LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 February 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A photograph of General Pau and the members of the French Mission to New Zealand, received by the Mayor, was ex. liibited at the Borough Council last night.

The 'Hawera Technical College opened yesterday with an attendaw* of 95, ai. increase of 20 as compared with the opening day last year. The Hawera District High School opened with 38, the same number as last year At Hamilton police court yesterday Eileen Lena Casey was charged with bigamy. It is alleged the accused went through a marriage eeremony with a man named Wallace whih? ner husband was alive. She was remanded to the 13th inst.

A party of young ladies of Masterton has left for Nelson to engage in the lucrative work of hop-picking. They make the jaunt an annua! affair, and look upon it more aa a holiday than anything else.

In the course of his gumming up in the cose of manslaughter that was before the Supreme Court yesterday. His Honor Mr Justice Chapman said it was the 21st case he had tried in which motor car collisions had been concerned.

During the Supreme Court proceedings yesterday the constant murmur oi voices outside the building caused his Honor, Mr Justice Chapman to call attention to the matter, and asked if nothing could be done to stop the noise "The police here seem to have neither eyes nor ears," said his Honor. A cot case arrived from Wellington by the mail train last night, the omtraiance car being attached to the train for the purpose. The soldier, who did not belong to Taranaki, but was sent here for medical treatment, was met by members of the Patriotic Committee and taken to the hospital in the motor ambulance. The New Zealand Defence authorities have been advised that the Admiralty will take over the hospital ship Maramu. for the conveyance of sick and wounded men from the East to the United Kingdom. It is not yet known whether the Admiralty will require the complete medical staff from New Zealand oa' merely a nucleus staff.—Presa Association.

One good lady advised the Tourist League, when the appeal to householders was made in connection witn the accommodation of visitors, that she was prepared to find room for six. Last evening the secretary advised her that he was sending the six along. Later on, he again rang her up, and she said: "Did you say six were coming?" "Yes." "Well, ten tnrnea up!' It appeared that the party of six had collected the other four on the way. But the housewife assured the secretary that it was quite alright—she had arranged for the ten. That is how the present emergency U being met. A Wellington paper narrates the following incident: Centuries slipped away, ami the age oi chivalry flashed back in all its old splendor for a few moments at £h:, Returned Soldiers' Club. An An&se hwi just given a gold badge of R.S-A. life membership to General Pau. The old warrior, very sunny looked for a moment at the little symbol, and then began to walk down the room. All eyes followed hiin with intense curiosity He halted by the only lady in the assembly, und requested the honor that ehs would pin the badge upon his breast. So might a knight of old have received his guerdon from a lady aftev a tourney. When the badge wns in the right plao», the General vai3ed tho lady's hand to his iips with a simple mpvement of grace, from tho heart, which delighted the •'Diggcra.-' They cheered aad applauded warmly. Applications are invited' oy 4he Director of Recruiting from men between 19 and 30 for employment on Home Service. Details of pay, etc., will be found in the advt on page 1 of this issue don't mm.

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The office of the Tourist and Expansion league was busy all day yesterday and evening arranging for the accommodation of visitors to the town. The townspeople have responded splendidly to the League's appeal for help in this respect, and, as a remit, every application for a bed has so far been met. The secretary will be at the League's office till noon to-day and from 7.30 to 9 for the purpose of helping those in need of accommodation, the list of private bed# accommodation, the list af available private beds not yet being exhausted. On the farm of Mr W. J. Jenkins, of Mnrrayvillc, North-western Malice (says the Weekly Times), two sisters undertake, the shearing of sheep. In the north-west of New South Wales is a flock of between 2000 and 3000 sheep that is each year shorn by the daughters of the owner, an old man whose sons are at the war, or settled at long d'stauees away. Some 500 sheep were dealt with on Mr Jenkins' board, 300 of them of a heavy Lincoln cross, cutting an average oJ 141bs a bead. Owing to the shortage of labor, neighboring farmers assisted. Both girls assert that they prefer outdoor io house woric.

