The Tuapeka Times. AND Goldfields Reporter & Advertiser "Measures, Not Men." SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1916. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 6379, 22 July 1916, Page 2

The Tuapeka Times. AND Goldfields Reporter & Advertiser "Measures, Not Men." SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1916. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

j Mr Sundstruni's next visit will boon . Thursday when he may bo consulted ■ from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. | The induction of the liev. .Mr ('pliill us Vicar of the Tuapcka mid Waitaliunii Parish will take place nt Holy Trinity Church to-morrow nt 11 a.m., when the Most Roy. the l'riniale will olliciute. His Lordship will also preach at tho eveniug service. A correspondent of flic Southland Times writes :—" This is the picture of a rustic of the Southland hack blocks who appeared before the boss one morning; lately, lie asked for a cheque or two as he would like lo send 'a <jui<l' to Dr. Barnardo's "kids" and £-1 for Serbian and other funds and " ten bob," as lie said, for the salvation lass if she happened along-. From the look of him, clad in rather shabby dungarees, bag leggings tied with binder twine, and an old cap one would hardly pick up, he was probably the last man one would have picked out for such kindly, manly generosity. The. only thing that gave away such a rough exterior was the steady kindly blue eye that peeped out at you from under his shaggy eyebrows. Pity Ihere are so few like hilii in nature who could so much better afford to do gracious things of this kind. Duration of the "War—lt is said to have appeared in the Daily Mail some short time ago that liord Kitchener had stated that he could practically guarantee that the colonial troops would probably be all back in their homes by Christmas. Present indications do not point to such a happy result, but the late War Lord's opinion should be worth something.

Many families high in British peerage, are mourners as tin; result of the naval battle last month. Rear-Admiral the Hon. A. L. A. Hood, who went down with the battle-cruiser Invincible, was the son and heir of Viscount Hood. Lieut-Commander Hugh Fielding, was a son of the Earl of Denbigh, Midshipman Bernard Bailev was a son of Lord Glanusk, and Lieut. Angernon Percy of Northumberland. The commander of the torpedo boat Nestor (Commander Edward Bingham) was a son of Lord Clanmorriss, while Midshipman Cecil Molyneux was a son of the Earl of Sefton. A returned soldier recently took l up some land at Raetihi in the Manganuia-te-ao district and employed a youth to assist him in felling the bush. Near him lived a Maori land owner named Tapeka, dud Tapeka lately employed a whole gang of bushfellers on his property. It did not take Tapeka long to find out his neighbor was a returned soldier, and when this knowledge came to him he promptly sent his whole gang of men to assist the soldier iu getting his bush down, at the same time saying, " You light for us. I'll send my men to fell your bush for a few dayg."

Mr A. E. J. Blakeloy's next prof eg. sional visit will be on Thursday, 27th July. Included in a long list of war casualties to New Zealandere, is the name of Sergt. K. A. Keddell, j Fourth Reinforcements, who was I admitted to hospital on June 30th, suffering from wounds in the leg, head, and face, presumably caused by shrapnel. Sergt. Keddell was well-known in Southland athletic circles particularly as a .runner and a footballer in Otautau district, aud is a brother of Sergt. Major Keddell, of Clyde. An interesting paper on lime and its application to soils was read by Mr \V. D. Hunt (Southland) at the annual conference of the New Zealand Council of Agriculture at Wellington, on Tuesday. Southland and the adjoining districts, he said, had been the pioneers in the use of.lime in connection with agriculture in the dominion. A beginning was made by the New Zealand Australian Laud Company on its Edcndale Estate, in Southland, in 1890. The use of lime on an extensive scale had been continued by the settlers since 1904, and the Edendalc and surrounding districts provided by far and away the best examples in the dominion of the successful use ol" lime in agriculture. The credit of initiating and continuing the work belonged to the late Mr T. Brydonc, the then superintendent in New Zealand of the Land Company, and Mr Donald Macdonald, who managed the Edendalc Instate during the whole period that the Land Company was using lime upon it. Before coming to New Zealand, both gentlemen had previous experience in the use of lime in Britan.

A feature of the entertainment of tli« Jii])iinc,se sailors by the Auckland Women's Pelriotic League was a speech made by Mr Kaneo Xislii, of the engineering staff of the llagship hvate. Mr Nishi was horn in Canada, and joined the .Japanese navy on the outbreak of war. His English is perfect, and the New Zealand Herald stales that his speech was listened to with much interest. " Many of our men cannot speak English," he said, " and therefore they cannot tell you by speech how much they have enjoyed the welcome the peole of Auckland have given them, but if you look around you will see that every one of them is smiling'. We men of the Japanese navy are with you heart and soul in the great, war ; indeed, in your own language, 1 may say all of us are 'kicking' at not having had a chance to light, with you in the Jutland battle. Wc would like to have handed to the (Jer-. mans our very best regards, and handed it to them hot.' We arc proud to be your allies, and will stick <o you for ever, even to the last." The iirojjTessiw euchre party and dance hold in St. Piilrick's schoolroom on Friday, 1-ltli just., was n pro noun ceil success, and as a result tin; committee will !jo able to divide about, i 7 between the Ladies' Patriotic Committee and I lie l(»-al lied Cross workers. This is

wry gratifying :inil tin- money thus raised should provide tin.- Indie/ ot'lbe organisations named with niiiterinl to keep them busy for u time.

