LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 September 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Dardanelles Commission meets on the 19th inst. —Cable message. The Court of Appeal will sit at Wellington on the 25th inst The New Plymouth Fire Brigade have five members on active service, whilst the Fitzroy Brigade also has a similar number in the Expeditionary Forces. An Opunake resident who has been rejected about six times by the military authorities for slight defects received a brief summons to go into camp within a few clays, says the Opunake Times. Values of experts from N|c» Plymouth port for the week ending sth inst were: Butter £227(1, cheese £343. From Waitara: Frozen mutton £3430, other meats '.£15,442, hides and skinb £403, tallow £lBlO, wool £534. The steamer Ventura, which lately arrived at Sydney from, Frisco, reports that sho picked up wireless messages from the station at Tuckerton (New Jersey), when she was 9000 miles (listant from that place. Tin's is claimed to tc a world's record. New Zealand has raised 05,000 men (in training and sent) as against Australia's 2(i0,000 (approximately) and Canada's 300,000. Assuming that Australia and Canada had done the same as New Zealand on a population basis their contributions would have been: Australia 325,000, Canada 455,000. Two gruesome finds were made at Wanganui at the latter end of last week. On Saturday the dead body of William Ross, an "old Castleeliff resident who had been missing since the previous Monday, was discovered in siome bush in Victoria Park, and on Sunday, at mid-day, the body of Alfred ;?olio, 70 years of age, was discovered floating in the river at Aramoho. Potto was well-known in sporting circles, being at one time a prominent horseowner and trainer. I The libel case, Ernest Neilson v. James Augustine McKenna, both residents of Patea, which was heard last week, and in which the jury found for plaintiff for the amount £5Ol claimed, was, for further consideration on a law point raised by defendant's counsel, heard at_ Wanganui on Monday before Mr. Justice Edwards, Judgment was entered for £5Ol, and £lO 10s additional costs on the motion for an adjournment. Mr. A. H. Johnstone, of New Plymouth, appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. Cohen for defendant. During the watersiders' luncheon hour on Friday, at Port Chalmers, a young lady, Miss Daphne De Maus, wielded the auctioneer's hammer to some effect in disposing of gifts for the patriotic funds. In a few minutes, by.her persuasive influence, a lifeboat belonging to the tug Koputai, was knocked down for £2B; a diminutive, but historical cannon brought 1!) consecutive bids of £1 each, and ultimately realised £23; a model yacht was sold for £2; and a box of cigars realised £2 3s. In less than ten minutes the young auctioneer obtained for the four articles the gratifying sum of £55 3s. The members of the New Plymouth Fire Prigadu and friends spent a very pleasant evening at the Central Station last evening. Superintendent F. C. Bellringer was in the chair. Three pie sentations were made during the evening The first was a wristlet watch to Fireman Roch, now on final leave, and in making the presentation the ■chairman referred to Firema/i Rock's 13 years' service, and trusted he would return safe and in good health. ' The second presentation was to Fireman J. Lye, who received the Fire Brigades Association's gold star for 25 years' service, and also a silver tea service, the gift of brigadesmen, whilst the third presentation was a five years' service medal to Fireman G. Malam. All tht. recipients suitably acknowledged the gifts. During the evening the chairman read extracts from a letter from Fireman Gus Beu, now in England. Songs, recitations, etc., made the evening pass very pleasantly At the East End pavilion on Monday •night a very successful euchre party and dance eventuated, the function being held in honor of Private W. Roch, the late secretary to 'the East End Committee, who is leaving for the front shortly with the ISth Reinforcements. The interior of the pavilion was gaily decorated, and in the rotunda the Citizens' Band rendered several capital 'selections. No less than 200 players participated in the euchre turnament, prizes going as follow: Ladies, Miss E. Campbell 1, Mrs. P. Boulton 2, Miss B. Bellringer 3; gentlemen, Mr. W. Hooker 1, Mr. L. Hammond 