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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1720, 22 January 1920, Page 4

A Forbes (Now South _ Wales) resident found a set of false teeth in a bag of sugar she. recently purchased. It was presumed tlie packer hud lost them. A consignment of 8000 tons of raw sugar arrived at Auckland by the steamer Fiona on Tuesday. Of the total consignment, 5000 tons were for Auckland.

Sonic time on Thursday last a thief or thieves broke open a show case outside a Wellington tobacco establishment and removed a quantity of choice cigars, valued at between £ls and £2O.

At Te Awamutu yesterday a noil of ratepayers carried by a decisive majority in each case two loan proposals—£lo,ooo for municipal buildings, and £2500 for the acquisition of a site for a war memorial and a- town hall. The Post's Wanganui corespondent says it is reported that a quantity of tinned fish unlit lor human consumption is being marketed, and at Wanganui the local inspector seized twelve cases, lie has received advice from headquarters confirming his action.

A London cable dated the 19th inst. states that the Admiralty announce? that Viscount Jellicoe is returning to England forthwith, and lias temporarily abandoned his visit to South America and South Africa.

The annual meetings of the Newspaper Proprietors' Association. United Press Association, Empire Press Union, Master Printers' Association, etc., will be held in Wellington towards the end of February, commencing with the meeting of directors of the United Press Association on February 20 and continuing until February 29. When reference was.made to roads he had seen in California by a member of the Chamber of Commerce at last night's meeting, it was made abundantly clear that three or four, at least, of the members had travelled far afield. The discussion shifted to Oxford street and High Ilolbprn, London, and then, returning to Nj3W Zealand, was confined to Main street, Palmerston North.

A handicap teams' race was held by the Palmerston North Swimming Club at. the Municipal baths last evening. Although most of the competitors wero keen, some did not seem quite up to form, but this may be attributed to the fact that it is yet early in the swimming season. A fountain pen was presented to each member of the winning team by Mr 11. L. Young. The following is the result of the race: —A team: Soliitt, Edwards Eyre and D.evino, 1. B team : McPherson, Robbie, Cockroft. and West, 2. C team: Frccth, Kirby, McMillan and McLean, 3. The fixing of the price of wheat for the Dominion at an advance of ninepence a bushel on last year's rate will not be followed by any readjustment of the price of bread before the; beginning of March. The prices of both flour and bread will be fixed in due course, but at present the matter rests in an indefinite, position, as the question of the flour subsidy has yet to ho determined. The present price of bread—--s|d per 21b loaf delivered and 5d over the counter- -was fixed early in March, 1918, for a period of two years. Nine very clear photographs of portions of the area in which the Mangahao scheme will have its source of power now decorate the wall of the offices in which the Chamber of Commerce meet. Two plans are also on exhibition. They are all the gift of Mr C. F. Spooner, who made the presentation at last night's meeting of the Chamber. In doing so he mentioned that one at least of the photographs would be of historical interest. It depicts a gully in which cows are placidly grazing, and this area, said Mr Spooner, would soon be filled with water. The chairman (Mr E. 11. Crabb) gratefully acknowledged the gift on behalf of the Chamber. At a recent meeting of the Napier City Council, advice was received that the Imperial Government was prepared to dis tribute captured Gorman guns free to cities if the freight charges were paid. The Coun cil decided to make a plunge and spend £IOO in freight. Advice was received last week from the High Commissioner, Sir Thomas Mackenzie, that the freight on one of the smallest guns would be £52, plus railage to the docks. The High Commissioner desired to know if ho would send two. Tho Council (reports the Telegraph) decided to make it a "wash-out" and to make a further request for some of tho guns now in Wellington. Sir Joseph Ward was entertained at a luncheon at Wellington by members of tho Liberal Party yesterday. Replying to tho toast of his health, Sir Joseph Ward said that he was not one of those who favoured the abolition of the party system. The veiu-s of National Government had satisfied him that this would not bo possible. He added that he had, been offered seats in different portion? of the country, but thought he was right in his judgment. He had made up his mind not to stand for any of the seats offered. He was not doing this out of nique, but as the result of full consideration. He intended to take a good rest.

According to a statement prepared by Mr L. 11. Collinson and submitted to the Chamber of Commerce, the premiums on tiro insurance in Palmorston North are very much higher than those ruling in towns of equal or larger dimensions throughout tho Dominion. He estimated, when submitting a proposal to a meeting of the Chamber held last night that the underwriters should bo communicated with, that £30,000 a year was collected in insurance premiums in the borough, Fires were of rare occurrence, and there was a highly efficient brigade in the town. Mr Murray expressed the opinion that tho rates had been framed before tho water supply was established, and that they had not been reduced accordingly. After a brief consideration of tho tabulated statement submitted, the Chamber decided that it should request an explanation of the seeming anomaly from the underwriters. Standard, fine, superfine; tho thrco qualities in 40in. tarantullo. Buy now at last year's prices; 2s 6d, 2s 9d, 3s yd.— Tho C. M. Ross Co., Ltd.—Advt.

