to Professor Marino Bezzi, of Italy, a lube containing the larvae of small two-w’mged insects that are found in all stages of (heir existence in or near rapid mountain streams (says Hie Lyttelton Times)., The Italian entomologist expressed an opinion Hint the larvae represented three species of New Zealand ‘ waterfall (lies, which comprise the family Blepharoceridae. At that lime only two New Zealand species of the family were known in the perfect stage. Later, Mr W. Campbell, of Christchurch, found perfect insects of the third species in a mountain stream a few hundred miles from this city. He has studied insects in all-stages, and has oblained information as to their habits and structure. Although they have not been reported officially from the North Island, he has received larvae from Oliakune and the Auckland province, and he states that Hie family doubtless is well ■repre-sented-in many mountain streams in the North Island, as well as in the South Island. Perfect insects were taken by Mr G. Y. Hudson, of Wellington, at Otira, some years ago. Mr Campbell has seen the larvae and Hie pupae thickly-, clustered on rocks, and in those stages the insects seem to be very plentiful in favourable localities. The family is widely distributed throughout the world.

The following are the vital statistics fur Foxton for the month of August:—Births 5, 'marriages 2, deaths, 2.

Cajltain Larsen, who has been appointed as pilot by thoMV.xtOu Harbour Board, arrived in Foxton on Tuesday night, and has taken up his duties.

We have been shown (says the Mat aura Bn sign)* two samples from a seam of coal discovered in the vicinity of the proposed route of the Gore-liedgohope railway. The seam was exposed to view by a small landslip, and the coal is undoubtedly superior to Hie lignite on sale locally. The Minister of Industries and Commerce Ims adfised Mr E. Newman, M.P., that the Foxton Chamber of Commeree’s complaint in reference to a recent increase in the price of leather, in view of the fact that the price, of hides had fallen, had been referred to (he Board of Trade, amLwould be carefully considered.

”1 don't think that the prerogatives of a lieutenant go as far as iba:t," remarked His Honour Mr .Justice Edwards, in .traversing the explanation of a petitioner in the Divorce Court at Wellington, that he left the co-respondent living with his wife “because he, being a lieutenant, and 1 being a private, 1 could not interfere with him."

An Ordcr-in-Council amending tho .-calc of fees for (he sealing' and filing of documents redo ling to divorce petitions at the Supremo Court L published in (he lat est Gazed to. The increased foes amount to practically double the former scale. The Gazelle also announces an increase in (he fees for Court of Appeal proceedings.

At Monday night’s meeting ofMhe Chamber'of Commerce a reply was received' from the Horowhemta 'County Council lo tt(£ Chamber’s letter drawing all cation to the very dangerous bend on the road about a mile on the Levin side of the W hirokino Bridge, advising that it had been decided to attend to the matter and try ami improve things in the locality.

As an illustration of the greatly increased cost oi iron tanks, invoices received by the mail show that the London price to-day for a 400gallon la::T is £.15 15s. Dunedin merchants used to-pay about £2 10s a tank prior to the war. The present prices for tanks are 'quite out of reason, and merchants will have to.take steps to obtain wooden cases in which to pack certain, perishable articles which wore formerly packed in tanks.

“1 may be..pessimistic on ibis subject, but I think we are (ending towards sod exhaustion in New Zealand, a condition which has caused fanners in other countries to abandon their land,” said Mr R. T. Alexander, director of LhFLoln Golloge, in a lecture to farmers on Saturday. Ho added that often when sun succeeded father on the same land and did not do so well, it was said he was not the farmer his father was. Quite the reverse might he the case, Mr Alexander said, for the father might have squeezed the laud like a sponge and left nothing but a, collapsed soil lor his sou lo work.

It was reported nl .Monday night’s meeting of the Chamber of Commerce that the Chamber’s recommendation to the Borough Conned that a garbage cart should be provided for the removal of rubbish from business premises and residences in the borough had been ‘‘lamed down" by that body. As it was considered by members that some scheme for the removal of rubbish was absolutely necessary, it was decided to send a deputation to the next meeting of the Council, and request (hat the question he reconsidered, the deputation to consist of Messrs Barr, Petrie and Smith,

Aren.—“There is a vast difference between wishing and Avinning. Many a good man has failed because he had his Avisbbone .where his backbone ought to have been.” Are yon Avishing for more business, hut lack the winning? Advertising is a sure enough Avinner, hut it needs backbone in the man directing it. Advertising doesn't bring results Avith a jerk. The beginning is slight, hut the pressure is constant, and increasing all 'the lime. The open season for hunting business lasts all the year round, but just uoaa’ the game is particularly avcll Avorth going after. The best ammunition is an aiivertisement in “The MamiAvaln Herald.”*

For some time past the local Chandler of Commerce has been hi communication with the Railway Department, Ihroue'li Mr IT Newman, M.F., endeyvouring to have the Fo.xtoii-Palmerslon North timetable amended so that the afternoon train from Foxton will connect with the Auckland Express. OF Monday night's meeting a reply was received from the Minister for Railways, advising that the accommodation at the Palmerston North station* was insufficient to permit of handling any additional trains between 3 pan, ,and 4 pan. Further, that the number of passengers from the Foxton hue to si a I ions on the Main Trunkline north of Marton docs not average more than one per day.' Under the l circumstances, and in view of the impracticability of satisfactorily working extra trains in the present yard at (he lime the Auckland Express is at the platform, the Min- 1 isier considered it was not advisable to alter the time-table of the Foxton train service, and so add to the congestion and difficulties already existing at Palmerston North.

A Business Talk with Business For Children’s Hacking-Cough, Woods Great Peppermint Cure.

The pantomime, \ “Ali Barba, and the Fury Thieves,” will be shown in Foxt on, ( shortly.

After a long absence, the popular' actor, J, Warren Kerrigan, will make his reappearance on the screen at Ihe Royal on Saturday night. The monthly meeting of the Foxion Harbour Board will lie held at Palmerston North on Monday next, at 1.30 p.m.

During the month of August rain fell locally on eleven days, the heaviest fall being on the (ifh, when 5(1 points were registered. The total for the month was 2.(18 inches. For the same ihonth of last year the total fall was 3.50 inches.

If high prices encourage production as most trusted economists leach us (writes the Stratford correspondent of the Taranaki Herald), this coming season should surpass all previous ones in its output of hut ter and cheese.

Foxton-trained horses got their share ol» the stakes at the Marton races yesterday. Olaurii Kid won the Hack Hurdles, and Rouen accounted for the opposition in the Electric Hack Handicap. Both these horses are trained by Mr A. M. Wright, lumen being owned by Mr “Dick” Heppner. Diamond Nap, trained at Foxton by Mr F. F. Watson, finished second to Otauru ‘Kid. The big Hal race of the day, the Marlon Handicap, was won by an ex-Foxlon horse, Classification, owned and trained by Mr. R. .Sexton, who is now located at Te Awamulu. Classification paid the best dividend of the day, returning his supporters nearly (hiriyfold the amount invested.

The members of Ihe Palmerston North Hospital Hoard’s Medical Advisory Board (comprising Drs. For- t

rest, Putnam ami. Peach( together with the secretary of (he Hospital. Board) visited Otaki yesterday, and inspected the Otaki Hospital, and made empiiries into the work’ of the institution. This vi;-il was made in accordance with a resolution, passed by the Board at its last meeting', the Advisory Board being requested to report to the Board on the nature of the eases treated a! the Otaki Hospital, and to stale whether most or all of such cases could have been treated at ihe Palmerston Hospital. The visitors expressed themselves delighted with the local institution. —Otaki Mail,