LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, 19 September 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

In the Wellington Magistrate's Court yesterday, five Chinamen were fined £SO each, in default one month's impricnment, on charges of pilaying pakapoo.— Press Association. Three pure-bred Australian cattle-dogs arrived from Australia to-aay to the order of Mr Harold Black, They have a fine reputation as sporting dogs, for which purpose they are to 'be used here. Further contributions to the Belgian Children's Fund are acknowledged as follows : —Whangamoa School 10s 6d ; Matariki School 10s. Aporo School, with a roll number of 22 children, has done nobly on behalf of the Fund. The contribution from this school to the Fund amounts to £65. Messrs Eevin & Co.. Ltd., have received word fromi the Shaw Savili and Al'bion Co., at Wellington that the Kuma>ra will not (be her© on the 21st inst„ as exipjected, but will be some days late owing to her being delayed at Brisbane. j "You can't give tropies to bowling clu'bs while you owe people money and do not pay," said the Magistrate to a defendant in the Mastertou. Pojice Court on Wednesday (says the Daily News). The remark was elicited by counsel for plaintiff stating that, according to a newspaper paragraph, defendant had promised a tronliv to the Park Bowling Club. "He told falsehoods Dreadnought heavy,' 'remiarkedi a Dalmatian; witness in the Auckland Supreme Court last week, -m his efforts to refiute statements ■made! against him. "That is a new phrase," said his Honour Mr Justice Hosking. The same w/itness stated that a man. who had made charges against hi'mi "shook like a fish and changed j colour like <a lemon." The passengers by the Niagara from Vancouver include (states a Press Association (message fromi Auckland) Oaipt. Armstrong 'and three others, wiho are touring the Empire with a view of arrantTi'™- a (motor patrol service. They will come to Wellington/ to confer with, the Government.

Tn his speech at iSouthbridge the other evening, says the Press, Colonel R. 'Heaton Rhodes related some amusing incidents that had come under his personal observation at Gallipoli. One of them was as follows : A certain British officer who had to inspect Australian troops wore an eye-glass. One day the men determined to imitate him by placing their identity discs in the position occupied! 'by an eye-glass. "You would make blooming fine monkeys; do this-, yon ■blighters," remarked! tihe officer as soon as he had recovered from his astonishment, and he threw his eye-glass- in the air and' caught it again within his eyebrow. The imtn were^-overjoyed to hear the officer speak . their slang language, and recognising that ft>y catching his eyeglass in the manner described he could perform a. feat they could not, they 'became his devoted followers fromi that -moment, and' he could get them to do anything for him.

To enter a first-class smoking carriage and to find smugly ensconced there a young lady who looks not more than twenty is nowadays not worthy of remark (says <tihe Wajngainiuu Chronicle). But -wQien, as on a New Plymouth train on Monday, the young "lady" -brought forth a cigarette and smoked it, repeating the actions again; and -again', the surprise of the men i™ the carriage, though not openly <ma'nifested', was very real.

The monthly tmeetinsr of -the Women's Christian Temperance Union was held in the Foresters' Hall, Wakapuaka. on Thursday, September 14t'h. The attendance was small owing to so much pick mesa in tihe district. The president, Mrs Wastney, !pires i 'ded!. One new member was admitted. Miss Weymouth gave a most -interesting address on some of her experiences amongst prisons and cither iuetitutioriis. She contended that such daces would' not be were it not for the liquor traffic. Mrs Waistney pronosed, and Mrs Flower seconded, a very hiciairty vote of thanks to Miss Weymouth for her address.

In conversation' with Mr Oato on Monday liiigiht, a Hawke's Bay Herald reporter was informed! that the cargo on bca.rd the alb the time of .the wreck wis valued at about £220,000. while the value of the portion) salvaged is estimated at £12,800. Details of the insuraMct-ls were nob ■available locally, ibut it wa« understood, said Mr Oato, that Lloyd's will' be the heaviest liosers. Even if the vessel were fully .insured, and a* was hardly Ifkely, the. New Zealand Shippinig Company has suffered a- great loss, while to replace the vessel it would probably coat not liess .tbaur. double tbe figure *at which sho was originally built.

The crisis in the news print (paper i situation, "which already has cut down ' newspaper profits enormously, "will not be reached untO late October, "when contracts come up for renewal, -accordqmg to ■ re/ports -received from many sources by ] tho Federal Trade Oomimission (says a message faorni Waishinig>ton: to the Australian paipers). Tho Presidential elec- i tiou and the. war aro expected to in.ci'ease aim already ■unparalleled.' demand for news print., which manufacturers tell the Trade Commission they will hardly be able to meet. This year, for tho first time, they have not been aible to lay tip a large reserve during the simumier. The spring flower show and' sale of work of the Presbyteria.ro Ladies' Guild will be held to-morrow and on Thursday. A probationer nurse is required for the Nelson! Mental Hospital, particulars will be found! in the advertising column'. The Auckland Acclimatisation Society has started its camipaigni against .hawks by offering threepence per beak to ensure their des'tractioni. The annual meeting of the Bright-water Cricket 'Club will be held at the Brightwater Hotel on Friday at 7.30 o'clock. The annual' meeting! of the Nelson 'Cricket Association will ho held at Stallard's room <r.i Thursday, the 21st insL. Meserr. Karsten and CV. "ill hold an auction sale of household furniture andeffects on "behalf of Mr L. Ward,"of Wekn. street, on Thursday next, September 21st, Particulars appear in our auction column. v A dance will be held in St. Mary's Hall on Wednesday, September 20th, at 8 o'clock. Card tables have been ranged for non-dancers. ' ;' Lots of- people actually- ..believe., -thgr.t their troubles are interesting to others-."''"