A pair of rubber gloves aro useful for housework, and other jobs where tho hands got soiled. These gloves aro of best quality red rubber, and stocked by us in two sizes at 3s 6d a pair.—Collinson and Son, 11 Broadway and King street, Palmerston North.

Don't leavo th-S lightness and digestibility of your scones and cakes to chance. Uso Sharland's baking powder—it is bound to rise.—Advt,

Nearly 18,000 cases of bananas were brought* to Auckland on Monday by the Taluno and the Navua. The price of New Zealand-made candles wa.i advanced Id per pound yesterday. Ihe rise is attributed to tho enhanced cast of raw materials. A Masterton tradesman says there is likely to be a considerable increase in the price of tea at an early date. Ho attributes this to tho carrying of prohibition in America, where he says, tho demand for tea lias enormously increased. The Levin Chronicle complains <hat on Tuesday evening the alarm bells at Queen street crossing, set in motion by the departure ol the* late train for Palmerstou North, failed to automatically switch oil', and continued ringing for hours afterwards. There is a movement in Nelson to have tho next Dominion Band Contest held in that town. At a public meeting of local residents last week it was decided to guarantee £4lO .is prize money, and of that amount about £2OO was subscribed in the room. The appointment of a German Consul for Now Zealand was the subject of a question put to the Prime Minister on .Saturday. Mr Massey stated he had heard nothing of the matter, which was one Jor the German Government. During last week the War Expenses Department paid out £315,480 in response to 5829 claims for gratuities. The total amount disbursed in gratuities up to Saturday, January 17, was £3,640,554, which represented the settlement of 61,066 claims.

English doctors were recently warned by advertisement to communicate with the British Medical Association before accepting Australian appointments. The secretary ofthe Association stated that this was due to the low medical'rates of the Victorian friendly societies. A Treasury officer is shortly to go to England to the High Commisisoner s office to strengthen the financial side of tho office staff. The officer has not yet been selected. The arrangement is being made on the request of the High Commissioner, Sir Thomas Mackenzie.

"(The devastated territory in France resembles Pompeii," said Dr J. A. Gilrutli, formerly Administrator of the Northern Territory of Australia, at Auckland, on Saturday. Dr Gilruth visited Bapaume and Albert, and states that the only thing left of the biddings there is little bits of walls' hole and there. ■•- ■ •

A shorfcago of labour for work in the plantations in Samoa is a feature of industrial life in the island, according to Colonel R. W. Tate, Administrator of Samoa, who arrived at Auckland by the Navua on Monday. Ho stated that planters wore unable to securo sufficient labourers, but, apart from this, trade and industry in Samoa were flourishing. The police authorities at Wellington received advice on Tuesday morning that there had been washed ashore at Titahi Bay a quantity of wreckage—two boards, pink on one side and tarred on the other, eacli 6ft in length, and a piece of the stern post of a boat, apparently a launch. The suggestion is that the wreckage is part of the launch in which Mr Donovan, a farmer of Paraparaumu, left that place on December 4, 1919, and of whom nothing lias cince been heard.

A youth named W. Holland, who was caught by a policeman writing a sample of alleged wit in verse on the wall of the Maria Place convenience, Wanganui, came before the Magistrate's Court there this week. "All I can say is that you have got a filthy, dirtv little mind," said Mr Wyvern Wilson, S.M. "What you want is a hiding, but I have no power to order that, as it is a. breach of the by-laws." The defendant was fined £l, to be paid in instalments. The Stratford Post relates an unenviable experience which befel two motorists at a level crossing a short distance up the line the other day. A car had struck trouble and was being towed to Stratford, and the leader had crossed the railway when the train was on them, striking the tow-rope, which was severed by the impact at the moment when the cars had been dragged parallel with the train. The feelings ot the occupants may be imagained as they sat, shocked, while the freight wagons thundered by. The list of shortages in the Dominion has not yet been nearly enumerated. At a meeting of the Wellington Industrial Association on Monday night Mr 0. C. Webb mentioned that there was a serious shortage of muriatic acid at present. Muriatic acid, he explained, was used in an important process in the soap works. Mr Webb also' mentioned a difficulty he had experienced in getting a competent shorthand writer and typist, although the £3 u week he offered was surely very good pay for a girl. A painful accident befell V. Ransford in the hist Victorian South Wales cricket mutch. Ho was partnered with Mayno, when Kejlaway sent down a full toss, which the batsman said seemed a "certain four penn'orth," Ransford hardly deflected the ball from the shoulder of his bat, when it struck him full on the nose, flooring him as flat as a pancake. He had' to be taken to a hospital, where it was discovered that the cartilage of the upper part, of the nose Lad been fractured. Ha took no further part, in the game. The introduction of electricity into all forms of traction is gradually relegating the horse into a position of obscurity. Contained in the loan proposals is an item for the expenditure of £BOOO on the provision of electrical conveyances for the Borough Council. Mr E. H. Crabb explained to the Chamber of Commerce last night that if obtained they would expedite the clearing of rubbish and the conveyance of metal for roads, and incidentally would do away with the borough horses. The expense of upkeep, he contended, would bo much cheapened. Members expressed their approbation of the proposal. And so the old order passes.