l'riviite Frank Laurence (Laurence), "lid Nergl. T'rank Webster (Wiiitahuiin West), members of the 1 titli HeinforcenienK were homo mi final leave during (lie past week, and have returned tu Feathcrston Camp, the former leaving mi Wediie.sdny al'leninon and the latter on Thursday al'terncHin. lioth soltli<'r* are i„ the best uf health and spirits and have apparently beueliled by their eour.se of training

The monthly ni,.,.|iii|; ~f tl„. Timpcku Allii.ii:i,.|iin Committee was held on Thursday iiinht when there were present Messrs I). M.-Jnto.sl, (J'reuideut, in ,hl ' '■>'»''-i. W. fi. McKinlny, U. 1.. I,: " 1 ""' u - I'inliiynon, and J.' Norrie. Apologies were received lor the linn-Iltl.-IuIMII.-C of Messrs StenllOUSC and Moore. Tl„. business of the meeting was j.iir.-ly routine, vi/„. (hi- reception and approval o| (he inward and outward correspondence, and the passing "f several accounts. The librarian reported that a dozen new books dictum; lind been reccn cd and placed on the shelves since last meeting, and that Messrs Stark and Co., booksellers, Duncdin, htttl advised that tlio order for several books of (lie Story of (he Xntives series had been sent to their London buyer and would arrive, within the next month of two.

Tin- secretary of the Uwrem-o branch of the St. John Ambu>nei- Association desires in acknowledge with thanks a donation to its funds of fc> L' s from the members of the l ut] ,l y nc ■Brigade.

The Hating Omfcrence htue granted thi' Tnpamii Jockey Club September 1 ami 2 us their racing dates ia lieu of November >» and l\l It wan arranged that the Ta],anui Club should hold this meeting' <m the Wingalui course, their own track being re-graded ia the meantiiue, l.ut the pen era that be have put their foot down and refused the chnngo of venue. i cannot sing the old sweet songs Which i should sing to-night, I've lost my voice, and have no choice, Because of Bronchial blight, But very soon 1 'll bo in tunc, And sing thoni all, be sure. I'll change my moans to dulcet tones. With Woods' Great Popperwiut Cure. A London cablegram states that the Koyal Horticultural Society awarded the Bnnksian silver-gilt medal to" A. Moritzson and Co.'s fine collection of apples. This exhibit consisted of 28 cases of apples grown in Central Otago. AloritMon and Co. won the game medal last year, Eighteen military prisoners reached Bluff by the ».s. I'aloona, which arrived 011 >lo,ldl '.V night from Melbourno, being an accumulation of deserters and men who had missed their passages at Albany. They Here taken over by a military guard on arrival, and scat on to headquarters to be dealt with. Woods' Great Peppermint Cure for cougha and colda, never. fail*,

The Finance Bill passed all stages in tho Legislative Couucil on Wednesday afternoon. The amendments made in the Land and Income Tax Bill by the House on Tuesday night on Governor's Message were agreed to without dedate.

The Round Table of June, 1911J, expresses a sane estimate of the Dominions 's patriotism : " The investments on the totalisator amounted during the first year of the war to £4,450,331, representing £4 9s per head of population—an increase of more than a quarter million on the figures of the last year of peaee, and of nealy a million on those of 1912-13. The war has revealed a wonderful degree of patriotism in our fighting men and also in the noncombatants, but it must be confessed that this huge increase during the war of an entirely unproductive and generally undesirable expenditure provides a commentary on our patriotism which is also something to wonder at. There is certainly ample room for a campaign of potriotie economy."

Men wearing Expeditionary Force armlets must have in their possession a card giving their authority to do so. otherwise they are liable to be apprehended by the police. If an armlet is lost a second one can be obtained only after a satisfactory declaration has been made before a J.P.

Constable W. T. Dark, of the Invercargill Police Force, and formerly of Lawrence, has been transferred to Clinton, where he is to take charge of the police district.

The member for Grey Lynn (Mr .1. Payne) created a breeze in the House on Tuesday. The Land and Income Tax Bill was under discussion and Air Payne in criticising the Minister of Finance's proposal to make the war debentures free of income tax, said the scheme was in the interest of big financial institutions whom he described as " ungodly vultures." Any Minister who would support such a proposition. ho contended, was one of the biggest traitors to the British F.mpire. He was called upon to withdraw these remarks but absolutely refused, adding that he never saw anything so damnable in all his life. After being ordered from the Chamber he was recalled and given a further chance to withdraw and express regret, but 'again he refused and as a result was suspended for the remainder of the sitting.