A Chiistehurch resident lias just received 1 two (postcards 'fromi a relative who has 'been a prisoner of war in Turkey since the early part of August, 1915. The postcards state that the prisoners aire well, fed, and are in good health, but a complaint is made that though every other u;r''t among the prisoners has had money sent to it at times, the New Zealand era have not received a penny since the time they were cajpjtured.

A number of oases were called on at the Magistrate's Court this morning, but all 'were settled out of 'Court. Messrs T. Edwards and F. \V. Fairey. Justices, were on the Bench.

The proceeds of to-night's entertainment at the Empire Theatre will be devoted to the Soldiers' Christmas Gift iSund for the purchase of tobacco. Mr Saunders is putting on an especially interesting programme, and this together with the object of the entertainment, should ensure a large audience. Pieturned soldiers are cordially invited to be present.

The annual spring flower show and sale of work of the Presbyterian Ladies' Guild' will be held) on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. There will be a imusical "prosrraimme each evening. A number of stalk, with a tea kiosk, will be open for business. The proceeds of the sale of cut .blooms will go to the soldiers' Christmas gifts fund.

The DargaviHe correspondent of the •New Zealand Herald states that the town clerk at iDargavi'lle has received a telegraphic direction from the SolicitorGeneral stating that Mr Alfred Gregory, a member of the .Borough Council, who was the other dav convicted and fined for refusing to oxhibit a military service notice on his business premises, has forfeited his seat on the council. The forfeiture is brought about by the fact that the Militarv Service Act provides for a penalty of 12 months' imprisonment as an alternative to a fine.

Dr Thacker, M.P., has forwarded to the Hon, Dr. McNab, eral, the ■following' telegram: —"A repeated seines" of interruptions by storms of alii North, and) South Island were comimiundcationis, seriously affecting business and denying us late war news, is still continuing- Will you obtain at once a comprehensive report for securing at least on e safe line of telegraph or cable between the two islands? Thc.s matter is .urgent." Bar, Thacker has also asked the Hon. G. W. Russell to bring the matter under the notice of the "Governttnient.

A case is set down for hearing at the Supreme Court at Gisborne next week in which £5Ol is claimed as damages for alleged slander, the parties being Maoris (save the Times). There was some _ intention of having a Maori jury, but it is understood that the jury to hear the case will comprise the same number of Maoris as Europeans. It is about 30 years since a similar jury was engaged. The proceedings will 'necessarily 'be long, for the evidence will have to be translated in the ordinary way, but on account of Maoris being on the jury all addresses by counsel and his Honor, and remarks by counsel to his Honor, will have to be translated.

Concerning stock and crop prospects, "Agricola" writes in the Farmers' Union Advocate:—"ln the autumn we put in large areas of oats for green feed. The winter was a favourable one, and feed' was more plentiful than was anticipated. On top of this the country is woefully understocked. I heard of one estate, recently cut up, which is only carrying some 300 sheep, instead, of 3000 as formerly. Of course, more cultivating and cropping is being done in this instance, but still the number of sheep should have remained nep.rly stationary. Turnips have been ploughed in wholesale along the hills, and one farmer told me that he had tons of mangolds for sale, for which he could not find a buyer."

Grave fears are entertained for the. safety of a young married man named S. R, Smith, who left for Tuki Tuki (Auckland) in a motor launch on Tuesday -week, and has not been heard of since. Tu>ki Tuki is situated! near Cabbage Bay, just inside the ulf, and under the favourable conditions which obtained when the launch left Whangapoua at 1 .p.m. on Tuesday, it should have reached its destination six hours later. Smith had no dinghy attached to the motor boat, and it is thought that the engine l has broken down, and that the vessel has drifted to sea.

An interesting lecture, entitled 1 "How and Where New Zealand's Early History Was Unearthed)," was delivered by the Hon. Dr. M'Nal> at a meeting of the Auckland Civic (League on Monday evening (says the New Zealand Herald). Id concluding, his address. Dr. M'Na'b said that the present the eai-ly history of the southern portion- of the Dominion had been collected andl published in two voC'iimes andl the history of the northern portion, Tip to 1816-, in one volume. Two more volumes were required l to complete the task, and 12 years' labour had yet to be undertaken. "The work." he said, "lias had to be iss , ued in" this way lest accidents of .fire, disinclination for further work, physical infirmity or death, of the o?ie man engaged in the task, may cause the lalbour already spent to be lost; but if the .ground is ever covered •by none of these riskn hiving been incurred, the material will be reassembledin a form which will, it is to be honed, justify in the minds of New Zea.landers, a feeling that the long 30 years of labour of your humflole servant ha si not been spent altogether in vain."