LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 7720, 16 May 1916, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Sweden and Denmark have adopted daylight saving. Bran scorn he’s “Pink Dandies” commence a tour of the Dominion at Wellington next month. Last year’s contract with Famous Players is said to have provided Marv Pick ford with £4OO a week, and a bonus of £IO,OOO. “I do not think there is any chance of the price of sugar being increased during the present year,” said the Prime Minister on Saturday. An Auckland man who went bankrupt was asked why lie did not enlist for service abroad. He replied that he “bad something better to think about.” A Napier paper, referring to the flood in the Waipawa river, describes it. as “lapping the bridge,” whatever that may mean. Never at any stage of t he fresh was the Hood water within eight feet of the bridge decking. In connection with the Christchurch Queen Carnival the treasurer states that cash receipts totalled £115,140 9s 3d, less disbursements £1706 16s sd, leaving a net balance of £113,400 2s lOd. Three Germans, Hugo Belter, Gustave Schuete, and Christian Keinte, farmers residing at Wawotu, in the Rotorua district, were arrested on Friday under instructions from the Defence authorities, and were sent to Auckland for internment. Dr. Henry Ellerton, inspector of asylums in Queensland, was awarded £3325 damages against John Wren for an alleged libel published in the “Daily Mail” regarding his asylum administration. No more mounted troops for reinforcements will be required for the next two or three months, and the authorities hope that those men now on the waiting list and who wish to go into camp at the time specified will transfer to the infantry. Harry Lauder is, it is said, writing a play, which he lias called “The Night Before.” If Mr Lauder makes as big a success as a dramatist as he has done with Scottish character songs, another huge future awaits him. At a meeting of the Alice Parkinson Release Committee at Wellington it was unanimously agreed to renew activities on her behalf, as the petitions presented to Parliament last session in her favor were signed by over 60,(100 persons. A Parliamentary petition is being prepared. At the conference of the Wellington Provincial Farmers’ Union to lie held this month the executive \rill bring forward a motion asking the conference to strongly urge on the farming community the necessity for practising the most severe economy in the purchase of goods manufactured outside the Empire. Last week’s Hood has had the effect of sweeping the river-bed clear of the accumulation of benzine tins and other rubbish deposited in unsightly heaps within view of the bridge. Now that tin' river-bed has been so thoroughly cleaned up for them, it is to he hoped that the borough authorities will endeavor to keep it in that condition. At Auckland last week a hairdresser named Samuel Klilnman, who is believed to be of German nationality, was summoned on a charge of “being an alien enemA, he did continue within the last six months to use a name other than that by which he was known at I lie commencement of the war with Germany.” The allegation is that defendant lately went under the name of “Civilian,” which, though sounding much t he same ns t he name which lie formerly used, had a less suspicious appearance from the point of view of nationality under the existing circumstances. The case was, at the request of defendant’s counsel, adjourned for a week. On the occasion of the visit of Mr I). McLaren to Waipawa he strongly emphasised the need of consolidating the operations of the various organisations working for Red Cross purposes, and in furtherance of that idea Ilis Worship the Mayor lias convened a meeting of citizens to he held in the Council Chambers at 7 o’clock to-mor-row evening. The Red Cross Society is an institution which should appeal to everybody, and it is to be hoped that there will be a large attendance of the general public.

Inquiries have been made by Mrs A. Crawford, lion, secretary at Wellington of the Countess of Liverpool Fund, as to the proper method of addressing Dominion gift goods. The Minister of Defence (Hon. J. Allen) has informed Mrs Crawford that the Officer Commanding the New Zealand Base cables as follows:—“Gift goods should be consigned to Suez, addressed to Gifts, Cairo.” At the monthly meeting of the Newmarket branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, the following resolution was carried:— ‘ ‘ That this branch takes strong exception to the action of the merchants in increasing the price of commodities of life, thereby depriving the worker of any benefit that the recently granted war bonus was likely to give him. The whole of the sacrifice in war time apparently has to be borne by the worker, as the merchant, as soon as prices increase, simply passes the increase on.” It was decided at a meeting of the committee of the Returned Soldiers’ Association in Auckland last week that no duplicate badges should be issued by the association to replace badges stated to have been lost or destroyed. Under the check system of issue at present followed it would be very difficult indeed for anyone not a returned soldier to obtain a badge, but it has been found that soldiers’ lady friends have discovered that the badge makes an excellent brooch, and as tin* soldier is proverbially soft-heart <*d where the fair sex is concerned, badges do change hands. In consequence, tho soldier is left lamenting when he finds that the association will not replace t In- badge ali< I have been lost.. Saturday’s takings at the Soldiers’ Parcels and Red Cross shop reached the very satisfactory total of £l9. The following donations were received in addition to those acknowledged in our last issue:—Sheep: INlrs G. Y. Ollivcr, Argyll. Produce, cakes, etc.: Mrs Lee, Mrs Fletcher, Miss .lull. Mr C. Lou. Cash: Mr L. MeHardy £l, Mrs L. McKay 10s, Mr W.j Whyte, Argyll, 10s, Mrs W. Clark, Argyll, ss, Mr Hunt ss, Mrs Doughs McKay ss. Mrs das. Tod, Otane, won the wool-winding competition for a trophy presented by Mrs Kelly. The trophy was handed back again for sale. Next Saturday Mrs W. Clark (Argyll) and Mrs 11. Collett will be ini charge of the shop. A meeting of the Band Cominitteel has been called for Friday evening! for the purpose of taking formal steps! to hand over the control of the instrii-l ments to the Borough Council. Tliel procedure for vesting the instrumental in the Borough Council will be for tliel Band Committee to resolve to hand them over to the Council in trust for the borough of Waipawa, and to ask the Council to accept them and appoint someone to take them over formally on their behalf. On the Council making the appointment the instm I ments are to he delivered and a re I ceipt given for them by the tow* clerk to the committee. The commits teee’s functions then having expire® the committee passes a resolution tliatl it dissolves. An Ashburton gentleman who rol ccntly visited Trentham cam]) tells ! story illustrative of the tactics adopt! ed by some ardent patriotis who al keen to go on active service (says th! “Ashburton Guardian”). The gentle! man in question was chatting with ■ young soldier at the camp, when I member of Qie clerical military stal appeared with some documents in liil hand. Addressing the soldier, 111 said: “I’ve got a man on my list hcrl with the same name as yours. Isll any relation?” The soldier read till particulars a newly enlisted soldiel had supplied to the recruiting office® and, With a laugh, he said, “Wfafl thatl’s my father.” “Well,” repli® the military man, “it’s strange ynifl father is only eight years older tluH you are!”