LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 30, Issue 16, 26 February 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A welcome home to 2nd Lieutenant H. B. Stratford, and Private A. Simpson will be held in the Debating Hall, Canvastown, next Saturday. The Canvastown Patriotic Society are organising a large gift sale to be held on Saturday, 16th March in aid of the Y.M.C.A. “Red Triangle Day” special appeal and the Soldiers’ Parcels Fund.

‘‘The average waste in each of the 200,000 N.Z. homes would feed our whole Expeditionary forces free of all cost.”

The election for the Southern Maori electorate, which took place last Thursday, resulted in the return of Mr W. T in, by a majority of 25 votes. The surprise of the contest was the defeat of Mr Henare Parata, the National Government candidate, who was expected to romp home an easy winner. The successful candidate is a wellknown athlete and a representative footballer.

The usual fortnightly euchre party, in aid of soldiers’ comforts, will be held in the library to-night.

Tho men-of-war of the ancient Romans had a crew of about 225 men, cf whom 174 wore oarsmen working on three decks. The speed of these vessels was about six knots an hour in fair weather.

‘‘Wizard Eight,” which is now coming into rapid favour on account of its brilliancy, simplcity and reliability, may be inspected at Guardian Office. Mr H. C. Christian, To Rawa, is the agent. ‘‘l am managing eleven farms,” said a witness before the Military Service Appeal Board on Monday at Waikato. “Eleven!” exclaimed the chairman. “Surely that is a record. “Oh, well,” remaked witness, “doing a little, you know —war time. ’ ’ He later explained that they were grazing properties, covering a radius of forty miles.

Sickness and vomiting from a disordered stomach may be relieved by taking SHARLAND’S FLUID MAGNESIA.

An awkward problem that faces education boards is the conveyance of children to school in outlying districts. The Wellington Board has had trouble with this problem of late, at Levin in particular. The Director of Education has pointed out to the board that the grants made by the department to assist boards in fins respect are grants in aid and not expected to cover the whole cost. This is the very trouble that the Wellington Board complains of.. Further advice is expected from the Government on the matter.

In the course of a speech recently Mr Walter Long, Secretary for the Colonies, emphasised the great part that natives had played in the conquest of German East Africa. “We must never forget our consequent great responsibility to these natives,” he said, ‘‘ who have given freely and loyally their best services, thereby, running tremendous risks; for, if the captured territory is allowed to be returned to Germany, German retribution on the natives will be indeed terrible. Therefore, it is necessary that the question affects not only the British Empire and its allies, but the whole of the civilised world, or certainly that part of it which is determined that the terrible sacrifices of the war shall not have been in vain.”

‘ ‘ One ounce of sugar wasted daily in each N.Z. home means 65,000 70-lb. bags in the year.” At a recent meeting of the Wellington Education Board a letter was received from the Hon. T. Mackenzie, High Commissioner, acknowledging receipt of £SOO cabled by the board from the children attending the various schools in the Wellington Education District, for the relief of distress amongst children caused by aeroplane attacks on London and elsewhere. On receipt of the first remittance of £SOO the High Commissioner had notified the press generally, and the generosity and sympathy of the school children in the Dominion was given wide publicity. Grateful thanks were returned for the generous gift. Altogether £7OO was sent Home by the school children.

“Men and women who believe -in plain living and high thinking are earnestly invited to assist the Voluntary Economy Campaign,”

It was an amused audience (says the “Express”) that attended a “welcome heme” to returned soldiers in a well known Marlborough town recently. The chairman explained that he was pleased to see such a large and representative gathering and went on to refer to the fact that we must see the war to a successful finish, etc. Having finished his opening remarks, he called on those present to join in singing ‘.‘For they are jolly good fellows.” Then followed the second speaker, who explained that he did not know who the returned men were, but supposed they were present He could not see any one in khaki, however. He wont on making the remarks usual on such occasions and when about three parts through, in walked the guests of tho evening, much to the surprise of the chairman and his satellites.

Tho Archbishop of Canterbury is reported to have stated recently that the “world will escape the horrors of war only when a change came to men’s hearts, and they abandoned ambitions founded on aggression and greed. ’ comments an exchange. The salary of the Archbishop is £15,000 per annum and from that coign of vantage it is easy to lecture the world upon its ambitions and greed. But, while there are such fat billets in the world as the Archbishop’s and others equally remunerative, there will be no cessation of ambition, and frequently the ambition will be founded on “aggression and greed.” The Archbishop’s is a hopeless lockout if he is of opinion that the world will not escape the horrors of war until the impossible time that he looks for arrives. The immortal Becky Sharp said that it is easy to be virtuous on £IO,OOO a year, but the Archbishop gets £15,000, so it must be half as easy again for him.

To correct acidity and flatulency take SHAELAND'S FLUID MAGNESIA. Being freshly prepared and always full strength, SHAELAND’S is the best you era buy, i

For the purpose' of expediting merchant shipbuilding and the production of standard ships (says a London paper), inland engineering centres are undertaking to manufacture portions ships of maximum dimensions, which are transportable by railways, thus avoiding the setting up of new machinery and the extension of national and private shipyards. A beginning has been made at Darlington.

“There is a chance for everybody in New Zealand,” said Sir Joseph Ward, at the North Beach Gala (according to the Christchurch “Press”). “There is no class distinction and all have equal chances. Fathers and mothers now realise that their first duty to their children is to give them a first-class education, and the result is, with the facilities of education we now possess, that every position in the Country is open to the children of the most humble parents.”

Of the 12,500,000 population of Russian Poland, the scene of the great battles in the East, about 1,000,000 are Germans who have settled in the towns. The rural population is about 7,000,100, the peasants owning about 50 per cent, of the land. The history of the country has been a very chequered one. It had a separate constitution from 1815-30, and a separate Government from 1830-64. Ultimately Russia acquired the country, abolished trial by jury, and prohibited the official use of the Polish language.

When pickling vegetables be sure to use the best MALT VINEGAR—SHABLAND'SI Guaranteed under Pood and Drugs Act. In bulk and bottle. All grocers. An incident not at all uncommon in connection with flying at the front, we are told, is for an aviator to lose his way in a fog or storm. Such an experience, it is safe to say had never befallen a flying man within the Dominion until on Saturday afternoon, when, unknown to all but a very few, a pupil of the Canterbury Aviation Company’s school at Sockburn had a decidedly unpleasant and sensational experience. On that afternoon (says the Christchurch Press) Lieutenant-colonel Sleeman visited the Plying School, and there being a lull in the weather, he was asked by Mr G. M. Hill, the instructor, whether he would observe the flight of one of the pupils who wished to qualify for his ticket. Lieut.-colonel Sleeman consented, and the pupil ascended to undergo his first test. He alighted safely, and the weather still holding, went up again for a second flight. Meanwhile the clouds had gathered, and while he was up aloft a big rainstorm swept over the ground, completely obscuring the airman from the sight of these below. Nearly half an hour passed, and he did not return, whereat there was considerable anxiety expressed for his safety. Mr Mercer, assistant instructor, immediately volunteered to go out. to look for the missing man, and ascended in one of the stronger machines. After travelling some time he found his quarry, who had got as far out of his course as the shore of Lake Ellesmere, where he was just preparing to descend into a stubble field. Mr Mercer then piloted the other airman homeward, intense admiration of his exploit being expressed by all who witnessed the incident. The pupil has still to qualify for his ticket, which he will do on the first calm day. Remember, if you want to get rid of that heavy dull feeling in the head, which accompanies Nasal Catarrh, just take a good inhalation of “NAZOL" through a Nazol Inhaler, and get im-. mediate relief.