LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Times, Volume 90, Issue 14021, 26 March 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The true work of art is hut a shadow of tiie Divine perfection.—Michael Angelo. The annual meeting of the members of the Waikato A. and P. Association .will be held at the Association’s offices Vt. 10.30' a.m. to-morrow. | ' ! At the Wanganui Magistrate’s Court J. E. Ross, owner of a river launch, was fined £29 for allowing a launch to ply for hire without being in charge ot a certificated master or engineer.

The meeting of the Peace Celebrations Committee called for yesterday afternoon in Hamilton lapsed. Only the military and press representatives braved the elements. Wc understand that a petition containing the required number of names (10 per cent of those on the roll) to secure a poll on the Saturday half-holi-day question was handed in to the Town Clerk at Hamilton yesterday. Mr John Grimwood, employed by the Waikato Farmers’ Auctioneering Co., was admitted to the Waikato Hospital early this morning. It appears that while cranking his ear he injured' his chest. He is progressing satisfactorily.

An innovation from the Labour point of view is being tried in one if our large .seaside towns. The firm conducting the -experiment advertise for tailors and tailoresses in'our advertising columns.

According to the latest figures of the Cfbvcrnment Statistician ‘(Mr Malcolm Fraser), it took £1 11s 7d during the final quarter of last year to purchase what could have been bought for £1 in 1913-14—a rise of over 50 per cent in the cost of food, clothes and material generally. “If we Britishers have one characteristic Unit : s rU’ dog'on to it is si ’• . , ts and can stick out lull'd ships and diffh uliits,” remarked the Minister of Defegeo, S : " A :

Allen, when presenting the prizes to the successful competitors pg +V Dominion Rifle Association’s meeting at Trcntham. The very heavy rain which fell in Hamilton yesterday caused slight floods in various parts of the borough. At the corner of London and Victoria Streets the road was practically covered with water to the depth of several inches, and planks had to lie laid down to enable pedestrians to cross. In Ulster Street the side drain overflowed, flooding several gardens. On account of the colder weather, the concert previously advertised -o take place at the Ferry Bank to-night will be held at St Paul’s Methodist Church, London Street. A programme of vocal and instrumental selections will bo rendered, among the soloists being Miss \V. Lay bourne and Mr IV. Cook (returned soldier). Mr J. R. Fow will occupy the chair. The concert is being tendered as a tribute >o returned soldiers, all of whom will bo cordially welcome.

A trooper writing from Palestine (the 1 Dominion states) says :—Round the shores of the Dead Sea was to lie found a fruit tree hearing a fruit call by us Dead Sea apples. It was a small fruit with a large stone inside, and wo sometimes used to see the Turks gathering them. At last T understood the expression 'Dead Sea fruit,’ meaning disappointing, or not up to expectations. The apples were all stone. Another sort of ‘Dead Sea fruit’ was the bathing. True, one cannot s : nk, but who wants to float in a.brine-tub? ft is too unpleasant. I only-fliathcd once in the Dead Sea. Th.at’Vhs ’quite sufficient for me!” We arc now making out fast show of summer underclothing. Hall’s .Drapery Store has alwavs been noted for this department. We are now showing some particularly dainty' goods, especially in longcloth.' trimmed with real lace. consist of nights, corns., camisoles, knickers and chems. Another department In which we think we are unsurpassed Is the corset department. The four makes we do mir biggest turnover with are Warner’s D. and C., P. ami S. and B. and C. In the«e d’fferont makes we have a special stvle for every figure.—Hall’s Drapery Stores-*

A correspondent writes: “It is to be I hoped that the Borough Council will speed up tlie numbering of houses. A telegram which should have reached me on Saturday did not come to hand i until Monday, owing to the telegraph j messengers being unable to find my bouse.” |

Reporting to the Board of Education yesterday, the supervisor of the manual and technical branch, Mr J. P. Kalaughcr, reported that 60 senior boys of the secondary departments of District Hign Schools had spent a week at the Rlijtkura Farm of'lnstruction; and the gained would be ,of great use to them at the November oxamina‘tions. A vote of thanks was accorded Mr A. W. Green, manager of the farm, for iiis attenion to .the boys.; : The News warns New Plymouth people against a hoy of 12 years who, it says, is already on the way to gaol unless he quickly ir.eud; hts ways. He accosts people, mostly women, in the streets at night, telling them a plausible story of how ho had come up from the Wanganui district and lost his money and could not get hoard or lodging. In this way ho has taken in not a few. He seems to have as an accomplice an adult who is generally more or less under the influence of alcohol.

