LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, 18 December 1930, Page 8

LOCAL AND GENERAL

“I wish some of our elder girls and our young women would complete their toilets in private, and not in public,” said Archbishop Averill, at the prize-giving of the Diocesan High School for Girls, Auckland. “However necessary it is for the modern girl to ‘do up’ her face, it ■annoys me to see her do so in public.” The Hon. S. G., Smith related a. good story against himself at the United Party reception to him, says, the Auckland Star. “Shortly after my elevation to Cabinet rank,” said Mr. Smith,- “a young lady friend in congratulating me, said:' “Oh, Mr. Smith, fancy you. being ‘Honourable.’ 'My reply was that I had always been honourable, but that in future I would be paid for.it.”. ■

Failure to • comply with the terms of a maintenance order made in respect of his. two children until the arrears had totalled £4l ss. 6d. led to JWilliam Edward Walker being charged iii the New Plymouth Police Court yesterday. Upon his promise to pay . what he could from the wages received froni farm employ? meat lie expected to obtain at Rahotu the case was adjourned a montlri Walker was ordered to report weekly to the police.

' “As to the advance made in the treatment of mental disorders,” said Dr. Ralph Noble, a mental specialist from Sydney, to a Wellington audience, “it is difficult to treat early nervous cases —much more difficult than dealing with physical cases. That is why medical graduates are much more inclined to take up medical specialties that deal with the body itself .rather than take up psychiatry or the study of mental disorders.”

The remarks of a witty Frenchman were used by Mr. W. J, Polson, } M.P., in illustrating the fallacy of bolstering up industries with, artificial tariffs at the farmers’ rally at Hawera yesterday. The Frenchman said this, said Mr. Polson:. “After a great deal of trouble we have a glass industry in France, and a brick industry. We can now build glass houses and are able to grow beautiful oranges in Paris for 3s. Gd. Tn Lisbon God grows them for nothing.”

Most of the freezing works , of North Canterbury opened on Monday, says the Times, commencing work for the new export season. About 400 men, the majority of them from Canterbury, were' absorbed by the work that was provided. During the next two weeks activity will be restricted, only a comparatively small number of early lambs requiring to be killed, but in the New Year opera-, tions will proceed at top pressure and it is expected that work will be available for 1600 men.

V Some surprise was expressed by a Christchurch draper on Monday, says the Tjnies, at the failure attending his efforts to procure more central premises. “I thought that during these times of depression there would be any apiount of. shops to be. had in fairly central situations, but everywhere I went 1 received a firm refusal on the part, of the occupiers.' Everyone evidently believes that the long-awaited times of plenty are just around the iorifer-—I sincerely hope they are right!,”’.

Generally the abandonment of Supreme Court proceedings on account of a settlement between the parties is-a matter foi tT eucral congratulation, v but there seemed a touch of regret about one such announcement made in the Auckland Su-preme-Court on Tuesday, says the New Zealand Herald. “I am afraid that this is going to spoil a good fight, your Honour,” said Mr. McVeagh, who represented one of the parties. Mr. Justice Sniitn ugrecd. “I have looked through the papers,’ ’he said, “and it looked, as though a good fight was brewing.”

The Relief Committee of.the Auckland. Hospital Board recommended at a meeting of the board on Tuesday that the attention of the. proper authorities should be drawn to the large number of third-class passengers,' mostly without any prospect of work, arriving in New Zealand from overseas, especially from Australia, with a view to taking steps to restrict this immigration during the present period of depression. The Rev. W. . Wood said a large proportion of those seeking relief comprised comparatively recent arrivals in the Dominion.

Referring to occupational therapy, Dr. Ralph Noble, mental specialist, of- Sydney, said in an address at Wellington that it was an important thing to keep patients’ minds engaged when in a mental hospital. He approved of keeping the patients engaged in occupations outside the wards as much as possible. The kind of occupation given to the patients in, the mental hospitals in New Zealand was quite the best.. He; favoured change of environment, and giving the patients easy things to do—work that was interesting, and which showed some results.

