LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 140, 2 March 1918, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

;-Eggors, the Runanga"murderer, is to uti executed at 8 o'clock on Tuesday morning next.

A slight shock of earthquake was felt at 8.3S hist night,.

Thirteen persons were' to' have been charged with Sunday trading" in .the. Magistrate's Court yesterday, but when the cases were called Inspector Marp'ack said that in view of the decision of the Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout) in the Marblo Bar cases, delivered a few, : days ago, he desired to withdraw Hie charges. " Ho had looked into all the cases, and found that they were covered by the Supreme Court judgment;" ■" Tho presiding Magistrate, Mr. K. E. M'Carthy, S 'it., said ho was in doubt whether the police could proceed against the traders for selling anything.

There are only two serious cases of sickness in- the camp hospitals at the present time, and'in each instance the soldier concerned is suffering from a disease _ that cannot bo attributed to his military service. Tho general health, of .the camps., is. very good. The number of men in hospital on Thursday was 120, ■ ■ but -all except a few were suffering merely from slight ailments.' The measles outbreak appears to have subsided complelolj\. Only one additional case of measles has licen reported among the soldiers ■since February 19.

A man named David Fisher, who fail-ed-to appear, was charged in the Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Mr. S. E'.' ■M'Cartiiy, • S:M:, on three in- ■ formations of using: had language in Johnsonville in the .presence.of boys niid others. 'After"'hearing' evidence, the'.Magistrate" said the man had evidently v set- -himself--to defy, tho law. He was convicted and sentenced to twelve months , ' imprisonment on the ■first rch'arge, and.vmi the other two" charges he was. convicted, and ordered to come up' for sentence when calleu upon': ■ '■ ■; ■ "- : •■ ■

"People have got into the habit of speaking .ofiMiv Holland.:as 'the Lab- . our .candidate, and. ot Jiis ..supporters as the Labour Party," "said MrV Massey, referring , to the result of the election on Thursday night. "The term in this case is altogether wrong, and conveys a wrong irnpressioii. Tliere were many hundreds of loyal and thinking worker's who voted" for Mr. Luko, because they realiso the necessity of maintaining New Zealand's efforts in tho war, : because they know that the National Government- has done well right through the war period, and because they know Mr. Luke will'worthily represent -them.,. v..oii:-,the other hand/ there-were many-voted for Mr. Holland who are not workers in the sense in which the term is generally used, but,who .manage to live without soil;; ing 'their hands. The complete figures are yery interesting, \ and will give AVejlingtoniaus ..food. for- thought for many, a., long..day'.to ccme. , !," : :

At the Jbunedin Police Court yesterday morning, Thomas Francis- Hall, who had been posing as a returned soldier, and receiving alms, was convictod uf being an incorrigible rogue. He was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonmentj and ordered to be detained for-reformative treatment for a period not exceeding three years.—Press Assn.

The drivers of a motor, ambulance yesterday pleaded justification., in the Magistrate's Court'for driviug at a high speed when, engaged in taking a patient to a 'hospital. Arthur Sinclair was charged- liefpre Mr. 5 E' ' M'Cartliy, "" S.M.'j • with driving a inotpr-ambulance at an excessive speed, "he defendant said that he had to go to Porirua to bring ,in a child suffering from diphtheria, and - ; he. drove his car at twenty-five,miles. The Magistrate Raid he had nothing to do with what the defendant considered was right the law had to be obeyed. Defend--rtufc/irns lined 20s. v Jiird 'copts. ■ i

Mr. E. J. Howard, a prominent Lhristchurch Labour leader, ..in referring to tho cable messages regarding the Inter-Allied' Labour Conference, ■said to a representative of''tho "Press' , that 'the New Zealand Labour Party had received an invitation toj send its .opinions- on. questions, -to. be discussed at the'conference; and this had been availed of. The senders of the invitation had regretted that they had not been able to-invite, the party to send a delegate in sufficient time to allow of this being done. Mr". Howard continued that it was, probable .that if the Right Hon. W. F. Massey and Sir Joseph Ward w,cnt ■to England, ■ Labour also would send a,.delegate to the- Old jDonutry,, although it .was .possible that the authorities would not he supplied 'irith the name of any such appointee...

,-, Arising. out ,of: a request that the practice should be discontinued of displaying cards over beds in the hospital giving tho name, address, occupation, and religion of the. patient, tho Christchurch Hospital . Bpard ' has . decided that where patients are sent to the institution from gaol no indication is •to he giv'eu ■of the fact on'the card. The board, acting oil the recommendation of tho Hospital Committee, de-clmed-toia'Ccedetb" tlieother request.

Nobody, -can!..assort. . that ..'.Lord llhondda, does not practise . what he preaches. Alike in food and drink, he is one of the most abstemious of men. Coffee is his oniy. stimulant, he does Bot drink on an' averago' more.than one, cup of tea in a week, and both coffee- and tea are milkless. Latterly he has, on three or four days a week, been- ■cona'Uming Vnp meat/ bacon, bread, sugar, tea, ;or milk, and though his doctor warned; him'of the ; -risk no ran in his zeal to teach by example as well as precept,.he .'has never .been in better health. The Food Controller's average daily dietary in December was:; ■, Breakfast —OatmepJ porridge, kippered herring, coffee, no bread. Lunch—Fish, with potatoes, banana, custard pudding, coffee. Dinner —. Fish •■with potato (sometimes an egg), nuts, fruit (apple or' pear), just now medlars.'

Tliev increaso noted in the Customsand bepr duty collected at Christcliurch for January of this year, as compared with the same month last, year, , is also noteworthy (says a Press Association telegram from Christcluirch) in connection with the returns for "February. The comparative figures are:— Not" Customs duties, :1918, £39,106 ; 1917, £32,049. Beer duty, 1918, £3022; 1017, £2059.' Totals: 1918, £42,129; 1917, ■ £34,108, ■ -The, increase •for tha two months of 1918 is £20,069.

A large and representative' social fathering was hold at the Presbyttriaii Church; Island Bay, on v Thursday. . evening , for the purpose of showing hearty appreciation of three years' ministry of the Rev. Robert Wood and goodwill to-wards-Mi,. and' Mrs. Wood. .Apologies were read ■Uγ Mr. Henry Mackay from 'the' llev. W.■•■ShireV and the lion J. G. W.- Aitkcn. The meoting was quite informal. Mr. Odliu proposed a vote ol thanks to tho ladies who had arranged the "evening,'specially mentionin Mrs. Barth. The Rev. Dr. Kennedy Elliott made a. presentation of n wellfilled wallet to the Rev. .Mr. ..Wood and Mrs. Wood, and of- a '.leather dispatch case.- .with monogram.. to .Mrs. Wood's sister. .-. Ho- spoke 'of, tho' close frioudship , between himself, and Mr. ) whoso gifts and labours ho so. highly esteemed, and he on the. warmth pf affection of the Island 'Day- friends which had sho\n itself in so quickly and spontaneously getting "up this evidence of their regard for Mr. and Mrs. Wood. The Rev. Mr. Wood- thanked the.-friends-. : - for their kindness, and.-.then introduced'the Rev. ..L-M: made a few remarks.,-.and at;the clpsq pronounci'd the Benediction*- ...... ...". ; .''