LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 8214, 11 August 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

In New South Wales Assembly Mr Black stated that. the Government owned 44 hotels and three wine bars. | The Auckland Presbytery passed a resolution last night protesting against art unions and raffles in connection with patriotic funds. A Press Association telegram from Levin states that in. the assault cases heard on Monday the fine inflicted ori Cameron, was £2, arid not £20, as reported. ■ Farmers in the Kapua district have pretty well completed their wheat .sowing for the year (says the Oamaru "Mail"). Some delay, occurred on account of the hard state ,#f -the ground, through the continued-dry weather, but no- other hindrance' to speak of was experienced. The area'under wheat this year is considoraby in excess of that of last year, and what has struck is looking splendid. A fair amount of land is" now undergoing preparation for oats. Grass feed in the locality is very scarce, but the root crops have kept the stock in very fair condition. • The following are the results, of the recent First Aid Examination held by the local St. John Ambulant Association. , Thirteen out of 19;mombers passed, one securing a label, three the medallion, and nine certificates : — Miss Nellie Watson, label; Mrs Ivor Matthews, medallion; -Miss J. H. Hoskins, medallion; Miss Maggie Armstrong, medallion; Miss L. A. Humphreys, certificate; Miss' E. M. Bryant, certificate; Miss v ,A. E. Satchell, certificate; Miss E. C. Schneider, certificate; Mrs I. Woodside,; certificate "..'Miss A.. K. McClure, certificate; Miss R. E. Bradley, certificate; Mrs It. Moore, certificate; Miss M. C. Gunn, certificate. ; Soldiers in the firing line at Gallipoli j Peninsula, seemingly experience a diffi- j culty occasionally in finding writing material. There arrived in Wellington this week from Gunner W. J. Edwards an ingenious postcard mado out of a portion of a cigarette box. The writer was in a cheerful mood. Ho says: ''Wo are simply in clovci here compared with the training portion of our service. Wo have Al dug-outs, and the food is good; to bo precise, I would not have the ship on my mind. The weather is perfect, and sea bathing an everyday practice. The country is beautiful, and if it were not for the noise of the guns and the whizz of the bullets I would imagine myself back in New Zealand. Five of us set out; for church yesterday," but were misguided, and headed north instead of south. However, wo. eventually landed at the trenches, where it became a trifle'too hot, .for us." ! , The case of the young woman Alice Parkinson, who was sentenced to imprisonment for life for the slaying of Albert West at, Napier, was brought under the notice of the Mayor of Wellington (Mr J. P. Luke) on Monday morning by a deputation from a committee of ladies, Avhich. has been set up to protest against the sentence and urge its.remission (states the "Post.") " We are pressing for the remission .of the sentence entirely," said Mrs Donaldson, "and we want to make a public •• protest against the injustice of the sentence." • Therefore they :>,. asked for ■the use of the, Town: Hall free of charge; for Jthe purpose^ ;of ..holding :■> a 'public) meeting in support of their view. Mrs Mackay said she thought the girl was quite justified in what she,did.after tho treatment she had received. She did not think the girl could have been in her right mind. His Worship said he did not at all agree with the contentions put forward by the deputation. If young women found they could do' such things at tho expense of only a j slight.sentence it would bring about _a | very dangerous state of affairs. His own opinion was that in .such a ; case thoy should allow a certain period' to elapse so that the public could form a matured opinion, and so that tho authorities could judge as ijo whether a mitigation ,of the sentence should bo recommended. They ought to find out what the history of the girl had hooTi, and what were tho facts regarding tho young man. Ho would recommend tho Council to grant the use of the Town Hall for tho public meeting. More than that he could not say.

