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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1708, 24 December 1919, Page 4

, .-i ; y-rr * ■ The customs and excise duties collected in Palmerston North for the December quarter amounted to £10,000., A record price for city property was recently, reached-in Sydney when I>ortion ot the Strand Arcade was sold for £1645 per foot.

.A cable to the Sydney Sun papers from Paris last week stated that Gaby Deslys. tho well known actress, has- been operated on three times for a growth' in her throat. Her condition is now satisfactory,

A conference is to bo. arranged early in tho Now .Year of representatives of the agricultural and freezing industries, tanners and bootmakers to consider the system of controlling the hide market. ■ Tho District Nurse acknowledges with thanks the sum of £lO from “anonymous for comforts' for the poor, also half a sheep and half a lamb, and vegetables from Mrs A. Gillies, Rangitikoi street.

The Levin Chronicle has made rtich excellent progress under its new proprietary (Messrs Kerslakc and Billens) that it will he published as a daily on January 5, instead of tri-weekly. Wo congratulate the proprietors on their enterprise. At To Awamutu yesterday, Mr Burton, S.M., imposed fines aggregating £l4O cn various charges against European! for supplying Natives with liquor for consumption off licensed promises. In one case of *ly grog soiling in the King Country he* imposed a fine of £SO. A Home paper states that at a memorial service to Stafford’s fallen heroes, held recently, a New Zealand soldier, among the gathering, on behalf of the Dominion, expressed sympathy with those residents of Stafford who had been bereaved by the war, his action being much appreciated.

v It has been decided by the Defence Department that all drill centres with an attendance strength of less than 24 terntomls of senior 'cadets—shall bo closed, and in such cases, unless a suitable readjustment can' ,J?e made for territorials hud senior cadets to be trained at other drill centres, the same conditions well apply as those at the present time dealing with trainees in country '■ The matron of the' Public Hospital desires to’’ acknowledge with thanks the following towards the Christmas entertainment' of patients: St. Vincent de Paul Society £l, Mrs Mulrooney £2 2s and eggs, ,Mra H. N. Watson dolls and.books, Mr and Mrs F. J. Nathan books and toys, Mr G. H. Bennett hooks, Mrs P. T. Putnam £1 Is, Mr A. Hi Grant £1 Is, •Mr J. Linklater 2 lambs, ‘‘Ex-Soldier’, ’ gramaphone records for soldier patients. The following local entrants for the New Zealand University examinations have obtained passos:—L. Laurenson (Property 11., Evidence and Procedure), S. A. Lyons (Property II.), G. C. Petersen (Contracts,’ Criminal Law and Torts), H. N. Waymouth' ; (Procedure). L. M. Abraham 'passed in New Zealand Law. In accouhtancy ‘ the results were as follows; _D. B. Brown, M. Hausman and Gladys L. McDowell (Book-keeping, Accounts, Business Organisation and Method).: It was during a performance of “The Silver King” in Sydney that Mr Harry Plimmer, as “The Spidery had to shoot Mr Leonard Willey as Geoffrey Ware. The revolver wouldn’t go off; and the stage manager, standing. in the prompt entrance,” got frantically excited, end lost his presence of mind. At last ho thrust his head round the proscenium wing, m full view of the audience, and roared “Ban"!” Geoffrey Ware immediately felt, mortally wounded, and the good old drama proceeded in peace. Fiftv years ago. “ A Great Deluge ” was expected all through New Zealand. It was bused on the misreadings of astronomical investigations made by a Mr Saxby, of Kmit The nows caused much excitement in' New Zealand. At Hokitika thev were taken very seriously. People made preparations to remove to the gaol lull for safety, in anticipation (according to tho Post of 24th September, 1869,) of a great tidal wave, which, it was said, Mr Saxby predicted would submerge the South island to within 12 feet of the summit o Mount Cook. The South Island is still well above water.

