LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2313, 21 November 1914, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The publio is reminded that a memorial service for the late Field-Mar-shal Earl Roberts of Kandahar will take place in the Town Hall at 8 p.m. to-morrow. The services will be conducted by the Revs. O.F. Askew (Anglican), J. G. Chapman (Methodist), and A. E. Hunt (Congregational). There will be a big choir in attendance, with Dr. Eingion Fjffo at the organ;

On account of pressure of business at the Magistrate's Court .yesterday a number of-cases had to bo adjourned, among them being a case brought by the S.P.C.A. against P. J. Mann for, it was alleged, causing seventy-six sheep to be conveyed in such a manner as to subject thorn to unnecessary suffering. Through the. generosity of a thoughtful witness in the Magistrate's Court yesterday the Belgian Fund should benefit to the extent of 16s. Inspector Hendrey had asked that a man just convicted for on offence should be made to pay witnesses' expenses. Counsel for interjected that he was euro that no witnesses' expenses would be Remanded. "Yes I claim expenses," replied one of the witnesses stondine up, "but it can go to the Belgian Fund." A second witness emulated this generosity with' "You can do the eame with mine." . A "most enjoyable , concert was given by Mr. Boyd at the Sailors' Friend Society Institute lait evening, before a largo and appreciative audience. Mr. J. Moore, nussioner, presided. Th?.-fol-lowing contributed vocal.and elocutionary items to the programme: —Misses E. Petherick, L. Harnier, D. Potherick, Messrs. Miller, Newton, Robinson, Bates, Boyd , , Howitt, Thompson, Leveratt, and Richardson (R.M.S. Turakina). Mr. Miller played the accompaniments. A novel competition on the merits of patriotio song_B was hold, and won by sailors from ships in port. The performers were accorded a hearty vot« of thanks at the conclusion of the concert. . . ■ About 1200 liead of shoep per day, and sixty bullocks, aro at present being put through tho Wairfgawa freezing works.. A man was arrested by Detective Abbott yesterday en a charge of stealing a vice and other articles, valued at £8 10s., from M. D. Crawford. . Ho will appont boforft.the.Magistrate thiss-morn-is& ■""■■ ■■"■ ' " "■ " " "'"'^

On Thursday week last a Ohinamari named Ah Chang discovered a woman named Florence Chadwick, and also known as Emma White, behind the' oounter in his shop, and with her hand in. tho till. When, asked for an oxplanation, she said that she was sungry, and when no one answered her ia; tho shop she had gone to the till to get l '. 6d. for a drink. The woman was hand-: : ed over to tho police, and appeared bo-' fore Mr. D. G. A. Cooper, S.M., yes' terday, charged with drunkenness and' attempting to steal £7 Os. 4d. from Ah. 5 Chang. Mr. p. W. Jackson appeared for accused, and asked for leniency asl the woman was drunk at the time, and tlid not know what she was doing, Accused tearfully reiterated that she would mend her ways, and turn over a<! new leaf for the Now Year. She had' been before the Court previously, however, as far back as .1908, and the Mag-: istrate ordered her to pay 17s. 6d.. medical expenses, in default three days' im-! prisonment, and sentenced her to seven' days' imprisonment for tho attempted theft. • •

Wellington housekeepers will have G9 pay big prices to-day for green peas., Owing to the light supply from Nelsorti and Otaki, first quality peas brought 25.; Gd. per peck at auction yesterday. At such, a price retailers will have to sell at sd. per lb. to make any profit at! all—a figure just 100 per cent, higher! than was being asked last Saturday. Hie lowest price realised for green, peae yesterday was 2s. per peck, secondclass quality from Otaki. Ojving to the dry spring it is anticipated that green peas will Dβ in short supply during the , whole of the summor. "| When the steamer Rakak was leav-i' ing Gisborne on Thursday evening shef slightly touched bottom in shoal water off the Teef running out from Kaitf. Beach, No damage was done, and the; steamer proceeded to Tokomaru Bay ioi continue her loading.—Press Associn tion. . , ' ' '• Last week a man named Alexander}' Joseph Moir was discovered . shb'rtly;' after midnight wandering about ' the' , ') upper story of the Clarendon HotelHe was' handed over to -the police, and:' was charged in the Magistrate's Courtyesterday morning with being a rogue' and a vagabond, in that he was found by night without lawful excuse in the. Clarendon Hotel. From the evidence! it appeared that Moir had climbed' a.; fence surrounding the hotel premises, j mounted the fire-escape, and gained ao-1 cess to the building.' He had entered i one of the*rooms, but on the occupant: inquiring "Who's there?" he beat a! hasty retreat, and was later apprehend-j ed. Mr. P. W. Jackson, who appear-j ed for defendant, submitted that he was,! .a respectable man, that he had tried ted get lodgings on the night in question/, and had knocked at the front door oi the Clarendon Hotel,"and then, ratherthan spend a night in the streets, had climbed the fire-escape, and entered the hotel. The Magistrate said he could not credit this story, and convicted,' Moir, and ordered him to pay witnesses* l ■ expenses 245., and to come up for sen* • tence when called upon. ■' : Two cases against milk vendors fon" selling adulterated milk were set down for hearing in the Magistrate's Court yesterday. One case was adjourned for; a week, while the case against Harrjl s Mantel was heard. Mr. Ernest Middle- ' ten, who appeared for the Health'De-j partmeut, said that the milk was 15j per cent, short , of butter-fat. A heavy, j penalty was not asked for, however<; Mr. J. E. W. Dickson appeared for ac- , - oused and asked that the' penalty ba a nominal one only. Defendant had purchased the milk from another vendor half an hour before Inspector Mid-*, dloten took tho sample. The Magis»; trato imposed a fine of IDs*, with costs;: 17s. Gd. .