While some farmers are talking of helping returned soldiers to establish themselves on the land, others are offerins definite assistance. The Hon. D. H. Guthrie says that a co-operative dairy company, the Orurr.-Fairburn, near Mangonui, has offered to pay an extra penny per pound of butter-fat to every soldier-settler talcing up new blocks of land nt Fern Flat and Pnranui, the offer to remain open for five years, for which time payment is to be continued at this extra arte over the current price paid to ordinary suppliers. Another offer comes from the Auckland Provincial Farmers' Union. The executive of this body declares that it is most anxious to help returned soldiers to get on the land, and that for this purpose it will place the organisation of the union at the disposal of the Government.

Many were puzzled as to where and how the Belgians had for a long time hidden the thousands of flaps wren which they greeted the triumphal entry of the allies into their towns and cities. Dr. A. Shadwell, in a letter to The Times, offers the following partial explanation:—"A correspondent gives, on the authority of a neutral who had been in Lille, a really remarkable proof of German commercial enterprise and readiness to seize the most uncompromising occasion. Eight days before the evacuation of Lille Germans went from house to house with handcarts full of British, "French, American and even Russian flags, which they sold at very low prices to the inhabitants for decorating the houses in celebration of their own departure. These flags must have been prepared some time before. So, after using victory to fill their pockets with plunder, they were ready to turn defeat to account by helping to emphasise it." Says a Wellington writer: Once upon a time, the men who earned an honest living by toiling 0:1 the waterfront were despised individuals known as "wharf rats " Later, as it became more respectable, they were termed "wharf laborers." But the occupation is no longer considered infra dig. It is now something of a profession and those engaged iir it are called ''watorsiders." It is undoubtedly a useful aud necessary calling. Without them, the importers, shipowners and the public would be bereft of most of the good things of this life. To-day, the watersoders are a large and influential class; they are drawn from all walks of life—tradesmen, mechanics, clerks, accountants, lawyers, bankclerks and insurance men arc all in the umou. Tho free and easy life, spent mostly in the open air, appeals to them. Work is fairly regular, and many average £7 a week. This Hguw= docs not over-estimate the earnings of one man I know of—an ex-insurance manager, who wouldn't go hack to the underwriting business for all the tea in China.

The whole territory m North Canada is alive with game, and in many districts are to be found' bear, wolf, beaver, otter, moose, and deer of several other species (writes A. W. Packard in the Palmers ton Standard). The Hookies are full of caribou, moose, and bear. Big game also abounds thousands of miles east of this great divide in New Ontario, Northern Manitoba, and, somewhat closer, in Northern Saskatchewan and Northern Alberta. Then take the Yukan. At stated seasons immense herds ot deer, principally caribou, traverse the wilderness. Only last winter from Dawson City, Yukon territory, the migration to warmer climes was reported of a vast herd of millions of caribou from the barren lands. For days and days this four-footed army passed in endless review Driven south by instinctive knowledge of the coming of an unusually severe winter in the furthest north, the cavalcade pushed on —night and day—in narrow column. Old-timers could not recall a migration of such magnitude, so it does not look as if the north is in danger of becoming played out as the stamping ground for big game. On the praries are immense quantities of prarie chickens, and grouse are plentiful all over the country. Fish abound. Enormous quantities of pike ajid pickerel are found in most of the lakes, and in the rivers of Lower Mackenzie, and in British Columbia salmon are very plentiful. Besides these fish there are in various localities white fish, trout of all kinds, and in the northern parts the scaled Arctic trout, ling, and grayling. Wild ducks are present in millions, as are also wild geese and other waterfowl. Verily it is an angler's paradise, unequalled in any other part of the world.

Patrons who intend viewing "The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin," at Everybody's to-night, are advised to reserve their seats at Collier's this morning before 11 a.m. The box plan will not be on view this afternoon and there will be no ri'ipo.'lunitv to book seats at the theatre this evening. SUNBURN, May be classed by some as one of the les«er ilia of life, irat to the possessor of a delicate skin it is one of the worst modes of torture to be imagined. After a glorious day in the Surf, or a delightful bush Picnic, the aftermath of scalding, burning face and hands and disfiguring blisters takes away the liappy memory of the day's pleasure To minimise the after effects of Sunburn, anointing with Rexona, the Rapid Healer, is all that is neee-'sary, and the Skin, soothed and cooled by its wonderful influence, will quickly regain its normal temperature av.d comfortable coolness. Rexona, 1/6 .and 3/-.' Obtainable everywhere.