LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 44, Issue 13599, 25 July 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The impending exchange of war prisoners will havo the effect of saving a good deal of accountancy, says the Daily Chronicle. Prisoners of war have thoir rights, their title to food, raiment, sheltor, protection—mostly denied them in Germany; and the Power which holds the prisoners may ultimately demand payment for its efforts in the matterRussia, after her war with Japan, had to pay tho victor 4J millions sterling on behalf of prisoners, and the sum was formally handed over by cheque by tho Russian Ambassador in London at tho Japanese Embassy in Grosvenor Gardens. Startling statements on overcrowding were made at the Strood (Kent) Rural District Council by Canon. J. Toone, rector of Cuxton. In a four-roomed cttago in the village, ho said, lived 14 persons, and 11 of these slept in the two bedrooms. One of the residents, . a young woman ,was dying of consumption. Another house, consisting of two rooms and a -cupboard, was inhabited by grandfather and grandmother, son and daughter, grand-daughter, and great graund-daughter. In a two-roomed cottage two women were confined at the same time. The "Frankfurter Zeitung" of May 15th contrasts very unfavourably the German system of financing the war with the British. It. says that tho latter is based on wide distribution of the burden of taxation, and rests on a much sounder foundation than German financial policy, which is characterised by private egoism, petty fear of taxation, particularism, and dillotantism. Tho self-sacrificing heroism of the Britisli taxpayer, tho journal concludes, and the far-seeing statesmanship of the British Government, ought to be an example and a stimulus to Germany.' In the German Railway Administration Gazette, an architect named Kcmmann discusses the Channel Tunnel project, expressing the view that the war has- broguht it nearer to realisation than ever before. A-writer in the Berliner Tageblatt, averring that Britain's military operations wold have been incalculably facilitated by a Channel tunnel, says: —"It is rather difficult as yet to foresee the time when Gcrmnns too will travel through this tunnel, if ever built, but perhaps the English will thauk us for having galvanised the old-time enterprise with new Jii'o by proving, by our methods of war, that England is no longer an island in a military sense. "

A Sunday school was about to be dismissed, and the youngsters were already in anticipation of relaxing their cramped little limbs after their hours of confinement on straight-backed chairs and benches, when the superintendent arose and, instead of the usual dismissal, announced: "And now, children, let me introduce Mr Smith, who will give us a short talk. " Mr Smith smilingly arose, and, after gazing impressively around the class-room, began with: "I hardly know what to say," when the whole school was convulsed to hear a small, thin voice back in the rear lisp: "Thay a7iien and thit down." At the Carterton Police Court, Arthur George Jacques, described as a barman, was brought up on remand before Messrs Gordon Hughau and Burncy Tra.pp, Justices, charged with the theft of £3S, tho property of Joseph Knight. Both men were staying at the same boarding house. The money, a roll of notes, was placed by Knight between the mattresses of his* bed after lunch, when he had a sleep. He missed the money soon after he awoke, and reported Ms loss to the police. Jacques had then left the boarding house, and was subsequently seen by the police at the railway station and questioned, being afterwards charged with the theft. He had a considerable sum in his possession, which he declared was his own. After hearing the evidence presented by the police, the Bench committed accused for trial at Wellington on August sth. He pleaded not guilty and reserved his defence. Bail was allowed, himself in £50, and one surety pf £100. The United States Shipping Board has decided upon the immediate construction of 14 concrete tank steamers totalling 105,000 tons for the* fuel-oil trade, and also of four concrete cargo vessels totalling 12,500 tons. | The vicar of a South Staffordshire, parish (writes a correspondent of a London paper"), who is pleased with his people for using Scriptural names, is, properly, speaking, pleased with their use of the Old Testament names. Those ho cites are all, with the exception of Gabriel, from the Old Testament. But all Christendom has been using Scriptural names' for these nineteen hundred years. Has it not occurred to the vicar that Mary, Joseph, James, John, Martha, Peter, Paul, Philip, Magdalen (Maud), Andrew, Timothy, Elizabeth, and a few more, are Scriptural? Nevertheless the love of bestowing on their children the less familiar Biblical names is. still cherished by parents in the north of England. Here are the names of six out of seven boys and girls of one family: (1) Zipporah Elizabeth, (2) Mishullemeth Asenath Miriam, (3) Paul Theophilus. (4) Zephaniah Enos, (5) Alpheus Thaddeus, (6) Abdiel Trophimns. This, we imagine, would be hard to beat even by the mythical father who is said to have called his thirteenth boy Acts, because there were no more Apostles.

