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Motueka Star, Volume III, Issue 142, 23 December 1902, Page 4

A new idea for the punishment of prohibited persons who enter licensed premises was mentioned at Wellington by Dr M’Arthur, S.M. His Worship remarked that it would be better than fining -if the order was renewed for twelve months as from the date of the offence. The case before the Couit was one in whicn defendant had broken the order three days before the expiry of its currency, and his excuse was the elections. “You were going very well; it is a pity you did not last it out,” observed the Magistrate. “If you were made to start again from the date of your last drink, it would do more than fining.” A fine of LlO with 7s costs was imposed. Defendant intimated that he had proved prohibition in a petsonal sense to be a failure and he did not intend to sample it again. A funny story is told at the expense of a well known resident at Mahakipawa (Havelock electorate). For many elections this old identity has boasted that he was never on the losing side, and after the poll was declared he was crowing as usual about having voted for the ultimate winner. “Charlie Mills can’t lose,” said he ; “I voted for him every time, and have just voted for him at The Grove.” The joke was apparent when the return came in from that quarter, namely Duncan 14, Mills nil. Nobody enjoyed the story greater the Commissioner of Customs. A story to match is the experience of an Opposition candidate, who was ptomised a block vote of seven from a family acquaintance of his, not 100 miles from Wellington. When the returns came to hand it was found he had not scored a solitary vote in that locality. What he said afterwards is unprintable. On interviewing the backsliders he was informed that they had elected to record their votes at another polling place, but the candidate refused to credit the statement, and now they never speak as they pass by. The Lancet has a rather amusing suggestion as regards the permanency of the stained glass in English cathedrals. “Lately,” it states, “it has been found that a peculiar glass disease has broken out amongst the windows of York Cathedral—indeed, it is stated that some of the thirteenth and fourteenth century glass in the edifice has been removed in order to arrest the disease. The outbreak is ascribed to a fungus, but the exact nature of its attack upon the glass is not described. The glass appears to be perforated to such an extent that portions of the glass yield on the slightest touch. Moreovei, the transparency of the glass has to a great extent disappeared —in short, the glass here and there exhibits no longer the properties of glass. It is evident that some kind of chemical action has been established, due, perhaps, to the life and habits of a specific fungus.” The New Zealand Times says :—The price received for the Imperial Chambers property, sold by Messrs. Harcourfc and Co., is equal to .£242 17s per foot; and as this is the record figure which has been attained for property in Wellington, this fact gives a very marked proof of the phenomenal growth of this city, and the substantial prosperity of its business interests. WADE'S WORM FlGS—the Wonderful Worm Worriers—are always effective., is boxes everywhere. Woxms undermine Children?s ConstituI lions. Use WADES WORM FIGS, is I bo res.