LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 241, 29 June 1918, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A gazette extraordinary issued yesterday contains the names ot' a number, of companies, firms and persons declared to be enemies, and also the names ot several who have been removed from the list of enemv firms.-

'{he Post and Telegraph Department notifies that cable messages of a personal or domostii nature, in plain language, may be accepted for places in occupied territory at the rates to Alexandria, whence the messages will be posted. The address must contain the name "Alexandria.'''

The Secretary of the General; Post Office has been advised that'legal time is advanced in Russia by two hours from ■Tune 1 lo September 15, and by one hour from •September 15 .to June i.

I'hc late Mr.'M 7 . J. Tabutcau, of N»pier, made die following bequests, telegraphs our special, correspondent:—Napier Soldiers' Club, .£500; Hawke's Bav Wounded Soldiers' Fund, «£u00; Napier Hospital, JJ3GO; Society for the Health of Women and Children, ,£5(10; Napier Branch of the Salvation Army, .£500; Napier Salvation Army Bethany Home, J;50ll; Napier Branch'of the Y.M.C.A., •±300; Napier St. Mary's Home, ,£500; Napier Branch of the Girls' l'riendlv Society, X'soo.

A young man was convicted in the Mnsterton Magistrate's Court yesterday and ordered to pay costs for wearing- a military overcoat while the remainder of his attiro was civilian, our special correspondent telegraphs.

All the Jugo-Slavs who struck work on the Stratford Main Trunk line have (says a Press Association, .telegram from -Taumarunnj) returned to work 'Commissioner Culleii. who has been at Ta\imaranu.i for some days dealing with the matter, says the newly gazetted regulations will effectively cope with future difficulties.

While the wheat position was being discussed by the executive of the North Canterbury Farmers' Union on Wednesday, Mr. G.'W. Lill (Willowbank) asked why Canterbury should be callpd upon to feed the Dominion, when other districts could grow v,heat, just as well ,asshe could.'' Thero' was' good wheat 'land' in Taranaki and Otago—land that had , grown 'V 0 bushels to the acre fifty years ago. Bat wheat was l'iskv there, and, farmers went for something better. Canterbury grew wheat at a loss lo feed these people. Why should that be? Canterbury should not be imposed upon. Mr. G. Slient asked whether the' North Island and Otago were doing their fair s>;\rc. Other speakers supported this view, but Mr. I!. Kvans >,Kniitpoi) protested that: there were only very few parts of the North Island which could successfully glow wheal, as the atmosphere was too, humid.

Messrs. S. Kirkpatrick and Co. were prosecuted before Mr. P. V. Frazer, 5.M.,: .yesterday oil an -information of having sold jam to Hie New Zenhind Government without giving a sufficient description 011 the label. Mr, J. Prendeyilio appeared for the prosecution, Mx.-M. Myers appearing for the defendants. Mr. Preiuleville, said there .was no suggestion that the jam was. unwholesome, it was purely a question, as to the label. For tlio Department it was submitted that the defendant company had not fully stated what proportion of apple-pulp the jam contained. "'Mr. Myers contended that there was, no case 10-answer. It was impossible;'to tell what. amount of apple and- raspberries a mixed jam contained. His Worship said he was tiuilo satisfied defendant had acted honestly, but had made a mistake in' principle. Tie knew that KivkpatrieVs jams hove a high reputation, and there was 110 suggestion to the contrary in the present case. A nominal fine would meet-the ease, and a penalty of would he imposed.

