LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 31, 6 February 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

I I At tlif* -Auckland Supreme* Court ideerees nisi wore granted in the case j o ! Thayer Close v. Kvo Close (closer-j ' i ion) ; and Mary Aime Smith v. Char- ! les Kinoslev Smith (misconduct). — : C A - " 1

Mr Fookes stated at the Court this , morning that the ease Mignett v. Jardine (part heard ;U last sitting) would be withdrawn, a >ettie:iieit having been ai’tive 1 at \ Applications close with Mr H. ; Thrush, the Hon. Secretary oi the; Hmvan Athletic Club, on Wednesday ; next, at S p.m., tor the sole privilege; of running the drink, fruit and lolile booth at the Rowan sports on Febru-. ary 19th. A Paris thief has been found with] lo eggs, 14 Camerhert cheeses, two pots of hare paste, 11 boxes of sardines, and 16 small pork sausages concealed on his person. Probably he meant to disguise himself as a family larder. Laud agents’ licenses were granted at the Court his morning to the following:—Thomas Say well, Thomas Isaac Lamason, Campbell Jackson, and John Bangham Richards. Ihe applications had been held over since last Court day owing to technical irregularities in the documents. All the local agents are now fully licensed for the coming year. Mr \W M. Bayly’s license was granted last 1' riday afternoon, a necessary formality being carried nut before the Court resumed in the afternoon.

Only two judgments by default were given at the Court this morning— Francis Doran v. John Barwise Murray, £lO 17s 6d, costs £1 10s 6d, and Court and Cottier v. George Henderson, £2 15s lOd, costs 10s. Two judgment debtors failed to appear. Albert Cameron was ordered to pay £1 hs 4d to Masters and Son forthwith, / in default seven days’ imprisonment, and A. A. Cuthhertson was ordered to pay £2 9s forthwith to E. Handley, in default seven days’ imprisonment. <■

Hobart is proud because it lias a new pier which is said to bo the largest in Australasia. This pier (.says the Sydney correspondent of the Otago Daily Times) which has been opened for trade purposes, is 1210 ft. long. 122 ft. wide, and gives a depth of water of 36ft. at the shore end, and from 45ft. to'63ft. at low tide at the outer 750 ft. There is railway connection hy five lines. A large amount of reclamation was involved in the construction of the pier, as well as the blasting away of 16,000 tons of rock and pumping away of 100.000 cubic yards of sand. Ihe wharf shed is* 646 ft. long.- Passengers will he landed from steamers on to the roof of the shed and walk overhead to reach the shore.

A couple of young, .cattle succumb-: ed at Esk (Queensland) the other day under unusual.circumstances. It appears that the two animals had licked up a small quantity (if powdered raw carbide, used for making acetylene gas. A few hours later both animals became very sick, and died some time after in agonising struggles. The carcases of both animals were opened up, and if was found chat the inside of the he vrts had been frightfully burnt.' ' To show how thoroughly the carbide had-.gone into the system of the animals, the owner states that a little while after he had put a fire round them in order to burn them the carcases shot into a. sheet of flame, as if they had been saturated with kerosene, and in an hour’s time there was not a particle of hone or anything else to be seen.

On Thursday, 29th nit., the body of Albert Victor Plenge, an Englishman, was found lying on the Domain heacJi (Hobart, Tas.) with a bullet wound

lin the right temple. In his pockets ; were £2 16s 2d, and various odds and i ends. He left the following letter: I “To whom it may concern. —To save the coroner all unnecessary trouble i ; beg to state that my name is Albert Victor Plenge (England), single (3-1), | and I have been out in Australia, off I and on for the last five or six years. 1 I am not choosing this inglorious end ' out of any bad conscience, for 1 die I with a clear mind. Only under the j circumstances, after carefully cousid--i eiiug everything, I think it best, as ! I have not relatives out here. I just ! simply ask to be buried—sufficient money, at least, I hope so, will he I found on me to cover expenses of ! burial—without that imbecile verdict of temporary insanitary; for I’m as sane as ever 1 was. It’s a ease ologic. Thanking you in anticipation.

yours respectfully.—Albert Plenge.” Tile newly-formed Motoring Chib got an advertisement at the Court this morning, when X. H. Templer was charged with having on the evening of January 25th ridden a motor bicycle in Regan Street without a light. It appeared that Templer and some friends had been out on a cycle run.

