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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1707, 23 December 1919, Page 4

The “ Standard ” will not bo published on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. A proclamation was Issued yesterday further proroguing the General Assembly until January 29 next. It is reported that four inches of snow foil at Mangamahu (Wanganui district) on Sunday evening. The,matron of the Palmerston North Hospital desires ’to acknowledge a Christmas gooso from,Bro. Wright, of the Loyal Manuwatu Lodge. The Rev. W./ H. Rattray,' who has been vicar of Katikati (near Tauranga) for the past four years, lias announced his resignation on tlie ground ■-that the high cost of ' living has caused his expenses to exceed his income. The term of General Sir Alfred Robin’s tenure of office as Commissioner at Samoa has not beien officially defined. Ho _ may be there longer than the few weeks which hav# been mentioned us the, term 1 necessary to give Colonel. Tate relief, v At : Marten Distrct High School last week, Mr-E, Newman, M.P.,on behalf of the Wellington Navy League, presented, a New Zealand ensign to the scholars in honour of thdr having carolled 128 members for i9i9.' - At the inquest concerning the death of Constance Lawton, the little girl who was killed through being run over by_ a Defence Department motor lorry in Wellington last week, the Coroner returned a verdict of accidental death, completely exonerating the driver from blame. Some idea of the enormous number ot cows being milked in Upper Waikato and Thames Valley districts may be gained from Uic fact that last year no less than 75.00U calves were inoculated against blackleg in these districts alone (states a northern exchange). This is in addition to tlie large number of calvovs killed. A party of motorists who loft Napier for Woodvillo on Saturday last had a sensational experience which brought the trip to ' a precipitate end. Endeavouring to cross the river near Ormohdvillo, to which the approach is a very treacherous one, the car got out of control with the result that it was capsized, landing upside down on the adjacent bank, Miraculously the occupants escaped without a scratch. The following cases of influenza were reported between noon on the 15tlr‘and 18th December Auckland and -..North Auckland 123 mild, 8 severe; Wellington, 17 mild, 4 pneumonic; Canterbury, 9 mild, 1 severe; Otago, 4 mild, ,1 severe. During the week ended December 22, 36 cases of influenza and 18 cases pneumonia were reported in the Wellington Health District. An unpleasant experience, involving the loss of their launch, befell Messrs T. S. Haultain and R. Corbett, oh Auckland, op Saturday afternoon. Having arranged to spend a six weeks' holiday at Kawau, they embarked on the launch Cambrai at Auckland but Igter encountered a heavy sea, and tlie engine broke down. Efforts to adjust the troublc"proved futile, and as the little craft was rolling badly in ‘the rough sea they decided to go ashore in the dinghy and seek assistance. On returning later it was found the Cambrai had dragged her anchor and disappeared -With the owners’ gear and provisions. The “Dover flare” was one of the inventions of the war. and one Which in no small measure helped to end it. The Dover flare, according to Lieut.-Commander Roland Bourke, V.C., D.5.0., who is now in Wellington, is a calcium light which is of 1.000,000- candle power, and has an illuminating radius of four miles—a light which mujies considerable demands on the muVgiimtidii. Tt was the light which guided the Vindictive to tho- Ostend piers in the groat raid of last yegr, and it is learned from tlie visitor that a, double row of Dover .flares formed a .wonderfully-illuminated avenue across the English Channel towards the end of the war. With nets stretched below, hung with contact mines, and Dover flares above, the Germans were given no •banco of getting through the Channel. , While jn the South Island, tho Minister •f Defence (Sir James Allenl mentioned ‘ an aviation scheme which would not prove too expensive. Speaking to a Post reporter yesterday, the Minister said ho could not at present give particulars of these proposals. They were now under consideration by a special committee, including Commander Williams, whigh was discussing naval, military and aerial defence, with a view to co-ordinating all branches. He received a draft report from the committee, but could not say when the final report would be available fpr submission to himself and to Cabinet. Asked if this would covet civil aviation, Sir James Allen said that tho military organisation would . not include civil flyi iug, though.it would encourage Lolopment Colonel Bettington’s report and recommendations concerning aerial defence will bo deaty with in this report. Show ns the bowler that: does not like to look his best, and play His beat. Rosco outfits for bowlers will help him. play the game, White trousers, silk shirts, white felts, shoes, P.N.tI.C. hat bands and tios.