It is pleasing to see so many thrifty wives payinsr spot cash for a large packet of "No Rim-RTNG" Lauifdrv Help. "NO "RUBBING" has banished washboard slavery. Is 3d packer. — W.F.C.A., Ltd. * \ Keep NAZOL handy in your office, shop or home. A few drops or whiffs wiP rrcvpnt fonsrhs find colds. Prevention is better thaa cure. j From a Wellington Lieutenant in tbp trenches to his father:—"Am getting over a nice little dose of Influenza which has been merry while it lasted. In the meantime it is not worrying me muHi. for the famous Fluenzol ail the way from New Zealand hag altered my outlook on life. Now I have not even an excuse Ito get out of work. " *

I : Mr Newton King's Dodge motor car, which was taken from Haw era recently and was advertised for in the leading nowspapers throughout this end of tho North Island, has been recovered in Wellington. j As much as £65 a ton is being paid at ! English mills for linen rags, and in view of the paper shortage a house-to-house collecton is suggested. Old line collars and old cotton curtains can bo serviceably applied in the manufacture of finer classes of paper. It was related that a man named Arthur Scott, charged with attempted suicide at Seabrook (Kent), that .after he had been exempted from military service someone sent him a white feather. He had also been worried in his grocery business by the Food Orders. When two brothers, Arthur- and William Webb, were charged at Enfield with being deserters, it was said that they had been hiding in >a bedroom for two years. They had spent tho whole of tho daytime there and had gone out only at night. The men wore handed over to a military escort. A Wellington telegram states that tho High Commissioner's market report, dated London, July 20th, states that tho wholesale prices; of. English choddar cheese have been fixed at the following rates:—Manufactured during July, 177s 4d; manufactured after tho beginning of August, 186s Bd. • Tho butter conference at Wellington closed without any definite conclusion being reached. It was decided to make a proposal that the 50 per cent share of profits on the export of butter shall bo divided between the suppliers to the local market and the exorters. Tho Imperial Supplies Department will receive the whole 50 per cent share from the Imperial authorities, and will undertake the distribution of tho money among those entitled to receive it. Tho proposal will be put before all concerned shortly. The Dominion Committee is now making the necessary arrangements. The late Chief Justice Madden, of "Victoria, prided himself, like many other judges, on his ability to tell whether a witness was truthful. On one occasion h e gavo judgment as follows: — "Plaintiff is a facile and fairly resourceful liar—the defendant is a liar of less resource—verdict for tho plaintiff. '' Another time an undefended man cam 0 before him in criminal jurisdiction, and testifying on his own behalf, started out on a rambling and ridiculous story. Sir J. Madden stood it for ten minutes, ■'then said blandly: "Excuse me, but you're lying so clumsily that I should certainly advise you to get a lawyer.'' America is dealing firmly with the question of German influence in civillife. The following resolutions were recently passed by the New York Athletic Club: —"That the use of the German language for any purpose by members or their guests in either the city clubhouse or the club-house at Travers Island or on the grounds thereof is prohibited during the period of the war. Violation of this rule by a member or his giu-st will be deemed sufficient rea son for the expulsion of the member." "That any member who introduces an enemy alien, whether man or woman, to the privileges of the city club-house or the club-house at Travers Island during the period of the war shall be expelled from the club." A reservist before the Second Canterbury Military Service Board backed up his appeal with the statement that he had just returned from the North Island and was trying to make a home for his wife and family. Tho chairman (Mr IT. W. Bishop) enquired if it would not be better, before the appellant did anything in this direction, to wait and .