LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 160736, 24 August 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Parer and Mclntosh, the aviators, were given a civic reception at the Sydney Town Hall. A reward fund has been opened for tbe aviators. Tile new railway rates., are to come into operation on Thursday next. Schedules are now being distributed from tho head, office of the Railway Department and they are expected to be available for publication to-day. No official announcement was made yesterday. In Chicago plans for the ‘''largest hotel in the world” are published. Built in five separate units, the hotel will have a frontage three blocks long on Lake Michigan. On the plans are 4000 rooms, a theatre, seating 2500 persons, 400 kitchenettes for visitors who cook their own meals, and a separate block of 16 stories high for bachelors. “New Zealand is probably the greatest fat lamb producing country in the world with the exception perhaps of England,” remarked a farmer at a meeting in Maiy terton when the question of the American fat lamb market was being discussed. “The climate is so suitable for it. Wo are far ahead of Australia and other countries. And, as I said, probably lead the world in this respect.” A staff-sergeant-major, who was one of the instructors at the camps in New Zealand—a man with a wide experience of training men throughout the British Empire—informed the Masterton Times that tho nightmare of tho instructors was the Territorial, because such a man had first to unlearn all that he had been taught, because it was out-of-date and impracticable. The raw recruit was the best material that the instructors handled. The New Zealanders, he said, were quick to learn and could be made good soldiers in a very short space of time. There is a story of a lady in a Southern town of the United States who stopped on the street to tic her bootlace. When she continued her walk, a man who had been standing beside her walked with her. When she had gone some distance the man ©till kept close beside her, and she began to get indignant, and not a little disappointed that a Southerner should be so rude. Eventually she turned and angrily asked the man what .he meant by walking along tho street with her, and saying that she was very annoyed with him. “Madam,” replied tho man, with a deferential smile and the Southern drawl, “1 am also very grieved to have to walk with you along tho street, but you have tied your bootlace to mine.

The frost-fish which have recently been got at the Patca heads remind many "of the old settlers of the time when old Louis and Nicholas used to hawk fish between Wanganui and Patoa. These two were great competitors—one was a Russian Jew and the other was a Greek. Nicholas had the swiftest horse, and coming along the Kai Iwi beach Nicholas came upon quite a shoal of stranded frost-fish. Ho soon filled his cart, and for the first time Louis got to Patoa first, and sold liis fruit before Nicliolfis hud amv-cd. Nicholas' cargo, however, was worth a dozen of Louis, and ho did not grudge Ihe latter his victory. The people ot Patoa feasted on the delicate fros,-Csa. and everyone was happy, including the two hawkers. —Patea Press.

The recent departure of the Marama from Wellington for ’Frisco was seriously delayed owing to the difficulty of securing firemen. "One of the Black Squad," writing to a Wellington paper, declares./ that this was due to a reluctance to sign on for a, voyage to a prohibition country. He incidentally quotes the following from the New boric Wall Street Journal: Steamship men are pessimistic as to the future quality ot sailors on ships trading with the Unned States. No sailor wants to sign up tor a trin here if he can possibly help it. The pick of the sailors in the trans-At-lantic trade are now signing up to go to South America. Prohibition enforcement nearly caused a riot recently on a ship in Boston froth an Italian port which was manned by an Italian crew. Under the ship’s articles the crew was entitled to be furnished a dai y iation of rum. The Customs officials under the new law were obliged to require the captain to seal up all liquors while in port, forcing the ship to violate its contract with the crew, with results that can he well imagined. Thc f * s no pectation that any member of that particular ertw will over sign up for a trip to the United States again. The plain and fancy dress ball held in the Turakina Hall on the 13th imd was a great success, hollowing were Borno of the, dresses: Mesdamcs Hawke, Egyptian lady; Oolhns, lady’s maid; Franklin housemaid; Durdell, Topsy; Wishnowsky, France; Banbury, Spring Violets, Grundy, “Wanganui Chronicle ; Daley Night; Dashwood, Order of the Bath; Webster, Superstition; Misses Brougham, Lady Jockey; M. Leigh 2oz Food Control; McCormack, Eastern Lady; M. McCormack, Starlight; W. Day, Franklin’s Store; E. Hawke, Pierette; C. Brougham, Irish Colleen; Tonner. Belgium; C. Leigh, Irish Colleen: D. Major. Gipsy; F. Whakaran, Indian Lady; Clark, Maori Belle • M Jcrmv, Sundown; Robb, Nurse; Talbot, Folly; D. Presoctt, Dutch Girl: Cunningham. Gipsy; Farris, Daffodil. Messrs L. Major, Indian Raiah; C. Mayor, Highlander; D. Bremner, Highlander; P. Clark, Gentleman; W. Jones, Sailor; W. I ell, Irish Bugler; Hawke. Pierrot; W. Berry, Pierrott; G. Matthew. French Artist; J. Mills, Turakina Belle; G. Whakaran, Egyptian; H. Wright, Tramp; D. Dwyer, Sweet Sixteen; J. Podjursky, Turakina Football Club; IT Whakaran, Indian Chief; D. Harris, Clown; H. Waitere, Mounted Police; C. Carolan, Boy Scout. Mr L. Major was the winning gent (Indian Rajah) and Miss Edith Wahatu (Indian >£quaw) the winning lady.

