LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 160794, 30 October 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

“Wo have found a now use for onf grandstand between shows,” stated tha president of the Taranaki A. and P. iSm-iotv in addressing the animal meeting. “This building is sheltering two families while the shortage of houses continues.” Three times in four days a husband has thrown a wife out of a window in Paris. In the first ease there was a quarrel, and the woman was seriously hurt. Next day there was a similar case. The next day was Sunday, and husbands apparently look a holiday, but on the Monday another husband threw his wife out of a third-floor window. In this case, however, the woman was unhurt. State trawling is now on a sound basis in New South Wales. The general manager stated last week that the trawlers (lunnndaal, Goonambes and Brolga had that morning landed 5000 baskets of fish, which would be retailed at the State fish shops at from 2d per lb. “The months of August and September,” he added, “were records in the history of fho industry. I am in a position to state that the industrf is now paying. Tin 'balance-sheets for the past two months show that we, are on the right side of the ledger. The industry has never before been in such a position,”

As the result of a recent garden feta and sale uf work, the Wanganui British Israel Association raised the sum of .£4O for the purpose of establishing a library for the Association. The gathering was held at the residence of Mr and Mrs Walter Ashton. That there is still alluvial gold in ’Jus district was shown the other day when two men engaged in prospecting at Messrs Morns and Learmout's coal mine washed oul in one day ioz and Idwt of tiie precious metal (says the ileouuu (limes), d 1,0 gi,!d was found on top of 1 lie coal, and is similar to that found in the days of -Murray Creek, wJi.cn rich di-po.-ils were, as a rule, found jn i!m top of all the coal 'scants in. that disi.uf. At the ICS. A. inciting last evening a member slated that [i,cu were a number of returned men in Lie Imu and district who had not yen joined the Association, 'i lie rliainnaii replied I hat for membership lie believed ihe Warganni branch of (he l. n.id.l i * i, 1,-.- he.-den in (ho Dominion, and. that tu ! iv (id per cent, of the returned men in the di.-.trict had joined the A.-miiL'tiuii. member; “It was the race ticket.-; that did it.” (Laughter.) Various experiments arc being made in the preservation of load surfaces, now subjected to mi great a strain by peliol-driven vehicles, and rubber is now being substitut'd tor vend blocks or stone set- 1 . 11 ii hcrio ;he device has been employed only to diaden round near hospitals and hotel-. ,Vj\v the doiuhvarh II 'ion.;!i (’oau il me applying it to insist tile iv, a;;, , of fra flic. The aur’g' r-;,i <.f remaking a. wood road has ids. n I o a , i me va; L which is i ,tri!y <i "c to ,he mu i: . of deepening foil nda : i-m,-. . in' he,- aas formerly a suiiiciciii. depth vneretc; twice the depth is now rc..i!m->l, and in renairiug O-.L.rd 8;. -. • i conerete foundation;! of 1H inches ha tv her n laid down. Many London streets are “up/’ at the present time. Writing of inventions, the Scientific An er.c.m in im lined to la ih ve i m;tthere is no held that ell. rs n ore opportc.i'Uy to the itiwittur than aviation, 1 he science is really sl:I! in ns infancy. Apart fi<;m amial eoiisirm-tii nai devices, there are so many obvious de'ieis in the aeroplane that reunite remc-iies. ('hiit among them is the ceia- -i;v for a braking device to give the maci.ino only a few feet of ran i pon landing. Tail skids galore have been prod- .a), but none can claim to be rehevtive. Brakes on the wheels hate bean tried, usually vuli the ic-uit of .-mushing the no-e of the nankin... An alii ablc chord on the wings ha.- not proved altogether sum e-slul, and the all, rabbi pitch of the propeller is not popular. The liciica pier may come m time, but it is a long wac troni ]M-rf- ciion. With the wealth of spring bloom, the gardens at the Jubilee Old People's Homo are now looking part icnlarly attractive. The veterans take a -great pride in both their (lower and vege:alibi gardens, and these are exeepacnaib, well cultivated and free from we-.-.ls. Vestcrday a veteran, who has pa—ed his i-Ah summer, and who j, «s.- - ..... nmjues;-i able activity and vitality, escorted a “Herald” representative on a tour of inspection of tin; grounds. This enthusiastic veteran gardener superintends t,ho whole of the cultivation of the kitchen garden, and hi.- met 1n..1- aie so practical that the culinary department of tho institution is kept will supplied with a succession of vegetable.-. There in about an acre of ground lo operate on, ano Jd.-i is at the pie.-mr, time all in-. 1 , iy planted, and show.