Untitled

Southland Times, Issue 19516, 16 May 1922, Page 4

A writ has been served at the instance of a well-known firm of. provision merchants, with offices in Wellington and London, on an-Auckland district dairy company for £lO,OOO damages for alleged libel. The action has arisen out of statements said to have been made with reference to the marketing of butter in London. “We never think of building a nouse in America without heating every room,” said Mr H. W. Tiemann, the United States timber expert, in the course of a lecture in Christchurch, “and it seems strange to come to a country where the winter is not so cold, but which seems colder on account of the lack of heating in the houses.” “Mi- T. M. Wilford has enlarged the name of his party, but he continues to find the Liberals getting out from under cover of the big name-label,” says the Dannevirke Evening News. “The latest defection is Mr R. W. Smith, the popular member for Waimarino. Mr Smith has sat in Parliament as a Liberal for a term approaching 20 years, but apparently the United-Pro-gressive-Liberal-Labour Party is too much for him.” An expression of gratefulness for the capable and tactful way in which Archbishop Julius had presided was carried at the final session of the Anglican General Synod in Auckland to the accompaniment of applause. Archbishop Julius thanked the mover and the Synod, but asked that the resolution be not recorded in the minutes, “If I should ever grow impatient or lose my temper in my old age,” said His Grace, amid laughter, “I would miss that resolution.” Similarity in the sounding of names often leads to amusing complications. A young man who stepped briskly into the witness box at the Christchurch Police Court said; “Guilty, your Worship; it was through ignorance.” “What, ignorance that you should not be drunk!” said His Worship. “No,” replied the young man, getting very red in the face. “I am guilty of getting on a moving tramcar.” Then the mistake was explained by the Court officials, the young man’s name being somewhat similar to that of another charged with drunkenness who had not appeared.

Some interesting Japanese dwarf trees, have been imported by an Auckland drapery firm for decorative and they have been placed in the main stairway. The trees, which are only about 2ft high* are of great Ege, being estimated to be from 80 to 100 years old. The Japanese have evidently learned the secret of dwarfing, and taKe a great pride in restricting the natural growth of the trees. The specimens, which arrived about six weeks ago, are now in full leaf (reports the New Zealand Herald). The species include pine, rock maple, jumper, firma, and thuga obtusa.

The population of New Zealand on March 31 last is estimated to have been 1,248,216. This total is exclusive of the Maoris (52,751) and the people of the Cook and other Pacific Islands (13,209). The grand total, including the Maoris and islanders, was 1,314,176. A draft of immigrants numbering 305 is on board the lonic, which arrived at Wellington yesterday. The figures for the various parts of New Zealand are ;—Auckland, 113 ; Gisborne, 2 ; Napier, 18 ; Wanganui, 4 ; New Plymouth, 10 ; Wellington, 57 : Westport, 4 ; Greymouth, 3 ; Lyttelton and Christchurch, 36 ; Oamaru, 2 ; Dunedin, 6 ; Bluff, 1. Nine are indefinite. There are also on board 40 domestics under the charge of Mrs Hemmington. t The Government has issued an Oder-in-Council applying the Companies Act, with the exception of certain clauses, to Samoa. There is to be a registrar of companies in Samoa. He is not to issue a certificate of incorporation to any company unless he believes that the objects for which the proposed company is to be established have relation principally to Samoa and that the business of a company or a material part of it is to be carried on in Samoa. During the two-weekly period ended April 30, 1922, the staff of the Defence Department was further reduced by 14. With the exception of two ordnance personnel, whose positions will be taken by serving n.c.o.’s of the Royal New Zealand Artillery, none of these will be replaced. The total reduction in the permanent personnel from April 2, 1921, to March 27, 1922, was officers and cadet officers 66, other ranks 284 ; temporary personnel and civil staff, 593 ; making a total of 943.

