TOWN EDITION.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15321, 17 September 1920, Page 6

TOWN EDITION.

j The relative portions of mechanical, and intellectual labor just now are j sharply disclosed "by a case at Liverpool, jin which it was stated that a teacher J jof anatomy is paid £50 less than his own laboratory stoker. * ( •nidi lT City Council lias unanimously decided to negotiate with Lord Bute lor 1 1n* piir<'li;i*-e of Cardiff Cns'.le and it=* , j grounds, logoHuM' will) all vacant land] | owin dhy t lie estale m and around Cnri dill. Tlie suggi s.inn is made that the 1 Corporation might acquire the castle and '■<fi-i' it as a residence for the Prince oi Wales. A musical programme, comprising i both orchestral and vocal items, is being ' arranged for the annual re-union of the \ South African Veterans' Association, to j | take place on Friday evening next, 24th i inst. Mr. G. Woods has undertaken to I organise the programme, and the result should be a happy selection of the best of local talent. An idea of the extent to which pil--1 laging from ocean-going steamers is be- [ ing carried on, is shown m a statement | made by a Hamilton draper. Out of one case alone that came by a steamer 54J articles .were removed, representing a value of over £90. This is the fifth instance of pillaging this year wliich one Hamilton firm has experienced. A meeting of the local committee set •up to deal -with 'the distribution of war trophies was held this morning. It was decided to ask that a gun of large calibre and two howitzers be allocated to Gisborne, and at least, one to oaeh of the following : Matakaoa, Waiapu, I'awa. Waikohu. Cook. and Wairoa Cbiintv Councils, the Wairoa Borough Council, the Te Karaka Town Board, and the Patutahi district. The Dunedin tribunal, which has m hand the investigation o/ the prices of commodities (says tlie Otago Daily I Times) is awaiting a final minor instruc- ! tion from Wellington, to enable it to proceed with alleged charges of profiteering m Dunedin.* Three firms will jln* proceeded against, the charges covering the sale of a hank of wool, the sale of school honks, and the price of a piece of furniture. The hard, straight-backed seats m the jury-box at the Supreme Court m Christchurch have been taken down. In , i their place cushioned seats, -wider as weii as longer, will be built m, with better provision for jurymen with long legs. 'Jlhe alterations are the direct result of representations made to the Gpv•ernment, following repeated protests by jiu*.'e3 who complained that the box was painfully cramped and quite inadequate for the purpose of seating 12 men. A pest which has attacked daffodils m Canterbury has been made the subject of investigation by Mr. Chas H. Graham, hon.. secretary- of the Canter- , bury 'Microscopical Society, and the result, of Ips investigations .will form the subject of an address Avhich he will give at the next meeting of the society. In announcing this at a meeting of the society the ■ chairman., Mr. W. Martin, said that Mr Graham had got some little way towards the solution of the problem It appeared that the diseased state of the plant was due to one of the nematodes, those little creatures which did so much damage m other forms of plant life*. I The Tai Tapa Co-operative Dairy Company, Canterbury, announces that the bonus for the past season, recommended by the board, will be 4d per lb butter fat for September. 1919, to April 192Q inclusive, aiid 6d per lti butter-fat' for August, 1919, and May, June, and July, 11920. making tho payments for butterfat for the year' 1/10 per lb for the eight , summer months, and 2> r per, lb for the four winter months. The general man- ! ager of the company states that whilst as a co-operative company it is not able to gamble m butterfat. the company has 110 hesitation m assuring suppliers' that our prices for the seaibn just opened, on final payments*, will be over 2/6 per lb , butterfat. f • Although there is a desperate shortage of petrol m some places, there appears to be immense quantities available m Borneo. According to Mr. A. T. Selman, the Australian representative of Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd.,- motor car, agencies, who has recently returned from an Easterji tour, petrol . could be obtained m Japan and Borneo at Is lOd a gallon. At Balik Papan, m Borneo, large quant : ties were stored near the wharf, and it was pumped into vessels requiring it. The steamer Roggeveen had her tanks filled m two hours. Up to Janu- ; ary, while Mr. Selman was m America, he did not notice any petrol shortage, and. -when he left there the price was about lid a gallonA bombshell has fallen amoii<r the .large firms m London who have be<nm, or have, m- view, the reconstruction of buildings. Notice* that building will have to cease has already been received from the London County Council by several firms engaged m 'alterations or rebuilding of their premises. Messrs. Harrods, fcVan,,and Edgar, Peter Jtypin-, son, and Liberty are m this position.,' "Tho service of this notice," said an official of the Ministry of Health, 'lies at the discretion of the local authorities. •.They are empowered to stop any building contemplated or m the course of construction, which may oause a shortage of labor or material for the provision of dwelling accommodation." Everywhere these notices are regarded with" consternation. . Lieut. G. Gamiort, of the Royal flying Corps, who has reached Capetown after some terrible experiences In East Africa, tells a.* strange story of his adventures. He went to bomb a .German ambush on the Rufljt river, but had to come down m a bush, brtaking his propeller and landing m a bog. It was Tour days before. ,he found his way through a region infested with wild, animals and was rescued by natives. He had covered about a mile when he was confronted by an ugly black animal with vicious tusks, lt was dusk, and he climbed a tree to pass the night. 'I opened my eyes," he writes, "and saw like two gnen electric bulbs about ,30 feet from my tree. They moved m a circle,, and for 45 minutes my eyes never left them. The tension was unbearable. I wanted to scream, but instead I burst out with 'The Admiral's" Broom.* and m a full-throated nass I roared out the three veises. No applause, but a reward— the leopard slunk away. I went through my repertoire. I laughed as I finished •Two Eyes ,of Grey.' It seemed so ridiculous. Then I got on to hymns, remembered four verses of 'O God, onr help m ages past,' and sang the Amen, too.** After tills the lieutenant started his big trek, -narrowly escaping crocodiles, and swimming seven or eight rivers. His only means of defence was his nail scissois. ' It is high time that the Federal Govprnment gave attention to the state of affairs m the Northern Tcrritorv. The outlook is becoming rapidly worse, and* the whole territory is drifting hi to «; condition of absolute eta-gnat-iou (says the Melbourne Age.) Since the- meat works at Darwin closed down practically no work ia being done, and the unemployed, who are growing m n.tmbers every day, are demanding that the-.Go-vernment-shall immediately i.-nd them work, or, failing that, pro.ule them with, food. A message to this effect ha 3 been" leceived by (he Minister for Home and Terriloiies. Gnvernment. administration ! has undoubtedly proved a most lamentable fail are. The only alternative *ecms to give private enterprise a chance. It m useless for the Government to continue making appointments to the Territory Ecrvice. -when the Teriitory is becoming denuded of population. Unless there 'is a very nidi al alteration m the present st ite of affairs Darwin will require, not a new Administrator, costimg the Commonwealth £1500 -a year and allowances, but an officer to control a Government bureau for the relief of unemployed. How long does the Government intend. . to be burdened with such a «white J elephant ? j