-, -wry indication of heavy crops. i 'J iv mouth of the Tanvangaimi Liver I -- (; i-.bijt nc’s Jiat boar— i- piedialtv lia.t surely becoming -ilied no’ i.iacn' \.ar sees the ilianm! a lit’a- nnae adi icviated, and a lit! i-:.ai hj, r. pi o;.a d v to the denml a i loe ... ;m,. b:,vb i.i;;..try’s timiuie of natural r da-iadman p lurest. ’1 i:ee va- wiam steamers each as tin; Mawli.a'.i, pen •/;;•>■ (t.'inh j later) the Ariaora. used lo be aid" to steam boldly ll|i M wen; red i„-. i Ii a:oir. r---j side the ..|i.ay pi-;- be.o„ the J-l.tiii j Brnlge. old v- - 1; I* - ■ t r.c di.-irmt lias I groan and pn-soeivd, ! li,- idver him oc- | cornu so bad i tia! o a. .caiol that, if j lllC sill ing-up goes on a, tl.e pm.out rale, the stream will be no use to shipping at all. t-r -.me years part U has (.nly been possible for a Lgntdralt ten iter to 'work'' lho river; now even that craft can only wank the riwr at high tide. in the im a-t ime .no Harbour Board is still deliberaiiitg over the construction of a new harbour. Archbishop Li by, of Ivnh (W.A.), dealing ivtin i/niliibiLiun in h:s <-.,vu mg charge at, the fua-win r.-;; a:i..u .Uiglieaii b-yuod, said. iaai. iln- e,u of in tcm pel auce was ml ; Imi, it was mil nearly so bad as Iff year- ..go. I enuse public opinion suv. agam-i ;..j drunkard Isays tau ban Lb.ily riev.-i. Bo objected to i muring LllC minoi uy |in the mallei'. F>r year! the eXL'.'eliKst.i | had had one thing only b. torc them - Prohibition, and nay wo ahi v<-r ialji j to pa.-s measure:- to impiove the drinkling habit s of the people, I'.tgl in a | lialf-hearted way. 1 liev bad not tried ’ tint Viclorian ii.'.'in-e rvLietion system, anti-shouting, the opt n cat" system of the ('oat inoiu, or own aio!i;i ,a of barntuids. They had not I, mi careful regarding the quality of liq.n.r sold nor regarding the a Innai ral am of existing laws. Bednctii n of hour.- had Lieu tried with some success, and why not ptirsue it further, my, by the reduction t of an hour a year, until six o'clock closing was reached. '1 In- present, local j option crusade appear.-d to him to bo • Prohibition in a wry thin disguise-, iße did not think' the Church, as a j Church, should be on the side of co- | orcivu. The prominence of American plays in the picture tneatres of New Zealand is the .-abject uf un il; Ln !■; la ike l.'aidon Daily Mail, conn united by "A X. .V Zealand Lditor," who writes Ifonx Auckland. Piet arc theatre-, lie says, "are mionmm-ly popular, and lor some years past the Auvrnan pneLacf, tho I American play, and the Aim-iv an actor j have had it ail thetr own way iu them. ; Tho war drove the British industry ■ light Oil tiie set-. ; ii, ami any vi-uiur fr.mi another maid visiting New /c.i----j laud might, ha .e eonelm’ed from tl..i i advcrilsciiiciits on the hoarding,s and ! tho plays tiieniM-hv.-; that NZealand was an American pi. ■.■(• ..-ioa." Ho man.Lai,is that “ike Aniri i.-au jilaya reck with a crude ma t cria lism, an over-sweet and ,-,ii-!;y sentimentalism, and a fals- sen vt imial mm, and arc weakening the iiinmn.Table ties that bind the Dominion to Britain, and corr.ipling the taste oi patrons. British producers have important work to do out here, weak that ts in a very real sense K'Miire-bnildiug. i’ko-e who take these things to heart lean with great interest and pb asaro Hal the industry in Great Britain is again In full -wing, and they hope it will oust the American from its dangerous monopoly

A shoaling of the bar, said, however, to be slight, occurred on the bar during the flood of this week. A meeting of representatives of local bodies in the Wanganui Military Group will be held on Monday afternoon to decide upon the allocation of war trophies for the various centres in the district. A Conference of Local Bodies at Pending yesterday decided to form a HydroI.lectnc Power Pearl and apply to the irbivernmeut for a license to cover the lie tween the Eaagitikei and Jf Manawatu rivers from the mountains "\to the sea. Tlie arming of the local Territorial regiments with new rifles is expected to take place early next year, when the new military scheme will be put into operation. This provides, it is understood, a re-grouping of the Dominion into three districts, Northern, Central p.nd Southern, and also a re-arrange-ment of the group system. Word lias been received by the chairman of the Harbour Board from Westport that the Ilubi Sc-d-lou was ready for sea. No advice had neon received, up to inis morning, as to when the dredge would he slipped at Wellington. She will sail for that port as scon as arrangements for her being put on the slip are completed. Otago is evidently experiencing different weather than that which has obtained here during the past week. Says the Otago Daily Times: The portents seem to point to a dry spring. A few days ago we had a southwest gale. which blew itself