2, Mr. J. Bennett 3. The booby prize was allotted to Mrs. Pellcw, After an enjoyable supper, Mr, W. A. Collis (Deputy-Mayor), in the unavoidable absence through in disposition of Mr. Burgess, presented Private Roch, on behalf of the East End Committee, with a handsome illuminated address. Messrs. H. Okey, M.P., J. R Hill, and Colonel Allen also spoke, eimn-atulating the guest of the evening on the step he had taken and paying tribute to the good work he had done as secretary to the committee. Private Roch acknowledged the gift in a fery appropriate reply. The visitors spent a mo.'t enjoyable time, the indefatigable chairman (Mr. H. Bellringer) and secretary (Mr. Richards) being most attentive. Splendid music for the dancing which wa; maintained for several hours, was supplied by Mrs. George's orchestra. An unusual case was heard in the Auckland Magistrate's Court last week, when Thomas Dell, a barman, claimed from H. A. Coates, a pork butcher, the s-nns of £8 4s 8d for damages and expenses incurred in respect of ptomaine poisoning, alleged to have been caused through eating a pork pie that was sold by defendant to plaintiff. The manager and assistant at the shop gave evidence as to the freshness of the goods offered for sale, and medical evidence for the defence showed that plaintiff had partaken of fish and steak and kidney pie, as well as the pork pie, and it was therefore difficult to trace the cause of his illress. In giving judgment, the S.M. said that plaintiff had done an extraordinary and foolish thing in throwing away the uneaten part of the pork pie, for in doing so he had discarded evidence, that might have been of value. The onus was on plaintiff to conclusively prove his case. There might be a suspicion, even a grave one, that tiie pork pie had caused the trouble, but in a case of the kind the. Court had to be fuily and clearly satisfied. Plaintiff had failed to prove clearly anJ .iffirinal:vely that it was the pork pie, iu:c! roth ng else, that l,ni caused the poiseninc, and he was therefore non-suited, with costs. A FRIEND IN THE FAMILY. 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For using the term "bankrupt" in a circular about an assigned estate, a firm of financial agents had to pay £l5O damages in the Napier Supreme Court on Wednesday. . At the Duncdin Police Court last Friday, the driver of a motor-car was fined 5b and costs on a charge of failing to take care that the light exhibited on his car was not of such dazzling brilliancy as to affect the vision of drivers of vehicles approaching in the opposite direction. The second cook of the wrecked steamer Tongariro when he got to Napier, reported that he had lost all his effects and a quantity of money. An unclaimed bag which arrived at' Wellington by the Ripple, on the 3rd inst.. on being opened, was found to be the missing one. The contents included a bank deposit book with a credit of over £OO. A speaker at yesterday's mating of the .Soldiers' Comforts Week sub-com-mittee suggested that an earnest effort should be made to obtain the presence of a Minister of the Crown (preferably the Minister for Labor) on October 22nd. "Of course," he said, "we cannot expect Lord Liverpool to come." "Don't worry!" interjected another committeeman; "Ben Tipping jviil be back by then." (Laughter). An event of more than usual interest occurred on board the steamer Rarawa on the trip from New Plymouth to Oiieluinga, which was completed on Saturday morning. When the vessel ltft New Plymouth on Friday night th-re were 49 passengers bound for One--I'Uiiga. Fifty passengers disembarked at Onehunga. a child having been born to one of the passengers during the trip. The mother and child were removed to a private hospital on arrival, and on the latent advices both were getting on very well, At the Magistrate's Court yesterday morning, before Mr. A. Crooke, S.M., a visitor from Wanganui pleaded guilty to a charge of having partaken too freely of the alcoholic beverages that are dispensed at various New Plymouth hostels. As he had only threepence in his possession he was convicted and discharged. Hugh Gilmour, who wa arrested in St. Aubyn Street at 10.45 a.m. on Monday, in a state of hopeless muddlcdom, did not appear, and the sum 5s of his worldly possessions was ordered to be confiscated for H.M. revenue purposes; 24 hours' hard was the option. Regarding the action of the American Senate