At the Oamaru. Magistrate's Court yesterday J. A. Sutton, of Waitangi station, was fined the maximum penalty, £IOO, for failing to destroy rabbits. The amount constitutes a record, the previous heaviest being £7O, which was inflicted in the North Island. The Magistrate stated that the maximum was hardly sufficient. Defendant probably was making a. large profit from tho skins. Tho station comprises 56,C00 acres, and the inspector stated that it was overrun with rabbits. The Magistrate stressed the fact that- the lease was falling at the end of March, and that a soldier settlement on tho section had been proposed, and the incoming tenants would bo handicapped.—Press Association.

Scathing: comment , on the control of Public Works under existing conditions was made by Mr E. H. Crabb, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, at last night's meeting. An announcement was made that representatives of the associated chambers would confer in Wanganui at the latter part of next month or tho beginning of March,- and Mr Crabb urged that the matter to which he referred, should bo given prominence. At present the works in hand were being carried out in a fragmentary way without evidence of the use of ordinary common sense. The hvdro-ch ctric scheme, he contended, should be placed under a «» ii enhrel v removed from political i-i j A committee of four was established for the purpose of preparing remits and the chairman and Mr IT. L. Young (vice-president) wero appointed delegates.

There is money to burn everywhere in England and Franco, and tho people seem to bo burning it," said Dr J. A. Gilruth, formerly Administrator of the Northern I crritory of Australia, who arrived at Auckland from America bv the Waimna last week Dr Gilruth reached England just in time to see tho peace celebrations last July. London was crowded, and there was hardly a room to bo had at the hotels. Food and clothing were very dear, costing about three times as much as they did before the war nevertheless the people did not seem to stint themselves. 11,. had heard of £IOOO being paid for the option of purchasing a certain make of motor-car

The items listed here will be gathered/ in by eager shoppers during tho first few days of our sale. Striped silk hat scarves, were 58 3d,_ sale price 2s 6d; women's J silW hose, in black, white, creme. putty, fawn mole, grey, sale price 6s 3d pair.- Orientai trimmings, were 9d to 6s 6d yard, sale price 6d yard; superior quality knitted silk scarves, assorted stripes, were 37s 6d sale price 25s 6d. Salo dates: Saturday* January 24, to Saturday February 7 Collinson and Cunninghame, Ltd.—Advt. Dear housewives, to wash clothes clean without rubbing or injury to hands or fabrics, always use "No Rubbing" laundry help, in conjunction with tho pure "Golden Rule" soap. Watson Bros., Ltd.—Advt.

tn iif \ "$i be ¥» in Masterton ui lib. lota. The shortage is expected to be relieved ,„ tho course of a day or two A house at Woodvillo, occupied bv Mr hnd Mrs I). Pock, and 'owned' by Mr C K3S 35^"' **?*«> *l firo on A cable message received from Melbourne to-day atatos that 20,000 persons are now idle as a result of tho marine engineers strike. Throe Dm offenders for drunkenness were brought before Mr A. J. Graham, J.P., at t,io l olico Court this morning. One. (a woman) was convicted and discharged while u man was similarly treated, and another man was fined 20s.

Arrangements in connection with the visit of the Prince of Wales to Rotorua are* already, being discussed there. It is possible there will bo a week's gala, with demonstrations, aquatio sports, races open-air concerts. A Sydney message states that at the annual meeting of the Now South Wales Rifle Association, held yesterday, it was announced that a British team will be visiting Australia this year. A public meeting held in Brisbane last evening protested against Mr Lennan's appointment as Liout.-Governor of Queensland, and decided to cable the King, asking for the withdrawal of his commission.

Not a little quiet amusement was caused by a slightly hysterical lady who occupied tho witness box in the Auckland Police Court for some time on Tuesday afternoon. She-was giving evidence in support of her application to have her husband prohibited, and stated that after having endured great mental agony for years affairs reached a climax, and "she had to come to this dreadful Court." "Oh: I loath it," she paid, and then added dramatically, "Why, I'd rather go to the dentist, any diiy. ; The death rate among pigs at the local abattoirs is so high at present that arrangements will have to be made, in the opinion of the Borough Council, to extend the buildings. A hundred pigs a day' are .converted into pork. The proposal to spend £SOOO of tho ratepayers' money in the project was touched on at the Chamber of Commerce last night. To entirely remove the works to a distance from the town wo'uld cost something like £20,000, it was announced, so the Chamber expressed its approval of spending the smaller sum and putting up with a smell in the vicinity that was "simply awful," as Mr Johnston put it. Tho erection of a destructor in tho town was another matter on which Mr Johnston commented, urging that people's olfactory organs should not be assailed by tho establishment of a plant in the town for purposes of destroying rubbish. The plant shouid bo banished to a distance sufficient to prevent persons from receiving constant reminders of its existence.