LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 48, Issue 14610, 8 March 1922, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It is understood that something in the vicinity of 500 ounces of gold has been obtained in ten days by the Rimu-Kanieri Gold Dredging Company. The local executive of the P.P.A., Masterton group, have made arrangements for the Rev. Howard Elliott to address a meeting in the Opera House on 28th March.

A Palmerston North baker called at a house to deliver bread, and left the door of the cart open for a few minutes, says the Manawatu Times. At the next stop lie was startled to find that ho was carrying about twenty imprisoned sparows, which were playing havoc with, his hot bread.

The Masterton Pire Brigade’s "Darktown” carnival, which is to take place on Saturday night, will be a grand wind-up to the soldiers’ sports. The brigade will be assisted by the Munieipaf Band, Savage Club, and Choral Society’s glee parties. Special lighting arrangements are being made for dancing on the green. A feature of the entertainment will be the "Jazz Band” and "Darktown Fire Fighters.” A collection will be taken up to assist the Brigade’s team to attend. the district demonstrations at Dannevirke at Easter.

The influenza epidemic is assuming a more serious form throughout South and West Germany. It is reported from Karlsruhe that the municipal authorities and most business firms cannot carry on their businesses owing to the illness of many members of their staff. Since the middle of Sovember 350 people have died of influenza in Karlsruhe, and the number of cases is rapidly increasing. In Stuttgart the epidemic is spreading in alarming fashion. Towards the end of September the death rate in the town was about 30 per week, but the people are now dying at the rate of over 100 per week. Similar reports come from other parts of the country.

A Wellington telegram states that a deputation composed of representatives of the War Relict Association, the Repatriation Board, and the N.Z.R.S.A., under '■•lie leadership of General Sir A. 11. Rusml!. waited upon the Hons. H. 11. Guthrie and G. J. Anderson yesterday to place their combined views before the Ministers with regard to the absorption or unemployed and disabled soldiers in various Government denaMments. It was forcibly pointed out that' in many cases the pension granted to disabled soldiers was in itself insufficient to keep the soldier, and a light job at a corresponding wage rate was necessary to augment the pension allowance. A scheme for the employment of such soldiers was submitted by the deputation, and the Ministers stated they would place tho whole matter before Cabinet for further consideration.

Hr. Helen Wodehouse, in a lecture to the Educational Society at the University College, Exeter, said: “Lies were often told by children as a result of fear, hope of reward, confusion . of mind, or merely as the result of a vivid imagination. Every imaginative child went through a period of romance and told most beautiful stories without sroppig for a moment to consider whether they were true. Why should they imagine that children were always born to relate things as they really happened when it was much more interesting to relate them as they didn’t happen? Imaginative lying and romantic stealing—stealing with the one idea . of getting excitement, and with no idea of dishonest gain—>was very often the result of seeking for adventure. She heard of one case of a boy who stole a money order and spent it in providing for a feast to be given to the individual from whom the money was stolen. There were others who derived somesdti'faction from stealing as it was the oniy thing they could do well.’’ Good for young and old is SHARLAND’S FLUID MAGNESIA. Guaran. teed highest strength, purest quality and best value.*

Why make easy word hard, toiling at the washtub? Simply use “NORUBBING Laundry Help and the work disappears.

Not one foot of Japanese earth is owned by a foreigner. Now, Californians! What about it?

A no‘.nor case of infantile paralysis was notified in the Wairarapa last week. The patient, a little giii, resided in Lincoln read, and appears to lie leaking a good recovery. Miss D. Buckley, Government medical nurse 1 , paid a visit to the Masterton District High School yesterday, and inspected those pupils who had been previously recommended for medical and denial treatment.

At a meeting of the Waimate Racing Club it- was decided to invito owners, trainers and jockeys at the race meeting in Waimate on March 16th to a Pnv’s shooting on the day following rlie races.

The Brooklyn House swimming

sports were hold yesterday afternoon. A large number of parents were present, and the weather conditions were ideal. The championship results were as follows: L. A. Wagg, 10 points, 3: W. B. Lowes, S points, 2; T. F. Rutherford, 7 points, 3.

