NEWS ITEMS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14185, 30 December 1916, Page 2

NEWS ITEMS.

On Belgian Flag Day at Toronto £4400 was raised by street collections.

A J\faori, living near Levin (between Palmersfcon North and Wellington) saw a perambulator outside his house when he rose., at 4 o'clock to milk liis, cows. He did not: investigate,, thinking that some ha^.Jeit th^.p^am .there for a few minutes.' On returning to the house at 5.30 a.m., he heard a child crying m the pram. It was well clothed and evidently hadl been well cared for and nourished. It is a girl aged about two or three months. Tbe }jolice were unable to find anything that would establish tha infant's identity.

Many holdings m Brazil which ; have been abandoned for nearly a century are now being worked •and made productive. That of the Carmelite monks, where there is now settled a Volony of foreign agricultun'sts, and that of the Benedictino monks, worked "by the monlft themselves, are among -.these.- .*• The ancient ..industry of sugar * planting has bean revived to an extent never before known some States.^ 'Many of the, mTJfrioijJalities : have revived \an"d . again placed. .»,.iindex',> civilisai|on old ;, ; and abandoned, coffee, fazenda-sii'

On .^Friday,. I ."' states /the- Ashburfpn Guardian, tiie Ashiibrton police received ad\^C3^from.;.»*?,ico\in^y: district that >«> man najndd/'^iOTlesfHbrtohy' J33. years of age,',had been^ injured,; and required .attention.* piivjpr^ceedi^. to; the locality) Obnstable Tngram; foahd the old riian' m bed! at .-hia residence, and .discovered L ; tttat his , leg' li^'d been badly inj\ired f Jjle jnformed the constable that' ha had been knock-ed^doyii by, -a- man. .on. theiTQafl, arid h^fidf^b'eCn le-f^t^re until picked tip by a neighbor. . Tjbe man w;aa.,ta^'enYto the A^hburton bosj)itAt, wliare^j't, }tas <trscpyered .that, his -,ilfeg , ; \yos : -.,. b^Mn--Afetipg" on ilia statement, /thp'poJKie ,ai'e lay ing information for assault gainst tl)a preson alleged;, tp have, b l een < reisp6'n-> siblo for the' injury?: -^ V' ' -. iChaplain-Qaptaiiii ;Mullmeux s 'whb has atted da Anrf3i6ari eliaplam m the -jSJew Zealand training -c^mps r for thp past four months, has resigned frohv this wol:k, and /vvill 'Pi'bcee,d to .the front as a' field -sac^etaVy. pfotUe Y.M.O. A. 'Chaplain MuJlineux y (paniifl,.. to .New Zealand s6me 3iine mbntns^ ago,:~h;&ving his passage on the !N|oaiia»,^and eritisted hpre with the Medical Cor pa m oi^r to get t<> . the - f rbntj : where he was • dfjsiroua of Tea^mhig'hJs i^rmer work as a; ; Wavy chaplaJA^ >In jferfence tp :t he yeqiiest of' a number ;otf>;Q&ui;qh,, of . EingJand c .]ergy and "laymen, }ie agi'eedi to, assist with tlie •chaplain'a,,)^m'fc „m .the^camps., biit he ha« it<>yr -ii'esigned /Jiis appointment, and will work-in the war-front under the V.M.C. A. banner. '•

tThe extant toMrhioh Japanese traders have- benefited by the war is disclosed by figures given m the Japanese 'jftmes. It.' is .stated that .for the halftyeaivjended June 30 the combined net profits; of 68 leading firms m. Japan amounted to .£9,241,000, and the average dividend. wj&a 15.8 per cent. lion's 'share was obtained by shipping „ concerns, seven of .Which- acQdutitV;fdr^i!2,Q2fr,DOO. Eight sugar companies' obtained £1,310,---000 on a small capital of £6,477,000, and cotton^ companies, yarned,. J31,356,0U0 on a capital ;fee.^i9l^pOO.^" All the concerns included m tlie investigations have increased then*..; dividends _ m, pro^ portion to* their expanded incomes;, and && the same,: time,,^ largo additions have been made _Iq ih(fm O; rjes€^y^. : With these results' m front of them it is no'fc -surprising that taxpayers suggest thai a levy ie^a^e promts. 'Some interesting- extracts v from 'the French newspaper Los Nouvdles de France of September 21 lasfrun :.■ "The account* of : tW'.stims?4wbs§ribfed up to this day m New Zealand m favour of th« French Red Cross have not been closed up yet. Counting' only what has been forwarded to France from April to Jane through the French Consul, Q\e. total reaches the spjenidid sum of 340,---000 francs. We are prdud to bring our tribute of admiration and gratefulness jfpr such large-hearted generosity, espe-/ cially when , one. Considers .thffc the. New Zealand people; ;have already . sul^scri bed, and are still inpf/'.'lib'araljtyj. t-o many dlifWnf fund's,'' not, only their o \vn New ZealanrJ palrotic funds, but also, to the EnglisUi: Red Cross; Fund, arid to.'JhosG. rstablishfed-for the purpose of help^iig the bravest arid the most u'nfqrtlunate'of oiir; Allies, B^lgium,': Serbia," etc..'/; ,. „.,.. *S. Tn the course of . ft .very; interring • interview with a .Wellington. ;"rssid«nt ,wh6 has just vehmied ■.■Mm Am«ricar, some light is thrown upon the';; phenomenal manufacturingi conditions pr^-yailmg m that country...'.: Referring;, tdji' steel, he stated tlmt therb \Vare' hu.Tidreds'of millsj and - the possibilities I of output 1 w«iTe ever increasing. In speaking to the president of iono fii-m, lie Jeai'iit tiitit it bad been docideit u *o' flevbtfe the'sum of £3,000,000 towards increasing the output from the works. One million pounds of this was for jitfinediate use, while tlie^ remainder was to. be set aaide^ ; for sth« samapurposo.whenrefiuired. Oha of tlie lfi r ffe. . factories had,, figuratively speaking, j gone on' its knees W' secure ■; sti^Kr cierit steel-, , Anpther-;]arge.iac^o"ry> with 1000 hands, had . only enough steel m dtock to last! "twenty-foiir' hours. Of dourjse, tjlese \fact;O,ries were, mostly rying on the manufacture of 'munitions for thft Allies

