LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 August 1917, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The manufacture of agricultural lime from sca alle ii s has been started at ■■Karaka (Auckland). The shells, which are collected after spring tides, to ensure tneir being free f roul Band> are put through a disintegrator, which reduces them to powder at the rate of eight tons a day. The resulting pro. dnct is said to be a high-grade lime. "Your sugar has come," said the postman with a smile as he delivered a parcel of 31b of sugar at a South London home recently. "And there's 4d to pay on it, please." A glance- at the label showed the astonished householder that this quite unexpected gift had come all the way from New Zealand, 18,000 miles aw«sy, and that it was sent by a relative. It was a somewhat- roundabout and evpensive way of getting a parcel of sugar to South London. The 3lb of sugar cost Od in New Zealand; the postage was 2s 0y 2 d, and the Customs duty—paid by the recipient-was 4d; total, 3s iy s d, or •more-than Is-a lb.

The Anglican Church recently etet it-'-sejf to collect £IO,OOO for work in the military camps. At the last sitting of the Chvutciruich Diocesan Synod, Mr, :R. W. Simpson, of Timaru, offend to

give six months of his time in order to obtain contributions. He has since been extremely active, and already approximately £BOOO has- been collected. ■The Ohristchurch and Auckland dioceses account for over £2OOO each, and more money is yet. to-come in from these districts.

The following statutory declaration has been made in respect of the bankrupt estate of David Clayton Howell 'Price, of Sydney, formerly a lieutenant in the Commonwealth Military Forces: —"I, John Thomas Murray, Victoria Barracks, Paddington, Commonwealth public servant, am attached to the Defence Department, Camp Pay Section, Sydney, and tho facts deposed to are within my own personal knowledge. In consequence pf ftiau|ds committed by David Clayton Howell Price, who was •an officer in the Defence Department of the Commonwealth of Australia, the

'Commonwealth lias been defrauded of a total amount of £07,012. David Clayton Howell Price was convicted at the Quarter Sessions at Sydney in March last of offences in respect of the frauds, and was sentenced to a term of imprisonment, which he is now serving. The Commonwealth of Australia has not received any portion of the £67,012, and holds no security of any kind in respect of that amount." DURAND'S REGULATING PILLS. Are best and most successful. Promptly relieve every distressing symptom. No failures. Every case successfully treated. 5/- a bos post free by return mailBridge Drug Stores, Mail Order Chemists and Specialists, Newton, Auckland.

"Mr Old Dutch" delighted a full house et the Umpire last evening, and will surely repeat the performance at the Gnal screening to-night.

On the 17 th instant Mr. Justice Hos. king granted probate of the will of the late Stephen Robert Main to the widow on' the motion of Messrs Standish and Anderson.

Mr. Barne Marschel is in New Ply- ] mouth arranging for a season at Everybody's Theatre' on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday next of the propagandist picture,."Where Are My Children?" Ladies as w«ll as men are invited to the public meeting, which at the request of the Minister of Finance the Mayor; has convened for this evening, at the Soldiers' Club buildings, a I '! p.m., for the purpose of bringing befoiv the people the necessity of contributing to the war loan to the full extent of their means. A Maori witness in cross-examination at the Supreme Court yesterday denied that he had ever been guilty of racing unvone in his car. "I'm in" front," he added naively, "and Charlie behind, and he capsize." Asked whether the Maori had not capsized his car through turning a corner too fast when racing him, witness stated that he could not tell, as he; was lookiDg ahead and did not look behind.

The number of patients in the New' Plymouth hospital last night was 118, there being 96 in'the main building and the remainder in the isolation and annexe buildings. It will be apparent to all that the strain on the medical an<J nursing staff must be very great, and it speaks volumes for their zeal that they are cheerfully copmg with the enormous work involved.

A man named Walter Sutton, aged S3, will be brought before Mr. A. Crooke, R.M.. at the New Plymouth Magistrate's Court this morning, charged, on remand, with having failed to furnish correct particulars to the Government Statistician In connection with registration for mttK tary service, by stating that he was a married man and a member of the Second Division, whereas in fact he was a single man and should be enrolled in the First Division. Considerable interest was taken in the alleged perjury charge heard in New Plymouth on Tuesday and yesterday. On Tuesday afternoon the body of the court was blocked with fisitors, it being difficult for anyone to liove at all, and yesterday morning there' was also a large attendance. Counsel's address for defendant was very effective, and held the close attention of jurors, on whom it made a deep impression, which was in no way weakened by the remarks of the Grown prosecutor, who dealt with the issues very carefully, and also very fairly. The judge's summing up was, as might have boon expected, eminently clear and judicial, and at its conclusion it could be seen that the jury had made up their minds to acquit accused. They retired, not because of any want of unanimity, but to have the opportunity of scrutinising witness Swain's diary, giving particulars of the dates when Lopdell's car Was in the Eltliam garage, dates on Winch two witnesses for the prosecution alleged they had seen the engineer and defendant out together. Satisfied on this score, they returned after a retirement of about 25 minutes with a unanimous* verdict of not guilty, a verdict which was exceedingly popular.

An unusual incident occurred in yesterday's Supreme Court proceedings, when his Honor, Justice Chapman, was disbanding the jurymen. Moved by a desire to have made clear the court's dealings with jurors and their work at the hands of members of the Bar, a juior addressed the judge as follows:"May it please your Honor to answer a question from a juror relevant to jurywork?" Judge: "What is the question?" Juror: "fs it consistent with or within the scope of legal privilege for a counsel to pick and choose a jury for his client?" Judge: "I cannot answer such a question." During Monday's proceedings his Honor had pointedly corrected a member of the Bur for directly "challenging" jurymen as balloted, instructing that the accused person must be the one to challenge. In the course of Wednesday's proceedings, a jury was empannelled only after a very protracted course of challenging had taken place by him, the accused remaining quiescent. ' The patriotic mart next Saturday will bo run by the Red Cross Society and Women's Patriotic Committee. An attraction will be a cake competition,, for which a prize will be given for the best sponge cake, decorated, provided' there are 30 entries. The cakes will not be judged until 11 o'clock oh Saturday morning, in order to give country friends a chance of competing. Vegetables are especially acceptable, and flowers will be welcome in any quantity.

