LOCAL & GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 46, Issue 14141, 11 June 1920, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL.

Four cases of mild influenza were reported from Pahintun yesterday.

The bottle-washers at the 'Yelling ton breweries now- have a union.

There are at present 36 t pupils on the roll of the Masterton Technical School.

The boxing match at Wellington last night lietween H. Tlren (Australia) and EJVolaire (France) resulted in a draw. Members of the Oroua (Manawatu) County Council favour the universal Saturday half-holiday movement.

A Gazette announcement shows that the arrivals in New Zealand during May exceeded the departures by 353. The arrivals included 97 Chinese a.nd the departures 53 Chinese.

In a hockey match at Masterton- yesterilay, Carterton defeated I’, and T. by 2 goals to nil. The N.Z. Rugby Union, has made ja school football grant of £l3 lo the Waif' rarapa Rugby Union.

A ilanie, which, will burn without pro-j tection under water, and which cuts| holes in su liken vessels, .is-now in use by ship-salvers. Since the commencement of the se- ; coiid term on May 3.1, 2(1 new students' have joined the Masterton. Technical) School (bringing the enrolment up jroj 3(57. ' (

“In Eketaliunn punctuality is regarded as a waste of timijf Vjs-fig an ■epigrammatic remark passed at the ratepayers’ meeting on Monday evening at Lketahunn.

At the Martin borough Magistrate’s Court this week, " Thomas Campbell, aias Holland, wars sentenced to six months’ hard labour for using obscene language in a public place. “A constable is not bound to arrest every drunken man, otherwise the lockup would not lie large enough to hold them,” was the opinion expressed by a police sergeant when giving evidence at the Christchurch Magistrate's Court. Members of the Executive fo the Mastrton Progressive League will visit: Feathorston on Wednesday evening! nexl to take part in a meeting called by the Deputy-Mayor of Fcatherstou to consider the question of forming a Progressive League in that .town. The following resolution . has been passed bv the Featherston , Borough , Council:—“That the Wairarapa .Electric Power Board be recommended to levy .rates on a combined valuation roll uniformly up to date, otherwise an injustice' will be perpetuated m the Wairarapa, as not the Hospital and Charitable Aid rating basis.” “Zamille,” writing to the Auckland Star says: “I desire to announce that, spurred by the example of the ladies’ meeting recently, I have decided m future that 1 shall not pay more than 14 guineas for a suit of clothes, £2 10s for a hat, £3 for a pair of boots, !>d tor cup of tea, and a shilling for a packet- of cigarettes;’ The cost of living must be met by -denial.’ , The dance of the MasteHoti hist and Telegraph staff, which was held last evening, was a decided success, there being a large attendance. ; Mes; sis W. .1. Jackson, A. H. Eddy, v. M. Richards find NAP. Williams made excellent M’s.C. The supper arrangements were in the hands of HjSS Baird while the music was supplied by McKenzie’s orchestra. The committee responsible for the function arc to be congratulated on their efforts. The following resolution has been passed bv the Featherston Borough Council:—‘ That, this Council accord? hJarty support to the protest Jeing made bv the Wairarapa Electric 1 woi Board anent the omission of the Wairarapa area not only of its due proportion of the Mangqliao supply, but anv share therein, the fact that thi Wairarapa local bodies have shown initiative in organiflatiug for .power distribution, and investigating-local, sources of supply, being no nustiti.ca tio.u to the special ey*4isipn of this /I'qvtmn ot the province)” • .\ '. N •' “While 1 do noi; think the reported slump in prices.in England is going to affect- the prices of. foodstuffs here, I do think that another ~ very important iVtor in this direction ..is likely,; ,to •enter into the: question before •>;ery .long,” said a , wholesale meichant recently, to a bun repoitei. I refer to,' the possible opening;' up ,pi trade with Russia arid the exchange, of •mods with Great .Britain, Vast areas will be brought into production again. I .believe that Russian whe'atr butter and. cheese are going to stabilise the world markets as nothing, arise could, and that in.five.years’ time Russia will he the determining factor m the/piiees paid in .England for New Zealand butter and. cheese. •’ “T ant grateful to you for usingjhe word ‘cobber’,” said ..General Birdwood to the Mayor at Christchurch. He stated that he .had been rather afraid that lie should not use . tjie yord, for once had met a soldier -nr l! ranee near a certain battery, and asked him if he belonged to the battery. “N<>, said the soldier; /“ Got’ a cobber in the battery?” the‘"GcTierat suggested. •• Yes,” said the soldier. “Not that that’s the expression I should use mvself ” “I found he was' a professor out' here.” the General explame.J, “and evidently lie did not approve ow the word ‘cobber.’ . t . aip.glad . tp think that I am exculpated by tae of ilie word by such' a high dignitary as the Mayor of Christchurch. ’ A general meeting Of shareholders of the No. 1 Workers’ Mutual Benefit • Building Society was held in the secretary’s office, Queen street, Masterton, last evening, at <8 o’clock, for the allocation of £(500 (£3OO by ballot free ot interest, and £3OO by sale). Mr K. Krahagen occupied the chair, and a large number of shareholders were [iresent. Miss Hathaway drew the marbles from' the ballot box. Alter several marbles had been drawn, the holders of which had received appropriations^No. 178 was drawn, being held by Mr E. B. Mountfort, of Gisborne, who, holding two shares, was declared the successful shareholder at tjiq; ballot. A tender of £2O 10s was accepted for the appropriation by sale. The chairman announced that another ballot and sale will be held at an early date. Five creditors attended at the office of the deputy official assignee. (Mr A. T>. Low) in. Masterton. yesterday, , iii cou’nection with the petition in, bank-, mptcy. tiled by John Fulton Walker, horse trainer, of Clareyille. 'Thp bankrupt's statement showed that, follow-.’ ing an attack of influenza at the limp of the epidemic -and his subsequent in-: ability to 'make much of -a success of, his business, he MmcD got if hither into:? debt until, under pressure fioni liis eredito v s, he had been .forced .to fib'. His liabilities approximate £430, and are made up as MlOtV&Ußank of Nc* South Wales, Carterton, £43, H. E. Crabb £.34, W. Galbrqitj;, JJ.06,, O. H. McKay £36, F. ClaQcson ; ,£63. F. Feast and Co. £36, 11. iCnutson #2, and sundry other persons. His whole assets and book debts are estimated! to . produce £3O. The creditors agreipl _ that the bankrupt had been the-, victim of - circumstances, and expressed themselves as satisfied to accept what they coul(l of the realised book debts.,. -v j