A sailor from the Chatham, in conversation with a friend, remarked that he was delighted with his stay in Wanganui, says the Herald. "The only ID* in the ointment,” he added, "was the terrible small glasses some of the hotels produced when he and his friends asked for a long beer.”

An Auckland Press Association telegram states that Herbert J. Tithcr, refrigerating eng.neer on the Athenie, fell down the steamer’s hold last evening, sustaining injuries to his head from which he died in tli© hospital an hour later. He was an Englishman, and married.

Despite the unfavourable condition of the sugar market, a central factory Of 30,000 tons capacity 'is being erected on the north side of Jamaica bv British and local capital. It will .b. the most up-to-date factory of its kind in the Brtish West Indies, and will, embody the latest electrically driven equipment for the production of sugai and commercial alcohol.

The Wairarapa Amateur Athletic Clubs have been notified that the country clubs’ championships have been allotted to the Otald A.A. Club, at its meeting to be held on Easter Saturday, April 15th. Wairarapa will send a strong team in an endeavoui to regain the shield, which they lost at Palmerston North last 1 season by the narrow margin of half a point. The evening runs will he resumed at once, with a view to keeping the men fit.

In connection with the explosion which occurred when the Main Trunk express was crossing a bridge near Te Awamutu an Monday night, the theory of the police and railway officials as k> ti e cause is that impact with an obstruction on the rail, which, probably fell from the engine itself, caused the steam valves to relax, giving the impression of an explosion. The tail bears an impression for several inches as though a hard substance had been dragged on it. A Christchurch Press Association telegram states that the commercial travellers’ conference carried the following remit: —‘‘That wlieioas the tenure provided under the present Licnsin<>- Act is a hindrance to the erection of suitable hotels and prevents the provision of accommodation necessary for the increasing population, this conference is of opinion that in the interests tf the travelling public a loeai option poll, should be taken at periods ot net less than nine years. A meeting of the Claims Board ,of the Wairarapa Patriotic Association was held, yesterday, Mr. J. M. Coradine presiding. Messrs. J. Hcbcnton, D. K. Logan and W. J. Welch were also present A loan of £3OO and another of £IOO were granted to purchase stock for farms in the South Wairarapa and Masterton districts respectively. An application Irr an advance of £2OO to enable repairs to be effected to a house was declined. Two claims for temporary relief were dealt with.

A smoking room for the exclusive use of women has been opened at the Globe Theatre, which corresponds to the Gaiety in London. Mr Charles Dillingham, the proprietor of the Globe and many other New York theatres, stales that he has taken this step in response to the urgent request of his w. meii patrons. The |new smio,kingroom 'is acessible from the boxes, stalls and dress circle. It is tastefully decorated in French grey. Comfortable chairs, a gramophone, magazines, and a variety of cigarettes 'are provided.

There are 7000 men in Belfast of the hooligan corner-boy type, armed with the best revolvers, said a district police inspector at an inquest. Until these men were discovered, he said, he did not se e any remedy for the present menace. When he spoke of armed hooligans he did not refer to any particular parity; ■ they were all cornerboys. They had no right to have arms, and the arms must be taken from them. A juror asked if the importation of ammunition from America could be stopped. He suggested a blockade of such traffic. The Coroner: In my opinion there is a large Bolshevist association out to create strife- between Catholics and Protestants, and they come in for the plunder.

Another instance of how the Germane arc pushing trade has come under notice in the form of an illustrated trade circular from, a German seed-growing and exporting firm at Erfurt. The illustrations include the large factory and extensive fields on which the seeds are grown. There is a lengthy--i-che-dule attached of flower and vegetable seeds. More particularly interesting is the price, viz., 6s per 100 or 50s per 1000 for packets of seeds. A sample packet is enclosed which is equal in size to those which the public in New Zealand have been accustomed to pay 6d each for of late and which many amateur gardeners consider is excessive. The German seeds work out at 9d per, dozen packets, plus freight. The pack ers give a guarantee of “no rubbish.” The principal exports from the United States to Germany in pre-war times were cotton, copper, wheat and lard. Last year these four lines still stood at the head of the exports, but copper occupied the fourth instead of the second place. There has been an enormous increase in tho demand for condensed and evaporated milk in Germany. In if2o the imports of these lines from the United States to Germany totalled 28,582,0001 b, but last year this increased to 50,716,0001 b. In 1010 the import of these lines was under 5001 b. The explanation is probably that during the war the herds of cattle were used for food. Linseed and cake meal also show a great increase. In 1913 the imports from America totalled 1,446,0001 b, but in 1921 it reached 32,423,0001 b.