Before Mr. F. V. Frazer, S.M., at the Magistrate's Court, yesterday, Agnes M'Mahou was charged with having sup- . plied-liquor after hours, to one "00 Max ill the Princess Hotel,. Molesworth Street. The licensee of .the hotel, .T. llllery, was proceeded against--on an information of having kept the premises open after the ordinary closing hours for the purpose of selling liquor. Mr. M. Myers appeared for both defendant.?:, who pleaded not guilty. - 'In a separate case, Max entered a plea of. guilty to a charge of having i>psn on the premises. . of the Princess Hotel after hours. Called by tho police, Max 'gave evidence as to having been served with two botlies of beer for which ho paid half-a-'erown. COll-, stable Smith said he saw Max coming out of (he hotel about. 8.30 p.m. 011 the night of June 17, with two bottles of beer. ' Tie questioned the licensee as to the matter,- and he said it was possible that 'Max had ordered the bottles in the daytime, and had made an arrangement to call for them at night. Sergeant Matheson, who interviewed tha licensee, gave similar evidence, to .tho previous witness as to what was said about the purchase of the liquor. 111 a statement mado lo witness,. defendant Kllerysaid tlinl no liquor was sold bv himself, his wife, or Miss M'M'ahon. The lasl-miin-cd also made a statement, which she would not sign, denying that she sold any liquor after hours. For the defence, Mr. Myers submitted that in so far as the defendant EDery was loncc-ni-ed I here was- 110 evidenti to support the charge that he kept his premises open after hours fur the purpose of soiling liquor. The charge against the licensee was dismissed. Kvidenee was given by Walter I'ercival Weir, a boarder at the Princess Hotel, that he was the . person who gave .Max two bottles of beer, but took no money for them. The beer belonged to witness, and he got it from his private room. He gave it to Max out r.f sympathy, and if Max swore that he paid 2s. Gil. for it then he would be telling ail untruth. -Agnes-M'Mahou, sister-in-law of the licensee of the hotel, denied that sho had supplied Mux with the liquor. His Worship held that as the police had to rely for their ease 011 the evidence of Max, which was most unsatisfactory, he must dismiss tho case against the female defendant. At this stage, 'Weir was charged that being a person other than the licensee lie did supply liquor to Joe - Ma?.' .' To this charge he pleaded guilty.. On the charge of being on. the premises after hours Max was fined -His., in default seven days' imprisonment. Weir was lined .£», in default one month's imprisonment, for supplying Max with the liquor.

The following Army Order has been | published in New Zealand General Orders Prom the date, of- promulgation of this Army Order, warrant officers, noncommissioned officers, and men who have been awarded the Distinguished' Conduct Medal or Military Medal will be entitled to add the distinctive letters 'D.C.M.' or respectively (or both sets of symbols if the two medals hftve been awarded) after their names, and in all documents, registers, reports, correspondence; etc., the descriptions should include these particulars." The order is also made applicable to members of the Military Nursinjr Service who may receive the Military Medal.

In rcLnence to the treatment of conscientious objectors to military service in the Wanganui detention prison, it was decided at a "stop-work" meeting of the Wellington Waterside Workers' Union yesterday to strongly protest against; tho alleged brutal and inhuman •treatment- meted out, to those in custody. Further, the. meeting expressed the opinion that the secret inquiry arranged foiby Sir James Allen was a farce and "an insult to' the intelligence of the people of Neiv Zealand." It was urged, in addition, that public inquiry should be held to which the victims of ihe alleged ill-treatment could give evidence, and if necessary, engage their own counsel. A resolution covering these points will be forwarded tff the Minister for Defence.

An appellant before the. Second Canterbury Military Service Board at Ashburton, states tile "Guardian," said that 011 the day of the ballot another little stranger arrived in the family circle, and he diij not know whether the happy cvoilt entitled him to be- placed ill thenext class or not. . Since then, however, he had been'medically examined, and had been classed C 2, and he'wished to withdraw his appeal. Major Gresson stated that had the reservist not been classed C 2 the board would have had n .unique point to decide. The chairman (Mr. 11. W. Bishop, S.M.) asked the reservist what time the baby was born. The reservist replied that the birth took place during the afternoon. "In that case," said Mr. Bishop, "I think the reservist could not claim that he had been called up in the. wrong class.' (Laughter.)

"What is an orthopaedic hospital?" was a question put to Colonel Valintine by one member at the i North Canterbury Hospital Board's meeting on Wednesday, when proposals in regard to massage training were being placed before the board. Colonel Valintine, who is Director of Military Hospitals,, explained that it was an institution in which work was devoted to restoring deformities and reinstituting the functions of the limbs. "You see around you from day to day," he said, "returned wounded soldiers who are not able to use their limbs. The work of tlio orthopaedic stuff is to restore these, especially in cases where the injury is in the nature of laceration of the" bone muscle. 'J.his branch lias made great progress during the war. The work is of two kinds, surgical and physical, tho first including work on the muscles and tendons, and the second electrical and other forms of massage, fixation, exercise, manipulation and manual treatment in workshops."