LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2462, 15 May 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Tho postal authorities advise that the s.s. Malieno, which left Sydney oil May 12' for Auckland, is bringing Australian mails and also an English mail via Suez. The Wellington portion is due per Main Trunk express on Monday afternoon lii-xt.

Thirteen prisoners were placed on trial at the criminal sessions of the Supreme Court concluded yesterday. Of this number it is interesting to note that no fewer than eleven wore born outside I lie Dominion. The two New Zealanders were a mini, convicted of attempted theft, and o woman, convicted of "tlieH I'voin a, dwelling

The Telegraph Office advise that peM 6ons desirous of sending week-end cable/ messages caro of tlio High sioner, London, inquiring regarding! wounded soldiers, may he pormitted to' use the High Commissioner's registered code address "Deputy" instead of the' full title. Tho soldier's address must' be in full.

Such is tho pressure on cold storag# for meat at tho present time that fifty, carcasses of mutton (from Marlborough) were sold by auction in tlio Blaiii Street markets on Thursday afternoon, and realised fair prices. 1-his practice may he followed by other small sheep 4 farmers who find that it is' impossible to either ship or place in cold stosi ago their mutton.

Tn respect.to the recent polls to dej' cide on the day for holding the halfi holiday, it is the intention of the L&» l»iir Department to publish the re 4 quired notices in-next week's Gazettejl The days fixed by the poll operate front June 1 nctft, consequently in Welling-; ton tho first Saturday half-holiday tt hei observed will bo on June 5.

At a largo and representative meet* ing held at Dargaville yesterday, it wag resolved to urge upon the Government to intern all alien enemy subjects and sympathisers. 'l'ho meeting also ex* pressed its horror and contempt of the! contemptible crimes committed by Gort mans.—Press Association.

•An interesting suggestion -was madS at the Karori Rille Club social lasti night by Mr. .T. Burns ( when proposing the toast of the Dominion Rille Association. He said he thought the t-imef had arrived when the Hide Assooiatiou should make an olfer to - the Dofenca Department to form a team of expert sliots for service. Old a 6 he was hel would not mind making one of that team. (Applause.) Besides being ex-* pert shots, the members of_ the team would be men of long training, would prove very useful to the Departs IllCllt.

The Commercial Bank of Ltd., who have been conducting thele Auckland Branch at premises in Shorty land Street, have purchased a property in the centre of Queen Street with a large four-story building thereon, which: they intend to occupy after it has bees suitably altered. Tlie premises were recently purchased by Messrs/ Wilson! and Canham, Ltd., for £29,500, and have since been acquired by the bank at a satisfactory figure. The bank haS opened branches in the four chief cities of the Dominion, and recently purchased in Wellington the premises preriousljj occupied by the Post Office Savings Bank, No. 328 and 330 Lambton where their business is now conducted.

While walking along Mannere Street some days ago, a constable chanced t<j brush againsl a second-hand bath tuU suspended in front of Mr. J. Flock*) ton s shop in that street. The article in question foil to the ground. As result of this little episode the follows ing charge was road over to Mr. FlockW ton in the Magistrato'6 _ Court yester-j day morning:—"On April 27 did sus* pend a bath tub so as to encroach on the footway in Manners Street." Mn) Flockton pleaded guilty to the by-law! broach occasioned by tub, and) was fined 55., with costsTs. • .• >

A meeting of creditors in the banls> rupt estate of Albert William Organ/ newsvendor, of Wellington, was neltl in the Official Assignee's Office jester-, day. Mr. A. Tansley, Acting-Official Assignee, was in the chair. Mr. J. Sv Barton Appeared for Organ. The total amount duo to unsecured creditors was set down as £1107 12s. Of this suni £645 consisted of calls due to tho liquidators of Books and Papers, Ltd., £155 10s. lid. to Wilsoii and Horton, Ancbt land; A. Sanderson, Otakune, £350f J. S. Barton, Wellington, £15 15s. 6d.J and C. Bidd, Eltham, £1 ss. 7d. Assets totalled £100, over which security was held by a creditor, fn his statement debtor said he was managing director of Books and Papers, Ltd. All tha money lie possessed was invested in the company's shares. - Tho outbreak or war had stopped all sales on the railway, except newspapers, and in less than months tho company was forced mtq liquidation. The meeting arrived at aid decision, aud was adjourned smo die.

The question of issuing certificates to Tecruits "wlio liave been turned on account of medical unfitness is, it is understood, now beiiiK considered the Defence Department.' It was ong- 1 innlly suggested, as in' England, that badges should be issued so that thej; might be worn, but. this has been turn-! Ed down because it is considered that the majority of men would decline to wear anything in t'lio public which would proclaim them as "medical unfits." By adopting the issue of aj certificate or postcard, however, this aif-> •Acuity would be overcome, as any re* jeeted man would be able to product the same whenever ho desired, and bo be able to confound any critics. The certificate or card issued in the namd of each man could not, moreover, be so easily transferred as in the case of badge. In the Police Court Rt Auckland yes-i terday, a bookseller was fined £10 and costs, and three others each £3 and costs for selling indecent literature.-* Press Association.

I'risonors found guilty of vaiiond offences at the criminal sessions of th<j Supreme Court this week will appeal! for sentence before His Honour thei Chief .Justice (Sir Robert Stout) at 10 o'clock this morning. His Honour wilj afterwards preside at a Chamber sitting), when the Civil List will be called Qve-i; and the order of cases fixed.

A woman named Martha Bull has bee 3 fined £50 and costs for sly grog-sellmg at Ashburton. —Press Association.

A Press Association telegram from Hamilton states that notice of appeal has been lodged in the case of Benma (Inspector of Mines) lllianr >» ood (Mine Manager), at Huntly, who was recently convicted and lined'for fail 1112 to see that old workings wero daily.