Lord and Lady Liverpool liave ar-V rived at London. -In an interview Lord Liverpool said New Zealand's prospects were quite good, although there was some industual unrest, but lie believed it was less than elsewhere. What the country wanted was more products from England. -

The most obvious good effect of the importation of certain birds, probably the starling in tins instance, is that tha black leech, which threatened the destruction of the hawthorn and the plum in this mild climate, has, after several years of ravages on the leaves, totally disappeared.

Southland and Otago Friesian breeders decided to offer prize money totalling X&o at tho Southland Show in December for yearling he if era entered in. the .£SOO New Zealand Friesian Derby. Forty-five entries have been already received. Tho prize money is tile largest over offered in the South Island.

“We have found it at last,” icmarked Mr Wyvoru Wilson, S.M., during the hearing of a charge of selling lightweight broad against a local baker yesterday afternoon. The Magistrate then went on to qualify his remark by staling that it was the first occasion he could over recollect evidence having bec-n given that a loaf when weighed was found to be overweight.., and this happened to be a sandwich loaf.

The Council of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce held a special meeting yesterday to receive a delegation from Samoa in connection with certain matters that are at present agitating Samoan traders and others. One of tho chief complaints voiced was that the administration of Samoa proposed to start Government stores there. Another point brought forward was the desire of Samoan residents to have.an elective Legislative Council, and the need for belter shipping services. Further discussion with the delegation is to be held. The company recently inaugurated at Timaru by Mr 11. L. Wigley, manager of the Alt. Cook Motor Company, to obtain aeroplanes for use over the southern part of the South Island, met on Saturday, when Mr Wigley stated that as the-result of an interview with th» Air Board the Government had promised to give five machines—throe this mouth, ami two to arrive later. The gift is being made to push forward civil aviation. The company intends to establish headquarters at Timaru, and the aviation Jround probably at Washdyke. In order to expedite the matter, a syndicate is to bo formed to procure the ground, accept the Government offer, and make arrangements to hand over to the company without charges.

Who is paying the cost of bringing out the personal and domestic stall' q£, the Governor-General elect? was the purport of a question which Mr D. G. iSullivan (Avon) asked the Prime Minister. Mr Sullivan said he noticed recently that a staff twenty-five strong was on the way out, and he wished to know whether the expense of theii transfer was being borne by New Zealand. Mr Massey said be was not quite sure that he could answer the whole question. The course usually taken was that an allowance waa made towards the cost of bringing the Governor-General to the country. Ho did not know whether that reply would cover the question asked, and suggested that it should be put on Order Paper. • The manner in which the dairying industry has been developed ip Now' Zealand, and the enormous production from small areas, has greatly impressed Mr F. T. Nicholson, of Pretoria, who is visiting Auckland. Dairying in South Africa was now rapidly expand- . ing, he said. Before the war a great deal of the butter and practically all the cheese consumed in that country was imported. South Africa now supplied all its own needs and exported considerable quantities of butter and cheese to Britain. Hams and bacon were also being exported in large quantities, whereas prior to the w r ar these commodities had been imported.

'Pile oat market in Canterbury shows no disposition to recover from the somnolence created by the recent break. The tone is still depressed, and in the absence of business and the disinclination of merchants to add to their holdings, quotations to farmers are difficult to make. Perhaps 3s 3d to 3s 7d at country stations for Cartons would limit merchants' offers at the present time. The price of chaff for shipment had fallen by £1 to £2 10a per ton, and merchants have had to reduce their buying prices e-i r ordingly—from the ,£7 to £7 10s rvlimr three months ago to £7 to £r> 10a. There i • a divergence of opinion between merchants as to valued in various lines of produce- Small lines of Algerians have been sold at from fid to 6s°3J. s i , f.0.b., but to take these figures as a basis of values would err on the side of optimism.

Recently reference was made in the "Herald” to the wife of a local resident having boon served with smoked shark in the. form of fillets at a. local Cab shop and paying a price far in excess of the value of this particular class of fish, which most people oiler great objections to eating. This morning an irato resident called at the “Herald” office with several exhibits of shark’s skin taken from fillets of smoked fish bought in Wanganui yesterday afternoon. According to the resident’s story, when he reached home last evening liis olfactory nerves detected a pungent smell emanating from the culinary department. Closer investigation led him < to the frying-pan, where his wife was preparing the evening meal, and it did not take him very long to discover that ho £iad narrowly escaped being served with a meal of smoked shark. He lost no time in saving some exhibits, which he intends to forward to the Board of Trade, and the remainder of the fillets lie tossed out of the window for the benefit of any stray cats in the neighbourhood.