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f It fs stated that a general meeting of tin- Wellington Law Society has been called for the purpose of considering what action shall' be taken in, respect to certain proceedings in the Wellington Supreme Court, add the attitude which was taken in regard to l,\om by the judge who presided. It is further’ alleged that the members of the Law Society lia.ve expresesd their intention of refraining from appearing before the .judge in question until • the decision of the Law Society is made known.

‘•Preposterous” was Judge Cluev’s description of the conduct of a Stamford Hill landlord, which was revealed in a Shoreditch County Court aciion. A family living in three rooms in Dunsmere Road were asked to leave, but could not do so. First the gas, used for cooking purposes, was cut off, then the electric, light, and'the bathroom was padlocked. For 20 weeks the people had to go out and get their meals. Judge Cluer said it was a case calling for substantial damages, and awarded £:»;> and costs (the claim was for £SO). The prices of hides and leather was referred to by Mr W. .1. Holdsworth, an Auckland boot and shoe merchant, who returned from Sydney oil Monday night. ll,e said the position of the market in Sydney and Melbourne had altered considerably owing to overseas trade ceasing. Australian tanners and •boot manufacturers had found markets in Britain, South Africa, India, and the Islands, but owing to the heavy drop in the price of leather in Britain trade had practically ceased. The position at present was very hard to gauge. While prices would certainly drop, it was not 'anticipated that they would reach the pre-war standard.

Bankers, doctors, lawyers, and other professional men in Birmingham, one of the principal towns in the cottongrowing district of Alabama, luivg joined a workmen's ‘‘Overalls Club” as a protest against the high price of clothing. The. club .has now a membership of 2500 men of all walks of life who wear blue dungaree overalls and smocks .and .declare that they .will not buy cdiiventrona)' clothes fit the existing high prices. At a luncheon given in honour of Senator Underwood guests and waiters. appeared in overalls. The movement is spreading in various southern cities, where “overall parades” are being organised to gain recruits.”

A story of an extraordinary dream comes from America. Engaged in an imaginary battle while apparently m a dream’ Franklin M. Komp, the 19-year-old son of Mr F. S. Komp, of Daburv, Connecticut, shot both his parents and otherwise injured them in the struggle that ensued. They had been awakened by pistol shots in their room and found the boy with a revolver in eacr hand, firing at. random. A straggle ensued. Mrs Komp wrested one of the revolvers from her son and struck him upon the head with it. At the fourth blow he ceased to struggle, rubbed his ■eves and looked with evident amaze Trent at the surroundings and t-he :e----•volvef in his hand.

