NEWS OF THE DAY

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10538, 15 March 1920, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

The work of street lighting at Porirua is to be pushed on with all-ex-pedition by the Makarn County Coun-.

A cable message from London states that Mr Howard Morley, of I. and' It. Morley, hosiers, Wood street, left estate valued at over thi'ee millions sterling.

A dastardly act is reported from Waitawhata, between Paeroa and Wai'hi, where a colt. 18 months old, was stabbed to the heart with some sharp instrument. So far the offender has escaped detection, but much indignation has been aroused, many of the miners vowing tfhey will themselves deal with the culprit.

A man 'named William Chandlo was charged with playing an illegal game at the Morrinsvillp Show. It was alleged that Ohandlo openly played “Crown and Anchor” on the grounds; that his agents advised him. of the approach of tjho police, and that when the constable was near he played a harmless game. At the close of the day he offered the police constable a present for refraining from taking action against him. Chandle was convicted and' fined £2O. “How does the New Zealand Y.M.C.A. impress you?” Mr J. H. Lang, national general secretary of the Y.M.C.A. of Australia, who is visiting New Zealand, was asked on Saturday. “I" must say I am more than delighted both with the progress made in the last five years and with the opportunities opening to the move, ment im this, my native land,” ho replied; “the personnel both of the boards of business and professional men, and of the secretarial force is stronger to-day than at, any time in the history of the movement in the Dominion.” . New Zealand is not the only country that is in the throes of a sugar shortage. Melbourne is a sufferer, and the secretary of the Metropolitan and Distract Fruitgrowers’ Association,, in writing to the “Argus,” criticises-fred-ly Government efforts to meet the difficulty. Among other things ho says: —"Wo hear that the northern sugar mills have finished' crushing 587,000 tons, ns against 481,000 for 10X8 —an increase of 206,000 tons of cane crushed. • Yet when the housewife meekly orders sugar from her grocer, lie says: ‘Yds, I can spare 21b of white, if you take 21b of black; no difference in the price.” If our Government will wake up and put some 'go” into the business the irritation and delay will vanish and the home fires will again have the preserving pans full aasf steajmnsu”

The truckers who stopped work at the Taupirl Coal Company’s Rotowaro mine on Friday owing to oil being used instead of grease, resumed work on Saturday. .The terms of the settlement are not divulged.

Tho adjustment in the price of bread made by the master bakers as a »result of the recent conference with the Prime Minister last week took effect on. Saturday. Tho cash price over the counter is sid for tho 2)b loaf, and the booked and delivered price is 6Jd.

A Mrs Flack, of Rita road, Evans Bay, was admitted to the hospital on Saturday night suffering from injuries to the head and ribs. A man named Randall, for whom she was acting as housekeeper, has been arrested by the police in connection with the matter.

Thieve was an attendance of about throe hundred people at the theosophieal lecture given by Miss C. W. Christie, national lecturer of the Theoeophical Society, last night. The subject was entitled, “The 'lie Between Parents and Children,” and dealt with evolution from a theosophical point of view. Miss Christie outlined the theory of spiritual Jioredity and showed how it differed from physical heredity.

An outbreak of fire occiirAd early yesterday morning in a bedroom of- 1 a cottage occupied by Mr John B. Love, at sa, Howard street. The City Fire Brigade, which was called at 2.12 a.in., succeeded in confining the flames —caused as a result of someone smoking in bed—to a bed and bedding. The furniture was not insured.

The local policj authorities have received advice that the man Lewis, who, a week ago, escaped from the lock-up at Palmerston North, has been recoptured at Featherston by Constables McLeod and Swan. The prisoner, who had a revolver in his possession at the time, is awaiting sentence on several charges of breaking and entering. »

A slot telephone is to be established near Ratne’s shop for the_ convenience of the residents, ox" -Northland, Taitville, Kelburn Extension, and *l- - districts. Mr It. A. Wright, member for Wellington Suburbs, has received an assurance from the Minister and the. department that thework will be proceeded with as soon as possible. ,

A Press message, emanating from Palmerston. .North, stated that the Premier had cabled to the Director-of Raw, -Materials in London re return free market conditions for wool, ‘at tho request of the Farmers’ Distributing Company.” That company denies that the cables were sent at their request, but state they were sent at the request of the president of the. New Zealand Woolbrokers’ Association.

The Wellington Gas, Company has been forced owing to tho coal shortage to lower the pressure by about 40 per cent, between the hours of 4.30 p.m. and 7 p.m. For a tinje the company has been in desperate straits, and has only been able to carry on with, tho aid of a supply from a hulk and the scrapings of its own bins. The lowering of tile pressure was the alternative to cutting off altogether. A cargo of coal is expected to-day.

It was reported to the meeting of the Makara County Council by the road foreman that the speed limit notifications along tho Makara Gorge road were becoming disfigured. Drivel's of pigfood carts were, ■ it was alleged, the chief offenders, for they threw rotten fruit and vegetables at the hoards. It was stated .that the offenders were liable to a fine of £lO, for a breach of the council's by-laws. It was decided to take action and prosecute anyone so offending in the future.

A settlement out of court, recently mentioned in the colunfns of the ‘‘Times,’’ has beeii effected in the involved ucticm which was commenced in the Supreme Court at Hamjlton last week, and in which the plaintiffs, Lawson, Swain, and Walker. Ltd. (Messrs Luxford and Ostler), claimed from John C. P. Montefiore (Messrs Reed, KiC.. Graham, and Strong) the sum of £4841 alleged to be due. in connection with the financing of contract work done by the defendant. There was also a counter-claim of £3441 for alleged bib aches of agreement.

"While returning from Palliser Bay in his power-yacht Volantc at about 7 p.m. yesterday, Mr H. G. Anderson, of Oriental Bay, noticed a small sailing" yacht floating bottom upwards near the ‘Pinnacle Rock at the southern end of Worser Bay. Although it was blowing hard, Mr Anderson succeedcd_ in getting his boat alongside the capsized craft, which had all sails set. These latter Were removed, and the boat, which is unnamed, was towed to Karaka Bay, where it was made fast to the wharf. -No information as to the identity of its late occupants was available, but it is understood that they were rescued.

The educational needs of the adolescent girl wore referred to by Miss Aitcheson in an address before the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. It was for the community to see, said Aliiss Aitcheson, that the education of these girls, many of whom left school at the age of 14, was continued on the right lines. ' Better environment, "better housing conditions, hostel accommodation, social club rooms, and especially extension of education, were among the remedies for the neglected educational state of our young girls. To keep our nation to the’for© we must see that oiir youth wag supplied with education between the years of 14 and 18.

A serious accident averted by Mr Worth, of the firm of Garrett and 00., butchers, Molesworth street, on Saturday morning at 10 o’clock. "While engaged in serving customers in the front shop, Mr Worth noticed two horsed attached to a lorry loaded with empty cans, bolting past the door. Racing after them, he seized the dangling reins, and exerting his j utmost strength eventually jerked the frightened animals to a ’standstill when but a few feet in front, of a Karori-bound trnnicar in the - vicinity of Hill street. The lorry sustained no damage, but its contents littered the width , of the street. It was the clatter made by the dislodgmcnt of a can, that frightened the animals.