NEWS OF THE DAY

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10507, 7 February 1920, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY

An Ashburton telegram states that yesterday was the warmest experienced j locally for many years, the tempera-1 ture. jn. the shade at .1 ,p.m.„ being 93. i The previous highest record was 99-5, i several years ago. ,

, An Auckland resident has received' from a friend who was at Klondyko I mining a portion of the outward -scale .of the tusk of a 11181111110!. This was) found 00 feet below the surface, and) points ■to the fact that where nows .there is snow and ice, the climate was’ warm enough to warrant the growth of mammoth mammals.

, A gang of thieves has been., operating in New Plymouth during , , race week. In 0110 hotel on Thursday .guests were .relieved of about £IOO. Ip another hotel on the previous night £6O was lost. Some days ago,it was reported that ’at Auckland and Rotorua hotel thieves were at work, and in a northern hotel a Wellington resident was relieved of a large sum.

it is reported that several G'hristchnrchjinusioiaus have been offered and have accepted positions with Dio Now Bouth Wales State Orchestra. In some quarters the i fear is .expressed that unless the Dominion Government does something to encourage music in Now Zealand many of the Dominion's best musicians will be snapped up by the visiting orchestra.

Air A. H. Williams, of Napier, pos-‘ scssos a German 1-mark stump over-’ printed “G.R.1.” with the words ‘T shilling.” This variety is very rare, as it is understood there are only 35 copies. .It was recently published that some of the British occupation stamp of Samoa is now catalogued] at Marshall Islands .have reached fancy prices beyond the means of the average collector, and the G-R.I, .shilling" Stamp of Samoa is now catalogued atj £340 unused and £240 used. |

Ait the Auckland Police Court the other day a man of early midcllo-ago vvjas charged with halving . worked a confidence trick «on. a woman from wliom ho had ob tained £IOO. , Tho , allegation is that the accused, by largo talk and impressive manner, created the idea in the mind of Hannah Donnelly, who was his landlady at. .a boardinghouse, that he was a, man of substance, with a farm of considerable value in, .North Auckland, while he did not neglect the, , sentimental side . of. their , friendship. Eventually, .according to the police story, came] loans from the lady, who .possessed a .fair amount of ready cash, the dopin'- 1 turoi of. the gentleman “to look after. , His stock this dry weather,” suspicions occasioned by his-continued ah-| sencc, disillusion, and a warrant.

..1 «- , , . , , , , , ; , ~ Reference was made, by Dr Thacker ■at the meeting of the Lyttelton, Haribpur Hoard on .’Wednesday (states- the ; “Frees”) to, the. newspaper report that' .recently the Arawa had' left Tiinaru with 10,000 carcases of frozen .xputton ! roiled from Kaiapoi, and that" motor-' cars representing ,ha}f tho ’ ordinary' ■ year's .Customs income for Tima.ru had been.. landed there in one day. This ’ ■meant that consignments for Cantor-' bury, .which should rightly, bo landed! I»t Lyttelton, were . being lanclqd at' Tjimaru, The'whole truth of the ma t- 1 ter was that Lyttelton harbour was out ■of date, and Timaru-was becoming the leading port of the province—yet Lyt-, tolton was lending Timaru -a dredge for 1 the improvement of its harbour. Ho moved that the freezing and shipping companies concerned should bo asked f<j>r an explanation as to why tho froz- 1 on meat was shipped from and the' motor-cars unloaded at Timaru instead 1 of Lyttelton. It was. explained that’ it had been done on account of a short-’ ago of oold storage apace at Lyttelton’ at tho time., The harbour wae nott out of date compared with other South | Island ports. Tho motion was carried) on the voices. 1

.Mr IT. K. Holland. M.P., will dolivcrl an address on “The. Bolsheviks' of Bus- 1 sia and the Allies'’ Intervention'’ at the| Alexandra Hall, Abel-smith street, onj Sunday evening, at 8 o’clock.

A ram killed at the Taranaki Moat Works weighed, when dressed, 14(51b.

Members of the Public Health Department staff held a .very cnj’oyablo picnic at Day’s Bay yesterday.

The .Canterbury Automobile. Association has arranged a speed judgment competition for members.

; A settler on the Capo Foul wind lino, Westport, has this year received £33 from the sale, of potatoes off a quarteracre, besides having retained sufficient for his own use.

The Wanganui Education Board has been advised that tho public school at Coal Creek, near Kiniholton, has been destroyed by lire. The school was erected in 1904, and was built to accomodate twenty children.

Air William C. Hyde, orchard instructor, in a communication -to tho Motueka Harbour- Board, stated that the quantity of fruit -shipped from tho port had ‘shown a decrease of nearly 33,000 cases for the year.