«ee how he got along in his military classification. Then tho reservist remarked that he had two children, and if these woke up in the night how was his wife going to look after them. It was an awkward position. Mr Bishop agreed sympathetically, but he said there Were hundreds of others similarly placed. In fact, the war was an awkward thing altogether. A slight extension of time was granted. "Is that all you can do for me?" queried the appellant, but the board went on to other businesw. A farmer's father, talking to a representative of the Dunedin "Star" about tho shortage of wheat in New Zealand: said: "If all tho farmers who are yet able-bodied wove to start in and work themselves, instead of spending so much time in going about attending conferences to argue about the question and rake up polities, much could be done to raise our own supply. My son has a small farm which he has to work himself, because labour cannot be got, and, though he has a stiff leg, he did all the ploughing and harrowing and sowing necessary to raise 2000 bushels of wheat last season, and also the season before. Not a hand's turn did he get by -way of help, except at harvesting, when a schoolboy came along and gave assistance. If New Zealand were blockaded, and it came to a question of bucking in or going hungry, we should find that our land is capable enough. It is only a matter of pulling off our coats." Speaking at a conference at Auckland with the Minister of Education, Mrs Baume pointed out that the definition "married assistant" laid down by tho Act created an anomaly and resulted in widows beng harshly treated. She instanced the fact that married women with husbands supporting them and children actually earning their own living received this extra allowance, while in the case of widows who have with difficulty raised families the allowance automatically ceases when their children reach the age of fourteen years—a time when greater demands were made on their salaries for the upkeep and further education of their offspring. Mr Hanan said that it would be necessary to alter the schedule of the Act to overcome tho disability complained of, and ho promised to note the matter for consideration when amendments to tho Education Act are under review. Under the Education Act an additional salary of £20 per annum is paid in the case of every married assistant, except where a husband or wife of such assistant is (a) a head or sole teacher, or (b) an assistant, in wheh case such addition is made only to the salary of the husband. The expression "married assistant" includes an assistant who is a widow or widower having one or more children under the age of 14^-ears. COMMON AMONG CHILDREN. Bronchitis is a very common ailment among children, and the least little exposure brings it on. Whenever the trouble shows give a dose of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and their lungs will be very quickly relieved of any wheezing. Sold everywhere. * A special for the ladies—Glace Derby lace shoes, patent cap, round toe, 22s 6d; same with wide sole, 25s. —Carpenter and Evans, next door to Masterton P.O. * Acts like a charm! That's what thou nands say of NAZOL—the handiest an.) -mrest remedy for coughs and eoldi. 6<' doses Is fid. Refuse substitutes. •"or Chronic Chest Complaints, Wood* r'-fat Pernor mint Our**, 1/6. 2/S * i

* MIM ' M "«WWW»IWI«MjjMwmM_ I mll ■ II« ■jMMIjII j A slight shock of earthquake was ex. perieuced at MauriccvilJe West at 5.30 0 'clock on day night, writes our Mauricovillo West correspondent... The erection of an accommodation house and huts on Mount Ruapehu wjk urged by a speaker at a meeting of xm Auckland Town-planning Leaguo. Tlu£ could be done, it was stated, so that tho approach would bo from the railway.; A big Maori meeting ia to be held; at Otiria, Kawakawa, Bay of Islands, towards the end of next month, to discus* matters relating to the Treaty of Waitangiand political topics affecting tho Maori race. A representative gathering from tribes and hapus throughout .New Zealand is anticipated. Tho American in England affords* cause for much perplexity and astonish* meat to his English kinsmen, (saya "aji. New York paper). A Yankee was being shown over an old churelj where hundreds of people were