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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 294, 6 April 1921, Page 4

Dr Ratten, Surgeon Superintendent ot the Hobart General Hospital, has transplanted a gland from a woman to another woman who was suffering from a loss ot reason, with the result that she .recovered it. J In the builders' hands when war broke out, and now in the Nore reserve, the light cruiser Penelope has been placed on the disposal list. This is a;(striking illustnw tion of the period of usefulness of the modern warship. ! When an old woman was brought into Brentford (England) workhouse as a pauper lunatic it was found that she had £350 in gold and £350 in notes about her.. The gold was sewn up in packets distrii buted about her clothing, each coin being wrapped in a separate piece of paper. Sportsmen will bo deprived of one day's shooting this year because of the fact that Mav Day, when the shooting season opens, falls on'a Sunday. A special amendment of the Animals' Protection Act gazetted in" 1910 provides that when May 1 falls on a Sundav, tho season shall not commence until 6 o'clock on the following morning. At, the meeting of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers' Association at Wellington yesterday a letter was received from the Otago Association protesting against the issue of a homo service medal,, which it considered a waste of good material and money, and would cheapen the purpose for which the medals had been issued. Tho matter was referred to the Dominion executive conference in June. A bottle, with a message addressed to the Greymoiith Evening Star office, or, the Weekly Press -Office, CTiristchiirch, had just been received at the former office. The, message contained New Year greetings from soverai soldiers. Tho, bottle, which was thrown overboard from Transport 72 on December 31st, 1916, was picked up.on the Turakina beach, about fifteen miles south of Wariganiii, on March 21st, 192.1, by Mr .T. Morrison, of Turakina South.

A claim for £ls compensation for alleged loss of business, owing to low gas pressure in the town, was presented to the Borough Council last night by a local solicitor on behalf of a client, who runs a restaurant in town. The applicant stated in his letter that his client had been unable to coolc meals for his customers for several days on account of the insufficiency of gas,, and assessed his loss at the' amount named. The Council refused to accept any liability. . ■ ' The first officii!l act of the two women who were, elected to the Kansas State Legislature was to introduce a Bill defining a married woman as in her husband's employ, and making the husband liable for any injuries she might suiter in the course of her household duties. A further instance of "crank" legislation, the output of which inconstantly increasing, to tin: impatience of ordinary citizens, is the Bill introdilccd in the Utah Senate limiting tho height of women V heels to-)»'inches. ->■•■</<■■' • ■ It was staled at a meeting' at Wellington yesterday of tho New Zealand Returned Soldiers' Association, in connection with the repatriation of Asiatics,' that ;ui Indian who' had been refused a passage back to his native land had become mentally deranged and was committed to an asylum. It was decided to forward the Prime Minister a letter asking the Government to bring. pressure to benr on all shipping companies to ensure the granting of passages to all Asiatics desiring to leave the Dominion. Tho association stressed its p-alicy. fo? a white New Zealand. The Dean and Chapter of Westminster Abbey have received the permission of His Majesty tho King to dispose of the coronation ingots for the. highest, bid they cancommand. They are of solid gold, and there are four of them—two presented byj King Edward VII. and Queen Alexandra at' their coronation, and two by the" present King and Queen. The Abbey is badly in need of money for repairs, and it was suggested that the present owners of these interesting objects of historical interest would do well to follow the example of their predecessors in former generations and turn thorn to good account.

Says the Sydney Sun: "Once again the; old, old story has fallen on ears-' that are not doaf. Shortly after lunch to-day (March 24), a newly-arrived English immigrant was in O'Connoll street, Sydney. He had in one of his pockets £4o all the cash he had in the world, lie was on his way to the Mahena, to sail to New Zealand, where he intended to work .and live;. A well-dressed magsm'an trot into conversation with him, and when ho learned thai the Englishman was going to New Zealand lie reoled off wonderful arguments in favour of the sold for notes scheme. 1 The immigrant parted with tho 40 notes. The ma<rsman slipped into a nearby building, and he has not. been heard cf since. British hospitals, says the Centra} News, may in the near future have to face a demand by their medical staffs for payment for their services. In tho case of one wellknown hospital the Medical Committee have already forwarded resolutions to themanagement in this sense. The claim is based on changed economic conditions, increased cost, of living, and the practice in many hospitals of making patients pay. The 'medical profession; it has been stated,had gone so far as to discuss the percentage of payment by patients which should be allocated to the doctors. At one hospital it hrd been suggested that the proportion shou'd be 20 per cent., but at nnotho - . - institution this was regarded as altogether inadequate.