in thu matter of the British Black Lst, a correspondent writes as follows to the Wellington Post:—"The resolution of the United States. Senate, and even if carried by the other branch of Legislature and approved by the President, can be of no effect. The British Black List prohibits the trading with those on it by British subjects. If British subjects "do not order goods from those on the list there will be no good's | for the British ships to refuse. ,If British subjects do order the goods, and the goods are carried on British ships to British ports, they will be confiscated, and, I presume, the merchants punished. Therefore, what harm can the American resolution do?~-except, of course, show a certain amount of unfriendliness on the part of a majority of the United States Senators." Crs. Campbell and Forsyth, members of the Egmont County Council, had rather an exciting experience on Saturday last whilst inspecting the various roads of the Oeo riding prior to the allocation of next year's maintenance metal. They were accompanied by the riding foremen (Messrs' Corrigan and Harris) and Mr. Evans, and, when turning a sharp corner on the OpunakeStratford Road, one of the front wheels of the ear collapsed. Fortunately thej were travelling uphill, and at a slow pace or the results would have been much more serious. • As it was, the car shot into a bank and capsized, throwing the occupants to the ground. All received a severe shaking, and in addition Cr. Forsyth and Foreman Harris received abrasions that confined them to their homes, and Mr. Evans, who sustained broken ribs, was removed to the Hawera hospital. It is an easy matter to have a sense of duty done and peace of mind under the Military Service Act. It is well to give a final reminder that all men of military age are automatically members of ,the Expeditionary Force reserve (either first or second division), by the fact of the proclamation under the Act, but unregistered men have an obligation to apply for enrolment. Here in brief is the duty of the unregistered:. (I) To fill in an enrolment card; (2) to appiy (on the form provided) for a certificate of enrolment. Registered men should similarly apply for a certificate of enrolment, and they must notify change of address if their place of abode his changed since registration. The application for a certificate is not mandatory, but neglect or delay in this matter may bring much trouble, because the police and employers will require the production of the certificate as proof of enrolment. A call at the nearest Post Office where cards, forms, and advice are available free will clear away all difficulties. It is not enough for a reservist to keep in touch with a recruiting committee. There is a personal obligation on every reservist to comply with the Act. All enrolment cards, applications for certificates, and noticeof change of address must be addressed to the Government Statistician, Wellington. To-day is the time for action by any reservist who has not yet done his duty. A man cannot hope to escape penalties by a plea of ignorance. In all cases under the Act the onus of proof will be on the defendant. Considerable headway has been made with the re-building of the Waitara wharf, and the new structure is now Hearing completion. A large number of the totara and ironbark piles taken from the old wharf have been found in a remarkable state of preservation, and these, in addition to other timber which the Board have no further use for, are being sawn into suitable lengths, and should fulfil the wants of the farmer admirably for posts, etc. The Harbor Board are selling the whole of the timber by auction on Saturday the 10th inst. Only a few more days and the great reduction sale at the Melbourne, Ltd., will be a thing of the past. The enormous increase in the cost of everything makes it an imperative duty to everyone to buy while the goods are marked at reduced prices. THE GOkDEN AGB Lies not in the past, but in the future. It is our endeavour to move with the times, and to keep our plant and methods abreast of them, so that business men or householders employing us get the benefit of our up-to-dateness and our progressiveness. Whatever we do —whether moving furniture, passing entries, sending parcels in or out of New Zealand—it is done in the best and quickest manner. 'Tjo > T «w Zealand Exnress Co. Ltd,

