GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Mt Benger Mail, 28 May 1919, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

A Press Association message from Wellington states that it is officially announced that in the case of intended wives of New Zealand soldiers the Immigration Department will accept nomination for their assisted passage and will give £l3 towards either a second or third-class passage. As is well-known, the Government have not allowed local bodies to go on the market for loans during the war period. Now that the war is over, this prohibition is being relaxed, and in last week's Gazette are two lists of local bodies which are being permitted to raise loans. Among the local bodies in this part of the Dominion are the following—Southland Hospital Board, £50,000. The Sydney Moramg Herald states : "Peter Halfpeny, of Horton Park, Tibooburra, had been dingo hunting in the open country, and one of his horses perished. He utilised :he carcase for bait, and secured 140 dingoes in four weeks, the best haul being 45 in one night. As the Milparinka Pastures Protection Board pay £1 per scaip, it will be seen that the dead horse realised £l4o—no doubt a record price for »■ carcase. Dingoes and foxes are numerous round this district now, and are doing a lot of damage amongst sheep, which are very weak." A Press Association message from Wellington reports that in answer to a question as to the operation of the llwur subsidy scheme to maintain the present price of bread, the Hon. W. D. S. MacDonaid (president of the Board of Trade) stated that millers were now entitled to receive a subsidy according to the regulations. Where they made a claim for it a thorough investigation was made and a decision given accordingly. STATITICS WILL SHOW. We believe that statistics will show that there are more deaths from bowel complaint by investing in a bottle not insure yourself and family against serious results from an attack of bowel complaint by investigating in a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Bemedy.—Sold by H. L. Brett, Lawrence ; T. Broderick, Waitahuna; Knight and Co., Waipori ; E. Johns and Faigans Stores, Millers Flat. ,

I The well-known Parengarenga Es- , tate in the far North Auckland district has been offered to the Government for the purpose of settlement by returned ! soldiers (states the New Zealand Her- | aid). The estate comprises 43,500 j acres, and the price asked by the owner jis £1 17s (3d per acre. The Auckland | Returned Soldiers' Association has J considered the proposal, and has ex- ! pressed the opinion that the estate is j nut suitable for settlement by returned ! soldiers. j Unique in our naval history is the I recurd of Captain T. J. S. Lyne, of J H.M.S. Ganges. Entering the service j as an ordinary bluejacket boy, he rapidi ly reached warrant rank, and during j the South African war displayed cxtraj ordinary resource when iu command of a torpedo boat. When 30 miles from land her propeller shaft broke, and rigging up a temporary sail, Gunner Lyne, as he then was, brought the boat safely to harbour. For this piece of seamanship he was specially promoted to the rank of lieutenant. The nature of his service in the present war ha# not been divulged. It must have been most brilliant to secure for him the unique promotion to captain, the rank of lieutenant being usually regarded as the limit for the oest of those who start from the lo« 3r deck.

BEACHES THE SPOT. The best application for all neuralgic and rheumatic pains, cuts bumps and bruises is Chamberlain's Pain Balm. It reaches the spot and stops the ache almost at once. Chamberlain's Pain Balm is good for any use to which a liniment can be put. —Sold by H. L. Brett, Lawrence ; T. Broderick, Waitahuna ; Knight and Co., Woipori; E. Johns and Faigan's Stores, Millers Flat. The Sydney Sun of March 16 publishes an article from London on the work of the Light Horse, in which complimentary reference is made to Bri-gadier-general Sir Edward Chaytor, of New Zealand. It says : "Perhaps he has been the finest divisional commander of the war. A clean, honest soldier, a great leader of men. The Light Horse was proud to serve under Chaytor. ''

The New Zealand Times says: Retuin- ! Ed to power in 1911 and again in 1911 by a series of electoral flukes, the Massey Minority Ministry is now desperately seeking cover from the wrath to come. The Minority Rule ".Reform" Government successfully camouflaged as the "National Government" for the period of the war, has managed to postpone for two years the day of judgment. But the day of judgment is now at hand. It can no longer be delayed; and the "Reformers," not without very good reason, fear that if they are caught out in the open on election day, the judgment of the electors, twice postponed, wil be all the more severe because of these postponements. Meeting the other day despite the party truce during which no party meetings should be held, the " Reform " party expressed its willingness to join hands with the Liberals for the better Government of the country during the next few years. In short, the Tory lion now says to the Liberal lamb: "I have been lying down with you for the past four years. It i* now time for you to come

In mixed company, among acquaintI ances and strangers, endeavour to learn somethig from all. Be swift to hear ; but be cautious of your tongue, lest you betray your ignorance and perhaps offend some who are present.—lsaac Watts. He little thought his time was short In this world to remain ; Or when from his home he went He would ne'er return again. Had we but seen him still in life, Or watched his dying bed, i Our hearts would not have felt so much The bitter teare we ahed. '