LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Northern Advocate, 7 December 1918, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A beautiful variety of "In Mernoriam" and Christmas Cards at the "Advocate."

Trout netting is to be commenced in Lake Taupo on January 1.

An advertisement to-day notifies the removal of all restrictions imposed by the Public Health Department in connection with the influenza upon public gathering's, and no further voluntary aid or rations will be supplied unless in special cases.

Advice has been received by the clerk of the court at Whangarei in connection with the arrangements of the sittings of the stipendiary magistrate in the Far North, that Whangaroa is practically free of the epidem, ie, and no case has been reported within ten miles of Mangonui.

Of 36 habitual criminals released on probation during the past year, eight left New Zealand with the Reinforcements, four were returned to prison for fresh offences or breaches of their licenses, one died, one absconded, and two left the Dominion for their former domiciles.

Three candidates so far have announced their intention of contesting the Palmerston North seat in Parliament, rendered vacant by the death of the late Mr D. Buick. They are: Messrs J. A. Nash (National Government supporter), E. H. Crabb (Independent), and P. R. Needham (Labour). The last-named is a returned soldier.

A volunteer worker who has been attending to influenza patients in the country districts of Masterton, informed a reporter that a simple precaution he suggested had been attended with wonderful results. Every infected home he visited he insisted on the occupants boiling bluegum loaves and letting the steam permeate every room. This not only acted as a tonic, but as a deadly disinfectant.

In conversation with an "Advocate" representative this morning Mr 11. R. Holman, curator of the Whangarei Acclimatisation Society, expressed the opinion that the birds in the hatcheries had suffered from the influenza epidemic. Their appetites fell away, the cocks ceased to crow and the egg production diminished. Mr Holman is also of opinion that the fertility of the eggs will be affected.

Hans Carl Paver, son of a naturalised German wine and spirit merchant, was fined £100 and sentenced to six months' imprisonment by the Potteries Stipendiary at Buralem, for having repeated the alleged statement that troops were carried on British hospital ships. The allegation was g-iven an unqualified denial in evidence by Sir William Donovan, Director-General of the Medical Department.

According to several writers in the Wellington press, the overcrowded nature of that city—a condition that has been responsible for the rapid spread and severity of the epidemic there—is the result of the system of rating on unimproved values, causing landowners to cut down breathing space about the homes and to cram as many houses as possible on a given area of land. A movement is to be started to alter the rating system, and generally to put Wellington's house in order.

The vote for the inclusion of women in Parliament was carried by 31 votes to 27. The division list was as follows:—-For the amendment (31) : Messrs Anderson, Anstey, Brown, Buddo, J. M. Dickson, Ell, T. A. H. Field, P. Fraser, Henare, Hornsby, Luke, McCallum, McCombs, A. K. Newman, Ngata, Parr, Payne, Poole, Reed, Sidey, S. G. Smith, Stewart, Sykes, Talbot, Thomson, Veitch, Walker, Wilford, Wilkinson and Wright. Against the amendment (27): Sir James Allen, Messrs Bollard, Carroll, Colvin, J. S. Dickjson, Forbes, Sir W. Fraser, Guthrie,

Harris, Hemes, Hudson, Jennings, Lee, Mac Donald, Massey, Myers, E. Newman, Nosworthy, Pearce, Pomare, T. W. Rhodes, Russell, Scott, Stratham, Uru, Young and Sir J. Ward. As a testimony to the value of good roads a local carter was recently asked to quote for carting material into one of our remote country districts. The price asked was £6 per ton. "How much would it be if we had a metalled road," asked the astonished inquirer? "Thirty shillings per ton," replied the carter. Then the farmer from the back country exclaimed: "I'll support the loan. It will pay me to have a good road.' "Yes," continued the carter, "the job you are asking me to do would take me four days as against one and a-half if you had a metalled road. Then i in addition there is a much heavier I wear and tear, with the possibility ' of the horse 3 pulling off their shoes in your mudholes and the risk of putting themselves out of action through injury." J

Nazol for Influenza and Catarrh. '

.-.. ri.n.n7 ■ v.1.... ...,i» at ingraUTitaa n. t j turner :.u ;/i.i ex a voluntary worker (au>3 tne- Wairarapa Times j. A lady who was boarding in a house in town nursed her landlady through an attack of sickness, and on the hitter's recovery decided to do voluntary nuisi:.;!' for other ea3a a The landlady uiereupon adviaed her tnai if .?he did this .she would nor be allowed to continue to stay in the house, and on her return from the iirnt day's round promptly carried out her intention, and insisted on other lodgings being found.

The Expeditionary Forces Amendment Bill gives the Minister for Defence authority to pay a bonus to all officers and non-commissioned officers and men who, whether before or after the passing of the Act, have been honourably discharged from the expeditionary force after service beyond the seas. In the case of deceased soldiers, the bonus is to be divided among his dependents. Speaking on the second reading of the Bill, Sir James Allen said he had hoped to give definite information to the House regarding the proposal, but, unfortunately, Cabinet had not been able to deal with the matter. The proposal, however, .was to allow a certain amount of extra pay in proportion to length of service. The amount involved, if the recommendations were adopted, would be about £1,250,000. The proposal is to rnve the married men a larger gratuity.