LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 160796, 2 November 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The brigantine Zita and the schooneH Lily have been chartered by the GovcnH ment for twelve mouths. They will engaged in canwing timber from t&H West Coast ports to Wellington. H Owing to illness among some memberfl of the cast and other unforeseen circumS stances it has been found necessary postpone the production of "A Countrjl Girr' from December to FebruaryA fl The Financial News, commenting’ on Australian and German trale, Hughes is too sensible a poll a inn imagine that Germany can be killecH commercially. Mr Hughes may L o trustß ed to see there is no dumping. ■ Deposits in the Post Office Savingj! Bank in the Wanganui district for thel quarter ended September 30th, totalled! .*375,405 2s 3d, and the .£353,445 2s Id. The of deposit*! over withdrawals was .£21,960 Os 2d. U During the September quarter money! orders valued at .£84,862. 10s lid were! issued in the Wanganui Postal District,! and orders totalling £46,13\ 17s 9d were I paid. During the same period the busul ness in postal notes was: £10,777 Is sj[d| sold, ,£18.380 paid. I An inquest was held at the Court I house this morning, before Mr Wyvent I Wilson, <S.M., Coroner, concerning the I death of James Warren Williams *a| I Putiki yesterday. After hearing medi* I cal evidence a verdict that death was due to heart failure was returned. A Landon cable states that the Arch* bishops of Perth and Tasmania, and tie Bishop of Ballarat officiated at McSwh* ey’s funeral. Military and police *i<l not enter the cemetery. The final e_ i. sode was when volunteers firei three volleys over the filled grave. The Governor-General 1 eld a Government House, AujJdaiJ, yesterday and' left for Wellington last evening, Lord Jellicoe has placed an order in Auckland for a small which he in, tends to sail himself in races m the karhour. Postal and telegraphic revenue collect* ed in the Wanganui postal district dnr. ing the quarter ended September 30th, totalled £33,621 16s lid, being made up of postal revenue £14,336 3s lsd, and telegraphic, including telephone fees, £19,285 13s BJd. i The Wellington country journalist/ dispute was heard by the Conciliate Council yesterday at Wellington.’ A complete agreement was arrived at, and the parties passed 'a vote of thanks the Commissioner (Mr W. Newton) for the way in which he had handled the proceedings. The New Zealand Overseas Shipowner/ Committee has received advices frem London that space will IS allotted monthly for the shipment of privatelyowned cheese. The monthly quantities which will be carried in November and December will he announced later, wilt a fuller information is available. The Timaru Y.M.C.A. has purchased for £SOOO the Assembly moo ns (opposite the P. 0.) and part of the adjoining section. The two-storey brick building can be easily converted to their 'ice. and a gymnasium will bo added. The section was bought some time ago, and can ha sold at a profit. The Y.M.C.A. will need to raise £6OOO more ;han the*, have ia hand to complete the popu^ls. A meeting of the Wes:port b cinch of the Mine Managers’ As&o: uion was held during the week-end for the purj ««ae of discussing the amendments end ajdU‘>ons to the coal mines regulations, aWPIK-x an exhaustive discussion, it w*s r< solved to send representatives to Wellington, This step was taken n cr..»j a notion with the Qreymouth,. Otago, aid Auckland branch. A London cable states that in reply to a correspondent sugg.it.ing that the Navy should be included m the Abbey burial, the King’s ChjTfcovlun writes that he showed the King to* The King will he the chief mourner ;< r the unknown warrior, who ruav i-e a hero ol the Navy, the Army, or tfc Air Force. The pall-bearcrs will include admirals, field-marshall, and air-marshr.ls. Considerable time was taken up at the Magistrate’s Court yesterday in the hearing of a charge of indecent assault against a young man. The complainant, a young woman, stated that she met the accused for' the first time at a dance at the Qonville Town Hall, and accepted his offer to see her home. She alleged that on the Way the accused picked her up, carried her on to a vacant section, and indecently assaulted her. After hearing the evidence, the Magistrate (Mr Wyvern Wilson, S.M.) dismissed the caee. According to Christchurch merchants, business continues to be practically at A standstill. Potatoes are