Butchers in the contra! markets, Paris, are selling frozen boef for the first time in history. The average price is sixpence per pound, cheaper than homo-killed beef. . Tho date of the departure of the Ashburton men for the Eighth Reinforcements, which' was to have been next Saturday, has been postponed till Tuesday; August 24. A Press Association telegram from Wellington stated that a. writ has been issued for ;CIQ,OOO for alleged slander against W. A. . Mowbray, merchant, Wellington, by F. F. Munro, merchant. "Wellington. Two first, offenders for drunkenness were fined £1 and 10s respectively at the Magistrate's Court this . morning. Mr H. A, Lloyd, J.P., was on the bend), and in imposing the heavier fine said that to be found .drunk on the railway station was a ' more serious offence than being found* drunk in the street. . ■ ..:, \i,. A Wellington Press Association telegram states that shearers have enlisted for military service in large numbers. In addition to those already at the front, there are 60 shearers now in the training camps, and the indications are that this will have, a serious effect on the shearing season', which opens about the middle of next month, 'V' • In connection with the election to the Ashburton High School Board of representatives of the parents of pupils, four persons have been nominated, as follows (the names of the nominators being given in ijarentheses) :—Henry Davis (nominated by Mr H E. Borinington), the Rev .George Miller (Mr E. Buchanan), G. H. Buchanan (Mr J. G. Killoh), and James Bland Christian (Mr. R. , MoCallum). The election is authorised under the new Education Act of last year, and as only two representatives are required, an election will take place on August 19. - Among the congratulatory messages received by Sir Joseph Ward, on the formation of the National Cabinet was one from the Hon. W, A. Holman, Premier of New South Wales. The message was as follows: —"New South Wales Cabinet desires to convey warm congratulations to yourself and colleagues of Liberal Party on inclusion in National Ministry. Trust that in co-operation with Prime Minister your labours may strengthen Empire in its hour of need." To this message Sir' Joseph Ward replied: ''Sincere, thanks and good wishes. Feel sure formation of National Cabinet here in best interests of Empire and New Zealand. M3 T very best wishes for jour Administration." : ' . , One day recently one of the coal lumpers 1 engaged "in No. 3 hold of Me-. Ilraith, McEachran, and Cq.'s collier Kooyong, lying at Port Adelaide, drove his shovel through what he believed to be a plug of gelignite. The man discovered that he had driven his shovel within an inch of a detonator used in the • gelignite. -Attached ,to -tho detonator was a piece of fuse. He'handed his find.over to, Captain Chapman, the manager of the coal depot, and jt was impounded. Whether the gelignite had been placed there t>y design, or whether it got there accidentally as an unexploded charge from a colliery at which the coal was obtained is a matter of conjecture. Captain Chapman inclines { to the view that it was. intentionally lodged in tho hold, as this was the third j instance of a similar kind he had heard of" recently. Tho weight of the plug would be from three to. four ounces, and if it had been exploded could have caused serious damage. . An anti-German union has been formed in London, with tho object of fostering riationali ideas, to keep alive the patriotic spirit of the people; to defend' British freedom^ rights, and privileges from/German invasion; to defend British industry against German competition; to fight against German • influences in the social, financial, industrial and political life of the British people. In a statement regarding its proposed methods, the union advocates that Germans and their property throughout the Empire shall bo seized and held 'as security for the humane and reasonable treatment of British prisoners in Germany, the permanent strengthening of existing laws for the registration of aliens, and the reforma-tion'of-tho naturalisation laws, in <rder to prevent naturalised Germans from being members of the Privy Council, or either Houses of Parliament. The union encourages the sale of goods made by British labour, and advocates alterations in Companies' Acts, so as to prevent a controlling interest in any British company being held by (."}»>- mans. . ' ■. , ; "V ..'. '.- •'. .' Regret that the junior, cadet system had been abolished in connection with the public schools of the Dominion was expressed by the Auckland Education Board on Thursday, when the board received a copy of a circular issued by the Education Department : to head teachers, requesting the return of equipment of disbanded junior cadet corps. "The action of the authorities in disbanding the junior cadets was a bad move," remarked the 1 chairman Mr G. J. Garland. "We should urge that the corps bo- re-established. I have never been satisfiod with the Education Department's attitude in regard to this matter, and I nbver will be satisfied until the movement is restored." Mr Garland said the system of Swedish drill, which had, been established in the schools, whs all right, and,he was glad that it had been instituted, especially for the sake of girls* but he failed to see why it should have been introduced at the expense of the junior cadet movement. The acting senior inspector (Mr C. W. Garrard) supported the chairman's remarks. He .said he felt perfectly snro that the men 'who were fighting on the Gallipoli Peninsula owed a great deal of their training to what they, learned in the junior cadets at the public schools. For the sn.ke of .the,.discipline and the-;, tone of; the schools, nnd the good; of .the' 1 boys ■ themselves, the junior cadet-system was unequalled. Some of the wealthiest and most influential people in the Old Country and elsewhere are the most enthusiastic of the Ford Co.'s ; patrons. Latest purchasers among, English-nobility are the.Marquis of Bath,;the Earl of Yarborongh, Mr ffilliare ' Belloo, General Sir George Aston, and the Conntess of Firigal. The idea occasionally developed by people that they should part with large sums of money to-buy a good car hns long since been proved erroneous, and will continue- so while the Ford Car is procurable. Price £180 Catalogue and full particulars furnished on request by G. H. 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