LOCAL & GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 14 September 1916, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL

At Jlasterton yesterday at the sitting <;f tile Conciliation Council the •shellrers' assessors refused to accept the offer of the .Sheepowners' Associat'on of 20s per 100 and a war bonus of 2s (id. The dispute will now go to the Arbitration Court. The shearers' d -niand an award .fixing the rate at 2os. For using the term "bankrupt" in a circular about an assigned estate, a firm of financial agents had to p;iy .£l3O damages in the Napier Supreme Court oil Wednesday. •Says the Exa.miner: "A dealer in the l.ower Hawke's Uav is reported to have I'Jido a very successful dieal. He !/:>u.zht a lino of some 1-1,000 sheep, and without touching them, re-sold at an "•.Ivance of several shillings per head. Result: A clear profit of over £5)0001" There was a very sad and sorry pickpocket at Wi.i-gga. New South Wales, a c itiple of weeks ago. Daine Fortune had dealt him a sturdy buffet. In company with two other men of his kind, he was "working'' a crowd near a theatre, when he espied a comfortable looking nnui. who appeared like a fairly prosperous grazier, idling near bv. The thief and his mates walked I •eliincl the grazier-looking person, and J fie pick-pocket made what he thought was a very slick attempt to take the idler's watch. lint his bind was grip- ! pixl as by a vice. Ho struggled until ' the muzzle of a businesslike revolver ( tickled his ribs, and then he realised j that his luck was out. The comfort- • able-looking person was a plain-clothes , policeman, who was watching the rog- J ues! I

ts A London cable message states that a iDonaldtson, the sprinter, was charged t- at Mjanchester as an absentee from -niil.i----g tnry service. He contended that lie ;r was not liable to serve because he was it* an Australian and not ordinarily resiir dent in England. He manic to l£ngg land for running only. The niagisJ.- trate decided that lie was liable to 11 serve and handed him over to a mili1. tary escort. l ' important judgment to County Councils w.is delivered at the New Ply--'I mouth Supreme Court on Wednesday. " . Hilda Simons veisus Taranaki Council t- Plaintiff claimed £001 damages on ac- >« count of injuries received by the capt. sizirg of her father's m*.;tor car and i- cnusing her serious bodily harm. The. 1- accident was attributed by plaintiff r to f-iutly construction of a particular i, part of the road. Claimant was awiir- •- dcrl full damages. That means about is £700 or £'800 that will not be spent on e metal. | f Some 93 acres of land will be sold by public auction ;at. l.ovin by Me.-sis iK Abraham and "Williams. Ud., under " instructions from the registrar of the r Supreme Court. Weili,. fe ion. The sale 1 :s to-mnrrow (luth Septi'mber). Tho 'and is in Xo. 2 Mannwatu-Kukutauaki 0 Seven ]>~ .Section 1 of Block 8. Mount • Bobins ;n Survey District. Further details are set out. by advertisement on page 3. : ' A good concert program is assured p for to-night's i-end-off at the Town j. Hall for the men who arc going into p camp next week. Levin performers, with their usual readiness to assist any patriotic function, have responded most generously to the many calls made f njion them during the last few .months t l<r the local patriotic society, and if __ the general public turn out as befits ] 1,10 occasion. the mayor .should. Slave 1 "" cc.-asion for fault-finding. Amongst _ the performers will be Miss C. .Middle- - tr! "- Maflrie Bishop, Miss iMaleohn .'lid Messrs George -Lester (eorne't t s-lo). W. Thomson. W. Ee-cleton, I). • Matheson, and ft. Aitken. r A remarkable story of a fugitive • Germiin destroyer its told by several i. men from a destroyer which has put into a north-east coast port, rsays the . Daily ])espucli. At iiwn the crew de- | scried in the distance a luminous war- | ship which filled them with awe. It . came towards them tit a terrific speed. ! "As it drew nearer," said one of the men, "we .saw the boat was red, hot. It was heading for us, and it was only by a splendid feat of seamhnsliip that our captain was able to avert disaster. Wo could not see a soul or board the vessel," added the bhiejacket; and he wps supported in this by 'his companions, one of whom chipped in w:th the observation that "'it seemed impossible for anyone to live in such a ..place. Tt was an extremely uncanny spectacle." tlr's sailor continued, "and ' one I shall never forget, even though 1 live to be m thousand years old. Tt shot past us. We watched it disappear in the distance, but what came of it ■ we do not know." A celestial body probably a meteor, - passed over Waihi at about 11.30 last night at a terrific rate, says the "DuiTy Telegraph." Its brilliant trail of light was observed by men going on shift and others who appeared to be out at the tane. The whole of the sky Was illuminated, 'iiid. in "W-nihi it appeared to be daylight instead of -moonlight. The body exploded over the west end of the town with two loud reports in quick succession, shedding a light of brilliant green in the vicinity. Various impressons were conveyed by the reports to people indoors. Tt was thought by many that an eruption had occurred, and this morning it was reported that ■White Islland had again broiken out into a state of violent activity. Others ascribed, the reports to various causes, and it was not until the fact of the visit of tihe celestial body who saw it that the real cause of the reports wus known. Many houses in Waihi were shaken by the concussion. Such a' phenomenon iff rarely witnessed in New Zealand. When sonic Defence cases were called lat the Leeston Court the other day, j the presiding Magistrate (Mr H. W. Bishop) asked the officer who appcinredi for the Defence Department why liewas not in uniform. The SergeantMajor replied that the regulations prevented him appearing in Court in uniform. "But they- do it in Christchurch.'' said the Worship. "Well it's against the regulations, sir," was tho officer's reply. "I don't consider it a good regulation : how am I to know who you are?" said the Magistrate. The military officer agreed with Irs Worship that the regulation, stating that an officer conducting a prosecution for the iDoparenient should unit wear his uniform in Court was notii good one, but lie had.no option but to comply with the regulations.

It was at a Sunday school, and the old subject of crowns in Heaven was under review. The Sunday school teacher .had 1 been tell in a; her class of little boys about crowns of glory and 'heavenly- renurds for good people. "Xow tell me." she said at the close of the lesson, "who will get the big gest crown?" There was silence for a minute or two, then a bright little chap piped out, "Him wot's got t' .big,gest 'ead." A young subaltern of the New Zealand Force was standing in Trafalgar London, the other day when an elderly civilian (stopped and looked at him, and then gravely raised his lia.t ':iikl passed on. The New Zealander seemed surprised, and the sur- | prise turned to embarrassmenlb when the same tiling happened two minutos later. Just above the cuff of his left sleeve was a thin strip of gold braid, and it was this that attracted the attention of many people. Th e gold strip denoted that this young man had fought his Empire's battles and had been wounded. (Though somewhat dhy at the attention showered upon him, the .subaltern admitted tlnat ho was in a measure glad of it because lie deemed it only just that those who had borne the burden and heat of the day in the firing line should 'have some distinctive mark which would he recognised' by the outside world 1 .