LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

Marlborough Express, Volume L, Issue 222, 29 September 1916, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

In the Supreme Court at 'Auckland yesterday taiere : was •» sequel to ihc -arrest of ftua, when Puke Puke Kawara was cliarged with acting with intent to do grievous bodily harm to Constable Skinner and attempting to discharge firearms-at him. The case is likely to last: some time.

A Nelson motorist showed a Mail reporter a .handful of wails of .various sizas, ,and including galvanised nails, ■whi 'H be picked iip on the Wakapuaka road .on-cSnndqy iir'^t -length of ;abput t) yards beyond the Cemetery gates, c. \iiails, many of which were rusty, we're h9^on.th.e r rpad;by accident, but must have rhepn '-.deliberattely-. strewn for tlie puiipos.©,', of puncturing tyres, as th«y...wer§V...fight'., in the track, of .wheels.' ."'.','.'.•'}....;'.'. ■!...-,. .-

■s The Nelson Mail lecU'Tis that the trustees in the CawMron estate are no\y, considering ;'- 1 what, form the Cawthroii Institute should take. The bequest is.for purchase of land and erection and' * maintenance of an Industrial and Technical School,. Instituto and Museum" ;The trustees have for'^bhie"tiMte'pasfc been strongly of opinion that •■t^i'e Institute should be, primarily concerned'with research, in eonncotion with the resources and industries'cif'tiKe-Nelson province, aiid they are now'•■"completing an-ange-lnent? with ■ certain of the leading scientists of New '"Zealand to visit ■■Nelsdn as a.• commission to advise how best the wishes f: of the late )Mr Cawthron' can bo--'!-practic'ally'' carried^ out Th© ain'ountvayiilable for capital expenditure an'dlon'dowment purposes Will probably be between £150,000 arid '£ tSO,OnO._ rrhe cpnxmission is expected tjo.yisit Nelson in January, &o ; 'that thi .'.scheme should assume practical form very shortly;tv '/■ ••,■ ''

■'■:,;A.: boy /nameds- David' -StuiTOckj,^ .nine: years < of.-agey..'w.js dj.lojV-'mid. hy iih'e riyter 'Aiv|>n on M-^aday afternoon: To.gether'>yith;. othei*,' boys-1 he- \i'as plying on tße banks-ofi the lower rdach^es cf the river at South New Biigh^pii, &nd: .jumping in and. out :bf a bp.it near by. Oice of the-ejder lads,' it is Said, pushed tile boat further out from the bank, wMlei three of ' tlie younger boysl wef^, in it. Two of them, realising' their■'danger, • jumped out, and \\ith * ,rliffioulty '" waded ashore.■'•'" By this'-imie^ tK<>.siem of the boat was.w6lf-out'in tlie'channel, and.it was thetr:ith'ai "the tbiixl; boy' (deceased) itimped^'-liopiri^: to'-reaclx' the shore,, by wsMth^." The :water ■ivjiV 'io"p. however, and' after a struggle, ha sank, (me of the- biggw boys trieel to rescu^."f|jiijm, (.but- his . efforts were in vain." So far the body. 'has. not beei|-^recovered;' - : v.

Freezing worksffif Niß\v' v Zealahd will begin next season^ operations with •: tile/in floors,^.as bePbre'that^tinLie^ "v.n-. less}', something untoward1 -happens, the \vliolo of^ the present stocks in store will have' l>eon shipped Honae. ~,, Such was the .. statement, made by the Minister for Agriculture.to an Auckland Star reportei*' on Monday. Mr Mac Donald: said there was, according to tho latest- returns, 130,684' carcases of/mutton and lambitt; cold storagei-'iii' the' North Island.-and 5Hj.462 carcases' of; bofif.j'.;'^VIQli!^iSoiitlie"rii-*-.^figt.ire§! were 3i)fi;oß9'':c%eases 66/iiititttDn arid'lairib" and 26,061 h arcasefeof beefi: The' total for f>6i;h;i6lnnds \*ras : 526,763, and 84,523; ; The shipping for wil( clear nibre than half1 the inea/t in t>tote almost immediately^ wh,ile>. the whole will; be taken away before the end of the' present yeaiv .

