LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 10924, 13 November 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It lias been the practice for many years riot to publish "The Star on People's Day of the Show, but in view of the stirring happenings all over the country and the natural anxiety of the people of this community to be kept in touch frith the latest happenings, it has been decided to issue the ordinary editions. All the Canterbury trout streams were reported clear, this moming. The Carterton " News " is informed that two young fellows who were emI ployed on a station near Masfcert-011, i having gone to Wellington as specials, ' have just returned and have been advised not to proceed to the station, as it is the intention of all hands to leave their work if the two mentioned go back. "We will be able to find the money this month," said a dairy factory proprietor to a Palinerston journalist, <4 but if the striko goes on it is possible* we shall not be able to pay out next month." Because stocks are lying idle?" queried the reporter. "That is so,". was the reply. ''l suppose our position is the same as that of other factories. We do business through the bank, and the bank won't advance money if our goods remain locked up iu Wellington." Then, reflectively, he added: "It's a queer position. I've got commodities in Wellington spoiling because the strikers won't load the ships, and I've got houses in Wellington occupied by strikers' families who cant pay the rent. I'm squeezed both ways." The members of the Marine Engineers' Institute have made it_ quite clear that they intend to do their duty and conserve the interests of the general public Vithout troubling about what the strikers may think or say, says a Wellington paper, but one of their number, who was spoken to on Tuesday, commented severely upon the fact that while the_deck officers of most of the ships detained on account of the strike are getting full pay, engineers similarly circumstanced are getting half-pay or nothing at all. One or two, of the smaller companies, the member of the Institute above-mention-ed stated, were not paying their engineers anything while the ships were held up. The Union Company and others were giving the engineers halfgay.

The following vessels are expected to bo within wireless range of the radio stations to-night:—Wellington—Warri-moo, Manuka, Moana arid Willochra. Auckland—Talune, Mimiro and Sturmfels.

The r 'Dominion" states that the special constables in Wellington are very grateful to the local women members of the Reform League for supplying them with " various delicacies not in the camp menu." The poll in connection with the proposal to inolude the North Richmond area in the City of Christchurch will be taken on Saturday. The polling place is at the corner of North Avon Road and Stapleton's Road. Arrangements have been made by the St John Ambulance Brigade, as in former years, to attond the show and races to render first aid in case of accidents, and also to tako caro of lost children. The Brigade will bo under the supervision of District Treasurer W. Pearce, Officer in Charge of Public Duty. News has been received in Wellington of the death, through drowning, of Mr Frederick Morris Mansfield eldest son of Mr F. W. Mansfield, Regis-trar-General. The deceased, who was a native of Wellington, single, and twenty-seven years of age, joined the engineering branch of the Railway Department eight years ago, and was recently sent to do duty at To Aute, Hawke's Bay. On Saturday afternoon he went for a bathe in a pool in that district, and is believed to have struck his head on fcho bottom when diving. A grave error was nearly committed in connection with a wedding that was solemnised last week not 100 miles from Gisborne. The officiating clergyman arrived at tile church about the same time as the bride, who was escorted down the aislo and took her place beside, not her intended_husband, but the best man. The minister apt peared, and commenced the solemn service. Grasping the situation, _ the bridegroom quickly took up his rightful position, and there was an audible titter amongs the audience during the pause which was occasioned in making assurance doubly sure that the right man occupied the honoured position this time, and a fresh start was made with the ceremony. The son born recently to the Duke and Duchess of Roxburgh is at once heir to big fortunes and estates. His mother, who, before her marriage nearly ten years ago, was Miss May Goelet, daughter of the late Mr Ogden Goelet. of Newport, U.S.A., has inherited with_ her brother, Mr Robert Goelet;, the income from a trust fund of property worth £8,000,000, and the duchess has inherited £IOO,OOO froiu her father, with another income from her mother. There is also an area of (30,500 acres which will pass from the duke to his son. Then, again, thcl-e is. Floors Castle, co, Dunbar,. ' the duke's, magnificent seat, upon which it is said sis fortunes have been 'spent since it was built for the first duke in 1718. And, even now, the end of the riches that stretch before the young Marquis of Bowmont (for that is the baby's title) .is not indicated, for the present duke also owns a beautiful country house at Broxmouth Park, Dunbar. ;. As an aeronaut Captain Dickson exhibited remarkable powers. At the Rouen .meeting in ed the prize-winners, beating Latham, Effimoff, Cattaneo and Morane. . His success had "been equally great at Angers; During the^Tours .meeting he flew for three hours in a wind so strong that, other competitors kept their machines in their, hangars. His brilliant exploits at . the close of the events at Tours brought him. many, offers for exhibition flights at Zaragoza, San Sebastian, Bordeaux, Trolivine, Angers and other places. 'An unfortunate mishap occurred at Milan on September 28, Islo, when' a' collision in the air was caused by Captain Dickson suddenly shooting upwards—a favourite manoeuvre of his—at the very moment that M. Thomas, the French aviator, was volplaning downwards, neither of them being aware of the presence .of the other. In June last in the Paris Courts it was decided thfit Captain Dickson was to blame for the accident, and he was ordered to pay £2OO damages to M. Thomas and £4OO damages to the makers of the Antoinette aeroplane. A remarkable occurrence is reported to haye taken place at a football match at Longcroft, Stirlingshire, when a young man named Hugh Williams recovered his speech after being , dumb for three years. Williams., it seems, had been a sufferer from fits, and in order to prevent him biting his tongue he had been in the habit of placing a piece of wood in his month. About three years ago he happened to swallow the piece of wood a and he consequently lost *the power of speech, and also became partially deaf. Since then he had been under the care of a bone specialist, and had undergone no fewer than ten operations in the infirmary at Cardiff. He had gone to Longcroft only on a .visit, and had gone to see the football match. During a spell of exciting play in the second half some of the spectators noticed something was wrong with Williams, who was violently sick. This seemed to greatly relieve •the young man, who found himself able to speak. Williams was greatly delighted at the return of his speech, the loss of which has been a sore affliction to him for the past three years.