' Special roferonco to the , visit of tho Prince of Wales to Canada is made in a letter received by a Wellington resident from a lady correspondent in Montreal. The Prince of Wales,” she. writes, has captured the hearts of Canada-high and low, rich and poor, the Indians, tho cowboys of tho West, tho soldiers and the sailors. All love him. and if.is a wonderful thing to thus know our future King. Although so young he has been tho soul of unselfishness and consideration throughout his long and trying trip. He spent a day informally in i Montreal during tho early part of beptomher, and drove through all parts of tho city (forty miles altogether). I saw him three times that day, and he looked like a very nice boy. Ho returns here shortly to spend a week, and wo intend to give him a great welcome. . •. All classes, races, and creeds have genuinely fallen in love with him. No one who preceded him ever had such a reccptioh, though we are a very loyal people.” borne' interesting impressions of his visit to tho United States were given to an Auckland Herald reporter by the American Consul-General, Mr A. A. Winslow, , who returned by the Niagara after seven months absence from Auckland. The greater portion of the time was spent at Mr Winslow’s homo citv, Chicago. The wonderful prosoority of the United States 'greatly impressed the visitor; labour troubles, however, were giving much concern to the loaders of tho nation. Speaking of the great steel workers’ strike’ in September,' Mr Winslow mentioned that this commenced in Indiana at the Gary steel works, involving about 8000 workers. The strike quickly spread, and affected ’ over 300,000 before it was broken. Even more serious was the coal strike at the beginning of the present month. Tho miners, said Mr Winslow, were demanding 60 per Cent, increase in wages, and a reduction from an eighthour day to six-hour, day. Public fooling was strongly against the men, however, anv action that tended to raise,.the already very high cost of living meeting with keen resentment among all classes. Show us the bowler that does not like to look his best, and play His best. Rosco outfits for bowlers ; will help him play the game. White trousers, silk shirts, white felts, shoes, P.N.B.C. haf bands and tics.—The C. M. Ross Co., Ltd.—Advt. "Keep Smiling” carbolic pumice soap, 4d; "Keep Smiling” boot polish, 8a; "Keep Smiling” .lino polish. ,j Bdj "Golden Rule” soap (pure), Is 6d; "No Rubbing” laundry help, Is; all super quality. , AH grocers.—Advt.; ' -fj/ ' 1

Give Braby’s aluminum cooking utensils to vour frineds for their Xmas, present. Ikaby’s aluminum saucdpans and stewpans will stand the severest kind of usage and last for years; saucepans£s lid, 7s lid, to '23s 6cl; stewpans 8s 6d to 21s 6d.—C'ollinson and Son’s, 11 Broadway and King street, Palmerston North.—Advt. You won’t keep a cold or sore throat above a day or two if. you use “Nawl.” Acts like u charm. C-ot it to day. CO .loses Is ■6d.—Advt, ’ '■ A

A beauost of £IMO Ws bpcn loft by .sft trade. a* the boUing -booth'at' Young (New South Wnloe) during the recent Federal eleShms Mrs Saralv Muagravo. who is over 90 vetw»of age,; was -escorted to vote by b?r brother. Mr'ThoniaS White; who is oyer 100 years of age,- The couple wore tlio first white persons born at Young. m? 4l K w.uK Sergeant-Major Sciascia. . Defence Headquarters at Palmerston Nortlr will be represented and Dr. Pomaro lf.P,. and ropresentative Natives from the West Coast will.also attend. 5 t ■; ; v l ■ • ho Mayor , 0 ■follo\vitig additional donatioriY to the Christmas appeal mnd : MrJ. (-..Johnston £6, Mr A. J. ToxWard £3 3s. Mr J. B. Wither £1 Is, Messrs W. Chapman H.H. C 'Simmons, W. T. Irvine and H. Ashworth £l, Messrs Cooper and Ruthorfufd £2 2s, E. Grant Sim £t Is P, A. Me- * Hardv £s.' R. Campbell Aitchison £1 Is, Messrs Joseph Nathan and Co. £3 3s. Official information was received at To Awamutu yesterday that the Minister of Public Works liad approved of the constitution of the To Awamutu Electric Power District, which constitutes an area. o! .thirty miles along the Main Trunk, and from the Waikato to the Waipa rivers. Power will bo delivered' from Horahma over approximately 300 miles of reticulation. Rhondda, the Welsh mining district, has a population of 'nearly two hundred thousand, and its, municipal representation had been, dominated by the Labour element for many years. Its rates Imve now reached the appalling figure of I6s 10d m.the £, and municipal exports regard this as a state of bankruptcy. A- Homo paper publishes the following market quotations:-Stafford . Butter-2s 6d per. lb, eggs 4d and 4Jd each, chickens 2s ,8d per lb. ducks2s3d, rabbits girt, Uttoxeter produce: Ducks. 10s to 12s per couple, chickens 7s to, 10s, rabbits 2s-fid to 3s, eggs 7s 6d per score, mushrooms lOd to Is per lb,, apples 14s to 16s per bushel, plums 6d to 8d per lb. . Two policemen had an exciting; scuffle with two opium smugglers on the cliffs near Cromorno Point, Sydney harbour, a few davs ago. Two ,men approached the shore in a skiff and dragged a big bag from the boat. ■ As they walked up from the water’s edge tho constables closed on them, and a fight ensued, during- which the men managed to escape. ■ They dropped the bag, which contained 99 tins of opium, valued at £2700. Later in .tho day the police visited a house in Ocrabrne and arrested a man on suapicii • ' His Excellency 1 the Governor presented in Christchurch on Saturday the Military Cross to Lieutenant Geoffrey Gordon Rich (King Edward’s Horse). This award was made for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in .defence of a post, which Lieutenant Rich held with 15 men and two Hotchkiss guns on April 12, 1918, at Huit Maisons Post and La Basseo Canal bridges. Although turned and bombed, ho retreated inwards, and saved -the trench system by a local counter-attack. Later, news arriving that the enemy wore moving down to a bridge,-ho was ,ordered to. gallop' his- troops there, and, .arriving simultaneously with die enemy, he .attacked, drove them back, and re-established the bridgehead. , •/. ; • ' v. . > ' , • Some surprise has been occasioned in scholastic circles in Canterbury, (says .the Christchurch Sun) by the fact that the Board.'Of Governors of St.. Andrew’s Cob lege. Christchurch, is advertising for a resident principal of that' institution, -.although there has not been any announcement of the resignation- of - the ■ presept /principal; Mr S. R. Dickinson, M.A., formerly -"of Soots College,' Wellington; A Sun representative. who 'inquired into the matter, learned that Mr Dickinson has nob'handed to tho Board any written resignation; It ( js understood,.that „a -meeting of—parents -p{ piipila Of the college appointed a deputation to wait upon the-Board of Governors, -in an endeavour to induce’it to reconsider Its attitude towards 1 the, principal', but the deputation was unsuccessful. Another meeting of parents is to bo held, and- interesting developments are expected, i. As tho result of the increased price of silver (from 2s 3d pot'ounce before the war : to 6s 9d now) the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand is face to face ’ with a serious problem in financing its missions in China and India. Tho missionaries at Canton are paid, in dollars at the rate, of ten to tho pound sterling, a.nd those'in India in rupees at fifteen to’the pound. At present the pound brings less thah four dollars at Canton, and only nine rupees in India, so that every £loo sent from New- Zealand has to bo made up to about £l7O for India and £250 for China/ The income in Now Zealand has grown from £BOOO in 1914 to £II,OOO in *1919, but with ' the same num]?orkpf missionaries.; the expenditure has grown froth £BOOO to £ 12,510, and tljo estimated expondituro/or. the current year, at the present rate of exchange, is nearly £20,000.