~Th,o C. M. Ross' Co., Ltd.-fAdvt-“Thinkcr” brand writing tablets) “Thinker” school exercise books, and “Thinker" pictorial note books; ideal stationery for every homo and child.—G. H. Bennett and Co. —Advt; ’> , Give Braby’s aluminum hooking utensils to. ;your frineds for their Xmas, present. Braby’s aluminum saucepans and stewpans , will stand .the severest kind of usage and Inst for years; saucepans 6s lid, 7s aid, to 25s 6d; stewpans 8a 6d • to 21s 6cL—Collinsoh , and Son’s, 11 Broadway and King street, Palmerston North.—Advt ,

•Kerosene was advanced in price wu. pe? oaT £he reason assigned was tho ipcreasod .first cxchango with, the ; Uhited' States. ■ ... Pennies rilvered in imitation of -halfcrowns have been discovered m Auckland woman" who received ft nSS'of coS a"cKge after a.purchaao fouSd UtteMhat two such pennies were meluded. ~ . .; Tho Mayor acknowledges .SS fo3dwinT y donatipnS M to the CJngjjfto* MrsF H Cooke £lvMrsD• McGwgor ■£!. M W L FiUherberf jells, Mr A Sutlerland £3, Mr F..S. Goldmgham £1 IsA letter posted to a resident of AucklanVn Colorado has simply 'the address, Auckland Now Zealand, and the man's name A though this was somewhat vague, the postal authorities delivered the letter to the right address the day after it reached Auckland. It is reported that asawnulbng company is about to commence operations, and intends to * build , mills capable oi outtin* 40 000,000 feet of-timber a year oni a block between Kakahi and Tokaanu,.lt com- . prises 68,000 acres of ~bush. mtil^ matelv 30,000 ft, of timber per acre, and SoJ acres of bush with. 25,000 ft. per acre. \ very noticeable decline in 'returns of cream is iioted at the.Ngaruawaha factory, the reduced output of butter being, as great of 29cwt. The whole of this is not due, however, wholly to the 'shortage of cream,, the curtailment-in this direction bemg estimated at one ten (says the Auckland Star). This is considered rather serious, especially as this time of the. year iS f generally considered to be the flush of the season. In spite of tlio penalty provided by the law for dual votjng at the general election, several cases of. such* voting have been'discovered in the Masterton electorate (reports the Wairarapa Age). t>. Somo of them,.howover, are apparently' duo , to, clerical mutakes. One suspicious .case, has boon -rovoaled.'.m which the same elector-js presumed to have recorded his vote at Tiiumua and Kketahuna. The matter will-be.iuyesti. gated, and a prosecution may follow. According to tho Auckland Star, there is indignation ,in Auckland because Dr. Endlotsberger, who was released from Narrow Nock camp a 'week ago, has been given preference for t .telephone connection overy4oo citizens who have been on the waiting list for somo time. The Stir states Hhat sudden..,instructions came to the -Auckland exchange to connect. 1290 with the rooms. of this> alien doctor, and that the officers of the exchange say quite frankly ; that they do-know whence tho instructions came. A piece of paper in a bottio, evidently thrown overboard from a: transport, was picked up by Master G. Hartley on tho north shore of the Manawatu Heads oh December 9. There is no indication as to when and where the bottle was cast into the sea, but it-beans the names of 17 members of the New Zealand Engineers, 10th re- . inforcement, amongst the names being those-of Sappers E, P. Newton, E. V.,Rodley, N. C. McKenzie, and L. Franklin. Tho outside of the paper, has the words "Good Luck,'*" while underneath the names is expressed the hope that the one who picks up the paper will correspond with them. , An • experience which probably is'unique in NowZoaland recently befell sbrimp'eoplo who attended. the- funeral of a. friend* in Timaru. , They,,attended in- the -ordinary way, with a genuine feeling- of respect"fnr the deceased and regret ,on account of his death.,., Nothing ..was further irprii, "therr thoughts than a reward ior so doing. Their surprise prelates ah exchange)".may be bet> tor imagined , than described when they learned that a relative of the in England had sent to'Timaru'. for a list of all, who had attended tho funeral, adding that ho intended to'recognise their'attendance by a monetary, gift. They, are now' each in receipt, of'..a cheque for £5." , Speakipg on Wednesday.night at' Christchurch when he had been defeated by. Mr Sullivan (Labour) for the' Avon 'electorate, Hon. iG.'W. Russell said_ that he could not say ho was not disappointed with' tho result of tho poll, but-fie had no 'desire to trace any reason*.'for -It but tho right of the.people. He had had many great victories, and it