On October 24 last Samuel Edilsori,, fruiterer, left eix sacks'of potatoes'ancll a bag of peas on tie footway in Cuba Street. ' Hie neglect cost, him a fine ofv 10s. with costs 75., in the Court yesterday. . ■ Several ■ shopkeepers appoared before J Mr. D. G. A. Cooper, S.M., in the' . Magistrate's Court yesterday, charged with being in the possession of urn ; stamped weighing-machines or, weights, : The following were convicted and charged m tnis respeot:— -Walter Arch, H. L. Bryenton, Basil Cooper, and Jooi' Lee Bros. Mr. W. H. Hannah, who prosecutod, asked that the machines and weights be forfeited under the Weights, and Measures Act. The Magistrate ordered that this be done. "Give It Up" writes thus. to tie* Christchuroh ..'Tress":—"lf you ara good at puzzles. I wish you would 6olve this one, set by the authorities of, the University, of New Zealand for''this •year's matrioulation (candidates. A notice acknowledging the receipt of an: application to be examined states that: 'The examination, commences on Tues» day, December 2.' The 6yllabus saysr 'Tho examination for 1914 will commencer on Thursday, December 3.' The tim*. , table gives the opening day of the ox* amination as Wednesday, December 2. Does the examination begin on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday of the first full week in December P" Mr. J. H. Escott, M.P., hae lost ntf opportunity in urging the survey of the Upper Gorge Block and to. makei the area available for olo6©r settlement/. Ho has now been advised by Mr Tu W. Brodrick, Commissioner of Lands*; that Mr. A. Hodgkineon, of the Napier Survey Staff, has been instructed to proceed with the survey. He will be* gin the work about December 1. The block in question comprises an area of some 2000 acres of forest land, .of good quality and excellent for grazing' purposes. It will be cut up into sec-i tions suitable for closer settlement, ans offered for selection before nest bushfelling season. Access to the block is gained , from Woodville by the Saddle Eoad. The area is bounded on the. south by the Manawatu Gorge, on tho, north by the Malton Settlement, on the east by the Hawke's \Bay provincial land, and on the west by Mr. W. Akor'a property. , , •■

The -managing director of the Stew art Timber Co. (James Hutchen) was proceeded against by the Labour De«i partment in the Magistrate's Court yes-. torday, in that, beinpc the occupier of: a factory, did fail to comply with a, requisition served on him. On behalf;., of the Labour Department , Mr. Wm<. Slaughter explained that the requiswj tion waa for the benefit of workmen om-«', ployed by defendant, and woe required! under the Act. The Magistrate orders ed the requisition to be carried out within two .months, under Section 60 osj the Factories Act, 1903.

; Mi householder named , Alfred Hooper toas charged in the Magistrate's Court yesterday morning 'witn allowing the chimney of his house in Riddiford Street to oateh fire., Mr. J. O'Shea, City Solioitor, explained that the case was a rather'bad one, as the chimney in question had not been swept for two years. A fine of 10s., with costs 175., was imposed. ■■',' In. response to'a request by the Ons- • low Borough Gdunoil, that a train be f run from Thorndon to Johnsonville on Sunday evenings, the General Manager of Railways has. notified fhat, by way ' Sof. experiment, a Sunday train will be Tun during the summer months. The 'train will leave Thorndon Station at 8.50 (p.m. ,- ; ••,. . • ■•■■■■ ..-■■:-. i "The squatters vote for the Reform I Party all right, but it is not the squat-' ~ters that put the Reform Party into I power, The people who put the Reform Party into power are the working class people. ' The" Reform Party couldn't get into power unless working- ' class people voted for them."—Mr. H. .■ Holland, Social Democratic candidate i for Wellington North, said' this, says • the Christchuroh "Press;" but the 'paper adds he will not getthe "Lib- • oralB 1, to agree. They will insiet after :the election'that, the 300,000 or so peo- • pie who gave Reform its victory, .wer.e •'•11 squatters. :: ' . .