out without the accompaniment of rain. Yesterday’s strong blow from the north-east has subsided without the accustomed moisture. The result has been a plague of dust. The matter of some members being unable to obtain badges was mentioned at the E.B.A. meeting last evening. The secietary explained that there had been a difficulty of late in getting sufficient badges from headquarters, but a sunny bad now arrived, and would be available as soon as they were engraved. The badges bad to be obtained from England. Some bad been procured from America, but the material was so inferior chat it had bec.n decided not to get any mire from that souivo. They were in the nature of lead, and so soft that they could be bent imo almost any shape. A handsome compliment was paid to i the hoy nuglers »i the Queen’s Park a Band by General Resell this morning. IjTha lads played "The Last Post” which concluded the ceremony at the unveiling of {ho tablet in the Education Board offices to the memory of the teacher soldiers who had fallen during the war, and as the buglers were passing out the General stopped them. Addressing the boys, in the presence, of the tead teacher (Mr Jackson), General Russell warmly congratulated them on their playing, remarking that “The Last had been as well played as he had heard it for a long time. The Eugdi-h estate of the late Professor Pit; GobLu, formerly Emeritus Professor if Law at Sydnev University, has been proved at ,£'13,780. In addition to a number of bequests to Australians, ho loaves £5009 to an Australian university or society for the purpose of educating the workers in the principles of political and social economy, under conditions formulated by trustees, or for affording relief to loyalists who continue work during strikes. He leaves A'J OO to Sydney University L r a scholarship for the etudv of la w. The res;duo of the property hj i.-ft the East London Hospital for ('hiidien. The crw.v or the lighter Mana had an pxcil.ug i .im ‘u'-iue on the Oar vesterdav na-cwi;. The lighter was crossing a* !• v fide and stuck <>n a ,-:U . Tin little vc--cl. which was lice w the -tein. got .. great tossing w .;id at times -qwlators on the -!■• !,- :V,i;vd that the imiicnt vo M i,.a n ■ re -era.:;-. i uiw.; arm o As the tide an *•• n-e, nui vi", Ihe '.‘--.••I :....god • :T, i.ninimvd w ill ire cxo,;.‘i n the rudder did not work sc *i oiv. V c vo informed by the llari our • ffici..i- that m> signals were Hi' in- ti;e vc-~d to take the bar, ,\ - ;,; ■ v . I in.- while returning from ;i . hi i.oo Lb ' Aii- morning to V\'a iiga'a’.i i had t :;•■ .‘.line to be tluu.v. n out on the Brunswick Hill, wit!; the r.-nif ilu>t ran v ere admitted to th- in -id::'', ilm-e ~f them having SUs f ni'.'od broken coliar holms, be-odes snivii".' eu’s and bni:-cs. ihoiv wore nine hi•■•'.•pauts of the mc.B r car hosrh". th■ driver, and when the vehicle ove!turned they acre all thrown heavily cm the road. M. diced aid v>us summoned from a sc‘tk-r'- residence in the \ ioinitv. Tho-e admit"cd to the hospital vero Me-damcs McDonald and , M. ('■■.; • dv and Messrs E. Penn and (\. Kiri-;. On rmuirv at the institu:ion this morning it was ascertained that thov were all pi ogre-sing favourably. In referring to the late Mr James Chalmers, ore ■•: Sydney's foremost business no n. whose <lt u l l l occurred about a fortnight ago the Sydney Sun says; ‘•The nfv of tin- late Mr -lames Chalmers is an obk-.-t k-=' u in opportunities. At the age of .•!•; Mr Chalmers arrived in Australia iron! .Scotland and took a i ,i ] -ition in the Sydney Civil Servi.e Store.?. Within two years he wa- . 1 r. lie lifted the stores from a s.'rii. concern to a very large one, and tlu-n was engaged by Fanner’s. He diet ;n i n a managing director of that bio t-rm. In hi- Au-tralian career of 24 vo ii - he had mo ody to thank for his rise hut oimseit. He came from Scot? lapd with proverbial half-a-crown in hi? ’;•■ and a Scottish judgment and energv, and those two qualities took hun whei.. la- wa- when be died. We are often i"id by agitators that the worker is a -lave, that Democracy tends to enslave him. that lie lias no chance in anv country in which wage-slavery is condoned. Mr Chalmers is one of til - iiianv examples which give the lie to that doctrine of d--yair, and show jthai Aiisiialia a cranny in which anv man who A willing to work, and keen enough to iove his work and seize hi- chances, may n-e t" the top. Mr Hughes began a- a travelling tinker, Mr Storev as a hoi lei maker, Mr Holman a- a painter. It D surprising, when one Ireks around at tin- lives of our political and commer ual leading citizens, how inane of them have started from scratch in the race of life. Worldly success is a littie thing, yet men envy it and strive for it. and it is only the weak man or the inefficient who rails at those who have succeeded.”