NEWS AND NOTES.

Hokitika Guardian, 8 June 1923, Page 4

NEWS AND NOTES.

Ii it were not for the work of socictie* snob a- ours, there would be more la-es like the Deans case in Southland ami the Cooper case in Wrl--1 il;> 1 1. » here e man i- to pay with his li, foe toe murder of a child." said Mr ; \Y .1. ihiiiter. pc. sident ol the ( • ciskdiiti oil '.'■■■ inly for I he t’lvlot I ion t.l Women end ( aiidren.. in urging ttoiiu the Canterbury .Members of I’arI ,".uieiil ('■ mu ii >i 11 ■ the claims ol the so. iet> for the restoration ol lb. sue >itly cl <_'i'.'i a year that was formerly tv; ei vi .1 I min the (Ini'; nintenl (stilt.s

a ( Itrist; :• lift'll exi hit Mge). The C Opel |>. I, . r fert-il to bv Mr S. H. Met arihy. who said ii emphasised the great need there was for proper invest coit ion of adoption eases. ,‘ili -t 11 rideiiis of Napier are fully aware of the action of heavy seas 11; making iii> the bench in trout cl the town, but an incident, which happened a! the mouth of the Nfiarumrn Uiwi do ring; the heavy -"a- recently was rat Iter extraordinary (states the “Daily 'i. leeranb"). At tlie -jot the Hirers Board h-- a small : lied for storing ; ;'- incut and lot.ls in. and it was l'otmii that tb tsi hail ouci'uached to such a distance that the building was threat cued with d; struct inn. The shed wumoved back .'it! IVct. but the next day the cm roachmenl had continued so rapidly that again ii was awash. It v, as removed another HI) I'ect and i- now thought u lie secure, the seas having gone down.

Though they were not Imm back in i .Mary and Bella MeKegney, uotcrioo. si-t-ers in bibulous history in Now Zealand, are “still going strong” (says tlie ( lirisii imrcli “Sun.") On do--.; not know what the world's record is for women inebriates. \\ hntever it is. Marv i- not an unworthy aspirant. C i•,i. thottgli older than her sister, is

but a . chow mintonr. -n far as eouvietiuiis go. Mary’s record stands at |.'.!i i cnvictioiis for drunkenness and “language” the offences taking place in .Viuklaud. Christchurch and t.lishpi'nc. Bella now has seventy-eight convictions.