Some interesting information regarding the timber industry was given to the “Stratford Post” by Mr .1. W. Boon.' He had visited a large number of sawmills on the Main Trunk line, and fouihL th'at■'Orders' are "booked many month? ahead.,,, Some mill? . tU"c asking fo>dvaii#'; ' catalogue prices. There is very littje drv timber at any of the mills, andwhat eh ere is is, drying^to ./ill order? which. liavel\igeivw’£iuig‘'ior long pep. ioils. Wellington yard prices are 4s per LOOOfti- in advance of ,the Stratfoikl vard p,rices, although the. railage, eartlige,,- urn]/aiding ar,e , pppqoxinwitely ■tho ’sine'. "" . ‘ j 'The fiimual'liiee'ting of the Pahiatua Licensing Committee was held yesterday. Transfers of licenses were granted from 11. C. Johnston, of the Post Office Hotel. Woodville,. to Chas. Greehsi<le; R. H. Howard, .Commercial Hotel, Woodville, to C. C. King; Nicholas McCarthy, Club.. Hotel, Dannevirke, to .Tojiii Fraser; A. Ross, Masonic Hotel, Dannevirke, to’ Clifford .Mi. Thompson. Renewal's woy'o’ granted to T. Taylor, Club Hotel, Woodville; 11. Staee, Central Hotel, Woodville; - Joseph Brvne, Club Hotel, Pahiatua; Henry Dooley, Commercial Hotel, Pahiatua; Campbell Merrylees,. .Junction Hotel, .Pahiatua; Arthur Hosking, Rutland Hotel, Pahiatua; Edward Knapman, Dudley Arms Hotel, Maiigataintoka; W\ Johnston, Duke pf Edinburgh Hotel, Porangabau; M. D. Harvey, Royal Oak Hotel, Webber; .las. Fbher, TTerliertville. Wholesale licenses were granted to Ba-raud and 'Abraham. Dannevirke, and the W.F.C.A,, Pahiatua. ; The London correspondent of the Dunedin Star writes: I hear that it has : been practically settled that as -soon as affair? sober down in Ireland a Royal residence is to-be established in ther sister isle, and that their Majesties vyi II spend some part, of every year ayoss the water. The choice of a re-idence has hot been made, but it will Tie as near Dublin as circumstances will permit. Do not be surprised, therefore, if the project is revived of appointing a. member of the Royal Family i othe post of Lord-Lieutenant. By this T.do not mean to suggest Lord French’s retirement is immediately pending. Tt j would be dillicult to imagine a less pro- ! pitious moment, fo," sending a member of the Royal Family to Dublin. The suggestion that, the Prince of Wales, :or another fo the King's sons, may be selected 'must also be dismissed, | One of •General Birdwood’s best anee* does of his civic reception at Christ-, chinch arose out, of the remark that he would have liked some of the younger men, the platoon commanders, for instance, to describe the bravery of the Cblcfnials, instead of leaving it to deierepit old generals like himself. .There was a laugh at this remark, and the ,General immediately told them about an incident that, attended the . weddiiig of his daughter to an He hail just given his da ugh toy away, when 'som'ef),ody said to him, “ Oh, General, | : \ve -’arb so pleased your daughter has married young -. Such ai magnificent- termination to your career.” Only in Wellington one of his young New Zealand “cobbers” had said to him,, “l ain so.glad you have got one daughter. married to an Australian, and we hope the other oiie will marry a New Zealiiiidey. ’ ‘ General Birdvvood assured the audience that he would be most delighted if this came about, but he Was bound to tell them that his daugh-ter-was only ten years of age, and she had lots of time to make her own choice. I’ve a dear little wife, the star of my Tlfo, ; Whose blue eves iViUi love-lighf shine And a beautiful boy, Pur pride and joy In that dear little home of mine. Oft in winter they wait by the garden gate, ! To greet me with rapture pure; And ask did I buy their needed supply Of Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.

Slippers, slippers for Winter Evenings, just opened, in Black Velvet and Cldth' Cosies. All sizes.—Carpenter & Evans/' •” 1 -'

The Citizens’ Baud, under the bati>W‘ . of Conductor Staines, will render se- A lections in Queen Street to-morrow /' evening. It is reported that the price of rie© has drojqied £5 per ton. The reduction f will have little effect on the retail price, and whether a substantial drop will take place will depend greatly on the success of ttie crops this year. The results of early buying are particularly gratifying in the Glove D?partment of the Wairarapa Farmers > . where the cosiest gloves for winter j wear are offering at particularly moderate prices. It is well to remember that - / you ]>ay no more for quality at our store. —The Wairarapa Farmers’ Co-op-erative Assn., Ltd., Queen St., Masterton. *

The Wanganui Herald’s Wellington correspondent .says: ‘‘The Wellington Price Tribunal continues to hold sittings, but preserves complete secrecy regarding its results. It thus places ijti* seif in a false position, because t arc privately current - regarding sub- r ' stantial reductions it -has ordered in cases of overcharging brought under its notice, while a fair amount of marking down by retailers has been seen in commodities, notably boots and clothbig.”