Super-nourishment for both bruin and body is contained in Coregen, the scientific food tonic that is so rich in body-building elements. Cercgen contains the- protein and phosphate that feed the nerves and strengthen the whole system. It is prepared in a form which weak digestivo systems assimilate with ease, and it nourishes and rebuilds tho nerve force and tissues, overcoming the mental depression and lassitude consequent upon worry and impaired nourishment. Chemists sell Ccregeri in four sizes—2* 6d, 4s 6d, 7s. 6d and 13s 6d.—Advt,. At our big stock realisation sale we offer ladies' moirettc underskirts in navy, grey, saxc, brown and emerald; were 2ls to 32s 6d; now half-price to clear. The C. U. Ross Co., Ltd., sale—Advt; For children's hacking cough, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure.'—Advt. Aro you a lover o? dainty English china? Collinson and Son are showing' fresh importations of Shelley ware in new conceptions. Dicker ware, all hand-made, isespecially quaint arid artistic. Foley china with its beautiful blue designs copying old masters, Royal Doulton ware with its weolth of beauty. Why not see these choice. examples.—Advt.

When baby snuffle's or sneezes, sprinklo pillow or nightgown with "Nazol." Instantly relieves r.nd soothes,—Advt..

/At tho Xatrdnftl Sportins Club London. AiSßMcAcfi'm. of Glasgow, teat Alf Lewi?. 3 Now acalttiul, in'*■ •footUcTwei-lit hosing 'Scst. j/ie fierce stopped til./- fight in the first round. •The, gl'eiifltti Tahiti;- which returned to Wellington oil rSuutla); mght. owing to Homo of tho Cargo haymg tough on hie, for Ban -JSVttniwsfco* at jt quarter St ten o'clock hst night, die undamaged Ltroit jjjf the cargo k.ymg been reloaded. , * ~.> ■■ ;, ' i; " '■'''■''. • 'Xo. definite >teps,h)uViecn'wkcn by th'o 1 carpenters and idtnt** ,*»■ »?W k /,'" ho guild system. ,?f «MitrWriuft for o Section of .building* eliminating the ordinary contractor (state*a Irear W Sou telegram front Wellington) out rules are being drafted and tho machinery for the. work, undertaken, - :■■ 'A cablcram front London states that Engineer, Commander . Crump Johnson, nttib served as dnef CUgmwr«pnho battlecfuisor Australia. before iHo Inventions Commission fafcfjfri. process for drenching magazines debris in gun ; pc>ition% Counsel for tho Admiralty "said the Ordnance■ Committee h»d made .an.'award pn the subject, and tho present claim was an appeal. ; "Militarism .and" the .spirit,of Japan arc mrking moat strides ;n .China, .said tho Rev. John Bell, a Baptist missionary, speaking a t Christchurcn, He added that secular literature was coming into tho country to a large extent, and that lorn Paynes works' were being read as tho lirtest thing. If Chirin were not Christianised, it would become a real-menace to Australasia.

On a recent .visit to Palmerston North a team of Auckland bowlers promised to dfenato a seat to be placed m the iisnlauado. Following on this a cheque for bh 3s, the cost of the gift, was received by tho Borough Council at its meeting W nigh', with renewed assurances from the bowlers of their appreciation of Palmerston Ncrtn hfcpitality, which, they said, would never be forgotten. Six years ago' tho Palmerston North Acclimatisation Society roleased a consignment of young rainbow trout in tho Kahuterawa stream at Motunmu, but as a. heavv flood came down soon afterwards, it was " thought that all (ho fish\ had been destroved. A visit to the stream by, Mr G. Weir, the Acclimatisation bocictv * ranger, last weekend, however, revea.led the fact that some at any rate of tho yearlings must have survived the flood;, as tho Kahuterawa is.now stocked with some, very fine specimens of rainbow- trout. .' 'A complaint was recently received by tho Manawatu County Council to the effect that a freezing works was allegedly discharging a quantity of objectionable matter into the Oroua river. At yesterday's meeting 0 tlio Council the clerk (Mr A. K. Drew) stated that he had spoken to the Government Health Inspector regarding, the mattor and had been informed that no offensive matter was being allowed to escape into the river, neither was there any pollution from the septic tank or boiling down wprks. '." The position of the wool market in tho Dominion was graphically revealed by it speaker at the recent producers' conference at* Wellington, said Mr A. A. Ross, president of tho Auckknd provincial executive of the Farmers' Union. It was stated that a wooicrowcr in a certain backblock distwfc was unable to get an' offer for his clip. In disgust he wrote to the County Council, offering the wool for use as the foundation of a clay road the grower was obliged to me. Tho council replied that the offer would be carefully considered. At the Meeting of the Borough Council last evening a letter was read from the Minister of Public Works relative to tho electric power board conference, and stating that as soon as ho -was in a position to make arrangements he would'further 'advise the date, time and place of the conference. The Mayor stated that the. conference had been lixed for Friday next,. but had subsequently been postponed. He had later received a,letter from tho 'Minister stating that the conference would probably be 1 held in Palmerston North next week. The letter was received.