Noted house for Reliable Footwear. —We stock only the best. Call and inspect. Values Tight.— At Carpenter & Evans

The opening of the sittings of the Supreme Court in Masterton has now been fixed for 10.30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 22nd. The sheep-guessing competition at the Tinui sports was won by Messrs. Jan Speedy, 11. Bennett, D. O'Hara, and IX Sullivan, who each guessed the correct weight, C9lb. A cable states that the Tokio authorities have reversed the ban placed oh Mrs Margaret Sanger, head of the Birth Control He ague, who will be permitted to land and lecture.

A meeting of Palmerston .North ratepayers decided in favour of closing a portion of Oakley street for the purpose of extending the grounds of the Manawatu A. and P. Association.— Press Assn.

Honey is now down to about /jd per pound. The outlook for New Zealand apiarists is not bright, as there is no demand from London, and the Dominion crop is particularly heavy.

Work in the building trade in Napier and Hastings is said to be very scarce just now, and over one dozen carpenters in each town are idle (reports fhe Telegraph). When two or three of the larger buildings at present nearing completion in Napier are finished it is anticipated that many more will be out of work.

The Scottish Home Buie Association has sent a manifesto to the British

Government offering congratulations on the Irish settlement, and calling on the Government to give immediate attention to the question of Home Buie for Scotland. A measure of self-gov-ernment “suited to the needs and . circumstances of Scotland, and satisfactory to the Scottish people/’ is demanded forthwith.

The state of unemployment in Wellington has undergone little change during the past two months. The Labour Department estimates that there are about 250 men idle in the city at the present time. This is much the same as Jins prevailed for many mionths past. The number of unemployed on the department’s books fluctuates from week to week, but an average is maintained in the vicinity of 250. While numbers of men leave the city to seek work in the country districts, an influx occurs to the city.

“I found it in -Dixon street one morning when I went out to get the milk,” was the story of Elizabeth Cousins, alias Wright, who was charged at Wellington, before Mr F. K. Hunt, k.M. ,yesterday, with the theft of a leather handbag, a brooch, watch, and various other articles, of a total value of £4, on August 31st last. Evidence given 1 was to the effect that the woman had been living with the complainant at the time of the theft. She had been seen with the bag subsequently, and on Monday had been caught by a consi able with it in her possession. She had been before the court in 1920 ion a elmrgo of perjury, and also for making a false declaration under the Crimes Act, but had not been sent to gaol, said Sub-Inspector McNamara. The magistrate decided to admit her to probation ’for the next twelve months.

Five-roomed house to let. - Cheap sheep dog for sale. Gent’s B.S.A. cycle for sale. Masonic lodge meets to-night. Advertiser wishes to lease house. Two gentlemen boarders wanted. Experienced man seeks position on farm or station.

Young man wishes to purchase business or partnership.

Notice to jurors and witnesses for the sitting of the Supreme Court appears on page one.

A dance will be held in the Municipal Social Hall to-night, under the supervision of a reliable committee. Good music will be provided, and a good night’s dancing is .asured. Leaders should peruse the new announcement on our front page with further details regarding the Soldiers’ Sports Carnival at Solway on Saturday next.

All the business people of Masterton are invited to close their premises at 12 noon on Saturday, on the occasion of the soldiers’ sports, to be held at Solway showgrounds. What can i:e term".’ 'ho vcur’s !.ig picture serration is idic- spexal attraction •“ Til ci Gii.led Lily winch stars Mac Murray which is to commence a ,tlu;ee-nig'ht \season to-night at the Opera House. There are many dramatic •,situations and a smashing finish in this brilliant production. Seats may be reserved at Henderson’s.