A cheery Jettw avus received "the other'day hi Palmerstdn< 'North". from Major A. AC Martin, the brilliant surgeon*>sert>ing: witH;. the New Zealand Expeditionary Forcej ivho has inst died of.: pounds received in the .battle'of the.'Somme. "I have,", he wi'ote, "frequently of late gone round ■all-our advanced five trenches. ' The i':iiifcary side appeals, to me more than the medical. My ambition would; bo i to be in commfHid of a' field battery, j and day and knight to pump high ; explosives into :hifFiit'z.' I have ) already got\:emraghi' material for | another book,'.and'if I get a working | fit I may sit down .'again. The feeling »of confidence in England and France

is very, pronounced. Germany is staggering. Her. efforts are unsteady, food is not ample, and she has had some nasty blows. . : .'.Germany, my friend, is a 'gone coon.- -The coming struggle will;be bitter, and most sanguinary anjd obstinate. Germany will go down militmrrly* ivith her flajr flying, aii-d : 4 mWh-chf<Rtei"ed ' and more sober 'GerniHtfy-- swill: in future walk the' earth. Oiir men are' well and fit, look well, and, behave well— :. a',disciplined, body of men; smart and respectful to their, officers..' jj Altogether one has reason to be very ; proud of the; iN«w J^ealaiKlerS' out . here. Whene thetoallicomes they show i the elan and sjtieatfci'h'eSs; we all hoped | for. A new atntosphere and changed i->pivit pervades the European, front. i We have bad our dark days and gone

" through many' mistakes, but out of it all we ar'now really ready for,the \ kiiCfck-out b^y. Nest time I see (.you I \\-ill tell-'iyou some,straiiig;e tales ' nob written in : the" book, of war, oi' of :/tho prophets tuther. Cheer 0!— | Arthur ./Martin." ' >"'''; ; :'■

'Hie total number of tins of goods } renli^ed by means of the "tin social" held'at Ken wick last Friday evening was 145. These were handed over to Mrs Kaughey, and wore despatched on Tuesday to the troops at the .front as Christinas gifte. .. ■-.■. '

~ A telegram received by his Worship .llie- Mayor (Mr. J. J. Corry) to-tlay .from.-tho Defence .Office in-Christ-e,Uui'ch states that I/ance^CorpL W. (i. Holda^vay and Trooper J. CluniesRoss. who returned to New Zealand by the Yv'illoehm, have been sent to tlio Wellington Hospital.

j Rain clot^ds" covered tlie whole or •tbe: Dominion "tliTis morning, anil showers wera falling hero and there. | Heavy seas wcto running at Cape Campbell and Stephens Island, at both of which, places southerly gales were raging, and there was a rougn sea at: Cape Palliser.

,' An application was made'to Mr F. O;B. Loughnan, S.M., this morning by a mother in Indigent ciroum-.s+ance-s, a resident of Pic>on, to have her child, eleven months old, committed to an indru&trial school. She" was unable to maintain it. Tlio child was committed to St. Many's Industrial School, N-elson, and no main.teiianoe order wa'o made.

According to a new arrival at Napier, England, when tho war concludes, will "be able to turn out machinery at less than half tlie'price that it was ; prevK)U)? to the'war. Motor engines will be sold at ridiculous .prices,l he said. England has been xreypiutionLsed, and .has learnt, as.: the Americans di&'ilorig ago,' -thp value' of labor-saving, machineryl. '"; • Tlhv Seddon National Reserve sliopting competitiim %r '; a trophy; pre-. seiited b-y Mr Jv ,G:' Arriistrong' was cbriipleted on. Tuesday evening, Mossi:i>: 1. A^' Berr^ ; ., arid Lot!iiaii Itieing for first place. In tlio shbot-of^ A-. Bei-ry "»-arried off the trr/phy.'; fa sili'er toapot) w with a total of•..;{!. The next competitibn—a singly • night shobt-i -will be; held next Tuqbday■"week/. •• :

i ;u4: rPmantic episode of th© warf;was' revealed in a reoent London Gazette in. regard to Lie-u,tenant-Colone.l Job a For-di'jElkingt.ori-,.-. who was. >cashier,eci on bep.temb'pr'-141/h,! 1914, by general coxirt-niartial.. The Gazette rworcls his re-instate.ment with the rank of Lieuteßant-Colonel, and^ with previous seniority in consequence of his gallant'conduct while serving; in ' the ranks of th^.'Frenoh Foreign'Legioii; He has been re-appoint-ed' a Lieut.Colonel in the Warwickshire Regi?:ment. . ■ ' r: ■'.'.■'■;•; '■ ■'.... . ■~'-",•.?

