LOCAL AND GENERAL

Nelson Evening Mail, 16 September 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The arrivals in New Zealand during the month of August numbered 1249 and the departures 1449. For Air»ust, 1915, the arrivals were 1919, and the departures* 1765.

A social •gafttoeirittig' was ifoeid l art. t'he Oddfellows' Bali, Wakefield', last evening in ihtoaiO.ur of Itihte Wakefield soidiea-s on ftnail leave. There -was a laiige a>ttenriaanoe, amd itHiia fiuncftioar was mios* successlful. Mrs J. Oofemaji and Mi* G. Coifemani suippliied tfihle music. The baiairuce, amouinitimg rto 'between £2 aaid £3, is to ba devoted to itihia Mail Tobacco Fiuid.

A concert will Ibe given 'by the Nelson I'oncert Orchestra in the Theatre Royal in Sunday evening, -when a well'-selected 'programme will be presented mnder the baton of Sdgnor Jos. r Vitetta, the coniiuctor. 'The 'Orchestra Qias given several ■oncerts on behalf of patriotic funds, md the willingness of members to assist xny good aa'use entitles, them to generous oublic support. 'So far the Orchestra has given all .its concerts' for some piatriotiic cause, but this occasion the proceeds will go to providing miusic, etc. Judging by Saturday's experience, says the Marlborough Express, 'Captain Eckl'oid (who won the first prize in the M'Hardy Art Union) should have very little ■difficulty in disposing of the 1000 •beep. Early in the morning a telegram was received at his office from a North Island stock auctioneering firm requesting the privilege of being allowed to offer the woolly 'beasties for sale. Other ' messages followed, and. interviews -were ilso sought on behalf of local' firms. Un-fortunately—-or perhaps fortunately, for himself, at any rate—Captain Eckford was absent from Blenheim. The Rev. Hector M'Lean, M.A., 8.D., •)f Knox Chiu'ch, Invercargill, enlisted last week as a private, and proceeds to Trentham Camp some time next month, says the Outlook. Mr M'Lean, when he left Scotland, fully intended to enlist as soon as he arrived in the Dominion, hut in Wellington he was persuaded, on account of the scarcity of ministers, to take a charge in the meantime. Mr M'Lean, however, thinks that he can 'serve the Church better by enlisting and getting into tench with New Zealand's manhood out on active .service. Mr M'Lean has already two brothers on active service, and a sister a nurse. 1 A meeting of all units of tihe Nelson district National Reserve will be held t the Temperance jHall on Monday, the 'Bth inst. s to consider the aidvisableness ! i disbanding. '

His Lordship the Bishop of Nelson will J conduct bdth services at All Saints' j ■Church to-morrow during the absence of the Vicar, the I\.ev. J. A. Rogers. The amendments to tho regulations governing the classification of teachers' foreshadowed) a day ut. t" o ago have 'been gazetted. The Rev. W. Baumber returned from Wellington this morning, much benefited j in health.. He will: preach at St. John's Church to-morrow evening, taking for his su'njeet "Christ's Great Word of Cheer." Five hundred more women have been accepted h<\\ the British War Office as Army cooks, and will soon be sent to the front to join 15C0 others who have been satisfying Tommy's appetite. These women wear khaki, live in camps and .barracks, mess, draw rations and are the nearest approach the Army has yet seen to Thomasina Atklins. The annual meeting of members of the .Nelson Trotting Club has 'been postponed till Wednesday, Ootober 11th. Owing to a printer's error, it was uronglv stated in yesterday's issue that •vh-e case of theft dealt with in the Magistrate's Court yesterday occurred at the Trafalgar Hotel. It should have ibeen Turf Hotel, iStoke. The monetary advantage to he derived from the manufacture of cheese as compared 'with ibutter was strikingly shown by Mr W. ID. iPowdrell, chairman of directors, at the annual! meeting of the Kaupokomui Dairyi Company. A shareholder had complained of the butter that had been sent the suppliers of his particular district. '.Sometimes', he said, the butter was of an inferior quality, and at times they were without supplies. The chairman stated that if Kaupokonui had made butter instead' of cheese, last year it would have meant a loss of £38,000 for the two-thirds they shipped direct, and' 60,000 oai the whole output. The Presbyterian Ladies' -Guild intend to hold their Spring Flower Show and Sale of Work on iSeptember 20th• and 21eit. .Schedules for show can he obtained from- 'Mrs MadKenzie, Mrs Angus and at (Mr West's Pharmacy. Entries close at the 'Church Hall on Monday, September 18th, at 8.30 p.m., or can he posted, to Mrs Angus, Hardy street, any time before tJhen. Cut blooms will be sold, for Daffodil Daiyi Fund for Soldiers' Gifits. There will be the usual stalls for work, cakes, sweets, produce, pot plants and mowers, novelties, tea kiosk, etc. Musical programme each evening. i

