LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19442, 30 October 1925, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

In answer to an interjection, Mr S. Oldfield, Government candidate, caused some laughter at one of his meetings in Auckland by saying the planks of the Labour Party’s platform were full of Bolshevik borer.

‘ 1 Some people never come to church and they never give a penny, and yet we are at their beck and call,” said a speaker at the Auckland Diocesan Synod. u We marry them, bury them, visit them, and help them, but we are bringing up a large number of people only to sponge on the faithful few.”

“There are only two Parties contesting this election, Reform and Labour,” said Mr W. Lee Martin, Labour candidate for Hamilton, speaking at Tauwhare. “Every particle of the old Liberal has gone, even to the name, and after November 4 they will have ceased to be a factor in the political life of this country. ’ ’ •

“Undoubtedly there is a feeling of nationhood growing up among the Maoris,” said Archdeacon Hawkins at the Auckland Diocesan Synod. The Maoris would become more and more a nation, and in time would have a national spirit which would be good Maori and not bad pakeha. They would unite, and if the Church did not give them the chance of unity within the Church they would unite without it.

Southland school children evidently thrive on the healthy climatic conditions obtaining in this part of the world (says the “Southland Times”). Mr D. A. Strachan, senior inspector, mentioned at the last meeting of the Southland Education Board that the education lists now to hand show Southland schools to be in a second place for the whole of the Dominion in respect to attendance percentages. The sister province, Otago, held pride of place.

“I have investigated a few cases of child labour and of what appeared to me as neglect on the part of the guardians this month,” reported Dr Collier to the Southland Education Board (reports the “Southland Times”), “and have reported these cases to Mr McCarroll, of the Child Welfare Department. One little boy of nine years old in a certain country district was too tired to do his work in school, and on inquiry I found that he had farm work to do, horses to feed, cows to feed, and attend to before leaving for school in the morning. This case is being looked Into.”

One of the biggest “gold mines” discovered by gardeners for many years in Devonport has been the excavation which is taking place in Victoria roao for the new building of the Bank of New Zealand, states the Auckland “Star.” Scores and scores of loads of rich volcanic soil are being carted all over the borough, and in every street almost can be seen the red loam ready to top-dress lawns and to mix with the heavy clay soil which is characteristic of most North Shore gardens. Many worn-out plots are being renewed, and there should be a profusion of blooms this season unsurpassed in the borough’s history.

“It is very wrong indeed that there should be any stigma whatever about cases of this kind,” said the Official Assignee, Mr W. S. Fisher, at a bankrutcy meeting in Auckland, in reply to a remark by counsel for the bankrupt that it was a cruel thing the stigma of bankruptcy should rest upon a man of his client’s age, sixty years. “It is putting quite a wrong interpretation on the purpose for which the Bankruptcy Court was designed, which was the protection of creditors. The protection aspect seems to have been lost sight of altogether, and a cruel slur is often cast on unfortunate people, whose only sin is that they have been the victims of sheer misfortune.”

It was a proud and delighted young lady who alighted from the big bus that took a trial run over the new bus route on No. 3 Line oif* Wednesday, as she had the distinction of being the first passenger. She had seen the bus proceeding to Eastown Road on the outward journey, and concluded that the new service had already been instituted. Consequently when the bus was returning to the city at a leisurely pace in order to allow for calculation for stops that would be required, she was waiting with her baggage to be picked up. She was not disappointed, for the tramway officials entered into the spirit of the occasion and gave her a free ride into the city.

A departure has been made by the Tramways Committee in respect to the construction of two shelter sheds at Aramoho for the convenience of residents in that locality. These structures, which have only recently been completed, are both attractive in design and durable. They have been built in concrete at a reasonable figure by the tramway employees themselves. This type of shed, a “Chronicle” reporter was assured yesterday, has been adopted as the universal design for the future, and when the time arrives for the erection of bus shelters, similar sheds will be built, except in extreme cases where large accommodation is not warranted.

A correspondent recently wrote to the Christchurch “Press” inquiring as to the method of election of domain boards. He was informed that there are no individual electors who vote for the election of members of domain boards constituted under the Public Reserves and Domains Act or, under speccial acts. In some instances the members of the boards controlling public domains are appointed direct by the Governor-General-in-Council. In other cases the local bodies which contribute to the board’s funds nominate members to represent them on the board. In some cases an existing local body, a borough council, or county council is appointed the domain board in respect of any public reserve or domain situated within its district.

At the Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning, before Mr J. Driver, J.P., a man named Samuel Finch was charged with incest at Ohingaiti on September 3. Senior-Sergeant Lopdell asked for a remand, accused to appear at Mangawekaon November 6. Mr Cohen asked for bail, but Senior-Sergeant Lopdell said he was opposed to bail being given on the grounds that it might prejudice the prosecution. Mr Cohen said the accused had the right to bail in order to prepare his defence, and it was not a case of prejudicing the prosecution. The accused would give his word to stay in Wanganui and report to the police daily if required. At the present time the accused stood before them as an innocent man and it was pure theory as to whether he had committed a crime. The J.P. remarked that he wanted to be fair in the matter, but he could not see his way clear to allow accused out on bail.