LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1192, 29 July 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Seven prisoners will come up for sentence- this morning before his Honour, Mr. Justice. , Chapman. They are: Harold Spencer, breaking and entering; Stanley M'Biirney, forgery; Arthur Harold Bimn, thrl't; Bertie Smith and Ernest Charles Gregory, theft and receiving stolen goods; .Alfred Smith, receiving stolen goods; and Goorgo M'Doiuild, false,pretences. The Colonial Sugar Koiining Company havo this day advanced tho prico of all sugars 20s. per ton. Announcement appears elsewhere. There was a, beautiful display of bulbs and violets in the various markets yesterday morning, when quite 800 dozen jonquils mid daffodils wer> sold. Prices ranged from about Gd. to 9d. per dozen. Tho latest theology seems to be tho religion of tho holiday. A witness in the !>.![. Court yesterday said that 'Wednesday was his, Sunday, which,, boijig.intorpretod, meancth that ho had a holiday on Wednesday and-worked on Sunday.,.:! The Post and Telegraph Department' has accepted the tender of Mr. A. T. Bate to supply 250 (or more) "Minimax" fire extinguishers. . The New Zealand Competitions Society's gala is to be held at tho end of October. In tho window of Messrs, Charles I3egg and Co. in Willis Street, is to be sesn at tho present time, a massive shield which the firm has presented to tho society for the competitor scoring tho highest number of points (in tho aggregate) in tho competitions. A speaker at a supper given to tho members of his committee by Mr. J. B. Hine, M.P., at Stratford on Monday (states tho Patea "County Press"), declared that the thanks of electors throughout Xew Zealand were duo to Mr. Hino for having single-handed endeavoured to stem the tide of public opinion that had begun to set in in favour of members of Parliament receiving commissions in connection with the salo of lands to tho Crown. The speaker went on to say that tho pood done by Mr. Hino would probably not be felt so much now as in tho future should any proposal to continue such practices bo put forward. He instanced tho fact that some of tho privileges at present enjoyed by about threefifths of the civilised people of the globe wero tho outcome of the backbone displayed by one individual—Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury, who some 700 vcara ago gathered the barons of England around him and compelled King John to sign Magna Charta and grant to his subjects some of tho privileges we now enjoy. Tho annual report of the State lire Insurance Office states that tho losses for 11)10 may be regarded as being below tho average. In our summary of the report, published yesterday, tho word not appeared by an unfortunate mistake in the abovo statement, thus completely altering tho meaning. In correction ot another error, it should be stated that the mm raised when tlio office commenced operations was .£2OOO, not .£20,000. "Nazol" is nioro' alive than ever, because the experience of not hundreds but" thousands has proved its absolute merit in relieving and curing Nasal Catarrh. Colds in tho Head, Coughs, Sore Throats, Bronchitis, and Influenza. Sold everywhere.' <s. Gd. bottle of GO doses.—AdVt.