Some'unexpected developments are likely to- I ;occur in connection with the operation of-tho Moratorium Act (saya tho Wairarapa, Ago.) One- of these has already been reported in Masterton. A man paid a deposit on a property before the now Act was passed. His money was held at,call with a. certain firm.. Ho had to completo the purchase 1 of "(he property' on' Moiiday. 'Ho l could not appeal to the Supreme Court for relief from tho Act, owing to the Easter holidays having intervened. The question, arjses whether the contract will bo vitiated by. an default, and whether ho,can recover his deposit; at,law.

following up a letter to the Borough Council, a deputation representing tho district council of the Nurserymen's Association waited on the former body last night to urge their protest against tho Borough curator (Mr P.. Black), being aljpwed to carry, out professional work for public bodies and private individuals, apart from his duties for the borough. Messrs J. Nairn and Green (Dominion organiser for the Nurserymen's Association), who spoke on behalf of tho deputa-. tion, stressed the point that tbcro was no personal animosity to Mr Black, who was a valued colleague, but a monopoly (of /> which tho Council took half the profits); Wiis in danger of being created, and that was contrary to the principles of tho Association for winch they spoke. Cr. Crabb, in reply, denied that Mr Black had undertaken, or even sought, private work, and the Council had thought thai when his services were asked for by other public bodies it/would not be right to refuse them. Mr Black hall on a few occasions undertaken work of a semi-public nature, but on every occasion it was with' the Council's consent. As the curator hud a New Zealand reputation, the Council thought it was only fair that he should be paid. The tion then withdrew and • the matter was referred to the Rcsprves Committee for a report. r

Interesting particulars of Chinese customs are contained in a. letter written to a local resident by a missionary; a Nelson lady, from Elim Malay States. Referring to the Chinese New Year, which his year commenced on February 7, the writer says: They celebrate it until the full moon, and on' that night all girls of a marriageable age are allowed to go out. They go out in'motor-cars with the hoods down and wfjar inassave jewellery, looking nice with hair in one or two bobs, encircled with flowers and gold pins. Customs here, as elsewhere, are changing and the girls are not kept in so much as formerly. In days gone by, on this night of tho full moon, tho voting mail went out to spy the laud, and if he took a fancy \o any- girl, would seek a relative to interview her parents, and if they were willing, a marriage would be arranged without the girl. over seeing or meeting her future huS-. band. This is still done, although the moro up-to-date way is to ask the young- - lady's consent to marriage. The writer, is ongaged in teaching the Chinese children and she states that the girls are quite lovable. As, a nationality they are stubborn; some learn to give in,' but tho ' others will stand for hours rather than say yes or no. In 'school'they' get disappointed if their lessons avo incorrect and cry aud get sulky with teacher for daring to mark them wrong.

Hollins, v.ho make viyella, carry > tho standard right through their fabrics, so that anything they manufacture bears tho hafi-mark of excellence. Wo oro featuring another of their materials; Cream Twilluita, This is t'reat for winter nightdresses, etc., and does net shrink the lwjfrt bit. Price is reasonable, too, only 4s 3d per 1 yard; How aboul keeping warm this winter ?—Collinson and Cunninghame, Ltd. -Advt, | Users of "Nazol" keep free from colds and. influenza. /"JJnzol" nips ~a cold in thy bud, relieves and ;heaJs. 60 doses Is fid.—Advt. if* ■ ..;•' Tho old-time thimble was,made of plain horn and later yof plain metal. Some genius made money by corrugating the ond to fit the butt of the needle. These domestic rotions pay. ' If you think one- out we'-will advise as to its ' brltrinalitv and value' and secure.patentJluMtes, Ltd., Patent Attbrnevs, 157 Feamorstnn street, , Pepper •aunt •Curo.-Advt

horn by M«y 31. Cor tho ojicuife of tlib Waikato Wiutor Show. / , _ t Tho Dunedin' War Memorial Committee lias postponed for six months the attempt to raisoi funds owing, to; tho finuiieiiil/stringency, states a Press Assoeialiofi telegram. A seven •roomed house in Avenue road, Foxlon, owned by ,lUi.* K. -T. Betty and occupied by Mrs Free, senr., was totally destroyed ■ by lire shortly, before , midnight on Sunday. . . , Albert Steele completed air endurance

test for tli« Daily JJail prize, playing the piano for hours, Kemp’a London TCtord by over a quarter of an hour, says a Wairpa message.

