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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14986, 13 August 1919, Page 6

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(Elec. Tel. Copyright— United Press Assn ) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association}. v. (Received August 13, 2.30 p.m.) OTTAWA, August 12. Sir Herbert Ames lias been appointed financial director on the permanent Secretariat of the League of Nations, with headquarters at Geneva. WASHINGTON Aug. 12. Senator Long states it Ts impossible to accept the League of Nations, as the covenant "would kill Monroeism, impair America's sovereign power, amd plunge the United States into every controversy on the face of the globe. 'If the United States falls, the hopes of mankind- fall with her. ,-' (Received August 13, 2.30 p.m.) ST. JOHN'S (Newfoundland), Aug. 12. The Prince has landed. He was given a civic reception on an imposing scale.

"This suit I have on, m spite of evidence given by the union as to tlie high cost of suits, cost me exactly £4 10s," remarked a witness at the Arbitration Court m Wellington recently. "Where is the tailor?" was the universal question from those m court. The name was given, and the union representative, Mr, A. L. Monteith, interjected that, he would be a visitor to that "tailor the first thing m the morning. "Of course," said Mr. Justice Stringer, "the proof lies ■m how long that suit lasts.': "Nothing is more appreciated by the sailor than to be entertained, privately," said Captain Chudley, R.N.R:, at a meeting of the committee which is arranging for the reception of H.M.S. New Zealand at Wellington. He said it gave the stranger a glimpse of home-life and a touch of real personal friendship that watt scarcely possible at public entertainments. He strongly advocated that the people of Wellington! should put I themselves out of the way to . entertain the men, even if it were only to have two or three of them to dinner Or at a ' musical evening. The meeting resolved to invite citizens who could do so to entertain the sailors of the New Zealand m their own homes. 1