A curious idea of magnanimity was expressed by a witness in a criminal case at the Supreme Court in Christchurch. Under cross-examination, witness said that’ he had resumed his friendship with a certain man two years ago, because he (witness) was sorry for him, and had got him some clothes. He had not given the other man the clothes, nor had he paid for them, but had arranged for a tailor to supply him with a suit. “Who paid the tailor?” asked counsel. “No one. He hasn’t been paid yet,” replied witness. Arrangements have been made for the civil police to enforce the provisions of section 51 of the Defence Act, 1909, as amended by section 55 of the Defence Amendment Act, 1912, a reward of 10s. per conviction now being payable to the police. The Defence Department hopes, by this means, to put a stop to the large leakage in clothing and equipment on issue to Territorials and C.adets, and to relieve officers commanding regimental districts of the labour involved in keeping trace of members of the non-effective list, as the onus of reporting the trainee’s movements is now thrown upon the trainee himself. “In the whole of the islands of Polynesia and Melanesia, including New Guinea, there are only one and a half million natives,” said Dr Guy Scholefield, lecturing at the Wellington Community Club last week. “They could carry ten or even twenty millions. In Australia the population is only 1.6 to the square mile. Yet close at hand, in the island of Java, is a vigorous Asiatic population of thirty-eight millions—as many people as there are in France. India has 300 millions, China probably 400 millions, Japan 50 millions. This teeming mass of people, hard-working, patient, intelligent, could pass by mere boat passages from their own densely crowded lands to these fertile islands of the East Indies, which it is estimated could carry 500 millions. The only thing that has kept them back has been the insufficiency of leaders and of means to develop them.” The Napier Daily Telegraph gives publicity to an amazing story : At a quarter to 11 o’clock last Thursday night some person representing himself to be Councillor Hobson, rang up on the telephone Mr Hastings, electrical engineer at the power-house, and told him that as the committee to inquire into the working of the tramways were unanimous in their conclusion that his services would have to be dispensed with, it would be better for him to forstall dismissal by resigning. This suggestion was made, by whoever made it, as “friendly advice.” Mr Hastings declined to resign as suggested. Before making public the above we thought it better to communicate with Councillor Hobson, to ask him if it were correct that he had rung up the electrical engineer, as somebody had done in his name, making the suggestions set out. Mr Hobson authorised us to give an emphatic al denial to any suggestion that he had rung up Mr Hastings as alleged, adding that he did not use the telephone to ring up any person at all last Thursday evening. It is to be hoped that this matter can be cleared up.

“Hard work is unknown,” says a Civil servant who has returned to Wellington after eleven months in Samoa. “Do not imagine for a moment that the Samoans or the Chinese are bowed down with hard labour from early morning till late evening. The Samoan never works unless he wants money. He practically spends his time in eating and drinking. . . The Chinaman does as much work in a week as a white man would do in a forenoon. The half-cast, on the other hand, is a fairly good worker. You may take it as a maxim that the greater proportion of white blood the greater the volume of work and industry. The Samoan has an economic theory that one often hears expounded by white workers. For instance, the price of copra fell from £35 to £25 per ton. That was enough for him. He will cut no more coconuts till the price is at the former level. The Samoan attends church as often as five times a day, not so much because he is being Christianised, but because there is no work attached to it. But they honestly like being under the rule of New Zealand, and on that point their Celestia l friends are in agreement-.'’ An interesting talk on timbers was given to members of the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce last week by Mr S. E. Whittaker. The speaker produced a large number of samples of English, Australian and New Zealand woods, and demonstrated the values in the Dominion woods as compared with those of other lands. Amongst trees he named as most suitable and profitable for growth in New Zealand were mangaeo, ash, oak, birch, and elm. The speaker urged that the Government should be pressed in reafforestation efforts to plant the best trees. Only trees that would be worth while commercially as well as scientifically, whilst leaving a legacy for future generations. New Zealand was fast being denuded of its forests, and reafforestation was a national necessity. Ash, oak, elm, and birch grew here better than in the Old Land, and in far less time. It seemed a shame that timbers of poorer classes and of little marketable value should be grown, when trees would bring 2s 6d per superficial foot could be planted. The growing of good trees would in future be far more profitable than any other product of the land.

“They play games with great vigour,” said Dr Guy H. Sqholefield, in referring to the Polynesian race, in the course of a lecture before the Wellington Community Club on “Problems of the Pacific.” “Cricket became so popular in Samoa once that it had to be forbidden by law except on one or two days of the week. Whole villages and tribes would travel from place to place playing matches, in which 100-a-side took part, and which lasted for weeks on end, so that the plantations were neglected and the food' supply ran short. It was just like the Maori going to a tangi. When it was over everybody was “stony broke.” It is only by working that the Polynesian race can save itself from complete extinction. But the question is how to get them to work. When the Germans left Samoa, and the plantations began to get infested with rhinoceros beetle, which threatened to destroy them altogether, the New Zealand authorities set up picture palaces, and, instead of charging for admission in money, they charged so many beetles for an adult and so many for a child. The result was very satisfactory for a while, but gradually the interest in the pictures wore ofi”