, Tho Sydney Sun advertises itself as , fol- [ lows:—There is a disreputable old cock a- ; too living in« Balmain (Sydney) who in- ; dulges in the most atrocious language on ! tho smallest provocation—or without any. • Sometimes he gets restless at uncanny • hours of the night, and brings evoryoiio i out of bed for half a mile round with i. raucous cries of "Murder 1 Police!” The other evening the lady of the house whore ■ this dissipated fowl resides presented her : lord with twins. It was an anxious time. 1 The doctor gave strict injunctions that tho house should be kept as quiet as possible. Cocky’s cage was kept; carefully muffled, and he wan banished to the bathroom., Some time later when the doctor pronounced all danger over, someone took the blanket off cooky’s cage, and just then the thin wail of a newly-born infant was wafted downstairs. Cocky put his head on one side-and querulously demanded : “What the h-—'s that?” Then ae two baby voices shrilled out on the midnight air cocky appeared to bo enlightened, for he at once screamed out: “Sun!„l Second edition ! Second edition J” The members of tho Palmerston North Municipal Band take tho opportunity afforded them at this festive time, to wish each and every.- on-* of their friends and well-wishers the compliments of the season, and desire to say that they will visit thorn, with the intention of playing Christmas carols, on tho .25th, from 5 a.m. till mid-day. when they again aak for that gonerbus support which has always been accorded them at Christmas time. In March of next year a band congest will bo held in Dunedin. The Palmerston. Band has entered, and are .now hard at work on -the test selections, Robert II Diavolo and, Wagner’s works; a good band has been assembled, and they should give a 'good account of themselves. As soon as the holidays are over there will bo harder work still in -training for- the quickstep competition, jin which: the Palmerston Band always acquit themselves with credit. As there has been no dontest for the last six years, the band have not appealed to the music-loving public for funds, but as the expanses in this contest will bo large, they hope that everyone interested or otherwise will help loyally and liberally to this purpose/and the secretary- will bo pleased to bear or receive from any kindly disposed friend. As tbo hand has been engaged for tnbvraces at Awapuni; tho racing public will have an early opportunity .of Hearing the band in real good form, where rousib chosen for the contest will bo rendered. 40 inch crepe de cheno makes most acceptable • practical presents; colours that please at 9s lid to I6s 6d yard, ivory and black 8s lid to 28i 6d per yard; 40 inch crepe Georgette, 9a lid to 15b 6d per yard, in every colour that counts for becomingness, Whitc Japaneso silks 27 to 36 inch, all prices; these are free from • blemish’ and will wear well, 30 inch fuji silk. 6s lid, 7s lid per yard; stripped silks, including spunclla, luvisca. spuiitwill and. Fuji, priced from ,5s lid to 13s 9q yard. Collinsoa and Ounuinghame, Ltd.— Advt. - When "Tan-Ol’l oomes in, dullness goes out.. . A splendid polisher for floors and furniture,, leather and tan shoes.—Advt. ’ Sharland’s malt vinegar is not only palatable—it is wohlesome. That is guaranteed, No mineral acid in Sharland’s. At all grocers in bulk and bottle.—Advt. Primrose flour receives warm commendstion from all tho best, cooks throughout the district. The superiority of Primrose flour is due to the oare- exercised in the solootion of.the wheat, and the scientific method* employed m. the manufacture, The popalanty that Primrose flour enjoys is nrhof of its consistent excellent quality.— Advt. V , - i .-3 %i ' r ' /V .;