Reference ' tp ths:, infantile,- paralysis Scourge of 'last suJWnler Was made, by Mr JT. W. Tibbs, headmaster of ,'the 'Auckland Qrammer School' - aii tli c annual prize distribution. He said he hacl spoken s to 'ijhe boys as. to. ...the. necessity^ taking precautions^ Several having 'been temporarily disabled, arid tw&; lie feared, permanently <■ injured by, infantile paralysis attacks during the summer^ vacation. Tljere wore gtounas, said Mr ■yibbs^'vaooording to members of ''the medical profession, for holding , the opinion ; thjb.tijgimsfcrpke wa^.iaitj^lj'enbot? t;6m- of the, itrouble, ;mr^(ne'case9^ at 4>iy, .ra'te.^^ jAlre^d^ /bay^ pf s . the; school yere sufferirig f.roni! sunJjttiT> thrpu'gh'!rxposuro" at bathjnj*y ; - The] .^chool cap should, not ba worn in' ho| 'weather,, necaiise r it' fitted- tightly, left'jib. air 'spaces 4nd had no brim, v vThe ideal covering for the head' and, -body should/ be;;loosofilting for the sake '-of ventiiatioh, yet ifriick. .(Bnough : tf> -afford " protpctibnj' from fclie' direct raya of the sun,. ■■: ';k A : :

! TjetaJls of a > motoring' accident^ m which Eatheß Bar ron, of Bourke?, Ava& lulled, are conta-ined m a Sydney pap^r. AccompJEinJed by father O'Moprej of Wilcanni, Father Caf r.ol, of Brewarrina, and • a . >lr Schofield, • the deceased leftRre^arrinaii'eaiiyC.fn th 1 e l -' mbrhing 1 for Bourke. When about 19 miles .from Bourke, pwin^, to irj v ijhe.fiteer-ing-gear,' it isthougiit^ the occ'upa-ht's of the car saw yjt: was r : inevitable -.tK&ti it yould crash into a tree.' ' Father" Barren jumped fix>m the car and was seriously mjui^ed aboyt the arm and chest* " ; The (jar dashed into the tree arid all ■■the ocdupanls were thrown out as a result. Father Carrol was -badly bruised , <and buffered sfreatly. ifrom shock. • Fathei 4 P'Moore sustained several superficial \vounds; and^Mr Sohofield, who was sitting behind on aj> . extemporised seat, escaped with a. few scratches and bruises. It \yas evident jlfhat Fatljef Barron was seriously injured, and le died almost immediately.;" •'■'.,:,

j A Wellington soldien who was \eOently .sehtj' to; England , from. Trance, vmtin.g \f«>m v ih'et trenches^ tb*' his relatives m ;N"ew .Zealand regarcfing his vist to London, says: "I was delight^ to hear about the 'regard m which duv boys were still held ..there. 'New Ze-alanders are both soldiers and gentlemen/ said tt lady to mo one day. Wasn't tfiat a lovely oonipliment m a country suddenly overwhelmed by a bottomless stiisam of khaki? I think it is tho finest thing. I hayo ever.. heard about -any, troops. Everywhere'- you go you' rlmacroa«v tho . bropd haf and colored \>u& aai'eo, and \<hiring dll my rambles 1 failed, io hea4\-a>f,: a {.iri^ie ■ ease?'- of 'm|a-ljeha-yipv. ;Hiia hiits are "a gi'eafc ad- :l VOTtbtement, Arid rf, as it'fhks been-sffg-gested, they b© siipersedesdVby .th'o En<+Ms^tyra^ <^;<xni* great;littl6 Dominicm wiUjlosq; im jndivi.diKl.lit.y- thatf H " being held up as an example , to. thW whole of • the. rftmpire. Jt Ayill.: losq it, because there are .thou^nda ;<?i l o;ther • bvonxed' .yoiuig. stalwarts iji khaki \in. England The hat ' is ' the " great .distinguishifig badge, and it is closely W^hedjaeca.ijsp oi Ltne great name of- ; 't^ ■■ wearer ■• watched for all' eishs of, neftW«es, e^c."