j The spectacle was witnessed the othj or day in a Berlin court of a prisoner craving with a low* bow permission to|be executed. The man was being tried ' for embezzlement. He informed the /" court that he had already ordered the I axe and the block (decapitation by V , the headsman is the form of capital ’ punishment in Prussia), and also a. eof- , fin and would be much obliged if .'they would sentence him to death. MeI dlcal evidence testified that the pris- • oner was insane, and he was ordered to a lunatic asylum. j It is not often that a .minister has I paid to him a ..compliment, such as ; wa#g v given to one last Sunday at one of the' ; suburban churches at Dunedin. The .minister had.preached an able and imj pressive sermon on present-day 'matters j to such purpose, that at the close of the I service one of the congregation rose i and said that- he believed he' voiced the j opinion of those present whi n he nsfcj# - that the sermon might be say at. an evening service, when there was usually a larger attendance.’ The opinion was found to be fairly n |ini- £ J nidus. As a visitor endorsed the re- 1 ' marks uttered by ;the first speaker, the minister expressed his gratitude ' and promised to repeat the address next, . Sunday night. •' • j Fast motoring, especially to . race meetings, has become a passion,' and aTJ j regard for life and limb has been thrown to the winds (says a Contemporary)'. When an accident occurs th.e I police occasionally take action, but it - ; is exceedingly difficult to obtain a. eon- j - j Viet ion, because, however the onlooker ! may estimate speed, he has his story ■ pointedly contradicted by the man at , the, wheel. It is clear, however, that ’ the motoring laws of this countyv rej quire to be radically overhauled, and I the Hon. G. L. Anderson, Minister for Internal Affairs, has decided to deal with the matter iiext session of Parliament, after consulting a conference off motorists.

,» . fk The annual conference, of of tli North Canterbury,,;branches the Keoy Zeajand .Fairgiers’ Union op- \ eped yesterday-;.,MfiD,,;/opes, M.P., presiding. In-liis,.addr<?s?/|jM-r Jones, said the past season was very.,satisfactory to the producers, , As to the firture, they Were- faced gfeat congestion of wool ’ and ih r in "the Doininioa and of Wdcil ih Alistralla.' 1 ''A resolution, was passed ’fliaf tKb ,J SBveriiineht -be asked to remoVd." th# "duly' from imported timbers, and to abolish'the differential railway freights;, also that the Government be urged fP push foreword afforestation," especially in regard . to quick-growing trees, >vith a view to / supplying the needs of the dairy and fruit industries.

See- fruit advertisement on page 2. Boy to learn motqr required. A lady requires 3 unfurnished rooms. ... A bulldog bitch is'advertised- for , sale. - . - '■ A secondhand tank aiid Stand is adj vertised for sale. I A Standard-Reading motor Tiiko with. s ! side-cay is advertised for sale. ' f ! A reward is offered for,, the return of a wristlet watch,, lost yesterday-^ I Mr E. .Tones, .Knyipuo.i; inviteppßicders for the purchase of, an old UttilHing. V, ■■ •••!:*■!•■.-: :• -r I The Daily sTimes -require a boy to ••deliver papers after school on the South Road round. Wages; 17s 6d per week. - A final reminder-is given of the meeting of the Acclimatisation Society to bo held in Mr C. C. Ross’s office to-nighc , at. 7.30. • <■- I A general meeting of the Mastertoa f Amateur Theatrical Society will be i held in the A. and P/ Association’s ‘rooms on Monday/ 14th dune, at S p.n>. Quality Pearl'Necklaces are the prevailing fashion for both day and even- - ing wear. R. H. Hilland Co., have n tine display in cream and {link shades, and cordially invite inspection.* J In another column the Commissioner !of Pensions invites applications for a Part-time Medical Officer for war pension examinations. Applications must be lodged with the Commissioner bei'or the 30th mst. _ j Air A.. T. Dickason is selling at theQueen Street Mart to-morrow after- ; noon, furniture, > poultry, including, a line line of pullets, also Nelson dessert apples (just arrived), bags of swedes, ‘pie melons, etc.. Further entriffare invjtcd.

There was a. large crowd of eager shoppers at the opening of Messrs Hugo and. Shearer’s great winter sale this morning. The bargains offered appeared to give general satisfaction, and /& large quantity of’ goods, were cleared. The sale is now in full swing.

Intending students of the advanced cookery class at the Masterton Technical School, under Miss R. L. Adams* iliplomee in home science-n, of the Christchurch Technical College and City and Guilds of London in, Cookery, are’ reminded that the class commences this evening, at 7 o’clock.

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