described aS being unsaleable and worthless. The trade which was done recently with the North Island appeals to have ceased, buyers having a plentiful supply on hand, besides which the North Island new season's potatoes are coming for* ward. What little business is being dona in Christchurch is confined to chaff. Owing to the recent reduction in 'freight charges on oats, it was expected that good business in this line would result with London, hut although a certain quantity was sent forward, it fell far short of expectations. Garton oats at country stations are quoted at 3s 3d, oatsheaf chaff £5 to £5 10s, linseed £2O pel ton, potatoes £1 5s to £l, 10s. “This .is the age of the cargo pilferer,” remarked a Melbourne merchant to an Argus reporter. “Ho is having a royal time, and defeating the combined efforts of police, shipping, and insurance companies, manufacturers, and merchants to circumvent him.” 'Ta the last two or .three months,” said aa insurance agent, “I have dealt with claims by clients amounting to about £10,000." One needs only to glance at the piles of claims made on the shipping companies to realise what is going on. One firm alone put in a claim) the other day for more than £540 oq account of pilfered goods 'consigned from London in one lot. Hats, ties, hoots, scarves, socks, rolls of suitings, silks, and other articles disappear mys* tcriously, and often the loss ia not die* covered until the cases are opened up in the warehouse., In reference to cargo pilfering in Australia, a visitor to Wellington from’ Melbourne said that in 'Victoria insure anoe companies were not jkeen on covering goods against theft. He emphasised his meaning by the remark that ha • knew a merchant who claimed £4OOO insurance in a brief period. It has been difficult to find the culprits. ’ Some of them cleverly conceal their’ work. Ona even took the trouble to prise the iron hand on a case, slice with a sharp saw, and draw back one of the hoards, abstract a few score silk ties,, fcMi, then replace the hoard and the Another, a careless fellow, left his hammer, inside the case—surely a clue for a Sherlock Holmes. The offenders do not coni)he their efforts to Slothes. Tine# of sardines have gone by the hundred, and speh items as curry and condiment* from the East are popular. iron! inter-State vessels

A London cable states that Madams Melon received a remarkable ovation "Ren she opened a ooncert season at Abiert Hall, , An examination of the lighter Mana .on the slip yesterday afternoon showed that the vessel's atc? - n post had been sti aired and that a considerable amount , of repair work was necessary, and this . work has be*"n put in hand. have been issued to Colof Customs at the various ports T in the Dominion not to give for pubJl iicatioo the returns of Customs duties ’collected at those ports. No explanation has been given for ttie change in policy. Stephen Harris, who was admitted to the Hospital on Sunday with a severed windpipe, is making satisfactory progress towards recovery. His presence in the institution is a big drain on the police staff, and entails a constable being in constant attendance at the bedside, three constables being detailed to work the 24 hours’ shiftA request was received last night hy the Chamber of Commerce from the Taranaki Chamber of Commerce that it might be allowed to send a deputation to the Wanganui Chamber to explain the advantages the importers of this district would obtain through shipping goods ’As New Plymouth. It was decided to agree with the request, and a ■general meeting of members is to be held to receive the deputation. Adrice has been received by the chair* nan of the/Harbour Board that the ‘ Rcbi Seddon would be taken up on the slip at Wellington on the 15th inst The Kalone w ; U be laid np a few day.l prior to-this date, end the crew sent to Westport to bring the dredge to Wellington. It is not expected that the work at the slip will occupy more than two or three days, and the dredge should be at work in the port before the end of this month. "It’s a jolly shame that a town the , size of Wanganui has not electric light and power,” remarked a business man at the meeting of the Chamber of Commerce last night, a sentiment- which found hearty endorsement from his auditors, ono of them remarking "we should have had it long ago.” Proceeding, Hi© first speaker said that his firm was considering putting in its own f and if one firm was prepared to ’ do this, the