William Carr, the owner of a dog, now deceased, that had been trained to perform tricks, figured in the Wellington Magistrate's Court as defendant in,an assault oase. Counsel for defence, Mr G. F. W. Dickson, said that the assault was committed under great provocation. The complainant (Donald Dobson) had run over the defendant's dog. Carr had called out to him to look out for the canine, a but Dobscn had increased his speed, with the result that the animal, which was valued at£2o, had been struck down. When the car had gone on about 100 yards, the supply of petrol gave out and it came to a standstill. Greatly incensed against Dobson on. account of his loss, Carr had raced up to the automobile and struck him a heavy blow, knocking out five of his teeth and cutting him about the mouth. The Magistrate said he did not wonder at the defendant becoming very angry, under the circumstances, at the death of his pet. He had, however, a civil remedy, and should not have taken the law into his own hands. A fine of £3 was inflicted,, with the alternative of fourteen days' imprisonment. The "side shows "at the PanamaPacific Exhibition, which will be opened in San Francisco fifteen months hence, will cover an area of sixty-four acres, and will include some remarkable novelties. The entrance to Toyland, for example, will be made through "an archway eighty feet high formed by the body of a gigantic poodle-dog, guarded at each sid'e by a couple of za-za trumpets one hundred feet high, against which will lean crazy-coloured tin soldiers, the points of their helmets paling away at a height of one hundred and eleven feet from the pedestals." along rookedy-erookedly streets. Crazy Town, where everything is upside down and where electric cars run backwards along rookedy-erookedly streets." Crazy policemen will wear their hats upon their feet and walk baokwards, button up their uniforms the wrong way and imprison any visitors who behave themselves. Beyond' Crazy Town will be Dreamland', where a cascade will pour down from a castellated summit of nearly two hundred feet, sending fairies, nymphs and funny little goblins down the stream into a lagoon at the bottom." The side shows will represent a capital cost of about £2,000.000, according to the estimate of the Exhibition authorities, and will find employment for about seven thousand people. Limejuice is good for you. But get the best. Thomson's Ship's is the finest limejuice. No adulteration, no artificial flavourings. Just pure juice of the best limes from the best gardens. Buy Thomson's Ship Limejuice, and get purity. All grocers. Ford and Mirams, agent* 6X