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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 128, 1 June 1914, Page 6

• At tin? meeting of tho committee of tho Wellington .Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to bo held to-morrow evening, Mr. Webb will move "—"That the draft constitution of tho proposed New Zealand Bociety as submitted be approved by this society.' 1 Ah Young was charged before Mi*. Cooper. S.M., to-day with having used premises 111 Frederick-street as a common gaming house. Mr, Dicksou up« pea fed for the accused, who pleaded guilty. Inspector Hendrey said accunecl had been convicted of keeping a brothel, and of vagrancy and larceny, lie. was sent to gaol for two months. The unusual spectacle of mi accused, person being so tound asleep in Comb as to be oblivious of what was going on was witnessed in the Magistrate's Court to-day. The prisoner had been arrested on a charge of drunkenness, but' he was slumbering so deeply on a chaii? in the Courtroom that lie had to be carried out by the police, on remand until to-morrow. A brief sitting of the Supreme Court} in Divorce was lield this morning before his Honour the Chief Jiißtice (Sir Robert Stout) to deal with the undefended ease~ King v. King, The petitioner was Agnes Elizabeth King, and the respondent George Alfred King, of Dunedin. Mr. Sim appeared for the _ petitioner, Jiid the^'eapondeilt attended in person. The petitioner gave foimnl evidence k> tho effect that during the past five years t,ho had received no maintenance irom hep husband, and\lhe respondent admitted this to be correct. His Honour said that undei' ( the new Act of 1913, failure to pay maintenance was equivalent let deseition, and tho petitioner was entitled to «, decree. There was 110 cjutrgs against the respondent of any misconduct other than what the. law called doscrtion. He would make a decree nisi to be moved absolute after three months. An order to enable the respondent to sea the one child of the marriage at monthly intervals waß added. The month of May has been a busy one at tlie Missions to Seamen, says the missioner (Mr. W. E. Cocks). Each night large numbers of seamen have enjoyed the comfort and hospitality which the institute affords, especially in the cold and wet weather which marked the greater part of the month. While the elder > men have enjoyed quiet reading, Btories, or ti game of chess, tlio more active have taken part in billiards, bagatelle, quoits, and dock billiards, and many contests of skill have taken place., The social evenings have provided the. lady workers with the opportunity o£ fiving the men some enjoyable concerts, 'he Sunday services ha^vo been attended by encouraging numbers of men. Two Sundays— " Mothers' Day" and "Empire Day "—were marked by special Ber vices. Each Sunday afternoon thq lady workers have entertained the seamen at tea, and these occasions have proved most helpful and homelike. Tho missioner has paid regular visits to tho • seamen in hospital. During the month 488 letters were received for seamen, and 394 were written by seamen in thq institute. Dogs to the number of 2000 were ifts gistereS in Wellington during the pawt year, 401 dogs were taken off the streets, 115 claimed, 156 sold for £36 14s 6d, and 130 destroyed. Iv this connection (sa.,v« Mr. J. Doyle in his annual report) it Li necessary to correct a. mistake made by; many persons in assuming that the coun* cil in a general way undertakes the den struction of dogs brought to the kenneift for that purpose, and that the lethal chamber is always available. This is not so. The only dogs which the coiin» cil officers may legally destroy are those found without proper registration collars. The procedure is to keep such dogs for at least seven days, and if they are- Hob claimed and the expenses of, their keep paid within that time, they are offered' lor sale by auction. After the sale- the . lethal chamber is charged, and all dogs not claimed or -sold are destroyed. An owner who wishes his dog deetroyod should do at himself. A cheap and c.v» peditious method is to take the animal to the nearest chemist, give it a dos« of prussic acid which will ensure death • in a few seconds, and the carcase will be received «t the Destructor free of charge. Although statements appearing occasionally in the press about stray find diseased dogs in the city are very much exaggerated, Kir. Doyle does not think that dogs registered or otherwise should be permitted to be at large in tho streets ; they servo no useful purpose, they are often a. danger to traffic, and in many waya they are highly objectionable. Mr. Doyle thinks that the Act should be amended. The rule of tlie road, as it affect* vt« hides and pedestrians, w«s_ interestingly 1 , explained the other day by his Honour Mr. Justice Hosking. in an address to a jury at the Supreme Court. His Honour Wa* hearing a cas& in which a lady motordriver was sued for damages by a man whom her car had knocked down and injured. The rule of the road, said his Honour, was adopted for the purpose of persons who passed along v. carriage-way, —riders of homes and drivers of vehicleo. That rule did not compel riders «ud drivers to keep on any particular side, but it imposed on them a. duty to meet or pasa «.ny vehicle 1 on a. particular side of the road. On crowded Bteets in a)/ city it was found that people- did ride ana drive on particular sides, of tho road because of the frequency with which they, had to meet or pa«s vehicles or horses, but on country' roads it was very different. A pedestrian had a. right to walk on the carriage way if he desired to do «o ; bul where footpaths were provided and he walked on the roadway he- imposed on himself a greatci 1 duty of ew« ,011 hie own part, than if ha walked on the footpath. If a man walked on the road he must exercise a- rcwsonfcblet amount of care to protect himself. Th» fact of a. corner being dangerous had to be considered from the point of view of the motor-car, and hlro from the point of view of the pedestrian who was on the carriage-way. In these days ofi motor-cars, a. pedestrian had to take to tile tarria.ge*\va.y with greater risks th&u he used to incur in the day* of the oldfashioned horse. It did not follow, however, because a man might be sauntering* along a road or even walking ' backwards, and a car* ran into him, that he hnd been negligent in the sense that it would deprive, him of any rights to damages. Since the beginning of the year thei'O have been only three petitions in bankruptcy in Wellington. , Second Winter Shipment of Gloves.— Fabric, Is lid to 2s 6d ; kid and buck, skin, 3s lid to 10s 6d (lined or unlincd) ; Motornien's gloves, 6s 6d, 7s 6d, 8s 6d. Come and see the stock. Geo< liWlda. Ltd,— Advt. In all principal towns the N.Z. Express Co. has offices of its own. Tlio company forward* parcels, distributes goods, ships thtm, handles stock, passes entries. 07-01, Customhouse-quay. — Advt. "Not a bad day for a warm eoetume." That's what r lady »aid yesterday a.t O. Smith's as blio vv«* Mttirhaßing ohe A clutngd in tho temperature mukos nil tho difference. Wp Fold more eoetumws during tho last foW day* than wo did lor eonifc time past. May gives us plenty of cold dayp, and colds too. but you don't want many uf thf luttot. The price of a warm eoßtumo will rove many a doctor* btll» and juet think of the comfort you enjoy. You don't know, either, how many day* you may require protection from the cold this month, ( You had better come in and *co thdso winter costumes at l?s 9d> 25«< 29b 6d, 39s 6d, 45s to 10s. All aro ab special prices nt 0. Smith's, Ltd,, 96* Cuba-street,— AdvU