The Sydney Morning Herald has beeif formed into a limited "liability company! with a, capital of £750,000. The Herald| ,has been in the Fairfax family for, ovefl 00 years. The anti-shouting law, according to 3 gentleman who has just arrived fron»| the West Coast, has proved up to date) an utter failure on the Coast. It has! made no difference whatever, for men': are still insisting on shouting, and tha'' drinks go on as usual. Yesterday Mr. A. Crooke.sS.M., gavdT .judgment for plaintiff bv default in thef following civil cases:—Henry Weston v i F. Misebcwski, £1 12 S 3d (6s); VVesW port. Coal Company v. Ernest Croot, £ll, 13s (ss); Cook and Lister v. Ernestii Edmund Croot, £6 lis (£1 8» 8d). A Maori soldier, writing to Ms sistetf at Rotorua, complains that the Maoris)' at the front now. receive nothing in tha I shape of comforts. He states that whertl they were with the pakehas they god comforts frequently, but now that they], have been made a separate unit they ap*! pear to have been forgotten. ,} A South Taranaki medico, serving in!: France, had an exciting experience ai 1 month or two back. Leaving the field) hospital he strolled into the lines, where, he was challenged, and, not knowing the password, waa taken charge of «n a spy. He subsequently was taken before the commander, and things were looking pretty black for him when ai New Zealand officer arrived and identifled him. Auckland's versatile M.P., Mr. Alber* Edward Glover, got off a characterises speech at the welcome of Bishop Brodie, at Auckland. Mr. Glover proudly recalled the fact that he had "nursed and caressed" the bishop when the latter was only a few days old. Mr. Glove* was not a candidate for Parliament fo* a good few years afterwards, so he musti havo commenced bright and early byj getting his hand in at the time-honored practice of kissing the baby. The bishop laughingly replied that "Mr. Glover carries his memory back to a little beyonfl my remembrance, but he undoubtedly) has established a reputation as a nurse) and a carcsser of babies." This Httla sally was greeted with laughter, and the; bishop proceeded to compliment Mr«* Glover on his "perpetual youth." ' Public feeling at (Taenia, and Waihl, has been stirred up over a distressing' incident tiliat occurred in the Paeroai cemetery a few days ago. A Whlhi resident lost his wife, whose family resided at Paeron, and the .remains were brought to the latter town for burial. While the funeral was being conducted, it <was noticed that a constable was in waiting with a horse and! trap, and after the ceremony he arrested the bereaved husband on a warrant for failing to make provision for the maintenance of an unborn illegitimate child. The assembled friends intervened, and it was found that the name of the person in the warrant was quite different) from that of the man threatened wjth arrest. The constable withdrew after being satisfied tl'iat he had taken the wrong man, but the tactless action of the constable has been severely coinmentcd upon. News of a phenomenal discovery of gold was recently cabled from Tasmania. This is iiow the Tnsmanian correspond* cut of the Australian Worker refers to the. '"find":—Fin*t it was a "mountain of gold,'' then it became a "jeweller's shop," tiien it became a "highly payable reef," then the little Hobart syndicate tlhat owns the show was said to have, •'great expectations," which dwindled to "extensive po.wibilitioa," asul now it is mentioned a.* a "a, possibly payable veiin ture." That about describes the piiblia history of the prospector's gc-'.d discovery at Long. Rains, near W«ratah, in the north-east corner of this island. Tha details of the first yarn were to tha, effect that the prospectors had unearthed the hitherto umUscovevable parent reef from which n.ll the rich gold ot Specimen Hill (ISuO-fiO) had been shed, but this cheerful story 'Was somewhat gloomed by the official geologists, w"ho> reported that the real reason the parens reef 'had not been discovered years ago lay in the fact that there never was am? never would be any sucili patient in tha!|. locality, and even if there existed stlctt a -progenitor it would probably be ajj barren of gold as Mount Rennie or the) Hilt at Flemington Racecourse on oil, days*. 'However, samples analysed show some grains, and even pennyweights, to the ton. and "further developmental work is to be undertaken with a view to. flotation," or words to that effect.