Jean Sothern is a delightfully freeh and winning actress, and lias never appeared to better advantage than in "Her Good Name," the fine drama now showing at Everybody's. On the same pro J gramme is a remarkable comedy-drama, "The Lottery Man," full of interest and excitement, that is sure to prove popular.

Common .jurors who have been summoned to attend the Supreme Court at New Plymouth on Monday next are notified by advertisement in this issue that their services will not be required. The hosiery question for springtime is now definitely settled. Morey's advertisement in this issue deals with gome special example and merits your early; attention. Turn to it now.

A grand concert is to be given at St. Mary's Hall to-morrow (Friday.) evening, in aid of the Sunday school repainting fund. An excellent programme ofc items by juveniles will be submitted, to* 1 ' gethcr with a four-act play entHtecki 'il'eter Grief." Particulars are adwr*:; tised. I

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A London cable states that Perils* ment has adjourned till October 18. Though there were seven men found guilty before the court this session on criminal charges it 1b remarkable that not one of them had had a previous con-< victiQn. With such a number of prisonera this is. considered t<> be a very rare occurrence. .

"I hope I'll remember it when the day of judgment comes. I can't - remember it here, unless you give nie ebme notes of what is admitted and what is not," remarked Mr. Justiee Chapman yesterday, when a number of items in dispute were ruled off by one of the cotrngef engaged as having been agreed upon. On Monday Messrs J. Blair and B. Lysagut, with Ensign Brown, visited Manaia for the purpose of arranging for a canvass of the district in furtherance of the Army's war and self-denial appeal. Mr. J. J. Patterson contributed a beast to - be sold at auction, and iu this connection he, with Miss (Patterson and Mr. Hunt, organised the district and secured promises of liberal support. The : beaßt was auctioned at the Farmers' Co» operative Society's sale at Manaia on Tuesday ,_ and it realised, in successive bids, the" magnifleent figure of £SOO. i A New Zealander with the Wireless Corps in Mesopotamia writes:—"lt looks as if we are going to have a bad spin in this camp this summer. We are on the edge of the desert, and some of the felVowb go to the hospital with fever of some sort every week. No trees or palms here; only dust, and myriads of insects, and unbearable heat. I reckon a man that can last a aumijjjer here has done his bit, and a little over. There is no honor and glory to be got, and nothing to see to Compensate for the diabolical conditions* and when I tell you that of 66 men who came here a year ago only 20 are still fit for duty in this country, and of that 20 only about three have not had a spell in hospital, you can draw.your own conclusions." ' There are whisperings (says an English paper) that serious embarrassment has beeii caused in at least three well known families by the announcement that ah officer/ reported dead in the early months of the war has turned up within the past month or so. In one case, the beautiful young widow remarried, her second husband, like her first, being closely connected with the peerage. There.are children by both marriages of the-lady, which adds to the trouble. The whole business intensifies the feeling many of us have had from the beginning (it is held very strongly in Royal circles) that Borne war widows have displayed almost too much eagerness in paying their first husband th* complimeiit of putting a second in his place. One actually married again when her gallant husband had been less than six weeks in his grave.

Says the Ohristehurch Press:—"ln a letter from the Federation of Labour Executive to Mr Ma'ssey, there ,is a fallacy which has been exposed over and over again, and which it is absolutely dishonest to trot out again at this time of day. We refer to the assumption that the working classes supply all fighting material at the front, and that ail the well-to-do New Zealandera are staying at home in security nursing their money-bags. In the days of voluntary enlistment the working classes did magnificently, but so did the wealthy young farmers and well-to-do young professional men. The Federation of Labour, on the other hand triad to hinder voluntary recruiting instead of helping it. The great merit of the present compulsory service system is that it is absolutely democratic—that it takes the rich young squatter as impartially as the shearer or the rouseabout. In point of fact, the shearer or the musterer,' Is more likely to be excused from service on the ground that hb ia an essential man in an essential industry, while miners and seamen, as everybody knows, are practically exempt. Yeit it is this absolutely fair and democratic system which the Federation of Labour would destroy if it dared."

A chaplain who left; with a reinforcement of New Zealand tTOops, writing to a friend in Wellington, tells of an incident which occurred at a port of call. "I spent all my time ashore," he writes, "executing the men's commissions and making hundreds of purchases. Among other things I bought a quantity of fruit and curios in the market, I asked the black woman to have them all packed for me by the afternoon, and left £1 deposit. I had to make a hurried return to the ship, and, in settling up, forgot about the £1 deposit. The next morning I remembered and returned to the market. The good lady tried to shuffle but of paying the money to nva, and I had, eventually, to get a black constable to take her to Court. The market had become packed by this time but I refused to be swindled, and out to the Court we went, A black- sergeant tried the case, and I began' to see that the color was telling—the case was going against me. So I asked to be taken to the Magistrate—also black. Here again I was apparently disbelieved, Then I ma£e my final move. 'How dare you,' I said, 'take this woman's word against the word of a British officer. Unless she gives me £1 at once, I will ■go straight to the Commissioner.' She offered me 10s, but I brushed past the Magistrate into the corridor, I had not gone ten yards before I was followed by the Magistrate and constables, and the whole Court, imploring me to come back. • As a matter of fact, I had not time to see the Commissioner, so I went back and the money was meekly given i to me."