Bo widespread has-betn &he C9^,v Ct ,'° r \ of butnb!6 bees iu I thit the Board o{ Agriculture’ sent down

■au export to inquire into the matter. • Wo kayo lo ( tte grootingsjfrom; thc PalinorstQU North tel • graph messengers, IJ,1 J , Skillons ■the staff of tho Examiner (Woodvill.o),ffl calendar .from Messrs J. Y. Oliver a| Sort. . ' , - I For straying from tho paths of sohrulj two first offenders wore dealt with at t| Police Court this morning by Air, A. fi Graham, JP. One, who hud been. fous drunk in a train;, had the amount of ia bail estreated, while the other was ccfl victed and discharged. • | Mr S. Drake, of Ildlldston street, and 11 so i, Mr L. Drake, both had tho misfortul to meet with accidents of a minor charactf Sis week. Mr Drake, aenr., was opyinl when the knife slipped and cut one of 11 index fingers rather badly, several stitches being put in. Mr Dral* iunr., was working a band saw and one ■ his bands slipped and became caught m tfl saw, three of the fingers being seven! lacerated arid nearly severed. k) The value of advertising 5s undoubted recognised by the picture house propriotoH and a novel way of it has, be-1 adopted by the management of the Palug Picture Theatre. A crowd had congregate , before the above-mentioned theatre to-daft and an enquiry by one of _ our roportOJ elicited tho information that a leopard w| chained inside of tho gate. The presence d tho animal at the theatre drew .numororj visitors, who wore speedily informed US the part it would take in the evening s oil tertainmont. , At the adjourned inquest at Feilding y tordav concorning tho deaths of Mr and MB John* feme, the former being a cord® factory manager, medical evidence w|| given that both deceased died from Kolio poisoning. The-Coroner*(Mr E. Goolj behore), gave a verdict m aCOordunco wiW tho medical evidence He added, that it seemed remarkable to him that a couple should remain in. thou- ; house all the tune tho Lanes were qn, thou debauch without the neighbours making any enquiries. One witness had said that ho had gone into Lane’s house and expostulated with Lane, but was so disgusted at Lanos conduct that he did not go .again until ho received word of tjkc seriousness of the case on Tuesday. Mr John Bitch nor, the newly elected member for Waitaki, is tho president of the South Canterbury Executive of the Mew Zealand Farmers’ Union. Ho was heartily congratulated by his colleagues at their meeting on Monday on winning the scat, and iu speaking to a motion in that direction Mr A. G. Hart paid a striking tribute .to Mr Massey, He said ho had never been a Massey man, but tho recent election bad shown that Now Zealand had a skilful and resourceful leader, a bold and successful fighter, and they all admired a man possessing such qualities, whether they agreed with him,or not. Mr Massey had put up in this election the best political tight that ho had ever known in New Zealand, and they should congratulate him upon it. Mr Massey was the working man s Prime Minister, as well as a Liberal and a Reform Prime Minister, (Applause). Mr Hart asked that 'congratulations to Mr Massey bo added to tho motion.

Praiseworthy initiative and self-reliance aafo being',shown by* the men who returned to’Australia sightless froln the war. They number all told exactly 100, ot whom 32 uroVictorians. The majority of them have boon to Sir Arthur Pearson’s'hostel in London, .and at this place, St. Dunstan’s, they bc’gap to,realise that blindness, though a handicap, heed, hot debar them from living happy and useful lives. Of the o2 Victorians who lost their sight during the war service, 20 are now back in their own State, and, with one or two exceptions, are engaged in some occupation. They have formed an association of their own, called the Victorian Blinded Soldiers’ Association. It was mainly through the efforts of this organisation (says a Melbourne paper) that the men succeeded in inducing the Government to raise the .pensions of. blind soldiers from 3Cs to £4 a week. The blinded soldiers have now started a, fund under their direct control for the purpose of helping any members" who may require special financial assistance. - ’■ ■ ’ ■