Burglars effected an entry into business premises in the Square- on Sunday niglit !-;?t and the sum of 28s vfiis stolen from (lie till. An attempt v.us'un:ule to gain ad-. / mittanco to oilier premises ■Without sueiJ' ‘ *1 ■ After having made two attempts to locate a supply of’ nvator at (lie rear of their premises in Jersey" Litnc- the Kairanga Meat Company succeeded this morning in striking (fticopiotis fld\v°ar a depth of 505 feet.'. So strong was Ihe pressure of the spring water that fair sized (nibbles were forced tip the pipe to the. surface. A prolonged shock of earthquake was experienced at Wairoa at 10.50 on Sunday morning. At Ruakitmi the ’quake was felt severely, and quantities ot valuable china and other household goods wore destroyed, while a chimney also collapsed. Frasertown felt, the earthquake severely. It is reported from Tiniroto that th c earth has opened considerably. Hoot crops generally have not been a success this season on account of the prolonged periods of dry weather during the summer, and these conditions have been almost universal in both islands. There is one district, however, which can claim to be an exception to the rule and that is Moturimu, near Linton, where visitors have recently seen some very heavy crops of turnips. A charge of having stolen a rug belonging to Mr D. Bennett, of Av/ulmri, from a car belonging to tiiat gentleman in Palmerston North on March 10 was preferred against Louis ’Harold Howe, alias Nash, "ho appeared before Mr M. A. Eliott, J.P., in the Police Court yesterday after-' noon. Accused, described as a hawker, was arrested in Auckland and sent in custody to this town to answer (he charge, A remand until to-morrow morning was granted on (ho-application of the police. Stacks containing about 60 tons .of oaten hay were’destroyed by fire on Mr T. Rood’s property at Onga Otiga recently. The fire had a peculiar origin. (Mr Rood was driving sheep through the paddock in .which the stacks wore, .when he was surprised to see a lire start in the midst of the; sheep. In a few minutes, helped by a breeze, the flames reached the stacks,’ and although dozens of helpers were soon on the scene, the stacks could , not he saved. Mr Rood thinks a box of matches had been dropped in the paddock, and the sheep, treading on them, ignited them. Tim prodigious feat was recently accomplished of hauling a portable steam engine from Feikling to a sawmill nine miles beyond Coal creek, near the Ruahine ranges. The front wheels of the engine were taken olt and the remainder of the machinery was hitched to a mot or-truck. Thc route' lay through Kimbollon, Apiti and Umutoi, and despite the fact that people acquainted with (ho dangerous roads which traverse the districts foredoomed the venture to 1 failure, it was accomplished without accident.

A' Press Association telegram state* that Ministers have returned to Wellington and a full Cabinet was available for the purpose of considering matters of importance to bo decided prior to the departure of the Prime Minister for England. No announcement has yet been made as to the distribution of the Prime Minister’s portfolios. It is understood Sir Francis Pell will take charge of the Treasure, and Hon. Guthrie will assume control of the railways. ■ Of Mr Massey * other important portfolios, Hen. Anderson is likely to take over Mines and Hon. Nosworthy' Imperial Supplies. One of the matters discussed at a meeting of the Fordell branch of the Farmers’ Union was the charter of the sailing vessel Vcrcingelorix to take wool home on be half of farmers in the district. An appeal was made for support for. the proposition, which was declared to be a sound one. _ Mr Poison said the movement to use sailing ships was being very generally adopted, because storage difficulties were to a great extent overcome by the longer lime occupied in transit, while 1 * reduction in freight was also Secured. ■ He added that the re-

cent outlook in wool was far from optima tic, and tho wool position would probably not improve for a couple of years.

The problem of waterfront labour was discussed at a meeting of the committee of the Auckland Provincial Industrial Association the following resolution being carried“ That in view of the comihually recurring interruption of work on the waterfront, and the groat delay, inconvenience and loss occasioned thereby, this association is of opinion that the only satisfactory solution of the difficulty will he the substitution, as far a? possible, of a permanent staff in lien of the present casua labour, and that the. Government bo urged to hold an inquiry into, the whole matter and adopt the best system that can be cvoh-'Wnd pass the necessary legislation at WLt session of Parliament. r-Prcss A h m