A good story is going the rounds regarding a late employee of a local timber firm, who sought a novel way to overcome the difficulty of higli prices of timber to secure a moderate supply on his own behalf. Almost daily be quietly dropped a piece of timber over the yard fence, and later in the evening ho transferred the said timber to his home, where he carefully stored it away under the house. A member of the firm became aware of what was taring place, but took no action for about two months, until the stock of timber at the ex-em-ployee’s home had grown into a respect, able dray-load. The cart was then despatched to the house and the whole constoument brought back to the yard and given to the astonished employee to unload. Ho was then invited into the office, and after a few words of good>idvice from the management, was handed his pay and discharge. No doubt he had regrets that his labour, extending over a period of two months went for nothing, but this should be counterbalanced by the fact that he owes his gratitude to the firm for .a valuable lesson I unaccompanied by Court proceedings. J

A meeting of delegates representing the Podding Borough Council, Oroua, Kiwiroa, Manawatu Comity Councils and possibly other local authorities in the vicinity will be held at Feilding cn September 10th to consider a proposal to form an Electric Power Board for that district. Gonville and Castlocliff residents are asked to note that, owing to necessary repairs to tfao engine, there will lx? a cessation of tramway service this ("rues' day) evening. The last car will leave town for Castled in at G. 5 this evening, leaving Oast loci in on return at 6.55 P-m. The full service will be resumed to-morrow.

Mr A. Wyllie, Auckland's city engineer, who is proceeding abroad to inquire into the purchase of machinery for the extension of Auckland’s cle?trical plant. Iras been empowered by the City Council to call for tenders “in America, Great Britain or any other European country,” the tenders to be- subject to the council’s cabled confirmation.

Considerable interest is being taken by the public m the Dunedin case, Flanagan v. the Corporation of Dunedin a motion for a mandamus for the issue of a taxi-driver’s license, in connection, trith which the Supreme- Court- has issued the writ, ’flic City Council had Cecided not to grant a license to any military deserter. Tire judge held that plaintiff was entitled to a mandamus, and directed the corporation to hear his application for a license.

One of the most important industries of Newfoundland :s seal fishing. In IPIG. the Newfoundland sealers caught 241,302 seals. The net value of this haul was £128,500. Tho seal catch for this year is already in, and amounted to only 33.0 ; 5 seals, having a value of T‘32,000. Back of this failure is the high cost entailed in fitting out the seal-fishing fleet. The statement is made that it cost .£60,000 this year to fit out nine vessels, whereas in 1960 it cost only a little more than half as much to fit out 22 steamers.

In England tho Central board has made an order temporarily altering the Sunday evening houia for the sale and supply of intoxicating liquor in Licensed premises oncl clubs as foilows: In scheduled area- in England in which the hour; are at present from G (or 6.30) to 0 p.m for < n-corn-urn fit ion. and * or 6.30, to S p.m. for off'-consump-il n. they shall be T to 10 p.m. and 7 to 9 n.m. respectively during the period of summer time, that is, on all tun days from Sunday, July 11th, to Sundae, September 26th, both inclusive.

The rise in potato values in Australia, and the face that inquiries have been mad - from the < 'ommonwcaith, lead to

he hone that in-iuirers "may know emething” about, the embargo, hut the

pis rai ! pinion ir- lira: u.c inquiry is purely mjoch la t : v: ly-pro rn pted—if the embargo is lifted it would be good businesr. At pn sent there is a temporary shortage of supplies in the north, but t'.is i as had ;:•> effect as far as prices r i growers an cuicerr.ed. Sales have a--tnahv taken \ lace as low as £1 10s at c<.untry stations in Canterbury. The Colombo tea market, continues tb blow a 1 aroening tendency, but ti'.o usual hold* r* arc fullv hiockrd. ;,:;d busino-is ;u the line is slow. There i.i a considf-rabk quantity of tea of com* *'V:ativ».!y i o>• r great- on the New ZeaLtr.d market, and the price is not sufticnnly Lev to tempt buyers. Cable qnot-ui'-ns for Californian dried fruits are somewhat ea-ier as far as concerns prunes ar-i —eevicss raisins, but are still cons'd, rally in advance of last season’s. il i- c-.-limr-t'.-U tiiat seeded raisins in Ub ■ a.-ket-, to .arrive in November, will }-- L-,1 lat i packet, «.u account cf the I !g>. ic.-t in the States and the Tb- third session of the Supreme Court in a;;m;i i■ ■i* 1020 ccminc-nocd w.I- bi . ii Sir J. S.Jmoml T; -• 1.;.-lrie--s be bra tbj fV, ; .r r was n ' gri'.it. the cr.'mir.r.l case.) in paru: ul i r Wing sn-a'.L Iwo cases wittv s-r d ■vn ii-i trial, one of which nr.? -id,-..urned t<> ■ -c--=ior.. In ad-ric-s rig the Grand Jury, his IJoncr fr.m.<T.it-ulated i: and also trie district rp-.-i tb- srnauue" of the criminal list-. < tJc i a-,-, tiiat •• f alleged theft I'll in money, rvnuyied the atten-tM-f the Grand Jury, and that hedv after a --■hnit re'ir.;mi.-nt f--and a true bill i-gainst th-.- R. C. Gray, who. vvh*-n {•!:-.< oi i:i tn-> dock to answer the cii.u'2o of tb.-ft. pleaded guilty. He was n-rn;ri:.T -i :<a -.-utc-ncc till 2 o’clock this afu-rnw u.