TOWN and COUNTRY

Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 354, 11 September 1933, Page 4

TOWN and COUNTRY

Hobson Anniversary Yesterday was the 91st annivrsary of the death of Captain Hobson NOW Zealand’s first Governor. Captain Hobson is hurried in the Symonds Street Cemetary, Auckland. Stratford Eand Function Tomorrow, Tuesday, evening another of the popular dances under the auspices of the Stratford Municipal Band will be held in the Parish Hall, the music being supplied by White's Adelphi Dance Band. Features of the evening will be the spot waltzing and monte carlo competitions. Excursion to Ohura Then:/ is every chance of the people of Taranaki being given the opportunity of visiting: Ohura on. a Suiulay in the near future. The Railway Traffic Manager Mr Couch told the Post this morning that the running of a Sunday excursion to Ohura was now under consideration. On account of the distance it was not considered advisable to run the train right through to Tau'mara7iui as the time taken on the journey would not permit of a sufficiently long slay being made at the end of the trip. Shock in Unusual Manner. An inspector of electrical fittings i:. Christchurch recently got a shock in an unusual manner. While in the backyard of a residence he touched a clothes line accidently, and received a heavy shock. He found that the householders’ wireless apparatus had no earth wire on it and that 240 volts, alternating current, was being communicated to the clothes line — sufficient to cause death. Not Destitute That an old-age pensioner could not be “a destitute person” within the meaning of the Destitute Persons Act was a ruling given by Mr J. L. Stout, S.M., at Levin. The case was one in which a Woman pensioner brought a suit against each of her three brothers, on the ground that he was a near relative and was of sufficient ability to contribute towards her support. The Magistrate held that the pensioner was in receipt of what the State considered was sufficient to keep a person. She was not destitute as a matter of law. Pie could not open the door to a host of pensioners. Shorter Working Hours The relation between displacements of men from industry by machinery and shorter working hours was touched on by the Minister of Lands, the Hon. E. A. Ransom, in reply to a question in Christchurch the other evening. “Under the present machine displacements the question of shorter hours will have to be considered very seriously,” said Mr Ransom. “Machine displacements should mean greater profits to manufacturers, so that they may pay just as much for shorter hours as they did before.”

Mining Prospectuses A resident of Hamilton who com- [ municated with the Minister of Minins regarding allegedly erroneous statements made in the pros-} pectuses issued by miring companies i has received the following reply form | the Hon. C. E. MacMillan; “I regret I to state that I am not empowered by | law to take any action in connection I with the prospectus issued by a«| mining company, but if you are satisfied that any statement in a prospectus are contrary to fact, and you have absolute proof thereof, it is i open to yourself to consider the | Question ,'of ventilating the matter 1 in the public Press. Moreover, if the j promoters of a company have mis- 1 represented the position in the pros-1 pectus the shareholders have their | remedy at law.” i

Fall of Von Tempsky It was on September 7, 18G8, that Major Von Tempsky fell fatally wounded in the act of rallying his men against the insurgent Maoris. Von Tempsky has been described as “the most conspicuous and romantic figure among the white scouts who had mastered the art of bush warfare.” The affair occurred while Colonel McDonnell was leading a mixed force of colonials and natives against the chief Titokowaru and his men inland from Ilawera Titokowaru was found skilfully posted in the bush at Te Ngutu-o-te-manu and his hot and accurate tire proved too much for the inexperienced and undisciplined attackers. A retreat became necessary, and it was with much difficulty that the English force extricated itself with the loss of 25 killed, among whom was Von Tempsky, and 25 wounded.

Married Milkmaids

“I am a young married man witli one child, and 1 will not have my wife milking for any other fellow,” writes “Married Farm Hand” to a northern paper. “On account of this, 1 have found it very difficult to obtain employment. My present employer wanted a couple who would both milk when he took me on, and yet he was only prepared to pay the same wage as he is paying me. He tells me he is quite satisfied. Anyhow, why should a man have to drag his wife (whether she goes willingly or not) into a cowshed for from four to six hours daily to earn the paltry wages offered by farmers today, when the man himself puts in approximately 14 hours daily?

The Other Side of the Picture In (he course of his campaign throughout Central Hawke’s Bay on behalf of the New Zealand Legion, Sir Andrew Russell remarked upon the need for a greater appreciation of the “other fellow’s point of view” as being essential to promoting a change for the better in social and economic conditions. The speaker showed that the man in receipt of the small amount paid for relief work and especially if he had a family dependent upon him, could net he expected to he enthusiastic over his job. He ventured to suggest that the majority of his> hearers (assured doubtless, of three good meals a day and a bed) would not view matters any differently if placed at the end of a shovel. It was not sufficient, Sir Andrew said, to donate a pound or two or a few sheep to the relief fund, and he made it clear that a practical solution of the difficulties was wanted. Planned currency was one remedy pointed to.