Judgment was given by> Mir J. S. Evans, S.M., at the Magistrate's Court vesterdav in«tih,o case of F. and 1 D. Edwards .(Mr Fell) v. N. Ou-w-ejan (Mr Moore), a claim to recover £lo3\lls on a proniissoi-y note for money lent. The facts were that defendant wished to buy a- property in the Nelson district and the plaintiffs, who are land agents, referred him to their Ta'kaka agent, Mr T. Sym-es. Defendant went to Takaka, and agreed to buy a property and entered into an agreement to purchase Mr Arthur Berry's iproperty, together will all_ buildings "and improvement, and' certain live and dead stock. The defendant had not the money 'to pay the-deposit and gave a promissory note to the plaintiffs, who paid the deposit. 'No money passed, but the plaintiffs credited in their books the amount of the deposit to the vendor. The sale went off because the defendant alleged that he could not finance. There was' a dispute as to tJhe meaning of the term "subject to my (being able to successfully finance it," and! defendant refused 1 to accept the finance arranged by the plaintiffs and repudiated the contract. The Magistrate held that successful finance was arranged within a reasonable time and the repudiation was not ■within tihe reservation in the- contract. The money sued for was a loan and duly and promptly credited in- plaintiffs' books, and it was immaterial whether cash was paid or not. The right of ; defendant to (recover the deposit was another matter and tmust be decided' in another action. Judgment was given for the plaintiffs for £IOO, without interest (as no money passed) with, costs.

A youthful bookmaker appeared "before the Magistrate's Court in Auckland on Tuesday. He admitted a charge of having made a- bet in a public street. His uncle, since dead, had, he said, taught him how to bet. Mr F. V. Fraser, addressing defendant, who is 18 years of age, said he believed that "as many went to the devil through gambling as through drink." Defendant would be fined the minimum, £2O, and costs 7s, and -would be allowed to pay £8 down and the "balance in instalments of ; 5s per week. While the money was being paid off he would be placed under the supervision of the probation, officer, the Rev. P. R. Jeffreys. He would' also he required to a'hstain from frequenting race meetings and billiard saloons, and would not be allowed out after dark unless accompanied hy an older relative or with special permission from the probation officer./ A sbeciali meeting: of the Lady Liverpool Committee will be held in Hallenstein's room on Monday at 3.30 o'clock.

A cable lias been received.! by Commissioner Hodd'er •from General Booth, expressing his hearty thanks for New Zealand funds for Serbian relief, and asking if «it is possible if or .Ntew Zealand l to help them in tlhe relief of ißelgium. In his cable General 'Bootih states that tine need of Belgium is urgent, and having had officers at work dn that, strieklen country ever since the •beginning of the war, the Gener-al is in a position to speak \> <th authority. The fact that a network of Salvation Army agencies already exist in Belgium' makes the expeditious distribution of relief possible, and the Army's well-known capacity for this work, as also their economical method of distribution, makes the Salvation Armi.vi a very desirable agency through whiclh to convey succour. Monies for the above purpose may be sent to Commissioner Hodder, Welilington, who will remit all amounts to London promptly, from whence they will he conveyed to .»e«diy areas iby acjredlitedi officers.

Attenitiorn is d.rawm to Airs Arostdce's new advertisement on third page of this, issue. A ntotice to 'prize money in connection with the Nelson Horticultural Society appears in our advertising columns.