Mr. F. A. Nelson, Inglewood, has been appointed Taranaki area officer to the New Zealand Farmers’ Union. About 100 applications were received for the position from all parts of the Wellington province and from some' other parts of the North Island.. The filling of the position is in accordance with a Domin-ion-wide scheme of the union of appointing area .officers to increase the work and the membership of individual branches arid . the co-operation between them.' Mr. Nelson has had considerable experience in organising and in canvassing. His duties will begin at the New Year. ",

Dr. F. J. Borrie\in appealing for support for the St. John Ambulance Association at Christchurch spoke of two recent “saves” made by ambulance officers. One was that of a young man who broke his neck on a football field. Through the care exercised by the ambulance officers who were on the field "the man was still alive, and the case was one that was known far beyond’"New Zealand. One-fact, the doctor said, was not yet known. It was that the young man whose neck had been broken had recently taken part in an athletic meeting. ~ T _ . -

. Charges of a summary nature against Abraham Wally Mahomed Salaman were called, at the New Plymouth Police Court yesterday. The hearing was adjourned until February 2 by Mr. R. -W. Tate, SAL, at the request of Inspector Fraser, who said one of the police witnesses was ill. arid unable to attend the court. The. question of bail was raised by Mr. A. A. Bennett, who said that, if it should happen that Salaman was released from gaol before February 2 he did. not want-any difficulty with bail on the minor charges. Mr. Tate said if any such circumstances arose there need be no difficulty as to bail in his own recognisance.

A federation plane piloted by FlyingOfliper Keith,.and .with the president of the New Plymouth Aero Club, Mr. G. M. Spence, *as a, passeng'er, left Bell Block at (3 a.m. yesterday for Wellington. When Foxton was reached Mr. Keith , tu'rned in towards Feilding, where he landed for petrol, and a weather report from Wellington. The report proved very unsatisfactory. There was a -high gale in Wellington which’ prevented anyflying there. Mr. Keith and his passenger could do nothing'~but return to New Plymouth, which was reached- about noon."Mr; Spence was on business in connection with the New Zealand Aero Club. . . 7 ■'.

The fact that while he was attending the Lambeth Conference and touring Britain he had seen only, two references to New Zealand in the English newspapers was mentioned by Archbishop Averill at the annual speech-day at the Diocesan High School for Girls, Auckland. The Archbishop said one item referred to the “snow-storm” in Auckland and the other to the resolution of indignation passed by the prisoners at the Mount Eden gaol in connection, with the theft of communion vessels from a Dunedin church. The speaker said the attitude of the prisoners showed what education was accomplishing in the Dominion. ’ ~ ;■ "7 7. .

On returningto his home recently a Gladstone resident found that his pet stag had been shot, and the carcase left a few yards from his' house, says the Wairarapa Daily Times. 1 The resident stated that'the stag was well recognised by the residents of thp district as a pet. and had also been of .great interest to visitors. He ■ produced photographs which removed any doubts about the stag being tame.- These* showed the stag among sheep and cattle, and also standing with the owner at the back door of "his house. It was so tame, said the owner, that when called it would run up to him and feed out of his hand.

Reports that some of the-men engaged in the sawmilling industry on the West Coast of the South Island have, through lack of work, turned -their attention to prospecting as a means of livelihood, have raised the question whether’ goldmining could not absorb some of the unemployed, says an exchange. Men who know the West Coast and its conditions are agreed that while an experienced man might earn a poor living prospecting, tl|j average unskilled man would stand no. chance of doing even that. It is stated that one can still see old-time miners ,working with a pan in the beach leads, the sea‘.sands, and lagoons in South Westland, ibut though these men make a living, it is a poor- one. ■"

The question of whether it is legal to have?’minutes of meetings circulated in type-written, form for members’ perusal and then simply taken- as read at the subsequent meeting, was discussed by the Palmerston North Hospital Board- On the motion of. Mr. A. E. Mansford, it was decided to secure a ruling on. the point. Mr. Mansford said his object was to save time, and the secretary (Mr. A. J. Phillipps) assured the board that it was easier for him to have the; minutes of meetings circulated.

Referring to the larger questions such as stocking the rivers with additional ifoods, -the curator of the Taranaki Acclimatisation Society, Mr. L.- Barr, is of the opinion that consideration might be given to a suggestion for the introduction generally of the minnow, gudgeon and loach (vemachihis barbatulus). The latter is a totally different fish from the roach (lerciscus rutilus) which is not suitable for New Zealand conditions.

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