LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 50, 26 September 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A boy charged with theft from a local merchant's premises was brought before the Juvenile Court tins morning and was remanded to appear at the Court on Friday, October 6, bad being allowed.

A man named Steven Barbridge, working on the Matiere end of the Okahu tunnel construction works fell from .a cutting about fifty feet high. The Ohura 1 Advocate states-'that ne was brought into the T Hospital and it was found that he had sustained an injury to his. hip, as well as internal injuries..

A voung woman had an unpleasant iol tnly to town on Saturday morning Auckland Star). She was in an Epsom car which chanced to lfccrowded "A voung man politely offered Xseatbui received the scorn Mr. nlv "I Will take nothing irf 5i rker." The gentleman pulled Sde his overcoat, and **«J™£ turned soldier's badge, at the same 1 1- "1 unfortunately mistook >ou J laV'' After that "the rest for a laa>. was silence." ,

t will case heard in the Supreme In a will case f rwm.+ Wellington, Mr A. »iair, Court'Woiuub, j 0 0 t the counsel engaged,, said t 4-v, children of deceased touoweu the emiaren o sUCcumboccupation of a jockey. He ed to the environments m » nlcU was brought and took to His Honour: "But I™™** b _ drink, mgam lino- but do not drink! bir o Findlay K.C., who was also engaged L 1 "he-case, stated that jockeys like bookmakers, and could not afford to drink.

A good deal has been written about the need for thrift in time of warJ This remark was made to a representative of the "Auckland Star" by a gentleman who had applied for a £oU L« loan debenture. He then showed three communications received. in« first one was printed on foolscap, acknowledging receipt of application fro ottters were of similar import, typed on Treasury Department paper, witn seal in colours at the top. The gentleman being a business man, expressed the opinion that a little more economy might have been shown in the matter oi printing aim paper.

Some information respecting tlie new armored cars, which played u great part in the latest Britißn success, was given 111 Auckland by LieuuCoioncl .Ueinnes, of the Salvation Army, la to of Manchester, who has just arrived in .New Zealand. He.said that for some time Britain had be*en manufacturing armored cars by tue thousand. The tjpe he had seen, and there were many varieties, were *° lts on wheels, carrying guns capable 01 being fired in every direction. The cars were so strongly armored that they could stand almost anything, and cut through almost any obstacle. Alluding to Zeppelins, he said the German raids did not now extend far beyond the coast. The British air defence had improved beyond expectation, and raids were in no way feared. The Public Works Department is calling attention to the danger involved in the foolish practice of many children and some adults in endeavoring to remove stranded kites Irom overhead electric lmss'. Some of the public are apparently entirely ignorant of the grave risks they take in such efforts. Quite recently the officers of the Public Works Department in Christehurch discovered a man endeavoring to pull down a kite with the aid of a clothes prop, obviously unaware of the fact that the lines in which the kite was caught were carrying electric power at 11.003 volts. Other cases of equal i'oolhardiness have been brought the notice of ti:c department, and the drp" tment I warns the public that this practica 'is highly dangerous, and might result in fatal consequences.

The Ohura Advocate states: It is reported that a railway survey party will shortly be camped at- Ohura for the purpose of continuing tF k., survey from Toi Toi. '^W Before Aetinsz-Coroner f! I). Sole, J.P., an inquest was held into the death of Frank Trebes, whose body was found in the Te Popo river, at Midhirst, on Sunday last. Charles Trebes, brother of deceased, gave evidence of identification, and stated that his brother was a bushman about 35 years of age. At this stage the inquest was adjourned until Friday next at 10 o'clock.

The lighting venture in Wellington, according to the "Dominion," is turning out trumps for the city, and at the present rate of progress the time should not be far distant when another reduction in the cost of electricity should be made to the general public. During the month of August the revenue increased by £123(5 on the corresponding term of last year, while the working expenses increased by only £45.3.

The totalisator contractors at Avondale are reported t > have lost heavily over the Hack Welter on the opening day. By an error, Dancastor's dividend was posted as considerably more than he should have returned, and before the mistake was discovered the dividends on 151 £1 rckets and 179 10s tickets had already been distiv buted to the .fortunate investors on Dancastor. The amount overpaid over the dividend was £1 3s on each £1 ticket, so that it will be seen the loss was a heavy one. So far, it is reported, only one supporter of Dancastor has returned the surplus.

A gentleman in Auckland learned from a friend who recently travelled from New York to Liverpool, one .of the devices used for capturing Hmi submarines. He stated that, when approaching Liverpool, the steamer passed through patches of sea covered with tar. This was done for the purpose of blinding the periscope of the submarine when it rose to the surface. According to this traveller s statement no less than sixteen submarine had been captured outside Liverpool shortly before the steamer arrived from New York.

A local resident has received from a , friend'in Britain an "Allies Excursion Ticket." On the front is a scroll displaving the nag* of Belgium, Britain,. ~ France and Russia, and beneath this is the title ' of the journey- " Great Britain to Imperial Palace, Berlin." The wording on the mside of the card, following the lines of a tourist bureau ticket, is interesting: "This ticket is available for any Fellow under the age of 45, who is a,Son of Great Britain, or any of her Colonies, who has shown his pluck byjoining the Colours, or who has made up his mind to do so. The privilege = of using this ticket is also granted to such'Allies who are fighting side by side with our glorious Boys now making history. This ticket gives the following inestimable advantages : Free living, free clothes, free travelling and pocket money (all supplied by Government). The tour will vary according to the particular section to . which you are attached, but the main lines covered w.ill take . you through France, Belgium, Germany via the ; Rhine to Berlin. No trouble has been , spared to find officers, interpreters, .. < 'guides, etc., of the most brilliant and dashing ability, who will do all the thinking and worrying part of the work, in fact map out your daily journey, where you will stay, and how long. Take this unique opportunity of travel, at the Expense of the Country, and at the same time earn the gratitude of every man, woman and child who has a spark of patriotism in them.—God Save the King." On "N the back of the ticket appears the name-of the person to whom it was issued "From General Joffre!" Captain J. B. Hine, M.P., who is in command of the Seventeenth Mounted Reinforcements, made a brief statement to a Dominion representative on Saturday, on the subject of recruiting, with particular reference to the shortage in the Twenty-first draft. The emergency, he remarked, was ono calling for prompt and strong measures, and should be dealt with from that standpoint. In his opinion the Government should forthwith notify all single men in Civil Service who will be classed in the First Division that they must within a reasonable period—say, a week—enlist or forfeit their positions. Captain Hine added that under this policy, with such detail adjustments as might be necessary a considerable number of recruits would at once be made available and ae strong lead would be given to private employers, who should be called upon to follow the example of the Government in reference to eligible single men in their employ. These' measures. Captain Hine remarked finally, would not in themselves serve all the ends of justice. No doubt some men who should enlist would remain out of reach until compulsion was brought into operation. But tue present emergency would be tided over, and the shortage would be made good. And assoon as the Military Service Act- came into operation men not amenable to any other influence than that of straight-out compulsion could be singled out fof early and particular attention.