NEWS OF THE DAY

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10611, 9 June 1920, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

A cable message from London states that the idea of transforming Devonshire liousei into a cinema theatre has been abandoned.

In mentioning a case in the Magistrate's Court, yesterday Mr J. O'Shea (city solicitor) said there was a suspicion that many persons were not being served with milk on what was stated to be insufficient, if not improper grounds.

A circular resolution from th© Stratford llorough Council, asking that tbo Government be requested to take the necessary steps to make Saturday; afternoon a universal half-holiday throughout the Dominion, was endorsed by the Hutt County Council yesterday. It was also decided to notify the Government accordingly.

A man namer Walter John Croxton appeared before Mr E- Page, S.M., yesterday morning in the Magistrate's Court to answer a charge of failing to provide his wife with adequate maintenance. The accused was arrested at Shannon the previous day and a remand was granted in order that the complainant might be communicated with.

In a report of proceedings of the City Licensing Committee published in yesterday’s issue of the “New Zealand Times’’ the following statement was made;—“The renewal in respect of the Terminus Hotel was only granted subject to a condition that the wife of the licensee resides on the premises.” The reference was to the Albion Hotel, and not the Terminus Hotel, the license for which was renewed unconditionally.

Councillors P. Cavanagh and W. J. Howell, who recently inspected property at Wainui-o-mata suitable for workers’ dwellings for employees of the Hutt County Council, reported at yesterday’s meetings of the council that Mr Burrows was prepared to sell to the council fotir acres at £25 per acre, situated at the entrance to the reservoir. On the motion of Councillor P. Cavanagh, seconded by Councillor Howell, the' council decided to purchase the laud at the above figure.

The co-operation of the Hutt County Council in representing tile unsatisfactory wording of the Housing Act, 1919, to the Prime Minister was asked by tho Pahiatua County Council in a circular letter read at the monthly meeting of the Hutt County Council yesterday. Part 5 of section 51 of the Act did not make provision for tho purchase of land to erect dwellings 6r of hui,ldings already erected, and the Pahiatua County asked that the Act he amended and altered in that direction. The council endorsed tho resolution.

One of tho most important questions calling for solution at the present juncture is the inflation of tho currency, as it is one of the factors that enters so largely into the increased scale' of living charges. This subject; was referred to very pointedly by' Mr Massey in his reply to the deputation from tho Public Service Association last week. An opportunity to hear a measured opinion will, be given to those interested in this pressing phase of our economic life to-night, when Professor B. E. Murphy, of Victoria College, will deal exhaustively with “The Currency Question” in a lecture to bo delivered la the Accountants’ Chambers.

A cable .message from London states that Mr David r.ow, the New Zealand cartoonist, has been married to Miss Madeline Kenning, of Auckland. Mr Low, who was born in Dunedin, is practically a self-made artist and commenced to draw political cartoons at the ago of eleven. Ho migrated to Sydney when quite a young man (as he Sitill is), and did excellent work for the “bulletin,’' .specialising in political subjects. His caricatures of the Federal I’rentier —he was never a timid satirist —brought him into great prominence, and'when he decided to try hia tuck in Loudon there were many who predicted a splendid career for this virile artist. That ho has succeeded in his new sphere is evident Ivom . opportunities given him by prominent London journals among which is 'the “Daily News.” Mr David Low is likely to go far in the world of an. u only as! a very, able caricaturist.

A V.C. recipient, who also won the D.0.M., was granted a decree nisi by Mr Justice McCardlo in the Divorce Court, London. The petitioner Frederick Charles Wakeham, ot Bnxtou, London, sought a decree on the ground of the misconduct of his wife, Beatrice Emily Eliza, whom ho married in Bristol in FJO4. In answer to Sir Cotes Preedy, the petitioner stated that during tho war ho was in tao Hamiishirc Bogimont, and that whilst abroad ho received aftcctionate letters from hia wife. In May, IJiJ, howovor, when ho .returned to England as' a stretcher case, Ins wile failed to meet him,' and ho ’ later received a letter from .her in which she admitted that she was living with Percy Joapph Taylor, the co-rospon-dont, in Southampton. The petitioner obtained leave from hospital, and wont to an address in Southampton, where his wife told him. she had been livin'* with Taylor for three years. This 0 so upset him, eaid Wakeham, that ’ho fainted.

During the perilous war mouths m tho Hutt Valley, Mr John Cudhy, whoso death occurred at Lower Hutt yesterday, was chiefly, employed as one of the drivers of the commissariat contractors carts, taking from Wellington to the various ports in tho Hutt. He carried out this duty tor several months, often at great personal risk. , The road between the sot tlcmenf and Tort Richmond at the Lower Hutt and the camp of the 58th Regiment at Boulcott’s farm, was a narrow track cut through the dense bush and the carters; fulfilled their duties in constant danger of ambuscade. At first Cudhy’s commissariat cart had an escort of a n. 0.0. and fifteen men for the journey from Fort Richmond to tho Boulcott’s farm camp, but m the soldiers stationed at the camp were “worked to death,” to U6<v bin own words, with cofl’Toy and other duties, ho offered to dispense with the escort and “chance it” ; and thereafter his only companion on the hush road was the dork (issuer) in charge of tho rations. On the moraine of May 16th, 1846, Cudby arrived at°Boulcott’s farm a few hours after the surprise attack delivered by the Maoris upon the outpost, near the Hutt river, which resulted in the death of seven soldiers. Another carting party which he mot in the hush warned him to go back, as the camp had been attacked, hut ho replied that he must go on with the rations. At the camp he carted tho bodios of the killed- to the V lrI: ’l place on tho river hank. Ho remembered well brave young Allen, the bugler, who was fatally tomahawked when sounding the alarm that morning.

