The Chronicle LEVIN. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1917. SiX O'CLOCK CLOSING.

Levin Daily Chronicle, 1 December 1917, Page 2

The Chronicle LEVIN. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1917. SiX O'CLOCK CLOSING.

i< rom six o'elcclc to-day oavly e'ias- ' 1 1 will conic in Lu opcratl;:H throughout the .Dominion ar.d v/ill remain in force (luring the continuance of the war and lor .six months nl'tcr. The provisions of the Act will be of sonio intej-e.st, particularly during the next lew days. Section .'i fixes tlic hours lor the sale oi liquor l'mm 1) 0 clock in tin.- morning until G o'clock in the evening of evyy day exclusive of Sundays and coctain holidays. .Si-c----tion 4 makes provision for th e adjustment between the lessor and the lessee 01 rents and other charges in respect of licensed yremi-es. Tho basis of the adjustment is the loss of trade directly attributable to the restriction o-f trading hours. Section <> provides for a refund of nites to the occupier ol licensed premises in certain districts where the system of rating i.< on the annual value. Section 7 enables a licensee to- el ore lii.s during the continuance of the Act without prejudice to his right to secure a renewal of his license. Section '10 makes special provision with reference to the supply of liquor between the hours of \ (i audi 8 o'clock in the evening', when j such l'.quor w sold as part of n meal, j Sub-section (2) is in (lie following: words:- - "(2) fn any hole] or charter-j ed club, where a substantial evening; - meal is regularly served in a room set j apart and used as a diningroom. lit]-' nor may be sold and served in such , diningrooms between the hours of !j o'- ' clock and 8 o'clock in the evening to : persons actually partaking there of such evening: meal, and may be consumed by sucli. persons as part of such meal, but not otherwise, anything ;:u this Act to the contrary notwithstnnfl_ iug." According to statements -which

have been made l).y licensees of hotels, their takings will bo very materially, reduced. Some licensees estimate the loss in the morning hours at 10 per ceiit., and, the 10-s of their tunde in the evening from (J to 10 o'clock is vani. ably reckoned at from 35 to -to pw rout. Those estimates are based on a hilly taken nfc the request of the, Nat. innal Efficiency Board. The new law "•'•II affect a large section of the people .and they wonkl bo well advised to make themselves acquainted with the conditions impa-ed by Parliament for tlie Magistrates are not likely to accept a pica of ignorance of a law so widely discusscd-

Tlio Mianawatu Patriotic Women Workers raised a sum of £<300 for patriotic purposes, by nndcrtakyng the entering at the recent Manawatu A. and, P. Show.

lira Hammond has disposed of her Manakau property to Mr Richard .Robinson, of Levin, and, in turn, has purchased Mrs C'ruickshank's Man«ikau property.

A Government engfiieer was engaged last week in surveying the route of the transmission line from the Mangahao stream, where one of the main current generating stations i> to be located. to Pahneirston. This work has now been completed.

iielViTi'iig to Private Shirley MoHar<l:e, son of Mrs MuHnrdic, of Ot-aki Railway, now reported killed in action, the "Otalri Mail *ays : He was'on-e oi the brightest and most popular boys in Otaki or district. He lived the greater part of his life in this township, where be received his education, and afterwards entered the postal service, in -which ho showed marked aptitude, and a painstaking, efficient and most courteous officer. Everyone had a good word for Shirley, who was deservedly a favourite with' everyone, and the news of his death will bo received with the dicepest regret. Pte. MeHardie was very keen to serve li-is country, and resigned from the postal f-ervice, against pressure by the authorities, in order to enlist. To the sorrowing mother and relatives we convey our deepest sympathies. Mr €. 11. Spoil's' scutching and tow .sheds at Shannon wctro burnt to tho ground at '12.30' Thursday. The employees were having dinner at the time of the outbreak. "With the assistance of tho mill employees and Mr A. Seil'ert. Mr R. "Webb, and employees from the adjoining mill, the fire was confined, after a. hard struggle, to the scutching shed. The damage to the ■mill was slight, only the boltrc being rendeivd u-eless. There were Jive bales' of scutched fibre burnt, also •twelve tons of unscutclied fibre. The employees will be idile until about Monday. Mr Spiers has had a run of bad luck lately. About two years ago lie had !200 acres of flax burnt, then an expensive lawsuit, and five floods on end. Next a heavy gale- - blew down his tow sheds, and now a fire lias occurred at the mill. The present loss is estimated at about £1000.

