LATE LOCALS.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 August 1917, Page 3

LATE LOCALS.

Tlie Defender sails for Wellington tomorrow monring.

The Jano sails for Bruce Bay to-mor-morrow morning.

Nominations for the ploughing match at Koiterangi will close with Mr L Morel at Koiterangi on Saturday next, 18th msi,.

' Tlio death took placo at Westland Hospital of Ah Shun a well-known local Celestial.

Private William White soil of Alls. 11. White of Westport was wounded on August 6th. 1 Coroporal Claud Brown of the Rifle 'Brigade, son of Mrs. W. H. Brown of Westport has been woundea, not seriously.

Private J. Stanley Scott of West-, port is reported as “not reported as severe case.” Private Scott recently Muled in England with the 25th. Reinforcements

At tlio Magistrate’s Court at Rotorua on Saturday Thomas Furnicano and John Patrick O’Neill wore sentenced to eleven months’ imprisonment for seditious utterances.

The death took place in Westport Hospital on Sunday of Mr. John ['bibbs. Deceased was forty-nine years of age. Ho worked for many years at Lyell. A family of six sons and two daughters are loft. Thomns Stack, who was recently convicted at the Christchurch Magistrate's Coutr . on charges of cycle-stealing, came up for. trial at the Wellington Court on Wednesday on five charges of cycle-stealing at Auckland and Wellington. He was convicted and sentenced to throe months’ imprisonment on each charge, the sentences to ho concurrent.

At Wniau on Friday J. Sunkel, the youngest son of Mr. Sunkel, brought home a cartridge which ho found, ana in the evening placed it in tho fire.

The cartridge exploded and many of the. shot lodged in tho hoy’s chest and Air Sunkol’s legs. The lad’s hand fared worst of all, however, two fingers and one thumb being badly lacerated. Tho boy is progressing favourably. Giving evidence before the Military

Appeal Board at Napier last week, a station manager said an employee for whom he was appearing, and for whom ho sought exemption, was “a marvellous man.” It subsequently came out in evidence that the man got the munificent sum of £BO for keeping

>rty thousand acres in tho Pohue disnot clear of rabbits.

Following on a calm and pleasant morning, a storm suddenly sprang up about oloverr o’clock on Monday at Christchurch. Banks of clouds could be soon gathering in the south-west and about twenty minutes later tho calm was broken by heavy gusts of wind, which increased in velocity, big clouds of dust being raised. In parts of the city the dust was so thick that the traffic came to a standstill. About twelve o’clock rain commenced to fall and came down rather steadily for about an hour. Uhe 'sky gradually cleared and shone during the afternoon hut shortly after midnight thd rain came on again.

A farmer who appeared on behalf of his son at a sitting of the Military Service Board at Palmerston North ’stated that it was his intention to put in 110 acres of cereals this, season, and if his son were taken into camp lie expressed doubt as to whether the harvesting could be done successfully owing to the labour shortage. Captain "Walker assured witness that he could rest easy about the harvesting. Tho Government had guaranteed laboiu - for taking in this season’s crops, and if it came to the worst the men in camp would be called upon to do the work. Captain Walker further stated (according to the “Standard”) that tho New Zealand troops did ft large Bharo in the harvesting of the French crops last season, drafts being regularly given leave for this purpose.