A special train left Christchurch on Thursday conveying trainers, jockeys, and horses for tho racing carnival which opens’at. Dunedin next week. It was estimated that there wore upwards''of 200 raedhorees on the train.

Two AVellingtou girls. Misses Jean and Thelma McKcn/Jo. who have been Winning prizes for Highland dancing at several places in tho North Lslaitd recently, captured the “points” medals at the Marlborough Caledonian sports last Wednesday against a large number of competitors.

The tramway service was held up for the space of .about twenty minutes last evening till sufficient.steam was obtained at the power-house, to continue the running of the machinery. The cause was again the trouble that has of lato boon experienced in regard to coal.

The employment bureau of the. local Labour Office received during tho past 'week 34 applications fur, employment; 20 men were, placed in Government employment. S were given private work, .and 6 others were assisted by reduced ’faros to various destinations. Twelve ''returned' soldier’s applied for work, 11 of whom were placed, including one in private employment.

Air D. L. i Smart and E. Collins, of the Napier. Division of tho St, John Ambulance Brigade, who have, been assisting in connection.with tho outbreak ]of. typhoid at To Araroa, report that there were, nine oases, two of the patients being Europeans.. The . disease was directly traceable to 'a Maori famfuly who washed tho clothes of the two pakehas who were affected.

A AVaver-lcy. gir.l who recently completed her education at tho ’Wanganui Technical High School, has a record of which she can he justly proud. For nine years she was a pupil of the Waverley School, during which time she had to travel at .one period three - miles to the school, and.later some twd miles. Throughout the whole nine years she never missed a single attendance at the school, and was only late twice.

In connection witfr tho Lyall Bay Victory G-ala and Confetti Carnival, the executive committee has placed tho lyooks and documents in the hands of n firm of. auditors, and it is expected -that an' official statement will “he promuigatedr in a few days. Owing .to the illness of the organising secretary Air Leslie Jones, the. committee has, been faced with an arduous task, hut good progress has been made.

It was alleged in the course of a slander action in tho Supreme. Court at Now Plymouth, that a well-known Bouth .Taranaki farmer was in the habit of watching through field glasses] to see if his men wore working .proper-' ly. A former employee -deposed that in the whare there .was a photograph of the boss bearing this - inscription: “Beware of P— — with the glasses and beware of Jim the Crawler?’

An endeavour is being made to have AA 7 aihi bench declared a health resort. Some of the residents of the beach are objecting. One objection is from the principal owner of the land. Tho latter objection was two , days late, but the council decided to hear tlio objection. The town clerk notified^that preliminary permission under the Public AYorks Act, for tho taking of the land had been gazetted. It was resolved to make application as required by the Act for a proclamation vesting the said land in tho borough.

A bricklayer who got] stuck for bricks to complete a small job (says the Auckland “Star”) went round to a few houses with tho old-fashioned hcavy-tpppod chimney, and agreed to make them the 'latest straight,-bunga-low type if ho could have tho remaining bricks. Several owners agreed to, his proposal, and before long he had. the 500 bricks required and went to finish his job with a light heart. The old-fashioned broad-topped chimney was a glutton for swallowing pp bricks.

•A branch of the-New Zealand Pipers’ and Dancers’ Association will he ■formed in Wellington shortly; Air ’K. Cameron, president of tlio, association, passecj through Wellington yesterday to attend the AVanganui Caledonian sports to-day. On his. return’ a,general, meeting of enthusiasts'will he called and a branch -formed and officers elected, One of the objects of this associa-tion-is -to, prpmQtc piping and, dancing, to ■ control tlie sport, and generally to raise the tone of national piping and dancing.

A complaint was made at the Christ, church - 'Repatriation Hoard’s mpen'fljj that, recently, in. four .or ,five efisesi good jobs, had .been found for men who 'had.-'expressed.-, their satisfaction with them and then had never turned Up to work at. all. - The opinion wasrexpress;od that the men had an obligation to their employers as. ,well ,as ,the .employers having on obligation to the returned men. It Was .suggested that the imen had defaulted should he “black listed,’' but it was thought that ]lirAc of .all they should-have tho opportunity to' explain their conduct.

.'Regarding the delay in completing the,widening of Willis*street, -it-is said that this has been caused by' one pro-perty-owner'who, according; to the Mayor (Mr J]. P.,Luke), has pot used duo expedition in tho removal of his building. ; “I shall feel it my duty 'as Mayor of the city to- urge the. council (0 acquire this . property immediately under tho Public Works Aot,” said Air Luke.’ “This step is. necessary’in order .that-tho demolition of the building may. take place, and tho, widening of tho, street completed at an early date. jWo want the work completed, not merely in order to. have the street improved before the visit of thn Priitco jof Wales, but .in the interests of tho ‘whole body of citizens.”