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Bruce Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 67, 27 August 1917, Page 4

At a meeting of business and professional men at Christchureh on Monday night, convened by the Mayor,'the-fol-lowing resolutions were carried: "That this meeting of business men of Christchurch- demand that the Government give effect to the recommendations of tlie Efficiency Board in regard to;the liquor question, such recommendations having been made after the most exhaustive investigations by an impartial tribunal set up by the National Government.' '' "That this meeting of citizens of Christchureh view with alarm the reported resignation of the National Efficiency Board, and urge the Government to give full consideration to the recommendations of the. board, and retain their services for the Do-

Mr J. J. Boyd, Mayor of Ouehuuga, and proprietor of the Onehunga zoo, was'charged, before Mr Fra : zer, S.M., that he voted at a meeting of the council on a matter in which he- had a direct or pecuniary interest—namely, the." rescinding of a by-law which virtuallv concerned the existence ot the zoo. 'The magistrate said the. defendant had acted in his own interests, and_ insisted on pressing the matter against the wishes of a' majority of the councillors. Defendant would be convicted and fined £3O and costs.. Leave to appeal was granted.—Auckland P.A. telegram. "One swallow does not make a summer," and, in like manner, a week's fine weather on the West Coast does not promise a genial spring (says the Grey mouth Star). There is'no denying,' however, that the beautiful weather we are having just now is putting a heart of grace into the' pessimist. Everyone seems busy in his garden, and a few of the more reckless spirits are getting their Jiouses painted, in spite of paints being at war prices. It is quite a pleasure te see such optimism during such trying times. Sydney is it-he home of petty thieves, and when- a close investigation is made of the values of the property they steal surprising results are obtained. A particularly conservative estimate shows that the victims of that class of criminal in the citv and suburbs lose just on e*oo worth of goods every, week, or over £IO,OOO worth every year. In the Wellington Magistrate's Court a second-band dealer named Jane Hayvice was convicted of purchasing a pair of lady's boots after 6 p.m., fined tl and ordered to pay costs. "If we have to abide by all the War Regulations," said Mr ; P. C Webb jn. the House of Representatives the other lav ''we shall have to walk about like wonns on the face of the earth..''The idea of a legged worm seemed to amuse the' Bouse greatly., ~,;