To-morrow afternoon a deputation from the Now Zealand Alliance is to wait upon the Hon. C. J. Parr, Minister for Education, with reference to temperance teaching m schools.

Councillor C. H. Chapman has given notice that at to-morrow night’s meeting of the City Council he will move: “That this council, being impressed with the urgent necessity of attempting to reduce the cost of living, and being of the opinio* that by wellorganised public markets there is a prospect of relief, refers to its engineer s department the matter for report as to sites available, with an instruction that the report be presented as early as possible.’'

A dispute over the payment of £1 be. ted to proceedings being, taken by Stephen L. Russell, plumber, against Alfred Reeves in the Magistrate's Court yesterday to recover the amount, The plaintiff did certain work for the do feudant, included in which was so tin.carpenltry work, and the defendant claimed that work had been charged for which had not been accomplished. After hearing tile evidence the. magistrate (Mr \V. G. Riddell, S.M.) gave judgment for plaintiff for the amount claimed with-Hs costs. Mr J. C. Peacock appeared for Russell and Air P. \V. Jackson for the defendant.

The Rev. Charles Edmund Luton, Baptist minister at Crunilin, was at Poutypool committed for trial, without bail, charged ‘’with embezzlement from the Ministry for Pensions and forgery. Mr Lyne, representing the Public Prosecutor, said Luton was a voluntary distributor of (the Prince of Wales’s and other war funds, and distributed supplementary separation allowances for the Ministry- for Pensions. discovered so far amounted tp £2OOO. His remuneration aa a Baptist minister was 27s Od weekly.

-The well-dressed body of a woman aged about 30. hasi been found on the lower deck' of the partly-submerged Vindictive (sunk in the immortal raid of May 10th, 1918, off Ostend). Her clothes were mack, and on her was found a purse containing'small, change and cards inscribed “R. V. do 13,” skates a Brussels telegram to the “Daily Mail.” The police have , not yet solved the mystery of how the woman got on board the Vindictive. There are finger marks to show' that she clung desperately to a projection to keep her head above the rising tide until she was exhausted.

Last evening a layge number of citizens who depend upon the Kelburn cable tram for conveyance to’.their homco were held up. At 6 o’clock, about the busiest time of the day, when the company usually runs as fast a service as possible, in order to cope with the traffic, there was -a stoppage in the time-table for- about ton minutes, and in consequence a considerable number of -people were held up outside thq barrier gates. It was ascertained last evening that the stoppage was caused by a temporary reduction in power, due to the quality of the coal in use.

At Marainii representatives of the Municipal Electors’ Association of Haw.itni, Kilbirnio, Lyall.Bay, Roseueath, Melrose, Scatouu. and Miramar, met to consider how best to secure adequate representation in the City Council for the large and rapidly-increasing number of electors dwelling east of the Mount Victoria Ridge out to Meirose. including the area on which considerable housebuilding is going on—there are ICO workers’ homes being build at Miramar alone- Speakers tor all the districts represented appeared to be unanimous on, the matter of fuller representation of the eastern districts of the city on the council.

•‘I did it purposely, with full intent to take my- life, because I was possessed of the devil, body and_ soul. This was the reply of Mr H. A\. Glanvill, a statistical officer to an insurance company, to his nurse, after setting his clothes on lire with a candle, states a London paper. He died from burns. Mr John Glanvill told the Lambeth coroner that his father had been in a mental institution, but had never threatened to take his life. Ho was living apart from, but on friendly terms’ with, his wife. He had influenza- and' pneumonia, and was looking for other apartments. “Suicide while of pnsound mind,” was the verdict.

Mr MoVilly, General Manager of Railways, 'visited Palmerston on Monday, says the “Mauawatu Daily Times” and had a. heart-to-heart talk with the Mayor and several councillors. Nothing. is to be divulged until next council meeting, but it is understood that Mr MoVilly outlined, confidentially, several projected railway changes.of. a-.more or less radical character. Some say that it is proposed to transfer the railway station and sheds some distance south, others that it is proposed to loop the main trunk system round Boundary road. The proposed closing of Opok street, branch lino to the abattoirs, siding to the gasworks, and_ exchange of land for the extension of the .Ralmerstou cemetery, are said to have been amongst the items discussed.

All over the country thousands of war memorials, elaborate and humble, have been, and aro being, set up. What is going to happen to them m the near future ? asks the London “Daily Chronicle." Aro they going to bo allowed to drop into a state ot dilapidation as have so many of our memorials that were set up lu ~ past? There is nothing more pathetic than the eight that «mio of these present to-day. The people of Cookbarn have set a good example in tins connection. They have invested, a sum of £SO, the interest, and accumulations, on which will bo used in the years to come in keeping the memorial and its surroundings m good order. It is an example that might v : ./.lowed in many other places.

There is still standing upon the. City Council' order paper a motion giving notice of three months ago by Councillor P. Fraser, “That the ruling, of tlio Acting-Mayor (Councillor George Frost) on Councillor Bennett’s motion of March 11th bo disagreed with. The motion has been on the councils order caper at every ordinary meeting ever since tbe incident occun'ed from which it originated. During the absence of the Mayor (Mr T. P. Dube) at Samoa in March, Councillor Bennett moved that a special committee, ho set up to confer with the council’s officials and report on necessary plant required in the near future, "and that the council should devote special attention to the advisability of procuring additional land for the council’s activities from the • storage and. general works. Mr Frost, as Acting-Mayor,, ruled the motion out of order, supporting his action hv quoting the council’s standing orders.