was a credit, to a man whd could bo modest in victory and* show fortitude in tho hour of defeat, tho; re-, s maining years of his life he would help to fonyard the interer-ts of the country and'the people in it. ; He .had had an.onerous .time, and 'was getting to 'th'aVage when" ho could '" retire to congenial and, literary pursuits. Phoenix Park the scene of the outrage on the Viceroy of Ireland (Viscount French), was also the scene of the murders of Lord Frederick Cavendish, who had- just arrived to take up his- duties as Chief Secretary, and Mr Burke, the permanent UnderSecretary, on trived the murders were known as the "Invincibles." Cany, the chief plotter, turned informer,' and twenty-persons were subsoquontly arraigned. Of these five were • hanged and the others sentenced to long terms of imprisonment. Carey loft shortly after for South Africa, and was murdered by Patrick O'Donnell, who waa taken to England and hanged. Sir Jamco Allen is ''the father" of tho new House of Representatives. Prior to Wednesday last, he shared with Sir Joseph Ward and Sir James Carroll-the of having been elected for ten Parliaments, and of having sat in Parliament for 38 sessions. These three knights were all returned for the first time on tho same day. Sir Joseph Ward and Sir James Carroll now drop—temporarily, at all events—out of public life. It is interesting- to observe that five members of the Reform Party in the new House stand at, the head of the members with the longest record of service. Mr and Sir Frederick: Xahg who entered the House at the same time,' have now been elected to nine Parliaments, and Mr Homes and Dr Newman to eight Parliaments in each case. The proposal to secure "one big award" to cover tho various sections of the building trade was, to be considered by a Conciliation. Council in Auckland tentey". The prinoipal features of the claim are:--Eight hours a day on five working days of the week; two classes of labour, journeymen and apprentices; minimum wage for journeymen £4 15s a week, casuals'2s 6d an hour; double pay for overtime, and for any time m excess of four hours without a meal intervening; apprentices'wages to advance from one-sixth of journeymen's wages to five-sixths: in the fifth year,' and full journeymen's pay in the sixth year of plumbers' apprentices; , piecework to" be prohibited. Special clauses affecting conditions in individual sections are included, and it is proposed that tho term of the award should be one year. Wanganui was visited-'by a severe stormon Sunday. It came across the sea, and of coastal dwellers with terrific force. The storm reached its height about 8 o'clock at night, when the atmosphere was very electrical, with thunder and very vivid lightning, the heavens being lighted by great balls, of fire for some time. The • houses were peppered with hail and sand from the beach;.and people were terribly alarmed. Tho storm then passed over the town, and there, too, alarming conditions prevailed (states the Post's correspondent). A number of trees were torn up by the roots and windows were blown in, and quite a large number of buildings in the business urea -were rocked. Some church 'congregations were apprehensive. St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, very solidly built in brick, met the full force of the storm,' and, at times there was a perceptible tremor of the structure. Many of tho congregation were alarmed, and the climax came when oho of the ventilators blew in. ; Quite a' number of people made a hurried exit, and only the appeal of tho Rev. J. R. MoKenzie prevented a' panic. By 9 o'clock the elements had fallen away to a calni. 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According’ to a cubic mcmge receive* by the Dominion agents, the steamer Hu* June may. arrive at Auckland to-morrov afternoon. In this case her North Islam troopa will reach their homes on Christmas Silk thieves, some of a gang which deals in. the best of the material and which had been inactive, for some time, reappeared in Sydney recently, arid broke into dye works at Waterloo, and took away silks and gaberdines valued at £IOOO. A well known resident of Gore who is a strong advocate of prohibition found the. words "Vote fob boo/e" painted on his front gatq. The owner immediately secured a paint brush and prefixed the advico by the word “Don’t.” The following is from the Eltham Argus: Dead and dying trout arc lying in numbers on the batiks of the Waingongdro river, just below a bacon'factory. Children are* taking those fish homeland possibly they are being eaten. As we understand that the attention ot the Borough Council and the Health Officer has been drawn to the matter wo refrain frdm any comment as'to the probable oause of the mortality amongst the trout. One of the Argus staff visited the locality, where he saw the dead fish from the fry stage up to half-pounders. The Taihape correspondent of the Wanganui Chronicle writes“ Now that the throes of the election campaign are over, our little community is settling down to raking in the dollars that may bo floating about daring Christmas week. One or two tnoMnnfq in mnnAMiort ftlooinon