How. is it dono? , Suclt was the query made by th© passeivg'ers-on the R.M.S. B.pmue!r4; on heiv tayrivial .at .Plymouth from iSfew -Zeala.n.d»;:';; : .{-;Tlie day provioMs.^bo'.h'er/r'cachtng. the first {■ British port ;i7 stoamers were await - ing the ; usual , instructions' from the Admiralty^—there, were four j.-eiiemy submarines at the harbor's en|;tranco, seeking prey. .■.'.! As arranged by the \' 'powers' that be," at the tfme appointetj wholo of the 47 left Plymouth-4-and thp., foxu' -"subs.":' never went home? again.' • . ■ '

Every home can .afford to drink-: Desert Goid^ '■ the Queen of Tens: Fairiiiy blehd, ls 9d. Special grades,' Is 10d and|2s.---Advt. . .... - ; tlie Magistrate's Court to-day jii^clgmpiit by cWfault was given in tht* casp of C.r-■'R, -Muvvay and Co.; vt Matilda Barrett, £4 10s. Tvith-llS' costs1. ,-ilri tho case ; ; of Booth; MacDonald aiwi pp., Ltd.j^y- Bdyes arid j OvJ>earyy the, pyidence .of Humphrey. O'Lonry, otte of the defendants, -was taken on commissiori. . - The clann was for £19 12s 6d, representing' the" balance of an cocount for .require-'. . meirts, :suT>pli(xl for, a- flaxmiil at Ma.,t>'a,ta.;:;? < Thej. ,>yit;ncss denied liability, j explaining J-3i.at he.- withdrew from I the,; concorn- before tho rl^bt was inr i.ctjrrecl and riiada his clear' at i-;the:;.tiroe-,. ■ '■'■:>>.,''.■■ .■.*.■.; ■••' : •:---'?;" .■'• •'..,;

A : ti'dphy captured froni the Gler-' mans "has reached Dunedin, a small piece of the■Zeppelin that' was shot down at Salonika..-Iti is an angle of. aliiminium. about.,9in.. long, weighing only 1\ ounces, but tough enough to stand a strang.pull. Tlais treasure is owned by Mr W. Stewart, of Mprningtpn. - He received it from his lirother, Mr H. Stewart, who is on a transport, that- chanced to' be at Salonika when the troops were guarding the wrecked framework.. A relic of tho some' Zeppelin has reached Wellington from an ex-resident of that city who is attached to the Medical • Corps, at Salonika.

Difficult breathing, due to nasal catarrh, can bfi promptly relieved by ' 'N"A ZOL.'' Its penetrating properties kill thp germs, of catarrh. Use the Naaol inlialer.—\-Advt... ■;; It is not generally known (says the N.Z. Times) that a private who went away with one' of the Reinforcements succeeded to a fortune and a title before bis departure. The private'in, question is stated to : have been a ; captain in the; same regiment-as His '' Excellency the. Governor (Lord Liver- ■ ,poci).- .iWhen ho enlisted'he kept his i identity secret, but was disonvered in' the rinks by an Imperial officer of-; high"rank:•'■■• He ■was offered his discharge, but stoutly refused to accept iti arid' was eventually allowed to proceed to the front as a'full private, j

. The Rapaitra. tennis courts will open f for ?o;-.son on Saturday, Octouor , 7th. Members of ottier clu»s are cor- j dially inviied t<) attend. • » I

New* ')f the success of a' young Auckland aviator, Second-Lieutenant Keith L (<aldwell, has been received by cablp from London. The message staiies that he succeeded last week in bringing down a Gorman aeroplane whilst engaged in flying duties on the Western tront. No particulars of the fight have been received.

The death occurred at the Mastorj ton Hospital a few days ago of Mrs I.W. A. Terriil, wife of Corporal | Ternll, who is now on active service. The latq Mrs Terriil resided in Blen- j lioim prior to her husband departing j for the front. Three young children are left to mourn the loss of a devoted : mother.

1% is unusual to look for German blood in a Maori, but two members of •a Maori contingent claim as their father an unriaturalised German. The iatter has Jived with the natives for many, years on a. large island near Auckland, where he married a native woman. . ,

"I have not had enough of the campaign, yo.t.- noiihei shall I gei sufficient of it 'until the Germans are be&ten,'' remarked Sergeant-Ma jor;•••?• ■"•'■'€?. Boat©, tlie Auckland recipient ..of. the, Mtt^ .Ville Mili'taife. The hero of the GulKpblu campaign who was so signally honored -by. France is expecting to .ioin.the heist remfbrcenieiits frbm^Tevv Zealand.;