buried. "A great many people sleep betweea these walls," said the guide, indicating the inscription-covered floor with a. sweep of his hand. "So?" said the. Sammy, ''Same way over in our eoun.try. Why don't you get a more interesting preacher?" '"' -,j^ Joseph Loiter, president of the AJH eriean Army Leaguo, said in a Chicago" address: "Speculation in the fooil of tho people uiay be pardonable iti'time* of peace, but in war-time it is heinous. After the Allies' victory, the downfall? of the Hohenzollerns and the' Hapsburgs, and the inauguration of a permanent world peace, I can imagine ay little boy saying to hie father, a riehv food profiteer: 'Daddy, whaj did yout do in the great world war?' .'My son, I did the people." ' [:'' A proposal to borrow £10,60Q,f0r pro* viding bathing and sanitary accommodation at the Takapuna, Milford,: ant? Bayswater beaches, was discussed &3f the Takapuna Borough Council. It was* stated that the sum named would in-f elude an amount sufficient to purchaser two sections in Strand Road. It is proposed that tho interest and sinking* • fund should be secured by striking atspecial rate on tho capital value of Um> rateable property of the bofough. Thflf. council carried a resolution agreeing t# ask permission of the Government tai raise the loan. Some time ago tho Germans launched a gigantic project to link up the .Baltic; and the Black Sea by a, canal. It is. 1 now proposed to construct a North, Black Sea canal. The Canal tion of Cassel has taken the initiative ; in the scheme, which the Prussian Mm* istry of Public Works is asked to. forma*. late without delay. The North,. Sea? enterprise probably originates • witty th e Hamburg and Bremen shipping In*- ■ terests, which are not enthusiastic ov«4 ■ the Black Sea-Baltic plan, which aims at making Riga the chief German port after the war. 1 There is about to clear from a northeast port a British ship described as tho largest elcetrically-driven craft in the ' world, says the Daily Chronicle of May 15th. She is a 6400-tonner. The,largest in the world? Has not America com- ; pleted her electric battleships? Has she not turned out any of her amazingbattle cruisers, which, with their turboelectric system, develop, or will.develop, 200,000 horse-power and a speed off 35 knots? America is proudly silent ah* out her big boats, but they are to hO. wonder-ships. So are her new Dreads • noughts. lierr Julius Gut, representative in In?* dia of a. large German tured in Berlin last month "League of India's Friends." He Ktid:! "The line Central Europe-Bagdad-India has brought us advantages, as regards England, which cannot be too highly eau timated. The coming peace will set before us probloms bo grave that wo can. only solve them if we do our utmost. One of our main objectives must ba to open up the road to India. Let ua-Ger-mans hope, in this critical hour, that we shall find ourselves ■in possession nS the statesmen who will be strong enough against Eugland at the Peace Conference to secure for us that which iff on e of our most important requirements." "Jugeud," the notorious Munich periodical, which ranks in Germany, as the quintessence of modern pictorial art, apt, pears to have celebrated the third anniversary of the sinking of the Lusitania by issuing a special U-boat number.; The outstanding feature is a full-page; frontispiece coloured photograph o£' Lieut.-Commander yon Arnauld, one of the Huns' pirate heroes. Arnauld was decorated by the Kaiser with the Order of Merit a few weeks after the Lusitania and her 1400 passengers were sent to the bottom. A drawing Üboat Work in the Blockade Zone.'jSTLa submarine's officers and men ly watching a torpedoed steamer and its: last throes, while some of its helpless; crew row away in an open boat to whatever fate the elements may vouchsafe, them.Two W.A.A.C.'s were brought beforss the Liverpool Stipendiary recently cliaß* ged with being absentees from a Nortti Wales camp. "I won't go back, even. if they bring fixed bayonets," said one of the defendants. "But you are boonS to. go back," said His Worship. "But 1 won't go back," answered the defendant with more emphasis, and she burst into tears and sobbed, "I was not treated properly. We wer e put to wprk among the men, and someone told us we had a bad reputation. We got half a crown fine for speaking up for.ourselves." Defendant No. 2 endorsed thia statement, adding: "You get 'C.B.