call for comment in passing. In oilo of oui districts there was a block vote for one ol the candidates, the other two receiving none. At this particular spot the candidates had committees. What became of tho com mittoo’s individual votes?” After an absence of some throe months on missionary work in tho Norfolk Islam group, the Melanesian Mission steamei Southern Gross arrived at Auckland or Saturday morning. She had a number ol missionaries ami those interested in missior work on boajrd, ns well as passengers from Norfolk Island. The steamer made the most comprehensive trip of recent yean during her last absence, more than one hundred islands and mission settlements being visited by the Bishop who left Auck. land with the steamer, and is now settled in his new diaconato. Yesterday (says Saturday’s Stratford Post) a nice youngster, son of an esteemed Stratford resident, rather neatly stopped a runaway horse and trap, which had escaped the efforts of one or two people (including a policeman) to arrest its unguided career. The boy quietened down the horse, and very properly got into the cart and drove it to’the nearest stable. Ho was met there by a furiously abusive person who accused him of attempting to steal his horse and cart, and, refusing to accept any explanation, had tho nerve to threaten to drag tho boy to tho Police Station ! Unluckily there was no man handy, or the boy’s part would have been well taken ; Os it was, considering discretion the better part of valour, he quietly got out. Smart boys with good reputations may bo forgiven if they hesitate on occasions when they - would otherwise be quick to render kindly service, if there are many such ill-marmored persons abroad as the one tho boy met.' A good story is told of two of tho candidates for political -honours in tho Clutha electorate at the present election (says the Clutha Leader)/ 1 It was a siurco of much wonder to one, so the story goes, how his opponent received so many expressions of support from the lady electors, and, determined to find out the cause, ho decided on a 1 house-to-house caJl in the more sparsely populated parts. Tho first housewife ho called 'on was busy at the wnshtub, and begged to bo excused a discussion on politics on account of u big. washing. Nothing daunted, the. candidate offered assistance; which was laughingly accepted, and, peeling off his coat, he was soon disturbing tho soapsuds. i The' washing over, the candidate was donning his coat preparatory to conducting a' little inquiry into the. lady’s leanings, but she forestalled him with a smiling invitation'to a cup of tea. Only too pleased, the candidate accepted, and walked with his hostess into tho house, wherohis wonder was dispelled by the sight of his opponent sitting in an eusy-chair calmly nursing the baby 1 Many strange things are heard from time to time over the telephone wires, through wrong numbers being given or through lines being crossed, but ono of the strangest indents pfjthis nature ■ occurred on a recent 'evening at ono of tho larger boardinghouses of the city (says the Christchurch Sun of Saturday last). Those who argue that, in the general order of things in this world, coincidence has no place, would bo hard put to explain tho following mysterious occurrence which reads like ono of tho stories of • Edgar Allan Poe. uffni* rl inti nr (a Tlllff tin R

Having occasion, utter dinner, to ring up u friend on the telephone, a man residing- at the boardinghouse called the number ho required. Instead, however, of receiving the familiar voice he expected in reply to his greeting, he hoard to his great surprise the voice of a woman, evidently in the greatest distress, and sobbing bitterly. Questioned jus to the cause of her distress, the woman continued groaning and called suddenly. “ Help ! Help ! lam dying!” Repeated inquiries failed to elicit anything further except a repetition of this moving appeal, and the added, words, “ Como quickly !” and the address of the speaker. Greatly perplexed, and, naturally, rather perturbed, the listener on the wire communicated with the police, who at onca sent a constable to the address given. The constable, however, found nothing to justify his taking any action in the matter and returned to the station. Nothing further was heard for a day. and the receiver of the message was beginning to think the whole matter sometiling in the nature of a. hoax, when ho learned of the death of the sender of the strange message across the wires!