The Wingatui racecourse (Dunedin) has been proclaimed a bird sanctuary. Application was made to the Government by the Dunedin Jockey Club with the object in view. In the Otautau Court yesterday, Robert Gibson pleaded guilty of breaking a prohibition order, and the Magistrate, Mr G. Cruickshank, convicted and fined him £1 costs 7/-. An Auckland Press Association telegram states that James Binnington was committed for sentence for theft of a launch. He removed it from its moorings at night and invited his friends to a fishing party. The Foxton Borough Council decided, on the casting vote of the Mayor, to refuse the use of the Town Hall on a Sunday night to the New Zealand Labour Party for a political address by Mr H. Holland, M.P. It is said that Auckland is experiencing a stimulated interest in dwelling building, following a reduction in the prices of building materials. Many people who felt previously that they were not justified in building owing to the high price of materials and the uncertaintly of the final cost on a 10 per cent, basis, axe now relinquishing their flats, or trying to sell the houses they bought at the peak of the high pricey in order to build. The monthly meeting of the South Branch of the W.C.T.U. was held in St. Peter's Schoolroom last week. There was a large attendance of members. Mrs McGregor, the delegate to the Convention, gave a most comprehensive and interesting report of the subjects discussed, and spoke of the enthusiasm displayed by all the delegates in the work of the W.C.T.U. and also by the residents of Hamilton, where 38 new members were enrolled, ten of them gentlemen as honorary’ members, including some of the leading business men of the town. One new member was welcomed to the Union. “The position is improving, but there is nothing to write home about,” said a local draper to a Times reporter yesterday referring to the state of the trade. Friday last had been his best day for a long time past, he told the’ reporter, and he thought things were now definitely on the improve, although the change would be very gradual. The effects of the slump were past and in any case he did not think that the south had been hit anything like as hard as the north. Enquiries made from other representatives of the trade indicated that they were in agreement with these opinions. A number of thefts from second-hand dealers’ shops in Invercargill has been engaging the attention of the police lately, culminating in the arrest on Saturday of a young man named Ransome Charles Fairweather. He was brought before Mr W. N. Stirling, J.P., at a sitting of the Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning charged with the following offences-:—Theft of one lady’s gold watch valued at £2 10/-, the property of Frank Holloway, on April 1; theft of two gold rings valued at £9, the property of Frank Holloway, on April 27; theft of one lady’s silver Elgin watch valued at £2 10/-, the property of William Lynch and James Paskeli, on April 27. On the application of the police, the accused was remanded till Wednesday, bail being allowed in one surety of £2OO or two of £lOO each.

The following notification by the War Office has been received at Defence Headquarters:— “The issue of the King’s Certificates will cease on and after April 1, 1922, except in cases where an officer or soldier submits a claim for the award of either the King's Certificate or the King’s Second Certificate after that date; in suph .4 case the claim is to be investigated and the certificate issued if the claim is found to be substantiated. The King’s Certificate, or the King’s Second Certificate, as the case may be, will be awarded to an officer or soldier whose disability has not been established until after retirement, discharge, or demobilisation, should a claim be submitted, provided such officer or soldier has been awarded a disability pension or gratuity in respect of a permanent disability of 20 per cent., or a temporary disability of 40 per cent., and is otherwise eligible for the award of the certificate.” Regulations relating to rural mails were published in the Gazette last week. They include the following:—No person who resides within the postman’s delivery limits of a town where such a delivery is in operation, or who resides within half a mile of any post office, shall be eligible to purchase and erect a rural mail-box. Unless the circumstances are exceptional, no rural delivery shall be established unless there is an average of four families to be served for each mile covered, and in the case of a route less than ten miles in length the average number of families to the mile must be not less than six. No rural mailbox can be held in the joint names of a number of persons, unless it is known that, the applicants are in business partnership. Private persons are not permitted to join in renting a rural mail-box. Not more than one family shall use the same box, but guests and employee* shall be entitled to have their correspondence placed therein. No rural mail-route shall be extended to include delivery to any person whose resi dence is within one mile of a rural mailroute, and no rural mail-delivery shall be established except where the route is maintained in good condition, is unobstructed, and is open for traffic throughout the year. Except in special circumstances, no rural mail-route shall be arranged over. which the carrier will be required to travel over the same road twice in the same day. The fee payable to enable any person to participate in a rural delivery shall be £1 per annum for a service having a frequency greater than thrice weekly, and 10/ per annum for a service having a frequency of thrice weekly or less.