* if you only smile." The other defendant: "Yes, and if you are looking happy you get 'C.B. too." Defendant No. 2: "You can put me in prison if you like, but I won't go back." The magistrate fined them each £1, and remanded them to await an escort. A*. Nothing to equal our hard-wiling working men's boots—best leather in soles and uppers—from 18s 6d upwards., —Carpenter and Evans, the leading footwear specialists. * Most important is it that the smokes should know the percentage of nicotine in the tobacco he uses—for even the most robust constitution is undermined by this poison when absorbed by the system regularly and in large quantities. American tobaccos contain as much as 4 per cent and 5 per cent ol nicotine. Smokers will be interested to learn that our New Zealand grows tobacco contains only If per cent of nicotine. Small wonder that it is sa much milder and less harmful. New" Zealand has now its own tobacco industry, and we can well be proud of tha local product. Recently the quality of Gold Pouch tobacco has been greatly im« proved and nothing more perfect andy purer can possibly be produced thnn tho New Aromatic blend of Gold Pouch which: excels all foreign tobaccos in in flavour and combustibility. jßMora economical, too, a big stout bag for ls. t Cigarette smokers should use the N.Z.., grown Three Diamonds tobacco, which' leaves no sharp and bitter after-taste like the yellow brands from oversea. * . When buying NAZOL—the moneys saving remedy for coughs and colds-—* look fo#ihe name NAZOL on the redC carton. No cold is NAZOL-proof.

At the sale of empty bottles, etc., to- • '&ay, under the'auspice*' of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Navy League, and which was conducted by Mr A. J. '■'■"Cooper, about £60 was realised. A donk . nation of £5 was made by Messrs Wright, n Stephenson and Co. in connection with •■tho bottle campaign. Thore arc very few racing men in .England shirking their duty, according vfco an exchange. At Gatwick not ono • could be found. At Worcester, where .the attendance was a record, as all tho TDRunition workers in the neighbourhood ■gave up their Easter holidays.in order Ao have tho half-day off when Worcester races were on, tho military police ■were very active, but they did not • catch one deserter. Thoy held, up about* -twenty men who had left their papers .-at home, but all were able to show a •clean bill. As tho Superintendent of Police testified, there was not a single -drunk and disorderly case, and only '-two cases of pocket-picking. "Wo get .-more than that at a political meeting," -(he said. In an international . match for the Davis Cup and title of "champion miction," at present held by Australasia, the laws of tho game adopted by the m onation where the match is played would ™ -obtain. The regulations governing -what is officially designated tho Inter- ' national Lawn Tennis Championship :..provide, that "the competition shall •-iakeplace in accordance with tho laws .- and' regulations" of tho game for the rSfcime being sanctioned by the champion ".' American players would, , 'therefore, bo precluded from entering :-,aay'protest if balls prpvidod | "for the acit.Davis Clip Challenge match weigh•'©ai ; 7-Btti"oz, as. allowed by'the laws •®f the game sanctioned'by'the"Lawn 'Tionnfs- Association of It ■i as, however problematical "whether manufacturers of balls can " -work to so close a variation as•' l-16th "bf an ounce. .. ' Socialist "Vorwaerts" publishes the fall' text of the '' Anti-Democratic Catechism" circulated in the German army. 