The famous Solway Cup is now on view in Mr Jack Bradbury’s window, Queen street, and is one of the biggest trophies ever presented for racing. Beautifully created in the workshops of Messrs Beale and Co., Masterton, the cup will be valued as a memento of the most novel race ever run in the Wairarapa. This great contest will eventuate at Solway next Saturday. • Attention is directed to the change of advertisement on our front page, and to the special facilities offered picnic parties to make next Saturday a regular holiday for the family. The entries for the horse events have exceeded all expectations, while the great match betwen Mr Hall, of Carterton, and the wild boar should be well worth seeling. The gates will be open at 11 a.m. Hot water is supplied free.

The very essence of smartness and up-to-date style is every Donald costume Each costume bears the distinctive appearance that proves its superior tailoring, and finish. In the interests of yoilV appearance you should entrust the making of your new costume to us. We have a good range of seasonable tweeds awaiting your choice. Alex. Donald. Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Tailor, 44 Queen Street, Masterton. Women who appreciate exclusiveness will need no urging to call at Watson s when they know of their display of the latest autumn fashions. It is a showing to be proud of—the quality of the goods being of such a high standard, while the prices are within the reach of all. Lovely woollen garments grow more and more popular—they are so cosy and attractive, while the new. hats arc just bewitching. Make a point of calling at Watson’s, The Progressive Drapers, opposite Post Office, Masterton.

Advance Auckland; Come and see the wonderful strides that Auckland has made. Largest and loveliest city in N.Z. Ideal holiday playground. Write for descriptive leaflet, free. — Auckland Advertising Club, Auckland. All the best cooks say SHAHLAND’S is the best Baking Powder. It is cheapest, too. Ask your grocer.* Come Auckland way for a happy holiday. Beautiful boating, bathing, fishing, scenie excursions. “The Queen Citv of the North.” Write for descriptive leaflets—free.—Auckland Advertising Club, Auckland. 1 Now showing at Carpenter & Evans’. Ladies’ White Footweax in canvas and buck skin, in Oxfords and Courts.

Many farmers are disposing of their motor cars and motor cycles. At an. auction sale at Waipukurau a motor car in excellent order and freshly painted, realised the sum of £95. Motor cycles of good standard patterns went begging ;it ridiculous prices. 4 At the Christchurch Supreme . Court yesterday, Annie Janet MeEwin was awarded £2lO damages in an action, brought- by her against Beatrice Frances and Bebekah Gilkcs, porprietors »-

a private nursing home, for negligent and unskilful nursing. Plaintiff had undergone an operation in the home, and while recovering from the effects of the anaesthetic, had had both her heels burnd by a hot-water bottle.

.John Weismuller, Chicago 's mew wonder swimmer, covered 100yds in an official test a few weeks ago in 51see. Weismuller is a pupil of Norman Boss. He stands 6ft high, barefoot, scales over J2st, and is seventeen years of age. Naturally they are w-ildly enthusiastic about him in America, and one reliable authority has asserted that he will soon reduce the world’s record to 50sec.

At a meeting of the New Zealand Poultry Association at Palmerston. North, at which 60 delegates were sent from all parts of the Dominion, iu.pl ,1. B. Merrett (Christchurch), secretary 5 of the association, gave notice of motion, “That the Government be requested to hold over the cutting-up of the Avonhead settlement for returned soldiers until Colonel Young and the chief Government poultry expert visit the New South Wales poultry settlements and obtain the fullest information and investigate the desirability of a similar poultry settlement at Avonhead.” Although there is still an unsatisfied demand for good domestic workers, a. large number of girls and women are out of employment at the present time (says a Christchurch writer). A lady who advertised recently for a compan-ion-help was deluged with applications for several days. One effect of the surplus of labour offering for positions as female clerks, shop assistants and lady-helps has been that a number of employers are reducing wages in a cruel manner. In one of the hostels in Christchurch, are four or five girls paying £1 a week board, whose earnings amount to only 25s a week. As a number of our readers have been in the habit of advertising in our co’ limns and asking for replies to he addressed to initials or “nominee d|| plume,” care of a Post Office, it wilp be of interest to readers and the p v t>lie genrally to know that mail matteraddressed to the care of a Post Office must bear the names of the addressees. The use of initials, fictitious, names, or ‘ ‘ nommes de plume ’ ’ is prohibited, and. articles bearing such addresses will not be delivered. This regulation has been in force since January Ist last, in accordance with the stipulations of the Madrid Postal Convention.