A Patca hoy on leave in Glasgow recently called on the Central Eire Brigade Station with a mate, and on explaining that ho was a member of a New Zealand fire brigade, the superintendent showed the pair over the premises. Not content with this, the officer sounded the alarm, and the New Zealanders had the pleasure of seeing the brigade turn out with their six cylinder motor under way in something under six seconds. All sorts of rumours are current regarding the forthcoming municipal elections in Hamilton, and there is hardly a business man of any prominence in the town who is not mentioned as a possible candidate. The Citizens’Association announce that they are pre. senting a “full ticket.” It is also stated that several of the sitting Councillors do not intend to seek reelection. These rumours are difficult to “nail down,” hut it is to he hoped tliat candidates will soon definitely announce themselves.

Thc Board of Education, at its last meeting, decided to consult the several committees as to the following appointments :—Ngaruawahia, Mrs D. W. M, Osborne; Taumarunui, Mrs F. M. Goodyear. Mr A. E. Laing was appointed to Alexandra; and junior teachers were stationed as under:--Hamilton East, Miss E. R. Martin; Mot-rinsville, Miss M. S. Chadwick; Cambridge, Miss A. C. Rennick; Frank ton, Miss E. 11. Exelby; Te Kuiti, Mr R. G. Dibble; Ngaruawahia, Miss P. D. E. McCabe; Hamilton West, Miss D. I. M. R Hudson (con. tingent annointment). The resignation of Mr C. E. J. Gwilliam, Te Kuiti, was accepted. 'At the sitting of the Influenza Commission in Christchurch, District Nurse Maude said that in November the Hospital Board asked her to organise the work of the nurses.. She was overwhelmed with people offering their assistance, but a great many were of little help. She had issued a leaflet, giving directions how to properly wash patients, and this had saved many lives. In the majority of cases housewives were helpless and frightened, and showed an appalling ignorance of thi: ordinary rules of health and cleanliness. They had been pood enough to do as they were told in regard to opening but many had since dropped hack into their old ways, and she considered that it would take a generation to teach the people the value of fresh air.

A special meeting for ladies only, under the auspices of the National Efficiency League, : will be held in;the Theatre Royal Tea Rooms, at 8 p.m. on Saturday next. An address will he given by Miss Butler, B.Sc., principal of the Auckland Girls’ Grammar School. The same evening, at King’s Theatre, a mass meeting will he held, at which short addresses will be given by a number of prominent Auckland business men, and a selection of ehoice/Red Cross films (lent by the British Government) will he exhibited. These films are exceedingly interesting, dealing with various phases of Red Cross work during the war, and should in themselves lie sufficient to attract a large attendance at the hah, to whicn admission will be free. On Sunday afternoon, at 2.30 o’clock ,n public meeting will he held in the Theatre Roval, when Miss Butler will deliver an eddress on “National Efficiency from a Woman’s Standpoint.” It is claimed for Miss Butler that she is o"C of the ablest ladv sneakers in the Dominion, and no doubt she will have a large audience on Sunday .afternoon.

The position in regard to veterinary work in the Auckland province was one that received a good deal of discussion at the last meeting of the Cambridge Farmers’ Club, and the following resolutions were carried:— “That this meeting enters an emphatic protest against the action of the Government in reducing the veterinary staff to one for the whole of the Auckland province, and, in view of the enormous increase of cattle in the province during the past five years, this meeting can only view the step as being risky and retrograde.” “That the Cambridge branch of the Farmers’ Union places on record its appreciation of the good work done hy the Government Veterinary Surgeon (Mr W. T. Gollin',) during the eight and a-half rears he has been resident in Waikato, and that the secretary ho instructed to convey, in writing. t 0 Mr Collins the branch’s regret at his removal, and best wishes for his future.”