'The Catechism contains the following gems:—''France's revolutionary for:.muia—Liberty, Equality, Fraternityshould read: 'Insubordination,. Dishon- - our, Hate.' America is the land of ■ corruption and bribery—a thing'wholly ■mnknown among us 'decadent' Germans. Let us demand Ireland for the Irish, and declare that Ireland's inter-ests-are our interests. Let us demand t self-determination for Egypt and India; the" cession of Gibraltar to Spain, ot LMalta-and'Corsica to Italy, and of tho ' - ; Suez ; Canal to Turkey. In the East, -wide areas now in'our hands provide us -with- the -necessary colonisation areas ' -for' German peasants. In the West, as : well as in the East, we must hold tho important coal and iron regions. Above :all ,we must hold fast to the Flanders coast." An inquiry held by the Local Govern. ::aient Board at South Dublin Union, •In connection with the death of a. child .earned Julia F. Fennell, was responsible for some shocking revelations. The •«hild was admitted to the workhouse -with its \ mother on Easter Saturday night,' and died next morning. The mother, who was in hospital was not communicated with, 1 "and notice of the <2kild's death was not given to the relatives. 'The body lay in the mortuary for a week, and, being unclaimed, was ■sent to the Anatomy School. Local Government Board Inspector McCarthy said there had been gross negligence. Mr Doyle, Workhouso Master, explaiu- «•>! that the child had not been regisered until April 3, as it was not claim■«d. He received from the Anatomy School 7s 6d for each body. Of this •2s 6d went to the gate porter. He also understood that tho Medical Officer received something, but did not know how •anuch. Mr -Feran, a member of the Board of Guardians, observed that traf--nekin" in human bodies went on to a -shameful extent. It was all graft. He knew of frequent cases where relatives notified of the death. We wonder whether the possibility -of German forces entering Moscow will .make patriotic Russians anxious for the fate of the mysterious cross of Ivan Veliky, says an English paper. For a i century" thiß great emblem, 16 feet m Tieight, said to be of pure gold, and intimately associated by legend with the fortunes of Russia, was believed to have been carried away by Napoleon as a, trophy for the Dome dc s Invalides. History tells us with what difficulty it was brought to the ground and transported on the march to Smolensk. -Then disaster was supposed to overtake it, . and the cross to be lost in Lake Semlevo. Some seven years ago this lake .was drained and its contents examined. f'"™--*™ were astonishing evidences of great retreat; the remains of horearts, uniforms and other gear—but no cross. Then Russian antiquaries ~ took up the matter, and reached surprising conclusions. Tho actual cross of .fame, they said, remained undetected •upon one of the churches which escaped ■ destruction; th o large one pulled down was not the one sought, and even . this -spurious article never left the city, but, was buried beneath the ruins of buildings which toppled at the .conqueror's ■ • command. Two unfurnished rooms- are sought. An advertiser wishes to lease a house and a few acres of land. Mr R. Brown advertises a first-class sheep farm for sale. Ladies and gents are invited to attend the Druids' euchre tournament to-mor-. tow night. The transfer register of the Wellington Farmers' Meat Co., Ltd., will be - closed from July 20th to August 14th. A patriotic dance will be held in the hall at Mangamahoc to-morrow night. ' The proceeds are in aid of the district's day at the Patriotic Shop. of St. Matthew's parish "P|o desire to subscribe towards pro- j titling an outfit for the Rev. R. Godfrey are requested to forward donations without delay to Mr H. B. Dyer, Bank '.of Australasia, Masterton. Ladies should peruse the list of sale bargains advertised on page 2 by Messrs "Watson and Co., drapers, Masterton. The goods are all up-to-date, seasonable •and thoroughly reliable in style and quality. Barraclough's Nervine Cures Tooth;ache. " For Bronchitis or Asthma inhale NAZOL through tho Nazol Inhaler. Immediate relief will follow. Start taking NAZOL TO-DAY. Footwear prices are soaring, but we are keeping down the cost by offering the highest quality at the lowest figure. —Carpenter and Evans (late J . Carpenter), Masterton. * '"Oh, what a blessing to possess Provision for each winter stress; A'iwell-kept hom e where you obtain ;Siffcr shelter from the wind and rain. fire always burning bright, "To cheer you from the gale swept night: .And when you're sick with cold, are sure, ''Of warmth and Woods' Great Pepper mint Cure. ;No more grinding of teeth with 'WADE'S WORM FIGS. Price Is 6d.