The Magistrate, Mr Ken rick, held a pitting of the Court in 'Levin on Thursday when the following eases v.-erl-y dealt with : J}-. Have}-, for allowing a mare and foal to stray at Shannon, fined '10s and costs 7f> : W. Walloon, two charges, allowing sis cows to stray on the South Manakau road, fined 20s and cots 7s, allowing eleven head to stray, 20s andJ2s costs; B. P. Gleeson, allowing three horsec to stray at Manakau, fined 10s and 12s costs ; J. Dongan, .for leaving an un_ lighted vehicle, fined 5s co'sts 7s ; T. A. M.eFarlane, for failing to attend the dri'll of No. 50 Company of cadets, fined 10s. costs 7s, or 14 days military detention ; .Skipper ißoyal, for using threatening language to Chap. Hckenui, lined Is and 17s costs. In the following civil eases judgment was given by default for plaintiff, there being no appearance of the defendau';?: J. "W. GiVon v. AY. Simmons, £2 7s lOd, costs 9s ; A. L. "Williams v. P. Matakatea, £6 18s 3d, costs 3Q,- 6d ; Stfles and Matheson v. H. Harnett, claim £4 2s (Sell, costs 16s ; 1.-mn IV. l'ongh Council v. J. T. Folia,s, £5 15s, costs 23s (3d; same v. W. Chamberlain, £3. costs IOs; same v. T. -Broughton, £o 14s 9d, claim 28s 6d ; M. SuJian v. iRv Metckingi, P. M».cekfngi and "Wa.rena Hunia, £8, costs £2 3s ; F. T\~. Jones v. "W. Simmons, 16s Od eof-ts 10s ; same v. E. Judd, £1 2s Bd, costs 6s. Several judgment summons cases were a-lfo heard.

! Farland's Theatre held a large audience on Thursday night when a complied pictures and vaudeville attraction occupied the screen and stage. The pictures which 'included a laughable Chaplin comedy, were greatly enjoyed and the second part by "Hardeen." (Mr Los Scott) held the audience's close attention throughout. The entertainer is surprisingly versatile and evenly good in his work. Opening with a catchy song, in quick succession lie treated the audience to fvonie clever step-dancing -clean sleight-of-hand which produced an astonishing collection of articles from a borrowed hat. solos with the hones and on a freak violin made from a cigar box. a myf-til'ying card trick and .some clever cunjuring. An interesting demonstration in mental telepathy caused much wonderment. A volunteer from the audience was put under I hypnosis on the stage and was handed a slate. Hardeen invited four other members of the audience to write down set; of figures and a fifth to add them up. He then returned to the stage and exhibited the elate u|N,n which the subject had written the total as soon as it was calculated liv the audience. Finally an interesting exhibition of handcuff escapes wa.i given under the Mipem'sion of a roinni.ttee of three from the audience. Hardeen was fettered .hand ami foot j with regn'ition ban leuffs, trussed j n;j with a .-Led chain passed through I the irors :>.:>d round his neck, placed in | a bag :;i:il pad-loekedi en the outside, j .-Hid c: ■ into a cabinet-. He waf | free in exi.'-tly three minutes.. Most, of the turns vere warmly applauded by the audience and altogether the performance was very entertaining and | acceptable. The skilful playing of { the music by Mi*n White, the pianist j at F.;>rland's Pictures, greatly as !-t----ed in the presentation and it- was set , ell' to good advantage by a tasteluli hack cloth specially painted for the ; .. „.:ion by Mr W. Jepson, of Levin

lh« Rev Bates telegraphs: Easterly winds moderate to strong and backing by east to north. Expect dull weather with milch mist and fog in parts. Mitstyi rain is to be expected. Barometer falling soon.

With 'reference to entertainmelits coming under the, Amusement Tax, authoritative information lias been received that, provided a dance is a dance pure and simple, and does not include anything in the shape of an entertainment, such as songs, recitatations, or speeches, it will be ex. ompted from the tax.

At tlio Magistrate's Court on Thursday, Mi- W. G. K. ICenrick, S.M., gave his reserved judgement in the caie of J. R. G. iS'iansell (Mr Becre) v. J. W. Perkins (Mr Cooper), claim £76 commission allegedly, due on the sale of' defendants' property at Levtn to 11. Sievers. The Magistrate said ho found the following facts proved (1) That plaintiff did not introduce Sievers to defendant; (2) that-defend-ant had a month or two previous to giving plaintiff authority to sell, been' in negotiation, with Sievers and informed plaintiff of the l'?.2t; (3) that Sievers could not purchase from defendant until he had disposed of his own property; (4) That -plaintiff did 'considerable work in trying to cffect an exchange of properties, but these fell through by no fault of defendant; (5) That oil May 2 defendant wrote withdrawing the property from plaintiff's hands, having previously verbally done so; (0) That two or three weeks after defendant again entered into negotiations with Sievers and an agreement was entered into. Judgment would .therefore be for defendant with costs, £0 lis.

A recent copy of the X'.Z. Expeditionary forces Chronicles, edited by Clutlia -Mackenzie, •contained the following 'references to two New Zealandcits serving with the Imperial forces: Sergeant Stewart Matheson, Royal Engineers, has now been awarded the Military Medal. Ho lias been in 'France aiice July, 1915, and in February of this year was unfortunate enough to receive wounds in the foot, which necessitated liim spending a. considerable time in the hospital Sergeant Ewen Mathei-on went to France with the Royal Scots in October, 1915, and was wounded in the left arm in May, 191 G. After going through a course of instruction at a school for N.C.O.'s lie was transferred to the Gordon Highlanders and sent to Norwich as an instructor. 'He "was the champion shot of the Battalion for 101G and in July, 1917, went to Bisley for a course of instruction. There he gained a first-class certificate, coming sccond out of 200. Seirgt. Matliekoii is now (August) on liis way to train troops for the King's African Rifles in East Africa. Both the young soldiers, whose war record is iso creditable are brothers of Mr IX TV. Matlioson, of Levin, and they were wellknown in Palmerston and down the Mawawiatu line before the war.