ratepayers should be prepared to do something definite. At the Magistrate s Court this morning a claim was made by W. H. Churton against a local resident for £2 damages for trespass. It appears that the plaintiff recently obtained a lease of certain lands at Putiki over which the pffblic have been in the habit of crossing. The defendant did not understand that plaintiff had a lease of tho land, but on being advised by his solicitor of the actual position consented to .judgment. This may prove a. warping to others who may wish to ■ pass over these lands. Although an increased area has been sown in wheat this year, the prevailing opinion is that poultrymen will not fare much better when the new season’4 supply is available than they did dur* ing the present year, and that they wih have to be content with a large wreentage of. the meal mixture. Tho millers, of course, will have first preference in the new supply, and it will depend largely on the condition of tho , weather during harvest whether much damaged grain will be 'available for poultry feeding. loose use of the word Australasia ) businessmen and commercial firms on the other side of the world was commented upon at the meeting of the Chamber of Commerce last night by Mr T. Coull. He said that although we in New Zealand knew that the term included New Zealand others in more older countries did not,' and' he argued that when referring to the two countries the words “Australia and New Zealand” should be used. It was agreed to bring up the matter at the annual conference of the Chambers of Commerce at Wellington this month. Entries are now pouring in for the forthcoming Wanganui Pi ow, and there f is every indication of a record being established in a large number of the classes. Air Sinclair and other members . of the committee will be in Palmerston ; this week, and it is anticipated that a, substantial number of Marawatu breed- ; err. will be induced to send their live stock exhibits to Wanganui. The en- , tries close on Saturday evening, and : the office will be open till 10 p.m. for the convenience of those who may de- , cido to beoonu exhibitors at the last moment. \ Supplies of bacon aro coming on the F market very slowly this season. Apparently factories are experiencing soma difficulty in obtaining sufficient fat pig-1 to meet their requirements. A repre--v seutative of a Feilding firm, while in Wanganui the other day, stated that ha had travelled along the coast to Tara, raki in quest of fat, pigs and could only obtain 36. On the other hand, the breeding of pigs has increased considerably, and as weaner' pigs are in keen demand no doubt plenty of bacon pigs will bo on the market early in the year. The death of the celebrated racing sire Advance recalls an episode in the life of his breeder, the late Donald Fraser, of Rangitikei. When Advance was at the height of his career his quaint old Scottish owner unsuccessfully contested the Rangitikei seat, and at a dinner given to celebrate the opening of the new Post Office at Bulls was congratulated upon being the owner of a -. Cup winner, but was also chaffed somewhat severely by an ex-Premier for g having changed his political party adI herence. The reply came in charactert istic biuff fashion, sharply, ajiff to the i> point: “I wad rather breed another K norce like Advance than be 'Premier p of this colony, an’ -what's more, I’d rather be a live farmer than a dead Premier any day.” Curiously enough. Advance’s pedigree was deemed to have a missing link on his dam's side. In connection with tho Returned Soldiers’ Repatriation Loan campaign the Chamber of Commerce was Waited upon last night by Mr W., Beswick, chief postmaster, who described some of the Government’s efforts in its campaign for the raising of the money. The Government has prepared an extensive advertising campaign, both through. the public Pr*ea and by other means. . Covered dirts with calico signs, painted with various slogans, were to patrol the streets. The carts were to be accompanied by officials and will stop at various places for the purpose of selling certificates Siid debentures. This is one the plane to ’be adopted in Welling* ■K, and will probably be agreed to in nHFanganat. The Mayor, Mr T. P. Wih pnam has Been approached to call a ' meeting on this subject. Mem* the Chamber were unanimous in agreeing that they should pledge them* selves to assist as far as lay. in theif power in any public effort that was made, locally.