A member of the Chautauqua party, while in Hamilton, referred with pride to America’s long-distance telephone system. He mentioned that the Hon. J. C. Herbsrnan’s passport went astray, and it was necessary, when he arrived in San Francisco, to secure another. In 20 minutes he had rung up , the Secretary of State at Washington, a distance of 3200 miles, and in loss than one and a-half hours he had received another passport. Reference was also made to the average American’s attitude towards capital; they admired a man who could build up • iviness and direct labour. Twenty years ago Henry Ford had no money; v • fie was one of the richest men in America, and was looked upon as one of their hig constructive citizens. •id no one, even the office boy, loss than one guinea per day. He often took men from the penetentiarv, gave them a guinea per day, and did his Lest to encourage them to rc-construct their live*. There seemed to be much misconception in Australasia regarding Ford,

Messrs Hooker and Kingston have commenced the showing of their new autumn costumes. This season the styles are very attractive and varied, and on account of the firm’s excellent buying facilities the garments justopened are remarkable value. Garhicords and garliardincs will still be popular, while a nice range of smart tweeds are among the selection. The firm’s war I ’discount of 3d hack in os, fid discount in IDs, fid in 15s, and so on, is 'allowed off every purchase throughout (ho store.—Hooker and Kingston. Ltd., “The House of Sat.sfaction.”*

!"cm King ol Tonics—Forsythe’s Vigor Tonic—invaluable as a pick-me-up after influenza, colds, etc. Bottles, 2s fid and 4s fid. -Forsythe. Chemist. Hamilton *

Clincher Solid Baud Tyres arc the best for all heavy commercial truck work. Durable, yet resilient. _As!< vpnr dealer for these famous North British Tyres. IS

On Saturday next, in the T.M.S. Buildings, Hamilton, a sale of work and produce, under the auspices of the Hamilton branch -of the Plunket Society, will be held. A large quantity of goods been donated, and these will lx) turned into cash to aid the Society’s operations. A show of Plunket babies will be a feature of the afternoon’s gathering. “The reduction of 10 per cent in cotton in America will npt make any appreciable difference in -he cost of the manufactured articles to New Zealand buyers,” stated tbe manager of a large Wellington warehouse to a Times reporter. “Cotton and woollen goods, instead of falling , in price, have an upwafd tendency, but 1- is generally realised that the top of the market has been reached. It is absolutely necessary for Now Zealand buyers to purchase requirements a long way ahead of the seasons, and in many instances goods for the 1920 winter season have already been ordered. Buying so far ahead is to some extent speculative. Twelve months lienee we may see an appreciable drop in values, but not before.”

At Feilding Court a case in which considerable interest was evinced came up for decision. James Lang claimed £4B from W. G. Kemp for sheep worried on his farm on New Year’s Eve. There was a counter claim, in which Kemp, a drover, claimed £Bs—£4s the value of four sheep dogs shot, and £4O for damages, due to the loss of the use of the dogs. The Magistrate gave judgment for £2B 5s (disallowing the claims for the sheep that were bitten and the charge for burying the carcases), with £lO expenses and costs. In the counter claim, his Worship said Lnng was not justified in shooting the dogs four hours after they were caught in the paddock with the sheep. As to the question of the damage for the loss of the dogs, it was generally apparent that, by tbg act of worrying, the dogs had lost their status as sheep dogs. He therefore thought the case would ho met by £ls damages, with £3 9s costs. In an address at Napier, the Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout) ventured the opinion that a dearth of work might ensue after the war. He further suggested that longer hours should be worked. When asked how he recon. died these apparently conflicting statements, Sir Robert explained that work : increased the capital of the world, and the more capital there was the greater the avenues of employment. This is an economic deduction which should be seriously considered by the Labour unions of the. Dominion. The theory at present accepted by these unions is that the longer the hours that are worked, and the greater the production, the less employment will there be offering. The fallacy of this idea is at once exposed by the sensible and timely suggestion of the Chief Justice.—Wairarapa Age.