Recent Shipments of lower priced goods now offering in all Departments at H. <fc J. SMITHS/—(Advt). That’s true. Pandora in her wonderful box, had nothing so nice as the far famed Rava Tea —an excellent beverage 2/6 per lb., 5 lb box reduced 3d per lb at Baxter’s. (advt.) Barry’s heavy weight linoleum 9s 6s a yard at Lewis’s Ltd. Southland’s Shopping Centre. Estd. 1862. iadvt.) Just opened up 50 special N.Z. worsted boxed suite in black, navy, brown, dark greys etc. In build they are equal to tailormade, the worsteds are of first-class quality nd the shades fast. We will be pleased to show anyone these unique and superior ready-to-wear suite. McNeil and Clark, 94 Dee Street.— (advt.) Sensational Bargains; to boost trade in our Large commodious Showroom all on the ground floor in dur New Premises, we are making a special effort by offering these exceptional values:—Dainty crepe de chine blouses m colours and white from 15/6 to 39/6. Georgette blouses from 25/- to 42/-. Silk Blouses in white and colours from 10/6 to 29/6. See our special bargain tabic of dark morning blouses at these sale-prices 4/6, 6/6, 7/11, 8/11, 10/6. Special bargains in Tweed Costumes, 59/6 to 100/-. Serge costumes in .navy and black from 63/- to 210/-. Smart grey flannel costumes from 84/- to 95/-. Spec ial stand of Tweed Coats, 35/-. Smart velour cloth, Doeskin and covert Coats from 84/- to 210/- Black rubber coate from 49/6 to 59/6. Jersey Coats in all the newest shades from 15/6, 19/6 to 39/6. Smart wool jumpers from 15/6 to 84/ . Skirts in t-weeds and serges from 8/11 to 39/6. Smart, knife and box pleated Skirts in all shades 42/-. Special line of aprons from 2/11, 3/6, 4/11, 6/6, 6/11, 7/11 Morning glories from 7/11 to 13/6. Also many other exceptional offerings now showing at H. & J. SMITH LTD.. The Progressive Drapers, Tay Street, New Shop, and Main Street, Gore.—(Advt.) Fine Wool Worsted Suite at £5 19 6d. “Sincerity’’ Make, super finish, graduated sizes. Wonderful value. The Economic, Opposite P.O^—(AdviJ.

In the Otautau Court yesterday, the Mag istrate, Mr G. Cruickshank, reserved judg ment in a case where John Wateon (Mr Hanlon) was proceeded against for maintenance of an illegitimate child. Ihe defence was a complete denial ot complainant’s evidence. The best the Dominion can produce in warm woollen winter garments for men and boys are stocked at Thomson and Beattie's. The following popular linee at present of exceptional value. Boys’ jerseys in navy, grey, heather at 6/9 to 10/6 . Boys’ woolten singlets and short underpants 4/11 to 6/6. Heavy wool hose at 3/3 to 6/6. Men a wool coat sweaters 12/6 to 25/-. Men’s all wool shirts 13/6 to 16/6. Men's ucarves 3/9 to 6/6.—(advt.) There is no worse nuisance to a housewife, than not being able to get her clothes dry, on account of wet damp weather auch as we are having now. This can be over come by purchasing from Vernon Smith and Co. a Kitchen Drying Rod with pulleja and cords all complete for 7/9, next P.O W I n vercargill.—(Advt.) Hurrah! The Cooties are here! Hie Cooties are here! The gayest little black fellows imaginable, expert tumblers and as slippery as eels. The “Cooties” is the latest puzzle game and the puzzle is to capture the Cooties and gaol them securely. The fun is great. Price 1/6 each. Posted Is 9d. Obtainable at Dee street. Millinery Revel now on at the “Economic” Ladies’ Outfitters. Come and see the Bargains.— (Advt.) “Thought is parent of the deed.”—Carlyle. Always be forearmed against the risk of colds and coughs by Keeping Baxter's Lung Preserver handy. A dose in time saves trouble—nips incipient maladies in the bud. “Baxter’s” is 'a time-proved remedy for all lung and bronchial complaints. Ensures prompt and gratifying relief. Also efficacious re-building tonic. 2s 6d large bottle at chemists and stores. It is a good thing our house was not burned down last night, John, said a farmer’s wife to her husband. What with those valuable papers and money you brought home, they would have all been destroyed! Now, when you go to town, go straight to Wesney’s and get one of those deed boxes they are advertising at 17s 6d, and one of those strong cash boxes at 15s 6d, 18s 6d, and 22s 6d. AU at sale prices and only at Wesney’s, Dee Street. (advt.) Doctor’s prescriptions! when a doctor writes a prescription he bases his calculations on the effect obtained by the use of standard drugs, usually known as BJ 1 ., meaning “of the strength mentioned in the British Pharmacopoeia.” In the dispensary of G. H. Brown, chemist, only English drugs are used for dispensing doctors' prescriptions, as English drugs are the standard of purity and strength. By taking your doctor's prescription to G. BL Brown, chemist (late Neil's Dispensary), you are sure of having it dispensed with the purest English drugs.—Advt.