At Aiutnirst on tne roan 1101110 one 01 the company had an accident and all hands turned to enable him to refit, When this had been done Te in pier picked up a puncture, and there was another halt for repairs. These waits had used up the fast-waning daylight, and Terapler borrowed a lamp for his machine, hut it proved a broken reed, j refusing to shed light on the darkness, j Therefore Templer came along beside' one of the company who had a light; but Nemesis (alias the Borough In-j qieetor) overtook him in Regan Street : it S. 15 p.m. At the Court this morn-j ng Templer was convicted without 1 ine. The SAT. said motor cyclists 1 diould he careful about their lights, leforo setting out. In a case of tiny sort the correct course was for the ■ider to alight and wheel his machine., RHEFMO is the one remedy for all j hn-a diseases which are caused by, ■xcoss ui’ic acid in the blood—for! Hieumatisrn, Gout, Sciatica, hum-, ago. Headache, Hysteria, Fatigue, Lsthma and some kidney troubles, t cures by removing the cause—excess! Jric Acid. At all chemists, 2s 6dj nd 4s 6d. 57. ' i

A first-offending inebriate was fined os at the Court this morning. The annual meeting of the Toko Ee-ttlorC Punic ami Sports’ Association will he held in the Coronation .Hall on Tuesday evening. Frank Collins was lined 10s with 7s costs at the Court this morning for having on the evening of January 25th driven a gig in Regan Street without a light. At the Wellington Supreme Court to-day, Edward Croft, a young man, was found guilty on a charge of theft and was sentenced to twelve month’s imprisonment and declared an habitual criminal.—P.A. The monthly meeting of the W.C.T.L. was held in the Broadway -Methodist Clin rch yesterday afternoon. when there was a good attendance of ladies. Mrs M. T. Phillips was elected secretary for the ensuing year. It was also decided to celebrate Willard Day (February 17th), by holding a social afternoon, Mr G. W. Kenrick, S.M., who presided at the Court this morning, was not called on to sit for very long, the whole of the business being got through in a little under an hour. The proceedings were pleasingly free from argument, and everybody seemed quite pleased with things in general. The Rowan Athletic Club which is affiliated with tire Taranaki Athletic Association and the New Zealand Axe. man’s Association is to hold its very popular eighth annual meeting on Thursday, February 19th. Nominations will close for the chopping events on the 9th instant, and the running events oil the 11th instant. Full particulars with regard to the programme will appear in our next issue.

At a meeting of 100 teachers attending the physical training camp at Hawera, it was unanimously resolved to express their thorough appreciation of the importance and benefits of the work, hut wished,to point out the impossibility of doing justice to this important branch of education without some lightening of the work required by the standard syllabus on the intellectual side. A copy of the resolution is to he sent to the inspectors in conference in Wellington, states a Press Association telegram. Mr Wilson, the Court bailiff, supports the suggestion of the “Post” that the tale of his having been held up on suspicion of being “the burglar” was purely an effort of the imagination. The only ground for the tale is that while on the road two men, who were not acquainted with him or Ids .business, stopped him and put a few questions to satisfy themselves of the bailiff’s bone fides. The course followed was quite pardonable in view of the fact that one of the men had been previously victimised.

The story of an interesting discovery was told to a meeting of fruitgrowers by Mr J, Prouse at Levin. ■ A few years ago he noticed that a limb of one of his trees was more heavily laden than the others and he found near the trunk of the tree a bandage round the limb. The bandage had held, and to a certain extent had

checked the growth of the limb. He tried the idea on a tree and the result was the same, the tree bore more

fruit, the wire. bandaging apparently cheeking undue growth of wood. Mr Prouse said that at present he had more trees wired up and expected good results. Of course the wire-need-ed watching, and should be loosened.

: The following delegates of the 1.0.0. F., A.C., were present at a ' meeting in Hawera last night. Bros. R. Kill Johnson (District Deputy ’ Grand Lodge), F. G. Blake (District Deputy Grand Secretary), J. Thomas and Rothwell (Triumph Lodge), Montgomery and Wildermoth (Ponate ' Lodge), as well as all members of the Huia Lodge. The chief business dealt ■' with was consideration of Whangamomona’s needs in the matter of a doc* ’ tor, and it was decided to make every effort to secure a medical practitioner to take up his residence in Whangamomona ; and with this aim in view to urge the Grand Lodge to use every effort to secure the desired effect. Should success not he met with in the Dominion, representation will be made outside, pointing out that the Medical Association are offering £4OO per annum, which will be more than doubled | by the addition of private practice and j the local Lodge. M ellington should follow in the footsteps of Australia in the direction of holding all public holidays on the nearest Mondays, urged Mr A Leigh Hunt at a meeting of the Central Chamber of Commerce. The speaker urged that the “Moudayising” of holidays was conducive to good health, in that it allowed people to ‘get away for the week-end and enjoy a good holiday in the country or at the seaside. The Chairman (Mr C. M. Luke) favored the idea, stating that endeavours had been made to legislate on the matter. There were difficulties, hut it was a mater that should be kept in view. Personally he believed that Mr I iCigh Hunt's proposal would he preferable to tiro present arrange-

ment. The Chamber delegated a committee comprising Mr J. F. Atkins (as representing the athletic bodies) and V.r T. Bush (as representing the retail traders) to go into the matter and bring down a report.

A plug of gelignite was found under the bridge oyer the Avon at Colombo Street, Christchurch, in the heart of the city (spates a Press Association telegram to-day). No explanation is forthcoming. j

A Christchurch Press Association message states that the Hon. F. 31. B. Fisher arrived this morning and leaves on Monday for Dunedin, and on Tuesday for Gore, where he will investigate matters in connection with the floods in reference to the remission of duties on the damaged goods.